Chapter 702 Is This Just a Coincidence?

Xing Xing was still wondering what had happened when she saw the teenager who had almost been killed turn around in the moonlight.

The moonlight was as cold as ice, Xing Xing saw it clearly——

This teenager, looking at it from this angle, actually looks somewhat like Yu Mingzhu!

Moreover, Xingxing remembered that she seemed to have seen the profile of this teenager last time in the newly opened Yujia Cloth Shop!

When she saw that family, she had a splitting headache and many random and chaotic images flashed through her mind, but when she recalled them, they seemed a little fuzzy.

That half-grown boy had such a face, and someone paid a large sum of money to have him killed by kidnappers...

Xing Xing raised an eyebrow.

She asked Zou Minglei: "What's your name?"

Zou Minglei had no idea that he had escaped death. He just thought that he was lucky to have escaped being kidnapped, and was shouting for someone to call his parents.

I didn't hear Xingxing's words for a while.

The guard was unhappy, and went over to knock Zou Minglei's arm with the scabbard: "Boy, didn't you hear the question?"

Zou Minglei was very unhappy and was about to curse someone when he suddenly saw Xing Xing.

Zou Minglei took a breath of cool air exaggeratedly, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Xingxing changed.

In Zou Minglei's eyes, the pretty girl under the moonlight was as lovely as the apricot blossoms on the branches, trembling slightly, which was very attractive.

The guard was furious and stood in front of Xing Xing: "What are you looking at me with?"

How dare you look at their eldest daughter with such covetous eyes!

Xingxing didn't mind it much. She had a lot of tangled thoughts in her mind and needed a thread to string them together.

Xing Xing patted the guard, motioned him to lower his head, and whispered a few words.

The guard nodded and took the order. He grabbed the leader of the escorts who were uniformed and tied up outside the door and threw him in front of Xingxing.

The escort was tied up and lying on the ground in a state of panic.

But he was flexible and quick to see that Xingxing was the one in charge. He forced a smile at Xingxing with a bruised face and said, "Miss, I am also doing things for others in exchange for money..."

Xing Xing pointed at Zou Minglei and said to the escort: "Look at him, is he the person your employer asked you to find?"

The escort turned around with difficulty, took a look at Zou Minglei's attire, and nodded like crazy: "He's wearing a moon-white gown with bamboo embroidered on the hem. He looks good... That's right, Miss, you are wise. It's him!"

Zou Minglei had been staring at Xing Xing, but now he was listening in a daze: "Did my family ask you to come to see me?"

The escort glanced at Zou Minglei and said nothing.

Xing Xing asked: "Who is the other party?"

In front of Xing Xing, the escort was very aware of the current situation and did not hide anything. He told the whole story directly: "He is a skinny little guy, dark yellow, very short, and has a small mustache. His words and actions are all effeminate... He asked us to find these kidnappers who are doing illegal business and make a deal with them so that they can kill this guy without anyone noticing..."

When Zou Minglei heard this, he shouted, "Impossible! How could my family allow someone to kill me!" He was furious, "You idiot, you never tell the truth!"

The escort still ignored Zou Minglei and looked at Xing Xing cautiously: "... This is what happened, Miss. I haven't hidden a single word. Can you please let me go?"

Xing Xing glanced at the escort and said, "Go talk to the government."

Xing Xing waved her hands, and the guards carried the burly escort away like a chicken.

"Yes, lock him up and let the government chop off his head!" Zou Minglei shouted angrily.

Probably because Xingxing had someone deal with the escort, Zou Minglei looked at Xingxing and began to imagine that "she must be venting her anger for me".

So when Xing Xing asked him again, "What's your name?", Zou Minglei quickly answered, "My name is Zou Minglei, and I live in Denglian Alley. My house is a big one with three entrances, and I have a few shops. I'm quite wealthy..."

Xing Xing: “?”

What? Are you showing off your wealth to her?

It's not that Xing Xing is bragging, there is probably no richer young lady in the entire capital than her...

Xing Xing silently recited in her heart, "Zou Minglei", three words. Deep in her memory, she seemed to have a vague impression of these three words.

In a chaotic memory, it seems like someone is scolding: "You little bitch! We Minglei made you lie on the ground like a dog because we respect you! You actually dared to resist! I think you are asking for a beating!"

Then came a barrage of punches and kicks.

