Located in the northern suburbs of Zhong Hai, along the river bank, was a relatively old and tidy building. In the midst of the trees and greenery, these houses were quiet and elegant.
This was once the center of education in Zhong Hai, but with the growth of the population, some schools moved to other places, and the few schools here, were mostly some of the oldest schools in Zhong Hai. They were sentimentally attached to this piece of land, so they never moved, nor did they build any new buildings.
At the entrance of one of the high schools called "Yu Lei", Boston creeper vines wrapped around the walls on both sides of the door, and a small cement path led to a few four or five story high school buildings that were yellowed. In this area, it was especially inconspicuous.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and Yang Cheng walked along a winding path paved with cobblestones, passing through a grape trellis, and slowly walked out of the school gate.
An old security guard at the gate already had white hair on his temples, squinted his eyes and asked with a smile: "Young man, did you find the teacher Tong you were looking for?"
Yang Cheng smiled and nodded, walked up, took out a cigarette and handed it to the old security guard, and the old security guard did not hesitate to take it.
Yang Cheng took out a lighter, lit it for the old man, and then lit one for himself, then said: "Teacher Tong just finished class, I went to the office that brother mentioned, she is currently grading homework."
"That's good, so you didn't come here for nothing." The old security guard was usually bored to death, and it was rare for someone to come to school to chat with him and politely hand him a cigarette, so naturally he was very enthusiastic.
"I still have to thank brother for your help, otherwise I would have to look for a lot of people, and I might not be able to find her immediately." Yang Cheng said with gratitude.
The old security guard said with a hint of pride: "Not to mention other things, I have worked in this school for almost thirty years, there is nothing I don't know, hehe, asking me about things that happened more than ten years ago, of course there is no problem."
Then, Yang Cheng and the old security guard talked about some of the past events in the school, and some anecdotes. The old security guard talked until his saliva flew everywhere, but Yang Cheng listened with great interest, word for word — — because this was the high school that Lin Ruoxi used to study in.
After Yang Cheng found out from Mother Wang which schools Lin Ruoxi used to study in, he carefully searched, but unfortunately, the elementary and middle school that Lin Ruoxi used to study in had been merged into some big schools, and naturally, he could not find the original location of Lin Ruoxi, nor the teachers that taught Lin Ruoxi.
Fortunately, the old CEO of Yu Lei had personally invested in this "Yu Lei" high school. Although it wasn't very famous in Zhonghai, the quality of the teaching had always been good. However, because it was too old, not many people paid attention to it.
Yu Lei International was a big company, and this kind of small investment, was not unusual.
Through the old security guard, Yang Cheng found Lin Ruoxi's class teacher at that time, a female teacher with the surname Tong.
This teacher was now getting on in years, and no longer taught high-intensity grades like the third year, and began to retreat to the second line, teaching the first year students. Therefore, on weekdays, she was not too busy.
When Yang Cheng found her, Teacher Tong was abnormally surprised, especially when she found out that Yang Cheng was Lin Ruoxi's husband, Teacher Tong looked at Yang Cheng with an incomparably stunned expression for a while.
Although she did not say it, Yang Cheng also clearly felt that this Teacher Tong was puzzled — — this man, was Lin Ruoxi's husband!?
Obviously, even after seven or eight years, in the heart of this teacher, the memory of Lin Ruoxi as a student was hard to erase.
Yang Cheng was already prepared. If you ran in front of her and said, "I am Lin Ruoxi's husband, and I want to know something about her school days," who would believe you without any proof? Moreover, for a "rich woman" like Lin Ruoxi, there were many people who wanted to get close to her.
Therefore, under the suspicious gaze of Teacher Tong, Yang Cheng took out his marriage certificate with Lin Ruoxi.
Teacher Tong could not tell if this certificate was real or fake, but when Yang Cheng talked about Lin Ruoxi's background, and said that Mother Wang introduced him, Teacher Tong basically believed it.
