Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 463 Mother and Child (4)

Chapter 463: Chapter 463 Mother and Child (4)

The treasures Qiu Sangou discovered in the mountains, if not included in the joint investment project between both parties, meant that he could conceal his findings, claim them as his own, and make it look as if there was nothing amiss.

"She guarded that mountain, and for so many years she might as well have been blind. Her continued vigil brings no wealth. I’ve given her ten million, which is more than generous to such a ’blind’ person. Nuannuan, you know as well as I do that the value of a steed is uncovered by a connoisseur. Without a connoisseur, the steed remains worthless. Similarly, the value of an investor lies here. She can’t share this money with me."

Not only was this man clever, but he was also extremely ruthless, his veins ran cold with the blood of a thoroughbred businessman. After all, both his father and mother were quintessential businesspeople.

One only had to look at his mother’s bookshelf to know.

At this point, he lowered his head to look into her eyes, his smile gentle, "Of course, if that mountain were yours, I’d share all the money with you."

Men love to whisper sweet nothings in a woman’s ear, to fool them.

Gu Nuan said, "Luckily, my hearing isn’t very good."

Perhaps she said this thoughtlessly, but it caused a shadow to pass across his eyes, and then he held her in silence for a while, without speaking.

In the middle of the night, Zhou Xiaoyun indeed came back, sneaking around to the back window of the warehouse, planning to pry a window open to get inside.

What did these outsiders know? Did they know Grandma Zhou as well as he did? He and Grandma Zhou had been acquainted for so many years.

The sense of a pair of eyes staring at his back suddenly made Zhou Xiaoyun slowly turn his head; he saw a figure standing before him without any light, just a touch of moonlight cloaking Grandma Zhou’s face.

Zhou Xiaoyun, who might as well have seen a ghost, was so scared that one of the slippers he propped against the window fell to the ground. In his hasty effort to pick up the slipper, he cursed, "Who are you trying to scare? Weren’t you supposed to be out?"

"Because I knew you would come. You beast, with no conscience!"

"Why are you calling me heartless? What do I owe you?"

Upon hearing him trying to shake off all responsibility, Grandma Zhou charged at him, raising her walking stick to strike him.

Zhou Xiaoyun dared not cry out too loudly for fear of being heard by Zhou Jin’s villagers, so he could only try to fend off the blows with his hands, protesting, "Why are you hitting me?! Killing me won’t do any good. I have a wife and kids."

"Yes, you have a wife and kids, so you leave me all alone, right? Since you planned to marry her from the start, why did you get involved with me? Her child is a treasure, but mine is trash. You just threw him directly into the sea—"

"I never threw your child away. Don’t slander me."

"If you, the father, hadn’t abandoned him, how would he have drowned in the sea? Because everyone in the village said he was fatherless!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoyun crouched down on the ground, taking the beating without a word.

Grandma Zhou beat him for a bit, truly exhausted, and then she set down her walking stick, stood gasping for air, and pointed at him, "Go away, get out of here, and don’t come back. I’m telling you, the stuff is mine, and it has nothing to do with you."

"You can’t say that," Zhou Xiaoyun managed to find his voice again, "I fought for this land for you back then, and the village gave it to you. In the end, you said you’d sell it without listening to me."

"That’s my land; it has nothing to do with you. Why should I listen to you?" Grandma Zhou said, scoffing, "Zhou Xiaoyun, to put it bluntly, you’re just a greedy bastard. Everyone in the village thinks you’re not greedy, that you’re upright and hence didn’t sell the land, but in reality, you’re greedier than anyone."