Fireworks continued to bloom in the night sky.

"Unbeknownst to me, half a year has already passed," Chu Yang thought to himself with emotion.

So much has happened in the past six months, and I've met so many people.

He made a lot of money and also had several close female friends.

It can only be said that half a year in this lifetime is equivalent to several decades in a lifetime.

Every day is vibrant and fulfilling.

Just like the fireworks that keep blooming in the night sky, colorful and dazzling.

"So beautiful!"

Shen Li and Lou Chunyue's smiles were more dazzling than fireworks.

The two women's pretty faces changed colors with the fireworks, a beauty that was breathtaking.

Chu Yang stopped watching the fireworks and quietly appreciated them instead.

Then he took out his phone and sent a message to Li Qingshu and Zhou Yang respectively.

"Shu'er, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, Xiaoyang."

…

The first day of the new year is New Year's Day, which is a holiday.

……one day.

Since the 1st is a Wednesday, and there's nowhere to be found, they simply decided not to adjust the work schedule and only give us one day off.

Actually, this is quite good. For office workers and students, including the preceding weekend, it's like taking two days off, working two days, taking one day off, working two days, and then taking two more days off.

What a beautiful rhythm.

It's much better than any weird or complicated time off work.

As for Chu Yang, since he was going to Inner Mongolia for a trip, he simply took leave again.

Urged by Lou Chunyue's father, Chu Yang packed his things early on the second day and, together with Xiao Li, carried their suitcases to the school gate.

Lou Chunyue was already waiting there, accompanied by her older cousin Shi Nuo.

This was a special operation, and the eldest cousin, being a top-notch bodyguard, was naturally responsible for providing protection.

Not long after, Lou Zaiqiang arrived.

Dressed very formally in a suit and tie, he greeted Chu Yang as soon as he got out of the car: "Oh, Sanqian... uh, second brother! I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting!"

He was so excited that he almost let slip that Chu Yang's name was thirty million.

"It's alright, we just arrived not long ago," Chu Yang said with a smile.

The current situation is that he doesn't even know how to address this person. Calling him Uncle Lou is inappropriate, and calling him Brother-in-law like Shen Nansheng does is also not suitable.

This time, everyone except him was a relative of Xiaoli's family.

"Then let's head to the airport right away!" Lou Zaiqiang said with a smile.

Then he offered to help Chu Yang carry his luggage into the car.

Soon, the group took a car to the airport.

The plane took off and landed several times, and because there was no direct flight, it had to make several transfers before finally arriving in Liaotong City, Inner Mongolia, in the evening.

Lou Zaiqiang was in a hurry to go to Wanli Manor to see the boss, saying that he had already made arrangements to have dinner together.

Chu Yang, however, was in no hurry and insisted on finding a hotel to stay in first.

After settling into his accommodation, he put on a blue hat and braved the cold wind to leave the hotel alone.

Later, I arrived at the entrance of a supermarket, lit a cigarette, and waited quietly.

The deep winter in Inner Mongolia is extremely cold, with temperatures dropping to several degrees below zero and the wind biting. It is said that it will snow in a couple of days.

Little Pear was so excited, saying she wanted to have a snowball fight and build a snowman.

Chu Yang was really looking forward to seeing how cute this little southern potato would look, all chubby and frolicking in the snow.

Ten minutes later, a man approached him.

The man was burly with a thick beard and looked fierce; he did resemble my older cousin somewhat.

He was also wearing a blue hat.

He walked up to me, looked around, and slowly said, "Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger."

Chu Yang smiled slightly: "Thunder God and Electric Goddess."

man:"……"

“Mr. Chu?” he asked.

"Captain Long?" Chu Yang asked back.

Captain Long nodded: "Let's find a place to talk."

Chu Yang pointed to the hot pot restaurant next door: "Let's go there, eat and chat, it's on me."

Without saying a word, Captain Long followed.

On such a cold day, who wouldn't want a hot pot of mutton?

It's much warmer inside now.

After ordering, Chu Yang looked at Captain Long through the rising steam from the hot pot.

Captain Long was also staring at him.

After a while, Chu Yang slowly spoke: "We can start cooking now."

Captain Long grinned and added slices of mutton to the hot pot.

Then the two ate in silence, each finishing a bottle of beer.

Captain Long put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a tissue: "That's enough, let's get down to business."

Chu Yang nodded: "How far have you gotten in your investigation?"

"Not many, in fact, including myself, don't really believe what you wrote is true," Captain Long said frankly.

Chu Yang wasn't surprised. After all, the large-scale afforestation project had received national support and local recognition, and had been given the green light. In addition, Chen Xianggui had done a lot of positive packaging and publicity, and the protective measures were also very thorough.

There will definitely be many obstacles to conducting investigations and collecting evidence.

His letter of complaint was not enough to attract the authorities' attention.

But because what was said in the letter did not seem to be fabricated, today's secret meeting took place.

Of course, Captain Long remained skeptical from the moment they met.

"You're still a student, right? And you're in Guangdong Province, how could you know so much about these things? You're a university student, aren't you?" He stared sharply into Chu Yang's eyes.

Chu Yang remained calm and smiled, saying, "This has nothing to do with whether I am a student or not, nor with distance. Times have changed. We live in the internet age, and Baidu Search, the largest search engine in China, was built with my investment."

"The internet can ignore distance and you can get the information you want, but how you get it, I'm sorry, I can't tell you."

Captain Long was taken aback, feeling somewhat bewildered but also surprised that Chu Yang, at such a young age, was the founder of the Hundred Paths.

Suddenly he remembered something: "I know, the Baidu copyright infringement case, you called Li Yanhong shameless in court!"

The Baidu copyright infringement case happened not long ago and caused quite a stir. It may not have spread to every corner of the country, but as a public official, Captain Long was naturally aware of it.

Chu Yang chuckled and said, "That is indeed impressive."

Captain Long's eyes widened in amazement, and he felt more and more that the young man in front of him was no ordinary person.

At the same time, there was also a lot of speculation.

Last time, Baidu was brought down by this guy because of music copyright infringement.

Baidu won the lawsuit, but lost its reputation and ruined its assets.

Anyone with eyes to see knows that in this case, Chu Yang's side is on the side of justice and morality.

And this time, he's going to take action again. Is it also on the side of justice and morality?

Chu Yang seemed to have read his thoughts. He opened a bottle of beer, poured him a glass, and slowly said, "Although I don't have any evidence, I know the ins and outs of this. Let me state first that I am not doing this for any benefit. If I had to say why, it would be because of some personal grudges."

Before Captain Long could ask, he said to himself, "The father of one of my girlfriends was lured into the large-scale afforestation project."

Captain Long nodded, somewhat convinced.

Wait a minute, a girlfriend? That sounds a bit odd.

"So, you have more than one girlfriend?" he asked curiously.