stranger

In the center of Seoul, towering buildings stand like steel monsters towering into the sky, symbolizing the richest place in the country.

Here, everything belongs to the plutocrats who stand at the top of the upper class.

On the criss-cross concrete roads in the city, vehicles shuttle back and forth quickly, and the sound of vehicle horns is already part of the daily life of the people in this city.

And in the city square where people come and go, a piece of news is being played repeatedly on the huge LCD screen embedded in the smooth wall.

"According to the senior sources of the Imperial Group, President Kim had a private meeting with Esther Lee, the president of Crystal Hotel, in Hong Kong a few days ago..."

"Economy people from all walks of life in Korea are very curious about whether the Imperial Group will cooperate with the Crystal Hotel this time..."

"If Imperial Group cooperates with Crystal Hotel, the influence of Imperial Group in the world will be greatly enhanced, and it will become a leading company in Korea..."

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There were many vehicles passing by, a black Bentley slowly stopped in the city square, the window of the back seat was lowered slowly, revealing the face of a fifteen or six-year-old boy with fair complexion and handsome facial features, With a feeling of youthfulness that has not yet grown up, but the black eyes are particularly deep. He looked at the news and frowned slightly. After a while, his tightly pursed lips opened, "Director Yin , keep going."

The car window was slowly raised, and the boy's expression could no longer be seen.

Director Yin looked at the silent boy in the front-view mirror, and finally heaved a sigh and started the car.

After driving for more than an hour, the car stopped in front of a villa. This villa is mainly in European aristocratic style and occupies a huge area. It is like a medieval European noble castle, with a garden full of various flowers.

Director Yin opened the car door and got out of the car, but was also frozen by the cold weather. He bent down and picked up a long black shawl from the passenger seat, opened the door of the back seat, and put the shawl on the back seat when the boy came out. on him.

At this time, the 176-year-old boy stood straight with his back straight. He was wearing a black suit with a black shawl that reached to his ankles. The neckline had brown fluff, which made him even more aristocratic.

"Ah Tan, go in." Chief Yin walked ahead, leading Jin Tan to Esther Li's residence.

A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Jin Tan's eyes, but he couldn't resist. He came here because of his father's order. He was asked to visit a woman he had never met, and it was probably for the benefit of some business. He didn't want to come, so let him come.

However, what is his identity, an illegitimate child, does he still want to directly resist his father's orders like a brother?

"Mr. Yin, I can go back after seeing that Esther Li." Jin Tan followed behind Mr. Yin, walking forward with a straight body.

Director Yin chuckled, "Of course, Ah Tan, if you want to stay for dinner, that's fine too."

"No." Jin Tan resolutely refused, with an unclear expression on his face.

Director Yin couldn't help laughing when he saw Jin Tan's appearance. At this moment, Esther Li walked out gracefully wearing exquisite makeup and surrounded by an expensive fur.

"Mr. Yin, you're here too." Esther Li's eyes were obviously focused more on Mr. Yin, and only after Mr. Yin nodded and said hello did he turn his attention to Jin Tan On the body, after looking at it for a while, he smiled, "This is Jin Tan, your mother has raised you really well, you have grown so tall, and you are also very handsome."

His own mother has always been a thorn in Jin Tan's heart. When Esther Li mentioned his mother, he also stiffened his back before saying, "Hi, it's our first meeting."

"Mother," at this time a girl with bangs wearing a knee-length white dress came out of the room, and she looked at Jin Tan in surprise and said, "Jin Tan, why are you here?"

"Jin Tan is here to visit me, ah, Liu Rachel, you can't be rude to the guests." Esther gave Liu Rachel a warning look, and then walked into the hall with Director Yin and Jin Tan.

"What..." Rachel Liu muttered a few times in dissatisfaction, and this appearance also reduced her usual haughty expression a bit.

Although Jin Tan didn't want to stay for dinner, but because of the wrong time slot, after waiting for the conversation between Esther and Director Yin to end, it was time for lunch.

The long white dining table is enough for twenty people to eat together. Jin Tan sat opposite Liu Rachel, glanced at her and picked up the knife and fork to eat slowly, without feeling embarrassed.

He and Rachel Liu are both students of Imperial Junior High School. Although they do not attend classes in the same place, as the second heir of the Imperial Group and the heir of the Crystal Hotel, they naturally know each other. I am afraid that the time for eating will be longer than that of the family.

Director Yin saw the dishes on the opposite side and asked curiously, "Who is this dish for?"

"It's my sister," Liu Rachel looked at Esther Li, who continued to drink red wine, with some dissatisfaction, "However, because she had a car accident a year ago and now she can only sit in a wheelchair, and her mother thinks she is ashamed, so she is not allowed to appear in the In front of the guests..."

"Liu Rachel, that's enough," Esther Li stopped, "Are you speaking from an educated person?"

Rachel Liu put the fork heavily on the table, her eyes were burning with anger, "It's just right, I think it's enough, anyway, my mother is looking at me upset now, I'll go back to the room first." After finishing speaking, she pushed the chair back With a heavy push, he stood up and walked upstairs without looking back.

