Shi Jin really didn’t know: “What?”

Shi Yi lowered his voice mysteriously: "Do you remember that our team building was not originally planned to go to Qiulu Mountain?"

Shi Jin paused for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

The publishing house’s original itinerary did include Qiulu Mountain, but later because Little Fox and Tangyuan wanted to go to the city, the group changed the itinerary.

Shi Yi: "Something happened at Qiulu Mountain! The day after we arrived in City B, I heard that Qiulu Temple was reported to have engaged in adultery and was busted by the police!"

Shi Jin pursed his lips: "Is this what you are talking about?"

"Of course not only that." Shi Yi opened his eyes wide: "There's more to say."

"Didn't they just say that there was a pornographic transaction at Qiulu Temple? A friend of mine happened to be at Qiulu Temple at the time and saw that the nuns being escorted were all very beautiful and it was obvious that they were not from our country."

"A few days later, the police found traces of human trafficking in the back hills of a small village in City B. I heard that the traffickers transported the women they kidnapped from foreign countries to Qiulu Temple from that back hill."

Shi Yi was shocked: "Moreover, this matter is related to many officials in City B. Many officials have been stripped of their titles, and even the mayor of City B has been removed from office."

Shi Jin knew all that he said.

He lowered his eyelids, his gaze fell on the milky white liquid in the cup, and said in a light tone: "The evil deeds are already full, and nothing can escape."

Shi Yi understood: "But what I just said is not the point, the point is——"

This time he finally didn't say a lot of preface: "You know the Chen family, right? The old man of the Chen family is dead!"

Shi Jin frowned slightly: "...dead?"

The only person who can be called the old man of the Chen family is Chen Shanhai, Chen Yuan’s grandfather.

"Yes, it seems that it was because they found out that the human trafficking case in City B was done by Chen Qishan, the second son of the Chen family. The old man had been living in the hospital for many years. He was so shocked when he heard about this that he died before he even made it to the emergency room."

Shi Yi had a look of gossip on his face: "So the Chen family is in such a mess right now. The Chen family's affairs have been on the hot search these past two days, and all kinds of gossip have been thrown out like crazy."

For ordinary people like them, watching these wealthy families fighting over their inheritance is just like watching a large-scale reality TV series, except that they have to eat some melon seeds.

Shi Yi started to count as he spoke: "Chen Zhen has more than ten illegitimate children outside, and has several mistresses. His second son Chen Qishan originally had a wedding date with the Fu family, but it was canceled because of this incident. And more."

Shi Yi suddenly got excited: "Do you still remember our previous editor-in-chief Wei? It turns out that he is also from the Chen family, and he is of the same generation as Chen Zhen. Even Chen Qishan has to call him uncle."

Shi Jin sorted out his confused thoughts and hummed, "Remember."

At the same time, inside the bar street.

Xu Qian walked around a row of computers with ease and entered private room No. 1 at the end of the corridor of the Internet cafe.

Yu Ci was half leaning on a tall gaming chair, casually tapping on his phone.

Hearing the door opening, he didn't even raise his eyes, and said lazily: "Go ahead."

Xu Qian didn't keep it a secret: "The Chen family is in chaos."

Yu Ci controlled the character on the phone to jump over a river: "Is it over?"

"Chen Qishan was pushed out to take the blame, and the matter was originally over." Xu Qian nodded and shook his head: "But for some reason, the news spread to the hospital. When the old man of the Chen family heard about it, he died before he even entered the emergency room."

Old Mr. Chen had two sons. The eldest son died of cancer a few years ago, and the younger son, Chen Zhen, had been addicted to women for many years and was not worthy of being reused.

The eldest grandson broke his leg in a car accident, so the only remaining grandson became like the apple of Mr. Chen's eye.

Now that this eyeball had been pushed out to serve as a scapegoat, Mr. Chen became furious and left early.

The little man on the screen knocked down a monster with a laugh: "Continue."

"The Chen family's side branch is not strong enough. Now there are only two people left in the Chen family who want to seize power, Wei Chan and Miss Chen Yuan."

"Hmm?" Yu Ci raised his eyebrows, and the little man on the screen stopped: "If I remember correctly, these two are not..."

"Yes, they are all illegitimate children." Xu Qian nodded: "They are just of different generations."

Wei Chan is Mr. Chen’s illegitimate son and of the same generation as Chen Zhen, so Chen Yuan has to call him uncle.

Chen Yuan is Chen Zhen’s illegitimate child and of the same generation as Chen Qishan, so Wei Chan has to call her niece.

Yu Ci sneered: "Out of the question."

Xu Qian also touched his nose and said, "Wei Chan contacted the third brother before and wanted him to help him. The third brother is still hesitant, so he asked me to ask you what you think."

The little man on the phone was knocked down by a wild monster. Yu Ci clicked to restart, then looked up at him: "Ask me something?"

Xu Qian hesitated: "Third brother wanted to find Wei Chan to join forces to deal with the Qin family, and to gain a foothold in the Cheng family, but now the Chen family is in chaos, and Wei Chan can't take care of himself..."

So the third brother hesitated.

Moreover, Xu Qian had a guess that the main reason for the third brother's hesitation was not because of Wei Chan, but because of Brother Ci.

