"Ring ring ring" the phone rang suddenly.
Tang Jiao was going downstairs, and Siye immediately said, "Miss, I'm looking for your phone number."
Tang Jiao walked a few steps quickly, and sure enough, the call was from Gu Tingyun.
Gu Tingyun's voice had a cold smile, and he said: "Little girl, are you peeping?"
Tang Jiao said confidently: "I'm standing in my own home, how can I be called peeping! Isn't it okay for me to stand on the balcony of my own home and breathe fresh air? Master Qi, are you taking too much care?"
Gu Tingyun chuckled softly and said, "Of course."
After a pause, he added: "I'm sorry, I can't attend the Chamber of Commerce with you tonight."
Tang Jiao didn't feel surprised at all.
She let out a long oh, and then asked: "So, do you have guests tonight?"
Gu Tingyun hummed, as if he didn't want to talk to her anymore at this time, and simply said: "I have something to do these two days, and I will tell you the details in a few days."
Tang Jiao said oh again.
Gu Tingyun's clear laughter came through the phone.
There was a trace of tenderness in his deep voice: "I'm sorry, let you go."
Tang Jiao immediately sighed: "You don't mean what you say. You see, I'm dressed up beautifully, like a little fairy, but you don't go again. You don't know, I put on makeup and change clothes Yeah, it took me a long time to take care of my hair."
Gu Tingyun's smile was even bigger, and his deep voice was a bit hoarse as he said, "Little liar."
Tang Jiao: "You don't believe me, then come and see if I have packed everything."
Knowing that Gu Tingyun would definitely not come, Tang Jiao felt very confident.
Gu Tingyun's helpless laughter was full of doting, and he said: "Okay. Then I will make it up to you some other time."
Tang Jiao snorted, thought for a moment, and said, "Then let's make something delicious to compensate."
Gu Tingyun said with a smile.
Gu Tingyun was really busy over there, but he didn't say more after all.
Tang Jiao hung up the phone and slumped on the sofa with a sad face: "The party has been ruined. Don't you know who that woman is? I'm so worried!"
She had a character that she couldn't hold back when something happened, so she would sit on the sofa and pull her hair.
The phone rang again, and Tang Jiao immediately picked it up: "What? What did you forget to tell me again?"
The person on the other end of the phone paused and said, "Tang Jiao, it's me."
Huh
Huo Xiao.
Tang Jiao: "So it's you."
Huo Xiao: "Who do you think I am? Master Gu Qi?"
Tang Jiao exclaimed and said, "Master Xiao, what advice do you have?"
I don't want to continue to think of it as anyone's topic.
Huo Xiao said: "I want to ask you a question."
Tang Jiao raised her eyebrows, smiled softly, and said, "You tell me."
Could it be the woman who asked Gu Tingyun's family
Tang Jiao made random guesses and smiled to herself. How could this be possible
"Is there a woman in Gu Tingyun's family?"
Tang Jiao: "...!!!"
This is what the hell.
She took a deep breath and asked, "How do I know? You didn't pay me to watch Gu Tingyun for you."
She lowered her head, unable to tell what she was thinking.
Naturally, Huo Xiao was thousands of miles away and would never see her face.
Huo Xiao said seriously: "Whether there is this person or not, if you notice this woman, stay away from her and be careful."
Tang Jiao chirped: "I don't know what you are talking about? You wouldn't tell me that Gu Tingyun has such a fiancée, and then come to kill me, right?"
Tang Jiao thought for a while and came up with the most ridiculous possibility.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a sigh.
Huo Xiao said: "Miss Tang Jiao, can your imagination be more vivid?"
Tang Jiao stuck out her tongue, as long as she wasn't her fiancée, everything would be easy to talk about!
"She is not a good person. Stay away from her to avoid being harmed by her."
Tang Jiao thought about it for a moment. For Huo Xiao to express such emotion, it showed that he was really not an ordinary person. She wrapped her little hand around the phone cord and asked, "Then do you want to tell me who she is? That way I can be more prepared."