Esther Li rubbed her temples with her hands, sighed before saying, "Okay, Mr. Yin, Jin Tan, let's continue..."

"Lady Li, although I feel very embarrassed, but I am full, do you mind if I go out for a walk?" Jin Tan interrupted Esther Li, even though he was asking for her opinion, he had already stood up.

"Ah Tan!" Director Yin lowered his voice to remind him.

"Okay," Esther smiled, and said regretfully, "but you can only go shopping by yourself."

Jin Tan nodded slightly, then picked up the shawl he put on the back of the chair and strode out.

"This kind of dinner is really unappetizing." As soon as he walked out of the hall, he sneered coldly, and shivered again because of the cold weather. He put his shawl around and raised his head to look at the huge garden in front of him.

It is obviously winter, but there are still flowers of other seasons here.

"It's really extravagant." He plucked a red rose, "So many flowers are airlifted from other countries and planted here, but they will all wither after a few days. Do women like to play this prodigal thing? He shook his head, threw the flowers in his hand on the ground, and walked forward casually with his hands in his belt.

When he came to a place, the huge and luxurious building in front of him suddenly disappeared. The strong light reflected by the snow in winter made him subconsciously turn his head away, frowning and blinking a few times before he got used to the panorama. white sunlight.

Just as he was about to lift his legs and continue walking, the scene he saw in front of him made him stop suddenly. He stood where he was, looking at the sudden figure on the snow with probing eyes.

A fourteen or five-year-old girl is sitting in a wheelchair controlled by an electronic instrument. She is wearing a white fleece coat, wrapping her body tightly, a beige scarf around her neck, and a cape on her head. The white velvet hat, such a dress, almost completely prevents the cold wind from leaking.But the complexion on her face was so pale that it was almost transparent.

"Could this be Liu Rachel's younger sister?" Jin Tan stood there looking at the girl in the wheelchair, but felt sorry for her, at such an age, but had to stay in the wheelchair.

The girl was holding a delicate Christmas rose in her hand, as if she was in a daze, the rose flower in her hand fell to the ground unknowingly.

She bent down subconsciously to pick it up, but the wheelchair was too high, and she couldn't reach it no matter how she went, so she could only stretch it forward.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and the hat she was wearing on her head slipped to the ground, and her long, smooth black hair immediately fell down and fluttered in the air.

Jin Tan stood there in a daze, the white rays of light missing from her hair formed halos before his eyes, he could only see the fluttering strands of hair, the pale ground, the quiet flower. The fiery red flowers lying quietly on the ground scorching people's eyes, and... that hazy figure, like a hallucinatory figure...

"Liu Allie, what are you doing now!"

The sudden voice of Liu Rachel woke Jin Tan from his stupor. He quickly turned around, strode forward, and stood behind the wall.

"Sister, I want to pick up flowers." Liu Zhixi pursed her lips and remained silent for a while, seeing Liu Rachel's angry expression was the only way to explain truthfully.

"If you want to pick up flowers, you can call a servant to pick them up. Do you know what your situation is like now!" Rachel Liu roared angrily, and her heart softened when she saw her sister's aggrieved application tone, and stood behind her Pushing the wheelchair, but still muttering behind, "How did those servants do things, they left you here alone, do you want me to dismiss them one by one? It's getting more and more outrageous..."

Jin Tan heard Liu Rachel's voice gradually fade away, and then came out from behind the wall, looked in the direction they left, and saw Liu Zhixi's slightly upward smile.

A few strands of black hair stuck to her face, and the white sunlight hit her face, making her skin look as smooth and white as warm milk. With the slightly raised corners of her lips, she looked beautiful It's not like real...

"Ah Tan, what are you looking at?"

Mr. Yin's voice that suddenly appeared next to his ear woke him up from his trance, he turned around and stammered, "Me? I...I'm looking at flowers!"

"Really? Does the painted face turn so red?" Chief Yin jokingly looked at the flushed Jin Tan, looked forward and saw Liu Rachel's figure disappearing into the corner, and said meaningfully, "So you I'm looking at her, no wonder I left before I finished my meal."

"I'm really just looking at the flowers!" Jin Tan appealed emphatically, looking at Chief Yin's meaningful expression, he also felt that his statement was not convincing, so he hurriedly changed the subject, "Look at Chief Yin, come out , the meal should be finished, let's go back."

"At least you should say goodbye to Esther Li." Director Yin looked towards the hall, and then said to Today, "Go in and say goodbye."

"It's really troublesome." Although Jin Tan was very impatient, he still walked to the hall.

Director Yin waited until Jin Tan walked in before taking out the phone, dialed a number and put it next to his ear, and after a few rings, a voice came out from inside. Respectfully.

"Yes, President, Ah Tan seems to be very interested in Liu Rachel."

"The cooperation between Imperial Group and Crystal Hotel will definitely be successful."

"Yes, I see, I will take him back in a while."

The cold winter wind is still hovering over Seoul, and the weather station did not predict that another heavy snow is coming.