Chapter 69 Zhao Zikun
The Phoenix Mountain that Wen Yue and Yi Huai climbed was not actually very high, only 934 meters. The starting point was not at the foot of the mountain, but at Bogongao, which was more than 300 meters high. The actual height they climbed was only about 600 meters.
But 600 is the height. The mountain road was slanting and winding, so the actual distance must be more than that.
For someone like Yi Huai, who would get up and run for half an hour the next day no matter how late he slept the night before, climbing Phoenix Mountain was certainly easy.
For someone like Wen Yue who was not very active and whose maximum daily exercise was to swim two laps in the swimming pool, the height of 600 meters was enough to make her breathless.
Fortunately, they were not in a hurry, so they could climb for a while and rest for a while, and they could still reach the top of the mountain.
The route they chose also had a nice view. The weeds were all over the place, with yellow and green interweaving from deep to shallow. Wen Yue, who had been in the steel forest for a long time, finally felt the change of seasons.
Looking left and right, there was a bustling city on one side and a steep coast on the other. Both kinds of scenery were in sight, making people feel relaxed and happy.
The two went out after breakfast and reached the top of the mountain at more than ten o'clock.
There was nothing to see on the top of the mountain, so after sitting down and resting for about twenty minutes, the two went down from another road.
They arrived at the Big Buddha at almost noon. They went there to worship and found a place to eat something before continuing to go down. They went to the market for more than half an hour and then took the cable car down the mountain.
Wen Yue didn't feel it while walking, but when she sat down on the cable car, she felt exhausted. She leaned on Yi Huai, looked at the scenery and rubbed her legs.
Yi Huai saw it and lifted her legs and put them on his legs, skillfully helped her relax her muscles and said: "You don't exercise enough, you should exercise more when you go back."
Wen Yue explained: "How can I exercise less? I swim two laps every day after work."
Yi Huai exposed: "I haven't seen you go into the water once since I came back."
"Isn't the weather getting colder? It's so easy to catch a cold if you go swimming in this season."
Yi Huai thought seriously for a moment, nodded and said: "Indeed, why don't you run with me in the future, exercise indoors, and don't worry about being blown by the wind and catching a cold."
"Running is too tiring."
Wen Yue always had many excuses for being lazy, but Yi Huai really listened to her. After thinking for a long time, he said, "I saw a villa a few days ago. It's not far from where you work. It has a garden, a sports field, and an indoor heated swimming pool. If you want, we can move in."
Wen Yue felt something was wrong: "Why did you suddenly go to see a villa?"
It's okay to see a villa, but the villa with a heated indoor swimming pool is a bit obvious.
Yi Huai didn't answer, but the meaning revealed in his eyes was also very obvious. Yes, he was really worried about her health.
Wen Yue: "..."
She turned her head silently, pointed at the scenery outside the window and said, "It's so beautiful, take a picture for me."
Then she moved her legs and ran to the position farthest from Yi Huai in the cable car. She posed and pointed to her side face and said, "Take it from this angle, 45 degrees."
Although Wen Yue's way of changing the subject was very abrupt, Yi Huai did not expose her. He picked up the camera and squatted to the position she specified, and took a "click" from bottom to top.
Yi Huai used a Polaroid camera to take pictures. After pressing the shutter, a palm-sized photo was quickly spit out. He took the photo, took a look and said, "This photo belongs to me."
Wen Yue, who was about to come over to see the photo, heard it and quickly reached out to grab the photo.
This was the first time she and Yi Huai went out to play, and it was also the first time he took a photo of her, so before today, she never knew that his photography skills were so bad.
When Wen Yue saw the first photo he took of her, she felt dizzy.
She had never taken such an ugly photo in her two lifetimes! It was a complete black history!
But Yi Huai was like a blind man, he couldn't see it at all, and when he saw that she wanted to destroy the photo, he immediately snatched the photo away, and he refused to give it to her until now.
Although he had made obvious progress under her guidance after taking photos all the way, everyone has their mistakes, not to mention that his photography skills were not that good to begin with.
He was definitely not willing to show her the photos this time, he must be annoyed!
Under normal circumstances, Wen Yue would definitely not be able to snatch it from Yi Huai, but this was on the cable car, and it was easy to get into trouble after a fight, so after a symbolic struggle, Yi Huai handed the photo to her.
Wen Yue was stunned when she saw the photo.
