Chapter 365: Your Son Doesn’t Want You Anymore

Chapter 365: Your Son No Longer Wants You

Zuo Nanfu and Qi Sanmei looked pleasantly surprised. "What? Your father wants to bring us into the city to enjoy life?"

Zuo Zuying nodded but then denied it to Qi Sanmei, "No, he doesn't want to take care of you. It's I who want you to enjoy family happiness."

"All these years, you often recount in front of my mother and me how much you sacrificed for your son, how hard you worked to raise him to adulthood. I know how much effort you put into raising him."

"Ah, actually, I feel quite sorry for you. As you said, you endured so much hardship for your son when you were young, but now that you're old, he leaves you to my mother. He knows you don't get along with her, yet he still stays away for half a year without coming back to see you, not even a phone call."

Zuo Nanfu and Qi Sanmei defended their son, "It's not your father's fault; he has his own difficulties. It's all because of your mother, if it weren't for her extravagance, would your father need to be away from home all year round?"

"People say that a good wife is a blessing. It's just your father's bad luck, which has made it difficult for us two old people to even see our son."

Zuo Zuying was almost amused by their response. Why do elderly people always have this bad habit of blaming everything on their daughters-in-law?

"I think my father is being unfilial. They say one should not leave home while parents are alive. Our family isn't lacking in food or drink, yet he is away from home all year long. This clearly shows he doesn't want to take care of you."

Qi Sanmei glared at Zuo Zuying protectively, "What does this have to do with your father? Your father has always been honest and obedient, with a gentle nature. If he is unfilial, it must be due to your mother's influence."

Seeing their attitude, Zuo Zuying felt sorry for Hou Li.

Although they treated him well, whenever there was a conflict between him and Zuo Shangdang, they always sided with Zuo Shangdang. They had never shown any kindness to Hou Li and her sister, Zuo Jinghuan.

For so many years, they never considered who was actually taking care of their daily needs.

If the money really came from Zuo Shangdang's earnings, they might have a point, but this money clearly came from his grandfather.

Without his grandfather's support, who would recognize Zuo Shangdang in City A?

"Right, right, you're absolutely correct. Your son is the most filial, and it's all because of his success that you can enjoy your golden years. It has nothing to do with Big Beauty. If you had a different daughter-in-law, you might be even happier."

"The clothes you wear and the food you eat every day are all provided by your son. Don't forget that. Sister Mei just comes over to cook and clean for you, but everything else is taken care of by Big Beauty and the Second Son."

Qi Sanmei narrowed her eyes, "That money is from our son. Even if it wasn't from that Hou family, we could still spend it with anyone else. If we got a better one, she would still have to serve us, not like your mother, that wicked woman, who leaves the elderly behind while she enjoys herself!"

"Only now that times have changed, or in the past, a woman like your mother would have been divorced at best, and at worst, drowned in a pig cage!"

Zuo Zuying didn't bother arguing with them and quickly changed the subject.

"Grandpa, Grandma, I have a question. Do you know Lu Yazhi?"

The old lady was still scolding Hou Li for her lack of filial piety, but when she heard Zuo Zuying's question, she was immediately stumped.

The couple instinctively exchanged glances, their eyes darting as they said, "Who's Lu Yazhi? Never heard of her."

"Is your mother lying to you again? Let me tell you, your mother is no good. She's always causing trouble. If it weren't for her, would your father go out to work alone? I don't see my son, and you don't see your father, all because of your mother #￥%￥……%……%"

Zuo Zuying raised his voice, "Stop!!!"

"I'm asking if you know Lu Yazhi, why are you bringing up my mother? Why does everything have to involve my mother?"

"Oh, how hard it must have been for my mother to marry into the Zuo family. She sits at home, and troubles fall from the sky. Everything seems to happen to her. I think she must have done something terrible in her past life to end up in the Zuo family."

Zuo Nanfu raised his voice, "How can you talk like that? Whose name are you carrying? You're siding with outsiders..."

"Stop, stop, stop, listen to me," Zuo Zuying interrupted, seeing that they were about to launch into another long rant.

"I have a reason for saying your son is unfilial. He lives in a big house in City A, with servants and a driver. He lives with Lu Yazhi."

Qi Sanmei, dryly and evasively, said, "What nonsense are you talking, child? Even if your father lives in a big house, it's only right. He has the ability, and he works so hard..."

Zuo Zuying stretched out his Er Kang hand to stop the old lady from continuing her chatter.

"I know he works hard, but it’s only right that he does. He is the head of our family, and it’s fitting for him to enjoy some comforts. But I can accept that he enjoys them with others and not us. What I can’t stand is that he doesn’t even include you. This is what I find unfair for you."

"Granny, you’ve sacrificed so much for him, raising him to adulthood through all your hard work. Didn’t you say before that when he had a fever, you stayed up all night by his bedside without closing your eyes? When he fell, you carried him for miles to see a doctor. You scrimped and saved to send him to school..."

Zuo Zuying repeated the words that Qi Sanmei and Zuo Nanfu often mentioned.

"All this hard work you put into raising your son, and now all the benefits go to others. Do you know that the mother-in-law of Lu Yazhi, whom he married, was brought to live with him and is being treated well!"

"She eats delicacies, lives in a skyscraper, wears gold and silver, and is chauffeured around. She has servants attending to her every hour of the day."

Zuo Nanfu and Qi Sanmei were agitated. It was fine for Lu Yazhi to surpass Hou Li, and for Lu Jinan to surpass Zuo Zuying, but no one should surpass them.

Qi Sanmei’s breathing quickened, "Say that again."

"You mean to say that your father brought the mother-in-law of Lu Yazhi’s wife to live with him and take care of her?"

Zuo Zuying nodded, "I swear on my life, may I be struck by lightning if I lie."

"You raised him, gave him a wife, sent him to school, and now that he’s successful, even someone distantly related can enjoy his benefits, while you, his biological parents, are left in this poor village, forgotten."

"Grandpa, Granny, I really feel so wronged for you. Even now, when you talk about your son, you still look so proud and pleased. What’s the result? He treats you like beggars, brushing you off."

Qi Sanmei’s face turned ashen, "Impossible, Shangdang, Shangdang couldn’t treat us like that."

Zuo Zuying looked earnest, "See, you still don’t believe me. Let me tell you, I’ve had two arguments with him over this. I said we should bring Grandpa and Granny up to enjoy some comfort, but he refused."

"Our family feels sorry for him, thinking he can only come home twice a year. But in the city, he is devoted to serving the old lady from his wife’s family."

"If he cared about you, would he knowingly leave you with my mother, knowing she doesn’t like you? He wants you to be angry, to die of frustration!"

Zuo Zuying bent down to look the two elders in the eye, enunciating each word clearly, "Your... son... does... not... want... you... anymore."