Lost [Transmigration Book]

The drizzle became heavier for some reason.

Zhuxi is further to the south than where Yangcheng is located. Snow is not common in winter, and it rains all year round.

"Crash-"

When Zhao Rong returned to the bookstore, there were many people sheltering from the rain at the door.

Most other shops don't like passers-by crowded at the door, only here, although it has just opened, but if there is any accident, especially the wind and rain these two days, it has never refused others to stay longer.

The school is not far from the bookstore. It didn't take long for this kind of sudden heavy rain. Many students sneaked in here after school to wait for the rain to stop.

There were a lot of people standing under the eaves, and there were many students in school uniforms sitting in the few seats inside. Some of them were holding schoolbags and talking in a low voice, and some were just doing their homework with a pen, waiting for their parents to pick them up.

The end of the year is approaching, and only the grades that are entering higher education are still in class. Most of them are chatting about the two-day vacation, and they are all in high spirits and excited.

Sitting next to the checkout counter was a young man who looked about the same age as Zhao Rong.

He has handsome features, black-rimmed glasses, black hair and black pupils. At first glance, he looks very refined, and the temperament exuding from his brows is somewhat similar to that of Lu Xingping.

When Zhao Rong walked past the people in front of the door and walked to the counter of the bookstore, Liang Youjun was yawning, and the book he was reading was about to fall off.

Zhao Rong raised her hand and grabbed the crumbling book, ""Mathematics Exercise Book-Sixth Grade"? You have to choose a normal book even if you pretend to read it?"

Liang Youjun woke up in a jerk, and smiled awkwardly: "Oh, I just put on a show, it doesn't look good to sit in a daze, read a book, be more artistic."

"It might be more artistic to choose a history exercise book."

"Then I will change this one next time!"

Zhao Rong: "..."

Liang Youjun was the person Liu Shun introduced to Zhao Rong at the party with a temperament somewhat similar to Lu Xingping.

At that time, he and Qiao Nanqi were fighting each other, Liang Youjun was sandwiched between them, and finally followed Zhao Rong out of the party hall.Later, Zhao Rong gave him a large sum of money and asked him to start a regular business, and the two never saw each other again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left Yangcheng, he ran into Liang Youjun in a rest area.

It turned out that Liang Youjun planned to find a decent way of making a living in another place.

Hearing that Zhao Rong planned to go to Zhuxi to settle down, and seeing that Qiao Nanqi was not with Zhao Rong, Liang Youjun actually asked directly if he could follow Zhao Rong to Zhuxi.He said that he would go wherever he went, and he might as well go to a place where he knew people.

Zhao Rong was like a freshman at that time, she didn't care much about these trivial matters, so she agreed casually.

After arriving in Zhuxi, Zhao Rong planned to use the inheritance for investment and development based on what he thought in his heart, and moved some of the small money he already had in his hands. He bought a house and opened a big bookstore.

The bookstore was handed over to Liang Youjun, and he would come to sit around when he was free—it was right in front of his house anyway.

For more than a month, he took root here and did what he wanted to do. It was no longer the cannon fodder "Zhao Rong" in "Return", but himself.

but……

The patter of rain, the rustling of people.

Liang Youjun really went to find a junior high school history exercise book. Zhao Rong looked at the things on the counter aimlessly, saw the information in the column of borrowing books, and said, "Science fiction is really popular."

"Young people love to watch it. I can't watch it, it makes me dizzy."

Zhao Rong closed the library form, and saw a small note on the table, with the phone number and social account information written on it.

Seeing his gaze, Liang Youjun slapped his forehead: "I forgot to tell you! This is the last time you came, a woman saw you and left it for me after you left, saying she was embarrassed to find you directly , let me pass it on. I don’t even know the number, but I can understand it, and I also think that a person like you, boss, is worth chasing.”

Zhao Rong was speechless.

He raised his hand and tore up the little note.

Liang Youjun was surprised: "Hey! Boss! Don't you know anyone?"

Zhao Rong didn't hesitate. He ensured that the above information would not be made up by others, so he crumpled it up again and threw it into the trash can.

"In the future, you can return it to me directly."

"……Oh."

Zhao Rong pressed the brim of her peaked cap, picked out a book she hadn't read, and lowered her head to read it.

This book is a collection of short essays, and the words in it are like paintings, which are so beautiful that people are intoxicated.

But he couldn't see it very well, and his heart was empty.

He remembered that when he first came here, he went to a bar on the side of Zhuxi.

Before coming here, he had inquired that there were a lot of single men and women in that bar, and it was almost tacitly accepted that it was an alternative blind date place, where many people were looking for comfort from broken love, or the goal of breaking away from being single.

