Chapter 129: Worth It
Yue Chen was looking down and flipping through a copy of natural geography that he had just bought from the bookstore, and when he was concentrating, he suddenly felt that the sunlight above his head was blocked, and when he looked up, a surprised look appeared on his face unconsciously: "You are also in Cairo?" ”
He didn't expect that Leng Yunxi would leave behind the big business in City B and suddenly appear in Egypt. What's more....
Yue Chen put down the juice in his hand and looked sideways slightly, this person beside her should be Qiao Zimo.
"I also think it's a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here." In the same sentence, when she said to Joseph in the hotel lobby, she was perfunctory and boring, but when she looked at Yue Chen, she couldn't help but smile a little more.
She still remembers that the first time she met Yue Chen after her rebirth was when she bought a 3-carat pink diamond for her mother in a jewelry store, when she happened to meet her cousin Leng Xun and this legendary figure who patrolled the mall.
Before his rebirth, the person who listened to Xiao the most was the self-made Yue Chen, except for his own boss.
Because anyone who is involved in the business world knows that the Chamber of Commerce almost monopolizes the major channels of energy trade in North America under Xiao Ran's price control, but Yue Chen can unswervingly maintain his position in front of Xiao Ran, because he alone controls most of the resources in the Middle East.
It is precisely because of this that when Qi Zhan's company was about to be acquired and annexed by Xiao Ran, she asked her cousin to ask for help, if she remembered correctly, he seemed to have sued her on the phone once, and he already had a lover.
Could it be that he came to Egypt to spend time with his girlfriend?
"I'll talk about some business." Seeing Yunxi's question, Yue Chen stood up, bowed slightly towards Qiao Zimo, and stretched out his right hand: "I have admired the name for a long time." "At the beginning, the Leng family was almost subverted, and those who paid attention to this case vaguely knew a little bit of his details, but when they checked further, they began to hit walls everywhere. It goes without saying what it means to be able to hide the background so well in City B.
Qiao Zimo knew what he was referring to, and he clearly knew that this valuable figure had always been very low-key in all walks of life, if it weren't for being a good friend, perhaps, that time, he wouldn't have helped Yunxi. He has never fought head-on with the Xiao family, but because of friendship, he intervened and helped Jin Feng find a stable partner.
As a businessman, he did his best.
It's a pity that Xiao then went to the "Wangfujing Hotel" alone, and all the Middle Eastern giants he led to help Qi Zhan Jinfeng Group were all over, but it was a waste of his resources.
"In the same way, I've heard of you for a long time." Qiao Zimo has some appreciation for Yue Chen, not only because he helped Yunxi at the beginning, but also because this person's eyes reveal a trace of clarity and thoroughness that ordinary businessmen do not have. His gaze only glanced at Yunxi's face, and then passed in an instant.
As legend has it, he was an impressive Confucian merchant.
Yunxi heard him say that he came here to talk about business, and only then did he realize that he was completely half the host of this plot in the Middle East. Almost half of his energy partners are based here.
"After the last Xiao incident, will it have a great impact on your business?" At the beginning, because of the stock market turmoil, she took the opportunity to interrupt Xiao's annexation plan, but she has not contacted him since. From the bottom of her heart, she knew that someone who was so proud of him never wanted to be looked at by others with other worries and guilt. Of course, she really didn't have time to care about it at that time, so much so that this greeting has been suppressed until now.
Gilt and Situ Bai looked at Yue Chen's expression with some hesitation, afraid that he would show his face, but obviously, they all underestimated his mind, he just smiled lightly, as if nothing happened: "If I can't even put this impact on it, I don't have to stay in this industry." ”
As soon as his words fell, several people felt relieved.
"I want to thank you. In the future, whenever you need help, I will definitely help. Yunxi sat down opposite him, the two tables were simply one table, but he didn't order any staple food, only let the boss serve some melons and fruits, and everyone chatted for a while, then turned around and said goodbye.
On the way back to the hotel, Qiao Zimo first sent the gilt and Situ Bai back, stayed in a gift shop with Yunxi for a while, and bought all kinds of souvenirs before going back.
"Although Yue Chen said today that it has little impact, I think he should pay a lot of price."
