"Captain Wen, Wen's sister-in-law, are you all here? Wen's sister-in-law, I'm sorry! It's my fault for being so nosy that you spent so much money and still got criticized." Ma Hongyu saw Wen Ziqing and Zhou Yuanyuan, and the guilt in her heart almost overflowed from her eyes. If she had known this would happen, she would never have told Zhou Yuanyuan about the burning pot bottom.
"Sister Ma, it's okay. The innocent will be innocent." Zhou Yuanyuan said, holding Ma Hongyu's hand.
Zhou Yuanyuan is not someone who likes to vent her anger on others, and this matter has nothing to do with Ma Hongyu.
Zhou Yuanyuan had long known about the rumors circulating in the family compound. However, she didn't take them to heart. She wasn't treating people to a meal just to get others to say good things about her. Anyone who believed in such untrue rumors was a fool!
Zhu Zhenhua, who was treated like a pig, patted Wen Ziqing on the shoulder and laughed heartily: "What a clear conscience! Ziqing, your fiancée is really an open-minded person."
After the matter was opened up, Zhu Zhenhua's attitude towards Wen Ziqing and Zhou Yuanyuan became much warmer, and even the way he addressed them became more affectionate.
"Well, my garden has always been good." Wen Ziqing nodded, not modest at all.
Seeing Zhu Zhenhua's shocked expression, Zhou Yuanyuan smiled with her lips pursed.
Li Guodong and his wife were completely bewildered. They had expected to see an enraged Zhu Zhenhua. But now, this man, grinning so hard his teeth were visible, was he really the Commander Zhu they knew?
"Guodong, are you and your wife here for Ziqing's matter?" Zhu Zhenhua asked after he stopped laughing.
"Commander Zhu, it's like this. My daughter Hongyu heard some rumors in the family quarters that were unfavorable to Captain Wen's family, and she wanted me to bring her here to explain to you, Commander." Li Guodong quickly stated his purpose.
"Guodong, you made the right choice in marrying a wife." Zhu Zhenhua praised sincerely.
Wen Ziqing is in "bad luck" now, but Ma Hongyu still sticks to her original intention and does not add insult to injury. Instead, she speaks for Wen Ziqing, which shows that Ma Hongyu is a kind-hearted person.
"Yes, Hongyu is a sensible person, although she has many shortcomings." Although Li Guodong didn't understand why Zhu Zhenhua praised Ma Hongyu, he was also honored. Not many people could receive praise from Zhu Zhenhua. Even Li Guodong himself, who had worked under Zhu Zhenhua for more than ten years, had very few opportunities to receive praise from him.
"No, no, I'm just stupid and often do bad things with good intentions!" Ma Hongyu blushed when Zhu Zhenhua praised her.
"It doesn't matter if you're stupid, the most important thing is your heart!" Zhu Zhenhua sighed. Zhu Zhenhua glanced at Ma Hongyu and thought of the phone call he had just received not long ago, feeling mixed emotions.
Although Li Guodong didn't understand why Zhu Zhenhua was praising Ma Hongyu, he still explained his purpose: "Commander, we're here today to explain to you that it was my daughter Hongyu who initiated the dinner party at Captain Wen's house a few days ago. Hongyu told Wen's sister-in-law that they needed slop from the kitchen to prepare the meal after moving to a new house. Since Wen's sister-in-law can't cook, they arranged the meal at a restaurant. I'm sorry, Captain Wen, your family's good intentions led to rumors of corruption or something like that."
Li Guodong felt incredibly guilty. If Ma Hongyu hadn't gone to Zhou Yuanyuan and said something inappropriate, how could Wen Ziqing have invited anyone to dinner? Now, after spending money and still being criticized, Li Guodong would definitely be unhappy.
"Yes, yes! It's all my fault, otherwise the Wen family's sister-in-law wouldn't have encountered these bad things." Ma Hongyu expressed her apology to Zhou Yuanyuan at the right time.