He estimated that many people in the circle probably had the same idea as the third brother, thinking that Brother Ci had been playing dumb for so many years, just waiting for the day when he had laid dormant enough to start showing his skills.

But Xu Qian, who has been with Yu Ci for so long, just wants to say that they are really overthinking it!

His brother Ci was really just messing around! He had no intention of going back to take over the Yu family!

Even Uncle Yu had already made preparations for the Yu family to become the X family, the Y family or the XY family, but a bunch of them were still guessing this and that.

Xu Qian shook his head secretly, thinking that his third brother's plan would most likely fail.

As expected, Yu Ci didn't even raise his eyes, and quickly tapped on the screen with his fingertips: "If he wants to cooperate, then cooperate. If he wants to break the contract, then break the contract. Can I stop him?"

Xu Qian scratched his face and said, "Okay, I'll tell Third Brother later."

"Um."

The little man in the phone fell into the water and the game screen went dark.

Yu Ci threw away his phone and rubbed his brows: "By the way, call my dad and tell him that Cheng Si will come to visit the next day."

Xu Qian was stunned: "...Brother Ci?"

Yu Ci sighed, and casually took a jujube from the fruit plate next to him and threw it over: "Eat more walnuts, it will nourish your brain."

Xu Qian caught the jujube and took a bite with a crunch: "Brother Ci, this is a jujube."

Yu Ci glanced at him: "It's all the same."

Xu Qian swore that he definitely understood this time.

He ate the dates in two crunchy bites and moved closer to Yu Ci: “Brother Ci, what did you mean by that just now…?”

Yu Ci glanced at him, then picked up another orange and threw it at him: "It means literally."

Xu Qian took the orange, his eyes lit up: "Okay, I'll make the call right away!"

With the help of Uncle Yu, what the third brother wants to do will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort, which is definitely more cost-effective than cooperating with Wei Chan.

But the Chen family...

Xu Qian opened the door and circled back: "Brother Ci, should we add some fuel to the fire over at the Chen family?"

Although they don't get involved in the affairs of the circle, what the Chen family did in Qiulu Temple a few days ago was really disgusting.

Now that the Chen family is in chaos, Xu Qian can't help it and keeps thinking about whether he can get involved.

Yu Ci didn't move, half leaning back in his chair lazily: "Go ahead."

"Why not pour it on?" He raised the corner of his lip, as if smiling, "It's best to finish the fire."

Xu Qian scratched his head.

It is impossible to burn it all down in one fire, after all, the Chen family still has some foundation.

But it's okay to burn it halfway.

So Xu Qian nodded happily: "Okay, I understand, Brother Ci, just wait for the news."

September is the season of harvest.

After returning from City B, life seemed to be back on track.

Shi Jin returned to his previous routine. Except for occasionally going to the publishing house to drink coffee downstairs at Shi Yi's invitation, he spent most of his time in the study thinking about his new book.

Until the sound of fireworks suddenly exploded outside the window, Shi Jin stopped typing and looked out the window.

After staring at the computer for a long time, Shi Jin's eyes became blurry for a moment when he looked out the window. He closed his eyes slightly, and when he opened them again, brilliant spots of light suddenly gathered in his eyes.

Thousands of colorful light spots suddenly exploded from the light spots that quickly shot up into the sky, like the explosion of a galaxy in the universe. Thousands of stars burst out their brilliance with all their might, and finally gathered into a brilliant galaxy of light spots in the sky.

One after another, colorful fireworks rushed into the sky, dotted the dark night sky with bright stars.

Shi Jin stared at the fireworks quietly for a long while, and when his eyes fell on the round bright moon hidden behind the stars of the fireworks, he suddenly realized something.

......It turns out that today is Mid-Autumn Festival.

He closed the computer and walked out of the study.

There was no light in the living room. Xiao Hei had opened the rabbit cage at some point and was sleeping soundly with the two rabbits.

Shi Jin went into the kitchen and took out a chicken breast from the refrigerator to thaw.

While waiting for the account to be unfrozen, he opened his phone and found that the little red dot on WeChat had reached 99+.

Most of them were authors that he had added before, and the messages were all sent to a group. Shi Jin didn’t click on them, but just glanced at them casually.

Shi Yi also sent a blessing message. In addition to wishing him a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, he also said a lot of other things.

Shi Jin pursed her lips, ignored his nagging, and sent him a blessing in return.

He also simply responded to the blessings from other editors of the publishing house.

Then there are Cheng Ke and Wei Chan.

Shi Jin actually didn't want to go back to either of these two people.

He hesitated for two seconds and finally chose to skip it.

Finally, it was Time’s WeChat. She sent several long voice messages, which roughly meant that she was busy with a design recently and was very busy every day. Because of the time difference, she couldn’t make a video call to wish her brother in person, so she asked him to keep a record of it first and make it up to her when she returned to China.

She kept reminding him to dress properly and eat well, saying that it had started snowing in Country A and asked him if the temperature had dropped in the country.

At the very end, Time sent a short video.

The girl in the furry coat is wearing a snow-white plush hat, with the white snow behind her.

She looked at the camera, her smile as bright as ever: "Dear brother, happy Mid-Autumn Festival, and -"

"Happy birthday."