In the backyard of the Yang Family's military compound in Beijing.
As usual, Yang Gongming was dressed in a plain grey robe. He was holding a pair of scissors as he trimmed the excess branches on a few boxwood trees. However, his vision was a little blurry and it was a little strenuous for him to do so.
Li Moshen, who had taken off his coat and was wearing a low-collared sweater, was patiently watching his old friend fiddle with the tree. He held a teacup in his hand and didn't seem to be in a hurry to speak.
Yan Sanniang was the only old woman standing in the corridor of the courtyard. She squinted her eyes and looked at the two old men in the courtyard with a smile. No one knew what she was smiling about.
About ten minutes later, Yang Gongming finally felt that the trimmed boxwood trees were round and smooth. He walked back to the table, put down the scissors, and sat opposite Li Moshen.
He picked up the teacup and took a sip of the warm tea. Yang Gongming let out a long sigh. He seemed to be a little tired, but his face was glowing. He looked at the boxwood trees in enjoyment and said, "These trees have to be trimmed from time to time. Don't be fooled by their appearance. If you really take the scissors and trim them, you'll realize that there are actually a lot of places that need to be trimmed. It's just that it's not obvious."
Yang Gongming seemed to be muttering to himself. Li Moshen followed up, "I'm not as leisurely and elegant as you. I have a lot of things to do, so I leave the flowers and plants at home to the servants. However, I really can't be lazy when it comes to trimming these plants. But I'm not as patient as you. If something doesn't seem right, I'll just shovel it. "
"Sigh, you can't." Yang Gongming waved his hand and said, "It's not easy for a tree to be trimmed. Even if you cut the branches, there's still the trunk. Even if you cut the trunk, there's still the roots. The roots might even be connected to other trees, and there might even be many saplings. It takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to nurture a person. Who can say that plants are heartless? If they can be trimmed well, it'll just take some effort. "
Li Moshen took a sip of tea and chuckled for a while before saying, "Eunuch Yang's tea is still very fragrant."
"Haha, Old Li, if you like it, you can bring some back. These tea leaves aren't famous, but they were picked and roasted from a few tea trees in our Yang Family's old mansion. "I can't stand a good life, I'm used to plain tea and plain food. If you really want me to drink some good tea that costs a few thousand yuan per catty, I would think that the sweet taste is too greasy." Yang Gongming shook his head.
Li Moshen laughed heartily, "A simple meal is good. We're getting on in years. If there's too much money, not to mention how long we'll be able to enjoy it, I'm afraid our old bones won't be able to support it. Sooner or later, we'll get the disease of being rich. In my opinion, why don't you give me some tea leaves? I'll return the favor and ask Yunpeng to give me some pickled vegetables that my wife pickled herself. What do you think? "
"You old brat, I'll take it as you've gotten lucky. But let's make this clear: don't randomly buy pickled vegetables from outside and try to fool me."
"You have to be able to fool me before I dare to fool you!" Li Moshen said with an honest face.
Just like that, they chatted about the garden and their daily lives. The two old men were like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time. If these words were to be heard by others, they would definitely think that the two of them had dementia.
As for Lu Min's murder and Yang Cheng's pursuit, the two of them didn't mention a single word.
…
Zhonghai Yu Lei International Headquarters Building. Early in the morning, there was an endless stream of people coming and going.
Following the successful operation of Yu Lei International's new material, the profits multiplied several times. The company's shares also escaped from death twice in a row and bounced back. Yu Lei International's reputation was becoming more and more prominent.
In particular, in the stock market war that shocked the world, Yu Lei International suddenly threw out 50 billion in cash at the last moment and turned the tide of the battle. This made the outside world completely change their view of this multinational enterprise that was originally thought to be immature and unstable.
Nowadays, there was an endless stream of newcomers who wanted to work in Yu Lei. Many executives from other fashion companies also wanted to jump ship. Such a situation also made the ordinary employees of Yu Lei envious of the outside world. They felt valiant and high-spirited, walking on the street as if they had been injected with stimulants.
Naturally, as the highest leader, Lin Ruoxi had become the spiritual leader in the eyes of the lower-level employees, an idol that they worshipped. The number of Lin Ruoxi's "washing powder" army was increasing day by day. She even had the momentum to become a popular idol of the younger generation of Hua Xia.
Many of the planners in Yu Lei Entertainment were even fantasizing that if they could make Lin Ruoxi an artist, it would be very profitable.
