The Heart of a Smith

An off-road vehicle is driving on a city road at a constant speed.

Attracted by the panting sound beside him, Lu Shang turned his head from the night view outside the window.

There was a person curled up on the car seat beside him, covered in blood, short of breath, with his hands clenched into fists, looking extremely painful.

Lu Shang noticed something was wrong, and reached out to touch his forehead, but he was roughly waved away by the other party.

"Don't touch it." The voice was very young, a teenager.

Uncle Yuan, the driver in the front seat, tilted his head: "Boss Lu?"

"It's okay." Lu Shang withdrew his hand with a normal expression.

As if trying to endure something, the young man stayed away from him, clinging to the car door, curled up even more.The street lamp outside the window flickered on and off, only showing a few strands of his bangs that were too long, and he couldn't see his face clearly.I don't know where the injury was, a lot of blood was rubbed on the seat cushion, and there was a strong smell of blood in the car.

"Where is the injury?" Lu Shang stared at him and asked aloud.

His only answer was increasingly disordered breathing, as if there was a beast hidden in his body, ready to erupt at any time.

"He looks like this, do you want to take him back to the Lu family?" Uncle Yuan asked in front of him.

Lu Shang turned his head and looked at it for a while, lost in thought, as if he was weighing something.

At this time, the car drove up the viaduct, and the body turned and tilted to the right for a while. The boy next to him was not wearing a seat belt, and the inertia reversed. He smelled Lu Shang, and seemed to be unable to hold back all of a sudden. He opened his mouth and bit him. wrist.

"What's going on..." Uncle Yuan turned his head.

"It's okay," Lu Shang interrupted without raising his head, "Look at the road."

I don't know if it's because of the exhaustion of the body, but the force from the wrist was not heavy, except for the first one, it didn't hurt too much. Lu Shang felt that the child didn't want to hurt anyone, so he frowned slightly, and used his free hand to Touched it on his forehead.His hands were cold, the boy seemed to be awakened suddenly, he loosened his teeth suddenly, and hurriedly crawled back to the car door, curled up in a ball, still muttering words.

This is poisoning, Lu Shang's expression turned serious, he covered his wrist, raised his head and told Uncle Yuan: "Go to the hospital."

Two hours ago, Nancheng Bar.

The temperature dropped by two minutes.

Sun Mao glanced at his watch and moved uncomfortably on the sofa.

"2000 million crossing the bridge?"

"Yes." Sun Mao nodded hastily.

"It's not impossible, it's just that I suddenly remembered an old incident just now." The young man who spoke was called Li Yan, but he was in his early twenties, with a curly hair combed back, leaning on the sofa with a cigarette in his mouth, with a smile that was not a smile.

Sun Mao's expression turned pale immediately, and he felt that what he was going to say next might not be pleasant to listen to. Sure enough, Li Yan puffed out a smoke ring and began to turn over old accounts: "My dad was short of money in business back then, and you happened to be in Let’s be the leader of the branch. How did you tell my dad at the beginning, ‘Even if the king of heaven is here, I won’t give you money.’ Tsk, I said Secretary Sun, why are you begging me today? You also know that my dad has a bad temper, and you make me very embarrassed."

At this moment, Sun Mao, who is nearly fifty years old, looks like a primary school student being taught by a teacher, lowering his eyes and smiling embarrassingly: "It was all a misunderstanding..."

Li Yan smiled and interrupted him: "The past is in the past. In fact, my dad is hard-spoken and soft-hearted. I don't see that you are in trouble. Let me help you immediately."

The expression on Sun Mao's face was very complicated, and it took him a long time to answer: "Boss Li has a lot."

"That's true," Li Yan accepted his compliment unceremoniously, "but we are businessmen after all, and we are different from those who eat the emperor's food like you. I can do this bridge for you, but what can you give me? ? If they don’t renew your loan after collecting the money, wouldn’t I just fill in the hole for you?”

"I still have two houses and an acre of land in the suburbs. If Boss Li is worried, I can mortgage it to you."

Li Yan waved his hand: "Let's not talk about how much your things are worth. As far as I know, you have all the other warrants for the two suites, right? I don't want these fake ones, I just want to be able to cash them out immediately."

Sun Mao opened his mouth, but said nothing.He has worked hard for decades, and it is not easy to get into the position he is today. If he hadn't lost his money in a bet for a while, he wouldn't have to bow down to this young boy when he was old.

"Boss Lu, what do you think?" After being silent, Li Yan changed the subject and suddenly looked at the man sitting in the corner.

Sun Mao turned his head following his gaze, only then did he see that there was a young man sitting on the bar next to him, wearing a black overcoat, with a slender figure, and he was staring at the wine glass in front of him with his chin slightly propped up.

At this time, someone came in with tea, Li Yan said: "Boss Lu doesn't drink, you can change him a cup of tea."

The discerning waiter at the side quickly removed the glass of wine in front of Lu Shang and replaced it with a good Pu'er: "I'm neglecting."

