Chapter 19 Chapter 19 As You See
Out of courtesy, Zhong Hejing did not comment on the other person's profession. Even if she had known Qiao Wu before, that was when they were about ten years old. Besides, people's hearts change, and the past cannot be retrieved.
She focused on the scene.
Zhong Min did not return to the Zhong family voluntarily, so he has always had a strong sense of rejection. He treats everyone the same way and feels that the whole world has let him down.
But Zhong Hejing, who grew up in a privileged environment, could not empathize with him. Although she was not familiar with him, she initially had a sisterly affection for Zhong Min, but she could not stand Zhong Min's repeated challenges to her bottom line.
As an adult, it is really foolish to act on impulse without weighing the value of interests. This is not the first time that something like today has happened to Zhong Ru, so Zhong Ru no longer wants to take care of these trivial matters and asks her to come over.
When she came in, she had already heard Luo Zhihua apologizing here, and she could probably guess something in her heart.
Zhong Ru used the fact that Zhong Shixia was not a very sensitive child to force Zhong Min to return to the Zhong family. Zhong Shixia must have encountered many problems at school during this period of time.
But in this environment, it ultimately comes down to an exchange of interests between adults. She waved her hand and said, "Teacher, please take the child out first."
She didn't want Zhong Min to see her arguing with others.
The teacher, who was used to dealing with these things, was about to go and take care of the children.
Qiao Wu stopped him: "Wait."
Everyone looked at her.
"Why do you want to leave?" Qiao Wu sat beside Lu Ning, gently pressing the back of her hand. "If you've done it, you have to take responsibility. What's an apology worth? Since they're using their family background to act so recklessly, they should also consider the price their family has paid for this incident. There are always people who are better than you, and being young doesn't guarantee a life of safety. What do you think, Mr. Luo?"
Luo Zhihua said stubbornly: "I think it makes sense."
Then he asked, “What do you want?”
"You can discuss other families' affairs, but we don't want anything," Qiao Wu said. "I've already called the police."
“!!!”
Even Zhong Hejing didn't expect this to happen.
No matter big or small things that happen to children in this school, who doesn’t default to using resources to solve them?
Calling the police... This is the first time.
Luo Zhihua: "Call the police?"
When did she call the police?! I didn’t even hear her make a phone call!
"My child was just leaving school when a few strangers confronted him and provoked him. Can't I call the police?" Qiao Wu said with a smile. "Besides, it was Mr. Luo who made the choice first. If he won't reason with me, then I can only let others do it."
She didn't call in person, but there was a driver at the school gate and bodyguards in the car. Isn't this a piece of news?
"Don't call the police!" Luo Zhihua's legs were shaking. To be honest, people like them who work in real estate are most worried about coming into contact with these people. "We have many projects, we can talk slowly!"
"Excuse me." Qiao Wu raised his hand to stop the other person from approaching. "My child is underage and doesn't understand these things. The only thing he knows is to call the police if he's bullied."
"Okay, I'm done. If you want to talk about other things, go ahead."
"Dad!" The kids were so scared that they peed their pants.
A group of spoiled and lawless rich second-generations never thought that they would see a police officer one day, and they immediately started howling in the office.
Qiao Wu didn't want to listen anymore. She picked up Lu Ning's schoolbag and said, "Let's go."
"Wait a minute." Zhong Shixia came over with the money she had just picked up. "Your money."
Zhong Min knew his brother wasn't very expressive, so he said with a straight face, "He simply wants to pay the money back, there's nothing else to it. He's been keeping the money for over a year, and if you don't take it, he'll be thinking about it forever."
"But what happened back then..." He frowned, "Shouldn't you give us an explanation?"
After what happened today, Lu Ning is now a little scared. She is worried that if she really gets into a fight in the future, Qiao Wu might really pin her down in the office and let her see the price of causing trouble.
So she immediately interrupted Zhong Min: "I know I was wrong first, but I didn't know he was there. I hit him by accident, and I only attacked him after he wanted to hit me back!"
"Hit back?" Zhong Shixia couldn't find such a thing in her memory. "I didn't mean to hit you."
"I told you to fight back if you had the guts, and you came over and raised your hand!"
Zhong Shixia's lips straightened: "I asked you to look at the clothes."
His new clothes were torn because he was picking up something, so he squatted there to deal with it, but he didn't expect to be hit by a stone.
When he walked over, he raised his hand to let her see his torn clothes, to show her that he was not squatting there intentionally to scam her.
There's no way, clothes that cost 18 yuan are really fragile.
