Chapter 1401: Long-Lost Old Friend

Because it was afternoon, there were not so many people in the bathhouse. Du Fei soaked in the big pool and got up to ask for a bath scrubber.

After a while, a strong young man in his twenties came in and said with a smile: "Comrade, you give me a bath scrub~"

Du Fei sat by the big pool and asked: "Isn't Old Wang here today?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "You mean Master Wang~ He has quit a long time ago and went home to hug his grandchildren."

Du Fei suddenly realized that he used to come here to ask Master Wang to give him a bath scrub, but he didn't do it anymore.

But he didn't have any obsession. He waited for the young man to bring a basin of hot water to rinse the leather bed and lay on it with his body tilted.

The young man had strong hands and worked seriously. He scrubbed inside and outside, and felt light all over after finishing.

After scrubbing, he patted his back again, and then went down to find a shower to rinse.

After finishing, he went to the lounge to sit, and he was bored in there for almost two hours before coming out.

I changed into clean clothes from the portable space, and I felt transparent and comfortable all over.

Du Fei came out of the bathhouse, it was only three o'clock.

When he was taking a bath just now, he planned to go to the yard where Wang Yufen used to live.

This yard was originally given to him by Zhou Peng, and later it was given to Wang Yufen to live in. Since Wang Yufen went to Nanyang, it was left to Yu Jiajia and her daughter.

Later, the fire equipment company built a building. Yu Jiajia was an old man and was eligible to participate in the distribution of houses. She was allocated a three-bedroom and one-living-room building and moved out from here.

It should be uninhabited at this time.

Du Fei also went to the street office and picked up a lot of memories. This is when he suddenly thought of coming here to take a look.

Speaking of which, he and Zhou Peng haven't seen each other for a while.

Du Fei walked along the alley while thinking, and soon came to the door of this yard.

When Wang Yufen lived here, for convenience, a hidden lock was changed. The door could be opened with a key, and outsiders could not tell whether there was anyone at home.

But as Du Fei inserted the key and twisted it, he was slightly surprised.

The door lock was only put on, not locked.

"Is there anyone?" Du Fei's heart moved, and he pushed the gate open, but he was suddenly stunned.

He saw that there was really someone in the yard, a woman with wet hair, wearing a loose vest and shorts, holding a basin of steaming water in her hand. It seemed that she had just washed her hair and was about to pour water.

And Du Fei recognized at a glance that this woman was Yu Jiajia's cousin Chu Lin.

Du Fei had seen her a few years ago. She was very beautiful, like the Queen of the Kingdom of Women in Journey to the West in his impression.

But why did Chu Lin live here?

"Du... Brother Du~" Chu Lin also recognized Du Fei and her face turned red instantly.

She didn't look very decent now, and she was holding dirty water in her hand. It was not right to throw it out, nor was it right to put it down.

"Little Chu~" Du Fei laughed dryly, and was also a little embarrassed: "You, live here?"

Chu Lin said "um", forced to calm down and put down the basin, and said quickly: "Then I'll pour you a glass of water."

After that, she took the opportunity to get into the house.

Du Fei also breathed a sigh of relief. If Chu Lin had screamed just now, he really couldn't explain it.

After a while, Chu Lin came out with a water cup, wearing a half-sleeved shirt.

Du Fei took the water cup and explained: "Well, I have time today, so I thought about coming to take a look and tidy up the house. I didn't expect..."

Chu Lin hurriedly explained that she was temporarily staying here through Yu Jiajia.

After hearing her, Du Fei seemed to remember that Yu Jiajia had mentioned it to him, but he didn't take it too seriously.

It seemed that Chu Lin and her mother were temporarily staying here.

If it were someone else, Du Fei might not agree, but Chu Lin's mother and Teacher Wang were sisters, and he had to agree for Chen Fangshi's sake.

Besides, people keep houses, especially old houses like this. It's fine if someone lives there, but once no one lives there, the house will be useless.

Chu Lin was a little reserved.

Du Fei said that he forgot she was here, and asked Chu Lin's mother again.

Chu Lin forced a smile and explained the situation.

It turned out that her mother had gone to Hong Kong. From what she said, there was quite a bit of complaint. I'm afraid there was something else going on.

But this was a family affair, and Du Fei was too lazy to meddle in it, so he just asked casually.

Du Fei couldn't stay for long as there was a single girl here, so he just laughed it off and asked to leave.

Chu Lin thanked him repeatedly, saying that she had always wanted to thank Du Fei, but she didn't have the chance.

Du Fei waved his hand and walked out of the yard, smiling bitterly in his heart. If he had known this, he wouldn't have come.

This was because of this.

