What Jiang Ruo was forced to recognize was that these so-called "for her good" were just pretenses, and in the final analysis, their purpose was self-interest. If it's really for her good, what's there to say?

Liu Ming stared at the black and white words in her hand in a daze, and was speechless for a moment, avoiding her torch-like gaze.

Jiang Ruo was also angry for a while, and didn't pay attention to his tone.

Think about it calmly, Uncle Ming is not at fault, who he does things for, he naturally has to stand on the same position with whom, this is the basic.

Uncle Ming seemed to have some concerns, and hesitated to speak.

Jiang Ruo buried his head for a while, and when he looked up again, he couldn't help but slow down his attitude, and said sincerely: "Uncle Ming, this is very important to me, can you tell me?"

Uncle Ming looked at her with a pleading look, and felt that the whole figure was sandwiched between two walls and could not move, on the one hand, it was the promise he made before the old man's death, and on the other hand, he couldn't bear the pity of Jiang Ruo's hard work to ask for the truth, and he was in a dilemma.

He couldn't help but wonder, if Jiang Ruo was kept in the dark, was it possible that she would be hurt even more in the future? If she was allowed to know the truth early and had a lot of scales in her heart, would she be prepared to take precautions? Life was her own, and interfering concealment was indeed unfair to her.

"Grandpa is no longer here, but I still don't know anything about many existing problems, have you ever thought about how helpless I feel when I am alone in the face of the mess in front of me if something happens?"

Jiang Ruo's words made Uncle Ming feel more and more ashamed, and he really realized that if he really delayed Jiang Ruo's life and life because of this, he would be an accomplice.

Uncle Ming was silent in his heart, and finally relieved himself: "Anyway, your grandfather's intention is for your good, mainly because he doesn't want you to be burdened with the debt he owes, so he has repeatedly emphasized that no matter what he does, it has nothing to do with you." But it was precisely because he knew that this matter would affect the relationship between you and Lu Huaishen that he decided to hide it. ”

Jiang Ruo seemed to be choked by someone's throat, and his breathing gradually became blocked. She thought sourly in her heart, this opening sentence is really smart, give her a tranquilizer first: No matter what, your grandfather is for your good, and we are all for your good, so no matter what you say next, don't blame us.

She didn't interrupt, silently waiting for the other party to continue.

Uncle Ming wiped his face, and his voice was pale: "At the beginning, your grandfather mentioned it to Lu Huaishen a few times, and wanted Lu Huaishen to marry you, but Lu Huaishen ...... Didn't agree. ”

Jiang Ruo thought that this "did not agree" should still be a more euphemistic statement, but in fact it should be a stern refusal.

"After the death of your parents, Jiang Weiming secretly transferred power, and there were so many tricks. After bringing you back, Jiang Weiming had already guessed that your grandfather was planning to train you, and at that time he had already begun to plan to trap your grandfather. Not long before you and Lu Huaishen got married, your grandfather was sure that the death of your parents and brother had something to do with Jiang Weiming, if Lu Huaishen and Jiang Zhouman were really married, the Jiang family would probably fall into the hands of Jiang Weiming completely, and the situation of your grandfather and grandson would also be worried. Let you marry Lu Huaishen, firstly, because you are afraid that something will really happen, and the Lu family will be your backer, Jiang Weiming and they will not dare to act rashly, which has indeed come true; second, I hope that Lu Huaishen can help you keep the Jiang family. ”

Whether this will be realized or not, Liu Ming did not and did not dare to make a conclusion.

He paused and said, "But your grandfather didn't expect Lu Huaishen to be so persistent." ”

Liu Ming is still very puzzled, anyway, the two Lu Jiang families are married, what is the difference between Jiang Zhouman and Jiang Zhouman? It seems that Lu Huaishen does not have much affection for Jiang Zhouman, during that time, Lu Huaishen and Jiang Zhouman had a conflict, Jiang Zhouman told his family that he wanted to break up, and complained that Lu Huaishen was indifferent to her threat. In this way, Lu Huaishen's persistence as long as Jiang Zhouman does not want Jiang Ruo is even more unpredictable.

