great photographer
Chapter 1
Daoguang immediately put on a smile on his face: "You used to like to play with the camera, and now you are doing something you are interested in, which is very good. I haven't seen you for so many years, why don't you come to my house to catch up?"
"...Forget it." Du Ziqing frowned slightly, he didn't want to have anything to do with Wang Xiaoqian from the bottom of his heart, "It's too much trouble for you."
"No trouble, no trouble, there is no one else in my house, go up and sit down."
"Don't you have something to go out now?"
"No, I just happened to come down to play when I have nothing to do." Wang Xiaoqian rolled her eyes and said, "It's just that, there are some things back then, and I want to talk to you carefully."
"..." Du Ziqing hesitated.
He didn't like Wang Xiaoqian very much eight years ago, so he didn't know most of the family affairs.For him, that accident was a bolt from the blue without warning.After going to the small county, Du Ziqing also wanted to ask his father what was going on, but his father's condition was not very good all the time, and he was frightened, so he couldn't ask.
Now, the opportunity to understand what happened back then is in front of him, and Du Ziqing has no reason to refuse it.
"That's disturbing."
Du Ziqing put away his camera and followed Wang Xiaoqian up to the third floor.
During this period of time, Hou Guangyao's condition has improved a bit, and he no longer needs to stay in bed, and it is not a problem to go for a walk in the yard occasionally.
Hou Guangyao and his wife still live in the mill compound. Firstly, they have lived here for decades, so they have some feelings for each other. Secondly, this is the city center, close to several big hospitals, and it is very convenient to see a doctor. .But the most important thing is that it is also close to Hou's Group located in the GT Financial Center, which is convenient for him to keep abreast of the situation within the group.
When Hou Jiahao returned home, the nanny had just finished lunch.He didn't say hello in advance, but at least the meal cooked by the nanny was enough for him.
Hou Guangyao knew that his son was fine and would not come back, but he also knew that there was nothing wrong with the Hou family recently, so it was probably Hou Jiahao's personal matter, so he didn't rush to ask.But if he doesn't ask, it doesn't mean that Hou Jiahao's mother won't ask.
"Why did you suddenly go home today?" Mother Hou asked, habitually sandwiching a rib for Hou Jiahao.
"I want to tell you one thing." Hou Jiahao continued to eat, as if what he was going to say next was not a big deal.
"Tell me." Hou Guangyao didn't move like a mountain.
"I'm getting married."
"Oh?" Hou Guangyao put down his chopsticks.
Mother Hou's face brightened, and she asked, "Why are you getting married all of a sudden? Did Shu Min mention it?"
"The target is not Yu Shumin."
"..."
The air was quiet for a while, Mother Hou coughed to break the embarrassment, and continued to ask: "It's okay, as long as you have a partner, whose child is it?"
"You know the kid from the Du family's small shop."
"..." The chopsticks in Mother Hou's hand dropped.
Although Hou Guangyao was not at home all year round, he still had an impression of this child.He frowned: "Is that the kid you clamored for going to the same high school as you?"
"That's right." Hou Jiahao picked up some food with chopsticks and ate it expressionlessly.His nanny's craftsmanship is good, but he still likes the home-cooked food that Du Ziqing cooks for him.
"He's a man, how do you get married?" Mother Hou said beggingly.
"go abroad."
"Go, don't come back after you go." Hou Guangyao had already faintly felt the foreboding of an attack.
"You said it doesn't count."
"Jiahao!" Mother Hou urged quickly, "You marry Yu Shumin first, and then we don't care what you do with someone surnamed Du."
"How many times do I have to say that it is impossible for Yu Shumin and I to get married."
"Bastard!" Hou Guangyao grabbed the water glass next to his hand and slammed it at Hou Jiahao. After doing this, he seemed a little out of breath. He put on the oxygen tube quickly and took a few mouthfuls of oxygen.
Hou Jiahao didn't dodge, and was covered in tea.He knew that Hou Guangyao still had something to say, so he didn't answer.
"Do you want the Hou family to be destroyed in your hands?"
"I didn't want to take over something, why would it be destroyed in my hands?"
"you!"
"Jiahao, don't say a few words, it's not that you don't know that your father is not in good health!" Hou's mother blamed, "Why don't you want to take over? Your nephews are still young, if you don't take over, If that doesn’t destroy the Hou family, then what is it?”
"Isn't Hou also employing external directors and managers to work now? Does it matter if I accept it or not?"
"This is the essential difference!" Hou Guangyao said, "If you dare to be with that kid, you won't even want to get a share of Hou's shares!"
"So I have already said, I don't want to take over the Hou Corporation, I can give up the shares at any time."
"You think I can't do anything about you if you set up an investment company?"
"In the end, I didn't come here today to discuss with you." Hou Jiahao silently put down the bowl and chopsticks, and brushed off the tea leaves on his body, "I just came to inform you."
"I think you want to piss me off!" Hou Guangyao panted louder and louder, and Hou's mother hurriedly asked the nanny to contact the doctor.
Hou Jiahao was silent for a while, and his attitude seemed to soften: "I didn't mean that."
"Go back today and think about it carefully. This matter is not that simple." Mother Hou said while supporting Hou Guangyao.
Hou Jiahao got up and left. When he reached the gate, he turned around and said, "I will not give up on him."
After Wang Xiaoqian opened the door, there was a rancid smell in the room immediately, as if countless kinds of sweat smells were added together, and finally formed a shock wave, which stimulated Du Ziqing's sense of smell.
It was very dark in the room, after all the curtains were drawn in all the rooms.Du Ziqing was hesitating whether to go in, when he suddenly found two men standing not far from the gate.
Didn't you say there was no one in the room?
Before Du Ziqing could react, Wang Xiaoqian dragged him into the room, and immediately locked the door.
After Du Ziqing fell through the door, the two men immediately pushed him to the ground under Wang Xiaoqian's signal, and took away his mobile phone, wallet and camera bag.
"What are you doing?!" Du Ziqing was pressed to the ground and asked struggling.
"You father and son are really pitiful. You will fall into my hands twice in this life." Wang Xiaoqian smiled, and her tone did not have any pity in line with "poor".
"What do you mean? What the hell do you do?"
"I didn't do anything, just to make a living. Anyway, you are lonely, so why not follow me. We have a teacher who teaches every day, so you can listen to it and learn how to make money."
Du Ziqing looked around, there were several rooms here, some of which were not closed, and there were many young men and women inside, some looked dull, and some looked at him with pity.
If Du Ziqing's guess is correct, this place should be a pyramid scheme.
"Let me go!" Du Ziqing struggled again, but Wang Xiaoqian squatted down and slapped him.
"Your father is so honest, why did he raise a cub so disobedient?"
Du Ziqing had never been beaten since he was a child.He couldn't help thinking of Hou Jiahao. If Hou Jiahao was present at this time, maybe he would be so angry that he would jump.After all, even if someone accidentally stepped on his foot, Hou Jiahao would be angry.
Thinking of this, Du Ziqing suddenly smiled.
"What are you laughing at?" Wang Xiaoqian grabbed Du Ziqing's hair and asked with a frown.
"You wait to be cleaned up."
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☆、Chapter 32
After Hou Jiahao came out from home, he went to the company to deal with some matters.He went home at the usual time, but not only did he not wait for Du Ziqing's dinner, Du Ziqing was not even at home.He guessed that Du Ziqing hadn't returned from sweeping the streets, so he sent a wechat message to inquire, but until nine o'clock in the evening, Du Ziqing did not reply any message.
Make a call, turn off the phone.Hou Jiahao knew something was wrong.
He found Jiang Zheyan and Song Linhan, neither of them knew about Du Ziqing.Jiang Zheyan told him not to worry, people can't be lost these days.After all, Du Ziqing was going to leave the same as before, Jiang Zheyan believed that Du Ziqing would at least tell him.Since Du Ziqing didn't contact him either, he probably just went to find a place to relax.Hou Jiahao also knew that Du Ziqing was concerned about Yu Shumin, so he decided to have a showdown with Yu Shumin first.
