Reborn back to the time before I sold my blood to support my scumbag boyfriend's college educat

"Mom and Dad, Xiao Chu, A Zhou, you guys chat, I have something to do so I'm going back to my study first."

Zhou Wenbin looked unwell. After finishing his speech, he immediately went upstairs, but missed a step while going up the stairs and almost fell.

"uncle"

Uncle Zhou

Xia Yichu and Pei Shizhou had been watching him the whole time, so they noticed him immediately and stood up in surprise. When the Zhou family elders looked over, Zhou Wenbin had already grabbed the stair railing to steady himself.

"What's wrong?"

Grandma Zhou asked, puzzled, while Grandpa Zhou looked at them with a similarly puzzled expression.

"Grandma Zhou, Uncle Zhou almost fell just now."

"How can you be so careless at your age, Wenbin? Did you not sleep well again last night?"

Grandma Zhou thought that he hadn't been in good spirits in the mornings lately, and when she asked him, he would say that he couldn't sleep.

"I'm fine, just a little tired."

"Then you should go upstairs and rest for a bit; put your work aside for now."

"Mom, I understand."

Zhou Wenbin spoke in a hoarse voice, then walked back to his room. This time, not only Xia Yichu and Pei Shizhou noticed something was wrong, but even the Zhou family elders realized it, though they couldn't understand what Zhou Wenbin was up to.

Pei Shizhou's hand has recovered remarkably well, and the Zhou family elders have been in high spirits lately. However, Zhou Wenbin seems preoccupied; could there be something wrong with Pei Shizhou's hand?

"A-Zhou, your hand..."

"Grandma, my hand is almost healed. I just went to the hospital for a check-up a few days ago."

Pei Shizhou didn't know what was wrong with his uncle either. He had been extremely busy at work these past few days and hadn't had time to come home. Last week, his uncle asked him to go to the hospital for a follow-up check-up on his hand, and he only saw his uncle once.

His uncle seemed even busier than him. When his grandmother called home, she always said that his uncle was reading in the study. Hearing that his uncle was home, Pei Shizhou didn't think much of it.

"That's good"

Grandma Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, assuming that Zhou Wenbin was thinking of Yao Siying again.

"Xiao Chu, A Zhou, please sit down. I'll go cook two dishes."

"Grandpa Zhou, no need."

Xia Yichu felt embarrassed to have Grandpa Zhou, who was so old, cook for her. In her previous life, she had been imprisoned by Liu Yaohui for several years and often went a whole day without food. She was grateful to have anything to eat, so she wasn't picky and ate almost anything.

Looking back now, I must have ruined my stomach by starving myself during those years, which eventually led to my illness.

"Xiao Chu, it's okay. Your Grandpa Zhou likes to cook, and he cooks for himself every few days."

Grandma Zhou grew to like Xia Yichu more and more; she was such a good child.

"Yes, even though you guys weren't here, I cooked for myself."

Grandpa Zhou walked happily to the kitchen; with the nanny helping him, he wasn't tired at all.

"Xiao Chu, you stay and talk to my grandma, I'll go help her."

Pei Shizhou took off his coat, put it on the sofa, and went to the kitchen. He wanted to learn cooking from his grandfather so he could cook for Xia Yichu in the future.

As for his uncle, recalling the conversation between the two of them about Yao Siying, and remembering his grandmother saying that he was still making phone calls in the middle of the night, he felt that his uncle might have asked someone to look for Yao Siying, but there had been no news, so he was in a bad mood.

After Zhou Wenbin closed the door, he slumped to the ground, tears streaming down his face. He covered his mouth tightly with his hand to stop himself from crying out loud.

After spending over a month investigating, he finally confirmed that his sister's death was not an accident, but a deliberate act, and that it was indeed related to Pei Feng.

He wondered what the person calling him meant. Why wait twenty years to call him? But whatever their reason for calling, he wouldn't let Pei Feng off the hook.

