The stars and internet celebrities who tried their best on this day didn’t get much advantage. They donated a lot of money and finally had to spend money to buy trending searches. However, they couldn’t maintain their position in the trending searches and couldn’t resist the real water army——
It is true that fans are still madly giving likes and shouting "My brother is so handsome" and "My sister is so beautiful", but compared to content like "So-and-so is wearing so-and-so's early spring haute couture and is the most stunning among all the other girls", non-celebrity fans prefer to ship those inexplicable CPs.
Those so-called rich daughters and young masters seem far away from them, but also seem closer than big stars. For example, Gou An also wears Converse that costs more than 300 yuan a pair. Some netizens burst into tears: This is the first time I can afford the same style as the hot search. Isn't this a thumbs up? Not all the emotions on the Internet are negative. In comparison, people's opinions always seem to be black and white.
For example, one second they were still questioning why He Jinxing didn't even bother to look at Gou An, but the next second they turned around and looked for clues in the photos of other people at the scene - and then they discovered that although He Jinxing didn't say a word that night, his eyes followed Gou An at least eight times.
This is not a special hatred, it can only be a special love.
At the moment, Gou An had no idea that he had become a hot topic and had received sincere blessings from netizens across the country. He was actually a little drunk.
Otherwise she would not have dared to do such a rebellious thing in front of Gou Yu, the real 108-bang firecracker. After kissing He Jinxing passionately, she was in a state of drunkenness and lack of oxygen. She was dazed and could only hear the people around her cheering, applauding and sighing.
Those who cheered and applauded were her group of friends who were eager to create chaos.
The ones who sighed were the uncles at He Jinxing's table.
I don't know who said that my wife and I were so loving when we were young. Oh, it aroused the middle-aged love in my heart. I want to go home early tonight.
The uncle who said this reached out to grab Gou Yu, trying to pull Gou Yu down from the table, and advised him, "You've already beaten him once, do you want to do it a second time?" Gou An's ears moved in a daze.
Then she stood up and blocked He Jinxing, put her hands on her hips and said to her father: "Yes, you are not allowed to touch him."
There was silence for a few seconds, and Gou An heard He Jinxing laughing softly behind her.
All of this made Gou An, who woke up the next morning, sit in the middle of the bed with her face covered and regret for a full hour. At that time, she wanted to book a UFO ticket on the spot and escape from the earth overnight.
But that’s all later.
——In short, everyone knew that night that Gou An was Mr. He’s little darling, and there was no room for refutation.
In the second half of the night, the weather changed suddenly.
Dark clouds covered the originally bright moon. When the cold wind in the air blew up the wind carrying the smell of soil, heavy rain fell from the sky with crackling sounds.
Lu Wan sat in the car, watching the rain falling on the window numbly, blurring everything outside. She raised her hand to adjust the hem of her dress, and then brushed the necklace around her neck. She remembered a long time ago when she followed Gou Xun tremblingly and stepped into a high-end jewelry store for the first time in her life to rent a set of ordinary jewelry sold on the market...
Not needed now.
These jewels truly belong to her.
Zhou Chu is in a state of panic because his marriage to Xu Hui is about to fall through. His position in Jiangcheng is no longer secure, and many high-end places will no longer open their doors to him. However, these are not a big deal in Lu Wan's eyes.
At least he can still afford these jewels worth tens of thousands of dollars, and he won't think that adding ten dollars of pork to his dinner is a supplement.
She had never asked for much, and she didn't quite understand why this alone couldn't seem to satisfy her, as if...
God is against her.
The hands that were originally smoothing the hem of the skirt clenched silently, and the fragile fabric became full of wrinkles again.
At this time, the car door was opened from the outside.
Since Zhou Chu had gone home to rest a long time ago, Lu Wan thought it was the bodyguard sent by Zhou Chu. When he turned around, he saw a curly-haired young man with a smile on his face sitting in.
Tonight, his peers are all in the bar cheering and laughing about what happened to He Jinxing and Gou An, Zhou Yutong and Li Du.
Lu Wan looked at the intruder who suddenly appeared in a daze. The corners of his lips curled slightly, and the curve of his profile, in a trance for a moment, really looked like He Jinxing.
"He Yuan?"
She called his name.
Staring at the face of the young man in front of him, He Jinxing's disregard and Li Du's contemptuous gaze flashed through his mind for no reason...
