half thorns, half joy

Ubud pier.

Deng Langyue stood on the shore, with a cigarette in the corner of her mouth, the flame of the cigarette flickered in the night.

Although it was only early autumn, he had already put on a coat and a pair of Martin boots under his feet. He was standing in the breeze, with a straight back, looking stern and cold.

A freighter sailed over from afar, and docked silently and with a sense of presence.

The sea breeze disturbed by the huge impact of the freighter lifted the fragments in front of Deng Langyue's forehead, and the cold wind poured into the crevices of his bones that had not fully recovered, and he frowned slightly in pain.

"Young master, they're here." The bodyguard stepped forward and reminded Deng Langyue in his ear.

Deng Langyue snorted through her nostrils, put her thumbs together with her index fingers, pinched a cigarette that was only one-third smoked, threw it on the ground, and then crushed it with her foot.

The cigarette butts were crushed to pieces, Deng Langyue raised her chin, "Let's go."

The freighter stopped on the shore, and a group of people disembarked.

The first few people stood on both sides in an orderly manner, and then a man in his 60s wearing white casual clothes came out slowly.

"Uncle Fan." Deng Langyue bent slightly, and bowed politely and respectfully.

The person Deng Langyue called Uncle Fan was named Fan Li, and he was a very important business partner of Deng Li. Over the years, Deng Li was able to carry forward the Deng family to the present situation, which had a lot to do with this person named Fan Li.

In fact, Fan Li has just passed fifty this year, but he is dissolute by nature, and has been at sea all year round, being attacked by sea winds, so he looks older.

But although he looks like a bad old man, his aura is not comparable to that of ordinary old men.

Holding a cigar between his fingertips, he glanced impatiently at Deng Langyue, "Where's Old Deng?"

"Uncle has something to do and can't leave, so he asked me to come and collect the goods." Deng Langyue could feel the other party's displeasure, but she still smiled decently and answered correctly.

"Oh, it's the last deal after all, and no one is coming." Fan Li's eyes shot at Deng Langyue like a poisonous snake, "He's not afraid to send you over, and I won't deliver?"

Deng Langyue smiled slightly, "I believe Uncle Fan, you won't be so impulsive. Uncle, he didn't not come on purpose, it was really delayed. Although this is the last transaction, there are still many opportunities for cooperation in the future, Uncle Don't think too much about it."

Deng Langyue was flattering, but he knew in his heart that Deng Li didn't come to see Fan Li because this was the last deal.

As for the reason, he still doesn't know.

But it's definitely not something, and it can't be said that, it may be busy with women.

"Hmph." Fan Li's skin was not good at first, it was dark, but after such a sinking, it became even darker and became the bottom of the pot.

Deng Langyue complained helplessly about the bad old man's temper in her heart, but smiled flatteringly on her face, and said, "Uncle Fan, you must have worked so hard this trip, nephew prepared something for you A sumptuous dinner and the best beauties, you are appreciated."

Although Deng Li didn't come, it hurt Fan Li's face very much.

But Deng Langyue is also Deng Li's nephew, and was raised by Deng Li since he was a child, so naturally he is not a casual person.

Seeing Deng Langyue lowering his figure like this, Fan Li's anger finally subsided, but he still held it, and gave an extremely cold snort, expressing his agreement.

Deng Langyue smiled and turned sideways, "Uncle Fan, this way please."

Fan Li pressed his lips tightly and walked forward.

Deng Langyue's face suddenly turned cold, and she ordered in a low voice to the bodyguard beside her, "Inspect the goods."

Afterwards, he strode to catch up with Fan Li and accompanied him by Fan Li's side.

Although a boss like Fan Li always has all kinds of beauties around him, beauties need to be carefully maintained, no matter how beautiful they are, they will lose their luster after floating in the sea for a month or two.

Deng Langyue had thought of this a long time ago, so the ones prepared for Fan Li were all tender and model. He also specially instructed his subordinates to pick the ones with delicate voices.

Not far from the shore is a four-star hotel.

This hotel opened here, and it made it clear that it was not doing business for normal people, but was preparing for the current situation.

