Rifts in the Family: Marriage Under Lies

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"Uh, what a coincidence, I have a nephew named Zhou."

Xu Jingqiu sighed in astonishment, but there are so many surnames in the country, the two of them didn't think it was a big deal.

After they left together, Zhou Hao drove Xu Jingqiu to Qingfeng Tea House in his car.Zhou Hao clearly felt that the closer he got to the destination, the more nervous he became.It's just that seeing Xu Jingqiu's appearance, he felt that he was nothing.But Xu Jingqiu's caring about her appearance suddenly reminded Zhou Hao of something.

Only a man like Li Maohua would let a woman do this, even if he complained in his heart, he still had to please him everywhere.But if Li Maohua knew that Xu Jingqiu was messing around behind his back, what would he think? Maybe he already knew it, so he just turned a blind eye!

Zhou Hao thought for a while, and when he was outside the Qingfeng Teahouse, he suppressed his emotions and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the role of Xu Jingqiu's cousin.

Chapter 221 The Injured Woman ([-])

Looking at the plaque hanging under the eaves of the teahouse that scolded Fang Qiu with the word "Qingfeng", Zhou Hao got out of the car, shook his clothes, walked in with Xu Jingqiu with his head upright.

Xu Jingqiu negotiated a private room with the welcoming waiter, and met Li Maohua under the guidance of the latter.

Li Maohua is in his 40s, but he wears very casual clothes, and he is not very tall, only 1.7 meters.But people are very energetic, especially those eyes without even a little bit of trance or turbidity. After seeing Zhou Hao and Xu Jingqiu coming, Li Maohua's face was immediately covered with a smile, stood up and walked over: "Jing Qiu, you are here, please sit down."

"Have you been here for a long time? You haven't waited long!" Xu Jingqiu also said with a smile on her face, but Li Maohua smiled wryly: "It's not the first time I've been waiting for you. What's the matter?"

Zhou Hao seemed to be ignored. Although he felt a little weird, he would be really stupid if he got angry over such a trivial matter at this time.However, from the conversation between Li Maohua and Xu Jingqiu, he felt that the relationship between the two seemed to be pretty good.Xu Jingqiu said she was just a mistress, but Li Maohua's eyes could clearly see that there was some affection.Maybe as Xu Jingqiu said, love is love, but it is only limited to the spirit, and the body is already tired and crooked.

After Xu Jingqiu sat down, Li Maohua raised his head and looked at Zhou Hao.Zhou Hao suddenly got a little shorter. His height was about half a head taller than Li Maohua's. If he really let Li Maohua raise his head to look at him like this, he probably wouldn't have a good impression later.

Whether it's officialdom or business, Zhou Hao still understands some special polite actions.As for ambition, in this day and age it is nothing more than the difference between the strong and the weak.

Zhou Hao's little move made the corners of Li Maohua's mouth twitch a little, but he didn't show too much and just smiled and said, "Jingqiu, is this the cousin you mentioned?"

"Enen, Zhou Hao, you still call someone!" Xu Jingqiu hurriedly urged, but Zhou Hao was in trouble.What should I call Li Maohua at this time?mayor?Doesn't this clearly mean that Li Maohua, the mayor, has a problem with his life style?Call brother-in-law?That would be even more death!

Zhou Hao paused for a second or two, followed by a flash of inspiration in his mind and said with a bold smile: "Brother Maohua, hello!"

He didn't call Mayor Li, nor did he call his funny brother-in-law. Instead, he called him "brother" according to his age, which was not nutritious or even a little bit close, but it made Li Maohua laugh.

"Haha, I heard Jingqiu talk about you. Yes, you are quite clever. Well, everyone, have some tea and refreshments. It has been a long time since I came to this teahouse for tea."

Li Maohua said with a smile that Zhou Hao kept in mind the famous four-character saying "too much talk is bound to fail", so he just agreed with a smile.

In the following time, it was nothing more than Li Maohua and Xu Jingqiu talking. Zhou Hao came to be the driver and not to seek relatives. Li Maohua occasionally came to talk to him, which was considered more considerate.

He was still a sensible person, and when he saw the two talking more and more vigorously, he made an excuse to go out for a walk.Li Maohua readily agreed, Xu Jingqiu didn't want him here earlier.

After Zhou Hao went out, he wandered around the tea house. Maybe it was too boring, so Zhou Hao couldn't help but took out his mobile phone to find something to do to pass the time.Just as soon as he turned on the phone, his eyes saw the photo album, and he clicked on it like a ghost.

Nowadays, people often like to use their mobile phones to take pictures of every bit of life, but Zhou Hao is not used to it and does not like to take pictures, so there are only a few photos in his mobile phone. next shot.

Looking at those photos, his wife put her arms around his neck to take a selfie. Zhou Hao couldn't help smiling when he saw his bitter face and his wife's smug smile.It's just that the smile was so short that he cleaned it up. Li Man hadn't heard from him for more than a day.After such a long time, there is still no letter. Li Man is determined.

Thinking of these things, Zhou Hao couldn't help but feel a little dull again. He thought about calling Lily to see if Li Man had already been contacted, but when he thought about it, Lily probably contacted him as soon as possible. .

Putting the phone back into his pocket, Zhou Hao sat on a wooden chair in a daze.After an unknown amount of time, I heard the conversation between Xu Jingqiu and Li Maohua coming out of the box.

