Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Naked Male Competition

Chen Songxian, who was exiled to Africa for a month, was miserable.

Born into a wealthy family with fine clothes and delicious food, the most difficult time Chen Songxian had ever experienced in his life was when he fled from the mainland to Hong Kong on a ship at the age of ten, but that only lasted for about a week.

After arriving in Hong Kong with a large amount of silver and money, the Chen family prospered through the cotton spinning business and became one of the most famous wealthy families in Hong Kong. Chen Songxian never suffered any hardship again.

This time, for a month, a whole month, he was exiled to the barren Africa to open up some kind of market business. Every day he had to face the barren wasteland and the black people who were chattering in an unknown language. It was really hard!

He missed Hong Kong, the city with its bright lights, wine and women, beautiful women, delicacies from land and sea, luxury houses and cars, and his girlfriend with whom he was in passionate love.

But he dared not say anything. Even though he knew it was his cousin who proposed the trip to Africa to his father, he did not have the courage to settle the score with his cousin.

After finally making it through a month, I returned to Hong Kong City. The troublesome issue of the child bride must have been resolved by my cousin, and everything was so beautiful!

Chen Songxian spent some time with his girlfriend, and then went out to watch a movie together.

He saw Yang Minghui and his cousin's luxury car in the cinema. He was surprised that his cousin would appear in the cinema, but also a little pleasantly surprised. He invited Yang Minghui and his cousin to watch a movie together.

This sentence really scared Yang Minghui.

Secretary Yang, who had experienced many battles, waved his hands repeatedly: "Relax... Master Chen, the eldest master is here for an important matter, and has no private time, so I won't delay your date."

Chen Songxian was puzzled. How could his cousin, who had only work and business in his life, have such important things to do in the cinema? Could it be that he wanted to invest in a cinema?

Since he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it. He waved goodbye to Secretary Yang, embraced his girlfriend and walked into the screening room, determined to enjoy the long-lost prosperity of the port city.

Yang Minghui looked at Master Chen's receding figure and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That was a close call!

If Young Master Chen saw that the Eldest Master was handling the matter of his child bride for him and that he ended up dating someone else, then... what would he do?

The cinema screening room at this moment is very different. Chen Songxian and his girlfriend are in the bustling hall filled with moviegoers, and the whole hall is filled with laughter and cheers.

The screening room opposite to them was completely silent. After booking the entire theater, there were only two people in it, but no one spoke.

Lin Keying's palms were covered with sweat. Her soft and boneless hands were held tightly by the man. When their skin touched, she felt so naked and so intimate.

It was clearly in a spacious hall, pitch black, with no one around, and it was even more depriving of oxygen than a kiss.

Fortunately, when the movie ended, Secretary Yang rushed in and reported important matters with just a glance.

Lin Keying took the opportunity to break free and tossed her hair: "I'm going to buy silk stocking milk tea!"

Cheng Wanting looked at Lin Keying's back as she left with her hair flying, and asked, "What's the important matter?"

"Master, Master Chen is back from Africa!" Yang Minghui unconsciously emphasized his tone, full of anxiety, "He just saw me at the entrance of the cinema and said he wanted to watch a movie with you."

Yang Minghui finally confided the secret in his heart, and after taking a deep breath, he continued: "Master, don't worry, I have already dealt with it. Now we leave immediately, and we should not run into Master Chen."

In the final analysis, the eldest young master was not in the right in this matter, and even Yang Minghui was very angry.

How did a good relationship turn out to be almost like an affair?

What a sin!

When Cheng Wanting heard that his cousin had returned to Hong Kong, there was no trace of panic on his face. He just calmly ordered them to leave, which made Secretary Yang secretly admire him.

The mental strength of our young master is too strong!

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After watching the movie, it was almost dinner time. Lin Keying knew that her fiancé, a wealthy tycoon, would definitely go to a high-end hotel for dinner. However, he went against her usual behavior and took the initiative to ask her to go to the dessert shop in which he invested.

