Chapter 40: Jinjiang Dufa is like the one between us...
The fight between Shen Zhiyi and Lan Luo was ugly.
Two seemingly best friends, after the other party seriously threatened their interests, completely disregarded their previous friendship and hit each other's pain points with every word they said.
Lan Luo is about to face prosecution, so she doesn't pretend anymore and confesses that it was she who asked Huang Mao to cheat Shen Zhiyi's money and it was she who instigated Huang Mao to stay in the girls' dormitory. Her purpose was to ruin Shen Zhiyi's reputation, but Chen Jiu handled it in time and suppressed all the rumors.
At that time, Lan Luo knew that as long as Shen Zhiyi was still the daughter of the Lu family, no matter what embarrassing things she did, there would be someone to cover for her behind the scenes.
But what if she's not local?
Lan Luo lied to her to leave here. As long as she stayed away from the Lu family and didn't have the Lu family's support, when Huang Mao couldn't cheat any money from her, she would know what despair was.
But Lan Luo never expected that Lu Chiyuan would choose to call the police. Not only did he not think that the matter should be suppressed, he also actively cooperated with the police investigation, and she was implicated.
Huangmao was not very good either. He died within a few days of leaving. Shen Zhiyi was easily found by the Lu family.
Lan Luo and Shen Zhiyi were just staring at each other, completely unaware that the meaning of the matter had changed.
Perhaps she and Huangmao left out of her own will, which she insisted on, and the police could not investigate it. However, how she left Huangmao, met Gu Tingsen, and appeared in the news with Gu Tingsen in a high-profile manner cannot be explained by her own will.
Her words were vague, and it was obvious that she was hiding something.
Or maybe someone warned her to shut up before she came back.
Lu Chiyuan had informed the director in advance, implicitly reminding him that there was something fishy about Huangmao's death and that he could continue investigating along this line, and there might be unexpected surprises.
The director understood what he meant and did not dwell too much on Shen Zhiyi's affairs. When he saw Shen Zhiyi and Lan Luo arguing, he only asked someone to stop them verbally.
When Lu Chiyuan arrived, the two had already stopped fighting. Lan Luo probably knew that his future was hopeless, and his face was full of despair. Shen Zhiyi hung his head, like a defeated quail, and huddled in a chair without saying a word.
The two bodyguards were sitting next to her. When they saw Lu Chiyuan coming in, they quickly stood up and reported their work. They had completed the necessary formalities. If Lu Chiyuan had nothing else to do, he could take Shen Zhiyi away directly.
"Thank you for your hard work. I'll give you two days off. I'll take care of the rest. Go back first."
Lu Chiyuan has always been clear about rewards and punishments for his subordinates. Now it's time to get off work. These two people have been on a business trip for so long, it's time for them to go back and check on their work.
Before leaving, the two looked at Jiang Chen one more time. Jiang Chen nodded in a friendly manner. The two were stunned for a moment, and one of them opened his lips slightly, as if he wanted to say something.
The two of them walked in front of Gu Tingsen and naturally heard Gu Tingsen's exchange. Although they didn't know how Lu Chiyuan negotiated with Gu Tingsen to let them go, they could see that Gu Tingsen was very unwilling and had evil intentions in his heart.
They wanted to remind Jiang Chen, but were afraid of meddling in his business.
Jiang Chen passed by them, and the man couldn't help but move his lips slightly. Thinking of his original body who had worked with them, he whispered, "Be careful of Gu Tingsen."
Jiang Chen looked up and saw that the other party had already walked out quickly, as if he had not said the words just now.
【What did Gu Tingsen do? 】
Jiang Chen asked Xueqiu in confusion. Now it was someone else's turn to remind him.
Snowball searched the plot and exclaimed: [How strange, he wanted you in exchange for Shen Zhiyi and Lu Chiyuan. ]
Jiang Chen: [? ]
Doesn’t the world consciousness revolve around the hero and heroine, and does it constantly create plots in order to bring about the hero and heroine’s encounter?
Why is Gu Tingsen so crazy that he wants to target him?
Jiang Chen didn't understand and frowned in disgust. This was not good news for him. If he was guilty, the law would punish him instead of being remembered by the big idiot.
