1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 233 Visiting
Zhou Haimei and her family had just moved into the housing estate from the outlying islands a few years ago.

The public housing that was once envied by everyone now seems cramped and crowded to Zhai Yuan.

“I haven’t been back to Sau Mau Ping for a long time. I almost forgot what the estate looks like.”

Wei Xing drove his car and dropped off the boss and one of the boss's wives near Yau Oi Estate in Tuen Mun.

Zhai Yuan took Zhou Haimei's hand and walked between the towering buildings. The reinforced concrete housing estate buildings reminded him of his own short housing experience.

A hero is not judged by his origin, and a rogue is not judged by his age!
The identity of a housing estate boy is indeed useful. At least among Zhai Yuan’s fan group, it is very easy to establish the image of a small rising figure, which is also the most favorite character among the general public.

Zhou Haimei took his arm and said, "Why don't I buy a house next door to mine, and you can come and stay here often when you have time."

Zhai Yuan felt that there was no need to recall the good old days, so he pinched her nose and said, "Is buying a house so easy now?"

Zhou Haimei smiled innocently and said, "You usually spend lavishly, and I can't spend that much money, so I usually save a lot. It shouldn't be a problem for me to buy a public housing unit in the housing estate."

Zhai Yuan laughed twice, and slid his palm to her hips and patted them: "You actually hid the treasury without telling me, be prepared to be punished tonight."

Zhou Haimei's face turned red and she held his arm tighter.

My cousin is now well taken care of by Mr. Zhai.

For some things, the innate soil advantages are important, but they also require hard work.

Zhou Haimei is not as talented as Ye Yuqing, but with the help of her cousin's food supplements and massage, she has developed better and better. The little girl back then has now become a pretty girl.

The two looked like a couple in love as they walked through the housing estate towards Block 15, Ai Yi Building, where Zhou Haimei lived.

Many neighbors along the way recognized Xiao Zhou. Seeing that she had the audacity to hug a young man today, they all looked at her in surprise and curiosity.

Has the most beautiful girl in Yau Oi Village been taken away by someone?
As Zhai Yuan walked over, he felt the gazes of countless people, and occasionally he could sense the hostility in the eyes of the little yellow-haired boy of the same age. He simply let go of Zhou Haimei's little hand and put his arm around her waist to make the action more intimate.

This act of declaring sovereignty made Zhou Haimei blush and her heart beat fast, but she couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

"Cousin, wait for me here."

When they arrived at the downstairs of Aiyi Building, Zhou Haimei suddenly stopped and said something to Zhai Yuan. Before he could react, she hurried to a convenience store not far away.

Less than two minutes later, she came back jogging with two gift bags in her hands.

Zhou Haimei handed the gift bag to Zhai Yuan and raised her head expectantly: "I bought some small gifts. When you come in later, just say you brought them yourself, okay?"

Zhai Yuan smiled and said yes, then took a look into the bag, which contained some cigarettes, alcohol, fruits and other things. He thought that the little girl was very thoughtful, but he also prepared some gifts, so he would take them out when he left.

When the two went upstairs, Luo Huiling was washing dishes in the corridor.

Zhou Haimei smiled at Zhai Yuan innocently, walked up to him and called out, "Mom~"

When Luo Huiling heard her voice, she didn't even raise her head and said unhappily, "You disappeared without a trace during the school holidays. No wonder your father said you are not reserved at all. What brought you to finally go home today?"

Zhou Haimei pushed her awkwardly and said, "Cousin Ayuan is here to visit us."

Luo Huiling then raised her head and looked behind him. Zhai Yuan was standing in the corridor with two bags of gifts and a big smile on his face.

"Ayuan is here?" Luo Huiling greeted him in surprise, and pushed Zhou Haimei, who had rolled up her sleeves to help wash the pot, away: "Don't make trouble here, take your cousin into the house and sit down, the thermos has just been filled with boiling water, take out your father's precious tea leaves..."

Zhou Haimei felt that she was being treated differently in this family, and she pouted and rolled her eyes.

When he turned to look at Zhai Yuan, he smiled again and pulled him into the house.

The public housing estate is very small.

Zhou Haimei's family consists of five people. Her sister Zhou Haiying, who is two years older than her, moved out last year for work. Now, in addition to her parents, there is also a seven-year-old brother at home.

In the room, Zhou's father was sitting at the dining table, holding a newspaper in his hand.

The sound of conversation outside the house just now had reached his ears, and he also wanted to see the background of this young man who had deceived his daughter away, but he couldn't let go of his airs, so he pretended not to know that Zhou Haimei led Zhai Yuan in.

At the glance of his cousin, Zhai Yuan smiled, put down the gift in his hand, and took the initiative to approach Zhou's father: "Uncle."

