Shang Shaoting came over with a glass of red wine. After hearing a few words, he stretched out his leg and kicked Fu Jingnian: "You are talking about my dark history again!"

Fu Jingnian looked at the dusty footprints on his suit pants and cursed, "Fuck you, do you know how much these pants cost? You can't wash them!"

"Tsk, a pair of torn pants. Look how precious they are to you. I'll compensate you." Shang Shaoting handed over two million without blinking, "Here, this is a reward from me. Spend it."

Fu Jingnian laughed and scolded: "Get lost."

Qiansui held his forehead with his hand: "Two funny guys."

Lu Jinzhao continued typing silently. Two envelopes that looked like greeting cards were handed to him. He looked up at Shang Shaoting and asked, "What is this?"

"I heard that Yan Shangzhang wanted to go skiing. It just so happens that my family has a manor in the Snow Country. You give him this key and card and let him go whenever he wants. I'll cover all the round-trip expenses. Just consider it as an apology for what happened that year, and thank him for not rejecting the movie my family invested in this time."

Lu Jinzhao: "Why don't you give it to him yourself?"

"Tsk, I invited him but he didn't come, so I can only ask you to pass it on. Aren't you from his company? It's just something I can do later. Do you want me to specifically ask the director to go to your company to block him?"

"Okay." Lu Jinzhao unfolded it and took a look, confirming that there were no love letters inside. He put the two letters away and stuffed them into the inner pocket of his coat. "I'll pass them on to you later."

"Thanks."

Fu Jingnian curled his lips: "Don't you want to be obsessed with her?"

"Forget it. I was just attracted by his looks back then. Now he's old. I like young and handsome guys now."

"I think Yan Shangzhang has taken good care of himself. People would believe him if he said he was a college student. Don't act like you are not as old as others. Do you think you are still a young man of 18 or 19?"

"If you can't fucking talk, then just shut up. You were lovesick a while ago! And you refused to tell me who you were. So, are you looking for psychological comfort from me now?"

Fu Jingnian was stunned: "Lovesick? Me? Don't be ridiculous, I haven't been moved by anyone in years."

Shang Shaoting pouted: "Bullshit! We have been friends for so many years, I know what you are thinking just by looking at you, and you are still pretending with me!"

Lu Jinzhao closed his notebook and stood up: "You guys chat, I'll go back first."

"Okay, good luck in the debate tomorrow."

On the way back, Qiansui cursed inwardly: "Why does Shang Shaoting bring up such a topic? What if Fu Jingnian remembers it? How embarrassing would that be?"

"Will the amnesia spray lose its effect?"

"There is a very small chance that it will happen... if the person's intention is particularly strong... but it's okay, at worst I can just give him another smack."

"We'll have to give some to Shang Shaoting as well."

"Yes, yes, yes. This will prevent him from causing any more trouble."

*

A country covered in ice and snow that never melts all year round.

Now is a good season for enjoying the snow. With the movie being a big hit and someone willing to pay for it, Yan Shangzhang decided to bring everyone from Fengxing to join the team building.

Team building is not compulsory, and round-trip airfare, food and accommodation are included. Except for those who were too busy due to schedule conflicts, most of the others came.

Yan Shangzhang and Lu Jinzhao were arranged in the courtyard of the two-story wooden house with the best view, with one room for each, and the rest of the people were assigned to a room in pairs, either by drawing lots or forming teams freely.

It is said that Shang Shaoting heard that these two people loved quietness and did not like living with others, so he specially asked the housekeeper of the manor to make arrangements.

However, the small courtyard is on the hillside at the back, and one needs to take a detour or take a cable car to get there.

Yan Shangzhang held the key, expressionless: "Are you sure he's apologizing, not taking revenge?"

Lu Jinzhao shrugged: "I don't know."

Too many people would cause the ski resort to be crowded, so they planned to travel during off-peak hours. The two took the cable car to the middle of the mountain smoothly. The courtyard had been specially cleaned and was very clean. A warm charcoal fire had been burned inside, waiting for the distinguished guests to arrive.

Lu Jinzhao shook off the snow on his hat and boots at the door, walked into the room, took off his heavy leather gloves first, and went to the fire to warm up.

Yan Shangzhang shook off the snow on his clothes and went straight up to the second floor.

He went up and took a look around, then stood at the second floor stairs and stuck his head out: "Two rooms, which one do you want?"

"You choose first. I'm fine with either."

"Then I'll take the room by the window so I can see the mountain."

"it is good."

The next day, Lu Jinchao was woken up by Qiansui.

It gestured up and down with its two cat paws: "Yan Shangzhang is gone!"

Lu Jinchao frowned. He loved to sleep and was always grouchy when he woke up. Especially now that he was in a cold environment, he was even more reluctant to get out of the warm bed. He turned over impatiently and said, "He must have gone to play at the foot of the mountain. I'll sleep a little longer. Don't disturb me."