She is not ugly at all in this photo. Not only is she not worried, but the overall composition is also very atmospheric.
When she looked down at the photo, she heard another "click". She looked up at Yi Huai and saw him take down a photo and then "click" at her.
Wen Yue quickly covered her face and asked, "What are you doing?"
"It looks good." Yi Huai handed the photo to Wen Yue and asked her to check it. He picked up the first photo and said, "I'll put this one in my wallet."
Wen Yue came to her senses and negotiated with him, saying, "Okay, but you have to give me the first photo you took."
"No." Yi Huai refused.
"What do you want that photo for?" Wen Yue said with a vicious look on her face, and reached into the pocket of his sports pants to grab the photo.
Yi Huai dodged and smiled as he said, "Put them all in your wallet."
"Is one photo enough for your wallet?"
"My wallet is too big, one photo is not enough."
Yi Huai said as he held down Wen Yue's hands with his left hand, and his right hand went around her back to continue holding down her hands. His free left hand reached for the Polaroid camera, raised it high, and suddenly said, "Don't move."
His tone was too serious, and Wen Yue thought something had happened. Sure enough, she stopped moving and looked up blankly, only to see a handsome face approaching her and a kiss on her lips.
Then there was a "click" sound.
Yi Huai let go of Wen Yue, reached out to take out the photo, thought it was well taken, and handed it to Wen Yue and said: "In exchange, you can put this photo in your wallet."
Wen Yue finally came to her senses, took the photo and looked at it, thinking, how can it be the same? He took her ugly solo photo! And this is a photo of two people, not to mention that neither of them is ugly in the photo.
No...Wen Yue suddenly remembered something, glanced at Yi Huai and said: "You didn't have this idea from the beginning, did you?"
She said, why did he bring a Polaroid camera when he went out to play when he obviously couldn't take pictures, it turned out to be waiting for her here!
She looked over with a smile: "Are you jealous?"
"Ahem."
Yi Huai did not answer. He coughed twice and stood up and said, "We're here."
As he finished speaking, the cable car stopped at the same time. The staff opened the door. Yi Huai got off first and then extended his hand to Wen Yue.
Wen Yue did not put her hand on him, but patted his palm. After getting off the cable car, she said, "You are not allowed to show the first photo to others. Do you hear me?" "
Okay, I'll see it alone." Yi Huai replied in a low voice.
Wen Yue: "..." She thought he might as well shut up!
...
Because Wen Yue was tired, after coming down from the mountain, the two did not go anywhere else, but took a car directly back to the villa.
Wen Yue took a shower when she arrived, went into the room and fell asleep. When she woke up, it was already dusk. Yi Huai was not in the room. When she went out, she saw him standing on the balcony and making a phone call.
Wen Yue saw him and walked over. After listening for a while, she guessed that it was all business. When he hung up the phone, she asked, "Are there a lot of things in the company?"
"Just a little thing." Yi Huai walked to Wen Yue, put his arm around her shoulders, bowed his head and kissed her, saying, "I have a friend who also brought his family to vacation. He knew we were here, so he just called and asked if we wanted to have dinner together tonight?"
The two chatted and walked into the living room. Wen Yue took a bottle of mineral water, squeezed it open, drank two sips and asked, "Which friend of yours?"
"Zhou Jiahao."
Wen Yue was surprised: "You know him."
The Zhou family is not an ordinary family. Its foundation is deeper than that of the Lin family. Although it has declined in the past hundred years, the Zhou family has revived its family business as early as forty years ago.
Although the Zhou family has not topped the rich list in recent years, it has never fallen. In the latest ranking this year, the Zhou family ranks second.
The holiday villa they are in now was developed by Zhou's real estate.
In addition, the Zhou family is famous for its good family tradition.
As the saying goes, men become bad when they have money, not to mention those men who grew up in a rich family, their private lives are quite chaotic.
And Hong Kong is a place where people laugh at poverty but not prostitution. As long as you can get close to a rich man, you can still have mistresses and concubines, and people rarely say contemptuous words when they mention it.
So after Wen Yue came here, the rich people, or rich men, she met basically had two or three wives. The few families that did not have two or three wives also kept confidantes outside and had a lot of illegitimate children.
But the Zhou family was very strict about women and expressly prohibited keeping lovers outside, so the family relationship of the Zhou family was relatively simple among the wealthy families in Hong Kong.
