When they came back, the four of them were all familiar with each other, and Sui Yu didn't blackmail Ji Ran, a poor young man who ran the rivers and lakes, and paid out of his own pocket. After thanking everyone for their hospitality, the four of them parted ways when they walked out into the street.

Zhan Sui Yu waved his hand, "Okay, I'll send Qi Ning back." Go back and rest. ”

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After walking for a while, Zhan Suiyu spoke: "Your face is not the same when you come back, there is a problem with that Tao Xueqi?" ”

Under the blurred moonlight, the cherry blossoms fall like the wind blowing snow, and the artistic conception is extremely beautiful. The two walked side by side, Zhang Qining stared at the rickety paper lantern in Zhan Suiyu's hand, and smiled silently with curved lips.

"You doubt her? Don't you doubt me? ”

"I know more or less what Ji Ran is like. Tao Xueqi and you hit it off at first sight, and they talked happily, heh-only those like him would believe this kind of nonsense.

Wearing purple beam jade... Which lady is it? Is there a connection between your family and your family? I said what is going on with you rich daughters, you love to run away from home if you have nothing to do, I have read too many legendary books. ”

"You're guessing wrong, not everyone is good for me." Zhang Qining blinked, cleared his mind and said slowly: "The Zhang family has a lot of eyes and ears in business, but all goods are circulated through buying and selling, no matter whether it is white or black, it is not a problem to check it. ”

"Ziliang jade is a rare thing, and the Zhang family is also involved in the antique business. Among them, there is this thing, or the surname Tao... I only remember the Tao family in Zhengzhou who was burned to death in the fire twenty years ago. ”

... Zhengzhou Dow.

Zhan Suiyu pondered for a moment, and gradually remembered this case from the case file he had seen.

"Twenty years ago, Zhengzhou Dow had heard of it a little. It is said that the more than 160 members of the Tao family almost did not survive, but I did not expect that there would be descendants. ”

Zhang Qining: "The Tao family started with porcelain, and several generations of family owners have managed it properly, and they have already gained a firm foothold in this industry over the years.

Twenty years ago, it was considered a peak state of their family. When a person finishes climbing uphill, it is time for him to go downhill. Business profits and losses, family ups and downs are all the same.

But the accumulation of wealth, the success or failure of the business, the prosperity or the decline, most of them require a process. The Tao family was fast, and the fire was burned clean, and there was nothing left. Do you believe it?

Tao Xueqi didn't want Ji Ran to know this identity, so she came to me. ”

Zhang Qining cleverly hid the fact that the other party still wanted to kill her.

Zhan Suiyu: "You're saying that the fire 20 years ago wasn't an accident. ”

Zhang Qining raised his eyes to admire the cherry blossoms falling in front of him, and said: "Even if it is a real accident, people like us can fantasize about an imaginary enemy, and it is precisely because of this caution that we will usually pay more attention to minimize the possibility of this kind of accident." Therefore, often the greatest possibility becomes the most unlikely in our case.

There was an accident in the Tao family, and no one from the relevant big families stood up and insisted on the government's investigation. This is usually not possible for people with a better relationship to be so peaceful, let alone a business with relevant interests. Do you know what that means? ”

Zhang Qining's expression was indifferent, as if he had long been accustomed to such a warm and cold human relationship, and the world was hot and cold, and turned his eyes to look at Zhan Suiyu.

"Default. They were all keenly aware that the Tao family's affairs were extraordinary, and they would catch fire. The loss of a single business can be compensated, but the fate of the whole family is not so simple. ”

Zhan Sui Yu sighed, and he also thought of another, more terrifying guess. "Or, the Tao family's destruction has something to do with them."

Zhang Qining nodded, she thought the same way. "Personally, I prefer the former, after all, businessmen are profitable. After the Tao family disappeared all of a sudden, they did not gain substantial benefits. ”

The Tao family overturned overnight, only to find that what he usually said was a passing cloud. For the deep-rooted big family, this is just a shaking of the top, and even a leaf may not fall down to give you a ride.

No one will really tie honor and disgrace to you, the strong are independent, and only those who cling to will "prosper and lose". The prosperity is also you, and the decline is also you, which could not be more real.

The world is like this, not to mention that Zhan Suiyu heard Zhang Qining say that the Tao family's position back then was not only that.

"I don't know exactly because I wasn't born yet. I heard that the Tao family's luck in the fifteen years or so before the extermination of the clan was so good that people were jealous. White flowers and yellow silver money poured into the Taofu account room, which may also be one of the causes. ”

"What's your family's attitude towards this?" Zhan Suiyu couldn't help but be curious.

