merit book

On the screen, Rong Yuan, who is respectfully called "Mr. Rong" by the reporters, talks to the camera, his words are rigorous and concise, his attitude is polite but somewhat indifferent, and he looks like he is free and easy, without any nervousness. The reporter in front of him Excited expressions or inductive questions could not shake him in the slightest.

He is like a glacier, cold and cold; like a high mountain, he remains motionless.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this kid, did he ride a rocket?" Several heads approached him at some point, and one of the boys said with a bit of sadness and jealousy.

"Do you know him?" The girl next to Jin Yang asked curiously. The attitude of these people seemed very familiar, not like seeing a very outstanding peer of the same age on the Internet.

"Hi! Old classmate! Back then we were in the same class!" Someone said with a bit of pride.

So the girl's expression looked surprised and admiring.

But immediately a girl came over and exposed their pretentiousness, saying: "But he never played with us before, and he couldn't get in touch with us at class reunions. He only had a good relationship with Jin Yang. Right, Jin Yang? Hey , Jin Yang, what's wrong with you?"

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see Jin Yang's eyes were straightened, his face was a little pale, and the smile was gone.

Jin Yang looked away awkwardly, forced a smile, and said, "I have a stomachache, go to the bathroom."

After speaking, he ran away in a hurry, not caring about the expressions of the people behind him.When he arrived at the bathroom, Jin Yang locked the door, put down the toilet seat, sat on it, took out his phone, and played the interview video again. The more he watched, the more he frowned.

Just like parents and children, passionate lovers, brothers and sisters who grew up together, best friends who live and die together, you can identify each other from the vast crowd with just a look, a voice, and a casual gesture.

Jin Yang repeatedly confirmed that the strange feeling he noticed at the first sight was not an illusion, it was not the sense of distance brought about by time and space, it was not a natural change in the process of growing up, the kind of feeling that made the scalp tingle There is only one reason for the strange feeling - that person is not Rong Yuan!

The person who answers the reporter's questions with the same voice as Rong Yuan, smiles with the same face as Rong Yuan, and accepts the honor in front of the camera with Rong Yuan's name is not the real Rong Yuan!

—his friend...his best friend...where is he?

Jin Yang held the phone tightly, and after a long time, he pressed the familiar number key by key, and he inevitably found that his fingers were trembling slightly.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The unconnected voice coming from the phone seemed to make people's heart sink a little bit.

"Plop! Plop! Plop!"

The sound of the beating heart made the eardrums tremble slightly, as if the entire enclosed space was filled with that roaring sound, which made the mouth dry and all kinds of terrible conjectures emerged.

The sound of the phone being connected with a "click" made his heart immediately rise to his throat, his throat was stuck, and he couldn't speak for a while.

"...Hello?" After waiting for a while, the person on the other end of the phone asked.

……

Rong Licheng was sitting alone in the living room, with several cups of tea still emitting steam on the coffee table in front of him, but the guests sitting opposite him had already left.

On the coffee table, there was also a white envelope, which contained a thin check. The amount was not too large, but it was considered a lot of money for ordinary people.

Rong Licheng didn't pay attention to this little money, he gave Yuanyuan more than that to buy toys for a year, what made him heartbroken and even angry was the meaning of this check and the person who sent it.

After Rong Yuan came to prominence, many forces began to plot against him, including the current family of Rong Yuan's biological mother Lu Yao.However, before all the forces that were ready to move began to test and compete with each other, the Sugar Country government quickly took Rong Yuan under its banner. No one knew the conditions, but judging from today's meeting, Rong Li Cheng can also guess that the government's emphasis on Rong Yuan is still beyond his original expectation.

Today, Rong Yuan did not show up.Rong Licheng could even imagine how contemptuously he signed this almost humiliating check, and then confessed the matter casually.He doesn't have to pay attention to everything. Naturally, someone can understand what he means, and then invite the most important person to do it.

The Rong family's wealth is powerful, but there are many people they can't afford to provoke in this land.For example, the guest who came today was a military boss who Rong Licheng didn't even have the means to pay a visit because of the heavy gifts, but the other party was able to come here in person for his son's affairs. Judging from the tone of his voice, Rong Yuan didn't even know It's him.

The check is to thank him for his kindness in giving birth.Although he was neither "born" nor "nurtured", after all, half of Rong Yuan's genes came from him, and it was Rong's surname that provided him with the initial shelter.

But the other party's words also clearly "hinted": From now on, Rong Yuan has nothing to do with Rong Licheng or the Rong family.If the Rong family didn't know what to do, there would naturally be people who would make things difficult for them.

This is a threat, but also a warning, or a notice.Rong Licheng has actually heard the same words with almost the same meaning countless times, but today's sentence, because of the identity of the speaker, has a heavy weight that can kill people!