After a pause, she muttered: "I just made eye contact with her."
Huo Xiao fell into silence for a moment, and then said helplessly: "You just said you didn't see it, you little liar."
Tang Jiao was called a liar one after another today. She was so disappointed.
Tang Jiao smiled slightly: "Am I leaking the news about Gu Tingyun to you? You don't thank me and you call me a liar. Do you think this is justified? Huo Xiao, you can't be a man without conscience."
Tang Jiao went around the phone line, feeling quite aggrieved.
Huo Xiao: "But I don't need to know whether she is at Gu Tingyun's place. I called just to remind you. Essentially, it is for your own good. I have nothing to do with this person."
After talking like this, it seems that Huo Xiao is also interesting enough.
Tang Jiao stopped her small movements, leaned lazily on the sofa, as if she was boneless, and said slowly: "Then would you like to tell me, kindhearted person, who is this woman?"
Huo Xiao was silent for a while, and just when Tang Jiao thought he wouldn't answer, Huo Xiao spoke: "Her name is Zhu Xiuping, and she is Zhu Laosan's daughter. When Zhu Laosan died, his wife took her daughter with her Zhu Xiuping left Shanghai and returned to her hometown. I received news that she returned to Shanghai. If you see a woman at Gu Tingyun's house, then it is most likely her."
Huo Xiao knew everything. He looked at the heavy snow outside, imagining Tang Jiao's little face that was afraid of the cold, and his expression softened a bit.
"Zhu Xiuping hated the people of Hongmen. Although Hongmen was disbanded, the Hongmen people's business in the north was repeatedly hindered because of Zhu Xiuping's mischief. Even Gu Tingyun had to cooperate with the Duanmu family to have a chance. This shows Zhu Xiuping’s ability. This woman is not simple, so stay away from her to avoid getting into trouble."
Tang Jiao smiled lightly and said yes.
She said seriously: "Thank you, Mr. Xiao."
Huo Xiao: "You're welcome."
After a pause, he said: "Why didn't you ask me what abilities she has in the north that would make it difficult for Hongmen to interfere?"
Tang Jiao burst into laughter. She didn't ask, this person wasn't used to it yet!
She whispered: "Do you want me to tell you, Master Xiao?"
She lowered her head slightly, with a smile on her face, "Master Xiao, do you want to tell me?"
Huo Xiao felt that it would be difficult for him to refuse Tang Jiao even over the phone.
"Zhu Xiuping fell in love with Marshal Jiang from the north and was his wife. Of course, she also has another identity. She is the general manager of Zhaoyang Trading Company. This trading firm is involved in a wide range of businesses, and the boss behind the scenes is... A mystery. Even the Duanmu family will not go against Zhu Xiuping’s Zhaoyang Trading Company. So, do you understand? "
Tang Jiao nodded, then thought that he couldn't see, and immediately said: "I understand."
Huo Xiao smiled: "Okay, the time for solving puzzles is over, I won't say any more to you."
After hanging up the phone, Huo Xiao looked at Si Liu and smashed the pen on the table. Fortunately, such a small thing didn't feel anything if it hit him.
Huo Xiao said with a cold face: "Don't you knock on the door when you come in?"
Si Liu: "It's my subordinate's fault. I, I, I was anxious, and the door happened to be still open..."
Huo Xiao said coldly: "You can still quibble, right?"
Si Liu was sweating like rain, and immediately said: "I don't dare."
Huo Xiao sneered, stared at him, and said sternly: "Next time you do it again, get out of here."
Siliu lowered his head and said cautiously: "Yes."
Huo Xiao glanced at him and said coldly: "What's the matter?"
Siliu immediately said: "There is something wrong at the warehouse. The second master asked you to deal with it quickly."
Huo Xiao nodded and went out immediately.
Siliu followed immediately.
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Tang Jiao hung up the phone and said to herself: "Zhu Xiuping?"
Although they were both in the north, Tang Jiao had never heard of Zhu Xiuping.
