Chapter Fifteen: Joy Begets Sadness
It is said that an international conference and exhibition is being held grandly in a metropolis in an ancient Eastern country. During the period, all operations are in an orderly manner, and the exhibition and sales of goods and services from various countries are also proceeding in an orderly manner. In particular, the Asia Regal Hotel, as the main venue of this city, has lived up to expectations.
Completed the important tasks entrusted by superiors.
After half a year of hard work, Zou Jun was not only fully qualified for the job of "the hotel's most handsome image post", but also began to be noticed by interested people in some social circles that have business dealings with the hotel, because Zou Jun not only has a comparable image and temperament
He is a movie star, and he can guess what is hidden in the guest's box at any time and can fluently use multiple languages to help the porters out of trouble. He is even a powerful person when guiding guests to check in and helping to carry luggage.
Therefore, it was unexpectedly reported by various media.
In fact, what they don't know is that after more than half a year of working overtime and having sex with the female manager, Zou Jun's cultivation level has improved, and he has broken through the "Fifth Heaven of Qi Training" and the "Sixth Heaven of Qi Training" successively.
" and "Seventh Heaven of Qi Training", and with the great assistance of Qi Ling Doll, he successfully unlocked the "Seventy-Two Techniques of Side Sects" including "Shooting", "Defense" and "Divine Movement".
At the beginning of this exhibition period, it coincides with the traditional New Year festival of the ancient oriental country. Therefore, the atmosphere is extremely warm and various transactions are increasing day by day. This brings huge profits to the city where the exhibition is held, especially the organizer - Asia Regal Hotel.
Profits have even had a huge impact among peers. Therefore, the company's senior management decided that those who made outstanding contributions during the exhibition will be rewarded accordingly. Even the bottom-level workers' monthly salary increased by more than 10%, especially
For people like Zou Jun who have outstanding performance in the image and concierge desks, their monthly salary increase reaching 30% is enough to cause a sensation.
Half a year later, as the various exhibition areas of this international exhibition gradually came to an end, domestic and foreign businessmen also chose to leave the city after basically achieving their respective business goals. As a result, even the Asia Regal Hotel was so busy
The extraordinary place gradually returned to normal routine. At this moment, Zou Jun, who was still immersed in the dual joy of a good image and a breakthrough in cultivation, suddenly became depressed again after receiving a phone call from home. It turned out that...
His ex-wife, who had agreed to remarry him after she made a lot of money and returned home, actually took her daughter to marry again.
"Du-du-du, hello, who are you?" A familiar yet unfamiliar female voice came from the other end of the phone, but after waiting for a while and still not hearing the other party's response, I couldn't help but feel curious.
She frowned and asked, "Who are you? What do you want to see me for? If you don't talk, I'll hang up!" the woman warned angrily. However, a person who was equally familiar and yet unfamiliar came slowly from the other end of the phone.
The voice said: "When did you change your mobile phone number? Why have you never mentioned it to me? Even if you leave a message on WeChat or call me from your old phone, it will be fine."
"Humph, you have the nerve to say that? It's easy for you to leave. In two months, it will be the third anniversary of the divorce!" A woman's plaintive voice came from the other end of the phone: "It's easy for you to leave.
Xiaosha, the debt collection calls from the bank, the threatening calls from the debt collection agency, the visits from relatives and friends every three days, and most importantly, the neighbors pointing and saying unpleasant things behind my back... How do you want me to deal with it alone?
Do you have to rely on the 3,000 yuan you forward through WeChat every month for living expenses? My daughter has already turned five and I have sent her to kindergarten, so I have to find a job!"
"Isn't it that I've been working hard? Give me some more time, and it will probably take less than a year at the earliest to get out of the water. After paying off the foreign debt, we will go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to remarry!" Zou Jun
He still habitually ordered in the tone of the head of the family: "Listen to me and don't mess around."
"Listen to you? Don't mess around? Do you want us, mother and daughter, to eat dirt? If you are really rich, go to the bank and transfer one million now, otherwise don't mention the 'remarriage' again
, don’t disturb our lives again in the future, otherwise, I’ll see you in court!” The female voice finished shouting and hung up.
"What's wrong? Your face looks wrong. It feels like someone owes you a lot of money and you won't pay it back?" After get off work, the female manager habitually went to the entrance of the underground garage parking lot in advance to wait for Zou Jun who had returned from get off work to drive home. However, this time When I saw the other person coming up to me from a distance and was about to say hello, I found that the other person's face was very bad. Out of curiosity, I couldn't help but ask: "I'm asking you a question, why are you ignoring me? Could it be that you dislike this exhibition?" The reward for your merits is too little? Or..." However, Zou Jun was so preoccupied now that he had no time to answer the old woman's questioning, so she was rejected.
