aircannonsinc Chapter 588
Chapter 588
"Is it so sumptuous today?" Xie Yuchen looked at the table full of delicious food in surprise and couldn't help sighing in his heart.
He picked up a glass of honey lemon water and took a sip. The sweet taste spread in his mouth, making him feel happy.
Xie Yuchen sat at the dining table, his eyes sweeping over the exquisite dishes that were flowing in from the door like water.
"Xiaohua, you'll have to ask Hei Xia Zi about this question." Hua Yu said with a smile, "We only found out about this when we got to the restaurant."
Hua Yu had a mysterious smile on his face, as if he knew the story behind this sumptuous meal, but he just refused to say it directly.
Seeing this, Xie Yuchen immediately turned his gaze to Hei Xia Zi, his eyes full of questions.
"Hei Xiazi, didn't you say you had no private money?" Xie Yuchen pressed, "Where did you get the money to buy such a table of food?"
He thought of all the bank cards that Hei Xia Zi had handed over, the wages he received for working in the fields, and the gold, silver, and jewelry left by his ancestors. The total amount of money should be quite a lot. Could it be that Hei Xia Zi had other sources of income?
"Master Hua'er, you're really wronging me! I, a blind man, only bought a serving of beggar's chicken! These dishes were all prepared by the people in Dahua's mansion! Besides, all my money has been handed over to you, and my bank card has been changed to your phone number. If I really spent any money, the bill would be clearly displayed on your phone!"
Hei Xia Zi cried with a look of grievance on his face. He looked even more wronged than Dou E. He almost knelt down and swore an oath.
Hua Yu watched Hei Xia Zi like this and laughed secretly in his heart. Of course, he knew that Hei Xia Zi was telling the truth, but he couldn't help but want to tease him.
So, Hua Yu slowly said, "Xiao Hua, although this bank card is indeed linked to your phone number, it's impossible that he doesn't have any cash on him, right?"
When Hei Xia Zi heard this, he immediately became anxious and quickly waved his hands to explain: "No, no, absolutely not! I don't have a single penny in cash on me!"
Seeing this, Hua Yu's smile widened as she continued, "Oh? Really? That's not necessarily true! Your father always has cash on him, and it's right next to his bedside table. But I don't know if he has it hidden somewhere else!"
Zhang Qiling had been sitting on the sidelines, watching Hei Xia Zi's farce with great interest, when Hua Yu suddenly changed the subject and directed it directly at him. He was stunned and secretly groaned.
"Ayu, I didn't." Zhang Qiling looked at Hua Yu with an innocent face. His pitiful appearance made people feel pity. Hua Yu was soft-hearted. Seeing him like this, she was about to say a few words of comfort, but was suddenly interrupted by Hei Xiazi beside her.
"Dumb! I never thought you'd be such a person!" Hei Xia Zi suddenly pointed at Zhang Qiling and shouted excitedly, "Da Hua, listen to me, Dumb is such a ruthless person! You certainly won't find his hidden money in your room, because he hid it all with me!"
The smile on Hua Yu's face gradually froze after hearing what Hei Xia Zi said. He looked at Zhang Qiling in disbelief, as if he had been greatly deceived, and his eyes instantly turned red.
"Brother, is there any misunderstanding between us? How can you think of me like this? You won't even give me this little trust..." Hua Yu's voice was choked with sobs, and tears were welling up in her eyes, as if they would roll down at any time.
Xie Yuchen stood aside, watching the scene where Hei Xia Zi was originally being criticized, and then suddenly his father was being criticized. He couldn't help but feel helpless. He knew that if he didn't leave now, he might not be able to leave later, and he might even be punished later.
Xie Yuchen pulled Hei Xia Zi's sleeve and made a gesture to slip away. After Hei Xia Zi turned around, the two of them tiptoed quietly and moved to the gate little by little. Just as they were about to run away, they were stopped by a cold voice from behind.
"Xie Yuchen! Erdeni Qimuk! Where are you going?"
