After Dawn (Bing Kuai'er)

That night Li Luo didn't sleep well, maybe it was because of the unhealed wounds on his body, or maybe it was because of being at Duan Mingyang's house, he was subconsciously on guard and couldn't calm down.

The next morning, Li Luo was woken up by the slight pain and cool feeling from his back.

There were faint voices of conversation in his ears, he squinted his eyes sleepily and turned his head to look, a rather old man was standing by the bed, holding a few plasters and sticking them on his back, while Duan Mingyang was standing beside him side, responsible for lifting his blouse and brushing his long hair.

Li Luo cleared his throat, his voice was a little hoarse after waking up: "What are you doing, Mr. Duan, you sneaked up on me early in the morning..."

"You went to bed too late. The doctor has been here for a long time, and there are still things to do later. You can't delay the doctor's time."

"Then you can wake me up." Li Luo smiled at him, "Why, are you reluctant to wake me up?"

"Mr. Li has the energy to play tricks, why don't you think about what to wear to the dinner today."

"Dinner? Who hosted it?"

"My brother, congratulations to Su Zhi for winning the Best Original Female Singer at the Chinese Music Awards."

Li Luo stared instantly: "Are you crazy? Your brother did it, why should I go?"

Duan Mingyang glanced at him, and said lightly:

"Smash the field."

Until the night when Duan Mingyang's car was going to the venue, Li Luo still felt incredible: "Are you too courageous? I was beaten up by your brother the day before yesterday, and you took me to show off in front of him today, because you intend to tear him apart completely. Broken face?"

"We have never saved face for each other, so why tear it apart?"

"Well, it makes sense... Wait, if you two fight, then I will become your brother's number one target again? Besides, this is a banquet hosted by him, wouldn't it be a trap for me to go?" Li Luoyi After thinking about it, he immediately knocked on the partition, "Master driver! I want to get off!"

"Don't make trouble." Duan Mingyang scolded in a deep voice, "I'm here, he doesn't dare."

Li Luo froze his movements and looked back at him: "Mr. Duan's tone is quite flamboyant? May I ask, how many shares of the Duan family have you got now?"

Duan Mingyang was unmoved: "Mr. Li doesn't need to mock me, I don't have many shares right now, but I'm not going against him for the shares."

"I said he didn't dare because I directly handle more than half of the group's properties. He doesn't fear my shares, but he fears my ability and people who are loyal to me."

"If he confronts me openly, the Duan family will have a big mess, so for now, he doesn't dare to mess with me."

Li Luo was confused: "He didn't dare to provoke you, so what does it have to do with him provoking me?"

Duan Mingyang was silent for a few seconds for some reason, before he spoke: "He should be afraid when he sees me bringing you by my side... he thinks you have some status with me."

Li Luo's heart skipped a beat.

These words are too ambiguous.

"Then do I really have it?" He asked intentionally.

"You are my partner, so of course I have." Duan Mingyang replied quite officially.

"Oh." Li Luo felt as if he breathed a sigh of relief, but also seemed to hold his breath. He was a little annoyed, so he didn't think about it at all, and then asked: "Then what should I do now?"

"Follow me closely and don't stray away."

The car stopped at a luxurious castle-style hotel in the suburbs. From the outside gate, it was dark and dark, only the street lights on both sides illuminated it. After driving inside, it was discovered that the lush trees covered the brightly lit hotel behind the shadows of the trees.

There are luxury cars parked at the entrance of the hotel. Those who want to attend the dinner are either rich or expensive.As soon as Duan Mingyang's car stopped, in addition to the waiter who was in charge of receiving guests, there was also a man who seemed to be a management man who immediately came up to greet him and opened the door for him respectfully.

"Second young master, you are here."

"Ah."

Duan Mingyang got out of the car, walked to the other side, took over from the driver, and opened the door for Li Luo himself.

Li Luo looked up in surprise.

Duan Mingyang's performance in this play is really good.

Without giving way, he smiled at him as soon as he got out of the car: "Thank you, Ming Yang."

Duan Mingyang's eyes seemed to light up, or it might just be the lights of other cars that just happened to flash past his eyes.

The previous man was quite good at observing words and expressions, and immediately stepped forward to lead them the way: "Second Young Master, Mr. Li, this way please."

Before entering the splendid and luxurious banquet hall, Li Luo saw the decoration inside from a distance, and couldn't help sighing: "Your brother really hasn't changed a bit in these years, it's still so extravagant and wasteful."

