are just comparing the Pei Yan family with Chen Jianwen, which to some extent insults the Pei Yan family.

At least when Lin Yilan met the Pei Yan family for the first time, the Pei Yan family did not behave so frivolously towards her.

A hand kiss without a kiss on the back of the hand.

In Lin Yilan's opinion, it was very offensive. Especially Chen Jianwen should know that she is a young girl from the mainland.

Even in those countries where the kiss on the hand is actually used, men rarely greet unmarried girls with a kiss on the hand in public.

In just two or three seconds, Lin Yilan made a preliminary impression of Chen Jianwen in her mind.

She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the unruly young boy in front of her.

"Mr. Chen, do you like to greet young girls with a kiss on the hand?"

Chen Jianwen did not expect that she would ask this question directly.

He thought that girls from the mainland were very shy.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "No, I've only done such a frivolous behavior to Miss Lin."

Lin Yilan almost laughed angrily. Saying this, she still wanted to praise him for being self-aware.

She turned around, took out a tissue from the coffee table, and wiped the back of her hand that he had just touched.

"Since Mr. Chen knows that this act is frivolous, I hope Mr. Chen will not do such things in the future. Also, please give me an apology, Mr. Chen."

As she said this, she crumpled the tissue she had wiped on the back of her hand into a ball. Then stared at him and threw the paper ball into the trash can.

The two men looked at each other with cold eyes at this moment.

Seeing that Lin Yilan didn't flinch, Chen Jianwen took out the cigarette case from his pocket with interest and held a cigarette in his mouth.

Then, he took a few steps in her direction and didn't stop until he was only a fist's length away from her.

He bent down and put his mouth almost to Lin Yilan's ear.

"Sister Lin, if I offended you just now, I'm sorry and I apologize to you."

After saying that, he took out the lighter in his pocket and lit the cigarette in his mouth.

Lin Yilan frowned and took two steps back when he came closer.

This apology, if she hadn't heard him say sorry, she would have thought he was provoking.

Forget it, she was using her apology to test his attitude anyway.

It is a waste of time to argue with people like Chen Jianwen.

And she knew very well that the more she wanted to cooperate with a seemingly cynical person like Chen Jianwen, the harder it was to rush.

Lin Yilan analyzed the current situation expressionlessly and decided to retreat temporarily. The party had just begun anyway.

"Mr. Chen, I have received your apology. If there is nothing else, I will go somewhere else first."

Chen Jianwen did not speak, so she pretended that he heard it.

But when she walked out from Chen Jianwen, her wrist was pinched.

Lin Yilan subconsciously wanted to break free from the force holding her wrist.

It's a pity that I couldn't break free.

She turned to look at the person holding her wrist, "Mr. Chen, what are you doing?"

Chen Jianwen turned to look at her, then lowered his head and spit out the cigarette from his mouth, threw the half-smoked cigarette to the ground, and used Feet crushed.

Chen Jianwen didn't let go of Lin Yilan's wrist until the cigarette butt sparks on the ground disappeared.

After Lin Yilan felt the heat on her wrist, she kept frowning.

"Mr. Chen, you can tell me if you have something, but please let go of my hand first."

Seeing that Chen Jianwen still didn't let go, Lin Yilan felt the urge to attack him.

As if he sensed Lin Yilan's unpleasant aura, Chen Jianwen immediately let go of the hand holding her wrist and took two steps back.

Lin Yilan rubbed her wrist, her eyes were a little cold, and she looked up and down at the man in front of her.

And her eyes seemed to be looking for weak spots in him.

"Sorry, Miss Lin. I was in a hurry just now, so I offended you. I hope you can forgive me."

Chen Jianwen apologized to Lin Yilan again.

This apology was the most sincere of the several apologies they had made since meeting.

Lin Yilan looked down at her wrist and saw that it was a little red but could still move normally, so she suppressed her anger.

"So what does Mr. Chen want to do? You are so anxious, can you say it now?"

Chen Jianwen put his hand in his trouser pocket and played with a lighter with his other hand.

"You met Chen Jianxin some time ago, right? He wanted the position of the project leader, so he gave you a check for half a million dollars, but you didn't ask for it."

