The next day, in Jiang Xiaoguo's dormitory, looking at Jiang Xiaoguo who seemed a little absent-minded, Luo Yan said:
"Xiao Guo, when are you going to tell Yuan Xudong?"
"Wait a little longer!"
Glancing at Luo Yan, Jiang Xiaoguo forced a smile as if he was worried.
"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll talk to you when I think about it!"
"You haven't thought about it yet?"
Hearing Jiang Xiaoguo say that she hadn't made up her mind yet, Luo Yan looked up at her, then pointed at Liang Shuang's empty bed and reminded her:
"Look at Liang Shuang, he has already moved out to live with Yuan Xudong. Are you sure you haven't made up your mind yet?"
"But……"
Before Jiang Xiaoguo could finish her words, a cell phone rang. It was Luo Yan's phone. She picked it up from the table and saw a text message from Zhao Changming, which read:
"Luo Yan, I'm Zhao Changming, your mother's friend. Your mother was in a car accident and is in the inpatient department of the First People's Hospital. She didn't let me tell you, but you must come to the hospital. Your mother loves you!"
Seeing this message, Luo Yan's face suddenly turned pale. She stood up from her chair and ran out of the dormitory in a panic with her phone in hand. Seeing her panic, Jiang Xiaoguo also stood up from her chair and ran out of the dormitory and said nervously:
"Shi Tou, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?"
"I have to go out for something urgent!"
"Where are you going? I'll go with you!"
"No, you must not follow me, I can't tell you now!"
"Okay, then you take care of yourself and call me if anything happens!"
…
After rushing to the hospital and asking the nurse on duty, Luo Yan went straight to her mother's ward. As she turned the corner of the corridor, she almost bumped into Zhao Changming who was coming towards her. She stopped in her tracks and looked at Zhao Changming who was holding flowers. Luo Yan said with an embarrassed expression:
"My mother, how is she now?"
"Luo Yan, you're finally here. Your mother couldn't get in touch with you these days. She didn't answer the phone and didn't reply to your WeChat messages. Do you know how worried she is?"
Looking at Luo Yan, Zhao Changming said with a hint of blame:
"Not long ago, your mother was in a hurry to go to school to find you. She was not in a good mental state at the time. Coupled with fatigue driving, she rear-ended someone and was slightly injured. Your family has no other relatives in Shenzhen, and it was difficult to find you, so I had to take care of her!"
"Thank you!"
Looking at Zhao Changming who was right in front of her, Luo Yan was polite on the surface, but actually distant:
"Uncle Zhao, I'll take care of her from now on, you can go back!"
As she spoke, Luo Yan walked around Zhao Changming and prepared to go to her mother's ward. Zhao Changming quickly stopped her and said,
"Luo Yan, wait!"
"what?"
Hearing Zhao Changming calling her, Luo Yan stopped, turned around and looked at him, speaking in a somewhat fierce tone.
Zhao Changming learned from Wei Yunjie that Luo Yan already knew the truth of the matter. Looking at the fierce Luo Yan, he said awkwardly:
"It's just right. I have a meeting to attend soon. Please give this bouquet of flowers to your mother. They are her favorite white tulips!"
As he spoke, Zhao Changming handed the white tulips in his hand to Luo Yan. Looking at the beautiful white tulips, Luo Yan was stunned for a moment, then returned the bouquet of white tulips to Zhao Changming and said angrily:
"I'll deliver it myself, don't worry about it!"
After that, Luo Yan left without looking back. Looking at the direction she left, Zhao Changming shouted:
"Luo Yan, Luo Yan!"
"What are you going to do again?"
"The ward is this way, and that's the exit!"
With a slightly red face, Luo Yan turned around and silently passed by Zhao Changming, heading back to her mother's ward. After she left, Zhao Changming walked to the nurses' station holding a white tulip, handed it to the nurse on duty and asked:
"Hello, could you please give these flowers to Ms. Wei in bed number 40?"
"OK!"