Jiang Qiying was in charge of the company at that time, and it was the most glorious time for the Jiang family, and he even directly told Lu Huaishen that he would hand over the company to Jiang Ruo in the future, but Jiang Ruo was not ambitious and did not care enough about these industries. That's all he says, his attitude is clear, as long as Lu Huaishen marries Jiang Ruo, half of the Jiang family is in his hands. Lu Huaishen's purpose is just to hope that the Jiang family can bless him?

But Lu Huaishen still didn't do it, and refused simply and decisively.

Jiang Qiying had no choice, in order to protect the company and Jiang Ruo, he had to make a bad move.

Jiang Ru always thought that his grandfather was just pinching some unknown handles of Lu Huaishen and threatening slightly, who would have thought that Jiang Qiying wanted to coerce Lu Huaishen into injecting half of his assets into the Jiang family in order to make Lu Huaishen nod and marry her, and Jiang Ruo's 20% shares were managed by him, which was a quid pro quo. However, this is still unfair, the escrow time is limited, and the shares will eventually return to Jiang Ruo's hands.

At that time, Lu Huaishen's total private investment assets at home and abroad were already considerable, so Lu Huaishen almost cashed out most of his private property into the Jiang family.

Jiang Qiying hoped that Lu Huaishen would see the situation clearly and make the right choice in two years. After all, from now on, the Jiang family also has half of his hard work in it, and he has to do his best.

Who knew that Jiang Ruo was a big heart, she went back to New York when she got married, she didn't see anyone twice a year, she didn't take this marriage into her eyes at all, Jiang Qiying lied to her in order to help the company get through the difficulties, she naively believed it, and felt very sorry for Lu Huaishen, and planned to let Lu Huaishen go free as soon as the time passed.

Originally, I told Jiang Qiying that after graduation, I would first get familiar with the company for two years, and then go to Wharton to study for a master's degree in business management, but at that time, the relationship with Lu Huaishen could basically be stabilized.

When he got the offer, he notified Jiang Qiying, Jiang Qiying was so angry that he almost went to the hospital with high blood pressure, and he blew up on the phone and said that messing around is just nonsense.

After calming down, you have to maintain Lu Huaishen's emotions, and the boss has to lower his tone and say in front of a kid when he is old: "Jiang Ruo is young, I want to study for another two years, and it will be easy to get started when I enter the company in the future, don't you say?"

Lu Huaishen also seemed to be hearing about irrelevant people and things, so he said: "Whatever she wants." ”

With this cold attitude, Jiang Qiying realized that it was going to be finished.

It was because he was too extreme in doing things, and he thought things too simply, and he underestimated Lu Huaishen.

It really turned out to be the end of it.

Jiang Ruo listened and digested at the same time, from frightened to calm, and his emotions were like riding a roller coaster several times.

Lu Huaishen's marriage to her was the result of a compromise under threat, and Jiang Ruo always knew it. But now, how can her mood be compared to what she used to be? She was in a trance, and Liu Ming's words smashed into her eardrums one by one as if they had weight, smashing her heart so that her heart was rumbling, and her original cognition was subverted.

She had to re-examine how she and Lu Huaishen went from the beginning to the present, scene after scene flashed from her mind, she began to question Lu Huaishen's purpose of marrying her, questioned why Lu Huaishen reconciled with her, she connected every seemingly unrelated link in a vague way, the truth seemed to be in front of her, but it was extremely distant, her thinking seemed to be an opportunity, and she was powerless to take a step forward.

She heard her trance voice and asked Uncle Ming, "What little tail did Lu Huaishen catch by his grandfather?"

How could Lu Huaishen not understand the truth of mutual constraints, unless Jiang Qiying had bigger chips than him, it must be a major secret.

Uncle Ming said: "During the years when Lu Huaishen lived in Hong Kong, he had a close relationship with some gang organizations. After he returned to Lu's house, Lu Zhongnan almost cleaned up all traces of his activities in Hong Kong, but your grandfather accidentally learned some news......"

It doesn't matter how much scheming this "inadvertently" hides.

When Jiang Ruo finally said goodbye to Uncle Ming, Uncle Ming bitterly advised: "Don't do stupid things." ”

Jiang Ruo looked at Uncle Ming quietly, and suddenly laughed: "What stupid thing can I do." ”

Jiang Ruo came back after taking a nap, stayed at Uncle Ming's house for a long time, and it was getting dark on the way back, but it was just dinner time, it was already night, and the lights were everywhere.

