Chi Yan's pupils shrank.
He was more familiar with business matters than Chi Zhouchen, a student. The business world was like a battlefield where it was all about calculations and mutual profits. How could there be anyone happy to silently help and be a driving force for others?
The current condition of the Wen family was too good, everything was going so smoothly that it was a little worrying.
Moreover, Wen Yu was once again discovered by them that he wasn't simple. The house could be borrowed from Zheng Ye. Did someone else buy the jewelry and give it to them? Or did they rent it?
How could such a collectible be easily lent out?
"Wen Yu." Chi Yan said these two words aloud and his heart was a mess.
"Dad, I have an idea." Chi Zhouchen looked at Chi Yan, then gritted his teeth and said, "How about we stop cooperating with the Wen family!"
"Nonsense!" Chi Yan immediately stood up and said angrily, "Everything about Wen Yu is your speculation, even if he isn't simple, he may not deal with both the Chi family and the Wen family, and he may also not have the ability to deal with us!"
Such a kid, no matter how not simple he was, how could he knock them down who were experienced and had strong capital?
"But can't I imagine what he would do? If he's been hiding for so many years to get back at the Wen family, then this project is the best opportunity to do so." Chi Zhouchen also said with a serious expression.
Chi Yan took a deep breath: "Zhouchen, do you know how much capital our Chi family has invested in this project? I showed you the process. We have put almost the entire Chi family on the line. How could it be possible to withdraw capital just because of speculation?"
Chi Zhouchen stopped talking, pursed his lips, and became silent.
Sure, as soon as that capital is withdrawn, their Chi family will also be shaken and their strength would be greatly damaged.
So much investment has been made, so much effort had been put in, how could they give up easily?
Chi Yan sighed and said: "It's already a little late, you go to rest early, I'm also going upstairs to rest."
After saying that, he walked towards upstairs.
But his footsteps were not as calm as usual, and it was a mess.
Although Chi Yan loudly refuted Chi Zhouchen, they both knew that the seeds of doubt and worry had already been planted.
Ding Yijun didn't intervene, she had always stayed out of business matters, and waited until Chi Yan had left before she lowered her voice and said-
"Zhouchen, the first time I heard you say that Wen Yu wasn't simple, my heart was in turmoil. After a while, I thought it might be good for your sister if he wasn't simple, and the next moment, I felt a little afraid. He had been wronged in the Wen family, while Xu Wei was watching, he shouldn't be able to hide too deeply, right?
Chi Zhouchen exhaled a long breath: "Yes, that's why I'm worried."
Hidden for many years, once he broke out, it would be horrifying.
His eyes looked towards the door.
"Hoo hoo hoo hoo -" The wind picked up outside.
The wind was a bit strong, it was as if the rising wind forebode a coming storm.
It was going to rain heavily.
"It's so windy." Chi Zhengzheng shivered a little.
Her body was immediately draped with a piece of clothing, she looked up and found that it was Wen Yu who took off his jacket and wrapped her up tightly.
"It's going to rain, let's hurry inside." The door was half-open, and Wen Yu wrapped her to the door.
On TV, when a tall and handsome man put on clothes for a beautiful woman, it was always romantic and warm, the suit jacket would only be gently draped on the woman, without diminishing her demeanor.
However, at this moment, Wen Yu didn't put it on her but rather wrapped her tightly in his suit, and then put his arms around her when she was tightly wrapped. His steps were a little hurried, obviously wanting to take her in quickly…
Not romantic at all.
Chi Zhengzheng: "…"0_0
One of her feet then stepped into the door while she was making up all sorts of stuff in her mind.
"Woo woo"
"Huh? What's that sound?" Chi Zhengzheng was taken aback and stopped walking.
Wen Yu frowned: "Go inside, you're dressed thinly, don't catch a cold."
"Woo woo woo" Could be heard again.
Instead of going in, Chi Zhengzheng looked at the place where the sound was coming from, "There's really a sound!"
With difficulty, she stretched out a hand from under the tightly wrapped suit jacket, tugged the corners of Wen Yu's clothes, twisted her head, and looked at him anxiously.
Wen Yu sighed lightly: "Okay, let's go and have a look." It really couldn't be helped.
Chi Zhengzheng was immediately happy and walked with Wen Yu to the corner where the sound came from.
There were a lot of flowers and plants planted outside their house, as well as lawns and some beautiful trees. It was already nighttime, and the wind was strong, causing the plants to shake frantically making a "rustling" sound.
But in this "rustling" sound, the small whimpering sound that came from time to time was still very obvious.
Chi Zhengzheng and Wen Yu walked together to the front of the wooden bridge next to the place where the sound came from, the sound came from the dense grass at the bridge.
She lifted her skirt, bent down, squinted her eyes, and looked over.
