Chapter 61
Gu Jiangkuo naturally obeyed Young Master Jiang. However, Jiang Su's words, "Hold my brother," caused him to hesitate for a moment. At that moment, Jiang Su, like a monkey, scurried behind Gu Jiangkuo, sobbing, "Brother, I know I was wrong! Didn't you say you wouldn't hit a child, no matter what?"
Jiang Nuo raised a feather duster and said, "How dare you say that? What did you do in school?"
Jiang Su kept hiding behind Gu Jiangkuo's generous back, holding her head and admitting her mistake: "I will listen to the lectures and study hard from now on! I will never play with my phone again! But that comic book is definitely not mine!"
"Still lying!" Young Master Jiang put away his feather duster, turned around, picked up the comic book from the table, and threw it directly at Jiang Su's face. "Your name is written on it!"
Jiang Su dodged quickly, but Gu Jiangkuo saw that the book was about to fall, so he subconsciously caught it. The comic book was thrown open and stopped at the title page. The title page was similar to the cover pattern, but with an extra signature, which was "Jiang Xiaomi".
Before Jiang Nuo was three years old, he had a proper name. But because Old Jiang was used to calling him "Nuonuo" and "Nuonuo" every day, he simply changed his real name to Jiang Nuo. When Jiang Su was born, he continued to use this meaning and was named after the character "Mi". Su means millet. Since elementary school, his nickname in school has been Jiang Xiaomi.
But this matter is really unfair. The comic book belongs to Liu Miaomiao, and Jiang Xiaomi's signature was written by Jiang Su, a classmate, out of mischief. Jiang Su is the scapegoat, and now he can't explain himself clearly. In Jiang Nuo's eyes, his tongue-tied look shows that the facts are before his eyes and there is no way to argue.
Mr. Jiang became even angrier.
He raised the feather duster, went around Gu Jiangkuo and hit him, and this time the blow hit the target. Jiang Xiaomi screamed in pain and jumped three feet high, running even faster. Jiang Nuo was still angry, so of course he chased him closely. So, the two Jiang brothers went around Gu Jiangkuo, one chasing the other.
Gu Jiangkuo was caught in the middle, unable to leave or help.
He was afraid Jiang Nuo would get angry, and actually wanted to help beat up Jiang Xiaomi. However, Young Master Jiang was busy beating the child himself, so he couldn't act rashly without his permission. After a moment of stalemate, Jiang Su took the initiative and said, "Brother Gu! Don't just stand there and watch! Hug my brother and stop him! Don't you care about domestic violence?"
"..." Gu Jiangkuo nimbly dodged the feather duster that almost hurt him by mistake, "I can't do anything about it..." This is a matter between the two brothers. If the eldest young master doesn't say anything, he has no right to interfere!
"Who said you can't control me?" Jiang Xiaomi cried as she hid away, "I've already considered you family! If you don't help me in times of crisis, I won't recognize you when I need your approval in the future!"
Because his brother was present, he said this quite subtly, but Gu Jiangkuo instantly grasped the deep meaning. At this time, Jiang Nuo was chasing him from the front. If he ignored Jiang Xiaomi who was hiding behind and howling like a ghost, then Young Master Jiang would rush towards Gu Jiangkuo head-on.
Gu Jiangkuo hesitated for 0.01 seconds, then suddenly leaned over and picked up Young Master Jiang by the waist, saying, "Forget it!"
Jiang Nuo, whose feet suddenly jumped off the ground, said: "???"
"Thank you, Brother Gu!"
Without any orders, Jiang Xiaomi ran away. Jiang Nuo was furious: "Put me down!"
Gu Jiangkuo naturally refused to let go and said like a peacemaker, "Forget it, Master. He's still a child." He tried to calm the quarrel down, but his hands that were holding Master Jiang's waist and limbs were exceptionally strong.
No matter how Jiang Nuo twisted and struggled, he held her tightly. Seeing that Jiang Xiaomi was about to run away, Young Master Jiang started kicking with his legs in the air. In order to avoid accidentally hurting the "peacemaker", he did not move the hand holding the feather duster, and used his other free hand to hit Gu Jiangkuo's back.
Young Master Jiang's strength was just like a tickle to Gu Jiangkuo. However, Gu Jiangkuo was afraid that he would struggle too hard and fall, so he moved one hand down and held his hips.
“…” Jiang Nuo suddenly stopped struggling.
