When Lin Luo woke up, he was already lying alone in bed, with the quilt tightly covering him. Ji Qianan left a WeChat message: I have to go to the company for a meeting, you should get ready, the holiday is over tomorrow, it's time to go back to work, your salary will be deducted if you are late or absent, don't be lazy.
Lin Luo pouted in dissatisfaction, replied with a "humph" expression, and continued to eliminate the red dots of various message prompts on his mobile phone.
When he swiped to the "SMS" column, he was about to delete all of them, but suddenly noticed a text message from an unfamiliar number: Hello, Ms. Lin, this is Chu Xiao, if it is convenient, can you contact me?
Lin Luo took out yesterday's coat and business card. After checking, he found that it was indeed Chu Xiao's number, so he immediately called back: "Hello, Mr. Chu Xiao, what can I do for you?"
Chu Xiao replied quickly: "It's a long story, but in short, we may need Miss Lin's help in our plan to deal with Chu Ling, but President Ji does not agree to Miss Lin's intervention, so I would like to ask if Miss Lin is willing to cooperate with me alone. Of course, I will ensure Miss Lin's safety in all aspects.
Lin Luo hesitated. Ji Chi'an must have disagreed because he knew that she hated Chu Ling and did not want her to do things she did not want to do or contact people she did not want to contact. But if she could provide some help to solve the problem faster, wouldn't that be better?
Lin Luo thought of Ji Qian's almost non-stop schedule in the past week, and then thought about his tired look yesterday, gritted his teeth, and replied: Mr. Chu Xiao, please tell me the details.
If possible, I actually want to protect myself. If possible, I actually hope you don't have to work so hard.
After a large piece of land purchased by Chu Group a few years ago was about to be put into construction bidding, the good news caused its stock price to rise wildly in the past half month, with an increase of more than seven points for ten consecutive working days, attracting various institutions and retail investors to scramble to buy, and the stock price was pushed higher and higher, but there were fewer and fewer retail shares on the market.
In the Chu Group building, at the new board of directors meeting, Chu Ling, with a 43.3% share, led the former chairman Chu Xiao by 10 percentage points and became the largest shareholder of the group, with absolute right to speak and veto power.
Chu Ling stood up and bowed slightly to the board members: "Thank you all for your kindness, and I hope you will give me more advice in the future."
Chu Xiao, who was originally sitting in the chairman's position, stood up, straightened his suit, smiled and said: "Very good, I announce that I resign."
Then he left directly, neatly and without any lingering feelings.
Chu Ling finally got what he wanted and sat in the highest position of the Chu Group.
That chair was no different.
But he had never felt so happy before.
Chu Xiao finally rolled out of the building in disgrace. He lost, but he won.
He had to thank Lin Luo for all this.
Sure enough, she still loved him, and she would always love him as long as he was willing.
Chu Ling's face softened when he thought of Lin Luo. He took out his cell phone: "Luoluo, I have dealt with my things here. Let's have dinner together tonight."
"Okay."
"What do you want to eat?"
"Well... let's go to Yifeng Mansion."
"Okay, I'll pick you up in the evening."
"No need. I happen to be meeting a client here today. I'll go there and wait for you."
"Well, that's fine. See you in the evening."
Chu Ling hung up the phone, called his secretary, and brought his custom-made suit and a large bouquet of flowers.
The bouquet was Lin Luo's favorite Julia rose. Every button of his suit was engraved with the exquisite L&C, the initials of Lin Luo and him. In the pocket of his suit was a velvet box with a diamond ring in it.
He said that Chu and she would both be his, today.
The day after the car accident, he got drunk and suffered from alcohol poisoning. He was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, and then used Ning Fei to pass the news to Lin Luo's ears.
That was his last gamble, betting that Lin Luo would still remember their past.
He has been allergic to alcohol since he was a child and cannot drink. Everyone knows it. At a party, he talked a few more words to a girl, danced a few more times, and ignored Lin Luo. She was jealous. He couldn't coax her no matter how hard he tried. She was so anxious that Lin Luo said, "If you drink all the wine today, I will forgive you."
She was so willful, unreasonable, and unreasonable that even her friends couldn't stand it. But Chu Ling didn't say anything and finished the wine.
