Chapter 2294

Shuanzhu stopped, turned around, and said with an honest smile, "What is it? Brother Liu, go ahead and ask."

Zhao Desan asked straightforwardly with suspicion: "Is the business in the store not very good lately? It looks deserted."

Hearing Zhao Desan ask this, Shuanzhu sighed and said, "Sigh! Brother Liu, to tell you the truth, the business lately is just not very good."

Zhao Desan nodded, and seeing Shuanzhu's sighing look, he asked suspiciously, "Did something happen?"

Shuanzhu said, "Nothing major happened, it's just that recently Sister Zheng doesn't seem to care much about the store's affairs. She comes very rarely lately; she didn't come yesterday, and she hasn't come today either."

Zhao Desan said 'oh' and nodded. Regarding the situation Shuanzhu mentioned, Zhao Desan could guess some reasons. It must have something to do with being caught in the car by Hu Tao's wife in front of so many people that day, and then being humiliated on the street.

Seeing Zhao Desan's reaction, which wasn't very surprised, Shuanzhu asked him, "Brother Liu, did something happen to Sister-in-law lately? I think Sister-in-law's mood doesn't seem very good."

Zhao Desan answered a question with a question, saying, "Alright, Shuanzhu, you keep a good eye on the store. I have something else to do, so I'll go first." Zhao Desan felt that he should pay attention to the situation Shuanzhu mentioned. If, because of what happened on the street last time, Zheng Jie couldn't think straight for a moment and did something she shouldn't have done, the consequences would be unimaginable. If something really happened, Zhao Desan felt that he would never have peace for the rest of his life.

When he walked out of the store with a nervous and uneasy mood, Zhao Desan was full of self-blame. He felt that he shouldn't have played that trick just to vent his anger at that time. If Zheng Jie committed suicide because she couldn't think straight because of this, then he would have a shadow in his heart for the rest of his life. I'm afraid that even if beauties took the initiative to throw themselves into his arms in the future, he wouldn't have the guts to enjoy it.

The more Zhao Desan thought about it, the more nervous he became. After walking out of the store, he quickened his pace and headed toward the 'home' he once rented with Zheng Jie. Less than ten minutes later, Zhao Desan arrived at this residential area. With an extremely uneasy mood, he walked into the building, walked heavily to the door of that room, first pressed the doorbell a few times, but there was no response, and then he knocked on the door panel hard with nervousness and anxiety.

Zhao Desan's knocking not only failed to open the door of the rental house, but instead opened the door next door. A middle-aged woman poked her head out, frowned, and looked Zhao Desan up and down with a strange look. That expression made Zhao Desan feel a bit strange, and she pursed her lips and asked him, "Young man, who are you looking for?"

Although Zhao Desan felt that the middle-aged woman's look at him was a bit wrong, he still accompanied her with a smile and said very politely, "Big sister, may I ask if the big sister who lives here is in?"

The middle-aged woman asked, "Are you talking about that Little Zheng with the bob cut?"

Zhao Desan nodded with a smile all over his face and said, "Yes, yes, yes, that's her. May I ask if she is at home today? Why is there no one to open the door when I knock?"

Seeing that the person Zhao Desan was looking for was indeed the Zheng Jie she had guessed, the middle-aged woman pursed her lips, frowned, and shook her head with a very disdainful expression, saying, "She moved out two days ago."

Zhao Desan was shocked and asked, "Big sister, are you saying she moved... moved out?"

The middle-aged woman nodded with a look of contempt and said with a sharp tone, "She was picked up by a man in a car."

Hearing the middle-aged woman say this, Zhao Desan understood 80-90 percent. He thought to himself that it seemed she had been picked up by Hu Tao. Thinking that Zheng Jie could move out of here and leave with Hu Tao, it meant that she not only cheated physically and betrayed him, but even her heart had completely cheated. For a woman, physical cheating is not a big deal; the most fatal thing is spiritual cheating. Once the heart cheats, there is no turning back. Facing this established fact, Zhao Desan's heart suddenly 'thumped', and his whole body couldn't help but shiver. At this moment, it was as if something had been lost, feeling empty in his heart. He smiled awkwardly at the middle-aged woman with a blank look and said, "Thank you, big sister."