Father Zhou hummed softly, then pretended to put down the newspaper and glanced at Zhai Yuan.

He has a handsome face, and there is some heroic spirit in his eyes and eyebrows like his dead father Zhai Xiaokang.

Father Zhou pursed his lips, looking a little old-fashioned: "Are you Ayuan? You've grown up so fast, not bad."

Zhai Yuan didn't know what he meant by "good", so he smiled and said, "I should have come to visit you a long time ago. I was too busy with work recently. Please don't mind, uncle."

Zhou's father said: "It's OK for young people to be ambitious. I've read about you in the newspaper. You're good."

Zhai Yuan continued to laugh awkwardly: "I was just busying myself randomly. I am young and don't know the world. I will have to listen to the opinions of my elders when I encounter difficulties in the future."

Father Zhou hummed, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Not bad."

Zhai Yuan: So you can only say “not bad”?
It was rare for Zhou Haimei to see Zhai Yuan's 'well-behaved.jpg' look, so she covered her mouth and chuckled, took out a clean teacup and placed it on the table, then stood on tiptoe to take down a tightly packed tea cake from the top of the cupboard.

"Cousin, I'll make you a cup of tea."

Zhou Haimei broke open the tea cake, kneaded a handful of it, put it into the cup, poured boiling water over it, and said to Zhai Yuan jokingly, "This tea is very precious. My father usually doesn't want to take it out."

Father Zhou's eyes twitched when he saw this. As expected, the girl was outgoing and even took out my treasured Daoguang Pu'er tea.

After Zhou Haimei made the tea, she moved a chair and sat down next to Zhai Yuan, giving him a silly smile.

Seeing Zhou's father's serious expression, Zhai Yuan recalled a joke he had heard before: Lao Deng, is it safe for me to park my ghost light outside your house?

I guess I am now the will-o'-the-wisp boy in the old man's mind.

There was silence in the room for a while.

Father Zhou asked, "Ayuan is twenty years old this year?"

Zhai Yuan said, "Yes, I just celebrated my twentieth birthday. How is your uncle?"

Father Zhou said, “Not bad.”

Then there was another silence.

At the critical moment, he had to rely on his mother-in-law to come to the rescue. When Zhai Yuan and Zhou's father were staring at each other, Luo Huiling came in, wiping her hands with an apron, and laughed heartily: "Ayuan, you came at an unfortunate time. We just had lunch. Are you and Haimei hungry? I'll cook you a bowl of noodles."

Zhai Yuan smiled and said, "No need to trouble Aunt Ling, we've already had dinner."

Luo Huiling also sat at the table: "Why didn't your mother and Yaoyao come? I heard that you recently moved to a new house, and I haven't gone to congratulate you yet. Are you very busy recently? I heard from the young people in the housing estate that the drama you filmed is very good. When can you let Aunt Ling make a cameo appearance? The actor named Di Long in your company was very handsome and was our idol back then, but now the gossips prefer Zheng Qiuguan..."

As soon as Aunt Ling sat down, the atmosphere became lively. She chatted with Zhai Yuan about all sorts of things, during which Zhou's father also interrupted and asked a few questions.

The topic finally turned to Zhou Haimei.

Father Zhou took a sip from his teacup and looked at Zhai Yuan: "A Yuan, although you and Hai Mei are cousins in name, you are not actually related by blood. It's okay for young people to fall in love. As an elder, I want to know what you think."

Zhai Yuan took Zhou Haimei's hand and said, "Uncle, don't worry. I will be responsible for Haimei."

Luo Huiling smiled and said, "Ayuan, don't pay attention to him. Of course I will discuss this matter with your mother... But can you tell me what you are planning now?"

Zhai Yuan smiled and said, "Hai Mei is still young. I think we should focus on her studies. It won't be too late to wait until she graduates from university."

Father Zhou frowned: "Won't I become an old lady in her twenties by then?"

"Young people nowadays have their own ideas. Old men like you don't understand so don't speak up." Luo Huiling glared at Zhou's father and then smiled at Zhai Yuan, "But what Haimei's father said does make some sense. Haimei, what do you think?"

Zhou Haimei had already blushed and lowered her head to her chest, and said shyly, "I'll listen to my cousin."

Zhou's father and Luo Huiling were angry that he did not fight back.

For the next period of time, Zhai Yuan fought alone and had a few words with the couple, acting sincere and respectful, but he didn't respond to any of their moves.

It is absolutely impossible to make Mr. Zhai go to the grave at the age of 20.

"In fact, it's not just Haimei. My company will expand in the next few years and may even have to develop overseas. I want to consider this issue after it stabilizes."

The issue finally came to an end with Zhai Yuan's righteous statement.

"Also, I came here today because I want to ask Uncle and Aunt Ling for help with something."

