Chapter 142: You must be back before your brother's plane lands tomorrow morning
After Xie Ling was brought back by Xie Siyan, he was kept in a garden house.
This Western-style house is located halfway up the mountain, with white walls and red tiles, hidden among lush green plants. It was the dowry that Xie Ling's parents carefully prepared for her during their lifetime.
Later, her parents died suddenly. The villa was not abandoned and was often cleaned, but she never lived there and it remained vacant.
Until recently, that came in handy.
Xie Ling walked barefoot on the cold marble floor of the villa's living room, pacing back and forth in the hall, occasionally looking outside at the bodyguards sent by his brother, looking for the right opportunity to escape.
Her eyes flickered to the calendar hanging on the wall.
Three days later, a date was circled heavily in red pen, clearly and glaringly. It was the date of the engagement party.
Only three days left.
The evening glow poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, stretching Xie Ling's shadow very long.
When Xie Ling called, Song Mingxi was playing mahjong with Zhou's mother, and Zhou Xu was accompanying them.
The phone vibrates.
Zhou Xu glanced at his mother and daughter-in-law, and raised his eyebrows in slight surprise at the words "Xie Ling" on the screen.
"Who is it?"
Song Mingxi asked curiously.
"Xie Ling."
Zhou Xu walked outside and the call was quickly connected.
"Brother Zhou Xu."
Xie Ling's voice was slightly suppressed on the phone, like a drowning person grabbing a piece of driftwood, and hesitantly asked, "Can you come over and take me out?"
"Where are you?"
Zhou Xu's voice was clearly filled with confusion. "What happened?"
“…”
Xie Ling was silent.
A long moment passed, so long that Zhou Xu began to wonder if Xie Ling was still there. "Xie Ling?"
"Brother Zhou Xu, I was locked up by my brother."
Half an hour later.
Zhou Xu's black sports car rolled over the gravel road and stopped in front of the villa.
When Xie Ling saw him from the balcony, she almost ran downstairs and even lost one of her slippers.
"Master Zhou."
The bodyguard at the door saw that it was him and saluted respectfully.
Zhou Xu waved his hand casually and walked in by scanning his face.
Xie Ling hurried downstairs and ran over. When he reached him, he hesitated slightly.
After so many days of depression, Xie Ling finally couldn't hold it back anymore when she saw him. She wiped away her tears and said, "Brother Zhou Xu, can you take me out?"
Zhou Xu's expression was complicated, and he suddenly realized something. "Where's your brother?"
Xie Ling raised her tearful eyes, sobbed, and briefly described what had happened to Zhou Xu. Finally, she said, "I put the photo of Mu Jia and Cheng Yu'an in Los Angeles in his study."
She sniffed, "He should be on the plane now."
Zhou Xu was speechless for a moment.
He had known about Xie Ling and Chen Fu Ji for a long time, so he was not surprised that they secretly crossed Chen Cang.
but……
Isn’t Xie Siyan outrageous?
Can you just lock someone up at home?
Does he always feel that he has everything under control?
But in reality, it was obvious that he couldn't even handle one, and yet he wanted to keep an eye on two at the same time. The result was nothing.
Zhou Xu briefly comforted Xie Ling, "Don't worry, I'll go find out the situation for you first."
——
Zhou Xu drove to Jiang's house.
Jiang Zhongan came out to greet him personally, dressed in a casual suit, "What a rare guest."
Jiang Zhongan raised his eyebrows and led him to the garden pavilion, "How come Master Zhou is free to come here today?"
Zhou Xu loosened his tie.
The August heat made his back sticky. "I..." he chose his words carefully, "I want to find out something."
Iced lemonade was served quickly.
The maid tactfully withdrew.
Zhou Xu hinted, "Well... although it's not nice to say this, do you know that recently Chen Fu Ji and..."
"You mean, he had a conflict with Xie Siyan in the hotel?"
"I guess so." Zhou Xu raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"But what does this have to do with the engagement?" Jiang Zhongan didn't care. "He and my sister are in love and consensual. If he gets married, does Xie Siyan have to interfere?"
Zhou Xu, “…”
Zhou Xu couldn't directly say that Xie Ling and Chen Fuji were caught in bed together. He was a little speechless for a moment and subconsciously asked a question, "How long have Chen Fuji and Jiang Yao known each other?"
Jiang Zhongan fell into thought.
"Probably... half a year."
"Then before we get engaged, ask someone to find out about his previous love history?" Zhou Xu could only convey his meaning as tactfully as possible.
——
As soon as Zhou Xu's sports car drove away from the Jiang family's gate, Jiang Zhongan's face darkened.
"Call the young lady back." He stood in front of the French window and suddenly spoke, his voice as cold as ice.
Half an hour later, Jiang Yao hurried in wearing high heels.
She was still wearing a small dress for the afternoon tea party. She was visiting Chen Fu Ji. Her status in the circle of plastic friends has been rising sharply recently.
"Brother, why did you call me back so urgently?"
She lifted her hair pretending to be relaxed, but when she saw Jiang Zhongan's gloomy face, her smile froze on her face.
"Zhou Xu came here today to ask about Chen Fuji," he narrowed his eyes, "Do you know why he suddenly clashed with Xie Siyan?"
"I……"
Jiang Yao's eyes wandered.
"Tell the truth." Jiang Zhongan lowered his voice.
Jiang Yao's shoulders trembled slightly. "Brother, the engagement... is fake." Her voice was as thin as a mosquito. "It was to help Fu Ji win back Xie Siyan's sister, Xie Ling. I came up with the idea..."
As soon as the words came out, the living room fell into silence.
Jiang Zhongan's pupils suddenly contracted. He couldn't believe that his half-sister, who had always been well-behaved, had caused such a big mess.
Go and provoke the Xie family.
He stood up slowly, his tall figure completely casting Jiang Yao in shadow.
"Can you say that again?"
——
Xie Siyan received a long-distance call.
"Mr. Xie, we've been negotiating the port project for nearly half a year, and it's finally been finalized. However, the final agreement still requires your personal signature."
The assistant's voice came through the microphone.
Xie Siyan stood in front of the hotel's French window, his cigarette burning to the end, not even noticing the burn. The glass reflected his gloomy face. "Okay."
"I'll be there tomorrow."
The night before Xie Siyan returned home.
Zhou Xu was soft-hearted in the end. He rushed to the villa and took Xie Ling away in the name of Xie Siyan.
When he came in, Xie Ling was curled up on the sofa watching a movie. When she saw him come in, her eyes lit up instantly.
"You only have three hours."
Zhou Xu tossed the car keys to her and said, "You must be back before your brother's plane lands tomorrow morning."
Xie Ling rushed out like a bird that had regained its freedom, without even having time to put on his coat.
She didn't drive Zhou Xu's car, and the taxi braked suddenly downstairs of Chen Fu Ji's apartment.
Xie Ling ran upstairs in slippers.
"Knock, knock, knock," there was a series of knocks on the door, but no one upstairs answered.
Chen Fu Ji's residence.
He is not at home.
Xie Ling called again and asked his assistant.
"Ms. Xie, I don't know either. How about I ask for you..."
"Okay... can it be as soon as possible?" Xie Ling asked hesitantly.
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