Chapter 35 My Brother Was Injured

"Boss Gu, please help me!" Director Yang's chubby face was filled with fear at this moment: "If you don't help me, I really..."

Before he could finish his words, a deep voice came from the other side: "I never help the useless."

Director Yang's eyes widened in disbelief, and he asked frantically, "Why don't you help me? I've done so many things for you. Aren't you afraid... that I'll tell everyone about this?"

Gu Xiong's voice was cold: "Are you threatening me? What have you done for me? Do you have any evidence? It's just that the people below took the initiative, and you are trying to implicate me."

Gu Xiong: "I hate it most when people threaten me, especially trash like you."

"You can't do this! You can't..." Director Yang was halfway through his speech when he realized that the other party had hung up the phone long ago. He sat on the ground with his legs weak, like a pool of mud.

People like Gu Xiong naturally have ways to extricate themselves, and he is just an insignificant sacrifice.

Director Yang sat on the ground, tearing his hair like crazy, but it was of no use and only made him more painful.

Principal Li acted swiftly and quickly. Soon, Director Yang received a call from his family. His old mother's panicked voice came: "Son, we lived in a good house, and a group of people broke in and drove us all out, saying that they were stealing money. Come back quickly to see what's going on. Explain to them clearly whether there is a misunderstanding..."

Explain? How to explain clearly?

Director Yang had a gloomy face as he let his mother repeat the explanations on the phone. His lifeless eyes gradually became sinister. Since Gu Xiong would not help him, he would not let the other party have an easy time either!

——

As soon as Qi Nian arrived at school, he heard the news that Director Yang had been arrested.

"I heard that the stolen money was carried out in boxes, and no one knows how much there was. I estimate that this money is enough for Yang to live out his days in there." Lu Ze looked very happy when he talked about this.

Young men of this age have a good character of hating evil.

Qi Nian was not surprised by this result. Not to mention the stolen money, even if there was none, the villa in the city center alone was enough for Director Yang to sentence.

As for the girl who had colluded with Director Yang to frame him, Qi Nian, as a victim, naturally knew the result.

Although the other party was preparing to frame him, no substantial harm was caused, so he was detained for education for a few days at most, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

Qi Nian opened Weibo and looked at today's hot searches. Not surprisingly, Gu's Real Estate under Gu Xiong's name was on the hot search.

Lu Ze was also watching with him: "Don't underestimate these trending searches. Competitors have finally caught this opportunity and will definitely try their best to mess with him. Gu Xiong must be very worried these days."

Qi Nian still felt a little unhappy: "How can we just worry about what he did?"

"How can a real estate developer not have some basics?" Lu Ze said clearly, "It's already difficult to make him suffer heavy losses, forget about the rest. There's a saying that goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. What's more, he's not skinny yet, and he's still living a thousand times better than an ordinary person."

Lu Ze is not jealous of rich people. There is no need to feel jealous. Even if he is jealous, other people's money will not decrease, so he will not have such useless emotions.

Instead of spending time being jealous, make yourself rich.

He was just stating the objective facts at this time.

Qi Nian also agrees with this and shared with Lu Ze an incident that left a deep impression on him: "When I was in high school, I had a classmate whose family was very rich, a rich second generation. As a result, for a period of time, he lost his business and went bankrupt. He looked very sad every day. I had a good relationship with him at the time, so I went to comfort him. Guess what he said, he said that his family lost only one building! At that time, I didn't feel sorry for him anymore, I felt that I should feel sorry for myself."

"You spoke such a long paragraph in a short time." Lu Ze sighed: "It seems that you really have a deep memory."

The two looked at each other and realized that the way rich people become poor is completely different from how they think they become poor.

After Lu Ze finished his sigh, he seemed to come to his senses and looked at Qi Nian: "I forgot that you are also a rich man, and you actually tried to sneak into our proletariat. To be honest, I didn't feel the temperament of a rich person from you just now. You really are just like a poor ghost."

In the past, it was indeed the common thought of the poor ghosts: "..."