In the days when he is not in a hurry, Jiang Zheyan has a lot of routines in his life.Get up at eight o'clock in the morning, cook yourself a big dinner, and then read the books in the list you have collected long ago.At about ten o'clock, the doorbell rang.
Unlike the day when he was rushing to draft and didn't like being disturbed by others, this time Jiang Zheyan put down the book in his hand and walked to the door to greet him in person.
A man wearing sunglasses stood at the door. The dark red silk shirt set off his fair skin, and the wide-leg pants that fell to the ground stretched the already long legs even longer.Yao Yuxuan took off his sunglasses and showed his big white teeth: "I'm reading a novel."
Jiang Zheyan turned sideways and motioned for Yao Yuxuan to enter.Yao Yuxuan walked past Jiang Zheyan, and the pleasant fragrance wafted into Jiang Zheyan's nose.
"This is your house?"
Yao Yuxuan looked around after entering the door. It was an antique house, and he finally connected Jiang Zheyan with the identity of the writer.The ornamental plants in the courtyard are pruned into a specific shape, and it can be seen that someone often takes care of them.
Jiang Zheyan didn't answer Yao Yuxuan's question directly, but walked to the front and said lightly, "Come in."
The decoration in the house is relatively simple, and compared with the gate of the villa, it is less heavy.Jiang Zheyan walked to the refrigerator and asked, "What do you want to drink?"
"Anything is fine." Yao Yuxuan walked to the sofa and sat down, picked up Jiang Zheyan's half-read book, "I've read this, the murderer is..."
Yao Yuxuan said this on purpose to observe Jiang Zheyan's reaction.Jiang Zheyan rested his hands on the refrigerator door, and looked at Yao Yuxuan with a warning raised eyebrow.
Yao Yuxuan smiled and put the book down: "You should read it by yourself."
Jiang Zheyan took out a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator and prepared to throw it directly to Yao Yuxuan.But after thinking about it, he still took out a cup from the cupboard, unscrewed the cap and poured water into it.
Putting the water glass on the coffee table, Jiang Zhe said, "Wait, I'll get the pad."
"Then can I visit?"
"casual."
Jiang Zheyan went to the second floor, while Yao Yuxuan casually looked around on the first floor.The bathroom door was not closed. When passing by, Yao Yuxuan caught a glimpse of two toothbrushes on the sink.He narrowed his eyes slightly, and poked his head slightly to look over, only to see that there were indeed two towels hanging on the bathroom pendant.
Footsteps came from the stairs, Yao Yuxuan turned his head, Jiang Zheyan happened to be walking down with an iPad.
"Do you live with your girlfriend?" Yao Yuxuan asked.
"Huh?" Jiang Zheyan looked at Yao Yuxuan inexplicably, and found that he was not far from the bathroom. He realized that he only asked this question when he saw the toiletries in the bathroom, and then explained: "The washstand on the first floor is rarely used, and there are many. Stuff is for friends."
"That's it." Yao Yuxuan nodded thoughtfully, and followed Jiang Zheyan to the living room. "Do you have a girlfriend."
"No." Jiang Zheyan replied without turning his head.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Yao Yuxuan asked again.This time Jiang Zheyan stopped and looked back at him: "Why do you ask this?"
"I'm just curious." Yao Yuxuan walked up to Jiang Zheyan, "I don't know if I have a chance."
Jiang Zheyan frowned, opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed the words again.He walked to the sofa and sat down, put the iPad aside, picked up the half-read novel, and said to Yao Yuxuan, "Just read it here."
Regarding Jiang Zheyan's ignorance, Yao Yuxuan obviously had no intention of giving up.He sat down beside Jiang Zheyan, picked up the iPad, his eyes stayed on the screen, but he asked, "Hey, you haven't answered me yet."
"Answer what?" Jiang Zheyan asked knowingly.
"You know." Yao Yuxuan raised his eyes and turned his head to look at Jiang Zheyan.
"Are you all like this?"
"How?"
"So unpretentious."
Yao Yuxuan laughed and asked, "Do you like to be reserved?"
"No." Jiang Zheyan shook his head, then glanced at Yao Yuxuan lightly: "I like good-looking ones."
The smile on Yao Yuxuan's face became thicker, he moved closer to Jiang Zheyan, and asked in a low voice: "Then do I look good?"
"You... are you okay?"
Yao Yuxuan sat upright with satisfaction, and began to browse the novel in his hand: "Don't forget what you promised."
"what's up?"
"If I guess the murderer correctly."
"Remember."
The living room became quiet, and Jiang Zheyan occasionally went to pour water, and by the way, he also poured it for Yao Yuxuan.Yao Yuxuan looked at it seriously, until the takeaway Jiang Zheyan ordered arrived, and he realized that it was already past noon, and his stomach started to growl.
"Why did you write this book so depressingly?" Yao Yuxuan complained in someone's house, drinking and eating their food, reading their unpublished novels.
"Isn't it okay to change the style?" Jiang Zheyan didn't care on the surface, but he still looked forward to Yao Yuxuan's evaluation.
"The murderer is the absentee?" Yao Yuxuan asked tentatively.
"Are you officially guessing now?" Jiang Zheyan stopped his chopsticks and asked quite seriously.
"The style of your book has changed too much, and the plot has spread too far. I think I should have three chances." Yao Yuxuan said shamelessly.
Jiang Zheyan smiled and didn't refuse, just said: "That's the wrong answer the first time."
"Cut." Yao Yuxuan twitched the corners of his mouth in displeasure, finished eating the takeaway, then nestled down on the sofa, picked up the iPad and began to read.
The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the soft sunlight poured into the room, wrapping Yao Yuxuan inside.Jiang Zheyan had already finished reading the novel in his hand, but he didn't want to disturb Yao Yuxuan, so he sat quietly on the sofa and checked the progress of the novel in Yao Yuxuan's hand from time to time.
"It's almost the end, why don't you guess?" Jiang Zheyan reminded.
"Well—" Yao Yuxuan pursed his lips tightly, "Is there no murderer?"
"Second Chance was wrong too."
"Huh? I'm not guessing."
"Trying doesn't work either."
"……All right."
Yao Yuxuan continued to look down, and when he was about to see the murderer finally revealed, Jiang Zheyan suddenly took the iPad from his hand.
"Look again and you will know who the murderer is."
Yao Yuxuan, who was watching with relish, was obviously a little upset, but he also knew that it was time for him to guess one last time, so he hesitated to announce a name.Jiang Zheyan slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, and didn't say whether he was right or wrong, but just returned the iPad to Yao Yuxuan: "Keep watching."
After a while, Yao Yuxuan shouted: "You are unscientific! How could there be a murder weapon in the anus?"
Jiang Zheyan raised his eyebrows, and asked meaningfully: "Isn't it clear if I can let you go?"
"Huh?" Yao Yuxuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this serious novelist was talking nonsense, and asked a little funny, "Did you misunderstand me?"
"...Probably not." Jiang Zheyan didn't know what he was denying.
"Do you think I'm flirty?"
"..."
Seeing Jiang Zheyan's silence, Yao Yuxuan nodded: "It seems so."
"I did not say anything."
"It's written on your face." Yao Yuxuan put down his iPad and leaned towards Jiang Zheyan.Jiang Zheyan retreated a little bit, and finally retreated to the armrest of the sofa. There was nowhere to retreat, so he leaned back, and Yao Yuxuan took advantage of the situation and bent down, looking down at Jiang Zheyan.
"Why?" Jiang Zheyan looked away unnaturally.Yao Yuxuan's face was so good-looking, and now this posture revealed his beautiful collarbone and a large spring on his chest, Jiang Zheyan just glanced at it, and knew that he couldn't look any longer.
"Why don't you dare to look at me?" Yao Yuxuan used his index finger to straighten such a chin, making him look directly at him. This time Jiang Zheyan didn't avoid it, but looked him carefully from top to bottom.Perhaps because he was a little uncomfortable, Jiang Zheyan changed the subject and said, "Have you ever used a knife on your face?"