And then…
Chi Zhengzheng: "!!!"
She let go of her grip on Wen Yu's hand, broke free from his embrace, and slowly walked towards the grass.
– It was a puppy!
She was still wearing a noble and elegant dress, but at the moment, she couldn't care less, so she squatted down cautiously and stretched out her hand.
The puppy was too small and didn't hide, just looked at her, and when she saw her approaching, let out more and more frequent whimpering sounds.
Pitifully asking for help.
Chi Zhengzheng gently picked it up and looked at Wen Yu: "Can I take it in?"
Wen Yu stared at the puppy, his brows frowned for a moment and his eyes were complicated. Seeing that the wind was blowing Chi Zhengzheng's hair into a mess and that a heavy rainstorm was approaching, he nodded.
So, Chi Zhengzheng joyfully hugged the puppy and followed Wen Yu into the house.
She changed her clothes and locked the necklace inside a drawer. Because the puppy was still down there, she didn't stay long and went downstairs in her loungewear.
Auntie Wang was feeding the puppy, and Wen Yu was standing not far away, frowning and watching.
Chi Zhengzheng's eyes lit up and she quickly walked over: "Auntie Wang, how's it going?"
"It's fine, fortunately, it's eating well and the body should be fine. Tomorrow we still need to go to the vet for a checkup, it's a small native dog, I don't know where it came from." Auntie Wang said with a smile.
Chi Zhengzheng nodded and squatted down in front of it.
The puppy was nestled inside a small quilt, its fur was dark brown and somewhat thin. Probably knowing that it was brought in by Chi Zhengzheng, the puppy stopped drinking milk and stood up, wagging its little tail and approaching Chi Zhengzheng.
"I don't know where this puppy came from. It's going to rain heavily outside. If we didn't find it, this night would've been…" Chi Zhengzheng felt glad in her heart. If she didn't find it, they wouldn't know whether the dog could've made it through tonight.
Auntie Wang nodded and strongly agreed: "It's very lucky, otherwise, it wouldn't have been picked up by Zhengzheng. It is reasonable to say that there shouldn't be any stray animals in this community, I don't know where it came from."
Chi Zhengzheng raised her hand and touched the puppy's head, reached out and took the milk bottle from Auntie Wang's hand, and continued to feed the puppy.
It just stood like this, wagging its little tail while eating, obviously in a good mood.
Auntie Wang said with a smile: "Before we also talked about whether Zhengzheng wanted to raise a dog, so that I have something to do, but I didn't expect Zhengzheng would pick up today…"
The corner of Chi Zhengzheng's mouth also raised, she turned her head to look at Wen Yu and smiled: "Wen Yu, can I raise a dog?"
This was Wen Yu's house, she had to ask Wen Yu's opinion.
Wen Yu, who had been standing far away and didn't approach them, frowned.
After a while, he said: "Tomorrow, I will ask Uncle Li to send it out and find someone to raise it properly."
Obviously, he didn't want to raise a dog.
He had a reluctant look.
Chi Zhengzheng paused and looked back at him in surprise, there was a slight movement in her heart.
Wen Yu wasn't a person who didn't like dogs, on the contrary, he was very fond of dogs when he was young. They were his companions growing up and they were a very important part of his childhood.
So why was he so reluctant to raise a dog now?
Chi Zhengzheng suddenly thought of a very important episode in the novel. That episode made her extremely angry when she was still vegetative at the time. She remembered Wen Yiran fiercely in her heart, and she sympathized with Wen Yu.
– Wen Yu's most important dog during his childhood was abused and killed by Wen Yiran in front of him.
The young Wen Yiran always knew how to whip Wen Yu into a frenzy.
Probably having lived outside as an illegitimate child earlier in his life. When he first arrived at the Wen house, he hated Wen Yu very much and he just wanted to drive him out.
At that time, Wen Yu beat Wen Yiran up like crazy. Later, he was later beaten up by Wen Jingsen, locked up, and starved for a day and night before being released.
– And he couldn't even see the corpse of the puppy because Wen Jingsen asked someone to get rid of it.
Wen Yu loathed the Wen family extremely because of this painful experience.
It wasn't that he didn't like dogs, he was just somewhat scared.
– Chi Zhengzheng suddenly understood.
Then, her heart ached and her eyes slowly turned red.
"Wen Yu, let's keep it, look how cute it is." She raised her hand, hugged the puppy, held back her heartache, and looked at Wen Yu.
If she hadn't insisted so much on keeping the dog before, but at this moment, she made up her mind…
This puppy must be kept.
The puppy seemed to know whose hands his destiny was in, and looked at him with big pitiful watery eyes.
One person and one dog, two pairs of big round eyes looked at him at the same time.
Wen Yu's heart instantly melted.
He slowly opened his mouth: "Okay, let's keep it."
