Depressed wife runs with the ball

Chapter 116 The Daughter of an Old Colleague

After breakfast, Chu Yue began packing her bags, preparing to return to Qiancheng. Zhou Xingzhi was busy with company matters. A number of videos from the exhibition had surfaced online recently. The intern lawyer had also been exposed. Jiang Tao explained that the intern lawyer's family wasn't well off; his father was incarcerated for murder after causing a riot.

The girl was already 10 years old when her father was imprisoned. It's likely that she studied law under her father's influence. She had always performed well academically, and Lawyer Jiang had been very optimistic about her. It's likely that he was displeased with Special Assistant Chu's glamorous life and wanted revenge.

Zhou Xingzhi didn't care about the lawyer's family background or motives. He only knew that Lawyer Jiang hadn't handled the matter properly. "Yueyue, do you have any thoughts about that trainee lawyer?"

"Have you found out anything?" Chu Yue was still packing her skin care products in the bathroom.

"What we found has nothing to do with the matter itself. If you want to pursue legal responsibility, I will ask the legal department to prepare it." Zhou Xingzhi looked at the resume of the trainee lawyer. He had excellent grades but bad intentions.

Chu Yue came out of the bathroom and saw the resume on the laptop. He graduated from Qiancheng University with a degree in law and was only 24 years old. "So young? There must be a reason, right?"

"No reason can be an excuse to hurt others. You can't let it go just because of pity." Zhou Xingzhi closed the resume, took the bottles and jars from her hand, and put them into his toiletry bag.

Mercy? That meant the reason had been discovered. "You didn't even tell me the reason, so how do you know I have mercy?"

She packed the suitcase neatly, fearing he wouldn't be able to take care of himself if she were to leave him one day. She placed her toiletries bag in the suitcase and closed it. "Jiang Tao said his father was convicted of manslaughter and is in jail, so he probably gets looked down upon by many. He's feeling resentful and seeking revenge."

It sounds understandable. It must have been tough for her over the years. "Her grades seem pretty good. Why not let her work in Xinghui's legal department?"

He knew that his wife was nice to everyone except him, blaming him for everything. "This closing ceremony can't be like last time. I might have to wear a formal dress on stage."

"There are still several days left, we'll talk about it then. When I return to Qiancheng, I'm going to go see Yingying first. I don't know what conflict she has with Ji Yan. Also, Jin Yue is returning, I have to pick him up at the airport, and find time to visit my mother in prison. What do you want to eat for lunch? Many people in the company eat in the hotel, right? You don't have to eat in the hotel, otherwise everyone will feel uncomfortable." The things were almost packed, and it was time to go out for dinner.

"Do you want to go to Lao Zhao's house for a meal today? Buy some things and go over to see the baby." Zhou Xingzhi heard that it was a daughter. He had never seen the newborn baby before. If he went to see her now, maybe he could even hold her.

"Will it cause trouble for others? Isn't it too sudden?" Chu Yue also wanted to go and see, not knowing whether it was her daughter or the child. Last time she ate at someone's house, she didn't show any reaction.

"It's okay, I'll talk to Lao Zhao. Let's go buy groceries now, I'll cook, and you go help take care of the kids." He took out his cell phone and called Lao Zhao.

Chu Yue looked at the packed suitcase. If he went to someone else's house to cook and eat at this time, he would not be back until the afternoon. Would he still be able to make it back to Qiancheng?

When he finished the call and turned back, she was staring at the suitcase in a daze. "It's okay, if you can't make it back today, just stay another day." Seeing her concern, he picked up her bag and comforted her.

"You seem very busy these past two days, and the exhibition thing has caused quite a stir online, right? I wonder if Mr. Zhou will have any objections?" She was still worried. Zhou Xingzhi pushed her toward the door, took the room card from the wall, and closed the door.

In the hotel corridor, I patiently explained to her, "The Youth Art Festival is an event that needs traffic and influence to attract more people to Qiancheng and attract investment. Online public opinion is also a form of publicity. My father didn't ask about it, which means he doesn't mind the current public opinion effect."