Zou Jun is now in a state of worry, thinking about how to get millions in cash as soon as possible to settle a lot of foreign debts at once, otherwise he will have to say goodbye to his ex-wife. The most important thing is the custody of his daughter.
It was still in the hands of his ex-wife. If he didn't fight hard, he wouldn't even have the courage to go to court to file a lawsuit. Just as Zou Jun was passing by the female manager with a heavy heart and minding his own business, he suddenly felt his wrist being pulled hard and had to
He stopped and turned around to find the female manager glaring at him angrily, biting her red lips. After a while, she coldly snorted: "Are you too brave?"
When Zou Jun saw this, he immediately realized that the situation was not good. He quickly pretended to be crying, and then he laughed and admitted his mistake frankly: "Absolutely not! I'm sorry, I was in a trance just now, and I didn't even notice that you have been waiting here for me for so long. I'm really sorry...
..." After saying that, he took her into his arms.
"Humph, I won't do it next time! Only good children who know their mistakes and can correct them, go home quickly, I still have things to do, Jie Jie." The female manager twisted her waist, casually grabbed Zou Jun's arm, and took out the
After pressing the car remote control twice to make a warning sound, he turned his face and said with a charming smile: "Get in the car."
"What can we do if we are alone and alone? It's not just sex, but we said it in such a cryptic way, as if we were afraid of being heard by others. Little did we know that this was just trying to hide it!" Zou Jun's mouth curved in an arc, with a sneer and slander in his heart, and he pulled away.
He opened the car door and sat on the passenger seat, closing his eyes and concentrating, saying nothing.
After the evening's events were over, while the excitement of joy had not dissipated, Zou Jun tentatively mentioned the contents of the phone call with his ex-wife during the day to the female manager, hoping to see how she would react?
Unexpectedly, this old woman was full of sympathy and tried to convince herself to work hard to fulfill her promise. This made Zou Jun feel incredible, so he couldn't help but ask: "Do you really think that what my ex-wife said has no other purpose? Or do you?
Have you decided to lend me money? That’s one million in cash, and it must be transferred to her bank account within two months, otherwise she will remarry!”
"I understand what you mean, and I also understand your mood!" The female manager changed her usual charming eyes, and instead frowned and said seriously: "It's a pity that you are not a woman, and you don't understand women, especially
You don’t understand the pain and despair of a widow with two children and no one to rely on!”
"Oh, it seems that I misunderstood. However, this million in cash is not easy to handle..." Zou Jun was still a little uneasy and said insinuating: "Could it be that you can scrape together one million in one go? Or?
I want to apply for a real estate mortgage loan? But the loan interest is not low!"
"I don't think it's that complicated. Just sell one house and cash out. The two suburban properties were both bought from Country Garden. Although the location is good, they can't be lived in. Instead of selling short, it's better to take advantage of the current front line."
Housing prices in the city are rising steadily. Wouldn’t it be better to cash out quickly and make more money?”
"What you said makes sense. This will solve the problem of insufficient cash flow." Zou Jun nodded in agreement: "But now that you have sold the house, aren't you afraid that your son will be angry with you when he finds out? Besides, you have sold the house now.
Now, my current situation is worth your trouble for me?" Zou Jun asked.
"You have never met my son, so of course you don't know his character. Since the incident on the Fright Highway, my son who has just entered elementary school is not willing for us to run long-distance freight transport. In addition, after a few years,
After my ex-husband also had an accident, my son who had just entered junior high school seemed to be a completely different person. He only thought about 'doing big things', 'making big money' and 'getting ahead', so he became increasingly disobedient to me..."
The female manager recalled with emotion: "When my son entered high school, the small study room in the living room suddenly appeared until he graduated from high school and entered college..."
"What happened later? Did your son choose to study abroad after being stimulated by something? Doesn't he really care about his wife and these three properties at home?" Zou Jun felt that he needed to find out the details, maybe in the future
It's better to be mentally prepared in advance when something happens suddenly.
"You are right, because my son originally planned to develop in China after graduating from college. However, the domestic labor market oversupply has led to increasingly fierce social competition. Tens of millions of young people have either been involved in internal affairs or have been left flat.
It’s almost impossible to realize your desire and value to succeed in your studies.” After the female manager said this, she laughed helplessly and said: “When my son received the admission notice from Harvard University on the other side of the ocean to study for a master’s and doctoral degree, I
Only then did I find out that my son’s goal was Silicon Valley in a beautiful country and that green card. Everything that happened later completely confirmed my guess, well..."
"So, you mean he has changed his nationality and will not come back?" Zou Jun added doubtfully: "But he is your biological son after all, and he has the blood of you and your ex-husband! Could it be that he is just for the so-called
The ideal of 'Science Without Borders', will you give up your homeland and relatives?"
