If all the lies Xie Lingxi had told Qiao Jinglian before were enough to chill him, then now - Gu Yanshen's last words were a devastating blow to him.
He has always thought that he missed the woman he could have had, but he never thought it was his fault, so he wanted to save the situation, because 5 years ago, Shen Zijin was the old man in the family who forcefully
What kind of woman did Qiao Jinglian want to be given to him? At that time, he was already in a heated relationship with Xie Lingxi, so naturally he would not give Shen Zijin a second look, and in the past five years, they had not had anything extra.
If they had the opportunity to get along well, he had always believed that the reason why he and Zijin were in this situation was because he missed her at the best time.
But he wanted to make up for it, so he kept working hard, regressing, and giving himself too many reasons.
But everything, at this moment, has become a big joke.
The woman he had been with for so many years, whom he once thought was the most sensible and pure woman around him, turned out to be the culprit that created the current situation.
…………
Qiao Jinglian clenched her fists, and the veins on the back of her hands bulged due to the force. His heart was filled with turbulent waves. This feeling was far more unbearable than lies.
Xie Lingxi's lies could only make him feel that he was sometimes too confident and could not see the people around him clearly, but Gu Yanshen's words made him deeply feel that everything was just his own fault.
"...Have you always known this?"
Qiao Jinglian's voice was suppressed, so low that it was scary. He was restrained, but when he spoke, his tense emotions still leaked out, "Gu Yanshen, tell me, have you always known about this?"
"Is there any difference between knowing and not knowing?"
"So, in fact, you already knew it from the beginning, so when you came back, you came back for Shen Zijin, right? When you were in England, you were already with her... and then you happened to take advantage of it
When that opportunity came back, I had always suspected that the reason why you were so mean to Zijin was just to dislike me, right? Gu Yanshen, you just admitted that you were here for me from the beginning to the end, right?
"
"You take yourself too seriously."
Gu Yanshen's tone was calm, but his brows were furrowed. He actually didn't care what Qiao Jinglian thought of him. For him, he never cared what others thought of him, but it concerned Zijin.
He couldn't remain indifferent.
Especially this person is Qiao Jinglian!
"I have told you before that I, Gu Yanshen, never need to rely on a woman to retaliate against anyone. What's more, do you think it is necessary for me to retaliate against you? I can tell you clearly about Xie Lingxi's matter.
Before City C, I knew nothing about it. When I returned to City C, I saw her with you and I realized what was going on. But before, I had been silent and had no selfish desires.
I just feel that some things don’t need to be mentioned again. Men and women are just like that. When we were in the UK, Xie Lingxi spent a lot of effort to get close to me. After that, you asked her to come back, and she still chose you. This
It's enough to illustrate a problem. You, Qiao Jinglian, are more attractive to her than I am. Since she wants to be with you, it's between her and you, and I won't be so fussy about it."
"That's true, then why do you want me to know now?"
Qiao Jinglian's emotions were obviously a little out of control, and her voice was hoarse due to tightness. The two brothers had half the same blood, but in fact, their personalities were almost the same.
The same pride, the same stubbornness, the same unwillingness to admit defeat, and the same not wanting to lose to the opponent.
"Are you really not trying to retaliate against me? Then why do you want me to know it now? Gu Yanshen, don't tell lies with your eyes open. If you are a man, you can do whatever you want!"
Faced with Qiao Jinglian's excitement, Gu Yanshen just casually twitched the corners of his lips and chuckled, "What can I do that I dare not do?"
"——Do you think I shouldn't let you know these things, or you simply can't bear such a blow?"
"…………"
"I chose to remain silent before. As I just said, I don't want to care too much. Everyone has the right to choose their own happiness. Maybe she really loves you and wants to come back to you. Why should I bother?
But now I choose to let you know that it is because she, Xie Lingxi, stretched her hand too far. Maybe you don’t know how many times she secretly thought about plotting to frame Zijin, but I know clearly that she is like this
I am indeed not prepared to make her live comfortably, this is my purpose."
