i married my rival

Lu Qibin was the culprit, but his face didn't blush and his heart skipped a beat. When Fang Yan heard this, his face turned red for some reason.

Cheng Xu quietly saw the change in Fang Yan's face, frowned, and suddenly said, "Go in, the chef will get impatient waiting, and it's time to strike."

Regarding the change in Fang Yan's face, Lu Qibin saw it as if he didn't see it, parked the car, stretched out his hand to pull Fang Yan's hand over, and got out of the car.

Fang Yan subconsciously wanted to break away from Lu Qibin's hand, but Lu Qibin didn't look at him, but just held it tightly. Taking advantage of Fang Yan's struggle, Lu Qibin stretched out his fingers slightly, and changed into a position of interlocking fingers, which made the twist even tighter. Not open.

There was no other way, Fang Yan could only purse his lips and let him go.

In fact, Fang Yan didn't understand why Lu Qibin did this in front of Cheng Xu. Although Cheng Xu didn't seem to be unhappy or anything, Fang Yan felt embarrassed. ,

Cheng Xu chose a large private room with floor-to-ceiling windows. As soon as he walked in, the curtains were drawn open, and he could see lights flickering outside. The night scene of a big city always has an amazing beauty of prosperity.

Light the candles, turn on the imitation old-fashioned vinyl record player, and the mellow and elegant classical music will flow out of the record player.

The atmosphere was very good, but Fang Yan always felt that the atmosphere didn't match the people here at all. It was clearly agreed to be a conversation between friends, why did it look like a couple dating?

And there are three people...

Lu Qibin sat down calmly, Cheng Xu sat next to Lu Qibin, Fang Yan looked at Cheng Xu and Lu Qibin with calm faces, although he was a little apprehensive, he still sat down opposite Cheng Xu.

Fang Yan sat down, and Cheng Xu said, "You all know about my father's death?"

……

Unexpectedly, Cheng Xu opened his mouth to talk about this topic. Fang Yan was stunned and didn't dare to speak up. Instead, Cheng Xu smiled and said, "The reason why this place is decorated like this today is because on the last wedding anniversary of my father and my mother, That’s how it’s set up in my house.”

Fang Yan pursed his lips, not daring to vent his breath, and didn't know what Cheng Xu's move meant.On the contrary, Lu Qibin took a sip from his wine glass and said, "Then what are you inviting us to do for today's meal?"

Cheng Xu glanced at Lu Qibin lightly, and smiled a little helplessly, "This time I sent my father's ashes back to China. I originally wanted to invite a few relatives to send him off, but none of them came. The friends I met in college are still here. The only ones who can get in touch are the two of you. So—"

Cheng Xu paused and said, "Can you accompany me this time?"

Lu Qibin lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "Okay." After finishing speaking, he was about to get up suddenly, Fang Yan thought he was offended by Cheng Xu's inexplicable behavior, and stayed impatient, subconsciously reached out and grabbed Lu Qibin's sleeve .

Who knew that Lu Qibin looked at Fang Yan with some doubts, and then said, "I'm going out to smoke a cigarette."

Fang Yan was taken aback for a moment, and then let go of his hand, but Lu Qibin patted the back of his hand with his backhand, nodded at Cheng Xu, turned around and left.

Lu Qibin went out and closed the door, Cheng Xu took a sip of the wine in front of him, suddenly smiled, and said, "He's still so casual." After saying this, Cheng Xu raised his eyebrows again, and said in a low voice, "Actually, I guess he You don't want to talk to me."

Fang Yan raised his forehead, but he felt the same way in his heart. After all, what Cheng Xu did this time was really a bit inexplicable. He could have made it clear with a phone call, but he insisted on setting up a private room and decorating it like his parents. The way you look when you get married.

Does it make any sense?

But Fang Yan just thought about it for himself, and didn't dare to say it, after all, he and Cheng Xu haven't gotten along to that level yet.

Looking at Fang Yan's expression, Cheng Xu guessed it a long time ago. With a chuckle, he lowered his eyes to see the champagne bubbling lightly in the wine glass, and said suddenly, "I just want to try him."

Cheng Xu's words didn't start and end, but the meaning was very clear, Fang Yan couldn't help but frowned, and said, "Try... what?"

"It's just a test to see if he knows what his mother has done." After saying this, Cheng Xu smiled indifferently, "But it seems that his mother is quite tight-lipped and didn't dare to hurt her. Tell him about Dad."

"Cheng Xu." Fang Yan couldn't help opening his mouth, his heart was in a state of turmoil.

