Chapter 401

After instructing her mother a few words, Huang Xuqing sat in the driver's seat, started the car, and rushed to "Harvest" magazine.

She hadn't been to the magazine office, but because of her younger sister, she knew the address; it seemed to be located at No. 675 Julu Road, Jing'an Nanjing West Road Street. It wasn't particularly far away.

Along the way, she was thinking about how to phrase her inquiry to Editor Zou Ping later.

After all, for a woman in her 30s to fall in love with a 19-year-old boy, even though she was well-informed, she was a bit embarrassed to bring it up for a moment.

She really couldn't let go of her face.

After driving for about 20 minutes or so, the magazine office arrived. After brewing some emotions in the car, Huang Xuqing finally made up her mind to go see Zou Ping.

Walking into the "Harvest" magazine office, she asked the front desk staff, "Hello, I'm looking for Editor Zou Ping."

Because of the great writer December, there was no one in the entire magazine office who didn't know Zou Ping. And Huang Xuqing wasn't a passerby; she was a famous news anchor for the Shanghai TV station.

The staff recognized her and politely poured her a glass of water, "Please wait here for a moment, I'll go call Editor Zou."

"Thank you." Huang Xuqing said thank you, but wasn't in the mood to drink water.

After about two minutes or so, Zou Ping rushed over from his busy schedule.

He had to come; the staff said it was Huang Xuqing, Huang Zhaoyi's eldest sister, so he couldn't help but take it seriously.

As soon as they met, Zou Ping greeted her enthusiastically: "Hello."

This voice?

Why doesn't it sound like the voice on the phone?

Huang Xuqing frowned slightly, then nodded and smiled in return: "Editor Zou, hello, I am Zhaoyi's eldest sister; can I take a few minutes of your time to talk privately?"

Zou Ping understood, "Please come with me."

Huang Xuqing got up and followed.

Before long, the two came to an empty meeting room; Zou Ping closed the door, looked at her, and waited for her to speak.

Huang Xuqing, who was suspicious, hesitated for a moment and tentatively said: "Editor Zou, it's like this, my younger sister is currently in Jingcheng and can't come for a while.

Just now you said on the phone that you had something for her, so my younger sister asked me to come and help her pick it up."

"Phone? Something for her?" Zou Ping was asked and looked completely confused.

After looking at each other for a while, Zou Ping defended himself: "I didn't call Zhaoyi today."

After talking for a few sentences, Huang Xuqing believed him. The voice on the phone was relatively hoarse, completely inconsistent with the editor's accent and pronunciation in front of her. As a professional broadcaster, she was much more sensitive to this aspect than others.

Not Zou Ping?

Then who called?

Why did he impersonate Zou Ping twice?

Huang Xuqing, who was full of doubts, spoke again: "Then maybe I heard wrong; is there anyone else in your magazine who has a good relationship with Zhaoyi?"

Zou Ping felt it was strange, but due to the other party's family background and status, he didn't talk too much, but spoke truthfully: "Editor-in-Chief Liao."

Huang Xuqing asked: "Besides Editor-in-Chief Liao, is there anyone else?"

Zou Ping thought for a while and shook his head: "I'm not particularly clear; you can ask Editor-in-Chief Liao about this."

Since she was already here, she had to find out clearly; Huang Xuqing, whose mind was full of question marks, immediately went up to the third floor and knocked on Editor-in-Chief Liao's door.

"Please come in!" A voice came from inside.

Huang Xuqing pushed the door and entered: "Brother Liao, long time no see."

"Eh! Xuqing, why are you here? Come, come sit." Editor-in-Chief Liao hurriedly sprang up from his seat and also poured a cup of tea for her.

Huang Xuqing put the teacup aside and got straight to the point: "Brother Liao, is there anyone else in 'Harvest' magazine who is familiar with my younger sister?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao didn't understand, but still answered: "Little Zou, Zou Ping."

Huang Xuqing asked: "And then?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao shook his head: "No more."

Seeing her confused face, Editor-in-Chief Liao asked a moment later: "Xuqing, did you encounter something?"

Because Liao Hua had a good relationship with the Huang family and would go to pay New Year's greetings to Huang's father every year, and he also knew everything about the younger sister falling in love with Li Heng, Huang Xuqing hesitated for a moment, but still told him about someone impersonating Editor Zou Ping and calling her younger sister's house.

After finishing, she asked: "Brother Liao, who do you think this person could be?"

Who could it be?

Editor-in-Chief Liao subconsciously pictured Li Heng in his mind, but then he denied it; it shouldn't be! It's impossible!