After Rong Yuan's reputation flourished, on the one hand, the foolishness and ruthlessness of the Rong family that made Baozhu dust like dust made people ridicule and cast aside; He is full of enthusiasm and affection for him, and when he mentions "this is Rong Yuan's Rong family", admiration and respect follow.

As a result, Rong admitted his mistakes with a more positive attitude. The sincerity of the confession released after repeated packaging by the public relations department was enough to win everyone's understanding. This relationship was also intentionally or unintentionally highlighted in the publicity. After a period of downturn, the company The operation of the company has obviously improved greatly.Especially after the news that the clinical trial of Rong Yuan's treatment for HIV virus was going well, Rong could feel the concessions from all sides, especially some difficult government departments were much more lenient towards them than before.

In the information society, one small change affects the whole body. It is conceivable that when the news of the successful experiment is broadcast, they can obtain greater benefits.This is a very common compensatory psychology. Because many people cannot directly convey their gratitude, resentment, guilt and other feelings to the deity, they will transfer these feelings to a substitute.Ordinary people who have benefited from Rong Yuan's cure of AIDS, or admired him because of this matter, cannot directly contact Rong Yuan, so it is easy to transfer this favor to the closest relationship with Rong Yuan Rong's body.

But now, they have received a clear warning from Rong Yuan and the top leaders of Tang Country.

Rong Licheng's face was as black as iron.

He was actually opposed to this publicity strategy at the beginning, and he was really ashamed to continue making profits by taking advantage of his son who had given up.However, the company is not his company alone. Sometimes, even if he is the president, he has to make concessions to the wishes of the collective.

But now, he felt a burning pain in his face.

Rong Licheng picked up the cold teacup and took a sip, the bitter taste of tea leaves filled his mouth.He slammed the cup on the ground, the carpet was very thick, the small porcelain cup bounced twice on the ground, and rolled to the corner of the wall.

The man sitting on the sofa rested his forehead in both hands, looking so tired and decadent.

……

"...Hello?" There was no answer after a while, and a doubtful voice came from the other end of the phone: "Yangyang?"

Jin Yang swallowed his saliva, and asked dryly: "Xiao Yuan?"

"Huh?" Wei Wei's raised nasal voice was very familiar.

Jin Yang's lips moved, he didn't know what to say, there was a sense of familiarity, but also a sense of strangeness, they hadn't contacted for a long time, the panic caused by that video was still lingering, his back was soaked in cold sweat.After a long time, he dully noticed that the background sound on the phone seemed a little noisy.

"Where are you?" He couldn't help asking.

"Heh." Rong Yuan chuckled lightly, and then the voice from the receiver suddenly became more chaotic, as if he had turned on the speakerphone, and the chaotic voice rushed into his ears, Jin Yang unconsciously tilted his head, He took the phone away and was about to frown when he suddenly felt that the background sound was familiar.

Many people are laughing, many people are talking, high-heeled shoes stepping on the ground make a crisp "tack" sound, girls cover their mouths "cluck" laughter, wine glasses collide, guitar strings are intermittent, drum kits "bang bang bang" ” was knocked out of rhythm.

- a little familiar.

Jin Yang brought the earphone closer and put it against the microphone. From the various voices, he could distinguish a familiar male voice singing hoarsely into the microphone: "You are the person I love most in my life, relying on you too You are close but hurt too deeply, your confused soul is out of control, but you are like a ruthless wind..."

Then there was a sudden burst of "hahahaha", and the group of people leaning forward and back together with laughter clearly appeared in front of his eyes.

Jin Yang immediately stood up and opened the door to go out, startling a man outside the bathroom who was about to open the door, but he didn't care at all, and ran to the bar lobby in a hurry, his eyes quickly searching the crowd.

On the stage, his high school classmate Jiang Hongbo was winking and singing out-of-key love songs, and Qiqing had an exaggerated expression on her face, molesting the most rigid nerd in their class, notes—boys.The nerd blushed. He didn't know whether he was drinking too much or he was nervous. He covered his face and twisted his waist, stomped his feet in imitation of a little girl acting coquettishly, and shouted in a coquettish voice, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" Everyone laughed like crazy.

So the people who neither smile nor look at the stage stand out at this time.

Jin Yang quickly found that person. He was lazily leaning against the bar, with a very casual posture and a very strange face. When he saw him looking over, he smiled and raised his hand.The faint smile, a little careless, but familiar, made people feel relaxed in an instant.

Jin Yang walked over step by step, then slammed his shoulder hard, and sighed: "You, you!"

Even so, the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be concealed at all.

Rong Yuan rubbed his sore shoulder, squinted at him, and said dissatisfiedly: "For so long, is this your attitude?"

Jin Yang rubbed his hair and said quickly: "Wait, I have someone I want to introduce you to."

Rong Yuan watched as he walked briskly through the dense crowd, found a girl sitting on the side of a short light yellow table, whispered a few words to her, and then walked over hand in hand, brows full of happiness and sweetness .

"This is my girlfriend, Liu Ting. Tingting, he is my best friend..."