In addition to women, the Zhou family has many rules in other aspects. It is easy for a wealthy family to produce elites, but it is also easy for a playboy to produce one.
If a person is involved in prostitution, gambling, or drugs, he will be ruined. Some people are strict on the outside, but they are tolerant of their children. No matter how unpromising they are, they will find a way to cover for them. But the Zhou family is different. If any of the family children have bad habits, it is fine if they can change them. If they can't change, they may be expelled from the family.
Therefore, the children of the Zhou family are not said to be very outstanding, but they are indeed a clear stream in the second generation circle. Occasionally, there is an outlier, but it's just that they change girlfriends more frequently.
Well, changing girlfriends frequently is not a small problem in the eyes of ordinary people, but compared with other playboys, not cheating is already very good.
Zhou Jiahao, who is good friends with Yi Huai, is the leader of the second generation of the Zhou family.
He is the eldest son and has been an excellent student since childhood. He was able to go to Harvard without relying on his family. After graduating from his master's degree, he returned to Hong Kong and joined a branch of Zhou Group. He
was promoted from the branch to the headquarters and is now the president of Zhou Group.
Like the previous generation of Zhou family, Zhou Jiahao's private life is very simple. Although his wife comes from a wealthy family, the two of them did not get married out of arranged marriage, but got married out of free love.
The two were college alumni and met through activities among international students. They got together because of their compatible personalities.
Not long after completing their studies, the two began to talk about marriage. Less than a year after marriage, they gave birth to their eldest son, and later gave birth to a son and a daughter.
After marriage, the couple has always had a good relationship. Zhou Jiahao spends his time traveling with his family, and there is absolutely no gossip about them, so they are often praised by the media as a model couple.
If it was when she first traveled through time, Wen Yue would think that a model couple should have a good relationship, but now... she thinks it is best to put a question mark after this adjective before meeting the real person.
The Zhou family has
a good family tradition, too. It has only been half a year since she traveled through time, and she has already witnessed the collapse of two philanthropists. Who knows whether the Zhou family has a real good family tradition or a fake one.
Because of this, Wen Yue was a little hesitant about whether to go to this meal with Yi Huai.
If she had met the Zhou family on other occasions and heard about the gossip, she would definitely have exposed it without saying a word. But Yi Huai said that Zhou Jiahao was a friend, and the other party had kindly invited her to dinner. It seemed not good to expose the gossip right after the meal.
But Wen Yue changed her mind and thought that if there was nothing wrong with the Zhou family, she would definitely not fabricate false news to harm them, but if there was something wrong with the Zhou family, they deserved to be exposed.
So she readily agreed.
...
In addition to accommodation and entertainment, there are many restaurants in the resort villa, including Chinese and Western restaurants, some of which are more finely classified, but they are still eating Cantonese cuisine tonight.
Because it was not a formal occasion, Wen Yue did not dress too formally. She simply drew a clear nude dress, changed into a skirt, and went out with Yi Huai. When
they arrived at the restaurant, Yi Huai reported Zhou Jiahao's name, and the waiter took the two of them directly to the private room.
The waiter opened the door of the private room, and the first thing Wen Yue saw was the two children sitting near the door and talking together, and then Zhou Jiahao and Zhuang Shaoyun and his wife.
That's right, Zhou Jiahao's wife's surname is also Zhuang, so she should be Zhuang Zhijun's cousin.
However, Zhuang Zhijun's grandfather and Zhuang Shaoyun's father and brothers have a good relationship, and the relationship between their children is also good. Zhuang Shaoyun said that she is a cousin, but in fact, she treats Zhuang Zhijun and her nephew the same.
Because of this, Zhuang Zhijun was able to get the highest level VIP card of the resort and gave it to Wen Yue as an apology gift.
Wen Yue came to her senses and found that the relationship between Zhou Jiahao and Yi Huai was better than she thought.
Although Zhou Jiahao came to the resort with his wife and children, and knew that Wen Yue was there, if the relationship between the two was not good enough, he would probably not bring the children over.
After the greetings, Wen Yue and Yi Huai sat down on the right side of Zhou Jiahao.
Zhou Jiahao handed the menu to Yi Huai and said, "I ordered roast chicken with lychee, sweet and sour pork with pineapple, roasted suckling pigeon and fried stuffed eggplant. What else do you want to add?"