When the two saw that Hua Yu was so angry that she called them by their names, they knew that things had gotten serious!
"Dad, I just suddenly don't feel hungry. Besides, I've been away for so long, and there are so many things piled up in the company. I want to deal with them as soon as possible, so that I can have plenty of time to accompany you!"
Xie Yuchen had thought of a response plan long ago, and now he was just going over it in his mind before speaking it out loud.
"Don't you have managers in your company? If everything has to be done by you, the chairman, then what are those employees doing here? Just to eat and work?"
Hua Yu glanced at Xie Yuchen, who was huddled by the door like a quail.
Hua Yu's eyes turned and he looked at the blind man beside Xie Yuchen.
"I suddenly remembered that there was a mole in my store before, and I haven't had time to interrogate him yet! I plan to hurry up and interrogate him before he gets rescued!"
Hei Xia Zi thought quickly and remembered that the traitor he had just found was still locked in the secret room and he had no time to interrogate him.
"Didn't you just come back from your glasses shop? Why did you want to run back after being caught? Are the employees in your shop just sitting there doing nothing? They can't even identify a mole?"
After being scolded by Hua Yu, Hei Xiazi and Xie Yuchen lowered their heads like two children who had made a mistake, staring at their feet, not daring to even breathe. They stood quietly by the door, not daring to move, as if they were the only two people left in the world.
Zhang Qiling, on the other hand, was filled with embarrassment and helplessness. He knew he had to give Hua Yu a reasonable explanation, otherwise the misunderstanding would only deepen. So, he took a deep breath, gathered himself, and slowly said, "Ayu, don't be angry yet. Let me explain."
However, Hua Yu didn't seem to intend to let him go easily. He folded his hands over his chest, looked at Zhang Qiling expressionlessly, and said coldly: "I'm listening now, patriarch, you can start to explain why your money was placed in Hei Xiazi's room."
Zhang Qiling's heart skipped a beat when he heard Hua Yu call him "Clan Leader." He knew Hua Yu was really angry, and very angry. But he was also worried that Hua Yu would become ill if she kept her anger bottled up inside, so he quickly said, "Ayu, don't call me that. I know you're angry, but please don't get angry yet. Listen to me. You haven't fully recovered yet, and then you've been traveling around with us, so you haven't been able to properly recuperate. If you get angry again now, it will easily trigger a disease."
As Zhang Qiling spoke, he carefully observed Hua Yu's reaction, hoping that he would calm down a little. However, Hua Yu remained unmoved and simply said, "I'm not angry. I feel fine now."
"Okay, okay, you're not angry." Zhang Qiling didn't dare to disobey at all now and could only go along with Hua Yu's temper.
The two people standing by the door leaned forward slightly, their heads together, and whispered to each other in a low voice as if they were afraid of being heard.
"I see Dad's face is even darker than the bottom of the pot. He must be very angry!" Xie Yuchen lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Only Dad is so tactless. He keeps trying to persuade me. Isn't this just adding fuel to the fire?"
Hei Xiazi quickly agreed, "That's right. The mute is much smarter than you. How could he not know that Dahua is angry? The reason he did this is simply because he is worried that your father will be angry and it will be bad for his health if he holds it in for a long time."
"Do you even need to tell me that? Of course I know that!" Xie Yuchen frowned and replied impatiently, "But the most important thing now is for father to quickly explain why he hid the money with you. As long as he can explain it clearly and give a reasonable reason, father's anger will subside. But father is so good, not only does he not explain, he also keeps talking nonsense. Isn't this just making things worse?"
At this moment, Hei Xia Zi suddenly felt someone's gaze falling on him. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw Hua Yu turning his head, as if he had heard their conversation. Hei Xia Zi's heart tightened, and he quickly reached out and pulled the corner of Xie Yuchen's clothes, signaling him to stop talking.
Hua Yu waited for Zhang Qiling to give a reasonable explanation, but he waited for a long time and Zhang Qiling didn't say a word. He just saw him open his mouth but didn't say a word.
