After the marriage, the sick husband lived a long life

Chapter 136 Chance Encounter

Chu Jinxiao and Xu Zhiyan didn't know much about the relationship between Xu Wenyu and Xiao Yi. After the autumn harvest, Chu Jinxiao took Xu Zhiyan to the county town for business reasons.

Arriving at the county town, Xu Zhiyan followed Chu Jinxiao to their family's teahouse.

Xu Zhiyan looked at Chu Jinxiao in astonishment: "Is your family's business so extensive?"

"This is my second uncle's business."

Xu Zhiyan nodded in understanding. So that's how it is.

"Is this teahouse used to collect intelligence?" Xu Zhiyan asked as he looked at the situation near the teahouse.

Chu Jinxiao propped up his chin and watched Xu Zhiyan curiously looking at everything around him. He leaned back in his chair and said casually, "You are right. The information collected by Second Uncle will be sent to Grandfather and the Emperor."

This is very important to the emperor and others.

"Your family also works for the emperor?" Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised.

I thought the Chu family was just doing business, but I didn't expect they were actually related to the emperor.

Chu Jinxiao nodded and said, "You are right. The Chu family is indeed helping the emperor, but Chu Hong doesn't know it."

Xu Zhiyan didn't react immediately. She looked at Chu Jinxiao in front of her in surprise and asked, "What did you say? Chu Hong doesn't know that the Chu family is helping the emperor?"

why?

Isn’t Chu Hong the head of the family?

"It's true that Chu Hong is the head of the family, but he is not qualified. After he became the head of the family, he never took care of the affairs of the Chu family."

Every time he went out under the pretext of checking on business, it was to take Lin Xuan out with him, but at the time my mother and second uncle didn't care or take it seriously.

Xu Zhiyan nodded in understanding. So that's how it is.

"Over the years, my second uncle has shouldered the responsibilities of the family, and together with my mother's family, he has made the family what it is today."

"So you rarely saw Chu Hong when you were a child?"

Chu Jinxiao hummed: "He has used my mother to get the position of the head of the family. As for the rest, who cares?"

Xu Zhiyan looked at Chu Jinxiao worriedly.

Chu Jinxiao just smiled and shook his head: "I'm fine. When I was little, I still wanted a father, but as I grew up, I realized that it doesn't matter if I don't have a father."

"After all, I have a mother and many people who are kind to me, so my father is dispensable to me."

Xu Zhiyan understood what Chu Jinxiao meant, but she still felt a little sad when she saw Chu Jinxiao's indifferent look.

He looked at Chu Jinxiao hesitantly, walked over and patted his arm: "Don't think about Chu Hong, he may be looking for you everywhere now."

"You're right. He is indeed looking for me. He even wants to use me to get my mother to give him another chance." Chu Jinxiao said sarcastically.

In Xu Zhiyan's heart, such a person is not worthy of being a father.

"But people are coming soon."

Hearing this, Xu Zhiyan's eyes were filled with confusion. Who was coming?

Chu Jinxiao didn't say much about this, just smiled and said nothing.

Xu Zhiyan muttered something, and said dissatisfiedly: "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I don't want to know yet."

Chu Jinxiao couldn't help laughing at her cute look. He tapped Xu Zhiyan's forehead with his finger and said, "Yanyan, don't let your imagination run wild. You'll know soon."

Xu Zhiyan nodded reluctantly: "Okay."

Chu Jinxiao looked outside, and when he noticed a person downstairs, his brows furrowed slightly, with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

Noticing Chu Jinxiao's mood, Xu Zhiyan looked over in confusion: "What are you looking at?"

Chu Jinxiao did not answer Xu Zhiyan's words, but looked at the people downstairs expressionlessly, sneering in his heart.

Now he has the ability to investigate, but why didn't he investigate when my mother misunderstood him again and again?

Looking at Chu Jinxiao's expression, Xu Zhiyan seemed to guess who it was.

His eyes fell on the middle-aged man with someone, and he asked doubtfully: "Is that Chu Hong?"

Chu Jinxiao hummed: "When I was young, Chu Jinxiao was actually quite nice to me and my mother, but I don't know why, since I was four years old, he often misunderstood my mother, and in the end, the misunderstandings between him and my mother increased."

Xu Zhiyan nodded in understanding: "I see. I understand now."

"Hmm?" Chu Jinxiao tilted his head and looked at Xu Zhiyan and asked.

Xu Zhiyan said thoughtfully, "Lin Xuan must have said something bad in front of your father, and your father was in love with Lin Xuan and felt guilty about her at that time, so he must have listened to Lin Xuan in everything."

Such people are brainless.

Chu Jinxiao has always been puzzled as to why Chu Hong didn't believe them.

Not even willing to investigate.

If it was Lin Xuan who said something behind him, then it would be understandable.

"Now that they are here, you have to be careful and don't let Chu Hong target you."

"Yanyan, Chu Hong has been eyeing me. Even if we don't meet here, we will meet in Taohua Village." Chu Jinxiao said with certainty.

Xu Zhiyan looked at Chu Jinxiao worriedly, fearing that Chu Jinxiao had been tricked by Chu Hong.

"Don't worry, no matter what Chu Hong says to me, I will not forgive him. Chu Hong is not qualified."

Thinking of Chu Hong’s attitude when he came to Taohua Village.

Chu Jinxiao found it a little ridiculous.

Looking at Chu Jinxiao's sarcastic expression, Xu Zhiyan tilted her head and asked, "What are you thinking about? Why do I feel like you have some bad intentions?"

Chu Jinxiao shook his head and said, "It's okay. I just thought about what Chu Hong did when I came here."

"Ok?"

"Before I came here, he came to see me in order to prevent my mother from causing trouble for them, and he also brought me some gifts."

Xu Zhiyan looked at Chu Jinxiao and felt that this gift was not very good.

"He brought me a Cuju, a kite, and I forgot what else he brought me, but there were a lot of things in total." Chu Jinxiao said with a smile.

Xu Zhiyan wanted to blink: "Is this for you?"

Chu Jinxiao nodded. Xu Zhiyan was right. This thing was for him.

"Your father doesn't know how old you are now?" You are already old enough to get married, who would still play Cuju and kite? If it was a girl, it would be fine, but Chu Jinxiao was a man.

"I wanted these things before. I wanted him to play with me, but unfortunately he never had the time and always hated me."

"Later, my second uncle and my uncle came to play with me. I played many times and finally found that it was just like that." Chu Jinxiao shrugged casually.

Xu Zhiyan immediately understood what Chu Jinxiao meant. When he was young, he saw others playing with their parents, and he also wanted to do the same, thinking it would be so much fun.

But after your uncle and his uncle started playing with him, he lost interest in it.

Come to think of it, Xu Zhiyan also felt that Chu Jinxiao was quite difficult.

"If you don't like it, forget it. This person is just sick."