"Your father is..." Gao Mingcheng asked.
“His name is Zhou Qingyuan,” Zhou Huaixi said.
Gao Mingcheng: "..." Still don't recognize him.
Zhou Huaixi frowned, looking at Gao Mingcheng with a puzzled expression, and said, "Don't you remember? Before the New Year, you sent a message to the relevant departments, asking them to thoroughly investigate my father's student, Li Jian, to find this traitor, clear my father's name, and exonerate him."
Gao Mingcheng only then realized what was happening and quickly glanced at Xing Zhaozhao.
Xing Zhaozhao pretended not to know anything and drank her tea in silence.
Gao Mingcheng smiled, looked at Zhou Huaixi, and said, "So your father is Professor Zhou."
Zhou Huaixi nodded: "That's right."
He looked at Gao Mingcheng with a puzzled expression: "General Gao doesn't seem to know my father."
“I really don’t know her,” Gao Mingcheng said. The person he knew was his daughter, Zhaozhao.
"Then why did you exonerate my father?" Zhou Huaixi asked.
Gao Mingcheng took the teacup from Xing Zhaozhao, took a sip to moisten his throat, and said, "You've got it wrong. I didn't intend to exonerate your father. I just received a tip and exposed a traitor. For me, exonerating your father was just a side effect."
Seeing this, Fu Hong quickly brought over a teacup and refilled Gao Mingcheng's teacup.
Gao Mingcheng: "..." Actually, there's no need for that; he can use Zhaozhao's name as well.
Gao Hongfei chuckled to himself.
Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but roll his eyes at him. This bastard deserved another beating.
"Whether it was intentional or incidental, I want to thank you for clearing my father's name," Zhou Huaixi said with a smile, looking at Gao Mingcheng. For him, this outcome was the most important thing.
"Would it be convenient to reveal who gave you the tip?" Zhou Huaixi then asked, "I'd like to thank him properly."
“I’m sorry, this is confidential and I can’t disclose it. However, I will convey your gratitude to her,” Gao Mingcheng said.
Zhou Huaixi nodded and said, "Then I'll have to trouble General Gao."
Just then, someone knocked on the door of the teahouse.
When Fu Hong went over to take a look, she saw that it was someone from the spice shop. It was someone she knew who often came to the shop to deliver goods; his name was Xiao Ji.
She felt a shiver run through her body. Why hadn't the ones who were supposed to come arrived, and why had the ones who weren't supposed to arrive so quickly?
Fu Hong pretended not to see it and turned to leave.
Xiao Ji had already seen her and pounded on the door even louder.
Xing Zhaozhao also heard the noise and turned around curiously: "Boss Fu, it seems like someone is coming outside."
Fu Hong gave a stiff tug at the corner of her mouth: "It seems so. I'll go take a look."
Gao Mingcheng glanced deeply at Fu Hong's hurriedly departing figure, his eyes flashing.
Fu Hong went over and opened the door.
"Oh, Mr. Fu, you were here. It's broad daylight, and you suddenly stopped opening. I thought you weren't here and I was going to make a wasted trip," Xiao Ji said as she walked in.
Fu Hong forced a smile and said, "We have important guests in the shop today, so we won't be serving other guests for the time being."
"By the way, why did you come alone?" Fu Hong asked.
“I’ve always delivered goods by myself,” Xiao Ji said, looking at Fu Hong with a puzzled expression. “I’ve been to your place more than once or twice, as you know.”
"Of course I know that," Fu Hong quickly explained with a smile. "I have important guests here, and I was worried that you might disturb them if you barged in, so I specially asked Xiao Mei to meet you at the intersection. Didn't you see?"
"An important guest?" Xiao Ji turned his head and glanced at the shop. There was only one table of customers, but the old man looking at them did look quite intimidating and not someone to be trifled with.
Xiao Ji quickly looked away, glanced at Fu Hong, shook her head, and said, "I didn't see it. I probably just missed it."
As he spoke, he handed the heavy bag he was carrying to Fu Hong: "Here's the goods you wanted, Boss Fu."
Fu Hong reluctantly accepted it. It had already been delivered; she couldn't very well refuse to sign for it.
"Come with me." She said, and led Xiao Ji straight to find Xing Zhaozhao.
Xiao Ji followed behind, completely bewildered.
When Xing Zhaozhao saw Fu Hong arriving with her entourage, she quickly understood what was happening and smiled as she stood up to greet them: "Have the spices I ordered arrived?"
Fu Hong nodded: "Please take a count."
All the spices were stored in sealed jars with labels on them.
Xing Zhaozhao didn't understand these spices either, so she could only take out the list given to her by the old principal and check the quantity against the label on the small jar.
“No problem.” She looked at Xiao Ji and said, “These are indeed what I want. However, I don’t know much about spices, so I can’t be sure if the quality is as you described. I’ll have to take them back and have someone check them to know. If they are confirmed to be fine, I will come to your store again if I need them in the future.”
Xiao Ji was overjoyed: "Miss, don't worry, the spices we sell in our shop are absolutely the best from Lan Yuan, the quality is guaranteed, and we'll compensate you tenfold if they're fake."
"Leave your phone number," Xing Zhaozhao said with a smile.
Xiao Ji nodded and gave Xing Zhaozhao their boss's phone number.
"How much is it in total?" Xing Zhaozhao asked.
Xiao Ji pulled out a pre-printed receipt from his pocket: "It's 202,250 yuan in total. Our boss said that since you're a new customer and a rare big client, he'll waive the change and just charge you 200,000 yuan."
Xing Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow and said, "Your boss is really generous, rounding down such a large zero."
"Our boss said, 'You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.' So, we should go all out to secure a long-term, big client. It's a sure thing," Xiao Ji said.
Xing Zhaozhao chuckled: "If you want to trap me, just rounding down the price won't work. You also need to see the quality of your stuff."
Xiao Ji said confidently, "Trust me, you're already trapped by us."
Seeing that Xing Zhaozhao had finished paying, Fu Hong could no longer hide her anxiety, frequently turning her head to look at the door. Why haven't they arrived yet? Weren't they said they'd be here in 20 minutes at most? It's been more than 20 minutes now. Could something have happened?
After receiving the money, Xiao Ji was about to leave when he turned around and saw Fu Hong looking anxious. He asked in confusion, "Are you alright, Boss Fu?"
Fu Hong shook her head and asked, "Are you leaving? Let me see you off."
After saying that, he led Xiao Ji toward the door. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Qin Shi rushing over in a hurry.
Fu Hong finally showed a look of joy: "Ah Shi?! You've finally come."
However, a moment later, she noticed a large bruise on Qin Shi's forehead, which was slowly bleeding, and her smile instantly froze: "What happened to your head?"
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