After their confrontation and Xiao Taotao little agreement and rule-break, Xiao Yunhua finally decided that she had somewhat proceeded with her Special Target that was Zhou Ming as well as getting revenge. It was killing two birds with one stone, she just had to make the elusive man fall in love with her. But he was unattainable... It felt like he was playing with her, like everything was under his control, like he was the one manipulating.Meanwhile, one month had gone by in the blink of an eye, in which she was with him everywhere. After people found out she was his girlfriend, she had became an instant "celebrity" in the sense that she couldn"t go out alone since people would recognize her. She also appeared with Zhou Ming in public conferences or simple outings, also known as a date.
According to what she searched on the internet, people didn"t seem to disagree that they were together. In fact, they found Zhou Ming and Xiao Yunhua together as a cute couple. But despite majority of the public"s support, there were still negative comments.
Comments that ranged from her being a seducing "s.l.u.t" and how she wasn"t worthy for the Zhou heir. She could only scoff. This was modern times, not medieval times. Being suitable and whatnot was ridiculous. But even though Xiao Yunhua found such comments from the public harmless, she couldn"t escape them from the Zhou family herself. And coming from the family of the man she was dating, it kinda stung. But then again, they were the worst of worse type of sc.u.m, each with different types of crimes, so she didn"t care that much. But the public did. They ate away at any chance involving the YunMing couple.
Surprisingly, Zhou Eldress and Kang Yiyi had been quiet. Xiao Yunhua expected the evil duo to make her life a living h.e.l.l, but it seemed like they didn"t care. As for the girl who was with Zhou Eldress at the birthday celebration, Jing Yun, she didn"t seem to appear before Xiao Yunhua"s eyes. But Xiao Yunhua wasn"t naïve... this was like the calm before the storm. At any moment, any of the women would strike.
Speaking of storm, she hadn"t had the chance to remind Zhou Ming to have a physical copy of their contract. She would occasionally see him privately as he was so busy, excluding the times that they were in the public eyes. Zhou Feng had tried to contact her a few times, but she would ignore his persistence as always. But even those times seemed to cease as time went by. Not that she minded that. And Zhou Lang, that man was as silent and cold as ever, which broke her heart, but she couldn"t do anything about it, no matter how much she wanted to.
As for Qiang Yue, she hadn"t been able to contact him after that day. She had the feeling that he was purposely avoiding her, but she couldn"t blame him. She had completely lied to him. Guilt clawed at her heart, making it throb painfully, but she showed no indication on her face. What she didn"t know was that there was a third party who was manipulating and preventing her from reaching him, which made him misunderstand that she didn"t want to communicate with him.
Currently, she was arriving at the Zhou mansion with Zhou Ming. Zhou Elder has called for a family meeting and the mischievous heir wouldn"t give up the chance to use it to his advantage—to bring her and anger everyone, especially Zhou Eldress.
But despite her beliefs, once again, the old woman remained quiet. Kang Yiyi was there with Zhou Feng, who had looked at her, opening his mouth to speak with her, but thanks to her enhanced observation skills, she would see him glance briefly at Zhou Ming in what she a.s.sumed was fear. Maybe the dangerous heir had warned his little brother? Whatever it was, she was relieved. The man was a bit too much for her to handle.
"You know grandfather, if you only called everyone here to gripe about Yunhua and for me to break it off with her, then you"re sorely mistaken." Zhou Ming"s endless pools of black reflected everyone in the room along with their fear. The only people that didn"t really seem to have an aura change were few and selective.
"Ming"er..." Zhou Elder sighed as he shot a glare in the direction of Xiao Yunhua, like his words were by her bad influence. "This has to do with your second brother... Zhou Lu."
"What? Is there anything wrong with Lu"er?" Zhou Eldress seemed to have panicked at the mention of the second Zhou grandson.
"No, no. He has finally decided to stop his silliness of wanting to travel the world after nearly half a decade... He is coming home."
Zhou Lu? This was not a name she was familiar with.
"Taotao, search information about him and send it to me later."
>"Did you really just say—"
>"Zhou Lu should"ve stayed away until the plan is complete..." Zhou Ming muttered underneath his breath.
"Anyways," Zhou Elder"s old eyes looked at his grandson. In front of everyone there, he boldly declared, "If you do not stop a.s.sociating yourself with this woman, I do not mind tweaking my will for Lu"er to inherit everything."
Zhou Ming silently looked at him. In a mocking manner yet still consistent with the respect he maintained for his grandfather. "Do you really think the brother who wanders around, traveling, is fit to rule your beloved empire?" Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
His answer caused Zhou Elder to remain quiet for a bit before the old man said, "He"ll learn, just like you did."
A somber aura filled the room until the housekeeper announced that dinner was ready. Even though Xiao Yunhua and Zhou Ming didn"t want to stay, in the end, they were forced to eat along with the rest of the family.