Soon, Zheng Juan called Zhao Xi over.
Zhao Xi is only in her early twenties and is quick to accept new things.
So after Zhou Bingkun demonstrated it twice, he learned how to use the camera.
Zhou Bingyi took on the role of commander-in-chief. After the commanders were in position, he signaled Zhao Xi to start taking pictures.
After the family photo was taken, Zhou Bingkun called Zheng Guangming over and took another one together.
Afterwards, Zhou Bingkun also helped Zhao Xi's family take a family photo.
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After that, each member of the Zhou family took individual photos and group photos.
They continued taking photos until all the film in the camera was used up, and only then did they reluctantly end the photo session.
During this period, Zhou Bingkun did not take any photos of himself and Zhou Rong together.
Zhou Rong was still angry with Zhou Bingkun and also refused to take a picture with him.
Even their attitude towards Zheng Juan wasn't very good.
Zheng Juan was eager to help Zhou Bingkun and Zhou Rong reconcile, but Zhou Bingkun wouldn't listen and also ran into a wall with Zhou Rong.
This made the kind-hearted Zheng Juan feel very wronged.
Tonight's dinner is the one where the Zhou family has had the most members together since 1969.
Aside from the fact that Zhou Bingkun and Zhou Rong didn't interact much, the meal was very harmonious.
Li Suhua's smile never faded.
As the head of the family, Zhou Zhigang took the initiative to say, "Bingyi, Xiaorong, Bingkun, all three of you have been admitted to universities, and all of you are in the capital. Bingyi and Xiaorong are even in the same university. So, you should visit each other more often! Only when brothers and sisters visit each other often can they truly be considered family, understand?"
Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong both readily agreed.
Zhou Bingkun did not refute, but nodded silently.
Zhou Zhigang nodded in satisfaction. He felt that although his youngest son was stubborn, he should listen to him.
No matter what, Zhou Bingkun and Zhou Rong are siblings; blood is thicker than water!
Zhou Zhigang then said to Li Suhua, "My dear wife, you'll have to work hard after Bingkun goes to university."
"I'm fine, I have Juan'er, Yan Yan and Xiang Dong with me!" Li Suhua said with a smile.
At this moment, Feng Huacheng nudged Zhou Rong under the table. Zhou Rong understood immediately: "Dad, Mom, there's something I want to discuss with you! I'm going to the capital to study this time, and Huacheng has just resumed his job and doesn't have a place to stay yet!"
"So I'd like to leave Yueyue at home for the time being, Mom, is that okay?"
Zhou Zhigang and Li Suhua were unfazed by Zhou Rong's words.
Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei exchanged a glance, then looked at Zhou Bingkun together.
Zhou Zhigang laughed heartily: "I thought it was something serious, but of course it's no problem! Going to university is a big deal, and it's really inconvenient to bring a child along. Don't worry, leave Yueyue with your mom at home, she'll raise her to be healthy and chubby."
Li Suhua didn't think anything of it and was about to agree when Zhou Bingkun suddenly spoke up: "Wait."
Zheng Juan was already pulling Zhou Bingkun along, but Zhou Bingkun still spoke up, which made her feel quite helpless.
Upon hearing Zhou Bingkun speak, Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng's expressions changed drastically, and Zhou Zhigang's face also turned sour.
Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei were not surprised at all.
"Bingkun, is there anything you want to say?" Zhou Zhigang asked in a low voice.
As the head of the family, he had already spoken up, and he felt that his youngest son should be more sensible.
However, Zhou Bingkun objected, which made him feel that his authority as the head of the family was being challenged.
Ignoring Zhou Zhigang's threats and Zhou Rong's unpleasant expression, Zhou Bingkun said to himself, "Juan'er and I have already discussed it. I'm going to university after the New Year, and they will come with me!"
"What I want to say is that we've all left, and I'm worried about leaving Mom alone at home. So I want her to come with us to the capital!"
Before Li Suhua could speak, Zhou Zhigang slammed his fist on the table in anger: "Nonsense!"
"Dad, what did I do wrong?" Zhou Bingkun asked Zhou Zhigang slowly.
Zhou Zhigang said angrily, "You're going to school, what's the point of bringing your family along? What kind of place is the capital? Is it a place that just anyone can go to? Why don't you stay at home and go to the capital to be a burden?"
As he spoke, his gaze unconsciously swept over Zheng Juan, the meaning of which was self-evident.
Zheng Juan felt her father-in-law's gaze and quickly lowered her head, not daring to utter a sound.
However, Zhou Zhigang's gaze angered Zhou Bingkun, who said very rudely, "Dad, in your eyes, are Mom and Yan Yan going east already a burden?"
Zhou Zhigang was speechless.
He was just talking about Zheng Juan. He felt that Zhou Bingkun taking his family to the capital must have been Zheng Juan's idea.