But he really can't call himself a "poor guy" now. After all, his monthly living expenses are so high that he doesn't know how to spend it, and he has saved all the money.

So it’s quite uncomfortable to be used to being poor. Now that I have money, I don’t know how to spend it, and I subconsciously want to save it.

Eh? He actually has this kind of trouble one day!

Qi Nian suddenly felt that he was no longer the same person as before.

"My heart still belongs to the proletariat." Qi Nian expressed his loyalty to Lu Ze: "I heard that there is a seafood buffet near our school. It costs 300 yuan per person. I will treat you. Do you want to go?"

Actually, Qi Nian wanted to eat there before, but how could he go to a buffet alone? He was too embarrassed to take more food, so he had to bring someone else with him.

If someone else had invited Lu Ze, he might have refused, after all, three hundred yuan was a lot for him. But if it was Qi Nian, he wouldn't have had this worry: "Okay, then I'll eat less at noon."

Qi Nian hesitated, "Yes, eat less, otherwise you won't get your money's worth. But you can't not eat, otherwise you'll be hungry."

After class, Lu Ze put his books back in the dormitory and went to eat seafood buffet with Qi Nian. It must be said that the buffet costing three hundred yuan was very different from the buffet costing tens of yuan that Qi Nian had eaten before.

The two guys had a good appetite to begin with, and they had only eaten a little at noon, so they were now starving. Since they were all family, there was no need to act reserved. They ate without even raising their heads, and hardly spoke for the first half hour.

Half an hour later, I wasn't so hungry anymore, so I started eating slowly.

Qi Nian opened the trending search again and found that the negative news about Gu's Real Estate had been suppressed. At noon, Gu's Real Estate issued a statement, which probably meant that some employees abused their power for personal reasons, which was not their wish.

Lu Ze laughed after hearing this: "This is a big deal, otherwise they could just say it was done by an intern."

Qi Nian'e took a big bite of seafood, his cheeks puffed up: "No, I feel a little tired, I need to walk around."

The two of them ate until they could eat no more, and then they stopped.

Lu Ze returned to the school dormitory, and Qi Nian prepared to take the subway home.

There is a subway next to Kyoto University, which is very convenient.

However, after walking a few steps, Qi Nian was blocked by a black car.

Two tall and strong bodyguards got out of the car. They were muscular all over. They wore sunglasses to look impressive and stretched out their hands to block Qi Nian's way.

"Is this Mr. Qi?" asked the bodyguard.

Qi Nian reached out and pulled up his mask, and said in a low voice, "You got the wrong person."

The bodyguard was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Qi Nian to say that. When he came to his senses, Qi Nian had already slipped away several meters away.

The bodyguard quickly caught up and stopped him again: "Mr. Qi, our boss wants you to come over."

Qi Nian was a fool, so he followed them obediently. He wanted to run, but two bodyguards held him on both sides and grabbed him into the car like a chick.

However, the other party should have been informed that he had no intention of harming him, so Qi Nian breathed a sigh of relief and tentatively took out his cell phone while looking at the bodyguard.

The bodyguard looked over with an extremely fierce expression: "Do you want to call the police?"

Qi Nian's hands trembled, and he quickly shook his head: "I...I'll call my brother..."

Bodyguard: "Who is your brother?"

Qi Nian: "...an ordinary person."

The bodyguard didn't care much when he heard that. He was just an ordinary person. What could happen even if he came?

Since their boss allowed them to come and "hire" someone, this person must not have any background, so there is no need to worry about him.

Qi Nian let out a breath. He couldn't understand what these people were thinking. He was afraid that they would figure it out in their brains, so he quickly made a phone call.

A familiar and pleasant voice came from the other side: "Nian Nian?"

Qi Nian didn't care about what he said and cried, "Brother, I was caught at the school gate... I don't know where they are taking me. I have nothing to do now..."

Then, Qi Nian whispered to the bodyguard: "Is your boss that Gu Xiong?"

bodyguard:"……"

Qi Nian took this as his agreement and told Chu Rongshi.

