In the afternoon, the birds were chirping, the sun was shining lazily on people, and even the kitten lying on the anti-collision pillar by the roadside couldn't help but stretch and yawn.

Motorcycles roar from time to time, but they do not disturb the resting people, cats and dogs.

The powder shop where Lin Yilan and Wang Ersheng agreed to meet was in a market near an old-fashioned residential area.

To take the path from outside to the market, you have to cross the footpath outside the community.

Lin Yilan put on her hat and walked to the powder shop. When passing through a residential area, she saw groups of old people enjoying the shade under the shade of trees, speaking Hong Kong with an accent from somewhere.

For a moment, she was still in a trance, almost thinking that she was in the retirement compound where her grandparents lived.

In summer afternoons, my grandparents’ neighbors also came to the tree with cattail fans and rattan chairs, resting, chatting, and cooling off.

I don’t know if it’s due to the influence of the environment, but even the wind blowing in the distance has become gentle.

The gentle breeze brings a bit of coolness under the shade of the trees.

Lin Yilan looked up at her watch and quickened her pace to the pink shop.

When she arrived at the pink store, she saw a man wearing a white T-shirt, black shorts, and a pair of sandals yawning.

With one look at this outfit, she could roughly guess who it was, even without even seeing her face.

She entered the pink shop and after seeing the man's appearance clearly, she turned her back to him and sat at the table next to him.

"Er Sheng, you arrived very quickly." Lin Yilan said hello after sitting down.

At this time, the boss came over, took out the menu, and asked Lin Yilan what she wanted to eat.

Lin Yilan glanced at it and chose a dish that looked like it would take a long time.

After watching the boss leave, Wang Ersheng greeted her back.

"...Sister, something happened to the Liao family, do you know? Did you spread the news in the newspaper?"

Lin Yilan shook her head and scalded the chopsticks she took out of the disinfection cabinet.

"It's not me, but this matter probably has something to do with me. But I met with the Liao family last night at the Mandarin Hotel. Before leaving, I gave them a piece of information, which contained information about Liao Jingming's original wife."

"Last night, there were people in the first, second, and third bedrooms of the Liao family. It was probably one of them who leaked the information."

While chatting, Wang Ersheng did not forget to always monitor the people passing by outside the pink shop.

"Sister, you have to be careful. I don't know if it's my imagination, but I think the Liao family seems to be doubting you about the bidding for the Hengxin Port Project."

"Didn't you ask me to find someone to be an intern at Liao's Construction Company before? "Is that so? He didn't follow the process they told you. He should have resigned automatically after the internship period, but he not only stayed, but also became a regular employee."

Wang Ersheng frowned when he thought about the construction company.

Although Liao Jingming gave the construction company to Dafang, the people in Sanfang did not give up. According to his understanding, the Liao family's construction company is now in chaos.

Either the people in the big room line up, or the people in the third room line up.

Even in order to trick the other party, you can give up the benefits you have obtained.

This caused the few people in the construction company who had no position to complain, and many people even resigned.

Lin Yilan didn't expect such a thing to happen. She could only say that some people are not worthy of their moral integrity and will suffer from it. The Liao family's construction company also has several powerful designers, but if this continues, they will not be far away.

This will also allow the Liao family to start chaos themselves.

Originally, she wanted to provoke the third family member of the Liao family to confront each other. Now that the eldest family and the third family are facing each other in the construction company, she is about to drag the second family into trouble.

"By the way, Er Sheng, the second wife's brother Yang Shaohui, what's going on with him?"

When she saw the boss bringing out the dishes, she immediately greeted him.

Wang Ersheng moved his mouth and swallowed what he wanted to say.

After the boss finished serving the food, Wang Ersheng continued the previous topic.

"I don't know the specific situation, but Liao Jingming seems to trust Yang Shaohui. Once I accidentally heard Liao Jingming and Liao Konganni chatting in the car. It seemed that they were going to deal with something. Liao Jingming handed it over to Yang Shaohui, but Liao Konganni wanted to When her family got involved, Liao Jingming rejected her directly.

"The rejection was very cold and showed no mercy. That was the first time I saw Liao Jingming being so disrespectful to the Liao family. Among the three ladies, the one that Liao Jingming likes the most now is probably Liao Kongni."

When Lin Yilan heard this, she picked up the things on the plate with her chopsticks.