[Shouldn't Gu Tingsen be in love with Shen Zhiyi, oblivious to the world around him? If he were to trade Shen Zhiyi for me, would he think he was crazy?]
Snowball was silent for a long time, looking at the strange relationship between the male and female protagonists, and said weakly: [He seems to be more interested in you. ]
Jiang Chen was silent, and Lu Chiyuan, who was walking in front of him, paused slightly, but soon returned to normal and walked towards Shen Zhiyi.
Seeing Jiang Chen's bad face, Xueqiu comforted him: [Don't worry, your CEO has already fought back, he didn't get what he wanted. ]
Not to mention that Jiang Chen is a free and independent individual, just based on Lu Chiyuan's character, he would not agree to such an absurd request.
Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. Snowball's words did not comfort him. Instead, they reminded him that the hero and heroine did not meet successfully for the first time, and the world consciousness warning led to Lu Chiyuan's car accident.
[The male protagonist is about to become gay, doesn't the world mindset care? ] Jiang Chen asked, he didn't want to be implicated by Gu Tingsen.
[One of his settings is that he is popular with both men and women. The original novel also wrote that a male star offered himself to him, but at that time he already had Shen Zhiyi, and he sealed his heart and love for Shen Zhiyi, and was unmoved by the other party's advances.]
Gu Tingsen and Shen Zhiyi are still in the initial stage of knowing each other, and their feelings for each other have not yet reached the point where they are unable to extricate themselves from loving each other, so Gu Tingsen's behavior is in line with his personality, and the world consciousness does not think there is a problem.
Jiang Chen thought for a moment and sneered in his heart: [I have gone from being a stumbling block in the love story between the male and female protagonists to being the third person in their love story! ]
Snowball nodded: [That’s correct.]
Jiang Chen was disgusted: [Is he Gu Tingsen worthy? I think he is the third party between me and Brother Lu. ]
Perhaps in the author's opinion, Gu Tingsen is bisexual and experienced, which shows sexual tension, but in Jiang Chen's eyes, he is no different from a teddy bear in heat.
Jiang Chen is not a person with super cleanliness, he thinks he is very open-minded. At Gu Tingsen's age, if he has a serious girlfriend, the two of them are emotionally harmonious, and Jiang Chen can also understand the setting that Gu Tingsen is unclean.
But the author insisted on writing that he had been involved in many affairs of women and wore condoms to protect his chastity. This is simply insane.
Jiang Chen felt contemptuous and didn't notice the movement in front of him. He took two more steps forward and bumped into Lu Chiyuan's back.
Lu Chiyuan turned sideways to look at him, rubbed his forehead naturally, and pulled him from behind to his side.
The two of them stood side by side in front of Shen Zhiyi. Shen Zhiyi saw the tenderness that flashed across Lu Chiyuan's indifferent expression, and thought of Gu Tingsen's heartbreaking words on the night she was rescued by Gu Tingsen.
Lu Chiyuan was in City A at the time, at the venue, but he did not choose to find her or save her. He just let her perish naturally.
Shen Zhiyi clenched her palms. The suffering and humiliation she had experienced in the past few days repeatedly tortured her heart at this moment. She lowered her head, and a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes.
If Lu Chiyuan hadn't blocked her card and refused to give her money, how could she be living in such a shabby house? Being ordered around like a servant, locked in a hot and stuffy toilet, and almost fainting from heat stroke?
The Lu family said nice things, but when it came to interests, they showed no mercy at all.
The police officer on duty came over to greet Lu Chiyuan and told Shen Zhiyi that she could leave.
Shen Zhiyi stood up from the stool, and without speaking to Lu Chiyuan, he walked out the door with his head down, as if he didn't see the living person in front of him.
Jiang Chen frowned slightly, but Lu Chiyuan looked calm. He exchanged a few polite words with the policeman and took Jiang Chen out.
Uncle Qin parked his car outside and saw Shen Zhiyi coming out. He was about to open the passenger door for her, but Shen Zhiyi passed him, opened the back door herself, got in, and shrank herself to the side.