But then again, Chu Lin had grown up. When she first saw this girl, she was pretty, but she looked like a young girl.

After Du Fei left, Chu Lin was unsure. She was not worried about anything else, but she was afraid that Yu Jiajia would be implicated because of this.

She walked around the yard twice, looked at the time, changed her clothes immediately, and left home in a hurry.

Riding a bicycle, Chu Lin came to Yu Jiajia's house.

At this time, Little Grape had finished school. Although she was only in the first grade, she could take the key home by herself and was doing homework at home.

She heard a knock on the door and asked the doctor, "Who is it?"

Chu Lin said outside, "It's me, Auntie."

Little Grape happily went to open the door, her big eyes flickering, "Auntie, why are you here?"

Chu Lin smiled and looked at her head silently. Little Grape had grown a lot in the past two years, and was more than 1.2 meters tall, like a little adult.

Chu Lin said a few perfunctory words and sat down, which meant Jia Jia was off work.

Although it was not the first time to come to Yu Jiajia's house, Chu Lin still couldn't help but envy her.

This is a residential building built by a firefighting equipment company specifically for cadres. It has five floors in one building and two households on one staircase. It is very spacious.

Yu Jiajia and Pu Tao lived on the second floor, with a five-meter-wide sunny living room, two south rooms and one north room, three bedrooms, plus a kitchen, dining room, and two bathrooms.

There are no public stalls, and the indoor usable area is only one hundred square meters. Not only now, but also thirty years from now, this housing condition will be outstanding in the capital.

The building has central heating, so you don't have to light a stove to burn the kang yourself in winter, it's clean and warm.

When Yu Jiajia moved here, Chu Lin also wanted to come with her. Firstly, it would be convenient to live there, and secondly, she could be a companion and help look after the grapes.

Yu Jiajia also wanted her to come, but her mother had not gone to Xiangjiang at that time and insisted that it was inconvenient, so she gave up.

While I was thinking wildly, I heard the sound of the door opening.

Looking up at the clock on the wall, it was already past five o'clock.

When Yu Jiajia came back from get off work, she was stunned for a moment when she saw Chu Lin: "Xiao Lin?"

"Sister~" Chu Lin stood up and called someone, and went up to take the vegetables Yu Jiajia had just bought: "I have something to do and I have to tell you."

Then he told what happened to Du Fei just now.

Yu Jiajia was also a little confused. She had told Du Fei about it at first, but she thought Du Fei had forgotten about it.

But this is not a big deal. He said with a smile: "Don't worry. If you ask me, you should come and live with me. Now that my aunt is gone, I am really worried about you living in such a big yard as a girl."

Chu Lin said "Yeah", she thought so too, and she just used this as an excuse.

In fact, since Chu Lin didn't come before, another worry was that she was afraid that Yu Jiajia would have someone with her.

Yu Jiajia is not very old, so it is logically impossible for her to remain a widow for the rest of her life. Besides, Yu Jiajia's conditions are there now, so it is not difficult at all to find a partner.

It was considered at the beginning that if Yu Jiajia really wanted to find someone else, it would be inconvenient for Chu Lin to live there.

But after such a long time, Chu Lin found that Yu Jiajia didn't seem to have any intention of finding a partner.

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On the other side, Du Fei came out, a little excited. He looked at the time and saw that it was already late. He simply didn't go out to hang out and went directly back to the agency compound to take care of his children.

I had a long-distance call at night and Zhu Ting should be back in a few days.

The next day, Du Fei went to work normally.

As soon as they arrived in the morning, Yu Jiajia came on the pretext of delivering documents.

Du Fei knew the purpose of her visit and said with a smile: "I was rash yesterday and forgot about what you said to me."

Yu Jiajia was afraid of making Du Fei unhappy, so she explained again and asked Chu Lin to move away.

Du Fei waved his hand. If it hadn't been for a sudden whim yesterday, he probably wouldn't have visited that yard for several years.

He just said that if Chu Lin continued to live in the house, it would be bad if no one lived in the house.

Yu Jiajia didn't have time to say anything else, but at this moment Shen Jianing came in from the outside and said with a smile: "You are here~"

Yu Jiajia swallowed the words on her lips and responded quickly: "Good morning, Secretary Shen."

Shen Jianing sat aside: "If you have anything to say, please tell me first."

Yu Jiajia left quickly. The boss obviously had something wrong, but she still had the foresight.

When Shen Jianing saw Yu Jiajia going out, she turned to look at Du Fei.

Du Fei gathered the things on hand and asked her what she wanted.

Shen Jianing came here early in the morning, and he was definitely not idle.

Rubbing her temples with her hands, Shen Jianing complained: "You know how to act like a hands-off shopkeeper and leave all the trouble to me."

