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Chapter 8 Almost Missed
Time passed quickly and it was time to pay salaries. Zhou Bingkun went to the finance office of the soy sauce factory to collect his salary and prepared to leave.

"Brother Bingkun, we all got our salaries today. Do you want to go out for a get-together?" Seeing Zhou Bingkun was about to leave, Cao Debao hurried over and suggested.

"Cao Debao, it's almost the end of the year and I have too many things to do, so I won't go.

Have fun on your own." Hearing Cao Debao's suggestion, Zhou Bingkun directly refused and said that Guangming and his mother were still waiting for him at the entrance of the cinema.

Looking at Zhou Bingkun's back as he left, Cao Debao showed a complicated expression. Lü Chuan and Tang Xiangyang behind him were also very helpless. Tang Xiangyang said strangely, "Debao, Chuan'er, why do I feel that Zhou Bingkun always keeps people at a distance and doesn't get close to anyone?

It seems like he doesn’t want to pay attention to us.”

“Haha, maybe it’s really because it’s almost the end of the year and he has a lot of things to do!
Then let's go out for dinner by ourselves." Hearing Tang Xiangyang's sigh, Lu Chuan smiled awkwardly, then said helplessly.

Zhou Bingkun hurried to the entrance of the cinema. It was still light outside and Guangming was still waiting there. He parked the car and handed the money to Guangming. "Brother Bingkun, you're here!"

"Yes! Salary was paid today." Hearing Guangming's surprised call of "Brother Bingkun", Zhou Bingkun smiled happily and explained.

It is strange to say that many people in this life are calling him "Brother Bingkun", but only in the voice of Guangming can he feel the sense of dependence. In fact, Zhou Bingkun knows that what he hopes most is that Zheng Juan has a sense of dependence on him, but
"Brother Bingkun, there is something I don't know whether I should tell you." Guangming took the ten yuan handed over by Zhou Bingkun, showed a conflicted expression, and suddenly spoke hesitantly.

"What's the matter? Tell me!" Seeing the confusion on Guangming's face and hearing the hesitation in his words, Zhou Bingkun said with some confusion.

"Brother Bingkun, my sister had an abortion." After hearing Zhou Bingkun's consent, Guangming stopped hesitating and spoke directly.

"What? When did it happen?

Why didn't you tell me? " Zhou Bingkun was stunned when he heard Guangming's words, and then said in disbelief.

“The day after you left my house last time, my sister went to the hospital.

I've always wanted to tell you, but you were always in a hurry, so I never had the chance to speak." Hearing Zhou Bingkun's doubts, Guangming explained helplessly.

"Guangming, here's another five dollars.

Before you go home, take Auntie out to buy something to eat!
Your sister and I have something to discuss. "After hearing Guangming's explanation, Zhou Bingkun felt annoyed and quickly took out another five yuan and handed it to Guangming, then said.

"Brother Bingkun, I understand." After hearing Zhou Bingkun's instructions, Guangming nodded sensibly.

After instructing Guangming, Zhou Bingkun hurriedly rode his bicycle to Zheng Juan's home in Taiping Hutong, then threw his bicycle in the yard and walked in breathlessly.

Zheng Juan looked at him in confusion. Zhou Bingkun turned around and locked the door, then spoke in a complaining tone.

"Why didn't you let Guangming tell me earlier?"

"Don't you hate me?
"I told you, so what?" Hearing Zhou Bingkun's complaints, Zheng Juan continued to paste the paper box, saying with a sad face.

"Who said I hate you?

Haven’t you heard that the deeper the love, the more severe the criticism?

If you had told me earlier, I would have come to marry you home." Zhou Bingkun said angrily after hearing Zheng Juan's words.

"What did you say?
"Zhou Bingkun, will you marry me?" Zheng Juan stopped what she was doing in surprise when she heard that Zhou Bingkun would marry her. She stared at Zhou Bingkun in front of her with wide eyes and said.

"Yes! It was because I wanted to marry you that I sent Luo Shibin to hell and advised you to get rid of that "evil creature." Seeing the shock in Zheng Juan's eyes, Zhou Bingkun explained seriously.

"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Seeing that Zhou Bingkun was serious, Zheng Juan burst into tears excitedly.