The delicious beef became less delicious in her absent-minded state.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Wang Ersheng continued to analyze the situation of the Liao family with her.

"The Liao family has always carried out other businesses around their import and export business. The only time it was involved in other industries was the construction company."

"This construction company was founded by one of his father-in-laws."

Lin Yilan thought about it again, "Mrs. Dafang's father?"

"Yes. But I don't think Liao Jingming has a very good relationship with his father-in-law. Anyway, I saw them meeting before, and the atmosphere was very strange. It's hard for me to find out the specific reason. "

Wang Ersheng thought about the situation of the Liao family during this period and sighed, "The Liao family has been much stricter in the past few months since you returned. Like the servants who worked in their villa before, they can rest. Walking around, you have to report to the housekeeper in advance where you want to go during this period.

"Is it okay for you to go out today?" Lin Yilan immediately asked worriedly.

Wang Ersheng lowered his head and glanced at his watch and said honestly: "It's okay to come out for a while. If it takes a long time, it will probably be a bit troublesome."

"There is one more thing I wanted to tell you on the phone, but I'm afraid that people will overhear. I'm going to Let me tell you." He picked up the mineral water next to him and took a sip. "This matter is related to the Liao family, but the relationship is not close."

"Before you left, the sixth young master of the Pei family was still there. Are you competing with the Pei Yan family for the position of Heng Xin's heir? Recently, for some reason, he seems to have been abandoned by the old man of the Pei family, and he was kicked out of the position of Heng Xin's heir."

As he spoke, he recalled what he overheard at that time. chat.

According to the Liao family's peeing habits, after they find out about Pei Liu, a young master who has been kicked out of the center of power, they will definitely ask Liao Baoxi to break up with him as soon as possible.

But so long after they knew the news, Liao Baoxi was still clinging to Pei Liu, and sometimes the two would even cling to each other at Liao's house, but Liao Jingming completely turned a blind eye.

This was very inconsistent with his understanding of Liao Jingming.

"So I suspect there is a problem here, but I don't know what it is specifically."

Lin Yilan frowned when she heard this. After listening to Wang Ersheng's words, everyone would realize that there is a problem between them.

But what worried her most was whether Liao Jingming would go through the Pei family to check on her mother, second sister and fourth brother.

If the Pei family is really going to take action, all the false evidence she made before will be exposed.

These were not what worried her the most.

When she thought of her family, her hands gradually tightened.

When Wang Ersheng saw that she had not spoken for a long time, he took the opportunity to glance at his boss reading the newspaper, then turned around and took a look at Lin Yilan's expression.

Her facial features were almost wrinkled together, and her hands on the table were clenched into fists.

He looked like he was gnashing his teeth and looking fierce.

"Hey, you must not act rashly. Yang Shaohui is not easy to mess with. If you touch the Liao family, Yang Shaohui will touch you."

After saying that, he took advantage of the boss not paying attention to them and gently patted her shoulder. .

Lin Yilan loosened her fist, turned around and smiled reluctantly, "I know, I don't dare to

mess with people like Yang Shaohui who are from the community." "But if I attack someone from the first or third room, Yang Shaohui Will Hui take action too?" she asked curiously.

Wang Ersheng nodded, "Yes. To put it bluntly, Yang Shaohui is just like Liao Jingming."

"So the person who lives the most comfortable life in the Liao family is not the first-house owner, but the person in the second house. In the Liao family's company, The second room seems to have the most people."

Lin Yilan's heart moved slightly when she heard this.

It seemed that she was going to adjust her plans.

Seeing that he still looked worried, Lin Yilan smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, I won't act recklessly." Wang Ersheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He lowered his head and glanced at his watch, "Sister, I should go, otherwise I'll go back There's not enough time."

She nodded, indicating that she knew.

Wang Ersheng took the bag next to him, stood up and left the powder shop.

Lin Yilan looked at the empty pink shop. Apart from the boss, she was the only one here.

Looking at the unfinished dishes on the table, she waved to the boss to pack them.

Take the rest back to the hotel and heat it up for dinner in the evening.

After the boss finished packing, she took the plastic bag, looked at the white foam box and disposable chopsticks inside and nodded with satisfaction.

Immediately afterwards, she took out a large-denomination note from her wallet and pushed it in front of the boss.