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome, it's okay!"
After asking the nurse on duty to help pass on the flowers, Zhao Changming left the hospital. After he disappeared along the corridor of the inpatient department, a handsome boy walked out from the corner of the hospital with a mobile phone in his hand and turned on the camera. The scene of Zhao Changming giving flowers to Luo Yan was just captured. Looking at his appearance, he is somewhat similar to Zhao Changming, but much younger, less steady, and looks very immature.
In the ward where Wei Yunjie was, Luo Yan pushed open the door and walked in. Suddenly she saw her daughter lying on the bed with a white fixator on her neck. She immediately sat up and said in surprise:
"Yan Yan, why are you here?"
Looking at her mother sitting on the hospital bed, looking haggard and completely different from her image as an elite lawyer in the past, Luo Yan felt guilty and said with a hint of tears:
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hung up on you!"
"It doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter!"
Looking at his daughter who was crying sadly, Wei Yunjie smiled and said:
"Stop crying and come here!"
She walked to the bedside and sat down. After a slight hesitation, Luo Yan looked at her mother and said softly:
"He asked me to come. I met him at the door. He brought you your favorite white tulips, but I didn't take them!"
"Yanyan, you are my favorite!"
Looking at his silly daughter, Wei Yunjie wiped the tears from her eyes and said with a smile:
"I just have something to tell you. We've broken up. This time we're really breaking up. We'll only interact at work from now on, and we'll never meet again in private!"
"He, hasn't he been taking care of you these past few days? Why did you break up so suddenly?"
“It’s all over!”
Looking at Luo Yan, Wei Yunjie choked up and said:
"I, I was unconscious for a long time. When I opened my eyes, I felt like every face was yours. You are my only daughter. For so many years, we have depended on each other. You are my life. No one is more important than you!"
Seeing her mother choosing to separate from Zhao Changming because of her, Luo Yan felt sorry for her and said in a choked voice:
“Mom, I’m sorry!”
"It's okay, it's all over!"
Lying on Wei Yunjie's hospital bed, Luo Yan stroked her mother through the quilt and murmured to herself:
"Does it still hurt?"
“It doesn’t hurt anymore!”
Looking at his daughter who had reconciled with him, Wei Yunjie stroked her hair and said with a smile:
"It won't hurt when you come!"
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried for a while. When it was time for lunch, Wei Yunjie took out a portion of bird's nest from the thermos bucket and said with a smile:
"Yan Yan, there are so many bird's nests that mom can't finish them all by herself. You should eat some to replenish your body!"
"don't want!"
Smelling the bird's nest, Luo Yan felt a little disgusted and said:
"What's that smell? Why is it so disgusting?"
"Disgusting?"
…
At Zhao Changming's home, after following his father to the hospital and taking a few photos, Zhao Changming's son Zhao Nan returned home and saw his mother busy in the kitchen. Zhao Nan was slightly surprised and said:
"Mom, what are you doing? Where's Auntie?"
“I’m back!”
After taking a look at her son, Zhao Changming's wife smiled while cooking bird's nest:
"Auntie has something to do at home, so I asked her to go back first. Your father has not been in good health recently, so I will stew some bird's nest for him to eat to replenish his body!"
"Mom, you, please stop it!"
"What's wrong?"
"No, nothing!"
Seeing his mother busy stewing bird's nest, Zhao Nan hesitated for a moment and still did not tell her that his father was keeping another woman outside and sent her bird's nest every day. He carried his schoolbag and walked upstairs to his bedroom and said:
"Mom, I'm going upstairs to review!"
"Okay, when the bird's nest is cooked, I'll save some for you!"
"No need, give it all to my dad. He's not in good health and needs some nourishment!"
“This child!”