Chitose: "Okay then, I'll call you later."

When Lu Jinzhao woke up naturally, two hours later.

After washing up, he made himself a cup of hot tea to refresh himself. He didn't see Yan Shangzhang anywhere, so he asked casually, "Where's the boss?"

Qiansui spread his hands and said, "He got up in the morning and went outside to look at the scenery, and he slipped and fell down."

Lu Jinzhao almost spit out a mouthful of hot tea and coughed twice: "What did you say?"

"I said he fell off the cliff. I tried, but I couldn't pull him out."

"Why didn't you wake me up?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to sleep a little longer and asked me not to disturb you?"

"Are you alive now?"

"He's alive, just unconscious."

Lu Jinzhao put down the teacup, put on his coat, gloves, hat, and snow boots, and said, "Take me there."

Chitose: "I thought you were going to let me die without any help."

"It would be no good for me if he died. If I could inherit his company, I would just stand by and watch. Besides, the cliffs here are not deep enough, the snow is thick and the clothes are thick, so the chances of him falling to his death are not high. Don't forget, a lot of people in the nearby village know him, and if he hasn't moved for more than two days, someone will come to look for him. If he is not dead yet and the rescue team comes, it will be fine if he is conscious, because he can prove that he accidentally fell. If he becomes a vegetable like Huo Mian, who do you think they will suspect first?"

"Of course you are the first one to suspect him since you live with him! You didn't say anything after two days of silence. Even if you were right, you became wrong."

"So, we won't do anything that's harmful and has no benefit."

......

When Yan Shangzhang woke up again, he was lying safely in the cabin, with a wooden board clamped between his legs and a noticeable pain in his forehead, proving that everything that happened in the morning was not a dream.

He got up and walked around nearby. For some reason he felt dizzy and his body tilted and he fell off the cliff. He twisted his foot and couldn't climb up. He didn't know where the cell phone in his pocket fell. He passed out from the shock and pain.

I thought I was going to die.

Lu Jinzhao came up with a simple bowl of mushroom soup and said, "You're awake."

Yan Shangzhang looked at him and said, "You saved me?"

"Ah."

"Thank you."

Lu Jinzhao stepped forward and put down the soup, helped Yan Shangzhang up, leaned against the head of the bed, and handed him the bowl: "Drink some soup to warm you up, you must be freezing at the bottom of the cliff."

Yan Shangzhang took the soup, scooped it up with a spoon, and said with a smile: "This seems to be the first time I have tasted your cooking skills since I have known you for so long."

"How about it?"

"Delicious."

"I gave your leg first aid, but I'm not sure if the bones are injured. You should rest for a while. An ambulance will come to take you to the hospital later."

"it is good."

Chitose walked around the leg that was fixed with a splint. "It's just a slight fracture. It's not a big problem. He will be fine after resting for a while."

The news that the boss was taken away by ambulance spread quickly in the company group. Everyone was curious about what happened and gathered in groups of three or four to discuss the matter.

There were quite a few people gathered at the ski resort. Some people who knew him came to ask Lu Jinzhao about it, but he said, "My boss won't let me tell you," put on his goggles and skied away.

"Look at him. The boss usually favors him the most. Previously, a boy band that was about to debut was disbanded and replaced because of him. As a result, when the boss really got into trouble, he still had the mood to ski here."

"Oh, I dare not say it. If his brainless fans knew about it, they would definitely come and scold you."

"I am just a behind-the-scenes person. Who knows who I am?"

The two did not deliberately lower their voices. However, Lu Jinchao was wearing plush earmuffs, and his ears were filled with the whistling sound of the wind when he was skiing at high speed. He had already skied far away and did not hear it at all.

I wouldn't care if I heard it. Who would care too much about the opinions of passers-by NPCs when playing games?

Qiansui rolled his eyes silently. What idiots! They came to the ski resort to play even though they were injured? They even had the nerve to criticize their brother Chao.

It nestled in the hood of Lu Jinzhao's thick down jacket, with its front paws on its shoulders, excitedly admiring the scenery on both sides: "Wuhu! Skiing is so fun! I'm going to build a kitten ski resort in my space later and have a blast!"

"Get a big one so it'll be more convenient for me to play with you next time."

"Okay, okay! No problem! Let's go to the entire amusement park, water park, etc., and don't leave until you get tired of playing!"

......

The team building lasted a week, but Yan Shangzhang was unlucky and spent almost the entire time in the hospital. Fortunately, his injuries were not serious, but it was a pity that he didn't get to play in the snow.

I got off the plane in a wheelchair. The Yan family had already sent someone to wait here. He sat in the car and seemed to have something to say to someone. He turned around and saw Lu Jinzhao sitting in A Shen's car. He shook his head slightly and asked the driver to drive.

