Chapter 169 I'm beating you up to teach you a lesson
Zhou Xiaochuan felt a rush of heat to his head and struggled to sit up, clutching his head: "Brother! Do you know what she did today? She almost killed me!"
Jiang Zhizhi scoffed, too lazy to waste words with Zhou Xiaochuan, and stood up to press down on Zhou Xiye's arm: "Wait a minute, I'll show you something."
He went inside to retrieve the note, wearing gloves as he carefully unfolded it to show Zhou Xiye, fearing it might contain something unclean. "Look," he said, "this was in a hidden compartment of his file folder when he came back yesterday. He's reporting for duty today. Has he considered the consequences if they find this at the door?"
Zhou Xiye glanced at it, his face darkening further as he stared at Zhou Xiaochuan: "I knew you were stupid, but I never imagined you were this stupid! Look at what you've done!"
Zhou Xiaochuan covered his head, enduring the pain as he came over to look. When he saw the contents, his face changed drastically: "Impossible, impossible, how could there be something like this in the file folder?"
He knew very well that if he were arrested, the writing on it could be considered treason.
Jiang Zhizhi sneered: "Because you're stupid. You didn't even know they changed it for you."
Zhou Xiaochuan covered his head. He and Xiao Liu had taken the file folder from Xiao Liu's uncle's office together, and then went to a restaurant to eat.
During the meal, the file folder was placed on the stool next to him, between him and Xiao Liu. It couldn't have been switched at that time, could it?
They only ate a bowl of noodles, how come he didn't notice anything?
Zhou Xiaochuan still didn't believe it, but he also knew that Jiang Zhizhi wouldn't joke about this. If it were discovered, it would harm the entire Zhou family.
The more he thought about it, the more his head ached: "Brother, it can't be that Uncle Liu is lying to me, can it?"
Thinking about it, it seems impossible. After all, it was Xiao Liu's uncle who handled it all. It wouldn't be so direct. What benefit would that bring him?
Unable to figure it out, he blamed Jiang Zhizhi: "Since you found out last night, why didn't you tell me? If you had told me, would I have been stopped at the door today and almost taken away?"
Jiang Zhizhi sneered: "I told you yesterday? If I told you yesterday, would you have learned your lesson? You didn't even know your file folder had been switched, and now you're blaming me! Let me tell you, if you weren't a member of the Zhou family, I wouldn't even bother with you. I would have watched you get arrested."
Zhou Xiaochuan uttered a sound, but couldn't continue. He covered his bleeding head, his eyes red, and remained silent.
Zhou Xiye ignored him and went to find a clean envelope, asking Jiang Zhizhi to put the note inside: "I'll take it to Song Dong for testing to see if there are any fingerprints or anything else on it."
Jiang Zhizhi put the note into an envelope and handed it to Zhou Xiye: "There may not be fingerprints, but we still need to be careful and not let anyone see it, lest they think we have something wrong with our thinking."
Zhou Xiye coldly swept his gaze over Zhou Xiaochuan: "If you don't change at all, then just wait to be used by others, and in the end, you won't even have any bones left."
Zhou Xiaochuan pursed his lips, feeling a bit scared. If Jiang Zhizhi hadn't changed that note, where would he be now?
What kind of suffering are they enduring?
What kind of repercussions will this have on the family?
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. A cold sweat broke out on my forehead, and large beads of sweat dripped down my forehead.
She didn't dare look at Zhou Xiye again, covered her head and went upstairs to find gauze to wrap it, then came downstairs to take a broom and sweep up the broken glass on the floor.
Zhou Xiye ignored him and turned to Jiang Zhizhi: "Shall we go to Brother Song's house together?"
Jiang Zhizhi didn't want to stay home and watch Zhou Xiaochuan's stupid behavior: "Okay, but it's getting dark, is it alright to go over so late?"
Zhou Xiye checked the time: "It's okay. My sister-in-law should have just gotten off work. I've been saying I'd go over but haven't. This is a good opportunity to go and see her."
The store was already closed, and the two of them couldn't very well go there empty-handed.
Zhou Xiye went to Zhou Chengzhi's study and took two bottles of wine that he had hidden away. Jiang Zhizhi found two cans of milk powder and a bag of leftover candy in the storage room and took them to Song Dongjia's children.
It's so late, and there's no shuttle bus.
The two of them could only go by bicycle.
As they stepped outside, Jiang Zhizhi wrapped her scarf around her neck and watched Zhou Xiye push his bicycle. She asked, "Are your legs okay? If not, I'll take over."
Zhou Xiye stood still, and as she approached, he suddenly said, "Whether it's okay or not, didn't you know the night before last?"
Jiang Zhizhi paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered that the night before last, the bed kept creaking, and Zhou Xiye had been holding her by the table in front of the window...
Her face flushed red, and she reached out and punched Zhou Xiye: "You... you've actually become a hooligan."
Zhou Xiye chuckled and said, "Let's go, we'll buy some cooked food on the way."
Sitting on the back seat, Jiang Zhizhi looked at the man's tall and imposing back and suddenly thought of an old movie she had seen before, where the male lead rode a bicycle with the female lead through the streets and alleys, and the female lead leaned against the male lead's back, smiling happily.
Thinking about it, she couldn't help but smile and lean her head against Zhou Xiye's back.
Zhou Xiye paused in his cycling motion, wanting to remind Jiang Zhizhi that they were outside, but also thinking that it was windy and that leaning against her like this would reduce the wind.
In the end, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Jiang Zhizhi leaned against his back and laughed, "What do you think I should call you from now on? Calling you Zhou Xiye seems too formal, and calling you Xiye isn't intimate at all. How about I call you Brother Ye from now on?"
Zhou Xiye was captivated by her soft voice, his body stiffening slightly. He said helplessly, "Speak properly."
Jiang Zhizhi chuckled, deliberately speaking in a high-pitched voice: "Brother, brother, wild brother... don't you like people calling you that? You don't say that in bed, you know..."
After saying that, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Zhou Xiye's eyes were also full of smiles as he let Jiang Zhizhi act silly behind his back.
I passed by a roast duck shop, bought a roast duck, and carried it to Song Dongjia's place.
Song Dongjia's family lived in a residential compound near Xidan, one of the earliest tenement buildings.
The building has five floors, with long corridors on both sides of each floor lined with residents.
Each household has its own small kitchen right outside its door. The rooms are heated, but you have to burn honeycomb briquettes to cook.
Therefore, the entire corridor was filled with coal smoke and the smell of various stir-fries.
It was rush hour, and everyone was busy in the hallway, which was already quite narrow, and now it was packed with people.
Jiang Zhizhi followed closely behind Zhou Xiye and found Song Dongjia at the very back.
Song Dongjia also has two rooms. Because it is at the very back, opposite the water room, his kitchen is slightly larger, and he also put a cabinet at the end of the corridor.
At that moment, Song Dong was cooking at the stove when he saw Zhou Xiye and Jiang Zhizhi. He excitedly grabbed his spatula and exclaimed, "Oh my, what brings you here all of a sudden? Why didn't you tell me beforehand? I could have gone to buy groceries! Come on in! Come on in and sit down!"
Then she called from inside the house, "Mingyue, hurry up, we have guests. Tongtong, quick, look who's here! Your favorite uncle is here."
With a shout, he summoned his wife and son to come out and greet the guests.
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