As a result, he lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. In his blurred consciousness, he kept repeating one sentence: Luo Luo, don't be angry, okay?
He saw Lin Luo holding his hand and crying. From then on, she never quarreled with him again.
How could one be so childish, so playful and yet so sweet when young?
He liked her, he really liked her, he liked her unruly beauty, her innocence and willfulness, living in the sun and doing whatever she wanted, which was a brightness he had never felt before.
He used to be inferior and cowardly, and Lin Luo was the light of his youth, the only pair of hands that reached out to him when his parents scolded him as a waste and useless and not as good as Chu Xiao.
But he was too incompetent, at that time he had not yet been recognized by his father, did not own any shares in the Chu family, and could not even return to China, because if he returned he would have to live in the shadow of the outstanding eldest son of the Chu family with the name of an illegitimate child.
So he had to rely on other forces, and he had to give up Lin Luo.
Because he was destined to do something that would let Lin Luo down.
When he had a good relationship with Lin Luo, he gained the trust of Lin's father, and then told his father about the Lin family's investment plan, asking him to increase the investment in Lin's company, so that this development plan was nailed on the board, and then secretly made some tricks to lock up the working capital of the Lin family, so that the Chu family would slowly gain the initiative.
However, he did not expect his father Chu Yi to be so cruel. In the end, he simply designed to let Lin's father die in a car accident, leaving a pile of broken stalls. In addition, the previous funds were locked up, and the bank was unwilling to lend to Lin's company. Chu Yi took this opportunity to introduce some private loans to Lin's mother as an old friend for many years. Lin's mother was simple-minded and believed him, so she made a lot of money, which led to an uncontrollable situation in the end.
Lin Luo, who was far away in the United States, knew nothing about this.
All of this was hidden from Chu Xiao, and Chu Yi ordered it in the name of Chu Xiao.
This man only cared about interests and his own body, and his wife and children were not important. Chu Ling's position in his father's heart surpassed Chu Xiao, so he had the confidence to return to the country and compete with Chu Xiao for the top spot in the Chu family.
