Bait

"Yang Ji turned and drove towards the urban expressway, "The old chairman kidnapped Miss Shen to blackmail the second son. Such a heavy hostage would not be easy to do. I guess the second son received the news before us, and he will definitely rescue Shen. Miss--"

"If the second child is too late, how do you know that father will not turn the tiger away from the mountain? The existence of Shen Zhen is a thorn in the eyes of the He family." Looking through the rearview mirror, Chen Yuan looked at her, "Deliberately delaying information, what are you doing?" Which ship's people?"

Her heart skipped a beat, "My lord! I..."

"I don't have the energy to pick up your details right now. If Shen Zhen is in danger, no matter who it is, including you, even if your backstage is Zhou Yuan, or a more powerful character." The man's expression became ruthless, "I won't let you go any participant."

Yang Ji clenched the steering wheel tightly and remained silent.

On the other side, Chen Chongzhou left the guest room and went to the balcony alone. Chen Zheng glanced at the quietly closed bedroom door, "Where is she?"

"Sleep."

Chen Zheng knew it well, he was defending himself, "You are here, can I do it?"

"Nine years ago, my elder brother was also present, but I still couldn't stop my father from attacking me." He slouched against the wicker chair, "Since my father arrested her, he must be sure that I have nothing to do with you. The real face has been exposed, why bother to pretend."

"Then do you have the same idea?" Chen Zheng poured tea, and also filled his cup incidentally.

Chen Chongzhou did not hide it, "Father has been in business for more than [-] years, what can be done, what can't be done, you are smarter than me. I have not violated your interests, you have to violate my bottom line, I don't mind breaking the boat." Leaning forward, his eyes swirled, "Ginger is indeed old and spicy, but the skin of new ginger is hard, and it may bite father's teeth."

The wooden table was shaking, and the tea was rippling, reflecting two treacherous faces.

Chen Zheng smiled, "I have done too many things that cannot be done."

"So in the next step, my father asked for stability, not risk."

"The pool of water in a listed group is deeper than you can imagine." Chen Zheng cleaned the teacup quietly, "There are countless channels for whitewashing. You pinched the financial statement of my chairmanship. Do you think it is evidence? What is it?" Evidence, it is evidence that threatens the foundation of my life, otherwise, it is just a pile of waste paper."

Chen Chongzhou looked at him.

"Fucheng is in your hands. If you want to go through a catastrophe, you can only wash it clean. If you succeed as the chairman, there are loopholes in the old accounts. If you don't pay attention, will the higher-ups believe that you don't know? Except you In addition, Zheng Zhihe and Xiao Hui are deputy directors, and I am not even a legal person, but Zhang Li is a legal person." Holding the mouth of the cup with tweezers and putting it in a bamboo basket, he wiped his hands, "Since the establishment of Shenghe Group, the general manager has always been It's Chen Yuan, who changed hands midway, and it's you. No matter how adventurous I am, how I do whatever I want, the one who bears the consequences will never be me."

Chen Chongzhou felt chills down his spine, "Chen Yuan took over Shenghe in 03, and his father manipulated him behind the scenes for 13 years."

"He is very skilled, and now he has managed to get out of my palm and plot against you." Chen Zheng picked up the dry pipe and changed the subject without haste, "You are very skilled. I think you practiced martial arts in middle school. Awarded in the province."

He straightened his rolled up collar, "It's just for self-protection."

"I know you have resentment." Chen Zheng stared at him, "You have been under Chen Yuan's aura since you were a child, and your mother also lived in gossip. She once left her home and broke up with her natal family just to follow me. I failed She, she was wronged in her heart and hated me. Chen Yuan also blamed me these years. Jiang Rong and I had a bad relationship. She watched me, and I ignored her. Sorry about my argument with her mother."

Chen Chongzhou was calm and drinking tea.

Chen Zheng straightened his waist, "But second child, no matter how much you hold grudges, you should remember your kindness. The Chen family's kindness in nurturing you, and I will give up Chen Yuan's kindness in protecting you. With the golden key in your mouth, the first half of your life went smoothly. , you must remember that I am your father. There is no free gift in this world. Even if blood is connected, I still want you to repay. Ordinary people are rewarded for supporting and filial piety. For a family like ours, fighting for our father and defending wealth is a must. repay."

He turned the teacup, but there was no response.

Chen Zheng's tone softened, "Is your mother okay?"

"She is far away from the place of right and wrong, and her father misses her day and night. Of course she is fine."

Chen Zheng heard that he had a bad attitude, "Your mother blames me."

Chen Chongzhou raised his eyelids casually, "Mother is special first, she feels guilty, and dare not blame you."

"Is the child still there?"

"Yes." He sat upright, "Mother is old, the operation does not rule out one dead body and two lives, she may give birth."

Chen Zheng said nothing.

"I have one last question." Chen Chongzhou pushed his chair away and stood up, "You have always claimed to love your mother deeply, so which one would you choose, mother or Fucheng?"