Yunxi is naturally not a three-year-old child, Yue Chen's words are just to appease her guilt, and the cousin didn't mention it much, probably because he was afraid of causing her a burden, this debt is indeed relatively large. Fortunately, they are all businessmen, and there are many opportunities for cooperation in the future. Since he didn't want to mention more about the beginning, why did she rush to dwell on the past. Gently responded to Qiao Zimo, then turned around and went to wash and rest.
The day of the first week of the competition is fast approaching, and the talents of the Academy of Fine Arts have no trouble relying on the strong group average to sit firmly in the winning group and successfully advance.
However, the organizers chose to hold a small dinner party on the weekend, but it was not as exciting as the last special ball, but invited everyone to a more distinctive local hotel for a small gathering, and by the way, the rules of the competition were further analyzed and explained in detail.
Yunxi, Gilt and Situ Bai finally met Grantham at this party.
"You've been busy enough this time, and you haven't seen anyone all day." Gilt had long been accustomed to Grantham's casualness, and was accustomed to his status as an earl, and seeing that he was easily getting out of the crowd of celebrities, he couldn't help but block his way, and handed over a cocktail with a wicked smile: "Shouldn't it be a beauty on the side, don't you think about it." The local newspapers reported on the arrival of the European royal family, which, combined with his appearance, almost caused a sensation, and the young and beautiful ladies of Benfu were eager to stand guard at his gate every day.
Grantham sighed helplessly, "If it weren't for 'Gu Yuxuan', why would I come here to suffer?" "It's like I don't have personal freedom, and I can't wait to hide in my hotel room 24 hours a day. During this period, he also received a ridiculed phone call from his mother, saying that he didn't know that his taste was originally inclined to the honey-colored skin color of Egypt, and he knew that he would not push him into those white-skinned and beautiful European and American women.
"Calm, as an internal response, your energy efficiency is huge!" Situ Bai was afraid that gilding would make him angry, so he immediately gave him a thumbs up, "By the way, it's a personal competition from tomorrow, is there any opportunistic way?" It's not that she doesn't have confidence in the talents of the Academy of Fine Arts, but the background of the jewelers she has visited in the past few days is very scary, and the designers they invited are astonishing in terms of spirituality and thinking logic.
As for the genius of the Academy of Fine Arts, it seems that he has been a little bit of a demon lately, and he would rather stay in his room and study the design than come over to see the competitors in the coming weeks.
Hey, this temporary cramming also depends on the timing.
"Thank you for the compliment." Grantham looked helpless to be defeated by her. He couldn't understand that Leng Yunxi had such a cold character, why were the people around him so different? Could it be that what is lacking is to make up for something?
Yunxi was thinking that the connotation of Grantham's eyes was up for debate, when suddenly Situ Bai exclaimed. Although the sound was not loud, everyone around looked at it at the same time.
Gilt pulled her aside with a look of shame: "Can you not come out and be embarrassed, and be shocked when you see everything." Anyway, you're also a well-known supermodel now? ”
Situ Bai couldn't hear her words at all, so he tugged on the gilded hand and gave her a disgraced look. It's a pity that the flattering eyes were lost to the blind man, and this guy didn't understand what her weird expression meant, and when she turned around, it was too late.
Xiao Ran actually appeared in front of them in a navy blue suit.
Gilt was having an impulse to lock a few of his people in his room and take off his clothes to check if anyone had installed a tracker. No matter where you go, you can't avoid this person.
When they went out at night, they also promised Gongzi that they would definitely return the goods to their original owners. Look at ...... posture this way.
The gilt slashed Situ hard, don't say it earlier! When you see what the person is called, you should immediately pull Yunxi and take a detour!
Grantham's gaze froze on Xiao Ran's face, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he still retained his proper demeanor: "Mr. Xiao, long time no see." ”
"Long time no see."
The two shook hands, but their minds were clearly elsewhere.
A jeweler over fifty years old, who had been standing behind Xiao Ran, suddenly walked out from behind him and greeted Grantham with a smile: "It turns out that you know each other." I was just wondering if I should be an introducer, but it seems that I was making a fool of myself. ”
Yunxi squinted his eyes lightly and looked at this person, this is not the jeweler who had a good conversation with Qiao Zimo a few days ago, and they did not forget to praise Qiao Zimo for enjoying the blessings of all people before leaving.
"These young ladies, we meet again." The man seemed to have noticed that Yunxi and the others were familiar with each other, and greeted them cordially.
