The distance of a perfect stand-in is the distance of a secretary.
Secretary vs. stand-in (if there’s something, the secretary will do it, if there’s nothing, do the secretary……cough,...
"Secretary Quan." Huo Zhou looked at the two people in front of him and whispered, "This is Guangyu's first time here, take him around."
Before Quan Quan could respond, Wu Jun on the opposite side mocked him, "Why, are you afraid that we will bully him?" He then glared at Huo Zhou with a stern face, "Mr. Huo, do you think I dare not beat you up?!"
Huo Zhou ignored him and just looked at Wu Yu and said, "I know there are still many misunderstandings between us that have not been resolved. Why don't we find a place to have a good chat?"
Wu Yu actually didn't want to talk to him anymore. Huo Zhou had been so obviously avoiding him that night. Was it possible that anything would come of it if they talked today? However, Wu Jun seemed to have thought of something, his eyes moved, and he suddenly pushed Wu Yu: "Go and talk, explain it clearly to him."
"I..." Wu Yu wanted to say something, but Wu Jun winked at him, and then he nodded and said to Huo Zhou, "Okay, let's go over there."
He pointed casually and saw a simple little bar on the island.
Huo Zhou also gave Quan Quan a look, then glanced at Qiao Guangyu with a little worry, but still followed Wu Yu.
Qiao Guangyu had been hiding behind Quan Quan. He felt that he was extremely innocent. He could still see Bai Yueguang when he went out, and she even brought her parents with her. The way Bai Yueguang's brother looked at him was simply terrifying!
"Let's go too..." Qiao Guangyu pulled Quan Quan's clothes from behind.
Wu Jun laughed and said, "Want to leave? There's only so much space on the island, where do you want to go? Besides, even if you go back to the city, I have plenty of ways to find you, kid."
Qiao Guangyu: “…” I’m already twenty-five, I can’t be considered a kid anymore, thank you.
Wu Jun also pointed to the coast: "Why don't we go and have a chat?"
Qiao Guangyu looked at Quan Quan for help. He was now hoping that Brother Quan could find an excuse to get him out of this. He didn't want to entertain Bai Yueguang's parents at all!
Unexpectedly, Quan Quan agreed: "Sure, I also have something I want to ask Mr. Wu."
Qiao Guangyu: “…”
Wu Jun: “…”
Perhaps it was because Quan Quan's expression was too serious, Wu Jun, who had originally just wanted to embarrass Huo Zhou's lover, could not help but straighten his face.
The three of them walked to the quiet and deserted coast.
Wu Jun was preparing for Quan Quan's upcoming questions, but he didn't expect that the first question Quan Quan would ask was to Qiao Guangyu: "I remember you lost your father when you were very young, is that right?"
Qiao Guangyu was a little confused, but he still answered the question seriously: "I don't remember ever meeting my father. My mother told me that he died when I was very young."
"Have you seen what your father looks like?" Quan Quan asked again.
Qiao Guangyu looked like he was going to stop making trouble, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't you know everything?"
Quan Quan refused to give in and stared at him: "Tell me everything."
Qiao Guangyu looked at him strangely, finding it a little difficult to speak. He looked at Wu Jun who was in a state of confusion embarrassedly. However, when he saw Wu Jun's face, an inexplicable guess suddenly arose in his heart, and his voice trembled a little.
"I... I have never seen what my father looks like... When I was little, my mother lied to me and said that my father was Daniel Wu. The house was full of photos of Daniel Wu, and there were even photos of him and my mother. I almost believed it! After I grew up, I found out that the photos were photoshopped, which made me sad for a long time..." Qiao Guangyu felt that he was so stupid in his childhood. Why did he believe his mother's lies?
Wu Jun laughed: "Your mother is quite interesting."
Quan Quan looked at Wu Jun meaningfully and continued to ask Qiao Guangyu: "Have you ever thought that you might be an illegitimate child?"
