Chapter 58: Qiao Yun's Secret News

  Having money and power means efficiency, on the third day, General Manager's secretary Zhang Xiaohua delivered a driver's license to Lin Zixian in the Security Department office.

  Just before leaving, Zhang Xiaohua suddenly asked mysteriously: "Deputy Director Lin, I heard that your girlfriend also works in our company."

  Zhang Xiaohua is ordinary in appearance, but these days, she and Lin Zile have become quite familiar with each other, so they also dare to ask some gossip questions. Generally speaking, drivers are also considered the boss's secretary, all serving around the boss, at most there is a difference between first and second secretaries, the two can be said to have common ground.

  "Don't talk nonsense." Lin Zixian casually retorted.

  Zhang Xiaohua hugged the file folder and smiled: "If there is, then there is. What's good to hide? Nowadays, it's all over the company that Liu Yanzi from the business department is your girlfriend, Deputy Director Lin. Even she herself hasn't denied it. What are you, a big man, afraid of?"

  "Really?" Lin Zixian asked in surprise: "How come I've never heard of it?"

  "You're really useless, don't even admit it." Zhang Xiaohua said as she walked out, "Even the general manager knows about it, and this morning she specifically asked me to take out Liu Yanzhi's information for her to see. Hehe! The general manager is showing concern for your girlfriend."

  Lin Zi was stunned for a moment, then picked up the intercom on the table and directly called Qian Ligang over. He asked if he had heard any rumors about his girlfriend recently. As a result, Qian Ligang smiled and said that he had heard something.

  After letting Qian Lijiang leave, Lin Zixian quickly took out his phone and dialed Liu Yanzi's mobile phone. Soon, a greasy voice came from inside: "Deputy Director Lin, what are your instructions?"

  Lin Zi suddenly stood up with goosebumps and asked seriously: "You told others that you are my girlfriend?"

  "That's their rumor, I didn't say a word."

  "So you admit there isn't?"

  "What can I admit when nothing has happened yet?"

  "So you're denying it?"

  "Rumors stop at the wise, what do I need to deny? ... What do you mean, are you trying to get a free ride on me? Speak directly." Liu Yanzi's tone suddenly changed, and that domineering aura came out again, completely ready to argue with Li Mingcheng.

  "Uh... nothing, I just asked. Lin Zixian quickly hung up the phone, this loudmouthed woman is really annoying, and now it's work hours, no point arguing with her."

  When Lin Zi was waiting in the parking lot after work, he found that Qiao An Tian had already left early. He casually asked and it turned out that Qiao An Tian had an engagement and had to leave first.

  In fact, the company's operations are generally hosted by Qiao Yun, but external communication has always been handled by Qiao An Tian. Mainly because Qiao Yun is not smiling at anyone, and is a bit poor at being polite, while the interpersonal relationships of such a large company are many, so Qiao An Tian had to take over.

  After getting off work with Qiao Yun, on the way back, Qiao Yun, who usually doesn't talk much, suddenly spoke up and said: "You've been smoking in my car again?"

  "No!" Lin Zixian firmly denied, after smoking in the car, he opened the window and circled around several times, believing that even a dog's nose couldn't smell it, trying to deceive me!

  Qiao Yun glanced at the cigarette ash on the seat next to her, and didn't pursue the matter further. She said lightly: "Tomorrow afternoon you can rest at home and don't need to come pick me up. Come again at 3 pm and send me to Jinlan Taekwondo Gym."

  Lin Zi fell silent for a moment, recalling the scene where he was beaten up at the airport. At that time, he had already seen that Qiao Yun had a foundation in Taekwondo and guessed that she must be going to the dojo to practice. He nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

  Back at the villa on the hill, as soon as they got out of the car, they saw a white sports car parked in the courtyard. In the hall, Zheng Longqing, wearing a white suit with a red tie, walked out accompanied by Xiao Hua, and it seemed that white and red were Zheng Longqing's favorites.

  "It's time to get off work!" Zheng Longqing said with a smile.

  Xiao Hua also smiled at Qiao Yun: "Long Qing has been waiting for you for a while."

  She seems to have a pretty good attitude towards Zheng Longqing, with a taste of a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law more and more pleasing to the eye. Plus, Zheng Longqing has a good temperament and looks, not to mention that his material conditions are also good, so he can be said to be a perfect match for her, and she doesn't have much dissatisfaction with him either.

  This is mainly because she was not clear about the grudges between the two families. If she knew, there would be no good things, and it's likely that they would rush to tell her. In fact, it's because Qiao An Tian didn't want her to worry, and as long as those messy things outside didn't come out, he basically didn't tell her about them. To put it bluntly, he just wanted his wife to enjoy a peaceful life.

  This woman was young, in the big times background, also followed Qiao An Tian to eat bitter, a wife who suffered hardships, very favored by Qiao An Tian. Nowadays, life is worry-free and carefree, the only trouble is looking forward to her daughter getting married early, having a grandson to bring up, now that Zheng Longqing has appeared, she is naturally very happy, eager to match them up as soon as possible.

  Qiao Yun nodded at Zheng Longqing and said, "I'll go change into some clothes."

  Xiao Hua and Zheng Longqing followed her back to the hall, as for Lin Zixian, a driver, despite wearing an eye-catching security uniform, Zheng Longqing just glanced at him casually and didn't even give him a serious look.

