Chapter 44 Chapter 44 1st update
Lin Keying had a good time on the cruise ship.
I sleep until I wake up naturally every day, have meals and chat with my godparents, and if I’m interested, I can go to concerts and watch people dancing on the dance floor.
Guo Changda and Zhao Fengzhen were sitting on the mountain, but Lin Keying instigated them: "Godfather, why don't you invite Godmother to dance? How can you not be a gentleman at all!"
"You little sister, you even tease your godfather!" Guo Changda pretended to be angry, but the smile on his lips did not diminish. "We are old, why should we join in the fun of young people?"
Zhao Fengzhen followed suit, his eyes occasionally falling on the elderly couples dancing the waltz in the middle of the dance floor: "Your godfather is right. If you were single now, I would definitely let you go and try it. Maybe you could meet your soulmate."
In the past two days, Lin Keying did receive invitations from some Eastern and Western men to dance the waltz with them.
It’s not that Lin Keying was worried that her newlywed husband would be jealous, but she really wasn’t very interested in partying with strangers, so it would be better for her to just be a spectator.
She changed the subject and glanced at the older dancers on the dance floor: "Godfather, godmother, there are several couples inside, they are not shy at all, why are you shy, go now."
As he spoke, he even stood up and leaned over to whisper to the performer at the end of the song.
Soon, a melodious and beautiful piece of music sounded in the dance hall, which was more elegant and heavy than the previous one.
Guo Changda was teased by his adopted daughter, so he simply stood up and held out his hand. There was no complicated ceremony like that of Westerners, and he said proudly: "Wife, dance with me. We can just dance casually."
Zhao Fengzhen's face showed a rare girlish shyness, and her smile was more beautiful than a spring flower.
The clumsy and rough Guo Changda had never felt such stiff hands and feet before. His right hand was placed on his wife's waist like a bamboo that would rather break than bend. When his wife's left hand was placed on his shoulder, that shoulder felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds and he felt uncomfortable everywhere.
The couple finally held each other's hands and slowly swayed to the music.
Lin Keying watched silently from the sidelines. Whenever her godfather and godmother hugged each other and danced freely, turning around and facing Lin Keying, Lin Keying would put her hands together and make a heart shape with her hands, and respond with a smile.
After the song ended, Guo Changda's hands and feet were so stiff that they felt sore, but he didn't talk about leaving. When the next piece of music started, the slightly brisk piano notes floated in the air. He quickly stretched out his hand to his wife who was chatting with her adopted daughter and said, "Feng Zhen, move your hands a little more."
Lin Keying patted her godmother's hand and said, "Godmother, go quickly. Godfather invites you again~"
Zhao Fengzhen muttered: "You old man are still addicted..."
The smile in his eyes couldn't be hidden.
After dancing for a few songs, when Guo Changda and Zhao Fengzhen came back and sat down, three blond-haired and blue-eyed Western men came down from downstairs and sat down at a table next to them.
Cocktails and coffee were placed on the round glass table, and a few exquisite desserts exuded an enticing aroma.
Lin Keying sipped her coffee and used a spoon to taste the dessert from time to time, but she heard a few words in a genuine British accent.
Guo Changda and Zhao Fengzhen could not communicate in the same language. They could only hear the constant chattering of a few foreigners next to them, while their adopted daughter Lin Keying's face changed slightly.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Fengzhen keenly noticed that his adopted daughter seemed to have discovered something.
Leaning closer to the round table, Lin Keying whispered to the two, "Godfather, Godmother, the British people at the next table are also going to South Africa to take pictures of the diamond mining area."
At the next table, there were a few blond and blue-eyed men, dressed in suits and looking respectable, bragging and chatting with each other.
Lin Keying took a quick glance and felt that the three people looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen them before.
Lin Keying also heard a few words. The British were very confident and mentioned the mining area with a bit of contempt, saying that they were determined to win it.
By the end, the three of them were chatting about everything from the mining area to the land, and they were even competing in a joking way to see who had gotten the land in the port city at a lower price, planning to build a building and sell it to make a fortune. And those Hong Kong people can only pick up what they have left and bid for the land at high prices.
Accompanied by the ear-piercing laughter, several people were satisfied. They raised their hands to clink glasses and drank the golden lager in the huge glass.
Guo Changda hated dealing with the British the most. He was born and raised in Hong Kong, but he was controlled by people who spoke a foreign language, which made him unhappy.
"Hmph, I'd like to see who can take a picture of the mining area by then!" Guo Changda, who had been out of touch with worldly affairs for a long time, blew his beard, revealing some of his former domineering demeanor.
