Chapter 56 "Heartbeat" Series

Jiang Yi's friend's mind went blank for a few seconds, and then when he saw Chu Rongshi's cold eyes, he felt as if he was in a world of ice and snow. The coldness all over his body made him calm down quickly.

He stood there with a pale face, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Until he saw Jiang Yi trying to sneak away not far away, his expression turned into gnashing of teeth.

There is no real friendship between them. The reason why they came to trouble Lu Ze was not because they really wanted to stand up for Jiang Yi, but they just liked the feeling of being superior.

In other words, now that he is in this state, the first person to blame is naturally Jiang Yi. Regardless of whether it is his own fault or not, he should always drag someone down with him to embarrass himself.

So, Jiang Yi's attempt to sneak away unscathed failed. The other party looked at the person standing in front of him angrily, coughed lightly, and did not have any feelings of pity for his friend. Instead, he seemed a little curious: "Wu Qiao, are you and your stepmother really...?"

"Jiang Yi!" Wu Qiao interrupted Jiang Yi hastily and said angrily, "It's all your fault. You instigated me to find trouble with Lu Ze. You are so stingy that you can't tolerate your brother, so you come to me and want to give Lu Ze a warning. I tell you, Jiang Yi, if I don't have a good life, you won't have an easy life either!"

Jiang Yi couldn't laugh after hearing that: "I was just joking, what are you talking about? When did I ever ask you to cause trouble for him? Do you have any evidence? If you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense. You should go back and explain to your father. I guess your father knows everything you did now. With Uncle Wu, he might have to clean up the mess."

"I know you're angry, but don't make random accusations." Jiang Yi said, threatening Wu Qiao in a low voice: "You'd better not say anything nonsense, otherwise, for the sake of our friendship, I can still help you out if you are kicked out of the Wu family."

Jiang Yi was not smart, and his words were harsh. Wu Qiao was already a little nervous at this time. Being threatened by him, she was so angry that her eyes turned red. She clenched her fists and said, "Jiang Yi, go to hell!"

As he said that, he punched Jiang Yi in the face. Anyway, this was how things were now and he didn't care about his face anymore. Instead of continuing to feel aggrieved, he might as well vent his anger directly.

He didn't dare to attack Chu Rongshi, so how could he not dare to attack Jiang Yi? Who the hell does he think he is?

"Ah! Are you crazy!" Jiang Yi covered his face which was about to split in pain. He seriously suspected that his face was crooked. He was so angry that he lost the last bit of rationality.

If I don't fight back at this time, am I still a man? !

So, the two "upper class" who usually looked like decent people started to fight each other like mad dogs.

Wu Qiao was an especially vicious person. Relying on his short hair, he was not afraid and directly grabbed Jiang Yi's hair, making Jiang Yi grimace in pain. His face, which had barely looked presentable, was now distorted.

In a fit of rage, he bit Wu Qiao's arm, and the two started biting each other again.

The guests who originally wanted to step forward to persuade the dog were stunned and hesitated for a moment: It has started biting people, is it really not rabies?

Not far away, Liu Yu was also dumbfounded, and asked stupidly: "So this is how you upper class people fight?"

No one responded. When he turned around, he found that Chu Rongshi still had one hand on Qi Nian's shoulder. It was obviously a very restrained and polite action, without any overstepping of the mark. But because of this, it added a bit of restrained ambiguity.

What’s more, the two protagonists have very unusual looks, so good-looking that they could have been cast in idol dramas. Just standing together is enough to make people crazy about them.

Of course, Liu Yu thought it was possible that he was just seeing gay.

Anyway, in Qi Nian's eyes, he and his brother are now a picture of friendly and respectful brothers.

Qi Nian looked at the people fighting each other not far away and let out a soft "hiss".

Chu Rongshi asked almost immediately, "What's wrong?"

"They've been fighting like that. I think Jiang Yi's scalp is bleeding, right?" Qi Nian was just having fun, but was a little afraid that something might really happen: "Don't we really need to stop it?"

