When he turned around, he saw a dark figure flash past behind the car. Lu Zhixing called out to Tang Li:

"Tangtang, wait a minute."

When he went to check behind the car, he saw a person waiting in the trunk with their arms crossed. The person seemed to be deliberately trying to lure him. Lu Zhixing felt something was wrong and turned around to look at Tang Li, but Tang Li was no longer in front of the Zha family's house.

He tried to chase after it, but was stopped by the ball:

"The moon is beautiful tonight, Mr. Lu, why don't you stay here and enjoy the moon with me?"

Lu Zhixing was worried about Tang Li's safety and tried to leave despite the ball's obstruction.

The ball reached out and beckoned:

"Seventh Brother said that if President Lu would be so kind as to accept my presence, as a token of my gratitude, I should tell him that among the people who appeared at the teahouse on Laomiao Street six years ago, besides Huo Yishen and Uncle Zha, there was also..."

That's where I'll stop.

The ball was deliberately left halfway in.

Lu Zhixing was relieved. It seemed that Zha Zhongqi hadn't come to take revenge on Tang Li. Since Tang Li was safe, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The house was very large, and it felt even more empty after it burned down.

Tang Li slowly walked inside and could smell the aroma of roasted corn.

If it's planted a little earlier than the usual corn this season, it's ready to eat.

It will be very tender, the kind that bursts with juice when you bite into it.

Suitable for steaming and boiling.

If you're going to grill it, choose slightly ripe corn; only plump kernels will give it a golden-brown color when grilled.

The aroma of this corn is different from that sold in supermarkets.

Following the aroma, Tang Li approached the Zha family's back garden step by step, and sure enough, there was a barbecue grill there with several ears of corn on it, but there was no one next to the barbecue grill.

Tang Li was about to look around when she turned her head and met Zha Zhongqi's eyes. Tang Li was so frightened that she took two steps back, and the hairs on her body stood on end.

"What? Miss Tang dared to dump even King Yan Huo, are you afraid of ghosts?"

Ghosts are not scary.

People who suddenly appear are the scariest.

Upon hearing Zha Zhongqi's voice and seeing his face clearly in the moonlight, Tang Li became much calmer.

"I guessed right, it really is you."

Zha Zhongqi smiled:

"I've been waiting for you for a whole day and night. If you hadn't come soon, I wouldn't have saved this corn for you."

Tang Li's favorite food is roasted corn.

But she only told Huo Chenyu that she liked the corn grown by her grandmother in the countryside, and that the corn bought in the supermarket never tasted the same.

"Leave some for me?"

Tang Li walked over and looked at the roasted corn; she was actually quite hungry.

Zha Zhongqi poked one with his chopsticks and handed it to her:

"Could it be that King Yan Huo is lying to me?"

It really was Huo Chenyu who said it.

"You've met?" Tang Li took the corn, quite surprised. Could it be that Huo Chenyu's resignation as president of Huo Group was related to this scumbag Zhong Qi who had escaped death?

Knowing that Tang Li had misunderstood, Zha Zhongqi hurriedly clarified:

"If I, a dead man, were to meet a living person, wouldn't I scare him out of his wits?"

He's not that fragile.

not to mention...

"Didn't you call him King Yama Huo? You're a little devil, and he's King Yama. Do you think the boss of the underworld would be afraid of a little devil like you?"

Zha Zhongqi couldn't help but laugh:

"No wonder you dumped him. He's such a stupid person, and his eloquence is not even one ten-thousandth of yours. Naturally, he can't please you as much as Mr. Lu."

These words sound like Zha Zhongqi was speaking up for Huo Chenyu.

Tang Li squatted down:

"You knew each other before?"

Zha Zhongqi looked at her strangely:

"Has King Huo never mentioned this to you?"

"say what?"

"He and I are very close friends."

Upon hearing this, Tang Li was startled and stood up, almost dropping the corn in her hand. It was Zha Zhongqi who reached out to steady her.

"The corn was bought from an old lady in the countryside, Miss Tang, please cherish the food."

Huo Chenyu never mentioned Zha Zhongqi in front of her.

If the two are close friends, then Huo Yishen and Zha Tiesheng must also have a deep friendship.

Six years ago, Huo Chenyu caused a fire that burned down the home of his closest friend.

Why?

Tang Li had a lot of questions, but all of them combined couldn't compare to that one sentence:

"Should I call you 'Scumbag Young Master,' 'Brother-in-law,' or 'Seventh Brother'?"

Zha Zhongqi said very calmly:

“Call me Seventh Brother. You already have Fourth Brother, so I’m sure you won’t mind having a Seventh Brother as well.”

This feels weird.

Tang Li was speaking out for Yunxi.

Zha Zhongqi's words were implying a connection between Tang Li and Lu Zhixing.

Tang Li snorted coldly:

"Since you're not dead, why didn't you tell Yunxi you were still alive? Do you know that she's been waiting for you all this time?"

Mentioning Yunxi, Zha Zhongqi instantly softened.

After a brief silence, he did not give a direct answer.

"You came to see me, surely not for these trivial matters of love and romance?" Zha Zhongqi asked, turning over the corn in a slightly low voice.

One sentence was enough to infuriate Tang Li:

"You think romantic love is a trivial matter, but for Yunxi, it's a major issue of growing old alone. But you're right, in your eyes, women are like clothes, easily replaceable. So tell me, what is a major issue?"

I thought Zha Zhongqi would talk about life and death.

But his eyes suddenly turned sinister, and he replied in a strange tone:

"revenge."

After saying that, he chuckled to himself:

"I heard that you and King Huo have separated. I suppose you feel that personal feelings are not as important as the plan for revenge. However, what you did was too unfair to King Huo."

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