Yi Huai responded, took the menu and handed it to Wen Yue, letting her choose.
Wen Yue watched as two dishes were added, and then gave the menu to Yi Huai. After looking at it, he added a cold dish and a soup, and then asked everyone if they wanted to drink. He picked a bottle of foreign wine with a low alcohol content, and ordered desserts for the two children.
Usually, Zhou Jiahao and Zhuang Shaoyun always go out to play together as a family of five, but this week their eldest son had something to do at school, so he stayed at home, and the two younger ones came.
Speaking of small, the two children are not small in terms of age. One is eight years old and the other is ten years old. It can be seen that they are both extroverted children. They are not afraid of strangers at all. At the same time, they are very sensible and don’t make noises. It can be seen that they are well-educated. Whether
a child is obedient or naughty can also reflect the quality of the parents.
From these two children, it can be seen that the Zhou family’s family style is indeed good, at least they will not blindly spoil their children.
Moreover, the system has not responded since Wen Yue met the four members of the Zhou family. There is no rumor that the couple is not in harmony. It can be seen that the two are indeed a model couple as rumored.
Wen Yue was a little surprised. After traveling through time, she has seen many double-dealers, and the better the reputation, the more scandals they have, but they are better at hiding.
But no matter how well they hide, these people will show their true colors when they encounter the system, so that she finds it difficult to believe any "good person" on the surface.
But thinking about it again, it seems normal that Zhou Jiahao and his wife are consistent in appearance and inside.
As the saying goes, "birds of a feather flock together", although the outside world has a general evaluation of Yi Huai, he is the male protagonist of the original novel after all, and he is indeed a good person. Zhou Jiahao can become friends with him, so his character is naturally not bad.
After dinner, the two families did not return to the room immediately, but took a walk in the villa.
When walking, everyone did not strictly follow the family's path. Yi Huai and Zhou Jiahao talked while walking, while Wen Yue and Zhuang Shaoyun watched the two children playing.
When they were in the restaurant, the two children might be a little reserved, and they would whisper to each other when talking. Now that they were outside, they showed the liveliness of children, jumping and playing.
During the walk, Zhou Peiwen accidentally stepped on Wen Yue's foot when she stepped back. She was startled and quickly stepped aside. Her body tilted and fell to the side.
Fortunately, Wen Yue acted quickly, hugged her shoulders, and helped her stand steadily.
Zhuang Shaoyun also hurried forward, supported his daughter to make sure she was not injured, and then stood up to thank Wen Yue, and said that Zhou Peiwen stepped on her foot and asked her if it hurt.
"It didn't step on my foot, it doesn't hurt." Wen Yue said, stretching her legs to move.
Zhuang Shaoyun was relieved to hear that, and asked his daughter to apologize to Wen Yue. The little girl knew that she had made trouble, and her face was a little embarrassed, but she also stood up and apologized to Wen Yue.
"It's okay, Auntie doesn't hurt." Wen Yue said with a smile.
Although Wen Yue didn't care, Zhuang Shaoyun still scolded the two children, and didn't let them go until they promised to walk properly and stop fighting.
After training the children, Zhuang Shaoyun smiled helplessly at Wen Yue: "Children are like this, they need people to tell them to walk."
Wen Yue said: "It's good that they can listen to what I say. I think Awen and the others are very well behaved."
"They are so well behaved only when their daddy is around. Mingtang can also control them. I can't do it alone, but they are not afraid of me." Zhuang Shaoyun shook his head and said, "Mingtang is my eldest son."
"It shows that you have a good relationship with the child." Wen Yue asked, "Is Mingtang very busy in school?"
"Normally he is fine. There are activities in the school these two days, and he was left by the teacher to help."
"Then his grades must be very good." After saying that, he explained without waiting for Zhuang Shaoyun to answer, "There are only two types of children who will be kept by the teacher to help, class leaders or good grades, but even for class leaders, teachers usually tend to choose children with good grades."
Zhuang Shaoyun smiled and said, "Mingtang's grades are indeed good. From elementary school to middle school, he has never made me and his father worry, but he can always get first place every year."
"What school did he go to in middle school?"
"Saint Paul."
Wen Yue had never paid attention to schools in Hong Kong, and didn't know which middle school was better, but she found out after asking the system that this was one of the best middle schools in Hong Kong, and she showed an expression of "as expected".
She also asked what grade Zhou Mingtang was in.