This memory made Xing Xing's face turn slightly pale.

Yu Yongbai, who had heard the news, hurried over. He brought a cape and draped it over Xingxing's shoulders. He said disapprovingly, "...It's so dangerous here. If grandma and the others knew about this, they would definitely be very worried."

The warmth on the shoulder gradually reached Xingxing's heart. Xingxing smiled, ignored Zou Minglei, said something to Lou Ruhui, and followed Yu Yongbai out of the courtyard.

Zou Minglei frowned as he looked at Xingxing's leaving back.

…

After Xingxing returned home, she was forced to drink a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold and bad luck.

Mrs. Wei kept muttering to herself, telling Xingxing that if she encountered such a thing again, she should stay as far away as possible and never get close to it.

Several other aunts and uncles also echoed the sentiment.

Xingxing just felt warm from head to toe.

She snuggled in Grandma Wei's arms and obediently responded to whatever the elders said.

Seeing that Xingxing was so well behaved, Mrs. Wei and the others couldn't bear to say anything harsh to her.

Li Chunhua even directly criticized Yu Yongbai: "It's all because you, as the second brother, didn't take good care of your sister."

Since his own mother had said so, what else could Yu Yongbai say but “Yes, yes, yes, mother, you are absolutely right. I will pay attention next time.”

Xingxing felt a little embarrassed and was about to speak, but Yu Yongbai smiled and shook his head at her, indicating that she didn't need to say anything.

Xingxing felt warm inside, and all the chill and fear brought by those chaotic memories disappeared.

…

At this time, the Zou family, having received the notice from the government, were happily going to the yamen to pick up Zou Minglei.

Zou Wan happily pulled Zou Minglei's hand and looked him up and down, cursing him as a damn kidnapper. She was so overjoyed that she almost blurted out, "... they rescued you so quickly, I guess it was you..."

The word "sister" almost slipped out of my mouth.

Fortunately, Zou Wanshi braked in time and changed her words: "I guess you are blessed by fate! God will bless you!"

Zou Minglei had no doubts and complained to Zou Wanshi: "Mom, I bumped my leg and it hurts so much. I asked the yamen runners to call a doctor for me, but they ignored me!"

Zou Wan was very distressed: "Your leg is injured? Let me take a look."

Zou Wan saw the wound on Zou Minglei's leg and felt so distressed. She turned around and slapped Zou Pingping on the arm: "It's all because of you, you damn girl. How can you be a sister? If you hadn't left Minglei on the street that day, he wouldn't have to suffer such a crime!"

Zou Pingping had been beaten more than once in the past two days, so this slap from Zou Wanshi was nothing to her.

She looked at Zou Wanshi and her father Zou Haigui surrounding Zou Minglei like they were a baby, and curled the corners of her mouth.

But she couldn't help but think of the rich girl that Zou Wanshi met that day, who looked a bit like her brother Zou Minglei...

Who is it then?

…

Yu Mingzhu also got the news at this time, and her eyes widened: "What?! The owner of Yu's store led a team to catch those kidnappers and rescued the people?!"

A hint of hatred flashed in Yu Mingzhu's eyes.

The Yu family, the Yu family again!

Wherever Yu Xingxing is, she won’t get any good treatment!

Qi Huang said, "Don't be angry, Miss. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. If it is really urgent, I can also dress up and go out, find an opportunity, and kill Zou Minglei directly."

Yu Mingzhu glanced at Qi Huang, but shook her head: "No, you are my personal maid after all, this is too risky."

Yu Mingzhu tapped the table with her fingers, thinking for a long time, and suddenly said, "I remember you mentioned to me that there is a very powerful sect called Chaoyanglou, and they will also take dirty work as long as you pay them?"

Qi Huang frowned slightly: "This Chaoyang Building is currently accepting more intelligence work, and rarely accepts dirty work like killing people..."

Yu Mingzhu walked around the room and said, "Not very likely, but I still might. Wait a few days, and help me dress up, and then we can go and try it out."

Qi Huang responded gently, "Yes."

…

The next day.

Zou Wan was holding a box of plasters with great joy, and she said to Zou Haigui, "...You see, Mingzhu still cares about us, right? It must have been with her help yesterday that Minglei was rescued so quickly. Today, she heard that Minglei's knee was injured, and she specially sent such a good plaster."

Zou Haigui was also very proud: "Of course, she is our biological daughter after all."

