Chapter 41: The Beginning

“Ding Dong!”

The glass door of the small teahouse was pushed open and the bell of a new guest rang inside the shop.

The boss was sitting in a chair reading a newspaper wearing reading glasses. He looked up when he heard the sound and saw a young man walking in.

It's really strange. Usually there are not many people in his small teahouse, but today the business is good and there are still people coming so late.

Yu Chucheng casually ordered a pot of tea and some melon seeds, then found a corner where he could see the second floor and sat down.

It is inconvenient for a private detective to meet with his employer due to the nature of his work, so when Yu Chucheng arrived at the teahouse, he was no longer there. Yu Chucheng had a Bluetooth headset in his ears, and the two communicated over the phone.

"Are you sure the person in room 201 is Lin Mei? Am I seeing things?" Yu Chucheng was eating melon seeds. He had never seen what Lin Mei looked like.

The private detective was silent for two seconds. "Sure, please don't question our professional ability."

Yu Chucheng's attention was attracted by a man in a suit carrying a briefcase approaching the window. The man was wearing an exquisite tie and his hair was combed meticulously. He didn't look like someone who would come to such a small teahouse.

But the man walked to the door of the teahouse, looked around, and then pushed the door open and came in.

Yu Chucheng immediately became alert. He pulled his hat down and lowered his head. He saw out of the corner of his eye that the man ignored the boss who stood up and went straight up to the second floor and into Room 201.

Now, Yu Chucheng knew that he had come to the right place.

Lin Mei actually made an appointment to meet such a person in such an inconspicuous place. There was definitely something fishy about it.

As soon as the man in the suit walked into the private room 201, Lin Mei, who was sitting on the chair, raised her head eagerly.

However, she did not see the person she wanted to see.

"Where is Hanzhou?" Lin Mei's eyes were red and the smile on her face gradually froze.

The man put his briefcase on the table, took out a stack of papers from the bag, and introduced himself in a businesslike manner, "Hello, Ms. Lin, I am Mr. Zhang's agent. Mr. Zhang is not convenient to see you recently, so I am here to pass this to you on his behalf."

The man handed over the document in his hand and Lin Mei took it and took a look.

"Relationship confirmation contract..." Lin Mei looked up at the man in the suit blankly, "What does this mean?"

"Mr. Zhang is very dissatisfied with the inconvenience you have caused him before, so he has drawn up a contract. You only need to complete the contents of the contract, and Mr. Zhang will also fulfill the agreement in accordance with the contents of the contract."

Lin Mei looked down hurriedly.

The responsibilities that both parties to the contract should perform are:

1. Do not let anyone know about the blood relationship.

2. Do not interfere with the other person’s life, and do not allow people around them to interfere, otherwise the relationship will be severed.

3. Ms. Lin Mei must give priority to Mr. Zhang Hanzhou in everything, and Mr. Zhang Hanzhou will provide Ms. Lin Mei with RMB 20,000 in living expenses every month.

…

There were many more clauses below, but Lin Mei couldn't bear to read them anymore. She crumpled the contract, and her heart felt like it was being pricked by needles.

"I don't agree! Is he trying to draw a line between me and me? I'm his mother, Han Zhou would never do that!"

The man looked at her coldly, "Please turn to the last page."

Lin Mei's hands were shaking as she flipped through the contract. When she saw Zhang Hanzhou's signature on the last page, she stared at the name in disbelief for a long time.

Lin Mei's spiritual support collapsed after being ruthlessly nailed to a contract by her own son.

"No, I don't believe it. Ask him to come see me himself! Call him now and ask him to meet me, just once."

The man put the pen on the table and said, "Sorry, Mr. Zhang will only consider meeting you if you sign the contract."

"I won't sign!" Lin Mei grabbed the pen on the table and threw it on the ground.

Yu Chucheng heard the noise in the private room and looked upstairs suspiciously.

The teahouse owner continued reading his newspaper as if nothing had happened.