Qiao Jinglian suddenly felt sad.
The man opposite had such a powerful aura that when he said such words, he couldn't even utter a single word of rebuttal. He felt uncomfortable. Only at this moment did he realize that the situation he was in now was all his own fault.
Yes, he believed in someone he shouldn't believe and chose someone he shouldn't have chosen, so now - he has lost the person he wanted to cherish. Does he really deserve it, right?
…………
He didn't say any more words. Those deep eyes that once exuded the charm that made women's hearts flutter when raised slightly, were now filled with scarlet and ferocious light.
He only glanced at Gu Yanshen, finally clenched his fists, turned around and left the box.
"...just leave like this?"
Uncle Su Junyan was sitting on the sofa, with his legs crossed, looking particularly in need of a beating. He shook the red wine glass in his hand, with gossip written all over his face, "You're quite ruthless, no matter what, it's still yours."
Brother, tell him, it turns out that his woman had an affair with you, alas - what a pitiful child."
Gu Yanshen glanced at the man who had watched the good show, and he seemed to have a lingering look on his face. He frowned and said, "I don't think I was very ruthless. There are some things that paper can't keep the fire from. Sooner or later, he will know it, not to mention
, If I don’t deal with Xie Lingxi now, I’m afraid I will have worries in the future.”
"Well, after all, isn't it just the word love?"
Su Junyan looked scornful, "It's just Shen Zijin. Your green Zijin is so charming to my heart. You are so charming. For her, you want to fly to the sky and pick the moon for her, right?"
Gu Yanshen was too lazy to talk to him about such a useless topic. When he just came out, Zijin was still asleep. He originally thought that he would go back after making it clear to Su Junyan, but because Qiao Jinglian suddenly came over, he wasted a lot of time.
He raised his wrist and looked at the time on his watch, frowned and asked directly: "I want to know what information you investigated in City B? And the Zi Qidong Lai I asked you to help me check before, do you have any clues?
?”
"If not, why are you standing here?"
Su Junyan smiled sheepishly. He adjusted his sitting posture. Taking advantage of the situation was his favorite thing to do. "But I have spent a lot of manpower and material resources. Shouldn't you... give me some benefits?"
?”
Gu Yanshen, "..."
He and Su Junyan have known each other for so many years, and it can be said that they know each other thoroughly. How could he not know what Su Junyan was planning this time?
What else does Young Master Su lack? Now that it is so obvious, he just wants someone from him. As for who this person is, everyone knows very well.
Gu Yanshen raised his eyebrows and sat down again, crossing his long legs. He raised his lips and gave Su Junyan face: "Well, you are right. I asked you, Mr. Su, to work for me for free.
That is of course an oversight on my part, but I have been busy these days, so I must not be able to pay you anything back. Well, I can still allocate our Qiao's employees at will. It depends on who Master Su wants me to allocate to you.
Already?"
Su Junyan's eyes screamed some kind of heart-warming love, and he answered the words in a stern manner, "When you said that, I remembered it. I am going to S City tomorrow, and there is someone I know.
If I want to get married, I have to go over and express my gratitude, but you also know that I rarely attend such occasions, and I really don’t know what to do. Do you think I should bring a woman with me for this kind of thing? "
"The most important thing is that she is a woman who has known you, Mr. Su, for a long time. She knows your interests and hobbies, and she can take care of them."
Gu Yanshen was very sensible and cooperated with him, "Well, Mu Chenchu has known you for so many years anyway, and she should know you best. I will give her a day off tomorrow and ask her to accompany you, but I will give you the person.
Yes, as for whether she is willing or not, that depends on you."
Su Junyan frowned and said seriously: "Then I hope that, President Gu, you will be a good person and do it to the end. Then I will talk to her about the project."
Gu Yan chuckled deeply, "Let me do such a tasteless thing, then it depends on whether the news you Master Su gave me is worth it."
