Chapter 32
In the lobby on the first floor of Shengshi Hotel, in response to the boy's request, the front desk receptionist politely asked, "Do you have an appointment?"
"No." Luoyang's face behind his sunglasses was filled with anxiety, and his tone was a bit aggressive. "I know your Mr. Cheng, and I have a good relationship with him."
He used it very well and even deliberately increased the intensity.
However, the receptionist just looked at me suspiciously, and said apologetically that the company has its own policies and they are doing their duty and following the rules. They also kindly suggested that I could contact them by phone.
Luoyang gritted his teeth. Cheng Tianzhen had changed his number a long time ago, so he couldn't contact him at all.
Pacing anxiously back and forth in the hall, Luoyang regretted his decision for the first time and began to realize that Cheng Tianzhen might not be angry.
I used to be able to pamper and indulge him time and time again, why did it change this time just because of that sentence?
As night falls and the lights come on, the bustling city center is full of brilliance.
In the underground parking lot, Lu Shenxing walked out of the elevator, spinning the car keys around his fingers. He suddenly stopped and said, "Come out."
There was a sound from around the corner, and Luoyang called softly, "Brother Tianzhen."
Lu Shenxing raised his eyebrows, "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be busy dealing with the media with your agent?"
Luoyang's face paled. He shouldn't have been so optimistic that the man hadn't seen the photos. He cried, "I lost my mind for a moment. Brother Tianzhen, you have to believe me. I don't know what to do this time."
Lu Shenxing lowered his head, a cold look flashing in the corner of his eyes. If it was the original Cheng Tianzhen standing here, he would definitely choose to forgive, pretend that nothing had happened, handle the trouble for him, and suggest that they live a good life together.
Unfortunately not.
Luoyang was delighted when he saw the man in front of him didn't speak. He raised his head and put his lips close to him, kissing him randomly, "Brother Tianzhen..."
With saliva all over his face and chin, Lu Shenxing grabbed Luoyang's collar and pulled him away from his arms in disgust. "What makes you think I, Cheng Tianzhen, would want something that has been soiled by someone else?"
Disappointment, anger, humiliation, panic, helplessness, and many other emotions swept through his heart. Luoyang roared with a gloomy face, "Cheng Tianzhen, don't force me!"
Lu Shenxing looked at him leisurely.
"I've been with you for two years, and you're so heartless, don't blame me." Luoyang laughed. "If people knew that the boss of Shengshi sexually assaulted a minor, do you think you could stay out of it?"
Lu Shenxing's eyes were instantly filled with sarcasm. There was indeed such a content in the original plot. The original owner Cheng Tianzhen didn't know until his death that what happened that night never happened. Luoyang thought Cheng Tianzhen was too old and ugly, so he just used drugs to make him hallucinate, and then took off his clothes and lay down together.
The last glimmer of hope was getting smaller and smaller as time passed. Luoyang felt cold in his heart. He was just bluffing, betting that this man would compromise for the sake of his reputation. He didn't expect that what he was waiting for was a sentence like "You can do it, I don't care."
Lu Shenxing drove away and asked his secretary to deal with the video, not wanting to cause any more trouble.
The damp air was lingering, and Luoyang stayed there for a while in despair before going to Jack for advice. Even if he had nothing, he still had Jack.
More than forty minutes later, Luoyang stood at the door and rang the doorbell. There was no movement from inside. He took out his cell phone to call, but the other end kept saying busy. Just when he was unsure whether to leave or continue waiting, the door opened from the inside. A man wrapped in a long black down jacket came out, grabbing his fluffy hair and cursing, "What the hell? Who the hell is going on?"
Luoyang saw a stranger coming out of Jack's house, his face grim. "Who are you? Where's Jack?" he asked, looking through the door. "Jack?"
"Jack?" The man's mouth reeked of a hangover. "There's no one here called Jack."
"Impossible, he is a mixed-race, has blue eyes and is very tall." Luoyang was so excited that he was even a little incoherent.
"Oh, you mean Ari?" the man said. "He left with his luggage last night."
Are? Luoyang grabbed the man's arm in a hurry, "Where did he go?"
The man shook him off. "How should I know?"
"Then why are you at his house?" Luo Yang was clearly unconvinced. "Jack said he was writing a script and couldn't possibly be traveling far."
"Are you mistaken? He's just a bastard, how can he write a script?" the man said impatiently, "Also, this house isn't his, it's mine. He just helped take care of it while I was abroad."
It was as if a basin of water was poured down from above his head, and Luoyang felt cold all over. "Impossible!" He shouted inside, "Jack, get the hell out here!"