  "Damn it! What's this guy doing here again..." Lin Zixian muttered to himself, usually he would have changed cars and left by now.

  This time, he instead pulled back Hongtao who was about to return to his room. Seeing their defensive posture, he couldn't help but ask: "I see the general manager seems to be going out, don't you need to follow up and protect him?"

  Hong Tao glanced in the direction of the living room and explained: "Old Qiao has given orders, saying that when Zheng Longqing goes out with us, we don't need to protect him, as there's no danger."

  "Dancing with wolves!" Lin Zixian curled up the corner of his mouth, pulling Hong Tao to sit on the grass and brag together. Hong Tao was helpless and could only accompany him.

  Not long after, Qiao Yun changed into a silk cheongsam and walked out shoulder to shoulder with Zheng Longqing, looking like a pair of golden boys and jade maidens... At least that's what Lin Zixian thought, he couldn't deny that he was jealous, still the same old saying, why did others get to enjoy the beauty while he had to suffer.

  Qiao Yun inadvertently saw that Lin Zi, who was usually running fast, didn't move today. She hesitated for a moment, and her bright eyes flashed slightly, but she still seemed nonchalant as she got into Zheng Longqing's car under his protection.

  Xiao Hua smiled and waved at them, while Zheng Longqing also shouted: "Goodbye, Aunt!"

  The white sports car disappeared into the yard, Xiao Hua's smile still hadn't faded, turned around to see Lin Zixian was still there, politely called out: "Little Lin, don't sit on the grass, come in and sit."

  Lin Zixian heartlessly abandoned Hong Tao and ran into the hall to chat with Xiao Hua.

  After a casual chat, Xiao Hua repeatedly told Lin Zile to not take his daughter's temper to heart and even invited Lin Zile to stay for dinner.

  Qiao Yun is not here, Lin Zile also did not refuse, but at the dinner table still couldn't help asking: "Xiao Auntie, Qiao Yun is so young, why does she always have a gloomy face, was she stimulated by something in the past?"

  Xiao Hua was taken aback, and then sighed with a bitter face: "You also saw it, yes..." She told some unknown stories about Qiao Yun.

  Originally, Qiao Yun had an early love affair, which is not considered early love by today's standards. Some people don't even know how many abortions they've had since childhood.

  When Qiao Yun was 18 years old, she secretly dated a young man outside of her family and school without their knowledge. Unbeknownst to her, the young man had ulterior motives and intentionally tried to deceive Qiao Yun, who was naive and innocent. After they confirmed their relationship, he lured Qiao Yun to the outskirts of town, where he and a group of people kidnapped her, planning to extort a large sum of money from her family.

  Fortunately, Qiao An Tian had arranged for someone to secretly protect his daughter without affecting her normal life. At the critical moment, just as those people were about to kidnap her, the person who was secretly protecting Qiao Yun rescued her, and fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, otherwise, Qiao An Tian and his wife would have been worried sick.

  It was from then on that Qiao Yun's face no longer had a smile, and she never dated anyone again. Until now, even Qiao An Tian and his wife were getting anxious, after all, Qiao Yun is almost thirty years old. Now seeing Qiao Yun interacting with Zheng Long Qing, Xiao Hua finally put her heart at ease.

  "With Zheng Longqing around, you have something to worry about. Such a good young man is right in front of you, but you can't see it... In what way isn't he better than that Zheng Longqing?" Lin Zixian muttered to himself.

  After changing cars and returning to the Sakura Snow apartment, the living room was filled with women, and he was the only green leaf among a group of flowers. Lin Zi's slightly depressed mood suddenly improved.

  Xia Qiuyue regained her confidence and went to run the business, and Qin Yue's face had a smile again. Li Mingcheng's supermarket wouldn't close so early at night, usually as long as it wasn't closed, he would be watching in the supermarket. Tong Yunan finally closed that small Nanhuo store, waiting for Lin Zixian's clothing store to open, most of the things in the Nanhuo store were sold at a low price, except for a large pile of cigarettes, she brought them all to give to Lin Zixian, knowing he liked to smoke.

  Lin Zixian didn't care about the price or quality of cigarettes, as long as they were smokable. He was a fearless guy who accepted all the cigarettes. However, everyone advised him to smoke less, as it's bad for his health. Lin Zixian wasn't too concerned, though - with his internal organs being cleansed and purified, he didn't have to worry about that aspect. The old man smoked even more heavily than him, yet was still lively and active.

  The Sakura Snow apartment has regained its warm and harmonious atmosphere, Lin Zilei is very much enjoying this life, squeezed among a group of women, chatting and laughing. If he can continue to live like this after retiring from the Jianghu, he would be willing to spend his whole life like this. However, he knows that it's impossible, everyone here will eventually have their own family and leave, so he cherishes the relationships between them even more.

  However, there are unpredictable winds and clouds in the sky, and it is impossible for people to live in the world without any unexpected events or disasters. There will always be things happening when living at home and passing days.

  He knew he didn't have to go to work that morning, and he had a rare opportunity to sleep in. But halfway through his sleep, the phone suddenly rang. He looked at the caller ID and saw it was Zhang Beibei's number. In a daze, he answered the call, only to hear Zhang Beibei say urgently: "Lin Gege, Lin Gege, come quickly! Rain Na Jie has been beaten..."