Lu Wan felt his heart ache again, and his chest was so tight that he could hardly breathe, as if he was watching everything leaving him——
However, after a brief moment of suffocation, she just wanted to sneer.
Clearly in her previous dreams, she had all the good things.
Now they are all just illusions.
"What's up?"
She heard her own voice being less polite—
In Lu Wan's opinion, He Yuan and Gou An are from the same country.
The atmosphere tonight was so wonderful for the people of "that country". Lu Wan didn't know how this person managed to withdraw silently in such an occasion, and how he opened her car door and got in as if nothing had happened.
Aren’t you afraid of being discovered by those people?
It was raining heavily outside. After He Yuan came in, he bent down and took a tissue to wipe the water off his slightly curly hair and chin.
He seemed to be unaware of Lu Wan's gaze as she turned to look at him. After wiping the water off, he casually crumpled the tissue in his hand and put it in his pocket: "It was a good decision to lock the door and lock Gou An in a building that was destined to collapse... You almost succeeded."
Lu Wan's pupils shrank, and in an instant, the fear of being discovered for doing something bad completely enveloped her. Her throat was dry, as if fate had strangled her throat and she couldn't say a word. Her first reaction was how did this person know about this, and would he threaten her because of it? She paused, and immediately looked at the driver sitting in front of her nervously -
Then I discovered a very strange scene: the wipers of the front windshield were still swinging left and right, but the driver in the driving seat seemed to be unaware of the conversation in the back seat or even the fact that there was an extra person in the back seat. He lowered his head and looked at his mobile phone without even raising his head, as if he was blind and deaf.
According to common sense, everyone knows "Gou An". If he heard such earth-shattering words said by He Yuan, it would be impossible for him to be completely indifferent.
The scene before my eyes was too weird.
Lu Wan didn't know what was going on, he just felt a chill running up his spine.
She turned and looked at He Yuan: "Who are you?"
However, He Yuan seemed not to notice her hostility. He just raised his hand and patted the back of her hand gently, his tone still slow: "Don't be so nervous. If I wanted to hurt you, I wouldn't be able to sit here and chat with you calmly."
chat?
"I have nothing to talk about with you."
"It's a bit cruel to say that. After you got my reminder note, didn't you make good use of the typhoon?" He Yuan said, "I wanted to praise you for being smart. You are worthy of being the heroine. Before the typhoon came, you just locked the door of a building that showed no signs of collapse, blocking the way out for those people... Even if someone saw you or even took a photo with a mobile phone, this evidence cannot be used as a reason to convict you."
He Yuan smiled and said, "Have you studied law? You have such a professional approach!"
His tone was light, as if he was talking about the plot of a TV series.
However, Lu Wan became more and more silent as she listened. She didn't want to mention anything about that day.
I heard that someone in that building really died because he didn't escape at the last minute and was crushed under the collapsed wall...
Whenever she thought of this, her chest began to churn and she felt dizzy. She woke up from nightmares again and again these days. Her former neighbors had blood on their heads, pulled her hands, and asked her why she was so cruel when they had been nice to her.
Every time she woke up from a nightmare, she was terribly scared.
She didn't want to talk about it.
"I don't know what you are talking about. Don't say these nonsense words to me again! Did Gou An send you here to get information? Why are you here? Get out of the car!"
She was getting so agitated that she could no longer hold back her emotions. She reached out to push He Yuan and began to cry without realizing it. Her soft little hands tried their best but only managed to make He Yuan shake slightly.
He Yuan held the door handle with one hand, but he didn't seem to be frustrated at all by his unwelcome. He just blinked and suddenly asked: "Do you remember what the note said? Lu Wan."
Lu Wan suddenly stopped moving.
"You have two last chances." He Yuan said, "natural disasters, man-made disasters - you have already missed one, and now you have one last chance to correct everything..."
Lu Wan raised her face and stared at him blankly. She didn't know when tears started streaming down her face - fear, regret, jealousy, unwillingness, all kinds of emotions surged up at once. Her tears flowed violently, covering her long eyelashes.
"Don't cry so pitifully..."
As He Yuan said this, he had no intention of showing mercy to her and wiping her tears. In the darkness, a cold smile appeared in the mixed-race girl's eyes.
"You were prepared, weren't you?"
He pointed at Lu Wan's phone.
