After starting business with her ex-boyfriend, she became a national cp

After these words, there was silence in the room.

What Cheng Siping said is still in my ears.

——"I don't want a third person to know about my conversation with you."

——"You should know what impact it will have on Gu Ran if you tell the truth."

——"Do you want Gu Ran to be ruined because of you?"

Jiang Chen lowered his eyes, his long and narrow eyelashes seemed to have been soaked in water.

Because of these three sentences, he broke up with Gu Ran, and since then he has become a stranger to him. For many years, he has never been on the same stage with him, whether it is filming or appearing in variety shows.

But then what?

In the first year of being admitted to the Piano Department of Major A, he was still a student who hadn't entered the entertainment circle, but there were endless scandals about him on the Internet. It's not difficult to imagine who was behind it.

If it wasn't for Lin Sheng's appreciation and signing with Star Entertainment, everything would not be what it is now.

And just last night, the person who had made an agreement with him back then plotted a scandal, trying to threaten him to retreat.

He Xiaonan is a newcomer on the screen, if no one gives him the courage, how dare he do this kind of thing to him under the eyes of the crew?

Seeing that Jiang Chen didn't answer, Gu Ran's eyes that were staring closely at him dimmed, and his voice was colder than Dong Xue's.

"Jiang Chen, you promised me. As long as I'm not here, you won't drink."

"If you say it was He Xiaonan's idea, then I will never pursue it again."

"If someone else ordered it, anyway, at least I can promise not to let the same thing happen again—"

Sentence after sentence was persecution, putting pressure on him invisibly.

Jiang Chen raised his eyes to meet his gaze, and the atmosphere suddenly froze.Invisibly, there seemed to be an ice wall between them.

He confronted him, cold ice confronted blazing fire, even if he refused to give in, there would always be one person who would be defeated first.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Chen lowered his eyes and asked back with a wry smile.

"Even your relatives?"

One step back, one step at a time.

He broke his promise.But since the other party broke the contract first, why should he keep his promise?

Gu Ran's face suddenly changed.

relatives?

As the heir of the Gu family, he has had little affection for his family since he was a child.His father, Gu Chen, and his mother, Cheng Siping, lived apart for many years, and the rest of the relatives had little contact with each other. Although he lived with his mother, he had been separated from her for a long time because of her desire for control.

The person who met Jiang Chen the most at home was naturally his mother, Cheng Siping.

Nine years ago, Cheng Siping invited Jiang Chen to his home as a tutor, and his attitude has always been very polite.At that time, Jiang Chen knew that the relationship between him and Cheng Siping was tense, and even persuaded him not to treat Cheng Siping with such a tough attitude.

"It doesn't feel good to be without relatives. At least, your mother's original intention was for you."

"Master Gu, you're not me, why do you have such a relationship with your parents?"

It was precisely because of Jiang Chen's words that the relationship between him and Cheng Siping eased.

After Jiang Chen left without saying goodbye, Cheng Siping used his contacts to find out Jiang Chen's whereabouts but to no avail. Later, whenever he mentioned Jiang Chen, he expressed deep regret.

In his memory, Cheng Siping has always liked Jiang Chen very much, and it was Cheng Siping's suggestion to stay Jiang Chen overnight at Gu's house.

Besides her, the only people the Gu family met with Jiang Chen were his father Gu Chen and his uncle Gu Yu.

That was the first time he met the Gu family's partners in the financial world.At the celebrity banquet that night, the originally invited pianist was unable to attend for some reason. The person in charge invited him to temporarily attend the performance at a high price because he knew Jiang Chen.

After the performance, Jiang Chen left the room without a sound. Let alone remembering his name, the business giants present could not even see his face clearly.

At that time, he and Jiang Chen had just been dating, and both of them were deeply surprised by this meeting.When Jiang Chen left the meeting, he originally wanted to go to him for confirmation, but this caught Gu Chen's attention and asked him about Jiang Chen's identity.

Of course he wasn't telling the truth.

It was deep winter, and it was snowing heavily. Jiang Chen waited for him outside the hotel for three full hours, wearing very thin clothes. When he finally came out, he saw Jiang Chen standing alone in the snow, his face frozen There was a blush.

He suddenly felt distressed.

"Why are you waiting here?" He couldn't help asking.

He actually wanted to tell the person he liked that he could obviously choose to go home first.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen gave him a helpless look: "Because the way someone looked at me just now made me feel that if he left, he would be very disappointed."