At this point, Zou Haigui became angry again: "Come to think of it, I don't know which bastard actually let someone collude with the kidnappers to kill our Ming Lei!"

Last night, when Zou Haigui, Zou Wanshi and others went to the yamen to pick up Zou Minglei, they were all shocked when the yamen runner mentioned this matter.

The yamen runner didn't say much, just told them to come back and wait, and then he would check it out in detail.

Zou Wanshi was a little hesitant: "You say, could this be a coincidence? ... We just arrived in the capital, how could we have any enemies? Our Minglei is also very handsome and popular, how could anyone hate him so much that they would spend 100 taels of silver to kill someone?"

Zou Haigui also thought so: "That's right. The officers said so last night. It could be a coincidence. Minglei is still a child. He has never had any grudges against anyone. The escort must have made a mistake. In fact, the villain asked him to kidnap someone else and kill him."

Zou Wan nodded repeatedly: "Then let's wait for the results of the investigation from the government. I'll take this plaster and apply it to Minglei first."

As soon as Zou Wanshi finished speaking and before she even left the house, Zou Minglei had already limped into their yard and was shouting outside, "Dad! Mom!"

Zou Wanshi and Zou Haigui hurried out to greet them.

Zou Wan was even more distressed: "Oh my son, your knee is still injured. Why don't you stay in the house and take care of it? If there is anything, just let someone come and tell him."

Zou Minglei waved his hands impatiently, signaling his mother to stop nagging him, and he said, "Mom, I want to go out!"

Zou Wan was startled: "Your leg injury hasn't healed yet, why are you in such a hurry to go out?"

At this moment, Zou Minglei's mind was full of how Xingxing looked in the moonlight last night.

He just felt his lips were dry, so he licked them and said, "I have something to do!"

Zou Wanshi thought that Zou Minglei was still thinking about buying a maid. She felt sorry for her son's danger and said, "Then I will accompany you to the official ya of Changyan Road to buy a maid you like?"

Zou Minglei was moved again after hearing this.

He even dreamed of Xing Xing last night, but in the dream, Xing Xing seemed to be indifferent to him and kept walking in front of him.

He chased all the way but couldn't catch up with even a piece of her clothes.

So, as soon as he woke up, Zou Minglei thought about taking a walk around the place where he was yesterday, maybe he could run into that girl!

However, when his mother suggested buying a maid for him, Zou Minglei hesitated for a moment but finally agreed.

The little girl was obviously far away under the moonlight yesterday, so it is not impossible to quickly buy a maid of your choice to relieve your sexual desire...

Zou Minglei weighed the pros and cons, agreed, and even bargained with his mother: "If I meet someone I really like, I'll buy two!"

Even if Zou Minglei asked for the stars in the sky, Zou Wanshi would agree. As for just two maids, Zou Wanshi gritted her teeth and agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

Only then did Zou Minglei happily prepare to go out with Zou Wanshi.

Zou Minglei injured his knee, and Zou Wan called for a sedan chair to come over.

While waiting for the sedan chair at the gate of the mansion, Zou Pingping heard from somewhere that Zou Wanshi and Zou Minglei were going out, and ran over: "Mom, take me with you!"

Zou Wanshi said unhappily, "If I take you with me, will you lose your brother again?"

Zou Pingping quickly assured: "This time I will definitely stay with my elder brother and never leave his side."

Zou Wan looked at Zou Pingping and finally agreed reluctantly.

Zou Minglei didn’t care whether Zou Pingping followed him or not. He glanced at Zou Pingping in the sedan chair, and Zou Pingping gave him a flattering smile.

This time when the Zou family went to Guanya on Changyan Road, nothing unexpected happened.

The dentist of Guanya enthusiastically brought ten little girls.

The ten girls were all thin. Although their clothes were worn out, they were clean. They stood timidly in a row in front of the Zou family for them to choose.

The broker boasted, "These girls are all good girls with clean backgrounds. They all have their own difficulties at home, so they were sold to our official brokerage. The maids in our official brokerage have already taught them in advance. The ten girls brought out to Madam are all good at work."

Zou Minglei scanned the ten little girls in front of him and couldn't help but compare them with Xingxing.

The more he compared, the more impatient and irritated Zou Minglei became. In the end, he angrily cursed, "None of them are good-looking!"

I didn’t like any of them!