She ran away from home in high spirits, taking money and jewelry with her, thinking that she could finally get rid of Lu Chiyuan's control and live freely. Unexpectedly, in just a few days, she was cheated out of all her money, and even the clothes she wore were randomly given by Gu Tingsen.
As soon as she got into the car, she couldn't hold back the sadness in her heart and burst into tears.
Uncle Qin saw the tear marks on her face, and the words he wanted to say got stuck in his throat. He stood outside the car awkwardly, unable to remind her, and could only wait for Lu Chiyuan and Jiang Chen to come over.
Lu Chiyuan always took Jiang Chen to sit in the back, and Shen Zhiyi took a seat, so someone wanted to go to the front.
Jiang Chen didn't care, he just accompanied Lu Chiyuan to pick up the person. Now that the person was picked up, he thought that his home was not far from here and he could get there quickly by taking a taxi.
"Brother Lu, how about I go back by myself?"
Lu Chiyuan looked at him and said, "No, just come home with me."
Picking up Chen Zhiyi was just a small episode in Lu Chiyuan's itinerary and did not affect his determination to bring Jiang Chen home.
"Uncle Qin, you don't have to go back to the old house today. I will drive back by myself."
Shen Zhiyi occupied the back row and didn't seem to want to talk to anyone. Lu Chiyuan didn't plan to discuss things with her outside. He and Jiang Chen would feel uncomfortable sitting in the back, so they decided to just remove one person.
"You can ask the finance department to reimburse the car fare."
Uncle Qin's home is in the city, and there are direct routes to the city by subway or bus, which is very convenient. He was a little surprised to see that Lu Chiyuan chose to keep him, but then he thought that the young people might have something to talk about, so he stopped worrying and closed the back door.
Jiang Chen saw Lu Chiyuan unbuttoning his suit and walking towards the driver's seat. He took a step forward and blocked the man in the passenger seat, then opened the door and made a gesture of invitation, with a smile in his eyes: "I'll drive."
The Lu family's old house is at least two hours away from here. Lu Chiyuan has been busy all day and should take a good rest now. After all, there are still things to deal with when he returns to the old house.
Lu Chiyuan was dazzled by Jiang Chen's smile. He did not fight with him and sat in the passenger seat.
Jiang Chen went around to the other side and got in the car. His driving skills were very steady, and people could hardly feel any bumps. It was just that it was rush hour after work, so it was easy to get stuck in traffic.
Lu Chiyuan initially looked ahead and observed the road conditions. When he found that Jiang Chen was a skilled driver, his attention inevitably turned to Jiang Chen.
His gaze was like a paintbrush, starting from Jiang Chen's forehead, depicting his bright eyebrows and straight nose, stopping slightly on his soft lips, then sweeping down across his Adam's apple and into the lapel of his suit.
He seldom sat in the passenger seat, and the few times he did, he used the time to work. He was never curious about what the driver next to him looked like.
But today was different. The person driving today was Jiang Chen, and Lu Chiyuan couldn't help but look upwards.
Jiang Chen glanced at Lu Chiyuan from the rearview mirror and saw him staring at him with a puzzled look.
Lu Chiyuan calmly moved his gaze away from Jiang Chen's face and looked at Jiang Chen's hands holding the steering wheel.
His fingers were white and slender, with distinct joints. The back of his hands had a rosy luster in the sunlight, and slightly protruding blood vessels could be seen.
Lu Chiyuan's thoughts were a little distracted. Let alone grabbing the steering wheel, these hands would be suitable for grabbing something else.
An overly dangerous thought flashed through Lu Chiyuan's mind. His eyes sank slightly, and emotions surged in his slightly blue eyes, but he quickly concealed them.
He once again shifted his gaze away, no longer clinging to Jiang Chen, but looked out the window.
As the car drove out of the city, the surrounding green belts were full of life, and the setting sun shone through the gaps, casting tiny golden rays of light.
Lu Chiyuan looked at the floating light and shadow, his mind moved slightly, and he suddenly felt that it would be nice if he could continue walking like this with Jiang Chen.
The car carried them through the sunset and embraced the dawn. It was a simple life with morning and evening, changing seasons.
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