"Huh?" Yao Yuxuan frowned, obviously a little angry: "What do you think I moved?"
Jiang Zheyan raised his hand, stroked Yao Yuxuan's eyes lightly, and kept moving down, saying lightly, "Eyes, nose, lips, chin... have all been moved. It's so beautiful."
Hearing this, Yao Yuxuan, who was still a little angry just now, burst into laughter: "If I am Mingsao, then you are Mensao."
Jiang Zheyan raised his eyebrows, withdrew his hand, and said, "How long will you lie on top of me?"
Yao Yuxuan stared at Jiang Zheyan for a while, obviously waiting for Jiang Zheyan to give some response.But seeing Jiang Zheyan's indifferent appearance, he could only sit up disappointedly, and said boringly: "This one doesn't count, let me guess another one."
"You don't count if you don't count?" Jiang Zheyan also sat up and said lightly: "Can't afford to lose?"
"Cut." Yao Yuxuan curled his lips, "Okay, what do you want me to do?"
"I haven't thought about it yet." After Jiang Zheyan finished speaking, he asked again: "Are you usually free?"
Today is Monday, and Yao Yuxuan stayed at Jiang Zheyan's house for most of the day.Jiang Zheyan is an author and has free time, but Yao Yuxuan is a model, and it doesn't look like he didn't live.
"I went to a big show last night and took two days off. I have an endorsement to talk about tomorrow afternoon." Yao Yuxuan said, "Why, do you want me to accompany you?"
"I didn't say anything." Jiang Zheyan paused, "You seem to like guessing my mind?"
Yao Yuxuan touched the tip of his nose, and said helplessly, "I can't help it, I'm used to it. In this line of work, you have to be able to read your words."
Jiang Zheyan didn't ask more, but changed the topic: "What do you want to eat, I'll order takeaway."
Yao Yuxuan stayed at Jiang Zheyan's house until after eight o'clock in the evening. Jiang Zheyan knew that it would be difficult to take a taxi any later, so he asked Yao Yuxuan when he would leave.Yao Yuxuan looked at the time, it took at least an hour to get back to his residence from here, and he knew it was almost the same.
Jiang Zheyan sent Yao Yuxuan to the door. Before leaving, Yao Yuxuan turned around and asked, "Can I come more often?"
"It's better not to." Jiang Zheyan said subconsciously.When he was writing a manuscript, he hated being interrupted the most.But seeing Yao Yuxuan's disappointed expression, he slipped his Adam's apple and said, "However, you can stay tonight."
The author has something to say: this pair should be more difficult~
☆、Chapter 33
Du Ziqing still didn't come back, Hou Jiahao became more and more uneasy, and began to fall into self-doubt again.Even though, as Jiang Zheyan and Song Linhan said, Du Ziqing really liked him, but eight years have passed, who can guarantee that Du Ziqing's feelings for him have not changed?
He did look for Yu Shumin, but she didn't respond. Originally, she had no position to express her attitude.Counting his help to her career and family, he felt that he did not owe her anything.
But the attitude of the family... He was not sure if Du Ziqing would respond.
From the looks of it now, Du Ziqing might really be in awe, no one likes to put a hot face on a cold butt.
Or maybe what Du Ziqing was responding to was that he clearly understood the misunderstanding, but didn't tell him immediately, but teased him a bit?
Hou Jiahao walked up and down the office restlessly. He was not afraid that Du Ziqing would disappear like before. After all, it is too easy to find someone these days.He just couldn't figure out what Du Ziqing was thinking.
Liang Xiaomei put her hands on the keyboard, pretending to be typing, but her eyes were sneaking a glimpse of Hou Jiahao's anxious figure.
After thinking about it, Liang Xiaomei said cautiously, "Well, boss..."
Hou Jiahao didn't respond, Liang Xiaomei raised her voice again, and Hou Jiahao turned to look at her: "What's the matter?"
"Are we breaking up with Hou Shi?"
"Why did you ask so?"
"You... didn't you ask me to liquidate your assets..."
It looks like it's going to be a big deal.If she really broke up with Hou Shi, would it be too late for her to choose to stand in line now?
"Do your job well." Hou Jiahao said coldly
"Okay..." Liang Xiaomei responded with trepidation.
Hou Jiahao stood by the window for a while, and then said to Liang Xiaomei: "I'm leaving first, you can watch and get off work."
It's over, she might not be able to keep this job.
I don't know who made the food in front of me, and the lumps of sticky meat make people sick to my stomach.Du Ziqing swallowed the food like chewing wax, just to make Wang Xiaoqian feel at ease with him.
After being locked up in this room, his camera was taken away. Listening to Wang Xiaoqian chatting with his subordinates, it seems that he sold a lot of money.The mobile phone was also confiscated by Wang Xiaoqian, but he knew that the mobile phone was still in Wang Xiaoqian's hands, because she would definitely let herself call other people in order to trick them into coming.
After two full days of "classes", Du Ziqing finally understood why MLM was so brainwashing that even he was about to believe it.
Seeing him eating obediently, Wang Xiaoqian seemed to think that Ruzi could be taught, so she came to chat with him, and wanted him to know how bright the future would be if she hung out with her.
Du Ziqing just nodded and didn't reply much.Until Wang Xiaoqian mentioned his father.
"Actually, I didn't make much money from your father back then. If you follow me obediently, you can earn all the money back." Wang Xiaoqian said triumphantly.
"..." Du Ziqing raised his eyelids, and it took him a while to realize what Wang Xiaoqian meant, "Didn't you get kidnapped by a loan shark?"
"Those are my brothers. Here, they're over there." Wang Xiaoqian raised her chin, motioning to the men sitting on the sofa smoking and drinking.
Du Ziqing clenched his fists tightly, as if he wanted to break the chopsticks.
In other words, from the very beginning, Wang Xiaoqian approached his father just to cheat the single old man out of money.It's a pity that he still feels guilty until he dies, and feels that he has harmed her.
Du Ziqing gritted his teeth and stopped talking.
"By the way." Wang Xiaoqian suddenly took out Du Ziqing's cell phone from her bosom, called up the phone page, and asked, "Who is this 139 number, and why is it always calling you?"
Du Ziqing swallowed his saliva, tried his best to stabilize his emotions, and said lightly: "It's an insurance seller. I bought [-] yuan of insurance before, but now I have no money. If I want to get it back, I should tell me how to get it back." .”
Thanks to these years of experience, he has developed a good skill in burying emotions.
"Oh?" Wang Xiaoqian suddenly became interested. She looked at the call records and found that she had indeed called this number several times before, so she tentatively said, "You have taken so many classes with me, so you should pay the class fee, right?" .”
"Is earning money really as easy as you say?" Du Ziqing asked hesitantly.
"Of course, as long as you can attract people, you won't be afraid that you won't be able to make money." Wang Xiaoqian opened Du Ziqing's WeChat again, and then said: "For example, these people in your WeChat... what is this 'undercurrent', your roommate, right? See He seems to care about you, just pull him here."
Du Ziqing couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, he didn't have the habit of changing notes.
"Then how much is the class fee you're talking about?" Du Ziqing quickly changed the topic.
"Ten thousand a day, not much, really not much." Wang Xiaoqian said with a smile.
Du Ziqing knew that Wang Xiaoqian would definitely try her best to get the money.When they encountered disobedience, they would beat them directly, and a boy in the next room was cleaned up.
"Okay then." Du Ziqing said as if he had made up his mind, "But I don't know when the money will be refunded to me, or if he keeps calling me because something went wrong in the middle procedure."
"Then you call him back now." Wang Xiaoqian called out the dialing page, and handed the phone in front of Du Ziqing, a sinister look suddenly appeared on her smiling face, "Don't play tricks on me, after so many years, what kind of tricks do you use?" never seen it?"
Du Ziqing nodded, Wang Xiaoqian pressed the dial button, and then turned on the power amplifier.
