Qingteng Club
Xu Zaitan never gave Yu Li anything from beginning to end.
How could important things be brought onto the cruise ship? If they were important enough to carry with you, it was even more impossible to give them to Yu Li. One sentence would make Yu Li realize that something was wrong.
There are four people on the life raft: Yu Li, Yu Li's bodyguard, Xu Zaitan, and the new version of "Xiao Hei".
Yu Li was held hostage by Xiao Hei, who used firearms. Xu Zaitan and his bodyguards did not dare to move.
Throwing out a cell phone, Xiao Hei looked at Xu Zaitan: "The password you left at the bank, hurry up."
Are you doing this just for money?
Yu Li ignored the object pressing against the back of her head. "Killing Xu Zaidan is much better than taking the money from the bank."
Xiao Hei frowned. "Why are you so talkative? Haha, it seems like your relationship is just one of mutual benefit."
"What else?" Yu Li scoffed. "Since you recognize me, you should know that there are no good people in the Quan family."
"Of course." Xiao Hei became increasingly cautious, his hand holding the gun not even shaking as he urged Xu Zaitan to answer the phone quickly. "Miss Quan, you've already taken a life before you even graduated from high school. Of course I know you're a ruthless person."
Ah, so that's her reputation outside. Yu Li suddenly realized and then said dissatisfiedly, "If someone spreads this, won't they know that I care about my reputation?"
Xiao Hei: ...
Quan family, do you still have a reputation?
Xiao Hei wanted to say something, but then he shut up when he remembered Quan Yuli's personality. This person has always been cunning, and she can get information out of him with just a few words. It's better not to talk to her.
"The password! Tell me now!" He turned and yelled at Xu Zaitan, "If you don't, she will go to hell with you."
Yuli, Xu Zaidan called out in his heart. He was very nervous. He felt sorry for Quan Shi even if Yuli lost a hair. After escaping death that year, he said he wanted to build a temple for Yuli. Quan Zaikyung said to light a stick of incense for himself first.
He didn't order, thinking it was not a good sign.
It was clearly not a good sign. Yu Li must have understood what he said, right? There would be some arrangements, right?
Xu Zaitan calmed down and thought that as long as Kwon Woo-ri was there, he would be fine.
"You want me to give you my password without telling you anything?" Xu Zaitan sneered. He didn't even take his phone. Did he think he had been a vegetarian for the past two years? "I want to die with a clear mind. Either tell me your name, or you kill me."
"What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?" Xiao Hei said disdainfully, raising his arm to reveal what he had in his hand. "Don't forget that Quan Yuli is in my hands."
Xu Zai Tan lowered his head and pretended not to see: "Okay, kill it. After you kill Quan Yuli, Quan Yuli's bodyguards will deal with you. After you die, I will be pursued by the Quan family and I will go to hell. We will play cards together down there."
Xiao Hei: ...
Shit, I never said Xu Zaitan had such eloquence.
He endured it. His phone showed that he was on a call. The person on the other end of the line kept urging him, "Get the password quickly. Time is running out."
He finally compromised: "Bai family."
"Someone from the Bai family?" Xu Zaitan was suspicious. "Which branch dared to attack me? I've sent all the ones who were useful to me to jail. The rest are all idiots. How could they have such power?"
"Don't underestimate people." Xiao Hei's voice was muffled. It was not known whether it was because of the mask or the voice changer. Yu Li went over the voice in her mind but had no impression.
"Didn't I underestimate you, President Xu, and that's why I gave you this opportunity?"
He moved his fingers and cocked his gun: "I'll say it one last time, the code, or we'll play cards."
Xu Zaidan gritted his teeth, looking very angry about this, but since Quan Yuli was in her hands, he had no choice but to obey. He picked up the phone on the ground and said, "The password is——"
Xiao Hei stared at Xu Zaitan closely.
Xu Zaitan: "The password is——"
Xiao Hei: "Don't waste time, it's useless."
All his attention shifted from Yu Li to Xu Zaitan, so he ignored the turbulence of the sea below.
However, there was a group of people struggling not far away, so it was normal to hear some noise.
Xu Zaitan: "The password is 6..."
Xiao Hei unconsciously leaned towards Xu Zaitan.
Xu Zaitan: “63…”
Yu Li made a gesture, and bang, a person rushed out from the underwater. Before Xiao Hei could react, he and another bodyguard on the life raft teamed up to suppress Xiao Hei. The gun was thrown aside, and Yu Li got up from the ground.
