Chapter 482

Zhou Andong sighed inwardly. It was rumored that if you threw a brick into a crowd of old Beijingers living under the imperial city walls, you'd hit several descendants of the former nobility.

"What about the others? Is their situation similar to yours?"

Old Cricket said with a smile, "Them? Because they set up stalls here, they had friction with Zhu Lifeng. Let's put it this way: even those without a background, how many men under the imperial city walls are afraid of trouble?"

Zhou Andong asked, "Did you make a statement?"

Second Squire said, "We did, but it's useless. They were just going through the motions. I reckon they've already thrown the statements into the trash can."

Zhou Andong smiled: "This time, they won't dare to throw them away."

"Hmm?" Old Cricket and Second Squire were stunned, looking at Zhou Andong.

Zhou Andong said, "The branch bureau has already taken over this case. Just now, the branch bureau leaders came in person. Yu Xuelin's uniform will definitely be stripped off, and as for Zhu Lifeng... I reckon you won't be seeing him anymore."

Old Cricket said excitedly, "Really?"

Second Squire's eyes widened, staring at Zhou Andong.

Zhou Andong said, "No matter what, we can be considered to be on the same front. How could I joke about such a thing?"

"Little brother!" Old Cricket couldn't help but laugh heartily, "Do you have time to let this old man treat you to a cup of tea?"

Zhou Andong's heart stirred, and he asked, "Old man, you must have done research on antiques, right?"

"That's for sure!" Second Squire said with a smile, "Don't you know what kind of background Master An has? He doesn't just have research on antiques; especially those that came out of the palace, he can tell at a glance. Many experts who can't tell them apart come to Master An to have him take a look, and he has never missed."

Zhou Andong said, "I am very interested in antiques, but I don't understand them, so I don't dare to buy them. How about this: if you have any good items that are worth collecting, you can notify me."

Old Cricket said, "That's no problem. There are still good things, as long as you can afford the price."

Zhou Andong said, "Money is absolutely no problem, as long as you have good things."

Old Cricket laughed heartily again: "How do I contact you?"

"Tang Lin!" Zhou Andong said, "Give the old man one of your business cards."

"Alright!" Tang Lin found a business card in his handbag, "Old man, keep this safe."

Old Cricket took the business card and muttered softly, "General Manager of the 'You Say It Counts' Housing Management Company, Tang Lin!"

"Right!" Tang Lin said, "If there's anything, call the number on it to contact me."

"And me!" Zhang Zuo also took out a business card from his bag, "If you can't reach Manager Tang, call me."

Old Cricket took Zhang Zuo's business card and saw it printed with 'You Say It Counts Housing Management Company, Deputy General Manager, Zhang Zuo'."

"Okay!" Old Cricket put the business cards away, "When I have good items, I'll call to notify you."

The old man thought that since these two were the general manager and deputy general manager, and they still looked like Zhou Andong's followers, Zhou Andong's financial strength must be no problem.

He just didn't know that this company actually only had two people: the general manager and the deputy general manager.

Zhou Andong said, "I bought the courtyard that used to belong to the district trade union. After I clean it up next year, you can come there to find me."

Old Cricket was stunned, then said, "Oh my, what a coincidence, so you bought that courtyard. We were all guessing who bought it. Even the name of the alley has been changed to Anqiu Alley."

Second Squire said, "We really don't live far away. I'll go find you for tea when the time comes, as long as you don't mind."

"How could I!" Zhou Andong said, "Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. When there are difficult things in the future, I'll still have to look for you to help out."

Second Squire said, "That's right, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors."

Zhou Andong looked at the time: "Alright, from now on we are neighbors, there will be plenty of opportunities to drink tea. Right now, I have to accompany my parents to walk around."

"Go ahead, go ahead!" Old Cricket waved his hand.

Zhou Andong took his father and mother to walk around for almost a whole day and ate roast duck. Seeing that Zhou Xiaoxin was a bit tired, they returned to the hospital.

Just after arriving home in the evening, he received a call from Gu Bing: "Flight on the 9th, 9:20 in the morning. We'll meet at the airport then."

"Good!" Zhou Andong agreed.

January 9, 1993, the 17th day of the 12th lunar month, Saturday!

At 2:00 PM, a passenger plane that took off from Beijing in the mainland landed at Kai Tak Airport in Xiangjiang.

Zhou Andong's group walked out of the airport and saw Jian Qiu and Wu Huilin waving at them.

Zhou Andong walked over quickly and hugged Jian Qiu.

"Wife, I can't say how good you are. I can't say how much I miss you either. I only know that loving you, through reincarnation, even for a thousand years, I have no regrets; guarding the red dust together, even for a lifetime, I have no regrets."

Jian Qiu looked like a little woman, happily kissing Zhou Andong on the face: "Me too."

Fortunately, this was in Xiangjiang. If it were in the mainland, both of them would have been labeled as indecent and arrested for a few days.

"Huilin!" Gu Bing came to Wu Huilin's side attentively, his face full of smiles: "Since you returned to Xiangjiang, I have missed you every moment. When I sleep at night, I dream of you."

Wu Huilin said with a smile, "You should learn more from Mr. Zhou on how to speak to move a girl's heart."

Gu Bing looked at Zhou Andong resentfully: "This is what he taught me on the plane."

Wu Huilin was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily without any image.

An Jing remembered what happened on the plane and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Sister-in-law!" Old Four ran over and hugged Jian Qiu's thigh, "I missed you so much."

"I missed you too!" Jian Qiu hugged Old Four with a beaming face, "Oh my, Ningning, why are you so heavy? You must have grown taller."

Old Four giggled and said, "Right, I just grew taller. Big Brother said I'm fat, he's a big bad guy."

"Right!" Jian Qiu said, "Our Ningning has grown tall, how can that be fat? Big Brother is the big bad guy."

Zhou Andong said, "Let's go quickly, I'm wearing too much, I'm a bit hot."

"Serves you right!" An Jing said, "I told you to wear less, but you didn't believe me."

Wu Huilin drove a commercial vehicle over, and a few people squeezed in and sat down.

"Let's go eat first, then go back to the hotel."

Zhou Andong said, "That's fine!"

More than an hour later, Wu Huilin parked the car outside the Taiping Restaurant.

"This is a century-old shop. Coming and going, I don't know how many young masters, young ladies, and influential figures in the business and political circles have eaten here. Some people are no longer here, some have gone to the West, and some still bring their children and grandchildren to eat."

Zhou Andong examined this century-old shop. The signboard had experienced I don't know how many years of wind and rain and had already faded in color. Some of the light strips on it had also fallen off, fluttering in the wind.

Just at this moment, Zhou Andong saw a familiar figure flash at the alley entrance in front and disappear.