The number actually belonged to Hou Jiahao.He always remembered Hou Jiahao's number, so he didn't enter it in the address book.
The call was connected in the next second, and before Hou Jiahao could speak, Du Ziqing hurriedly said, "Hello? It's Brother Wang who sells insurance, right? When will the insurance money be refunded to me?"
Hou Jiahao on the other end of the phone was taken aback for a moment, then immediately looked at his friend for many years, signaling with his eyes that something was wrong.
It is impossible for Du Ziqing not to know his number.
"When?" Hou Jiahao's brain was running fast, he knew that it was impossible for Du Ziqing to act with him inexplicably, there must be some situation that made it inconvenient to talk.He didn't give any extra information, but just asked the same question as Du Ziqing.
"Didn't you say that after you apply, you can return it within half a month?"
"Are you... are you really going to retire?" Hou Jiahao asked back.
"Yes, I still owe people money now, please refund me as soon as possible."
"Then I'll apply for you again."
"When will it be returned to me?" Du Ziqing's tone was a little eager, as if he was saying "when will I be found".
"As soon as possible."
"Then contact me when you have the result."
"it is good."
Du Ziqing wanted to say a few more words, but Wang Xiaoqian hung up the phone immediately.She narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked at Du Ziqing: "It looks like I have to wait a while longer."
As soon as the phone was hung up, Hou Jiahao stood up awkwardly, and said to his good friend Jin Yiming, "Something must have happened to him, he just called me Brother Wang who sells insurance."
"Calm down first." Jin Yiming held down the anxious Hou Jiahao, "Think about what he said on the phone, there may be some important information."
Jin Yiming is a policeman, a friend of Hou Jiahao's who practiced boxing.Besides the police, Hou Jiahao also knew some complicated friends. If Jin Yiming couldn't solve it, he had other ways.
But at this time, Jin Yiming was right.What Du Ziqing said to him should contain some information.
"Selling insurance?" The person in charge of the insurance of the Hou family appeared in Hou Jiahao's mind. Could it be that the old man tied him up?
No, compared to kidnapping, his old man is more like the kind of person who can send people with money.Besides, if you want to kidnap someone, there is no need to have something to do with the family's insurance.
"He called you Brother Wang, probably not on a whim, maybe there are restaurants and hotels related to Wang nearby." Jin Yiming said.
But Hou Jiahao didn't listen to it, he was more inclined to start with motivation than with clues. "Wait, I'll make a call."
Hou Jiahao made a phone call to his mother, but was greeted with scolding all over his face.
"Are you crazy? How do you think your dad would do such a thing? What do you think of your own family?"
"..." Hou Jiahao didn't speak. In his opinion, his father was the kind of person who could do things behind his back.
"Your father is not in good health these days, so he doesn't have time to talk to you. If he disappeared, that's your own problem!"
"It's okay to have nothing to do with him." Hou Jiahao hung up the phone expressionlessly.
There was really no other way, Hou Jiahao had no choice but to start from what Jin Yiming said, from the clues.
"He called me Brother Wang, and then said that he would refund the money in half a month, and that he owed the money..." Hou Jiahao tried hard to recall what Du Ziqing said just now, but he still had no clue.
"He really has no enemies?" Jin Yiming asked.
"He hasn't been in Yanjing for a long time, but..." Hou Jiahao's mind suddenly flashed, and he said uncertainly: "When he left Yanjing, his family seemed to be targeted by usurers."
"Why didn't you say that earlier?"
"I just thought of that too. He used to have a stepmother named Wang..." Hou Jiahao paused at this point.
Brother Wang, half a month younger, owes money.
Pull out the words inside, it is Du Ziqing's former stepmother, Wang Xiaoqian.
"It's called Wang Xiaoqian." Hou Jiahao stood up abruptly, "That woman's name is Wang Xiaoqian, I know what she looks like."
"Are you sure?" Jin Yiming asked, "I know someone named Wang Xiaoqian, who often gets involved in the police. But Wang Xiaoqian is a pseudonym, her real name is Wang Chunhua."
"Let me see what she looks like."
Jin Yiming called up Wang Chunhua's information from the computer, and then turned the screen to Hou Jiahao to see.Although the woman in the photo looked a bit haggard, unlike the ostentatious woman back then, Hou Jiahao still recognized her at a glance.
"Where is she?" Hou Jiahao said coldly.
"She often changes men and places. I'll ask someone to check."
"As soon as possible." Hou Jiahao said through gritted teeth.
☆、Chapter 34
The so-called teacher wrote his life creed on the whiteboard with a marker pen——
Money is not saved, but earned.
The handwriting is crooked, not so much the teacher who wrote it, but rather a bad student who was picked up by the teacher to answer the questions.
"Listen! We are living in a very lucky era now, as long as we work hard, we can earn money! Back then, I was counting money in a small county town, but now my money can't be counted by hand. You guys You can also be like me, as long as you know enough people and attract more people to make money together, we can go to glory together!"
Among the people who listened to the "class", some listened with gusto, and some were already numb, but few of them remained sober like Du Ziqing, watching the teacher's performance on stage with a blank expression.
In the past few days, another young man has been added to the team, and it is all drawn by the people who are listening to the lectures here.Du Ziqing was actually very curious about why some people would be so stupid, but after getting in touch with the people around him, he found that education can indeed determine a person's life.
Wang Xiaoqian was more at ease with Du Ziqing. First, she had been in contact with Du Ziqing before, and knew that he was a relatively withdrawn person with few friends. Second, she also knew that Du Ziqing only had his father as a relative. Now that his father had passed away, she was not afraid of someone come to him.
It's just that when she saw that there were only three people in Du Ziqing's phone book, "Jiang Zheyan", "Song Linhan", and "Yu Shumin", she couldn't help feeling that Du Ziqing was a little too withdrawn.
"Song Linhan, who has the same name as a big star?" Wang Xiaoqian said with a smile, "Who are you?"
"Colleague." Du Ziqing said.
"Rural or urban?" Wang Xiaoqian asked again.Relatively speaking, people in the city are not so easy to fool.
"In the city, all three of them are."
"Oh." Wang Xiaoqian chuckled dissatisfiedly, as if she felt that Du Ziqing's interpersonal relationship was really worthless, "Where is this Yu Shumin? Your girlfriend?"
"How is it possible?" Du Ziqing denied it from the bottom of his heart without even having to act.
"You really don't know anyone else? Didn't your dad take you to the countryside, so you didn't meet any new friends?"
"Not familiar."
Wang Xiaoqian tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "Is your current house rented?"
"Yes."
"What about your landlord? Ask him to refund the rent."
"The landlord is Hou Jiahao from WeChat."
"Then you call him and tell him not to rent."
A small hope flashed in Du Ziqing's eyes, and he said calmly, "Then you can make a voice call for him."
Wang Xiaoqian was not suspicious and dialed directly on WeChat.The call was connected quickly, and a "Hello" rang quickly this time.
"Landlord, it's me." Du Ziqing said quickly, for fear that Hou Jiahao might say something else, revealing that he was not his landlord.
"Well, what's the matter?" Hou Jiahao asked cooperatively.
"Well, I don't need to rent a house anymore, you can refund the rent to me."
The two phone calls were all asking for money, so Hou Jiahao should know that he is deeply involved in a pyramid scheme.
But Hou Jiahao on the other end of the phone was silent, and there was the faint sound of going up the stairs.Du Ziqing's heart rose to his throat as time passed.
Don't be silent, please give me some feedback!
After a while, Hou Jiahao finally spoke, his voice didn't fluctuate, as if he was talking about a trivial matter: "Is Wang Xiaoqian beside you?"
Du Ziqing was taken aback for a moment, then relaxed, showing a comfortable smile.
Hou Jiahao already knew about it, and when he asked this question, he obviously had a plan in mind.
For some reason, a strange thought "he deserves to be my man" came to Du Ziqing's heart.
