Chapter 144: Déjà vu
"So you think I'm the woman he raised outside?"
"Eh?" Wang Zhao couldn't help but lean back a little, quite a little bit wanting to clear up the relationship with Jiang Ruo's words.
Without waiting for her to say anything else, Jiang Ruo's rhetorical question followed: "Extramarital affair, underground affair, or simply a female companion who takes money as a companion?"
Wang Zhao hurriedly waved his hand, denied it and blurted out three times: "I'm not, I'm not talking nonsense!"
Jiang Ruo only looked at her anxious denial without moving, seeing that Wang Zhao's scalp was soaked in sweat, he could only surrender, and proved to himself: "I admit that I did guess, but this is not human nature." ”
Her conjecture was certainly well-founded.
When Aunt Jiang Ruo was just discharged from the hospital, she went to visit Jiang Ruo's house, which was a very ordinary and simple family.
Jiang Ruo's parents died early, he lived with his aunt's family, and he had a grandfather who was hospitalized for a long time, and the family burden was quite heavy. If she is married to Lu Huaishen, why should she still come out to work?
Compared with Lu Huaishen's worth, her salary is really average, and she is still tired and tired, what is like Mrs. Lu's style?
"Married into the Lu family, don't you live a life of arrogance and lasciviousness every day, and still come to do this hard work? ”
Wang Zhao already believed it, but he wanted to find some excuse to cushion the shock in his heart.
She looked at Jiang Ruo motionless for a few seconds, and she was heartbroken: "Jiang Ruo, which tendon you didn't have the right tendon? Or is it that your rich man's wife is idle all day long, and she has nothing to do, so she comes to experience the suffering of the world?"
Jiang Ruo didn't know how to explain the complexity to Wang Zhao, if he wanted to make it clear to her one by one, it would inevitably involve the unknown things of the Jiang family and the Lu family.
Some of the causes have passed, and even she is still confused, so let alone talk about them in detail.
She could only say in one word: "Things are more complicated, before me and him, they were not the kind of husband and wife you imagined." ”
"Before?" Wang Zhao grasped the key word.
"I've been married for two years. Jiang Ruo said, "My grandfather, who lives in the hospital, was the former chairman of the Jiang family. ”
Wang Zhao was dumbfounded, remembering the widely circulated infighting incident of Jiang's investment this spring - Jiang Weiming turned his face against his adoptive father, personally sent his father to prison, and became Jiang's leader.
Most of what she knows is from the news, plus she works at DS, and some people who claim to be 'insider' say that someone is helping the Jiang family, but as for who it is, there are different opinions.
And the whole thing is a deep-water vortex in the tsunami, and as for the real inside story, they, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the middle and lower reaches of the financial world, still have no way of knowing.
Jiang Ruo only told her about the causes and consequences of marriage, omitting details such as the contradictions caused by the collision of interests of the two families, and the cause of death of her biological parents was also concealed.
Originally, Jiang Ruo was in Wang Zhao's mind, and the image of the rich second-generation Kuotai had begun to form, but he didn't expect that the character would collapse.
Business marriage, my husband doesn't love it, and I went from a celebrity to a poor egg overnight.
"What, you're a miserable mess, aren't you!" Wang Zhao couldn't wait to wake her up, "If it were me, I would dare to touch the property that belonged to Lao Tzu, and I would turn the white-eyed wolf family upside down if I gave up everything, even if we all ended up together, it was better than suffering by myself, and watching the enemy at ease." ”
Jiang Ruo thought that whether the Jiang family would be turned upside down, and he didn't know until the end.
At least now it seems that the family is afraid that the cause of death of her biological parents will be verified, and then her grandfather's lawsuit will have room for counterattack, and her shares will be about to be taken back, and they will lose the backer of the Lu family, and the deeper the fear, the more unpeaceful they will be.
The same goes for her.
There are many dangers just to rehabilitate grandpa, and the longer the time, the closer to the truth and evidence, the more fearful it becomes.
Jiang Ruo told Wang Zhao not to mention this matter to others, in fact, even if Wang Zhao leaked his mouth for a while, it would only let people know her relationship with Lu Huaishen. can't be an outsider, and she didn't say a word.
Although she was forced to tell Wang Zhao about her privacy, because she happened to be arrested, she could still trust Wang Zhao.
At that time, when she came to visit her aunt at home, because she had heard that her aunt had no appetite since the operation, she also brought soup from home to nourish the spleen and stomach, and the two also supported each other in the company.
The sincerity of the details and the flattery of the purpose, Jiang Ruo can still distinguish clearly.
From Jiang Ruo's words, Wang Zhao can also hear that she is still hiding some things, but interpersonal communication focuses on respect, since Jiang Ruo has something unspeakable, she will never chase after Lei Chi.
Jiang Ruo thought that Lu Jiale was still at home, and he was ready to go home directly after getting off work in the afternoon.
As soon as she walked out of the company's gate, she saw that there was a taxi parked nearby on the side of the road to drop off passengers, and it was not easy to take a taxi during the rush hour, and this was the central block of the CBD, she was busy waving to the car, and then trotted over, for fear of being preempted by others.
Jiang Ruo got in the car, reported the address, and called Lu Huaishen, saying that she would go back first.