The hotel has been taken over by Deng Langyue, and it is empty. In the brightly lit building, there are only a dozen or so waiters and specially brought people.

Deng Langyue took Fan Li into the hotel, went up to the second floor, and entered a box specially used for receiving guests.

"Uncle Fan, my nephew doesn't know what your taste is, so I have prepared some of all kinds. If you are not satisfied, I will ask them to make it again."

As Deng Langyue spoke, the waiters filed in and began to serve the prepared dishes.

At the same time, the beautifully dressed women also came in, skillfully approached the people on the table, and sat down beside the men without restraint at all.

Even beside Deng Langyue, there was a woman with shawl and long hair.

"Master, you drink." The woman beside Fan Li poured a glass of white wine, smiled and held it up to Fan Li.

The slender fingers are so white that they are more dazzling than the lights.

Fan Li's expression softened a little.

Deng Langyue at the side watched the change of expression on Fan Li's face calmly, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

In such a dinner, wine and women are indeed the only magic weapon to activate the atmosphere.

Fan Li's complexion improved, and the men under him stopped tense, and hugged the woman one after another, laughing and having fun on the spot.

As the boss, the people on Deng Langyue's side naturally took some of them, especially Deng Langyue, who took small sips of the white wine in his glass and didn't even look at the woman beside him.

Because she had been ordered before, the woman also knew in her heart that she was here to sit with her, so she didn't do much, she sat in a well-behaved manner, and only poured wine for Deng Langyue when Deng Langyue's glass was empty.

After drinking for three rounds, Fan Li blushed, obviously drunk.But his eyes were still frighteningly bright. He stared at Deng Langyue and said with a sneer: "These years I have joined forces with Lao Deng, and it can be said that we are invincible. I went through life and death outside, and cooperated quite tacitly. Now that it’s coming, it’s really unreasonable for Lao Deng not to come to pick me up for the last trip.”

Deng Langyue listened silently and squeezed her wine glass tightly.

"These you prepared..." Fan Li glanced around with falcon-like eyes, and continued: "I have intentions, but little baby, this is far from enough. Do you know?"

"Understood." Acting and doing a full set, since he has already bowed his head first, there is no need to save face at this time.What's more, Deng Langyue still has second-hand preparations.

The people who came to serve were extremely winking, watching Fan Li and Deng Langyue talking, the female companions beside them were all sitting peacefully, without any unnecessary conversation.

On the other hand, the people brought by Fan Li were relatively unruly, half drunk, holding the woman in his arms and couldn't stop chewing.

Deng Langyue poured herself a glass of wine, raised it up and stood up, facing Fan Li and said, "Uncle Fan, uncle is indeed busy, and he didn't come on purpose. I know I'm soft-spoken and can't replace uncle, but since I was Uncle sent me, so I must make Uncle Fan comfortable. This glass of wine, I respect Uncle."

After Deng Langyue finished speaking, she raised her head and gulped it down.

Then, he put down his wine glass, looked at Uncle Fan, and continued: "Since I have said to make you comfortable, Uncle Fan, of course it's not just that, I also prepared a gift for you. I planned to treat you after dinner." It was submitted, but now it seems that my nephew didn't think carefully about it."

"Pa-pa--" Deng Langyue clapped his hands in fear.

Then, the wall that originally hung the mural moved in response to the sound, the mural slowly rose, and the wall slowly opened from the middle to both sides.

It turned out that it was a false wall.

As the mural went up, the false wall was completely pulled away, and a woman in white gauze appeared in everyone's sight.

The woman sat on the ground with downcast eyes, her black hair was tied up loosely, and she was holding a pipa in her arms.

The moment he saw this scene clearly, Fan Li's eyes lit up.

Don't look at him as a reckless man who fights and kills, he is also very keen on such arty things.

Deng Langyue had already inquired about Fan Li's preference, so she prepared this play.

The woman sat without moving, without even raising her head. After Deng Langyue sat down, she finally began to move lightly with her fingers on the pipa.

The clear and bright music sound like pearls and jade flowed through the whole box.

All of a sudden, all the extravagance seemed to become refined and elegant.