In the winter of Beijing, it was already dawn at seven o'clock in the evening, and Le Mingxiao drove to Ren Chaoyuan's residence in Wangjing at this time.

Before he got out of the car, he saw Ren Chaoyuan's personal assistant accompanying a man out of Ren Chaoyuan's villa through the car window, and the man got into an extended business car parked outside, and then drove away. Le Mingxiao looked at the man a little familiar, as if he had seen it in a financial magazine.

After parking the car, Le Mingxiao walked over. Pressing the doorbell, it was still the assistant who came to open the door, and when he saw Le Mingxiao, he said with a smile: "Lele is here?"

Ren Chaoyuan's personal assistant is an uncle over forty years old, and he always looks happy. At the time of Le Mingxiao's draft competition, Ren Chaoyuan was still his mentor, and he had dealt with this assistant a few times, and compared to Ren Chaoyuan, who was always on top, he felt that this assistant was more amiable.

Seeing that the other party greeted him as before, Le Mingxiao also smiled politely: "I haven't seen Brother Cheng for a long time, is Brother Yuan here?"

"Yes, come in quickly. ”

followed the assistant into the house and sat down on the sofa in the living room, but he didn't see Ren Chaoyuan's figure, Le Mingxiao was about to ask, the assistant told him that Ren Chaoyuan was still upstairs, and he would come down soon, and asked him to wait for a while, and then went to make a cup of hot chocolate and brought it over.

Coming in from the outside, there was indeed a little chill on his body, Le Mingxiao held the mug in both hands, and took a sip carefully, and the warm feeling quickly spread throughout his body. He sipped the hot drink in his cup, and suddenly felt that the scene was somewhat familiar.

In the days when he first debuted, he also came here more than once, every time Ren Chaoyuan would ask the assistant to send a cup of this sweet drink, at that time he also regarded Ren Chaoyuan as a teacher and senior, his attitude towards Ren Chaoyuan was respectful, and even a little afraid, at that time he came with Bian Xiangdong, in front of Ren Chaoyuan, Bian Xiangdong was far more relaxed than him.

Now that he and Ren Chaoyuan have become opponents, or enemies, not only in their careers, but also in love, he should be glad that the person he has to face directly is Ren Chaoyuan, if he is replaced by Bian Xiangdong, maybe he really doesn't know what to do for a while......

The hot drink in the mug was already a little cold, and at this time, there was a sound of footsteps coming from upstairs, Le Mingxiao came back from his cranky thoughts, and looked up just in time to see Ren Chaoyuan walking down the stairs. He was wrapped in a long nightgown, his hair was soft and fluffy, as if he had just taken a shower, and he had a lit cigarette between the two fingers of his right hand.

Le Mingxiao put down the cup in his hand, owed a debt, and politely called "Brother Yuan". Ren Chaoyuan just lifted his eyelids and glanced at Le Mingxiao, he sat down on the other single sofa, and before he could speak, he took a deep puff of cigarette.

The smoke spread in the air, and Le Mingxiao's sensitive throat couldn't stand it, so he covered his mouth with a few coughs......

"You're delicate. Ren Chaoyuan sneered, put out the cigarette in the ashtray, and when he lowered his head, the neckline of his nightgown was slightly open, revealing a piece of his neck, Le Mingxiao noticed a few bruises on the side of his neck, and his face changed.

Seeing his big reaction, Ren Chaoyuan didn't care, still opened his neckline with a big grin, and said, "What, haven't you seen it yet?"

Le Mingxiao's face became more and more ugly, and he said indignantly: "How can you carry Dongzi behind your back and ...... with other men?"

"Shut up!" Ren Chaoyuan coldly interrupted Le Mingxiao's words, his eyes sharp, "Don't pull Xiaodong together with you, he is not as shameless as you." ”

"......" Ren Chaoyuan's words were clearly scolding him, but Le Mingxiao felt that there was something in his words, he thought about it and said, "You and Dongzi are not ......"

Ren Chaoyuan hooked the corners of his lips, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his smile, "There are only two of you and me here, why bother pretending again, if it weren't for you, how could Xiaodong still reject me until now." ”

Le Mingxiao was a little stunned, what did this matter to him, he and Bian Xiangdong were just good brothers, and he had never interfered with the relationship between these two people......

While he was in a daze, Ren Chaoyuan suddenly took out an envelope from under the coffee table, put it in front of Le Mingxiao, and said, "There is a check for five million in here, which can be cashed out immediately." ”

Le Mingxiao came back to his senses, glanced at the envelope in front of him, raised his eyes and looked at Ren Chaoyuan, his brows furrowed slightly, Ren Chaoyuan said again: "This money is a little compensation for you, I hope you will stop when you get five million, and don't have anything to do with Xiaodong in the future." ”

Le Mingxiao suddenly wanted to laugh a little, he said: "Is Brother Yuan putting the cart before the horse? The project of that TV series was originally mine, Brother Yuan snatched it from me, and now I just want to get my own things back." ”

"Your stuff?" Ren Chaoyuan smiled, "Have you signed a contract, do you have any evidence, and who will believe it?"