With a smile on his face, Zhai Yuan looked at Zhou's father and Luo Huiling, revealing the purpose of this trip.

Luo Huiling smiled and said, "A family is still so polite? Ayuan, if you have anything to say, just ask."

Zhou's father also nodded in agreement, but both the husband and wife were somewhat curious about what role they could play to help this wealthy son-in-law.

Zhai Yuan stopped beating around the bush and asked directly, "I want to clarify an old story. How did my father Zhai Xiaokang die? Why were my family and I driven out of the Zhai clan in Xiawan Village?"

Finished in one sentence.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly froze, and the smiles on Zhou's father and Luo Huiling's faces instantly froze.

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Ha Wan Village, Yuen Long.

Zhai Jinghao did not drive to pick up his new girlfriend Amei today.

We have been waiting since yesterday afternoon until today, almost 24 hours have passed, and the Malaysian Datuk who claimed that he was interested in purchasing land for investment in Yuen Long has not shown up until now.

"Could it be that they have already reached an agreement with Dashengwei and simply gave up and came to Xiawan Village for investigation?"

Zhai Jinghao dreams that one day in the future several real estate developers will suddenly emerge and move into Xiawan Village to develop a new town. At that time, the price of the Ding rights in his hands will naturally rise.

"I just called the village representatives in Tai Sang Wai and they said a few Malays did meet him yesterday."

49-year-old Zhai Xiaosheng walked down the stairs to the living room, glanced at his son Zhai Jinghao, who was sitting on the sofa and rubbing his hands anxiously, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "You lose your temper at the slightest sign of trouble. How much are a few Dingquan worth? Come with me next week to meet some councillor friends in Pat Heung, and by the way, find an opportunity to send you to the Municipal Council to find a job, which is better than you idling around outside all day."

Zhai Xiaosheng had a stroke a few years ago. Although he has recovered now, he is left with a crooked mouth, and the corners of his mouth twitch uncontrollably when he speaks.

Zhai Jinghao was not interested in entering the Municipal Council. When he saw his father coming downstairs, he stood up and asked, "What did the Malays say to Tai Seng Wai? Did they buy their land?"

Zhai Xiaosheng glanced at him without saying anything, then sat down on the sofa, picked up the purple clay teapot on the coffee table in front of him, brewed a pot of spring tea with fancy movements, and took a sip.

Zhai Jinghao approached him with a smile and said, "Dad, I'm thinking about you! If the village representatives of Dashengwei join forces with the Malays to build a new town over there, you will have another opponent in the election for councillor this year."

"The village representative of Tai Sang Wai, Feng Guifa, is not very capable. It is not known whether those Malay guys came all the way here for real or not. Even if they are really willing to pay, are they doing charity for him for free?"

Zhai Xiaosheng's mouth twitched a few times, and he sneered, "It's not that easy to build a new town. I'm afraid that he will be pulled out of his bones and count money for others. So you should just do your own thing honestly and don't worry about these things."

Zhai Jinghao still had a playful smile on his face: "Anyway, I only care about the price of the few Dingquan in my hands. Dad, if you want to find a successor, just let me come back from Taiwan."

He is the second child in the family. He has an older brother who is developing in Taiwan, and two younger sisters.

"You have no future!" Zhai Xiaosheng scolded him, "You are easily satisfied with a few Dingquan. When you have the opportunity to join the Municipal Bureau, become a councillor, or join the Legislative Council in the future, you will know that Dingquan is nothing compared to real power."

Zhai Jinghao appeared to be respectful and kept saying yes, but in fact he ignored Zhai Xiaosheng's words.

What about legislators and the Legislative Council? Don't they need to wait for a long time? How can they be as real as the power I hold now?

Teach Zhai Jinghao a lesson.

Zhai Xiaosheng played with the teacup in his hand and spoke again: "But then again, Feng Guifa was being evasive on the phone just now. Those Malay guys do seem to be very powerful..."

The words have not yet fallen.

A servant knocked on the door softly: "Brother Sheng, there are a few bosses outside who claim to be from Malaysia. One of them is a local Datuk. They are here to visit you and want to talk to you in person..."

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"So the real cause of my father's death is still mysterious. This matter may be related to my uncle Zhai Xiaosheng, but because there is no evidence, it was left unresolved in the end?"

At Zhou Haimei's home, Zhai Yuan and Zhou's father sat alone in the room, while the two women hid outside.

Father Zhou was smoking a cigarette, his eyes filled with reminiscence as he was surrounded by smoke: "It happened many years ago, I can't remember clearly, let it be the past, after all, it is something that happened to the previous generation."

Zhai Yuan glanced at him and said with a smile: "That's true. But my family still has two Ding rights that belong to me and my dead father. After all these years, I should at least get some interest back..."

(End of this chapter)