During the rush hour, when there is a traffic jam on the road, Jiang Ruo stops and stops with the traffic waiting for the traffic light, and when he looks up, he can see the intricate overpass, shuttling between the cities, and the light strips that seem to be winding and twisting under the night.

The major shopping malls are starting to warm up for the Christmas event, and the festive atmosphere is about to overflow from the screens outside the building.

Jiang Ruo slowly drove back, turning into the old residential area in the lively city, and saw the lights of thousands of homes with fireworks.

Aunt Wu counted the time when she went home and cooked the meal, Cheng Xiao's school did not have a night self-study on Friday, and she had already arrived home and waited for the meal.

Jiang Ruo put down his things and sat down at the table, Aunt Wu pointed to the tomato and beef soup in front of her and said, "This is what your aunt made for you, this soup smells fresh." ”

I don't know if I didn't eat in the afternoon, because I was too hungry, my stomach was empty, and I smelled a little tight.

Jiang Ruo didn't say anything, but still drank a bowl of soup.

Qiao Hui saw that Jiang Ruo was a little abnormal, in the past, when her younger brother had dinner together at home, she liked to ask questions, but today she didn't speak much, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was extremely silent.

The old man couldn't help but think more, and after dinner, he pulled her into the room and asked if she had a deep conflict with Lu Huai.

Jiang Ruo said: "No, it's that I went out today, and people are a little tired." ”

Qiao Hui's eyes were very powerful, and it was not that she had not been perfunctory, so she immediately stared at her twice, and said angrily: "Come on, you were raised by me, I can't know what you think?"

Jiang Ruo looked at her speechlessly, not knowing what to say, and lowered his head to sort out the things on the dresser to distract himself.

Qiao Hui's suspicions couldn't be dissipated, "Is he not satisfied with you living here?" Don't be too willful, stay at your mother's house for a long time, he has to work and come to accompany you every night, he must not be used to living here." ”

Jiang Ruo sneered when he heard this: "What is there that you can't get used to, such a big person, how can you be so noble? Just get a good night's sleep, is it possible that the red carpet has to be rolled from the door to the foot of the bed?"

Qiao Hui was taken aback: "Look at what you said, I'll just say there's a problem!"

Jiang Ruo grabbed her shoulder, "Don't worry about it, does he look like a person who can be wronged? If you really mind that, I'll move out tomorrow, right? ”

Qiao Hui: "I didn't mean that, I was thinking about your husband and wife's feelings." ”

Jiang Ruo was helpless, and dealt with it randomly: "I know, I know, I know." ”

As she was talking, a call came in from Jiang Ruo's mobile phone, she glanced at it and then raised her phone to show Qiao Hui, "Are you relieved?"

Qiao Hui smiled, "You guys talk." ”

Turn around and go out, and don't forget to bring the door.

Jiang Ruo answered the phone and asked, "Why did it take so long to answer?"

Jiang Ruo asked, "What's the matter?"

Lu Huaishen said: "I have something to do tonight, and it is estimated that it will end very late, so I won't come." ”

The progress in his hands was about to have a result, and his voice sounded a little pleasant, so he didn't notice the abnormality of Jiang Ruo's tone.

Jiang Ruo said, "Okay." ”

He told her to go to bed earlier, but Jiang Ruo's reply still did not exceed two words.

Just as he was about to ask her something else, Pei Shao pushed the door and came in to report something, and hung up the phone after hurriedly saying two words.

Pei Shao held up his mobile phone and whispered, "Team Chen's phone." ”

As soon as Lu Huaishen had just spoken to Jiang Ruo just now, Chen Jinnan called, and the matter was urgent, and when he saw that Lu Huaishen was on the phone, he immediately called his secretary.

Lu Huaishen took Pei Shao's phone, and as soon as he spoke, Chen Jinnan was unhappy and bombarded: "My people have arrived, ambushing around here, but it's dark around here, where are you looking, there is not a single light at night, and the infrared light will be exposed immediately as soon as it is aimed." ”

Lu Huaishen looked at He Zongming who was not far away, and glanced at him, the place was his.

"It's too late to change places. ”

There was a sound of rustling on Chen Jinnan's side, and he said in a low voice: "Let your people turn on the lights in the house, and leave only the two of them inside, and bring people in later, it is best to do things in the house." ”

"Okay, got it. ”

Lu Huaishen hung up the phone and asked He Zongming to make arrangements.

