Urban Seduction: Housewives Club-Chapter 1439: Buried Memories

Could it be that Zhou Bo’s mother was a woman Zhou Shichang had feelings for? Ye Fei thought to himself, but he didn’t voice it out loud, instead waiting for Zhou Shichang to continue.

At this moment, Zhou Shichang seemed to have been plunged into his memories, his face taking on an expression of nostalgia tinged with a hint of sweetness.

"I lost my parents at a young age and lived with my sister. Although we had a tough life, we were happy. Back then, I always dreamed of becoming a soldier. My sister, though she only had me as family and didn’t want to be separated from me, still supported me and even secretly signed me up for the military without my knowledge. So, that year, I left with the troops, leaving my sister, who was not yet eighteen, to live alone."

As he spoke, Zhou Shichang’s expression gradually turned bleak.

"At first, we wrote to each other regularly, updating each other on our lives. But after about half a year, my sister’s letters became fewer and fewer. After I pressed her for answers, I found out she had met a man. She said the man was very good to her, and they were together and planning to get married."

His expression shifted again as he continued, now a mix of happiness and sorrow.

"When I heard this news, I was both happy and sad. Happy because even without me by her side, my sister had someone to take care of her, but on the other hand, she was no longer just mine."

"This went on for a few more months, and then my sister suddenly stopped writing altogether. For the next six months, I didn’t hear from her, and the letters I sent seemed to vanish into thin air," Zhou Shichang said, his face contorting with anger.

"I couldn’t stand it any longer, so I applied for leave to go home. When I got there, I found her. She looked haggard, far from the pretty and lovely girl she used to be, and her belly was already big. My sister told me that after she found out she was pregnant, the man disappeared. She couldn’t find him anywhere. If it weren’t for the child, she would have given up on life."

Even though it was a story from decades ago, Zhou Shichang’s eyes still blazed with fury as he spoke.

He took a deep breath to suppress his anger before continuing, "So I took a long leave, taking care of my sister while trying to find that man. But even after the child was born, he never showed up. By then, my sister was very weak. She passed away after giving birth to Zhou Bo. I was devastated and wanted to die with her, but before that, I had to do one thing: find that man and take my revenge. Although I knew almost nothing about him, I knew his name was Liu Mingxuan!"

Hearing this, Ye Fei was still greatly shocked, even though he had already guessed. He couldn’t believe that his grandfather had such an honorable past. Anyone, not just Zhou Shichang, would be furious to learn about this.

Zhou Shichang continued, "I knew my sister valued this child very much. To prevent him from becoming an orphan, I claimed that I had secretly gotten married and had someone take care of him. I returned to the military, where I trained intensely and accepted every mission I could handle. I had only one goal: to gain enough strength to take revenge on Liu Mingxuan when I found him! This went on for nearly ten years until I was transferred to the Wanghai Military District and finally found him."

"Since you had already found him, why didn’t you just take revenge directly, instead of getting so close to the Liu and Ye families?" Ye Fei couldn’t help but ask. Even with his intelligence, he couldn’t quite understand.

"Take revenge? I didn’t have the strength at that time," Zhou Shichang said with a self-mocking smile.

"The Liu and Ye families were already rising to prominence. One was involved in politics, and the other controlled the underworld. I was just a major at that time. I could barely handle one Liu family, let alone both the Liu and Ye families."

"Even if I had simply taken care of the Liu family, it wouldn’t have satisfied my thirst for revenge!" Zhou Shichang sneered, continuing his story.

"At first, my grandfather abandoned my aunt because she was of no help to him and might even hold him back. So you wanted him to climb higher and then fall harder, right?" Ye Fei interjected.

"Exactly. So I pretended to befriend them while working even harder. Unfortunately, although I was promoted quickly, the Liu and Ye families grew even faster. I could never catch up to them. And then, I discovered Minghua’s talent," Zhou Shichang said, looking at Li Minghua.

"I once saved the lives of Minghua’s family during a mission. Later, they came to thank me. Minghua was only in her teens at the time, but she was already very outstanding. At that time, I was already blinded by my desire for revenge, so I kept her family close and began to cultivate Minghua in secret. Later, to make her work harder for me, I had her marry Zhou Bo, which was a great sacrifice for her."

Speaking of this, Zhou Shichang appeared very remorseful, but Li Minghua didn’t blame him. Her parents had suffered a lot in their early years and had always been in poor health.

After following Zhou Shichang, although their lives improved, they still didn’t live long and passed away within a few years. Since then, she had come to regard Zhou Shichang as another father in her heart.

After a pause, Zhou Shichang continued, "With Minghua’s help, my promotions came faster and faster. In just a few years, I became the commander of the Wanghai Military District and finally had the power to exact my revenge."

Hearing this, Ye Fei was taken aback. Although he had already sensed that Li Minghua was extraordinary, he never expected her to be even more capable than he had imagined.

The fact that Zhou Shichang, who had no background, smoothly ascended to the position of military district commander was all thanks to her. This made Ye Fei look at Li Minghua with new respect.

"But just at that moment, the old man Liu unexpectedly died!" Zhou Shichang’s expression gradually turned from regret to madness.

"I couldn’t accept it. Although the old man Liu was dead, he still had descendants and the Ye family. I wanted to take my revenge on them, to make sure the old man Liu wouldn’t rest in peace even in death! But..."

"But my mom and dad, and the others, were all raised under your watch. So even though you decided to take revenge, you couldn’t bring yourself to do it, which is why you’ve been putting it off until now," Ye Fei interjected.

Although he hadn’t experienced it firsthand, he could more or less understand Zhou Shichang’s mindset.