Chapter 199

In order not to worry her mother, Zhong Qiao left a message: "It's boring to stay at home, I will go and see how they fish."

"This child," Zhong's mother said helplessly, "Why is he so impetuous? He didn't do things like this before."

Zhong Qiaoke ignored all this and called Ji Hebai to join her. The two of them ran towards the river that Zhong's mother mentioned.

"You don't have to worry too much." Ji Hebai spoke softly to comfort him, "Maybe they really are just going fishing. Even if he is stupid, he wouldn't take your father out to do it openly."

"It's better to be safe than sorry," Zhong Qiao said. "I also hope that this person isn't Uncle Lin, but I can't take any chances."

Let’s not talk about why Uncle Lin suddenly came to Suzhou. Although nothing serious happened afterwards, Zhong Qiao’s first instinct was that something was wrong.

As for Uncle Lin, there seemed to be some unsolvable mystery surrounding him, and he was inextricably linked to their family.

When the two of them arrived at the river panting, they only saw Uncle Lin.

He stood by the river, holding a fish basket in his hand, smiling at the river.

Zhong Qiao's scalp tingled, and he quickly ran over: "Dad!"

She eagerly grabbed Uncle Lin's hand.

"Where is my dad?"

Uncle Lin glanced at her, as if mocking her naivety and stupidity. However, it was this reaction of his that made Zhong Qiao feel even more insecure.

"Where's my dad?" Zhong Qiao's eyes gradually turned cold. "Why are you the only one here?"

Even Ji Hebai was shocked by the scene before him. He grabbed Zhong Qiao's hand and tried to dissuade her: "Qiao Qiao, calm down. Ask clearly first."

Zhong Qiao calmed himself down before slowly withdrawing his hand.

"Where's my dad?" She tried to keep her tone calm.

Uncle Lin smiled and suddenly raised his hand to point behind them.

"Your dad? Isn't he right there?"

Zhong Qiao was stunned and turned his head to look. He saw Zhong's father putting bait on his fishing hook under a big tree. Because the distance was too far, he did not hear the movement over here, but Zhong Qiao and the others still saw him at a glance.

"Qiao Qiao." Uncle Lin looked at her as if she were a child. "You seem to be rejecting me lately. Is it because I did something wrong that made you unhappy?"

Zhong Qiao looked at him and felt that beneath his gentle appearance, there was a hypocritical face.

"Oh..." He said with a tone of sudden enlightenment, "Are you angry because your uncle came in a hurry this time and didn't prepare a gift for you?"

"Uncle really didn't mean to do this. I heard your family is in Suzhou, and I was afraid your father wouldn't let me come, so I hurried over. I came in such a hurry that I didn't prepare anything. I'll give you another one someday."

Zhong Qiao finally made a move: "Uncle Lin, I'm grown up now and don't need those dolls anymore."

Uncle Lin looked at her and smiled: "Even though you have grown up and become an adult, you are still the crying and making trouble little girl in my heart."

Zhong Qiao was speechless for a moment. After a while, he could only smile awkwardly: "Uncle Lin, you still remember this."

Uncle Lin said, "Yeah, time flies. You've grown up so fast in the blink of an eye. By the way, why did you two come here?"

Zhong Qiao: “…”

Ji Hebai noticed Zhong Qiao's embarrassment and said, "Oh, Qiao Qiao had a nightmare that scared her, but she's fine now. Since we're here, why don't we stay and watch you fishing?"

Zhong Qiao suddenly woke up: "Yeah, Uncle Lin, we're bored anyway, why not go fishing together." This would also prevent any accidents from happening.

Uncle Lin's tone was very strange: "Qiao Qiao, don't you need to go to work at the factory tomorrow?"

Zhong Qiao said, "I'll go in the afternoon. I've been feeling a little unwell these days, so I'll leave it to Jingui to take care of it."

Uncle Lin said meaningfully: "Is that so."

He didn't say anything, as if he believed what Zhong Qiao and the others said, and turned around to continue fishing.

Father Zhong had already packed the bait and walked over. When he saw Zhong Qiao and the others, he was stunned.

"Why are you here?"

After saying this, he suddenly understood something.

I really didn't expect that Zhong Qiao could chase him here. He was just fishing with Xiao Lin, so why make such a fuss?

Zhong Qiao asked, "Dad, do you have any extra fishing rods?"

Father Zhong snorted coldly: "Don't you dislike fishing? Why did you suddenly come here to fish?"

He knew why in his heart, but he just wanted to ask.

It was Ji Hebai who took over: "Dad, I want to go fishing."

After what happened last time, Zhong's father no longer believed him, so he said coldly: "No, just these two."

Uncle Lin chuckled and interjected, "Don't be so hard on the kids, Brother Zhong."

"Come here." He waved at Zhong Qiao, "Uncle has some extra ones here, you two can take them and play with them."

Zhong Qiao glanced at Ji Hebai and for a moment didn't understand what he was trying to do, but after hesitating for a moment, they stepped forward and took the extra fishing rod.

"Thank you, Uncle Lin." Zhong Qiao said in a low voice.

Uncle Lin smiled and said nothing.

Because their purpose was too obvious, Zhong's father had long been dissatisfied with their motives, so he had no say when Zhong Qiao and the others were fishing.

Fortunately, after fishing until about two in the morning, Zhong Qiao finally couldn't bear it anymore, and finally persuaded Zhong's father to go home.

A storm was calmed down.

Zhong Qiao slept until the next afternoon and suddenly woke up. What happened yesterday made her realize that she couldn't go on like this. All the rhythm was controlled by Uncle Lin, and she even paused her work in order to monitor him.

But if the other party keeps lurking and doesn't make a move, what should Zhong Qiao do? Should he just keep watching like this?

Zhong Qiao cheered up again and called Ji Hebai to discuss how to deal with it.

Regardless of whether the mastermind behind this is Uncle Lin or not, they have to be careful and vigilant, but the problem is that Mr. and Mrs. Zhong trust him very much, and Zhong Qiao has no way to find a way to take advantage of the situation.

Ji Hebai smiled and said, "Since doing it openly doesn't work, why not do it secretly?"

"You're really too tense right now. Not only will Dad notice something's wrong with you, but even Uncle Lin will be wary. You can build a good relationship with him on the surface first, and then investigate secretly."

Zhong Qiao was a little distressed: "What if he doesn't take any action?"

"No." Ji Hebai denied it flatly. "He actually returned to Suzhou from Hong Kong in such a mess. That means something must have disrupted his plans, and it must have been very difficult, so he had no choice but to come here alone."

"He will definitely take action. It's just a matter of time."

Zhong Qiao was speechless for a moment when he was reminded by him.

Yes, he came to Suzhou without saying a word, and didn't even exchange Hong Kong dollars into RMB. He was not afraid of starving to death on the streets, just to find their home. There must be something else going on.