"Uncle Jiang and the others should be here soon." Chu Rongshi said, implying that they didn't need to worry about it.

"That's fine." Qi Nian nodded, thinking that when the two of them started fighting just now, Lu Ze left, and he must have gone to find Jiang's father and Mrs. Jiang.

Sure enough, after a while, Father Jiang came back with a grim look on his face, followed by Lu Ze and Mrs. Jiang with a frown on her face. Father Jiang obviously didn't expect that after he had been away for such a short while, to see off a few people, his good son would start a fight with them.

If this happened in any family, not to mention the upper class, even in an ordinary family, it would be a joke if others told it.

You can imagine how angry Jiang's father is now. Even with so many people watching, he still tried to maintain his demeanor, put on a smile, and asked the bodyguards to separate the two people who were fighting.

Although the fight between the two looks scary, it is just a fight between two weaklings, and the injuries are just superficial.

When Jiang Yi was pulled away, he still looked unconvinced, but when he saw the expression on Jiang's father's face, he quickly calmed down and dared not say a word.

But when he saw Lu Ze standing behind Jiang's father, he couldn't help but clench his fists.

Seeing such a farce happening in the Jiang family, no matter how curious everyone was, they didn't want to continue watching. Although they wanted to see a joke, it was better to watch it secretly, rather than watching it openly and making everyone lose face.

Father Jiang smiled and sent everyone away one by one, and still wanted to apologize.

When the people left, their faces turned the color of sewer sludge.

Jiang Yi was a little scared at this moment. He carefully glanced at his father's face and whispered, "Dad, I was wrong..."

Before he could finish his words, Jiang's father kicked him directly in the calf, and Jiang Yi was kicked to his knees on the ground.

"Have you made enough trouble?" Jiang's father looked at Jiang Yi with disappointment: "Are you satisfied now? Our Jiang family has become a joke in the eyes of others, and your brother's family reunion party has also been ruined by you. I...how could I have given birth to such a good-for-nothing like you!"

Jiang Yi was a little panicked. In the past, he relied on the fact that he was the only child in the family and his father would never really blame him no matter what he did.

But now the situation is obviously different, and his only advantage is gone.

As expected, Jiang's father sighed and said with disappointment, "Reflect on yourself at home recently. When you realize that you are wrong and stop being so petty, then you can talk about going to the company again."

"Dad!" Jiang Yi's face was full of disbelief.

Seeing that Jiang's father showed no sign of softening, Jiang Yi turned to Mrs. Jiang for help: "Mom! Please talk to Dad for me. I really know I was wrong. I don't want to stay at home. Mom, please talk to him for me!"

However, Mrs. Jiang just frowned and said nothing, obviously not going to plead with Jiang's father.

She has already done enough wrong to her youngest son, and now her eldest son has ruined the younger son's family recognition party. If she still helps to plead for mercy, she would be really foolish.

What's more, Jiang Yi's behavior so far has completely disappointed Mrs. Jiang.

She didn't know whether Jiang Yi and Lu Ze would reconcile, but at least before that, she would support Lu Ze.

Jiang Yi stared with eyes wide open, watching Madam Jiang leave, then he sat powerlessly on the ground. When, when exactly, did everything change?

Why, why did Jiang Zhi come back?

——

Unlike Jiang Yi who needs to reflect, Lu Ze is going to work at the Jiang family company this week.

"Do I have to start as an intern?" Qi Nian didn't quite understand this.

"I'm learning from Mr. Jiang." Lu Ze still calls him "Dad" now, but his attitude towards Jiang's father has softened a little.

He could see that Father Jiang put family interests before family affection, which was actually a good thing for Lu Ze who had never thought of getting family affection from him.

Otherwise, being with a middle-aged man who longs for family affection would be a torture.

This state is the most comfortable for him now. As long as he makes himself good enough, he can make Father Jiang favor him.

As for the struggle of the family group, the attitude of Jiang's father, the chairman, is enough to determine most of the results.