"Zheng-"

The sound of a metal lighter opening the lid It's especially obvious at this moment.

Lin Yilan took a deep breath slowly and calmed herself down.

And Chen Jianxin continued to "talk to himself", "You want him to get Chairman Chen's reasons for involving you in this project, calculate your reasons, and come to you again, then you will be willing to cooperate with him." "

It's a pity . , so many days have passed, and Chen Jianxin, this useless piece of trash, still hasn’t gotten it, so do you want someone else?"

The lighter was turned around in his hand.

Then he put it in his hand, and then put the hand holding the lighter in front of Lin Yilan.

"Like me?"

Chen Jianwen closed the distance between him and her, tilted his head and murmured softly.

Lin Yilan lowered her head and glanced at the lighter. It was the most classic and common Zippo.

There are many scratches on the metal iron sheet, showing that it has been used for a long time.

The original bright side has now become blurred.

She withdrew her gaze and said, "If you can prove that you didn't lie to me, I can consider cooperating with you."

"For me, as long as you give me what I want, whether it is the Pei family or the Chen family, , I don't care."

Chen Jianwen put the lighter back in his pocket and snapped his fingers, "Yes, you are worthy of being my chosen partner. I just like your attitude."

"Pei Yan's family is nothing, he is already here. He is no longer the heir of Hengxin, so why waste time on this kind of waste?

"Besides, does the Pei Yan family dare to disobey Mr. Pei and marry you?"

He said, raising his hand to trace the features on Lin Yilan's face. contour.

Chen Jianwen, who lowered his voice, sounded a little gentle, "You chose to follow the trash like Pei Yan's family, why not consider following me?"

"At least I won't wrong my woman and mother for an old man."

Use the gentlest words . Tone, say the most touching words.

If Lin Yilan really liked the Pei Yan family as much as she showed to the outside world, I'm afraid she would be very sad when she heard Chen Jianwen's words.

It's a pity that no matter how hard Chen Jianwen calculated this time, he still made the wrong number.

She was silent and didn't speak, her head drooped slightly, and she looked really sad.

Chen Jianwen patted her shoulder when he saw this, "Miss Lin, don't be angry for that kind of man, it's not worth it. There are many good men in the world. As long as you want to look up, there are good men everywhere around you."

"And you It's much better than Pei Yan's mother..."

After saying this in a contrived way, he deliberately didn't finish the sentence and walked to the window of the box.

Chen Jianwen leaned against the window, his arms resting on the edge of the open window, staring at Lin Yilan five steps away with a half-smile.

The warm yellow light in the box made the expressions on the faces of the men and women seem to have been softened by a soft light filter.

Lin Yilan raised her head and glanced at the crystal lamp not far away. She suddenly admired the designer who chose this lamp. At first glance, he understood things about men and women very well.

Putting such a lamp in such a club box is a masterstroke.

She looked at the person looking at her from a distance again. If she hadn't investigated Chen Jianwen in advance and the exchange between the two just now, she might have been deceived by his current appearance.

Information about Chen Jianwen flashed through her mind. After gathering her emotions, Lin Yilan smiled and walked towards Chen Jianwen.

"Mr. Chen, give me the things and I will consider signing a contract with you."

She stood in front of Chen Jianwen and stretched out her hand towards him.

Chen Jianwen took out the lighter from his pocket and put it in the hand she extended towards him.

"Then this lighter can be used as proof of our agreement."

Lin Yilan looked down at the lighter in her hand, and then she stuffed the lighter back into his hand.

"Sorry, Mr. Chen, since you know what I said to Mr. Chen Jianxin, you should also know that I said to Mr. Chen Jianxin that there will be no reservation and no installment payment."

"Of course, if you want, you can tell me now that Chairman Chen insists on paying me Tell me the reason why you are involved in the project."

She walked to the open window, put her hand on the window sill, and rested her chin on her arm.

The club is located on the seaside, and the ocean is right outside the window of the box.

Looking at the sea at night, it is pitch black.

Looking directly at the sea at this time can even make people feel scared.

Fortunately, the clubhouse is brightly lit, and the lights on the coast next to the clubhouse make it not too dark.

