bookrebus Chapter 186 Compromise
Chapter 186 Compromise
It's probably human nature to like compromise.
If Theodore asked Duan Jizhi about his deceased mother right away, Duan Jizhi would probably not answer and would probably even suspect that this young man was crazy.
But Theodore deliberately kept it vague, making Duan Jizhi think that he was asking about Jiang Huiyi. After Young Master Duan became extremely alert and panicked, he changed the subject and brought the topic back to the deceased Madam Duan.
Young Master Duan would of course breathe a sigh of relief, and then, out of a sense of luck and a desire to change the subject, he would tell everything he knew!
All I can say is that although Theodore was crazy, he still understood a little about the art of language.
Duan Jizhi hesitated for a moment and said, "To be honest, I don't know much about my mother."
When Mrs. Duan died, Duan Jizhi was only six years old, and was just a little kid blowing bubbles. Duan Jizhi's memory of that woman was completely blank, like a thick fog.
Voice, appearance, smell, these things, it can be said that there is no trace of them. To put it bluntly, even if Mrs. Duan came back to life and stood at the door of the Duan family, except for Duan Hongji, no one would let her in.
Even the oldest one, Duan Jizhi, was like this, not to mention Duan Chengfang, who was only three years old at the time, and Duan Ye, who had just learned to crawl.
Strangely enough, most children who lost their parents at a young age would always pester their father for their mother. But the three brothers of the Duan family seemed to be born with a weak affection for their mother and never asked Duan Hongji for his mother. The role of mother was just a vague concept to them, a noun that was parallel to father.
After Duan Jizhi finished his speech, he added calmly, "Although my father was always busy, he never lacked anything for us. Therefore, we did not feel that we were any different from others."
There is a son in this world who doesn't care about his mother at all and can say it so frankly. If it happened elsewhere, it would be considered a strange thing and would inevitably be looked down upon.
Fortunately, Duan Jizhi was facing the invincible Mr. Theodore von Mansfield!
Theodore felt like he had found a soulmate!
If Theodore was not still thinking about Duan Jizhi's father, he would have chatted with Duan Jizhi all night to discuss the issue of whether parents are such inconvenient things.
The three brothers of the Duan family are different from Theodore. Under the influence of the plot, the three brothers of the Duan family have been deprived of their memories and emotional needs for their mother.
And Theodore, Theodore was born without this thing!
Of course, Theodore couldn't stop there. He asked, "What about Mr. Duan? Has he ever mentioned Mrs. Duan to you?"
"No." Duan Jizhi answered without hesitation, then concentrated on thinking for a moment and said more firmly, "Never."
there has never been?
This is strange.
Mrs. Duan has been dead for nearly twenty years. If Duan Hongji was really deeply in love with her, how could he not mention her for twenty years?
Theodore couldn't help but ask, "So, why did Mrs. Duan die?"
Duan Jizhi looked at Theodore with a strange expression, not understanding why he was so interested in these trivial matters, but he still answered honestly, "I don't know."
He really didn't know. Duan Hongji never mentioned it, and the three brothers never asked.
To be honest, Theodore is probably more curious about Mrs. Duan than the three brothers.
A woman who has been dead for nearly twenty years and whose cause of death remains a mystery.
Duan Hongji is 45 years old this year, and Mrs. Duan should be about the same age as him. Twenty years ago, she was about 25 or 26 years old.
Why did he die so early?
Theodore did not give up and said, "Well, you should know Mrs. Duan's name, right?"
Duan Jizhi was strangely silent for a moment.
Theodore: "..."
Duan Jizhi exhaled and said with a stiff upper lip: "I have seen his and my mother's marriage certificate at my father's place before...but it is not convenient to tell Mr. Theodore about this..."
This is complete bullshit. Duan Jizhi has never seen any marriage certificate from Duan Hongji, and he doesn't even know his mother's name.
However, as Mrs. Duan’s biological son, this answer was obviously too inappropriate. If he told it to others, he would probably be nailed to the pillar of shame and laughed at for the rest of his life!
Therefore, Duan Jizhi could only make up a few words to appease Theodore. Anyway, he didn't remember anything about his childhood, and Theodore couldn't really go to see the marriage certificate.
Theodore was a little disappointed, but he also knew that he couldn't get any more information from Duan Jizhi. The two of them smiled and said a few perfunctory words to each other, then went about their own business.
Theodore returned to the room and began to think about how to find more clues about Mrs. Duan.
He was completely in the dark, and had no idea of his rival's name, appearance, age, or life experience. This helpless scene was a new experience for Theodore.
He had to do something.
Without investigation, you have no right to speak. If you want to win Duan Hongji's love, you should at least take a look at what the person he loved before was like, right?
In the Mansfield family, there is no such thing as "if you wait, the flowers will bloom." Resources are limited, but Mr. Mansfield's sons, daughters, nephews, brothers, and even uncles and aunts are endless. Love and wealth are both resources that can only be obtained by fighting for them - it's just that the former is intangible and the latter is tangible.
Theodore learned to fight before he learned to speak. In his world, there is only active advancement and plundering, and no sitting still and waiting for death.
Theodore pondered.
Whether it is a marriage certificate or old photos, these things should generally be placed in the living room.
Theodore lived on the second floor, and Duan Hongji's bedroom was on the third floor. Although Duan Hongji had left, Jiang Huiyi was still there. How could she get in openly?
This little problem was not a problem for Theodore.
Theodore found his way to the Duan family's monitoring room with ease.
It’s strange that although the Duan family has dense surveillance and a very strict security system, the monitoring room is actually unattended!
The instigator, Zhao Ruoming, said that this was to facilitate his eldest son's affair with Ms. Jiang Huiyi!
If someone is watching in the monitoring room every day, and the eldest son and Jiang Huiyi dare not move, how can the plot go on?
In any case, this unattended monitoring room was convenient for Duan Jizhi and Jiang Huiyi in the past, and now it is convenient for Theodore.
Theodore fiddled with it in the monitoring room. No one knew how he operated it specifically, but when he came out, the Duan family's monitoring system had been connected to his mobile phone.
Zhao Ruoming, who had been monitoring Theodore, couldn't help but wonder when he saw this: "Isn't he afraid of being tracked by his brothers, so he didn't dare to use his phone? Why is he using it now?"
203 said: "This person is suspicious."
Green system: “…”
The green system echoed: "Ah, yes, yes, yes."
Zhao Ruoming also nodded in agreement: "I think so too. He is being chased by his brothers and his butt is broken. He doesn't care about his own life, but still cares about Duan Hongji's deceased wife?"
Theodore was indeed abnormal, so Zhao Ruoming decided to throw him away after using him.
On the other side, after Theodore connected to the surveillance camera, he waited patiently in the room.
Sure enough, not long after, Jiang Huiyi got up, and after a long period of washing and dressing, she went downstairs to have breakfast.
After breakfast, Jiang Huiyi dressed up and went out.
After a while, Duan Jizhi also dressed very decently and left the Duan family.
Maybe it was because there was a new Theodore in the house, so the two of them didn't dare to have any incidents at home, so they made an appointment to go out.
Seeing this, Theodore turned off his phone and smiled meaningfully.