"Boss, the noodles are delicious. I hope you can keep driving."

The boss looked at Qian and then at her.

"I'm afraid that with this money, I not only want to support my small pink shop, but also have other intentions."

Lin Yilan smiled. When she and Wang Ersheng met in the pink shop, she never thought of hiding it from the boss of the pink shop. The reason why she sat separately from him was to avoid the sight of people outside the store.

Who knows if anyone is "curious" about her or Wang Ersheng?

"Boss, is it important for you to clearly understand the reason?"

The boss was stunned for a moment, then picked up the banknotes on the table and put them into the cash box.

"Don't worry, I can't understand Mandarin, so I won't reveal the content of your chat with the man just now."

Lin Yilan shrugged and looked at the boss blankly, "Boss, I don't understand what you are saying. What to say, after all, I don’t know that man. It’s just a chance meeting and I happened to come to your restaurant for dinner.”

The boss nodded clearly, “Yes, how do you know him?”

The two looked at each other and smiled. , everyone is very satisfied, why not do it.

After leaving the pink shop, Lin Yilan walked towards the Mandarin Hotel.

She didn't stop when she passed the tram stop.

The thoughts in her mind were like a subway train during rush hour, running very fast, but already tangled inside.

On the way from the pink shop to the hotel entrance, she didn't think about anything and just walked forward.

When her thoughts are confused, walking is a good way to relieve herself.

By the time we arrived at the hotel entrance, the afternoon sun had turned into dusk on the horizon.

Autumn has arrived in September, and there is a hint of coolness in the air.

As the wind blew, the breath of early autumn was also brought to her.

She stared blankly at the sunset and sighed.

"Designer Lin, the project you designed has great prospects. Why are you sighing?"

An unexpected voice came from behind her.

Lin Yilan turned around when she heard the sound.

"Long time no see."

Compared to the "Long time no see" he said to the Liao family last night, today's game was obviously much more sincere.

Pei Yan walked up to Lin Yilan at dusk. After taking a good look at her for a while, he smiled and said hello, "Lin Yilan, long time no see."

While he was observing her, she was also looking at the person in front of her. man.

He looks weaker than he did four months ago.

Thinking about what she had heard, it seemed right that he should become weak. It's just that this man seemed to be omnipotent in her eyes before, but now she was a little uncomfortable seeing him so fragile.

"Pei Yan's family, are you...how are you these past few months?".

Pei Yanjia noticed her caution, he opened his arms and took a step forward.

"Do you think I'm okay?"

He said this with a smile, but Lin Yilan didn't feel that he was really smiling.

She sighed silently and pressed down his arms, "If you don't want to laugh, then stop laughing."

Pei Yanjia was startled for a moment, then tightened his lips, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

The two people's backs suddenly disappeared under the sunset. Suddenly, the slender-looking figure moved closer, and the one with broad shoulders immediately leaned back.

"Have you had dinner?"

"No.

What did you eat for dinner? Why don't you bring me one."

"....Do you want to eat the leftovers from lunch?"

"Yes, I can pack the dishes for you. It must be delicious."

"Okay, as long as you don't mind."

Lin Yilan, who came to open the door when she heard the doorbell rang, couldn't help but complain when she saw the person standing outside.

"Why are you here again?"

"I'm not afraid that you'll be bored eating alone, so I came here to accompany you." Pei Yan's family leaned against the door as usual and turned their heads to look at Lin Yilan.

Apart from anything else, Lin Yilan had to admit that Pei Yan had better eyesight if he was raised well.

His eyes were as affectionate as those on telephone poles, and he looked pitiful.

Damn, it was really hard to bear to reject him.

Sure enough, she was so lustful that the man was obsessed with her.

Lin Yilan, who followed Pei Yan's family and walked out of the room, patted her forehead in frustration.

"What do you want to eat today?" Lin Yilan weakly followed Pei Yan's family.

Pei Yanjia raised his index finger and waved, "This is a secret."

Lin Yilan rolled her eyes, "If I follow you and eat every day, sooner or later I will gain weight."

Since the last time I met Pei Yanjia at the door of the hotel, I ate with him. After dinner, Pei Yan's family came to her for dinner almost every day during this period, either lunch or dinner, and sometimes even both lunch and dinner.