"You guessed it right. In fact, this is all my fault. I can't blame my son entirely." The female manager sighed, and then said: "It's because I didn't discipline him strictly since he was a child. I thought he would slowly grow up after losing his father."
Sensible, I didn’t expect him to be brainwashed by Western culture so easily. It’s too late to say anything now, eh..."
Hearing this, Zou Jun was speechless for a while, and simply stopped asking any more questions. He just habitually hugged the older beautiful woman in his arms tighter, fearing that she would be hurt again. In the next more than a month, Zou Jun
As expected, Jun got 1 million in cash from the female manager, and successively talked on the phone with his elderly parents at home. He also privately checked with his brothers and sisters and received confirmation that the situation was true, and then made a video call with his ex-wife on WeChat.
We have agreed on a bank transfer. Since the other party does not seem to be maliciously committing fraud and his identity has been confirmed and there is no problem, let's just transfer it. It might as well have been settled as early as possible.
However, when Zou Jun went to the bank and had just completed the transfer procedures before leaving the business hall, the ringtone on his cell phone rang in his pocket, so he answered it out of habit. It turned out to be his ex-wife who smiled and expressed condolences: "I said, what?
1 million has been accounted for, which should be enough for my daughter’s tuition from elementary school to graduation from college, haha. However, after thinking about it, I feel that it is more in line with the current situation to leave you, because I can feel that it was not easy for you to get this million.
, so I don’t want to be harassed for any reason in the future and affect my private life and my daughter’s growth. However, after I remarry, my daughter can still take your surname.”
"What, are you playing with me? Do you know the consequences of doing this?" Zou Jun was furious and couldn't help but cursed: "Don't think I don't know, you are teaming up with others to deceive your ex-husband.
!Has your conscience been eaten by dogs? Since you are in the first year of junior high school, then I will be in the fifteenth year!"
"Oh, it seems that the truth is all on your side! I'm so scared, geez." Then the provocative voice of the ex-wife came from the other end of the phone: "To tell you the truth, I have already talked to a man from the province.
I registered the marriage with a senior lawyer in the city, and he told me these routines because he is the executive director of a high-end law firm, with a team of hundreds of people, and he is best at mediating civil disputes and litigating lawsuits."
"Why, if you are not convinced, then go to court! In today's legal society, if you are not good at using the law to protect your rights, you can only be someone else's leek! Okay, I won't talk nonsense to you. Anyway, the deal is done, you
Just accept your defeat and don't think too much, otherwise it won't be good for you! Besides, during the years when we fell in love and got married, I was attached to you and obeyed you in every possible way. As a result, I was tortured by you every night and got pregnant.
If I have a baby, what else have I got?"
"You are so bully, I want to kill you!" Zou Jun was so angry that he couldn't even care about the passers-by who were queuing up to handle bank business. He roared and smashed the bank with all his strength.
The phone was smashed to pieces, causing a sensation and causing people around to look sideways. Even two bank security guards hurriedly stepped forward and held Zou Jun's shoulders, asking with serious concern: "Brother, are you okay?
Come and do some banking business, why would you turn around and smash your phone to pieces? Even if you were really rich, you wouldn't waste it like this?"
"I'm sorry, I was reckless and lost control of my temper..." Zou Jun managed to react after being in a daze for a while, and couldn't help but said with a sad face: "I just transferred 1 million to someone else's account by mistake, and now I still can't control it..."
Can I get it back? Those are all borrowed money, what should I do?"
"Brother, are you kidding? That's 1 million!" After hearing this, the two security guards couldn't help shouting, and the people around who came to do business also looked sideways and talked in all directions.
Said: "Hurry up and take the receipt to the waiter who just helped you with the transfer business to withdraw the transaction... No, no, no, ask the lobby manager to negotiate with the payee's bank and see if they can help you refund the money...
…No, no, no, call 110 immediately and ask the Economic Investigation Division to help you file a case… No, no, no, this is too slow. Just call the customer service number of the payee’s bank and ask them to freeze the payee’s account first…”
"Forget it, it's just one million. I, Mr. Zou, can afford to lose, so I'll teach you a lesson!" Mr. Zou looked at the chaos around him and was busy making suggestions for himself. He couldn't help feeling warm in his heart and smiled.
He said: "It's okay, just think of it as spiritual compensation for my ex-wife and the expenses for the children's education."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zou Jun laughed loudly and stepped out of the bank's business hall, leaving a large group of enthusiastic people behind, who looked at each other and slandered themselves as "weirdos." However, regarding this matter, Zou Jun also
Not wanting to hide it, I decided to wait until the evening fun was over before informing the female manager.
Chapter completed!