Reborn in 2015, I became a male god starting in high school.

Chapter 35 Xu Qing Teaches His Daughter
As Zhou Guowei spoke, he kept staring at Xu Qing. From Xu Qing's expression, it was clear that she knew Zhou Ziyang had gotten the top score in the entire school.

However, when I got home last night, she didn't mention it at all.

Xu Qing knew that she couldn't hide it anymore, and her expression quickly changed. She sighed and said, "I knew it, I couldn't hide it from you in the end."

"?" Zhou Guowei was puzzled by Xu Qing's meaning.

Xu Qing looked hesitant to speak, and said, "Logically speaking, Ziyang getting first place in the whole school should be a cause for celebration, but he wrote such an essay. Have you read his essay?"

Zhou Guowei nodded, and Xu Qing continued, "Weiwei was thinking of telling you Ziyang's grades last night, but I was worried that since you just had a physical exam and your blood pressure and cholesterol are a bit high, I was afraid that reading that essay would upset you and make you sick."

"That Ziyang kid is something else. Even though you and his mother are divorced, you are still his father. How could he write about you like that? Doesn't that make you a laughing stock for everyone?!"

When Xu Qing said this, he was filled with righteous indignation and looked genuinely angry.

Xu Qing seemed genuinely angry. She said, "I was afraid you'd be angry, so I thought I'd just keep it a secret."

"Since you already know, I might as well just say what I mean."

"From ancient times to the present, who has ever said that a son curses his father to death? I don't know what Ziyang was thinking, just to get a high score, he wrote you like this?"

"I wonder how Ziyang's mother raised him?"

"Guowei, what do you think? Why don't we just bring Ziyang over and raise him? He and Weiwei are both taking the college entrance exams soon, so being together would be a good way to support each other?"

At this point, Xu Qing asked to see Zhou Guowei.

Looking at Xu Qing, who seemed to care about him, Zhou Guowei said, "The child is about to take the college entrance exam. This kind of trouble will affect the child's exam."

"But if this continues, the child will have problems sooner or later!"

"Guowei, it's true that Ziyang is your biological son, but do you see him as your father? Does he respect you? If he truly respected you, how could he have written 'death' in his essay?"

“Guowei, although Weiwei isn’t your child, you can see how she treats you.” Xu Qing spoke sincerely, looking earnestly at Zhou Guowei.

Zhou Guowei remained silent for a while, his face expressionless, before finally speaking: "No matter how good Weiwei's attitude is towards me, she's not my child."

"?" Xu Qing was stunned, her beautiful eyes wide open, somewhat incredulous.

Zhou Guowei continued gently, "Xiao Xu, I've handled cases for half my life and seen countless men and women putting on an act in front of me, but I have my own bottom line, just like my family matters."

“I know you’ve been very good to me, but I only have one son, Ziyang. He may disown me, but I can’t disown him. He is a member of the Zhou family.”

"No matter how good Weiwei is to me, she's still someone else's child."

"If we let him marry Ziyang,"

When Zhou Guowei said this, he stared straight at Xu Qing.

However, a hint of disdain was subtly revealed in the corner of Xu Qing's eye.

Her carefully raised daughter.

How could she marry a boy who has always been so颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of being listless, dispirited, or demoralized)?

Still a single-parent family!

Her daughter is going to university and marry someone who can help her break through social class barriers.

Zhou Guowei noticed the subtle changes in Xu Qing's expression.

So he was somewhat disappointed.

Actually, he favored the two children more than him and Xu Qing.

Unfortunately, Xu Qing never thought highly of Zhou Ziyang.

Xu Qing had originally thought that since her child had gotten first place in the exam, she would look at Zhou Ziyang with new respect.

But look at her eyes.

Zhou Guowei sighed.

"never mind,"

“Xiao Xu, you’ve been taking care of me for three years now. I’ve said before that I have no plans to remarry. If you’re willing to continue taking care of me like this, I won’t stand idly by if you need any help with anything in life.”

"If you don't want to, that's fine too."

"I know that Weiwei is the apple of your eye."

"Similarly, you must understand that Ziyang is also my only bloodline."

"I'm tired, please go back."

Xu Qing looked at Zhou Guowei in disbelief.

She hadn't expected Zhou Guowei to be so indifferent.

Many times, Xu Qing even thought that Zhou Guowei had already regarded her as his wife.

But why, when Zhou Ziyang is mentioned...

Why did he suddenly become so cold?
She didn't understand what she had said wrong.

They rarely talked about Zhou Ziyang before.

In the past, whenever Xia Wei got good grades on exams, Zhou Guowei would smile gently, and then Xu Qing would take the opportunity to ask Xia Wei how many points Zi Yang got.

"I'm not sure, but I think I'm in the lower middle of the class?" Xia Wei replied.

“That won’t do, Weiwei. Ziyang is like your younger brother. You should help him more,” Xu Qing said with a smile.