"By the way, what about the game you made before?" Liu Yu suddenly remembered this.

"I can't participate in it at the moment, but it also has its advantages." Lu Ze smiled: "Funding is not a problem now, the team will recruit a few more people."

The result is obviously good. As long as there is enough funding, the development of the game will not be stopped. Moreover, Lu Ze does not need to split himself into several parts for the sake of funding as he did before.

Now all he needs to do is to learn from Jiang's father peacefully. Apart from anything else, there are many things he can learn from Jiang's father when it comes to being a businessman.

"But will it be difficult to see you in the future?" Qi Nian guessed that Lu Ze would be very busy in the future.

"It's hard to see you, but it's not like I can't see you. I still have to come back to attend classes." Lu Ze was trying to comfort him.

"Oh, let's not talk about such a heavy topic. We are still in the same city, so how can we not see each other?" Liu Yu laughed and rubbed his hands impatiently.

"I've wanted to ask for a long time, what happened to the gossip about Wu Qiao that day?" Liu Yu's eyes sparkled with gossip: "There are barriers between our circles. I went back and asked around, but I couldn't find out what happened next."

It can be seen that Liu Yu has obviously worked very hard for gossip.

But sometimes, no matter how hard you try, there is nothing you can do. Although gossip spreads quickly, it only spreads within a small circle. People from different circles will not have any contact with each other. No matter how hard Liu Yu tries, she won't be able to find out.

However, Qi Nian and Lu Ze were different. The Wu Qiao incident had already gone viral in their circle, and those who were at the banquet that day had already been secretly paying attention to the follow-up.

So once there was any follow-up, it spread immediately.

"Well," Qi Nian immediately began to share gossip with Liu Yu: "It's nothing, actually. I heard that Wu Qiao came home in a hurry that day, but was kicked out as soon as she entered the house."

"Ah? Then what?" Liu Yu had prepared the melon seeds, but she didn't expect it to be so simple. She quickly asked, "Besides Wu Qiao, what about Wu Qiao's girlfriend?"

This is more outrageous. It seems that Wu Qiao's stepmother is a resourceful person. She clearly cheated on Wu Qiao's father, and the cheating was caused by his son.

But who knew that in the end it was Wu Qiao's biological son who was driven out, while the stepmother was fine.

Oh, it's not like nothing happened. Anyway, when Wu's father heard about this, Wu Qiao's mother burst into tears, and I felt sorry for her, so I made myself the victim.

What else did she say? "It was Wu Qiao who forced me to do this. I did have a relationship with him at first, but we broke up later. And ever since I met you, my heart has been unable to accommodate anyone else. But I didn't expect Wu Qiao to... He is your son. Even if I was wronged, what can I do? If I tell you, you will definitely still stand on his side, so I have never dared to tell you."

Wu Qiao's mother is also a smart person. She will not deny some things that can be verified. Otherwise, the credibility of her words will definitely plummet. It is better for her to tell the truth.

As for those things that cannot be found, isn't it up to her to decide?

Moreover, the Wu family father and son do not have much affection for each other. Their affection is quite plastic anyway. Otherwise, Wu Qiao would not have sent his ex-girlfriend to be his father's stepmother.

Anyway, Wu's father had been having an affair behind Wu Qiao's mother's back before Wu Qiao was born. Wu Qiao's mother couldn't stand it anymore, so she divorced Wu's father after giving birth to the child and left Wu Qiao to Wu's father.

As far as Wu Qiao could remember, there had always been women around Wu's father, and they had given birth to quite a few children.

Mother Wu Qiao didn’t know how many terms this old man had, but she was unexpectedly liked by Father Wu.

Now, Wu Qiao's mother has openly expressed her admiration and love for Wu's father, even surpassing Wu Qiao, who is younger than her. This has greatly satisfied Wu's father's vanity.

Therefore, given the already tenuous relationship between father and son, Wu's father didn't listen to Wu Qiao's explanation at all and directly kicked him out of the house.

