Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander
Chapter 240 - 184: Parting Ways

Chapter 240: Chapter 184: Parting Ways

Before dawn.

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Upon receiving the call from Song Xiaoyu, Zhou Mikang was somewhat surprised, and he teased her, "Auntie Song, how does such a busy person find time to fuss over me?"

Song Xiaoyu chuckled, "You little stinker, you leave your wife with me and then you don’t care?"

"She’s now Auntie Song’s little soldier, where would I dare to meddle?"

"Oh, then since that’s what you said, I’ll just follow Old Madam Zhou’s instructions and leave her hanging for a few more months." Having said that, Song Xiaoyu hung up with a "snap."

Zhou Mikang hastily redialed, "Auntie Song, how can you just hang up like that? I wasn’t finished talking. Did my grandma call you?"

"Ah!" Song Xiaoyu sighed softly, "I was the one who called her. Usually, I test a trainee for a month at most, and it’s been two months now. That girl hasn’t uttered a single word of complaint, which is quite rare. To be honest, I don’t want to waste any more time, but it seems like Old Madam Zhou still has some grievances to air. Xiaomi, you know you grew up under Auntie Song’s eye. It’s rare to find someone to your liking, and Auntie Song doesn’t want to torment her anymore."

"But with Old Madam Zhou’s words being here, I can’t really go against her. If I don’t say anything and Wang Jing doesn’t either, someone else will tell her. It would be pointless to create animosity between our families because of this issue, don’t you think?"

"Auntie Song, I understand, thank you."

After hanging up, Zhou Mikang let out a long sigh and scratched his head in frustration. Counting the days, it had been two months since they got engaged, yet Chuxia had not once visited the Zhou family since the engagement.

The reason was simple, Old Madam Zhou had spoken. Until she fully accepted this match, she didn’t want to lay eyes on Chuxia. If they still respected her as an elder of the Zhou family, they would have to do as she requested.

With Old Madam Zhou being like this, Zhou Mikang didn’t feel like bringing Chuxia back to watch her face, thus, in the two months since the engagement, only Lin Yanqiu had met with Chuxia once, and even that was a secret visit in Zhou Mikang’s office.

Zhou Jiping and Zhou Xiangping had sent messages to Chuxia through Zhou Mikang, saying they didn’t visit not due to fear of upsetting Grandma but to prevent her from grabbing onto something and making a fuss. As for Lin Yanqiu, it was out of concern that Chuxia might overthink, so she purposely came over to explain.

Fortunately, Chuxia fully understood Lin Yanqiu’s explanation, and she was completely understanding about not visiting the Zhou family for a while—In fact, Chuxia was utterly thrilled at the prospect of not having to go there for a while! How could she not understand?

In reality, Captain Tongzi probably understood Chuxia’s feelings as well, it’s just that he was reluctant to believe this harsh reality.

If it weren’t for Song Xiaoyu caring about Old Madam Zhou’s opinions, which affected Chuxia’s future, Captain Tongzi would not be agonizing over Old Madam Zhou’s attitude at all.

Given his profound understanding of Old Madam Zhou, he was almost certain that given time, the one who would end up doting on Chuxia the most would probably be Old Madam Zhou herself.

That’s just the kind of person Old Madam Zhou was—if she took a liking to someone, she wouldn’t change her mind easily. He and Ye Meiru had broken up six years ago, and Old Madam Zhou still couldn’t forget about it.

However, he couldn’t just bring up Ye Meiru’s old issues to get Old Madam Zhou to accept Chuxia, especially since it had been over six years. Raking up the past now was not his style.

He hadn’t brought it up back then, and he was even less likely to do so now.

But, for Chuxia, the issue had to be resolved!

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"Grandma, Chuxia is your granddaughter-in-law, and you want her to succeed too, right?" Zhou Mikang got straight to the point as he sat in front of Old Madam Zhou.

"What’s so successful about her?" Old Madam Zhou glanced at him dispassionately, "Apart from her looks, what about her talents or educational background can she bring to the table?"

"She wants to be a good doctor, Grandma. Even if you can’t accept her in the short term, don’t hinder her future!" Zhou Mikang spoke with conviction. Old Madam Zhou laughed wordlessly, "Are you trying to teach me a lesson?"

"I’m discussing matters as they stand, please don’t make things difficult for Auntie Song," Zhou Mikang continued and placed the phone in front of her, "It would trouble you to call Auntie Song and have her start tutoring Chuxia."

"Why don’t you just put a knife to my throat?" Old Madam Zhou slapped Zhou Mikang’s forehead with a smack, "You really have grown up, daring to threaten me, you little thing. Just because I spoil you doesn’t mean I’ll let you get your way all the time. On this matter, you have your stance and I have mine. Asking me to call Song Xiaoyu is out of the question!"

Overhearing this, Lin Yanqiu and Yu Tao involuntarily shrank their necks as Old Madam Zhou’s slap was fiercely delivered, and they both heard the "snap!" sound.