楚毅什麽都知道，但也默認了，默認的條件就是楚淩要想辦法把林家那塊地皮的轉讓書拿到手。
當時林母自殺太過突然，死之前并沒有按照楚毅的計劃把這塊地轉讓給楚氏，所以這塊地明裏是楚家占着，但是一直閑置不投入開發的原因是因為他們沒有合理合法的使用權，但他們又不甘心把這塊肥肉就這樣割了出去，所以壓下了所有消息，連林落也不知道，就等着慢慢偷梁換柱。
可是最近楚霄似乎查到了什麽，越查越深，眼看就要挖到底了，楚淩不得不提前回國找到林落，想直接坦白這塊地皮，讓她以子女的身份繼承後轉讓給自己，然後把那些罪行栽贓給楚霄。
如果是以前的林落，只要他告訴她辦完這件事他就娶她，她一定會欣然應允，但是現在的林落已經被他傷害過一次了，他必須要不擇手段才能求得她的原諒。
他這次故意酒精中毒，是為了告訴她他還是和以前一樣愛她，也是為了讓她想起以前兩個人的甜蜜時候，讓她想起他曾經為了她連命都可以不要。
果然，她心軟了，她來了醫院，在他的病床前哭得撕心裂肺，狠狠地罵了他一頓，然後聽了他的話，繼承了那塊價值三十個億的地皮，并且答應只要他能擁有楚氏的主導地位，替她報仇，她就轉讓給他，因為她不想讓自己父親的東西落入害她家破人亡的楚霄手裏。
這一切佛系被楚淩當作籌碼，說服了楚毅撥給他大筆大筆周轉資金，高價回收在外散股和小股東手裏的股份，促使楚氏股價一路飙升，也以高額占股最終代替楚霄成了新任董事長，與此同時，他也把捏造好的楚霄的犯罪證據也送到了警廳。
他大獲全勝。
而今天晚上，他就會對林落求婚。
楚淩覺得這輩子沒活得這麽暢快過。
換好新的西裝，從頭到尾打理得整整齊齊，帶上花，直奔亦楓公館。
他到的時候，林落已經在等他了，正無聊地玩着手機，聽見動靜，懶懶擡頭看了他一眼，笑了笑：“你怎麽打扮得這麽正式，還帶了花？你看我，一下班就過來了，都沒來得及打扮，你這樣會顯得我特別不禮貌。”
她穿的是一身标準的通勤套裝，頭發也梳得幹淨利落，确實是不适合求婚時候的打扮，不過他不介意。
楚淩笑了笑，把花遞給她：“沒事兒，反正你怎麽都好看。”
林落沒有伸手接，只是低頭玩着手機，淡淡道：“你放旁邊吧，我拿着也不好吃飯啊。”
楚淩知道她這樣的态度已經算好的了，而且她本來就是這種傲嬌的性格，如果她突然對他熱絡得不行，那才有問題。
“喝酒嗎？”
“你是想再酒精中毒一次進醫院嗎？我可沒那麽多眼淚給你流。”林落終于放下了手機，嗔怪地看了他一眼，話不是什麽好話，卻莫名帶着撒嬌的意味。
楚淩低頭笑了笑：“你放心吧，我以後都不會讓你再流眼淚了。”
林落佯裝害羞地低下頭，撇了撇嘴：“就你貧。公司的事兒都處理好了？”
“處理好了，楚霄已經卸任，明天我就正式上任。”
“開心了嗎？”林落一只手撐着腦袋，偏着頭看向他，“楚淩，這麽多年，你是不是終于開心了？”
楚淩看着他，勾了勾嘴角：“開心了，因為你終于回到我身邊了。”
林落抿着唇笑了，她這樣笑的時候，特別像一只狐貍，眼角帶着媚意，有些撩人：“楚淩，你愛我嗎？”
“我當然愛你。”
“那你願意和我說實話嗎？”
林落這個問題問出口時，楚淩的心裏緊了一緊：“什麽？”
“這次收購，是不是你故意做高的價格，等拿到股權後再瘋狂抛售一波，然後割韭菜回收資金？”
“落落，你想什麽呢，我是那種人嗎？”楚淩低着頭，笑得有些模糊。
林落突然湊近了臉，認真盯着他：“楚淩，你是不是一開始就想放棄楚氏，你坐上這個位置，是不是就是為了毀掉它？”
楚淩不知道林落什麽時候變得這麽聰明了，他的打算确實是這樣，因為只要在楚氏一天，他的過去都是灰暗的，他不如拿着這筆錢，獨立門戶。
至于楚霄和楚毅，什麽父兄，不過都是玩笑而已，不過都是仇人而已。
他掩飾得很好，動作也很快，楚霄猝不及防，根本來不及還手，而楚毅也完全信任他，毫無察覺，那麽林落是哪裏察覺到的不對？
林落看出了他的緊張，笑了笑：“你別怕，楚淩，我是什麽人你還不知道嗎？我不在意你做了什麽，我只想知道你這麽做是不是為了我？為了替我給父母報仇？”
少女的眼眸晶晶亮亮，帶着感動和期許，看得楚淩心頭一動。
原來她是這樣以為的，如果她是這樣以為的，倒也很好。
于是他溫柔又寵溺地看向林落：“是。楚霄固然可惡，但是我父親才是最後害死你父母的兇手，你能原諒我，我也要對得起你的原諒，他做錯了事就應該受到懲罰，為你們林家贖罪。而我也會一輩子對你好，也是贖罪。”
林落咬了咬唇，眼眶有點泛紅：“我就知道，果然這麽多年，還是我最了解你。不過你何必呢，你爸爸哥哥做的事，和你沒有關系。惡意操縱股市是犯法的，你這樣做如果被別人發現了怎麽辦？到時候我不是要守活寡了嗎？”
她這個樣子楚淩心都要碎了，連忙安慰道：“你放心，操縱股市的後果我知道，但是這件事情我做得非常隐秘和安全，不會被發現的，我們都會好好的，別怕。”
“你這麽做值得嗎？”
“值得，怎麽不值得，你都願意把那麽重要的一塊地無條件轉讓給我作為支持，我還有什麽不值得的？而且我們都是要結婚的人了，哪還說這麽見外的話？”
“結婚？”
楚淩點點頭，站起身，掏出戒指，單膝跪地：“落落，嫁給我吧。”
林落看了看他，突然笑了，不是那種開心或者羞澀的笑容，而是淡淡的嘲諷：“楚淩，起來吧，我不會嫁給你的。”
楚淩一時有些沒反應過來。
Lin Luo patted his clothes, stood up, picked up his bag, and looked down at him: "I have said everything I should say today, there is nothing more to say, put away your flowers and your ring, and eat your meal by yourself."
