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In the pub with fragrant clothes and shadows on the temples, Xiao Yu and Zhou Yong sat at a round table in the corner.

"Director Xiao, it's thanks to you this time. Come here and have another drink." Zhou Yong patted Xiao Yu's shoulder vigorously with a red face. a glass of wine.

Xiao Yu was ignorant, he didn't even raise his head, he didn't raise his cup to take a sip, he just said coldly: "I still want to drive."

"What are you worried about?" Zhou Yong laughed, "Let my driver come over later, and take Director Xiao home, what do you think?"

Xiao Yu still said coldly: "No need."

Zhou Yong glanced at him in a muffled voice, curled his mouth, and said as if to comfort him: "I know, you are from the same school as Director Chang, and you are usually as good as a brother. If he is arrested, you will feel uncomfortable. , but don't be too sad, this is what he deserved."

Xiao Yu finally raised his head, glared fiercely at the other party, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't forget, how Chang Qin got in."

Zhou Yong spread his hands, showing an innocent look: "How did he get in? I really don't know!"

Xiao Yu tightly pursed his lips, still staring at him fiercely, probably due to drinking alcohol, his round eyes were covered with crimson bloodshot eyes, his hands on the table were tightly clenched, panting Bai's joints protruded from the skin, and it looked as if he was about to pounce on Zhou Yong in the next second.

Zhou Yong couldn't help shrinking his neck from his stare, so he withdrew his shameless smile, raised his hand to pat Xiao Yu's flushed cheek, and threatened with a cold face: "Don't pretend to be an innocent young man, this piece Don’t you have half of the military medals? Besides,” he glanced at Xiao Yu up and down, and said with a half-smile, “Didn’t you get all the benefits you wanted? Well, living in a new house is very comfortable. ? My sister-in-law is so demanding, this house should suit her, right? "

Xiao Yu squinted his eyes, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and his lips moved accordingly. In the end, without saying a word, he just slammed his clenched fists hard on the table.

Fortunately, there was a lot of people around, and his loud noise did not attract strange looks from others.

But Zhou Yong on the opposite side was obviously taken aback by him. He touched his frightened little heart and complained with lingering fear: "Director Xiao, don't be so angry, you took advantage of the advantages, you also took the money, you Everything you want will come true soon, so why be angry, really."

Xiao Yu finally withdrew his gaze, looked down at the table, and said in a self-defeating manner: "It's getting late, I'm going back."

"Don't worry." Zhou Yong hurriedly pressed the back of his hand, and reached into his pocket with the other hand to take out his cell phone, "I'll call my driver and ask him to pick you up."

Xiao Yu withdrew his hand and said coldly: "No need." Then he stood up and walked out the door without looking back.

That night, he lay on the big bed in the new house, suffering from insomnia all night.

His wife nestled peacefully in his arms, sleeping soundly, but his thoughts drifted away.

More than a year ago, the five-star hotel project he was working on was in the interior decoration stage. One day, the material dealer accidentally confused his project with Chang Qin's, and finally shipped the natural ebony wood that was not needed in the hotel to Xiaoyu. construction site.

Seeing several large boxes of thick wooden veneer piled up on the construction site, Xiao Yu frowned, tore open the package two or three times, and said angrily: "This is not from our place."

Hearing this, the foreman also came over, knelt down and took a closer look, nodded and said: "It's true that the manufacturer made a mistake, these ebony wood should be from Director Chang's construction site, tsk tsk, the government's money is generous, How much does such a large area of ​​ebony wood cost?"

Xiao Yu pressed the corners of his lips and didn't say another word. He just called a few workers to temporarily move the wood veneer to the warehouse.

So two or three workers came over, picked up the boxes on the ground and walked towards the warehouse. As a result, one person accidentally slipped and the box fell off his shoulders and fell heavily on the ground.

Seeing this, the foreman immediately yelled: "I don't look at things that don't have long eyes. If it breaks, can you afford it?"

The worker was young and had little knowledge. He was scolded by the foreman and dared to admit his mistake repeatedly. After the scolding, the foreman looked at the broken wood under his feet, and suddenly changed his face. He pushed the worker who was blocking the box, Squat down | take a closer look.

"What's the matter?" Seeing his sullen expression, Xiao Yu also squatted down curiously.

It turned out that the worker accidentally slipped and shattered a large piece of the exposed wooden veneer just now. The surface package was missing, and the inner essence was immediately presented as it is. However, this disguise is very clever and rarely Some people can find that the skin and the inside are two completely different kinds of wood. The foreman at Xiao Yu's construction site has decades of construction experience, and he was born as a carpenter, so he discovered the problem at a glance. He told Xiao Yu the truth. Yu.

"How could this be?" Xiao Yu asked puzzledly as he wiped the damaged wood surface with his hands.

The foreman was also at a loss: "Using expensive black sandalwood as the skin, but replacing the inside with inferior artificial wood, who is so bold as to dare to do such a thing!"

Xiao Yu frowned, and told the foreman not to make a fuss, quietly settled the few boxes of wood, and then went straight to the company.

