Help!There are monsters in this pawnshop

Chapter 44 Regret
According to senior Zhao Zheng, the Linglong jade belt hook is a treasure handed down from his ancestors.

It is said that—

It was Qin Shi's toy, and by accident, it fell into the hands of his great-grandpa.

Small in size, clear and flawless.

It is an extremely rare piece of fine jade.

In the ten years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Senior Zhao Zheng's great-grandfather swallowed the stuff alive and kept it.

It almost cost his life.

Not long ago, senior Zhao Zheng's great-grandfather was seriously ill, and his time was numbered.

Senior Zhao Zheng asked for leave on purpose, went home to visit, and stayed by his grandfather's bedside to fulfill his filial piety.

Before his great-grandfather died, he asked him to move a ladder and climb to the beam of the old house——

retrieved.

Say yes, have been waiting to leave him.

After he got something, he felt something was wrong.

When I finished handling the funeral affairs for my grandfather, I took that Linglong jade belt hook and went back to school——

Let his mentor, Professor Lu, take a look to see if it belongs to Qin Chao.

It was also by chance that Professor Lu came into contact with this thing.After returning home, I fell ill, had a high fever for several days, and had a very strange dream.

Senior Zhao Zheng said that when he got the jade belt hook, he also inexplicably saw a lot——

An eerie sight.

Thinking that since I met Zhu Xiaozhou who runs a pawn shop at home.It just so happens that Zhu Xiaozhou is also helping to investigate Professor Lu's affairs, why not make an appointment to hook that exquisite jade——

Show it to her.

Then, they made an appointment to meet at Qiyun Dang, and Zhu Xiaozhou also wanted to know if he could find a pawn shop.

But when the appointed time came, there was still no sign of Senior Zhao Zheng.

"...Did he remember the wrong place?" Ding Manman looked at the clock many times, feeling a little impatient.

Already more than two hours late.Could it be—

He really can't find Qi Yundang?
Zhu Xiaozhou's heart was hanging, he was up and down, and he didn't know what the situation was.Just felt uneasy.
Why did he break the appointment?

"Why not—" Ding Manman looked at the two great gods behind him, and came up with an idea, and moved to Zhu Xiaozhou's side to encourage, "Would you like to tell us while you're waiting. You and Senior Zhao Zheng. Have you ever dated?"

With just one sentence, the stalemate atmosphere in the whole pawn shop instantly cooled down a bit.

"."

Zhu Xiaozhou thought she was talking too much nonsense, so he changed his seat.

Dodged Ding Manman.

"I heard Ding Manman say that when you and Senior Zhao Zheng were together, you were so-so-ambiguous! You can often see the two of you doing blackboard newspapers together, and talking and laughing. He knows that you are being raped by other people. Although you are excluded, but still willing to get so close to you, it can be seen"

If you say it doesn't matter, who will believe it?

"No."

Zhu Xiaozhou categorically denied that the relationship between her and senior Zhao Zheng had never reached——

The step of dating.

When I was young, I didn't understand the meaning of communication, and I also felt that
It's still a long time, and everything is in time.

Thinking about it now, it is indeed a bit regretful. "But he was the first one that made me feel like I wanted to get married."

I want to, get, get married, the——

people? !

Ding Manman was taken aback, and then noticed the gaze cast from behind——

It was like a handful of sharp knives that were about to cut her into pieces.

I hurriedly wanted to save some, "...at that time, how old were you two, how could you think of... getting married. Just kidding——"

joke! ! !

It was really unnecessary for her to ask this question. If Zhu Xiaozhou hadn't been joking, it's hard to say whether she would be able to walk out of Qiyundang alive today.

"The one who knows the language - after I met senior Zhao Zheng, when I think of him, I will think of this relationship."

Zhu Xiaozhou said.

A person who knows the language means that no matter what you say, even if it is very strange and absurd, the other party can immediately understand and is willing to accept what you said——

Even if his point of view is different, he is willing to admit——

Your point of view can exist.

It was a soul-to-soul collision.
However, such an explanation did not make Ding Manman understand.

confidant--

But Bai Yuan suddenly understood the meaning of Zhu Xiaozhou's words.

She regards Zhao Zheng as a confidant, and in such an environment where everyone alienates her and hurts her, only Zhao Zheng treats her differently.He appeared when Zhu Xiaozhou most needed to be understood——

Like a light, it illuminated her life and dispelled the darkness and cold.

He tolerated what Zhu Xiaozhou saw——

The existence of that absurd world.

Could this be the understanding she wanted?

but--

Senior Zhao Zheng really delayed for too long. It was almost dark, and there was a strong dampness in the air.

Like a heavy rain.

Ding Manman was delayed for a day and didn't dare to stay overnight, fearing to arouse the suspicion of Ding Manman's family, so she hurried back before the heavy rain came down.

Zhu Xiaozhou moved a chair and sat in front of the door, looking at the sky outside the glass door in a daze.

With one last hope——

If he comes, is it an explanation.
Xiao Wenxuan turned his head and whispered in Bai Yuan's direction, "Zhou Zhou seems to be very disappointed. It seems that she really likes that person."

"so what."

"Yeah, how did I forget—you never care what she likes and what she doesn't like. Because she is only a valuable existence to you, and she has never been a woman who should be loved."

Bai Yuan stared at him coldly, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to defend himself.
But in front of Xiao Wenxuan, he couldn't explain a single word.

Yeah--

He looked at Zhu Xiaozhou's gradually lost back.

In the eyes of others, is Zhu Xiaozhou just that to him?

Has he really... never cared about Zhu Xiaozhou's feelings?
It was getting late.

Zhu Xiaozhou waited in the store for a whole day until almost midnight, unable to hide the disappointment in her eyes anymore.

He still couldn't find it here, right?

Sure enough, just like his grandmother told him, the marriage between them probably can only end here
"Zhu Xiaozhou, why are you so disappointed?! This is your life—"

She encouraged herself with a smile and pulled herself together.

The words were overheard by the two people behind him, and they didn't know what kind of mood they were in.

Zhu Xiaozhou patted his face to let himself return to his state quickly.

Pick up the chair and go back to the store, start to sort out other things, and re-account.
"jingle--"

This voice is.
Zhu Xiaozhou raised his head, and he really saw Senior Zhao Zheng standing in front of her covered in water.

He was a little embarrassed in the rain, and his whole body was wet.

But at the moment when he saw Zhu Xiaozhou, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking around - "Zhu Xiaozhou, I'm here."

Yes, but-

But why.
Zhu Xiaozhou couldn't hold back his tears all at once.

why--

He, he is here.

but--

He is not.
"It turns out that there really is such a place. I have been looking for it many times before, but I couldn't find it. I thought I was looking for the wrong place." Senior Zhao Zheng smiled, just like back then.

Zhu Xiaozhou's phone rang.

In order to hide her tears, she turned around and answered the phone.

It's Ding Manman calling——

".Zhu, Zhu Xiaozhou! Something happened. I just arrived at the intersection, and then, and then I saw a car accident——I heard from them that a little girl suddenly rushed out of the road when Senior Zhao Zheng originally asked you to meet, and was passed by The college student was saved! But the college student—”

On the other end of the phone, Zhu Xiaozhou held the phone, his eyes drooping.

"Zhu Xiaozhou, are you listening? The college student who saved people is Senior Zhao Zheng! But he—he is already dead."

Zhu Xiaozhou covered his mouth and stood inside the counter, crying heartbreakingly with his back to Senior Zhao Zheng.

My heart has never hurt so much.

(End of this chapter)