Of course, the planners dared to think of such ideas, but they didn't dare to show it at all. Daring to have ideas on their immediate superior? Did they want to quit, or did they want to die?
As the director of Yu Lei Entertainment, Yang Chen was naturally aware of these situations. However, he didn't feel much about the company's current momentum of prosperity. The company was making so much money, but he didn't see his wife becoming much happier. On the contrary, their relationship always had a sense of crisis, as if it was about to fall apart.
After driving all the way from home to the headquarters of Yu Lei, Yang Cheng took the elevator directly to the top floor of the CEO's office.
As soon as he got out of the elevator, he saw the CEO's assistant, Wu Yue, wearing a black suit and black-rimmed glasses, standing in the corridor, as if waiting for someone.
Because Yang Cheng had previously exposed her relationship with Li Minghe, Wu Yue was angry at Yang Cheng, but she didn't dare to say anything. She always thought that her relationship with Li Minghe was not discovered by anyone, but she didn't know that Lin Ruoxi had long seen through it, but she didn't expose it because she cared about her face.
Seeing Yang Cheng appear, Wu Yue's cold face showed a trace of disgust, and she said stiffly, "General Lin is waiting for you, go in."
Yang Cheng thought that Wu Yue was going to stop him from seeing Lin Ruoxi again, but he didn't expect that Wu Yue was actually waiting for him to go in!?
"Ruoxi wants me to go in?" Yang Cheng hesitated and asked to confirm.
Wu Yue was annoyed, "Is there someone else called Yang Cheng? General Lin said that this morning, he won't see anyone except you, so he asked me to wait here. "
Yang Cheng was even more puzzled. What did Sister Lin mean by this? Wasn't she angry at him? Why did she suddenly wait for him to come?
However, he had already seen Lin Ruoxi's meticulous and complicated thoughts, which were completely different from her appearance, so Yang Cheng wasn't surprised that Lin Ruoxi could guess that he would come, but it was true that everything seemed strange and unpredictable.
Yang Cheng pondered, slowly walked to the door of the CEO's office, and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Lin Ruoxi's voice was as moving and crisp as ever, without the slightest trace of anger, calm, and no emotion could be heard.
This kind of calmness made Yang Cheng even more puzzled. Everything was different from what he had expected.
But having come this far, he couldn't go back and figure it out before going in. Yang Cheng braced himself, pushed the door open, and walked into the spacious office.
The office was still the same as the first time he came in, clean and tidy, transparent, and elegant. Other than a few indoor potted plants, everything was the same as before.
Lin Ruoxi, who was wearing a beige British trench dress, didn't change her attire for returning to the company. At this time, she was standing behind the desk, both hands on the table, looking down at a large drawing.
After Yang Cheng closed the door, he took a few steps forward, only to find that Lin Ruoxi wasn't looking at a fashion design, but a construction drawing.
The atmosphere was a little awkward. Yang Cheng pretended to cough twice, looked at Lin Ruoxi, and said, "Wife, I heard from Wu Yue that you … were waiting for me?"
Lin Ruoxi didn't answer directly, but pointed to the large drawing on the table, and casually asked, "What do you think of the design of these villas and buildings?"
"Ah?" Puzzled, Yang Cheng walked forward and carefully looked at the architectural drawing. In fact, there were no less than three drawings on the table, and they were either villas or large-scale buildings with several floors.
The design of these villas combined the symmetry of the East with the West's columns, spires, and other elements. It was quite unique, and should not have been made by ordinary designers.
The design of the buildings looked like large-scale hotels and guesthouses, and the design was very avant-garde. But if the actual construction was to be carried out, it would be a fantasy if there wasn't an initial investment of a few billion.
"It's good, but why are you looking at these?" Yang Cheng was anxious. Why would he look at the drawings at this time? He had been trying his best to organize all the words to explain the facts. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, he was hoping that it would help him win some points!
However, Lin Ruoxi wanted to get to the bottom of it. "Good? This is very general. Tell me specifically what's good. "
Yang Cheng's mouth twitched. Was he here to do a work report? Wasn't he here to explain his family's problems?
"How can I say that? I only know that building such a villa will definitely cost a lot of money. The more money you spend, the better the things will be." Yang Cheng said with waning interest.
