I declined Old Gump’s offer to help me with my aunt because I didn’t want to have any direct contact with my aunt again.
Even if Old Gump were to step in on my behalf, he would still be representing Junran, representing me. To put it bluntly, I don’t want to have any more contact with my aunt and the thought of her gives me a headache.
“What are you going to do? Why does your aunt know so many people who are officials? Isn’t she a very ordinary housewife?”
I had spoken to Chu Xiaoxiao about my childhood, and she was well aware of my aunt’s character.
Before my aunt’s father’s accident, the two of them were idle and couldn’t earn much money, and they always relied on my family for a*sistance.
She was indeed just an ordinary housewife, how could she suddenly change and come into contact with so many dignitaries?
Her daughter, Su Xiaoqiang, was so good-looking that Chen Ruhai wanted to marry her as his daughter-in-law, knowing that Chen Ruhai was a particularly snobbish person.
“I don’t know, I haven’t had any contact with them since I left home at 17. But my parents left quite a lot of money behind after they pa*sed away, and I was too young at the time to give it to her as a guardian to hold on to for her. As you know what kind of life I led as a child, I never touched this money at all and she took it all, as did a villa that my parents left behind. My dad was so clever, I don’t think she was stupid either, she took the money and got in touch with a lot of dignitaries.”
“Your aunt and them are not as simple as knowing each other, it looks like Chen Ruhai has to buy her face a few times. Even if you don’t want anyone to help you, it’s good to have someone ask around.”
“That’s fine, but I’ll have to find someone who doesn’t seem to have anything to do with me.” I laughed a little and said, “I can think of no one better than Zhao Zichen.”
Zhao Zichen was well known in both the black and white worlds, and his father, Zhao Gongluan, was the director of the Tongcheng Hospital, so he knew a lot of people with status, so it would be easy to find out about this.
“Right, we’re free this afternoon, so take me to see your mother. I don’t know what she likes.”
Ever since Chu Xiaoxiao revealed some of her family’s affairs to me, I have been particularly interested in meeting my future mother-in-law.
I couldn’t let Chu Huai En have any way of breaking up Chu Xiaoxiao and me.
But Chu Xiaoxiao dodged her eyes and said, “We still have to go back to the hospital to see Qingqing.”
“Just leave it to Zhao Zichen at the hospital, he’ll do his best. When your mother sees how good we are, and knows that I will take care of you, she will probably be in a better mood and feel better.”
“No, I can’t. I’m not ready today. Next week, I’ll take you there. As long as you don’t get scared away.”
Trish was clearly running away, but I couldn’t figure out what she was afraid of.
“How could I be scared off.” I laughed, but I saw that she really didn’t want me to see her mother now, and I didn’t want to force her, so I nodded and agreed with her to go back next week.
At the hospital, I entrusted the investigation of my aunt to Zhao Zichen, who looked at me with an expression of “don’t you even know what’s going on?
“Do you know about the Qi Bureau of the Municipal Public Security Bureau?”
I shook my head, “I don’t even know much about it, what does it have to do with my aunt.”
Zhao Zichen said, “Your aunt Zhang Mei is almost fifty, but she’s not bad looking. This Qi Bureau is also known as a flirt, so I don’t need to make it clear what the connection is.”
It dawned on me that Zhao Zichen meant that my aunt and Qi were having an affair.
“It’s unlikely. You don’t know that my aunt and my aunt father were particularly close, and she hasn’t been looking for anyone else since my aunt father left.”
“Everyone on the road knows about this. Qi has a first wife at home, but your aunt is the only one on the outside. Zhang Mei has a restaurant in the Black Street, and both the Green Dragon Gang and the Red Lantern Club know not to look for trouble with this restaurant, which is something Qi Bureau has taken special care of. You’re the only one who doesn’t know about it.”
I didn’t know what to say for a moment, it felt particularly magical, a sudden glimpse into another side of my aunt’s life, which turned out to be completely different from the deep feelings she put on.
I’m not saying she should be a widow, but isn’t it a bit ridiculous that she abuses me every day, saying that my parents killed the person she loved most?
I smiled helplessly, “I know.”
Zhao Zichen admonished, “Bureau Qi is particularly protective. Your aunt has been with him for so many years, there must be some feelings between the two of them, not exactly a physical transaction. Don’t mess around, Bureau Qi is a tough guy.”
I laughed, “I have other ways.”
“I’m not joking with you. This guy is a soft and hard master, usually quite fair, just particularly protective when he’s short. You can guess that this guy has some tricks up his sleeve when you see that Xu Xiang can only be a deputy director under him. You should not threaten him with force or use Junran to scare him, he doesn’t eat that ……”
“Spoken as if I only know these two tricks.”
“Then what else can you do?” Zhao Zichen asked curiously.
I said, “The sky is the limit.”
It was after three in the afternoon when Zhao Zichen told me the good news that both Qingqing and Ma Dazhuang were out of life-threatening condition and had now been transferred to the intensive care unit.
I was relieved and asked Zhao Zichen to make sure he took care of these two for me, and then left the hospital.
Now that Lu Tong has temporarily stopped working, Chu Xiaoxiao doesn’t have to go back to work and can stay with me every day.
My driving licence had not been renewed, so I had to let Chu Xiaoxiao drive first, and Chu Xiaoxiao asked me where I was going next.
“Are you going to find someone you know in the government? I have a few old friends I know that might be able to help.” Chu Xiaoxia said.
I nodded and smiled, “This acquaintance I’m looking for might be an acquaintance of yours too.”
“Who do you mean?” Chu Xiaoxiao asked, puzzled.
“Your little fan Li Ge’s own father, Li Liang.”
“Him? How could he help you?” Chu Xiaoxiao said, “Uncle Li has never cared about such things, he would never sell others favours. You can see that even after Li Ge graduated, he only got a job in a securities company, Uncle Li would never use his power to open the back door for others.”
“I don’t think that’s a back door, right? Can’t I ask him to do me justice when someone is giving me a hard time?”
Chu Xiaoxiao said helplessly, “You don’t know him too well, this won’t work either, he won’t help you, he won’t even help his own son, how will he help us?”
I stretched out and said, “That’s just as well, I’ll bet you something, he’ll definitely help me.”
Chu Xiaoxiao laughed, “Zhang Chao, then you will definitely lose. I hope he helps you, but you don’t know him.”
I said, “No the bit I just said is enough. The fact that he would do this just shows that this man is so good at saving face that he would give up anything else for the sake of saving face. Then he’ll definitely help me. What if you lose?”
Chu Xiaoxiao froze, wondering where I got the confidence.
After a moment, she smiled, hooked the corners of her mouth, licked her tongue and said, “If I lose, you can do whatever you want with me.”
sh*t! I hurriedly turned my head, my nosebleed was going to drop if I looked at her for a moment longer.
The Chu and Li families had always had a good relationship, and Li Liang’s house was surprisingly in the same neighborhood as Chu Xiaoxiao’s.
Chu Xiaoxiao stopped the car: “Uncle Li’s house lives here, let’s go in and wait for him, he might not be back yet, are you really sure?”
“Peculiarly sure, already thinking what the hell to do with you tonight.”
I found the doorbell and rang it. After a short wait, the iron door opened and the person who opened it had the same dumbfounded look on his face as I did.
“Liege.”
“Zhang Chao, how dare you come?!”
