Chapter 123 Go Back
Zhou Changming watched the man get into the car before returning to the bar. After paying the bill, he was ready to leave. Jasmine raised her slender eyebrows and jokingly asked, "You're leaving so early? Do you have a girlfriend?"
Zhou Changming looked helpless, "I don't have a girlfriend, but I do have an old man who can't take care of himself. I have to hurry back to cook for him. I'll be scolded if I go back late."
Jasmine thought he was joking and giggled, "Mr. Zhou is so grown up, why is he still living with the elders?"
Zhou Changming smiled and didn't explain.
Just as he was about to leave, Jasmine called him back, "Is your friend single?"
Zhou Changming said helplessly, "I am single, but I can't let go of my ex."
Jasmine curled her lips in disappointment when she heard this.
After Zhou Changming returned home, he called Han Zhong first. The phone rang for a long time before it was picked up. Then Han Zhong's hesitant and hoarse voice came out, "...Zhou Changming?"
"Yes, it's me. Have you arrived at the hotel?"
“…”
There was no sound from the other end. Zhou Changming paused while changing his shoes and said, "Hello? Han Zhong?"
After a moment, Han Zhong's hoarse voice sounded again, "It's okay, the driver drove in the wrong direction."
Zhou Changming breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, let me know when you get to the hotel."
"Um."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Changming loosened his tie and walked to the room in the corner of the first floor. He reached out and knocked on the door twice. "I'm back. Have you eaten?"
There was no sound from inside. Zhou Changming paused and thought to himself, could it be that this old man is angry because he came back late?
He knocked twice more and asked, "It's too late. Can we order takeout? How about the mushroom soup from your favorite restaurant?"
There was still no sound from inside. Zhou Changming frowned slightly, stood at the door for a while, ordered takeout, and then shouted to the door, "I didn't mean to come back late. I went to the bar with Han Zhong after get off work and had a few drinks. He was in a bad mood these days, so I wanted to comfort him. It's a good opportunity to persuade him to go back to Ziyuan early to avoid health problems."
"...Yes, I went to chat up a few girls, but Han Zhong wouldn't listen to me at all. He kept saying that he liked Jiang Wu and didn't want anyone else but Jiang Wu. What could I do? I had never been in a serious relationship myself, so how could I persuade him?"
Zhou Changming explained incessantly, but no one answered him from the other side of the door. He couldn't help but raise his voice and shouted, "Zhou Yannan? The takeaway has arrived. If you don't eat it, I'll throw it away—"
Before he finished speaking, a familiar lazy voice came from above his head, "Didn't you just arrive? How come you're here so soon?"
Zhou Changming raised his head suddenly and saw Zhou Yannan and Jiang Wuzheng in pajamas lying on the railing on the second floor, looking at him. He didn't know how long they had been looking at him.
Jiang Wuchao waved at him, "Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Changming looked at him in surprise, "Why are you here?"
"I'll come—"
"He came to play with me."
Jiang Wu was about to speak when he was interrupted by Zhou Yannan. Zhou Changming felt something was wrong. He looked between the two of them for a few seconds but didn't find anything wrong, so he asked, "When did you lie there?"
Zhou Yannan replied calmly, "Since you said Han Zhong kept saying that he liked Jiang Wu and didn't want anyone else except Jiang Wu."
“…”
Zhou Changming looked up at Jiang Wu and cleared his throat uncomfortably, "Do you want to stay and have something to eat together?"
"No need, I'll be back soon." Jiang Wu couldn't help but ask, "Did he really say that?"
Zhou Changming: “…”
Buddy, I'm sorry I accidentally exposed your past.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Jiang Wu knew the answer. He turned around, said hello to Zhou Yannan, and left the Zhou family.
Zhou Changming watched him walk out the door, then turned around and questioned Zhou Yannan on the second floor, "Why didn't you warn me at all, and just watched me expose my brother's past in front of Jiang Wu?"
Zhou Yannan looked at him coldly with sleepy eyes, "Do you know what time it is now? I've been hungry for three hours."
“…”
Zhou Changming had no idea what to do with this old guy who was too lazy to even order takeout. He could only take a deep breath and reply, "There's still half an hour left, wait."
At the same time, Han Zhong was sitting in the car, looking at the gate of Ziyuan No. 1 Villa and lost in thought.
He fell asleep just after getting in the car an hour ago. He was awakened by a call from Zhou Changming and found that the driver was driving his car along Ziyuan Road towards Ziyuan Villa. He immediately reminded the driver that he was taking the wrong road and that the direction to Samuel Hotel was the opposite.
The driver asked him what Samuel Hotel was, looking confused. Wasn't he going to Ziyuan? He said it himself after getting in the car.
Han Zhong frowned when he heard this, indicating that he didn't remember when he mentioned Ziyuan.
The driver also realized that Han Zhong was of high status and was afraid of getting into trouble, so he quickly said that he asked several times before confirming that the car was from the Ziyuan Villa area on Ziyuan Road. If you don't believe Han Zhong, you can check the dashcam.
Han Zhong thought that he was probably drunk and unconsciously told the address of Ziyuan. Seeing that they were almost there, he was too lazy to argue and directly let him drive the car into the yard of Villa No. 1.
After the driver left, he sat in the car for more than an hour before getting out. He even prepared himself mentally before opening the door, imagining various scenarios of meeting Jiang Wu and the words he might say. He then lingered at the door for more than ten minutes until his body began to feel cold again, and then he opened the door.
As it turned out, the room was empty except for Aunt Bai who poked her head out of the kitchen and looked at him, asking him why he came back at this hour and whether he wanted to eat something.
"……No."
Han glanced at the empty living room again, then looked toward the second floor and replied, "...come back to get something."
Aunt Bai saw him looking at the second floor and quickly replied, "Mr. Jiang is out and not at home."
Han Zhong wanted to say that he didn't ask this, but he couldn't help but ask, "Where did you go?"
"I don't know. He seems to be very busy recently. I often see him making phone calls. He went out this afternoon and hasn't come back since."
Han Zhong strode into the kitchen, opened the cupboard, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw two identical cups, one black and one white.
Fortunately, the cup is still there. Jiang Wu likes this cup very much and will probably take it with him if he leaves.
Aunt Bai saw him hurried into the kitchen and thought he was hungry, so she said, "Mr. Jiang asked me to make a lot of wontons. Would you like to have some?"
"No."
I'm still thinking about eating wontons, so I probably won't leave. I'm in a good mood.
Thinking of this, he felt ridiculous. Compared with the pain and entanglement he had experienced in the past few days, the other culprit seemed to have no effect and didn't care at all where he lived or when he would come back.
He looked at the white cup, which he had bought with Jiang Wu at the supermarket. He had a selfish motive in asking them to buy the same cup. Seeing that Jiang Wu was quite happy at that time, he thought that Jiang Wu was the same as him. But now it seems that he probably just likes this cup.
His temples were stinging and he couldn't help but bend over and hold on to the edge of the kitchen sink. His finger joints turned slightly white from the pain.
Aunt Bai saw that he looked unhappy and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to see a doctor?"
"...No, just take a rest."
Han Zhong slowly raised his hand, turned and walked towards the room on the second floor.