Chapter 8 Chapter 7 The Strange Couple

Seeing Zhuo Jian for the first time made it difficult for David to connect imagination with reality. "Didn't you call him Uncle Zhuo? I thought it was an old man with white hair, but I didn't expect him to look so young." David secretly asked Wenjuan in surprise. A man who is far from what he imagined. Zhuo Jian's appearance is so attractive, David thinks it is due to his well-groomed clothes.Zhuo Jian was wearing a powder blue short-sleeved hunting suit, looking neat and eye-catching. Zhuo Jian's body is slightly fat, which is also a factor that makes him look younger than his actual age.

People who are fair and plump have better conditions than those who are black and thin, and they are not so easy to show their old age. Wen Juan told David that Zhuo Jian was only in his fifties, and the charm of men can only be brought into full play at this age! The title of "Uncle Zhuo" completely misunderstood David. The Zhuo family's villa is in the suburbs, covering a large area. The front door is a private road surrounded by trees. There are tennis courts and swimming pools in the garden, and the scenery is extremely beautiful. Zhuo Jian received Wen Juan and David in a luxurious living room downstairs.

Such a meeting obviously made Wenjuan feel heavy. Yi Ming's death was dishonorable, and the media reports exposed the scandal of him committing suicide by embezzling public funds. As his wife, it is really a difficult performance to deal with his friends and bosses as if nothing has happened, and to keep a smile on her face. Wen Juan played this role very well. Apologizing for her husband's behavior, she was sincere. "Uncle Zhuo," Wenjuan still used her husband A Ming's habitual address, "I'm sorry that I only came to visit you now. Uncle Zhuo, please don't blame me for Amin's affairs!"

"Don't say things like that." Zhuo Jian gently supported Wenjuan, took her to the couch in the living room and said, "I think you know, I'm very sad about A Ming, and I didn't know anything about it beforehand. It's a loss The company’s money can be solved in a way, and if you can’t solve it, it’s okay to tell me, why bother with such a big deal, and ruin your life for nothing.” "It's because Amin didn't know how to cherish Uncle Zhuo's support and support, and did something that made Uncle Zhuo sad." Wenjuan said with her head down. She believes that no matter how many times she apologizes, it will not be able to make up for the guilt caused by Yi Ming's actions.

Especially for the chairman of the company who promoted Yi Ming and treated them so well. Zhuo Jian stopped her apologetic speech. He raised his head slightly, and said with nostalgia: "Amin lived near my villa when he was a child. I can say that I watched him grow up. If he follows the right path, he will have a bright future. He will always be a young man." , eager for quick success, suddenly went the wrong way and couldn't turn around, which led to this." Speaking of this matter, Zhuo Jian still has a lot of emotion. The feeling of hating iron but not steel is fully revealed.

Wenjuan couldn't answer for a while, and the atmosphere fell silent. Only then did Zhuo Jian turn his attention to David. A strange young man, never seen before. "Who is this young man? A new boyfriend?" He looked at Wenjuan with a relevant smile, "Young people today are smarter than our age. They don't just look back at the past, they are good at planning for the future. " "Uncle Zhuo is not old, why do you say such a thing?" Wenjuan retorted, and quickly changed the subject. Zhuo Jian's direct jokes and utter nonsense made her very embarrassed.

She blushed, not daring to look at the chairman of the company who was kind to her husband. "I am Wenjuan's old classmate when she was studying in London. I recently came back to Hong Kong." David said for her, "Wenjuan and I are very ordinary friends. Please don't misunderstand, Mr. Zhuo." Zhuo Jian chuckled. "You are a good friend, better than A Ming." He said to Wenjuan with admiration, with a pleasant face, and his expression was very earnest when he said this sentence. Obviously, he couldn't let go of Yi Ming's behavior. This is a very normal reaction.Cultivate a person, treat him as a confidant, and give him a chance, only to find that that person is short of the company's money.In addition to being heartbroken, it is inevitable that there will be doubts about whether it was worthwhile to treat this person so well at the beginning.

David felt Zhuo Jian's eyes looking at him. Zhuo Jian's eyes showed good comments, and he even felt that Zhuo Jian had a tolerant attitude towards Wen Juan's appearance of another man by his side so soon. Zhuo Jian said to David: "My nephew and daughter-in-law from the same hometown are very picky about choosing a boyfriend, otherwise I would not have asked me to arrange a blind date for her. She is willing to bring you here to show that she has a good impression of you." He repeatedly mentioned the relationship between Wenjuan and Yi Ming, and he introduced their acquaintance.

But he didn't care about David's confession just now that he and Wenjuan were ordinary friends. He paid a lot of attention to the man David. "Did you go out to work when you came back from England?" Zhuo Jian asked David in a chatty tone, but David knew that Zhuo Jian didn't just talk casually, but looked at him very carefully. "I came back from England a year ago and now I am teaching in a middle school." David answered truthfully. What he said was the truth. He came back from England a year ago and taught in a middle school. It was all true. When he promised to help Wenjuan investigate the cause of Yi Ming's death, he once said to Wenjuan and Xu Zijun: "We can't use fake names and fake information, and professional identities must be true, so as to reduce people's disbelief. Opportunity to unravel."