The sea breeze blew slowly onto her cheeks, and she stretched out her hands outside the window.

Chen Jianwen said as she turned around to look at the sea.

"I want to cooperate with Miss Lin. In addition to giving Miss Lin a check for five hundred thousand dollars and answering Miss Lin's doubts, there should be other requirements, right?"

He didn't know where he took out a check for five hundred thousand dollars. The check was placed in front of Lin Yilan.

It happened that a gust of wind blew, causing the check to fly back and forth in the air.

Chen Jianwen held the small corner of the check. As long as he loosened his grip a little, the check would fly out of his hand.

Lin Yilan turned to look at him and did not answer his question, but continued the original topic.

"Mr. Chen, why do you say that my situation is better than that of Pei Yan's mother?"

Chen Jianwen laughed and put the check back in his pocket.

Sure enough, hearing is better than seeing. I have heard others say so many things about Lin Yilan before, saying that she is talented, saying that she is beautiful, saying that she can seduce men, saying that she is scheming...

But when I saw her today, Lin Yilan was... A cold-blooded, beautiful and smart woman, oh, and one more thing, she has a bad temper.

He really didn't expect that the Pei Yan family would like such a woman. Logically speaking, such a woman should be the kind of woman that the Pei Yan family hates the most.

Thinking of this, he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Lin Yilan.

"Ms. Lin wants to know about the Pei Yan family so much. It seems that she likes the Pei Yan family very much. I didn't expect it. I thought that a smart woman like you would be very aware of current affairs."

Lin Yilan glanced at him and winked. The corner of her mouth said, "The Pei Yan family is not the heir to Hengxin now, but it doesn't matter if I cooperate with him."

She curled her hair with her fingers, her tone was calm but full of the emotion of winning.

"Now for me, if I can understand the Pei Yan family better, I will be more confident."

Chen Jianwen raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Miss Lin is so sure?"

Lin Yilan held her chin and tapped the track on the edge of the window. "Chairman Chen should also know what you know."

She tilted her head and looked at him with a smile, "Did you know? Some time ago, before I took over Chairman Chen's church project, I met Pei Yan's family at the resort. Chairman Chen. Chairman Chen told the Pei Yan family something about his mother.

"Coupled with my knowledge of the Pei Yan family, what he told me, and what you said before, I can probably guess it." What's going on with Pei Yan's mother?"

"I'm asking you now because I want to give you a chance. Mr. Chen, if you want to cooperate with me, you must be honest with your partner."

Lin Yilan looked at Chen Jianwen with a smile.

The implication was clear.

She, Lin Yilan, knew something about Pei Yan's mother, so what she cared about was not the matter of Pei Yan's mother, but Chen Jianwen's honesty.

In fact, she had another meaning when she said this.

That is to take the initiative into her own hands. She told Chen Jianwen that she knew no matter what Chen Jianwen said.

Don't try to be clever in front of her.

Chen Jianwen looked at Lin Yilan, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Good, he's getting more and more interested in him.

He didn't expect that after so many years in Hong Kong City, he would finally meet a girl who looked so similar to him, and she turned out to be from the mainland.

"The mother of the Pei Yan family is a woman who came to Hong Kong from the mainland in the 1950s. In fact, her family background is pretty good now. Her father, the Pei Yan family's grandfather, is an English teacher, and her grandmother is the daughter of a former scholar. To a certain extent, they are also a scholarly family."

"It's just that when Pei Yan's mother and his father met, the Pei Yan family was already well-off, and Pei Yan's father didn't want to marry his mother, but he just wanted to have a relationship. It cost people lives."

When Chen Jianwen said this, he didn't know what he was thinking, with a look of ridicule on his face.

He turned to look at Lin Yilan, "They say women in love have no brains. I think the Pei Yan family is the best proof of this."

The subsequent development of the Pei Yan family's mother and father is just like ordinary and cliché novels, reality And sad.

After Pei's father and Pei's mother dated for a while, he felt that Pei's mother was boring. The appearance that attracted him at first became boring after they were together.

It happened that Mr. Pei arranged for Pei's father to go on a blind date. Pei's father also wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Pei's mother, so he agreed.

