Miss you
The night wind suddenly rises and the dark moon hangs high in the sky.
The manor was built by the pond and follows the traditional garden rule of "hall in front and bedroom in the back". The main body is a two-story attic with double eaves, the roof is covered with dark green glazed tiles, and copper bells are hung on the eaves, which tinkle when the wind blows. It is surrounded by winding corridors and rockery bamboo forests.
Wen Zheng opened the door and got out of the car, stepping into the vermilion lacquered moon-shaped door. Facing him was an exquisite Taihu stone screen. The stone was porous, and the moonlight passed through the holes, casting spots of light on the ice-cracked ground paved with blue bricks under his feet.
Hou Yongyan hurriedly followed him, saying, "Wait a moment, I'll go call the chairman."
Wen Zheng had a cold face, said nothing, and walked straight into the reception room.
The hall was brightly lit, illuminating the gilded relief dome with a warm glow. The bronze wall lamps cast shadows on the white marble reliefs of ladies. In a trance, these beauties in the ancient paintings with their charming eyes and eyebrows seemed to be staring at the intruder.
Hou Yongyan didn't dare to stop him. He called the servant to pour him tea and water, and then he left in a hurry.
Wen Zheng stood in the middle of the hall without saying a word. Nothing here had changed, it was exactly the same as when he came here two years ago.
He laughed at himself.
When I think back to when I left here, what I thought in my heart was: I don’t want to have anything to do with the people here anymore.
The wheelchair slid across the ground, making a slight squeaking sound.
Li Cang, with gray hair, was pushed into the reception room by Hou Yongyan, and the servant quickly handed him a cup of hot tea to wake him up.
He didn't seem surprised at Wen Zheng's arrival. He looked calm and motioned for him to sit down.
"It's the best Shifeng Longjing tea. Someone down there said you like it, so I asked someone to look through all the old tea shops in Hangzhou City and bought two kilograms of it before the rain before the Qingming Festival. I packed it in a tin can wrapped in three layers of cotton wool and sent it to you."
The aroma of tea filled the air. Hou Yongyan picked up the teapot with skillful technique. The spout drew a silver arc, and the amber tea poured down the spout and was steadily poured into the white porcelain cup. Then he held the teacup with both hands and bowed to present it to Wen Zheng.
"please."
Wen Zheng glanced at him, then looked at Li Cang, and did not take the tea.
"You did it."
His tone was cold yet very certain.
“As long as you have the motivation and energy, a phone call to Sotheby’s Asia headquarters, Christie’s board of directors, or even the curator’s office at the Grand Palais in Paris can make those painters, collectors, and institutions afraid to cooperate with the Paper Art Museum.”
Hou Yongyan remained motionless while handing over the tea, remaining silent in the cold atmosphere between the father and son. After a while, Li Cang waved at him, and Hou Yongyan felt relieved, straightened up again, and placed the steaming cup of tea in front of Wen Zheng.
Wen Zheng: "What do you want to do?"
Li Cang's voice sounded old, and filled with fatigue from lack of sleep.
"I didn't expect she was so important to you that you even came to see me and question me for her."
"What's her name? Xia Tangyue? What a good name. The swaying crabapple tree is like the spring scenery."
There was a hint of murderous intent in Wen Zheng's eyes.
Li Cang stopped talking.
"Speaking of which, I also gave you your name. If the government is in good order and the people are in harmony, and you have a smooth career and connections in the court, your family will have support. I had planned everything for you back then. When you grow up, you will enter the system, climb up step by step from a clerk, marry a daughter from a high-ranking official family, and let the Li family's roots take root deeply in the center of power."
"...I never thought that your ultimate destiny would be to enter the business world."
"A Zheng, I was actually forced to leave Tingyun. Back then, it was a trend to go into the entertainment industry. I had no choice but to leave. I didn't expect that it would be so many years since we last met. It wasn't until two years ago when we met at a company executive gathering that I realized you had always been by my side."
Hou Yongyan watched his eyes with his nose and his heart with his eyes, silently serving as a background board. Recalling what happened two years ago, he remembered it vividly.
Li Cang rarely appeared in the media. Before this, he had been in the United States and seldom came back. Yaoying has always been managed by a team of professional managers. LUMINOVA Group does not hold shares directly, but hides its equity through offshore trusts and multi-layer holding company structures. As a result, Wen Zheng, as the president of Greater China, made decisions in the board of directors and capital games every day, but he never knew that the boss behind the scenes in the villa in Long Island, New York, was his father.
