After making an appointment with his sister Zheng Juan early in the morning, Zheng Yiyun rushed to Shencheng at about eleven o'clock in the morning. Shen Xiangdong knew that Zheng Yiyun was coming, so he deliberately stayed at home to talk to him, and had lunch together, understanding that today's meeting between sister and brother must be because of Yan Tingcheng and Lin Li's affairs, Shen Xiangdong excused the company to have something to do in the afternoon, so he said goodbye and left.

Although she didn't say it on the phone, Zheng Yiyun could guess that her sister wanted to see her, and it must be for the sake of her two twin daughters. During the meal, I saw Zheng Juan's eyes red and swollen, and she looked absent-minded, which confirmed Zheng Yiyun's conjecture even more. After Shen Xiangdong left, Zheng Yiyun asked straight to the point:

"Sister, it's for the city and the country, right?"

As soon as Zheng Yiyun's words came out, Zheng Juan burst into tears again, and it took a while to hold back.

"It's me who I'm sorry for the two sisters."

Zheng Juan's brainless words stunned Zheng Yiyun. I remember that before my mother died, she said that my sister Zheng Juan sacrificed everything for the Zheng family and married into the Shen family, why did my sister say this today?

"Sister, I also heard my mother mention it, saying that it was for the sake of the family that my sister made such a big sacrifice. But what happened back then, I still don't know. ”

"There aren't many people who really know the truth about this, and my mother doesn't know it completely."

"And who knows?"

"Grandma and me."

With her sister Zheng Juan's next story, Zheng Yiyun gradually understood the truth of what happened back then.

The three families of Shen, Zheng and Yan can be said to have had a friendship of more than 100 years, and the first three families were all scholarly families, and the phenomenon of marriage also happened from time to time. It's just that in Zheng Yiyun's grandfather's generation, because of the political movement, the Shen and Zheng families were a little disheartened, only the Yan family insisted on following the path of their ancestors, while Zheng Yiyun and Shen Xiangdong's grandfather both went to the sea to do business and embarked on a completely different path.

At first, because of economic strength and other reasons, Shen and Zheng decided to start a joint business, so there was the original Qili company, the meaning is clear at a glance, that is, the two families work together to tide over the difficulties. In Qili Company, the two companies hold 50% of the shares respectively. As the business boomed and the company grew bigger and bigger, a small number of the two families began to think carefully. It is precisely because of the instigation of this small number of people that the internal friction of Qili Company continues, in order not to let the friendship between the two families for hundreds of years be broken in their own hands, Zheng Yiyun and Shen Xiangdong's grandfather discussed, even if the company is divided into two, it has enough strength to gain a foothold. So it was decided to divide the resources of Qili Company equally, and the two worked hard separately.

As the saying goes, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and after less than three years of separation, Zheng's family suddenly suffered a catastrophe. Zheng Yiyun's grandfather was absconded with a huge amount of money by one of his henchmen because he trusted the people around him too much. This sudden situation not only completely broke the capital chain of Zhengjia Company, but also was sued by the largest supplier of Zhengjia Company in court, because Zhengjia Company failed to pay for the goods within the contract period, so it sued Zhengjia Company for suspected fraud.

Faced with the double threat of the company's collapse and arrest, Zheng Yiyun's grandfather could only ask the Shen family for help. didn't want to, but the Shen family refused to lend a hand to the Zheng family. The desperate Zheng family inquired several times to know that the reason why the Shen family categorically refused to help the Zheng family despite the century-long friendship between the two families was because of Zheng Juan.

The story has to start from five years ago, when Zheng Juan was just twenty-three years old, two years after graduating from university, and did not go to Zheng's company to work, but went to a state-owned company in Shencheng. Coincidentally, Zheng Juan, Shen Xiangdong, and Yan Lingben all graduated from the same university. Because of the friendship of the three families, the three have known each other since childhood, and now Shen Xiangdong has been working in the Shen family's Yihai Group for four or five years, Zheng Juan has also stayed in Shencheng, and Yan Lingben has just stepped into the university.

Shen Xiangdong has given Zheng Juan meticulous care since she went to Shencheng to study at university. Naturally, Zheng Juan understands Shen Xiangdong, who is four years older than herself, very well. It's just that in Zheng Juan's heart, Shen Xiangdong is not the type she likes. In the face of Shen Xiangdong's pursuit for four or five years, Zheng Juan was speechless. In order to get rid of Shen Xiangdong's entanglement, Zheng Juan and Yan Lingben got closer and closer. At the beginning, Zheng Juan just used Yan Lingben as a shield, after all, Yan Lingben was six years younger than Zheng Juan and was still a young man, so Zheng Juan never thought that Yan Lingben would fall in love with him, and he would also fall in love with Yan Lingben.

Zheng Juan's appearance, since she was a teenager, has been slim and elegant, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a sinking fish and a goose. Coupled with a good family background and a good educational background, whether it is in college or after joining the job, it is the object of many boys.

People say that love arises over time, and as more and more days of contact with Yan Lingben, in Yan Lingben's senior year, Zheng Juan was finally moved by Yan Lingben's elegant temperament, handsome appearance, and sincere love, and a pair of sisters and brothers who are six years apart fell in love together.