…
At the same time, in the Puling Capital meeting room, Zhou Xun's ex-girlfriend, Ms. Ding, who returned to China from Silicon Valley, officially joined Puling and brought a good investment project, which was Zhao Changming's Weishi Technology Company. Around this big project, Ms. Ding, Su Hang, and Zhou Xun held a meeting to discuss it. Jiang Xiaoguo was responsible for recording the meeting. During the meeting, seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo looked worried, Ms. Ding smiled and said:
"Xiao Guo, what are you thinking about? Why are you so absorbed in it?"
"Boss Ding!"
Hearing President Ding's voice, Jiang Xiaoguo suddenly came back to his senses. Looking at the shrewd and capable President Ding, Jiang Xiaoguo hesitated for a moment and said tentatively:
"Mr. Ding, if the founding CEO of a brand has character issues, will it affect his investors?"
"That depends on what kind of character problem it is!"
Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo, President Ding smiled and said:
"Capital only pursues returns and does not examine character. As long as it is not a serious violation of the law or a moral issue like cheating, it will not have much impact on investors!"
"What if it's cheating?"
"That's hard to say!"
Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo who opened his eyes slightly, President Ding smiled and said:
"Look at that foreign e-commerce company. As soon as the founder was exposed for having an extramarital affair, the company's stock price plummeted immediately. The investors lost a lot of money!"
As he spoke, President Ding looked at Jiang Xiaoguo curiously:
"Why are you asking this? Could it be that the founder of a project in our company has cheated on his wife?"
"No, no!"
Before President Ding could continue to question Jiang Xiaoguo, Zhou Xun, who was sitting opposite her, said:
"Boss Ding, Boss Su and I have discussed it. There is no problem with the investment in Weishi Technology. Weishi Technology is an excellent high-tech company. Although the valuation is a bit high, it has a promising future. It is totally worth our investment!"
"That's what I thought!"
With the support of Zhou Xun and Su Hang, President Ding took out the documents he had prepared in advance and said with a smile:
"I want to increase the investment in Weishi by another 50%, which means another 200 million yuan, for a total investment of 600 million yuan. What do you two bosses think?"
"Why?"
Hearing that Mr. Ding wanted to make additional investments, Su Hang, who had finally asked his father for some money, couldn't help but say:
"The company's capital chain is already very tight. At this time, an additional investment of 200 million is required. Although Weishi Technology is a very good company, investing 600 million in a project, considering the size of our Pulin Capital, is this too risky?"
Hearing Su Hang say this, President Ding explained:
"On the one hand, Weishi Technology will be listed soon, so this capital will not be tied up for a long time. On the other hand, Weishi Technology now has the support of foreign chip licensing. When it goes public, its valuation will definitely increase significantly!"
After Mr. Ding finished speaking, Zhou Xun nodded slightly in support:
"I have no objection. What President Ding said is very reasonable. As far as I know, Lanhe has decided to fully support Weishi Technology's plan to go public. We, Pulin, must also get involved as soon as possible so that we can get a piece of the pie!"
Seeing Zhou Xun agreed, Su Hang nodded and agreed with him:
"That's fine with me, Rebecca. You should prepare well and try to have the investment decision-making meeting this week!"
"OK!"
Seeing that Zhou Xun and Su Hang, the two bosses and old classmates, agreed to her investment plan, President Ding, also known as Rebecca, smiled and said:
"Two brothers, just sit back and wait for the money to come in. With an investment of 600 million, we can make a profit of more than 1 billion at the most conservative estimate. Our Puling Capital will definitely become stronger and stronger, and sooner or later we will catch up with those old fund companies!"
"I have never doubted this!"
Looking at Rebecca and Su Hang, Zhou Xun said with some high spirits:
"We, Pulin Capital, will sooner or later be able to dominate the world like Hillhouse Capital!"
"Not bad, not bad, you are very confident!"
…
Seeing Zhou Xun, Su Hang, and Rebecca all looking optimistic, Jiang Xiaoguo hesitated for a moment and said with a troubled look on his face:
"Investment at this time may be very risky!"
After hearing what Jiang Xiaoguo said, the crowd, who were originally in high spirits, suddenly became quiet and looked at each other. Zhou Xun looked at Jiang Xiaoguo and said:
"What risks?"