Qiao Guangyu immediately shook his head: "Impossible, my mother would never be a mistress, she hates mistresses the most! Moreover, she even showed me her marriage certificate, although she had altered it and replaced it with Daniel Wu's head portrait..."
Wu Jun's eyes twitched. How much does this kid's mother like Daniel Wu... What a weirdo.
Quan Quan continued, "Although you don't have any photos of your biological father, you must have photos of your mother, right? Is it in your phone?"
Qiao Guangyu would occasionally miss his mother in the dead of night, so he kept photos of her in his mobile phone. Upon hearing this, he immediately took them out of the album and handed them to Quan Quan. Quan Quan took them, took a look at them, and then handed them to Wu Jun.
Wu Jun took the phone in confusion, and then he could not take his eyes off the photo.
Quan Quan's voice continued: "Xiao Qiao is 25 years old this year, his birthday is April 19th, he is a typical fat Aries with a big heart. 25 years ago, his mother Ms. Qiao left home and came to a small town near the neighboring province, where she gave birth to Xiao Qiao and lived an anonymous life. She was forced to leave her family, but she didn't dare to go too far."
"—Because she has two sons here."
Click.
Wu Jun lost his grip on the phone and it fell to the ground. But he seemed to be nailed to the spot, with an inexplicable horror on his face, as if a storm was brewing.
"My new phone!" Qiao Guangyu didn't have time to think about Quan Quan's words before he saw his phone fall to the ground. He was so distressed, "Brother, can you please hold your phone properly? I bought this new iPhone with my own money. I have to wait in line for a long time!"
Quan Quan: "Well, you should call him big brother."
"Ah?" Qiao Guangyu was still a little confused.
Wu Jun, however, was struck by lightning. He stared at Qiao Guangyu without blinking, panting heavily, like a beast on the verge of violence.
Qiao Guangyu was startled by him and quickly leaned behind Quan Quan: "What's wrong? Did I offend him? My mother is not really a mistress, am I the illegitimate child of the Wu family? What kind of bloody plot is this? I don't know you at all, and I have never thought of competing with you for the family property. Please let me go!"
This sudden family reunion meeting frightened Qiao Guangyu so much that he became incoherent because of Wu Jun's dark face. When he saw Wu Jun take a step forward, he could not help but shrink back again.
"You think too much." Quan Quan turned around and patted his shoulder, then said to Qiao Guangyu, "He is really your biological brother, from the same father and mother."
Wu Jun rushed forward in two steps at a time. Qiao Guangyu had no time to hide and was hugged in his arms. Then... Wu Jun burst into tears.
Being hugged tightly and crying loudly by a tall and mighty man who looked like he was not going to be messed with, Qiao Guangyu was completely stunned.
Quan Quan patiently explained, "In the past three years, when I was investigating the living habits of the second young master Wu, I accidentally discovered an old case of the Wu family from more than 20 years ago. It is said that at that time, the news that Mr. Wu was going to marry into the Sun family caused a lot of uproar. In the end, not only did the two families fail to marry, but they became enemies, and someone from the Wu family disappeared. A few months later, for some reason, the search for people was suppressed, and the missing person notices on the streets disappeared, as if the Wu family had never lost such a person. - I felt strange at the time. According to the time, Miss Sun was obviously a latecomer, and the marriage was not successful. Then who is the biological mother of the first young master Wu and the second young master Wu?"
Wu Yu is already in his early thirties, and Wu Jun is only older than his younger brother. The two brothers were already born when the marriage arrangement was planned more than 20 years ago.
"Based on this speculation, Grandpa Wu was married long before the Sun family, but I don't know whether his wife was forced by the Sun family or left for some other reason. Xiao Qiao doesn't look like his mother. He looks like Wu Yu, and Wu Yu looks like Grandpa Wu. The reason why the eldest and second young masters Wu don't look alike is because the eldest looks like your mother. Among the three of you brothers, only the eldest has inherited more of your mother's appearance, so Grandpa Wu is also particularly strict with the eldest - he plans to let the son who looks most like his wife, to whom he owes so much for many years, inherit the Wu Group."
