Jing Xiao raised his eyebrows as dark as thick ink, pursed his thin lips into a straight line, and endless anger flashed in his eyes, "He just threatened to sell the old house in Tanzhou and asked Zhizhi to give him the money, right?"
"It should be, but as far as I know, the transfer of ownership of the house in Tanzhou has been officially completed, and it belongs to Madam alone. If Tang Hong threatens this matter, Madam can definitely go through legal procedures." Shi Qian said seriously and cautiously. After analyzing, he paused and said, "Master Jing, judging from the current situation, Tang Hong should have threatened her with other things, otherwise the lady would not have paid him."
"Something else?" Jing Xiao raised his eyes to look at him, and after a long while, he said, "Keep an eye on Tang Hong. I want to know every move he makes recently. Also, who did he meet when he returned to Tanzhou? What did he do?" No matter what happens, I also want to know, since he has already done something, then he has to pay some price."
After feeling the low air pressure in the car, Shi Qian didn't dare to say anything. He could only nod his head and said, "Okay, I understand."
Jing Xiao looked away, closed his eyes and leaned on his seat to doze off. His long and well-jointed index finger tapped his leg again and again, thinking constantly in his mind.
If Tang Hong didn't threaten Tanzhou's house, then the only one who could make Tang Muzhi compromise was Weng Lu.
When he thought of this, his heart couldn't help but ache, he clenched his hands, and his handsome face was stained with a bit of anger.
When Jing Xiao arrived home, Aunt Man was massaging Mrs. Jing next to the sofa.
"grandmother."
He called out, then changed his shoes and went into the house.
Aunt Man turned to look at him and said with a smile, "Mr. Jing is back."
Madam Jing was surprised when she saw him coming back right now, "Why are you coming back at this time? Are you coming back alone?"
He responded softly, then looked at Aunt Man aside and said in a deep voice, "I have something to tell grandma."
After hearing this, Aunt Man immediately stood up and said, "Okay, let's talk. I just happened to go out to buy some vegetables."
"What's wrong with you? What happened?" Mrs. Jing sat up straight and looked at him with a worried look on her face.
Jing Xiao didn't answer, and it wasn't until Aunt Man left the door that he walked towards the sofa.
"Are you talking?" Mrs. Jing was a little anxious, and her brows wrinkled subconsciously.
"Do you know about Tang Hong?" He asked directly, "He came to Haicheng and met Zhizhi."
As he said that, he handed her several photos to look at, but there was no one showing Tang Mu Zhi being beaten.
"What?" Mrs. Jing opened her eyes in shock, took the photo and looked at it carefully, "Hasn't he been missing for more than ten years?"
"He wanted to sell the house left by Grandma Tang in Tanzhou, and he even asked Zhizhi for money." Jing Xiao told almost everything he knew. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a feeling in his eyes. A solemn chill.
After hearing this, Mrs. Jing was stunned, and suddenly her eyes turned red, and she said angrily: "This bastard, he didn't fulfill his filial piety when he was alive. When he died, he didn't even come back for the funeral, and he left Zhizhi as a little girl. Go and take care of it, and now he actually has the nerve to come back and ask for a house."
The more she spoke, the more excited she became, and she even started to tremble with anger.
Seeing this, Jing Xiao hurriedly sat next to her, patted her back and comforted her, "Grandma, don't get excited yet."
Mrs. Jing took a deep breath and suppressed the anger boiling in her chest, "This beast dares to bully Zhizhi and has the nerve to sell the house. He is just wishful thinking. Find someone to keep an eye on this bastard. If he does it again, If you dare to go find Zhizhi, see if I don't break his legs."
"Grandma, I will ask someone to arrange this matter." He responded in a low voice, and then asked, "Grandma, should we...should ask Zhizhi about this matter?"
When mentioning this, Mrs. Jing fell silent. After a long time, she sighed and said, "You should send someone to keep an eye on her first. Zhizhi will have her exam starting tomorrow. This matter should wait until she finishes the exam." Let’s talk about it again, otherwise I’m afraid if I ask her now, it will affect her,”
"Okay." Jing Xiao nodded in agreement. This was indeed his plan on this matter.
Now that Tang Muzhi's exam is coming soon, it would be better to deal with this matter later. If he had known earlier that Tang Hong called her to threaten her and asked her for money, he would have intervened in this matter long ago. How could he wait until now? .
Suddenly, Mrs. Jing started to blame again and choked with sobs: "It's true that this girl Zhizhi has to shoulder everything by herself, and now she actually gives him money."
Although it was a reprimanding tone, it was full of distress and love.
"She might..."
"Where did she get all this money? She couldn't have borrowed it, right?" Mrs. Jing ignored his words and asked worriedly. At the end, she added, "This stupid kid fainted near the bank before. Could it be Are you going to take out a loan to raise money?"
"Grandma, stop thinking so wildly, Zhizhi didn't borrow any money." Jing Xiao explained patiently, but did not go into details.
