Rebirth of Xia Ze

When Chi Yiheng went to see Old K, he prepared a copy of the documents prepared by Xia Ze.Although he had never heard of the name Han Ling, Xia Ze's attention made him dare not take it lightly, and also added Han Ling to the list that needed to be investigated.

After reaching an agreement with Old K on the investigation content and other matters, Chi Yiheng casually mentioned that Xia Ze had entrusted Old A, the best private detective in Haicheng, to investigate this matter before he approached Old K.Colleagues have always been enemies, old K and old A have such similar names, Chi Yiheng doesn't believe that they have nothing to do with each other.

Sure enough, the old A's name immediately cheered up the old K, who had been indifferent before, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

"That bastard! Not only did he come to Zhongjing to laugh at me for having a car accident, but he even dared to call me Old A and bully me. This time I will let him see who is A, and he will be convinced to lose."

Successfully mobilizing old K's enthusiasm, Chi Yiheng left with satisfaction.The battle for the land in the west of the city has reached a critical point, and his recent energy has been more involved there.The more attentive Old K is, the easier it will be for him.As for Old A, just treat it as Xia Ze's exercise.

Not long after leaving Old K, Chi Yiheng received a call from his assistant.According to reliable sources, the Zhou family, which has been competing with them, intends to join hands with the second son of the Xia family to fight for the land in the west of the city.Chi Yiheng was not surprised by this news. After seeing Zhou Zhen and Xia Zhijie talking happily at Grandma Xia's birthday banquet, Chi's father was already mentally prepared for this.For the Chi family, absolute strength comes first, even if the Zhou family and the Xia family join forces, there is nothing to be afraid of.Chi Yiheng thought so in his heart, but still ordered his assistant to continue to pay attention to the other party's movements.They are not afraid of fair competition, but there is no guarantee that the opponent will use some sideways methods, so they have to be careful.

Chi Yiheng expected it well, after Zhou Zhen hooked up with Xia Zhijie, both of them turned their minds to Xia Zhicheng at the same time.Although the government followed the formal bidding process for the land in the west of the city, there is actually a lot of room for internal maneuverability.Because this land adopts the first-level and second-level joint development model, it is not taken by the company with the highest bid like ordinary familiar land, but there is a comprehensive evaluation standard.This standard is highly artificial and controllable, which gives the Zhou family a great public relations opportunity.

This time Zhou Zhen did not go to Xia Zhicheng directly, but found Grandma Xia through Xia Zhijie's "curve to save the country".Grandma Xia originally looked down on Zhou's family, but Xia Zhijie kept beating the side drums.The cooperation he negotiated with Zhou Zhen is [-]% to [-]%. If Zhou Zhen gets the big head, he just needs to make a small head. He is reluctant to give up such a conversion deal.Grandma Xia was pestered by Xia Zhijie for a long time, thinking about losing face to the Chi family, so she agreed with half hesitation.

Xia Zhicheng received a call from Grandma Xia, and heard that his mother was looking for him, so he deliberately spared noon to rush to Xia's old house.The mother and son chatted for a while, and Grandma Xia abducted to the project in the west of the city, speaking for the Zhou family inside and outside the words.Xia Zhicheng laughed in surprise.

"Didn't mother always look down on Zhou's family? Why do you worry about it?"

Grandma Xia said: "The Zhou family also has winks, and they found your second brother to work together. You think I'm for the Zhou family, and I'm for your second brother."

Xia Zhicheng didn't take it seriously, "I can't be the master of this matter. The second brother and the Zhou family teamed up, and they can compete with the Chi family in an open and aboveboard manner. Why bother with these side ways?"

Grandma Xia has been strong all her life.In the early years of political turmoil in China, Grandpa Xia was sent to the countryside for labor reform and had no time to take care of his family. Grandma Xia raised five children alone.The awe of the children since they were young and the guilt and tolerance that Grandpa Xia gave to Grandma Xia made Grandma Xia develop the habit of saying one thing at home.She glared at Xia Zhicheng in dissatisfaction, "What? You're looking for me to be sideways? You also said that the second child is qualified to compete with the Chi family, but it's just for you to take care of him properly, isn't that okay?"

