Chapter 135 The Servant Around Old Lady Zhou
We had to go through several inspections before the guards let us go up the mountain.
After Zhang Qing sent the person away, he didn't even bother to take a break and rushed back to work.
Chen Zhan said embarrassedly, "Thank you for your hard work, Secretary Zhang."
Zhang Qing scratched his head. "It's only right that we work harder. The most important thing is to do a good job in post-disaster recovery so that everyone can have a good New Year."
The servant from Jin Mansion was still there. He came out with a thermos bucket and put it in Zhang Qing's hand, asking him to take it to Zhou Jingyu. The portion was very large, so they wouldn't just focus on work outside and skip meals.
Zhang Qing took it with a smile. Chen Zan found that the servant looked unfamiliar. The servants in Zhou Jingyu's house were very fixed. In fact, because they didn't like having other people at home, the servants would leave after finishing their work. The aunt who cooked this time was different from the one she had seen last time.
Before Zhang Qing left, he reminded Chen Zhan, "This is Aunt Sun, the servant of Old Madam Zhou. Mr. Zhou specially invited her here."
Chen Zan was a little surprised. It turned out to be someone from the old lady of the Zhou family. No wonder he looked different from the other servants.
Chen Zan had heard of the old lady of the Zhou family a long time ago. She was a truly wealthy person. Five years ago, his grandmother went to Rongchuan and met the old lady. Chen Zan had never seen her in person, but she was very generous. She gave away the mansion worth hundreds of millions of yuan in the Jing Mansion as soon as she asked.
After Zhang Qing finished speaking, he drove down the mountain without wasting any time.
Chen Zan and Aunt Sun looked at each other in confusion. Finally, it was Chen Zan who broke the deadlock and nodded gently to the other party.
"You are Chen Zan, Miss Chen, right?" Aunt Sun suddenly spoke.
Chen Zan said gently that she was.
Aunt Sun smiled and looked at her a few more times. "She's even prettier than in the photo, but she's too thin. No wonder the Second Young Master insisted on having me come over."
Chen Zhan keenly grasped the word "photo" and asked, "Have you seen me?"
"I've seen your photo at the old lady's place. I heard that you are Chen Jiaohua's granddaughter. The old lady used to have a good relationship with your grandmother, but later they became estranged."
After Aunt Sun finished her explanation, she started to talk non-stop, "The old lady always said that your grandmother was easily distracted. You said that men should fight with each other, so let them do it. But you have to ruin the friendship that we have lived and ate together for more than ten years."
Aunt Sun worked as a servant in the Jing Mansion when she was a child. At that time, servants sold themselves into the mansion, but the Jing Mansion stopped following this rule a long time ago. When Aunt Sun was sent to take care of the old lady of the Zhou family, the old lady had not yet gone abroad, and she had even met Chen Zan's grandmother.
Chen Zan listened quietly. The grandmother they were talking about was different from the one he knew. It was quite interesting.
"You see, I'm also a talkative person. Come inside." Aunt Sun saw Chen Zan's hands exposed outside, which were slightly red from the cold, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhou said you were not in good health and didn't like going to the hospital, so he borrowed me from the old lady. I'm very good at nourishing your body with food. The old lady has been in good health for many years and has not often taken medicine. She relies on nourishing her body with food to maintain her health. The old lady also asked me to take good care of you."
Chen Zhan was surprised when he heard this and couldn't help but turn his head to look at her, "Old lady, you know me too?"
In fact, this statement is ambiguous. A few years ago, the old lady went to Rongchuan in person because of the matter between her and Zhou Jingyu.
Aunt Sun is such a smart person that she immediately understood what Chen Zan meant.
"Don't worry, Miss Chen. The old lady has no ill intentions, otherwise she wouldn't have let me come. Besides, Mr. Zhou Er's marriage has been a headache for the old lady for so many years. She has met so many potential matchmakers before, and there have been many noble families who wanted to form an alliance, but it didn't work out. Now she knows that the second young master is a romantic and has someone in his heart."
As long as you can say something nice, there will always be no problem.
Chen Zhan lowered his eyelashes and asked an inappropriate question: "So, Mr. Zhou can now decide his own marriage?"
When she was still in Rongchuan, Zhou Jingyu was the newly transferred president of Rongtou. When he first arrived, he said that he could not give her marriage and could only promise her that he would not get married within five years.
What about five years later?
Aunt Sun was stunned for a moment, then said tactfully, "Among the young masters of the same generation and age from the aristocratic families in the capital, the Second Young Master is the fastest rising. Miss Chen, you are also an outstanding girl. Of course, he has the final say in the Second Young Master's affairs."
Chen Zan curled his lips and didn't ask any more questions.
Aunt Sun started the conversation, "Today I made chicken soup with codonopsis and astragalus. It's perfect for a girl like you who lacks energy. You should drink more later so that I don't waste the two or three hours I spent watching you."
The room was heated as soon as he entered. Chen Zhan took off his coat and replied with a smile, "Okay, Aunt Sun, I won't waste it on you."
Aunt Sun also smiled and said, "That's great! I haven't met someone who supports me so much in a long time."
After dinner in the evening, Aunt Sun knew that she had been trapped in the mountains for two days and must not have had much rest, so she asked her to go upstairs to bed early.
Before, only one bedroom in Zhou Jingyu's house was furnished, and the other room had no bed except for a dressing room.
When I came today, the room opposite had also been decorated.
Aunt Sun then reminded her, "Mr. Zhou has already instructed that he might not come back often these days, so you should sleep in the master bedroom as usual."
Chen Zan knew that this was a deliberate arrangement by Zhou Jingyu. When she said before that she would put the initiative of the relationship in her hands, she was not just talking.
In the past few days, he also maintained his sense of propriety. If he was angry, he would bite her out of jealousy, but even if he was very sleepy and held her to sleep, he never did anything beyond the limit.
She went into the master bedroom, washed up, and came out to find that Zhou Jingyu had called her ten minutes ago. When she called back, there was a prompt tone saying "The call is temporarily unavailable."
The large area of snow caused a lack of mobile phone signal in many places. Zhou Jingyu must have finally found a place with signal to call her, but she missed it.
She replied to his message and told him to concentrate on his work. She was here and wouldn't run away.
The phone screen switched back to the ticket booking page, and I checked the flight information back to Rongchuan in a few days. However, it snowed heavily in the past two days, and many flights from Beijing were suspended. I don’t know if they will be resumed in a couple of days.
At dawn, someone seemed to come into the room, bringing with them the lingering cold from outside.
However, Chen Zan's eyelids were sleepy and he couldn't open them, but just by smelling the woody scent on his body, one could tell who he was.
Zhou Jingyu would only come back once during his busy schedule, sit by the bed, and plan to look at the little girl before leaving. Chen Zhan's baby fat had faded as he aged, making his features appear three-dimensional and delicate, his face firm and small.
But Zhou Jingyu still wanted to pinch it a few times. He just stretched out his hand, but then he remembered that he had just come back from outside and his hands were still cold. He waited until he was about to leave, then he restrained himself and pinched it lightly before leaving.
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