Mrs. Jing shook her head, as if she didn't believe it.
Seeing this, he sighed and made it clear, "That's her own money."
Before he came back, he had someone check it. The card he gave Tang Muzhi had not been touched. She had withdrawn the money from her own card. She should have saved it to open a studio after graduation. of.
"This silly girl." Mrs. Jing muttered, then reached out to wipe away her tears.
Jing Xiao said no more, but looked a little gloomy.
After not staying at home for long, he went out and prepared to pick up Tang Mu Zhi from school.
Although she said that in the morning, he still went, not to complete grandma's task, but because he wanted to go.
Standing at the elevator entrance, the elevator door opened, and he was slightly dumbfounded when he saw the people inside.
And just as stunned as him was Tang Mu Zhi, who was standing in the elevator.
After walking around outside, she thought about coming back early so that she could spend time with her grandma in the afternoon.
But who would have thought that as soon as he went upstairs, before even getting out of the elevator, he would meet Jing Xiao.
Why did he come back at noon?
Is he leaving now?
Going back to the company? Or go to school?
Tang Mu Zhi's fists hanging at her sides clenched quietly. Thinking back to the scene in the morning, she became extremely uneasy.
In the gap between the two people confronting each other, the elevator door slowly closed.
Jing Xiao was the first to react. He stepped forward and stretched out his hand to block the elevator door.
When the elevator door reopened, Tang Muzhi also reacted.
"You're back."
"You're back."
The same sentence came out of both of their mouths. I don't know if it was a tacit understanding or a coincidence.
Tang Muzhi was shocked and wanted to step out of the elevator, but Jing Xiao was faster and stopped her first.
After forcing her back to the elevator, he followed her in.
Looking at the elevator door closing again, she bit her lip and said, "I won't go downstairs."
Jing Xiao looked at her and said slowly: "I have something to tell you. Grandma is at home. Let's go to the car and talk."
As soon as he finished speaking, he directly pressed the floor button to the parking lot.
To Tang Muzhi, his look just now was like that of a cheetah staring at its prey, full of danger and aggression, which made her heartbeat suddenly accelerate.
So she shut up obediently, and the fist hanging by her side clenched tighter and tighter, her fingertips almost sinking into her flesh.
When they arrived at the parking lot, Jing Xiao got out of the elevator first. Although she hesitated, she still followed.
After getting in the car, the atmosphere in the car was awkward and silent. He didn't speak, and Tang Mu Zhi didn't take the initiative to speak either.
Her head was lowered slightly and her hands were intertwined, looking extremely nervous.
"Did you come back so early on purpose to avoid me?" After a while, Jing Xiao broke the silence, staring straight at her with his cold, deep black eyes.
Her cheeks were still a little red, which was the mark left by Tang Hong's slap, which made him angry and distressed.
Tang Muzhi looked up at him and pursed her lips, "Mr. Jing, this morning..."
"Zhizhi, do you have to call me that?" Jing Xiao interrupted before she could finish her words, looking at him with hot and helpless eyes.
"I..." She didn't know what to say, so she stopped talking after she uttered one word.
"Is it because of what I said this morning?" he asked again.
She pursed her lips and didn't answer.
"That's not what I meant in the morning." Jing Xiao started to explain, as if he was afraid that she would continue to misunderstand, and added, "I never felt that picking you up was to complete the task assigned by grandma. That was what I was willing to do. As your husband, I am willing to do anything for you."
Hearing this, Tang Mu Zhi was stunned for a moment, looking at him in disbelief, but quickly lowered his head.
She felt that all this was untrue. To be precise, she felt that these words should not have come out of Jing Xiao's mouth.
Seeing that she didn't seem to believe it, he couldn't help but frown and his voice deepened, "I said that just because I was afraid that you would feel uncomfortable and that you would keep saying trouble for me."
As soon as he finished speaking, he leaned closer to her, his dark eyes filled with waves.
Tang Mu Zhi subconsciously shrank her neck, and his breath fell on her cheek, which was warm and tingling, making her feel dry and flustered.
"I sent you a message this morning to explain, but you didn't reply to me." His voice was a little lower, and his tone seemed to be a little aggrieved.
Tang Muzhi's heart suddenly shook when she heard it, as if it had skipped a beat.
"Sorry, I didn't mean not to reply." She lowered her eyes and explained softly, but this was not an explanation, more like a quibble, because she just didn't reply on purpose.
"This is important." Jing Xiao just looked at her and spoke seriously, "Just don't misunderstand what I said this morning. I don't want us to go further and further apart because of a word or a trivial matter."
As he got to know Tang Muzhi better and better, and learned about her past, he no longer had any guard against her, and he only felt distressed for her.
Although he was still not sure that this was the love between men and women, when he learned that she went to see Tang Hong alone and had to face the shadow of the past alone, he only had one thought in his mind, and that was to protect her. , even if it is just to protect like an elder brother, he can do it.
