Although the Zhong family is not as luxurious as the Ning family, nor as grand as the Yan family, it is still more spacious and elegant than an average house.
This European-style building was said to have been home to many celebrities and scholars until it fell into the hands of the Zhong family.
The interior decoration of the Zhong family can be described as magnificent and golden, especially the room full of rosewood furniture and the precious porcelain that can be seen everywhere, which is enough to prove the wealth of the Zhong family.
Shen Mingzhu kept a close eye on her daughter the whole time, fearing that she might accidentally break some valuable ornaments in the living room and that she wouldn't be able to afford the compensation even if she sold her entire family.
Seeing her nervousness, Zhong Qing asked Zhong Yin to take Pei Ziheng and Guo Guo to the entertainment room to play, while she took Shen Mingzhu to visit her room upstairs.
As for Pei Yang, he and Yan Yi sat in the living room, looking at each other with disgust.
Zhong Min was still young, and fearing that Pei Yang would feel uncomfortable, Zhong Qing specially invited Yan Yi to her home to temporarily replace the male host to help entertain the guest.
"Doctor Yan is not young anymore. When are you going to get married with Miss Zhong?"
"next year."
"Really? That's great."
"What's good about it?"
Once you get married, I won't have to worry about you stealing my wife from me.
Pei Yang thought to himself and replied, "A wife, children and a warm bed. You will understand after you get married."
Yan Yi smiled and asked him, "What about you? You are not young anymore, have you ever thought about starting your own business? You follow your wife around every day, aren't you afraid of being accused of being a gigolo?"
Pei Yang replied shamelessly: "What's wrong with being a gigolo? Others want to eat but can't."
The two were exchanging sharp words downstairs, while upstairs Shen Mingzhu was stunned by Zhong Qing's jade jewelry display cabinet.
There is a song with lyrics: black, white, red, yellow, purple, green, blue and grey, which are very appropriate for this moment.
Not only are the jades rich in color, they are also of top quality.
Although Zhong Jiping is worse than an animal, he is very generous to Zhong Qing. In other words, he wants to use money to train Zhong Qing into an obedient canary.
This is also one of the main reasons why Chu Yuqing is jealous and hates Zhong Qing.
She is Mrs. Zhong, the mistress of the Zhong family, but Zhong Qing's car, food, clothing, housing and transportation are better than hers in every way.
"You can pick whatever you like."
After hearing Zhong Qing's words, Shen Mingzhu pointed to a few things at random.
Zhong Qing immediately opened the cabinet and packed up what Shen Mingzhu pointed out, but Shen Mingzhu said, "Except for these, I like all the others."
Zhong Qing was slightly stunned.
Shen Mingzhu smiled like a flower.
"I was just teasing you. A gentleman does not take away what others like. I don't have any particular preference for jade. I don't usually wear the bracelet you gave me."
"So what do you like? I'll buy it for you."
Shen Mingzhu smiled and replied, "There are so many, but liking something doesn't mean you have to own it. It's satisfying to see it up close like this."
Zhong Qing is indeed a top socialite. In addition to a display cabinet full of jade ornaments, she also has a whole wardrobe of cheongsams, various expensive jewelry, shoes, bags, clothes, and so on.
It is even better than Zhuang Xueqi's dressing room.
The Zhong family has been practicing medicine for generations. During their most glorious time, there were clinics and pharmacies all over the country.
Later, when the new country was established, the Zhong family responded to the call, donated hundreds of their ancestral medicine formulas free of charge, and jointly established the first pharmaceutical factory with the provincial government.
Although the First Pharmaceutical Factory is state-owned, half of its shares are held by individuals.
Among them, Zhong Jiping is the individual holding the largest proportion of shares.
After Zhong Jiping got into trouble, Zhong Qing had been holding back from getting angry with Chu Yuqing, all in order to get Chu Yuqing to sign and make her the agent of Zhong Jiping's equity.