He wanted to ask Chang Qin directly, but it was a pity that Chang Qin was not in the company and was about to make a call when he bumped into the chubby Zhou Yong.

"Director Xiao, I'm looking for you!" Zhou Yong rushed forward panting as soon as he saw him.

Xiao Yu's eyelids twitched, and he pulled the other party into the empty stairwell, and asked in a low voice: "About the black sandalwood matter, are you playing tricks?"

Zhou Yong was stunned for a while, then smiled slyly, and said slowly: "Does Director Xiao know?"

"It's really you?" Xiao Yu frowned, and grabbed the opponent's front with all his strength, "Do you know what you're doing?"

Zhou Yong raised his hands and said innocently: "If you don't tell me about this matter, if I don't tell you, who will know?"

"But that's Chang Qin's construction site. If you do this, you will kill him." Xiao Yu's voice trembled nervously, echoing strangely in the empty stairwell.

Zhou Yong squinted his eyes and looked at him meaningfully: "Unexpectedly, the relationship between Director Xiao and Director Chang is really so good, it's not like they usually talk about it, they seem to be inseparable."

The strength in Xiao Yu's hand became tighter, and he said sharply: "Don't talk nonsense, you quickly dispose of that batch of wood for me, I can pretend that I don't know anything, and I won't go to Mr. Jiang to expose you."

Zhou Yong sneered a few times, and said fearlessly: "You can expose me, but you have to think clearly about the consequences. If you expose me, you will also be involved."

The veins on Xiao Yu's forehead twitched: "Why?"

Zhou Yong withdrew his smiling face and said unhurriedly: "The five-star hotel project is not a key project for the company, but for you, Director Xiao, it is the most important project, which is directly related to your promotion. , but now some low-quality wood suddenly appeared, and it was discovered at your construction site. Of course, you can describe this matter seamlessly, but does President Jiang believe you? The board of directors will believe you Is it? At that time, I will blow the wind in front of the shareholders. I don’t believe that you can’t bear the blame alone! Don’t think I’m talking nonsense. We have worked together for so many years. What kind of person am I Zhou Yong? If you don’t know, you should know a thing or two.”

"You think I'm afraid of you?" Xiao Yu gritted his back teeth and said.

Zhou Yong put the tip of his tongue against the root of his teeth and swayed from side to side in a very rascally manner, and continued: "Okay, since you can't threaten Director Xiao in this way, then you can just report on me, and you are from the same school as Master Chang Qin, and you will work hard to help him This is all as it should be. But what about him? Does he regard you as a brother? In just a few years, he has already left you far away. Trophies, interviews, magazine front pages, any honor is his, any The halo surrounds him. On the other hand, Director Xiao, the completion date of the five-star hotel is not far away, but I heard that the board of directors has no plans to celebrate this project at all. So we went back to our respective houses to find our respective mothers."

Seeing Zhou Yong's shamelessly provocative expression, Xiao Yu couldn't help but fell into deep thought, and unknowingly let go of his clenched fingers. Seeing the situation, Zhou Yong hurriedly broke free, straightened his shirt, patted Xiao Yu's shoulder, and comforted him. : "Think about it, I'm not in a hurry."

Recalling this, Xiao Yu gently pushed his wife away from his arms and turned around on the bed.

It can be said that Zhou Yong's last few words successfully threatened him.

He entered the company at about the same time as Chang Qin, and worked under Xu Yiran at the same time. It can be said that when he first stepped into this industry, Chang Qin was his only competition. He would never be able to catch up with Chang Qin. If it wasn't for that year, when his father was hospitalized due to illness, he was too busy to take care of both ends and had no time to prepare for the exam. As a result, Chang Qin took the top spot. He could have been on an equal footing with him.

One level away, Chang Qin's career was booming, but he could only linger in the same place. The renovation project of the old factory was completed by him and Chang Qin hand in hand. He spent no less energy on this project than Chang Qin, but , the project was successful, the award was won, and when he appeared on the star-studded stage, Chang Qin was always worshiped by everyone, but he could only hide in a dark corner and no one cared about him.

This time, he was finally valued by his master and took over the main design of the five-star hotel project. He worked overtime day and night, desperately trying to make this project the best, but the board of directors did not put his efforts at all. In the eyes of every month's regular meeting, the discussion is always about the cultural village. Not only did the shareholders ignore Chang Qinlian's "bad deeds" that he was late for the meeting twice, Mr. In front of him, he told Chang Qin to pay more attention to rest and not to rush too much on the construction site.

Xiao Yu sneaked a glance at Chang Qin, and when he saw Chang Qin's cheeks that were almost red to the ears, he knew it instantly.

He will never forget that Chang Qin called him to play golf that day, and when he learned that the other party and Fu Shengyu had just come out of the magazine, his heart was overwhelmed with depression.

He also wants to be the center of attention, and he also wants to be the focus of all the spotlights, but for him, this road seems to have no end.

Now, the five-star project is almost completed at the same time as the cultural village project, but everyone in the company is congratulating the cultural village. No one cares about his hard work in the past few years. After the ribbon cutting of the cultural village project.