Zhao Rong didn't like such a noisy place, but he thought about what Lu Xingping said, and felt that he should really let go and try it, try others, anyone is fine.So he sat there and ordered himself a glass of juice.

That night, he didn't move his place, but there were many people in front of him, men and women.

Among them was a man who was tall, with black hair and deep pupils. The color of pupils could not be seen in the dim light of the bar, but the contours of the deep eye sockets could be seen.The man was wearing a pure white shirt with several buttons unbuttoned at the neckline, revealing the attractiveness of a mature man faintly.

It is the type that Zhao Rong would like.

Because of this, he talked a few more words with this person.

The other party was very interested in him, spoke positively, and even began to reveal his background after a few words, obviously he really wanted to go further.Under such circumstances, Zhao Rong should also take a step forward and open up a little more out of emotion and reason.

But he didn't say anything.

He found that he didn't want to take the initiative to give anything, or take the initiative to be the person who is close to another person's heart.

He will even keep himself in a safe place in order to protect himself and make himself feel safe.Subconsciously, he has the most convenient way to protect himself, which is not to act.

It is true that that person is obviously willing to be the one who takes the initiative, but Zhao Rong doesn't want to do that.

No one can maintain a one-way dedication for a lifetime.

It's not fair to the other person.

So he turned the man down, paid for his glass of juice, left the bar, and never went back.

When he arrived at the distant place he wanted to go, he had a few acquaintances around him, and he accompanied his mother every day, leisurely and at ease.

But except for Zhao Ming, he still didn't have the urge to open his heart to anyone.

The vigilance and defensiveness seem to have grown in his bones and blood over the years. He is used to being alone, and he is used to no longer actively offering his thoughts and feelings to another person.

He is a nostalgic person, but he doesn't miss the past either.He is a person who yearns to do whatever he wants, but he doesn't set foot on the present.

After thinking about it, I felt a little lonely in such a lively moment.

The words in the book can't surround him, but the human voice of the conversation makes him feel the excitement of others.

Zhao Rong took back those thoughts and memories that were flying around, and slowly closed the book without forcing it to read.

Liang Youjun took a feather duster and brushed the ashes off the bookshelf, and asked him, "Boss, Chinese New Year will be a few days away, shall we buy some new year's goods?"

Zhao Rong suddenly asked, "It's almost New Year's Eve?"

"Those students are talking about the holiday," Liang Youjun smiled, "They are all waiting to get the New Year's money. I have no relatives or reasons here, so you are the only ones, so bring me for the New Year."

"I also……"

No relatives, no reason, only one Zhao Ming.

He swallowed this sentence and said, "Okay, I'll ask Brother Xu, if he and his sister-in-law can bring the two of us along for the New Year."

Liang Youjun laughed a few times.

A lot of people had left in front of the door, and the rain seemed to have subsided.

Some parents shouted at the door for their children to come out and pick them up for dinner.

Zhao Rong got up and put the book back on the shelf, "I'm going back."

After asking Zhao Rong and Lu Xingping's wedding planner that day, and getting some information from Liu Shun, Qiao Nanqi thought for a moment about the reasons why these lawyers attended the wedding.

Years of experience in the circle of the aristocratic family made Qiao Nanqi gradually think in another direction.

At first, the heartache that Zhao Rong was not happy with gradually dissipated, but he actually... vaguely guessed a more exaggerated possibility.

But he dared not guess.

He was afraid that if he guessed wrong, it would be nothing but joy in the end, and such fantasies would only make him more painful.

He didn't ask Lu Xingping first either.

If he guessed wrong, his inquiry would only affect the relationship between Lu Xingping and Zhao Rong—he didn't want to bring any negative influence to Zhao Rong anymore.

So Qiao Nanqi waited for a few days.

A few days later, one morning when Yangcheng was gradually warming up from the deep winter, Xiao Wu brought a lawyer.

The lawyer's surname is Lin, and he works in one of the law firms that Qiao Nanqi asked him to buy. He specializes in private legal disputes and inheritance division of those who can name them. Named person.

And this lawyer surnamed Lin was clearly not in any relationship circle between Zhao Rong and Lu Xingping, but on the day of the wedding, he and several other lawyers were recording something at the end with documents.

After Lawyer Lin came in, he sat there waiting for Qiao Nanqi to speak.

Qiao Nanqi knew that people like Lawyer Lin had done things for too many people who were either rich or noble. If they missed the opportunity at the beginning, they would really not be able to ask anything.

So he opened his mouth and asked ambiguously: "You should know why I am looking for you."

He walked over these years, and his sharp-edged face was naturally covered with a somewhat gloomy temperament. Once his face was downcast, coupled with a few words of unclear meaning, it was enough to make people retreat.

