Chapter 72 Too Childish
Having said everything that needed to be said, Gu Erhui said goodbye to Zhang Jingtong. Zhang Jingtong didn't try to stop her and walked her to the door. At that moment, the door opened and Zhang Zijun was standing there.
"Why are you in my house?" Zhang Zijun's face was full of shock. Gu Erhui wanted to say that I was here to report the parents, but it was better not to say it at this time.
"Now that you're back, it's a good opportunity to send Miss Gu home." Zhang Jingtong then said to Gu Erhui, "Little Gu, I won't send you off."
Gu Erhui thanked Zhang Jingtong again and went out, going downstairs with Zhang Zijun.
"What did you say to my dad?" Zhang Zijun stopped Gu Erhui on the stairs and asked.
Gu Erhui stood on the steps and Zhang Zijun stood at the bottom. At this height, Gu Erhui could look him straight in the eye, which felt good.
"Are you sure you want to say this here?"
Zhang Zijun looked around. Although no one was around now, someone might pass by soon. He turned and quickly went down the stairs.
He didn't know what was wrong. He was not angry with her because of the slap, but he just couldn't talk to her properly when he saw her this time. He always felt wronged.
As soon as the word "wronged" appeared in his mind, he immediately spat at himself.
So childish!
The two walked out of the stairs one after the other and got into the car. Gu Erhui said, "You don't have to send me off. I'll take the bus back later. Today..."
Before she could finish her words, Zhang Zijun started the car, and Gu Erhui stopped talking. He must be in a bad mood. He couldn't be in a good mood after being reported to his parents.
The car was quiet for a while, and then Gu Erhui spoke first, "I had no choice but to look for your father. Yesterday..."
She repeated what Lu Yanping had said, and then said, "Our family has only been in Lizhou for a few months. It doesn't matter if we don't have any connections. If the Zhu family were to deal with us, we wouldn't be able to resist at all."
Zhang Zijun's knuckles turned white from gripping the steering wheel. After a moment, he took out a cigarette, lit it, took a drag, and said, "How old are you?"
"I'll be eighteen in two months." Gu Erhui didn't know why he asked this question, but she said it without any hesitation.
Zhang Zijun took another drag on his cigarette, thinking of her age, and gave a wry smile. He was twenty-one, and he wasn't as mature as an eighteen-year-old.
When she encountered problems, she would think about not bringing trouble to her family, but he did not expect the Zhu family to retaliate against her. Now he realized that he was too reckless in doing things.
He deserves to be disliked.
The car stopped in a quiet place. He took out a pen and paper, wrote down a number and a name, handed it to Gu Erhui, and said, "This is the number of a friend of mine. If you encounter any problems, call him. I will be back to Kyoto in the next two days."
Gu Erhui didn't answer the call, not wanting to have any more contact with him.
Zhang Zijun stuffed the paper into her hand and said, "I didn't handle this well. This is my apology."
Gu Erhui didn't refuse and said thank you. Zhang Zijun drove Gu Erhui to an intersection not far from her store and watched her enter the store before starting the car and leaving.
"Where have you been?" Wang Yueju asked Gu Erhui when she saw her. "You haven't come back yet. We're so worried. Your dad and your uncle Han have gone looking for you."
Just then, Gu Jianguo and Han Deyi also came back, and they were relieved to see that she was safe and sound.
"Where have you been?" Gu Jianguo's voice was filled with anger. If this was a kid, he would have slapped him.
Seeing that everyone was worried about her, Gu Erhui felt very sorry and quickly recounted the story of her visit to Zhang Jingtong, but she omitted the fact that Zhang Zijun had sent her back.
"Jianguo, Erhui will definitely do great things in the future." Han Deyi smiled and said to Gu Jianguo after hearing this. Zhang Jingtong was such a high-ranking official! Not to mention a teenage girl like her, even a man like him, who was almost forty years old, would probably be extremely nervous when he saw him.
Gu Jianguo was proud and wanted to hit him. This kid was too bold. But it was good that he was back.
Zhang Zijun drove home and went to the study. Zhang Jingtong saw him and said, "You're back so soon. I thought you were going to the Zhu family to warn them."
Zhang Zijun leaned back in his chair. "I was thinking of going, but then I thought, if I break off the engagement, the Zhu family will definitely ask for benefits from you and your uncle. If I go to warn them, they'll probably just retaliate. Forget it. You can handle it anyway."
Zhang Jingtong put down the documents in his hand and said with satisfaction, "Every failure makes you wiser. It's good that you have grown. Don't worry about the Zhu family's affairs. I will take care of it. Say goodbye to your friends tomorrow and return to Kyoto the day after tomorrow. When you return, listen to your uncle and do your job well."
Zhang Zijun hummed and stood up to walk out, then heard Zhang Jingtong say, "Is there really no chance for you and that girl Xiao Gu? That girl is really good, brave, careful, and down-to-earth."
Zhang Zijun felt very uncomfortable because his chest was choked with anger. His father really poked him wherever it hurt.
“People look down on me.”
He left with these words. Zhang Jingtong sighed, picked up the phone at hand and dialed a number. After the call was connected, he said, "Tell Zhu Tianlin to come to my house tomorrow."
Zhu Tianlin sat there in a daze for a long time after hanging up the phone. Seeing that he looked distracted, Lu Hongyun asked, "What's wrong? Who's calling?"
"Secretary Li, let me go to Zhang's house after get off work tomorrow."
"Just go if I tell you to. They were the ones who broke off the engagement first, so we are in the right." Lu Hongyun felt upset when he talked about the Zhang family. The good fat meat was about to fly away, and anyone would feel uncomfortable.
"It was Secretary Li who called me, not Zhang Jingtong." Zhu Tianlin said irritably, "Usually, Zhang Jingtong or Zhang Zijun would call us about private matters like this, but now it's Secretary Li."
"Is there any difference?" Lu Hongyun asked in confusion.
"Of course it's different. This means he doesn't want to show any mercy." Zhu Tianlin couldn't figure out why Zhang Jingtong's attitude suddenly changed. He was fine a few days ago.
"What should we do?" Lu Hongyun panicked. They were able to get benefits from the Zhang family because the Zhang family remembered the kindness of her father-in-law. What if they no longer remembered this kindness?
"Let's see what happens tomorrow." Zhu Tianlin was very annoyed.
"Isn't your deputy director about to retire? Bring it up tomorrow."
"We'll talk about it later." Zhu Tianlin wanted to bring it up, but Zhang Jingtong was too impartial and didn't seek personal favors. It would be better to go to the Zhang family's eldest brother than him.
"How can we cause trouble for the clothing company? I can't swallow this." Lu Hongyun always believed that it was Gu Erhui who seduced Zhang Zijun to break off the engagement.
Zhu Tianlin took out a cigarette, lit it, and said, "Tomorrow I'll contact the tax, industry and commerce, and health departments."
Lu Hongyun curled his lips and laughed after hearing this, "A bunch of peasants, really overestimating their own abilities."
Zhu Tianlin didn't take the Gu family seriously at all. Dealing with them was just a matter of moving his little finger.
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