Chu Ling stood up, blocked her way, and frowned: "Lin Luo, what do you mean by this?"
Lin Luo knew that Chu Xiao was next door and the police were on their way, so he was not afraid at all, and just smiled: "It's just the surface meaning, I've said everything today."
"Did you ask me here today just to trick me?" Chu Ling reacted, his expression was frighteningly gloomy, and he was about to snatch Lin Luo's phone.
Lin Luo didn't argue with him and smiled: "I'm not that stupid. I'll record the conversation with my phone and wait for you to destroy the evidence. It's all remote, so don't bother yourself."
"Lin Luo!" Chu Ling gritted his teeth, his gentle features were now only sinister, and he squeezed out two words viciously from between his teeth.
Lin Luo smiled at him politely and walked out.
Chu Ling reached out and grabbed her arm. Lin Luo immediately turned around and hit him hard in the abdomen with one elbow. With the other hand, he took out the pepper-flavored perfume from Fengyoujing and sprayed it on his eyes. At the same time, he raised his knees hard and pushed up against little Chu Ling with the greatest strength and the fastest speed.
Chu Ling's eyes were stimulated and he felt a sharp pain in his lower body. He immediately loosened his hands and squatted on the ground, curling up into a ball. Lin Luo clapped his hands and said lightly: "My lawyer told me that this was legitimate defense, because your behavior constituted malicious harassment, and you probably won't use the part of your body that was injured just now if you squat inside. Listen, doesn't the sound of the police car siren sound particularly nice?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Xiao pushed the door open and the bodyguards behind him swarmed up and subdued Chu Ling.
Chu Xiao handed Lin Luo a handkerchief: "It's clean, Miss Lin, wipe your hands to avoid getting any dirt on them."
Lin Luo took it and smiled: "Thank you, Mr. Chu Xiao."
"I should thank you. President Ji and I have already obtained most of the evidence of his and Chu Yi's crimes, but we haven't yet fully confirmed them. Now that we have this confession, it will be much easier to prove that he maliciously manipulated the stock market and Chu Yi committed premeditated murder. Miss Lin, you have worked hard."
"It's okay. This is what I should do. I was able to get this land back and bring the murderer who killed my parents to justice. I also want to thank Mr. Chu Xiao for his help. Otherwise, I definitely couldn't have done it alone."
Chu Xiao paused, then slowly said two words: "Sorry."
These two words were extremely sincere, so sincere that it didn't seem like a simple business thank you. Lin Luo looked up at him in confusion.
Chu Xiao's eyes were very dark and solemn, and his voice was low and gentle: "I am sorry for all the harm that the Chu family has brought to you. This is what the Chu family owes to the Lin family. Even if Chu Yi and Chu Ling get the punishment they deserve, there is no way to make up for it. If you need me in the future, please feel free to ask. This is my compensation to you on behalf of my blood. I used to feel sorry for having this surname, but there are still many innocent employees in the Chu company, so I had to hold up this group. All I can do is try my best to compensate you, and I hope Miss Lin can forgive me."
Lin Luo didn't expect Chu Xiao to say such a thing, which surprised her, because she thought that everything Chu Xiao did was fundamentally just for his own benefit, and she didn't think that he would want to atone for his sins.
"Mr. Chu Xiao, there is no need. These things have nothing to do with you. If possible, we may be friends, but you don't need to have such a strong sense of guilt. Everyone in this world is independent. As long as you have a clear conscience, it's fine."
Chu Xiao lowered his head and thought for a while, then smiled: "Yes, Miss Lin is right, maybe we can be friends. But I still say that, I will do my best on behalf of the Chu Group to make up for the mistakes we have made."
Lin Luo was too lazy to argue with him. This seemingly gentle person, once he starts to be stubborn, is more stubborn than anyone else.