Lin Keying looked at the British people again and the more she looked, the more familiar they seemed to her. Just as she was about to say a few words to her godfather and godmother, the waiter brought in specially made cocktails for her and her godmother Zhao Fengzhen to drink one each.
The waiter raised his hand and pointed to the other end of the crowd: "There is a handsome man serving a cocktail to all the ladies here. Please enjoy your meal."
Zhao Fengzhen knew that many of the rich young men in Hong Kong were generous and often stole the show in bars. He immediately smiled and said, "It must be the work of the son of a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong."
Since others had offered it to her, Lin Keying did not refuse. She took a sip of the sweet and slightly sour cocktail and toasted with her godmother: "Then I would like to thank you from afar."
The two looked towards the other side of the crowd. Many people were gathered together, and they couldn't see which Hong Kong city playboy was treating them.
......
The dance floor in the cabin hall was bustling with people dancing the waltz and tap dance in two groups. Chen Songxian went to the bar to drink a few glasses of whiskey, then crossed his legs and admired the young men and women in the center of the dance floor. He was approached several times in succession.
Although he was not in a good mood, he maintained his composure and directly asked all the girls present to have a cocktail.
His every move and gesture were those of a playboy, attracting many men and women to cheer and thank him.
Several people on the boat knew the grandson of the Chen family, a clothing family, and came forward to say a few words: "Mr. Chen, you should be living a luxurious life in Hong Kong, wearing gold and silver, why do you want to suffer in Africa? What's the difference between this and being exiled in ancient times?"
Chen Songxian frowned, and just as he was about to speak, a sailor in uniform came over to invite him: "Mr. Chen, please come this way. I have something important to tell you."
Chen Songxian followed the seaman to one side and heard amid the lively sounds of music and voices: "Change rooms?"
The seaman confirmed again and again: "Yes, I have reserved a luxury suite for you on the 16th floor. I will help you change rooms immediately."
"Why do you want to change rooms?" Chen Songxian now lives in the superior bedroom No. 888, and everything is fine.
"This is Mr. Cheng's special order. The previous 888 superior bedroom is still a bit unfair to you. The luxury suite on the 16th floor is more suitable for your status."
"Oh." Chen Songxian's face lit up with joy, and he immediately went to the eighth floor with the seaman to get the luggage and change rooms, and he couldn't help but express his emotion during the conversation.
"My cousin still cares about me, he's so good to me!"
The people in front didn't understand what exile was like in ancient times. It was obvious that my cousin valued me and promoted me, and now he was even thinking about letting me live in a luxury suite!
......
When Lin Keying returned to her room with her godparents, they passed by Room 888, the door of which was wide open. The cleaning lady was cleaning the room and putting on new bedding sets.
She glanced inside casually and it looked like someone had checked out and left: "The ship hasn't docked yet. Could someone have changed rooms?"
Zhao Fengzhen knew very well that the ship, which had been sailing for two days since leaving the port city, would take another three days to stop at its first stop, Malaysia.
These days, the cruise ship is drifting on the sea. If passengers want to go ashore to rest or purchase supplies, they can only wait until it reaches the first stop to disembark.
"I think he went to another room."
Several people went back to their rooms. Lin Keying did not take the matter to heart. After washing up, she sat in front of the dressing table, looking at the plain and clear white face in the bronze mirror with intricate carvings.
The high-end skin care product was rubbed between the fingertips and gradually applied to the face, blending into every texture. The delicate skin was like a peeled egg, which was gently patted by Lin Keying a few times.
The fluffy hair is casually tied into a bun, and the broken hair makes the already small cheeks look more delicate.
The woman in the mirror was daydreaming, thinking about the intermittent conversation she heard from the British in the afternoon. Where did her confidence come from that it seemed like taking over the mining area was as easy as taking candy from a baby?
Not to mention, the contempt and sarcasm several people showed when they mentioned the land in Gangcheng. It's really frustrating.
After carefully recalling the appearances of the three people, Lin Keying, who has always been a little face-blind to foreigners and even when watching foreign TV dramas and movies, she thought that everyone looked pretty much the same, finally remembered.
Those three people were the three British people that Lin Keying had seen from afar in the corridor after the land auction at the Lands Department of Hong Kong City ended!
No wonder they are proudly comparing who has won the land in Gangcheng at the lowest price today. On that day, they must have won the land in a prime location at a price that was seven or eight times lower than that of the local merchants in Gangcheng.