The teammates in TV dramas are all bad, but hers is not. The two bodyguards are still useful.
The crisis was resolved, and the security team hired by Xu Zaitan finally played a role. The rescue team arrived shortly afterwards and the fire was put out. No one was killed for the time being, but injuries were certain.
As they were escorted to the shore, Yu Li and Xu Zai Tan discussed what had just happened. Xu Zai Tan kept wondering if there were any fish that had slipped through the net. "That CEO Bai who worked with my second uncle, his wife and son were imprisoned with him. My mother-in-law's family went bankrupt. The only fish left are small fry. All the companies are going through bankruptcy liquidation. What went wrong?"
Yu Li thought for a moment: "President Bai's illegitimate child?"
Xu Zaitan shook his head: "I'll send them in together."
Yu Li put away her joking thoughts and said, "It's not necessarily true what he said. You also let Xu Youyuan go in the first place."
"Hehe." The man was obviously a little embarrassed when talking about Xu Youyuan. It's not that he didn't regret it in the dead of night, but what else could he do after he had done it? "I have someone watching her. My sister is busy with school and starting a business. Her mother is sick and needs a lot of money. She doesn't have time to play this with me."
Yu Li also didn't think it was Xu Youyuan. Xu Youyuan didn't have the ability to do so for the time being. The incident happened suddenly and no more clues could be found.
"You check first." The boat had arrived at the shore. Yu Li saw the car that came to pick her up. She had to go to school tomorrow, so she would take the statement when she had time. She said goodbye to Xu Zaitan and walked towards the car.
On the way, she met the girl who handed her the business card in the movie theater. She was soaked all over. She didn't know if it was because of the fire extinguisher or because she was afraid of death and jumped into the water. She kept sneezing and shaking all over.
No one came to pick her up, and she looked around in confusion.
Yu Li handed over the coat casually. The high-quality material was very thick to wear. Even if the outer layer was soaked in water, it was better than a girl wearing only a thin dress.
"Put it on if you don't mind."
Hong Baolin was still immersed in sorrow and took it reflexively. When she came to her senses, Yu Li had already gotten into the car.
"Ah? Ah!"
She jumped up anxiously, and Kwon Wook-ri gave her her coat! This was Kwon Wook-ri's coat!
Who was Kwon Wook-ri? How high was her status? She didn't know; she had only heard it from others.
She just felt grateful from the bottom of her heart for this rare kindness.
Due to her living environment, most of her life was unhappy. Even after experiencing a major event like jumping into the sea due to a fire, no one rushed to the shore for her in the middle of the night to bring her a warm piece of clothing.
"Kwon Woo-ri, you're so kind."
Xu Zaitan, who happened to be passing by surrounded by security, nodded when he heard this: Yes, Yu Li, an angel!
Others:.
I'm speechless. I was really scared today. I actually heard someone praising Quan's family. The auditory hallucination was really serious.
Yu Li, the person involved, had already boarded the car to go home. She was not being kind-hearted. She would not use the jacket anymore after it got wet. It was going to be thrown away anyway. It was better to give it to someone on the street to help throw it away than to take it home and then throw it away.
She doesn't have the habit of littering.
After reporting her safety to her family, Yu Li returned to her home near Capital University. She had bought the house after she enrolled, a large flat where Choi Taek and Song Min Jung also lived.
To be precise, I only live here when I have time.
After entering the password and entering the house, it was dark. Song Minjing had not returned from filming and had been staying on the set recently; Cui Ze was busy with work and had been out of town for several days.
She lives alone in a house of several hundred square meters.
On the wall at the corner hangs Song Min-jung's debut photo. No one would have thought that the naive girl would become a dark horse in the entertainment industry. She became famous by just making a movie and won the Best Newcomer award that year. She has been receiving many film offers since then.
Song Minjing found this story quite bizarre. She had only been looking for a job. She only read the script on the day of the audition, and the director said the role was about a female lead with a distorted worldview.
Song Minjing didn’t understand, she just thought it was so difficult. She couldn’t even act out a normal person, so how could she act out a morally corrupt person?
As a result, I found that the heroine's character was tailor-made for her. She was a naive and innocent girl on weekdays, relying on her innocent expression to deceive everyone, but secretly she was a serial killer who enjoyed torturing people, even though she only tortured the murderer who killed her sister.