After the prosecutors arrived, they arrested Chu Ling on multiple charges including premeditated murder, illegal fund-raising, and economic crimes. Lin Luo also successfully entered the police station for the second time. However, because she was well prepared this time, the accusation of Chu Ling for illegal surveillance and harassment was established, so her trick of killing her son and grandson was also considered as legitimate defense. In addition, with Chu Xiao's arrangement, she could leave after recording a record.
This time she could go home boldly by herself, but as soon as she and Chu Xiao walked to the door of the police station, she saw a yellow Lamborghini drifting and stopping at the door of the police station, which was extremely arrogant.
Lin Luo was just about to curse at who was so blind as to act so arrogantly at the gate of the police station when she saw Ji Chi'an walking down angrily. He walked straight to her, grabbed her arm and hid her behind him. He looked straight at Chu Xiao and said coldly, "Chu Xiao, did I ever tell you not to drag Lin Luo into this?"
Lin Luo was so scared that she trembled. Although Ji Chi'an could be fierce sometimes, she had never heard him swear. He was really angry.
Chu Xiao's tone was very gentle: "If Lin Luo hadn't come forward, this piece of land wouldn't have been transferred so quickly, Chu Ling wouldn't have been so eager for success, and he wouldn't have gotten the final confession. Facts have proved that doing so is indeed more effective."
"Chu Xiao, the reason why I helped you deal with Chu Ling is because he hurt Lin Luo, and if helping you deal with him would put Lin Luo in other possible dangers, then I don't mind uprooting the entire Chu family, do you understand? I'm polite to you, but don't push your luck or cross the line." Ji Chi'an's voice was not loud, and his tone was not sharp, but he spoke coldly word by word, giving people a sense of oppression.
Lin Luo suddenly felt that the Ji Chi'an she had seen before was still relatively gentle.
However, Chu Xiao was not annoyed, and still just said lightly: "I think the autonomy of this matter is still in Lin Luo's hands. It is up to her to decide her own affairs. If she is willing to come forward to deal with Chu Ling, then Ji Chi'an, you actually have no qualifications and position to stop her."
Lin Luo also carefully poked his head out and whispered: "Mr. Ji, I really want to do this..."
"Don't talk!" Ji Chi'an couldn't help but turn around and say something fierce to her. Seeing her uneasy and aggrieved eyes, and looking at Chu Ling beside her, he swallowed the rest of his words and only uttered two words, "Go home."
Then he dragged Lin Luo into the car and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.
Lin Luo sat next to Ji Chi'an, feeling inexplicably guilty. He rubbed his seat belt with his hands, secretly looking at his cold profile. After a long time, he finally spoke cautiously: "Mr. Ji, what are you angry about? I just got off work and went there. I didn't delay my work. Besides, Chu Xiao has prepared everything. It's really safe."
Ji Chi'an frowned, and couldn't help but scolded in a low voice: "Lin Luo, are you really stupid? Whatever Chu Xiao says is the truth? What if... "What if he is a bad guy? What if he has bad intentions? Or he is not prepared and Chu Ling bullies you when you are not paying attention? Have you ever thought about what kind of danger you might encounter? Who is Chu Xiao to you that you dare to trust him so much?"
He was really angry. He didn't want her to know these methods. He felt disgusted when he thought that Chu Ling looked at her a few more times. He thought that if something went wrong and Chu Ling bullied her, he even wanted to kill her. As for more, he didn't even dare to think about it.
He tried his best to protect her, but she just listened to others and ran out to wade in the muddy water. Fortunately, nothing happened. If something happened, he would have gone crazy. He is really a worrying guy.
Lin Luo listened to him getting angry and bit her lip. She wanted to say that she was not stupid and could judge good from bad. She wanted to say that she was well prepared and could beat Chu Ling. She wanted to say that she just didn't want him to work too hard because of her. She wanted him to rest early.
But the words turned into a sentence: "But Ji Chi'an, who are you to me? Why should I trust you?" As soon as
the words fell, the car braked suddenly. Because of inertia, Lin Luo fell forward. She raised her head and was about to question Ji Chi'an what was wrong, but she found that Ji Chi'an had unbuckled his seat belt and pressed his upper body over her, trapping her in the passenger seat. He pinched her chin and forced her to look directly at him. His eyes were deep and bottomless, as if he wanted to drown her.
He said word by word, "Lin Luo, who am I to you?"