Xia Zhi is nearly fifty years old, but he still can't do anything about Grandma Xia's temper.He has only violated Grandma Xia's wishes twice in these years, and both were in personal marriage.In other respects, he was used to following Grandma Xia's temper, so he could only smile wryly: "I'll say hello to them and let them loosen up on the judging criteria."

Xia Zhicheng weighed the pros and cons, it doesn't matter who the land is for.He didn't care about it before because the Zhou family or the Xia family were too weak compared to the Chi family alone. The gap between the two sides was not something he could take care of. If it was too obvious, it would be easy to leave behind.Now that the Zhou and Xia families are joining forces, although their strength is still a bit weaker than that of the Chi family, they are barely justified.As long as Zhou Zhen is smarter, it is not impossible to jump out of a dark horse.

Xia Zhicheng's compromise made Grandma Xia nodded in satisfaction, and mentioned another matter she cared about.

"Last time Xiao Jiang mentioned to me that Wang Xiuwu wanted to move, are you sure now?"

The three brothers of the Xia family, the eldest Xia Zhifei and the fourth Xia Zhicheng pursued official careers, and only the second eldest Xia Zhijie chose to do business.Between the boss and the fourth child, the fourth child walked particularly smoothly.When Grandma Xia thought of the boss, she thought of the turmoil back then.The boss, Xia Zhifei, was also clever and cute when he was a child, but he was frightened during the turmoil, and his original cleverness disappeared, and he became timid, cowardly and honest all his life.Now that the eldest is about to retire, Grandma Xia doesn't have much hope for him, and all her hopes are placed on the fourth eldest, Xia Zhicheng.

Grandma Xia's concerns were also issues that Xia Zhicheng had been worried about.He shook his head, "It hasn't been finalized yet."

Grandma Xia said: "Where there is no wind, there are no waves. Wang Xiuwu dared to release this rumor because he is [-]% sure. Zhicheng, you must seize this opportunity."

Xia Zhicheng paused, thinking of the thought he had been thinking all the time, hesitantly asked: "... those calligraphy and paintings that father left to Ozawa?"

Grandma Xia immediately understood what he meant, and said clearly: "I heard that Wang Xiuwu is very fond of landscape paintings of the Song Dynasty. Your father has such a collection."

Xia Zhicheng hesitated and said, "Xia Ze..."

Grandma Xia didn't take it seriously, "Xia Ze is your son, you should be your father, and he should follow suit. It's rare to vote for Wang Xiuwu, so this is how it will be done."

Xia Zhicheng thought about it for several days, but couldn't make up his mind to use what his father left for Xia Ze.Why his father left all these to Xia Ze back then, he actually understood very well.Father felt that the Xia family was sorry for Xia Ze and was atoning for him.Over the years, Xia Zhicheng always felt guilty when facing Xia Ze, especially when Xia Ze looked at him trustingly.He couldn't face Xia Ze's eyes that were exactly the same as Chi Xinyun's, so he could only deliberately distance himself from Xia Ze.But on the other hand, Xia Ze was his son, the son he had been looking forward to for many years after he and Chi Xinyun got married.He once poured too much emotion into Xia Ze, and he couldn't really turn a blind eye to Xia Ze.

Under all kinds of contradictory psychology, Xia Zhicheng's feelings for Xia Ze are extremely complicated.He allowed Zhou Hanqing to dote on Xia Ze, and sometimes he couldn't help but hate Xia Ze.After much deliberation, Xia Ze probably has nothing to offer in this life, and it is enough to grow old peacefully like this.These things his father left to Xia Ze can be regarded as Xia Ze's family property for self-defense, so it is better for him not to use them.But what my mother said was right, Xia Ze can only be well when he is well.The better he is, the more he can protect Xia Ze for the rest of his life.

Xia Zhicheng's hesitation was seen in Grandma Xia's eyes, and Grandma Xia sighed in her heart. She knew that her son had such an indecisive temperament at critical moments.Ever since Xia Zhicheng took the initiative to mention Xia Ze's calligraphy and painting, Grandma Xia had already guessed what he was thinking.He wanted those calligraphy and paintings, but he didn't want to have a reputation of competing with his son.Someone had to push him from behind before he could make up his mind.