Lawyer Lin only met Qiao Nanqi at Zhao Rong's wedding.

Even though most of the people invited to that wedding were among the top figures in Yangcheng, Qiao Nanqi still stood out from the crowd as if he stood out from the crowd.He clearly remembered that when they were making records, the colleague who was in charge of taking the camera scanned Qiao Nanqi's lens, and unconsciously listened to it for a few seconds before scanning it.

So lawyer Lin was very impressed with Qiao Nanqi.

The only time he ever met this Mr. Joe was at the wedding.

He thought that when someone like Qiao Nanqi asked him about his presence, it must be because of some kind of contest between these rich people. Wasn't this Mr. Qiao who brought down the Chen family?

So, under Qiao Nanqi's few unclear questions, lawyer Lin couldn't survive Qiao Nanqi's air pressure and wrist for a few rounds, and he said everything in a short while.

The non-disclosure agreement of Zuo Na has expired, and the will did not require them not to disclose it from the beginning to the end.

He briefly talked about the will: "... Mr. Zhao and I don't know each other. We just participated in the matter of Mrs. Chen's last will. This will is related to Mr. Zhao. I am in charge and Mr. Zhao will take the lead. The reason why I attended the wedding was also because he called me some time ago and said he wanted to unfreeze the inheritance."

The Chen family actually left an inheritance to Zhao Rong.

But if it's Mrs. Chen, it actually makes sense.

Before Mrs. Chen passed away, even before Qiao Anqing passed away, Qiao Nanqi had a decent relationship with the Chen family and had met this old man.

Although she also has the stubbornness and prejudice that the old aristocratic family often has, but when dealing with people, she still has a bit of kindness.If Zhao Rong's father, Chen Fengnian, had not died of a sudden illness, the Chen family would have been handed over from Mrs. Chen to Chen Fengnian.If you want to find someone from the big Chen family who is willing to look at Zhao Rong seriously, this old lady Chen is the only one.

If it wasn't for Chen Fengnian dying of sudden illness not long after, Mrs. Chen was so stimulated that she couldn't bear the serious illness, she might have paved the way for Zhao Rong.

pity.

Thinking about it this way, it would be normal to have a secret inheritance.

It's just that this legacy...why did Zhao Rong unfreeze it so late?As long as Zhao Rong could get it earlier, in the past few years when the Chen family hadn't collapsed, Zhao Rong wouldn't have had such a difficult time under Chen Dachen's second hand.

and……

Qiao Nanqi frowned slightly - what does this have to do with the wedding?

But he couldn't act ignorant, so he said, "So you go to the wedding."

Lawyer Lin thought to himself that Qiao Nanqi really knew something. Although he didn't know Qiao Nanqi, he already knew about Young Master Qiao's tricks from the rumors and the meeting at this moment, and he didn't dare to hide it: "...Yes, the wedding is requirements of the confidentiality agreement."

"When the old lady passed away, she froze half of the Chen family's property, made a will, and handed it all over to Zhao Rong for inheritance, but there was a condition for the inheritance—that is, marriage. Only when this condition was met, could the inheritance be unfrozen. She gave This will has double guarantees, that is, it requires a wedding to invalidate the non-disclosure agreement, and it also requires legal recognition to unfreeze the inheritance to ensure that there will be no accidents in the inheritance. Only when both steps are completed, the inheritance will be unfrozen.”

"During the wedding, we were checking the specifications. A few days after the wedding, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Lu sent the required documents, unfrozen the inheritance, and handed over the inheritance to us."

"We haven't been in touch since then..."

Qiao Nanqi was startled by these sudden words.

In fact, lawyer Lin made it very clear, and the meaning is very clear.

Qiao Nanqi understood.

But it was precisely because he understood that he reacted for a long time.

It turned out that behind Zhao Rong and Lu Xingping's marriage contract that everyone thought was absurd a few years ago, there was actually such a secret hidden.

Is it because of this that the wedding was so hasty?

"When did Zhao Rong contact you?"

"Just a month or two ago."

"The wedding was held immediately after contacting you?"

"Yes, I told Mr. Zhao that the first step to get the inheritance is to hold a wedding, and the invitations came within a few days."

Everything is clear.

Qiao Nanqi stopped talking.

He was sitting at the desk, leaning slightly against the back of the chair, his eyes moving slightly.

He had already gotten close to the truth, knowing that this wedding was just a scene, his first reaction was a little pleasantly surprised.

He hadn't experienced such an emotion as "surprise" for a long time.

The last time such emotions existed in his memory was far before Qiao Anqing died.

He seemed to have just come back from school that day, and he ran into the house as soon as the driver opened the door.Qiao Anqing had long been waiting for him with a gift box, and said, "I bought a cute little thing, can you unwrap it for me?"

