Chapter 102: A Private Club in the Depths of the Jungle
Twilight fell, the cold moon rose, the cold river also slowed down the pace of the east, leaving only a few small boats swaying, the sparkling moonlight on the river surface of the north wind blowing to pieces, Liu Chen wrapped his coat and looked at the railing, a gust of cold wind made him raise his collar.
The sound of a car came from a distance, and when he came to a stop behind Liu Chen, Ouyang Lan got out of the car in plain clothes and walked to Liu Chen's side.
"How can we meet here on such a cold day?" Ouyang Lan straightened the scarf around his neck to prevent the cold wind from entering.
"It's not just a date with you, just a meeting. Liu Chen still looked cold, puzzled by the amorous feelings, but fortunately, Ouyang Lan was used to his way of speaking.
Ouyang Lan pouted and asked, "Do you talk to your girlfriend like the same?"
"Not really, I'm very gentle with her. β
"Then why are you so cruel to me?"
"You're not my girlfriend. Liu Chen glanced at her and said.
"......" Ouyang Lan was speechless for a while, and she was bored with herself.
This kind of dialogue often happens between the two of them, one is unforgiving, the other has a big nerve, if it weren't for the fate of the two, they might really become a pair of happy enemies.
Of course, Liu Chen didn't ask her to come to the river to admire the moon, he spent a night sorting out all the information and copying it on a USB flash drive, and handed over the USB flash drive to Ouyang Lan.
"What is this?" Ouyang Lan took the USB flash drive and asked with a surprised expression.
Liu Chen leaned on the railing, looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, and said, "Don't you want to find out the truth about what happened at the ** dock? β
Ouyang Lan covered her mouth in disbelief and exclaimed, "How can you have these things?"
Liu Chen smiled: "Look at your surprised look, is it strange that I got these things?"
Ouyang Lan thought about it, a person like Liu Chen shouldn't be surprised if he did anything, she calmed down her emotions, seemed to think of something, suddenly blushed, and asked softly, "Why do you want to help me?"
Although it was at night, the moon was very bright tonight, as long as he paid a little attention, he could see the expression on Ouyang Lan's face, for fear that Ouyang Lan would misunderstand, he explained: "I'm helping myself, don't think too much." β
"......" Ouyang Lan was gagged by Liu Chen again, not knowing what to say, with an embarrassed expression.
"Okay, go back, it's too cold, I'll be guilty of catching you cold. Liu Chen straightened his clothes, craned his neck and walked towards Ouyang Lan's car, "I didn't drive, I'll give you a ride." β
"Uh...... Oh. Ouyang Lan was stunned for a moment, and then followed towards his car.
The two didn't say anything along the way, just glanced at each other from time to time. Ouyang Lan sent Liu Chen to Zhongxing Street to put down, and was about to step on the accelerator, Liu Chen leaned on the car window and said to Ouyang Lan: "If you really encounter difficulties, I will also help you." After speaking, he turned around and left, leaving only Ouyang Lan's flustered heart and blushing face.
Liu Chen walked on the bustling Zhongxing Street with his pockets, he now likes to walk quietly on this street more and more, feeling this world of rampant materialism, open and secret fighting, and power and profit, everyone on this street is a person who survived the legend of gold rush, and they do not hesitate to do things that hurt nature and reason and violate people's morality in order to continue this legend, just like Liang Shaoxi, Xu Jiahui and other people, but these people will also pay a painful price for their actions.
Justice may be late, but it will never be absent. This sentence makes countless naΓ―ve people more naΓ―ve, and makes sinister people more sinister, in fact, late justice, it can't be called justice, it's more like a lie, real justice will always appear when it should appear.
Liu Chen couldn't help but raise his head and look at the bright moon in the sky, "Can I represent the moon to eliminate all the bad guys?"
Unconsciously walked to the door of the Starlight Bar, and suddenly Liu Chen saw Ji Linyuan and a strange middle-aged man coming out of the bar, the two were talking and laughing, and Ji Linyuan got into the middle-aged man's Audi car.
After watching them leave, Liu Chen walked into the bar quickly, Xiao Ru was keeping accounts at the counter, he stepped forward and asked, "Xiao Ru, who was that person just now?"
"Which one?" Xiao Ru stopped the pen in her hand and raised her head and asked rhetorically.
"The one who went out with your sister Ji. β
Xiao Ru recalled the middle-aged man who had just come to the bar to find Sister Ji, "It seems to be an official who knows Sister Ji, but I don't know what the name is." β
"Do you know where they go?"
"I don't know. β
An ominous premonition drove Liu Chen, and he turned around and ran to the parking lot, driving his car in the direction they were going.
Fortunately, the Audi was not driving fast, and Liu Chen saw them at a traffic light intersection. Liu Chen didn't follow too closely, Ji Linyuan knew his car, and he always kept a distance of about fifty meters.
The car drove away from Zhongxing Street and came to Chang'an Avenue, five blocks away, where there was less traffic, and Liu Chen pulled the distance even further. I saw the Audi car stop under a tree for about five minutes, and then drive towards the depths of the woods, Liu Chen followed closely, only to find that there was a private club in the depths of the woods.