He usually lives a life of luxury and rarely has the opportunity to walk. The fight he just had was equivalent to a week's worth of exercise. Now he no longer struggles, but is just gasping for breath.
Gu Jiangkuo's ears slowly turned red as his breath hit the side of Gu Baowei's neck. He said calmly, "Children make mistakes, teach them slowly, don't get angry."
Gu Jiangkuo was tall, had long legs, and strong arms, so he didn't feel tired at all while carrying someone. He quickly walked into the lounge connected to the study. There was a sofa in front of him. Now that he had arrived at the place, it would be unreasonable if he didn't put the person down.
Gu Jiangkuo was annoyed that he walked too fast, but he still put the person down reluctantly.
Mr. Jiang sat on the sofa and shifted his butt uncomfortably. But when he saw the comic book still clutched in Gu Jiangkuo's hand, he immediately became furious and said, "Look, what kind of book is he reading!"
Gu Jiangkuo then remembered that he had not thrown the book away yet, and he could not help but pick it up and flip through two pages. The cover of this comic was very revealing, and the content inside was even more daring, all about the story of a dark-skinned devil and a fair, tender boy.
The devil is muscular and tall, while the boy is soft and crybaby. The details of the comic are very precise, just like the famous sculpture of Bernini in ancient Rome, which is clearly made of hard marble and uses only a few strokes, yet it can fully express the softness of a person.
Gu Jiangkuo couldn't help but recall the feeling of holding Jiang Nuo's hand just now. He only flipped through a few pages and hurriedly closed the book, not daring to read any further. He blushed and said, "This comic is definitely not suitable for children."
"Really?" Jiang Nuo wanted to pick up the feather duster again, but after being interrupted, he really didn't have the energy to clean up the child anymore. Finally, he leaned back on the sofa, rubbing his temples tiredly and said, "I decided to confiscate his cell phone and pocket money. Without money, how can he buy these messy books with it?"
Before Bu Xiao could give the order, Gu Jiangkuo had already walked around to the back of the sofa and was pressing Jiang Nuo's solar plexus. "He was scared enough today, he should know he was wrong."
Mr. Jiang sighed, "I used to think that parents who spanked their children didn't use proper parenting methods and were too impatient. But today, after experiencing it myself, I realize that not spanking him would be a disservice to our Jiang family ancestors. ... I'm so angry."
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There is a saying that goes: Beating a child on a rainy day is like having nothing to do anyway.
Maybe naughty kids and rainy days are a natural match. From the late night of Friday, it rained quietly in Yanlin. The rain was lingering at first, and then it became heavier. Then the Meteorological Bureau issued an orange warning for heavy rain. Enterprises and institutions were asked to work from home as much as possible, schools were closed, and all construction sites were shut down.
So Manager Gu was able to enjoy a weekend at home peacefully without having to go to the site to keep an eye on it.
It was a damp and pleasant morning. Due to the heavy rain, the entire Yanlin Forest was temporarily shut down. The Jiang Family Villa was shrouded in a lazy atmosphere. Even Gu Jiangkuo unexpectedly stayed in bed. It wasn't because he wanted to sleep in, but...
The comic book that he had confiscated from his classmate Jiang Xiaomi was placed on the headboard of his bed.
Because the fair and soft young protagonist looked a bit like Jiang Nuo from a certain angle, Gu Jiangkuo couldn't help but read it again last night. As expected, he had a dream all night and dreamed that he turned into a black-skinned devil.
The devil was extremely evil and had done so many outrageous things that he was still repenting early in the morning. He even wondered if he was just like him at heart, unable to resist destroying beautiful things.
The more Demon King Gu confessed, the redder his face became. It was not suitable to wash his underwear by hand in such humid weather, so he simply lay on the bed and slowly calmed down.
But classmate Jiang Xiaomi was not so comfortable. He was woken up by Aunt Mei early in the morning. Aunt Mei received instructions from the young master and woke up the second young master while making breakfast. Now he is studying hard.
If you don't finish these two large exercise books with the answers torn out, and ensure a certain level of accuracy, you won't be allowed to eat today, and you will also be given a slap on the hand by Brother Gu himself.
Jiang Su began to regret: If I had known yesterday, I should have just listened to my brother and let him beat me up. QAQ. Brother Gu's slaps looked painful. If he hadn't controlled himself, he could have broken a bone. Besides, there were too many questions. QAQ
Mr. Jiang himself was even more relaxed, his bare feet resting on the armrest of the sofa, lazily watching a TV show while tossing a small ball across the spacious living room. Wangcai would eagerly fetch the ball and hand it to him, then excitedly wagging his tail and spinning in circles, whining and whining to urge his master to throw more. Mr. Jiang would lazily throw it again, and the dog would take off after the ball, plop-plop-plop chasing it. This cycle would repeat itself, slowly killing time and enjoying a rare rest.