It’s hard to say whether it was because of this incident or something else, but in any case, not long after the incident broke out, about a few months later, Wen Zheng took the initiative to resign.
Li Cang personally tried to persuade him to stay several times, but he remained unmoved.
Wen Zheng couldn't stand it any longer: "I don't want to hear your made-up stories. Just tell me straight, what do you want me to do?"
Li Cang sipped his tea leisurely: "A Zheng, you are a natural helmsman. Your talents and skills are very suitable for Yaoying. Yaoying can also give you a bigger and better platform. I have always had my eyes on you for the position of President of Greater China. This includes the position of Global Executive Director of LUMINOVA Group."
"You are my son, Li Cang. As long as you are willing to come home, everything will be fine."
It was getting darker and the dew was heavier, so Hou Yongyan brought a shawl for Li Cang to put on. He also closed the windows around him. The power was stacked and condensed into substance in this small space, like the white mist hovering on the teacup, which seemed light but could burn people and cause blisters.
Wen Zheng has high emotional intelligence and knows how to do things. Even if he doesn't want to, he will still do things for the sake of the overall situation. He doesn't have the temper of a playboy. People from top to bottom admire him. He is skillful and tactful. Mingming was an unknown intern when he first joined Yaoying, but in just a few years he became the president of Greater China, leading Yaoying to make great progress in China and firmly sit in the top spot in the luxury car market.
Wen Zheng sneered.
Li Cang made a lot of grandiose claims, but the reason was that he was now old and seriously ill, and there was no one to take over the LUMINOVA Group. Yaoying's losses in the past year had reached 1 billion US dollars, and investors were withdrawing their capital one after another like dominoes. Wall Street investment banks' short-selling reports flew to the New York Stock Exchange, and even the long-term battery supplier shortened the prepayment period to 15 days.
So in other words, what Li Cang needs is not a son.
Instead, he is a chess piece that can help him carry the group's trillion-dollar capital empire. If he were just an ordinary person today, he would not even be qualified to sit here.
The silence so loud that one could hear a pin drop continued to spread. The hostility in Wen Zheng's eyes gradually focused and then dissipated, and his fists clenched and unclenched.
He closed his eyes tightly, and when he opened them again, his tone was steady.
"I see."
Li Cang's withered cheeks suddenly flushed with a sickly red, and he made a sound between a cough and a low laugh. He patted the rosewood tabletop with joy and said "OK" several times in succession.
"A Zheng, you are finally willing to go home."
Wen Zheng stared at him, expressionless, and answered every word.
"Don't touch her again."
Li Cang didn't say anything, but waved his hand backwards. Hou Yongyan immediately understood and trotted off to make a phone call.
"Don't worry, she can always be your sister." He emphasized the word "sister".
Wen Zheng stood up and left, and Li Cang caught up with him in his wheelchair.
"A Zheng."
Wen Zheng stopped and turned his head.
"There are so many eyes on you in the group, and you can't convince them with your last name Wen."
Wen Zheng said nothing.
Li Cang continued: "We can slowly investigate the car accident, but if A Yao continues to stay at the police station, it will have a huge negative impact on the company."
The vast moonlight sprinkled on Li Cang's hair. The old man with white hair on his temples looked so hateful in Wen Zheng's eyes.
He turned and walked into the night, with an aura that said "keep away from strangers".
He hated everything and everyone here, and had no intention of competing for power. If possible, he wanted to completely cut off ties with these people. But the truth could not be hidden, and the open and covert attacks continued. The bloody reality was that with his current ability, he had no way to protect anyone he wanted to protect, and everyone around him could be used by Li Cang and become a bargaining chip to threaten him.
Now that you have been forced to the table, you can no longer be a chess piece that can be manipulated by others. If you want to get out of this unscathed, you can only be the most ruthless dealer.
Wen Zheng sat in the car without starting the engine. The silvery moonlight shone through the car window into the driver's seat, cutting his face into two halves, light and dark. His left cheek was immersed in a cold white halo, while his right face was sunken in the wrinkles of shadow.
The smooth dial on his wrist reflected his gloomy features.
Change surname to Li?
Oh……
His surname is Wen now and will continue to be Wen in the future - as for the LUMINOVA Group, it will soon also be changed to Wen.
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