Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space-Chapter 703 - 578: Another One of Her Grandparents’ Acquaintances!
"Little girl, what is Gu Mingzhu to you? Is she still alive? Where is she now?"
Zhou Jiao looked at the old lady in front of her, feeling a headache. What was with the look of shock on her face? Shouldn’t it be joy?
"Little girl, don’t be afraid. Is your last name Gu?"
Zhou Jiao shook her head. She really didn’t dare to tell her the truth since she didn’t know what the other person’s intentions were.
This time, as she stood in front of her, Zhou Jiao finally realized that this was a wealthy old lady. Just look at the jewelry on her, each piece a masterpiece.
——She probably wouldn’t covet anything from her.
The old lady scrutinized Zhou Jiao closely, shaking her head repeatedly, and muttering to herself, "She really looks like Gu Mingzhu, exactly like her. I couldn’t have mistaken her."
Zhou Jiao exchanged a glance with Hu Xiaohui and shook her head with a wry smile.
"Is your surname Zhou? Wait, let me calculate... at eighteen or nineteen, you should be a granddaughter. Yes! Little girl, is your grandfather Zhou Jinyu?"
Zhou Jiao found it amusing and nodded.
The old lady hurriedly laughed and said, "I knew it, I couldn’t have mistaken you. How are they now? The year your grandfather took your grandmother back to the country, I even invited them to dinner and advised them not to return. You should tell your grandmother that I’m Hu Lisha, she’ll definitely remember me."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiao fell silent for a moment, her expression dim, and then shook her head, "My grandparents have already passed away. They’ve been gone for a long time."
If they hadn’t returned to the country back then or had left again later, maybe they could have lived as gracefully and freely as the old lady in front of her.
The old lady’s face showed disappointment as she observed Zhou Jiao for a long time before speaking to herself, "It seems those old fellows didn’t lie to me. They really left, parted by life and death... Not many returned alive who went back to the country, those who shouldn’t have gone, I said at the time they should stay in school and not leave..."
Zhou Jiao watched the tottering old lady and focused her gaze on the middle-aged man next to her, feeling relieved to see him supporting the old lady.
The old lady waved her hand, "Child, who else is in your family? Where do you live now?" she asked, unobtrusively sizing up Zhou Jiao.
She continued, "If you’re having difficulties in life, I can help. Don’t hesitate to speak. Your grandmother once supported me for a semester’s living expenses."
Zhou Jiao smiled and shook her head, saying, "No need, our family is doing okay."
"I’m here on vacation this time, staying at the hotel in front. Would you like to come over and sit for a while?"
"No, I have something important to do, you take care of yourself, elder."
Just as Zhou Jiao was about to leave, the old lady stopped her, "Well, well, you have the same pride as your grandmother. I won’t ask you to stay, won’t mention money. Bit, hurry and write down the home address for me. Yes, write it all down."
Zhou Jiao knew the other person probably thought she was living in poverty, she looked at Hu Xiaohui with a bitter smile. She couldn’t tell her who her father was. How helpless!
The old lady nodded in satisfaction, took the note when it was finished, and handed it to Zhou Jiao, "This is my address, you can contact me anytime if you encounter something. Give me an address, I need to return the money your grandmother gave me, or my heart won’t rest."
Zhou Jiao took the note, glanced at it, and quickly rolled it up, saying hurriedly, "Alright, I’ll definitely find you if I need to. That money wasn’t something my grandma lent you, I can’t accept it. Elder, I have classmates waiting for me, I must go."
With that, she grabbed Hu Xiaohui’s hand, smiled while retreating a few steps, waved at the old lady, then laughed and ran off. Still contact? Was she risking her life, any overseas connections were a no-go!
After walking a long distance, Zhou Jiao directly shoved the note into Hu Xiaohui’s hand, "I haven’t read this! You hand it over to the team leader. Oh dear, do you think I look that much like my grandmother? Including this, I’ve met four already."
Seeing her patting her chest in fright, Hu Xiaohui chuckled with laughter, "There’s no need to be so tense. You’d be better off if you got in touch with these people."
Zhou Jiao shook her head solemnly, "No! My father’s identity is out there. Who knows who these people are, or what their intentions might be. I still have to hand it over to the organization, these matters can’t be handled carelessly."
Hearing this, Hu Xiaohui immediately dropped the smile from her face and replied seriously, "You’re right. I’m not as aware as you are, I’ve become lax lately."
Zhou Jiao’s eyes flickered, and she humorously patted her shoulder and pulled her forward. This girl took it seriously! She was just trying to avoid trouble and was hiding from disaster, it wasn’t some awareness.
Didn’t she also want to talk with these old folks about her grandparents? Who knows, perhaps they have some works left behind by the elders or some mementos.
Zhou Jiao sighed inwardly. She didn’t know if the few addresses she secretly remembered would still be reachable, or whether these old folks would still be alive when the situation turned better in the future.
Her biological parents, they were her father’s only regret, yet she was forced by reality to compromise. She was even too afraid to secretly send a letter to a few of the old ones, fearing something might go wrong.
She truly couldn’t afford to lose!
Returning to a European-style house, Zhou Jiao from afar spotted another colleague standing on the lawn. It was a baby-faced man in his thirties.
It was said that he had been wandering abroad for years, making numerous contributions. Who knows if he had started a family? How were his parents doing at home?
Zhou Jiao felt a pang of sympathy for him. Her father had endured the same trials, perhaps even more dangerous. These unsung warriors were the real heroes.
"Xiao Zhou, you come with me. Xiao Hu, head upstairs to see the leader, he needs to talk to you."
Zhou Jiao quietly nodded, glanced at Hu Xiaohui, and then turned to follow the baby-faced man, walking quickly as if chased by ghosts. What poor gentlemanly conduct, not even waiting for her.
Fortunately, there was a bus at the intersection, so Zhou Jiao silently followed him, taking the bus, alighting, making a big loop from the south of the city to the north, almost reaching another country.
Watching the gradually darkening sky, Zhou Jiao absent-mindedly calculated the current time in Beijing. With a seven-hour time difference, her father would definitely be chatting with Zhang Guoqing in the study, surely mentioning her. It was a weekend, her son would definitely sleep with his father...
"In a moment, follow me from behind, I’ll ask the other party where, you note that down. For any details you can’t remember clearly, don’t fret, just remember as much as you can. They’ll give a quotation, you estimate the total price."
Zhou Jiao nodded slightly, following him into the machinery manufacturing plant.
Inside an office, details were being exchanged between the parties. After finishing her tasks, Zhou Jiao did not forget to glance around. She pondered to herself, if she were to slip a sedative now, might it be that she could never return to the country?
Since entering the main gate, through the workshop, following this large-nosed engineer into the office, she felt an itch in her heart, truly worried that her subconscious would collect things into a space.
With a resentful glance at the baby face, Zhou Jiao thought, "It’s unreasonable to require a companion for outings, what kind of pointless leadership proposal was this?" Without anyone following her, she would certainly steal everything from these big gorillas, leaving them bankrupt and naked.
