CH 69

The neon lights of the city were flickering at night, and in the street lined with bars where young people liked to gather, people could be seen pressed shoulder to shoulder, flushed, dressed conservatively or revealingly. Even passing by, one could smell the unique scent of nightclubs, mixed with the smell of alcohol and other smells that one couldn’t tell whether it smelled good or bad. Walking into the nightclub, the deafening music seemed to burst the eardrums, and if a person wanted to talk they had to raise the volume of their voice to yell.

Qin Yue was sitting in the VIP area at the highest floor of the nightclub. The friend next to him had an arm around his little lover and was about to go down to the dance floor to have fun. When he turned his head, he found that Qin Yue was frowning tightly, and his face was extremely pale.

The friend and Qin Yue had known each other for a long time, and they could be regarded as quite familiar with each other, so he asked a little strangely: “Ah Yue, are you in a bad mood?”

Qin Yue didn’t speak, but the knuckles of the hand holding the wine glass were clearly popping out because of the force he used.

Friend: “It’s rare to come out to play, don’t be so serious, how about I call a beautiful woman over for you?”

“Ai, I almost forgot, you don’t like women.” The friend squeezed the breasts of the woman sitting on his lap, and said with a smile, “Call a handsome guy over for your Brother Qin, and make sure he isn’t someone from the circle.”

The woman covered her mouth and giggled: “Sure.”

Qin Yue suddenly said, “No need.”

The friend sighed: “Ah Yue, how long has Su Shiqing been gone, listen to me, as long as he has feelings for you, he won’t disappear as soon as you go abroad, no matter how infatuated you are he won’t care. “

The friend was a playboy and couldn’t understand Qin Yue’s feelings for Su Shiqing. In his opinion, so long as Qin Yue wanted a little boy like Su Shiqing, there would be many similar to him throwing themselves over with a beckon of his fingers.

Qin Yue had a cold face: “It’s not because of him.”

The friend was taken aback: “No way, you finally figured it out? Weren’t you quite hung on Su Shiqing?”

“You should have listened to my advice no ago and not waste the entire forest for a crooked-neck tree.”

“Right? Xiao Meng?” The friend smiled and kissed the woman.

Xiao Meng also laughed: “Brother Qin is so infatuated, it makes one envious.”

Qin Yue scratched his hair impatiently, and his friend finally realized something was wrong, so he quickly took out a card and stuffed it into Xiao Meng’s pocket: “Baby, go dance by yourself first.”

Xiao Meng winked and left tactfully.

“Who is it this time?” The friend lit a cigarette and handed Qin Yue another one, but Qin Yue didn’t take it. The friend was very clear about Qin Yue and Su Shiqing’s affairs, but he had never had the chance to see Su Shiqing in person.

He also knew that Qin Yue had been obsessed with Su Shiqing for a long time, and thought that Qin Yue would be with Su Shiqing for the rest of his life.

Qin Yue drank a glass of wine, actually rather than drinking it, it was more like being poured down his throat. He turned his head and asked his friend: “Do you think Shen Zhen hates me?”

“Shen Zhen?” The friend didn’t react for a while, he hadn’t heard the name Shen Zhen from Qin Yue’s mouth for a long time, and he had to think for more than ten seconds before matching the name with the person. He didn’t dare to say directly, “You fell out with him? I remember that Shen Zhen was very clingy to you before. We used to say that he was your little follower.”

At that time, Shen Zhen was exquisite and fair-skinned. When standing beside Qin Yue, everyone would involuntarily look at him more than once.

The friend still remembered how some friends joked that Shen Zhen was Qin Yue’s child bride. Shen Zhen’s face became as red as a ripe apple at that time, and in the end Qin Yue beat up the friend who said that.

After the beating, Qin Yue walked up to Shen Zhen and told Shen Zhen with a gentle expression that he would not allow anyone to insult Shen Zhen in any way.

At that time, everyone thought that Qin Yue would be with Shen Zhen.

It was just that they didn’t expect Su Shiqing to appear later.

After Su Shiqing appeared, Qin Yue became a different person.

The friend blew out a smoke ring. He wanted to ridicule Qin Yue, but in the end he just sighed: “Now you want to go back to find Shen Zhen again? I advise you to not be serious and just play around, but if you have you should be sincere.”

Qin Yue didn’t speak.

“Whatever, I can’t persuade you anyway.” The friend smiled, “Anyway, Shen Zhen likes you so much, you just need to say a few soft words.”

Qin Yue frowned and said: “He…..seems unwilling to have contact with me, and I suspect…..”

The friend asked strangely: “What do you suspect?”

Qin Yue lowered his head, making it difficult to see his expression: “I suspect that he and my uncle…..”