"Maohua, are you really not going to my place tonight?" Xu Jingqiu's voice was full of depression, and Li Maohua's face was also full of guilt and said: "Jingqiu, I'm sorry, you know that I have really I am very busy and very important. Although the words are cruel to you, I still have to say that I may not be able to meet with you again during this period of time. Secretary Liang will retire in a few months, so I must seize this opportunity In the last period of time, I don't want to be parachuted by an enemy after working so hard for so many years!"

"Well, your career is the most important thing, I understand." Xu Jingqiu smiled against his will, Li Maohua nodded and strode out without saying anything.When passing by Zhou Hao, he smiled and said, "Xiao Zhou, you can rest for another night tonight. I usually drive by myself when I go to and from work, but I may go to attend meetings at any time. So wait for my call."

"Well, I know Brother Maohua." Zhou Hao said, Li Maohua slightly bent his lips and left.He walked quickly without looking back at Xu Jingqiu.

Zhou Hao watched him leave the corner of his mouth, but when he turned his head to look at Xu Jingqiu, he found that her eyes were red, as if she was about to cry.

"He hasn't been to my place for almost a month. I thought he would be with me today, but I didn't expect him to say that." Seeing Zhou Hao looking at her, Xu Jingqiu smiled wryly and said that the feeling of grievance is still Hold back hard.

Zhou Hao didn't go to comfort Xu Jingqiu, and he didn't know how to do so.But what he didn't expect was that Xu Jingqiu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Let's go, cousin, let's go have a few drinks with my sister."

"Uh, you should go back and rest now." Zhou Hao could feel that Xu Jingqiu's whole body seemed to be exuding negative emotions.

"I said go drink, don't you understand what I mean?" Xu Jingqiu's voice suddenly turned cold.

Zhou Hao didn't care about Xu Jingqiu's bad words, he hesitated slightly and nodded, "Okay, where are we going?"

"Just find a place, as long as there is wine to drink." Xu Jingqiu walked out with her satchel indifferently, and Zhou Hao had no choice but to follow.

But as soon as she got in the car, Xu Jingqiu couldn't help crying anymore.Zhou Hao really didn't know how to deal with that heartbroken look. He was thinking of taking Xu Jingqiu to the bar, but seeing her look like this, his heart turned and he drove her directly to the mansion.

Xu Jingqiu just kept crying, and when she realized it, the car was halfway through, and she hurriedly shouted: "Zhou Hao, why are you driving in the direction of Haoting!"

"Send you back to rest!"

"No, I said go to the bar!"

"I don't want to take a crying crazy woman to those venues, otherwise people will think I have done something to you."

Zhou Hao didn't bother to talk to her, and drove straight to Haoting.

Chapter 222 The Injured Woman ([-])

When he arrived at the parking lot of Haoting, Zhou Hao glanced at Xu Jingqiu who was sitting on the passenger seat, and smiled bitterly in his heart: "Go on, even if you are angry with me, there is nothing you can do. Drinking is not suitable for you now. Why don't you go back and take a shower, and get some rest early."

It is said that wine can relieve sorrow, but in fact, this is nothing more than paralyzing oneself.When I'm drunk, I don't think about anything.Zhou Hao also knew that he was meddling in his own business, and what happened to Xu Jingqiu had nothing to do with him, but maybe that's why he always hated others, especially women.

Xu Jingqiu had already stopped crying, opened the car door with a cold snort and got out.

After Zhou Hao shrugged his shoulders and parked the car, he didn't intend to stay here any longer and just wanted to drive his own car back.

It's just that Xu Jingqiu, who was standing outside the parking lot before getting into the car, shouted, "Hey, where are you going?"

"It's so late, of course I'm going home." Zhou Hao replied casually.

"You brought me back, and now you go home irresponsibly? Zhou Hao, why are you such a bastard!" Xu Jingqiu shouted angrily.

With black lines all over Zhou Hao's head, he said, "There are still people at home waiting for me to go back, even if I don't have to go home, what's the use of being here?"

"That's right, you should be married and have children in your 30s, and you should go back now."

Xu Jingqiu is not an unreasonable woman, and she was relieved when she heard Zhou Hao say that, but she didn't know what happened to Zhou Hao, let alone her words affected Zhou Hao to some extent.

After a pause, Zhou Hao didn't know what he thought of, so he opened the car door and got out of the car, walked up to Xu Jingqiu and said, "Don't you want to drink? I'll accompany you. Boozing hurts people, the more you drink, the more you worry, there is one more person Will be happier."

Xu Jingqiu looked astonished and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, it's just that you're wrong, my parents are the only ones waiting for me at home." Zhou Hao said with a smile, the smile was natural, but Xu Jingqiu looked at his eyes and suddenly read something.Xu Jingqiu couldn't explain what that thing was.

"Where's your wife?" Xu Jingqiu asked curiously.

"Don't talk about her, you have a bar at home, let's go, I'll have a drink with you, cousin!" Zhou Hao said jokingly, Xu Jingqiu poohed bitterly and replied: "If Li Maohua is not here, don't call me cousin , I heard it in my heart, if I really have a cousin like you, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep peacefully at night."

Zhou Hao laughed, and walked to the latter's home with Xu Jingqiu.Xu Jingqiu's house has a store of wine, but as Zhou Hao said, the more you drink, the more it hurts people, so she thought about going out to find wine.Looking at other people who are as drunk as myself may also be a way to vent.

At home, Xu Jingqiu took out two bottles of vodka with a temperature of more than 40 degrees, and said, "I don't like to drink at home, but I still have a lot of it. Maohua will drink some with me every time I come."