Highly toxic

After arriving in Country Y, Jiang Mu stayed in the hotel with his boss and his team, and lived in a suite with the boss's assistant.

Being alone with Assistant Wang, Jiang Mu had the opportunity to ask himself what he needed to do on this trip. Although his supervisor told him that he only needed to follow the study and there was no substantive work for him to complete, Jiang Mu I still feel that I should do something, even if it is just some auxiliary arrangements outside of work.

"Um... It's really nothing to do with you. To be honest, I don't quite understand why Mr. Li brought you, an administrative assistant who hasn't passed the internship period, on this trip. If he really wants to bring one from your department, it should be you. The supervisor is right." Assistant Wang said thoughtfully, "By the way, Xiao Jiang, you are not a relative of our President Li, cousin? Or cousin?"

Jiang Mu quickly waved his hand, "Of course not, my supervisor told me that Mr. Li wanted me to learn from you. Actually... Actually, I was a little strange at first."

Although their company is small, each department has a clear division of labor. After he came to work in this company, Jiang Mu and Mr. Li did not meet a few times. When they met, he only called Mr. Li respectfully. He nodded and smiled, and it was not his turn to report to his boss at work, so when the supervisor told him that Mr. Li would take him with him on a business trip, he was also very confused.

He has not been in the company for a long time, and he is serious about his work, but he has not made any outstanding achievements, so he is full of doubts about the sudden emphasis on it.

But as an employee of the company, it is the right way to obey the arrangement of the leaders honestly. After all, this is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to practice, and Jiang Mu has the right to regard it as the company's recognition of himself.

The company he joined was not a small workshop, it was in broad daylight, so could there be some conspiracy?

"Could it be that our President Li has taken a fancy to you?" Assistant Wang couldn't help laughing.

"Assistant Wang, stop making such jokes, Mr. Li already has a family."

"Hahaha I'm just joking, since Mr. Li asked to bring you along, there must be a reason for Mr. Li. If there is anything you need to do, I will tell you."

At six o'clock in the evening, Jiang Mu was about to have dinner with Assistant Wang at the restaurant downstairs in the hotel, when Mr. Li suddenly came to him.

"Xiao Jiang, come out with me." Mr. Li looked very happy, "Go see a friend."

Jiang Mu was a little dazed, and pointed at himself, "Mr. Li, just... just me?"

"That's right." Mr. Li said with a smile, "That's why I brought you here this time."

"..."

Jiang Mu was confused, he followed Mr. Li and left the hotel. After getting into the car, he couldn't help but asked, "Mr. Li, you said you were going to meet a friend. Is there anything I can do to help you?" ?”

Jiang Mu felt that this should be regarded as entertainment, and that the person he met here should also be a business friend of his boss, but he just couldn't figure it out. If it was necessary for work, it would be more appropriate to bring Assistant Wang instead of him, a job rookie.

"You'll know when we get there." Mr. Li said with a smile, "I don't need you to take the initiative to help me. In fact, Xiao Jiang, you showed up and helped me a lot."

"..."

"Don't be nervous, it's not about work, it's just a personal friend to catch up on the old days."

"...Okay...Okay, Mr. Li." Jiang Mu was even more puzzled.

After getting off the car at the entrance of a restaurant, Jiang Mu's cell phone rang.

It was Zhuang Xi calling.

"Pick up if you have nothing to do. There are still about ten minutes before the time I agreed to meet with my friend." Mr. Li raised his foot and walked into the restaurant, then turned to Jiang Mu and said, "It's in the private room of ***. Come here now."

"Alright Mr. Li, I'll be right there."

President Li walked into the restaurant, followed by Jiang Mu in small steps, and quickly connected to Zhuang Xi's phone.

"Xiao Jiang, do you have time now? I want to tell you something very important."

"I guess it will only take a few minutes. Come out with the boss to meet friends."

"What kind of friend do you want to accompany me?"

"Let's not talk about this first, you just said something important, what is it?"

