mountain chase

"What? No time yet!"

Duan mansion.

Duan Honggang, who was wearing a nightgown, had just woken up and asked the servant to call Qiao's mansion without even changing his clothes.

"Joe, the butler of Qiao's family said that Mr. Qiao has a lot of things recently, and he is a little overworked. He wants to rest at home, and it is difficult to go out more..." The servant standing at the door trembled, wishing to dig a hole in the ground and get in directly.

"Retreat?" Duan Honggang raised his eyebrows when he heard the word, "What's wrong with Fourth Master Qiao? Is there any serious problem?"

"This... I don't know. The butler of the Qiao family just said that the fourth master's health is not good, and he didn't say anything else."

"Got it," Duan Honggang said impatiently.

At this time, he recalled the person he saw that day, with noble and elegant demeanor and an extraordinary bearing. He hadn't noticed it at that time, but now that he thought about it, he felt that Si Ye's face was indeed a little too pale, and his body seemed...too... Too skinny.

Duan Honggang also knew that the Qiao family had been in trouble recently - Mr. Qiao had just died not long ago, and the situation was not stable at this time. It was indeed not easy for Fourth Master Qiao to keep such a large family business under control.

Thinking about it this way made her feel even more distressed.

"gentlemen."

At the door, a maid walked in with an exquisite envelope in her hand, "This is from Qiao's mansion."

"Oh? Take it here."

"Yes."

Duan Honggang opened the letter himself—it turned out to be an invitation letter.

He was a little disappointed, but he still looked at it seriously.

It's the invitation letter for the ceremony of Fourth Master Qiao's succession as the Patriarch of the Qiao family.

After pondering for a while, Duan Honggang said to the servant at the door, "Prepare the car, I will go to Qiao Mansion later."

Joe Mansion.

When Duan Honggang arrived, it was already past 10 am, and the sun had already risen high.

Entering Qiao's mansion, he didn't see fourth master Qiao, only the housekeeper was waiting beside him, "Where is your fourth master?"

"Hello, Mr. Duan, fourth master is still upstairs to let the masseur loosen his muscles and bones. You sit down first, and fourth master will come down after a while."

"Oh, don't worry about it." Upon hearing this, Duan Honggang realized that the fourth master was not in good health. "I've heard that the courtyard of the Qiao's mansion is well built, so I'll visit it first."

"Then please." He greeted a maid, and the butler smiled, "Then I will excuse you first."

"Ah."

upstairs.

Fourth Master Qiao was lying on the soft cushion, allowing a masseuse behind him to loosen his muscles and bones.

"Fourth Master, Mr. Duan is here."

"Well, let someone make a cup of 'Dahongpao' for him and send it over."

"My subordinate understands."

It was about half an hour before Duan Honggang saw Fourth Master Qiao.

Maybe it was because he was at home, Fourth Master Qiao didn't wear any formal suits, just a simple white sweater with a round collar and black linen pants, leisurely and serene.

"Mr. Duan is here. Qiao is not in good health. I'm really sorry for the delay."

"The fourth master's words are really out of the ordinary. In the morning, I asked the next one to call and invite me. Only then did I know that the fourth master was sick. Why didn't you tell Hong Gang?"

"It's just a minor illness, nothing serious." Fourth Master Qiao smiled slightly.

The eyebrows are delicate and the face is peaceful.

Duan Honggang had only seen Fourth Master Qiao's haughty and indifferent appearance on the day of the banquet, but he never thought that such Fourth Master Qiao——was quite exciting.

"That day, Mr. Duan seemed to like green tea quite a lot. I don't know how does Mr. Duan feel about the taste of this 'Dahongpao'?"

"Fourth Master Qiao's taste, Duan appreciates it." Seeing that Fourth Master Qiao didn't want to get entangled in this topic, Duan Honggang didn't want to go any further, so the two of them chatted about tea ceremony and the like.