Chi Zhengzheng blinked and said: "Then you come and feed it."
Wen Yu: "…"
He pursed his lips, his expression was somewhat reluctant.
Chi Zhengzheng didn't say anything, she just kept looking at him with those eyes that he couldn't refuse.
Wen Yu sighed lightly, lifted his feet, walked over, and squatted down in front of Chi Zhengzheng.
He then picked up the milk bottle she put aside, and feed it to the puppy carefully and clumsily.
The puppy immediately bit and drank it, his tail wagging even more happily.
Gradually, Wen Yu's frown slowly stretched, his expression remained focused.
The puppy was eating little by little, and they couldn't help but laugh.
Chi Zhengzheng who had been holding the dog, she saw this, a smile slowly appeared at the corner of her mouth.
After a while, she said softly: "Wen Yu, give it a name. Let's raise it well, and we will definitely be able to raise it until it grows old and really happy."
Therefore, everything was different. If he was going to keep this puppy, no one could bully it anymore.
Wen Yu's pupils shrank and he looked at Chi Zhengzheng suddenly.
Chi Zhengzheng's gaze was opposite to him, and her round eyes were full of sincerity.
"Ow~" The puppy barked at him.
– He withdrew his hand out of shock, and the milk bottle came out of the puppy's mouth.
Apparently, the puppy protested.
Wen Yu was taken aback for a long time before slowly, slowly feeding the bottle to the puppy again, his eyes staring at Chi Zhengzheng blankly.
Chi Zhengzheng lowered her eyes and coaxed the puppy, she said softly: "Be obedient, eat slowly. I don't know how old you are and what you can eat. Just drink some milk first, let's go to the hospital tomorrow for an examination, and then we will get you better food, and we will definitely raise you to be strong."
He opened his mouth, somewhat speechless, he only to feel that his heart was sour and soft, as if something was being poured out, and felt an irritating sensation on his nose.
Chi Zhengzheng….
Was it a coincidence?
He raised his hand, wanting to hug the woman in front of him.
But in the end, his hand fell on the head of the puppy, he patted it gently, and then said: "Let's call it Liuzhu." liúzhù means asking someone to stay, I think it's so cute <3)
He didn't have anything that he wanted to keep, but he had it after meeting Chi Zhengzheng.
Chi Zhengzheng's appearance was like a gift from heaven, the best gift. She always made him happy all the time. She made him feel that he had roots in his heart and that he belonged in this world.
She dispelled his loneliness and warmed his cold heart.
It was supposed to be enough, but she actually warmed his heart more than it's ever been.
The despair and fear of those midnight dreams he didn't dare recall were being gently healed by her, little by little.
Chi Zhengzheng laughed, with a bright smile: "Liuzhu? Wen Yu, you're so bad at giving names!"
She looked down at the puppy again and mocked it mercilessly: "Liuzhu, your name will be Liuzhu, I didn't give you that name, if in the future other dogs mock you, you go and find the person who gave you the name."
Hearing this, Wen Yu raised the corners of his mouth, looked at Liuzhu with his pair of eyes, and then looked at Chi Zhengzheng again, unable to move away.
The next day.
They looked around the property and asked around, and they were sure that it was a stray dog.
The surveillance cameras showed that it had sneaked in through a small door, with its small head, he got in. There were not many people living in this community, and the garbage was cleaned up very cleanly. There wasn't garbage to turn over. It had gone hungry for almost two days.
It was very windy before the rainstorm last night, so it hid in the grass, and then they picked it up.
To make sure that Liuzhu was a stray dog, Wen Yu and Chi Zhengzheng took it to the vet together.
"Come on, give me Liuzhu." The young vet held out his hand.
Chi Zhengzheng Liuzhu over.
"Ow~" Liuzhu whimpered, tilted its head in Chi Zhengzheng's direction, and threw itself into her arms, unwilling to let go.
"Be good, don't be afraid, it's just a body check, and get you cleaned up." Chi Zhengzheng coaxed.
"Woo woo woo!" Liuzhu was still reluctant, somewhat afraid for his life.
The doctor stretched out his hand again, and suddenly barked at him: "Woof!"
The sound was milky, and the sound wasn't fearful at all.
Chi Zhengzheng had a helpless face.
Wen Yu thought for a while, then stretched out his hand. This time Liuzhu still hesitated, but followed Chi Zhengzheng and got transferred to Wen Yu's hands without struggling.
Wen Yu looked to the doctor: "Let me hold it." The face was expressionless.
Chi Zhengzheng: "…"
The doctor was also helpless, nodded the dog's head: "Your mom and dad are here, what are you afraid of?"
Mom and Dad?
Chi Zhengzheng and Wen Yu were taken aback and subconsciously looked at each other, their lines of vision intersected.