"Huh?" Cheng Xu leisurely took a sip of his wine.

"Tell me, you don't want revenge when you come back this time, do you?" Fang Yan said this sentence tentatively, with cold sweat in his hands.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Xu was calmer than he thought. He put the cup away and looked at Fang Yan with burning eyes, "Why not?"

Fang Yan gasped, thought for a while, and couldn't help persuading, "How can Lu Qibin behave like this?"

Cheng Xu let out a breath, looked at Fang Yan with a half-smile, and said, "That's why I want to tell you, if you love him, you can sell me and let him tell his mother, seven The boy she plotted against years ago is coming back to take revenge."

Fang Yan was silent for a long while, then said in confusion, "But you clearly know that I won't say—"

"No." Cheng Xu abruptly interrupted Fang Yan, "I don't know."

Fang Yan looked at Cheng Xu, waiting for his next words.

Cheng Xu stretched out his hand and poured himself some more wine, but didn't drink it. He only saw the wine swaying slightly in the glass. After a while, he opened his mouth.

"People change."

As he said that, Cheng Xu smiled, "You can be with Lu Qibin now, how can I be sure that you still regard me as your best friend and keep a secret for me as you did back then. What's more, a lover is always between friends. Go." With that said, Cheng Xu glanced at Fang Yan lightly,

"So you don't believe me?" Fang Yan's tone was slightly cold.

"No." Cheng Xu denied it, "I trust you, that's why I told you to be careful of Su Wen, I'm just——not sure if you trust me too."

When Fang Yan heard this, he felt a slight bitterness in his mouth. After a while, he said, "I won't tell anyone about this, but I also ask you one thing."

Cheng Xu's eyes moved, and he said, "Tell me, you don't need to ask."

"If you still regard me as a friend, then I would like to ask you to try not to involve Lu Qibin no matter how you retaliate?"

Cheng Xu smiled faintly, "Of course, he and I are still friends, and we won't intentionally harm him."

"What are you going to do?"

Cheng Xu glanced at Fang Yan. He was sure that the expression in Fang Yan's eyes was only concern rather than spying. He paused in his hands and said calmly, "Su Wen has been engaged in real estate since Lu Mingchang passed away. She always wanted Lu Qibin to take over her. , but Lu Qibin doesn't like it. These are digressions—"

After finishing speaking, Cheng Xu smiled, but his eyes suddenly turned cold, "I didn't pay attention to Lu's business, but until I was forced to go abroad, I accidentally saw a news about real estate and demolition Later, I thought of the development momentum of the Lu family in the past few years, and felt that there should be a connection between the two."

When Cheng Xu mentioned real estate and demolition, Fang Yan's heart sank a little bit, couldn't it be such a coincidence?how come?

Then I heard Cheng Xu say calmly, "Sometimes the higher-ups have to do big projects, such as subways or elevated highways, and they have to be demolished. Sometimes the projects are too big, and the higher-ups will directly outsource them to the real estate company or other companies that want to buy the land." Demolition company. In many cases, the funds for demolition are insufficient and the project is tight, so special means must be used.” Speaking of this, Cheng Xu smiled. "The people sent from above are naturally shrewd. They know that if they do well, they will make money. Even if the bottom makes a mistake, they will never be the hardest hit."

Speaking of this, Cheng Xu stopped talking, glanced at Fang Yan, and said, "You are a reporter, and we all study journalism. It is impossible for you to understand the twists and turns in this."

Of course Fang Yan understood, his lips moved, and after a while, he asked knowingly, "So Lu Qibin's mother also relies on this..."

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have the confidence to investigate her." After Cheng Xu said this, he added, "Of course, if she dared to do this, there must be someone behind her. If there is no conclusive evidence, I will probably be the one who is unlucky. "

Hearing what Cheng Xu said, Fang Yan was relaxed, but his heart was in a mess. He couldn't help it, and said, "Are you sure you want to investigate this kind of thing? It's too involved, and...it's very likely that not one family is doing it..."

Fang Yan finally said what was in his heart, Cheng Xu looked at Fang Yan, the smile on his face gradually widened, and asked, "Actually, you know something, don't you?"

Fang Yan shook his head, confused, "I didn't know that Lu Qibin's mother would have something to do with this matter, but I have come across another company that has connections with Lu Qibin's family that also does this."

"Oh?" Cheng Xu twitched the corner of his mouth, "Wang or Wang?"

Fang Yan was startled, "You know?!"

Cheng Xu pursed his lips and smiled without answering.