"IT SEEMS THAT MR. XIAO HAS A GOOD PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JOHN, AND I RARELY SEE HIM SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT INTRODUCING OTHERS." Grantham smiled at him meaningfully, but unfortunately, neither JOHN nor Xiao Ran were people who could change their faces in a few words, they were just smiling at the moment, and then brought the topic to the game.
"I heard that the representative design of country Z this time is very good, although it is not particularly conspicuous in their group, but compared to the players in other groups, the level is really high. I heard that it is Miss Leng's designer, congratulations. JOHN SAID IN GREETINGS, AND NOW PRAISES THE APPEARANCE OF THE TALENTED MAN OF THE ACADEMY.
Yunxi put down the drink in his hand and tilted his head slightly, "Compared to your designer, it's not enough to see at all." It's time for us to say hello to you. If you win the championship, be sure to treat yourself to it. ”
"It's too early to talk about winning or losing. However, if I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to invite a beautiful woman like you to dinner, I can't ask for it. As he spoke, he seemed to have forgotten that they had already "belonged", and directly ignored the past.
In the business field, this kind of similar you come and go, praising each other, is originally a kind of communication, it can't be taken seriously, the two of them say that the love is sincere, and they can be thrown behind like nonsense when they turn their faces.
Xiao Ran could hear that she was playing Tai Chi with such an old fox, and she didn't show any greenness, but she was at ease, and she was proud and inevitably felt astringent in her heart.
People who are really pampered, where do they need to talk to others like this. After all, if he had married her at the beginning, she would have been the only mistress of the Shaw family's entire business empire, a mere jeweler, why should she be strong in front of her!
Xiao Ran suddenly coughed softly. JOHN, WHO HAD JUST BEEN DANCING WITH HIS EYEBROWS, OBVIOUSLY MADE A MOVE, AND LOOKED BACK AT HIS FACE.
"Yunxi, such a good moonlight, it's better to go out for a walk." WITH JOHN'S SURPRISED EXPRESSION, HE PUT DOWN THE CUP IN HIS HAND AND GENTLY HANDED IT OUT IN AN INVITING GESTURE.
Almost half of the eyes of the audience were focused on this either explicitly or secretly, and for those who were not familiar with Xiao Ran, there were also a few acquaintances who whispered a little bit to others, and the next moment, the sound of gasping sounded in many corners.
Situ Bai and Ji Jin were a little impatient to stop it, but they were suddenly fixed by Xiao Ran's gaze, and it was difficult for ordinary people to ignore the aura on his body in front of him.
It's just that he has just had an illness and has lost a lot of weight, but this person is still a sharp sword, imposing, domineering, and staggered, which makes people want to retreat.
Yunxi looked at the hand he handed over, his eyes were cold, because he paused for too long, the eyes of many people around him gradually changed from envy to incredulity, just when Gilt was anxious to give Grantham a look, she suddenly turned around and said lightly: "The moonlight tonight is indeed good, when I came, I saw a lot of plants in the corridor at the door, but I was quite interested." ”
After that, he didn't wait for Xiao Ran to follow, and turned around and went out alone.
Situ Bai stomped his feet, ready to call Qiao Zimo, but Grantham suddenly stopped: "Don't make trouble, Yunxi should have his own plans, if Xiao Ran wants to play 'chance encounter', there are many opportunities." Not this time, and next time. You let Yunxi solve it by herself. ”
The gilt also understands it. No matter how strong Qiao Zimo is, the only one who can really dominate this win or lose is Yunxi. It's easier to let them talk than to be on guard all the time. I don't have much hope, but it's better than hiding at every turn.
God knows, Xiao Ran didn't know which tendon was wrong, and suddenly he was so obsessed with Yunxi, and his attitude suddenly turned one hundred and eighty degrees. At the beginning, when Yunxi wanted to enter the Chamber of Commerce, he made it difficult for Yunxi, but he never relented at all.
"Let's go, let's take a look at the other contestants, they're all here, maybe you can meet a few young talents." Grantham gentlemanly led them away, lest they be distraught. Although people were very curious about what Xiao Ran and Leng Yunxi were going to do when they left alone, it was not easy to chase them out and gossip, so they had to gradually disperse their eyes.