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On the same rainy day, Ding Pingzhou was not at all "comfortable", and the whole Ding family was in a gloomy mood.
Since Ding Yansheng fainted from anger that day, he has only left the house once - to ask Director Zhen for an explanation and question why he lied to him.
This actually confused Director Zhen. Director Zhen said innocently at first: "I didn't lie to you. I originally said that piece of land could not be the location of a new business district."
One sentence left Ding Yansheng speechless, and then Director Zhen gave him a serious warning: Ding Group's behavior of buying Jinchuang Building at a high price is suspected of colluding to raise prices. If they dare to make trouble again, they will be held accountable.
After this failed attempt to question the victim and being threatened, Ding Yan became even more ill.
As he lay on his couch, thinking about it later, he came to understand more and more: This was all Jiang Nuo's trick. Jiang Nuo, that child, still wet behind the ears, actually had such a scheme! And if you look closely, it's all an open conspiracy. He didn't do it in secret, but laid all his schemes out in the open, making you make mistakes at every step!
For example, when bidding for the last floor of Jinchuang, even though they knew he was raising the price, they had to bite the bullet and bid. Another example is when the Ding family wanted to find Lao Meiqin as a sucker and use the Jiang family's equity to cash in on Jinchuang's investment, Jiang Nuo directly cut off the source of funds and took a radical approach to seize the custody of his brother.
Although they are both the next generation, his own son Ding Pingzhou is far inferior. He falls into traps time and time again, is credulous and impulsive, and can't be compared with Jiang Nuo at all!
Even though Ding Yansheng was ill these past few days, he hadn't forgotten to humiliate his son. For example, now, he called him to his bedside and scolded him for an hour. After taking a sip of Chinese medicine, he continued to scold him: "Idiot! You actually tried to use a honey trap on Jiang Nuo. Don't you even look at what Jiang Nuo looks like, and then look at what you look like! Where do you get your confidence from?"
Ding Pingzhou had become numb from being scolded recently, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel annoyed. He suddenly didn't want to listen to his father's humiliation anymore, so he stood up and left.
"Where are you going? If you want to throw a tantrum, don't stay in my house and don't drive the car I bought with your father's money!" Old man Ding Yansheng shouted behind him.
Just go.
Ding Pingzhou had had enough.
It was obvious that both father and son had been deceived by Jiang Nuo, so how could the current losses be his sole fault? Ding Pingzhou really didn't drive and rushed into the heavy rain alone.
Even during the day, it was gloomy and the rain was endless. He plunged into this grayness, ran for a while as if to vent his anger, and then slowed down aimlessly.
The road was sparsely populated. Ding Pingzhou retreated to a row of trees on the sidewalk, walking like a zombie, reflecting on the recent setbacks, a tumble from heaven to hell. The land value of the Jinchuang Building had plummeted, even below the normal market price at which they had purchased it. They had raised a large amount of capital to finance this project, and now they were running out of money. When this news spread, Ding Group's stock price plummeted.
This led to a series of vicious cycles, as a result of which many real estate mortgaged to banks were frozen, and many other projects of the Ding family were brought to a standstill, which in turn affected the stock price.
If the situation cannot be reversed, Ding's company may be thrown to the old third board in a few months and eventually face forced delisting.
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In fact, those creditors, more than anyone else, did not want anything to happen to the Ding family. They hoped that Ding Yansheng would be healthy and that the two sons of the Ding family would be promising and be able to turn the tide and come back to life. But now it seems that all of these are just wishful thinking.
Now they had no choice but to force Ding to quickly settle accounts with other profitable projects and repay the money first, and give them as much money back as possible.
But if pushed to the limit, the Ding family might just give up and declare bankruptcy, and the creditors would suffer even greater losses. Therefore, no one dared to act rashly, and the situation was temporarily stalemate.
The more Ding Pingzhou thought about it, the more he hated Jiang Nuo. Even though he knew he was not as skilled as Jiang Nuo, he couldn't help but want to hate him. Why did he treat him like this? Why couldn't he just accept his courtship and stand against him?
In the final analysis, it's all his fault!