Zhuang Xi cleared her throat and said solemnly, "Xiao Jiang, I can finally tell you, in fact, Geng Yan never betrayed you, he has been acting with you for a long time, and now he has got the opponent's handle, That’s why I dare to tell you the truth.”

"What... what?"

"Do you know that little glutinous rice ball? Then his mother was a counterfeit from the beginning, and Geng Yan already knew that he deliberately pushed you out in order not to hurt you." Zhuang Xi spoke quickly, "Xiao Jiang, You have to trust Geng Yan, most of his betrayal and harm to you are for acting for Tang Yuan."

Jiang Mu stopped, his eyes filled with shock, "This...how is this possible? What about Geng Yan? If this is the case, why didn't Geng Yan tell me earlier?"

"Only by fooling you first can you fool everyone else. If you miss the loophole, all his efforts will be in vain."

Jiang Mu felt a heavy hammer hit his head, and it buzzed and turned white for a while, in a state of confusion.

Shock, suspicion, and a hint of joy that soared rampantly in the brain.

That Tang Yuan knew so much, how could it be fake?

How did Geng Yan know that Tang Yuan was fake?

If Tang Yuan is fake, then who arranged him to be beside Geng Yan?What is the purpose?

And what kind of role does Zhuang Xi play in it?

"Zhuang Xi, you... are you sure it's not Geng Yan's new scam?" Jiang Mu's breathing was rough, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest, "He is tired of Tang Yuan again, that's why he made up such a nonsense for you to deceive me Go back to him? Don't you?"

"My God, Xiao Jiang, you are really tricked out of your shadow, you can figure it all out."

"Why didn't Geng Yan call me himself? Why didn't you come and tell me directly?"

"He hasn't finished all the matters at hand. He didn't contact you directly just in case, but he can't wait to let you know, otherwise he wouldn't let me tell you in advance."

Jiang Mu clenched his phone tightly and said for a long time, "Then... how is he doing now?"

"I guess I'll be back in a few days. Anyway, when you come back from this business trip, you will definitely see him." Zhuang Xi smiled and said, "But with Geng Yan's temperament, he will definitely go to country Y to find you impatiently. "

"Your words... I won't believe everything." After a pause, Jiang Mu said again in a deep voice, "I'll contact you again when my side is over, and you tell me everything you know. Conceal a little bit, and then I will make my own judgment."

Zhuang Xi kept laughing, "Okay, then I'll wait for your call."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Mu's violent heartbeat still didn't ease at all, his mind was full of what Zhuang Xi said on the phone just now.

Did Geng Yan betray himself?

Is this really the case?

Jiang Mu came to the door of the box where President Li was, rubbed his tired cheeks, tried to make himself look more energetic, and then knocked on the door and entered.

Obviously, it is still necessary to earnestly complete the current task, and the rest will be determined after the end, and it will be soon.

"Xiao Jiang, you are here, come here." President Li waved to Jiang Mu who entered the door, and said with a smile, "Come and sit down, I didn't expect that President He came earlier than us, but it made people wait for a long time."

Jiang Mu looked in disbelief at He Qianyan, who was sitting opposite his boss in a suit and leather shoes, with a gentle face, his heels seemed to have taken root on the spot, and it was difficult to move.

He never thought that the friend his boss wanted to meet was He Qianyan, and he never thought that He Qianyan would also come to country Y.

"What's the matter, Xiaojiang, come and sit down. Mr. He told me that you and him are old acquaintances." Mr. Li smiled all over his face, "Before in the company, you two deliberately pretended not to know each other. Tell me earlier."

Jiang Mu suddenly understood why his boss insisted on bringing him on this business trip.

Since his boss was present, Jiang Mu couldn't just turn his head and leave. He could only move his mouth, walked to the table with a smile, extended his hand to He Qianyan politely, and said politely, "Mr. Alright, long time no see."

This kind of politeness is obviously the best way to distance themselves from each other.