Just when Fang Yan was so anxious that there was nothing he could do, the phone rang. Fang Yan glanced at Cheng Xu who was opposite, and Cheng Xu ticked his chin at him, motioning for him to answer.Fang Yan was helpless, took out his phone and looked at Lu Qibin.

After quickly answering the phone, Fang Yan heard Lu Qibin say calmly on the opposite side, "I'm not feeling well, I'll go back first, the driver is downstairs, and you'll be back after you finish eating."

Fang Yan froze for a moment, hummed, and was just thinking about how to explain to Cheng Xu when he heard Lu Qibin say, "Call Cheng Xu."

Fang Yan hesitated for a moment, glanced at Cheng Xu who had been looking at him for a long time, and handed over the phone reluctantly.

Cheng Xu raised his eyebrows when he saw the phone handed over by Fang Yan, took it, and gave a faint 'Hello'.

Fang Yan was a little bit on pins and needles, and had been paying attention to observing the emotional changes of Cheng Xu opposite him. He always had the illusion that Lu Qibin knew what he was going to ask the teacher for his guilt.

The whole time Cheng Xu answered Lu Qibin's phone call, he was lazy, occasionally laughing, and the absurdity was only on the edge of his mouth. Such a Cheng Xu made Fang Yan a little frightened.

So it's not that he doesn't mind Lu Qibin at all...

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Xu smiled and handed the phone to Fang Yan, saying, "I'm jealous, tell me not to bully you."

Cheng Xu used very plain declarative sentences, but Fang Yan was embarrassed when he heard it, and said after a long while, "Don't mind."

Cheng Xu smiled, "I don't mind, I'm just being funny, why does Lu Qibin become more childish the more he falls in love?"

Fang Yan: "..."

After a pause, Cheng Xu thought of something, and said, "It's really getting late, otherwise you should go back earlier."

"what?"

Cheng Xu stretched out his hand and patted Fang Yan who was stupefied, and said, "Let's go, what?"

This is Cheng Xu's eviction order. Although Fang Yan still has something to ask, it's not easy to ask any more. After a long while, he just watched and said, "Take care of yourself, don't be impulsive, don't act recklessly."

Hearing Fang Yan's words, Cheng Xu stopped standing up, walked over suddenly, hugged Fang Yan, and said with a smile, "I'm not afraid." Finally, he patted Fang Yan's back and said, "You Be careful Su Wen."

After being hugged by Cheng Xu like this, Fang Yan felt a little sore in his heart.To be honest, Cheng Xu did nothing wrong. He knew that he was with Lu Qibin, but he still told himself the matter, so that he could be careful of Su Wen.

After all these years, Cheng Xu must have suffered a lot.

Cheng Xu hugged Fang Yan, let go, smiled at him again, and said, "I won't send you out when I send you downstairs."

Fang Yan glanced at Cheng Xu suspiciously, Cheng Xu smiled narrowly, "Avoid suspicion."

Originally, Fang Yan still had red eyes, but when Cheng Xu said this, he couldn't help crying and laughing, and couldn't help raising his leg and kicked Cheng Xu's calf slightly.

"Virtue."

Cheng Xu clapped his hands with a hopeful expression on his face, "Aren't you smiling?" He said as he took Fang Yan's shoulders and said, "It's not a big deal, so why are you so sad?"

Fang Yan was silent for a while, forced a smile, turned to look at Cheng Xu, and said, "Okay. Don't push yourself too hard, take it easy."

"Ah."

·

Sitting in the car back, Fang Yan had mixed feelings in his heart. For Cheng Xu... he could only feel sorry and sorry.

After feeling over, Fang Yan began to think about what Cheng Xu said just now, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

The focus is on the two surnames Cheng Xu just mentioned, Wang and Wang.

Wang should be Wang Ying, that's right, so Wang, should it be Wang Siqi's family?

Suddenly, Fang Yan shivered, and some things that he had doubts about before suddenly joined together to form a whole.

If these three families are an alliance, then judging from the current family background, the Wang family should be the most central hub, and those who can directly contact the above and get the demolition permit.

The rest should be done by the Lu family and the Wang family.

The policy has been tightened recently, maybe... maybe this alliance is not stable anymore?

Lu's mother hopes that Lu Qibin and Wang Ying will have an affair, and let Lu Qibin not take over his class and hang out in the entertainment industry... Wang Siqi used Lu Qibin's car to chase Wang Ying with great fanfare...

It turned out to be the case.

But what would an alliance do if it suddenly wanted to abandon a member?Fang Yan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.Cheng Xu wants to start here?