Zhou Bingkun hugged Zheng Juan and said comfortingly, "It's not too late now!

I fell in love with you at first sight!
I think of you every night!
Zheng Juan, I want to marry you!

I, Zhou Bingkun, must marry you!"

Many people may not understand why Zhou Bingkun has such a strong obsession. After all, the two did not have much contact, and every time Zhou Bingkun came to give money, he never came to Taiping Hutong.

But Zhou Bingkun knew his situation. He fantasized about the beautiful Zheng Juan in his mind every day. He was not a "moralist" and his mind was full of "mortal" thinking, so he was obsessed with Zheng Juan.

Zhou Bingkun left Zheng Juan's house refreshed, and then returned home whistling all the way. Seeing Zhou Bingkun's happy look, Zhou's mother was quite surprised. It is said that no one knows a son better than his mother. Zhou Bingkun has been worried recently, and his mother can still see it.

"Kun'er, what's the matter? Why are you so happy?" Looking at her son in front of her, Zhou's mother asked with a smile.

"Oh! Isn't this the salary payment?
Of course I'm happy! " Hearing Zhou's mother's doubts, Zhou Bingkun chose to conceal it temporarily, and then said casually.

"You little bastard, you're just lying to your mother.

When have you ever been so happy when you received your salary?

There must be something hidden from me! "After hearing her son Zhou Bingkun's explanation, Zhou's mother did not believe it at all and continued to question it.

"By the way, how's Zheng Juan, the one you mentioned last time?

I never heard you say that again.”

"Luo Shibin has been executed, and Shui Ziliu has been sentenced to twenty years.

Zheng Juan has also had an abortion.

Her life is pretty good now." Hearing Zhou's mother's doubts, Zhou Bingkun explained.

"Luo Shibin and Shui Ziliu deserved what they got for their crimes.

It was also right for Zheng Juan to abort the child.

Otherwise, this child might really become a lifelong curse for her!" Mother Zhou said with relief after hearing Zheng Juan's recent situation.

"Kun'er, do you want me to introduce a boyfriend to Zheng Juan?" Zhou's mother suddenly suggested.

"Mom, tell me about you!
Your own son doesn’t have a partner yet!

You're always thinking about other people's marriages. I've never seen you care about me so attentively. " After hearing Zhou's mother's suggestion, Zhou Bingkun complained.

"Kun'er, why isn't your face red when you say this?
Qiao Chunyan is such a good girl. I tried my best to persuade you to be with her, but you refused to agree.

Now you're blaming me." Upon hearing her son Zhou Bingkun's complaints, Zhou's mother retorted angrily.

"Mom, you should marry a virtuous wife. You should understand this principle!

Given Qiao Chunyan's personality of always looking for the greener pastures, is she virtuous?
If my job also requires me to be away from home all year round like my father's, would Qiao Chunyan stay at home all the time like you do?
With her noisy personality, if I don't get along well in the future, won't she despise me for being incompetent? " Hearing Zhou's mother mention Qiao Chunyan again, Zhou Bingkun said helplessly after carefully analyzing the situation.

Hearing her son Zhou Bingkun's three parallel sentences, Zhou's mother widened her eyes in shock and said in disbelief, "Kun'er, when did you become so clear-sighted?"

"I've always known about it, but because we've been neighbors for many years, I've never said it out loud.

There is no need to explain!

But marrying Qiao Chunyan is really not as good as marrying Zheng Juan." Seeing the shock in Zhou's mother's eyes, Zhou Bingkun explained with a wry smile.

"What? You silly boy, you are not interested in Zheng Juan, are you?

I tell you!
Don’t even think about it!
Not to mention me, even your father wouldn't agree." Mother Zhou couldn't understand the meaning of her son Zhou Bingkun's words, and said in surprise.

Hearing Zhou's mother's direct rejection, Zhou Bingkun suddenly became determined and started to lie, "Mom, I'll tell you a secret, I've been interested in Zheng Juan for a long time, even earlier than Tu Ziqiang!

When I was in school, I rescued a beggar. He said he used to be a fortune teller, but he became unemployed after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

To repay me, he said there was a girl in Taiping Hutong, and whoever married her would be "rich"!
Then he told me that Zheng Juan had a hard life at the beginning and gave me a simple prediction of what would happen to her next.