There was still some time before school ended, so Yang Cheng followed Teacher Tong and wandered around the school, listening to the teacher talk about the past.
This was the first time Yang Cheng spent so much time listening to a person's past. For almost two hours, Yang Cheng looked like he was looking at flowers on horseback, seeing the scenes that happened in and out of the school. In the scenes, there was a different Lin Ruoxi, or rather …. A Lin Ruoxi that he did not understand.
Yang Cheng was a little reluctant, but it was almost time for Teacher Tong to get off work, and he had other things to do, so he said goodbye to her.
Before he left, Yang Cheng asked the old gardener, "Ruoxi has not returned to school for so many years, will Teacher feel sad?"
Teacher Tong smiled warmly, "I have taught thousands of students. If all of them came back to see me, I would only see customers all day, and I wouldn't have to go to work. Now that I know that Ruoxi is the CEO of Yu Lei, compared to many students, I feel very satisfied that there is no news of her. With her personality, if she came back to see me, I would be surprised. "
Yang Cheng was quite touched, and he regretted that he did not have a student's time. Perhaps this teacher was a very strict woman in the past, but at this moment, when she talked about her past students, she was like a loving mother.
With these vicissitudes of thought, Yang Cheng chatted with the old security guard for a while, and when he heard the school bell ring, he said goodbye to the security guard.
The old security guard even warmly shook hands with Yang Cheng, looking forward to Yang Cheng's next visit. Yang Cheng smiled bitterly in his heart, this old brother is really bored.
Walking to the parking area, Yang Cheng took out his keys, and was about to get on the car to go home, but he did not think that from the corner of his eyes, he would catch a glimpse of a familiar figure.
He saw a beautiful figure wearing a white dress, light-colored denim tight pants, riding a woman's bicycle with a basket, slowly passing by on the sidewalk.
Black hair fluttered in the wind, looking from the side, there was a faint smile on her face, it was actually Zhao Hongyan, whom he had not seen for a long time!?
"Hongyan?"
Yang Cheng shouted out, feeling a little surprised, as if a good friend that he had not seen for many years had appeared, he could not hide his joy.
Zhao Hongyan was riding the bicycle, and when she heard this voice, she hurriedly braked and looked back. She was stunned at first, then she smiled sweetly and said, "Yang Cheng, why are you here?"
Yang Cheng walked forward, and Zhao Hongyan also got off the bicycle. The two of them had known each other for almost a year, and their relationship in the company was quite good. Not to mention the intimate contact that seemed real and fake, just the matter of helping Zhao Hongyan get away from her abnormal in-laws made the two of them much closer.
It was also because of those things that when they met again, there was an inexplicable feeling between them.
Yang Cheng looked at the basket on Zhao Hongyan's bicycle, which was full of vegetables and meat, and asked, "You went to buy vegetables?"
"Yeah." Zhao Hongyan smiled and nodded, "You still don't know, right? My house is nearby. But you, why did you come out of Yu Lei High School?"
Then, Zhao Hongyan suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh right, that day in General Lin's office, we talked about my family. Could it be that you accompanied General Lin back to her alma mater?"
That day, Lin Ruoxi invited Zhao Hongyan into the office to help her pay for her father's medical expenses. The condition was that she had to work for the company for ten years, and pay half of her salary. This matter did not happen too long ago, and Yang Cheng remembered it very clearly.
Now that Zhao Hongyan mentioned it, Yang Cheng remembered his previous doubts, "I did have something to do, so I came over myself. But you, didn't you say that you would sign a ten-year contract with the company? Why did you suddenly come back home? Did something happen to Uncle's illness again? "
Zhao Hongyan shook her head, "No, my father received a kidney back then, and with the medical expenses that General Lin lent to our family, he has more or less recovered and can move around normally now. It's just that my father's health isn't as good as before, and he needs someone to take care of him. Also, our family's meatball shop can operate normally with my father around. I can go home to help out, and I can earn more money than working in the company. It'll also be easier to repay the company's debts. I've reported this to Sister Mingyu and General Lin, and they agreed to my plan. "
Hearing Zhao Hongyan say this, Yang Cheng was relieved. Although the medical expenses were millions, the money could be earned back, and it was good that the person was fine.