It was already mid to late July, the weather was hot, the temperature of the air conditioner in the taxi was very low, and the fine sweat that Jiang Ruo had just trotted out was cold and dried and stuck to his skin, and the cold was even worse.
But as soon as she got into the car, she noticed that the smell in the car was a little weird, thinking that it was because the windows were closed and the air was not circulating, so she lowered the windows down two finger wide to slightly relieve the discomfort caused by the smell.
The driver noticed her movements and asked her, "Do you feel cold?" or I turned off the air conditioner. ”
"No, it's a little stuffy, I'm ......breathable," Jiang Ruo said as he habitually set his eyes on the interlocutor.
Only half of the silhouette of the baseball cap could be seen from this position, the man in short sleeves, his swarthy arms tanned, and his broad grip on the steering wheel.
At the traffic light intersection ahead, the cars were full and lined up dozens of meters away, and the sound of horns was endless.
She slowly raised her eyes to look into the mirror, the brim of her hat blocked her eyes, and only a stubble chin could be seen under the high bridge of the nose, the face was slightly square and angular, but because of the tight facial muscles, it looked very thin.
No matter how loud the sound was, it couldn't resist the inexplicable chill in Jiang Ruo's heart.
Maybe she felt déjà vu on half of her face under the hat, maybe it was an illusion, but what about the smell?
She once met a man who behaved strangely in the corridor of the unit building of Jinshang Nanyuan, wearing a baseball cap and a cargo coat.
The smell of smoke and sweat was mixed, and in the low temperature environment, it exuded a damp and pungent smell similar to that of a rainy day, and there was another smell, which she had never smelled before, and she couldn't say.
The soles of Jiang Ruo's feet were weak, and his feet were stepping on the mats with high heels, and he had no real feeling.
She comforted herself, it was a lot of things recently, she was too sensitive, there was no such coincidence, most men smoked, it was hot in summer, and they sweated, and it was this smell after evaporation, and the sun was so big, it was normal to drive for a long time and wear a hat to shade the sun.
But how to explain the exact same chin?
She couldn't convince herself.
She lowered her head and swiped her mobile phone casually, pretending to be looking at the Weibo page, whether there was a problem with the car or not, she couldn't pass the psychological hurdle and didn't dare to sit again.
Looking up at the window, there was a huge billboard for an imported supermarket hanging outside a shopping mall in front of me.
The car moved slowly behind the rear of the car in front of it, and before waiting for the next traffic light, it had to stop again.
Jiang Ruo called Lu Jiale and went over, the little girl was watching TV boringly, and when she saw her calling, she thought that it was time to get off work, and the family was finally coming back.
"Sister-in-law, are you off work?"
Jiang Ruo: "Yes, on my way back, I happened to pass by a supermarket, if you have anything you want to eat, I'll buy it for you." ”
She didn't live much time in Lu Huaishen's house before, Lu Huaishen didn't like to eat snacks, and there was nothing at home that such a big child liked to eat.
It's an excuse to get off the bus without flaws, and it's just right to buy some food.
Regardless of whether there is a problem with the person driving the car or not, it never hurts to get out of the car.
Lu Jiale said on the other end of the phone, Jiang Ruo was absent-minded, and only wrote down two or three things.
Jiang Ruo hung up the phone and said to the driver: "Please turn the traffic light and stop at the entrance of the mall, I'll go buy something." ”
The man looked up and looked in the mirror, "It's hard to park over there, so it's a bit troublesome to turn around." ”
"Just go and I'll give you more fares. ”
"Mademoiselle is really generous. The driver smiled nonchalantly, and his voice was a little hoarse, typical of old smoke.
Jiang Ruo was shocked, and for the next few minutes, until the car stopped at the entrance of the mall, she was like sitting on pins and needles.
Jiang Ruo took fifty pieces from his wallet and gave it to him.
He said, "Just a little distance, I'll take you fifteen, and then I'll find you thirty-five." ”
Jiang Ruo didn't want to stay for a minute, reached out to open the door, and just wanted to say that he didn't need to look for it, but found that the car door was locked.
She forced herself to calm down, it was downtown and he didn't dare to do anything.
The man slowly looked for the money, "There are only thirty change here, and now many people have paid with their mobile phones, so I'll find out if there are five dollars in change." ”
"Forget about five yuan, don't look for it. ”
"That's not going to work. He seemed to be quite principled, fumbling in the pocket of his polo shirt and digging into his trouser pocket.
In the end, he touched the crumpled five yuan and gave it to Jiang Ruo, and with a click, the door lock was opened.
He turned around and handed the money to Jiang Ruo, and smiled at her: "This is a serious and licensed car, and we can't charge indiscriminately." ”
Jiang Ruo's eyes locked on the upturned corners of his mouth, his scalp was numb, he took the money, and got out of the car without saying a word.
As she closed the door, she turned her head to look in and saw that the man was still facing out the window, as if looking at her.
Jiang Ruo's nervous heart beat wildly, turned around and strode towards the entrance of the mall, clenching a few banknotes in her hand, and the clammy five-yuan bill on the top was sticky and greasy on the inner wall of her thumb.
It was the man who pulled it out of his trouser pocket, and I don't know how much sweat soaked in it stuck to his thighs.
She endured her nausea and crumpled the money into her bag and threw it in.
As she walked, she suddenly thought of something, turned to look at the place where she had just parked, the car had just started slowly and left, and she could just see the license plate number.
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