She didn't know how Pei Yan's family found such a delicious restaurant. Originally, she wanted to reject him on the third day, but the restaurants they ate in these days were so delicious.

Even if it’s delicious, there are no repeat stores.

Alas, why didn't she realize that she was so greedy before?

"Why aren't you talking?" Pei Yanjia stopped and looked back at her.

Lin Yilan sighed and shook her head, "It's okay. I was just thinking about what I've eaten during this time. I feel like I've gained more fat on my face." What she

was embarrassed to say was that she found that she had gained strength from exercising before. Muscles also relax.

It seems like I haven't exercised in the past few days and eating so much is really not okay.

She went back to the hotel to exercise in the afternoon.

Living in a standard room is not like a suite. You can go to the hotel's swimming pool and gym for free. There is a limit on the number of times you can stay in a standard room. Lin Yilan had already used up the number of times, and she would have to spend money if she wanted to go again.

I originally wanted to save this money, but it seems that this money is destined to be spent.

Pei Yanjia took a step forward, got closer to Lin Yilan, then bent down and stared at her face, scanning back and forth.

"I don't think the flesh on your face has increased." He nodded confidently and walked back to his previous position.

Lin Yilan stared at Pei Yan's house and sneered.

"Let's go have lunch. I'm hungry." She changed the topic and strode forward.

When the Pei Yan family saw that they were left behind by her, they quickly caught up with her.

"Why are you walking so fast? Is there a dog chasing you behind you?"

"There is a kid with evil intentions behind you." Lin Yilan glanced at him and sneered.

Pei Yanjia was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses. He walked around in front of her in a few steps.

"Is this the kid you're talking about?"

Lin Yilan stopped when she saw him walking backwards, put her hands on his shoulders, and made a 180° turn for him.

"Walk well."

The Pei Yan family came forward unwillingly, "Are you talking about me? Is it me? Is it me?"

Lin Yilan covered her ears, shook her head quickly and ran forward, "Don't listen, don't listen, you bastard chanting sutras "

Am I a brat or a bastard?"

When Pei Yanjia saw that he was left behind again, he quickly caught up with her.

After Lin Yilan saw him in her peripheral vision, the corners of her mouth slightly turned up, but soon they smoothed down again.

This person can't give him a good color. Give him a little color and he can open a dyeing room.

Pei Yanjia looked at her swaying ponytail, and a smile gradually appeared on her face.

Unknowingly, Lin Yilan's arrival in Hong Kong City has become one of the things he is most looking forward to.

In the past four months, the saddest thing for him was not that he was injured, nor that his grandfather wanted to kick him out of Hengxin, but that Lin Yilan and he were not in the same city.

After all, Lin Yilan was the most interesting person to him in this boring city.

Without her, the harbor city would have become barren and boring.

Even though they didn't eat or chat together like they did four months ago, he still felt very happy when he thought that the distance between Lin Yilan and him was only a few dozen kilometers.

Lin Yilan walked for a while, and when she saw that there was no one around her, she immediately stopped and looked back.

She saw a big fool following her, smiling stupidly at her, and showing his big teeth.

Seeing his smile, she also laughed.

"Let's go, I'm hungry." She tapped his shoulder.

Pei Yanjia smiled naively and nodded, "Let's go, let's go."

The two of them soon arrived at the hotel.

To be precise, this is a club.

The place where they had lunch was the restaurant in the clubhouse.

If she could say that eating with Pei Yan's family during this time had made her accustomed to anything, it was that she was used to the delicious restaurants in many high-end clubs.

But think about the standard of reception of guests in these clubs. If the restaurant is not particularly delicious, then the club probably will not be able to retain these guests.

After all, they can afford such a high-standard club, so naturally the food they usually eat will not be bad.

Not to mention that such a high-end club has a membership threshold.

Unlike other people who came to the club, the two of them went straight to the restaurant upstairs as soon as they entered.

After the two of them sat down, the waiter brought the menu to order.

After Lin Yilan ordered a dish she liked, she asked Pei Yan's family to continue ordering.

After the waiter left, Lin Yilan was silent for a moment and asked, "Pei Yanjia, let me ask you something."

Pei Yanjia nodded, "Ask."

"Is it designer Lin Yilan?" Suddenly a person came over, interrupted the conversation between the two.

Lin Yilan frowned and looked at the middle-aged man in front of her.