The heroine has depended on her elder sister since childhood. Her elder sister is the most important person to her, but her elder sister is not happy. She is bullied at school and at work, and is even bullied to death in the end.
The heroine cannot forgive these people. She is mentally abnormal. Without evidence, these people will not get the punishment they deserve. It doesn't matter, she will do it herself. During the day, she follows the male police protagonist to investigate cases, and at night she swings a knife wildly in the basement of her home. In the end, the truth is revealed, and everyone is stunned.
Song Minjing was also stunned at the time. She told her newly hired agent that she could only play the role of a silly and innocent girl. The agent said that she could substitute herself into the role. Is there any important person in her life? Substitute this person for the sister in the script, and the feeling will come.
Song Minjing suddenly thought of Yu Li. If anyone dared to do anything to Yu Li, she would definitely go crazy.
She grasped this energy very well and passed the audition. The director patted Song Minjing on the shoulder and said she was talented, but he was still a little worried because the film had a reversal at the end.
The reason why the sister has been bullied is because of the heroine's strong possessiveness and she does not allow her sister to have any friends. She hopes that her sister will understand that everyone outside is a bad person and only she is the most reliable. The facts have always developed according to her ideas.
Unfortunately, the last time they bullied her, the group of people failed to control their strength and my sister died.
The heroine cannot forgive the murderer, but what she cannot forgive even more is herself.
She herself was the biggest murderer, so after dealing with this group of people, she chose to commit suicide.
When committing suicide, one needs to express several emotions such as fear, relief, madness, etc., and finally no regrets, because at the moment of death, the heroine thinks it through clearly, and she will do the same thing again if she has the chance to do it again. She is such a paranoid and broken person.
After days of shutting herself in her room, Song Minjing finally figured it out. Regardless of reality and her family, she would do anything to possess Yu Li alone. She was heartbroken by Yu Li's death, so she'd paid for it, clutching the sharp knife despite her fear. Similarly, if she had the chance to do it all over again, she'd still do something crazy for Yu Li.
She doesn't regret it.
The pain of death distorted her face, but the smile in her eyes was shocking. Everyone was shocked that this little girl who had just reached adulthood could express such complex emotions, and the film industry was incredulous at her sudden appearance.
Yu Li was also surprised after watching the video. She apologized to Song Minjing for her previous disdain: "I always thought you were unremarkable. I was wrong. You have found your own way."
Song Minjing didn't say anything, but just hugged her and cried bitterly.
Yu Li didn't know that the fear of being abandoned by Yu Li was the only motivation that kept her going.
After that, Song Minjing entered the entertainment industry. Many people asked her to film with them, and they could only see each other once every ten days or half a month.
Leaving her cell phone in the living room, Yu Li took her pajamas and went to the bathroom. When she came out, it was already an hour later. Before drying her hair, she casually glanced at the table and saw her cell phone was vibrating.
She had set the vibration mode in the movie room before.
When I picked it up, I saw that the caller ID was Cui Ze, who had already made more than a dozen calls.
She picked up the phone, and before she could say anything, Cui Ze's voice came over: "Yu Li, how are you tonight?"
He was out of town and his phone was out of battery and turned off. Only after plugging it in did he realize that Yu Li was in danger.
"I'm fine." Yu Li said. It was very quiet on Cui Ze's side, with only the occasional sound of a car door opening.
"No need to rush back."
Cui Ze paused while getting into the car.
Yu Li didn't care: "Not a single hair has fallen, Cui Ze, continue your work."
It's not a heart-wrenching love, so there's no need to be by her side all the time to prove anything.
A year and a half ago, she changed her marriage partner from Choi Jung-woo to Choi Taek, but they hadn't held a formal engagement party yet. Their relationship hadn't changed much over that time. As before, they talked mostly about work and school, not love.
Whether they talk about it or not, the engagement is confirmed. She is too lazy to talk about it, and Cui Ze doesn't need to talk about it.
As long as Cui Ze doesn't make any mistakes, the engagement will not be cancelled. He must be stupid to bring up this matter every day.
Yu Li felt that it was just right, both of them were doing the right things within the right scale.
"Okay." Cui Ze didn't insist. He knew Yu Li, and it would be better for her not to go back. "I'm almost done here. I'll be done in a day or two."
"Have you encountered any problems?" Yu Li asked, like an old friend.