Flower walls were arranged on three sides of the banquet hall. Such a large area might cost millions. Those who didn't know it thought it was some kind of grand wedding scene, but Su Zhi just won a not-so-big award.As a powerful and well-received female singer in the singer world, it is not surprising that she has won five or six of these awards.

Duan Xingye put on such a scene, just to let the guests feel how much he loves his wife, and to stabilize his image as a good husband.But if that was the case, he wouldn't have picked up another woman on the night his wife won the award.

Li Luo scoffed at this, and followed Duan Mingyang up the steps covered with red carpets. As soon as one foot stepped into the hall, he received scrutiny from all directions.

Many of them were familiar faces.

At the beginning, the Duan family did a good job of framing his family. Only the two of them and the Jiang family knew exactly how his father was imprisoned. Others thought it was his father who committed a crime and was arrested. The friends who flattered and flattered him in the past made a fuss. After a clean break, no one dared to help, not even a word of comfort, which made him see clearly who his true friends were.

Now these people were sneaking glances at him, probably wondering how he, a man with a tainted family background, could still attend the dinner parties of the upper class.

Most of the rest of the people look at him mainly because of his current star status.

There were a few second- and third-tier starlets in the circle, who boldly came forward to say hello. Before Li Luo could answer, Duan Mingyang grabbed him and interrupted: "We have something to do, sorry."

Li Luo was carried forward by him, and laughed in a low voice: "President Duan, you are so domineering, I'm afraid I will be on the hot search tomorrow."

"What's trending?"

"Say that I was taken care of by you, and you are my benefactor. People nowadays like to gossip."

"Almost."

"Ok?"

"I hired you to do things for me, almost as your benefactor."

"Hahaha, I found that Mr. Duan is getting more and more interesting." Li Luo smiled even more, "What have you experienced in the past few years? Have you become so eloquent?"

"Award."

Duan Mingyang didn't chat with him much, he led him through the crowd, and only let go when he reached the front row of the banquet hall.

Duan Xingye was talking and laughing happily with several guests, when he caught sight of the two of them, he froze immediately.

On the other hand, Su Zhi who was beside him smiled and spoke first: "Ming Yang, you're a bit late."

Then he looked at Li Luo and nodded slightly: "Mr. Li, long time no see."

Li Luo smiled: "It is true that we have not seen each other for a long time, Miss Su is still so generous and beautiful."

He and Su Zhi are in the same entertainment circle, and they have met for a few times. Su Zhi's appearance is not that of a mainstream internet celebrity. She has a cold brow and a refined demeanor, which is quite charming. Netizens often say that she is a "high-end supermodel face". .

It is said that she met Duan Xingye at an event, Duan Xingye fell in love with her at first sight, chased her for half a year, and used all kinds of romantic methods.Su Zhi was moved by his gentle and gentlemanly attitude and his perseverance, so she agreed to date him, and got married a year later.

At that time, although netizens regretted that the goddess married someone at such a young age, they were mostly blessings for Duan Xingye's handsome appearance and wealthy son.But I don't know how much unknown sadness and darkness lies behind it.

Li Luo didn't know Su Zhi's attitude towards Duan Xingye's flirting outside, but since he didn't choose to divorce immediately, he probably didn't want to fall out with him for the time being, so even telling her about Yang Jing was useless, it's better to avoid troubles.

Su Zhi seemed to be in a good mood at the moment, maybe it was because she had just won an award, Li Luo hadn't seen her smile much before, but now she smiled very gently at him and Duan Mingyang.

"Mr. Li was joking, who dares to call himself beautiful in front of you?" Her eyes turned to Duan Mingyang, "Mingyang, why did you come with Mr. Li? So you know each other?"

"A senior in college."

Li Luo glanced at him when he heard this, not because of the relationship Duan Mingyang was talking about, but because of the inexplicably soft tone of Duan Mingyang's words.

Su Zhi's eyes showed surprise: "Is that so?"

Duan Xingye, who was silent for a while, suddenly smiled and said: "Yes, the world is so small, aren't you and Ming Yang also high school classmates? I heard that one of you was a high school girl and the other was a high school grass?"

"The classmates made a mess, we didn't know each other well at that time."

Li Luo's heart skipped a beat.

Unfamiliarity, that is to say acquaintance, no wonder Su Zhi seems to be a little more familiar with Duan Mingyang than just a courtesy between relatives, perhaps because of her former classmates.

But this is really a coincidence, the former classmate has become his sister-in-law, Duan Mingyang must be in a delicate mood.When Duan Xingye said this, his tone was eccentric, probably deliberately trying to embarrass him.

Thinking of this, Li Luo glanced at Duan Xingye, who happened to meet his gaze, and felt a chill all over his body.