The place Chen Jinnan said was an abandoned old factory under a mountain in the suburbs, and Ma Liu, who had been captured before, was locked up there, and it was the third place to be transferred in order to prevent being found by Jiang Ji and water and fire.

A few days ago, Shui Huo appeared in Donglin City, and Chen Jinnan's informant received news that Shui Huo was sending people around to look for Ma Liu. And the other party was suddenly so anxious to find someone, and he couldn't get rid of Lu Huaishen.

Not long ago, the provincial procuratorate received a report that the captain of the municipal economic investigation team took advantage of his position to dredge his superiors and illegally seek profits for a well-known listed group. Going up the Yang team, several high-level personnel involved were found.

Chen Jinnan had a little impression of the economic investigation captain surnamed Yang, and the last time Jiang Ruo took bribes, it was this person who made a fuss to convict and detain people. At that time, Chen Jinnan had already realized a little clue, and the future events confirmed his thoughts.

Jiang's frequent accidents, being reported, several commercial violations of the charge will be implemented, these crimes seem not to be big or small, as long as the fine can be suppressed, but because the company has bribery, and there are many implications, the boss is not willing to spare easily, Jiang's side has the intention of getting rid of the crime and delaying the fine, and was immediately found to have financial loopholes, a huge amount of money is missing, and it is planned to investigate deeply.

Chen Jinnan is very good at this time, and the Yang team of the economic investigation team is just an introduction, this is someone who plans to kill the Jiang family, and he probably guessed who this person is.

Jiang Jin is the party concerned, who wants to rectify him, he knows better than anyone else, and he also knows that this is just the beginning, and there is a more critical person in the hands of the other party. Jiang Jin couldn't sit still, and planned to let Shui Huo speed up to find Ma Liu, Ma Liu knew too many things, how could he not stay any longer.

Then Shui Huo appeared in Donglin City, Chen Jinnan suspected that Shui Huo would kill Ma Liu, but he didn't know where Ma Liu was now, and then he received a call from Lu Huaishen.

Lu Huaishen is willing to cooperate with him, Chen Jinnan is not surprised, some things use the hands of the police, it is reasonable, reasonable and in line with the laws of society, and he can still keep his hands from being fishy, Lu Huaishen has long understood this.

He Zongming sent people to spread Ma Liu's whereabouts through informants, layer by layer, and directly to Shui Huo's ears.

Shui Huo gathered some people and planned to go to the suburbs tonight to extinguish the mouth.

Chen Jinnan took his subordinates and the people of the anti-drug brigade to wait there early, in order not to arouse suspicion, the car put them down, and then stopped in a remote place, and a group of people lurked in the bushes, fortunately it was not summer, otherwise they would have to be bitten out by mosquitoes.

And this place is really deserted, except for the lights on in a room in the desolate factory, the surrounding objects are difficult to see, and when the infrared sight is turned on, several red lines shoot straight into the night, not to mention more dazzling eyes.

When He Zongming's people moved Ma Liu to a position and turned on the nearby lights a few more, Chen Jinnan sent a small team of people in to find a place to ambush.

On the upper floor of the Bolu Building, Lu Huaishen is standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the whole city.

There seems to be a fire beating in the chest, burning more and more, like a city that becomes more and more brilliant as the night deepens, the building is like a sea of lights, and the car is like a dragon. He had nowhere to vent his emotions, and if he put aside some of his concerns, Jiang Ruo was by his side at this time, he would be happy to tell her to watch the plan come to fruition step by step, and the confident satisfaction that was about to succeed reoccupied his brain, making his adrenaline rush.

But the reality is that none of this can be said.

And because of this thought, Jiang Ruo's face began to linger in her mind, and her smiling eyes were gradually filled with incomprehension, and finally filled with hatred and tears.

At this point, the previous excitement turned into smoke, just like a pool of stagnant water.

He had to divert his attention and think about the matter of water and fire, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt bottomless.

After He Zongming finished the call, he turned around and saw him standing in front of the window, his arms supporting the window and not knowing what to think, his back was lonely like a suffocating tree trunk in the bitter winter, silent without a trace of life.