"Why can't you say it? Didn't you want to explain it to me? Is this your explanation to me?" Hua Yu's voice, tinged with sarcasm and tears, reached Zhang Qiling's ears.
Zhang Qiling suddenly looked up at Hua Yu, only to see his eyes slightly red, tears hanging on his eyelashes, "Zhang Qiling, we have lived together for so many years! Now you are hiding even such a small thing from me! Are you..."
Hua Yu was interrupted by Hei Xia Zi before he could finish his words. He felt so miserable because his little Hua pinched him so hard that the area on his lower back must have been bruised.
"Dahua, let me take care of this matter!" Hei Xia Zi spoke quickly, fearing that Hua Yu would take action again.
Hua Yu and Zhang Qiling both turned their heads to look at Hei Xia Zi upon hearing his words. Hua Yu frowned, clearly unhappy with Hei Xia Zi's interruption. Zhang Qiling, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Hei Xia Zi's subtle gestures.
"What the hell is going on? Tell me! If you don't explain it to me today, none of you will be able to leave this room!" Hua Yu slammed the table with a loud bang, startling everyone present. With a flick of his hand, a transparent barrier quickly enveloped the four people, trapping them in a closed space.
Seeing this, Hei Xia Zi quickly explained, "This is my fault. Ever since I handed over all my money, I have to get Xiao Hua's approval before buying anything. Xiao Hua's birthday is coming up soon, and I want to give him a surprise, but I don't have much money, so I asked the mute for help."
Hei Xiazi quickly held out his hand, motioning Hua Yu to be quiet, and then continued, "Actually, I did intend to borrow money from the mute at first, after all, I wasn't well off myself. But then, the mute told me he didn't have much savings, only about 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, which he kept for emergencies. Think about it, on such an important day as Xiaohua's birthday, I can't just give her a gift worth 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, right? That would be too shabby! So, I came up with a not-so-reliable idea."
Hua Yu was already a little impatient when he heard this. He frowned and interrupted Hei Xiazi, saying, "Get to the point!"
Seeing this, Hei Xia Zi quickly spoke faster and said, "Okay, okay, the point is, the mute actually wanted to buy you a gift and give you a surprise. But the little money he had was not enough for him to spend. So, the two of us came up with a plan. I borrowed the mute's ten thousand yuan, and then we went to Panjiayuan together. We saw a lot of good things there, and then we sold them to the people in the ghost market, so we can make more money."
After hearing this, Hua Yu finally understood the whole story. He said angrily, "Just to buy me a gift, are you two really going to all this trouble?"
Black Blind Man chuckled and said, "I just wanted to give you a surprise! And the mute was afraid that you would find out where the money went. I'm not home very often, so it's safest to keep it with me."
Hei Xiazi took a deep breath, and after some internal struggle, he finally decided to tell everything in detail. After all, if he didn't tell it now, it would be even harder for people to believe him if he was discovered later.
"How long have you been doing this? How much money have you earned?" Hua Yu stared at Hei Xia Zi closely, her eyes looking through his sunglasses as if to penetrate his heart.
Hei Xiazi felt a little uncomfortable under Hua Yu's sharp gaze. He looked away slightly before slowly answering, "It wasn't that long actually. We just started working together before you went to the Zhang Family Ancient Tower, probably only about a week ago. After you came back, we didn't meet up, so we didn't continue."
Hua Yu's doubts were not completely dispelled after hearing what Hei Xia Zi said. He continued to ask, "So how much money did you make?"
Hei Xia Zi hesitated for a moment, then said with a guilty conscience, "It's not much, actually. Only about 100,000 or 200,000... But we split it equally, so my share wasn't much either."
At this moment, Xie Yuchen, who was standing behind Hei Xiazi, suddenly snorted coldly. He twisted the flesh around Hei Xiazi's waist vigorously and said, "Good on you! You actually made some private money behind my back! You're really getting bolder and bolder!"