Lu Wan held the phone tightly, as if holding the last straw, and didn't even want to ask He Yuan how he knew about this.
"Compared to natural disasters, so-called 'man-made disasters' are somewhat difficult to handle."
He Yuan smiled.
"After all, human hearts are not systems and cannot be controlled."
Lu Wan stared at him with tears in her eyes: "Don't meddle in other people's business, I'm not sure yet--"
"You must be sure of what you are going to do. Otherwise, what you saw in your dream will really be far away from you, and you will be just the daughter of a nouveau riche for the rest of your life...ah, will the nouveau riche abandon you for his three sons and his original wife who gave him everything? You can never say for sure."
"I'm here just to tell you that being indecisive won't get you anywhere." He Yuan thought for a moment, "I hope you won't be so restrained. If you want to do something, do it thoroughly."
He said, letting the car fall into silence.
After a moment, he shrugged, meaning that he had finished speaking, and pulled the door handle to get out of the car.
The rain outside miraculously stopped the moment he opened the car door.
Lu Wan called him.
The man who stepped out of the car door turned around and looked down at the girl sitting in the car. She raised her head timidly and looked at him. After hesitating for a while, she pursed her lips and asked, "Why are you targeting Gou An again?"
I thought before that he was just like her, silently approaching and getting close to Gou An. He started with Gou An again in order to get some information from her...
Perhaps he was interested in the power held by the He family and He Jinxing.
Now it seems that it is not the case at all.
He came here simply for Gou An.
The person outside the door smiled.
Raising his hand and gently scratching his chin with a finger, he sighed, "It doesn't hurt to tell you."
Just a brief pause.
"Before, I was completely clueless and had no idea where the problem was, which led to the twisted plot development... Later, I found out that the problem was with Gou An."
Lu Wan looked at him blankly.
He Yuan pointed to his head meaningfully: "Literally, on her."
"?"
"Strictly speaking, she's not fighting alone, so it's only fair if I help you."
"You mean someone is helping Gou An? Helping her get everything?"
"That thing isn't really a human." He Yuan said with a "tsk". "I can't separate it from Gou An, so I'll just delete the character altogether."
He Yuan leaned against the car: "I will help you complete the last chance, but this is also the last time we meet."
Lu Wan: "Are you going back to China?"
He Yuan smiled.
"Yeah," he said. "Back to where I belong."
Jiangcheng had very good weather for many days to come.
It's not that great, but it's probably a return to what the winter in Jiangcheng used to be like. It's always cloudy, but at most there's an occasional, fairly gentle snow.
The strong winds and heavy rains brought by a typhoon were like someone pressed the control key, and now they are gone in an instant. People are about to usher in the New Year while they are busy with post-disaster cleanup work.
The streets are decorated with lights and are gradually becoming festive.
There were more and more news reports on TV and in newspapers about migrant workers asking for wages to go home for the New Year, but fortunately, He Jinxing was basically a conscientious businessman in some aspects. He had no interest in defaulting on project payments and even allocated a sum of money to the construction site at Jinshan Wharf.
Many of the construction sites at Jinshan Wharf are now occupied by people who have been relocated from the Zhaipu District. Most of them have no stable jobs, no food to eat, and work day labor at scattered construction sites...
Therefore, part of the agreement they signed agreeing to the demolition included a construction site contract covering the entire development plan, with an hourly wage that was higher and more stable than that of outside construction sites.
He Jinxing never does good deeds, but perhaps because he had personally been to the shantytown during the typhoon and witnessed the collapse of the dilapidated buildings with his own eyes, he had a little compassion this time and gave these workers who were now in dire straits and homeless an extra sum of holiday money.
As a result, this money caused huge trouble.
On this day, He Jinxing held a meeting all day.
He was busy all day and finally found some time in the afternoon to look at his mobile phone. He saw Miss Gou complaining about the cafeteria food at noon. It was so unpalatable that even the dogs shook their heads. How could Chen Jinli eat it?
He Jinxing replied with a "...", and at the same time went through the restaurants she liked in her mind, thinking about which ones the bosses were familiar with and she could shamelessly add a reservation for them.
When sending the alternative restaurants to Gou An, He Jinxing had already asked Secretary Liu to prepare a car to pick people up from the research institute. However, just as he finished speaking, another secretary in charge of overseas contacts opened the door and said with a bad look on his face that the Overseas Department had requested an emergency meeting.