“No way!” The friend stood up excitedly, “It’s been so many years, and don’t even mention gossip, there hasn’t even been any news. I used to suspect that he didn’t have that kind of…..cough cough…..impulsion, aren’t you overthinking yourself?”

Qin Yue sighed: “I also hope that I think too much.”

The friend patted Qin Yue on the shoulder: “I think you are just too nervous. We can all see how Shen Zhen has treated you for so many years.”

He still remembered that when the several of them skipped class and went out together, Qin Yue got in trouble with some hoodlums. At that time, Shen Zhen had thin arms and legs, but he still rushed over after making a phone call——although the result of rushing over was to be beaten together with Qin Yue.

Although the group of hoodlums had an even worse fate afterwards, for young masters like them who were spoiled since childhood, don’t even mention being beaten, their family hardly even spoke a harsh word to them.

When Qin Yue was in trouble, the most they could do was call their family members. They didn’t dare to go over, they only dared to watch from the sidelines.

Later, people came and the hoodlums were arrested. Shen Zhen and Qin Yue supported each other to stand up, and seeing each other’s wounded face, they even burst into laughter.

Since then, the several of them had no prejudice against Shen Zhen, and even thought that if they could find someone who was willing to face thick and thin with them no matter what they encountered, even if it was a man, it would also be quite a nice thing.

No one expected what happened later.

The friend also took a sip of wine: “To be honest, you should really be sorry to Shen Zhen for the past few years.”

Qin Yue nodded, without retorting: “I know.”

The friend asked him, “What is it about Su Shiqing that you fell in love with? Is there anything you can talk about together? If I knew earlier, I would have come back earlier to meet the person who our Eldest Young Master Qin had become so obsessed with.”

Qin Yue took another sip of wine: “I don’t know either.”

At the beginning, he just thought that Su Shiqing was Shen Zhen’s friend, and he took care of him for Shen Zhen’s sake. He was also busy at that time, and he didn’t have time to care about Su Shiqing.

When did he first notice this person?

He remembered that Su Shiqing seemed to have moved his documents once.

At that time, he had no interest in this person and wanted to drive this person out of the Qin family, but he didn’t know how to tell Shen Zhen.

Then…..Qin Yue couldn’t remember what happened afterwards.

He only knew that his attention was always involuntarily shifted to Su Shiqing.

When Su Shiqing was aggrieved, he would also be sad, and if Su Shiqing was happy, he would be happy too.

Soon he began to ignore Shen Zhen, and even sometimes when Shen Zhen was clearly standing beside him, he couldn’t see him at all.

His feelings for Su Shiqing swept over him fiercely, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn’t find any clue, any sign, he fell in love just like that.

He had never thought about this before, but recently he often thought about it.

When he and Su Shiqing were together, they always talked about lovey dovey stuff, and a sentence could be repeated several times without even becoming bored. Now that he thought about it, he couldn’t believe that he could say such things.

Su Shiqing had never been to university, never worked, and didn’t know the ways of the world. He needed the care and love of others, he was a flower that would wither if there was even a slight change.

The friend said: “Actually, I felt that you and Su Shiqing wouldn’t last long, you two have nothing in common. You and Shen Zhen at least grew up together. Besides, we all see how Shen Zhen treats you. I remember at the very beginning, we all felt that Shen Zhen was not good enough for you.”

“Later, I felt that it was your fortune that Shen Zhen took a fancy to you.”

“If someone could treat me like Shen Zhen treats you, maybe I would have settled down long ago.”

Qin Yue: “It’s meaningless to say this now.”

Qin Yue was a little depressed: “He treats me differently now.”

The friend didn’t believe it: “The way I see it, he must be angry with you. Think about it, you and Su Shiqing were like that before, it would be strange if he wasn’t angry. Let me tell you, when a man encounters relationship problems, he is actually no different than a woman. Just coax him well and it will be fine.”

Qin Yue looked at his friend.

The friend laughed: “I have experience, right? My ex-girlfriends can line up around the city twice.”

“F**k!” The friend suddenly exclaimed.

He looked ahead with glowing eyes: “That chick is my type!”

A woman walking not far away was wearing a dark red dress, which only covered to the top of her legs, revealing a pair of long and straight legs, white and flawless. She had on delicate makeup that was neither thick nor light, and her walking posture was very elegant and natural, but if one looked carefully, one would find that the designer jewelry on her earlobe was actually fake.

She walked all the way, and many men’s eyes followed her.

Friend: “She’s coming towards us.”

Qin Yue didn’t even raise his eyes, showing no interest.

The woman who came was Zhang Lei, and she was actually very nervous. After all, although she had great ambitions, she had never been in contact with people of Qin Yue’s level. When she finally reached the top floor of Qin Group, she didn’t even see Qin Xing’s face once.