"Sister Ma, I don't blame you. Some people like to be jealous, so let them be jealous!" Zhou Yuanyuan said indifferently.
Ma Hongyu felt relieved after hearing what Zhou Yuanyuan said.
After listening to the explanation from Li Guodong and his wife, Zhu Zhenhua showed a look of relief on his face.
Although Wen Ziqing had already explained the dinner party, Li Guodong's testimony was more convincing to Zhu Zhenhua.
Zhu Zhenhua has been an upright person for most of his life and hates forming cliques the most. Zhu Zhenhua is optimistic about Wen Ziqing and subconsciously has higher expectations of Wen Ziqing than ordinary people.
A crisis involving Wen Ziqing just passed like that.
Seeing that Li Guodong and his wife's guilt was not fake, Zhou Yuanyuan felt much better.
While the saying goes, "a man of integrity fears no accusation," Zhou Yuanyuan wasn't one to be taken advantage of. Spending money and then having someone talk behind her back was always unpleasant. If Ma Hongyu hadn't spoken up for Wen Ziqing, Zhou Yuanyuan would definitely have stayed away from people like that.
After Zhu Zhenhua sent Li Guodong and his wife away, he spoke a few more words to Wen Ziqing and Zhou Yuanyuan.
Before Wen Ziqing and Zhou Yuanyuan left Zhu Zhenhua's office, Zhu Zhenhua thought for a moment before saying, "Ziqing, Yuanyuan, have you ever offended Liu Jingye? Or, in other words, who in the Liu family have you offended?"
Wen Ziqing and Zhou Yuanyuan shook their heads at the same time.
If you count carefully, Wen Ziqing and Zhou Yuanyuan should have helped Liu Jingye twice. After all, Wen Ziqing and Zhou Yuanyuan can be regarded as having saved Liu Meiling twice!
Zhu Zhenhua hesitated to speak.
"Uncle Zhu, was it Liu Jingye who told me that Brother Ziqing took me to travel during the mission?" Zhou Yuanyuan asked this question as a light bulb went off in her head.
Without Zhu Zhenhua's answer, Zhou Yuanyuan knew that she had guessed right just by looking at the astonished expression on Zhu Zhenhua's face.
"Yuanyuan, does your supernatural power also include mind reading?" Zhu Zhenhua smiled bitterly.
Zhu Zhenhua hadn't wanted to talk about this. He had always believed that talking behind people's backs wasn't the way of a gentleman. But Liu Jingye held a high position, and Zhu Zhenhua was afraid Wen Ziqing would be ruined by him without him even realizing it. Sometimes, it's easier to avoid an open attack than to guard against an arrow from the dark!
Before Zhu Zhenhua asked Wen Ziqing to come to the office, Liu Jingye had indeed called Zhu Zhenhua and complained about Wen Ziqing. Zhu Zhenhua subconsciously defended Wen Ziqing, saying that Wen Ziqing was not someone who could not distinguish between public and private matters, which was met with a few retorts from Liu Jingye.
Liu Jingye's original words were very harsh, saying that Zhu Zhenhua was shielding Wen Ziqing in order to curry favor with Zhou Zhixin. Zhu Zhenhua was so angry that he almost threw the cup next to him.
If Zhu Zhenhua's phone number was not something that ordinary people could find, Zhu Zhenhua almost suspected that Liu Jingye on the other end of the phone was fake.
It was because of that phone call that Zhu Zhenhua had an extremely bad impression of Wen Ziqing.
"Uncle Zhu, thank you for your reminder. We will pay attention to it." Zhou Yuanyuan smiled and said.
Without Zhu Zhenhua saying anything, Zhou Yuanyuan guessed the cause of the incident.
Liu Meiling must have said something nonsense to Liu Jingye after returning home, which led to Liu Jingye calling Zhu Zhenhua. Liu Meiling, okay! Zhou Yuanyuan remembered it.
And Liu Jingye, is such an indiscriminate person worthy of sitting on the chair under you?
Thinking of this, Zhou Yuanyuan's face became a little gloomy.
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