Chapter 183 I Won, Time to Fulfill My Promise
Helpless, the bodyguard put away his phone, threw down his umbrella, and bowed to Lu Jiunian, saying, "Third Master, I apologize for the inconvenience."
The bodyguard reached out and grabbed Lu Jiunian's shoulder.
Lu Jiunian's eyes hardened, and after dodging the bodyguard's touch, he kicked the bodyguard away.
"roll!"
Lu Jiunian's extremely cold voice made it seem as if no one could get close to him.
The bodyguard collapsed on the grass, clutching his stomach, and didn't get up for a long time.
After beating the person, Lu Jiunian knelt down again in the dirty mud to search for the pair of rings that Shi Nianzhi had thrown away.
Shi Nianzhi placed his hands on his chin, staring at the monitor screen with a somewhat enigmatic expression in his eyes.
He then picked up his phone and redialed the number.
After a while, several bodyguards rushed over in the rain.
The lead bodyguard raised his foot and kicked Lu Jiunian hard in the back, leaving a muddy footprint on his white shirt, which was quickly washed away by the rain.
Lu Jiunian ignored it. He finally found a ring. He held the ring on his fingertip, and his eyes, which had been extinguished, finally regained some light.
The other ring should be nearby, so Lu Jiunian searched even more diligently.
He roughly pulled aside the rose vines with his hands, his eyes scanning the ground and the vines carefully, afraid of missing anything.
The bodyguard kicked Lu Jiunian and, seeing that he didn't retaliate, several of them stepped forward and began punching and kicking him.
Lu Jiunian's gaze finally fell upon another ring, hanging on a rose vine.
He reached out to grab it, but was kicked hard into the mud.
The ring she was clutching in her hand was accidentally thrown away, landing in the muddy water and disappearing without a trace.
"No----"
Lu Jiunian's fair fingers groped for the ring in the muddy water, his fingers trembling slightly, as if afraid he would lose it.
He lay sprawled on the ground, splashing mud and water as his bodyguard kicked him, leaving him covered in mud and water.
Lu Jiunian was truly like a madman, seemingly oblivious to pain, his eyes and mind only focused on the ring, as if even his own life had become unimportant.
He struggled to get up, only to be kicked back into the murky, filthy mud.
He finally coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"stop----"
The bodyguard dared not hit him again.
With blood still on his lips, Lu Jiunian crawled slowly, his fingers finally finding the ring in the mud. Then he forced himself to stand up.
Go and take the other rose from the rose bush.
He held the two rings in his hands, then put his own ring back on his ring finger, and held the other one in his palm before turning to look at the bodyguards.
The bodyguards were startled by his cold gaze, as if afraid of retaliation, so they all straightened their backs, ready to fight at any moment.
Lu Jiunian turned his gaze to the security camera and said softly, "Let them hit me, I'll let them. If you don't want me here, I'll leave immediately. Nianzhi, from now on... I'll do whatever you want. If you don't like me coming to you, I won't come anymore, cough—"
Lu Jiunian coughed, his throat filled with a metallic taste. He was filthy and disheveled. Braving the heavy rain, his lonely figure slowly walked away.
...
The National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) is approaching.
Shi Nianzhi walked into the examination room alone, holding his admission ticket.
He had imagined what this day would be like.
A summer breeze blew by, and Mu Guangcheng put one arm around his shoulder while eating a breakfast bun in the other.
Then, vaguely, he said to Nianzhi, "Don't be stressed. If you don't do well on the exam, you don't do well. At worst, we can go work on a construction site and move bricks."
Su Heng stood beside him for a while, watching Mu Guangcheng finish the bun, and then took out a wet wipe to wipe Mu Guangcheng's mouth.
Gu Yuanyuan was also there, standing not far away, gritting her teeth. She glanced at the three of them disdainfully, snorted coldly, and stormed into the examination room.
They would then part ways at the stairwell, heading to their respective exam rooms, and then reunite after the exam.
Chatting about everything under the sun, looking forward to university life—this is a further step in their growth.
But the word "growth" is often more cruel than imagined. It arrived early that winter break, leading the four of them down different paths in life.
Su Hengyi and Gu Yuanyuan got married, Mu Guangcheng died, and Shi Nianzhi became a different person.
...
Gu Dongxuan thought that Shi Nianzhi would give up studying grave robbing because of his hand injury, but to his surprise, Shi Nianzhi went ahead with it and entered the archaeology major with outstanding grades.
Gu Dongxuan was so angry that he didn't speak to Shi Nianzhi for a week, but what could he do about his younger brother? He could only spoil him.
"Are you really going to study this major?"
“I enjoy doing this kind of thing, brother. You know I have a natural interest and talent for antique tombs.”
"If Dad had known about you... he definitely wouldn't have let you get involved in these things."
"The Gu family still has you, Yuanyuan, and isn't your sister-in-law pregnant? So whether I continue the family business or not isn't really important. But you don't need to worry too much, brother. My sister-in-law needs you to stay with her. Anyway, I'm at S University and will be in the capital for the next few years. I'll study and keep an eye on the company for you at the same time so you won't be so tired. After all, your sister-in-law's pregnancy was hard, and the baby will need its father's company after it's born."