Ding Pingzhou was hating it in a daze when he vaguely heard his cell phone ringing.
The phone rang for who knows how many times before he finally reacted. Without even looking to see who it was, he picked up the phone. A long-lost voice came from the receiver.
"Li Qing?"
Li Qing chuckled twice, "Brother Pingzhou, how are you?"
Ding Pingzhou: “…”
Li Qing: "It's all spread now. You've been tricked by Jiang Xiaonuo too. He's quite capable. When he was little, he followed us around like a little tail, scaring even a bug to tears. Now he's grown up and dares to bully us brothers. What do you think? Do you want to join forces?"
Ding Pingzhou: "Join hands with what?"
Li Qing said viciously: "Of course we have to team up to teach him a lesson. My brothers are willing to do anything, but it's a bit troublesome. Jiang Xiaonuo is like his mother's lady. She won't go to places where the average cost per person is less than four figures. The security in those places is so strict... Even if she goes out occasionally, she still has to bring that burly bodyguard with her. That bodyguard is very skilled, so it's very troublesome. If you join forces with her, it will be different. You have been friends for so many years, you can lure him out-"
However, before Li Qing could finish his words, Ding Pingzhou hung up the phone.
Ding Pingzhou pouted into his phone, "No matter how poor our Ding family is, we won't go toe-to-toe with hooligans like you."
Ding Pingzhou walked back to his house in the heavy rain, but unfortunately he fainted before reaching the door of the apartment building. He seemed to feel a kind person patting his face and seemed to hear the sound of an ambulance.
But he still fell into a coma.
In his sleep, Ding Pingzhou dreamed of that familiar scene again. He dreamed that he was very old, kneeling in front of a tombstone. On the tombstone was a photo of Jiang Nuo when she was 29 years old. Time never defeats beauty. The 29-year-old Jiang Nuo was still so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off her. But his eyes were blurry, he was full of guilt, and his vision was blurred from crying.
He dreamed of the ups and downs they had shared over the years. In his dream, Xiao Nuo hadn't confronted him, nor had she deliberately tried to bring down the Ding family. Instead, she had fought alongside him, even serving as his companion. Even when thugs hired by a competitor came to stab him, Xiao Nuo stood in front of him without hesitation, leaving a deep scar running from her collarbone to her chest.
Xiao Nuo actually loves him so much.
The days in dreams are more carefree than those in fairy tales.
But in the end, he cheated. He fell in love with a young man named Rong Yi, and after just one glance, he couldn't help himself. To become single again, he openly pursued Rong Yi. He teamed up with Li Qing, who was still working at Jiang's company, and together they stole Xiao Nuo's shares and kicked him out of Jiang's company, causing him to almost go bankrupt and almost end up on the streets.
Every detail flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern. Ding Pingzhou suddenly woke up and found himself lying on a snow-white hospital bed. Standing at the head of the bed was his eldest brother, who hummed reluctantly, "Not dead? Then I'm leaving."
My brother passed away so quickly and cleanly that the nurse couldn't bear it and came over to comfort him: "Your family has already paid for the medical expenses. It doesn't matter if they can't be here with you. There are nurses here, so don't cry."
Ding Pingzhou wiped his eyes, wiping away tears, but his gaze was somewhat dull. "This is definitely not a dream, definitely not a dream."
If this was a dream, how could the heart-wrenching pain of losing Xiaonuo be so clear? Even the throbbing feelings for Rongyi, the unattainable desire for Rongyi, seemed to still exist to this day.
He was just an ordinary man who fell in love with two people at the same time. But now, Ding Pingzhou was sure that what he couldn't bear the most was losing Jiang Nuo.
Yes, if it was a dream, why would Xiao Nuo suddenly change her attitude in this life, draw a line between herself and him in a harsh tone, and then confront him head-on?
It turned out that Xiao Nuo had loved him so deeply. It turned out that he could have had him, such a beautiful relationship, such a perfect lover, and such a bright future.
It's all my fault. I lost it all with my own hands.
"No," Ding Pingzhou murmured, struggling to get up, but accidentally pulled out the infusion bottle. The needle pierced his skin, and a large purple lump rolled out. He didn't care, endured the pain, and tore it off, with blood flowing all over the back of his hand.
"Hey, patient, stop, what are you doing?"
Ding Pingzhou covered his hand and got off the bed, saying anxiously: "I have to go to him to apologize, and also tell him how terrible and dangerous Mr. Gu is, and he must stay away from him!"
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