"That's right, that's right..."
Looking at the hesitant Jiang Xiaoguo, Rebecca, who was sitting with her, comforted her and said:
"It's okay, just take your time!"
Seeing Zhou Xun, Rebecca, and Su Hang all looking at her, Jiang Xiaoguo, as Pu Ling's president assistant, knew how important Wei Shi's project was to Pu Ling now. The investment of 600 million yuan was an investment that could only succeed and not fail. Although she felt very sorry for Luo Yan, Jiang Xiaoguo still chose to speak out:
"Zhao Changming, the founder of Weishi, cheated on his wife!"
This matter is of great importance. Although Su Hang believed that Jiang Xiaoguo would not speak carelessly about such a big matter, he still couldn't help asking:
"Do you have any evidence?"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo nodded silently, Rebecca suddenly realized:
"That's why you asked me..."
"How did you know that Zhao Changming cheated on her?"
Before Rebecca could finish her words, Zhou Xun interrupted her. He looked at Jiang Xiaoguo with a serious face and asked:
"Do you know Zhao Changming, or do you know the person he cheated with?"
"This has nothing to do with investment. It involves my personal privacy. I don't want to disclose it!"
Looking at Zhou Xun and the other two, Jiang Xiaoguo raised his head and said sincerely:
"I'm telling you this because this project involves a large amount of investment from the company. I hope you can keep it confidential!"
Looking at the somewhat sad Jiang Xiaoguo, Rebecca seemed to understand something. She gently patted Jiang Xiaoguo's shoulder and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, we won't tell anyone!"
"Thank you, Rebecca!"
"I should be the one thanking you. Thank you for providing such important information!"
"Jiang Xiaoguo, please go out first, let's discuss this for a while!"
"OK!"
After Jiang Xiaoguo left the meeting room, Su Hang took the lead and asked:
"What should I do now? Should I vote or not?"
"There are too many uncertainties. I don't recommend investing!"
Rebecca said.
"First, send someone to investigate Zhao Changming's whereabouts to see if he really cheated on his wife and who he cheated on her with!"
Zhou Xun frowned and said:
"If he really cheated, there is no need for us to take risks with him. Besides, even Jiang Xiaoguo knows about this news. It is only a matter of time before our competitors find out. By then, it will definitely affect the listing plan. The risk is too great!"
"It's such a shame, it's so rare to find such a good project!"
Su Hang exclaimed.
Rebecca glanced at him and said:
"You can switch to Xiangke!"
"Xiangke Home Furnishing has always been the second largest in the industry. At this stage, it cannot compare with Weishi, just like Gree and Midea. The competition is fierce!"
Zhou Xun glanced at Rebecca and analyzed.
"Just vote for Xiangke!"
After thinking for a while, Su Hang decided:
"Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. Just because we can't compare to Weishi now doesn't mean we won't be able to compare to it in the future. Instead of investing in Weishi Technology, which has a high valuation, it is better to invest in Xiangke Home Furnishing, which is currently the second largest company. Moreover, when Zhao Changming's scandal is exposed, Xiangke Home Furnishing will definitely rise sharply. Maybe it will even surpass Weishi!"
"I agree!"
Zhou Xun nodded and agreed:
"Just like what I said about Gree and Midea, Gree is the boss and Midea is the second. But if the boss himself doesn't live up to his expectations, it's not impossible for the second to make a comeback!"
Seeing that Zhou Xun and Su Hang both agreed to invest in Xiangke, Rebecca smiled and said:
"I agree. Now that Lanhe invested in Weishi and we invested in Xiangke, the industry will make fun of us, Pulin, for invading the market!"
After taking a look at Rebecca, Zhou Xun smiled and said:
“Are they wrong?”
"That's right, haha!"
…
The next afternoon, Luo Yan returned to school from the hospital. As she was walking on the road, Zhao Changming's son Zhao Nan followed her and called her:
"Hello!"
