“…Since you are Tiezhu’s friends and helped him during his most difficult time, you must repay this favor. I’ll help you with this.” Chen Ziming, seeing that Bai Junbai had finally left, maintained his good temper and agreed to Zhang Yu’s request.
He hadn't expected Zhang Yu's friend to be a teenage girl. To be honest, he didn't really want to talk to her, but his cousin put in a good word for him, so he reluctantly agreed to help.
They're just a small-time businessman and a minor official in S City; he doesn't need to use his influence in Beijing to settle things.
It's true that people from the countryside are petty. Zhang Yu's friend's family values money too much. It's only 200,000 yuan; they could just compensate the other party directly instead of making things difficult for him.
While Chen Ziming was inwardly scoffing at others, he seemed to have forgotten that he was the kind of person who could haggle down a 100,000 yuan price to 80,000 yuan.
Seeing that the matter had been settled, Lin Xiazhu and the others left Chen Ziming's room. Actually, she didn't really want to come, but Zhang Yu kept persuading her, practically begging her, so she gave him face and came to see.
To be honest, she didn't have a very good impression of this young master of the Chen family. Although he always acted very gentle, his eyes were tinged with gloom. Even though he hid it well, Lin Xiazhu still caught the occasional scheming and disdain in his eyes.
Well, he's leaving Changhe County in a few days anyway, and we won't have anything to do with each other anymore. It's good that he's willing to help; it saves us a lot of trouble.
The group went downstairs and entered the lobby when they were suddenly stopped. Zhang Yu looked wary and said in a deep voice, "What can I do for you?"
The bodyguard, his face stiff, said, "Our young master wants to see you. Please follow me."
"Who are you? You suddenly pop up and tell us to go with you. Do you think we're stupid?" Lin Chacha had been feeling very depressed lately, and this was the last straw.
Lin Xiazhu was thinking about something, so she was walking at the back. She only looked up when she heard the noise and saw the bodyguard in a black suit with a burly build. She frowned slightly.
This scene looks familiar; it's like I've seen it somewhere before.
Just as she was thinking this, Bai Junbai, who had been putting on airs all along, came downstairs by himself. He walked up to Lin Xiazhu and said with a smile, "Your name is Lin Xiazhu. If I remember correctly, hello, it's nice to see you again."
Bai Junbai remembered Lin Xiazhu's name because he had helped her open a bank account years ago. She was so special that he remembered her name.
With his arrogant and conceited demeanor, his self-important and cool gestures, and the way he always had two bodyguards with him, Lin Xiazhu quickly recognized him as the wealthy young man from the capital who had bought the thousand-year-old ginseng back then.
Actually, when he barged into Chen Ziming's room, Lin Xiazhu felt that the man looked familiar. Now that she looked at him carefully, she realized that he was indeed familiar and could be considered an old acquaintance.
"Long time no see. I didn't expect to see you again. Young Master Bai is as charming as ever, and even more so than before." Lin Xiazhu smiled and gave him a compliment.
"After all these years, you've not only grown more beautiful, but even your flattery has become more pleasant to hear," Bai Junbai laughed heartily.
Lin Xiazhu twitched her lips. This guy's smile was too fake. She wondered what he was doing in Changhe County. Was he going to buy ginseng again?
"Young Master Bai, it's getting late. If there's nothing else, we'll head back now. Goodbye." She didn't want to linger with him any longer. She had no plans to sell ginseng right now; too much had happened recently, and she wasn't in the mood to entertain anyone.
"Hey, don't rush off. It's not easy to meet, she wouldn't be so rude, would she? She should at least give you her home address and phone number." Bai Junbai's smile faded as he stopped her from leaving.
"Sister Xiaozhu." Xiao An walked over and stood in front of her, her peach blossom eyes staring intently at Bai Junbai.
Bai Junbai: "..." It's so similar, it's just too similar.
"I didn't mean anything by it, I was just so happy to run into an old friend. Since you're in such a hurry to go back, then see you tomorrow." Bai Junbai suddenly dodged away in a good mood.
Lin Xiazhu frowned, said nothing, and left directly. She felt that Bai Junbai's gaze towards Xiao An was very strange. It was as if he had suddenly met an acquaintance, or as if he was looking at someone else through Xiao An.
"Impossible," Lin Xiazhu shook her head slightly, finding her own thoughts rather amusing. Where would so many wealthy young masters end up living in exile? Not everyone has a bizarre and troubled past like Tie Zhu.
"Sister Xiaozhu, who is that man?" Xiao An asked with some concern as she walked beside her.
“An outsider bought a ginseng from me. I heard he came from the capital. Who knows why he suddenly came to Changhe County again? I guess he came with the Chen family,” Lin Xiazhu said calmly.
The next morning, Lin Xiazhu opened the back door to go to the market to buy groceries, only to see Bai Junbai wearing a white suit, leaning lazily against a tree trunk not far away. When he saw her come out, he whistled with great interest.
"Good morning, little bamboo sister." He greeted her casually.
Lin Xiazhu felt like facepalming, but helplessly closed the door and went over. "What do you want?"
"Since you've asked, I won't beat around the bush. Can you tell me about that boy named Xiao An?" Bai Junbai suddenly became serious.
Could it be that Xiao An's background is really similar to Tie Zhu's?
"About what, is it him as a person or his background? What do you want to know?" Lin Xiazhu paused. "At least you need to let me know why you want to know about him."
“He is very similar to someone I’ve been looking for. More than 20 years ago, my family was reported as capitalists, and my older brother was sent to the countryside…”
After hearing this story, Lin Xiazhu wondered if there was a mistake. "There are many people in the world who look alike, and it's not unusual. If your older brother were alive, he would be over forty years old this year. Xiao An and your older brother's ages don't match."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Xiazhu immediately realized, could it be?
"You suspect that Xiao An is your older brother's son?"
“I’m not sure, but Xiao An really looks like my older brother when he was a child, almost exactly the same. By the way, I have a picture of my older brother when he was fifteen in my wallet, take a look.”
Because his older brother was fifteen years old when he was arrested and sent to the cowshed, this photo that Bai Junbo always carried was also the closest his older brother came to adulthood.
Although the photo was in black and white, it was clear that the person in the photo and Xiao An's features were about 80% similar. Lin Xiazhu's heart suddenly raced.
"I found Xiao An seven years ago, the day I sold you the ginseng. After you left, I wanted to go to the department store..."
Lin Xiazhu's voice trembled slightly, "Because of the car accident, Xiao An lost his memory. He has never remembered who his family is. So many years have passed, and no one has come to look for him. I don't know where his family is either."
"Can you keep this a secret and not tell Xiao An yet?" Bai Junbai's voice sounded a little unnatural. "I want to do a DNA test first and send the sample abroad. It will take at least a week to get the results. Can you understand?"
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