Cheng Shi looked at the luxurious Western-style villa in front of him. From the outside, he could see that there was an arcade across the street and a black door!
The gate is a typical old-fashioned Shikumen, and the facade is in Spanish Baroque style with Western relief decoration.
The servant at the door saw the two people getting out of the car and recognized Wen Zuoxuan, knowing that he was a friend of his master.
The servant smiled and introduced the two of them into the living room of the villa. After entering, in addition to the entrance steps, there is also a patio inside!
Other building materials are basically the same, with three rooms in width and a living room with a front porch in the center.
The front porch has a Victorian Gothic style, and the top of the building has a chevron pediment popular in the Queen Anne period!
This Western-style villa covers a total area of more than 2,000 square meters, and its construction area is more than 500 square meters.
After the servant brought the two people to the living room, he smiled and said "wait a moment", then turned around and reported to Zhang Tingzhong.
Soon, a pale-faced, thin man came to the living room, where the two of them were sitting on the sofa!
Seeing Zhang Tingzhong come in, Wen Zuoxuan stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, long time no see. I wonder how you are doing lately?!"
Zhang Tingzhong (24 years old) also smiled and replied: "It's not bad. It's all my ancestors' blessings that allow me to enjoy life comfortably. Brother Wen, please sit down and talk if you have anything to say!"
After hearing this, the two of them also sat down. Zhang Tingzhong looked at Cheng Shi beside him and actually sat down too, frowning!
Zhang Tingzhong then looked at Wen Zuoxuan and said, "I wonder what Brother Wen is here for today?!"
Wen Zuo
Cheng Shi was secretly stunned after hearing this. Judging from their conversation, he knew that their relationship was not good!
But even if the relationship between the two is not good, Wen Zuoxuan can lend the other party 10,000 yuan casually, so he knows that the two of them are really rich!
At this time, Zhang Tingzhong said with a troubled face: "Well, I don't have much money, so if Brother Wen doesn't need it urgently, please give me a few days!"
Wen Zuoxuan shook his head and said: "Brother Zhang, I need these ten thousand oceans urgently. Of course, you can tell a friend like me what he wants to know!
My friend will lend me 10,000 yuan, and Brother Zhang’s 10,000 yuan can be repaid after a period of delay! "
After Wen Zuoxuan said this, Zhang Tingzhong looked at Cheng Shi beside Wen Zuoxuan. He originally thought that Cheng Shi was just his servant!
Therefore, he didn't say hello to Cheng Shi at all. He heard Wen Zuoxuan say that Cheng Shi was his friend and he still had something to ask him!
Then he said with full of doubts: "I don't know, what does this brother want to know?!"
Cheng Shi organized his words in his mind, took out a photo from his arms, handed it to Zhang Tingzhong, and said.
"I would like to ask, does Mr. Zhang know the person in the photo?!"
Zhang Tingzhong took the photo, looked at it carefully, and quickly handed it back to Cheng Shi and said.
"I seem to have seen this person somewhere, but I'm not sure, so I don't know this person!"
After Cheng Shi finished speaking, he stared at Zhang Tingzhong carefully to see if he had any reaction. Sure enough, Zhang Tingzhong was lying!
After seeing the photo, although Zhang Tingzhong's face did not change at all, his left hand clenched subconsciously!
Then he quickly let go, which meant that the other party recognized the other party. Zhang Tingzhong recognized the other party, so why didn't he say it? !
If it was just a simple theft, Zhang Tingzhong would have no reason to conceal it. From this point of view, there is indeed an inside story to this theft case? !
Cheng Shi thought of this and continued: "Then let me remind Mr. Zhang that this man came to your house to steal something a year and a half ago!"
When Zhang Tingzhong heard this, he was stunned for a moment, thinking quickly in his mind, and after a while, he spoke.
"Okay, I remembered it. It happened for a while. After this person stole, he was discovered by my servants and sent to the patrol room!"
Cheng Shi continued: "I don't know, what did he come to your house to steal?!"
Zhang Tingzhong stared at Cheng Shi and said: "He is a thief, so he naturally came after my gold and silver!"
When Cheng Shi heard this, he smiled and said: "Stealing things is not necessarily stealing gold and silver, it may also be stealing some secrets!"
When Zhang Tingzhong heard this, his face turned cold and he said: "Sir, what do you mean by this, I don't quite understand?!"
Cheng Shi smiled and said: "It's not interesting, I just want to know the truth?!"
Zhang Tingzhong said coldly: "What I just said is the truth!"
Wen Zuo
When Cheng Shi heard Wen Zuoxuan's words, he felt that Wen Zuoxuan was very good in all aspects of life and work, and he was a pleasant friend to make!
When Zhang Tingzhong heard this, he looked at Wen Zuoxuan and said, "What I just said is true. Brother Wen, do you really want me to pay back the money?!"
Wen Zuoxuan nodded after hearing this. After Zhang Tingzhong saw Wen Zuoxuan's reaction, he smiled instead of angry and spoke quickly.
"Okay, I will pay you back. Xiao Zhou, you go find the madam and ask her to bring an antique worth tens of thousands of dollars to the living room!"
A servant behind Zhang Tingzhong bowed slightly after hearing Zhang Tingzhong's words, turned around and left the living room!
When Wen Zuoxuan saw this, he sighed and made a helpless gesture to Cheng Shi, indicating that there was nothing he could do!
Cheng Shi was not dissatisfied. At least he knew that his guess was correct. This case involved a lot!
And the time span is not small. Even if he finally finds the murderer, he may not be able to see the whole case!
Soon a young woman in her 20s came to the living room. The young woman had an elegant temperament, a high nose, deep eyes, and thin lips. She looked a bit like a foreigner, but also a bit like a Latin nation!
It is Zhang Ailing’s mother, Huang Suqiong!
She is the granddaughter of Huang Yisheng, the first admiral of the Yangtze Division in the late Qing Dynasty, and Huang Suqiong, the daughter of Huang Zongyan of Yanfa Dao in Guangxi.
Later, she felt that the name was not romantic enough, so she changed it to Huang Yifan after going abroad. Zhang Tingzhong and Huang Suqiong got married when they were 22 years old, but they divorced after 10 years because of personality differences!
The Huang family moved to Hunan from Guangdong during the Ming Dynasty. They may have mixed Nanyang ancestry, so Huang's whole body exudes a romantic temperament.
As a new woman of that era, Huang was not content with living in a boudoir house and the traditional way of life of a woman. She also learned oil painting from a master.