Doesn't the junior brother not really care for Zhaoyi? Why would he take the initiative to make this call?

Could it be that during this period, their relationship has undergone a major change? Had a reversal?

Editor-in-Chief Liao still felt it was unbelievable.

But after filtering through all the acquaintances he knew, only Li Heng fit. Because others wouldn't bother to impersonate Little Zou at all.

Seeing Liao Hua silent, Huang Xuqing asked impatiently: "Brother Liao, who did you think of?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao shook his head: "It's hard to say, hard to tell, I'm not sure either. How about this, Xuqing, you go back first, and I'll tell you when I find out."

Huang Xuqing sat still, her body leaning slightly forward: "Is it that great writer?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao's face showed surprise.

Seeing him like this, Huang Xuqing was even more convinced of her guess: "My younger sister likes quiet; she has always attached great importance to her privacy, and very few men know her home phone number, let alone call it.

People who know her home number are either siblings and my parents, or have work connections, or are people she cares about.

And among the people my younger sister cares about, Li Heng is the first; for this reason, she has had many disagreements with her father. He is the first suspect."

Editor-in-Chief Liao didn't say anything.

If it really was Li Heng, then why did the junior brother impersonate Zou Ping? It was clearly because he didn't want the Huang family to know.

Therefore, Editor-in-Chief Liao, who didn't want to offend his junior brother, kept his mouth shut and was very cautious.

Facing each other, after a long stalemate, Huang Xuqing broke the deadlock and asked: "Did my younger sister come back to see you some time ago?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao shook his head: "No."

Huang Xuqing asked further: "How long has it been since you and my younger sister met?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao recalled and said: "It's been almost two months since we met. Ever since Little Liu Yue went abroad, we haven't met again."

Huang Xuqing nodded and asked: "Can you tell me in detail about Li Heng? For example, his personal information, etc."

Editor-in-Chief Liao looked embarrassed.

Because they really knew the junior brother's basic situation. After all, he was the most popular great writer in the magazine office; even if they didn't have detailed information, they had mastered the most basic personal information.

After another stalemate, Huang Xuqing stood up: "Sorry to bother Editor-in-Chief Liao today; I'll go to Fudan University and ask Liu Jia; as a counselor, she should have his file."

Counselor Liu Jia was a cousin of the Huang family and also relied on the Huang family's connections to have this job; originally, Huang Zhaoyi sent the flute and erhu to Li Heng through her hands.

Hearing this, and hearing the address change from "Brother Liao" to Editor-in-Chief Liao, Editor-in-Chief Liao gave a bitter smile, knowing that this big sister was dissatisfied with him, and immediately waved his hand:

"Forget it, forget it! If I don't tell you, you'll at most waste some time running to Fudan University, and I'll have to carry the reputation of being heartless.

Sigh, it's hard to be in the middle, not being a person on either side."

After finishing, Editor-in-Chief Liao poured himself a cup of tea.

Huang Xuqing smiled and sat back down.

She asked: "Which town in Shaodong County is Li Heng from?"

Because he had been on the Spring Festival Gala, this information wasn't confidential, so Editor-in-Chief Liao said: "Qian Town, Dawan Village."

Huang Xuqing asked: "About how tall is Li Heng? How much does he weigh? Which month and which day is his birthday?"

She asked several questions in a row, but her real purpose was to ask about his birthday.

If she remembered correctly, last time her younger sister was originally fine going to Xiangjiang, but suddenly came back halfway; there must have been something. That day happened to be the Dragon Boat Festival.

Editor-in-Chief Liao didn't understand why she asked these, but thinking that Liu Jia and Liu Yue knew, he didn't hide it: "About 180 wearing shoes, I don't know his weight, his birthday is in the 5th lunar month."

"5th month? Which day?" Huang Xuqing's heart trembled, feeling that the truth was about to appear.

Editor-in-Chief Liao was curious: "What is this for?"

Huang Xuqing said: "I want to check Li Heng's horoscope to see if he and my younger sister are really destined?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao was speechless, "The fifth day of the fifth lunar month."

Huang Xuqing asked urgently: "The day of the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao said: "Exactly."

It really was Li Heng, it really was the Dragon Boat Festival; now everything matched up. Huang Xuqing didn't believe there was such a coincidence in the world.

The problem is: how did her younger sister get in touch with Li Heng? Didn't they say the other party ignored her younger sister?

If she and her mother hadn't gone to her younger sister's house to help clean up and happened to answer the phone, she wouldn't have known about this at all and would still be kept in the dark.

PS: Posted first, edited later.

(End of chapter)