The Beautiful Stepmother from the Eighties: Marrying a Factory Director to Raise Kids Chapter 304

The Si household was bustling early in the morning when Zhang Cuii received a call from her younger sister, Zhang Xiaoyun, informing her that Si Nian's adopted son had been kidnapped.

Zhang Xiaoyun worked at the Public Security Bureau. As soon as she arrived at the station that morning, she heard about the child abduction case at the Foreign Language Primary School. When she learned that one of the children was Si Nian's adopted son, she almost laughed out loud.

She imdiately called Zhang Cuii to share the news.

Back when she heard Si Nian was going to teach at the Foreign Language Primary School, she had privately asked Zhang Cuii to help get her own son enrolled.

But Zhang Cuii said Si Nian wouldn't even acknowledge her anymore.

She felt that her sister had raised a daughter who turned out to be nothing but an ungrateful wretch.

Upon hearing the news, Zhang Cuii was first shocked, then sneered coldly: "It's just an adopted son, not her own flesh and blood. Good riddance if he's gone."

"Sis, you better be careful. If she can't find anyone to help, she might co bothering you and brother-in-law. I heard she's been pouring her heart and soul into those Zhou family kids, even managed to send all those country bumpkins to the Foreign Language Primary School."

"Hmph!" Zhang Cuii retorted imdiately, "I won't help her. Even if she kneels and begs , I won't lift a finger."

"Back then, Sisi just made a montary mistake, and she apologized! We even went to beg Si Nian and returned all the money! But her!" Zhang Cuii fud, "She showed no regard for our years of raising her, insisted on sending Sisi to jail, made Sisi suffer terribly in prison! What face does she have now to ask for our help?"

"So you're washing your hands of it?" Zhang Xiaoyun gloated. "Didn't I hear she only married into that family to take care of the kids? Now that a child is kidnapped, maybe the man will divorce her. She wouldn't dare co back and try to steal Fu Yang from your Sisi, would she?"

"How dare she!" Zhang Cuii raged. "She's just damaged goods, already been married. How could she possibly be worthy of competing with Sisi for Fu Yang?"

Lately, Zhang Cuii had been at odds with her husband, who was rarely ho.

On top of that, the Fu family clearly wanted nothing to do with them and even planned for Fu Yang to divorce their daughter once he returned.

Zhang Cuii's resentnt now ran deeper than any ghost's.

If Si Nian dared to show up now, she'd tear her to pieces.

She hung up the phone, imdiately went to warn the guards at the gate, telling them under no circumstances to let Si Nian in if she ca.

Then, seething with anger, she stord over to Old East Street, eager to dash any hope Si Nian might have—they would absolutely not help her.

Sure enough, when she arrived at the Zhou residence, she saw two children, one big and one small, standing at the door.

The younger one, Yaoyao, seed a bit frightened upon seeing her and hid behind Zhou Zedong.

Zhou Zedong frowned at the visitor.

He knew who this was—his mother's adoptive mother.

She was always very harsh with Mom, definitely not a good person.

"Where's Si Nian? Where has she gone off to?" Zhang Cuii saw the two children standing dumbly at the door and paid them no mind as she asked.

Only then did Zhou Zedong look at her. "My mom isn't ho. Do you need sothing from her?"

"Not ho? Fine, it's just as well. I don't want to see her anyway." Zhang Cuii snorted coldly. She was genuinely worried that Si Nian might co begging, and if outsiders saw...

If she didn't help, it would look bad, and she was afraid of gossip.

After much thought, she decided to co herself and warn her.

"Tell your mother not to co pestering us about your brother being kidnapped. Our Si family will absolutely not help her. She should give up that idea!"

Hearing this, Zhou Zedong's eyes turned cold.

He knew his brother was missing and had suspected it might be a kidnapping.

Such things happened in their village when they were young; those taken never ca back.

But he had kept comforting himself that his brother would surely be okay.

He never expected soone to just blurt it out like that.

The Eldest Child's expression turned sinister, his fists clenched.

Looking at her gloating, disdainful face, he said coldly, "My mom would never beg you."

"Hah, easy for you to say. Who knows where your father has gone? Maybe he's abandoned you all. Without your father, who else can help you?" Zhang Cuii had made inquiries. Zhou Yueshen had disappeared for quite so ti, no one knew what happened.

It wasn't strange these days for n to abandon their wives and children.

In a situation like this, who could Si Nian turn to for help besides familiar acquaintances like them?

Even if Director Li was willing to help, that child might not necessarily be found.

"Your brother is definitely not coming back. Serves you right! Bla Si Nian for doing too many wicked things, dragging you all down to suffer the consequences!" All the resentnt Zhang Cuii had bottled up lately ca pouring out.

Seeing Zhou Zedong's face grow paler and paler actually made her feel increasingly pleased.

Zhou Zedong's eyes reddened. "You're lying! My brother will definitely be found!"

Yaoyao, hearing that her second brother would never co back, was scared and started wailing.

Zhang Cuii sneered, "How am I lying? Aren't there plenty of kidnapping cases these days? Have you ever heard of anyone being found? You're just dreaming!"

"Don't you dare say bad things about my brother!" Zhou Zedong charged at her angrily and shoved her.

Caught off guard, Zhang Cuii fell to the ground with a cry of "Ouch!"

"You little brat! Truly raised by a mother who doesn't know how to raise children!"

"Serves you right that your brother was kidnapped. You'll never see him again in this lifeti—"

As soon as the words left her mouth, an icy female voice sounded from behind. "Who are you saying 'serves right' to be kidnapped?"

Zhang Cuii froze, turned her head, and saw Si Nian walking towards them, holding a child's hand.

Seeing his brother, the younger boy imdiately ran over.

"Brother! Yaoyao! I'm back!"

"Xiao Han!" Zhou Zedong's eyes widened in surprise and disbelief at the sight of his brother.

When he heard his brother had been taken by traffickers, he felt like the sky had fallen.

Thank goodness his brother was okay, thank goodness he was back...

Zhou Zedong's eyes were bloodshot, tears falling pattering down.

He hugged Zhou Zehan tightly, choking up, "I'm sorry, Xiao Han. It's all my fault. From now on, I'll never go off to play by myself without you guys again. It's all my mistake."

Back in their village when they were little, there were child kidnappings, so Zhou Zedong and Zhou Zehan had always been inseparable.

But after moving to the city, he had grown complacent.

He thought his brother had made friends and didn't need him watching all the ti.

Not keeping him company at ho was bad enough, but even when going out to play, he got absorbed in number gas.

And then he lost his brother.

He was truly useless.

Zhou Zedong's crying was heartbreaking.

Si Nian's cold gaze remained fixed on Zhang Cuii.

She had heard Zhang Cuii's taunting voice from afar.

The incident with the younger boy being kidnapped had hit the Eldest Child the hardest.

Last night, before she left, the look in his eyes had been utterly despairing.

And at a ti like this, Zhang Cuii ca to pour oil on the fire and add insult to injury.

She was rotten to the core!

Si ​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‍Nian had originally thought this person was rely selfish.

But now it seed her assessnt had been too generous.

Zhang Cuii stared at her, rigid.

I really never imagined I could be so unlucky, to be caught red-handed while speaking ill of soone.

Grandma Jiang and Division Commander Jiang naturally heard it too, staring at her in disbelief with clear displeasure in their eyes.

Who on earth would curse a child like that?

It was simply too vicious!