"You're crazy!" The man pushed Luoyang away and slammed the door shut.
Luoyang wiped his face, his hands were shaking violently, and his expression was distorted. This was a conspiracy from beginning to end. Someone must have instigated it in order to destroy him and ruin his reputation.
After New Year’s Day, the new year comes.
Some people start with tears, some start with laughter, and some end before the New Year. Life is unpredictable, and eight out of ten things are not as we wish.
The photos on the Internet gradually disappeared, but the terrifying download volume on major forums was an unchangeable fact. Luoyang came forward to face the media. That day, he appeared in front of the camera with a face that could directly play the vampire Bai Wuchang or a corpse. He was wearing an overly loose coat and looked unusually thin.
Sympathy index five stars.
His acting career continued, and a few days later, he surpassed some of his predecessors and made headlines for the second time. The title was "Things happening in the entertainment industry", and there were several photos below. The largest one showed him and a wealthy and portly man intimately entering and leaving a high-end club.
Lu Shenxing closed the newspaper in his hand. Luoyang was the protagonist of this world. All the plots revolved around him. A single move could affect the entire situation. He hoped that the changes in the situation would not lead to any unknown consequences.
"Mr. Cheng, the opening ceremony of Jinxiu Jiayuan is almost ready. Is there anything else you would like to add?"
Lu Shenxing took the speech and scanned it from beginning to end. He then looked at the names and positions of the invited people, stopped at the line about Mayor Cheng Tianxuan, and moved away.
"That's it."
The secretary took the documents out, and Lu Shen walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to overlook the prosperous city. Real estate was a piece of fat meat, and it was very fat in the early years. Cheng Tianzhen got the best opportunity and luck.
He established a foundation in the name of Cheng Tianzhen and did charity work, which made him famous. His image as a nouveau riche local tycoon gradually changed, and he successfully separated Luoyang from the original owner's world.
Having done all this, the mission should be accomplished, right? Lu Shenxing asked himself.
"Ding, Mr. Lu, please keep working hard."
Lu Shenxing's eyelids jumped, "Wrong direction?"
"Ding, hard to say."
Lu Shenxing looked up at the sky below him, feeling the urge to jump down. He asked with a dark face, "How is the mission progress?"
"Ding, forty-five."
Not even half of it was done. Lu Shenxing was deeply depressed. The tragedy was not that the task was difficult, but that he had no idea what the task was. He felt that there was nothing he could do.
The opening ceremony was scheduled for January 11th. The planning department worked themselves to death and the result was ideal. The media reporters attending the reception had professional ethics and had prepared questions in advance. No one had any other thoughts.
Lu Shenxing stood on the stage, wearing a well-tailored silver-gray suit, tall and straight, calm and composed.
"Dear guests, leaders, ladies and gentlemen, good evening."
Lu Shenxing took a breath, curled his lips and smiled, "Welcome everyone to take the time out of your busy schedule to attend the topping-out and sales opening ceremony for Phases 1 and 2 of the park's first project, Jinxiu Jiayuan..."
In the crowd, Cheng Tianyuan looked at the person who attracted many people's attention. What the eldest brother said was right. The seventh brother is really different.
He walked out, feeling the wind, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes.
Lu Shenxing put one hand in the pocket of his suit pants and held a wine glass in the other hand. His eyes met Cheng Tianyuan's and he approached at a leisurely pace.
"You're here."
Cheng Tianyuan looked at Lu Shenxing, "I'm here."
Lu Shenxing raised his eyebrows, "I thought you wouldn't come."
"This is the first time I've been invited by you." Cheng Tianyuan's words had an ambiguous meaning. Back then, he hadn't yet secured his position and was being stared at by many eyes. It happened that this person was in trouble at that time, so he didn't approve the documents for the other party.
People are often more vulnerable when they are at their lowest point. Since then, the seventh brother has been holding a grudge. The rift between the brothers has become deeper and deeper. Gradually, even when they sat at the same table to eat in their hometown, they were like strangers.
"This is a different time." Lu Shenxing raised his glass. "Let's not talk about the past. You are still my Sixth Brother."
The voice of "Sixth Brother" in his ear was particularly clear amid the melodious and undulating music. Cheng Tianyuan's body shook, and the wine glass in his hand swayed slightly. The knot in his heart that had been there for so many years was finally untied.
He stepped forward, shortening the original two-step distance to zero, stretched out his free arm to hug his brother who was a head taller than him, and tightened his arms.
Patting Cheng Tianyuan's shoulder in response, Lu Shenxing was stunned when he heard the task prompt that it was 10% complete, and seemed to understand something.
