Helian Quan didn't know where he came from to be so magnificent, and he knew that Zhen Jiabao and Nick couldn't have anything, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.

After Zhen Jiabao left, he called the secretary to clean up the food plates on the table, and finally called Nick to inform him to send Zhen Jiabao to the old house in the evening.

Nick was full of thoughts that he was going to be exiled to Ningguta by Helian Quan, but when he heard Helian Quan's order, he was simply relieved, and he felt that his breath was a little easier.

But Helian Quan's order was more than this, and he also specifically instructed Nick not to show too much respect to Zhen Jiabao outside, and not to make their relationship look like a superior or subordinate before.

Nick hung up the phone and thought in silence for a while, feeling that he might as well keep his distance from Zhen Jiabao.

Helian Quan: This is obviously trying to use him as a gunman?

Nick only felt that he was getting an arrow in his knee, and he was about to kneel for Helian Quan.

President, don't take such revenge.

After Helian Quan hung up the phone, he still felt unhappy, so he thought about it and ordered the driver to prepare the car, preparing to visit a few old people who had old feelings with Helian's family, and then fill in the blockage for Chen.

After Zhen Jiabao returned to work, he originally wanted to sneak away to the old house directly after work, but he couldn't catch her even if he had an appointment with Ye Jibei on his side, and it wasn't the sky high for the birds to fly? Unexpectedly, not long after she got to work, Nick rushed to her office and respectfully invited her out.

"Madam, the president has instructed me to go with you to your family's old mansion."

Nick's eyes lowered and he didn't dare to look at Zhen Jiabao, but he just said to her one by one, Zhen Jiabao felt strange and asked Nick curiously: "What's wrong with you?" Why is it weird today? ”

Nick couldn't say that he was angry with Helian Quan because of the scandal between himself and Zhen Jiabao, so he could only tell Zhen Jiabao bitterly that he didn't sleep well, and his face was not good and he didn't want to see anyone.

Zhen Jiabao saw that he was indeed not very energetic, so he waved his hand to him compassionately and said, "Then you don't have to go with him today, I can go by myself." ”

How dare Nick let Zhen Jiabao act alone, and hurriedly expressed his determination to her, saying that he now has enough energy to take her to the old mansion, and this is Helian Quan's order not to let him lose his job.

No matter how Zhen Jiabao thought about it, he felt that Nick's behavior today was a little abnormal, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he could only nod to him: "Then I'll go back to work first, and then I'll go back when I get off work." ”

In the end, Zhen Jiabao still skipped work and got into Nick's car, she sat in the back seat and complained to Nick dissatisfiedly while wearing a seat belt: "Why does Helian Quan have to let us go now?" I'm only back on my first day at work! ”

Nick started the car and said respectfully to Zhen Jiabao: "Because the president is afraid that you haven't been back for a long time, it will always take more time." ”

To put it bluntly, I don't want to see Zhen Jiabao's figure when I go back to Xishan Villa at night.

When Zhen Jiabao heard Nick's words, his cheeks blushed and whispered in the back seat: "Eventful!" ”

The car full of pink bubbles, Nick felt sour while driving, only feeling that he had come to Zhen Jiabao to eat after eating dog food at Helian Quan's side, and he was framed by the gossip tabloids as the concubine of their president's wife, which was simply the worst in history.

Because it's not rush hour, they

It didn't take long to arrive at the address of the old house, Nick got out of the car and opened the door for Zhen Jiabao, carefully observing Zhen Jiabao's every expression.

After all, she was the one who fainted here once, and although Zhen Jiabao was very unimpressed by Helian Quan and Nick's behavior of treating her as a porcelain doll, she had nothing to say, she took out the key that Helian Quan had given her a long time ago, and stepped up the steps in front of the door.

Facing this door again, Zhen Jiabao couldn't help but tremble her fingers although she had done a lot of mental construction on the way here, she endured the trembling in her heart and inserted the key into the lock hole, twisted it twice and heard a sound, and the door cracked a gap in front of the two.

Nick stared at Zhen Jiabao's face for a moment, in case she was stimulated like last time, but Zhen Jiabao was obviously much calmer than last time, just stood in front of the door and twitched his eyelids, and then gritted his teeth and pushed open the old door with determination.

really pushed open the door, Zhen Jiabao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, smelling the old smell and slowly opening his eyes, and the sight was no longer the tragic memory of the last time, but more of the warm scene of playing with her mother.

The pillow pattern on the fabric sofa in the living room was embroidered by her mother with a needle and thread, and the vase ornaments woven with crystal beads on the table by the window were also woven by her little by little, as well as the tassels on the curtains and the curtains hanging on the kitchen door, all of which were carefully arranged by her mother.

Zhen Jiabao walked through every place on the first floor, gently stroked every corner, and when she passed by the red Chinese knot hanging on the window, she reached out and took it off and looked at it in her hand for a long time.

