Never say angry words on a date because it will ruin the mood.
Sure enough, Zhao Ning seemed to be thinking about something and fell silent. The waiter came over at this time and the two ordered Western food. For some reason, the scene fell into a brief awkwardness.
After the ordered western food was served, Zhao Ning suddenly asked, "Do you have any purpose in approaching me?"
Fang Zhicheng had just picked up the knife and fork, and when he heard what Zhao Ning said, he suddenly felt a little hesitant to cut the beef. "Why do you think so?"
Zhao Ning smiled bitterly, "Not long ago, I met Jin Feng."
Fang Zhicheng began to carefully divide the beef with a knife and fork, and asked with a smile: "What next?"
Zhao Ning said slowly: "He told me to be careful of someone."
Fang Zhicheng nodded and said, "Yes, that's me."
A trace of pain flashed across Zhao Ning's eyes, and he asked, "Why did you want to hurt him?"
Fang Zhicheng continued cutting the beef and said, "If I say that he brought this upon himself, you will definitely not believe me."
Zhao Ning whispered, "Can you let him go? Let him be free again?"
Fang Zhicheng sighed, pushed the cut steak in front of Zhao Ning, then went to the plate of untouched beef and continued to swing the knife and fork gracefully. He suddenly had a feeling that cutting the steak could be very refreshing. He could vent the negative emotions in his heart and inject them all into the knife and fork. After destroying it wantonly, he would eat the steak and be done with it.
"Eat." Fang Zhicheng urged with a smile. When he saw Zhao Ning took the knife and fork, he said, "There is a point of view in psychology that the closeness of the relationship will strengthen or weaken the feeling towards a person. Jin Feng and you are childhood sweethearts. You grew up with him, so you trust him very much and believe that he is a good person. As for me, I met you inexplicably and have never met you. We are strangers to each other. So between me and Jin Feng, you are more inclined to trust him and doubt me. But the truth is, Jin Feng is not that noble. He is a murderer. He hired someone to kill your husband."
Zhao Ning's hands holding the knife and fork were shaking constantly, because she knew that Jin Feng was arrested because he was related to Jin De's death. But Zhao Ning always suspected that someone had framed Jin Feng. But Fang Zhicheng said it very directly.
Fang Zhicheng smiled and said, "You are the one who invited me to dinner today. It seems a little inappropriate for you to treat me like this, right?"
Zhao Ning raised his eyes to look at Fang Zhicheng and said, "I don't believe Jin Feng would do such a thing."
Fang Zhicheng sighed and said, "If there was no evidence, I would not believe that Jin Feng would do such a cruel thing. Also, there is one thing you don't know. It's not me who wants to harm Jin Feng, but he wanted to hire a killer to harm me. It's just that he failed, and I became the final winner."
Zhao Ning said hesitantly: "You already knew about the relationship between Jin Feng and me?"
Fang Zhicheng nodded and said, "When I saw the photo of you and him in your bedroom, I understood something. So I became more convinced that there is such a thing as fate in the world."
Zhao Ning sighed and said, "I'm a little confused now. I don't know whether I should believe you or not."
Fang Zhicheng smiled and said, "Since you can't figure it out, then don't think about it. Eat. Only after you eat will you have the energy to judge right from wrong."
Fang Zhicheng gave Zhao Ning a very frank feeling. Although Zhao Ning felt a little resentful, he still picked up the knife and fork.
The beef tastes good and is cut into bite-sized pieces.
The two of them just sat there in silence, dealing with the delicious food on the plate. After about half an hour, they ended this rather strange dinner.
"Let me give you a ride." Seeing that Zhao Ning wanted to hail a taxi on the street, Fang Zhicheng took the initiative to invite her.
"It's okay. I can walk back." This place is not very far from where I live. Zhao Ning sighed, "I guess you didn't enjoy your dinner enough. How about this, let's go to my shop and I'll buy you a cup of coffee."
Fang Zhicheng did not refuse and said with a smile: "Then get in the car."
Chapter 0722 The Temptation of a Cute Young Woman
Fang Zhicheng checked his watch. It was still only nine o'clock, but there was no one in the pet shop. The employees had already left work. There was a door at the back of the store that led to the upper floor. Zhao Ning walked in front, her figure stretched out diagonally under the diffuse light.
There was no living room upstairs, so Zhao Ning let Fang Zhicheng into her boudoir. Fang Zhicheng had sneaked in once before and didn't feel strange or embarrassed. He was about to find a chair to sit down when Zhao Ning closed the door, and then there was a click, and the door was locked.
The light in the room was not particularly bright. The crystal chandelier in the middle was not turned on. The copper lamps around the ceiling shone on the wall, making the atmosphere a little ambiguous. Fang Zhicheng looked up and saw that Zhao Ning was tall and well-suited to wearing a long skirt, which showed off her graceful figure. She changed into a pair of slippers and slowly took off her flesh-colored stockings.
"Sit anywhere." Zhao Ning squatted down, opened the cabinet, and took out a bottle of foreign wine.
Fang Zhicheng smiled and said, "Aren't you here to drink coffee?"
Zhao Ning lowered his head and said, "I forgot. We are out of coffee beans."
Fang Zhicheng waved his hand, interrupting Zhao Ning's opening of the wine, and said, "I drove here, so I can't drink. Since there is no coffee, I'll leave."
Zhao Ning was slightly startled, and looked up at Fang Zhicheng, with a trace of worry in his eyes that Fang Zhicheng might leave. Immediately, Zhao Ning walked to the opposite side of Fang Zhicheng, standing just in the path where Fang Zhicheng could leave the room smoothly, and said softly: "Secretary Fang, please spare Jin Feng?"
Looking at Zhao Ning's chest rising and falling violently, Fang Zhicheng felt a little flustered. He sighed and said, "I have told you before that Jin Feng's crime is unforgivable. He has committed a murder. And you have seen him. You should know his current situation. He is imprisoned in a military prison. He is no longer a simple prisoner."
Zhao Ning seemed a little anxious, tears rolling down her eyes. She whispered, "Actually, I also know that the Jin family has fallen on hard times, but I can't just watch him lose his freedom for the rest of his life, so I have to do something for him."
Fang Zhicheng sighed. He had also learned about Zhao Ning's family background. Zhao Ning's father and Jin Feng's uncle Jin Liye were close friends and the second largest shareholder of the Jin family's business. After Jin Liye was investigated, most of the Jin family's assets were now taken over by Zhao Ning's father.
Because of the close relationship between the Zhao family and the Jin family, Zhao Ning married Jin De to consolidate the relationship between the two families.
Fang Zhicheng felt a little headache. He knew Zhao Ning very well. The reason why she begged him was definitely not because Jin Feng instructed her to do so, but because she wanted to do so from the bottom of her heart.
Fang Zhicheng smiled bitterly and said, "You're putting me in a difficult position. You really don't have to beg me, because Jin Feng and I are incompatible. To be honest, no one in the world wants Jin Feng to receive the punishment he deserves more than I do."
Zhao Ning wiped her eyes and opened the closet. There was a safe hidden inside. She turned the combination lock and soon the safe was opened. Zhao Ning took out all the things inside, including several stacks of banknotes and some jewelry.
Zhao Ning put all his things on the bed, his face full of pleading, and whispered: "This is all my belongings. 90,000 in cash, plus jewelry, it is worth about 300,000 or 400,000. If you think it is not enough, please give me some time, and I will meet your requirements."
Fang Zhicheng sighed, his eyes just swept across the pile of things, and sighed softly: “Zhao Ning, you are not only insulting yourself, but also insulting yourself.”