The one who reacted more than Du Ziqing was Wang Xiaoqian who was holding a mobile phone.
"...Forget it." Du Ziqing frowned slightly, he didn't want to have anything to do with Wang Xiaoqian from the bottom of his heart, "It's too much trouble for you."
"No trouble, no trouble, there is no one else in my house, go up and sit down."
"Don't you have something to go out now?"
"No, I just happened to come down to play when I have nothing to do." Wang Xiaoqian rolled her eyes and said, "It's just that, there are some things back then, and I want to talk to you carefully."
"..." Du Ziqing hesitated.
He didn't like Wang Xiaoqian very much eight years ago, so he didn't know most of the family affairs.For him, that accident was a bolt from the blue without warning.After going to the small county, Du Ziqing also wanted to ask his father what was going on, but his father's condition was not very good all the time, and he was frightened, so he couldn't ask.
Now, the opportunity to understand what happened back then is in front of him, and Du Ziqing has no reason to refuse it.
"That's disturbing."
Du Ziqing put away his camera and followed Wang Xiaoqian up to the third floor.
During this period of time, Hou Guangyao's condition has improved a bit, and he no longer needs to stay in bed, and it is not a problem to go for a walk in the yard occasionally.
Hou Guangyao and his wife still live in the mill compound. Firstly, they have lived here for decades, so they have some feelings for each other. Secondly, this is the city center, close to several big hospitals, and it is very convenient to see a doctor. .But the most important thing is that it is also close to Hou's Group located in the GT Financial Center, which is convenient for him to keep abreast of the situation within the group.
When Hou Jiahao returned home, the nanny had just finished lunch.He didn't say hello in advance, but at least the meal cooked by the nanny was enough for him.
Hou Guangyao knew that his son was fine and would not come back, but he also knew that there was nothing wrong with the Hou family recently, so it was probably Hou Jiahao's personal matter, so he didn't rush to ask.But if he doesn't ask, it doesn't mean that Hou Jiahao's mother won't ask.
"Why did you suddenly go home today?" Mother Hou asked, habitually sandwiching a rib for Hou Jiahao.
"I want to tell you one thing." Hou Jiahao continued to eat, as if what he was going to say next was not a big deal.
"Tell me." Hou Guangyao didn't move like a mountain.
"I'm getting married."
"Oh?" Hou Guangyao put down his chopsticks.
Mother Hou's face brightened, and she asked, "Why are you getting married all of a sudden? Did Shu Min mention it?"
"The target is not Yu Shumin."
"..."
The air was quiet for a while, Mother Hou coughed to break the embarrassment, and continued to ask: "It's okay, as long as you have a partner, whose child is it?"
"You know the kid from the Du family's small shop."
"..." The chopsticks in Mother Hou's hand dropped.
Although Hou Guangyao was not at home all year round, he still had an impression of this child.He frowned: "Is that the kid you clamored for going to the same high school as you?"
"That's right." Hou Jiahao picked up some food with chopsticks and ate it expressionlessly.His nanny's craftsmanship is good, but he still likes the home-cooked food that Du Ziqing cooks for him.
"He's a man, how do you get married?" Mother Hou said beggingly.
"go abroad."
"Go, don't come back after you go." Hou Guangyao had already faintly felt the foreboding of an attack.
"You said it doesn't count."
"Jiahao!" Mother Hou urged quickly, "You marry Yu Shumin first, and then we don't care what you do with someone surnamed Du."
"How many times do I have to say that it is impossible for Yu Shumin and I to get married."
"Bastard!" Hou Guangyao grabbed the water glass next to his hand and slammed it at Hou Jiahao. After doing this, he seemed a little out of breath. He put on the oxygen tube quickly and took a few mouthfuls of oxygen.
Hou Jiahao didn't dodge, and was covered in tea.He knew that Hou Guangyao still had something to say, so he didn't answer.
"Do you want the Hou family to be destroyed in your hands?"
"I didn't want to take over something, why would it be destroyed in my hands?"
"you!"
"Jiahao, don't say a few words, it's not that you don't know that your father is not in good health!" Hou's mother blamed, "Why don't you want to take over? Your nephews are still young, if you don't take over, If that doesn’t destroy the Hou family, then what is it?”
"Isn't Hou also employing external directors and managers to work now? Does it matter if I accept it or not?"
"This is the essential difference!" Hou Guangyao said, "If you dare to be with that kid, you won't even want to get a share of Hou's shares!"
"So I have already said, I don't want to take over the Hou Corporation, I can give up the shares at any time."
"You think I can't do anything about you if you set up an investment company?"
"In the end, I didn't come here today to discuss with you." Hou Jiahao silently put down the bowl and chopsticks, and brushed off the tea leaves on his body, "I just came to inform you."
"I think you want to piss me off!" Hou Guangyao panted louder and louder, and Hou's mother hurriedly asked the nanny to contact the doctor.
Hou Jiahao was silent for a while, and his attitude seemed to soften: "I didn't mean that."
"Go back today and think about it carefully. This matter is not that simple." Mother Hou said while supporting Hou Guangyao.
Hou Jiahao got up and left. When he reached the gate, he turned around and said, "I will not give up on him."
After Wang Xiaoqian opened the door, there was a rancid smell in the room immediately, as if countless kinds of sweat smells were added together, and finally formed a shock wave, which stimulated Du Ziqing's sense of smell.
It was very dark in the room, after all the curtains were drawn in all the rooms.Du Ziqing was hesitating whether to go in, when he suddenly found two men standing not far from the gate.
Didn't you say there was no one in the room?
Before Du Ziqing could react, Wang Xiaoqian dragged him into the room, and immediately locked the door.
After Du Ziqing fell through the door, the two men immediately pushed him to the ground under Wang Xiaoqian's signal, and took away his mobile phone, wallet and camera bag.
"What are you doing?!" Du Ziqing was pressed to the ground and asked struggling.
"You father and son are really pitiful. You will fall into my hands twice in this life." Wang Xiaoqian smiled, and her tone did not have any pity in line with "poor".
"What do you mean? What the hell do you do?"
"I didn't do anything, just to make a living. Anyway, you are lonely, so why not follow me. We have a teacher who teaches every day, so you can listen to it and learn how to make money."
Du Ziqing looked around, there were several rooms here, some of which were not closed, and there were many young men and women inside, some looked dull, and some looked at him with pity.
If Du Ziqing's guess is correct, this place should be a pyramid scheme.
"Let me go!" Du Ziqing struggled again, but Wang Xiaoqian squatted down and slapped him.
"Your father is so honest, why did he raise a cub so disobedient?"
Du Ziqing had never been beaten since he was a child.He couldn't help thinking of Hou Jiahao. If Hou Jiahao was present at this time, maybe he would be so angry that he would jump.After all, even if someone accidentally stepped on his foot, Hou Jiahao would be angry.
Thinking of this, Du Ziqing suddenly smiled.
"What are you laughing at?" Wang Xiaoqian grabbed Du Ziqing's hair and asked with a frown.
"You wait to be cleaned up."
The author has something to say: This article is coming to an end, and it is officially coming to an end
☆、Chapter 32
After Hou Jiahao came out from home, he went to the company to deal with some matters.He went home at the usual time, but not only did he not wait for Du Ziqing's dinner, Du Ziqing was not even at home.He guessed that Du Ziqing hadn't returned from sweeping the streets, so he sent a wechat message to inquire, but until nine o'clock in the evening, Du Ziqing did not reply any message.
Make a call, turn off the phone.Hou Jiahao knew something was wrong.
He found Jiang Zheyan and Song Linhan, neither of them knew about Du Ziqing.Jiang Zheyan told him not to worry, people can't be lost these days.After all, Du Ziqing was going to leave the same as before, Jiang Zheyan believed that Du Ziqing would at least tell him.Since Du Ziqing didn't contact him either, he probably just went to find a place to relax.Hou Jiahao also knew that Du Ziqing was concerned about Yu Shumin, so he decided to have a showdown with Yu Shumin first.