Everything that happened that night was reported, and the outside world officially took a new look at the boss of Shengshi Real Estate.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Shenxing received a call from Cheng Tiandao. The two of them met at a teahouse for tea. When he heard what the other party said, he was surprised and said, "Study abroad?"
Cheng Tiandao nodded, "Yes, he proposed it himself."
Blowing on the tea leaves floating on the surface, Lu Shenxing took a sip of tea and asked, "So urgent?"
"I'm also curious." Cheng Tiandao sighed, "Xiao Zi said he has already contacted his friends there and the flight will be on the sixth day of the New Year."
Lu Shenxing frowned, "Brother, is this what you asked me out for?"
"Xiao Zi has been easily distracted lately." Cheng Tiandao said, "Your sister-in-law and I initially thought he was in love."
Lu Shenxing looked at him, and then?
Cheng Tiandao shook his head and said no more.
After a while, Cheng Tiandao coughed and said, "Seventh Brother, I'm telling you the truth. Can you help persuade Xiao Zi? It's too far away in a foreign country. I'm worried about him because he's unfamiliar with the place."
Lu Shenxing had a strange look on his face, "If you can't persuade me, then it's even more impossible for me."
"Brother, tell me the truth." Cheng Tiandao looked at Lu Shenxing with an even weirder look, "Maybe it will work if you just say it."
In Starbucks, Cheng Zi sat in a corner, chin propped up, looking out the window at the busy street. Wei Ni across from him was complaining about the company boss being too harsh. Not only did he not get double salary, he was also reluctant to give him a red envelope of a hundred yuan.
"Cheng Zi?"
Wei Ni followed the young man's gaze and saw a couple sitting close together on a bench, shoulder to shoulder, with a chubby old cat beside them.
The couple was two men. The older man held the hand of the person next to him and put it in his coat pocket. He lowered his head slightly and looked over. In the warm winter sunshine, his eyes were filled with a tenderness that could move anyone.
"How enviable." Wei Ni couldn't help but sigh, not knowing when her destiny would appear.
"There's a big age difference." Cheng Zi said lightly. He couldn't see clearly what was in his eyes. Although the older man was well maintained, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were still visible.
"That's not important." Wei Ni curled his lips, "Why are you still so pedantic?"
"One has grown up, and the other has grown old." Cheng Zi looked away and lowered his eyelids, "One is destined to watch the other grow old."
Wei Ni's mouth twitched. "Don't be so pessimistic. Love is always beautiful."
What if the two parties are each other's relatives? Cheng Zi didn't ask when his cell phone rang. On the other end was Fang Wen's panicked voice and the sound of a child crying.
"Xiao Zi, your uncle had an accident, and your father is on the way to the hospital..."
The next moment, Wei Ni saw the coffee in Cheng Zi's hand spill out. She was frightened by the expression on his face and slowed down her breathing.
"Cheng Zi, what happened?"
Cheng Zi hurriedly got up and ran out. Wei Ni had never seen him so flustered and was a little stunned.
The hospital was perpetually filled with a foul odor, a scent that blended the essence of life, old age, sickness, and death, a scent that could make people dread and resist. Cheng Zi ran to the nurses' station, looking anxious. "Excuse me, was there a patient named Cheng Tianzhen brought in just now?"
"Yes." As soon as the nurse finished speaking, there was no one in front of her. She muttered to herself, "I don't think I said the number yet..."
The door of the emergency room was pushed open from the inside. Cheng Zi watched as a bed was pushed out. The person on it was covered with a white cloth. His eyes widened.
"Please accept my condolences." said the doctor who was passing by.
Cheng Zi's Adam's apple rolled. He slowly reached out and grabbed a corner of the white cloth, clenching it tightly. His knuckles turned white and his eyes were red.
"I have never dared to say that I like you."
Doctors and nurses have seen so many such missed opportunities due to concerns, cowardice, misunderstandings and other factors that they are no longer surprised. However, when the last two words popped out, the solemn atmosphere on the scene changed completely.
Uncle? The doctor and the nurse were stunned, as if they had witnessed something extraordinary.
A woman with tears all over her face suddenly rushed up to Cheng Zi like crazy and screamed, "Why are you touching my son? Go away!"
The white cloth was pulled open by the woman's action, revealing the face of a strange young man. Cheng Zi was stunned. He withdrew his hand awkwardly and took two steps back, with an unconcealable look of relief on his face.
At this moment, he seemed to have sensed something. The moment he turned around, he saw Lu Shenxing, who had been standing not far away with a bandage on his arm, and... the shocked Cheng Tiandao.
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