Zhuo Jian is very interested in the identity of the teacher of David Middle School.He and David commented on the topic of the secondary school system and the work of the teaching staff. David found that Zhuo Jian's knowledge was profound, his insights were incisive, and he covered a wide range of aspects. The light in the living room was turned on, and everyone realized that the time passed quickly, and the sky outside had already darkened. David looked at the clock on the wall. The clock pointed to seven past five in the evening. Wenjuan and David looked at each other, knowing that each other was thinking about the same thing.

The time when Yi Ming fell to his death was exactly 7:05 p.m. Now they are sitting at the home of the chairman of the company Yi Ming worked for, but the investigation has not made any progress! Before dinner was served, there was the sound of high-heeled shoes upstairs. Zhuo Jian didn't look up, but David noticed that a shadow rose over his face. The crisp sound of leather shoes turned to the stairs, and a woman walked down the spiral stairs. She was a young and gorgeous woman, with long curly hair covering half of her face, and she was very coquettishly dressed with jewels. David's eyes lit up, such a beautiful woman, with bold and innovative clothes, even compared with the female stars in the film industry, she is not too shy. The woman looked down at the people in the living room. "Who is this? This woman is very arrogant!" David looked at Wenjuan and conveyed his thoughts with his eyes. He instinctively felt that this woman was unusual. "This is Uncle Zhuo's wife, Meng Litan, a retired actress." Wenjuan took the opportunity to whisper to David. "Zhuo Jian's wife? She looks very young, less than forty years old, and she is also very beautiful." "It's because she's so pretty that she's worrying." Wenjuan seems to be implying that this beautiful woman is difficult to control—— Zhuo Jian couldn't hear their soft conversation, because at this time Zhuo Jian had turned to the other side of the living room, intently looking at the stack of documents that his assistant had just delivered. "He's avoiding eye contact with his wife," David concluded in his mind. This is what David can see from the posture of the couple.The woman on the stairs wanted to look over, not only looked, but also shouted: "Ah Guang, come here, come with me!" Arbitrary orders, with undeniable authority. She looked at this side, and it was obvious that the "Ah Guang" she called was on this side. Such a call had an effect. The situation changed, and the change was so obvious that even David and Wen Juan, who were sitting in the living room, felt that the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Zhuo Jian turned around indifferently. His assistant's face showed panic... A triumphant smile rose on Meng Litan's haughty face, that's what she wanted, to have Zhuo Jian respond instead of walking over silently. It was like a whirlwind blowing. Zhuo Jian could no longer pretend not to see her provocative demeanor. Now David and Wenjuan also saw that the "Ah Guang" she called was the handsome assistant standing beside Zhuo Jian who brought the documents. No wonder his assistant had a look of panic and bewilderment on his face, obviously in a state of embarrassment. David and Wenjuan waited, it seemed that a storm was inevitable—— However, the harbinger of the storm has no room to play. Disappeared like a wisp of smoke. "Don't yell so loudly, can't you see there are guests at home?" The voices heard by Wen Juan and David were so weak as if they had been discouraged. Wenjuan and David glanced at each other and saw the other side of the chairman's life that was not known to everyone. It turned out that he was afraid of his wife! "Guest?" Monritan giggled, "that dead Amin's wife?" She walked over directly, sat down next to David, squinted at him for a while, nodded and said, "I also brought a boyfriend, which is not bad, it looks like a smart guy." David had never seen such a woman before, and he couldn't sit still at the moment. Wenjuan has a different understanding of Meng Litan's words. I don't know if the "smart style" mentioned by Meng Litan refers to Wenjuan's husband's death, the unrestrained and unrestrained young boyfriend she made so soon, or the David brought by Wenjuan. . Whatever she was referring to, it was evident that her tone had visibly softened.After all, if there is any problem, it is between her and her husband, not with the guests in their house. As Yi Ming's wife, the fact that her husband embezzled the company's money put her in such an embarrassing situation.If Monritan was also rude to her and made her feel insulted, she really didn't know how to deal with it. David knew how she felt, and secretly reached out to shake her hand. She smiled gratefully and felt relieved.No matter how many misfortunes she has, she still has a friend, and this friend is sitting by her side now. Fortunately, Meng Litan's attention to David did not last long. Meng Litan stopped looking at David, and ordered Zhuo Jian's assistant, A Guang, to say: "Go, accompany me to karaoke!" "Going to karaoke? Now?" A Guangyingwei looked at his employer for help with a look of embarrassment on his face. "Right now, what—are you going or not?" said Monritan impatiently, scowling. Deadlocked, on the verge of breaking out—— For the second time, Zhuo Jian gave up the chance to fight. "You go, go with her before you come back." Zhuo Jian told Ah Guang who was watching his face and doing things. Meng Litan smiled lightly, stood up and called out to the maid loudly, "Ah Wu, I'm not at home for dinner, tell the driver to prepare the car!" Ah Wu, the maid in a white shirt and black trousers, was in a hurry to respond, and immediately walked out of the house, and called to prepare the car as instructed. Monritan stretched out her arms towards Guang. A pair of handsome men and beautiful women walked out together. David and Wenjuan were stunned. Zhuo Jian, who had been cheerful and talkative just now, suddenly showed fatigue, and the loneliness on his face made him seem like another person.