Who would have thought that the little girl would suddenly attack him and cry while beating him.
This made his already worn-out clothes even worse, and none of his clothes, pants, or shoes were in good condition.
After hearing the whole story, Lu Ning was dumbfounded: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
There are actually clothes that cost 18 yuan again?!
Zhong Shixia looked at her doubtfully: "You didn't let me say it."
Lu Ning: “…”
She took the small change and said cautiously, "I'll take your money now. Today's matter is settled. Don't come to me again!"
Although this money was nothing to her, she felt that this person was insane. If she didn't accept it, she might be blocked at the door every day.
Zhong Shixia's expression finally relaxed a little: "Yeah."
He was very scared every day because he carried so much money with him.
After the two children finished speaking, Qiao Wu glanced towards Zhong Hejing's position, his attitude suddenly gentle and even a little intimate: "We'll go back first and contact by phone."
Unexpectedly, she would say goodbye. Zhong Hejing was stunned for a moment before nodding: "Okay."
Can I contact you by phone? What should I contact you about?
Do they have this kind of relatable relationship?
After everyone left, Zhong Hejing thought about what she was about to do after being reminded by the teacher.
She originally wanted to solve the problem in the same way as before, but when she looked up and saw the two unfamiliar brothers, she suddenly changed her mind.
She smiled and said, "Since we've already called the police, let's see how they resolve it. Whoever is responsible should bear the responsibility. I'm not in good health, so I won't worry about it."
After saying that, she also stood up and looked at Zhong Min and the others: "Let's go."
No matter how reluctant Zhong Min was, he couldn't continue to stay with these people, so he took Zhong Shixia with him and followed her out.
When they walked out of the classroom, they happened to see Qiao Wu and Lu Ning walking out of the teaching building together.
Lu Ning took her schoolbag off Qiao Wu, tilted her head back, and said something inaudible while gesticulating.
Qiao Wu listened attentively with his eyes tilted to the side, occasionally smiling and touching her head. The scene looked particularly harmonious and warm.
Not like the Lu family in Zhong Hejing's memory.
The Lu family experienced a major change, and family relationships became tense afterwards. Lu Ning has always been a frivolous child, not to mention the other Lu brothers.
But why does it look different today?
Although Lu Ning still had a childish temper, it didn't matter. She was unusually obedient in front of Qiao Wu.
And judging from Lu Jiang and Lu Jinzhi's tempers, Qiao Wu would definitely not be the person they would choose as the housekeeper.
So what exactly happened?
Forget it, there are things to do now.
"Zhong Shixia, go to the car first." She stopped.
Zhong Min glanced at her, then stopped as well, and gave his brother a push: "Go ahead."
After everyone left, Zhong Hejing said, "I don't want what happened today to happen again."
Zhong Min had anticipated this. He scoffed, "But don't you already know who I am? I can't compare to you wealthy and powerful people."
"If the Lu family and Qiao Wu hadn't been here today, do you think we would have gotten out so quickly?" Zhong Hejing looked at him coldly. "What on earth are you so proud of?"
The Zhong family is no longer the Zhong family of the past.
In the past, they could still get closer to the Lu family, but since the relationship between Zhong Ru and her father broke down, they each had their own lovers, and then they got pregnant, had children, and got divorced. There were rumors about these things, and the power in the company was dispersed and chaotic, and people were unstable.
In addition, his health deteriorated later, and the powerful Zhong Ru took control of everything, causing the Zhong family to fall into decline.
Even if I came to negotiate with Luo Zhihua just now, there has to be a give and take.
Sometimes Zhong Hejing felt very tired and thought that everyone should just die together. The money, profits, and family reputation were suffocating her.
"I'm proud?" Zhong Min laughed angrily. "You pushed me to this point without even asking for my opinion. How many times has Shi Xia transferred schools? Was it because of you? Did he come to this school because of Zhong Ru? Now that something's happened, you blame me for not doing a good enough job. What? You expect a scoundrel to accomplish something earth-shattering? To be listed in Forbes? Is your blood inlaid with gold or diamonds to be so awesome? I'm telling you straight, I just want to make Zhong Ru unhappy!"
“Bang!”
Zhong Hejing slapped Zhong Min, causing his head to tilt.
The air suddenly became quiet.
"So you want the entire Zhong family to play with you?"
Zhong Hejing was so angry that her vision turned pale. She leaned against the wall beside her and closed her eyes, gasping for breath.
Zhong Min let out a deep breath and didn't continue the topic. He took out his phone and made a call: "Come and pick up your Mr. Zhong!"