Walking to the corridor at the door, Yunxi stopped lightly, turned around, his face was cold, and there was no longer a light smile in the hall just now: "I thought that I had already said it very clearly last time in the White Desert." Xiao Ran, you are such a proud person, why do you come to me again and again to kick the iron plate? She was already self-contained enough, if she didn't know that all the weights in her hand now were not enough to stumble over Xiao Shi with ten percent certainty, he thought he would still have the leisure to appear again and again in front of her?
"I know you don't want to see me." Once looked down on the world and dominated the business world, how could his self-esteem allow him to bow to others again and again. Xiao Ran smiled bitterly, and his cheeks had sunken because of the cold and low-grade fever this time. It's just that every time he wants to let go of her, he is reluctant.
If you say that you can't ask for it, it's a kind of magic obstacle. So now, how deep he is in the obstacle, even he does not know.
"I came to you just to say a word." was rejected by her again and again, even if his heart was made of stone, he would not be able to stand it. Every time he saw Qiao Zimo smiling beside her, he had an impulse to snatch someone directly. But what's the use of snatching it, her heart, now, he is becoming more and more incomprehensible.
I don't want to hate anymore, and I don't even want to look at him more, as if their love for so many years was just a dream of Nanke.
Since that hot spring, she has really done what she said, "You don't say any of them, okay, you don't have to say it again for the rest of your life!" ”
Even her grandfather's death, she never mentions it now.
But he knew that she didn't care anymore, but she completely lost her mind, and she didn't want to play with him and Chen Hao. Privately, but it was someone else's wrist.
"What?" Yunxi glanced at him indifferently, under the moonlight, his face was still handsome and amazing, but it seemed that after looking at that demon for a long time, Xiao Ran's appearance seemed a little lighter.
I saw that although she had herself printed in her pupils, she was obviously a little distracted. Xiao Ran's face stiffened, and his heart ached, but he still poured out the doubts that lingered in his heart directly: "I know that you have a good impression of Qiao Zimo, and you don't even reject his contact." However, I was worried. ”
"Worried about what?" Yunxi chuckled, his eyes mocking.
"How do you know that he won't be the second Zhan Wenlan?"
As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden chill around.
A dark cloud suddenly floated in the moonlit sky, blocking the bright moonlight, Yunxi's face looked so blurry in the gloom, Xiao Ran felt that he was very cruel, but he was afraid that he would become a prophecy, and there was more anxiety and worry between his words and deeds: "I know that my words make you think that I have ill intentions, but think about it yourself, when Zhan Wenlan approached you, why wasn't he a deep love, why wasn't he spoiled?" Men know men best. No one is a natural love saint, Qiao Zimo's scheming, his identity, his wrist, compared to Zhan Wenlan, is completely beyond the hassle, are you really sure that he has no other plans for your love? ”
The dark clouds in the sky seemed to refuse to disperse, Yunxi stood in the corridor, Xiao Ran was obviously very close to her, but he couldn't see any of her expressions at all.
He suddenly felt cold in his heart, and he was a little discouraged: "You are so interested in him, don't you even have your senses?" Think about it, if he knew that your true identity was not the most favored young lady of the Leng family, if you had met her when she was still Di Xiaoxia, would he still refuse to let go of you like now? ”
At the beginning, the reason why those shareholders of the Shaw family conspired to frame her grandfather was that she thought that her mother's family wanted a share of their pie. But if it is replaced by Leng Yunxi today, I am afraid that those shareholders of the company will be eager to clap their hands and celebrate.
That's how cruel it is.
In the face of interests, no matter how ugly the face is, it can turn into cordiality and gentleness.
Today's Leng Yunxi, regardless of financial resources, material resources, qualifications, and even talents and family background, is one in a million in the entire Z country. No man will be able to refuse.
She was so sure that Qiao Zimo would not approach her for this.
He knew that saying this would only push her farther and farther, but he couldn't bear to hurt her again.
He ruined the first half of her life, Zhan Wenlan hurt her, he would never allow it, another Qiao Zimo, and completely deprived her of the smile that she had finally revealed.
"What do you have to do with these!"
The dark clouds suddenly dispersed, and the white moonlight sprinkled in front of Yunxi, illuminating her empty eyes.
She glanced at him, said no more, turned around, and left coldly.
Xiao Ran seemed to have been stripped of his backbone suddenly, and his whole face was dark, his complexion was pale, and he laughed at himself.
"yes, what does it have to do with me. You have always, and you don't want to come back to me. ”