Chen Zheng said without hesitation, "Fu Cheng."

The expected answer, he smiled, "Fucheng symbolizes your power, wealth, and status. In your world, affection cannot replace power and money."

"Affection will betray you, but status gives you the capital to betray everything." Chen Zheng put on reading glasses, "Wife can marry another wife, and after marrying a wife, she will have children. Only once."

Chen Chongzhou's chest heaved and heaved, "You own Fucheng, lose your wife and children, and all the relatives and relatives are divorced in the evening, how can you live happily?"

"Jiang's old man died at the negotiating table at the age of 85, and the old lady of Jinde went to a banquet at the age of 90, drinking too much and died. Second child, running a business empire is not for pleasure, it is an innate desire. You were born A wealthy family, your city and vision are far superior to ordinary people. I have struggled at the pinnacle of power for more than 60 years, parents, brothers, sons, and colleagues. I have calculated everyone, and I have survived in calculations. The desire for power is Deep-rooted habits are not easy to peel off and change."

The promenade was brightly lit, and Chen Chongzhou stood against the light, like a tall and straight pine and cypress, motionless.

After a long time, Chen Zheng laughed, "The little wolf cub's hair has grown, and he has learned to question the old wolf." He took out the cooling oil in the drawer, tapped a few times on his temples, "As long as you behave and tame, you will be fine. I don't like it." Challenge me, scheming son."

He flipped through a contract, "Get out."

Chen Chongzhou walked out of the study and passed by the living room. Zhang Li came to meet him. The moment he brushed shoulders, he greeted, "Second Young Master."

Chen Chongzhou looked at him, coming from the west courtyard.

This hour.

He raises his wrist, 09:30.

It has been less than half a year since He Peiyu moved to the old house, and with her delicate heart, she has a lot of knowledge about Jiang Rong's situation.

Although she and Zhang Li did not exceed their identities, Zhang Li treated Jiang Rong differently.

And this layer of obscurity, because Zhang Li is the legal person of Fucheng Group, Chen Zheng didn't expose it, and still reused it.

He nodded slightly, "Uncle Zhang is very considerate when he goes to the west courtyard."

Zhang Li pretended not to understand, "Madam is drinking tonic, the old chairman ordered me to send it to the west courtyard in person."

Chen Chongzhou smiled intriguingly, "Father's order is the same thing. The most important thing is that Aunt Jiang trusts Uncle Zhang. If I deliver the medicine instead, Aunt Jiang will 100% not drink it."

"The second son is filial, how can the madam not appreciate it." Zhang Li calmly said, "Unless the second son is inconsistent with his appearance and inherits the viciousness of the second wife, the madam is hard to guard against, so naturally he will keep him at a respectful distance."

Chen Chongzhou smiled, "Uncle Zhang has a big opinion on my mother."

"I'm a servant, so I'm not qualified to have an opinion. The second son has beaten me." After Zhang Li finished speaking, he turned around immediately.

"I advise Uncle Zhang, don't give loyalty to the wrong place or to the wrong person. Otherwise, your fate will be very sad."

He stopped again for a while, "Thank you, Second Young Master, for your reminder."

Chen Chongzhou watched Zhang Li walk into the study with a slight smile on his lips.

***

When Chen Yuan's car drove into the back gate of the complex and went around the garden, he ordered Yang Ji to pull over.

"You wait for me at the west door."

Yang Ji didn't understand, so, "Are you going in by yourself?"

Chen Yuan ignored it and pushed the door to get out of the car.

At the beginning, Chen Zheng wasn't sure that his woman was Qiao Hanrun. There were only vague rumors that he often stayed in Tianfu No. 1. On the day he went back, the same woman would go back and come in and out separately. It was both coincidental and deliberate, very obvious. Hide the relationship.

It's a pity that the two sons of the Chen family have been influential figures since their school days, and they have received all the attention of the upper class, so it is as difficult as going to heaven to hide a love affair.

Chen Zheng got wind and blocked Qiao Hanrun, please go back to the old house as a guest.

In the name of being a guest, it is actually a game of house arrest, inviting you into the urn.

It was Chen Yuan who lost his mind and frightened the snake, so that the love affair was in full swing and Qiao Hanrun was harmed.

At the same time, in the room at the end of the south courtyard, after Shen Zhen took a shower, there were two types of nightgowns, one for men and one for women, hanging on the hanger. The hang tags were not cut, and she took off the women's style, which fit perfectly.

The floor heating was burning, she stepped barefoot on the carpet, and suddenly a shadow swept across the wall, with a long and slender silhouette, like a man.

She subconsciously wanted to escape from the guest room, and the moment she pulled the door latch, a familiar voice came from the window, "Shen Zhen."

Her steps stopped abruptly, and she hesitated as she stared at the frozen shadow.