The dessert shop was bustling with people, and Sister He and her husband, along with their two children who were having a weekend off, were all busy.

"Sister Keying!" Tingting, with her high ponytail and wearing the striped uniform of St. Paul's School, waved excitedly at Lin Keying.

The little girl's eyes almost popped out when she saw the tall man in a well-tailored suit standing next to Sister Keying.

Although I don't know who that is, it looks scary.

Lin Keying knew that her fiancé had a strong aura, so after greeting the others, she teased Tingting: "This is..."

Lin Keying was a little confused about how to address Tingting and fell into deep thought.

"I am your sister Keying's fiancé." Cheng Wanting said lightly, his sharp eyes sweeping over the high school student Tingting.

Lin Keying: “…!”

You don't have to introduce yourself so consciously!

Tingting jumped up in shock and almost cried out. Only then did she dare to look the person in the eye and whispered to Lin Keying: "Sister Keying, it turns out that you really have a fiancé. Brother Huo will be sad~"

Hearing Brother Xiao Huo, Lin Keying keenly sensed a cold light coming from behind her, and hurriedly covered Tingting's mouth, signaling: "Shh~"

This little girl doesn't know the habits of the rich and powerful. She won't allow anyone to get involved in anything with her fiancée who acts as a shield!

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Ever since the fiancé showed up in front of Tingting on Sunday, the girl no longer doubted Keying's love life. Instead, she kept asking when the two would get married.

Lin Keying, who was eating red bean paste in a dessert shop, almost choked on the word "marriage".

Although the fiancé looked like he was reluctant to fulfill her love, he didn't look like a man in love at all, and was always so reserved and self-possessed. Lin Keying was also not obsessed with love and firmly resisted the temptation of the handsome and wealthy man.

It doesn't matter if she can't get to the point of marriage. When everything is over, she will be a wealthy woman with good investment skills.

"High school students should study hard and stop gossiping." Lin Keying hurriedly sent Tingting away, and the next moment she received the account statement handed to her by Sister He.

The dessert shop has been officially opened for half a month. Compared to the popularity in the first week, the current customer flow is just as Lin Keying predicted. Although it has declined, it has also tended to stabilize.

Sister He and her husband had never seen so much money before. Their income in just half a month exceeded their previous monthly income!

"I couldn't sleep at night these past few days." Sister He gets home from work around 10:30 every night. After washing up, she lies on the bed excitedly and has to go over the day's sales revenue in her mind again.

When she turned to the other side, she could see another husband with the same cheerful look on his face.

Ah Sheng laughed and said, "We are poor people who suddenly become rich. We are too impatient."

Lin Keying comforted them: "Business will be better in the future. We can open branches and make more money. You have to be patient."

Once the main store's business stabilizes, Lam Keying plans to open branches. Then she can leverage the power of television, newspapers and magazines to promote the brand throughout Hong Kong.

The dessert shop was doing a booming business, and over there, Lin Keying's properties had all been delivered.

The three million villa in Phase II of the Mid-Levels Villas and two 500-square-foot two-bedroom houses in the Acer Residential Building were all handed over to Lin Keying.

The villa is going to be renovated for my own use, while the two 500-square-foot houses will be renovated for rent.

In fact, when the house was handed over to Lin Keying, it was already in a simply decorated state. The basic water and electricity lines had been connected, and the walls were painted clean. The focus was on the soft furnishings and the installation of furniture and appliances.

Cheng Wanting's villa has a minimalist and cool style that cannot be ignored, focusing on simplicity and cleanliness. However, the villa is fully equipped with TV, refrigerator, washing machine, flush toilet, bathtub, shower...which is exactly the same as in later times.

Lin Keying was stunned for a moment when she saw the plan provided by the Hongcheng Decoration Company that Yang Minghui helped to find.