But although she had never heard of Zhu Xiuping, Zhaoyang Trading Company had. Maybe no one knew about it yet, but Tang Jiao knew it. A few years later, it was revealed that this Zhaoyang trading company had a Japanese background.
Tang Jiao didn't have a good impression of anyone involved in this kind of thing.
She thought that if a normal person knew a lot about the funeral, he would not have a good impression.
"What? You're not going out?" Shen Lianyi walked out of the kitchen and asked.
Tang Jiao spread her hands: "I won't go out anymore."
She sighed: "I should have known I would have gone to play with Xu Jing and the others. Gu Tingyun is such a deceiver."
Seeing her complaining, Shen Lianyi felt that his daughter was really cute.
She pinched Tang Jiao's cheek and said, "Okay, don't talk about what's available and what's not available. Since you're not going out, can I prepare something delicious for you tonight?"
Tang Jiao sighed and said yes.
She looked around and asked, "Isn't Yang Xiuyan back yet?"
Shen Lianyi: "They finish school at normal times, unlike you who finish school early."
Tang Jiao smiled lightly.
Sometimes people can't help but say that just as they were talking about Yang Xiuyan, they saw the little guy coming back from outside, feeling a little lonely.
Tang Jiao looked at his pitiful expression of whether to cry or not and asked, "What? Someone bullied you?"
Yang Xiuyan shook his head and said that this was not the case.
Tang Jiao continued to ask: "Then what's wrong with you?"
Shen Lianyi was a little worried when he saw him like this and kept staring at him.
Yang Xiuyan thought for a while and took out a newspaper. The newspaper had been clenched into pictures.
He smoothed the newspaper, pointed at the person on the newspaper, and said, "I saw him."
Tang Jiao stretched her head and took a look. The newspaper was reporting on events in the north. Nowadays, warlords are fighting in a melee, and newspapers often report such things.
Jiang Zuping
Tang Jiao saw a very blurry photo that seemed to have been taken from a distance. It was Marshal Jiang who was in the north who was reported in the newspaper.
Although the photo is not clear, it can be seen that he is in his fifties and somewhat heroic.
Tang Jiao blinked and asked, "Do you know him?"
I just saw Marshal Jiang's outer room just now. Turning around, Xiao Xiuyan knew Marshal Jiang
Yang Xiuyan said seriously: "My mother left me to be his little wife!"
Tang Jiao: "..."
She raised her head and looked at Shen Lianyi. Shen Lianyi was also a little surprised, but still said: "How do you know? Come on, give me the newspaper, we won't look at him."
Yang Xiuyan pouted: "My father refuses to say it, but someone always says it in front of me."
Tang Jiao suddenly recalled her uncle's investigation. Indeed, this was mentioned in the investigation at that time. Yang Xiuyan's mother abandoned her husband and son to become a wife for others, but she was killed during childbirth.
Tang Jiao pondered for a moment and whispered: "Xiao Xiuyan, don't be sad, okay? Come on, I'll take you to get some candies. What are they doing? Your mother is gone, and he is just a stranger to you." We don’t have to feel bad because of strangers, right?”
Yang Xiuyan lowered his head and whispered: "I just don't know why my mother thinks he is better! My father is obviously the best."
Yang Xiuyan raised his head, looked at Shen Lianyi, and said, "Aunt Shen, are you right?"
Tang Jiao narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at the little one, and said, "Are you trying to trick my mother?"
Yang Xiuyan blushed suddenly, and immediately said, "I didn't."
Tang Jiao raised her eyebrows: "Really not?"
Yang Xiuyan quickly raised his little hand and swore: "I really don't have it. I'm not that kind of person. Sister Tang, don't misunderstand me."
Tang Jiao let out a long oh, and seeing that he was distracted, she said, "I don't think I misunderstood you, then let's play a numbers game."
Yang Xiuyan's expression immediately fell, and he struggled: "... You always lose, and you still act shamelessly when you lose."
Tang Jiao: "..."
Shen Lianyi laughed, turned around and went to the kitchen again...