The driver waiting at the school gate hurriedly got out of the car upon hearing this, fearing that something might happen to the young lady again.
The two drove different cars. After Zhong Min saw the driver take her into the car, he also got in the car and took Zhong Shixia away.
Lu Ning waited until the driver drove away. Seeing Qiao Wu staring outside, she couldn't help but wonder: "What are you looking at?"
The two cars had already disappeared at the end of the street. Qiao Wu shook his head slightly: "Nothing."
It seems that Zhong Hejing's health is worse than she knew.
The information Xie Yi and her father gave her included not only the list of names but also some more private past events of each family.
As an assistant who has been with Lu Jiang for so many years, Qiao Zhiyi has his own way of dealing with these wealthy families, so he has learned a lot.
Now that she has taken over, her father must have given her all the information without reservation.
So after unexpectedly meeting Zhong Min at school today, she became more concerned about the Zhong family on the list and looked up more information about this family.
It was also because of this that she matched the relationship between Zhong Min and Zhong Hejing.
Zhong Hejing did not appear in the original plot.
But in Zhong Min's story, there is a sister who died young.
The plot that Qiao Wu knows unfolds from the perspectives of the male and female protagonists. The male protagonist is already a rising star when he appears, but his background is occasionally mentioned to pave the way for his character.
He was forced and threatened by his mother to inherit the family business, his so-called father tried to harm him everywhere, and his sister was just mentioned in passing.
Children may have incomplete memories and vague memories of their childhood playmates, but Qiao Wu does not.
Zhong Hejing is a little older than her, but she is actually a person with a good personality and has always been healthy.
People with a wealthy family consider their food, clothing and other expenses carefully, and they also have nutritionists and regular physical examinations, so their health will not collapse at any time.
After Zhong Min's sister passed away, he and Zhong Shixia were both attacked by their nominal "father". It is obvious who the only beneficiary is.
Zhong family.
The few people who returned home one after another ignored each other and went back to their rooms.
Zhong Hejing rested in bed for a long time before she recovered.
Although he is in poor health, Zhong Min now has a deep grudge against the Zhong family and is not familiar with the company's business. Zhong Ru is unwilling to delegate power to others, and many things still have to go through her hands.
She stood up and wanted to go to the study to look at the company documents, but when she passed by the mirror and saw her pale and haggard self in it, she was still a little distracted.
She used to be glamorous and not afraid that anyone would see her in such a messy state, just like Qiao Wu she saw today.
But now it's different.
Even the phone call message that Qiao Wu left before he left was used by her in a despicable way to suppress Luo Zhihua.
Just as she was thinking, her cell phone suddenly rang.
It’s Qiao Wu.
Business people will not block anyone for some random reasons, so Zhong Hejing kept her mobile phone number but just didn't contact her.
I didn’t expect that Qiao Wu really meant to make the call he said.
She hesitated for a moment, then picked up the phone: "Hello?"
"I'd like to meet you." Qiao Wu said from the other end, "Is that possible?"
In the past, Zhong Hejing would have refused because she didn't know what she could say to Qiao Wu.
But now she changed her mind: "Tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock."
"Okay, do I choose the place or do you?"
"Let's go to the Lu family. Don't you want to work?"
The Lu family also has a special place for discussing things.
"Okay, see you tomorrow then."
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The next day at three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhong Hejing arrived at Lu's house on time.
She hadn't been to the Lu family for many years, but it was still in good order, even more luxurious and prosperous.
It doesn't look like it's going to end.
Normally, there is a dedicated parking lot for cars entering the Lu residence, but Zhong Hejing heard the servant in charge of reception say, "Housekeeper Xiao Qiao said your car can go in directly."
Zhong Hejing was a little surprised.
Not only was she surprised by her special treatment, but she was also surprised by the attitude of the people in the Lu family towards Qiao Wu, because in her memory, the previous Qiao Wu always regarded herself as the legitimate eldest daughter of the Lu family and was not very liked by these servants.
Soon she was taken to the place where she had agreed to meet Qiao Wu by the guide car in front.
The weather is good today. Qiao Wu is sitting in the pavilion of the Chinese garden, looking at something.
When she heard the voice, she stopped and looked up. At that moment, Zhong Hejing suddenly felt that if this was her first time coming to the Lu family, seeing Qiao Wu like this, she would also think that he was the owner of this place.
It's not because of her attitude, but her temperament.
