It was a chaotic morning, but fortunately I didn't miss my flight.
After completing the check-in procedures, Jiang Mingzhu and Zhou Li went to the VIP lounge together.
Within a few minutes of sitting down, Zhou Li received a WeChat message from Xu Yingfei.
[I heard Xu Langqing talking about experiments with my dad. 】
After seeing this news, Zhou Li's originally relaxed expression suddenly turned serious.
[I know, I'll send someone to keep an eye on it. 】
Xu Yingfei: [Xu Langqing has an arrogant personality. Without me as an obstacle, he will definitely invest a lot of money and manpower in his experimental project. As long as you keep a close eye, you will definitely find evidence this time. 】
Zhou Li did not doubt Xu Yingfei's words.
Although he had no contact with Xu Langqing, Zhou Li had already studied Xu Langqing thoroughly before this.
Xu Langqing is the kind of person who has little ability but thinks highly of himself.
He always believed that his abilities were better than Xu Yingfei's, and because he was the biological son of the Xu family, he never looked down on Xu Yingfei.
Xu Shi was extremely indulgent towards his biological son, and naturally supported him in whatever he wanted to do.
After Xu Yingfei and Zhou Li reported the situation there, the chat was over.
Jiang Mingzhu was watching this process.
After Zhou Li put down the phone, she asked, "Do you want me to contact Boss Zheng for help?"
Zhou Li: "Yeah."
It will indeed go much smoother with Zheng Linxu's help in the United States.
Jiang Mingzhu rolled his eyes, "I'm going to call Boss Zheng."
Zheng Linxu already knew the situation on the Xu family's side before, so communication was not difficult.
After hearing about Xu Langqing's movements, Zheng Linxu immediately had an idea: "Well, just tell Zhou Li that I will handle this matter. He will ask the police to contact me directly."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Okay."
After talking about this matter, Zheng Linxu couldn't help but care about the relationship between Jiang Mingzhu and Zhou Li: "How are you doing recently?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "It's good. I'm going to take him back to Hong Kong City now."
Across the phone, Zheng Linxu could hear the happiness overflowing from Jiang Mingzhu's words.
Watching her go from giving up on herself to today, Zheng Linxu, as an elder, feels very happy in her heart.
He smiled and said, "Let's have a meal together when I'm free."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Okay."
"Rin Xu, I've changed it."
Just as Jiang Mingzhu finished speaking, she suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from the other side of the phone.
Although her voice was not high, Jiang Mingzhu heard it clearly.
Jiang Mingzhu's eyelids twitched. This was the first time in so many years that she heard Zheng Lin talk about the movement of a woman around her.
Jiang Mingzhu heard a rustling noise over there, and then Zheng Linxu said to her, "I have something to do here, so let's do this first."
"Are you in love?" Jiang Mingzhu still couldn't hold it back.
Zheng Lin said: "No, just a friend. Okay, I have to go and get busy."
This time he hung up the phone directly, leaving no chance for Jiang Mingzhu to ask further questions.
Jiang Mingzhu looked at the screen that showed "Call ended" and fell into deep thought.
Zhou Li: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Mingzhu relayed Zheng Linxu's previous arrangement to Zhou Li, and then revealed the reason why she was absent-minded: "Boss Zheng seems to have a woman over there."
It's late at night in the United States now, and a man and a woman being together are inherently ambiguous.
Zhou Li's reaction was very calm: "And then."
Jiang Mingzhu: "I have never seen a woman around him in all the years I have known him. How come it suddenly..."
"It's not sudden." Zhou Li interrupted Jiang Mingzhu and reminded her very rationally: "Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean you haven't."
Zheng Linxu is forty years old this year. With all her experience and background, how could it be possible that she has never been a woman?
Jiang Mingzhu didn't know, it was just because Zheng Linxu regarded her as a junior.
Elders never need to report their love lives to younger generations.
Jiang Mingzhu was enlightened after listening to Zhou Li's words: "Okay, you are right."
She shrugged her shoulders, "I thought he and Zhizhi could get together, but it seems impossible."
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Jiang Mingzhu was so tired at night that she fell asleep during the flight.
When the flight landed in Hong Kong City, it was already half past twelve.
The hotel arranged a car to pick her up, and Jiang Mingzhu followed Zhou Li back to the Westin.
On the way back, Jiang Mingzhu called He Chuyan to report that she was safe, and also confirmed with her the time to meet Zhou Li.
He Chuyan: "Your dad and I don't have any plans tonight. We can do it after four o'clock."
Jiang Mingzhu's eyes lit up and she looked at Zhou Li beside her: "Then I will take him back tonight."
He Chuyan: "Okay, I'll book a restaurant."
After talking to He Chuyan on the phone, Jiang Mingzhu immediately shared the good news with Zhou Li.
Zhou Li pursed his lips and didn't answer for a long time.
Jiang Mingzhu wrapped her arms around him: "Are you nervous?"
Zhou Li still didn't answer.
Jiang Mingzhu: "Don't be nervous. My parents are very easy-going. They will like anyone I like. Just treat it like a casual meal. It doesn't have to be so formal."
Zhou Li: "...Okay."
Having said that, Zhou Li's heart was always hanging in his throat.
It's not like I haven't met He Chuyan and Jiang Guming before. They are indeed relatively easy-going people and it is not difficult to get along with them.
But now that the identity has been changed, maybe the standards will change again.
After Jiang Mingzhu accompanied Zhou Li to the hotel to drop off her luggage, she took him back to Anxin Villa to drop off her luggage.
The Westin Hotel and Anxin Villa are both in Hong Kong Central, and can be reached in less than a quarter of an hour.
Zhou Li already knew the address of Jiang Mingzhu's home, but he never came in.
Jiang Mingzhu skillfully entered the password on the door and led Zhou Li into the house.
The villa is decorated in a minimalist style, mainly black and white, which is in line with the temperament of He Chuyan and Jiang Guming.
The first floor is the living room and cloakroom, and the bookshelves in the corner are filled with financial magazines.
There is a coffee machine on the bar in the restaurant and a wine cabinet behind it.
Jiang Mingzhu: "Do you drink coffee? The beans my mother bought are pretty good."
Zhou Li: "Where is your room?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "It's upstairs, do you want to go take a look?"
Zhou Li calmly pulled Jiang Mingzhu's suitcase and said, "Lead the way."
Jiang Mingzhu's bedroom is at the far end of the second floor.
Her room was completely different from the style downstairs. As soon as the door opened, a girlish atmosphere rushed inside.
The main color of the room is beige, and the furniture is all in this color.
But take a closer look...
There were piles of Disney dolls on the couch, as well as on the bed.
Even the desk is covered with Disney figurines, with Daffy and Stellar placed next to her photos.
Zhou Li: "..."
He walked over to his desk and looked at the framed picture.
Zhou Li had never seen this photo before. It was taken when she was in high school.
She was wearing the uniform of an international school, with a patch of grass in the background, and she was smiling so hard that her teeth were exposed.
so cute.
"My brother took this for me." Seeing Zhou Li looking at the photo, Jiang Mingzhu came up to introduce it to him: "Isn't it beautiful?"
Zhou Li paused for a moment.
It is undeniable that when he hears Pei Ye's name now, he still feels a little bit disgusted.