"The Zhang family? We don't have much friendship with the Tao family, and the business is always talked about by people in the shop, and we have no direct contact. As for after he fell, our family also has a porcelain shop, but it is too bad to eat in a hurry, which does not conform to the style of the Zhang family.

It just so happened that there was suspicion among the families at that time, and it was not necessarily a good thing to be too presumptuous. Even if I didn't, it wasn't the same after my sister took over the family business. Nowadays, in the porcelain industry, my family is called the second, does anyone dare to call it the first? ”

Mentioning Sister-Zhang Shihua, the daughter of the Zhang family, Zhang Qining raised her chin, and couldn't help revealing a hint of showing off.

"I can't see that you like your sister very much?"

As soon as Zhan Sui Yu finished saying this, Zhang Qining was stunned, and his eyes darkened instantly. "Nope."

...... "Did he say the wrong thing?"

"Then again, you seem to have a pretty good idea of the relationship between the families."

Zhang Qining sneered and said noncommittally: "After all, it is the Zhang family, and you will know more or less when you handle it." ”

"Handled? What can you handle? I always felt that the expression on her face was a little strange when she said this.

"Don't ask about this. Although the Zhang family is an elegant businessman, it is not flawless, but some things are not put on the surface. ”

Zhan Suiyu's face sank. Didn't put it on the bright side...

"What did the Zhang family put you in charge of?"

"Otherwise, why do you think I can meddle in the family business? Just by my surname? ”

Zhan Suiyu knew that she was talking about the previous Zang Mansion and Tonglai Qianzhuang. "Why didn't you say it earlier? If I knew that was the case, I wouldn't let you touch that at all. ”

He stared at her very seriously, and when he saw that he was almost scared, Zhang Qining accepted it when he saw it.

"Okay, bluff you. My family is very strict with me, and I am generally not allowed to do anything. ”

I don't know if I listened to the above words, Zhan Suiyu suddenly felt that the "strict" she said was also very meaningful.

"Family ugliness should not be publicized, I have never seen anyone so active in telling outsiders about family affairs as you are."

Zhang Qining sighed, raised his eyes to look at him, and his bright and deep eyes blinked. "You can't tell outsiders. So, didn't you realize that I was trying to turn you into an insider? ”

Zhan Suiyu's pupils were stunned, petrified on the spot, his eyes looked at her in shock, and he couldn't help but clench the handle of the lantern again. "You, you want to... Turn me into—" He paused and said, "The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention." You'll have to think about it. ”

On the other hand, he was shouting in his heart: Whatever she does, she said yes, and beat her unconscious with a stick and take it away. On the other hand, it involved his five internal organs and six internal organs, and kept it in his heart, telling him: cherish it and value it.

Zhang Qining stared at him for a moment, and Zhan Sui Yu's distracted appearance reminded her of that morning on the boat. pulled back a game today, but his serious expression made her feel no sense of accomplishment at all.

If a person cheats on her in order to get her, then maybe this person loves her, at least he has some kind of obsession with her.

"Zhan Suiyu, it would be good if you met me earlier."

Zhang Qining's eyes flashed slightly, and before Zhan Suiyu could come back to his senses, he continued.

"When I was seven or eight years old, you could coax me away with a few kind words and candy. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, with your good skin, I might have caught up. But now when I make a decision, I don't want that. ”

If this person is really set, he will regret it in the future, and she will not let him go. So...

"What do you want?"

Zhang Qining was stunned, raised her eyes to meet his eyes, sank her eyes into his, and caught a glimpse of a deep dawn, and she couldn't comprehend her feelings.

"I say, what do you want?" Zhan Suiyu repeated again.

"I..."

That, of course...

The greedy poisonous snake spat out the letter and entwined it, making a "hiss" bewitching sound in her heart, and showed its fangs towards Zhan Suiyu.

Zhang Qining shook his head, retracted his gaze and almost sunken mind in a panic, suppressed that thought, and looked up and smiled at him. "I'll think about it, and I'll figure it out."

Zhan Suiyu took a deep breath, stabilized, clenched the handle, stepped forward and said in an aggravated tone: "Don't remember, think about it." ”

Zhan Sui Yu is merry, but born in a family of rivers and lakes, he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and finally became this elegant but not upright, like a ruffian. When a pair of peach blossom eyes look at you seriously, it seems that you are the only one in his eyes.

Zhang Qining felt that there was an oppressive force coming towards him, and he couldn't help but tremble at Sui Yu's smiling face.

"Okay."