In the days when he is not in a hurry, Jiang Zheyan has a lot of routines in his life.Get up at eight o'clock in the morning, cook yourself a big dinner, and then read the books in the list you have collected long ago.At about ten o'clock, the doorbell rang.
Unlike the day when he was rushing to draft and didn't like being disturbed by others, this time Jiang Zheyan put down the book in his hand and walked to the door to greet him in person.
A man wearing sunglasses stood at the door. The dark red silk shirt set off his fair skin, and the wide-leg pants that fell to the ground stretched the already long legs even longer.Yao Yuxuan took off his sunglasses and showed his big white teeth: "I'm reading a novel."
Jiang Zheyan turned sideways and motioned for Yao Yuxuan to enter.Yao Yuxuan walked past Jiang Zheyan, and the pleasant fragrance wafted into Jiang Zheyan's nose.
"This is your house?"
Yao Yuxuan looked around after entering the door. It was an antique house, and he finally connected Jiang Zheyan with the identity of the writer.The ornamental plants in the courtyard are pruned into a specific shape, and it can be seen that someone often takes care of them.
Jiang Zheyan didn't answer Yao Yuxuan's question directly, but walked to the front and said lightly, "Come in."
The decoration in the house is relatively simple, and compared with the gate of the villa, it is less heavy.Jiang Zheyan walked to the refrigerator and asked, "What do you want to drink?"
"Anything is fine." Yao Yuxuan walked to the sofa and sat down, picked up Jiang Zheyan's half-read book, "I've read this, the murderer is..."
Yao Yuxuan said this on purpose to observe Jiang Zheyan's reaction.Jiang Zheyan rested his hands on the refrigerator door, and looked at Yao Yuxuan with a warning raised eyebrow.
Yao Yuxuan smiled and put the book down: "You should read it by yourself."
Jiang Zheyan took out a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator and prepared to throw it directly to Yao Yuxuan.But after thinking about it, he still took out a cup from the cupboard, unscrewed the cap and poured water into it.
Putting the water glass on the coffee table, Jiang Zhe said, "Wait, I'll get the pad."
"Then can I visit?"
"casual."
Jiang Zheyan went to the second floor, while Yao Yuxuan casually looked around on the first floor.The bathroom door was not closed. When passing by, Yao Yuxuan caught a glimpse of two toothbrushes on the sink.He narrowed his eyes slightly, and poked his head slightly to look over, only to see that there were indeed two towels hanging on the bathroom pendant.
Footsteps came from the stairs, Yao Yuxuan turned his head, Jiang Zheyan happened to be walking down with an iPad.
"Do you live with your girlfriend?" Yao Yuxuan asked.
"Huh?" Jiang Zheyan looked at Yao Yuxuan inexplicably, and found that he was not far from the bathroom. He realized that he only asked this question when he saw the toiletries in the bathroom, and then explained: "The washstand on the first floor is rarely used, and there are many. Stuff is for friends."
"That's it." Yao Yuxuan nodded thoughtfully, and followed Jiang Zheyan to the living room. "Do you have a girlfriend."
"No." Jiang Zheyan replied without turning his head.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Yao Yuxuan asked again.This time Jiang Zheyan stopped and looked back at him: "Why do you ask this?"
"I'm just curious." Yao Yuxuan walked up to Jiang Zheyan, "I don't know if I have a chance."
Jiang Zheyan frowned, opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed the words again.He walked to the sofa and sat down, put the iPad aside, picked up the half-read novel, and said to Yao Yuxuan, "Just read it here."
Regarding Jiang Zheyan's ignorance, Yao Yuxuan obviously had no intention of giving up.He sat down beside Jiang Zheyan, picked up the iPad, his eyes stayed on the screen, but he asked, "Hey, you haven't answered me yet."
"Answer what?" Jiang Zheyan asked knowingly.
"You know." Yao Yuxuan raised his eyes and turned his head to look at Jiang Zheyan.
"Are you all like this?"
"How?"
"So unpretentious."
Yao Yuxuan laughed and asked, "Do you like to be reserved?"
"No." Jiang Zheyan shook his head, then glanced at Yao Yuxuan lightly: "I like good-looking ones."
The smile on Yao Yuxuan's face became thicker, he moved closer to Jiang Zheyan, and asked in a low voice: "Then do I look good?"
"You... are you okay?"
Yao Yuxuan sat upright with satisfaction, and began to browse the novel in his hand: "Don't forget what you promised."
"what's up?"
"If I guess the murderer correctly."
"Remember."
The living room became quiet, and Jiang Zheyan occasionally went to pour water, and by the way, he also poured it for Yao Yuxuan.Yao Yuxuan looked at it seriously, until the takeaway Jiang Zheyan ordered arrived, and he realized that it was already past noon, and his stomach started to growl.
"Why did you write this book so depressingly?" Yao Yuxuan complained in someone's house, drinking and eating their food, reading their unpublished novels.
"Isn't it okay to change the style?" Jiang Zheyan didn't care on the surface, but he still looked forward to Yao Yuxuan's evaluation.
"The murderer is the absentee?" Yao Yuxuan asked tentatively.
"Are you officially guessing now?" Jiang Zheyan stopped his chopsticks and asked quite seriously.
"The style of your book has changed too much, and the plot has spread too far. I think I should have three chances." Yao Yuxuan said shamelessly.
Jiang Zheyan smiled and didn't refuse, just said: "That's the wrong answer the first time."
"Cut." Yao Yuxuan twitched the corners of his mouth in displeasure, finished eating the takeaway, then nestled down on the sofa, picked up the iPad and began to read.
The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the soft sunlight poured into the room, wrapping Yao Yuxuan inside.Jiang Zheyan had already finished reading the novel in his hand, but he didn't want to disturb Yao Yuxuan, so he sat quietly on the sofa and checked the progress of the novel in Yao Yuxuan's hand from time to time.
"It's almost the end, why don't you guess?" Jiang Zheyan reminded.
"Well—" Yao Yuxuan pursed his lips tightly, "Is there no murderer?"
"Second Chance was wrong too."
"Huh? I'm not guessing."
"Trying doesn't work either."
"……All right."
Yao Yuxuan continued to look down, and when he was about to see the murderer finally revealed, Jiang Zheyan suddenly took the iPad from his hand.
"Look again and you will know who the murderer is."
Yao Yuxuan, who was watching with relish, was obviously a little upset, but he also knew that it was time for him to guess one last time, so he hesitated to announce a name.Jiang Zheyan slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, and didn't say whether he was right or wrong, but just returned the iPad to Yao Yuxuan: "Keep watching."
After a while, Yao Yuxuan shouted: "You are unscientific! How could there be a murder weapon in the anus?"
Jiang Zheyan raised his eyebrows, and asked meaningfully: "Isn't it clear if I can let you go?"
"Huh?" Yao Yuxuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this serious novelist was talking nonsense, and asked a little funny, "Did you misunderstand me?"
"...Probably not." Jiang Zheyan didn't know what he was denying.
"Do you think I'm flirty?"
"..."
Seeing Jiang Zheyan's silence, Yao Yuxuan nodded: "It seems so."
"I did not say anything."
"It's written on your face." Yao Yuxuan put down his iPad and leaned towards Jiang Zheyan.Jiang Zheyan retreated a little bit, and finally retreated to the armrest of the sofa. There was nowhere to retreat, so he leaned back, and Yao Yuxuan took advantage of the situation and bent down, looking down at Jiang Zheyan.
"Why?" Jiang Zheyan looked away unnaturally.Yao Yuxuan's face was so good-looking, and now this posture revealed his beautiful collarbone and a large spring on his chest, Jiang Zheyan just glanced at it, and knew that he couldn't look any longer.
"Why don't you dare to look at me?" Yao Yuxuan used his index finger to straighten such a chin, making him look directly at him. This time Jiang Zheyan didn't avoid it, but looked him carefully from top to bottom.Perhaps because he was a little uncomfortable, Jiang Zheyan changed the subject and said, "Have you ever used a knife on your face?"
