Chapter 20: The Other
The Bentley in the Rainforest may be eye-catching everywhere it goes, but that doesn't include where he's taking me now.
The car slowed down on a secluded street not far from the downtown area, slowly approaching a small hill. The hill is located among the scattered shops on the street, which is a bit out of harmony with the surrounding environment, but because it is covered with a large number of plants, it looks like a street garden on high ground.
The hill bag is open, as if there is no threshold, but a glance at its parking lot will tell where the threshold is.
"Ferrari, Porsche...... I don't recognize that. What is this Regal Club?" I asked curiously.
Chang Yulin was about to get out of the car, but he didn't even look at me: "Let's go." β
I understood that he was asking me to go with him. Although I was very dissatisfied with his solipsistic style, curiosity drove me to follow suit.
The boardwalk at our feet winds horizontally along the hillside, and we walked under the dense vegetation for a few minutes to reach the main entrance of a building. It is a wood-framed bar that resembles a German country house. At the door stood a white wooden sign that read: "The other one bar" in English flower script.
I looked at Chang Yulin suspiciously: "'Another'? β
"Well, go inside and talk less. Chang Yulin seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated a little, and finally, he reluctantly said, "You hold my arm." β
"Yes, but don't let your girlfriend see you. "I grabbed his arm very naturally, even a little proudly.
"In the soup of May, a woman's mouth will be annoying. Chang Yulin warned me coldly.
I snorted: "Yo! I didn't expect you to be a straight man! Talk as if men don't talk much! I don't think those male politicians talk endlessly when they fool the people, why don't you say they hate it!"
Chang Yulin seemed to be quite helpless about my nonsense, he gave up reasoning with me, and walked straight to the crystal door of the bar, which reflected the colorful light.
"Mr. Chang! is it still the same?" The bartender was very discerning, and as soon as Chang Yulin and I sat down at the bar, he put down his work and stepped forward.
"Hmm" Chang Yulin glanced at me and said to the waiter, "I want another cup of Matador." β
I put the word thank you in my mouth and didn't want to say it, who made him look at me with a disgusted expression.
Looking around, there is a lot of space in the bar, but unlike other places, each booth in this bar is so far away that it is almost impossible to hear the conversation at the other table.
"Looking around, haven't you seen it yet?" Chang Yulin suddenly said inexplicably.
"Hmm, what are you looking at?" I asked, puzzled.
Chang Yulin's hand holding the whiskey glass was gently raised and pointed to a booth with an oil painting against the wall.
The lights at the bar weren't lit at all, but the light at the booths was even more negligible, so I squinted and took a closer look. Only then did he exclaim: "Pei Tianming!"
I was angry and frightened, but I quickly calmed down because of the constant rainforest by my side.
I turned around, picked up the orange cocktail in front of me and took a sip: "It's actually Pei Tianming and ....... Lisaγ "Yes, I actually ran into the two of them on a tryst. Seeing Pei twice in one day, I think that's enough for me to be nauseous for a year.
Suddenly I thought of something: "The other one!
Chang Yulin smiled: "Originally, it wasn't, but later many rich people liked to bring their own 'another', and it slowly became a common practice." β
I sneered, "It seems that you are also a regular visitor here." β
Chang Yulin didn't answer me this time.
"You brought me here just to disgust me with that pair of dogs and men?" I endured and endured, but I couldn't help but question the "benefactor" in front of me who had just saved me.
"Of course not, at least not entirely. "Chang Yulin's fingers are beautiful, clean, slender and powerful. He half-held the wine glass, tapped it lightly with his index finger, and after a while, he said leisurely: "I brought you here to tell you that your work is meaningless. β
My head froze for a second at his words, but soon I restarted my combat power: "Heh, since there are such dirty things in the world, there will be people who correct them." "I looked down and played with my cocktail glass, which was almost bottoming out, and this Matador was really delicious.
"You don't need to be so noble about your work. Human nature is greedy, no matter in the face of any kind of desire, people are greedy, and desire is objective, there is no distinction between lowly and noble. β
Very few men talk to me about such issues, as if men think that women don't understand philosophy, and women think that men don't know communication, so there is rarely a real conversation between men and women.
I looked at Chang Yulin carefully, and he didn't feel cramped by my gaze, he just calmly let me see his eyebrows, eyes, nose, and moist and cold lips.
I retracted my gaze: "There is no high or low desire, but there is a difference between good and bad, and some desires must be restrained. β
"That also depends on people's own restraint, and it is useless for external forces to interfere. β
"How do you know it's useless?" I smiled at Chang Yulin.
The door of the bar was suddenly pushed open, and I immediately turned around to see that it was Gao Zhao and the handsome guy who appeared at the airport with her that day!
"Why don't you sit inside?" Gao Zhao came up and put his arm around my shoulder, and then greeted Chang Yulin quite seriously: "Chang is always good!" Although Gao Zhao is not as "fearful" to Chang Yulin as others are to him, he is not as inhibited as Gao Zhao is to others.
Chang Yulin replied with a smile: "We are not suitable to sit inside. β
Hearing him say this, I was quite unhappy, and he was really anxious to draw a line with me.
"Mr. Chang, you are ...... Jonathan?" the handsome man suddenly asked Chang Yulin tentatively.
Chang Yulin glanced at him, still with a faint look: "Yes." β
The handsome guy was immediately excited: "Jonathan! You're really you! You're my idol! I heard your speech when I was in Princeton! It's a pity that it was too far away! I didn't expect to meet here!"
Gao Zhao looked at the handsome guy in surprise, probably because he was afraid that he would disturb others, so he quickly pulled his arm: "Feng Rumo, you be quiet!"
Feng Rumo regained his composure a little, he looked at me with some eagerness and inquiry, probably thinking that I and Chang Yulin were a couple, hoping that I could warm up.
The handsome guy asked for help, and I didn't have a reason not to make a move: "Gao Zhao, what are you doing here......?" I swept between Gao Zhao and Feng Rumo with my eyes.
Gao Zhao raised his head proudly: "What is the relationship between the two of us? Anyway, it's not as you think!"
I gave her a blank look: "Then what are you doing at this bar?"
"Yo dead girl! I've only learned well in a few days! I still know this bar!" Gao Zhao squeezed me with an exaggerated expression, and by the way, he took his eyes and slipped around Chang Yulin's face twice.
I touched Chang Yulin with my shoulder: "Hey, what the hell are you doing?
Chang Yulin completely ignored me.
Feng Rumo is very enthusiastic: "Jonathan is the youngest partner of KC! The investment miracle he and his mentor created is still a legend on Wall Street! And ......." Feng Rumo is very handsome, and his temperament is also very sunny, and the sunshine is a little straightforward. He didn't notice at all that Chang Yulin's brows furrowed when he mentioned "mentor".
"Moreover, Jonathan has been encouraging powerful Chinese young people to participate in all kinds of real investment, so that the investment industry can become the driving force for creating a global benign economic competition pattern!" I guess Feng Rumo's sentence was deducted from one of Chang Yulin's speeches.
Gao Zhao smiled: "Chinese youth? Mr. Chang is also very young!"
"No, no, no!" Feng Rumo seemed to have become Chang Yulin's spokesperson: "Jonathan is different, he ......"
"Gao Zhao, do you want to take this one back? Chang Yulin suddenly interrupted Feng Rumo very unceremoniously, and then raised his chin in my direction.
"I'm not leaving, whoever wants to go, but don't blame me for not reminding him, there's going to be a wonderful show here!" I graciously didn't care about Chang Yulin's words, and was full of anticipation for the good show that was about to be staged.