But Zhou Bingkun, on the other hand, directly changed his target to Li Suhua and her two grandsons.
Although Li Suhua had never thought about going to the capital, Zhou Zhigang's words still made her feel somewhat uncomfortable.
She never said anything when her husband went out to work.
But her son was worried about leaving her alone at home while he went to school, so he wanted to take her with him. This shows his filial piety and care.
It's fine if her husband doesn't support her, but what does it mean that he says she and her grandson are a burden?
When Zhou Rong heard that Zhou Bingkun was going to take his family to the capital, she was terrified.
In her opinion, if Zheng Juan and the others were to go to the capital, they would definitely have to take Yueyue with them!
If Zhou Bingkun just finds some excuse to force Yueyue onto her, how will she be able to attend classes?
At that moment, only one thought occupied her mind: No, absolutely not! Even if Zheng Juan and the others insisted on going, she couldn't let her mother go with them!
When Zhou Bingyi saw his younger brother arguing with their father again, he instinctively wanted to persuade him.
But Hao Dongmei held him tightly, constantly signaling with her eyes for him to stop talking.
Hao Dongmei felt that spending the New Year at the Zhou family's house was really too tiring!
Especially when Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Rong were present!
Zhou Rong looked at Zhou Bingkun and said, "Bingkun, that's not what Dad meant! What Dad meant was that Mom and Juan'er have never traveled far from home, and they're definitely not used to going to a place like the capital."
"And once we get to the capital, you'll go to school, and Mom and Juan'er will stay home to take care of the child. How will we manage the food, drink, and all the other expenses? The cost of living in the capital is enormous!"
"You don't need to worry about that! Since I dared to take my whole family to the capital, I definitely have a way to support them!" Zhou Bingkun said calmly to Zhou Rong. "Don't worry, once we get to the capital, I definitely won't ask you for a single penny!"
Zhou Rong glared angrily at Zhou Bingkun: "Bingkun, what do you mean by that?"
"What I mean is, whether I can support my family or not is none of your business!" Zhou Bingkun said bluntly. "If you don't want to raise Yueyue, I won't force you. She can continue to live with us! Anyway, she's my own niece, and I don't need that little bit of money!"
Zhou Rong's face turned red with anger: "When did I say I wouldn't raise Yueyue? My situation is special! I need to go to university, and Hua Cheng needs to work. We don't even have a place to live. How will Yueyue live with us..."
"Alright, I've made myself perfectly clear. If you can't take Yueyue, I will!" Zhou Bingkun interrupted Zhou Rong directly. "If you're worried that Yueyue will suffer with us, or that we won't be able to teach her well, then take her with you! If you're not going to, then shut up!"
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Zhou Rong glared at Zhou Bingkun with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire: "Zhou Bingkun, I'm your sister, how can you talk to your own sister like that?"
"You are my sister, that's true, but what you've done doesn't deserve my respect at all!" Zhou Bingkun said mercilessly. "Didn't you say you were going to sever ties with the family? Say it again if you dare, and I'll tell you..."
Zhou Zhigang couldn't take it anymore and slammed his hand on the table: "Zhou Bingkun! I'm not dead yet, and you want to sever ties with your sister? You're getting more and more lawless. Do you think that just because you're grown up, I can't control you anymore?"
"You want to cut ties? Fine, you cut ties with me first!"
Li Suhua quickly said to Zhou Bingkun, "Bingkun, apologize to your father right away!"
Zheng Juan anxiously pulled Zhou Bingkun along, asking, "Bingkun, what are you doing?"
Zhou Bingyi wanted to say something to persuade him, but Zhou Zhigang spoke first: "Don't say anything! Zhou Bingkun, you said you want to sever ties, come on! Don't you work at a publishing house? Publish it in the newspaper tomorrow, we're severing ties! I don't have an unfilial son like you, and you don't need to acknowledge me as your father."
Upon seeing Zhou Zhigang, he began to speak recklessly, causing everyone great anxiety.
Only Zhou Rong raised her head, looking at Zhou Bingkun triumphantly.
Zhou Bingkun looked directly at Zhou Zhigang and slowly said, "Dad, are you so biased now that you can't even tell right from wrong? Zhou Rong is your daughter, but am I not your son?"
"Back then, Zhou Rong ran away to your province without permission for Feng Huacheng, and even threatened to sever ties with her family for him! But what did you do? You disregarded the danger and your family, and personally went to your province to reconcile with Zhou Rong and forgive her for everything she had done!"
"But how are you treating me now? I've taken care of Mom at home all these years. Even if I haven't done anything meritorious, I've certainly worked hard, haven't I? I gave birth to two sons for the Zhou family, which is also to carry on the Zhou family line, isn't it?"