"Then let's talk about the woman in city B first -"
After getting what he wanted, Su Junyan naturally would not really sell out to Gu Yanshen. He quickly got to the point. This time his tone was really serious, "Zhang Jinghua, I believe you already know some preliminary information about her.
, 37 years old, from city b, entered the prison in city b 6 years ago, she was released half a month ago, of course because of her relatives, I have investigated all these, and there is no discrepancy. In fact, her
Her net worth is relatively innocent, and there are no other stains. She was probably imprisoned for some reason, but now she is also on parole. The strange thing is that as soon as she was released from prison, she secretly visited City C. I miss you.
You should also be wondering if she knows someone from the Shen family, right? It would be better for you to verify this matter in person. I have obtained her address and contact information for you."
Su Junyan took out a piece of paper from his pocket, handed it to Gu Yanshen, and pointed to the black font on it, "You can go to City B to find her at any time."
Gu Yanshen put the paper away without saying a word. He had originally planned to go to City B by himself, but there were too many things holding him back in the past two days. It happened that Ji Yang was on vacation again, so he
Get rid of Su Junyan.
Of course, it is impossible for the dignified Young Master Su to be slower than Ji Yang.
"Zi Qi is coming from the east, I'll check it for you too."
Su Junyan lit a cigarette, held it between two slender fingers, and raised it in front of Gu Yanshen. She squinted her eyes and looked at him with a half-smile, "Take a sip?"
The smell of cigarettes is a bit special. People who have smoked for a long time can certainly distinguish the smell of cigarettes very clearly.
Gu Yanshen and Su Junyan smoked the same brand of cigarettes, and the cigarette Su Junyan handed him now was not the kind they usually smoked. Gu Yanshen took it, brought it to his lips, and took a shallow puff.
The man frowned and shook his head, "...it just tastes like this. Do you think there's anything special about it?"
Purple air comes from the east - this is what Shen Dongming said personally in the hospital that day.
Gu Yanshen is such a shrewd man. The few words they exchanged in the ward that day sounded ordinary, but the deepest part of those words clearly contained a mystery. So as soon as he came back, he immediately
I told Su Junyan about this matter.
Gu Yanshen felt that there must be something wrong with Shen Dongming. As for whether he was really crazy and what the two people said that day, was he thinking too much, or was he pretending to be crazy all these years?
It's completely correct. Then we need to find out what they said between them that day to find the most correct answer.
It was Zi Jin's father. Gu Yanshen was naturally very alert, and he thought about it very much - he had always suspected that there was something secret about Qiao Shiyun's attitude towards Zi Jin. Now,
After he negotiated with Shen Dongming, he vaguely felt that this problem might be caused by Shen Dongming.
Why do you keep him in that hospital?
——When he came back from England, he heard Zijin tell him that her father was mentally disturbed, and it was also because of his relationship with Qiao Jinglian that he married Qiao Jinglian. So he investigated and found out that the hospital was indeed Qiao Jinglian's.
Invested by Qiao Shiyun, Qiao Shiyun has never been a good person who regards doing good deeds as a lifetime achievement, but it is simply unbelievable that he can waste so much manpower and material resources for Shen Dongming.
…………
If Shen Dongming is really not crazy, then what kind of shocking fact is hidden under the marriage of Zijin and Qiao Jinglian? Gu Yanshen feels that he must find out.
"... When you and I came to Ziqidong that day, I knew that there was indeed such a kind of cigarette, but there are very few on the market now, and it is not a top-notch cigarette. I think the cigarette itself is not
There will be some problem, so when you told me if there was a problem with the word "东", I went to the east side of the city and walked around."
Gu Yanshen nodded in agreement, "What did you find?"