When Qi Nian learned that Chu Rong came to save him immediately, he relaxed.

But these people actually let him go and ask for help. Could it be a scam? Qi Nian was restless and thinking wildly.

As a result, the bodyguard, perhaps seeing through his thoughts, snorted and laughed, looking particularly wise: "Not letting you do anything and interfering with your personal freedom, isn't that kidnapping? Don't think we don't understand the law."

Everyone thought: "..."

Good, good, good kidnapper who obeys the law.

The car drove very fast and finally stopped in front of a European-style villa.

The servants were the ones coming and going in the villa, and they were busy with their own business, as if they didn't see them.

This villa is ridiculously large. After opening the door, it takes several minutes to drive to a building.

The bodyguard got out of the car, stood beside it, and said with a half-smile, "Please, Mr. Qi."

Qi Nian was a little panicked before, but now he is much better. He doesn't care that the bodyguard is trying to scare him on purpose, because his brother will be here soon anyway.

He was led around and around into a room. The bodyguard stopped and stood guard at the door. Qi Nian gritted his teeth and opened the door and went in.

The curtains were drawn in the room and the lights were dim, making it feel a bit cold. An old man with a cane was sitting in front of a wooden round table, playing Go alone.

No wonder the bodyguard is so good at pretending, it turns out it’s a family tradition.

Qi Nian looked at Gu Xiong, who was deliberately creating a gloomy atmosphere, and felt that he must be suffering from severe rheumatism.

Of course, people with social phobia can only complain in their hearts.

Hearing the noise, Gu Xiong put down a black chess piece and looked over with a smile. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a good person.

Gu Xiong: "How about you play with me?"

Qi Nian wanted to refuse, but now it was obvious that he couldn't get out, so he might as well wait for his brother to come.

He sat down on the stool opposite Gu Xiong in silence.

Gu Xiong smiled and said, "Young friend, go first."

Qi Nian didn't bother to be polite with him and placed the white piece in the middle.

Gu Xiong held the black piece in his hand and placed it on the chessboard in the corner.

Qi Nian put down the pill quickly and put down another one.

Gu Xiong: "You don't seem to like talking much, young man."

Qi Nian: "...social phobia."

Gu Xiong laughed, and Qi Nian didn't know what he was laughing at.

The fifth white piece was placed on the chessboard, and everyone chanted, "I win."

Gu Xiong: “?”

He had always been confident of victory, but finally he looked a little confused.

If it was someone familiar here, Qi Nian would definitely ridicule him, saying, "Don't you understand Go?"

But now it was obvious that they were not familiar with each other, so Qi Nian had to extend his middle finger. When Gu Xiong narrowed his eyes, he calmly used his middle finger to point at the white pieces on the chessboard, and pointed to a "one": "It's connected into a line."

Gu Xiong: “…”

"My friend, this is Go."

Qi Nian: "No."

Maybe it was the first time he encountered such a weirdo, Gu Xiong gave up the pretentious beginning and went straight to the point, still looking at Qi Nian with sharp eyes: "Young friend, you seem to know a lot of things."

Being looked at like that, Qi Nian said it was impossible not to panic, but he refused to say anything.

Gu Xiong didn't care and continued, "Can you tell me where you know this?"

He knew how secretive he was in doing those things, but the other party knew so much.

Gu Xiong certainly couldn't think in a fantasy direction. He now suspected that there was a traitor around him.

What he did must not be known to others.

What has been revealed now is just the tip of the iceberg compared to the real ones.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiong's eyes became sharper.

If it wasn't for figuring these out, this kid wouldn't have the qualifications to sit in front of him.

Gu Xiong had no idea. If he hadn't met Qi Nian, Qi Nian wouldn't have known more. But now, it's not certain.

Everyone thought: "..."

Seeing that Qi Nian acted as if he didn't hear him, Gu Xiong's face became worse. He had been successful for so many years, but no one could ignore him like this.

Gu Xiong said quietly, "I am still willing to call you "little friend" now. If you can help me find the traitor, maybe we can still live in peace."