The dark green leaves of the sycamore tree are dyed with burnt yellow, and there are thin fragments of light flooding under the silvery moonlight.

Shen Zhen approached cautiously, the man looked up, and their eyes met. She recognized who the man was, and jumped to the window sill with relief, "It's you."

Chen Yuan stepped on the air-conditioning box with one foot, hooked the fence with the other, and lay down in the air.

He didn't wear a jacket, and his clothes were heavy and inconvenient for climbing walls. He only wore a cotton iron-gray shirt. The strong muscles in his arms were stretched with full strength, and the bruised and purple veins and blood vessels were hideous and thick, floating on the skin.

"Is there someone following you?"

He laughed, "There is a female secretary, maybe I can't handle it."

At that time, the wind was howling, making the electric poles tremble, the street lamps flickered on and off, and the surrounding darkness was like a purgatory on earth.

Shen Zhen's complexion changed, "Go down."

Her voice made the patrolling bodyguards in the yard aware of the strangeness, and the flashlights were aimed at this side, "Who is it?"

She panicked, "They found you!"

Chen Yuan pressed bricks on his chest, "Turn off the lights."

Shen Zhen nodded, quickly ran to the bed, and turned off the desk lamp.

The bodyguard patrolled around, but found nothing, "Is it falconry? The Yang family in No. 2 yard has three Siberian falcons."

Another bodyguard began to search the bushes, "Mr. Yang's hawk eats raw meat. If he really escaped from the cage, he would have bitten you to pieces."

They chatted and walked slowly to the backyard.

Shen Zhen found it funny inexplicably, and really laughed. Chen Yuan looked at her when she heard the sound. Her long hair was tied up in a bun before she had time to untie it. The skin on her neck was also wet, and the hot mist was fumigated until it was as delicate and pink as a peach blossom.

The winter nights are extremely cold and extremely long.

At this moment, it was as if the mountains and plains were full of peach blossoms, and she was a touch of innocence unique to her charm, which dazzled his eyes.

Shen Zhen crawled forward, his arms got out of the mast, trying to pull him, "You come in."

"I've been in." Chen Yuan held her hand without moving, "The crotch is stuck."

Shen Zhen was taken aback for a moment, then sneered, "What year?"

"Ten years ago." He is physically strong and strong enough, and he will be able to hold on for a while.

She withdrew her hand, "Why climb the window, you don't recognize the door?"

Chen Yuan leaned against the window frame, with his legs hanging between the gap between the two rows of railings, "At that time, it was also to save someone."

Shen Zhen blurted out, "Is it Miss Qiao?"

His eyes fell on the skyscrapers in the distance, and the neon streamer was like halfway through a movie, surrounded by the loneliness that was about to end.

"The first time, I broke into the door, and she disappeared for four months. The second time, I realized that I couldn't show up, and rescued her through the chimney, which alarmed my father's bodyguard, the black dog. Later, she disappeared into the vast sea of ​​people , never appeared again."

Shen Zhen listened silently, "Is Chen Zheng very bad?"

Chen Yuan pressed his butt against the window sill, thinking for a moment, "Men in the Chen family are all bad guys."

"Is Third Uncle bad too?"

The moonlight was quiet, shining between his brows and eyes, covering his eyes with a hazy layer, "Everyone has seven emotions and six desires, but he has no emotions or desires."

Shen Zhen pursed her lips, "Then he is a good man, a man who is ruthless himself will not create emotional hurt for women." Her eyes were clearer than the moon at this time, "You are also a good man."

Chen Yuan was stunned for a second, and said a sentence without beginning or end, "I hope you see me as a bad man, a bad man." He paused, "I brought you something."

As soon as the words fell, his body tilted and sank quickly.

Shen Zhen thought he didn't step on it, and instinctively reached out to grab him, "Chen Yuan, be careful—"

A floor of five or six meters is not high, but the granite on the ground is hard, and falling vertically to the ground is bound to break bones.

She called his name into the darkness, but there was no sound.

It wasn't until Shen Zhen was about to go out to call for someone that Chen Yuan went back and forth, hanging firmly on the iron railing of the window coffin, his breathing was short of breath, and the shirt on his chest was dripping with sweat, "I'm back."

"What are you doing! Are you performing?" She was frightened out of her wits, and her eyes were red, "What if you fall and become disabled?"

Her choked-up crying made Chen Yuan's heart tighten, and he put his hand into the railing, but he couldn't touch her because of the distance, "I was trying to make you happy, don't be angry, a woman is angry, I have nothing to do."

He laughed for no reason, "Are you afraid that I will fall to my death?"

Shen Zhen rubbed the corner of his eyes, "The Chen family asked me to ask Xingshi for their crimes, can I afford it?"

Chen Yuan held a lamp, the size of a bowl, round and clear, shining with fluorescent blue light, and handed it to her, "This is the night light of Swan Lake. There is thunder and lightning in the early morning. I remember that you are afraid of thunderstorms and heavy rain."