Chapter 89
On the first day of school, Jiang Zhinian returned to school with wedding candy, announced the good news of her marriage, and received blessings from her colleagues.
When the message was sent to Teacher Li, Jiang Zhinian saw that the other party looked unhappy and couldn't help but express his concern.
Teacher Li hesitated for a moment, then pulled Jiang Zhinian to the corner of the stairs. "Xiao Jiang, I have a question for you. Do you know any reliable lawyers around here? I'd like to consult you about something."
"One of my husband's high school classmates is a lawyer."
She wanted to push the business card to Teacher Li, but Teacher Li hesitated.
"Okay, don't tell me it was me first, just ask for me... just ask if there's any way to recover the money given as a tip to the female anchor. It's not something that happened in my family, but... a relative of mine." She was a face-conscious person and didn't want anyone to know about this matter. She repeatedly asked Jiang Zhinian to keep it a secret for her.
"Just pay the consulting fee as much as you should, and I'll transfer the money to you later."
Jiang Zhinian had a vague guess in her mind, but she didn't ask directly. She just said that she would tell Teacher Li when she had news.
During the last club gathering, Jiang Tao pulled her into the dinner group. It was also very easy to find Wang Bo's contact information, but she did not choose this method. Instead, she found the other party's social platform and chose paid consultation.
Jiang Zhinian sent the information about Teacher Li to the other party, who responded quickly.
"It depends on the identity of the tipper. For example, if they are a minor, their guardian can apply for a refund. Some people embezzle public funds to give tips, which is illegal and must be recovered. As for the last case, if a married person gives a tip without their spouse's knowledge, their spouse can apply to withdraw the gift on the grounds of joint property."
It seems that as a spouse, Teacher Li is eligible to recover the money.
"Thank you, Lawyer Wang."
"You're welcome. Feel free to ask me anytime if you need anything."
Jiang Zhinian sent the other party's reply to Teacher Li and also passed his business card over.
Teacher Li showed Jiang Zhinian a grateful smile and relaxed her expression. God knows how she got through the past two days. First, she found out that her husband was secretly watching the live broadcast of a female internet celebrity on the Internet. Later, she found out that the other party not only watched it, but also gave 1/3 of their savings to the female anchor as rewards.
You know, this money was saved by them with great difficulty for their daughter to study abroad.
She couldn't sleep that night and had a big argument with the other party. As a result, the other party kept claiming that most of the money was earned by him and he had the right to decide who to give it to.
It was also that night that she discovered for the first time that her husband, with whom she had been in love for more than ten years, seemed like a different person and had become so unfamiliar.
Jiang Zhinian didn't take this matter seriously at first. After all, it was the busiest time at the beginning of the school year. It was not until the fourth class in the afternoon when Teacher Li suddenly asked Jiang Zhinian to help her with after-school care that she realized it was a bit serious.
But this was someone else's family affair after all, so she didn't dare to ask any further questions.
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On the other hand, because Jiang Zhinian had to work overtime, when Shi Ye returned home, the house was pitch black, as if he had returned to the time when he lived alone a few months ago.
He turned on the light and went into the kitchen silently to put things away. At this moment, Zhou Hongsheng's message came.
"Shi Shen, there's news about Zhao Ze'an, the person you asked me to help you check last time. I'll send you the information."
"Thank you for your hard work."
Shi Ye put the information away and did not rush to read it. Instead, he prepared dinner first. Then he wiped his hands and went back to the living room to start reading.
Zhao Ze'an comes from a good family, which is upper middle class. After graduating from high school, he went abroad to study, completed his master's degree, and just returned to China last year.
After scanning the other person's resume, Shi Ye felt something was wrong. He flipped back and read it several times, and found that the name of the other person's high school looked a little familiar...
It seems...
He stood up and went back to his room to look for Jiang Zhinian's high school graduation photo.
He remembered that the name of Jiang Zhinian's high school was at the top of the photo. If he remembered correctly, it should be the same high school that Zhao Zean attended.
Last time, after looking at the photos, Jiang Zhinian forgot to put them back into the album, so he just pushed them under the album.
Shi Ye didn't touch the photo album. He reached out to pull out the high school photos at the bottom, but he accidentally used too much force and the entire album fell to the ground.
A volunteer badge with a blue ribbon fell to the side.
"I'm back." Jiang Zhinian happened to come back at this time, "Shi Ye?"
"I'm in my room."
Shi Ye bent down to pick up the work badge. The moment he stood up, he made eye contact with Jiang Zhinian who was standing at the bedroom door.
"Dinner is almost ready and we can eat soon." He said this, then turned over the front of his work ID card and saw his face from college days.
The next second, his eyes swept towards Jiang Zhinian, and as expected, he saw that the other party had closed his eyes tightly.
In the dead silence, Shi Ye said, "This ID card should be mine."
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After dinner, Jiang Zhinian was dragged to the sofa and prepared to confess the truth.
"The ID card did belong to you, but you later gave it to a senior, who then gave it to me to recycle and destroy... So..."
"So?" Shi Ye raised his eyebrows.
"So now, it belongs to me."
The work badge was now hanging in Shi Ye's hand. He looked at his college self again and again and felt like laughing.
"Did you have a crush on me when you were in college?"
When he said this, his tone was calm, neither happy nor angry. Jiang Zhinian couldn't grasp his attitude, so he could only observe his expression and said cautiously: "It can't be called a secret love... It's just admiration."
She admired him shining brightly in his own world, and at the same time hoped that a little bit of his afterglow could shine on her who was in a dim state.
Shi Ye nodded, not sure if he accepted the explanation or not. He simply asked, "So, which do you like more, the Shi Ye from college or the Shi Ye now?"
Which one do you prefer, the Shi Ye who is surrounded by glory and looks at you from afar, or the ordinary Shi Ye who lives with you?
This question made Jiang Zhinian a little dazed. She remembered the question she had used to brainwash Yuan Miaomiao.
"Do you like Shi Ye when he was eighteen, or Shi Ye seven years later?"
She never expected that this question would be asked to her one day, and it would be asked by Shi Ye himself.
Does she like Shi Ye more when he was twenty years old or when he was twenty-five years old?
Shi Ye originally thought that the answer would be easy to say, but when he saw the expression on Jiang Zhinian's face, he realized that something was wrong.
Jiang Zhinian was hesitating. She was comparing the person in front of her with a person who had disappeared from the timeline, and she couldn't make a choice.
How can I not make a choice?
Shi Ye felt a little angry, inexplicably and difficult to explain.
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