Chapter 80 Card
A new round of wine tasting began, and Zhao Shunian also participated. He shook the wine glass lightly and sniffed the aroma of the red wine. He paused for a moment and was a little uncertain. The moment he took a sip of the red wine, he was sure of the answer.
Zhao Shunian's gaze remained fixed on Yu Yin's face for a moment. Yu Yin also happened to look over, and their eyes met, then immediately broke off.
Yu Yin watched Zhao Shunian finish the glass of red wine, and dusty memories came to her mind. This red wine was the same one he gave her that night, the 2017 Burgundy Chateau Cochi red wine.
He was not satisfied at that time, so he poured another half glass of red wine and wanted to drink it with her in the same way. She grabbed the glass of red wine and fed him the wine like he did.
So Yu Yin was particularly impressed by this red wine. Looking at Zhao Shunian's reaction, she knew that he also remembered it.
As Yu Yin wrote the name and year of the wine on the card, her face flushed. She felt like she had been blushing more and more recently, even though they were no longer newlyweds.
Zhao Xiyan moved closer to her and whispered, "Sister-in-law, your face is a little red."
Yu Yin pretended to be surprised, "Really? Maybe I drank a little too much. I think that's enough, so I won't play anymore."
The answer was a 2017 Burgundy red wine from Château Koch. Both Yu Yin and Zhao Shunian guessed correctly.
Zhao Shunian took the cards from Zhao Boyan.
After a while, Yu Yin followed Zhao Shunian out of the wine area.
Zhao Shunian told Yu Meimei, who was standing beside Yu Yin, "Get your wife a glass of coconut water."
Yu Meimei agreed and left.
Yu Yin leaned closer to Zhao Shunian and said, "Everyone else is drinking alcohol, but I'm drinking coconut water like a kid. Isn't that a bit..."
"You're almost at the breaking point. You don't want to sober up, you want to get drunk?"
Yu Yin realized it belatedly and said, "It turns out that I blushed because I was almost drunk."
Zhao Shunian almost couldn't keep up with Yu Yin's train of thought. "You just realized it. Otherwise, why do you think you're blushing?"
"nothing."
Zhao Shunian took out the card and showed it to Yu Yin. It was clearly Yu Yin's handwriting.
Yu Yin only looked at the card for two seconds before Zhao Shunian put it into her bag. Her bag was very delicate and small, with a capacity of roughly just a mobile phone, and it served mainly as a decoration.
Yu Yin asked, confused, "Why did you take back the card I wrote?"
Zhao Shunian said, "Actually, I think your face was redder when you were writing on the card. Can you tell me what you were thinking about?"
Yu Yin blurted out: "It's inconvenient!"
Zhao Shunian understood and agreed, saying, "It's indeed inconvenient, so your card shouldn't be seen by others."
If not, Zhao Shunian felt that they would wonder what the owner of the card was thinking when she wrote these words, and why her handwriting was so affectionate?
Yu Yin felt that Zhao Shunian was teasing her, but when she saw him answering seriously, she was not sure and could not find any evidence to prove her guess.
Yu Yin, holding the glass of pure coconut water Yu Meimei had given him, went to the hotel rooftop with Zhao Shunian to get some fresh air and sober up. They were the only two people on the rooftop.
The wind was strong on the rooftop, so Zhao Shunian took off his suit jacket and put it on Yu Yin. They stood on the high building overlooking the brightly lit night view of the port city.
After a moment of silence between the two, Yu Yin briefly told Zhao Shunian what happened after he left the lounge.
Zhao Shunian said nonchalantly, "After what happened tonight, it won't be long before she leaves."
After taking a sip of coconut water, Yu Yin said, "I think she has some idea of your whereabouts and knows when you're alone. For example, you'd appear in the garden, and you'd rest in that lounge tonight. But fate played it tricky. Both times, you were alone, and then Liang Zexian showed up to accompany you. Tonight, you had something to go out for, so I stayed in the lounge. She can't be following you all the time. Someone must have told her."
Yu Yin now felt firsthand what Zhao Shunian had said about them monitoring him. It was difficult for them to find out his whereabouts outside, but with so many servants at home, and the space inside was no bigger than the outside world, they didn't need to monitor him; they could find out with a little inquiry.
Zhao Shunian asked Yu Yin: "Who do you think is helping her?"
Yu Yin smiled and said, "Her aunt. But I don't quite understand the motive behind it."
Zhao Shunian said only three words: "Money is to blame."
Yu Yin agreed. No matter what the motivation was, the word "money" could not be avoided. She asked him, "Did you know about your grandmother's past?"
"I know. I was very young at that time and often stayed with my grandfather. Xiyan and the others probably don't know."
Zhao Shunian knew more details, but they were outside now and there were some things he was not convenient to say.
Back then, Mrs. Lian hooked up with Zhao Xinzhi by taking advantage of her relationship with An Wanlan. After the two of them got together, Zhao Yunbin and Zhao Yunli were very angry, and they joined forces to oppose Zhao Xinzhi in the group.
Zhao Xinzhi felt a sense of crisis and began to divide the relationship between the two brothers. Their relationship was very harmonious before. Before her death, An Wanlan taught them to help each other and not fight each other, which would benefit others.
Zhao Xinzhi had Mrs. Lian and Mrs. Zhou move in because he wanted to use them to test his two sons' bottom line, their tolerance level, and how he should control them.
Others, seeing the two wives moving into the old house, would think Zhao Xinzhi was setting the house on fire, bewitched by his wife Lian and confused in love, compromising simply because of jealousy between his two lovers, allowing them to live under the same roof with his first wife's son and daughter-in-law, bringing unrest to the family. But Zhao Xinzhi wanted chaos; chaos was the only way he could better seize control of the family.
Zhao Xinzhi has a very strong desire for control. Although he feels that his two sons' abilities are not satisfactory to him, if their abilities are so strong that they put pressure on him and are difficult to control, he will feel threatened and discipline them.
Zhao Shunian understands Zhao Xinzhi. Because of this understanding, he never looks down on him just because of his old age. As the saying goes, the older the ginger, the more shrewd it is.
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After the charity dinner, on the way home, Ms. Jiang warned Liang Zexian, "Stay away from Lian Ke'er, you can't beat her, and Lian Ying is standing behind her..." Ms. Jiang talked about Lian Ke'er's scheming.
Liang Zexian's ears were twisted red, and he kept saying, "I know, I will remember this next time."
Ms. Jiang added, "You should be more sensible. Now that Shunian is willing to help you, you should seize the opportunity. When the Liang family's property falls into the hands of that mother and son, you and I will have no place to cry."
"I know how to make progress. Mom, you've said this so many times that I can recite it."
"Don't tell me more than a few times, you'll forget it in two days."
Only Liang Zexian and Ms. Jiang returned to the Liang family residence. Liang Lisheng took Liang Pingze to another home, and he does not often come back to this home now.
The two walked into the living room and found that the area where the sofa was was a mess and the servant was cleaning it up.
Ms. Jiang asked angrily, "Who messed up the house like this?"
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