Hong Kong style fashion is still popular and classic in later generations, but today's decoration style is a bit outdated in Lin Keying's eyes.

At the beginning, Lin Keying finally saved enough money to buy her own house. She took great pains to think about the decoration design, did several gigabytes of homework, and even went to the building materials market to compare prices from a dozen stores. She personally checked everything from the various paint colors to each batch of bricks and the degree of grouting. She spent three months in such torturous decoration, but died suddenly before traveling through time without enjoying a single cent.

After careful consideration, she is now ready to design it herself.

It also made up for her regret of not being able to live in the house after buying it.

According to the classic style that became popular in later generations, Lin Keying wrote and drew on the drawings, wanting to use light-colored decorations as the main focus, also with a focus on simplicity.

Especially the two 500-square-foot two-bedroom, one-living-room apartments to be rented out, which is about 50 square meters in total, and will surely be occupied by the whole family.

There is a housing shortage in Hong Kong today. Except for the top wealthy people who can own villas and mansions, ordinary people live with their whole family in crowded and small houses.

This is the case with Sister He’s family.

Since the apartment is not large, it is natural to use light colors to increase the visual area, and use furniture and facilities that are as small and simple as possible, which is suitable for small apartments.

Lin Keying was busy communicating her ideas with the representatives of the decoration company, but she was surprised.

Since the rise of the real estate industry in Hong Kong, decoration companies have emerged. However, once one company started, hundreds of companies followed suit, and everyone followed the same production pattern, resulting in almost all residential buildings in Hong Kong cities looking the same. The popular style is still the quality style that emerged seven or eight years ago.

The basic tones from hard furnishings to soft furnishings are all dark, and dark colors represent quality.

This concept is fine in a large area like a villa, but it is not so suitable when applied to a small apartment, as it looks bloated everywhere.

The representative of the decoration company renovated two small apartments according to Lin Keying's wishes, while Lin Keying prepared her own villa.

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After being soft-furnished and aired out for a while, the two 500-square-foot small apartments were successfully rented out, earning $1,000 in rent each month.

After receiving the one-third deposit and three-month rent, Lin Keying held the eighty redwood fish in her hand and finally felt real. She could be considered a little landlady now!

As for a real landlady, she would need to own a street or an entire building.

All things are difficult at the beginning, and Lin Keying is one step closer to her goal.

Lin Keying deposited 8,000 Hong Kong dollars into her personal account and then busied herself with the renovation of her three million villa.

The basic decoration of the villa had been completed long ago, and the overall color layout and soft furnishings were in accordance with Lin Keying's requirements.

The dessert shop's business has been stable recently, with considerable turnover in the first two months. Excluding the 5,000 yuan monthly working fee paid to Sister He and Brother Sheng, as well as water, electricity, gas and raw materials costs, the final monthly profit is around 15,000 yuan. Based on a 50-50 split, after two months, Lin Keying and Sister He each earned 15,000 yuan.

Both sides would keep a total of 5,000 yuan each month for purchasing raw materials, and each took 10,000 yuan.

Lin Keying made another fortune, and Sister He's family had never earned so much money in their lives. They had already begun to dream of saving for a down payment and owning their own house.

Lin Keying has many houses. She goes to the villa area every day, staring at the decoration with interest, watching her own villa gradually become what she imagined.

The renovation of the villa is progressing in an orderly manner. Lin Keying is busy and having fun. On the other hand, her fiancé Cheng Wanting has also been very busy recently and rarely returns to the villa mid-levels.

Lin Keying heard Secretary Yang mention once that there seemed to be a problem with the land that Cheng Wanting wanted. She has been busy with this recently and is unable to spare the time.

Mrs. Hua was worried that Lin Keying was lonely, so she took the initiative to comfort her: "Ms. Lin, the young master is busy with work, please be more considerate."

How could Lin Keying be lonely? She lived a very happy life alone. She even didn't remember that she had a fiancé for several days.