At that time, I thought he was a liar and didn't take him seriously. Then I secretly went to see Zheng Juan, but I didn't find anything good about her except that she was pretty.

After that, I didn’t take this matter to heart and soon forgot about it!

Unexpectedly, Zheng Juan's experience was exactly as the beggar had predicted. After observing her for such a long time, I found that Zheng Juan was truly a "rich woman."

"You fool me, you are just fooling me.

I don't believe it!
If she was a "rich woman", why would Tu Ziqiang be shot?" In response to her son Zhou Bingkun's explanation, Zhou's mother retorted with some doubt. "Hehe, so you are my mother!
Don’t say you doubt it, I don’t believe it either!

Finally, after we got to know each other, I realized that the idiot Tu Ziqiang had not even obtained a marriage certificate with Zheng Juan, and had not even held a wedding banquet!

He just used Zheng Juan as a cover to hide his dirty deeds with Shui Ziliu!

If Tu Ziqiang is not executed, it would be truly unjust." Hearing Zhou's mother's skepticism, Zhou Bingkun decided to strike while the iron was hot and spoke directly.

"Ah? Are you telling the truth?" Mother Zhou widened her eyes in shock.

"Of course, Mom, do you think I'm that kind of idiot?

I am very cautious about getting married!

I would rather be single all my life than marry a restless woman like Qiao Chunyan.

She's too much of a troublemaker. Living with her for the rest of my life would be nothing more than suffering!" Seeing that his mother believed him, Zhou Bingkun spoke his mind helplessly.

"You little bastard, Chunyan is not as bad as you say!" Hearing Zhou Bingkun's disgust with Qiao Chunyan, Zhou's mother sighed, but retorted.

"Mom, I'm not exaggerating at all.

You can see how strong Qiao Chunyan is.

Who can guarantee that everything will go smoothly in the future? If I encounter any setbacks one day, Qiao Chunyan will not only support me to get up, but also not kick me in the back, that would be good enough! "Hearing Zhou's mother's rebuttal, Zhou Bingkun said with a wry smile again.

"Kun'er, are you really determined about Zheng Juan?" Zhou Bingkun's mother heard the determination in his words.

"Yes! I didn't take the beggar's words seriously.

But I will observe it myself!
As long as you observe carefully, you can draw conclusions about what a person is like.

Mom, you see, Zheng Juan has been lonely and helpless since she was a child. She has always depended on her mother and a blind brother.

Therefore, Zheng Juan has been very sensible since she was a child, and she is not as vain as other girls.

Although she always looks weak, she is actually very strong inside.

If I live with her in the future, I will definitely feel at ease about my home!
"And I really don't care about her tragic past. It's not just the virgin who's the best. It also depends on whether she's virtuous, and more importantly, whether you like her." Seeing that Zhou's mother was wavering, Zhou Bingkun carefully analyzed Zheng Juan's personality.

"Kun'er, what you said makes sense.

Mom also agrees with your point of view.

But your dad..." Although she agreed with Zhou Bingkun's opinion, Zhou's mother still said worriedly.

“My dad’s place is so simple!
After all, it is my own lifelong event, and I must make the decision myself.

If Zheng Juan was the kind of woman who liked to compare herself with others and was vain, I would have ignored her long ago." Zhou Bingkun said indifferently to Zhou's mother's concerns.

"But I'm still worried about your dad!"

"Well, tomorrow I'll bring Zheng Juan to our house to show you.

You should observe carefully and see if I am lying to you.

As for my dad, I will try my best to convince my brother and ask him to help me convince my dad.

There are five people in our family, and three of them agreed. My sister is a person who doesn't care about anything, and no matter how reluctant my father is, there's nothing he can do to change the situation! " Seeing that Zhou's mother was still worried about his father Zhou Zhiqiang, Zhou Bingkun told her his plan.

"Okay, bring Zheng Juan back to me tomorrow.

But are you sure you can convince your brother to help you?"

"Haha, sure thing!"

After hearing Zhou Bingkun's explanation, Zheng Juan was stunned. Zheng Juan's mother and Guangming beside her also looked incredulous. Zheng Juan's mother said in disbelief, "Bingkun, does your mother really agree with you and Zheng Juan?"