After Pei's mother discovered that Pei's father was becoming increasingly indifferent to her, she didn't know if she had a premonition and knew that their relationship was coming to an end.

But Pei's mother couldn't bear it, so she made a stupid decision and secretly became pregnant with Pei's father's child.

Later, she was afraid that Pei's father would ask her to abort the child, so she hid secretly after she became pregnant with the child.

This time he hid not only from Pei's father, but also from his own parents.

Because Pei's mother knew that her family would never allow unmarried pregnancy to happen.

Pei's mother finally showed up after hiding until the child was seven months old.

At this time, Pei's father already had a new love. He was very surprised when he saw Pei's mother with a big belly.

It is even said that he doubted whether the child was his own at first, but after investigating the time of Pei's mother's pregnancy and her pregnancy experience, he was still sure that it was his child.

But Pei's father didn't want to recognize the child. In his opinion, Pei's mother's disappearance was because she understood that he wanted to break up, so she left silently.

In his eyes, Pei's mother was already his ex.

After Pei's mother knew that Pei's father had a new love, she still wanted to get back together.

As a result, the matter became a big deal, and the parents, brothers and sisters of Mr. Pei and Mrs. Pei knew about it.

I don’t know how it was negotiated in the end. Pei’s mother gave birth to the child, and then handed the child to the Pei family. The Pei family gave her a large sum of money as compensation.

However, Pei's mother didn't want money, she just wanted to be with Pei's father.

But Pei's father resolutely refused, and even expressed his willingness to marry the marriage partner that Mr. Pei found for him, rather than being with Pei's mother.

In order to get rid of Pei's mother, Pei's father even held a wedding with his marriage partner, Pei's current wife, even before Pei's mother gave birth to the child.

This incident greatly stimulated Pei's mother and caused her to give birth prematurely.

Pei's mother also knew that Pei's father had no feelings for her. After she gave birth to the child, she gave it to the Pei family directly and left the port city.

From then on, Pei's mother never returned to Hong Kong City.

When she heard this, Lin Yilan didn't know what to say. In her opinion, the most innocent people in the whole thing were the Pei Yan family.

"Miss Lin, do you know why my grandfather is so sure that the Pei Yan family will completely break up with Mr. Pei after knowing what happened?" Chen Jianwen looked at Lin Yilan with interest.

Lin Yilan looked back at him, "For Pei Yan's father to get married so quickly, he must have the support of Mr. Pei behind him."

Pei Yan's father was not a very capable person, and he even gave birth to an illegitimate child before marriage.

In Hong Kong at that time, no one would be willing to marry their daughter off.

For Pei Yan's father to be able to marry a well-matched wife so quickly, Mr. Pei must have helped, and it may even have been his push.

Chen Jianwen snapped his fingers, "As expected of Miss Lin, she is so smart!"

"But this is not the real reason, but it is said that Mr. Pei signed a contract with his mother after Pei Yan's mother gave birth to Pei Yan's family.

This contract is A contract to give up custody and sever the relationship between mother and child."

Before Lin Yilan could speak, Chen Jianwen took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, if you ask me, Old Man Pei is as cruel as our Old Man Chen."

Lin Yilan also didn't expect that Old Man Pei could do so well all of a sudden.

No wonder I have never heard of Pei Yan's family interacting with his mother's relatives.

Chen Jianwen took out his lighter, blocked the wind outside with his hand, and lit the cigarette in his mouth.

He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

Lin Yilan saw this and silently distanced herself from him.

"It's pitiful that Pei Yan's family lost his mother at such a young age. Mr. Pei left him without a queen and didn't take good care of him. Instead, he allowed his stepmother to bully him."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, so the Pei family are very cruel. The Pei Yan family was taught by Mr. Pei, do you think he will be as cruel as Mr. Pei?"

Chen Jianwen held a cigarette between his arms and looked at Lin Yilan with a half-smile.

Lin Yilan ignored his provocative words and focused her eyes on Chen Jianwen's face.

Just now, she thought Chen Jianwen was quite... interesting.

Although there was ridicule in his attitude when talking about Pei Yan's family, there was always a hint of sympathy.

She was a little curious about Chen Jianwen's background.