That day he couldn't hold back and kissed Jiang Chen in the snow, but he didn't know whether this scene was seen by those who left the meeting later.

The atmosphere in the room was deadlocked, neither of them spoke, as if they were afraid of disturbing something.

At this moment, Gu Ran's cell phone rang.The caller was the person he sent to call the hotel surveillance not long ago.

"Mr. Gu, the surveillance of the hotel that day cannot be retrieved."

Gu Ran's pupils shrank violently: "Can't call?"

"Yes, Mr. Gu. All the monitoring records inside and outside the hotel have been destroyed that day. The staff in charge of monitoring at the hotel claimed that there was no problem with the monitoring that day, and it is likely that the system was invaded."

Gu Ran's hand tightened for a moment, and his fingers turned white.

The hotel's surveillance cannot be retrieved, which means that it is impossible to prove that what He Xiaonan did to Jiang Chen was coercion.Once the chat records between Jiang Chen and He Xiaonan are exposed, it will be confirmed that Jiang Chen took the initiative to invite He Xiaonan to open a room.

The exposure of such a scandal would be very detrimental to both sides of the scandal, but that lunatic He Xiaonan, there is no guarantee that he would not be caught in the net and threaten Jiang Chen with this.

"Then what about the surveillance at the hotel that day?"

"It's the same," the person opposite said hesitantly after a pause, "Also, Mr. Gu, we found out that He Xiaonan seems to be in the process of signing a contract with Beichen Entertainment."

"Beichen Entertainment?" Gu Ran frowned, "He terminated the contract with Xingmang Entertainment?"

"This is what we find strange. He Xiaonan and Xingmang Entertainment have not heard any rumors of termination of the contract, and the signing process with Beichen Entertainment is only halfway through."

Gu Ran's face darkened.

Only half way?

"When did it happen?"

"The signing process started a week ago, but it was suddenly stopped last night. It was suddenly rejected by the company's senior management."

Hearing this sentence, Gu Ran fell silent.

If He Xiaonan dared to do those things because Beichen Entertainment borrowed his courage, then the company suddenly rejected his contract, there are only two possibilities: either what He Xiaonan did angered the company's senior management and decided to suspend the contract .Or, it is to make a special trip for myself to let He Xiaonan avoid the limelight for the time being.

"The approver is Jiang Wan?"

"It is true that Secretary Jiang's operation records have been found."

Jiang Wan is Cheng Siping's secretary. She has worked in Beichen Entertainment for more than 15 years and is Cheng Siping's most trusted person.

Another moment of silence.

"Did you find He Xiaonan's cell phone at the hotel last night?"

"Not yet. The phone is probably still on him."

"Try to find a way to investigate He Xiaonan's communications. If he has the photos from last night, destroy them immediately. Also, find out whether anyone else has gotten the photos from him besides him."

"Yes, Mr. Gu, I'll do it right away."

Gu Ran hung up the communication, turned his head to look at Jiang Chen, and held the phone tightly.

"Did she do it?" There was a hint of anger in his tone.

Jiang Chen got up from the bed and met his gaze: "Master Gu, you really want to know the truth, don't you?"

He never thought that he could hide it for a lifetime, but he never thought that he would tell the truth at such a moment.

Immediately afterwards, I heard Jiang Chen say.

"I didn't take a penny from your mother."

The voice was very soft, falling on Gu Ran's heart, but it was like a thunder.

He stared blankly at Jiang Chen, and a certain guess that had been hidden in his heart for a long time surfaced bit by bit, like breaking through the calm sea and seeing the raging undercurrent.

Not taking his mother's money naturally means that his mother once wanted to give Jiang Chen money.

Because of his father's debts, Jiang Chen and his mother depended on each other since he was a child. All the expenses of the family were borne by him on a part-time job alone, and he never accepted any extra penny.

Send him money?That's insulting.

"Not long before the college entrance examination, my mother was seriously ill, and my aunt..." Jiang Chen suddenly paused and changed her name, "President Cheng found me and was willing to exchange 600 million for me to break up with you, and the money , just enough to cure my mother's illness."

Gu Ran looked at him suddenly, his fingers turning white.

nine years.

He had waited nine years for this answer.

Why didn't I think of it?Nine years ago, I watched Jiang Chen miss the college entrance examination, move, and leave without saying goodbye.I looked for him all night, not because I didn't think about it being related to my family.

But why didn't he continue to doubt it?