After Yan Lingben graduated from university, successfully got a scholarship from a well-known university abroad, and was ready to go to graduate school, the two finally crossed the bottom line and achieved a complete union of spirit and body. After sending Yan Lingben away, Zheng Juan knew that she had already been married and pregnant with Yan Lingben's child.

knew that Zheng Juan and Yan Ling were already in love with Shen Xiangdong, but he never gave up his pursuit of Zheng Juan. Shen Xiangdong, who has long passed the age of establishment, no matter how his family urges and coerces, it is always a sentence, Zheng Juan will not marry in this life.

Just when the Shen family was at a loss for their son's marriage, they received a distress message from the Zheng family, which undoubtedly gave the Shen family hope. Although, the Shen family knows the relationship between Zheng Juan and Yan Lingben, and in their hearts, they don't like the only heir of the Shen family to marry a girl who already has someone else in her heart. Especially Shen Xiangdong's mother, Tian Yijun, after inquiring about the relationship several times, has learned that Zheng Juan and Yan Ling should have become a de facto husband and wife, they are even more resolutely opposed. Because at this time, the Shen family's Yihai Group was nominally in charge of Shen Xiangdong's father, but in fact it was controlled by Tian Yijun. The one who refused to lend a helping hand to the Zheng family was naturally Tian Yijun.

Zheng Juan, who was worried about how to deal with the child in her belly, was suddenly called back urgently by her grandfather. After listening to her grandfather's narration, Zheng Juan understood the purpose of calling herself back. It's just that she doesn't want to turn her back on Yan Lingben for the sake of her family, let alone marry Shen Xiangdong, who she doesn't like.

"Grandpa didn't force me back then, but grandma found the Yan family privately and invited Uncle Yan and Aunt Yan. You also know that Aunt Yan is a very powerful person. ”

When Zheng Juan said this, she probably remembered the specific experience of the year, so she couldn't help but hold her head in her hands and cry again.

"Aunt Yan not only told me in front of me, but their Yan family said that they would not marry a daughter-in-law who was six years older than their son. He also said that if I insist on being with Lingben, I will no longer recognize Lingben as a son. ”

"Didn't you tell them they were pregnant with Lingben's baby?"

Zheng Juan shook her head.

At that time, Aunt Yan thought that Ling Ben would definitely glorify the Yan family in the future, and secondly, she felt that the Zheng family was hopeless, and the Zheng family would also decline, and they would no longer be able to sit on an equal footing with their Yan family. So, resolutely oppose the matter between me and Lingben. even went directly abroad to find Lingben and gave Lingben a death order, either to recognize her as a mother or marry me. After throwing a dilemma to Lingben, he ran back regardless of it. ”

"And then?"

Actually, what Zheng Yiyun wants to ask is how Yan Lingben died. As for the fact that her sister hid in her uncle's house after she came back and gave birth to two daughters, and then married into the Shen family, Zheng Yiyun had already known about it from her mother.

"Later, Lingben called me and wrote a long letter. The meaning is very clear, saying that he loves me very much, but he doesn't want to be an unfilial son. I also knew that he was embarrassed, and after thinking about it, I didn't tell him about being pregnant with a child, but just told him that in order not to make him embarrassed between me and Aunt Yan, the two of them should break up. ”

Looking at his sister's slightly perforated eyes, Zheng Yiyun hesitated and asked:

"He, he agreed?"

"It wasn't until a year later that I heard the news that the Yan family held a funeral for him, and I didn't hear a word from him in the middle."

After being silent for a while, Zheng Yiyun asked again:

"Judging from the Internet, Allure grew up in an orphanage in a mountain city, but Allure was picked up by a rural couple from the front of the Second People's Hospital of Ji Province, how could this be?"

"At that time, it was my aunt who accompanied me to the hospital. After giving birth, a woman in the same ward said that her brother's family in the mountain city had always wanted a girl, so he gave her Allure. I just don't know why I was sent to an orphanage later. As for the country, my aunt said that it was given away, but she didn't tell me that it was abandoned in the green belt in front of the hospital. ”

When Zheng Juan replied to these words, her face was expressionless, and she looked very wooden. Of course, Zheng Yiyun understands her sister's feelings, for so many years, especially if she has not had any more children, her sister doesn't know how she misses her daughter who was abandoned by her own hands, I'm afraid the tears have already dried up for the two of them.

"Didn't you know about the two sisters for a long time?"

"My mother told me before she died, that I should try to find them and take good care of them if possible. It can be regarded as compensating for the Zheng family's guilt towards the two of them. ”

"You're the investor, right?"

Seeing Zheng Yiyun nodded, Zheng Juan's face returned to some normal color.

"Does my sister want to meet them?"

"I want to, but I don't dare."

"I think they are all sensible children, so they shouldn't complain about their sister. If you complain, you should also complain about our Zheng family. If my sister really wants to see them, why don't you leave it to me to arrange? ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Yiyun remembered that he seemed to have neglected something, and hurriedly asked:

"Sister, what is the attitude of the old lady here?"

"Let her be."