Continuing to write down the information in her notebook, recording the names she had just heard the three people address each other and the clues about the land and mining area, Lin Keying thought for a moment and couldn't help feeling sleepy.
Just as Lin Keying fell asleep in room 807, Chen Songxian, who had moved from room 888 to room 1608 on the 16th floor, was looking at a pile of documents as thick as a mountain in front of him and was so scared that his eyes almost popped out.
"This..." Chen Songxian pointed at Xiaoshan and almost stuttered, "What does this mean?"
Seafarers should be fair and just: "General Cheng arranged a course for Chen Shao, saying that the voyage is long and life on the ship is hard, so it is a good opportunity for Chen Shao to learn more about company management and get to know the African market in advance."
"I won't learn!" Chen Songxian hated reading densely packed texts, not to mention that this mountain was too scary. It would take him forever to finish reading it.
The seaman remained respectful: "Mr. Cheng said that if you don't learn, you will stay in Africa forever."
"...I studied."
Chen Songxian gritted his teeth.
On the third day of the cruise ship at sea, Chen Songxian missed the opportunity to go downstairs and have fun. He had no access to the dance floor or the bar, and even was not allowed to go to the restaurant. The seamen diligently delivered meals to his door.
"Mr. Chen, this is a special favor from Mr. Cheng. He is worried that you are studying too hard, so he specially prepared a sumptuous meal and sent it to your room so that you don't have to run back and forth and waste your time."
Chen Songxian had a headache and bit his medium-rare steak hard, wanting only to run away.
My cousin doesn't have to be so concerned about me. My grandfather, parents and uncle don't urge me like this, so why should my cousin be so concerned?
However, the seamen at the door were strictly guarding and did not give Chen Songxian any chance to slip away. Chen Songxian was so angry that he crumpled up the documents to vent his anger.
Chen Songxian could only complain to his cousin in his heart, but he dared not say anything, for fear that the seamen at the door would hear him and complain.
I curse my cousin to never have a woman to date and never get married in his life.
This is the most serious curse that the playboy Chen Songxian could think of.
After complaining, Chen Songxian felt that he was rewarding his cousin. After all, there had never been any woman around his cousin, and he had no interest in any woman. What was the point of such a curse?
Why!
The curse from the distant sea had no effect on Cheng Wanting who was rushing to the airport.
"Master, I have already notified the sailors on the Ocean Huanyu to change Master Chen Songxian's room. It is now six floors away from Madam's room. A pile of information has been sent over. According to the report, Master Chen Songxian has not been able to leave the house all day. Don't worry."
When Yang Minghui arrived in Paris and learned that Lin Keying had boarded a ship to South Africa, he almost vomited blood.
What kind of evil fate is this!
Secretary Yang couldn't help but doubt this world, and there was a bit of sympathy in his eyes when he looked at the young master.
What you snatch is not yours after all. No matter how much two people love each other and fight for it, they cannot stop God's destiny.
A day has passed, but Yang Minghui can still recall the eldest young master's terrifying expression at that time, as if he was about to pick up a knife and go to Causeway Bay for a fight.
Later, when he attended a meeting and talked with other shipping decision-makers, he was also very serious. His aura was so strong that his competitors thought that Huanyu was making some big move. Even the boss of the British company that controlled the other half of the ship market in Hong Kong became wary, suspecting that Cheng Wanting was up to something.
Yang Minghui had a lot on his mind, but he didn't dare say a word. He could only listen to orders obediently.
"Yeah." Cheng Wanting still did not look relaxed. He had just finished a day of international shipping conference. All subsequent trips were cancelled, so he went straight to the helipad on the top floor of the venue.
A private helicopter on the tarmac is flapping its wings, ready to take off at any time.
After controlling Chen Songxian, Cheng Wanting contacted Hong Kong to send a private helicopter. After attending a half-day international shipping conference, all subsequent itineraries were cancelled.
Originally, they were going to fly directly to Malaysia, the first unloading stop for the giant ship. However, the Cheng family had little influence in Malaysia, and they could not report the temporary suspension of flight. Cheng Wanting made a prompt decision to fly to Singapore.
"Contact Singapore to report, fly directly to Singapore, and let the cruise ship stop in Singapore for a few minutes." Cheng Wanting looked decisive.
"Yes." Yang Minghui was worried and prayed that everything would go well and that Master Chen Songxian would not meet Miss Lin.
He has already instructed the sailors to make proper arrangements, so there shouldn't be any accidents.
We only need to wait another thirteen hours and the young master will arrive.
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