He Qianyan stood up with a smile. Instead of reaching out to shake Jiang Mu's hand, he stepped forward to hug Jiang Mu, patted Jiang Mu on the back, and said with a smile, "Long time no see Xiao Jiang."

One second before Jiang Mu reacted, He Qianyan had already let go of Jiang Mu.

Looking at the smiling He Qianyan in front of him, Jiang Mu suddenly remembered the phone call he received when he rushed to the airport in the morning. He Qianyan at that time, even through the phone, he could feel a wave of A raging and dangerous undercurrent.

He remembered He Qianyan saying on the phone, I'll wait for you...

Is that what it meant...

Jiang Mu sat down at the dining table, but he could no longer show the previous passion for work, and in the following chat, Jiang Mu also learned that the reason why his boss took him as an intern on a business trip was that It was because of his old classmate He Qianyan's request.

Probably because of He Qianyan's face, he, a useless rookie, got this opportunity to accompany his boss on a business trip to exercise.

Jiang Mu knew in his heart that just his old classmate relationship with He Qianyan was not enough for his boss to promote and reuse him as a newcomer. It was probably because of He Qianyan's status as the president of Zhengsheng Group.

Jiang Mu could even see the perfunctory and contempt for his boss from He Qianyan's seemingly peaceful and steady eyes.

Jiang Mu found that he couldn't understand He Qianyan more and more. He didn't know what He Qianyan planned to do to him now, whether he loved or hated him, whether he was going to continue to pursue him, or whether he wanted to take revenge. A feeling of division.

At the dinner table, Jiang Mu would toast with He Qianyan almost only at the prompt of his boss, and the words were quite brief and polite. Although He Qianyan implied that he and Jiang Mu had known each other for a long time and had a deep friendship, Jiang Mu He always treats his superiors with a polite and somewhat extravagant attitude, abruptly erecting an invisible barrier between himself and He Qianyan.

Boss Jiang Mu looked anxious...

After a while, Jiang Mu left the box with the excuse of going to the bathroom.

After the "communication" at the dinner table just now, Jiang Mu has decided to leave his job after returning to Tanghai City, and he is still holding on at the moment, just not wanting to embarrass his boss.

After all, his boss knew nothing about the entanglement between him and He Qianyan, so maybe He Qianyan took advantage of it.

Perhaps as early as when he found out that his boss and He Qianyan were old classmates, he should have left the company on his own initiative, instead of thinking of leaving the company after waiting until this situation happened.

After leaving the bathroom, Jiang Mu didn't even want to go back to the box.

All the troublesome and inexplicable things seemed to be squeezed together. In fact, Jiang Mu was thinking more about what Zhuang Xi said on the phone than He Qianyan at the moment.

If that's true...

Jiang Mu looked at the mobile phone in his hand, and suddenly wanted to call Geng Yan to confirm, but he was also worried that all this was just another scam by Geng Yan. His phone call seemed to show how impatient he was to get back together.

It was with great difficulty that he suppressed the collapse of being betrayed deep in his heart.

That kind of sadness, he never wants to experience it a second time.

but……

After walking not far, Jiang Mu gritted his teeth, picked up the phone and dialed the number in memory.

However, it is already empty.

Jiang Mu was very annoyed, but what made him angry was not that Geng Yan changed his number, but that he really started to want to talk to Geng Yan uncontrollably.

But the really bad thing is that during the few seconds of dialing, Jiang Mu felt that all the sleeping cells in his body were awakened, as if a gap was suddenly opened in the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time, and they began to rush out. Before the news, Jiang Mu felt that he could not calm down at all.

I can't wait to find Zhuang Xi to confirm again now.

But the most important thing right now is to finish the dinner in the box as soon as possible.

After tidying up his mood and returning to the box, Jiang Mu found that only his boss was left in the box.

He Qianyan disappeared.

Mr. Li told Jiang Mu that He Qianyan had just answered a phone call temporarily, claiming that there was something urgent, so he left.

"Xiao Jiang, let me take the liberty to ask, what is your relationship with Mr. He?" Mr. Li asked curiously, "He cares about you very much."