Duan Xingye smiled coldly, his white teeth seemed to bite his throat.

However, this expression was only for a moment. In the next second, Duan Xingye put on a gentle smile as usual, and stretched out his hand to him: "Mr. Li, we met again. We said goodbye the day before yesterday, are you okay?"

Li Luo also reached out to hold it: "Thanks to Mr. Duan's concern, the place I 'knocked' is much better."

"Well, be more careful in the future and don't 'mess up'. Also, you don't need to call me by my honorific title, we are all friends, just call me by my name."

Li Luo withdrew his hand and smiled lightly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes: "Mr. Duan misunderstood, I was calling for Mr. Duan next to me. He saw that I was injured and lived alone again, and he missed me very much. I live at his house for the past two days, so it is convenient to take care of him."

Duan Xingye's smile faltered.

Even Su Zhi could tell something was wrong, and looked at him with surprise and doubt, while Li Luo just wanted to know what expression Duan Mingyang had on his face.

Do you think he is having a good time?Or do you think he's too willful?

It's a pity that Duan Mingyang's face is still expressionless, showing no flaws.

Tsk, boring.

Li Luo's original complacent thoughts were disturbed by him.

Duan Xingye's face turned from blue to white, as if he had suppressed his anger forcibly, and he was able to keep smiling: "It seems that my brother cares about you, Mr. Li, so you might as well stay for a few more days and go back later, otherwise you will be stunned again." No matter where it hits, it will not be easy to recover from the second injury."

The implication in these words is obvious: if you are capable, stay with Duan Mingyang and don't come out, otherwise you will suffer a lot.

Li Luo sneered inwardly, he was a public figure after all, and his family's power had not completely declined, it was impossible for Duan Xingye to maim him or kill him secretly, at most he would suffer some flesh injuries.

"Thank you, Mr. Duan, for your concern. I will pay more attention."

At this time, Duan Mingyang, who hadn't spoken much, finally opened his mouth, but it was another topic: "Is Mrs. Zhou not here?"

Zhou Caiying, Duan Xingye's mother and Duan Mingyang's father Duan Tianyou's regular wife, is also a young lady from a wealthy class.

The marriage between the two families was a good story, but Li Luo learned from the all-knowing Jiang Liushen that the Zhou family had no good intentions in the marriage at first, but now seeing Duan Xingye as the heir, gradually gaining status in the family , the Zhou family began to covet the Duan family's property.

At that time, Li Luo thought it was a joke: "This is still going to be robbed? Will they all belong to their grandson in the future?"

Jiang Liushen shook his fingers: "The Zhou family is also a big family. It has been poorly managed these years and has been heavily in debt. It is almost an empty shell. Duan Tianyou is a cunning and stingy old fox. Seeing that the old man can't support him, he can't help it. Even Duan Xingye is unwilling to use his own money to waste money, so Duan Xingye can use his own savings to help. The Zhou family saw that this rich son-in-law is so ruthless, so why don't you be kind and unrighteous, anyway, the grandson was born to my daughter. Give us flowers."

"Of course Duan Tianyou is unwilling, but it is impossible not to hand over the family property to his own son, so he needs a trusted helper to help him take care of the property and temporarily divide the control of his son and wife, at least when he is the director For a long time, they cannot be allowed to use the company's profits to help their natal families and throw them into a bottomless pit. Moreover, this person must make them fearful and feel threatened, so that they will not dare to violate his wishes for the sake of inheritance."

"The best candidate is of course the illegitimate child whose blood is thicker than water."

When Li Luo heard Jiang Liushen's explanation at that time, the four big words "the expensive circle is really chaotic" floated in his mind.

It's a pity that Duan Tianyou underestimated how much this illegitimate son hated him. Duan Mingyang was admitted to the Duan family for four or five years, and now he still calls "Mrs. Zhou" unfamiliarly, and secretly plans how to bring down his family. These two sons are really one than a trouble.

Duan Xingye didn't seem to be so hypocritical that he wanted to share a mother with him, so he followed his title and said, "My mother is going to the jewelry exhibition, and my father will accompany her."

"Dad still wants to go to the exhibition?" Duan Mingyang asked coldly.

Duan Xingye: "What do you mean by that?"

I don't know if it was Li Luo's illusion, but he suddenly felt the air pressure of Duan Mingyang beside him drop suddenly, making people breathless, like a rainstorm was about to come.

"Brother, Mr. Zhao of Longxing Entertainment, I'm afraid he's about to go in."

Duan Xingye's expression remained the same when he heard that, but Li Luo saw that his hand holding the wine glass suddenly tightened.