"But to my shame, even though I often see Mr. Wu's face, I still find it hard to connect him with Ms. Qiao... After all, their personalities are so different..."
Wu Jun always looks unhappy with everyone, irritable and angry, so it's no wonder that Quan Quan ignored his appearance at first.
Qiao Guangyu struggled to tear Wu Jun, who was crying like a tearful man, off from his body, sweating profusely: "Brother Quan, are you really sure?! It's too ridiculous to say that we are brothers just by looking at our looks..."
"If you don't believe me, you can do a DNA test." Quan Quan raised his eyebrows and said in a slightly cheerful tone, "I can be so sure because when I was helping my boss sort out the box of 'love tokens' that Young Master Wu gave him yesterday, I saw the missing person notice from more than 20 years ago."
Huo Zhou had kept this box of things for a long time. It was filled with small items that Wu Yu had given him over the years, ranging from a pair of shoes to a key chain. Huo Zhou had kept them all. He had hardly touched them in the past few years, and they had just been left in a corner, gathering dust.
When the two were still young and energetic, Huo Zhou once went around the streets with Wu Yu holding a missing person notice, looking for someone without complaint no matter how hard or tiring it was for the person they loved. However, even the deepest feelings have changed now. Huo Zhou may have long forgotten his green childhood, and the Wu Yu in his memory is no longer the Wu Yu of today.
——If Huo Zhou was more careful, he would definitely find the photo on the tombstone very familiar when standing in front of Qiao Guangyu’s mother’s grave.
Quan Quan carefully took out the missing person notice. The photo on it was a little blurry, but he could still vaguely see that the woman in the photo was 80-90% similar to Qiao Guangyu's mother. There are not many people in this world who look alike. Either they are twins, but how can there be so many twins in the world?
It just so happens that the two sons of the Wu family have no mother, and Qiao Guangyu has no father?
Wu Jun's nose was still twitching, and he held on to Qiao Guangyu's hand tightly, like a wild beast guarding its food.
Qiao Guangyu finally realized that the eldest son of the Wu family was a guy who was tough on the outside but soft on the inside, and he was particularly protective of his people. When he saw Huo Zhou before, he almost rolled up his sleeves to fight, and that was also to help Wu Yu vent his anger.
But he still didn't feel any real feeling towards this brother who suddenly appeared. Maybe it was too unexpected and he didn't even have enough brains. He could only stand there and let the other party hug him.
"Oh, by the way," Wu Jun suddenly remembered something, "Where's our mom?"
“…That’s all.” Qiao Guangyu replied hesitantly.
The all-purpose secretary Quan Quan briefly explained to Wu Jun the fact that Qiao Guangyu had signed a three-year "stand-in contract" with Huo Zhou in order to pay for his mother's medical treatment.
Wu Jun: “…”
"Damn it Huo Zhou, if you have the guts, don't run! I'll beat you to death!" Wu Jun rolled up his sleeves and strode towards the bar to beat Huo Zhou. It was so infuriating that both of his two younger brothers fell for such a scum!
Qiao Guangyu knew something was wrong, so he hugged him around the waist without thinking, sweating all over. "Brother! Big brother! Calm down!"
Wu Jun: "I can't calm down! I'm not done with Huo! I'll beat up anyone who tries to stop me!"
Qiao Guangyu looked at him expressionlessly: "Oh, then you can beat me up."
How could Wu Jun really do something to his lost and found brother? He didn't know whether to leave or stop. He was so frustrated that he was about to explode. His eyes were red with anger and he looked nothing like his gentle and lovely mother.
Wu Jun pointed at him with shaking hands: "You...how come you are just as depressed as your second brother!"
"I'm not upset!" Qiao Guangyu unconsciously compared his voice with his brother and shouted, "Huo Zhou still owes me two million. Who will pay me if you beat him up?"
Wu Jun: “…”
Quan Quan: "...It's true. Mr. Huo still owes Xiao Qiao the balance of 2 million."