Noon that day, Zhao Zilin was standing at the door of Xinglong Hotel welcoming in guests. She wore a pink cheongsam and could be seen breaking into yawns.Because business was good, the flow of guests was continuous, making the workload heavy with very little time to rest.
Zhao Zilin had booked as many s.h.i.+fts as she could so she could earn more money.
She was still applying for jobs, but still no one had responded so far.
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Munic.i.p.al People"s Hospital.
After this period of treatment, Zhang Shaofang"s physical condition had greatly improved. Gradually, she was recovering her energy and radiance.
At this time, in Zhang Shaofang"s ward, Zhang Xiaohua was beside her bed, his eyes fixed on the screen of his phone.
Seeing him so focused on his phone, Zhang Shaofang also thought of something. So she asked: "Oh yes, how did it go will calling Liu Yi? Did she come back?"
Zhang Xiaohua sighed and said with helpless face: "She came back, but the girl sure does have a temper. She seems to hate me too and she still hasn"t forgiven Liu Yan, her att.i.tude towards Liu Yan is extremely cold."
Zhang Shaofang also deeply sighed and said: "It"s no wonder that she is angry. Liu Yan dedicated a lot of her time to our family in the end, leading to her neglecting her daughter. I tried to help smoothen out their relations.h.i.+p in the past, but the girl is very stubborn. Truthfully, she isn"t to blame, to a certain degree we are at fault."
Zhang Xiaohua nodded in agreement. He and his mother owed Liu Yan and her daughter a great deal too much.
"Mother have I ever done something to hurt Zhao Zilin? Why does she hate me so much?"
"Zhao Zilin?" asked Zhang Shaofang confusedly.
Zhang Xiaohua didn"t want his mother to worry about Liu Yan and her daughter, but he wasn"t clear on what had happened in the past, so he could only seek help from his mother.
"Zhao Zilin is Liu Yi, the girl changed her name." Zhang Xiaohua said uncomfortably.
"Since the girl has returned, why didn"t she come to see me?" Zhang Shaofang said in a hurry. Liu Yan had always regarded her son as her own son. Similarly, Zhang Shaofang had always regarded Liu Yan"s daughter as her own daughter.
"She doesn"t even want to see her own mother. Every time she comes, she is bitter and hateful. It"s best you don"t see her." Said Zhang Xiaohua.
"Xiao-Hua, the girl has suffered a lot. Grievances since she was a child. She even went abroad alone at the age of 18 and she stayed abroad for 4 years. Though she has a bad temper, at heart she is good person."
"In fact, didn"t you say that your company is developing very well now? If this is the case, then you have to promise me you will help her. She just got back from abroad, it will take her a while to adapt to life here. You are successful now, you should give back to others and we owe Liu Yan a lot. The very least we can do is help her daughter where we can."
"I know, you can rest a.s.sured. As long as she asks whatever she wants I will try my best to meet her requirements." Said Zhang Xiaohua.
Only, Zhang Shaofang still hadn"t answered his question, so he asked again: "Why does Zhao Zillin hate me so much?"
Zhang Shaofang gave him a look and sighed: "You two never got along, many times we would find you two fighting. You used to find fun in bullying others, you father actually came close multiple times to beating you. As far as I remember, nothing serious happened though, just some bickering and such."
As the two continued to chat, Xu Fengnian suddenly entered from outside.
Seeing that Zhang Shaofang looked healthier and recovered, Xu Fengnian was ecstatic.
Seeing Xu Fengnian, Zhang Shaofang quickly greeted him: "Ahh, Old Xu you"re here. Come take a seat." Turning, she gently pushed Zhang Xiaohua who was looking at his phone and urged: "Don"t you see there is a guest? Don"t be rude, say h.e.l.lo."
"Oh." Zhang Xiaohua looked up at Xu Fengnian and said carelessly: "Uncle Xu, how come you"re here? Why aren"t you at the company."
Seeing that Zhang Shaofang"s body had improved, Xu Fengnian turned to Zhang Xiaohua: "Something has come up at the company, I need to discuss it with you. Is now convenient for you?"
"Of course it"s convenient." Not waiting for Zhang Xiaohua to answer, Zhang Shaofang spoke first, then turned to Zhang Xiaohua: "Old Xu is a business elite. If you don"t understand anything, just ask him and listen to his advice, okay?"
"I know, mum." Seriously answered Zhang Xiaohua, Xu Fengnian was indeed a rare talent.
After which, Zhang Xiaohua and Xu Fengnian both left the ward and chatted outside.
"Director Liu from Huaxia Central Television has given me a call and asked if we want to cooperate with them. He didn"t give specific details, but only asked us to meet. What do you think?" asked Xu Fengnian.
"Go ahead and call them over, if the project is feasible then we can go ahead with it."
Zhang Xiaohua knew that Huaxia Central couldn"t afford to be offended. Moreover, they had rejected them before. Rejecting them again was likely to turn them into enemies.
"Well, I will return to inform Director Liu and ask him to come to the company tomorrow." Xu Fengnian said happily. Huaxia Central Television"s ratings were extremely high, they were the nation"s leading tv station. This time, if HuaXiang Entertainment could cooperate with Huaxia Central, then this was definitely a win-win transaction.
After Xu Fengnian was sent away, Zhang Xiaohua returned to his mother"s ward.
Zhang Shaofang sighed and said to Zhang Xiaohua, "Your father was a very loyal man, he believed in helping others, especially those had helped him in the past, he did this regardless of their flaws. He was also stubborn once he made up his mind, I don"t want you to travel the same path as your father. You must be careful who you trust, no matter who you deal with, you must keep your eyes wide open. Nowadays people are unpredictable. Even family members can turn into enemies, let alone those not blood related."
Acknowledging his mother"s word, Zhang Xiaohua rea.s.sured her not to worry. He had plans in place already in case of any "changes" anyway.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Xiaohua left the ward and then took out his phone and continued to call and text Zhao Zilin. The results were still the same, no one answered. Zhang Xiaohua inexplicably became worried.
If he knew that he would lose contact with her. He would have just followed her from the beginning.
She had just returned to Huaxia plus she was homeless. Although she had a high degree of education, it was difficult find an ideal job in Huaxia. Plus, there were all kinds of people out there, if she ran into bad people Zhang Xiaohua couldn"t imagine how she would cope.
Meanwhile, as Zhang Xiaohua was worried about Zhao Zilin...
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Zhao Zilin was standing at the doors of Xinglong Hotel.
Whenever a guest came to the door, Zhao Zilin placed on a strong smile and said h.e.l.lo to the guests, she received a lot of extra glances from male guests.
It was nothing special, Zhao Zilin was attractive after all. She had a great figure, she even attracted a lot of bosses who took the initiative to talk to her. All of whom she had rejected.
Therefore, Zhao Zilin was often subject to malicious complaints from the guests, saying that her att.i.tude wasn"t good, some guests even reversed right and wrong, telling the lobby manager that Zhao Zilin was trying to seduce them.
For this reason, Zhao Zilin was often shunned by the lobby manager. However, because Zhao Zilin was beautiful and spoke English, the hotel didn"t expel her, but she received a warning.