Gu Dongxuan reluctantly hummed in agreement.
Then he started complaining, “Your sister-in-law has become very prone to crying since she got pregnant. It’s really giving me a headache. Yesterday, she cried for ages because I almost stepped on an ant, and I couldn’t comfort her no matter what I did.”
"Your sister-in-law is considered an older mother, so please be considerate of her."
"This child came too unexpectedly, and your sister-in-law's health condition is special, so she can't have an abortion. Otherwise, I wouldn't want it. Look what you've done to my gentle and virtuous wife!"
"Does Yuanyuan know?"
Gu Dongxuan said unhappily, "Why let that unfilial son know? I'm already planning to sever ties with him!"
Shi Nianzhi raised an eyebrow. "It can't be that bad, can it? What happened? Did you have a fight with him?"
"It makes me so angry just thinking about him. Does he think he's untouchable just because he's in L country? He clings to the Su family like a leech. I can tell Su Hengyi doesn't like him. And he's my son, what a spineless son! He even bullied you when you lost your memory. It makes me so angry. The more I look at him, the more I think I should have thrown him into an orphanage when he was born. What was the point of having him?!"
Gu Dongxuan was annoyed and went to light a cigarette, but Shi Nianzhi reached out and snatched the cigarette from his mouth.
"Forget it, your sister-in-law will probably make a scene if she smells the cigarette on you. You should quit. As for Yuanyuan, let nature take its course. He's studying over there, and he's under a lot of pressure. His husband doesn't like him, so he's already feeling bad. As elders, we shouldn't kick him when he's down."
"Add insult to injury? Considering the bastard things he did, I'm only saying that I have some father-son relationship with him because I didn't whip him to death with a belt."
Gu Dongxuan picked up his phone and said, "I have to get up early tomorrow to accompany your sister-in-law to the temple to burn incense. I won't go to the social event tonight, and your sister-in-law doesn't like the smell of smoke and alcohol, so you go ahead. Come to the company early tomorrow. I'm taking a vacation and won't be handling things for the time being, so you can keep an eye on things."
"Um."
Shi Nianzhi sat in the chair and nodded slightly upon hearing this.
Gu Dongxuan took a few steps, then came back. "The Lu family seems to be in quite turmoil lately. The struggle for the inheritance is fierce, and Lu Jiunian seems to be losing out."
Shi Nianzhi didn't even look up. "Really? I didn't pay much attention."
“I’ve noticed that Lu Jiunian has been much quieter lately and hasn’t come to see you anymore. However, I’ve also overheard people at the dinner table talking about how his temperament has changed drastically, becoming unpredictable and eccentric. He’s also made a series of poor decisions that have caused Lu’s Group to lose a lot of money. This is a huge disadvantage in a battle for control of the company. I feel that his position is precarious and that Lu Bing could very well take over from him.”
"Isn't that great?"
"Um?"
"Then the Lu Group will be ours from now on."
Shi Nianzhi took out an agreement from the drawer and handed it to Gu Dongxuan, saying, "Brother, take a look."
After reviewing the agreement, Gu Dongxuan stared at Shi Nianzhi and said, "So you want to stir things up behind the scenes? If you want, I can arrange it."
"I've already made the arrangements."
Gu Dongxuan reached out and patted Shi Nianzhi's head. "My little brother has really grown up. Well done."
"Go home early."
"good."
As Gu Dongxuan was leaving, he muttered to himself, "But knowing Lu Jiunian as I do, he shouldn't have lost like this in this round. Oh well, never mind, my wife and kids are the most important."
Gu Dongxuan left in a hurry, rushing back to be with his beloved wife and the little troublemaker in her belly.
However, if it were a daughter, he would barely consider her a menace.
If it's a son, fine, just throw him in an orphanage! If you don't want a son, Gu Yuanyuan alone is enough to make your life miserable!
Gu Dongxuan thought angrily.
......
Because of Gu Dongxuan's inconsistent work ethic, Shi Nianzhi, who was in charge of the large company, became extremely busy every day.
In order to help Lu Bing seize power, he also transferred 10% of his shares in Lu's Group to Lu Bing, which became the final blow that brought down Lu Jiunian.
As Shi Nianzhi walked out of the company, he realized he hadn't seen Lu Jiunian for two months.
Today, however, he saw Lu Jiunian leaning against the car door waiting for him. He had lost a lot of weight and looked extremely tired, and his mental state was not good.
The moment Shi Nianzhi came out, Lu Jiunian fixed his gaze on her, but he did not go up to her or speak to her.
Instead, Shi Nianzhi smiled gently at him.
When Lu Jiunian saw Shi Nianzhi's smile, he stared at it for a while, his eyes filled with a sense of déjà vu.
Then, he suddenly smiled at Shi Nianzhi, his smile so gentle and tender.
Shi Nianzhi ignored Lu Jiunian and got into the car and left after the driver brought the car over.
After that, Lu Jiunian seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
Shi Nianzhi has not heard from him for a long time.
When school started in September, Shi Nianzhi made a symbolic trip to S University. When he walked out of the school gate and returned to the company...
Lu Bing was already waiting for him at the company. He held the equity transfer agreement in his hand. "I won. I'm here to fulfill my promise."
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