Lin Ruoxi raised her head. She didn't put on any makeup, and a hint of helplessness appeared on her tired face, "How can that be? According to what you said, there's no need to spend a lot of money to buy the design. We can just save the money and build something more expensive."
Yang Cheng was depressed. Was this woman really going to argue with him about building a house? He couldn't be bothered to drag it on any longer. If this went on, he would soon forget his main purpose of coming here.
Thus, he directly said, "Ruoxi, I know you must be in a bad mood right now. Don't beat around the bush with me. I came here to explain everything clearly. Regardless of whether you believe me or not, what I want to say is that what you saw and heard this morning wasn't what you thought it was. I did make some mistakes, but I actually only got home this morning. Before this, I … "
Before Yang Cheng could continue, Lin Ruoxi raised her hand and signaled for Yang Cheng to stop. She shook her head slightly and sighed faintly. She said softly, "You don't have to explain to me. I know you didn't rush back to Zhonghai for such a small matter. You wouldn't lie to me for such a thing."
Yang Cheng was stunned. This girl was quite open-minded! But the problem was, if she was open-minded, why did she leave home and immediately come to the company!?
Ignoring Yang Cheng's blank expression, Lin Ruoxi walked lightly to the floor-to-ceiling window at the back of the office. She looked at the rows of buildings outside the building and the roads that had been reduced to the width of a fingertip. After a moment of silence, she said leisurely, "Originally, I wanted to let it go. In fact, there was nothing much to say. But now it seems that even if I don't want to listen, you still want to say it. So, listen to me first."
At this time, Lin Ruoxi's back looked a little thin. Her words revealed a bit of desolation, but more than that, it was the calm after the tide subsided.
"Yang Cheng, do you still remember what you did when Yang Lie first came to our house? Because Yang Lie provoked you, you beat Yang Lie up badly. Later, that Taoist priest came and pleaded with Sister Cai Ning. In the end, Yuan Ye stood out and recognized Yang Lie as his cousin. In the end, you didn't kill Yang Lie.
At that time, because I confirmed Hui Lin's identity as a member of the Lin family, I was a little depressed and didn't think much about it. But after that, I thought, Yang Lie and that Taoist priest are both extraordinary people, but in front of you, they are not even on the same level. Then, how powerful are you? It can be said that that was the first time you gave me the most positive stimulation. It made me feel that there was actually a huge gap between us.
And … actually, on that day, when Yuan Ye recognized Yang Lie as his cousin, and you suddenly let Yang Lie go, I could roughly guess your parents' identity. But I felt that you didn't want to accept it, so I pretended that I didn't know anything … "
Listening to Lin Ruoxi's narration, Yang Cheng gradually opened his eyes wide. This woman indeed looked like she didn't care about anything, but in her heart, there was not a little.
"Later, because I played some tricks and destroyed Changlin Media and the Xu family's business, I suffered the revenge of Zeng Xinlin and Xu Zhihong. I know that you must think that it's stupid for a girl like me to be so ruthless in doing business, to fight to the death, and to bring disaster upon myself …
Actually, at that time, although I didn't accept Lin Zhiguo as my grandfather, I knew that if something really happened to me, Lin Zhiguo definitely wouldn't leave me alone. I didn't know what abilities Lin Zhiguo had, but since he could protect my grandma, he could definitely protect me. So, I used Lin Zhiguo to destroy the Zeng family and the Xu family at all costs …
But in the end, I realized that Lin Zhiguo didn't do anything to save me, and instead, it was you who helped me to block that disaster. At that time, I realized that you should be related to the forces controlled by Lin Zhiguo, or maybe Lin Zhiguo asked you to take care of me. But to me, it actually didn't matter, I just needed someone to help me block those people's counterattack. "
Speaking up to this point, Lin Ruoxi turned around and smiled bitterly at the dumbfounded Yang Cheng, "Yang Cheng, do you still remember that time, after you killed Zeng Xinlin and Xu Zhihong, I told you not to take it to heart …"
"I remember," Yang Cheng said woodenly, "You said that you and I are both poisonous scorpions, we can only kill ourselves."
"Yeah!" Lin Ruoxi's shoulders lightly shook, as if she couldn't hold back her laughter, "Yang Cheng, you're so silly, so silly … I only told a story to trick a kid, and you really believed it.
Yang Cheng, for a woman like me who has never seen a dead person since young, when I saw a man smashing a person's head into pieces with his bare hands, do you think I … could accept it so easily? "
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