After Zhou Chuan and Zhou Jing were sent off by Zhou Yan to study, Zhou Li was usually the one who took them to and from school.
That was also because Zhou Li didn't have much to do, so she was responsible for picking up and dropping off the two younger ones.
As everyone knew, Zhou Li's standing in the Ma family had been steadily rising. Her life was much better than before.
It wasn't that the Ma family had mistreated Zhou Li in the past. It was just that the Zhou family had fallen on hard times, which had left Zhou Li unable to hold her head high in the Ma family. Without her maiden family's support, she hadn't been able to stand tall.
But things were different now. The Zhou family had suddenly risen, and seemed to be doing better and better.
Even when Ma Yan was promoted to detective, Zhou Yan had provided the money and done the work. Naturally, the Ma family's attitude toward Zhou Li had changed considerably.
Mother Zhou started cooking, while Zhou Yan helped her with the preparations.
They chopped vegetables and tended the fire. The mother and son worked together in perfect harmony, looking like the most ordinary mother and son.
When Zhou Li returned and saw the scene, her eyes glimmered.
Although life for both families had improved, becoming almost unrecognizable compared with before,
they spent less and less time together.
Still, that was the price they had to pay.
Nothing in this world came for free. The more you wanted, the more you had to give.
That applied not only to ordinary people at the bottom of society like them, but even to powerful officials and nobles...
"Second brother."
"Second brother."
When Zhou Chuan and Zhou Jing saw Zhou Yan,