But Zhou Guowei always said that he was hopeless and couldn't be helped.

"Let's not take up Weiwei's study time."

Xu Qing always thought that Zhou Guowei had given up on Zhou Ziyang.

Now Xu Qing finally understood.

So all men are the same.

One thing on the surface and another behind the scenes.

It was all thanks to Xu Qing for Zhou Guowei.

She's been pretending to be a virtuous and good woman for three years.

Xu Qing returned to the unit next door.

The sound of the door closing was somewhat muffled.

Xia Wei, who was in the room with a pillow between her legs, heard the noise.

She went to her mother's room:

"mom?"

Xia Wei, who was in her room, seemed to sense the subtle atmosphere in the house and took the initiative to push open the door and enter.

When her daughter came in, Xu Qing composed herself slightly: "What's wrong, darling?" Although Xu Qing hid it well, Xia Wei could still sense that her mother seemed to be in a bad mood.

She hesitated for a moment, then said, "You and Uncle Zhou."

"Did you have a fight?"

"No, we were just discussing something. Were we too loud? Did we disturb you? Come, sit down." Xu Qing gestured for Xia Wei to sit down next to her.

Xia Wei was obedient.

She gazed at her daughter for a long while, and her initial gloom gradually dissipated.

She approached Zhou Guowei solely for her daughter's sake.

Zhou Guowei has a son.

She also has a daughter.

My daughter is the one I can rely on for the rest of my life.

Looking at her daughter's beautiful face, Xu Qing became more and more satisfied.

Seventeen-year-old Xia Wei inherited her mother's good looks completely, with a pair of big, bright black eyes, a pert nose, and a small mouth.

She is more beautiful than she was when she was younger.

I work so hard because I hope my daughter will have a better future.

And now, everything is moving in the direction I envisioned.

Thinking about my future, I do feel a bit anxious.

"Honey, the college entrance exam is coming up soon, you have to work hard!"

"Although Ziyang did well on the exam this time, it was only a one-off thing and his performance was inconsistent. But you are different. As long as you maintain your current grades, even if you don't get into Nanjing University, you can still get into a top-tier university."

Xu Qing held Xia Wei's hand and said very seriously.

She rarely had a heart-to-heart talk with her daughter. She touched her daughter's pretty face and said that she was the one who had held her daughter back.

They didn't find a good father for Weiwei.

At that time, Xia Wei's biological father's family went bankrupt, and he, being a woman alone, had no choice but to send Xia Wei to the countryside.

She thought to herself that her child couldn't continue like this.

She needs to find a suitable man to rely on so that she can bring Xia Wei to the city and give her a good education.

Another consideration is Xia Wei's future marriage.

Later, Xu Qing met Zhou Guowei.

He felt that Zhou Guowei was a good fit.

First, if she marries Zhou Guowei.

Xia Wei has a father who works for a procuratorate and a mother who is a teacher.

This is a family with a clean and honest reputation.

She'll be able to marry well in the future.

Vivi really deserves it!
Xu Qing was a teacher, after all, and she had seen far too many girls.

But none of them were as beautiful as his daughter.

As long as I give her a good family background.

She will definitely marry well.

What a Zhou Ziyang! He's like a toad trying to eat swan meat.

Zhou Guowei actually wanted his precious daughter to marry his son, who got first place by cheating.

Ultimately, it was just a divorced family in a small county town.

She wants her daughter to fly away.

I want my daughter to go to a big city.

Once you go to a big city, you'll have more options.

"Baby, Mommy will give you the best!"

You must get out of here!

"Don't get too close to Zhou Ziyang. So what if he's powerful? Humph, he doesn't care about his own son."

"Your Uncle Zhou isn't a good person either."

Xu Qing held Xia Wei in his arms.

Xia Wei listened to her mother's words, but hesitated to speak.

"Mom, even if Zhou Ziyang is worse off, he's still better off than our family, isn't he?"

"?"

Xu Qing was stunned, looking at her daughter in disbelief.

Puzzled, she asked, "Why do you have this idea?"

“I,” Xia Wei felt that her thoughts were not wrong.

"Have you been in contact recently?" Xu Qing asked warily, her tone becoming more direct.

"No, no," Xia Wei said somewhat guiltily.

Xu Qing noticed Xia Wei's guilty conscience but didn't expose her.

She said, "You're different from Zhou Ziyang, baby."

"You are a girl, and you are a very beautiful girl!"

"You know, when a girl is pretty, anything you add to her is a great hand!"

"I went to such lengths to bring you to my side, wasn't it all so that you could achieve even greater things?"

"You'll understand when you get into university. Zhou Ziyang is not good enough for you at all."

"Once you get to college, countless outstanding boys will pursue you."

Xu Qing held Xia Wei in his arms and made empty promises to her.

But at this moment, Xia Wei...
Zhou Ziyang is the only one in her heart.

(End of this chapter)