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"Young Master, the shares with Yihe are now at a stalemate. We are just one step away." In the general manager's office of Huanyu Group, Secretary Yang spoke almost with gritted teeth.

At the beginning, Liu Zhigao spent 800 million to plot to acquire 18 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa, hoping to compete with Jardine Matheson, the largest shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa. This led to stock market turmoil and business wars, which were eventually mediated by HSBC.

After the two sides stopped fighting, Cheng Wanting, who was waiting behind the scenes, reached an agreement with Liu Zhigao and bought Liu Zhigao's 18 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa in exchange for the transfer of Xinyue Bay shares. He then assisted Liu Zhigao in acquiring Xinyue Bay, which held more than half of HSBC's shares.

At this point, Cheng Wanting held 18 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa, plus additional individual shares purchased, and with the help of his relationship with HSBC, he was about to take over Hutchison Whampoa from Jardine Matheson.

But at a critical step, Cheng Wanting purchased 30% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares, while Jardine Matheson still retained 31% of the shares, third-party shareholder Guo Changda held 13% of the shares, and retail investors held 26% of the shares. In preparation for this battle, Huanyu and Jardine Matheson continued to acquire shares, but Huanyu missed a step and fell behind Jardine Matheson by a small margin, and was unable to become the largest shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa.

Located in the unique fortress of Hong Kong, Hutchison Whampoa has extremely high commercial and strategic value. However, after being in the hands of Jardine Matheson for many years, it has never been able to maximize its function.

Cheng Wanting is determined to win this.

In order to seek a turnaround in his shareholding, Cheng Wanting has had no time for other things recently. He has been looking through the list of possible Jardine shareholders and finally locked in on three candidates for lobbying.

There are constant dinner and drinking parties, and business negotiations often take place over the course of a few glasses of wine.

When Secretary Yang helped the drunken young master back to the villa halfway up the mountain, seven days had passed since Cheng Wanting last came.

The villa was pitch black, with only the dim light on in the guest room on the first floor, attracting Cheng Wanting's steps.

But the light suddenly went out when he walked out of the door.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Lin Keying put away the gossip newspaper and prepared to fall into a sweet dream.

Just as she was drifting off, there was a knock on the door.

The tall and handsome man outside the door smelled a little of alcohol, but he stood in front of him with a normal expression.

"Young Master, are you drunk?" Lin Keying sniffed the air around her. The smell of alcohol was not too strong and the man seemed to be conscious.

"No." Cheng Wanting said calmly, his voice a little deeper than usual. "I haven't seen you for a few days. Why didn't you call me?"

Today, Cheng Wanting negotiated with the second target director at a drinking party but failed to pry his shares away. He still has one last target - Guo Changda, a wealthy man who is elusive and hard to find, but always maintains a neutral stance.

After the banquet tonight, while resting his eyes in the car, he heard Yang Minghui talking to the driver in the front seat about how his wife calls him every day to ask if he eats on time and doesn't get drunk and hurt his stomach.

On second thought, Cheng Wanting did not receive such a call.

"I...I was worried about disturbing you at work." Lin Keying never expected that a drunk man would come to her late at night to ask why she didn't call him.

Is he sick or drunk?

"Well, I forgive you this time." The man supported the door frame with one hand. His slender figure under the black shirt outlined a broad silhouette in the darkness, almost covering Lin Keying's entire body. He leaned over and kissed the woman's red lips, transferring the smell of alcohol to her lips and tongue, "Don't do it again."

Lin Keying was harassed by a drunk man, and she could only sigh how this man could be so domineering even when drunk!

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Cheng Wanting had a tight schedule, so after getting drunk he returned to his villa halfway up the mountain to rest for a night before leaving in a hurry.

If Lin Keying hadn't felt her lips and tongue tingling, she would have even thought that last night was a dream.

"Miss Lin, the eldest young master said he won't be back for dinner today." Mrs. Hua was extremely melancholy. The eldest young master was busy, too busy. He didn't even have time to eat the food she cooked.