He was wearing a white shirt with the top two buttons unbuttoned, common black trousers on his lower body, and a pair of shiny leather shoes on his feet.

The attire of migrant workers is common in Hong Kong cities.

She looked again carefully to make sure she had never seen this person before.

"Who are you?"

The man took out the business card holder in his pocket, took out his own business card and placed it in front of Lin Yilan.

"Designer Lin, long time no see, I wonder if you still remember me? A few years ago I attended the inauguration ceremony of the new building of the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce."

"I am Zhou Xinhui, a reporter from "Hong Kong City Daily", you can also call me Max."

Lin Yilan picked up Zhou Xinhui's business card, looked up at him, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Reporter Zhou, I don't remember you very well."

Zhou Xinhui waved his hand, "It's normal that you don't remember me. I remember there were a lot of reporters there that day. But do you remember Bertha? We talked about you a few days ago. "

...

If she remembers correctly, Bertha was a reporter from "Design Style" and she did a special interview. , the interview was published in the first issue of the American edition of "Design Style".

She had indeed not seen those people in the United States for a long time.

"Bertha, of course I remember. Are Reporter Zhou and Bertha good friends?" she asked tentatively.

Zhou Xinhui nodded, "I can't say we are friends, but in the journalist industry, we do have a very good relationship."

"By the way, Designer Lin, I wonder if you have time for an interview recently? I want to discuss Heng with you. "The design of Chang Real Estate's latest real estate."

The expression on his face was very exciting, as if he had discovered some great discovery.

"I have almost never seen your design ideas for commercial housing communities in Hong Kong. Except for those houses in wealthy areas, I have basically never seen such a large-scale green design in communities targeting middle-class white-collar workers." "

You How did you make this decision at that time? As far as I know, the commercial housing market in the mainland is not even open now, so how did you come up with this idea? Can you share it with me?"

Lin Yilan swallowed, as expected of a reporter. , you can really say it.

"Ahem—" Pei Yanjia clenched his fists and coughed heavily.

He is very unhappy now, very unhappy, extremely unhappy.

What's going on with this reporter who suddenly appeared? Why didn't he wink at all? Didn't he see anyone else eating?

Only then did Zhou Xinhui see the Pei Yan family. He silently took a step back and distanced himself from the Pei Yan family.

"Mr. Pei, I didn't expect you to be here, what a coincidence. Hahahaha..." He laughed dryly.

Pei Yanjia raised his eyebrows and said, "Unfortunately, I'm eating here."

Zhou Xinhui was dumbfounded for a second, and suddenly realized that Designer Lin and Mr. Pei seemed to be boyfriend and girlfriend? !

Let me go, he actually disturbed someone else's young couple's date, what a...

sin!

Feeling that the Pei Yan family's eyes were getting worse, Zhou Xinhui wanted to turn around and leave.

But when he thought about finally meeting Lin Yilan and leaving like this, he was unwilling to accept it.

He wanted to interview Lin Yilan before, but could not get her contact information, but now he finally found her in front of him.

One burst of momentum will lead to failure, and three times it will be exhausted.

"Designer Lin, could you please leave your contact information? I really want to interview you."

Lin Yilan was silent for a moment.

Zhou Xinhui saw her intention to refuse in the few seconds she was silent.

"Designer Lin, the people of Hong Kong City really want to know you, just give us a chance."

"Besides, now is the time when the mainland government and the British government are negotiating on the return of Hong Kong City, you can also take advantage of this This is an opportunity for the people of Hong Kong to see what outstanding young talents from the mainland are like. "

Moreover, this is also a good opportunity to promote ourselves and Hengchang Real Estate,"

Zhou Xinhui launched his own offensive, "Hong Kong City Daily ." 》The sales volume in the past few years has been increasing year by year. Last year, the annual sales volume almost reached 500,000 copies. Moreover, I myself was awarded the honorary title of Hong Kong City Journalist Star. Anyway, my relationship with "Hong Kong City Daily" The interview will not make you feel embarrassed."

"I have interviewed many celebrities before, such as Chairman Pei!" After seeing Pei Yan's house, he had an idea.

Lin Yilan looked at Zhou Xinhui and smiled helplessly.

No wonder this man was able to interview so many people.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Pei Yan's house and saw that his entire face was dark.

She smiled and looked back at Zhou Xinhui.