When Xing Zhaozhao arrived at Zhaohong Square, the driver sent by Gao Hongfei had not yet arrived, so she went to Xunlan Teahouse first. Fu Hong was still not there, probably still in the hospital, after all, she was getting old. Xing Zhaozhao did not stay long, gave Fu Lan's letter to the waitress in the teahouse and asked her to pass it on, and then left.
Just as she stepped out of the teahouse, a gloomy-faced, menacing old man came running towards her. He walked with a brisk pace, not even looking where he was going, and crashed straight into Xing Zhaozhao.
Xing Zhaozhao realized something was wrong and quickly tried to dodge to the side, but she still couldn't avoid it and her shoulder was bumped.
Before Xing Zhaozhao could say anything, the old man glared at her angrily and snapped, "How do you walk? Don't you have eyes?"
Xing Zhaozhao: "..." He was the one who bumped into me first.
Eager to leave, Xing Zhaozhao didn't argue with him, simply saying "sorry" before hurriedly departing.
The old man looked displeased. You bumped into an elderly person and think you can just say "sorry" and call it a day? You'll need to leave at least a few hundred yuan for medical expenses.
He tried to grab Xing Zhaozhao, but when he turned around, she had already disappeared. He had no choice but to give up: "Pah, you're lucky you ran fast."
The old man pushed open the door and went straight into the Xunlan Tea House.
"Welcome..." The waiter thought another customer had arrived and was about to go to greet him when he saw the old man's appearance clearly. His face, which was usually professionally trained and able to keep a straight face even when dealing with the most difficult customers, couldn't help but fall, and he looked impatient. "What, it's you again?"
"Where's your boss?" the old man asked directly.
"Our boss isn't here," the waiter said.
The old man didn't believe him: "You're trying to fool me again."
"Fu Hong, Fu Hong, get out here!" The old man shouted as he rushed into Fu Hong's office. "Don't think you can hide forever just because you've married into the Dong family. Now that your eldest brother is gone, it's your responsibility as his sister-in-law to take care of his younger siblings. We run such a big teahouse, so what if we need tens of thousands of yuan for living expenses every month? You're so stingy."
The waiter was so angry he almost cried: "I already told you the boss is gone. I've never seen such a shameless family. Our boss is your sister-in-law, not your mother. She has no obligation to support your old brother-in-law and his family."
The old man entered Fu Hong's office, but as expected, he couldn't find her. He had no choice but to leave, glaring at the waiter: "Who says we don't have this obligation? In our Dong family, we have this obligation. Since she's not here, I'll go to her house to find her." With that, he quickly and hurriedly left.
The waiter's eyes were already red, and he stomped his feet hard, saying, "Why is the boss's life so miserable? She married a vampire, and she can't even have a peaceful old age." Then he quickly called Fu Hong and told her not to go home, please don't go home.
Xing Zhaozhao was unaware of what had happened at Xunlan Teahouse; she was already waiting by the roadside at Zhaohong Square.
A moment later, she saw a familiar black car stop on the side of the road not far away. A strange young man got out of the car. He was wearing a smart black suit and looked around as if he didn't know who to look for. His eyes looked somewhat lost and helpless.
Xing Zhaozhao walked straight over and asked, "Did Gao Hongfei send you?"
The young man looked at Xing Zhaozhao with a respectful expression: "The chairman sent me. Are you Ms. Xing?"
Xing Zhaozhao nodded: "It's me."
The young man quickly opened the car door, picked up Xing Zhaozhao, and immediately headed towards Qingxi Town.
"I've never seen you before. Are you Hongfei's new driver?" Xing Zhaozhao asked casually, looking at the young man driving in front.
Hearing Xing Zhaozhao address their chairman as "Hongfei" so casually, the young man couldn't help but feel nervous: "No, I'm the chairman's assistant, my surname is Bai."
"Oh, it's Xiaobai. I remember Hongfei's former assistant was surnamed He, wasn't he?" Xing Zhaozhao asked curiously, having met him twice before.
"The chairman recently opened a new company, and Assistant He was promoted to supervisor. I'm the new one," Assistant Xiao Bai said respectfully. Assistant He had specifically instructed him during the handover that if he ever encountered a Ms. Xing, he should treat her as if she were the chairman. He had always remembered that.
"You've started a new company again?" Xing Zhaozhao asked in surprise.
"Yeah, I heard it's a high-tech company, and they even poached people from overseas." Assistant Xiaobai seemed particularly excited when he mentioned this, after all, his senior had been promoted there, as if he had already drawn up a smooth road for him to advance.
Xing Zhaozhao couldn't help but exclaim, "That's really amazing!"
Country M, a high-end apartment.
In the study, the man sat at his desk, typing rapidly on the keyboard, writing a paper. The computer screen reflected the light off his gold-rimmed glasses. Behind the glasses, a pair of bright eyes were intently focused on the document on the computer screen, whose title was clearly stated: "On the Feasibility of Time Travel".
A notification suddenly popped up in the corner of my desktop, indicating an email.
The man paused in his typing and opened his email.
Seeing the new email with the Zhaohong Group's letterhead, his eyes flickered. He quickly opened it, skimmed through the contents, got up, left the study, and went to the bedroom next door.
A woman with gray hair sat in a rocking chair, holding a doll in her arms. She gently rocked the chair, humming an unknown tune and stroking the doll. She seemed to be in a mentally unstable state.
The man knelt down beside the woman and took her hand in his: "Mom, I'll be able to take you home soon..."
The woman was completely unaware.
“The house behind your door…” the man continued.
The rocking chair, which had been swaying gently, creaked and stopped...
Now that there's a highway connecting Lanyuan Town and Qingxi Town, it only took half an hour for Assistant Xiaobai to drop Xing Zhaozhao off at the hotel where Gao Mingcheng and the others were staying: "Room 1016, you can go straight up."
Xing Zhaozhao nodded: "Thank you for your trouble."
After saying that, she got out of the car and went into the hotel by herself.
At this moment, the atmosphere in room 1016 of the hotel remained tense.
The Ling family tried several times to discuss a solution with the Gao family, but the Gao family remained silent. In particular, Gao Mingcheng and Gao Hongfei, who were in charge, kept glancing at the time, as if they were waiting for someone, ever since Gao Hongfei secretly made two phone calls to Gao Mingcheng an hour ago and whispered something to him.
Ling Yongde looked at Gao Mingcheng and Gao Hongfei, sensing something was amiss, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "You two..."
Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Gao Mingcheng and Gao Hongfei's eyes lit up at the same time, and they looked towards the door with anticipation in their eyes.
A cold glint flashed in Ling Yongde's slightly narrowed eyes. There was definitely a problem. However, they were sorely mistaken if they thought they could solve the problem by simply finding someone. He had gone to such great lengths; if he couldn't achieve his goal, he would absolutely not give up easily.
"Go see who's here, Ah Zhen," Ling Yongde called to his eldest grandson.
"Okay, Grandpa." Ling Zhen replied, turned around, opened the door, and frowned when he saw the strange woman standing there. He asked, "Who are you? You've got the wrong door."
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