Chapter 17
"Twin brothers?" The pieces of paper in Xia Zhi's hand fell one by one, and she sat on the ground blankly...... Father already knew about it six years ago! The man wanted to avenge his brother, and he laid all the guilt on her.
Shengyuan Building, the top floor office, Zhou Jinshi sat on an office chair, behind him was a piece of floor-to-ceiling glass, he held a pocket watch in his hand, a golden shell, a long chain, fine work, and a green bean-sized gem embedded underneath.
The thing looks a little old, but it is still shiny, the slender fingers are flicked on it, opening and closing, opening and closing, repeatedly, and when he pauses, he can see a photo of a four or five-year-old boy embedded in the one on the left, well-dressed, with a bow around his neck, delicate and beautiful facial features, and a smile as bright as the sun.
After a moment's pause, he suddenly tightened his fingers, "bang", closed them again, held them in the palm of his hand, lowered his eyes and closed his eyes, propped his elbows on the table, and pressed his fist of the pocket watch against his temples.
The internal phone rang, and the secretary's gentle voice came, "Mr. Zhou, Miss Xia wants to see you." ”
Zhou Jinshi's eyes opened, his gaze fell on the telephone, he paused for a moment, and said lightly, "I don't see." ”
"Yes."
After receiving a phone reply from the secretary's office of the president's office, the front desk lady said to Xia Zhi apologetically, "I'm sorry Miss Xia, our Mr. Zhou is very busy now and is having an important meeting." ”
Xia Zhi didn't speak, looked around, there were elite-looking characters coming and going everywhere, there were several elevators, and there were security guards standing on the side of the special elevator.
It seems that she can't see anyone if she breaks in, this is her third visit, and that person always has an excuse not to see, and it seems that he is determined not to let go of the people around her.
At the request of Xia Zhi, Luo Shen compiled the company's situation into information and handed it to her, while explaining, "Zhou Jinshi owns 10% of Xia's shares, and he also has shares in several companies under Mr. Xia, and even two of them have exceeded Mr. Xia's ......."
Xia Zhi squinted at the information, and gasped in his heart, "Can these fathers allow him to do this?" ”
Luo Shen sighed, "Although the Zhou family is not very famous in China, it has a particularly large system abroad, with abundant funds and a very special background......
Xia Zhi knew why he was doing this, because that person died back then, and according to the information, it was Zhou Jinshi who lost his younger brother by mistake, so he should feel very guilty about that person in his heart, and he didn't have time to make up for it...... So I took revenge on her for all the debt I owed to that person.
Holding a bunch of information in his hand, Xia Zhi frowned, the situation was really very bad, and Zhou Jinshi didn't want to see her now, and he didn't give him a chance to find out how much he wanted to get.
Just thinking about it, the mobile phone on the table suddenly vibrate, she turned her eyes and glanced at it, it was a call from her cousin Xia Zhen, who contacted Xia Zhen and Xia Lei on the Internet the day after she came back, and saved each other's mobile phone numbers.
Lawyer Luo also saw it, "Then I'll go out first." He bowed to her, and when she nodded, he withdrew.
Xia Zhi answered the phone, "Xiao Zhen." ”
Xia Zhen said in a low voice, "Sister, I'm in the old mansion, haven't you been back to the old mansion since you came back, grandpa seems to have just learned the news of your return, and he was so angry that he said that you didn't come to see him when you came back, you should come over quickly......"
Xia Zhi rubbed his eyebrows, "I know, I'll go back in the afternoon." She went to the old house on the third day she came back, but at that time the old man was recuperating abroad, and he happened to be away, she went to discuss her father's affairs with her uncle and cousin, and they seemed to be a little powerless in this matter, saying that they had a lot of relationships, but it mainly depends on Zhou Jinshi's attitude.
The red Ferrari drove out of the city, like a gust of wind, through the edges for more than two hours, and finally drove to Nanyan Mountain, climbed up the half-slope, and stopped outside the old house of the Xia family.
Hearing a few whistles, someone in the security room immediately poked his head out.
The Ferrari's window descended, revealing a bright face.
The security guard immediately opened the barricade door of the underground garage and saluted her.
Xia Zhi nodded and drove the car in.
The staff in the summer house are basically old faces, know her, compared to their shock when she came over a few days ago, see it again today, it is much calmer, they are like many people, they still think that she is no longer alive, after all, two years ago that incident was vigorous, the people present at the time are all celebrities, either rich or expensive, the same circle, people who didn't know this Miss Xia before, they all knew it at that time, and then she disappeared inexplicably, it became a legend.
In the past two years, it makes people wonder, how did she get here?
"Hello Miss."
"Hello Miss."
Coming out of the underground garage, everyone she met along the way greeted her warmly, she was the same as two years ago, only a slight nod and passed, rarely with a smile, holding the car keys in her hand and shaking between her fingers, and the tall shoes made a clattering sound.
