Chapter 2219

"I found out clearly about a matter related to me, it should be related to Zheng Tulu. I was impulsive and wanted to rush over to ask him clearly." Zhao Desan chuckled and said tacitly.

He Liping pretended to be stupid and continued to ask: "A matter related to Old Zheng? What matter? Looking at your appearance at that time, it doesn't seem to be a good thing, right?"

Zhao Desan chuckled, then looked at He Liping with a strange look and said: "Sister He, do you remember how I sent away Li Fang and that group of people? It turned out to be a scam, damn it, it was Zheng Tulu who arranged for people to deliberately deceive me!" Saying this, Zhao Desan thought of himself being troubled by Zheng Tulu, and a ball of anger rose in his heart.

"Then how did you know it was Old Zheng who arranged it behind the scenes?" He Liping continued to pretend to be stupid, extending the topic, wanting to see if Zhao Desan knew that she had been helping him in the dark.

As soon as He Liping's question came out, Zhao Desan immediately understood that she wanted to hint to him that all this was her credit. Zhao Desan then smiled treacherously along with her thoughts and said: "It was Hu Tao who told me. He was drunk that night and had a relationship with Zheng Ru that shouldn't have happened. Fearing her retaliation, he found me and asked me to plead for him. As a reward, he told me the whole story of the salary arrears incident. This is thanks to your dinner that night, Sister He, and those two bottles of wine. Otherwise, I'm afraid it would be very difficult for me to find out the truth behind that incident. But Sister He, you said that Hu Tao is also a big boss who often socializes and drinks. He was dead drunk after drinking only two bottles of wine that night. That drinking capacity is too poor!"

Zhao Desan's words with subtext, plus that expression and look that showed understanding, made He Liping understand that this guy already knew the truth. So, she smiled tacitly and said: "Then it seems that I helped you a big favor, Sister He?"

"That's it, if it weren't for the wine that night, how could Hu Tao ask me for help." Zhao Desan said to He Liping with grateful eyes.

Knowing that Zhao Desan had understood her painstaking efforts, He Liping smiled gently, then looked at the watch on her wrist and said: "Alright, Comrade Comrade Xiao Zhao, I won't delay your work. During the time before you leave, don't always think about the work transfer. First, do your work well, so that you can hand over the work clearly when you leave. Don't be impetuous!"

To He Liping's advice, Zhao Desan nodded sincerely and said: "Sister He, I know, don't worry. As long as I am in the position, Comrade Comrade Xiao Zhao will absolutely not drop the work at hand."

He Liping smiled knowingly and said: "That's good, then you go ahead and do your work, I'm leaving first." Saying this, He Liping turned around and opened the door and walked out.

"Walk slowly, Sister He." Zhao Desan greeted He Liping's departing back and made a concluding remark. After watching her walk up the stairs, the smile on his face disappeared. He suddenly thought of one thing, raised his wrist to check his watch, and saw that there was still half an hour before work ended. So he quickly picked up his coat from the back of the chair, put it on, tucked his briefcase, quietly slipped out of the unit, and walked quickly toward the bank not far away.

Zhao Desan had to get the money before the bank's lunch break. So although the bank was only five or six hundred meters away from the Construction Committee, he still walked in a hurry and arrived at the bank a few minutes later.

After getting a number, Zhao Desan saw that there weren't many people, so he found a seat in the waiting area and sat down.

"Comrade Comrade Xiao Zhao, you are here too?" Just as Zhao Desan was thinking about some things, a familiar voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

Following this weak and beautiful female voice, Zhao Desan couldn't help but widen his eyes, full of surprise. It turned out that he saw Zheng Jie. She was holding a ticket for queuing, smiling faintly at Zhao Desan extremely embarrassedly. Although she was trying her best to cover up her inner panic and anxiety, the slightly nervous and embarrassed expression on her face still betrayed her, especially those red and swollen eyes. When Zhao Desan looked at her, she obviously didn't dare to meet his gaze, but avoided it slightly.

The Zheng Jie seen today was the one Zhao Desan had seen in the past two years with the least luster. Her ear-length bob cut was slightly messy, her eyes were red and swollen, and her face, which usually had light makeup, was not wearing any powder today. Her skin seemed to have become much rougher overnight. What was even more conspicuous were the scratch marks on her face that had already scabbed over. That was left by Hu Tao's wife's fingernails yesterday. Compared with the beautiful young married woman who was charming and exquisite in the past, Zheng Jie at this moment seemed to be a different person, as if she were a flower that had passed the season, withering overnight, appearing extremely dim and lusterless.

While Zhao Desan felt a slight tremor in his heart, he still squeezed out a calm smile on his face and greeted: "Yo, sister-in-law, you are also here at the bank."

Zheng Jie squeezed out a smile and nodded, trying to remain calm, and then sat down in the seat next to him.

Zhao Desan could feel that Zheng Jie was actually very embarrassed when seeing him today, especially after being stripped naked and humiliated by Hu Tao's wife in front of so many people yesterday, and all the processes were seen by him. As a man who had slept in the same bed with her and lived a small life together in a rented house, he could understand Zheng Jie's inner feelings now.

In order not to have the awkward situation of sitting together without saying a word, Zhao Desan took the initiative to turn his head and asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law, what business are you here to handle at the bank?"

"I... I'm taking out some money." Zheng Jie turned her weak-looking face and answered in a calm tone. She looked pitiful.

"Is the retail department going to order goods again?" Zhao Desan heard that she was here to take out money, so he guessed according to this logic.

"No... oh yes, ordering goods." Zheng Jie first denied his guess, and then nodded and affirmed.

Her indecisive appearance made Zhao Desan realize that her taking out money today should have nothing to do with ordering goods. However, her life now had no interest for Zhao Desan, so he didn't continue to ask, but said with a smile: "Then it seems that the business in the retail department is good?"

Zheng Jie looked at him with a gentle look, nodded noncommittally and said: "Still... still okay."

Zhao Desan then said in a joking tone: "Then since the business is so good, sister-in-law, you should also look at giving Shuanzhu a raise. It's also very tiring for a big man to be stuck in the retail department all day." Shuanzhu was arranged by Zhao Desan to work in Zheng Jie's building materials retail department. Although he and Zheng Jie were already separated, the brotherhood for Shuanzhu had not weakened because of this.

For Zhao Desan's suggestion, Zheng Jie nodded without hesitation and said: "I will."

Suddenly mentioning Shuanzhu, Zhao Desan inevitably thought of the scene when the three met. Everything that happened that night gathered into a movie in Zhao Desan's mind and swept past his eyes. He still clearly remembered that it was entirely out of Zheng Jie's sympathy that he carried Shuanzhu, who was almost fainting from hunger, on his back and followed Zheng Jie back to her home. Just that night, he was completely infected by Zheng Jie's kind heart. For women, what Zhao Desan values most is whether their hearts are kind. For those women with snake-hearted hearts, even if they are as beautiful as a fairy and have a devilish figure, he will absolutely not have any feelings. And it was because he was moved by Zheng Jie's kindness that he fell deeply in love with this beautiful young married woman whose husband had lost his ability to take care of himself and who was very strong herself. He would help her regardless of the consequences, and would not hesitate to help her with all his money, funding her to open a building materials retail department to do business. And his efforts were also rewarded. He rented a house with her and lived a small life. Although that kind of life was very short, eventually because of Hu Tao's intervention, Zheng Jie failed to withstand the temptation of sugar-coated bullets and betrayed him. However, those laughter, those days and nights of getting along, he still didn't waste that short and beautiful experience. That should be the most beautiful and regrettable memory of Zhao Desan's life.