Su Junyan exchanged his long legs. He always felt that he had smoked other cigarettes, and the taste stayed on the tip of his tongue, making him feel uncomfortable. He simply took out his usual cigarette, lit one, and smoked
After a few words, he slowly said, "Actually, the east side of the city is the fastest growing area in the entire C city. You should know that there are many shizheng buildings under construction in the east side of the city, and the surrounding real estate development prospects are
The best. I heard my old man say before that the future shizheng hall will be on the east side of the city. There is no big problem with this. It’s just that that day I suddenly thought of something the old man told me before. He said
The Shizheng Building on the east side of the city was planned a few years ago. The project was officially launched only 6 years ago. At that time, Shizhengfu selected the best architectural design team in the entire C City.
After getting the drawings out, we finally selected the companies to cooperate with.”
He paused, took another puff of cigarette, puffed out the cloud, followed by a white mist, looked at Gu Yanshen with a deep face, curled his lips, "Six years ago, this project made many companies ready to take action, everyone wanted to
Want to get a share of the pie. If you want to survive in this cruel world, of course you need to take both the black and white ways. To win the white way is nothing more than to win such a big order. As long as you do it once, you will have a lot of money. So.
, Yan Shen, can you guess which company won this big project back then?"
"——Qiao."
Gu Yanshen held the still-burning cigarette between his sharp-boned index and middle fingers. Most of it had gone away. He moved his fingers slightly, and the cigarette was turning back and forth between his two fingers. The man lowered his head.
With his eyelids lowered and his eyes heavy, he was always looking at that bit of scarlet, flickering, and the smell of smoke mixed with his nose made him frown subconsciously. His deep voice was rich and magnetic,
At this moment, it was so cold that it made people tremble, "Qiao Shiyun first met my mother a few years ago before marrying Li Muhua. At that time, my mother was already pregnant with me, but the Qiao family wanted to marry the Li family.
, because the Li family was involved in politics, and the Qiao family at that time was not as big as it is today. Qiao Shiyun wanted to make his career prosperous and save ten years of hard work, so choosing Li Muhua was naturally the clearest decision. But Li Muhua was more like
Kill them all. She knew about Qiao Shiyun and my mother. After they got married, she drove my mother out of City C as Mrs. Qiao and used the child in my mother's belly to threaten her. If she wanted to give birth to a child,
I must do it so that I can never step foot into City C in this life."
"My mother had no choice. Qiao Shiyun married Li Muhua at that time and took a lot of benefits from the government. She tasted the sweetness. She was just a woman. To him, it was nothing. My mother was in the first class in the UK.
It’s just a matter of years of waiting.”
Su Junyan looked at Gu Yanshen's tense profile, and his eyes fell on the cigarette butt between his fingers. The man roughly crushed the cigarette butt and threw it directly into the ashtray.
He sighed softly and put out the cigarette in his hand. In fact, Su Junyan knew about Gu Huimin and Qiao Shiyun. Now when Gu Yanshen said it, he also chose to listen quietly, knowing that he had something to say,
Sure enough, I heard Gu Yanshen continue again——
"Qiao Shiyun desperately married the Li family. He could ignore his own woman and son. His purpose was very simple, which was to make the Qiao family rise. But he did achieve this goal. The current size of the Qiao family, the entire
City C is one of the best. Who knew that Li Muhua’s younger brother was Shiweishuji from City C. He died suddenly five years ago. This matter is a secret that everyone in City C knows, but no one is allowed to talk about it.
Since then, when I had doubts before, I had someone investigate this matter, but all traces of this matter have been wiped clean. And I also know that Qiao Shiyun has been involved in the investigation since 5 years ago.
I gave an order not to have any contact with any government projects. This time, Qiao Jinglian signed a contract with people from the Han family to vent her anger on me. Qiao Shiyun even got furious because of this matter."
"So you think there must be something fishy in this?"
Su Junyan listened to what Gu Yanshen said and nodded in agreement, "I also think that Qiao Shiyun must have concealed a lot of things. So what are you going to do now?"
Gu Yanshen pinched the bridge of Ying Ting's nose. After a while, he slowly stood up from the sofa. He closed his collar and said: "...I will go to City B first. Regarding Qiao Shiyun's matter, we can't raise the alarm now.