Seeing Zhao Desan's sudden change into a soul-lost person, the middle-aged woman asked one more question. She frowned and asked, "Young man, what is your relationship with that Little Zheng?"

"Friends." Zhao Desan smiled bitterly, turned around blankly, and walked toward the stairs with heavy steps.

The middle-aged woman's voice came from behind: "Young man, that woman Little Zheng is not clean!" After speaking, she shrank her body and closed the door.

Zhao Desan turned his head and looked at the room door that once brought him the warmth of a short 'home' again. It seemed that he could still hear the laughter of him, Zheng Jie, and Zheng Jie's daughter coming from that simply decorated but warm room. But the reality was Zheng Jie's double betrayal of body and heart, completely betraying him. Counting from the few years since entering politics, there were no less than ten women who appeared around Zhao Desan in rotation, but Zheng Jie was the only woman who made Zhao Desan truly feel the warmth of a family. For this beautiful young woman who had a husband and a daughter, even though he knew that she couldn't give him anything else besides spiritual and physical comfort, he still stood up without hesitation when she faced difficulties, and even didn't hesitate to spend all his savings to open a building materials store for her.

Walking out of the building where the warm little house he had visited countless times was located, listening to the echo of footsteps in the corridor, Zhao Desan suddenly felt an unprecedented emptiness in his heart. At this moment, it was as if everyone in the world had suddenly disappeared from this world, and the world had become so quiet. How he wished he could hug Zheng Jie's soft body at this time and feel her familiar body temperature and breath. But he was just fantasizing about it. If Zheng Jie really appeared in front of him at this moment, he wouldn't touch her with a finger anymore.

Walking out of the residential area where the warm little house was located in a soul-lost state, the whole city was already covered by night, and the lights were just beginning to come on. It was the peak hour for commuting, the street was full of traffic, and the crowd on the street was like weaving. A gust of evening wind blew toward his face, and Zhao Desan, who was thinly dressed, couldn't help but shiver, suddenly having a feeling of waking up from a dream.

Looking at this prosperous city in front of him, neon lights were flashing everywhere, presenting a happy and peaceful atmosphere. And Zhao Desan, who was betrayed by Zheng Jie both physically and mentally, felt a mix of five flavors in his heart, which was very uncomfortable. He stood at the entrance of the residential area, lit a cigarette, comforted his injured mood, took out his mobile phone, and wanted to make a phone call to Zheng Jie. After all, they had known each other for a while. He was going to take office in the Chanba Development Zone next week, and it was very likely that he would never see Zheng Jie again in the future. Making a phone call could be considered a farewell.

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nbsp; When Zhao Desan took out his mobile phone, he remembered that he had turned it off at Ma Lan's house in the afternoon. After long-pressing the power button and turning on the mobile phone, he heard the mobile phone vibrate for a long time before it calmed down. Then Zhao Desan saw five or six missed call reminders from 'Zheng Bald Donkey' displayed on the mobile phone screen.

It is really what you fear that comes. Although Zhao Desan deliberately turned off his mobile phone in the afternoon because he was afraid that others would disturb his good deeds with Ma Lan, he had always been worried that Zheng Bald Donkey would find out that he was not in the unit and would call to find him, catching his negligence of not complying with the work system and making a fuss about it before he left, smearing him. Sure enough, this worry came true. It seems that this old fox is still staring at every move of mine and is not sincere about wanting to make peace with me! Zhao Desan thought like this: Damn it! Just do it once and for all! I won't return the call to that cunning and treacherous old fox today, let's see what that old thing can do to me!

After making up his mind, Zhao Desan acted as if he hadn't seen the calls from Zheng Bald Donkey, ignored these missed calls, and took out his mobile phone, preparing to call Director Sun to test the Sun guy first.

Perhaps Zheng Jie's betrayal was too big a blow to Zhao Desan's psychology. After the call was connected, he realized that he had dialed Hu Tao's number, and heard Hu Tao call "brother" several times on the mobile phone.

Zhao Desan was stunned for a moment, and then said to the mobile phone: "Hello! Old brother, what are you doing?"

"Nothing... nothing." Hu Tao on the phone said, panting a little.