20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3598 Nugget Gold

Because he had to go downstairs to eat later, Zhao Chang'an didn't play to his heart's content. Instead, he played for half an hour, which was enough to subdue Xia Wenzhuo completely.

Since there was still some time, the two embraced and whispered sweet nothings to each other, becoming very affectionate.

"By the way, is that woman next to Zhang Shun, Lingling, from our hometown?"

Zhao Chang'an still remembered this incident and asked in confusion, "Zhang Shun said I know her, but I've never met her."

In recent years, Zhao Chang'an has become quite a prominent figure in the mountain city, and he has met and known too many people, so it is not surprising.

Zhang Shun said he knew about her but had never seen her, and Zhao Chang'an believed him. If he had seen such a beautiful girl in the mountain city, he would definitely remember her.

"Zhu Ling, didn't you trick her into coming here through Xie Yimiao?"

Xia Wenzhuo said, "Zhang Shun is not one to listen to advice. I told him once, but he just laughed and let it be."

"Depend on!"

Zhao Chang'an exclaimed in surprise, this answer was clearly far beyond the boundaries of his thinking.

He already considered himself a saint for being able to tolerate Zeng Xiaoxiao, but he never expected that the real saint would be here.

It should be noted that Zeng Xiaoxiao was still a virgin in this life, and later helped Zhao Chang'an, not to mention that she has been providing him with unspeakable decadent pleasures.

But what exactly is Zhu Ling?
Of course, Zhu Ling is only twenty-two or twenty-three years old and is very beautiful. If a man who doesn't know her were to see her, he would easily go crazy and become infatuated with her. But you, Zhang Shun, shouldn't be like this!

Xia Wenzhuo sighed and said, "To stand out in this world, you have to be crazy. I feel that Zhang Shun is always parading around with Zhu Ling, dressing her up like a pitiful white lotus flower to attract attention, showing how much he likes her, dotes on her and loves her, just so that his enemies can kill her so that he can take revenge."

"Is that so?"

Zhao Chang'an asked in surprise, "When did his barren mind become so strategic?"

"Zhang Xiubing".

Xia Wenzhuo mentioned it briefly, then continued, "Of course, it takes two to tango. Zhang Shun probably had mixed feelings about Zhu Ling, both love and hate. Sigh~"

Xia Wenzhuo sighed softly, opened his small mouth to reveal a mouthful of snow-white teeth, and bit Zhao Chang'an's chest hard.

Zhao Chang'an reached out and gently touched her heavy conscience, saying nothing, only thinking about Zhang Shun's matter.

Regardless of how Xia Wenzhuo interprets this matter or how Zhang Xiubing designs it, the premise is that Zhang Shun truly loves Zhu Ling. After humiliating and tormenting her in so many ways for nearly a year, he still couldn't bear it and pulled her out of the fire pit.

I can't help but think of the scene in The Return of the Condor Heroes where Li Mochou stands by the water and hears the song "The Yue Maiden Picking Lotus by the Autumn Water".

Love turned to hate, and destruction ensued. Then Xia Wenzhuo added, "There's been some progress on my mother's matter. It's a fraudulent organization active in Asia, Africa, and Europe; they call it 'pig slaughtering.'"

"Have you found him?"

Zhao Chang'an was not surprised. He knew that Xia Wenzhuo had asked to go to Xingcheng because of this matter.

The old swindler was clearly not acting alone. He also had a very good foundation in oil painting. Although he used a fake name and identity, his skill in oil painting was undeniable. As long as we followed this direction and investigated Chinese oil painters abroad, we could eventually find some clues.

Xia Wenzhuo shook his head: "He was sold to Central Asia, and then his career ended. He was actually a somewhat well-known oil painter in Cape Town. Of course, he used to live hand to mouth, and no one bought his paintings. In recent years, he has become wealthy, held some exhibitions, and accumulated some popularity. However, he only gained some fame locally. His paintings have traces of Chinese landscape painting, which means that his paintings will not have a market in the West."

"Actually, finding him is not easy. After all, the world is so big, and there are many oil painters, even Chinese oil painters. The main problem is that most Chinese oil painters are not famous. Few people know them, or their fame is limited to their local area. Some are just pursuing it as a hobby and don't intend to become famous, which makes it even harder to find them. At first, I focused on Western Europe and never thought of South Africa. If we search in the normal way, it is very likely that we will not be able to find him even after several years. Moreover, many people's appearances have changed in the past few years. Besides, by then, what else could they do but seek revenge? It seems that's still the case now."

"How was it found?"

Zhao Chang'an sensed something in Xia Wenzhuo's words and asked curiously.

"It was Tianyue Group that helped them find this person. They put in a lot of effort to keep it a secret."

"Lu Xiaotian?"

Zhao Chang'an looked on in surprise.

"Lu Xiaotian gave his approval, but Shang Qingqing was in charge of the actual implementation."

How did you connect it?

“It wasn’t me who contacted them. I hadn’t even thought of it that way at the time. It was Lu Feifei and Lu Tanhua who found me. After all, they knew about what was happening in Shancheng. And since I came to Xingcheng specifically for this trip, they could guess my purpose.”

Xia Wenzhuo said, "Back then, Yin Wenxi led a construction team to support local infrastructure development, your father led a carpentry team, and my father led a bricklaying team. Although it was your father's decision to take Lu Feifei to the construction site to hide, in reality, after your father left Lu Feifei on the construction site, he rarely paid attention to her. After all, in your father's eyes, meeting the project's progress was the most important thing. As for my father, you could say he was a bit smarter, or even cunning. At that time, he cared about Lu Feifei quite a bit and even bought her candy and snacks. Later, Lu Xiaotian took Lu Feifei away, and when the construction team left to return to China, Lu Xiaotian gave my father a gold nugget."

"How come I didn't know that?"

Zhao Chang'an was shocked. This matter completely overturned his understanding. He knew that it was his father who accepted Lu Feifei. So, was it because of this small favor that Lu Xiaotian was so generous to Xia Wenyang, but stingy with his own father?

Xia Wenzhuo looked at Zhao Chang'an and said, "You gave it to me? Why didn't you give it to me?"

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During the dinner gathering that evening, Zhao Chang'an didn't say much, only that everyone had worked hard and that he believed that under President Xia's leadership and everyone's joint efforts, the One Nano Star City headquarters would surely grow stronger and better.

During the subsequent dinner, everyone simply toasted each other, drinking red wine and beer, and each person drank in moderation according to their own capacity. The new employees introduced themselves to Zhao Chang'an so that he would know their names and positions more clearly, and all avoided discussing work-related matters.