Capitalism was certainly beyond the comprehension of an art student like her. "So, I'm also part of the art festival? That performance art at the exhibition was specially arranged, right?"

With Zhou Xingzhi's scheming, any aspect of the event should be within his control. There was no reason for him to discover it only after I had been painting at the exhibition for so long.

"Uh... I thought you were just going to teach them how to draw. If I had known you were going to take off your coat and draw with them, I wouldn't have let you go."

After going down to the first floor, he took the person out of the hotel and went to the front desk to stay for another night.

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have packed my suitcase."

"I didn't plan it well. I'll clean it up tomorrow." Zhou Xingzhi paid the bill and led her to the door. When they reached the door, he felt the wind was a bit strong and looked at her hair, which was a little messy.

"Should I go upstairs and tie my hair up before going in? Are you cold? Should I put on some more clothes?" He thought about it and decided that Lao Zhao was a man after all, so he should be on guard.

"No, I have a hair tie in my bag." Chu Yue stood on tiptoe to rummage through the hair tie in her bag, took it out, and neatly tied it into a low ponytail. The hair tie was a large lace petal, tied at the back. From the front, you could faintly see the petals peeking out. The apricot-colored florals were like a touch of warmth blooming in the cold winter, making it even more eye-catching.

He took off his scarf, but she already had it around her neck.

"Are you hot? Why did you take off your scarf? Put it on. Didn't your fever just go away?" Chu Yue took his scarf and put it on him.

Well, it seems like we can do the same thing when we go to Lao Zhao's house. "Let's go. What do you want to eat?"

"Well...how long has it been since Lao Zhao's wife gave birth? Is it a boy or a girl? Should I make chicken soup for his wife? What should I buy for the child?" Jiaojiao was the only one with a child around Chu Yue, but when Jiaojiao gave birth, she was also a child and was attending university in Beijing, so she had never seen her.

"How about I ask my mom?" Zhou Xingzhi wanted to tease her.

"How can that be? She's bound to misunderstand if you ask!"

"It's not a misunderstanding. After getting married, don't you still have to have children?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who wants to have a baby with you?"

The winter sun is warm and there isn't much to go wrong except for the strong wind at the beach.

Zhou Xingzhi went to the shop where he rented an electric bike last year and rented another one. He handed his bag to Chu Yue, pushed the bike out, motioned for her to get in, and took her hand and put it on his waist.

"Do you know where the vegetable market is?" Chu Yue was a little worried. He grew up in a wealthy family and now he was wearing a custom-made suit. Wouldn't it be a pity if his Fendi coat got stained with dirty water from the vegetable market?

"Haicheng, I know this place better than you do. You've only been in high school here for over a year, but I've been demoted to two and a half years." The sea breeze was blowing in their ears, and they were like an ordinary couple, buying groceries and cooking after get off work.

"You don't seem to have told me much about your time as a police officer in Haicheng."

"When we're alone, I'll tell you slowly."

At 11 o'clock, the market wasn't crowded. The vendors were chatting amongst themselves, some lazily attending to customers, while others were busy preparing meals. In coastal areas, where seafood is plentiful, the market was filled with water and some unmelted ice.

Seeing Zhou Xingzhi's leather shoes stepping on the seawater, Chu Yue was a little worried. When buying vegetables, he also had to pay attention to whether his coat would be splashed by the water on the ground. Surprisingly, he communicated quite smoothly with the vegetable vendor.

She had been eating in the cafeteria since junior high school, and only when she went home during holidays could she enjoy the meals cooked by her grandparents. After graduating and working in Qiancheng, it was also Ji Yan who found the outsourced cafeteria. Jin Yue also cooked for herself twice when she returned to China, and those were also brought from home to the office.

After buying groceries, they found a maternity and baby store. Chu Yue looked at the products, not knowing what to buy. Zhou Xingzhi looked at the baby clothes and felt a surge of longing in his heart.

Pulling Chu Yue to touch the baby clothes, he said, "Our children will also wear this in the future."

"You haven't even gotten married yet, what nonsense are you talking about!" Chu Yue looked at the shop assistants around him like a thief.