Qi Nian shook his head and asked: Why hasn’t my brother come yet?

People with social phobia really cannot cope with this kind of tense and awkward atmosphere.

Seeing that he had an attitude of "resisting to the end", Gu Xiong could no longer pretend.

However, before he could say anything, there was a sudden commotion outside the door. Gu Xiong frowned and raised his voice to ask the bodyguard at the door: "What's going on?"

The answer he got was the bodyguard's scream, and then the door of the room was violently kicked open.

Gu Xiong narrowed his eyes and looked at the person at the door: "Mr. Chu? It's not a good idea for you to bring people directly into my house, right?"

Chu Rongshi ignored him and looked at Qi Nian. When he looked over, Qi Nian immediately ran behind Chu Rongshi like a rabbit: "Brother, you are finally here!"

That voice sounded as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Chu Rongshi looked Qi Nian from head to toe, making sure that not a single hair was missing, and then his gloomy face looked better.

When Gu Xiong called Qi Nian "brother", his expression changed.

How could this happen? Isn't he an orphan?

He suddenly remembered that the Chu family did have a child, and the child was fostered in the Chu family. Legally speaking, he was indeed an orphan.

But this "orphan" is obviously more worthy of attention than some rich second-generations.

Damn it.

Chu Rongshi glanced at the only stool left in the room but did not sit down: "I would like to ask Mr. Gu, did you ask my brother's consent before you "invited" him here without saying anything?"

Maybe because his brother was here, Qi Nian became much braver and whispered, "I didn't want to come, but the two bodyguards carried me here."

His voice was indeed quite low, but the room was so quiet that everyone could hear it clearly.

Chu Rongshi looked at Gu Xiong with a gloomy face. Under normal circumstances, Chu Rongshi would be somewhat polite to him because of his age. However, now that Qi Nian had been wronged, this politeness became unnecessary.

Chu Rongshi: "Mr. Gu, shouldn't you give an explanation?"

"Misunderstanding." Gu Xiong forced a smile, looking at Chu Rong who was looking down at him, his back teeth were about to break: "I just wanted to invite him over because I felt that I had known him for a long time. Who knew those bodyguards would misunderstand me?"

Qi Nian complained: It turns out that no matter how old a person is or how powerful he or she is, when faced with something that cannot be explained, the first thing they think of is to shirk responsibility.

"That's not Mr. Gu's original intention." Chu Rongshi said with a smile, "I think Mr. Gu wouldn't mind if I teach those ignorant bodyguards a lesson for you."

Gu Xiong tried to smile, but he was actually very angry. Was the other party talking about the bodyguard? It was clearly a slap in his face! But he couldn't say anything. Gu Xiong, who hadn't felt so aggrieved for a long time, was really angry to death.

"Since it's just a misunderstanding, I'll take my brother and say goodbye." After Chu Rongshi finished speaking, Qi Nian felt a big hand holding his hand and leading him away.

Qi Nian followed behind him: Ahhh! My brother is so handsome! That stinky old man has such a funny expression, hahahaha!

After going out, Qi Nian realized why he hadn't seen any of Gu Xiong's bodyguards coming in just now. He only saw several bodyguards lying in a disorderly manner on the ground at the door, including the one who "invited" Qi Nian here.

Qi Nian: The bodyguards my brother brought are also very handsome!

His brother only brought two bodyguards, yet he managed to knock down so many people!

When Qi Nian lowered his head, he happened to meet the eyes of the bodyguard who "invited" him here. He swore that he saw deep regret in the bodyguard's eyes!

Bodyguard: Damn it, you didn’t say your brother is this person!

Thinking about his idea of ​​making a phone call when he saw Qi Nian, he just felt that he was really stupid!

Putting aside the bodyguard's regret, after leaving the room, Chu Rongshi let go of Qi Nian's hand.

Qi Nian didn't notice anything and clapped his hands at his brother: "Brother, you were so handsome just now!"

The boy was not panicked as expected. His beautiful deer eyes were shining. Chu Rongshi was a little helpless and opened the car door: "Get in first."