It was time for lunch in a blink of an eye, "Mr. Duan, if you don't mind, would you like to taste the cooking skills of Qiao's family?"

"Extremely happy." As soon as the words fell, the attendant next to him lowered his head and leaned into Duan Honggang's ear to say a few words.

"Ah... Fourth Master, Duan suddenly remembered that there is an important banquet to attend at noon, so today I can only regret it."

"It doesn't matter." Fourth Master Qiao nodded, "Mr. Duan's career is at its peak, and he must be busy. If that's the case, Mr. Qiao won't keep Mr. Duan."

"Then... goodbye." Standing up with some regret, Duan Honggang, accompanied by the housekeeper, walked out of Qiao's mansion.

When he was leaving the gate, he happened to pass by several middle-aged men and women. The leading man had a fierce look on his face, as if someone owed him millions of dollars.

"Mr. Butler... Who are these?" Duan Honggang couldn't help being curious, and asked the butler next to him.

"Oh...those people are partial branches of the Qiao family. They have been like this for the past few days, which made Mr. Duan laugh."

"Oh... no, no."

Turning his head, Duan Honggang murmured.

After getting in the car, Duan Honggang found out that the attendant handed over the document. Although he seemed to stay in Qiao's mansion to communicate with Fourth Master Qiao, he absolutely must not be absent from the banquet at noon today.

"The third one."

"Mr. Duan?" A man sitting in the front row turned around.

"You send two more reliable people to stay next to Joe's mansion."

"Yes. But sir..." The man in the front row frowned, "The guards in Qiao's mansion are quite tight, I'm afraid you can't get in."

"When will I teach you to sneak in?" Looking up from the document, Duan Honggang felt a little helpless, "Didn't I just say that I asked you to watch outside Qiao's mansion."

"Then...what's the use of that?" The third child was a little confused.

"See the group of people who went in just now?"

"Ah... I see it."

"Just let me investigate what they did to Qiao's mansion today. As for Fourth Master Qiao, you don't need to worry about it."

The last sentence...Mr. Duan, seems to be gnashing his teeth a bit—jealous?

The third child was obediently nestled in the front row, not daring to say anything.

Mr. Duan's possessiveness - really strong.

Joe Mansion.

"Fourth Master, Mr. Duan has already gone out." In the study, the butler said with a smile, "We also said through the eyeliner at the door that there are people from the Duan family wandering around the door—everything happened as expected. "

"That's good." Putting down the book in his hand, Fourth Master Qiao pressed his temples, "After another hour, let those people go back."

"The subordinates understand, it's just the real Qiao family—what should we do?"

What Duan Honggang saw at the door were all people who had been arranged by Fourth Master Qiao——in this place in China, there is never a shortage of irritating people. Although the human skin masks in those novels sound a bit mysterious, they are not impossible. of.

Fourth Master Qiao flipped through the "Liao Zhai Strange World" on the table—it was really thanks to this book, and also thanks to Lin Shuang, that he could think of such a way.

"Shut it down first."

"Okay." The butler nodded.

More than 9 o'clock in the evening.

Duan mansion.Duan Honggang twitched his eyes and read the materials sent by the third child.

It was a thick dozen, and he understood just by reading the first few pages——the life of Fourth Master Qiao was indeed difficult.

Thinking of the peaceful and leisurely person I just met this morning, that person is only suitable for being happy every day, these dirty things-should not disturb his life.

"The third one."

"gentlemen……"

"I remember that we seem to need a partner investor in a military supply market in Nanjing, right?"

Nanjing's munitions field?

The third child thought about it, didn't it just invest in the expansion the year before last...

"Yes yes. Sir, do you mean..."

Duan Honggang glanced at him, "You can handle this matter, I won't talk about how to do it. There is only one thing - make it big! Do it loudly, and do it beautifully."

"I see."

"Also, don't forget to remind me about Fourth Master Qiao's succession ceremony in a few days to get everything out of that day."

"Yes."