Mu Fang sighed, then looked up at Lin Ziyan, a sly smile playing on her lips.
"Honestly, did you two...do that first?"
"Which one?" Lin Ziyan replied casually, pouring a cup of tea and placing it in front of her.
"Tsk, pretending to be stupid. I think you know more than I do." Sister Fang raised her eyebrows, her words carrying a deeper meaning.
Lin Ziyan, "..."
What does she know?
"Ah Yan, when you went swimming together on the cruise ship, didn't you... accidentally get carried away?" Sister Fang continued to tease.
Lin Ziyan was drinking tea when she almost choked and quickly shook her head.
She thought of the time Lu Yun Shen had a nosebleed and then returned to his suite wrapped in a bath towel, and her eyes flickered slightly.
"Looks like something interesting has happened." Sister Fang raised an eyebrow and smiled meaningfully.
Lin Ziyan didn't say anything, but poured herself two cups of tea and drank them before the heat on her face subsided.
…
Meanwhile, in Beijing...
The Chen family's sudden shift in allegiance caught the neutral Lu and Qi families completely off guard.
Lu Yunshen and Qi Wei sat on the wooden sofa in the study of the Lu family.
They didn't participate in the discussions among the older generation; they just smoked and chatted idly on the sidelines.
Lu Yunshen's eyes flashed with a dark light as he thought of the Chen family's methods this time.
The typhoon warning for Fukushima was deliberately suppressed by them, with the simple goal of ousting the current Minister of Ocean and Climate Change.
They thought they had done everything perfectly, but they underestimated the fact that veteran marine climate experts would not back down.
The typhoon warning reports submitted long ago were not destroyed, but were kept as backups.
Qi Wei took a drag of his cigarette, squinted at his friend, and said, "I heard Chen Yi opened a shipping company in Guangzhou. Is he trying to compete with you?"
Lu Yunshen: "I don't have time to pay attention to him."
He slowly and methodically washed the teacup, the coldness in his eyes quickly dissipating.
The Chen family had better hide their true colors, otherwise things would get interesting if they got caught.
According to the information he found, the attacks Qi Wei encountered abroad were all related to the Chen family.
As for why the Qi family is being targeted, he hasn't found out yet.
"Yun Shen, are you really not planning to rejoin the team?" Qi Wei frowned, the situation in the team was very complicated.
He still doesn't know what Lu Yun Shen wants to do after leaving the team.
He doesn't need to devote all his energy to the shipping company.
Many designers have also joined the shipbuilding company; if he doesn't need to keep an eye on things, he can find a professional manager.
Last time they were abroad, if it weren't for Lu Yun Shen joining them, their team probably wouldn't have made it back.
Qi Wei couldn't understand why such a talented person would voluntarily leave the team.
"I'm withdrawing," Lu Yunshen said calmly.
Now he has plenty of time to investigate what happened back then, and he doesn't have to worry about the other party.
Qi Wei pursed his lips, feeling that his friend was hiding something from him.
Since returning from Germany, he has been recuperating in Beijing and has heard a lot about it.
"You don't seem surprised at all that the Chen family has taken sides?" Qi Wei continued to ask.
He added in his mind that it was fortunate that Lu Yunshen's maternal grandmother did not accept Chen Niaoshu as her apprentice, otherwise the Lu family might have been forced to take sides.
The cancellation of the verbal engagement from childhood prevented the Lu family from being pushed into the eye of the storm due to the Chen family taking sides.
Lu Yun Shen's expression was indifferent. "It was bound to happen sooner or later. What's there to be surprised about?"
"Do you really think the Chen family canceled the verbal engagement because Chen Niaoshu went abroad?"
"They had planned this all along."
Lu Yun Shen looked at the closed study door at the far end, a dark light appearing in his eyes.
Qi Wei was stunned. When he came to his senses, he blurted out, deliberately lowering his voice, "How did you guess?"
Lu Yunshen did not answer, but said, "Have some tea."
"Come with me to the jewelry store tomorrow to buy gold bars."
Qi Wei, "..."
…
A few days later, Lin Ziyan had just stepped out of the electronics store when she saw Lu Yunshen's car parked at the entrance.
She knocked on the car window twice. "Didn't you go to Beijing?"
"Get in the car." Lu Yunshen opened the passenger door.
He looked at the entrance of the electronics store and wondered why those male sales clerks in suits looked so offensive.
Lin Ziyan threw her bag into the back seat before fastening her seatbelt.
She glanced down at the black plastic bag she had stepped on, opened it, and then quickly looked up at Lu Yun Shen.
Was he the first person to put gold bars in a black plastic bag?
"I'll buy some next time too. The bag for the gold bars is so simple." Lin Ziyan picked up the black plastic bag and put it on the back seat.
Lu Yunshen's lips curled into a smile. "These are for you. I specially found black plastic bags so you wouldn't be surrounded if you took them home."
Lin Ziyan, "..."
The sky was cloudless, and the sunlight shone on the sea, making the surface sparkle.
The car was parked by the sea, not far from the port under construction.
"Why did you decide to give me gold bars?" Lin Ziyan got out of the car, looked at the sea, and enjoyed the sea breeze on her face.
Lu Yunshen: "I heard from my grandmother that when my great-grandmother got married, the betrothal gift was gold bars."
“You mentioned in your last letter that their wedding was similar to ours, so I thought I should follow suit.”
Lin Ziyan nodded slightly; she had never heard of the matter of the dowry.
“Grandma chooses people by ringing a bell, but we don’t.” Thinking of this, her eyes lit up with a smile.
Lu Yunshen grasped her hand, and a current surged from his palm, spreading throughout his body in no time.
His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily; it was this racing heartbeat that kept making him itch with desire.
That rainy night, the moment I put my arm around her waist, it was just like this...
Lin Ziyan looked up at him and saw her reflection in his pupils.
A bright smile, relaxed brows and eyes...
She suddenly turned around and walked forward, a cool, refreshing fragrance wafting into her nostrils.
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