But after that, he did not know what to say to Zhao Hongyan. The two of them had not seen each other for a long time, and it was a little awkward to suddenly be alone together after talking about their relationship.
Zhao Hongyan was silent for a while, then pursed her lips and smiled, "How about it? Since you're here, let me bring you to my family's meatball shop. Our family's glutinous rice meatballs are an ancestral recipe, and they taste really good."
Yang Cheng was delighted. That's right, how could he forget that Lin Ruoxi liked glutinous rice meatballs? Also, she had mentioned before that she really liked Zhao Hongyan's meatballs. This time, he would bring some back, and it would definitely be effective!
Therefore, Yang Cheng did not stand on ceremony. He let Zhao Hongyan lead the way, and he drove slowly to her family's meatball shop.
Zhao Hongyan's family's meatball shop was decorated in a simple and unadorned manner, with "Zhao's Glutinous Rice Meatballs" written on the sign. Beside it were some words describing the history of the old shop. Although these rather fashionable food shops were not very eye-catching, there were many customers lining up outside. Business was surprisingly good!
"We have to line up to buy glutinous rice meatballs?" This was the first time Yang Cheng saw such a situation. He had not seen such a scene when he went to the place where Lin Ruoxi bought glutinous rice meatballs.
Zhao Hongyan said proudly, "Nowadays, the children haven't finished school. When they finish school, they can line up across the road. Our family always runs out of ingredients in the end."
Yang Cheng was secretly speechless. No wonder Lin Ruoxi could not forget about it. It seemed that she really had standards.
There were many people outside, so Zhao Hongyan went directly to the shop and greeted her busy father and brother. She said that she brought a friend over and needed to entertain them. The two men smiled politely at Yang Cheng, but unfortunately, they had no time to care about Yang Cheng. Business was chaotic, so they could only invite Yang Cheng to the back for a cup of tea.
Yang Cheng followed Zhao Hongyan to the back of the meatball shop. In the living room of the two-story building where the family lived, Zhao Hongyan brewed a pot of tea for Yang Cheng. Then, she brought a small plate of delicately made glutinous rice meatballs from the shop in front and placed it on the coffee table.
"Try these flavors. They are our family's most classic meatballs. If you like them, bring some back later. Remember to bring some for General Lin," Zhao Hongyan seemed to be in a good mood as she enthusiastically recommended.
Yang Cheng looked at the white, yellow, and green glutinous rice meatballs in front of him. Before he even ate it, he could already smell the natural fragrance. He immediately tasted them in big mouthfuls.
The glutinous rice fragrance spread in his mouth but it did not stick to his teeth. The bean paste and soybean fillings were also sweet but not greasy.
Yang Cheng was once again sure that Sister Lin was definitely a 'foodie'! He fell in love with the glutinous rice meatballs the moment he ate them!
"How is it?" Zhao Hongyan asked expectantly.
Yang Cheng finished all the meatballs and gave her a thumbs up as he chewed, "It's really not bad. I believe that the business outside is really good and it's not because of the extras your family hired."
"F * ck you! How can you praise people like this!? " Zhao Hongyan scoffed and smiled, "Since you like it, bring more back later. Although there aren't enough ingredients, you have to save it for a friend."
Yang Cheng licked his lips and revealed a flattering smile, "Hongyan, let me ask you something."
"Go ahead."
"Your meatballs … Can they be customized?"
"What do you mean?" Zhao Hongyan was puzzled.
Yang Cheng scratched the back of his head and said, "I want your father and brother to help me make some meaningful glutinous rice meatballs. It's nothing special. I just want to make some small changes to your family's glutinous rice meatballs. It's useful to me."