Lu Shang nodded slightly. This person was so quiet that he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. If Li Yan hadn't mentioned it, Sun Mao would have almost forgotten that there was such a person in the private room.

"Boss Lu invested and built buildings for several universities in the city at the beginning of the year. Secretary Sun should have heard about it. When it comes to strength, he is no worse than our Li family." Li Yan smiled pointedly.

Sun Mao immediately understood, and cast his gaze at Lu Shang again: "You mean..."

"Boss Lu and I are considered family friends. If he is the counter-guarantee for this matter, then everything is easy to talk about." Li Yan said.

Sun Mao knew the name Lu Shang. He was already the person in charge of Dongyan Group at a young age. His ability is obvious, but he is a low-key person. He lives in seclusion all the year round and hardly gets involved in the chores of the industry. I don't know why he appears here today. .Sun Mao felt that the situation was out of control, and was completely led by Li Yan, but he couldn't think of a better way to deal with it.

"The land in my suburb is not worth much now, but when the viaduct opens to traffic next year, the value will definitely increase. If Boss Lu wants, I can bet the land on you." Sun Mao said.

Lu Shang looked back at him, without asking what the nature of the land was, and said flatly, "It can be considered."

Sun Mao originally prepared a set of arguments, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't bother to listen, so he was stunned for a while.Li Yan smiled happily when he heard the words: "That's fine, with Boss Lu's words, I can rest assured." After he finished speaking, he called someone to go out and send in the detailed rules of the contract.

Sun Mao should be happy that the troublesome matter that has been pending for more than half a month has progressed, but for some reason, the tone in his heart not only did not relax, but raised his throat instead.

He has seen a lot of arrogant and domineering second-generation ancestors like Li Yan, and he is anxious. After all, he is not afraid, but the unobtrusive person next to him... He thinks that he has never had any contact with Lu Shang, and he really can't understand why the other party agreed to help he.With a sideways glance, he saw Lu Shang get up and walk over to look at the contract. He felt inexplicably guilty, knowing that no matter whether the money was paid or not, he owed the favor of the Lu family today.

"I won't charge the bridge toll. I know you are in trouble now, but I have a small matter to trouble you." Li Yan looked at Sun Mao and lowered his voice, "I have a batch of goods to be shipped out, and the documents are pressed at the customs It's been almost three months, and I heard that your cousin is in charge of this matter, can you give me a hand?"

Sun Mao's expression changed. Hearing this, he finally understood that what he said earlier was just a cover, and it turned out that this was Li Yan's real purpose.If they can be allowed to pass once, there will be a second or third time. To put it bluntly, Li Yan is sure that he has no courage to go to a financial intermediary, so he deliberately came here to take advantage of the fire and grab something that is beneficial to him. .

This wishful thinking is loud enough.

"Brother Yan," at this moment a waiter knocked on the door and came in, leaning over and whispering in Li Yan's ear, "The delivery man is here."

After hearing this, Li Yan showed a smile on his face, got up and straightened his clothes, and said with a smile: "Bosses, I still have some things to do here, so I will excuse you first. This is the territory of my Li family. Order drinks as you like, girl." Call me whatever you want, I won't entertain, let's get together another day."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Sun Mao to greet him again, he turned around and went out, which was quite impatient.The accompanying younger brothers also withdrew, leaving only Lu Shang and Sun Mao in the private room.

"Come on, Boss Lu, smoke a cigarette." Sun Mao handed over a cigarette, but Lu Shang didn't block it, took it and put it aside without touching it again.

Seeing that he didn't smoke, Sun Mao had to put the lighter he took out back, rubbing the shredded tobacco in his hands to get a dry craving: "Today is really troublesome, I will definitely remember this kindness, and I will put pressure on that side later, let the smoke come out. They released the money earlier."

Lu Shang didn't express anything when he heard this, he just said: "I have seen a few projects you have done in the Gulf, and they have done well."

Received the award for no reason, Sun Mao hurriedly said politely: "Where is it, it is incomparable with Dong Yan."

Lu Shang slowly poured a cup of tea for the two of them: "Actually, there is nothing to worry about at the bank. With the Li family's style of doing things, I will definitely not let myself suffer."

The meaning of these words is obvious, Sun Mao understood, Li Yan must have contacted the bank beforehand, otherwise he would not have agreed to him so readily.It's just that it's hard to say whether this "contact" is to solve his troubles or create troubles for him.

"As long as the result is good." Lu Shang glanced at him.

"Yes, yes..." Sun Mao nodded repeatedly with a complicated expression.

The two sat in the private room for a while, but Li Yan never came back.After a while, there was some noise outside, as if someone was fighting. Sun Mao wanted to go out to see, but was stopped by the security guard at the door.

"The back door is unloading, Secretary Sun should go through the front door."

Lu Shang also opened the door at this time, and the security guard immediately bowed to him, saying in a respectful tone, "Boss Lu."

"Let's go." Lu Shang put on his overcoat, nodded slightly to Sun Mao, and was led by the security guard all the way to the back door.

