Chapter 125: Stabbing

Lin Guzhi couldn't bear to let down such a good, kind, and silly woman.

He briefly chatted with Du Bin and Xiong Shuang for a few more words, then hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, another call came in.

He didn't save the phone number, but he had a good memory and remembered that it was Duan Xinyi who called before, so he hung up immediately.

He turned around while riding his electric bike and took a look. Sure enough, the woman he once knew was driving slowly towards him on the other side of the road.

With such sharp perceptions, how could he not notice the gazes in the opposite car?
However, the woman in the car was startled when she noticed Lin Guzhi looking at her. She quickly avoided Lin Guzhi's gaze and continued driving.

Duan Xinyi felt a little uncomfortable. She felt that Lin Guzhi's eyes were too cold at this moment, even so cold that it made her heart palpitate.

Time is always the most beautiful filter. When she thinks back now, she only remembers the good of Lin Guzhi. Of course, Lin Guzhi was indeed very good at the time, but when she sees Lin Guzhi again now and recalls the feeling she had in the past, she feels that this kind of goodness has reached the point where she can ignore the difference in work.

——Of course, this was also related to the fact that she had not found the right one in the past three years. At the same time, she also felt that since Lin Guzhi could be with Xia Qing, he must be doing well.

There was also the marriage file of Xia Qing and Lin Guzhi, which Duan Xinyi went to look at. They got married not long ago, and divorced so quickly, Duan Xinyi felt that there must be something fishy in this marriage.

She wanted to call Lin Guzhi to ask, but she didn't expect Lin Guzhi to be so heartless. Even though he knew it was her, he still hung up her phone so decisively.

Where is the old you?!

Duan Xinyi bit her lower lip and thought, suddenly feeling a little indignant.

She couldn't get through to Lin Guzhi, so she tried to find her college classmates and got Du Bin's phone number. After taking a deep breath and preparing herself mentally, she called Du Bin.

"Hello? Who?"

Dubin's voice came from the phone.

Duan Xinyi drove the car to the parking lot outside the Civil Affairs Bureau and did not get out of the car. She said to Du Bin in the car: "Hello, Du Bin, it's me, Duan Xinyi."

As a result, a sneer came from the phone immediately, and Du Bin said, "Oh my goodness, who did I think it was? It turned out to be Section Chief Duan! I didn't expect that it would be you who handled the formalities for Gu Zhi and Xia Qing last time. I'm sorry to trouble Section Chief Duan!"

There was sarcasm in these words, how could Duan Xinyi not hear it?

Duan Xinyi finally understood that it was Du Bin who greeted Lin Guzhi and Xia Qing. She resisted the urge to hang up the phone and said, "Du Bin, don't mock me. Three years ago, I took the initiative to break up with Gu Zhi. I know you blame me. But the past is the past. We were classmates after all. There's no need, right? I'm just a small employee. You should know that."

Dubin asked, "Since the past is in the past, why are you still calling?"

Duan Xinyi said: "I just want to ask about Gu Zhi and Xia Qing's situation. Also, how has Gu Zhi been doing in the past three years?"

Du Bin sneered: "Good fellow, you still have the nerve to ask me? It seems that you have not cared about Lao Lin at all in the past three years! He has been missing for three years, and you didn't even know about it!"

"He's missing?!"

Duan Xinyi said in surprise.

Du Bin said, "Now he's back. Didn't you see it with your own eyes? He was wearing rags when he came back, like a scavenger. He didn't have any money at all. I don't know what kind of suffering he went through. Alas..."

Duan Xinyi pursed her lips and was speechless for a moment. After she started working, she wanted to cut off her past completely, so she didn't ask about Lin Guzhi at all. But she didn't expect that such a thing would happen to Lin Guzhi.

"he……"

Duan Xinyi said the word "he", but she felt complicated and didn't know what to say.

Du Bin said: "He is doing well now. He has a daughter and Xia Qing cares about him. Oh, and he is not planning to divorce. They just had a little quarrel before, but now they are reconciled and are very loving."

Duan Xinyi felt her head was dizzy and buzzing.

I have a daughter... I won't get divorced...

This news exploded in her mind like a bombshell, making her unable to recover for a while.

She didn't notice Xiaoxi's existence that day, but now Du Bin suddenly told her that Gu Zhi already had a daughter.

She was suddenly shocked.

Is it with Xia Qing?

She couldn't help but think about it in her heart. While thinking about this, she couldn't help but have more complicated emotions.

Du Bin's voice was still ringing on the phone: "Alright, that's it. I'm telling you this because you had some relationship with Lao Lin in the past, and you called to ask about it. Don't spread it out, or I'll never forgive you. Section Chief Duan!"

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The phone disconnected.

Duan Xinyi smiled bitterly. She could tell that Du Bin's last sentence, "Section Chief Duan," was a bit threatening and ironic, warning her not to spread the news she heard today.