"
He picked up the coat he had just taken off from the sofa, and took the car keys. He walked towards the door of the box, "Thank you for this matter, Mu Chenchu, I will let her find you in person."
, I’m leaving first.”
Su Junyan crossed her legs, waved to the slender figure, and gently stroked the corner of her lips with her thumb. The light in her eyes was deep, her thin lips moved, and three words escaped gently -
Mu, Chen, Chu...
These three words, swirling around on the tip of his tongue, also entered his heart. For some reason, they had a warm taste.
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Zijin woke up leisurely, opened his eyes, and saw a familiar handsome face in front of him.
She didn't expect Gu Yanshen to be sitting next to her bed all the time. It was a little surprising and a little unnatural. She subconsciously sat up with her hands on her hands, but found that she was naked, and her little face suddenly became wet.
.Red, Zijin quickly reached out to grab the thin quilt and covered his body.
I had just woken up, my body was a little weak, and my voice was even more so, "...Why are you sitting here?"
"Look at you."
Gu Yanshen stretched out his hand and directly hugged the little woman wrapped in a rice dumpling into his arms. The tip of his nose gently rubbed her cheek, and his deep voice was sexy and flirty, "I can't get enough of you, what should I do?"
Zijin, "…………"
"Are you hungry?" The man gently kissed her cheek with his thin lips and asked her gently, "Do you want to eat something?"
"Sandwich again?"
Gu Yanshen smiled, "If you want to eat something else, I can make it for you, but I didn't expect that your little devil's appetite would change so quickly. You even praised me for how delicious the sandwich was before, so you didn't eat much of it."
God, are you tired of it?"
"How many days have you not eaten? You have eaten every day these days. Of course you will get tired of it if you eat too much."
"What about me, are you tired of it?"
Such an excellent man who can control everything is now holding himself, thinking of himself because of a sandwich, and then carefully asking himself, are you tired of me?
This feeling is so subtle that it makes people feel so happy. It's like holding a glass of water on the tip of your heart. Its name is happiness, but now, you can't wait to overflow.
Zijin's face was full of sweetness, and the corners of her eyes and brows were full of love. Her voice was very soft, as soft as a feather, and gently swept over Gu Yanshen's body,
"...No, I want you."
These five simple words made Gu Yanshen so excited that he couldn't help himself. At this moment, he had a feeling that his life was not in vain, and his persistence was not in vain. She could finally hold her unscrupulously and say to him
, she wants him.
"...Yanshen, I don't know what you are thinking, but I know my own temper very well. I am the person I have identified. I will not let go easily. The last time your mother came to see me, I was indeed panicked.
But I can't bear to really not want you. I promised you that I will never leave without saying a word. As long as you don't push me away and don't want me, I will always hold your hand, always, never.
Will let go again."
"Well, that's what you said."
Gu Yanshen curled his lips in satisfaction, lifted her chin, and kissed her lips. While his lips and teeth were caressing, the man's deep voice was also sweet, "But don't worry, baby, how can I be willing to let you go?"
…………
The light gray screen window is still printed with soft sunshine at this moment, and it seems to be exuding a kind of golden light, giving people a feeling of vitality. The two people embracing each other in the room, at this moment, their hearts are tightly bound to each other.
Sticking together, this warm feeling seems to make even the wind blowing in them extremely soft.
Half an hour later, Zijin came out of the bathroom.
Gu Yanshen helped her warm up the milk. She just said she wanted to drink porridge, but she didn't have time to cook it, so she had it brought from outside. Zijin sat down and after two bites, he said it was delicious.
Gu Yanshen saw that she had eaten more than half the bowl in one go, and took out a tissue to wipe the corners of her mouth. The man's eyes were dark, and there were other emotions hidden behind the tenderness, but Zijin kept his head down and didn't notice it.
, Gu Yanshen squeezed the tissue tightly before speaking, "...Zijin, tell me about your father. When did he start to become insane?"