This bar is the base of the Li family. The Li family started out by catering, and later invested in jewelry stores and real estate. Li Yan's father, Li Jinyao, is an old fox. Cooperate with people as guarantees, secretly absorb deposits and lend usury.In the early years when the financial industry was just emerging, the Li family made a lot of money. In the past two years, the country’s economic policy has gradually tightened. Li Jinyao was moved by the news, withdrew the funds to open a film company, let his son take over, and retired from the second line , only run this bar.

Others only think that Li Jinyao is getting old and looking for a leisurely life, but everyone who knows him knows that this place is not just a bar.

The back door is next to an auto repair shop, the location is very remote, Lu Shang is familiar with the road, he has been here many times when discussing business, and the driver Uncle Yuan is always waiting for him nearby.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard a commotion. In the open space not far away, there were a few bastard-looking yellow-haired people kicking people with wine bottles, and a group of people beside them were booing.The security guard didn't step forward to stop him either, apparently it was commonplace, and stood one meter away from Lu Shang to prevent him from being affected innocently.

Lu Shang is not a nosy person, and he doesn't have much interest in other people's misery. At this time, he just lowered his head and called the driver to call a car, not intending to ask more questions.But I don't know if some new shielding facilities have been installed in this area, the signal has not been very good, and it took several calls before it was dialed out.

"What the hell, this medicine isn't as strong as last time. Can it be sold in the boxing ring?" The booing came again, mixed with the shattering sound of the glass bottle falling to the ground, making it noisy very.

Lu Shang's heart shuddered, and then he raised his head to look at them.They are all hooligans, who are watching the scene nearby, and they are forming a circle and punching and kicking a waiter-like person on the ground. This group of people is not very old, and each one of them is quite ruthless. The wine bottle directly greets the person's head .

The person who was beaten was covered in blood, and he couldn't tell whether he was a man or a woman. His fingers trembled and dug into the mud, and he was obviously unable to move. Judging from this posture, if he continued to beat him, he would probably die.

"Someone's hands and feet are not clean, I'll teach you a lesson."

Lu Shang was interrupted from thinking, and looked in the direction of the sound source, and saw Li Yan sitting on a stack of car tires in the deep shadows, smoking a cigarette ecstatically.Before he could express his words, Li Yan, who was on the opposite side, was taken aback for a moment before realizing that he had misunderstood it. Lu Shang was not calling the police.

It can't be blamed on Li Yan's overreaction. Lu Shang came out early and has an old personality. When Li Yan was still playing truant and clubbing, Lu Shang had already started doing business with his father.From the initial cognition, Li Yan always felt that Lu Shang belonged to his father's group, so he was more or less in awe, although in fact the age difference between the two was not much different.

Uncle Yuan's car drove up, Lu Shang didn't express any opinion on his behavior, he just glanced at the dying man on the ground, turned around and got into the car.

"My new company, does Boss Lu have any intention of buying a stock?" Li Yan stopped him behind him, "We have a happy cooperation today."

Lu Shang paused, lowered his head to think for a moment, then raised his head, his eyes swept over, and stayed on the blood-stained person on the ground, but he didn't answer the question: "This kid looks good."

After speaking, he looked at Li Yan, "Let's make a price."

As soon as these words came out, the people around were stunned.

Li Yan was also surprised. Although he didn't have a close relationship with Lu Shang, he also knew that this person was always cold, he didn't smoke or drink, and he was not close to beauty. He didn't know why he suddenly felt pity for a child today.Driven by curiosity, he reached out and grabbed the waiter's forehead hair on the ground, forcing him to look up.

The foreman at the side took the opportunity to tell him that the child was originally held in the store by a customer who owed money, and he said that he would redeem it when he had money, but he left and never came back.So the child was left alone in the bar. He didn't know his age, name, and place of origin. He seemed to have never been to school, and his body was thin. Live, almost non-existent.Li Yan has been in the bar for more than half a year. If it weren't for today, he really wouldn't know there was such a person in his shop.

At this moment, he took a closer look with the headlights and had to admit that Lu Shang's eyes were really poisonous.The overly long bangs covered most of the child's face, but under the light, those eyes were indeed surprisingly bright.

Li Yan let go of his hand, and his eyes wandered around Lu Shang, thinking about it.

"Boss Lu likes it? How about seeing you off?"

People around started muttering, and there were even snickers in the crowd.

Lu Shang remained calm, did not show surprise, but did not refuse, just nodded and gestured to the driver: "Thank you very much."

With that said, the driver got out of the car, walked straight over, pushed through the crowd, picked him up, and dragged him into the back seat of the car.Li Yan's subordinates originally wanted to block, but were stopped by Li Yan.

"Thank you some other day." Lu Shang said flatly, closed the window, and let the driver drive away.

"He's not polite." The foreman looked at the shadow of the car going away indignantly.

Li Yan looked very happy.

"Brother Yan, is it that cheap for him?"

Li Yan lowered his head and smiled, "What do you know?"