“I didn’t expect that Zhang Jun’s son would grow up so much. I still remember you were only a little old when you were held in Xiao Jun’s arms. Xiao Chi, pour two gla*ses of water.”
The secretary nodded and closed the office door for us before leaving.
Zhao Gongluan was overjoyed, staring me up and down, I was a little embarra*sed by his look, this look, rather like I was his long lost biological son.
“Dean Zhao, do you know my father too?”
“Don’t call me Dean Zhao, if you don’t mind, just call me Uncle Zhao. Have a seat, your father and I don’t just know each other, your father is also my senior brother! We both graduated from the Capital Medical College, and I’m six grades older than your dad. After graduating back to Tong City, I became a doctor, and your dad was nimble enough to go into business. If he hadn’t offended the gang, now he …… hey, it’s been so many years, why mention this file?”
“Offended? Offend who?” I puzzled pursued, my parents were not drink driving into the car before the accident, is there a problem?
My aunt had told me all about my parents. At the time of their accident, I was too young to understand anything, and couldn’t even read a few words of the closing papers that came from the court.
However, except for my aunt thought, all other relatives were saying the same thing, and there was no way that my aunt had conspired with them to lie to me.
Zhao Gongluan knew he had let his mouth slip and awkwardly asked, “You, don’t you know?”
As a retired scout, I had learned a lot of tricks in the army and could easily get words out of Zhao Gongluan’s mouth, but I didn’t want to use this on him because these things are used against enemies, but he was my dad’s friend, and besides, he had just helped me and Lin Fang, so I respected him in my heart and didn’t want to deal with him like this.
“What the hell is going on? ”
Zhao Gongluan rubbed his nose and said, “Xiaochao, this, this is actually nothing, back in the days of business who did not have a few enemies ah? Your father’s business was so big that there were a lot of people in Tongcheng who were jealous of him. It’s my fault for not making it clear to you that there were indeed a few enemies, but they had nothing to do with your father’s death.”
I was no fool, even a fool could hear that he was just being perfunctory, and if it really didn’t matter, why did he just mention it all of a sudden?
All these years, I had never doubted the cause of Mom and Dad’s death. Because my aunt said that my parents killed themselves and also killed my aunt, and that’s why she hated me so much. After all these years, other things may be fake, but my aunt’s hatred for me can’t be fake, if she didn’t hate me to the extreme, she wouldn’t look at me with that look that can hang people every time.
Zhao Gongluan is really not going to tell me, I am afraid that if I continue to ask, I will only be perfumed by him with two or three sentences.
I had to let out a long sigh, full of regret, and for a moment, my mind was devoid of countermeasures.” Uncle Zhao, what did you just ask me to help you with? If I can help, I am obliged to do so. ”
Zhao Gongluan is also worried about how to change the topic, as soon as I asked, immediately said: “Xiao Zhang, heard Han Kun said, you were in the army as a soldier, so you must be good at it.”
“Not bad, we all practiced sparring when we were soldiers, Uncle Zhao is asking me this, you don’t want to hire me as a bodyguard, right?”
I casually dealt with it, still thinking about my dad, I always felt that it wasn’t a coincidence, Zhao Gongluan wouldn’t be so coincidental to say the wrong thing quickly, there must be another hidden agenda behind it, but Han Kun never told me about it either.
I was just joking, but I didn’t expect Zhao Gongluan to say: “Hey, Zhao Bo I have an only son, called Zhao Zichen, is now a thoracic surgeon, will soon go to cardiology. The hospital has recently changed and I’m getting older, so I’m going to have to step aside.”
“That’s a good thing, it’s time for you to take a break, Uncle Zhao.”
“I’m fine, it’s just that the people below me are not in a hurry, they all want me to step down so that they can push their own people to become the director. The new dean has basically been decided, but the final decision lies in my hands. I’ve never offended anyone in my life, but I’m going to be involved in this dispute.”
I sort of understood: “Uncle Zhao, you want me to keep you safe?”
With a man of Zhao Gongluan’s stature, it was almost impossible to bring him down from the open, but if someone played a dirty trick on him, it would be impossible to prevent.
Zhao Gongluan nodded heavily and said, “More or less, but it’s not to protect me, it’s to protect Zichen. They all know my temper, if they dare to force me, I will fight them to the death. But Zichen is my only son, if anything happens to him I really don’t dare to think about it. Xiaochao, I know that with your position today, it’s really aggravating to ask you to do this kind of work. But after thinking about it, you’re the only one who can do it. Lin Fang’s father is in hospital and you’ll be here recently. Once the change of director is over, everything will be safe and it won’t take more than a few days. I have thought about hiring a bodyguard for Zichen, but unfortunately, this boy is very stubborn and won’t say anything, so I have to ask you for help. As long as you do me this favour, if you need Uncle Zhao in the future, just ask. ”
It was no trouble, it just so happened that Zhao Zichen and Lin Fang’s father were in the same department. Lin Fang’s dad is going to have an operation soon, so she will definitely take time off to take care of him, and I will just come with him when the time comes.
“Uncle Zhao, what are you talking about? It’s just a hand up. If I’m not mistaken, there are relatives of Chen Yu Zhou among the candidates for this replacement, right? That’s why you said to me that helping you would be helping myself.”
“Haha, you kid are smart, not bad, Chen Yu Zhou’s uncle Chen Han is one of the candidates. Hey, he’s also one of the most likely to threaten Zichen too, the Chen family is rich and powerful and overbearing, that’s why I’m not comfortable with it.”
“With me around, you can rest a*sured. A friend’s enemy is an enemy, and an enemy’s friend is an enemy. I’m afraid that Chen Han will join forces with others, and then we won’t be able to defend ourselves. Uncle Zhao, do you have any enemies other than Chen Han? If so, you must tell me, so that I can prepare for them in advance, not fearing the worst.”
“There is one enemy, but he has already gone far away, and besides, so many years have pa*sed.”
“What’s his name?” I restrained my excitement and said, “I’m doing this for Zichen’s safety too. ”
Zhao Gongluan had really not wanted to mention it, but when I said so, he dwelled on it for a while before saying, “This man’s name is Jiang Ming, he didn’t get along with me when he was young, but he has left Tong City for many years, so you don’t have to worry too much.”