Gu Yanshen asked very casually, controlling the speed of his speech, not wanting Zijin to think that he mentioned this matter deliberately.
Zijin originally trusted him enough, but when he suddenly asked about his father, she thought it was because he unexpectedly chatted with his father that day in the hospital that aroused his curiosity, so she did not
Without thinking too much, he put down the soup in his hand and said slowly: "...five years ago."
"...Actually, I don't know what happened to my dad. He used to be very good, but my mom suddenly disappeared five years ago, and then...it took several days before I was told that she had
...died. None of us know why my mother died. At that time, she was just a hotel waiter, and occasionally went out to work part-time, because our family’s living conditions were not very good, and my parents had more time.
, they all had double jobs. They wanted to support my education at that time, but my mother died so suddenly. I was just a student at that time, and I didn’t even know why she died, and they kept looking for her body.
Not until...it took probably a long time before someone from the police notified us to claim the body. Because it had been soaked in water for too long, the body had become swollen and the face had rotted away. It was impossible to recognize the original appearance.
But the clothes on my body, the ring on my mother's hand, the necklace around her neck, and the shoes all belonged to her... I was... really scared at that time. I didn't expect that Hao Hao was by my side.
, my mother who cooks for me every day and tells me to be careful about this and that, suddenly..."
Zi Jin's throat became choked up and he couldn't speak any more.
Her emotions are inevitably a little excited. The most painful past is just hidden in the deepest part of her heart. When she doesn't think about it, she will feel that the pain has been over. But when she really touches the wound, she finds that...
It turns out that after all these years, the wound still has no scab and is still very painful.
Her breath became a little turbulent and her breathing became lighter. Actually, she didn't want to appear too fragile in front of Gu Yanshen, but her fingers that were holding on to the milk glass turned white, betraying her emotions.
Gu Yanshen felt sorry for her for being so stubborn. He stood up, walked to her side, and held her in his arms. The man's sexy thin lips gently pressed against her forehead. Those domineering and strong masculine scents were...
A good medicine to slowly stabilize Zijin's floating heart.
"...It's okay, it's all over. Zijin, I will always be with you from now on, it's all over." He hugged her hard, picked her up, and let her sit on his lap.
They were facing each other. Gu Yanshen held her back with one hand and clasped the back of her head with the other. Their foreheads were pressed together. His warm breath sprayed on her face. He looked at her red eyes and held back.
The look of tears in his eyes really made him feel very distressed.
"...my baby, don't you have your man guarding you now? Don't cry, I feel so sorry for you, huh?"
Gu Yanshen knew that the unbearable past may have been suppressed deep in Zijin's heart. Let's not say for the moment why Shen Dongming became like this, or maybe - he had been pretending all along.
But no matter what, the most difficult days in the past five years have been endured by Zijin silently. From the sudden death of her mother, to Shen Dongming's sudden mental disorder, to later, when she was asked to
Marrying Qiao Jinglian, the last commoner suddenly entered a wealthy family. She had to learn to adapt to those people in the wealthy family who were superior but didn't like her...
But in some ways, Gu Yanshen is still grateful to Qiao Shiyun. No matter what his purpose is, in the past five years, he has really sent her to the UK and given her a good space to complete her studies.
, and can also bear less pressure from wealthy families.
"What happened next?"
When Gu Yanshen brought up this topic, it was certainly not accidental. He had a purpose. He had not yet fully gotten to the point. He needed to guide her slowly, "... It has been five years since you came back from England. Do you think your father...
Are there any signs of improvement? Also - where is your mother buried? It seems you have never visited her."
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I originally said that I would update 1w today, but something happened temporarily, so I wrote 8000+, and then I have to take the theory test on Monday. I have been busy coding these days and have no time to read, so I have to make time on Sunday.
Read the book, I hope I can pass it in one go, I will make up for the updates I owe, and there will be less updates tomorrow Monday, I hope everyone understands. Monthly tickets, please give more, I may use your good luck to pass the exam in one go