I Got Rich in Period Fiction
Chapter 494: Never Understand

Chapter 494: Chapter 494: Never Understand

Yuan Hengzhi’s face gradually chilled, and without a change in expression, he withdrew his hand from his sleeve, smiled with a gentle voice, "It’s too cold, let’s not talk outside anymore. Director Lin, you go ahead with your work. I’ll take her back."

The topic was clearly not to be continued.

Director Lin knew he shouldn’t meddle in the affairs of young people, shook his head, turned, and left with hands behind his back.

Yuan Hengzhi glanced at Bai Zhi and spoke calmly, "That’s fine, the guesthouse has decent conditions. You can stay here for a few days."

Bai Zhi hadn’t expected Yuan Hengzhi to soften so abruptly. She was overjoyed and trotted after Yuan Hengzhi back to the guesthouse.

After returning to his office, Yuan Hengzhi opened his notebook, found a phone number, and called it. The phone rang for a long while before being answered. Nowadays, communications had advanced. When making a call, including the area code meant there was no need to go through an operator, but of course, this was only a service in some big cities so far. Some smaller places didn’t have this service yet, but it was believed to soon become widespread.

And the voice on the other end sounded rather lazy. Yuan Hengzhi spoke bluntly, "Lan Jianqing, Bai Zhi is at the Xichuan Tenghai Research Base. Come and take her back."

The lazy voice on the other end suddenly changed, even rising in pitch, "Who are you? What are you saying?"

At that time, there was no caller ID on phones. He didn’t know who was calling — just that it was a man. After calming down, the voice sounded somewhat familiar. He ventured a guess, "Is this Yuan Hengzhi?"

Yuan Hengzhi replied, "Yes, it’s me."

Without waiting for Lan Jianqing to ask anything else, Yuan Hengzhi unapologetically hung up the phone.

Lan Jianqing had had a few drinks around noon and was slightly tipsy, but that conversation completely sobered him up.

Bai Zhi had told him not to look for her for a while, to give her some time to reflect and see if there was any possibility of reconciliation. He had given her space and time, but how had it come to this, that she had already left Beijing?

He had no idea.

Lan Jianqing’s complexion was far from good.

What exactly was Bai Zhi planning to do?

Lan Jianqing had no doubts that she loved him, but if she loved him, why couldn’t she just get along with him instead of getting tangled up with Yuan Hengzhi?

He also had talked to her and knew that although Bai Zhi’s actions were not ugly, she also hadn’t given up on Yuan Hengzhi.

He just didn’t understand how long Bai Zhi planned on playing both sides — wasn’t she afraid of falling into the river?

Lan Jianqing’s face was not looking good. His family and friends had advised him, saying that such a fickle woman, always looking at the next best thing, was no good.

They told him to cut ties with her, to do it cleanly. There were plenty of good girls out there. Why cling to her?

Isn’t there a saying?

There’s plenty of fish in the sea!

But there were too many doubts and entanglements in his heart. Bai Zhi wasn’t the kind of girl to be so fickle, yet why did she have to do this?

He had investigated in secret. No one was forcing her, so he felt uneasy not understanding what was going on.

With that, he began to make phone calls, asking a friend at the station to book him a train ticket to Xichuan for the next day. He needed to make arrangements for the restaurant. It was the Spring Festival period, and though the restaurant would open on the fifteenth day, there wouldn’t be many customers until after the holidays were fully over.

However, preparations, like cleaning and ordering supplies, had to be made, and now he would have to leave it all behind and make arrangements beforehand, not knowing how many days it would be before he could return.

Yuan Hengzhi was relieved. He felt this decision was truly wise. By calling Lan Jianqing to take Bai Zhi away, he didn’t have to worry about the journey’s safety. After all, the emotions between those two were indeed good; it wasn’t his selfishness.

Bai Zhi’s family surely knew she was in Xichuan, and if anything happened to her on her lone trip back, not to mention her family’s reaction, he himself couldn’t get over it psychologically.

Now it was all right. He had passed the hot potato to Lan Jianqing.

He had decided not to ask anymore. Let it be what it will be.

As for her intentions, why do all this? He was no longer fretting.

Sometimes you just can’t understand the workings of some people’s minds.

Like this couple in his old jurisdiction, the husband was honest, the wife pretty, and she scorned the husband for being useless. She dallied around and, after having a child, ran off with a boss from out of town.

If she had run off with the boss, taken some money for stability, and secretly left something for her child, one could say she had a shred of a conscience. But she didn’t leave a dime; instead, she took all the money from home and anything else of value.

Everyone told him to report it to the police; though the issue could be seen as a domestic affair, treating it as a case on account of friendship, he could help deal with it. At least if the woman didn’t return, at least half of the money could possibly be recovered.

Otherwise, as his buddy and comrade’s brother, how was he to live his life?

That was the connection. If he filed a report, he could definitely help.

But the guy did not. He just waited foolishly, saying once the money ran out, his wife would return, realizing his worth. But the child was only two or three years old and difficult to care for. He had to work, and taking care of the child was problematic.

He and his former wife had no marriage license. Last year, he was introduced to a woman and practically began living with her de facto, but barely half a year later, his ex-wife returned, having been scammed with nothing left to her name and coming back for a meal.

That’s no exaggeration. She truly returned for a meal.

Who knows what she went through, but once she was back, the man was overjoyed and immediately kicked out the woman who had looked after both his child and him for over half a year.

He resumed life with his ex-wife as if nothing mattered.

So, you see, there are all sorts of people in this world.

Like Bai Zhi and Lan Jianqing, their thinking is out of the ordinary.

He couldn’t quite say it was a case of one willing to beat and the other willing to be beaten between him, Bai Zhi, and Lan Jianqing. Nor could it be said that their values were distorted. Certainly, there was some bizarre reason that made Bai Zhi feel obligated to act that way.

But now, that reason no longer mattered.

At least it had been proven that she wasn’t a spy or anything of the sort.

He Juanjuan returned home, and dinner was already prepared. She didn’t idle, busily setting the table and serving the food.

There was no denying it — her sister-in-law’s mother was an excellent cook.

And she was also genuinely kind-hearted, always gentle and soft-spoken. Just being around her made you involuntarily calm down.