gentle reunion

Sun Zhe frowned: "Use your brain, Xu Zan is not afraid of this."

He Wenyu pursed his lips because of his tone, and after two seconds of silence, he said as if nothing happened: "That's right, Xu Zan is not a star, Kong Xichen is."

Sun Zhe showed a somewhat annoyed expression, he walked behind the sofa, bent over and hugged He Wenyu: "Sorry."

Then he said, "Didn't you say you wanted dumplings for dinner? Let's eat them tomorrow."

He Wenyu looked up at him, showing a sly smile: "I want to eat what you made."

Sun Zhe shook his head helplessly: "Okay, I made it and you have to finish it."

"Guaranteed to finish!"

After receiving a call from Sun Zhe, Boss Tan of the Poxiao Information Consulting Company asked routinely: "Hello, what kind of service do you need?"

Sun Zhe said: "I am a regular customer, remember Xu Zan you checked before?"

"...Remember." It was because of remembering that Boss Tan didn't want to mess with Xu Zan again, and immediately wanted to find an excuse to reject the list.

Sun Zhe said again: "Have you heard of Kong Xichen? A star, a singer."

"Which three words? Let me look it up." Boss Tan's curiosity was hooked.

Sun Zhe told Boss Tan about his needs: He wanted to know if Kong Xichen and Xu Zan had a close relationship.

This task is easier than last time, it only needs to mark people, there is no need to rent a villa, call the police, etc. The only risk is Xu Zan.

Boss Tan believes that we should be cautious and not accept such orders that we know are risky.

He evaded and said, "This Kong Xichen is a star, this matter is not easy..."

"Add money, right?" Sun Zhe asked in a sophisticated manner.

Boss Tan: "..."

After the money was added, Boss Tan began to hesitate, and Sun Zhe persuaded him a few more times, Boss Tan was even more shaken.

In the end he said: "We are only responsible for observing in public places, we cannot enter other people's private spaces, and we may not be able to find out their real relationship. You can accept this result, and we can check it for you."

Sun Zhe thought to himself, as long as Xu Zan and Kong Xichen have contact, it means that their relationship is not ordinary, and there is no need to take any kiss photos or bed photos.

"Yes. When will you start arranging people to start checking?"

Boss Tan: "Tomorrow we will do some basic investigation first, and the day after tomorrow we will start on-site investigation."

In the morning, when Xu Zan was about to take a break from his busy schedule to chat with Lan Tianran for a while, his cell phone rang, and he still had to answer the call——from Yue Zhi's secretary.

The secretary asked Xu Zan to have dinner together.

Have a meal?Xu Zan felt that there should be nothing important, it should be Yue Zhi who wants to educate him again.

"I have an appointment for lunch, can I see you after dinner?"

The secretary was slightly stunned, generally no one would disobey Yue Zhi's intention, but Xu Zan was bold.

"No, he is very busy, and the time is calculated. He has other plans after dinner."

Xu Zan: "Oh, that's fine."

The place Yue Zhi chose to eat was a temple in the city, where he had a vegetarian meal.

This temple is not as big as Fuyun Temple, but its area is not small, because in the urban area, there are many more tourists than Fuyun Temple.

Xu Zan and Yue Zhi ate in a secluded courtyard that was not open to the public.

The food is simple, and Xu Zan is not picky, he will add another bowl after eating one bowl.

But Yue Zhi had already put down the bowl and chopsticks, which made Xu Zan hesitate, but Yue Zhi said, "Eat, listen to me while eating."

He asked first, "You should have some understanding of the situation of Li Shen's family?"

Xu Zan looked at him and nodded.

The Li Shen mentioned by Yue Zhi is his competitor. The background of the opponent is very strong, and the family roots are in the capital.

Xu Zan was puzzled, why did Yue Zhi tell him this, is it really like what Zhao Hong said: he is under too much pressure and needs to talk to someone?

Yue Zhi: "Li Mingen is a member of his family, a distant relative of the same clan. He has been working for their family, mainly handling business affairs for them that are inconvenient to contact directly."

It was the first time Xu Zan heard Li Mingen's name, so he didn't respond, but was attracted by Yue Zhi's "commercial affairs", thinking that Yue Zhi probably wanted to talk to him about business matters.

Yue Zhi: "Li Mingen and Wang Hao have a very good relationship. Before the Wang family went overseas, they received a lot of support from Li Mingen."

Wang Hao is Wang Ting's grandfather.

Xu Zan's eyelids twitched, and he looked at Yue Zhi. Is this Li Mingen the Wang family's backer?

Yue Zhi turned on the phone and showed Xu Zan a photo. He pointed to a person on it and said, "This person is Li Mingen."

This is a photo of a party. The picture is messy and the clarity is not very good. It seems to have been taken in a hurry.

Xu Zan stared at the person Yue Zhi pointed out, and instantly remembered that he also had a photo of this person in his mobile phone, which was sent to him by Zhao Hong.

He understood, Zhao Hong told Yue Zhi about Sun Zhe's meeting with this person, and then Yue Zhi asked people to find out Li Mingen's identity.

No, maybe Yue Zhi already knew Li Mingen's identity, but he hadn't decided whether to tell Zhao Hong this information before—after thinking about it, he decided to talk directly to himself, Zhao Hong's employer.

Yue Zhi dropped another bomb: "The trouble you encountered before was not just vicious business competition as it appeared on the surface, but their ultimate goal of targeting you was to deal with me."

Xu Zan froze for a moment, then continued to eat, and he didn't put down his chopsticks until he put the last grain of rice in the bowl into his mouth.

He asked: "How are they going to connect me with you?"

Unlike Xiang Qu, he is Yue Zhi's relative, even if he is proven to be violating the law, it will not affect Yue Zhi.

