Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander-Chapter 1288 - 844: Departure

"Alright, alright, you do what you want, you’re the eldest in the family, we all listen to you..." Old Lady Zhao gently patted the obviously agitated Old Master’s back, "Why are you getting worked up? Have you forgotten about your health?"

"When did I get worked up?" Old Master Zhao glared at his wife, "In front of the young ones, don’t wrong me."

Old Lady Zhao didn’t argue with him, she complied with his wishes and responded, "I wronged you then, you’ve been sitting here for a long time, you should be tired, how about you lie down for a bit?"

"Hmm." This time Old Master wasn’t stubborn, he acceded to Old Lady’s wishes, obediently lying down, muttering again, "Actually, I’m not tired, I just don’t want you to worry."

Zhao Yulan and Li Aiyuan exchanged smiles, this is how they’ve interacted their whole lives, Old Lady gives in a bit, and Old Master will definitely give in a bit too, otherwise, how could the two elders have such a good relationship?

The two elders have a good relationship, the happiest are the juniors—they don’t get caught in between feeling torn.

After sending his little wife to school, Zhou Mikang first went home; he had agreed to talk with Zhou Xikang. Actually, he knew what they needed to talk about, but to reassure his older brother, he had to treat this matter seriously.

"Is the old master’s recovery going well?" Zhou Xikang asked as he saw Zhou Mikang enter. His wife was napping, others had returned to their rooms, and being by himself he couldn’t help but have idle thoughts, the more he thought, the more unsettled he was. Now seeing his brother, he felt more grounded, at least his brother was willing to talk to him, which was a good sign.

"Pretty good, the old master is optimistic by nature, now with the old lady accompanying him, his spirits are even better. Probably in another three to five days he can be discharged to rest at home; in about a month or so, he can start rehabilitation."

"That’s good." Zhou Xikang paused slightly, cutting to the chase, "You really insist on going? You’ve seen the situation with your sister-in-law; leaving her just like that, are you really at ease?"

Zhou Mikang couldn’t help but sigh, "I’ve heard from Grandpa and Dad, for my matter, you’ve worried not a little, even argued with them fiercely."

Big brother, I’m really grateful for your consideration, but this matter can’t be changed, if it could be, I wouldn’t want to leave Chuxia alone to face it."

You know how long I’ve been preparing; also, when I carried out missions before, I’ve been there..." he paused for a long while before saying, "You know, that time only I came back." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

If I backed out, not only would I despise myself, likely my child would despise a father like me too. Big brother, trust me, no matter what, I won’t let anything happen to myself."

"Xiaomi, I’ve always admitted I can’t compare to you since we were kids, so I never stopped you from doing anything. But this time, I truly can’t accept it."

I understand everything you’ve said, but, what I want to ask is, when our family faced disasters, who thought of these things? If..." After a heavy sigh, Zhou Xikang said, "If something happened to you, our whole family would be ruined, have you thought about that?"

"It won’t happen." Zhou Mikang earnestly looked at his brother, "I know big brother is disheartened because of the Mei family, actually..." He paused for a long time before saying, "Actually, I’m disheartened too."

But, I’ve investigated, at that time, the decision was made by Mei Changhe, but as the future Family Head, Mei Changqing strongly opposed it, so he couldn’t get his way."

Now, Mei Changqing has become the head of the Mei family, Mei Yitong’s character is evident, so that thorn, just pull it out and toss it aside."

Of course, I’ll always keep this account in mind, if someday Mei Changhe does anything to harm the Zhou family, I will make him pay."

Big brother, you know how much I care about Chuxia, if letting Mei Yitong handle this matter would yield similar results or give an eighty percent chance, I wouldn’t just do it myself."

"Alright." Zhou Xikang looked unenthused, "Actually, I guessed the outcome would be like this, but I still couldn’t help but hope. No matter what you say now, I don’t believe it’s all right."

It’s easy to shout the slogan ’every man’s responsibility is the nation’s survival,’ but to actually do..." he shook his head with a smile, "to actually do it, everyone has their own little calculations, you... sigh..."

It’s impossible to explain the actual situation to Zhou Xikang, Zhou Mikang could only smile wryly. He could understand his brother’s feelings. To be honest, having gone through so much turmoil, it’s impossible not to have a mark left inside him."