Qi Nian nodded and got into the car.

The silent bodyguard behind him went to another car.

Chu Rongshi: "Tell me what's going on."

Qi Nian immediately told the whole story. At the end, seeing Chu Rongshi's brows getting more and more furrowed, Qi Nian's voice became lower and lower.

Chu Rongshi: "Why didn't you tell me before?"

Qi Nian clasped his hands and placed them in front of him obediently: "I have solved it before."

Chu Rongshi looked at him: "It's very dangerous."

Qi Nian quietly defended himself: "I didn't expect them to arrest people on the street, and that old man was too stingy, it's not a big deal..."

Chu Rongshi said calmly: "The stock market has been turbulent in the past few days, and Gu's market value has evaporated by hundreds of millions overnight."

But this market value is certainly not real money, otherwise Gu Xiong would not be as calm as he is now.

Qi Nian of course had no idea about the twists and turns involved and thought that Gu Xiong's old man really had lost hundreds of millions, so he was quite happy.

But I still have to admit my mistakes and not make those who care about me sad. Qi Nian said quickly, "I didn't think it was that serious. If I encounter something like this in the future, I will definitely tell my family."

Chu Rongshi's expression softened a lot: "Please repeat again what Gu Xiong said to you after they met."

"I felt like he was being weird. He asked me to play Go with him... oh no, Go." Qi Nian: "Then he also said... to find a traitor or something."

Chu Rongshi felt relieved after hearing this. It seemed that Gu Xiong had not noticed the peculiarity of Qi Nian and only thought that there was a traitor among him.

It is best if no one notices, but you cannot give the other party a chance to notice.

"Brother, let me tell you, I 'know' that old man has done a lot of bad things." Qi Nian said secretly to Chu Rongshi.

Chu Rongshi looked at him and said, "Tell me about it."

Qi Nian didn't expect that his brother also loves gossip. He was very surprised and said quickly: "Tax evasion is nothing. He used to do the lucky beads, but this was a transaction between both parties. I don't know if it is illegal. Also, their group's buildings are all shoddy. There was also a migrant worker who had an accident in his place before, and he just sent him away. Also, he was doing real estate development earlier. In order to threaten others to lower the demolition payment, he hired people to cause trouble in other people's homes and set fire to the house to threaten them to move away. In the end, he bought the land at a very low price..."

Qi Nian was very excited at the beginning, but his mood became a little bad later. Finally, he said viciously: "How can such a person live to old age? It's really..."

He didn't know how to describe it.

Chu Rongshi: "I will have people investigate these and try to get as much evidence as possible."

Qi Nian blinked: "Brother."

Chu Rongshi: "There are indeed many dark corners in this world, but I want you to believe in the light."

Qi Nian didn't know why, but his nose felt a little sour.

Chu Rongshi had never said such "corny" words before. Perhaps feeling a little uncomfortable, he turned his head and looked out the car window.

Suddenly, his wrist was held by a pair of hands. Chu Rongshi was a little stunned. He turned his head, looked at the hand on his wrist, and then looked at Qi Nian.

Qi Nian looked down at Chu Rongshi's hand: "Brother, how come your hand was injured? I didn't even notice it!"

I saw that the joints of the other person's four fingers were blue and purple, and there were some broken skin.

Not to mention Qi Nian didn't notice it, even Chu Rongshi didn't notice it.

Qi Nian reacted now. It was obvious that it was not just two bodyguards who knocked down so many bodyguards of Gu Xiong. His brother also took action.

"Brother, do you have a first aid kit? I'll bandage you up." Qi Nian held Chu Rongshi's hand, observed carefully, and concluded that he needed a bandage.

Chu Rongshi let him hold his hand and took out the first aid kit from the side of the car, and did not tell Qi Nian that this kind of injury could not be bandaged.

Qi Nian carefully applied iodine to Chu Rongshi, then took out a bandage and wrapped it around his neck a few times, and finally tied it into a bow, completing the job.

Chu Rongshi glanced at the extra bow in his hand: "..."