"Of course! Auntie, my mother knows everything about Zheng Juan and me.

I have never hidden anything from her! " Hearing Zheng Juan's mother's surprise, Zhou Bingkun explained with a smile.

"Your mother also knows about the affair between Luo Shibin and Tu Ziqiang?" Zheng Juan's mother still said in disbelief after hearing Zhou Bingkun's explanation.

"I know, if you don't abort that child, I won't choose to accept Zheng Juan.

I advised you to abort the child for the sake of Zheng Juan and my future!

I like Zheng Juan very much and want to marry her. I don't care about her past." Zhou Bingkun spoke his heart out.

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me this was the reason, I would have agreed to let Zheng Juan have an abortion." Zheng Juan's mother said with some resentment and regret after hearing Zhou Bingkun's explanation.

Zhou Bingkun rode a bicycle and brought Zheng Juan to his home. After parking the bike, he took Zheng Juan's hand and walked into the house.

"Mom, we are back."

Hearing her son Zhou Bingkun's voice, Zhou's mother hurried out to check the situation and saw Zheng Juan directly. Thinking of Zheng Juan's tragic fate, Zhou's mother took Zheng Juan's hand with some heartache and said, "You are Zheng Juan, right?
What a good boy! Come sit down and chat with your aunt."

Seeing Zhou's mother taking Zheng Juan to the inner room to chat, Zhou Bingkun walked into the kitchen and started cooking. He was familiar with 300 Tang poems and could recite them even if he couldn't write them.

Although Zhou Bingkun was not a professional chef in his previous life, he had eaten quite a few Northeastern dishes and watched many videos of Northeastern chefs. There was absolutely no problem in making a few home-cooked dishes to fool Zhou's mother and Zheng Juan.

Zhou's mother and Zheng Juan were chatting inside and didn't pay attention to Zhou Bingkun outside. It was not until she smelled the fragrance of the food that Zhou's mother was surprised. She hurried out to check the situation. When she saw the four dishes and one soup on the table, she was really shocked.

"Kun'er, why didn't I know you could cook?
It seems that Zheng Juan still has more face!

If she hadn't come to my house for the first time today, I might never have eaten the meal cooked by my own son in my life." Looking at her son Zhou Bingkun in front of her, Zhou's mother felt a little unfamiliar, and then said in a sour tone.

Hearing Zhou's mother's joke, Zheng Juan blushed and her heart beat fast. Then she complained to Zhou Bingkun in a low voice, "You should let me cook."

Hearing Zheng Juan's words, Zhou Bingkun smiled and said lovingly, "When we get married, the kitchen will belong to you.

My mom won’t let her touch it!”

Hearing Zhou Bingkun's words, Zheng Juan's face turned even redder. Zhou's mother beside her complained, "You forget your mother after you marry a wife!"

How could Zhou's mother not see the love her son Zhou Bingkun showed when he looked at Zheng Juan? Seeing her son find the girl he liked, Zhou's mother was also very happy. Although Zheng Juan had a tragic past, that was already a thing of the past. But when she thought of the old stubborn Zhou Zhiqiang, she became a little worried again.

The simple lunch ended quickly. Zhou's mother and Zheng Juan were both very satisfied. They didn't expect the taste to be so good.

Zheng Juan rushed to clean up the dishes. Zhou's mother watched all this and became more and more satisfied. Only then did she truly agree with Zhou Bingkun's vision.

After dinner, they chatted for a while, and then Zhou Bingkun sent Zheng Juan back to Taiping Hutong. When they returned home, Zhou's mother said worriedly, "Kun'er, Zheng Juan is indeed a good girl.

But I'm still worried about your dad, he's just an old stubborn guy!"

"Zheng Juan is also a legitimate first marriage, and she is so sensible and family-oriented. Why would my father be dissatisfied?

As for her past unfortunate experiences, my father wouldn't know if we didn't tell him.

Even if you know it, it’s no big deal!

Are we not allowing others to have some past?
That's too overbearing! " Hearing Zhou's mother's concerns, Zhou Bingkun said helplessly.

"This"

"Let's do this! In a few days, on a good day, Zheng Juan and I will get our marriage certificate first, and then we can do it without asking my dad for permission." Zhou Bingkun said firmly at last.

"what"

(End of this chapter)