Le Mingxiao was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "I really have no experience, but it doesn't mean that I can tolerate everywhere, we each rely on our abilities, and the big deal is that no one can fall well." He pushed back the envelope in front of him to Ren Chaoyuan, and said, "Of course I like money, but I don't lack it, if Brother Yuan is willing, I can also give you money, you come to quit, as for Dongzi, more than ten years of friendship is not something that Brother Yuan said no." ”

"Heh!" Ren Chaoyuan sneered again, "I thought that you would always grow some points after following Yan Duo in the past few years, but I didn't expect you to be so naïve." ”

“……”

"Le Mingxiao, do you really think that Xiaodong still treats you as a good brother?"

Le Mingxiao was stunned for a moment, and Ren Chaoyuan said again: "If Xiaodong didn't want it, I would have rare this kind of broken TV series that is even a problem to sell?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Le Mingxiao was obviously a little out of breath, "If Dongzi wants any role, I can naturally give it to him, I once asked him, it was he who made it clear that he didn't want it, how could he come to grab it again?"

"Why don't you understand, it's because you give it to him that he won't ask for it. Ren Chaoyuan picked up the envelope on the coffee table and played with it in his hand, "In front of money and fame, no matter how deep your feelings are, you know, the most unsightly thing about him is that your brother is better than him, so he will pull you off the horse no matter what." ”

The corners of Le Mingxiao's lips pursed into a line, and he was silent for dozens of seconds before he spoke again: "He also had his share in the previous times?"

"That's right. Ren Chaoyuan said, "Otherwise, you, a fledgling little newcomer, can you pose any threat to me, can I do it?" So, do you really want such a good brother?"

"Even if that's the case, what?" Le Mingxiao met Ren Chaoyuan's gaze straightly, "Dongzi has always been timid, without your instigation, he would not have been able to do such a thing." ”

"Really?" Ren Chaoyuan pouted and smiled, and said, "Le Mingxiao is really not willing to give up in the Yellow River, well, I'm not afraid to sue you, when the Xingsheng Battle was divided into divisions, Xiaodong once invited me to dinner in private, so later, although you won the championship of the division, when you arrived at the national competition, you were hindered everywhere, and the treatment in the program group plummeted, and there was ......" He paused, and suddenly lowered his voice, "During the top three, only your ear returned to the problem, do you think it's just a coincidence?"

"......" Le Mingxiao was completely stunned, if he did suspect Bian Xiangdong about the incidents he encountered after his debut, he never thought about it during the competition that year. At that time, he and Bian Xiangdong were dependent on each other in the program group, under the pressure of high-intensity competitions, if it weren't for mutual support, I believe there would be a few times when they would not be able to hold on, during the top three, he was eliminated, Bian Xiangdong even said on the spot that he wanted to retire, but now Ren Chaoyuan told him that it was just his wishful thinking, telling him how to accept it for a while......

At this time, Ren Chaoyuan said again: "But this time I still lost to Yan Duo. ”

He suddenly mentioned Yan Duo, Le Mingxiao couldn't react for a while, and said, "I don't understand what you mean. ”

"When Xiaodong contacted me privately for the first time, I thought that this kid was good, self-motivated, and would come to things, exactly like when I was young, so I would definitely help him and train him into a talent. Ren Chaoyuan said, "It's a pity, what's the use of having a high spirit, after all, the qualifications are too poor, but they are becoming more and more timid, and they can't get out of trouble, so they have become the appearance that they are not up or down now, they are not embarrassed or embarrassed." I admit that this time the vision is indeed not as good as Yan Duo. ”

Le Mingxiao was confused by what he said, and asked, "What does this have to do with Yan Duo?"

"It looks like you really don't know Yan Duo. Ren Chaoyuan said, "I have known him for so many years, and I know too well what he is thinking." When we were still together, he compared me everywhere, and he had to press me in every way. Later, we broke up, he retreated into the background, and each of his lovers came to him according to the appearance, and he spent a lot of money and effort on each lover to cultivate, in order to surpass me......" Speaking of this, he glanced at Le Mingxiao, "Of course you are no exception, you also play such a role, but even if you are stronger than Xiaodong, you are far from surpassing me." ”

"......" The expression on Le Mingxiao's face changed again and again, obviously a little affected by Ren Chaoyuan's words, he took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said, "I won't believe your words, since you can't talk about business, there's no need to waste any more time, say goodbye." ”

He got up and was about to leave, but Ren Chaoyuan stopped him from behind, "Do you know why Yan Duo and I broke up in the first place?"

“……”