"You know what? This knot was made by my mother, when I was very young, and my mother taught me to weave simple things while weaving this knot, and I had just learned to weave bracelets, and she had knitted one for almost everyone around me. ”

Zhen Jiabao looked at the Chinese knot, and the corners of his mouth smiled at Nick as he recalled the events of his childhood.

Nick paused for a moment and said silently, "Your mother is really a very life-like person. ”

Zhen Jiabao carefully put the Chinese knot in his backpack and said lightly: "Yes, but Zhen Fugui failed her." ”

Nick listened to her talk about Zhen Fugui, raised his eyes and glanced at Zhen Jiabao's face, and found that she didn't have any excited look, and then hesitated to answer: "Probably it's always the house flowers that don't have the fragrance of wild flowers." ”

Zhen Jiabao remembered that his mother was robbed of a man by a vicious woman like Mrs. Zhen who only knew how to work luxury goods, and gave a very low evaluation to Zhen Fugui's vision: "Probably Zhen Fugui is blind." ”

Nick lowered his head to wipe the non-existent cold sweat on his forehead, and secretly said in his heart that his wife said bad things about his father in front of him, how should he answer it?

Zhen Jiabao didn't think about asking Nick to answer her at all, she just needed someone to speak, and the mood of the person listening to her was not within the scope of her care.

Zhen Jiabao walked to a door on the first floor, which was plastered with innocent stickers, which was obviously a children's room.

"This is my room when I was a kid."

Zhen Jiabao grabbed the doorknob and twisted it slightly, then opened the small door and walked in.

In fact, Zhen Jiabao's memory of this place was already very vague, but when she returned here, she found that she was still familiar with these furnishings, and she reached out when she was a child sitting on the small bed

Able to go to the fairy tale book on the low cabinet, her mother's favorite story to tell her at that time was the daughter of the sea.

Zhen Jiabao took the old fairy tale book in his hand and stroked the cover of the book with hot eyes.

Her mother once put her arm around her and told her that books would answer all questions and that she should never throw away the book because it contained her mother's favorite story.

Zhen Jiabao's slender fingers gently lifted the cover, and the smell of the old books came to his face, Zhen Jiabao held back his tears and turned to the page of Hai's daughter, only to find that the corner of the page was folded up.

Considering that Nick was still waiting for her outside, Zhen Jiabao carefully put it with the Chinese knot without reading the book carefully, sniffled to make sure he didn't lose his temper, and then walked out of the room.

Nick was studying several abstract paintings hanging on the wall of the living room with his chin propped up, he was a little interested in art, and felt that although the paintings on the wall were not very technical, they were full of emotion, which was a good work, so he heard Zhen Jiabao suddenly say in the back: "These are all painted by my mother." ”

Nick was taken aback, turned his head and saw Zhen Jiabao's red eyes, and immediately held back any complaints in his heart.

"Ma'am, are you alright? Why don't we see it here today and come back another day? ”

Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, Nick suggested to Zhen Jiabao.

Zhen Jiabao originally wanted to go up to the second floor to see the bedroom where her mother and Zhen Fugui had been, but every time she approached the staircase, she felt a headache, and she could not muster up the courage to step past the area where her mother died.

"Hmm." She muffled in agreement, her fingers clenching the strap.

……

In a commercial club in the city center, Helian Quan was drinking with Ye Jibei.

Helian Quan has a good amount of alcohol, and Ye Jibei is not bad, but they are not alcoholics, so they rarely drink spirits.

Just like now, the two of them are listening to the squeak of the record player, drinking the noble rot wine that is not too high but very mellow, and chatting about business.

After a meal, the discussion between the two came to an end, and Ye Jibei put away his official expression and asked Helian Quan gossipingly: "How are you and your little wife?" Ye Jiyan often thinks about her when she returns to the capital, she is really a strange woman. ”

Helian Quan replied to him with a smile: "Ling Mei is also a strange woman I have never seen. ”

Ye Jibei was putting the wine glass under his nose and tasting the smell, when he heard the words, he almost spilled the whole glass of wine on his clothes with a shake of his hand, he looked up at Helian Quan, and secretly wondered if this guy was still holding a grudge against what happened in the resort before?

But without waiting for Ye Jibei to say anything, Helian Quan took the wine glass and drank it all, and then said to Ye Jibei: "I have something to ask you about." ”

When Ye Jibei rarely heard that Helian Quan still had a pleaser, he couldn't help but be interested: "You say! ”

"In a few days, I may have to help the S city government make some contributions, so let you help knock them first."

Helian Quan was unceremonious, and Ye Jibei didn't ask him what he was going to do, so he agreed.

But......

"Are you going to start cleaning up the Chen family?" Ye Jibei thought about it and asked curiously.

Helian Quan just looked at him incomprehensibly, and raised the glass that had been refilled and held it up to him.

The two cups collided in the air and made a crisp sound, and Helian Quan's mouth hooked a smile, and he was too confident to be confident.

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