The car was stuck on the ring road. Ah Shen took out a document and said to Lu Jinchao, "Master, during the few days you were abroad, some Internet trolls have slandered Wangshu."

The document lists in detail how the Internet army took advantage of a video of a rotten face to emerge, and attributed the negative effects caused by other brands of skin care products to other products of Wangshu, making a big fuss of the issue.

Afterwards, Wangshu’s official Weibo responded immediately, but those internet trolls disappeared all at once.

But some orders still had to be refunded. They were mainly orders that had not been picked up, and had already been packed and affixed with express labels, just waiting to be picked up. Now the cancelled packages have to be picked out one by one from thousands of packages, which adds a lot of workload to the packers.

Lu Jinzhao took the document and quickly scanned the contents. "Why didn't you notify me immediately?"

"I think this is just a period of public opinion storm that is inevitable in the development of a brand. It is not a major matter that requires your intervention. The matter has been resolved satisfactorily."

"Did you find out who did it?"

"Not yet. But there is one thing that I find very strange. Not long before or after the navy showed up, Ji Lianzong felt dizzy and fainted in the study. I don't think it's a coincidence."

"Ji Lianhuai is in the hospital?"

"Yes, the test results showed nothing wrong and he was discharged the next day. He blocked the news."

“I hope next time I’m the first to know.”

"Yes, Master. I won't do that next time."

Lu Jinzhao turned back to the first page and found that it was about the same time when Yan Shangzhang fell off the cliff. He frowned subconsciously.

Is it the mastermind behind the provocation?

He picked up his phone, opened WeChat, and quickly sent a message to several people: "Did I get injured or feel unwell during my week abroad?"

Dormitory group. Xing Yang: "How serious of an injury is considered an injury? Does it count if you cut your finger with a kitchen knife?"

Qi Jiaping: "No, the three of us are all safe." "Xing Yang, don't embarrass yourself here."

Xing Yang: "You actually think I'm embarrassing! You're done!"

Chu Yao: “Did something happen?”

Lu Jinzhao: "It's okay."

The car started, moved slowly for a while, and then got stuck at the intersection again.

Fang Yin: "? Why do you ask? I'm fine."

Lu Jinzhao: "Okay."

-

Fu Jingnian: "Injured? That's not the case, but it's true that I was almost hit by a flower pot a few days ago, and then I had the flower pot on the second-floor balcony removed."

Lu Jinzhao typed: "Do you remember what time it was?"

Fu Jingnian: "It should be the morning of the second day after your plane landed, what happened?"

Lu Jinzhao: “Nothing.”

-

Ji Lianzhu: "You know?"

Lu Jinzhao: "Know what?"

Ji Lianzhu: "Oh, that day I was on my way to class when someone robbed me at gunpoint on the street. He took all the US dollars in my wallet. He took them all. He only took the US dollars and didn't even look at the British pounds. How tasteless."

"I clearly told my brother not to tell you. How could I let you know such an embarrassing thing?"

Lu Jinzhao was both angry and amused: "Where's your gun?"

"I got up late and forgot to bring it."

Qian Sui's hot comment: "He seems like a fool."

"time?"

"Tuesday morning."

"But then again, since the people around you had accidents at the same time, it was either a provocation or the luck system started to drain luck again. Otherwise, it's hard to explain why everyone else was fine, but only these few people who were obviously rich or noble had problems."

Qiansui twitched his tail in annoyance: "Stupid luck system, is it playing tricks again? Now Huo Mian is a vegetable, could it be that someone else in the Huo family is behind this? But Huo Zhou doesn't look like it...his father Huo Bufan is a bit of a possibility. But I didn't feel any fluctuations during the night attack that day, could it be Tong Jing or Mr. Huo?"

Lu Jinchao was too lazy to ask everyone one by one, so he simply pulled them into a new group: "Before the accident, did you receive anything suspicious, or lose any personal belongings? Jewelry, anything counts."

Fu Jingnian: "I don't think so. I haven't bought anything during this period. But there are things that need to be replaced every day, such as carpets, ornaments and so on. Even if there are too many and they are thrown away, I can't remember them."

Ji Lianzhu: “+1”

Yan Shangzhang: "Same as above."

Ji Lianhuai: "......"

Chitose: "......Meow, I'm going to fight you rich people!"

Lu Jinchao felt a bit of a headache. He probably had to find time to visit each of them one by one and have Qiansui do a comprehensive scan to see if there were any fragments of the luck system in their homes.

Qiansui stepped forward and rubbed his face: "Why don't you just ask me to go? Why do you have to go visit in person?"

"Then, will you take the trouble to make the trip?"

"At your service! I'll be right back!"

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like