As for Wu Qiao's mother, she actually stayed peacefully with Wu's father, even the baby in her belly.

Father Wu said angrily: "No matter who the child is from, he is still my Wu family's child. Isn't it just one more child? I will raise him."

That would be fine, but I heard that recently Father Wu is planning to get serious with Mother Wu Qiao, and the two of them are planning to get a marriage certificate.

"It's so explosive." Liu Yu felt mixed emotions and didn't know how to describe this messy relationship.

"Wu Qiao is still Wu's father's child after all. Even though he was kicked out of the family, to put it bluntly, he just lost his inheritance rights. He can only be a leisurely rich second-generation for the rest of his life." Lu Ze speculated based on what he knew.

"Uh... this is actually a happy ending!" Liu Yu was shocked: "What a happy ending!"

"My aunt doesn't allow people to talk about this in front of us." Qi Nian said, "She said that children can't listen to this. It's not good for their world view."

Liu Yu: "Who said this story doesn't destroy people's worldview? It turns out that the TV series is not bold enough."

"By the way," Liu Yu's eyes suddenly fell on the watch on Qi Nian's wrist, which was the watch Chu Rongshi had given her before.

The watch on Qi Nian's wrist is still as good as new. In fact, he wears it every day, but there is no scratch on it, which shows how much the owner cherishes it. "What's wrong?"

"Didn't I say before that this watch looked familiar? But I forgot where I saw it before." Liu Yu looked at Qi Nian with a smile: "It turned out that this time it was my dad's birthday, and my mom was thinking about what gift to give him. Guess what?"

Qi Nian scratched his face, feeling that Liu Yu's eyes were strange, and urged him uncomfortably: "Don't be so mysterious, just tell me."

"This watch of yours is super expensive, and it's a global limited edition. A watch is worth as much as a luxury car." Although Liu Yujia was rich, he couldn't avoid being shocked by Chu Rongshi's generosity.

"So expensive?!" Qi Nian's eyes widened, and he felt that the value of this watch strap on his wrist had increased sharply.

"Yes, and that's not the point!" Liu Yu laughed again: "Guess what this series is called, it's called 'Heartbeat'~, my mom originally wanted to give it to my dad, but she found it was too expensive and too young, not suitable for my dad, so she gave up."

"Of course, the main reason is that there is no channel to buy it." Liu Yu spoke calmly, as if he didn't feel that he had dropped a torpedo into the water.

If I hadn't been staring at Qi Nian, I might have really believed that he was just saying it casually.

“Heartbeat” series? Qi Nian’s finger just happened to touch the dial, and it felt like it was burned.

When he got home, his mind was still full of Liu Yu's previous words. It must be nonsense. It must be... Liu Yu was joking with him.

Qi Nian pursed her lips, but couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.

"Niannian?" The voice beside his ear suddenly interrupted Qi Nian's meditation.

He came to his senses and turned his head, and saw Chu Rongshi with a frown on his face. The person who had been in his mind suddenly appeared in front of him, causing him to take a step back.

"What's wrong? I called you several times just now." Chu Rongshi looked at Qi Nian.

The latter couldn't help but carefully observe Chu Rongshi's expression, but after looking for a long time, he couldn't see anything.

Maybe I was overthinking it? Maybe his brother just bought this watch casually and didn't realize the meaning behind it?

Qi Nian exhaled, and the thoughts in his mind made him feel much more comfortable. He smiled and said, "It's okay. I was just thinking about something else."

Chu Rongshi's gaze paused on his face for a moment and nodded, not knowing whether he believed Qi Nian's words or not.

"Brother." Qi Nian couldn't help but speak again, as if to add a patch to his guess: "I forgot to ask you, this watch, did you buy it casually? Haha, I have a classmate, he thinks it looks good and wants to buy it too."

"I didn't just buy it casually." Chu Rongshi easily broke Qi Nian's self-consolation: "This watch is a custom-made one."