The others left one after another. Qiao Wu put the things in his hand on the table and stood up. Seeing that Zhong Hejing's face looked worse than the day before, he lowered his eyes slightly.
"Please sit down."
Zhong Hejing sat down in the pavilion and heard Qiao Wu ask, "What would you like to drink?"
She calmly took in the surroundings and the other person's attitude and expression, then politely said, "Water, thank you."
It can be seen that Qiao Wu is indeed the housekeeper of the Lu family. From the moment she entered the door, everyone in the Lu family treated her with great respect, without any sign of dissatisfaction, and the house was in great order.
Qiao Wu poured two glasses of water in front of the other person and drank one himself.
"What do you want from me?" Zhong Hejing asked.
"Just chatting." Qiao Wu's eyes were calm, and his tone was also calm, as if he was chatting with a family. "I noticed yesterday that you don't look well. Have you seen a doctor?"
Zhong Hejing was reluctant to explain her personal affairs too clearly to the other party, and only said: "These are just minor problems, they will be fine after they are treated."
Then she saw what Qiao Wu was looking at before.
In-class exercise book for grade 8.
Lu Ning's?
This guy hadn't lied about being annoyed by Lu Ning's noise before, so what was he doing now?
Qiao Wu knew that the other party might have some misunderstandings about him, so he didn't ask too many questions. Instead, he said, "My previous attitude towards you was a little bad, but it was not my intention. If you have anything to ask, you can ask me now."
Zhong Hejing was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect the other party to be so frank.
But to be honest, everyone has a lot of friends when they are young, but not many of them may stay with them until the end. Instead of caring about those childhood memories, it is better to look forward. No one is as innocent as the child they were before.
"No." Zhong Hejing took a sip of water. "You asked me to come here just to ask this?"
"Almost." Qiao Wu said gently, "I just wanted to ask about your recent situation."
Zhong Hejing choked: "We don't seem to be that familiar?"
"Yeah." Qiao Wu didn't seem embarrassed at all as he was pushed away. He said calmly, "So it's just because we were childhood playmates."
Of course she knew that they hadn't seen each other for so many years, and they didn't know anything about each other, so neither of them knew what the other had become.
But Qiao Wu is not such a hesitant person. She has lived a lifetime longer than others and has even experienced the despair of being unable to control her own destiny.
So she is very free and easy in many things, especially towards people.
No one is necessarily good, and no one is necessarily bad, so even if Zhong Hejing is different now and becomes cunning and selfish, Qiao Wu will still choose to pay for the harmonious time they had in the past.
Just like she will stay temporarily for the Lu family now.
As for whether to continue to make another meal appointment, it depends on the other party's attitude.
At least since they met, Zhong Hejing's attitude towards her had been within her acceptable range. If someone else with smooth talking skills had come over, Zhong Hejing might have accused him of meddling in her affairs, but Qiao Wu's bluntness shocked her.
After a long while, Zhong Hejing finally found some ideas. Since Qiao Wu wanted to talk about this love, she would also talk about it.
"In that case, let me ask you about your recent situation."
Qiao Wu smiled: "As you can see, it's pretty good."
“I didn’t expect you to be the Lu family’s housekeeper.”
"They need me."
Zhong Hejing couldn't help it: "Can you... do it well?"
"My answer is that I will do a good job. As for whether you believe it or not," Qiao Wu looked into her eyes and said seriously, "That depends on what kind of me you remember."
After all, Zhong Hejing was once the head of the company and the only heir of the Zhong family.
When outside, others have to respectfully call her Ms. Zhong.
She's a little torn at the moment.
If the Qiao Wu she had in mind was the hypocritical and disgusting one, she wouldn't even appear here, let alone believe him.
But if it was the person who was smiling confidently and calmly yesterday, who had held her hand when she got lost in Lu's house, and who was in front of her now and frankly expressed his concern for her because of their past friendship.
Then this person will do well.
Zhong Hejing dug out the answer from her heart.
Since she was a child, Zhong Ru asked her to become the best heir, and everything she did was strictly controlled, so that she would always subconsciously pursue better people.
Although Qiao Wu was younger than her, he was the first person she wanted to become in her naivety.
In the past, she always wondered what a sister like Qiao Wu would look like when she grew up.
Now she saw it.
This is also what she thinks she should be when she grows up.
Zhong Hejing's hand holding the water cup trembled slightly.
But now the Zhong family has been going downhill, and she is neither human nor ghost, and it is unknown how many days she can live. Every step she takes is driven by interests, and she even forgets her childhood and dares not recall it.
She didn't become what she imagined she would be.
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