He once promised Jiang Chen that if one day they broke up, he would desperately pursue him back.However, he made Jiang Chen wait for nine full years.

How long is nine years?

He had been in contact with Jiang Chen for only half a year.

In nine years, he entered the acting department of A University, and then went abroad to study finance for three years, and established his own company.During the period, he held three concerts, participated in ten variety shows, filmed nine TV dramas, and fifteen movies.

And what about Jiang Chen?

He repeated his studies for a year and entered University A with the first grade. He has become a school grassroots and a god of learning that everyone has known since the establishment of University A. His admission performance has not been surpassed by anyone so far.

Every one of his concerts is packed.

Although his acting is not as professional as himself, he is dedicated enough that none of the directors he has worked with does not look at him with admiration.

The difference is——

He walked this road a hundred times harder than himself.

Gu Ran suddenly wanted to ask himself a question.What have you done in the past nine years?

Jiang Chen lowered his eyes, and there seemed to be a hint of bitterness in his voice.

"Mr. Cheng found my mother and asked her to persuade me to take the money, but I refused."

"On the day of the college entrance examination, my mother was seriously ill and needed surgery. I stayed outside the ward all night, so I missed the college entrance examination."

"Later, you all know that I transferred to No. [-] Middle School, repeated my studies for a year, and was admitted to the Piano Department of Major A. When I was a freshman, I signed with Star Entertainment, released my first song, and then officially became a singer."

His narration was very calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

The part where the fingertips did not enter the palm sank a little deeper.After a few seconds, he calmed down and continued.

"At the end of my sophomore year, Director Song asked me to film "Nuan Xia", which was my first filming."

"In my junior year, I filmed "Gentle Years", recorded the theme song, and played and sang it at the concert at the end of the year."

"In the next few years, I basically sang and occasionally filmed. Although I didn't participate in many variety shows, I did deliberately avoid you."

"At the beginning of this year, Director Song contacted me to join the crew of "Appearance". I didn't expect that the other starring role would be you."

Sentence after sentence, those resumes sought after by countless fans are actually traceable on the Internet.until--

"Participating in "Seven Days Heartbeat" is the intention of the company, in order to untie cp with you. For the second recording, the company gave me a choice."

Hearing the last sentence, Gu Ran's heart tightened suddenly.

On the day he participated in the recording of the second episode of "Seven Day Heartbeat", he never thought that Jiang Chen would go.Whether it's Jiang Chen's reply on Weibo or the hint given by the program group, it shows that Jiang Chen has no intention of recording the second episode.

But he still went.

The moment he saw Jiang Chen, he subconsciously thought it was Star Entertainment's instruction.After all, the results of the business of the two are not bad, and no company will have trouble with money.

Before he could think about it, he heard Jiang Chen say, "That's all, it's gone."

Jiang Chen raised his head and met those dark eyes, unable to express his mood at the moment.

Cutting off the knife hanging in my heart was as painful as I imagined.

He felt relieved.

The eyes are inexplicably a little sore.

He rarely cried, only three times in his life.

The first time was birth, and he had no choice.

The second time was drowning, and he wanted to live.

The third time was when he was in the third year of high school, outside his mother's ward, he blacked out all of Gu Ran's contact information, cut his arm with fine glass, and carved Gu Ran's name on his wrist.

Every time is a life or death tribulation.At this moment, if you shed bitter tears, it would be like a joke instead.

But emotions are surging up like a tide, and it will become difficult to control after a moment.

He took a deep breath, looked at him quietly, only felt that his heart was stabbed very painfully, as if the thing that was forcibly stripped from his life at the beginning turned into a sharp knife and came back to stab him severely.

A sudden knock on the door broke the silence.

"Come in."

The person who came was the housekeeper Gu Yue.

He glanced past Jiang Chen, quickly moved away, bent slightly, and saluted: "Master, Madam just called and said that there is a dinner party at Lanyue Hotel tomorrow, please come to the appointment on time."

"Dinner?" Gu Ran frowned slightly, "Who are the people attending?"

"So far, it has been confirmed that there are the chairman of the Ye Group, the vice president of the Shen Group, and the daughter of the Shen family, the president of the Ming Fai Group. Many of them are from the entertainment industry..."

After Gu Yue said this, he didn't say any more.As the housekeeper of the Gu family, he can naturally report all the names, but he knows that this is not what Gu Ran cares about.

The power behind these people is the real intention behind this banquet.

"What time is it?"

"Seven o'clock tonight."