"Mr. Li, in fact, Mr. He and I are not even friends, and we don't have the kind of friendship he said." Jiang Mu paused, and said bluntly, "There were some conflicts between Mr. He and I before. The relationship is actually a bit embarrassing."

"Is that so..."

"Mr. Li, do you have a deep friendship with Mr. He?"

"I would like to go deeper. The company has a project. It would be great if he, Zhengsheng, can help." Mr. Li smiled helplessly, "To be honest, I still hope that you can help me, Xiaojiang. But this is the company's business after all, and I don't want to embarrass you."

Jiang Mu didn't want to pretend to be such a good person. Although he felt that his boss was a good businessman, he really had no reason to cooperate with He Qianyan in order to fulfill his boss' wishes.

After all, he is a boss who is worth tens of millions, so it's his turn to sympathize, as long as he comes and goes in this company cleanly, that's enough.

"President Li, I think I'll go back tomorrow." Jiang Mu said softly, "I know what you mean by taking me with you this trip, I think I...may not be able to help you at all. It is also difficult to play the slightest role, instead of following you dispensably in the name of learning, it is better to return to your post and do what you should do."

There was a slight disappointment in Mr. Li's eyes, but in the end he smiled very generously, "Okay, I don't make things difficult for you, your supervisor told me that you are really serious and responsible in your work, and do things well. You are still so young. There is always a chance to come out and practice.”

"Thank you, Mr. Li."

Jiang Mu didn't directly say that he was going to resign. If he wanted to talk about this kind of thing, he should go back to the company and bring it up with his supervisor, and then everything would follow the company's procedures.

"Then what, Xiao Jiang, I'm leaving first, and I have to prepare to meet the partner tomorrow when I go back to the hotel." Mr. Li got up, picked up the jacket beside him, and said to Jiang Mu with a smile, "The account has been settled, but this There are still two dishes not served, if you are not full, just stay and eat slowly, there is no rush."

Now that he has expressed his attitude, Mr. Li has no patience to continue eating, and Jiang Mu is not surprised.

Jiang Mu nodded, sent President Li out of the box, and then returned to the dining table to continue eating.

The taste of the dishes in this restaurant is quite good, Jiang Mu is going to take the two unserved dishes back to Assistant Wang to taste.

At this moment, only Jiang Mu was left in the box, and since he was planning to return to Tanghai City tomorrow and leave his job, Jiang Mu no longer had to worry about work matters.

Jiang Mu took out his mobile phone and called Zhuang Xi.

"I have time now, Zhuang Xi, repeat what you said before." Jiang Mu said, "Don't miss a single thing."

"Xiaojiang, do you know Yan Fuqing? It's the person you and Geng Yan were in Country M, the one that Geng Yan fought because of your little finger." Zhuang Xi said, "People call him Brother Qing."

"I know, but...but how do you know about Geng Yan's severed finger? I don't remember that I told you, Geng Yan told you?"

"It's not important. What's important is Brother Qing. He and Geng Yan have always been mortal enemies in secret. If it wasn't because he was afraid of Niwei, he would have killed Geng Yan long ago."

"I know that brother Qing and Geng Yan don't get along, but I don't know much about their relationship."

"Tang Yuan was arranged by Yan Fuqing to be beside Geng Yan. As long as Tang Yuan can become the person Geng Yan loves, then Geng Yan will be almost completely under Yan Fuqing's control from now on." Zhuang Xi couldn't help laughing He said, "Xiaojiang, if I seriously analyze the open and secret struggles among Niwei's adopted sons with you, you may feel like watching a movie, but the truth is..."

"Zhuang Xi, you... how do you know this?"

"It's a bit complicated to say this. To put it simply, I have talked to Yan Fuqing, but now I have turned away from the dark to the bright, uh... that's not right, it's all fucking dark and not clear. Anyway, I'm betting my odds on Geng Yan now. On him." After a pause, Zhuang Xi sighed, "If Geng Yan can't take down Yan Fuqing, I think I'm going to die."