He Jinxing's overseas industries are mostly located in Europe, the United States and other countries. In other words, it was only four o'clock in the morning for them at this time.
He Jinxing's determination to ignore the time difference and get up in the middle of the night to attend the meeting made him subconsciously glance at the news, but no news popped up, such as "Yellowstone volcano eruption", "America sinking", "European Union disintegration" or "Russia driven crazy finally gave the goddess of free port an atomic bomb".
He raised his eyebrows, not understanding what these people were up to.
I quickly previewed the briefing and found out that there was a locust plague in the surrounding cities, and the crops were eaten up completely...
The crops they bought land from abroad to plant have just sprouted and are thriving. If they encounter the same thing, they will probably suffer heavy losses.
This meeting is indeed worth holding.
He raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, then sent a message to Gou An to explain the situation and cancel the date in the evening.
The other party didn't reply to his message immediately, maybe because she was busy or angry.
Whether she was really angry or not—
The sudden cancellation of the date gave He Jinxing the illusion that he was a scumbag who only made empty promises, so before he stepped into the meeting room, he was still thinking: How can I compensate Miss Gou later so that she can smile at him again? It was already eight o'clock in the evening after the meeting. If He Jinxing hadn't stopped her, the other party might still be complaining about the locust plague in this season, which was ridiculous as if the world was about to end.
There's really nothing to complain about.
After all, Jiangcheng had just been hit by a typhoon in the middle of winter - it's not that there can't be typhoons in winter - but strong typhoons of this level are usually more common in summer.
He Jinxing turned off the computer and walked out, sending a message to Gou An as he walked. However, she, who always replied to messages immediately, did not reply until he walked out of the elevator.
He simply made a phone call, but no one answered.
The man raised his eyebrows, and was about to call Zhou Yutong like an annoying parent to ask if they were doing anything bad together -
At this time, he found a timid middle-aged man standing next to his car.
The man was about 1.75 meters tall, but because of his hunched back and awkward posture, he was probably less than 1.7 meters tall. He was wearing a wrinkled suit and would bend down from time to time to look in the mirror of the Maybach and smooth his dull and messy hair.
He Jinxing stopped in front of the car, thinking that the security team would not get a penny of bonus next month, and asked calmly: "What's the matter?"
Hearing the voice, the middle-aged man who was looking at the mirror seriously was startled. He stood up and saw a man in a suit standing not far away.
His well-tailored trousers wrapped around his long legs, his tie had long been torn off and wrapped around his knuckles, his collar was open at two points, and his hair was a little messy.
Probably because of tiredness.
He didn't have his signature approachable smile on his face, instead he looked a little impatient.
More dignified and handsome than he looks on TV.
Wang Pusheng was so proud that he suddenly felt that the way he dressed up might seem ridiculous to others.
It's like a cockroach in a sewer, trying hard to grow up and learn to fly, thinking that it can scare humans away.
In fact, the only feeling cockroaches can give people is disgust.
Before Wang Pusheng figured this out, he had already followed He Jinxing in the elevator back to the top floor office on the 31st floor of He's company. The faint scent of detergent in the elevator made him feel uncomfortable, but he still stared at his reflection in the elevator, forcing himself not to show any timidity.
During this period, He Jinxing looked at his mobile phone twice, but eventually put it down.
Wang Pusheng pretended not to see it.
Just now he introduced himself to He Jinxing in the parking lot. He was a representative elected by the shanty dwellers in Zhaipu District. This time he came to negotiate with He Jinxing about the demolition compensation.
As he spoke, he couldn't help but rub his hands subconsciously and smile, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, which naturally carried a flattering meaning and uninvited servility. He Jinxing frowned slightly, but still invited him upstairs -
The end of the year is approaching, and the government no longer has much patience. At a dinner a few days ago, a leader from the National Development and Reform Commission held He Jinxing's hand and almost made him swear with a red handprint on the spot that this year's work must be completed this year and the resettlement of Jinshan Wharf must be resolved before the New Year.
So, even if these people don’t look for He Jinxing, He Jinxing will look for them.
Sitting down in the office he had just cleaned up, He Jinxing looked at his phone for the last time. After confirming that Gou An was still unresponsive, he turned off the phone and put it in his pocket.
Wang Pusheng began his chattering——
Unexpected things happen all the time. The typhoon came so suddenly that most of the people in the shantytowns are now homeless. Some of the most pitiful ones are almost forced to live under bridges or hide in the ruins.