It is already twelve o'clock at noon, and there are still seven hours before seven o'clock in the evening.

Holding such a grand dinner party had been decided at least half a month ago.Cheng Siping attended as the vice president of Beichen Entertainment, but she never notified Gu Ran in the past half a month. Presumably the business she wanted to discuss had nothing to do with Gu Ran's Hengcan Company.

And many of the attendees of this dinner have cooperative relations with Hengcan, and are even shareholders of Hengcan, which shows that Cheng Siping has already made preparations.She used the opportunity of signing a contract with Beichen Entertainment to control He Xiaonan. If He Xiaonan can complete the task she gave, then no one will ever know about it.And if He Xiaonan didn't do it, then Hengcan's equity would be one of Cheng Siping's bargaining chips to threaten Gu Ran.

In just a short moment, Gu Ran had already considered the pros and cons clearly.

The heart is piercingly cold.

In the end, Cheng Siping still took this step.Mother and child for many years, she has never backed down to him, and now she is like an enemy.In Cheng Siping's heart, nothing is more important than Gu's Group, even his own son.And the so-called "pro-son" is just the first choice of the family heir.

Gu Ran went to open the closet, and did not forget to tell Jiang Chen: "You rest at home, I will go."

He said "home" instead of "your home", which made Jiang Chen feel that this was their common home for a moment.

"It's for me." Jiang Chen said calmly.

Gu Ran's hand that was on the wardrobe stopped.

"Gu Ran."

It was the first time Jiang Chen called his name so solemnly, and lightly covered the back of his hand with his palm, preventing him from opening the cabinet door.

"This dinner is not attended by popular stars or great directors. Countless business elites have interests in the industries under the name of the Gu family behind their backs."

Every time he said a word, Gu Ran's heart became colder.

He was aware of this matter, so it was not difficult for Jiang Chen to think about it.

It was a well-planned dinner, but he had to attend.

"Do you believe it? If I show up at the dinner today, you don't even have to go."

"..." Gu Ran didn't make a sound.

Of course he believed it.

No matter how much Cheng Siping puts pressure on him, the ultimate goal is Jiang Chen.But what does Jiang Chen's presence mean?Everything was exposed, and everyone was ruined.

"Of course I won't go." Seeing what Gu Ran was thinking, Jiang Chen sighed, "But you don't have to..."

He was interrupted before he finished speaking.

"I've already taken care of your affairs. Do you think I can stop halfway?"

That sentence was like a whisper between lovers, and Jiang Chen's heart was in a trance for a moment.

"Jiang Chen," he said in a deep voice, "I will handle this matter well."

"Of course I believe Mr. Gu can do it," Jiang Chen smiled, but the smile was fleeting. "But has Mr. Gu thought about the price behind it?"

"Why does Mr. Jiang think that his students will be so stupid that they will go head-to-head with the shareholders of their company?"

Jiang Chen was startled, and the moment he heard those two words, his ears turned red for no reason.

"In this case, I'd better go home first."

Cheng Siping must have known what happened last night, since he has already started to take action against Gu Ran, it is absolutely impossible not to send someone to keep an eye on the Blue Ocean Villa.Therefore, the sooner he leaves, the better.

He suddenly felt a little funny.

How did the frank and frank love back then turn into a situation where even saying a word seemed like an affair?

"I'll let Gu Yue see you off." Gu Ran said.

"Okay." After breaking up for many years, there is still some tacit understanding.

Right now, it is still unknown whether any photos of He Xiaonan have leaked out. He must not be seen when he enters and exits the Blue Sea Bieyuan. No one knows better than the butler who has been loyal to the Gu family for more than 20 years.

Even if Gu Ran is sure that he can fight Cheng Siping to the end, he must cooperate enough.

Jiang Chen turned and left the room, but Gu Ran suddenly called him out without knowing what to think of.

"Jiang Chen."

Hearing his deep voice, Jiang Chen stopped suddenly, but did not turn around.

"Who gave the money for your mother's medical treatment?"

Jiang Chen was taken aback, not expecting him to ask this question.

He was silent for a while: "It's not important anymore."

Gu Ran frowned slightly: "In this case, why don't you..."

Jiang Chen's hands tightened slightly.

An unfinished sentence is like a broken relationship, fragile but persistent.

He waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for the remaining half sentence.

"Because that's your family."

After speaking, he took a step and left the bedroom.

The author has something to say:

Advance collection of "The Picked Up Marriage Partner Is a Love Rival" for collection! !