Chu Yuqing thought her husband could be saved, so on the eve of his departure, as the first-line heir, she personally signed a letter of authorization agreeing to let Zhong Qing hold the shares on her behalf.
I thought that I could get the shares back when my husband came back.
However, he did not expect that Zhong Qing was secretly planning to seize power from his father.
Looking at Shen Mingzhu walking excitedly in her cloakroom, Zhong Qing felt indescribably relaxed and comfortable in her heart.
She had been looking forward to this day for a long time.
You can have friends openly without worrying about your friends being dragged down by you.
Shen Mingzhu could clearly feel the changes in Zhong Qing. His brows relaxed and he became more relaxed.
But she didn't think much about it, thinking that Zhong Qing was in such a good state because she was at home.
"Is your father in good health?"
Shen Mingzhu only knew that Zhong's father had an acute illness and went abroad for treatment, but she didn't know the specific cause and condition.
"Well, I feel relieved that my mother is taking care of me."
Hearing this, Shen Mingzhu changed the subject, "Qingqing, how are you doing recently? How is the progress of what you are going to do?"
"It went pretty smoothly."
"That's good."
Zhong Qing looked at her, "Mingzhu, I promised you before that I would tell you everything exactly as it happened. I regret it now. I want to keep some beauty and dignity in front of you. Can I not tell you?"
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"sure."
"You're not angry?"
Shen Mingzhu smiled and said, "Being friends, besides helping and encouraging each other, we should also have understanding and respect. No one wants to expose their unbearable scars to outsiders, and neither do I."
Zhong Qing reached out and hugged her, saying softly, "Mingzhu, thank you. Meeting you and being your friend is the greatest luck of my life."
Shen Mingzhu patted her on the back and said, "It's mutual. You've helped me a lot."
Zhong Qing hugged her tighter, "We will be friends for life, right?"
Without hearing Shen Mingzhu's answer, Zhong Qing asked pitifully, "What's wrong? Don't you want to?"
Shen Mingzhu let go of the other person, pursed her lips, and asked the question that had been lurking in her heart for the past few days -
"Qingqing, what happened on the day I fainted?"
The smile on Zhong Qing's face gradually disappeared.
Shen Mingzhu looked at her, "Did your mother drug me?"
"sorry."
"What does she want to do?"
"No matter what she wanted to do, she didn't succeed in the end. She won't pose any threat to you anymore. I can assure you with my character."
Shen Mingzhu chuckled, "But how do I know if you will lie to me again in the future?"
Zhong Qing hurriedly explained: "I didn't lie to you on purpose, I just, it's hard to say, and I don't want to lose you as a friend. Mingzhu, no matter before or after, I will do my best to protect you, please believe me, okay?"
"So, I was just unconscious that day because you arrived in time to save me?"
Zhong Qing nodded.
"What would have happened to me if you hadn't shown up that day?"
Zhong Qing shook her head slightly, her tone full of pleading, "Mingzhu, please stop asking, okay? I promise you will be safe in the future, and my mother won't be back anytime soon."
Hearing this, Shen Mingzhu suddenly thought of the injuries on Zhong Qing's body and couldn't help but shiver.
"Are the injuries on your body caused by Madam Zhong? She treated you...she didn't even let you go? Aren't you her daughter? Is she still a human being?"
In the last sentence, Shen Mingzhu was already filled with anger.
Whether as a woman or a mother, she could not understand Chu Yuqing's behavior.
Seeing that Zhong Qing looked sad and was unwilling to speak, Shen Mingzhu took a deep breath and exhaled.
"Qingqing, I won't force you to say anything you don't want to say. I can understand you, but I can't forgive you."
"You saved me that day, but if you had told me about Mrs. Zhong's malicious intentions from the beginning, I would never have given her the chance to hurt me."
"It was your concealment that put me in danger."
Zhong Qing was speechless.
Seeing Shen Mingzhu turning around to leave, she hurriedly grabbed Shen Mingzhu's hand, "Mingzhu, are you not going to be friends with me anymore?" (End of this chapter)