Cui Ze: "Will I have problems?"
Yu Li raised her eyebrows, hung up the phone and went to blow-dry her hair. Her hair was already very long, reaching her waist, and she was thinking about cutting it someday.
I received a message from Quan Zaijing before going to bed. When it comes to work, no one can compare to Quan Zaijing. He doesn't have a romantic relationship or fun, and he only cares about work. He is in the company seven days a week.
After Kwon Kwang-gi's downfall, Kwon Jae-kyung became the de facto crown prince of the Kwon family. He rose to prominence and mastered the power to perfection. At one point, even Kwon Eun-hyuk couldn't sit still and asked Kwon Jae-kyung during dinner if he was planning to seize power and usurp the throne.
"Zaijing, Dad is scared when you fight like this."
"Can I retire normally like the old man?"
Quan Zaijing:.
Kwon Bum-hyuk is still filial to Mr. Kwon. Even though Kwon Kwang-ki has left Kwon Group for such a long time, he has not forced the old man to abdicate and he is still the president now.
“Not only can you retire normally, you can also retire normally in the position of Chairman Quan.”
"Oh?" Quan Weihe was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. President Quan, this was his lifelong dream.
He patted Quan Zaijing on the shoulder and told him to work hard. That's what he said, but since then, Quan Zaijing has not worked as hard as before.
"Something happened again following Xu Zaitan?"
Yu Li leaned against the headboard and replied, "I won the prize again."
Quan Zaijing: "Just pretend that this person doesn't exist in this world, and don't attend his appointments in the future."
Then he mentioned Cui Ze: "He's still out there? Oh, is this how you act as a fiancé?"
Yu Li returned the conversation to Quan Zaijing: "My fiancée has been back in China for half a year, and we've met no more than ten times. Is this how a fiancé should be?"
Kwon Jae-kyung got engaged earlier than her and even held an engagement party. He thought they would get married after his fiancée returned to China, but in the end, the two of them didn't show any sign of it.
"Eight times." Quan Zaijing replied.
Yu Li almost laughed out of anger. Is this the point?
Three of the eight times were when the parents of both sides made appointments for afternoon tea or family dinners, three times they met at work and greeted each other, and the remaining two were formal dates.
It takes no more than half a day.
"Quan Zaijing, you should worry about yourself. Are you still going to get married?"
Kwon Jae-kyung: "Whether you are married or not doesn't affect my conversation with you about Choi Taek."
Yuri:......
Is he avoiding the topic?
She closed her eyes and was still thinking that there must be something wrong with Quan Zaijing's engagement.
The next day, she got up as usual. The selection meeting for the Ivy League was held at ten o'clock. After exercising, Yu Li had a leisurely breakfast and took care of some company affairs before driving to school.
ISG's new product launch is in a few days. If she is selected into the Ivy League, there should be an after-party tonight, and she wants to go to the event tomorrow at the latest.
When she arrived at school at 9:40, Zheng Zhihe was waiting for her in the parking lot. She walked straight to the meeting place and found Gao Zhuyan and Pei Haocheng there.
One of them is studying law school and the other is studying medical school. If we talk about law, Capital University is not the number one, but Gao Zhuyan insisted on getting into Capital University.
Gao Zhuyan said to Gao Rixi: "No matter where I apply to, I will be the best prosecutor in the Gao family in the future. Besides, the law school of Capital University is also top-notch. It's better to stay in the capital."
Gao Rixi had a subtle expression at the time. Thinking of the rumors outside, he said to Gao Suyan, "Come on!"
It's not impossible to pursue Kwon Yu-ri and let her stay in the capital.
"Are you sure?"
Gao Zhuyan thought Gao Rixi was talking about becoming the best prosecutor and nodded firmly.
Gao Rixi smiled kindly at him for the first time, and from then on he received a large amount of pocket money every month.
Gao Zhuyan:?
I don’t understand, but if you have money and don’t take it, you’re a fool.
It’s a good time to change the configuration of my computer and form my own team.
Gao Zhuli likes racing, and his family bought one luxury car after another. The coolest one was given to Pei Haocheng by Gao Zhuyan, and the rest were all sold.
All the money from selling the cars went into Gao Zhuyan's pocket. It was very expensive to support someone. Not only that, he also went to the prison to visit Li Gao and told him that all his cars had been sold, his bedroom had become a storage room, and his mother, who looked down on him, had to call him "dear son" in a friendly way. This made Li Gao very angry and he almost went crazy in prison.