"Pei Feng, you beast, why did you do this to my sister? You'll die a horrible death!"

Before her younger sister got married, she advised her against marrying Pei Feng, but after the marriage, her parents and she herself felt that Pei Feng was treated quite well.

Yes, he dealt with Pei Feng's parents, putting them in jail for a year. They were originally sentenced to three years, but after a year, Zhou Wenbin arranged for their release.

Making them stay for a year was meant to teach them a lesson, to see if they would dare to make things difficult for or criticize his sister again. This method was indeed effective; after they came out, they refused to stay in Kyoto and slunk back to their rural hometown.

At the time, Pei Feng also said it was his parents' fault and that no one else was to blame. Seeing how sensible Pei Feng was, Zhou Wenbin, in order to appease him, spent money to find someone to promote him to the position of director of the textile factory.

Zhou Wenbin also wanted Pei Feng to know that only by treating his sister well could he have a good life. If Zhou Wenbin hadn't later impulsively applied to become a doctor in the army, with Zhou Wenbin watching over him, Pei Feng certainly wouldn't have dared to do such a heinous thing to his sister.

Zhou Wenbin grew angrier the more he thought about it, his whole body trembling. He knew he couldn't act impulsively; he had to come up with a well-thought-out plan to make Pei Feng pay the price.

Finding evidence is much harder than investigating, and so many years have passed that it's hard to say whether any evidence can be found at all. It was already incredibly difficult to investigate the cause of his sister's death; Zhou Wenbin had contacted someone in the underworld, who owed him a favor.

Zhou Wenbin gave him another 500,000 yuan, instructing him to investigate the matter thoroughly at all costs. More money was offered if needed; indeed, money talks, and the truth was revealed in less than two months.

They arranged for someone in jail to contact the person who hit Zhou Wenhui, and used shady methods to get that person to tell the truth. However, he only helped Zhou Wenbin find the truth; finding evidence was not within his purview.

That person couldn't come forward to testify for Zhou Wenbin either; they forced him to tell the truth in prison before he committed suicide. So many years have passed, it's very difficult for Zhou Wenbin to legally overturn the verdict.

Zhou Wenbin had thought it over. If he couldn't bring Pei Feng to justice, he would take revenge himself.

"Uncle, get up and eat."

Pei Shizhou knocked on the door, and Zhou Wenbin quickly stood up and went to bed.

"Ah Zhou, I feel dizzy and don't want to eat. I want to sleep a little longer."

Just as Pei Shizhou was about to push the door open and come in, Zhou Wenbin's exhausted voice came from inside.

"Uncle, I'll go get your medicine."

"No need, I just haven't been getting enough sleep these past few days. A good night's sleep will do the trick. Ah Zhou, don't worry about me, go downstairs and eat, and take good care of Xiao Chu."

He's in such a sorry state right now, and he can't guarantee he can control his emotions. He needs some time to calm down.

"Uncle, may I come in?"

Pei Shizhou was a little worried and wanted to go in and check on Zhou Wenbin.

"No, Ah Zhou, I'm really fine."

Zhou Wenbin refused to let Pei Shizhou in, and Pei Shizhou did not press the matter further.

"Okay, Uncle, call me if you need anything."

"Okay, I understand."

After Pei Shizhou left, Zhou Wenbin couldn't hold back his tears anymore and started crying again. He couldn't imagine what his parents and Pei Shizhou would do if they found out about this.

More than 20 years ago, his parents experienced the pain of losing their daughter, and now he intends to reopen their wounds and even rub salt into them.

He knew he couldn't accept this, let alone his parents and A-Zhou. Zhou Wenbin's eyes were red, and his hands gripped the bedsheets tightly. He knew that telling his family about this would cause them immense pain, but he simply couldn't bring himself to let Pei Feng go.

Moreover, he was unwilling to accept that his sister had died so tragically while the murderer was still living freely. Pei Feng had to pay the price for what he had done.