The Sweetness of the Seventies-Chapter 1197 - 1166: Reap What You Sow

After that, although Zhu Zhitao’s parents made a few scenes, they were all stopped by Zhu Zhitao.

Unable to see their son, Father Zhu and Mother Zhu could only come to his workplace, followed by Zhu Zhitao’s older sister.

He Tiantian passed by them, glanced briefly, and then left with Cui Ying, without greeting them.

It wasn’t until He Tiantian was far away that Mother Zhu spoke indignantly, "What kind of attitude is that! Pretending not to see us outright."

Father Zhu sighed, "She wasn’t pretending, she genuinely doesn’t want to deal with us."

"My son is still her coach, why shouldn’t she respect us?" Mother Zhu said. "We’re here for Zhitao. We should tell our son to teach his team members a lesson."

Some athletes were passing by and stared at them.

The security guard hurried to inform Zhu Zhitao to come out, as they couldn’t simply let these two people in.

When Zhu Zhitao saw his parents arrive, he was expressionless and said, "There’s a tea house over there; we can talk there. Whatever the matter, let’s discuss it there."

Seeing their son’s unhappy expression, Father Zhu and Mother Zhu had no choice but to follow.

Once inside the tea house, Zhu Zhitao ordered a pot of tea and poured a cup for each of his parents, then asked, "What’s the matter?"

"Zhitao, how can you talk to your dad and mom like this?" Zhu Zhimin frowned. "Mom and Dad told me before—you’re not treating them well, and it turns out to be true."

Zhu Zhitao looked at his older sister and sneered, "If I had been firmer with our parents in the past, I wouldn’t have ended up divorced. Now that I’m divorced, what else do you want? Do you want to ruin my job, so I end up with nothing, to satisfy you?"

Upon hearing her brother’s words, Zhu Zhimin was displeased and said, "Mom and Dad didn’t want you to divorce either. They came here to ask you to reconcile with Yuan Hua. Couples fight, but why divorce?"

"Ha!" Zhu Zhitao couldn’t help but laugh bitterly, "Who do you think your brother is? How capable do you think your brother is? I don’t believe I have that much charm. If you did, you wouldn’t be divorced and bringing your child back home either!"

Zhu Zhitao’s words made Zhu Zhimin’s face turn crimson as she retorted, "Our situation was a lack of mutual affection, so naturally, there was no need for us to stay together. My case is not the same as yours; you cannot compare the two."

"Ha, what’s the difference?" Zhu Zhitao asked back, "You were cursing your ex-brother-in-law’s family over the phone just before, weren’t you? I also have a family full of such people, naturally, Yuan Hua couldn’t be kept either."

Father Zhu was taken aback and said sternly, "How can you say that? Of course, we want you to have a good life. We had no idea things would turn out this way."

"You had no idea?" Zhu Zhitao sneered, "Then what were all those things you did before? I can’t even forgive you, let alone Yuan Hua! I don’t know why you came to see me, but I can tell you, don’t meddle in my affairs. I’ll say it one more time, don’t bother He Tiantian either. Even though I’m her coach, there are plenty in the swim team who would love to be He Tiantian’s coach, it’s not that she’s begging me, but rather I’m clinging to He Tiantian. If you want to destroy my career, I’ve already lost my family; if I don’t achieve anything career-wise, I might as well buy a bottle of pesticide and drink it to end it all. If you continue making trouble, so be it."

Having said this, Zhu Zhitao left twenty yuan under the teacup as payment, stood up, and left.

Zhu Zhitao resented himself, but also his parents.

Now that he had already lost his family, he didn’t want to lose his job, his career, because of his parents’ unreasonable troublemaking.

Zhu Zhitao left, leaving behind the astonished parents of the Zhu family and Zhu Zhimin.

"Look, look, now everything has come to this..." Mother Zhu was so agitated, sobbing and wiping her nose in front of Zhu Zhimin, "Zhitao is no longer obedient."

Father Zhu frowned and sighed, "Let’s not struggle anymore. Zhitao is hating us now. Now that he’s divorced, if he has problems at work, he probably won’t be able to handle it. Ah, no matter how you put it, we were too excessive in the beginning."

Zhu Zhimin nodded and said, "Now big brother doesn’t even let us talk about the property issue; he probably doesn’t want to sue for partition of the property. We don’t have to be the bad guys anymore."

"But... but that’s a lot of money..." Mother Zhu hesitated, struggling to let go. Not to ask for much, but getting half would make life at home so much more comfortable.

Father Zhu said gravely, "If Zhitao hadn’t divorced, it would all belong to our Zhu family. Now that he’s divorced, it has nothing to do with our family. Zhitao obviously doesn’t want to mention it anymore, and we can’t do anything about it even if we’re anxious. If we push him too hard and it affects his job, then we’ll be losing the lady and the soldiers too."

Zhu Zhimin nodded and said, "I heard about He Tiantian abroad too, she’s a favorite for this year’s Olympics. What big brother said is true, there are many who want to be He Tiantian’s coach. Whoever becomes her coach will be able to break the domestic record of zero swimming gold medals. That’s such an excellent record to have. If we offend He Tiantian, or go looking for trouble with Yuan Hua, given how fond He Tiantian is of Yuan Hua, she definitely won’t sit by and ignore it."

Hearing this, Mother Zhu didn’t dare to go to Zhu Zhitao’s workplace, let alone find He Tiantian. frёewebηovel.cѳm

"Ah, let’s go home then." Mother Zhu said, now that things had come to this, she had come to understand that if they kept causing trouble, things would only get worse.

At this point, Mother Zhu was immersed in regret.

However, Mother Zhu had not given up, she couldn’t go to her son’s workplace, she couldn’t find He Tiantian, but she could look for Yuan Hua, for Xiao Xiao.

"Dad, how did it go when you saw your in-laws, what did they say?" Mother Zhu asked, "If possible, we should beg the in-laws more often!"

The in-laws here naturally referred to Yuan Hua’s father.

Father Zhu shook his head and said, "The in-law said that it all depends on the child. If the child wants to reconcile, then reconcile; if not, he can’t do anything about it and won’t interfere."

"Then I will go beg Yuan Hua," Mother Zhu said, "I don’t believe that if I kneel down to her, Yuan Hua will still refuse. I was wrong before, I’ll admit my mistakes..."

"If admitting mistakes could solve everything, they wouldn’t have divorced." Zhu Zhimin tried to persuade her, not wanting her mother to humiliate herself. She had also advised her mother before, especially when her parents moved to live in Yuan Hua’s yard, but her parents wouldn’t listen, so there was nothing she could do.

Upon hearing this, Mother Zhu couldn’t stop sighing.

Still, taking advantage of the fact that no one was aware yet, Mother Zhu secretly went to find the busy primary school where Xiao Xiao attended.

Because Yuan Hua worked during the day, but she would always pick up her child after school.

One day, Xiao Xiao got out early and was waiting by the school fence, waiting for her mother.

Mother Zhu walked over with a smile on her face and gently called out, "Xiao Xiao, grandma has come to pick you up from school."

Xiao Xiao was taken aback, hastily stepping back, remembering the scene where grandma hit her before, and feeling scared, not wanting to get close to grandma.