How unfair.He sighed softly.

But no matter how unfair it is, you can't frame this innocent buddy.

Xiao Yu was clear in his heart, but facing the helpless reality, he was overwhelmed time and time again.

The wedding with Zeng Yanqiao has long been on the agenda, but the woman's parents have been reluctant to let go of marrying their daughter because Xiao Yu cannot afford the down payment for the house.

He told Chang Qin that his father's subsidy of 50 yuan was an excuse. In fact, after his father suffered a serious illness, he had no savings left. The 50 yuan was a "hush money" given to him by Zhou Yong.

According to Zhou Yong's intention, he first found a reason to go to Chang Qin's account, and then credited 50 yuan to his account in the name of Wu Hangfeng. Pay for him, and Xiao Yu added up all the deposits on hand, and the difference was exactly 50.

That is to say, it was true that Xiao Yu bought the house, and it was not false that he took the 50 down payment. What was false was that the money was not taken from Chang Qin's card at all.

At first, Xiao Yu was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he left the money on the other party's card with great fanfare and did not take it away. Looking ahead and looking back, he couldn't be more aware of the other party's problem. If he is discovered, he has already prepared a countermeasure.

A year passed in a flash, and seeing that Chang Qin hadn't moved at all, Xiao Yu finally felt relieved. Originally, this matter, with the opening of the cultural village project with great fanfare, would soon disappear. An unknown thief exposed the material scandal in broad daylight under everyone's eyes...

For a while, there was an uproar in the industry, and the media rushed to report. Chang Qin and Wu Hangfeng were also escorted to the procuratorate to assist in the investigation. Only then did Xiao Yu discover that Zhou Yong was worthy of being a master with ease. It has nothing to do with me being washed so badly. The evidence of the crime is all on Chang Qin and Wu Hangfeng.

Now that the matter is over, Xiao Yu secretly heaves a sigh of relief. He is glad that he made a wise choice and didn't involve himself in it.

And he was only one step away from the peak of victory.

Because of the embezzlement of public funds scandal, the ribbon-cutting day of the cultural village project was put on hold indefinitely. In order to dissipate the low pressure that has been around for many days, the board of directors turned to look for projects in the company that were completed around the same time. Turning attention to the five-star hotel project, a few days later, the company held a grand opening ceremony for the hotel. All high-level people including Jiang Lida attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Xiao Yu was the protagonist, so naturally The most radiant one.

Before the ribbon-cutting ceremony, it was an introduction. Xiao Yu was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and walked slowly onto the stage. The well-cut dark black suit complemented his tall figure impeccably. He briefly introduced the design process and theme of the hotel, By the way, I sighed the surging feeling in my heart from a wasteland to seeing tall buildings stacked up one after another.

When it was over, there was thunderous applause from below, the spotlight on the photographer's hand kept flashing, and Xiao Yu stepped off the stage gracefully under the envious eyes of the crowd.

He finally looked forward to this day!

Chang Qin, who had been hiding at home after being released on bail, sat silently on the bay window, looking expressionlessly at the busy street downstairs.

"Drink the soup." These days, Chang Qin's mood was extremely depressed, and he didn't even say a word all day, and his mother took care of his daily life like taking care of a child.

Chang Qin took the bowl numbly, and finished the health-preserving soup his mother specially made for him in two or three mouthfuls.

Fortunately, it didn't get hot after a long time. My mother took the bowl and reminded me worriedly: "Drinking so fast is not good for the stomach."

Chang Qin turned a deaf ear, still looking out of the window, and said in a low voice, "Today is the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the hotel project that Xiao Yu is in charge of."

A few days ago, Chang Qin's assistants Xiao Ni and Zhang Yan came to visit him at home and told him the news by the way.

Mom let out a long sigh, and finally said nothing, and silently took the bowl back to the kitchen.

After the ribbon-cutting of the five-star hotel, it was the day when Chang Qin went to court. The night before, he took a long bath in the bathroom to wash off all the filth on his body. Early the next morning, a police car was waiting for him. He went downstairs, attracting a crowd of passers-by to watch.

After arriving at the court, Chang Qin was changed into prisoner clothes, escorted out of the gate by two prison guards, and the audience in the courtroom was in an uproar.

This is the second time Chang Qin has gone to court in his life. Compared with the first time he attended the case where Liu Guicheng was falsely accused of murdering his own son, this time it fell on him. The court was obviously hundreds of times more lively. Unexpectedly, there were a few people who looked like reporters, and when they saw Chang Qin coming out, they kept their heads down and took notes.

All the way into the courtroom, Chang Qin glanced at the people under the stage uneasily. Sure enough, in a prominent position in the first row, a long-lost but extremely familiar face made his heartbeat stop at that moment. .

He had thought about that face countless times day and night.

Seeing Chang Qin come out, a ripple flashed in the originally cold pupils on the porcelain-white face, and the two thin and slender lips moved slightly, uttering a word silently.

Chang Qin's expression froze for a moment.

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