Chapter 552 - 546: What You Owe Others, You Must Eventually Repay
Brother Zhou and Zhou Hai came down from upstairs, feeling mentally and physically exhausted, only to see the old patriarch return home with a dark expression on his face.
The patriarch said, "I know what you two went upstairs to do. There’s no need to ask; I’ll tell you the reason..."
Brother Zhou and Zhou Hai exchanged a glance, then followed the old man to the study. An hour later, they emerged with indescribably complex and awkward expressions.
Brother Zhou hurriedly left, while Zhou Hai, having nowhere to go, locked himself in his room, not even coming out for dinner, and the old patriarch didn’t go upstairs to check on his wife.
He never thought that this woman had kept secrets from him for a lifetime.
But at their age, what could be done? They’d have to continue living muddled lives.
Liu Ying peeked through the crack of the door and saw the old patriarch summoning the Zhou brothers into the study, a smirk played at the corners of her mouth. She knew for sure that the old man must have learned why the old lady protected her and disliked Xiao Wei so much.
Forget about the eldest, it wasn’t just the second; everyone was more or less the same. If this got out, it wasn’t just her, Liu Ying, who would be shamed.
In fact, she had known all along, but she had never told Zhou Hai.
And at this moment, Zhou Hai speculated that Liu Ying was so confident because she probably knew about this relationship already; he tended to believe that the old lady had spoken to her in secret.