Xie Hong?
That name sounded familiar.
Where had he heard it before?
Guan Jinsong decided to go back and inquire.
However, as soon as he returned to the office, he heard something that almost made him burst out laughing.
Tong Meng had been beaten up.
Beaten up by Hu Jia!
He heard that Lu Qingqing was even pulling them apart!
Hahaha…
It would have been understandable if Lu Qingqing had beaten Tong Meng, but why was she trying to break up a fight?
In the afternoon, Tong Meng didn't come to work at all. As soon as Lu Qingqing appeared in the office, she was immediately dragged away by a group of gossips.
With matters like this, one couldn't help but feel an itch until they heard it from the person involved.
"Go away, go away, there's nothing to talk about. You people have been with Zhan Ruoxuan for too long. You haven't learned anything else, but you're happy to listen to gossip." Lu Qingqing waved her hand, intending to leave.
"I advise you to be obedient and tell us everything, or you won't be leaving this room today." Zhou Fengjiu rubbed his hands together, gave a signal, and Guan Jinsong blocked the doorway. Yu Xiaohui was even more direct, grabbing Lu Qingqing's arm. "Tell us, do you want gossip or do you want to be suspended right now?"
Uh…
Lu Qingqing took a deep breath, her face contorting.
"Oh my, what's wrong with you?" Yu Xiaohui thought she had used too much force, but then she noticed that Lu Qingqing's elbow was wrapped in bandages.
"It's nothing, I was just pushed and fell," Lu Qingqing explained.
"Damn it! Which scumbag did that?" Guan Jinsong's temper flared up when he heard that Lu Qingqing had been injured.
Yu Xiaohui and Zhou Fengjiu gently doted on Lu Qingqing, afraid she was in pain. "Qingqing, who did this to you? We'll bring them back."
Lu Qingqing's face fell. "Really? Do you really want to get revenge for me?"
"Of course!" Guan Jinsong and the other two immediately patted their chests.
"Go ahead, turn right at the entrance, find Hu Jia, and take him down. Make him cry," Lu Qingqing nudged her lips, looking at them with a half-smile.
Uh…
The matter was immediately dropped. As if they hadn't seen Lu Qingqing's injury, everyone started discussing Sky Blue.
It turned out that all of this started with Hu Jia, no, it should be blamed on Li Yang.
The person who always spoke without thinking.
It was Monday, and Luo Wenwu had been missing for four days.
If Hu Jia had maintained his sanity last week, he was now out of control.
Because Monday was the first day of Hu Jia's new amnesia period. When Hu Jia heard that Luo Wenwu had been kidnapped, he almost went mad.
He immediately found Tong Meng and almost choked her to death in a corner.
Hu Jia's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations, but in hindsight, it should have been expected.
After all, even though Luo Wenwu had been kidnapped last week, Hu Jia could still remain calm.
He knew very well who had kidnapped him and why.
Apart from worrying that he might suffer some physical pain, he wasn't worried about his life.
But it was different now. When he woke up, his memory was from when he was 22 years old. Luo Wenwu was one of the most important people around him. His mind had no other information to build upon, only one thought: my best brother has been abducted.
It was like being suddenly shocked by a piece of news without any preparation, the impact would make your adrenaline surge and you'd lose your judgment.
"Boss, boss." Li Yang frantically tried to pry Hu Jia's hands away. He regretted speaking too directly, without any preamble, and directly telling Hu Jia that Wenwu had been captured because there was an informant in the police station, like Tong Meng.
Tong Meng's face turned red and bloated, her eyes rolling back.
If he had lost control, the charge of killing a police officer would have been impossible for Hu Jia to handle.
Lu Qingqing also became anxious and went to help. "Hu Jia, let go, let go."
Hu Jia flicked his wrist and pushed Lu Qingqing to the ground.
"Ouch." Lu Qingqing wasn't actually hurt when she fell; she just cried out instinctively. In any normal situation, Hu Jia would have immediately rushed to help her up and inquire about her well-being. But this time, Hu Jia didn't even look at her.
Because Hu Jia didn't know who she was.
Because Li Yang had come to visit early that morning. He thought he had a good plan: to inform Hu Jia about Luo Wenwu's capture in advance to prevent him from worrying. But he had misjudged Hu Jia's reaction to the news.
"Sister-in-law!" Li Yang exclaimed. This was a big mess. Tong Meng was not dead, and Lu Qingqing had injured her arm. Look at her arm, it was scraped and bleeding.
Sister-in-law?
Hu Jia turned to look at Lu Qingqing. "Ouyang Wen's wife?"
Uh…
Li Yang knew that Hu Jia was doomed.
"Hahaha…" After hearing Lu Qingqing's account, everyone bent over with laughter.
What was he thinking?
Ouyang Wen's wife?
Hahaha…
Lu Qingqing's face turned red from their laughter. "I'm warning you all, move aside quickly, or I'll chew and swallow all of you later."
She hadn't even recovered from the morning's events, and she was being ridiculed again in the afternoon.
Hu Jia, you are truly doomed.
Meanwhile, Hu Jia was sitting dazed in a teahouse, listening to Li Yang tell him about things he didn't remember, especially about Lu Qingqing, which made him feel uneasy.
"You're saying she has a bad temper?" Hu Jia asked.
"She does. You took a lot of scoldings back then," Li Yang said.
Ever since Lu Qingqing and Hu Jia confirmed their relationship, he hadn't heard his sister-in-law scold his boss for a long time. It seemed he would have something to witness today.
Heh heh.
Li Yang really couldn't help but feel a little bit happy.
To prevent Hu Jia from noticing his uncontrollable glee, Li Yang deliberately turned his head to the side to smile.
Huh?
Ruoxuan?
What was he doing there?
Li Yang stood up and waved at Zhan Ruoxuan, but Zhan Ruoxuan seemed not to have heard him and was walking forward in a hurry.
Li Yang pouted. What a blind man!
However, he didn't call out to him and decided to let it pass.
After Zhan Ruoxuan had completely walked away, Li Yang turned back, only to see Hu Jia staring intently at the street corner.
"Boss, what are you looking at?"
"See there? There are three people over there, acting suspiciously, as if they're following someone."
Li Yang followed Hu Jia's gaze and indeed saw three people by the corner of the wall. Their eyes darted around, their movements evasive, as if trying to avoid someone's gaze.
"These days, there are all sorts of people, debt collectors, and people catching adulterers. It's not strange to have one or two people tailing someone," Li Yang said. Hearing this, Hu Jia didn't pay much attention and continued to think about the fiancée he had pushed down.
The more he thought about it, the closer she felt, and the more he felt a chill down his spine.
He had a premonition that he couldn't go home today.
…
After leaving the main street, Zhan Ruoxuan sat down in front of a small noodle shop.
According to Lu Jiao, today was the day Fang Guobin would inspect the pawnshop, and he was going to see a good show soon. How could he not eat his fill?
As one of the male leads in this play, Lu Jiao was pouring a cup of tea for Fang Guobin, while Qi Ge put on an appearance of extreme fear and subservience, looking completely different from the Qi Ge that Chen Xiaoliu usually saw.
"Has this month's ledger come out yet?"
"It's out!"
"Hmm, then bring it here for me to see!"
After a few sentences, Qi Ge went into the inner room and brought the ledger. This was all routine. Fang Guobin just flipped through it casually, and finally looked at the total amount before closing the book.
"Hmm! Well done. Although the profit isn't much, not losing money in this day and age is a good thing." With that, Fang Guobin was about to get up and leave.
"Hey, Master." Lu Jiao called out to him.