Both of them submitted applications to join the Qingteng Society, but Cui Ze was not among them.
The three member recommendations required for membership were found by the two of them themselves. Each family has its own relationships, so if you can't even do this, there's no need to apply.
Capital University has nearly a thousand new students every year, and about two hundred students apply to join the Ivy League. However, there are only five places available for membership each year.
As soon as Yu Li entered the auditorium, she attracted everyone's attention. The two hundred students who applied to join the meeting had to attend the meeting. There was a classroom that could seat two hundred people, but it looked too crowded, so the meeting host directly applied for the school auditorium.
The auditorium was large enough that the two hundred people looked sparsely populated. Yu Li walked in and glanced at the middle seat in the first row. It was already occupied. He was wearing a neat suit and tie, gold-rimmed glasses, a true gentleman.
This is Hong Jae-heon, the vice president of the Ivy League. He is a senior this year and will step down as vice president after graduation, handing the position over to a younger person.
Her eyes met Hong Jae-heon's, and Yu Li nodded slightly as a greeting, and the other party smiled back.
Compared to Hong Jae-heon, she is more familiar with Hong Jae-heon's younger brother, and the two have been friends since childhood. Hong Jae-heon can't play with them because of his age.
"We both wear glasses, but why does he look more elegant than you?" Pei Haocheng joked with Gao Zhuyan. Gao Zhuyan has been wearing these glasses for more than a year, which has indeed deceived some people's intuition and made them think that Gao Zhuyan is an "ordinary" person.
Gao Zhuyan adjusted the frame of his glasses and said, "You felt it too, right?"
Pei Haocheng nodded. This also showed that Gao Zhuyan had the same idea as him.
He became familiar with Gao Zhuyan because the two of them confirmed on their first meeting that the other had the same mental abnormality as themselves, commonly known as a pervert. They had a pervert radar, and they would have a premonition whenever they met someone with the same characteristics.
Hong Jae-heon is just a hypocrite who looks bright and beautiful on the surface.
However, for the chaebol circle, "glamorous hypocrite" is not a derogatory term.
He found three seats and sat down. People in front, behind, and around him stood up and walked away. Everyone in the audience looked at him sideways, but Yu Li remained as steady as a rock.
There are only five spots available, and Yu Li, Bae Haocheng, and Gao Zhuyan may take up three of them. Of course, they are not favored by others.
"Is ability really the biggest criterion for joining the Qingteng Society? It shouldn't be money, right?"
"Based on past memberships, it seems like this: a commoner squeezed out a chaebol, and then the chaebol wanted revenge, so the commoner was protected by the Qingteng Society."
"Ahhh Quan Yuli, how come I ran into Quan Yuli!"
The meeting will start on time at 10 o'clock. The basic information of each applicant will be displayed on the big screen in turn, including specialties and past achievements, but not family background. At least superficial fairness must be achieved.
The reason why it is said to be "on the surface" is that if someone has a "secret weapon" that cannot be told, they can show it privately to the top management of Qingteng Club, and with the permission of the top management, they can also enter Qingteng Club, but due to the lack of external explanation, they will always be criticized by others.
This also became a reason for the unsuccessful candidates to attack the successful candidates and the Qingteng Society.
If she guessed correctly, Yu Li tilted her head slightly towards Gao Zhuyan, and today's meeting might not go smoothly.
The host was Hong Jae-heon, who looked like a mature member of society, not like a student who had not yet graduated. Most of the people in the audience felt fascinated by him.
Regardless of gender.
"Isn't the Hong family in the media business?" Pei Haocheng's eyes were ambiguous. "With that face of his, he could definitely enter the entertainment industry."
The Hong family is the only one that has dominance in the entertainment industry. When Hong Jae-heon's father was young, he followed the trend and formed a band. With the help of his family's influence, he became successful in the entertainment industry. Later, he took over the company and disbanded the band.
"Everyone has their own aspirations," Yu Li said. "Why pursue something you've already achieved? Of course, the unknown is more interesting."
On the stage, Hong Jae-heon had already shown his standard smile. His appearance was not aggressive, and he could easily calm everyone's nervousness.
It's a shame the words weren't so soft.
"I already knew today wouldn't be smooth sailing. What should I do? Someone submitted a 'secret weapon' last night."
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