With a flash of thought, Grandma Xia immediately led Xia Zhicheng to the small study.

There are two study rooms in the Xia family's old house, which are divided into a large study room and a small study room.The large study room was built in the front yard, and anyone from the Xia family could come in and out at will.The volume of books inside is equivalent to a small library.It's just that although there are many books in the big study, they are not very precious.The small study room was built in the backyard of Wufutang where Grandma Xia lived. The key was in Grandma Xia's hands. Normally, only Grandma Xia could come in and out at will. Later, Shen Jiashi was added.Speaking of which, Grandma Xia spared no effort in cultivating Shen Jiashi.She saw that Shen Jiashi's attainments in calligraphy and painting were quite spiritual, so she made an exception and allowed him to enter the small study to copy some calligraphy and paintings in it, but it was strictly forbidden to take them outside.

Today is Friday, and Shen Jiashi is still at school.Grandma Xia opened the door of the small study and looked inside with satisfaction.Although there is a small word in the small study room, it is actually not small.Because it stores all kinds of collections uploaded by the ancestors of the Xia family, the requirements for the environment are very strict.Not only is it anti-insect, mildew-proof, and fire-proof, but also the temperature is constant at 14°C-18°C, and the humidity is kept at 50%-60%, so the cleaning of the small study is a very important issue.

When Grandma Xia entered the room, she looked around in satisfaction, and couldn't help but praise Shen Jiashi to Xia Zhicheng. "You all think I'm partial to Jiashi, look at Jiashi's cleaning efforts."

Xia Zhicheng smiled.Grandma Xia found a pair of white gloves herself, and carefully pulled out a picture scroll from the first floor of Duobao Pavilion.Opened it and took a look, then carefully rolled it back up, sealed it and handed it to Xia Zhicheng.

"Be careful."

Following Grandma Xia's example, Xia Zhicheng also put on a pair of gloves and took the scroll.If there was any hesitation in his heart before, when he held this picture scroll worth millions in his hand, his heart was completely settled.He did all this not for himself, but also for the Xia family.As for Xia Ze, he will find a way to make up for it elsewhere in the future.

Satisfied, Xia Zhicheng took the scroll and left the old house.Not long after he left, Shen Jiashi rushed back to the old house on Friday afternoon as usual to spend the weekend with Grandma Xia.Grandma Xia was very pleased with Shen Jiashi's habit.She wholeheartedly believed that Shen Jiashi had a conscience, and she hadn't taken care of Shen Jiashi in vain for so many years.

Shen Jiashi stayed with Grandma Xia for a while, and then proposed to clean the small study. Grandma Xia became more and more satisfied with him.

In the small study, Shen Jiashi carefully wiped the shelves of Duobao Pavilion.When he was halfway through cleaning and saw a space on the left, he froze there.That space was supposed to store a painting of "Mount Lushan under the Moon" by Ge Cunzi, a painter of the Song Dynasty (semi-illustrated, here is purely fictional), but now there is nothing there, and Shen Jiashi's face turned pale all of a sudden.

The only one who can take out the things in the small study is Grandma Xia.Shen Jiashi thought of this, and quickly took out his phone and pressed a set of numbers.The phone rang for a long time but no one answered, Shen Jiashi patiently dialed again and again.Finally someone on the other side picked up. "Hey, what's going on?"

Hearing the deliberately lowered voice of the person opposite, Shen Jiashi guessed that it was probably inconvenient for him to speak, so he cut to the chase and said, "Where's the picture of Mount Lu?"

The person opposite said indifferently: "Didn't I tell you? I will send it back to you the day after tomorrow. The one you copied last time is exactly the same, and no one will find it if you put it inside."

Shen Jiashi said coldly: "Grandma found out, she took the painting away."

"What?" The person opposite asked in surprise.

Shen Jiashi repeated, "Grandma took away the fake painting, what do you think should be done?"

"I see, I can't make it in time today, and I'll send it back to you early tomorrow morning. Don't worry, baby, everything will be fine, I'm here!"

The person opposite simply hung up the phone, apparently not taking it seriously.Shen Jiashi grimaced while holding the phone, Grandma Xia probably didn't realize that what was taken away was a fake painting.The key now is to know where Grandma Xia took the painting, and find a way to get that person back.