He was not tall at the time, and Qiao Anqing was holding the gift box. He had to stand on tiptoe to put on the bow.He leaned forward, raised his hand, and unzipped the bow bit by bit, the ribbon slipped off. Qiao Nanqi opened the box, and saw a kitten inside the gift box, its white fur was a little gray.

The kitten also seemed to feel his gaze, raised its head, and its round eyeballs collided with his gaze.

In my memory, he seemed to be smiling at that time.

But now, facing the actual reasons for this sudden wedding, Qiao Nanqi couldn't laugh at all.

This surprise only came for such a short moment, and he was overwhelmed by the message brought by this will.

He lowered his head slightly to hide his loss of control, but his voice became hoarse uncontrollably: "The will requires marriage, and the person who gets married must be Lu Xingping?"

Lawyer Lin was taken aback.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that Qiao Nanqi didn't know about the will.

He was completely fooled just now.

But having said all this, he had no way to hide it, so he had to go all the way to the dark.

"Yes," he nodded, "this request was made before the old lady passed away. In fact, I have been waiting for Mr. Zhao to contact me, but I have not waited for many years. I thought he would not come to me, no Thinking of contacting me suddenly recently."

- It is indeed so.

The light in Qiao Nanqi's eyes was dim, and the expression that had been softened by the momentary surprise before had completely dissipated at this moment.

Before checking these things, he thought that what awaited him might be a rare ray of dawn, but he didn't expect to see only heavy clouds.

He knew a piece of good news, but because of the good news, he couldn't be happy at all.

When Chen Ze and those people had an accident, Xia Yuantu worked with him to liquidate the assets of the Chen family—half less than they expected.

Originally, Qiao Nanqi thought that these were secretly transferred out by those members of the Chen family.

But they checked the accounts of the Chen family's company many times over the past few years, and there was no mistake or omission, and they couldn't find where such a large sum of money suddenly disappeared.After thinking about it, they can only blame it on Chen Da and Chen Er's profligacy, and spent all the money unknowingly-although this reason is actually not plausible, but they really couldn't find the money.

At this moment, Qiao Nanqi finally knew the final destination of the disappeared property of the Chen family.

When Mrs. Chen passed away, he and Zhao Rong were not even together.

But the marriage contract and will were drawn up many years ago.

This inheritance, which even he and Xia Yuantu wanted to find, just lay there quietly, and its owner didn't have any heartbeats, as if he had forgotten it.

Zhao Rong obviously had a choice, he could even find Lu Xingping a long time ago, and hold this hasty wedding a long time ago.

But nothing happened in the past few years.

If they had never broken up, and if their marriage agreement would not expire, the moment Zhao Rong was with him would have completely cut off the possibility of fulfilling the marriage contract with Lu Xingping and receiving the inheritance.

But at the beginning, Zhao Rong still chased him without hesitation, and said to him: "If you need a marriage partner, I can do it."

From the beginning to the end, from Mrs. Chen's death, to the signing of the marriage agreement, from Zhao Rong's move into his house, to Zhao Rong's departure...

Zhao Rong has never mentioned this half of the inheritance that is enough to make many people feel excited.

After he learned about Zhao Rong and Lu Xingping's marriage news, he begged Zhao Rong not to get married in the snowstorm. He shouted hoarsely at the door of Zhao Rong's house, but Zhao Rong never told him, even if he offered him the truth.

Zhao Rong didn't even want to give him a chance to feel guilty.

Qiao Nanqi had no strength, and even found it difficult to bow his head.

He felt that the air around him had been sucked clean, making him unable to breathe, only immersed in an endless sense of suffocation.

The negative emotions that he had managed to calm down these days were completely surging at this moment, overwhelming him like a river and a sea, and weighing him down like a thousand dollars.In the endless heartache, he only had a sliver of reason, thankful that he didn't have a sharp weapon in front of him, otherwise he didn't even know what he would do.

Qiao Nanqi leaned on the table with his elbows, lowered his head, propped his forehead, tried to steady his voice, and said, "Xiao Wu."

Xiao Wu, who was waiting in the cubicle beside him, heard this and did not need Qiao Nanqi's instructions at all. He entered the door very skillfully and led Lawyer Lin out.

Before leaving, he gently closed the door for Qiao Nanqi, leaving Qiao Nanqi alone in the office.

The surroundings were quiet.

There were countless voices in Qiao Nanqi's mind, but these voices were all saying the same thing.

The more than one year with him, is it worth Zhao Rong secretly swallowing all the hardships he has suffered, and is it worth Zhao Rong giving up such a large amount of benefits?

--not worth it.

Qiao Nanqi, you are really not worth it at all.