"Zhuang Xi, don't scare me."

"What did I scare you into doing? If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be involved in such a thing. The savings I have now are enough for me to live happily for several lifetimes."

"Then what you said, the reason why Tang Yuan knew about Geng Yan and that boy when he was a child is that you told Brother Qing about my words? Did you secretly take pictures in the photo frame beside my bed?"

He remembered that Geng Yan had told him about that boy, he had never told anyone other than himself.

Thinking about it this way, the things that Tang Yuan said that could overlap with Geng Yan’s memory were all leaked from his mouth, Jiang Mu, and the so-called childhood photo that Tang Yuan showed Geng Yan was completely based on A copy of himself in the family portrait by his bedside.

Zhuang Xi felt a little guilty, and replied vaguely, "Well, yes... it was me, but think about it differently, I also provided Geng Yan with a good opportunity to fight back, and I understand don't know."

"When did you confess to Geng Yan?"

"Last month on **, he just came out of your apartment that morning."

Jiang Mu remembered that day, because he met that brother Qing, Geng Yan rushed back from abroad in a hurry to spend the night with him.

Then Geng Yan and Tang Yuan came back from abroad, everything changed.

"But before I confessed to Geng Yan, Geng Yan already knew about it." Zhuang Xi said, "At that time, I said that I had arrangements."

"Then when did he realize that the soup source was fake?"

"I'm not sure about this, but you can ask him after you see him. There are many, many things in the process, and I can't explain them to you on the phone."

Jiang Mu couldn't help but tighten his clothes on his chest, and asked with a strong breath, "Zhuang Xi, do you have Geng Yan's current phone number? I...I want to hear from him."

"He probably hasn't finished his work at the moment, and when he is done, he will definitely call you on his own initiative."

"He... is he in danger now?"

"I don't know what's going on with him, so he sent me a message asking me to tell you the truth, so I guess it's almost settled on his side."

"I'll go back tomorrow." Jiang Mu's voice trembled with excitement, "I'll go back and wait for him, I... I will use all my energy to wait for me to come back and explain to me."

Zhuang Xi on the other end of the phone couldn't stop laughing, "I said you still care about him, but if you still refuse to admit it, then you don't want to work anymore?"

"I'm already planning to leave my job."

"Resignation?"

"I can't tell for a while, anyway, just wait until I go back." After a pause, Jiang Mu said to Zhuang Xi, "If what you said is true, I won't forgive Geng Yan right away."

Zhuang Xi laughed loudly, "Then I don't care about it, it's a matter between you husband and wife, but I can provide you with a series of tools for taming your husband, such as whips and handcuffs."

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Mu only felt a sudden relief in his chest that he had never felt before. He leaned back on the sofa chair, put his arm over his eyes, and started laughing nervously.

Smiling and laughing, his eyes couldn't help getting wet again.

if it is real……

Perhaps, it must be true.

But whether it's true or not, the desire to see Geng Yan right now is extremely real.

that guy...

When you go back, you must teach him a lesson!

Excited, Jiang Mu ate the two dishes that were served later, and forgot that he was planning to pack them for Assistant Wang to take home.

The mood soared unknowingly. After leaving the restaurant, Jiang Mu looked at the neon night scene outside and found it extremely charming.

Jiang Mu walked to the side of the road and was about to take a taxi when a taxi stopped in front of him.

"Friend, where are you going?" The driver lowered the window and asked Jiang Mu with a smile on his face.

Jiang Mu opened the door of the back seat and got in, and reported the address of the hotel.

After a while, Zhuang Xi called again.

"Xiao Jiang, I forgot to tell you something just now." Zhuang Xi said, "You have to watch out for that He Qianyan from now on."

Jiang Mu hummed, "I've been trying to stay away from him as much as possible."

"Let me tell you, before Yan Fuqing came to Zhong'an City, he met He Qianyan, and they are now together."