Zhao Hongyan was puzzled but still nodded, "That's not difficult. It's just some decorative meatballs. My father's cooking is definitely not a problem. But why do you have to play tricks when eating meatballs?"
"Sigh …" Yang Cheng sighed. Although Zhao Hongyan was not his woman, she could be considered half a confidante, "I want to use the meatballs to redeem myself with my wife. Of course, I have to make it special."
"Your wife?" Zhao Hongyan frowned. Although she knew that Yang Cheng had a wife, that was all she knew. At this moment, a trace of shock flashed in her eyes and she hesitantly asked, "You can't be saying that … your wife is actually …"
"So you don't know?" Yang Cheng thought about it carefully. Zhao Hongyan really did not know that he and Lin Ruoxi were husband and wife. In the entire company, probably only Mo Qianni and Liu Mingyu knew about it. He said in relief, "You're right. In fact, Ruoxi and I have been married for a long time. It's just that we haven't made it public."
Zhao Hongyan stared blankly for a long time before she rolled her eyes at Yang Cheng. Many things that she did not understand in the past now made sense.
"Fortunately … I did not let General Lin down …" Zhao Hongyan subconsciously murmured.
Yang Cheng listened carefully and asked with a smile, "What are you 'fortunately' about? How did you let him down? "
Zhao Hongyan's pretty face blushed. She gritted her teeth and glared at Yang Cheng. When she said that there were no feelings between men and women between her and Yang Cheng, it would be a lie. Now that she thought about it, if she really had a relationship with Yang Cheng, wouldn't she be ungrateful to Lin Ruoxi, her great benefactor!?
"Since you married such a good woman like General Lin, you should be satisfied. In the past, in the company, you still hung out with women like us. It's really hateful!" Zhao Hongyan said angrily, but her heart was a little sour.
If she knew that this man was not ordinary, she would be very curious about what kind of woman he would marry. If she knew that it was Lin Ruoxi, she might not even have the slightest bit of hope.
In fact, Yang Cheng was only trying to ease the awkwardness between them. When he first came into contact with Zhao Hongyan, he was still in a contractual relationship with Lin Ruoxi. Therefore, being close to a beauty became a kind of pleasure.
He and Zhao Hongyan had touched and kissed. In fact, something should have happened a long time ago. It was just that after he went to Yu Lei Entertainment and Zhao Hongyan resigned and left, it became like this today.
Yang Cheng didn't dare to say that he didn't have any feelings for Zhao Hongyan, but he definitely wouldn't fall in love with this woman. In addition, his emotional lines were already a mess, so it was better to maintain a safe distance.
Because the shop was in a busy period, Yang Cheng wanted to order some balls, but he could only wait until the peak period was over.
In this way, it was impossible to end before dinner time, so Zhao Hongyan asked Yang Cheng to stay at home for dinner. Yang Cheng didn't stand on ceremony and readily agreed. He also called home and told Mother Wang that he was visiting an old friend and wouldn't be home for dinner.
It wasn't until more than an hour later when the crowd of students receded that Zhao Hongyan's father, Elder Zhao, had the time to make a few special balls for the guest, Yang Cheng.
When Yang Cheng said his request, Elder Zhao obviously couldn't react. He was stunned on the spot, thinking that he had heard wrong.
Zhao Hongyan, on the other hand, didn't look like a lady at all. She seemed to think that Yang Cheng's idea was too strange.
Yang Cheng's face was serious as he held Elder Zhao's wrinkled hands tightly and said sincerely, "Uncle Zhao, you have to save this junior's life. My family's happiness in the future depends on your balls!"
Although it sounded weird, Elder Zhao still agreed.
When Elder Zhao went to make the balls, Yang Cheng felt his phone vibrate. He took it out and saw that it was Qiangwei.
He remembered that he asked Qiangwei to take care of Zhenxiu and investigate Jiao Yanyan's background. There should be a situation, so he quickly picked up the phone.
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