"Okay." Lin Keying didn't take this matter to heart. After all, she had plans for today, so she left.

Having not been to the dessert shop for several days, Lin Keying went to the shop and had a bowl of peanut and wheat rice porridge. The soft, glutinous and sweet peanuts were cooked together with the soft wheat rice, making it sticky, fragrant and soft. She drank one spoonful after another and felt satisfied.

Also coming to the store early in the morning was the old man whom Lin Keying had rescued from a gangster on the street last time.

To express his gratitude, the old man came to the dessert shop on its opening day. Later, he often brought his wife to the shop and became a regular customer.

The two of them were dressed simply and looked no different from ordinary couples on the street, but they were knowledgeable and could participate in almost any topic. When they heard Lin Keying chatting with Sister He about the progress of the renovation, they could even introduce several good building materials companies.

For this reason, Lin Keying had a great time chatting with others.

"Dab, Aunt Feng, the shop you recommended is great. I went there to pick out some tiles. They are really good value for money."

"You have good taste, little girl. You picked the best bricks." Da Bo smiled, took another sip of mung bean paste, and said to his wife, "I said Xiao Lin is a smart person."

Grandma Feng smiled kindly, drinking red bean paste with a fragrant aroma in her mouth: "Xiao Lin, come fishing with us next time. Your Dabo is a good fisherman. If you catch a big fish, I will grill it for you."

Lin Keying thought she would have a great time, so she readily agreed.

When I returned to the villa halfway up the mountain, my fiancé had also returned.

Cheng Wanting has been busy with the Wharf stocks recently, and there is a hint of fatigue between his brows, but he still remembers to "invite" people to come to his study to study.

For this reason, Lin Keying often complained about him in her heart.

In between language learning, Lin Keying would now openly slack off by writing and drawing at her desk. All of her drawings were of the scenes she wanted to decorate her villa.

"Where did you learn this?"

The man suddenly appeared behind her, scaring Lin Keying.

"Oh." Lin Keying has gotten used to the situation where she often has to make up lies after traveling through a book. "I often watch TV dramas. I learn from them and add some of my own ideas after watching them."

"You learn very quickly and think deeply." Cheng Wanting commented without any personal emotion.

Even though he had no experience in the decoration industry, he could see Lin Keying's talent.

Lin Keying became more and more interested. She took the decoration design drawings to discuss with her fiancé and listened to his opinions. After several exchanges, she recorded them in detail.

"You like the house so much?" Cheng Wanting could see her love and care for the house.

"Of course." Lin Keying's eyes sparkled, as if she had picked up the stars in the night sky and decorated them into her eyes. She was sincere and said, "I have wanted my own house since I was a child."

"Didn't your family give you a separate room when you were a child?" Cheng Wanting said lightly.

Lin Keying's mind was filled with alarm bells. She was so proud of herself that she brought up her past. She quickly changed her words, "Of course not. Everyone just wants to have a home of their own."

Worried that her fiancé would discover that she was a fake Lin Keying, she decisively changed the subject and urgently searched for the childhood story of the two that had been briefly mentioned in the original book to add fuel to the authenticity of her identity.

"Your family has always been very good to me, especially you." Lin Keying took her fiance's arm and said, "Brother Songxian, I still remember that you were very good to me when I was a child. When a few kids bullied me, you would open your arms and stand in front of me to protect me. I started to like you from then on."

Lin Keying was expressing her "affectionate" feelings on this side, but her fiancé had a blank expression on the other side, which was really sad.

"Brother Songxian, what's wrong?" Lin Keying looked sideways at her fiancé, but saw that he looked stiff and indifferent. "Have you forgotten when we were little... um..."

The man leaned over and pressed his cold lips against hers, blocking the words that were still lingering between her lips and tongue.

"Am I not better now than your childhood fiancé in your memory?"