Du Fei chuckled, stood up and poured a glass of water: "Sister, I don't agree with what you said. You can do more work~"

Du Fei knew that the burden of the skyscraper was now on Shen Jianing, but this matter happened to be more complicated, and Du Fei really didn't want to get involved.

Shen Jianing rolled her eyes at him: "Don't say sarcastic words to me. If you do this again, I will give up your choice. I'll see how you hide when the time comes."

Of course, just listen to this, Shen Jianing can't really give up, otherwise, Du Fei won't even have to talk to her godmother.

Du Fei put the water glass in front of her: "Sister, look at you, don't be angry~ Whatever problems you encounter, we will solve them."

Shen Jianing sighed and said, "We haven't started yet, but we are already quarreling..."

Du Fei listened and realized that it was the problem of the building design team. Two different voices emerged.

One is looking for America's team, and the other is looking for designers from Toyo.

Both sides had their reasons, which made Shen Jianing extremely annoyed.

Du Fei raised his eyebrows: "Whose idea was it to find someone from Japan?"

Shen Jianing said: "What? At present, the construction technology of Japanese people is considered to be the best in the world."

Du Fei said: "This is not a purely technical issue. Let the Japanese design it. Do you dare to live in this kind of building? Anyway, I don't dare. What if the little devil secretly causes trouble for us? There will be problems after two and a half days of construction. Who is responsible?"

Shen Jianing pursed her lips and nodded.

Du Fei asked again: "Who suggested using Japanese people? From the Wang family?"

Shen Jianing shook his head and said: "It's not them. They have always been behind the scenes and never interfered with the specific work."

Du Fei was noncommittal and continued: "If it's a design, let's go to America~ Although they are not good people, they are at least better than the Japanese. As long as you give them enough money, they can still get things done."

Shen Jianing said "Yeah". With Du Fei's words, she felt confident.

Otherwise, the father-in-law will talk about the father-in-law, and the mother-in-law will talk about the mother-in-law, which will be a complete dispute.

Du Fei was a little worried. This situation had already occurred before the construction of the world's first skyscraper began.

It was obvious that some kind of hidden game was involved here.

Some people wanted it, and some people didn't.

Du Fei didn't want to care, but there was one thing, that is, the building itself must not have any problems.

The construction company was a subsidiary of the fire equipment company, and Shen Jianing was from the fire equipment company. If there was any problem, Du Fei and Shen Jianing would not be able to bear the blame.

Thinking of this, Du Fei reminded: "Sister, you have to keep a close eye on it. There must be no mistakes with materials and workers."

Shen Jianing's heart trembled: "What rumors have you heard?"

Du Fei shook his head: "What rumors are needed? In short, no matter what the situation is, there must be no problems here."

"I know~" Shen Jianing nodded slowly, knowing that she and Du Fei were in the same boat, and said seriously: "By the way, my sister said last night that she wants to invite you to dinner the day after tomorrow, Sunday. Can Xiaoting come back? Bring the children with you."

Du Fei blinked his eyes, Shen Jiaxing asked him to go to dinner.

Shen Jiaxing's identity is special, and asking him to go to dinner is definitely not a simple dinner, and it should not be just him.

Du Fei asked who else?

That is, asking if Wang Hongqi will go.

Shen Jianing said: "If he doesn't go, you will be alone."

Du Fei frowned slightly, a little confused about what Shen Jiaxing was up to.

Logically, Shen Jiaxing and Wang Hongqi were on the same line. Last time when they transported people to Nanyang, Du Fei and Wang Hongqi had a pretty good cooperation.

That time, Wang Hongqi's ability was quite important. At least in terms of organization and planning, Wang Hongqi was indeed very strong.

But this time, he was called, but Wang Hongqi was not brought along. What does this mean?

Wang Hongqi... Wang...

Du Fei suddenly thought of it. Could it be a member of the Wang family?

Or just a coincidence?

After Shen Jianing left, Du Fei couldn't help rubbing his forehead with his hand.

For the whole morning, Du Fei was still thinking about the whole story.

But at this time, another uninvited guest came.

"Dinglingling"

A phone rang, Du Fei reached out to answer it and said "Hello", then slightly surprised: "Okay, I'll go right over."

After that, he put down the phone and got up and went to the front yard.

Since the two yards next door were cleared out and became the technical research and development department of the fire equipment company, the original Jin family compound was completely occupied by the fire equipment company.

The previous reception room was also moved from the wing room in the front yard of Du Fei's side to the main room in the front yard of the middle road yard.

The house here is more spacious and more magnificent after the renovation.

When he came here, Du Fei met an old friend he had not seen for a long time.

"Du Sang, long time no see!"...