There was a hearty laughter from the garden, like an old man's, and when Xia Solstice was just about to step up the steps to the hall, he paused, stopped, and turned his head to look in the direction of the garden.
The green trees and bushes, thick and heavy, are so densely connected that you can't see people at a glance, you can only hear sounds.
"Grandpa is in the garden?" She asked a maid passing by.
The maid replied, "Yes, Miss, the old man is playing chess with the guest. ”
Xia Zhi asked again, "Why did the old man come back to China?" ”
"The day before yesterday."
Xia Zhi turned around and walked towards the garden, when she entered the lawn, the sound of Gao Gen's shoes touching the ground was buried, turning the bushes, she saw a table of eight immortals on a flat lawn, grandpa did sit face to face with a guest playing chess, she could see the back of the guest, straight and slender, a young man, wearing a medium-length khaki trench coat, calm and capable.
Next to the guest stood a man who looked like an assistant, and next to her grandfather stood Uncle Wu, who had been following her grandfather.
Uncle Wu was the first to see her and smiled, "Fifth Miss." ”
When the voice fell, the old man and the guest's assistant looked at her together, and the smile on the old man's face disappeared slightly.
The guest did not look back, holding a chess piece in his hand.
Xia Solstice stepped forward, "Grandpa." ”
"Hmm." Old Man Xia answered, only glanced at her and then withdrew his gaze and continued to observe the chess game.
The guest drops the chess pieces.
Old Man Xia's eyes lit up, and he smiled, "Hey, you are much better than your grandfather, and you didn't beat that old man when you played chess, right?" ”
The guest raised his eyes and smiled, "I'll let him go." ”
Old Man Xia smiled even more happily, "Then why don't you let me, an old man, go?" ”
"You don't need to, I've lost several sets."
Old Man Xia laughed heartily.
Xia Zhi froze still, the laughter stabbed her head painfully, her eyes were empty, but the person beside her involuntarily reflected in the afterglow.
The person on the left didn't look at her either, and her figure was reflected in his afterglow.
"As little as you come here, don't you also know how to play chess, come and finish walking for me, I'm a little tired......" Old Man Xia yawned and stretched, and Uncle Wu behind him was busy helping him beat his shoulder, "Hey, I'm old, and I can't sit for a long time with old arms and legs." As he spoke, he got up from his seat and moved his muscles.
Xia Zhi clenched the key in her hand, walked over and sat down on her grandfather's position just now, looking down at the chessboard, according to the situation, the two sides are equal, the other party's horse and cannon are gone, the old man's cart and horse are gone, and all the chess pieces have gone to the other party's field, and even two of the old man's pawns have crossed the river.
"Miss Xia, it's time for you to leave." The other party raised his eyes and reminded, with an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth.
Xia Zhi still lowered his eyes, didn't look at him, and took a step.
But this step is not dead at all, the other party moved his fingers without thinking, and it was easily resolved, and the smile on the corner of his lips deepened.
Xia Zhi knows that his chess skills are not proficient, he is a junior player on the computer, chess is learned in the sixth grade of primary school, and the lobby brother teaches him, because he usually plays less, so he has maintained a level of more than ten years, and has only won against female players in chess, and has never won against male players, the other party is obviously very strong, and quietly forced her into a dead end.
"I lost." Xia Solstice leaned back, his hand on the armrest of the rattan chair, looking at the dead game on the chessboard.
The old man laughed behind her and shook his head, "Women still can't play the mystery of chess." ”
Zhou Jinshi stood up and said to the old man, "Grandpa Xia, you have a good rest, I'll go back first." ”
When the old man saw that he was leaving, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly grabbed one of his shoulders, "Why are you going to leave just now, and you won't be able to enjoy a meal with me, an old man!" ”
Zhou Jinshi seemed a little helpless, glanced at the assistant, turned his head to look at the old man again, and nodded, "It's my honor to eat with you, I'm afraid of disturbing you." He glanced at the summer solstice.
Xia Solstice didn't look at him, his eyes were on the key between his fingers.
Seeing her grandfather patting the scumbag on the shoulder enthusiastically, walking all the way forward like an iron buddy, Xia Zhi took heavy steps, followed from afar, his face was indifferent, but there were turbulent waves in his heart, she didn't understand that grandpa didn't know that her father's thing was caused by that person?
How could she sit face-to-face with him and play chess with him casually? Either she's crazy or he's crazy!
There were not many people in the restaurant, except for the old man and his guests, only Xia Zhi and Xia Zhen.
Xia Zhen's gaze glanced at Zhou Jinshi's face from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally, and several times he touched the vegetables.
Xia Zhi noticed his sister's situation and frowned slightly, without any taste at all.
"Brother Zhou is very familiar with my grandfather, and I haven't seen you come to our house before." Xia Zhen said.