How dare she spread such rumors?

She knew how big the Dubin family business was. Moreover, Dubin could directly find her boss and ask her to come to work an hour earlier in the morning to do things for him.

This means that Doberman is capable of making things difficult for her.

...On the way back to Heping No. 1 Community, after Lin Guzhi hung up the call with Duan Xinyi, he was about to put away his phone and continue riding his bike, but suddenly noticed the missed call on his phone, so he called back.

"Uncle, who are you talking to on the phone?"

Xia Qing's voice floated out.

It really "floated" out.

Ever since that day, Lin Guzhi felt that whenever Yang Lijing was not around, Xia Qing's voice changed when she spoke to him. It became soft, sweet, and a little mysterious, like a little resentful woman soaking in a honey pot.

"With Dubin. Dubin called and asked if we were still getting divorced."

Lin Guzhi replied. As for Duan Xinyi's call, he didn't tell Xia Qing. Anyway, he didn't answer Duan Xinyi's call and didn't plan to answer it in the future, so he thought there was no need to tell Xia Qing about this matter.

Xia Qing suddenly became nervous: "Ah! Then how did you reply to Dubin, uncle?"

Lin Guzhi said: "I told him that I would not leave him."

"Oh……"

Although Xia Qing just said "Oh", she seemed to be relieved.

She suddenly became happy again, with a smile on her face. "Uncle, let's not rush home. Let's go to the shopping mall near the community first. The weather is a bit cold, and you and Xiaoxi don't have any clothes to change. Let's go buy some clothes."

After hearing what Xia Qing said, Lin Guzhi agreed: "Okay."

So he hung up the phone and rode his electric bike slowly to the shopping mall near Heping No. 1 Community.

But the slow speed only refers to his own speed and the speed of the car. In fact, he has already turned the ignition of the electric car to the maximum.

He rode his bike all the way to the shopping mall that Xia Qing mentioned and parked his bike. Lin Guzhi glanced at the square outside the mall and soon found Xia Qing and Xiaoxi.

There was a simple trampoline next to the shopping mall. Xia Qingzheng, wearing a mask, hat and sunglasses, stood there watching Xiaoxi play on the trampoline.

Xiaoxi jumped on the trampoline, which was not too low, and had a lot of fun.

Lin Guzhi walked forward, Xia Qing turned around and saw him, and couldn't help laughing: "Uncle, you are here." She smiled like a flower, even the sunglasses and mask couldn't stop her smile.

"Well, have you been waiting long?"

Lin Guzhi asked.

Xia Qing quickly shook her head: "Not long, not long. Xiaoxi happened to be playing here for a while. Look how happy she is."

Xiaoxi also noticed Lin Guzhi coming, so she wanted to stop jumping and get off the trampoline.

Lin Guzhi and Xia Qing said in unison: "Don't worry, play for a while longer." After they finished speaking, they couldn't help but smile at each other.

The smile on Xia Qing's face became sweeter. She felt that such tacit understanding was really good, as if they had telepathic connection.

"I won't play anymore."

Xiaoxi said as she was about to get off the trampoline.

So Lin Guzhi picked up Xiaoxi, took Xiaoxi's hand, and walked into the mall with Xia Qing.

Xia Qing also held Xiaoxi's other hand, and the three of them walked into the mall like a family of three.

It was not the peak time after get off work, nor was it the weekend break, so there were not many people coming to the mall at this time. There was no one else around the three of them, so Lin Guzhi said, "Xia Qing, thank you."

Xia Qing said unhappily, "You're saying thank you to me again, uncle! Do you know that? This is really annoying of you!"

Lin Guzhi shook his head and said, "That's not what I'm talking about."

"what?!"

Xia Qing turned her head and glanced at Lin Guzhi, blinking her eyes behind her sunglasses. For a moment, she didn't understand what Lin Guzhi meant.

Lin Guzhi said: "I mean, thank you for being willing to give me your feelings and letting me feel such strong warmth. I haven't felt such warmth for a long time... or should I say..."

He thought back to his past love affair on the university campus and said, "Or maybe I've never felt that before."

Of course, this doesn't mean that Duan Xinyi was bad in the past. It's just that Xia Qing is different from Duan Xinyi and they are completely incomparable.

No one can be like Xia Qing, who is like a little sun, warming others unreservedly.

But Xia Qing blushed instantly: "What are you talking about, uncle?!"

Lin Guzhi said: "I'm saying, if you're willing, I can spend the rest of my life protecting you and Xiaoxi. Of course, if you're not willing, you can just ignore what I said."

Xia Qing didn't reply for a while. But Lin Guzhi could see from the corner of his eye that Xia Qing's originally fair face and neck had turned red.

"***..."

She replied in a low voice, her voice seemed to be stuck together, so unclear that even Lin Guzhi couldn't hear it clearly.

(End of this chapter)