"Ah... Haha, is that so? Then he probably can't buy it. I'll go talk to him." Qi Nian didn't know what he was saying. He said something nonsense and ran upstairs.

He moved quickly, fearing that Chu Rongshi would suddenly say something, but fortunately, the other party said nothing.

The door closed with a "bang" and Qi Nian leaned against it, feeling a little confused.

Maybe, maybe the staff made a mistake? Or maybe his brother didn't know what it meant? Yes, that was definitely the case!

Qi Nian let out a breath, tried his best to convince himself, and then sat down at the desk with mixed feelings.

He glanced at the book on the table, exhaled deeply, and said to himself: "I'd better read for a while. Well, don't let your imagination run wild. This is clearly pure brotherhood!"

Patting his face, Qi Nian opened the book and started reading.

——

No one mentioned anything about the watch afterwards, as if it was just a casual question that day.

That day, Qi Nian received a call from Zhang Rourou.

Since that time when the two of them went to Zhang Rourou's hometown together, they haven't seen each other since. There's nothing they can do. As a star and a rising star, it's good for Zhang Rourou to have a few days off throughout the year.

This time I called specifically because Zhang Rourou was coming to Beijing to shoot a fashion magazine.

"Didn't I have a TV series that was aired before? Oh, that one with Sister Xiang Feng. The show received quite good response, and my status has been raised a little bit. Now I can get more fashion resources." Zhang Rourou sounded very happy, and it seemed that her career was indeed going well.

"That TV series was very popular before. I often heard people discussing it at school." Qi Nian said honestly, "I didn't even dare to say that I knew you, for fear that others would think I was bragging."

Of course, people with social phobia will not take the initiative to tell others about such things.

But Zhang Rourou was obviously very happy to hear this, and she joked happily: "I'll take a photo with you when the time comes as evidence!"

"By the way, am I not going to shoot a fashion magazine? The location is not far from Beijing University. You can come over then and we can have dinner together. Let me tell you, I have heard a lot of gossip recently. It's too boring to talk about it on the phone. I still have to talk about it in person." Zhang Rourou couldn't wait to tell the gossip.

"Okay, send me the address." Qi Nian agreed immediately.

After a while, Zhang Rourou sent the address: "I'll tell my agent Brother Tian when the time comes. He's been following me recently. I'll ask him to pick you up."

Qi Nian had met Brother Tian before. He was a fat man. "Okay."

"And more, I really want to show off, but I can't tell you since there are people in the same field around me." Zhang Rourou suppressed her excitement and said, "Do you know? The photographer who took the photo for me this time is Mu Shan, a well-known photographer in the industry! I heard that he takes really good-looking photos of people. Do you know xx? It was because Mu Shan took a photo of her once that the photo was absolutely beautiful, and xx became famous again!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Nian searched for this "Mu Shan" and found that the other party was indeed a very famous photographer who was very good at capturing people's characteristics and magnifying their advantages.

Not everyone can make an appointment with Mushan, no matter how famous they are. It all depends on his mood. If he doesn't want to film someone, no matter how famous they are, there is no point in talking to them.

Many celebrities have used the fact that their brothers and sisters were photographed by Mu Shan as a topic of conversation to show that their brothers and sisters are still very beautiful.

So, you can imagine how happy Zhang Rourou was.

In a blink of an eye, the appointed day arrived. Qi Nian arrived at the shooting location after class, only to find that the shooting had not started yet.

"I just found out that Master Mu can't take pictures right away. He has to meet with me a few more times and observe the unique features before taking pictures. You can see he has been watching from a distance, just observing." Zhang Rourou whispered to Qi Nian, and at the same time sighed: "He is indeed a master, completely different from the photographers I have seen before, this is called professionalism!"

Following the direction Zhang Rourou pointed, Qi Nian saw Master Mu. He was a little different from what he expected. He was an unkempt middle-aged man with long hair and a pair of black-framed glasses. He was sitting in a corner. It was totally unexpected that he was a famous photographer.

If you don’t know, you might think they are just ordinary staff members.