"..." Jiang Mu was shocked, he suddenly thought of the night after he came out of Yan Fuqing's box, it was He Qianyan who took him away in the end.

In hindsight, that obviously wasn't a coincidence.

"If He Qianyan knows something from Yan Fuqing right now, I'm worried that he will be against you."

"Bad for me?"

"Yeah, for example, he knew that Yan Fuqing's plot had failed, and he knew that Geng Yan's breakup with you was fake. If he didn't give up on you, he might preemptively attack you."

"What you said is too terrifying." Jiang Mu felt a chill run down his spine, "He Qianyan and I have a little emotional conflict, so he won't want to harm me."

"It won't hurt you." Zhuang Xi deliberately joked, "But maybe I can rape you before Geng Yan comes back."

"He Qianyan said he wasn't that bad, and with his current status, how could he do such a thing."

"If he's not bad, can he get involved with someone like Yan Fuqing?"

Jiang Mu was silent for a long while, then thoughtfully said, "But he is indeed quite incomprehensible to me. When I saw him just now, I thought he was quite handsome, but when I remembered his phone call this morning..."

"Wait!" Zhuang Xi stopped Jiang Mu suddenly, and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean when you said you saw him just now? You just saw He Qianyan? Aren't you in Country Y right now? How could you talk to He Qian?" Let's meet with humility."

Jiang Mu told Zhuang Xi all the ins and outs of getting this opportunity to accompany his boss on a business trip.

After hearing this, Zhuang Xi exploded, "Then what do you mean, your trip to Country Y this time was all caused by He Qianyan?"

"Yeah." Jiang Mu sighed lightly, "I knew I wouldn't come here, but I made an agreement with the boss to go back tomorrow, and I will resign immediately after I go back."

"Wait for Xiaojiang first, these are not important, tell me first, where are you now?" Zhuang Xi's voice sounded very nervous.

"I'm on my way back to the hotel."

"Alone? In a taxi?"

"Yeah, what's the matter Zhuang Xi, I'm a little flustered by your tone of voice."

"Oh, it's okay, just don't just wander around there by yourself, go back to the hotel quickly, book the earliest flight back tomorrow, and I'll pick you up at the airport then."

"Well, see you tomorrow then."

"That's right, if He Qianyan asks you out again, you..."

"I promise I won't see anyone behind closed doors when I go back to the hotel." Jiang Mu followed Zhuang Xi's words and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'm relieved with your words."

"Then I want you to promise that everything you said to me tonight is true." Jiang Mu said, "It's not to cooperate with Geng Yan to lie to me."

"I rely on you to still doubt it, can I swear on my gender?"

Jiang Mu couldn't help laughing, "I believe you."

He wasn't suspicious, but afraid, afraid that the gradually returning trust and surging love would be lost in an instant.

But now, it's more solid.

"See you tomorrow, stay safe, Xiao Jiang."

"Ah."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Mu put his hands behind his head and leaned comfortably against the back of the chair.

At this time, the car stopped suddenly on the side of the road.

"I'm sorry, I'll take another friend along the way." The driver turned to Jiang Mu and said, "He's also going to the other side of ** Road."

"Um...it's okay, just drop in." Jiang Mu nodded politely and smiled.

A tall strange man opened the rear door and sat in, nodding slightly to Jiang Mu.

Jiang Mu twitched the corner of his mouth, and nodded in greeting with a smile.

The car started again, and 3 minutes later it made a sudden turn at an intersection, deviating from the route announced on the navigation.

"Hey master, you went wrong... um."

Before Jiang Mu finished speaking, the man next to him suddenly stretched out his hand, quickly covered Jiang Mu's mouth and nose, and pressed Jiang Mu on the back of the chair in an instant.

During the struggle, a pungent ether smell rushed to Jiang Mu's brain while panting hard.

Before he fell into a coma, only Zhuang Xi's words remained in Jiang Mu's mind, be careful.

The man slowly raised his hand until the person under his palm stopped moving.

"Call Mr. He and report." The driver who was driving said without looking back.

"Ah."