"Huh?" Yao Yuxuan frowned, obviously a little angry: "What do you think I moved?"
Jiang Zheyan raised his hand, stroked Yao Yuxuan's eyes lightly, and kept moving down, saying lightly, "Eyes, nose, lips, chin... have all been moved. It's so beautiful."
Hearing this, Yao Yuxuan, who was still a little angry just now, burst into laughter: "If I am Mingsao, then you are Mensao."
Jiang Zheyan raised his eyebrows, withdrew his hand, and said, "How long will you lie on top of me?"
Yao Yuxuan stared at Jiang Zheyan for a while, obviously waiting for Jiang Zheyan to give some response.But seeing Jiang Zheyan's indifferent appearance, he could only sit up disappointedly, and said boringly: "This one doesn't count, let me guess another one."
"You don't count if you don't count?" Jiang Zheyan also sat up and said lightly: "Can't afford to lose?"
"Cut." Yao Yuxuan curled his lips, "Okay, what do you want me to do?"
"I haven't thought about it yet." After Jiang Zheyan finished speaking, he asked again: "Are you usually free?"
Today is Monday, and Yao Yuxuan stayed at Jiang Zheyan's house for most of the day.Jiang Zheyan is an author and has free time, but Yao Yuxuan is a model, and it doesn't look like he didn't live.
"I went to a big show last night and took two days off. I have an endorsement to talk about tomorrow afternoon." Yao Yuxuan said, "Why, do you want me to accompany you?"
"I didn't say anything." Jiang Zheyan paused, "You seem to like guessing my mind?"
Yao Yuxuan touched the tip of his nose, and said helplessly, "I can't help it, I'm used to it. In this line of work, you have to be able to read your words."
Jiang Zheyan didn't ask more, but changed the topic: "What do you want to eat, I'll order takeaway."
Yao Yuxuan stayed at Jiang Zheyan's house until after eight o'clock in the evening. Jiang Zheyan knew that it would be difficult to take a taxi any later, so he asked Yao Yuxuan when he would leave.Yao Yuxuan looked at the time, it took at least an hour to get back to his residence from here, and he knew it was almost the same.
Jiang Zheyan sent Yao Yuxuan to the door. Before leaving, Yao Yuxuan turned around and asked, "Can I come more often?"
"It's better not to." Jiang Zheyan said subconsciously.When he was writing a manuscript, he hated being interrupted the most.But seeing Yao Yuxuan's disappointed expression, he slipped his Adam's apple and said, "However, you can stay tonight."
The author has something to say: this pair should be more difficult~
☆、Chapter 33
Du Ziqing still didn't come back, Hou Jiahao became more and more uneasy, and began to fall into self-doubt again.Even though, as Jiang Zheyan and Song Linhan said, Du Ziqing really liked him, but eight years have passed, who can guarantee that Du Ziqing's feelings for him have not changed?
He did look for Yu Shumin, but she didn't respond. Originally, she had no position to express her attitude.Counting his help to her career and family, he felt that he did not owe her anything.
But the attitude of the family... He was not sure if Du Ziqing would respond.
From the looks of it now, Du Ziqing might really be in awe, no one likes to put a hot face on a cold butt.
Or maybe what Du Ziqing was responding to was that he clearly understood the misunderstanding, but didn't tell him immediately, but teased him a bit?
Hou Jiahao walked up and down the office restlessly. He was not afraid that Du Ziqing would disappear like before. After all, it is too easy to find someone these days.He just couldn't figure out what Du Ziqing was thinking.
Liang Xiaomei put her hands on the keyboard, pretending to be typing, but her eyes were sneaking a glimpse of Hou Jiahao's anxious figure.
After thinking about it, Liang Xiaomei said cautiously, "Well, boss..."
Hou Jiahao didn't respond, Liang Xiaomei raised her voice again, and Hou Jiahao turned to look at her: "What's the matter?"
"Are we breaking up with Hou Shi?"
"Why did you ask so?"
"You... didn't you ask me to liquidate your assets..."
It looks like it's going to be a big deal.If she really broke up with Hou Shi, would it be too late for her to choose to stand in line now?
"Do your job well." Hou Jiahao said coldly
"Okay..." Liang Xiaomei responded with trepidation.
Hou Jiahao stood by the window for a while, and then said to Liang Xiaomei: "I'm leaving first, you can watch and get off work."
It's over, she might not be able to keep this job.
I don't know who made the food in front of me, and the lumps of sticky meat make people sick to my stomach.Du Ziqing swallowed the food like chewing wax, just to make Wang Xiaoqian feel at ease with him.
After being locked up in this room, his camera was taken away. Listening to Wang Xiaoqian chatting with his subordinates, it seems that he sold a lot of money.The mobile phone was also confiscated by Wang Xiaoqian, but he knew that the mobile phone was still in Wang Xiaoqian's hands, because she would definitely let herself call other people in order to trick them into coming.
After two full days of "classes", Du Ziqing finally understood why MLM was so brainwashing that even he was about to believe it.
Seeing him eating obediently, Wang Xiaoqian seemed to think that Ruzi could be taught, so she came to chat with him, and wanted him to know how bright the future would be if she hung out with her.
Du Ziqing just nodded and didn't reply much.Until Wang Xiaoqian mentioned his father.
"Actually, I didn't make much money from your father back then. If you follow me obediently, you can earn all the money back." Wang Xiaoqian said triumphantly.
"..." Du Ziqing raised his eyelids, and it took him a while to realize what Wang Xiaoqian meant, "Didn't you get kidnapped by a loan shark?"
"Those are my brothers. Here, they're over there." Wang Xiaoqian raised her chin, motioning to the men sitting on the sofa smoking and drinking.
Du Ziqing clenched his fists tightly, as if he wanted to break the chopsticks.
In other words, from the very beginning, Wang Xiaoqian approached his father just to cheat the single old man out of money.It's a pity that he still feels guilty until he dies, and feels that he has harmed her.
Du Ziqing gritted his teeth and stopped talking.
"By the way." Wang Xiaoqian suddenly took out Du Ziqing's cell phone from her bosom, called up the phone page, and asked, "Who is this 139 number, and why is it always calling you?"
Du Ziqing swallowed his saliva, tried his best to stabilize his emotions, and said lightly: "It's an insurance seller. I bought [-] yuan of insurance before, but now I have no money. If I want to get it back, I should tell me how to get it back." .”
Thanks to these years of experience, he has developed a good skill in burying emotions.
"Oh?" Wang Xiaoqian suddenly became interested. She looked at the call records and found that she had indeed called this number several times before, so she tentatively said, "You have taken so many classes with me, so you should pay the class fee, right?" .”
"Is earning money really as easy as you say?" Du Ziqing asked hesitantly.
"Of course, as long as you can attract people, you won't be afraid that you won't be able to make money." Wang Xiaoqian opened Du Ziqing's WeChat again, and then said: "For example, these people in your WeChat... what is this 'undercurrent', your roommate, right? See He seems to care about you, just pull him here."
Du Ziqing couldn't help but rejoice, fortunately, he didn't have the habit of changing notes.
"Then how much is the class fee you're talking about?" Du Ziqing quickly changed the topic.
"Ten thousand a day, not much, really not much." Wang Xiaoqian said with a smile.
Du Ziqing knew that Wang Xiaoqian would definitely try her best to get the money.When they encountered disobedience, they would beat them directly, and a boy in the next room was cleaned up.
"Okay then." Du Ziqing said as if he had made up his mind, "But I don't know when the money will be refunded to me, or if he keeps calling me because something went wrong in the middle procedure."
"Then you call him back now." Wang Xiaoqian called out the dialing page, and handed the phone in front of Du Ziqing, a sinister look suddenly appeared on her smiling face, "Don't play tricks on me, after so many years, what kind of tricks do you use?" never seen it?"
Du Ziqing nodded, Wang Xiaoqian pressed the dial button, and then turned on the power amplifier.