Yu Chucheng glanced at him.

I guess Lin Mei is a regular customer of this teahouse, otherwise the boss wouldn't be so calm.

Suddenly, the door of Room 201 opened. There seemed to be some dispute inside. The man in the suit didn't bother to adjust his tie that was pulled out. He went downstairs while stuffing the things in his hand back into the bag.

Yu Chucheng couldn't avoid looking away and made eye contact with the man.

But the man didn't care much and just strode towards the door. As a returnee with two degrees, he had never seen someone as rude and impolite as Lin Mei, who even wanted to tear up the contract just now.

If he hadn't been afraid that the contract fragments would be pieced together by someone with ulterior motives, he wouldn't have snatched them back from Lin Mei in such a panic.

Yu Chucheng watched the man leave the teahouse, and saw a black car waiting for him on the side of the road.

There was a strong wind outside and the temperature dropped by more than ten degrees compared to the daytime.

Yu Chucheng crouched down and hid behind a row of bicycles. Before the car drove away, he took a picture of the license plate number and sent it to the private detective.

"I just sent you a photo on WeChat. Remember to check this car. It's best to keep an eye on it in the near future."

"receive."

"Oh, right." Yu Chucheng sniffed, "Can your team help me keep an eye on one more person? I'll give you double your salary."

When he heard about the double salary, the person on the other end of the phone immediately said, “Sure, you decide.”

"Duan Huaijin, help me keep an eye on his movements. If there are any suspicious people around him or he goes to any suspicious places, tell me."

The last time they went to the villa that night was so scary that Yu Chucheng didn’t even dare to imagine what would have happened if Duan Huaijin had met that group of men in black alone.

Even if the instigator fails the first time, he may try again. It’s better to find someone to watch over you to be at ease.

After hanging up the phone, Yu Chucheng felt cold. He sneezed twice in succession, and his nose turned red from the wind outside.

The weather in Kyoto is so horrible, the temperature drops like crazy.

*

the next day.

When Ji Zhou woke up in the morning, he felt that the room was like an ice cave.

He closed the window tightly while breathing softly, and took out thick clothes from the closet while complaining about the weather.

When he went out to school, he habitually glanced at the door opposite.

There was a takeaway on the ground outside Yu Chucheng's door, and it looked like it was ordered for early breakfast.

Ji Zhou knocked on Yu Chucheng's door, "Hey! Are you awake? The takeaway you left at the door is almost cold!"

Ji Zhou knocked a few times but no one answered, so he banged on the door twice with almost enough force to punch a hole through it.

After a while, the sound of slippers finally came from inside.

"What?" Yu Chucheng stood lazily at the door, staring at Ji Zhou with a dark face.

Ji Zhou looked at the irritable boy and said word by word: "You, takeout."

Yu Chucheng took a quick glance and then remembered that he seemed to have answered a takeaway call in a daze that morning.

He picked up the bag dizzily, but for some reason he suddenly lost his appetite and didn't want to eat anything.

"Why do you look so bad?" Ji Zhou looked at Yu Chucheng, "Do you have a fever?"

Yu Chucheng raised his hand and touched his head, "It seems a little bit."

The temperature dropped so quickly last night that he only wore a single layer of clothing and almost froze to death when he came back.

"I'll call Brother Chen." Ji Zhou said and was about to take out his cell phone.

Yu Chucheng quickly stopped him, "Don't call my brother."

The wounds on his head and hands haven't healed yet, and Yu Jingchen will definitely be worried again if he sees this.

"What should we do then?"

"You should leave soon, don't you have classes? I'm really fine, I just need a good night's sleep." Yu Chucheng pushed Ji Zhou out the door and threw him a spare key. "Remember to bring me the roast goose legs at the school gate when you come back. I might not be able to hear you knocking on the door while I'm sleeping."

“Bang.”

The door closed, brushing against Ji Zhou's nose.