Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!-Chapter 55 - Unfaithful and Unfilial People_1

Speaking of the Zhou Clan, Zhou Shuren’s branch was independent.

His ancestors were not originally local Zhou’s but had come from elsewhere to settle down.

A family couldn’t exist without a Clan, and slowly, they integrated with the local Zhou’s, but without much closeness.

By the time of Zhou Shuren’s father’s generation, relations had become even worse, with very little interaction.

The reason was that Zhou Shuren’s father was the only child and in poor health.

The Clan had been hoping that Zhou Shuren’s father would pass away early, but events turned when Zhulan’s mother-in-law came along.

She not only bore Zhou Shuren but helped Zhou Shuren’s father survive until Zhou Shuren had married and had children of his own.

The Clan ended up empty-handed, and Zhou Shuren’s family saw the limit of their shame.

They interacted even less with the Zhou’s.

Currently, none of the Zhou family’s children attended the Clan school, leaving little more than a semblance of kinship between them and the rest of the Clan.

Zhulan found some decent fabric.

When the Zhou family needed to handle matters with the Clan, they didn’t beat around the bush; they always brought benefits directly.

It was simpler for everyone that way.

Zhou Shuren took the fabric and said to Da Qian, “Can you hold on a bit longer?”

Another big scene still needed to be played out.

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Da Qian had a particularly good head on his shoulders.

Without Grandpa Zhou saying much, he knew what Grandpa Zhou wanted to do.

His previously still heart throbbed with force.

Could he really break away from that family?

Zhou Shuren flicked Da Qian’s forehead and chided, “What are you thinking about?

You’re furrowing your brow like an old man.”

Da Qian, so tense that breathing became difficult, had once thought that when Grandpa Zhou said his parents didn’t want him and that Grandpa Zhou would take care of it, it was just to comfort him.

He hadn’t expected it to be true.

With teary eyes, he asked, “Should I change my surname to Zhou?”

Zhou Shuren was taken aback; he truly hadn’t considered changing the child’s surname.

Your surname is for life; it’s not something that can be changed so easily.

After joking about a ‘boy raised by his maternal grandparents,’ he indeed thought it over carefully.

Da Qian didn’t receive a reply right away, and the heat in his heart gradually cooled.

He had misunderstood; Grandpa Zhou didn’t intend to adopt him.

His head slowly drooped, “It’s good enough to be separated from them.

Thank you, Grandpa Zhou.”

He had really hoped too much, his eyes red, truly wishing from the bottom of his heart to have parents who cared for him.

Zhulan, unable to bear it, embraced the frail child and glared at Zhou Shuren, Look what you’ve done.

Zhou Shuren was somewhat at a loss for laughter and tears.

He was to blame for not explaining clearly and for not considering the child’s inner longing and fragility.

He really needed to make things clear, “Da Qian, changing your surname is out of the question.

We are not of the same Clan, and adoption is not possible.

The Zhang Clan would not allow it.

Moreover, changing one’s surname is a betrayal of the Clan.

You are a smart child, and I cannot bear to bury your talent.

I hope you will pursue the imperial examination.

Remember, no matter the reason, a person who betrays his Clan by changing surname is seen as disloyal and unfilial.

Do you understand?”

Da Qian had secretly listened to lessons at the Zhou Clan school before and understood some of these principles, “Da Qian understands.”

Zhou Shuren appreciated Da Qian’s intelligence and insight.

Such promising youths were rare indeed.

His original self had seen the child secretly practicing writing and had even taken exams.

“Now that you’ve perked up a bit, let’s go.”