The reason why she asked so many questions was not because Wen Yue was curious, but because she and Zhuang Shaoyun met for the first time and were not familiar with each other.
Although Zhuang Shaoyun has a job, it is obviously just a nominal one. The focus of her life is on her family. The two of them cannot talk too much about work, so the topic has to revolve around her husband and children.
The two have been talking about the topic of husband all the way. Wen Yue is almost out of words,
so she can only start with the children to avoid a dull moment. Although Wen Yue has never raised a child, she has seen pigs run even if she has not eaten pork, so she can chat a few words.
And when it comes to children, Zhuang Shaoyun's topic instantly becomes like a torrent of water, and Wen Yue doesn't need to express herself much. She just needs to respond a few words at the right time and ask questions based on her words.
When they were walking back to the villa where Wen Yue and her family lived, Zhuang Shaoyun had already talked about Zhou Mingtang's arrangements after graduating from high school.
Zhou Mingtang is fourteen years old this year. He will be promoted to the third grade in the second half of next year, and then he will graduate and go to high school.
As for his choice of high school, Zhou Jiahao and Zhuang Shaoyun have some different opinions. The former wants to send the child abroad, firstly for experience, and secondly for the child's future choice of school. Zhuang Shaoyun, because she has seen too much chaos in the study abroad circle, does not want to send the child abroad too early.
Although it is still early for Zhou Mingtang to graduate, the couple did not have a conflict because of this matter, but Zhuang Shaoyun is really distressed when she thinks about it occasionally.
Wen Yue listened, but did not help to give advice.
After all, this matter is related to Zhou Mingtang's future, she is a stranger who has never even met him, so she should not give random advice.
As soon as the thought flashed through her mind, Wen Yue heard the system say: [In fact, it’s useless for the host to give you an idea~]
Unexpectedly, the system would suddenly interrupt, and Wen Yue reflexively asked: [Huh?]
The system explained: [Zhou Mingtang will not live to graduate from junior high school.]
Wen Yue’s expression froze, and before she could ask, she heard Zhuang Shaoyun ask: "When will you go back tomorrow?"
Wen Yue came to her senses and found that they had already arrived. While she was stunned, Yi Huai had already replied: "Tomorrow afternoon, what about you?"
"We too." Zhou Jiahao said, "We plan to go to a barbecue tomorrow morning, do you want to join us?"
In fact, they originally planned to have a BBQ in the evening, but when they learned that Yi Huai and his wife were also here, and they were not sure about Wen Yue's personality, they temporarily changed their minds and went to the restaurant to eat.
Yi Huai did not answer when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Wen Yue.
Wen Yue asked about the barbecue location and agreed to it after learning that it was inside the villa. She had seriously exceeded the limit of exercise today and she didn't want to go hiking again tomorrow.
Wen Yue went straight to the bathroom after returning to the villa, sat down on the toilet and asked: [What happened? Why didn't Zhou Mingtang live to graduate from junior high school?]
When she asked this question, Wen Yue already had several guesses in her mind.
The richer the people, the more they pay attention to their health. If Zhou Mingtang had any health problems, it would definitely be found out in time. When Zhuang Shaoyun mentioned him just now, her expression was only joy and pride, which showed that he was in good health.
If Zhou Mingtang died of illness, it was most likely a sudden illness. Although the Zhou family is rich, even after decades, there are still many diseases that have not been conquered in medicine.
But sudden terminal illnesses almost never occur. Many people feel that illnesses come on suddenly because they rarely have physical examinations, or the physical examinations they have taken are not comprehensive enough, so they ignore the signals released by the body.
If Zhou Mingtang died of a terminal illness, she could find a way to tell Zhuang Shaoyun and his wife in advance, so that they can take the child for more targeted examinations, and perhaps save the child.
If Zhou Mingtang died of an accident, it would be even simpler, and she could find a way to prevent the accident from happening.
Although she had made plans, Wen Yue was still a little surprised when she heard the system's answer, and blurted out: "Was Zhou Mingtang kidnapped and killed?!"
[Yes. ]
Wen Yue remembered something, and asked with a serious expression: [Do you know who kidnapped him? ] [The kidnapper's
leader is called Zhao Zikun. 】
Without waiting for Wen Yue to recall, the system confirmed: [Yes! It is Zhao Zikun who kidnapped Wen Kai 22 years ago. He has appeared again. 】
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