The number actually belonged to Hou Jiahao.He always remembered Hou Jiahao's number, so he didn't enter it in the address book.
The call was connected in the next second, and before Hou Jiahao could speak, Du Ziqing hurriedly said, "Hello? It's Brother Wang who sells insurance, right? When will the insurance money be refunded to me?"
Hou Jiahao on the other end of the phone was taken aback for a moment, then immediately looked at his friend for many years, signaling with his eyes that something was wrong.
It is impossible for Du Ziqing not to know his number.
"When?" Hou Jiahao's brain was running fast, he knew that it was impossible for Du Ziqing to act with him inexplicably, there must be some situation that made it inconvenient to talk.He didn't give any extra information, but just asked the same question as Du Ziqing.
"Didn't you say that after you apply, you can return it within half a month?"
"Are you... are you really going to retire?" Hou Jiahao asked back.
"Yes, I still owe people money now, please refund me as soon as possible."
"Then I'll apply for you again."
"When will it be returned to me?" Du Ziqing's tone was a little eager, as if he was saying "when will I be found".
"As soon as possible."
"Then contact me when you have the result."
"it is good."
Du Ziqing wanted to say a few more words, but Wang Xiaoqian hung up the phone immediately.She narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked at Du Ziqing: "It looks like I have to wait a while longer."
As soon as the phone was hung up, Hou Jiahao stood up awkwardly, and said to his good friend Jin Yiming, "Something must have happened to him, he just called me Brother Wang who sells insurance."
"Calm down first." Jin Yiming held down the anxious Hou Jiahao, "Think about what he said on the phone, there may be some important information."
Jin Yiming is a policeman, a friend of Hou Jiahao's who practiced boxing.Besides the police, Hou Jiahao also knew some complicated friends. If Jin Yiming couldn't solve it, he had other ways.
But at this time, Jin Yiming was right.What Du Ziqing said to him should contain some information.
"Selling insurance?" The person in charge of the insurance of the Hou family appeared in Hou Jiahao's mind. Could it be that the old man tied him up?
No, compared to kidnapping, his old man is more like the kind of person who can send people with money.Besides, if you want to kidnap someone, there is no need to have something to do with the family's insurance.
"He called you Brother Wang, probably not on a whim, maybe there are restaurants and hotels related to Wang nearby." Jin Yiming said.
But Hou Jiahao didn't listen to it, he was more inclined to start with motivation than with clues. "Wait, I'll make a call."
Hou Jiahao made a phone call to his mother, but was greeted with scolding all over his face.
"Are you crazy? How do you think your dad would do such a thing? What do you think of your own family?"
"..." Hou Jiahao didn't speak. In his opinion, his father was the kind of person who could do things behind his back.
"Your father is not in good health these days, so he doesn't have time to talk to you. If he disappeared, that's your own problem!"
"It's okay to have nothing to do with him." Hou Jiahao hung up the phone expressionlessly.
There was really no other way, Hou Jiahao had no choice but to start from what Jin Yiming said, from the clues.
"He called me Brother Wang, and then said that he would refund the money in half a month, and that he owed the money..." Hou Jiahao tried hard to recall what Du Ziqing said just now, but he still had no clue.
"He really has no enemies?" Jin Yiming asked.
"He hasn't been in Yanjing for a long time, but..." Hou Jiahao's mind suddenly flashed, and he said uncertainly: "When he left Yanjing, his family seemed to be targeted by usurers."
"Why didn't you say that earlier?"
"I just thought of that too. He used to have a stepmother named Wang..." Hou Jiahao paused at this point.
Brother Wang, half a month younger, owes money.
Pull out the words inside, it is Du Ziqing's former stepmother, Wang Xiaoqian.
"It's called Wang Xiaoqian." Hou Jiahao stood up abruptly, "That woman's name is Wang Xiaoqian, I know what she looks like."
"Are you sure?" Jin Yiming asked, "I know someone named Wang Xiaoqian, who often gets involved in the police. But Wang Xiaoqian is a pseudonym, her real name is Wang Chunhua."
"Let me see what she looks like."
Jin Yiming called up Wang Chunhua's information from the computer, and then turned the screen to Hou Jiahao to see.Although the woman in the photo looked a bit haggard, unlike the ostentatious woman back then, Hou Jiahao still recognized her at a glance.
"Where is she?" Hou Jiahao said coldly.
"She often changes men and places. I'll ask someone to check."
"As soon as possible." Hou Jiahao said through gritted teeth.
☆、Chapter 34
The so-called teacher wrote his life creed on the whiteboard with a marker pen——
Money is not saved, but earned.
The handwriting is crooked, not so much the teacher who wrote it, but rather a bad student who was picked up by the teacher to answer the questions.
"Listen! We are living in a very lucky era now, as long as we work hard, we can earn money! Back then, I was counting money in a small county town, but now my money can't be counted by hand. You guys You can also be like me, as long as you know enough people and attract more people to make money together, we can go to glory together!"
Among the people who listened to the "class", some listened with gusto, and some were already numb, but few of them remained sober like Du Ziqing, watching the teacher's performance on stage with a blank expression.
In the past few days, another young man has been added to the team, and it is all drawn by the people who are listening to the lectures here.Du Ziqing was actually very curious about why some people would be so stupid, but after getting in touch with the people around him, he found that education can indeed determine a person's life.
Wang Xiaoqian was more at ease with Du Ziqing. First, she had been in contact with Du Ziqing before, and knew that he was a relatively withdrawn person with few friends. Second, she also knew that Du Ziqing only had his father as a relative. Now that his father had passed away, she was not afraid of someone come to him.
It's just that when she saw that there were only three people in Du Ziqing's phone book, "Jiang Zheyan", "Song Linhan", and "Yu Shumin", she couldn't help feeling that Du Ziqing was a little too withdrawn.
"Song Linhan, who has the same name as a big star?" Wang Xiaoqian said with a smile, "Who are you?"
"Colleague." Du Ziqing said.
"Rural or urban?" Wang Xiaoqian asked again.Relatively speaking, people in the city are not so easy to fool.
"In the city, all three of them are."
"Oh." Wang Xiaoqian chuckled dissatisfiedly, as if she felt that Du Ziqing's interpersonal relationship was really worthless, "Where is this Yu Shumin? Your girlfriend?"
"How is it possible?" Du Ziqing denied it from the bottom of his heart without even having to act.
"You really don't know anyone else? Didn't your dad take you to the countryside, so you didn't meet any new friends?"
"Not familiar."
Wang Xiaoqian tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "Is your current house rented?"
"Yes."
"What about your landlord? Ask him to refund the rent."
"The landlord is Hou Jiahao from WeChat."
"Then you call him and tell him not to rent."
A small hope flashed in Du Ziqing's eyes, and he said calmly, "Then you can make a voice call for him."
Wang Xiaoqian was not suspicious and dialed directly on WeChat.The call was connected quickly, and a "Hello" rang quickly this time.
"Landlord, it's me." Du Ziqing said quickly, for fear that Hou Jiahao might say something else, revealing that he was not his landlord.
"Well, what's the matter?" Hou Jiahao asked cooperatively.
"Well, I don't need to rent a house anymore, you can refund the rent to me."
The two phone calls were all asking for money, so Hou Jiahao should know that he is deeply involved in a pyramid scheme.
But Hou Jiahao on the other end of the phone was silent, and there was the faint sound of going up the stairs.Du Ziqing's heart rose to his throat as time passed.
Don't be silent, please give me some feedback!
After a while, Hou Jiahao finally spoke, his voice didn't fluctuate, as if he was talking about a trivial matter: "Is Wang Xiaoqian beside you?"
Du Ziqing was taken aback for a moment, then relaxed, showing a comfortable smile.
Hou Jiahao already knew about it, and when he asked this question, he obviously had a plan in mind.
For some reason, a strange thought "he deserves to be my man" came to Du Ziqing's heart.
The one who reacted more than Du Ziqing was Wang Xiaoqian who was holding a mobile phone.
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