CHAPTER 523: CHAPTER 522: WISHING EACH OTHER WELL

"Ouch! Where did my red sweater go!? Why can’t I find it! Wait a moment..."

"Just pick any sweater, it’s fine." Zhen Yu didn’t fuss over clothes, and was eager to change out of her wet ones, so she preferred not to trouble Mrs. Zhen to search.

But Mrs. Zhen retorted, "How can that be okay! Your brother mentioned that now you’re with Han Mingyue..."

Zhen Yu’s face flushed for a moment, but she quickly feigned ignorance, urging, "Just give me any sweater! I’m uncomfortable being damp."

Then, Mrs. Zhen suddenly exclaimed, "Found it!"

Turning around with a red sweater in hand, she said, "If you’re uncomfortable, quickly take it off!"

Now Zhen Yu’s face truly turned red!

"I’ll go to the other room to change!"

"Hey, you silly child! I’m not a man, what’s there to be shy about! Hurry up and change here!"

Zhen Yu had no choice but to turn her back and quickly put on Mrs. Zhen’s sweater.

"Do you have enough clothes to change into? Let’s go shopping this afternoon and buy you a couple more!" Mrs. Zhen chatted while Zhen Yu changed, picking up Zhen Yu’s dirty clothes to take them out, "I’ll go wash them for you!"

However, Zhen Yu suddenly spoke up to stop her, taking back the dirty clothes, "No need!"

Mrs. Zhen’s steps came to an abrupt halt! With her back to Zhen Yu, she sniffled and said in a low voice, "Xiao Yu, I know, ever since I remarried, you have been enduring grievances!"

Upon hearing these words from Mrs. Zhen, tears instantly welled up in Zhen Yu’s eyes.

"I promise you, from now on, I won’t let you suffer any hardship anymore, I won’t hold you back! Can you forgive Mom this time, okay?"

"...Mom." Zhen Yu finally called out ’Mom’ for the first time since she entered the house today, and then fell silent for a while.

After a good while, she continued, "One shouldn’t be too greedy! I believe Zhen Yan will take good care of you."

"Xiao Yu!" Mrs. Zhen turned around in shock almost immediately, "Are you really that heartless?!"

After a second of silence, Zhen Yu sincerely responded, "From now on... let’s each live well!"

"There’s someone at the door! I’ll go check!" Before Zhen Yu could finish speaking, Mrs. Zhen suddenly dropped the comment and quickly pulled open the bedroom door to go out!

The bedroom was suddenly left with only Zhen Yu and the chubby baby on the bed.

The child was quiet, and Zhen Yu’s mood was not good.

She glanced at him once and casually surveyed the room to divert her attention.

The semi-new but not outdated decor, childish graffiti from some previous tenant still on the white walls, the curtains Zhen Yu had seen before, probably brought by Mrs. Zhen from the house before the divorce. The bed was clearly one and a half meters wide, with a stack of small clothes and an unopened bag of... Sanju Milk Powder?!

Zhen Yu was nearly scared to death by the brand name! She quickly scurried to the bedside!

Then she saw that there was also half a bag of milk powder on the nightstand, but it wasn’t Sanju’s brand; it was a local brand from Qi City—Snowflake Milk Powder.

Zhen Yu hesitated for a moment, but still called out to the living room!

"Bro! Come and look after the child!"

Upon hearing the shout, Zhen Yan immediately ran into the bedroom, glanced at his sister’s expression, and then asked softly, "What happened with you and Mom..."

Zhen Yu pursed her lips, "... Let’s have a farewell meal later!"

Hearing this, Zhen Yan’s expression was complex! Although his mouth opened, he didn’t say anything.

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"Bro! I have something to ask you!" Zhen Yu said with a serious tone.

Zhen Yan was still reeling from the shock of the words ’farewell meal’, and replied listlessly, "What is it?"

Zhen Yu picked up the bag of Sanju Milk Powder from the bed to show her brother, then nodded towards the child on the bed, "Do you know what milk powder he was drinking before?"

"Have you always been drinking Snowflake? Is this a different brand?" Zhen Yan asked with a hint of suspicion.

Zhen Yu breathed a partial sigh of relief, holding the Sanju Milk Powder and walked towards the bedroom door.

Seeing this, Zhen Yan quickly asked, "Little sister, where are you going?"

"I’m going to have another word!" Zhen Yu answered without turning her head, then went straight to the kitchen!

Standing outside the kitchen door, Zhen Yu gestured for her mother to come out.

Mrs. Zhen, for some reason, had perked up again!

Perhaps she felt that this was the perfect time to coax her daughter back into her good graces! So when she saw her daughter take the initiative to come to her, she immediately approached eagerly!

After arriving outside the kitchen door, Mrs. Zhen said, "What’s wrong? Are you hungry and want some milk powder? There’s still half a bag left in the room, let me mix it in a bowl for you!"

Zhen Yu was momentarily speechless; she certainly wasn’t hungry enough to resort to drinking baby formula...

"Has he had this melamine before?"

"What?!"

Mrs. Zhen indicated—she had heard but did not understand.

"Ah, no!" Realizing her slip of the tongue, Zhen Yu quickly rephrased her question, "Is this the first time you’ve bought Sanju Milk Powder?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Zhen blurted out: "It’s because Snowflake Milk Factory has stopped production! I heard that they’re being dismantled or something like that; anyway, a lot of workers have been laid off! There’s no stock left in the market now, so I had to switch to another brand..."

"You chose the right one, indeed!!"

After muttering to herself, Zhen Yu directly said, "Switch to a brand from our province! I’ll take this bag of milk powder, and remember never to buy it again!"

"What’s wrong?! This milk powder..."

However, Zhen Yu did not continue to engage her mother and simply carried the corner of the milk powder bag back to the bedroom.

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Sitting on the bed and pondering, Zhen Yu eventually couldn’t help but ask, "Brother! Do you know why the dairy factory stopped production?"

"Ah? Why?" Zhen Yan repeated dumbly.

Zhen Yu rolled her eyes at his cluelessness, but still explained, "If a factory can’t continue to operate, that means it’s losing money!"

"Oh! If it’s incurring losses, so be it! It has nothing to do with us anyway!"

Zhen Yan still didn’t grasp the underlying meaning of his sister’s words.

Zhen Yu could only sigh and came clean, "I want to acquire the milk factory!"

Zhen Yan was completely stunned by his little sister’s bold move! It took him a good while to recover and close his gaping jaw.

"Do you know how much it costs to acquire a factory?!" Zhen Yan felt that it must be very expensive!

"I don’t know!" Zhen Yu indeed shook her head, but she spoke with unusual determination, "But I’ve already made up my mind!"

Zhen Yan looked at his sister with an expression that read ’I’m completely defeated by you,’ and asked, "Why the sudden urge to start a milk powder factory? Isn’t running an internet café quite profitable?"

Zhen Yu suddenly found herself at a loss for words.

What could she say? That she hoped to save more innocent babies with her own efforts?

Her brother might think she’s lost her mind...

So Zhen Yu casually said, "Just a thought that came to me! Why so many questions!"

Zhen Yan felt utterly helpless.

"Suit yourself! How do you plan to do it? Do you need my help?"