"I had a fight with Zhou Rong, and without distinguishing right from wrong, you started cursing at me! Now you want to sever ties with me for Zhou Rong's sake?"
"I just want to ask one question: Zhou Rong is your biological daughter, but am I not your biological daughter?"
Zhou Zhigang felt no remorse for Zhou Bingkun's words. Instead, he roared, "That's because Xiao Rong is more sensible than you! Look at what you've done! You didn't study hard when you were young. All you did was hang out with a bunch of bad kids."
"When you got a job at the publishing house, I thought you'd changed for the better, and I was even proud of you. But what did you do? You got fired from your position as deputy editor! You got into university, and I thought you'd really matured. But what about you? How did you treat your sister? You even wanted to cut ties with her. Do you really think your mother and I are dead?"
"You say I'm biased? You have everything Xiao Rong has! And you even have things Xiao Rong doesn't have!"
"Your sister has lived in your province for so many years, relying entirely on herself! And what about you? You're just enjoying yourself at home! What's wrong with helping your sister take care of Yueyue for a few days?"
"If you treat your sister like this now, who knows how you'll treat me and your mother in the future!"
Upon hearing Zhou Zhigang's words, Zhou Bingkun burst into laughter and said, "Hahaha, Zhou Rong is more sensible than me? That's the funniest joke I've ever heard!"
"To abandon one's family, parents, and siblings for a man more than ten years older than him, for her so-called love, is that what you call being sensible?"
"To avoid trouble, you just leave your daughter with your parents' home. Two years later, you write a letter to your daughter asking, 'You gave birth to her but didn't raise her. Is that what you call being sensible?'"
"To go to college, you don't even want to raise your daughter. Is that what you call being sensible?"
"To save her husband, she sent her own brother to jail. Is that what you call being sensible?"
A series of rhetorical questions turned Zhou Rong's face ashen, and Feng Huacheng lowered his head, not daring to speak.
Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei looked at each other in bewilderment.
Li Suhua opened her mouth as if to say something, but couldn't say anything, because what Zhou Bingkun said was true.
Zhou Zhigang was trembling with anger, his lips were shaking, and he pointed at Zhou Bingkun, unable to utter a word.
However, when Zhou Bingkun said the last sentence, everyone present showed an expression of disbelief!
Only Zhou Rong's face turned pale instantly.
Zheng Juan was the most surprised and asked anxiously, "Bingkun, you said you were locked up? When? How come I didn't know?"
Zhou Bingkun sighed and said, "Juan'er, do you remember that business trip I took before I was removed from my position as deputy editor-in-chief?"
"That time Teacher Shao said you went on a business trip out of the province? Could it be?" Zheng Juan looked at Zhou Bingkun in disbelief.
Zhou Bingkun nodded: "That's right, I wasn't on a business trip at all that time. I was arrested and locked up in jail for seven days!"
"If it weren't for Uncle Ma and Aunt Qu's help, I'm afraid I would have been locked up for a year or two like Feng Huacheng!"
As he spoke, Zhou Bingkun looked at Zhou Rong and said coldly, "And why I was imprisoned that time, my dear sister, you should know better than anyone else!"
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on her, Zhou Rong's face turned even uglier, but she still argued stubbornly: "That time I was indeed responsible, but didn't you have any problems yourself? Hua Cheng is your brother-in-law. He was arrested in the capital. You clearly had a way to help him, but you didn't. Aren't you going too far?"
"I told you I couldn't help, but you didn't believe me!" Zhou Bingkun said with a sneer. "Then you secretly used my name to plead for Feng Huacheng, and what happened? Feng Huacheng wasn't saved, and I was implicated and imprisoned too!"
"In the end, it was someone else who got me out! After I got out, you didn't even offer a proper apology, but instead blamed me for not being able to save Feng Huacheng!"
"You, as the older sister, are so selfish, heartless, and ungrateful. How can you expect me to treat you kindly and respect you? What kind of nonsense are you talking about!"
At this moment, Zhou Zhigang's expression was beyond just looking ugly.
Even though he was biased towards Zhou Rong, he still felt a pang of pain in his heart when he heard that Zhou Rong had caused Zhou Bingkun to be imprisoned and lose his position as deputy editor-in-chief.
The younger son's attitude towards his daughter makes sense: "Xiao Rong, what's going on?"
Zhou Bingyi also asked urgently, "Zhou Rong, why haven't you mentioned this before?"
This matter is far from ordinary!
Once a criminal record is established, it will have an extremely negative impact on Zhou Bingkun's future!
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it ruined Zhou Bingkun's future!
Indeed, that was the case. If it weren't for Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen's help, even if Zhou Bingkun were released, he would still have a criminal record for being imprisoned!
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Others cared about the whole story, but Zheng Juan didn't care about any of that; she only cared about Zhou Bingkun.
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