Chen Jianwen, who had been looked at by Lin Yilan for a long time, showed a rare hint of embarrassment.

He put out the cigarette in his hand by the window, "What are you looking at me for?"

Lin Yilan shook her head, "Nothing, I am seriously considering my future partners."

"So are you willing to say that your Director Chen Why does the president want to involve me in the project?" She turned to look at the sea outside the window.

The waves hit the rocks on the shore.

The originally rounded stones were polished by the waves and took on sharp angles.

If you are not careful, you will scratch passers-by, causing blood to flow from the soles of their feet.

In order to prevent yourself from getting hurt, you must carefully see the path under your feet and the future direction, and know where you are going.

Wandering aimlessly in a place full of thorns will only make you bruised and bruised, or even bleed to death.

She quickly suppressed her sympathy for the Pei Yan family and her feelings about her life experience.

Instead, she turned the conversation to her real goal.

Chen Jianwen stared directly at Lin Yilan and clapped his hands.

"I really... admire you so much, Miss Lin. How about you really consider being with me?"

Lin Yilan looked at the sea without looking back, coldly refusing, "No How about that?"

Chen Jianwen came to her side, his shoulder touching hers.

"You are so cold-blooded. After hearing about the past of your Pei Yan family, it was as cold as listening to a story. Oh, no, my sister will cry when reading Zhang Ailing's novels. You actually raised your eyebrows after knowing that your boyfriend's life experience was so tragic. " Don't lift it up."

"Miss Lin... aren't you afraid that he will be sad?" he asked in a low voice next to her.

Even though he lowered his voice, she could hear his bad humor.

Lin Yilan pushed him away hard, "If you don't tell me about Chairman Chen, I will leave. Mr. Chen, you have to understand that at least I am willing to listen to the Pei Yan family's past. After all, if someone else tells me about you In the past, I'm afraid I wouldn't even listen." If

she doesn't fight back after provoking him for so long, I'm afraid this person will really think that she is a soft persimmon and will doubt whether she and the Pei Yan family are together.

Chen Jianwen clicked his tongue twice, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and leaned against the window, "Miss Lin, you are so cold-blooded."

Lin Yilan didn't even bother to roll her eyes at this person, but turned around and left.

"Let me tell you, what benefits can you give me?"

"If you just consider cooperating with me, wouldn't I suffer a big loss? After all...who knows, the final result of your consideration will still be the Pei Yan family. You guys It's not impossible for the young couple to trick the rest of us,"

Chen Jianwen said while playing with the lighter in his hand.

His eyes looked a little dark under the flame of the lighter.

Lin Yilan stopped walking forward and turned to look at Chen Jianwen.

"If you tell me, how about I tell you why I put so much effort into finding a partner?"

She folded her hands in front of her chest, as if she was confident.

Chen Jianwen laughed and curled his lips.

"Mr. Chen, you don't really think that the prerequisite for my cooperation is a check of half a million US dollars, do you?" She yawned, walked to the sofa nearby and sat down.

She picked up the unopened cake on the table, tore open the package and took a small bite.

"If it was really about the check for half a million dollars, I would have cooperated with the Pei Yan family a long time ago."

"He is more generous than all of you."

Lin Yilan wiped the food residue from the corner of her mouth with paper.

Chen Jianwen didn't speak and fell silent.

His people had told him before that the Pei Yan family seemed to have met Lin Yilan, but they had no evidence, so he had always been doubtful about their meeting.

Looking at her attitude now, it seems like this is really happening.

If they really want to pay, according to the ability of the Pei Yan family, they can indeed give a check larger than half a million US dollars.

What's more, Lin Yilan is still his girlfriend.

To Pei Yan's family, he would not lose money by giving her this money.

Chen Jianwen walked to Lin Yilan, "I can tell you the reason, but you also have to tell me, what do you want?"

Lin Yilan nodded, threw the packaging bag into the trash can nearby, and leaned on the back of the sofa , crossed his legs.

Then he made an inviting gesture to Chen Jianwen.

"Say it, Mr. Chen."

Chen Jianwen held the lighter in his hand. He felt like he was being manipulated by Lin Yilan.