Chapter 131: Once you have seen the ocean, you will never be satisfied with the water
"Let me help you!" How many times has he said this to her?
Probably many times!
Tian Xin lowered her head, feeling that something in her heart was quietly broken by Lin Zhou's words.
She always felt that Lin Zhou was just a quiet and reserved boy in front of her. Even though he had a career, he was the vigorous and decisive Mr. Lin in front of others.
He was too pure towards her. Some things clearly had nothing to do with him, but because she cared about him, he could do them regardless of the consequences.
How should she face this and how should she respond?
This time, just because of Zhang Feng's accidental tracking, he was able to investigate him to this extent and even dug out Zhang Ni's affairs. How much effort did this take?
If he knew that she would not love him and that all his actions were meaningless, then he would go back to live his own life and stop wasting his energy on her messy affairs. He was so outstanding and deserved someone better.
"Lin Zhou, thank you for your hard work these days!"
Tian Xin turned around and went back to the tea table, picked up the stack of consumption records and photos, and returned.
"I'll take these." She raised her hand and said, "Since you've taken so much trouble to worry about my safety and done so much for me, I won't bother with you if you ask someone to find out about me or monitor me! From now on..."
She looked at him deeply and said, "Just live your life well and stop meddling in my affairs!"
“…”
Lin Zhou did not respond.
She couldn't help but glance at him and saw the light in his eyes dim quickly, with a look of hurt and loss on his face.
"I'm leaving, don't follow me!" she said lightly as a farewell.
The teahouse was empty at the moment, and the elegant, quiet atmosphere made her breathe a sigh of relief. She glanced at the things in her hand, raised her head, her gaze resolute, and then turned and walked towards the door.
But just as she lifted her foot, she suddenly felt a tightness around her waist. A minty scent wafted from behind her, quickly filling her nostrils. She felt her left shoulder sink, and heard a few soft whispers in her ear: "Don't go, let me help you! Okay?"
“…”
A violent throbbing surged through her chest, momentarily choking her breath. She lowered her head and saw his hands, gently clasped around her. She wanted to break free, to flee quickly, but she couldn't muster the strength. There was no way to push him away. The cruel words choked in her heart, and she couldn't utter a single word.
What's going on?
She struggled with her arms but couldn't break free. Lin Zhou's hold was too strong, too firm, and in an instant, all her pretense of strength and arrogance crumbled, leaving her heart completely soft!
"Okay!" She sighed: "I won't leave, you let go first!"
Lin Zhou didn't let go, but hugged her tighter: "I don't ask for anything, even if you don't accept me. But at least let me help you find out about this person, and don't act alone, okay? I really can't bear to see others hurt you!"
Asking for nothing...
"Why are you doing this?" Tian Xin turned her head slightly: "I can't promise you anything. It's not worth it!"
"Whether it's worth it or not is up to me!" Lin Zhou said softly, "You know what? After meeting you, I finally understand that line in the poem..."
poetry?
"What?"
"Once you have seen the sea, all other waters are but puddles; except for Mount Wu, all other clouds are but mounds!"
“…”
Once you have seen the sea, all other waters are but puddles; except for the Wushan Mountains, all other clouds are but mounds…
What should she do?
"Lin Zhou, listen to me." She gently grabbed his wrist: "Right now, I still have a lot of things to figure out, and I really don't have the heart to think about these things! Let go first, okay?"
"Okay!" Lin Zhou let go of her hand, but walked around to her again: "The same thing, what do you want to know? What do you want to do? Tell me, let me do it!" His voice was still as soft as usual, but his tone did not allow her to refuse.
“…”
Ah Xi! Why are you so confused?
Lin Zhou's eyes were so hot at this moment that they seemed to be able to spit out fire. She didn't even dare to look up at him.
"Ah...alright, alright...let's get down to business!"
She lowered her head and quickly ran back to the tea table, pretending to be calm and drinking tea to calm her nerves, leaving Lin Zhou standing there in a daze.
Uh... why did you run away?
Are you shy?
Lin Zhou lowered his head and smiled: She is shy! She can be shy too?
He walked over and sat back across from her: "What did you want to ask me just now?"
"What?" Tian Xin drank her tea silently, her face seemed to turn red!
"You just asked?"
"Oh... well, what else did you find out?"
What's going on? Why is this so... embarrassing?
Lin Zhou was very calm and did not show any embarrassment or shame.
He reached for the stack of spending records and explained them one by one to her: "This one cost almost 300 yuan, this one—500 yuan, this one is close to 1,000 yuan..." He put the list down, his face returning to seriousness. "Do you know how much his monthly salary is?"
"I don't know, the highest won't be more than 3,000!"
"So the question is, how can he support such high spending with a monthly income of only 3,000 yuan?"
"So, what are you doubting?"
"Haven't you noticed anything strange about him lately?"
Strange? Of course it was. Aren't those outsourced vehicles in the weighing room and what Li Baiwan said all very strange?
As she thought about it, she picked up the teacup again.
Lin Zhou called the waiter, changed the pot of tea, and poured her another cup: "Drink hot!"
"Oh!" She looked at the cold teacup in her hand, put it back on the table, and picked up the hot tea that Lin Zhou had just poured: "Is it a little strange? But..." She paused: "I don't know if I'm overthinking it?"
"What?"
"I was in the weighing room before and saw him issuing tickets to those drivers. It was a little strange, but I couldn't tell what was strange about it."
She put down her teacup and carefully recalled the previous scenes: "I asked Li Baiwan, but he was ambiguous. I asked him in detail, and he even suspected that I had ulterior motives! So this mystery has never been solved in my heart!"
"What mystery?"
"In addition to the in-house vehicles, the factory now has several outsourced vehicles that arrived last year! According to Li Baiwan, these vehicles belong to the relatives and friends of Zhang Feng and Liu Shengli, who gave them a favor and let them in!
I didn't think much of it at first, but that day in the weighing room, I saw that he and the other drivers were different when they weighed and issued invoices!
"What's the difference?" Lin Zhou asked.
"I only watched for a while that day. After these truck drivers pick up the goods, they will first go to the weighing room to weigh them. Generally speaking, weighing, measuring, issuing invoices, and counting are the unified process for truck drivers to check the weight. But that day I discovered that Li Meng was the one who checked the weights with the factory drivers. She did all the measuring, counting, and invoicing in one go. But when outsourced drivers came, Li Meng only measured and did not count or issue invoices."
"And then?" Lin Zhou crossed his arms and frowned slightly.
"Then she called Zhang Feng over. After Zhang Feng came over, the driver gave him a receipt. He made a mark on the receipt and returned it to the driver before leaving!"
At this point, she hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Lin Zhou, you're also in business. Based on your intuition, do you think there's something fishy going on here?"
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