He Zongming was stunned for a moment, walked up to him, patted his shoulder with his hand, he was unmoved, his dark eyes stared straight down.

"As soon as Shui Huo is caught tonight, Jiang Jin should wait to eat in prison, Shui Huo is not a righteous person, and it will be a matter of time before he confesses. ”

Lu Huaishen said in a low voice: "The more I think about it, the more I think it won't be that simple. ”

"Chen Jinnan has a few brushes, you believe him for the time being, as long as the water and fire can get to that place, he will definitely be able to catch it like a chicken. ”

Seeing Lu Huaishen respond, He Zongming glanced at him: "Why am I looking at you unhappy?" Looking at him again, he changed his words: "Do you regret it?"

Lu Huai frowned deeply: "What do you regret?"

He Zongming said: "There is a saying that 'you can't have both fish and bear's paws', and there is also a saying that 'the mall is proud, and the love field is frustrated', what do you regret?"

He Zongming watched the night with him, and after waiting for him to answer for a long time, he sighed: "The scenery here is better than mine, and I am thrilled to see it." Sure enough, what a lot of ability, what a beautiful scene. You say, is it the beauty of the scenery here, or the beauty of the people in your family?"

Lu Huaishen became more and more irritated by him, pulled his collar and said, "If there is a fart, let it go." ”

"It's nothing, I just want to say that it's too late for you to regret it now. After He Zongming finished speaking, he didn't forget to joke and gloat a few times, and was coldly glanced at by Lu Huai, realizing that he seemed to be a little lacking in virtue and lack of heart, and immediately shut up.

He Zongming relieved him: "The big thing is important, women, just coax when the time comes." ”

Lu Huai thought about it deeply, and called home again, but this time he didn't get through.

"You say you can't bear it. He Zongming sighed.

Lu Huaishen ignored him, stared at the phone and called again, if Jiang Ruo could really coax the type easily, he really wouldn't have any worries.

There was still no response to this phone call, Lu Huaishen called Qiao Hui again, Qiao Hui said that Jiang Ruo was taking a bath, and Lu Huaishen breathed a sigh of relief.

He Zongming said: "What, I'm afraid that people won't answer your phone?"

He Zongming really guessed correctly.

Lu Huai thought carefully about the phone call before, Jiang Ruo talked very little, so little that it gave him a feeling that she didn't want to talk to him, and at this time, I am afraid that only her voice can make him feel more comfortable.

He Zongming said again: "She shouldn't know anything yet, and you are too anxious." ”

She went to Liu Ming in the afternoon. "Jiang Ruo told him last night that he was going to Liu Ming to pick up the car, which is the background," the bodyguard who followed her said that she stayed at Liu Ming's place for more than an hour. ”

He Zongming opened his mouth and came: "You are too worried, Liu Ming has been with Jiang Qiying for decades, and the two may have chatted and remembered the old man together." ”

Seeing that Lu Huai's deep eyebrows were not spreading, He Zongming smashed it: "If you don't fall in love, you don't have any." ”

……

At eight o'clock in the evening, Du Shengyi finished shooting the cover of the magazine, changed into his own clothes, and put on a fat down jacket.

The accompanying staff waited late and didn't eat dinner, so Du Shengyi asked them to go to dinner by themselves, and invited the staff of the magazine to eat by the way.

The assistant asked her, "Aren't you going?"

Du Shengyi said: "I'm tired and want to go back to rest, I have to go to the crew early tomorrow, and you guys will finish eating and go back early." ”

"Then let's go with Brother Zhou and the others, and let the driver take you back. ”

Du Shengyi left the filming location alone, and the business car that picked her up on weekdays was parked on the side of the road outside, and the driver was already waiting for her.

Du Shengyi opened the car door and went up, closed his eyes and took a nap as soon as he sat down.

After the car drove steadily for a while, Du Shengyi noticed that something was wrong, why didn't the little driver who usually likes to talk too much today.

She opened her eyes and looked into the mirror, where she saw half a face, round black-rimmed glasses, a short head that looked like a little rascal, and a shaved "Z" on the right ear.

After confirming, she closed her eyes again: "Xiao Zeng, you can go to eat later, and send them back after eating by the way." ”

The other party whispered, "What about you?"

The voice......

Du Shengyi woke up instantly, and the sleepiness disappeared cleanly.