How could Ji Linyuan come here? Because of the particularity of the private club, Liu Chen's ominous premonition was even stronger.
The doorman and security guard were dressed very formally, dressed in European-style clothes, and immediately saluted and let him go when he saw the middle-aged man.
Liu Chen parked the car and walked over, but he didn't expect to be stopped by these security guards and asked him to show the invitation.
Liu Chen pretended to touch his body for a while, and said in embarrassment: "I'm sorry that my invitation may have fallen at home, can you let me in first?"
The security guard said awe-inspiringly: "No, no one is allowed to enter without an invitation!"
"I'm a friend of the two guys who just went in, let me in. β
"How to prove it?" The security guard still refused to be accommodating, so angry that Liu Chen pointed his finger at him and shook his head, "It's really rigid!" and then turned around and left.
Of course, this was all pretended by Liu Chen, and he didn't want to leave, but was going to climb over the wall to get in, and this level of defense couldn't stop him at all.
Liu Chen came to the outer wall of the bathroom of the clubhouse, jumped on the wall with the help of the rebound of a metasequoia tree next to him, pried open the window and climbed into the bathroom. After dressing up in front of the bathroom mirror, he walked out generously.
This club is different from those large entertainment clubs on Zhongxing Street, there is no golden decoration here, and the mahogany furniture is all the same, giving people an elegant feeling, and it seems that the owner of this club still has some taste.
Walking through the wide, secluded aisle, you can hear the sound of bowls and glasses colliding against each other from the kitchen, and guests chatting happily in the dining room. This should be a private party.
Liu Chen secretly walked outside the restaurant, and through the hollow screen, he could clearly see more than a dozen people sitting together drinking and chatting. Ji Linyuan was sitting on the right side of the middle-aged man just now, and compared to the big grin of those people, Ji Linyuan looked a little dull.
"Secretary Zhang, why doesn't that beautiful woman next to you speak?" said one of the bald old men with a wine glass.
Secretary Zhang glanced at Ji Linyuan and smiled very gentlemanly: "This friend of mine may be the first time to meet you, and he is a little restrained, please bear with me." β
Ji Linyuan smiled apologetically at everyone, lowered his head and stopped talking.
But the bald man didn't give up, stood up and stretched out a wine glass in front of Ji Linyuan: "Beauty, everyone is a friend, don't be shy when you come here, let go of playing, ah, haha, come and I'll toast you!" After speaking, he took a sip and showed his demeanor as a man.
Ji Linyuan had no choice but to pick up the wine glass in return, but after this glass, those hungry and thirsty middle-aged men all stretched out their wine glasses and wanted to have a glass. Ji Linyuan felt a little embarrassed, and at this time, Secretary Zhang stood up at the right time and blocked these wine glasses for Ji Linyuan: "Everyone, the dinner has just begun, don't be in such a hurry, drink slowly." After speaking, he glanced at Ji Linyuan very ambiguously.
This scene made Liu Chen feel very uncomfortable, not that Ji Linyuan can't be ambiguous with other men, it's just that this secretary is a little old, at least about 45, 15 years older than Ji Linyuan. However, whether Ji Linyuan was also interested in him was another matter, Liu Chen decided to continue to observe.
Suddenly Liu Chen thought of a way, he went upstairs gently, came to a room and locked the door, took out his mobile phone and dialed Ji Linyuan's phone.
There may be some noise below, Ji Linyuan picked up the phone after a while, and a man could be heard on the phone calling Ji Linyuan's name.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Ji Linyuan asked softly.
"Where are you, I want to invite you to have a supper, do you have time?" Liu Chen's voice was very cheerful, and he deliberately showed that he was very interested tonight, to see if Ji Linyuan would agree.
Ji Linyuan looked back at the well-dressed group of people inside, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm attending a friend's party right now, and I can't leave for a while." But she obviously didn't want to ruin Liu Chen's excitement, "Can you be a little late, I'll see if I can leave early." β
"Okay, I'll wait for your information. Liu Chen hung up the phone, he was in a very good mood, it seemed that in Ji Linyuan's heart, he was still more important than the people at the wine table.
Liu Chen sat quietly in the room, waiting for Ji Linyuan's message. But after waiting for a long time and there was no movement, he began to be a little worried, and was about to get up and go downstairs to take a look, when there was a ticking sound from the mobile phone, he picked it up and saw that it was a message from Ji Linyuan: "I'm sorry to be late, I'm sorry." β
Liu Chen thought badly, Ji Linyuan must have drunk too much wine and didn't even write all the words, and these two words are still the initials of pinyin. He decided to go downstairs to check the situation, otherwise Ji Linyuan would really be drugged to death by this group of bastards.
At this time, there was the sound of footsteps on the stairs, relatively slowly, and the footsteps were getting closer and closer to this room, Liu Chen wanted to hide, but there was nowhere to hide, so he simply sat there and waited for them to come in.
With a few rustling sounds, the door opened......