"This winter is really hard, isn't it, Mr. He?"
The middle-aged man lowered his eyes and stared at his hands, which he didn't know where to put. He found mud between his fingers and put them back under the table.
"I heard that you gave a large amount of New Year's money to the people on the construction site some time ago..."
"Yes." He Jinxing was annoyed by people who kept talking and didn't get to the point. "And then?"
Wang Pusheng raised his head, and He Jinxing was sure that he saw a flash of light in his eyes, which had always been timid and shrunken.
"Mr. He is so rich and doesn't need that little money. Why does he have to make things difficult for poor people like us who just want to survive?" Wang Pusheng showed a very embarrassed expression, "Why can't this matter have a happy ending?"
He Jinxing took a deep breath and suppressed the anger and impatience that was about to burn in his chest.
"Mr. Wang, the compensation I give here also needs to be approved by the government." He said, "Didn't our person in charge explain this to you in advance? The current demolition compensation is based on a unified national standard-"
"That means you rich people are colluding with the officials to get rid of us poor people!"
“…”
“Are we asking for a lot?”
"Quite a few."
"To someone like you, it's just a drop in the bucket!"
But my money didn't come from the wind.
He Jinxing simply stopped talking.
"This is just a very small, insignificant part of the overall Jinshan Wharf development project! You guys like our Feng Shui treasure land, but you're not willing to pay for it. You only plan to spend the minimum amount of money to build hotels, resorts, and even casinos on it. You guys even want to catch the sparrows passing by and drink their blood from time to time!"
Wang Pusheng became more and more excited as he spoke, as if the money was really what he deserved!
Jinshan Wharf, that shabby wharf that had been abandoned for decades, was really the Feng Shui treasure land he mentioned! Seeing his blushing face, He Jinxing suddenly realized that he might still be wasting time tonight, and instantly lost interest in continuing the conversation -
He never liked to sit at the negotiation table with people who cried and blushed. It was inefficient, and they couldn't get to the point in ten sentences, and it was very noisy.
He didn't even understand. This kind of thing had happened countless times before. Why did she have to dance in front of him and waste each other's time again? She raised her hand and pulled at his collar.
The man finally showed a superior, sarcastic smile on his face, but it quickly disappeared. He stood up and said, "It seems that Mr. Wang has not yet figured out the main purpose of this discussion. If we continue talking like this, it seems that we are back to the old pace. Then let's talk about it another day."
As he spoke, he picked up the phone and dialed the security department's internal line.
After the call was connected, he simply said "Come up and lead the way", threw the phone away, grabbed the suit jacket on the back of the seat and was about to walk out.
Just as he pressed the elevator button again.
Wang Pusheng, who was standing behind him, suddenly put away his excited and aggrieved tone and said in a low voice, "Mr. He, I checked my phone many times tonight."
The man standing in front of the elevator waiting was slightly stunned.
He turned away expressionlessly.
He saw the middle-aged man who had been sitting on the sofa by the desk turned around and smiled at him, still with that humble and careful tone: "Is there someone you can't contact? It's dark now. It would be troublesome if there was an accident."
After Wang Pusheng finished speaking, he saw with satisfaction that the man's muscles suddenly tensed under his shirt.
This was the first time tonight that he had this kind of emotional reaction that was close to what a human being should have.
He Jinxing's confusion ten minutes ago was answered.
Wang Pusheng is certainly not the kind of person who has forgotten something. He is just trying to make trouble.
This time he brought chips.
The elevator opened with a ding. He looked at the man standing in front of the elevator with satisfaction. For the first time in his life, he accepted his threats and did not walk away without looking back.
People say that after He Jinxing returned to China, he took over all the affairs of the He family. He was ruthless and decisive, and in just one year he brought the He family to an unprecedented height. He was the king of Jiangcheng.
Now, this Lord of Heaven might have been torn off his throne by a pair of dirty hands from the Lower Town! A small, almost suffocating sense of pleasure rose in his heart, and the waves of pleasure made Wang Pusheng's bones itch.
When the elevator door closed, He Jinxing returned to his desk and opened the drawer.
"Let me make sure she's safe."
He pulled out a stack of blank checks from the drawer and threw them in front of Wang Pusheng like trash.
"Fill in how much money you want."
(End of this chapter)