Looking at the unfamiliar Zhao Nan, Luo Yan asked with some doubt:
"Who are you……?"
"Do you know Zhao Changming?"
Hearing Zhao Changming's name, Luo Yan subconsciously resisted:
“I don’t know him!”
As she said this, Luo Yan wanted to turn around and leave. Seeing that Luo Yan not only lied but also wanted to run away, Zhao Nan immediately pushed her from behind and shouted angrily:
"How dare you lie!"
"oops!"
Luo Yan staggered after being pushed by Zhao Nan, and suddenly hit the wall next to her. She cried out in pain, tears streaming down her face. Her forehead was covered in blood. She touched the sticky blood with her right hand, and said in fear and grievance:
"What are you doing?"
Zhao Nan was shocked to see Luo Yan bleeding and injured, but he still said stubbornly:
"I am Zhao Changming's son. What do you think I want to do? "
"What's going on?"
When he came back from outside the school, he saw Luo Yan being bullied. Yuan Xudong immediately rushed over, stood between Luo Yan and Zhao Nan, and said angrily:
"Reason, why did you hit her?"
Looking at the aggressive Yuan Xudong, Zhao Nan immediately softened his tone and said:
"She, she's entangled with my dad, why can't I beat her?"
While Zhao Nan was speaking, Yuan Xudong put his hands on Luo Yan's shoulders and said with concern:
"Shi Tou, you're bleeding. I'll take you to the infirmary. Do you want to call the police?"
"No, don't call the police!"
After looking at Zhao Nan, Luo Yan shook her head slightly and said:
"I'm fine, just let him go and don't come looking for me again!"
"good!"
Knowing that Luo Yan didn't want the matter between her mother and Zhao Changming to be known to the world, Yuan Xudong looked at the timid Zhao Nan and said in a deep voice:
"You heard me, get out of here!"
"I won't leave. She must explain everything clearly today!"
As he spoke, Zhao Nan took out his cell phone, opened it, and pulled out a photo (Zhao Changming handed the white tulip to Luo Yan) and showed it to Yuan Xudong and Luo Yan.
"You obviously know my dad, why did you lie? What is your relationship with my dad?"
"If you want to know, go home and ask your dad. What are ?"
Looking at Zhao Nan who was blocking the way and pestering him, Yuan Xudong, who was anxious to send Luo Yan to the infirmary to bandage her wounds, said angrily:
"Get away from me!"
"I won't..."
Without waiting for Zhao Nan to finish his words, seeing how much blood Luo Yan had shed, Yuan Xudong, who had already been furious, raised his hand and slapped Zhao Nan in the face with a "slap" sound, and then raised his leg and kicked him to the ground, cursing:
"She is my girlfriend and has nothing to do with Zhao Changming. If you want to know what happened, go home and ask your dad. If you come to school and bully my girlfriend again, I will beat you up every time I see you. Get out of here!"
"you……"
Looking at Yuan Xudong hitting him in the face, although the damage was not great, it was extremely insulting. Zhao Nan got up from the ground, punched Yuan Xudong and yelled:
"You son of a bitch, I'm going to fight you!"
"Who are you scolding, you little bastard? You can hit my girlfriend, so why can't I hit you?"
Looking at Zhao Nan's weak fists, Yuan Xudong relied on his physical advantage, he was stronger and had no special moves, the two of them started fighting back and forth, mainly Yuan Xudong beating Zhao Nan, but he didn't use any harsh force, he just hit him where it hurt.
"Yuan Xudong, stop fighting!"
Looking at Yuan Xudong and Zhao Nan fighting, Luo Yan was anxiously saying:
"Stop fighting, I'm calling the police, okay?"
Seeing Zhao Nan, who had no moral principles and wanted to pull his hair and bite him when he couldn't beat him, Yuan Xudong kicked him twice on the buttocks, and took the time to look at Luo Yan and said:
"Don't call the police, it will be over soon!"
"I'll fight you!"