Yue Zhi looked at the photos on his mobile phone and said flatly: "They should have photos of our meeting in their hands. Your relationship between men and women is too confusing."

There should be no photos of the two of them meeting in private, but they both attended the Xiang family's banquet. There were so many people on that occasion, it was easy for someone with a heart to do something.

As for Xu Zan's male-female relationship...

Xu Zan's thoughts raced, and then he was dumbfounded. Could they still make up a black story for him, saying that he got rich by sleeping with Yue Zhi?

Yue Zhi: "You have a good reputation now, so this trick is not suitable for the time being."

Xu Zan's mood was complicated, and his expression was subtle: "Well, they can't pour dirty water on me until I'm stepped on [-] feet and can't turn over again."

Yue Zhi: "These little actions usually have no effect on me, but now—"

He didn't go on.

Xu Zan understood what he meant. Now is the critical period for Yue Zhi to fight for the top position. If he loses points, it will add points to his opponent, which is not good for him.

Xu Zan poured himself a cup of tea. The tea in this temple was very ordinary, with a bitter taste and no aftertaste.

Li Shen wanted to be in the top position, so he had to find a way to suppress Yue Zhi.

He should have taken many measures, and one of them was related to Xu Zan.

Xu Zan felt that the situation was: gods fight, and mortals suffer.

This is a disaster.

No, not all of them.Tracing back to the source, probably from the day when Wang Ting didn't have eyes, it was decided that many bad things would happen in the future.

If Li Shen succeeded in ascending to the position in the end, then Li Mingen would have made great contributions, and the Wang family, Wang Ting, and Sun Zhe would all ascend to heaven.

Xu Zan will be a stepping stone for them to ascend to heaven.

It was impossible for Xu Zan to let himself fall into that situation.

He thought for a while and asked, "Since Li Mingen has a good relationship with the Wang family, then when something happened to the Wang family, did he do anything?"

Yue Zhi: "The matter of the Wang family is too big, he dare not intervene, even the Li family dare not intervene."

He looked at Xu Zan with complicated eyes, and said without beginning and end: "You are too smart."

He took the commendatory word smart out of a derogatory sense.

Xu Zan's heart beat faster, what is Yue Zhi implying?

Of course, what happened to the Wang family was not because of their bad luck, or because a meteorite fell from the sky and just hit them, but because of a well-planned man-made disaster.

For this, Xu Zan spent a year in Mingcheng "without seeing the sun" - secretly returning to Mingcheng from Yazhou, digging pits and laying mines for the Wang family under the watchful eyes of the Wang family.

In the end it all exploded, unstoppable and irreversible.

However, the Wang family still has a lot of energy. Although the building collapsed, everyone ran away.

Xu Zan looked down, Yue Zhi should have guessed it based on the information he got from Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong thought he didn't tell Yue Zhi anything important, but Yue Zhi was too shrewd, every time he gave him a little more information, he could see the whole picture of the matter more clearly.

What's more, Xu Zan also used Yue Zhi in the affairs of the Wang family, and those who are used will wake up faster.

Xu Zan looked at Yue Zhi, he knew the "insider situation" long ago, because he had arrested Zhao Hong for interrogation long before the Wang family's accident happened.

Since he didn't do anything back then, of course he won't do anything now.

Moreover, he actually recognized his ability, so he chose to share information with himself at this critical moment.

Xu Zan put his heart back into his stomach, and said, "It's good to be smart, if I'm not smart, I'd be smashed to pieces."

Yue Zhi didn't speak.

Xu Zan: "Since Sun Zhe has contact with Li Mingen, can Li Mingen be implicated after Sun Zhe's accident?"

Yue Zhi: "If Sun Zhe is willing to bite Li Mingen out."

Xu Zan went one step further: "If something happens to Li Mingen, will Li Shen be affected?"

Yue Zhi looked at him without speaking.

Xu Zan picked up the earthen pot and refilled tea for Yue Zhi and himself.

At this time, Yue Zhi's cell phone rang, and it was his secretary who set an alarm for him to remind him that it was time.

Yue Zhi turned off the alarm and stood up.

Xu Zan also stood up.

The two walked out together through the green brick road covered with dense tree shade.

Yue Zhi: "It will be affected in the short term, but not necessarily in the long term."

Xu Zan nodded.

Walking out of the courtyard, Xu Zan saw Yue Zhi's secretary standing at the door.

After the two sides exchanged a few pleasantries, the secretary followed Yue Zhi and left in a hurry.

Xu Zan waited another quarter of an hour in the temple before leaving.

After going out, he went to a nearby famous vegetarian restaurant to buy a few boxes of snacks before picking up the car.

On the way, he made a phone call with Xiang Xiang and told him: "I have talked with Lao Zhao and your cousin, it's all right, everything is business as usual."

Xiang Xiang: "Is it really okay? Or: adults only have interests in their eyes?"

Xu Zan smiled: "No, they have feelings, otherwise they wouldn't be able to sit down and talk."

Back in Langyuan, after parking the car, Xu Zan called Lan Tianran: "Are you at the company?"

After getting an affirmative answer, he said, "I brought you some refreshments."

When Lan Tianran's assistant saw Xu Zan, he thought he was here to find Lan Tianran's business, but the other party asked him for tea, and said, "Chinese dim sum is better served with tea."

The assistant was puzzled: Is this for afternoon tea?

"Mingji?" Lan Tianran took out a piece of walnut cake from the pastry box and took a bite, "Thank you, I haven't eaten this for a long time, it still tastes like my childhood."

Xu Zan watched him eat with a smile: "I heard that Mingcheng people like the dim sum in that shop very much. I happened to pass by, so I'll bring you some."