“Excuse me, is this Mr. Qin Yue?” Zhang Lei behaved naturally and confidently, with a smile on her lips.

Only then did Qin Yue raise his head and look at the woman in front of him.

The friend laughed: “Beauty, our Eldest Young Master Qin is not interested in a beauty like you, why don’t you make do by sitting next to me?”

Zhang Lei said with a smile on the corner of her mouth, “I came here specially to find Mr. Qin.”

She had spent a lot of effort to get the news of Qin Yue’s whereabouts.

Qin Yue said indifferently: “What is it?”

Zhang Lei sat down next to Qin Yue unhurriedly, and said softly, “It’s about Su Shiqing. Doesn’t Eldest Young Master Qin want to know where Su Shiqing is now?”

“Oh?” Qin Yue finally took Zhang Lei seriously, “Do you have any news about him?”

Zhang Lei was stared at by Qin Yue’s cold eyes, and her whole body felt cold, stiffening involuntarily, but she tried her best to act as if nothing had happened: “Su Shiqing is now at Mr. Zheng’s house.”

Qin Yue: “Really? How is he doing? “

Zhang Lei said softly: “Mr. Zheng locked him up at home. To be honest, he’s not doing well.”

Qin Yue’s expression was very complicated. On the one hand, he felt that he shouldn’t go to Su Shiqing, because of Su Shiqing, his current life was a mess, and he had recently made up his mind to patch up the relationship between himself and Shen Zhen.

On the other hand, he still wanted to find Su Shiqing. When he heard about Su Shiqing, he still had the urge to see him.

The urge made him restless now.

The friend smiled and said, “Beauty, what’s your relationship with Su Shiqing?”

Zhang Lei smiled shyly: “It’s a relationship that can be considered to be founded on shared woe.”

The friend was still very interested in Zhang Lei: “How about exchanging phone numbers?”

Naturally, Zhang Lei would not refuse. If she couldn’t catch Qin Yue, then it would be the same if she caught another one like him. She already knew that it would be difficult to follow Qin Yue. After all, Qin Yue liked men. She was just thinking that it would be great if Qin Yue swung both ways.

If Qin Yue was purely gay, then she could only find another way out.

Qin Yue suddenly said, “Where is he? I’ll go pick him up.”

His brain was a mess again.

There was joy on Zhang Lei’s face.

Su Shiqing didn’t dare to let Qin Yue know what he was doing during this period, so naturally he wouldn’t tell Qin Yue about the deal between the two of them. Even if she couldn’t become Qin Yue’s mistress, she still did a favor for Su Shiqing. So when the time came to ask for benefits, wouldn’t it be very smooth and natural?

Su Shiqing would not dare to offend her.

The friend was also stunned.

Why did Qin Yue, who had said so convincingly just now that he wanted to bring Shen Zhen back, suddenly changed his mind?

A man’s heart was really like a needle at the bottom of the sea.

He had been friends with Qin Yue for so many years, but he still didn’t know Qin Yue well enough.

Qin Yue stood up. He was tall and muscular, with a serious and handsome face. Zhang Lei’s heart pounded while looking at him. Why did such a man fall in love with someone like Su Shiqing? Her heart was pounding like a running deer, while also feeling deep dislike and jealousy towards Su Shiqing.

If a man like Qin Yue loved her as much as he loved Su Shiqing, she wouldn’t act like a promiscuous sl*t.

“Let’s go.” Qin Yue said to Zhang Lei, his tone was like an order.

Zhang Lei stood up and led Qin Yue out of the nightclub.

The friend had no choice but to follow.

Of course Shen Zhen didn’t know all this, he had no interest in Su Shiqing now, but if Su Shiqing appeared in his field of vision and made him feel uncomfortable, he didn’t mind rolling up his sleeves and teaching Su Shiqing a lesson.

At this time, Shen Zhen was in a meeting.

At the beginning of the month, the documents concerning the construction of a highway and subway had already been issued. Half of the unsure pieces of land he bought before were in the urban planning area, while the other half remained in abandoned areas. In this way, there was still profit to be made, at least twice as much as he spent.

But the unfinished building projects all reaped profit. Recently, many people have approached him, hoping to buy a few pieces of land or unfinished building projects in Shen Zhen’s hands at a more cost-effective price in the early stage.

Shen Zhen couldn’t handle such a big project by himself, so he was thinking about who to cooperate with in the meeting now.

Not only did he have to analyze the profits of the other party’s previous projects, but he also had to analyze the hard power of the other party’s company. After five or six hours in a meeting, Shen Zhen was a little tired, but he still hadn’t made up his mind.

It seemed that there was still work to be done, but he was not in a hurry, and he didn’t think he could make a decision in just a day or two.

Shen Zhen sat on the boss chair, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and sighed a little tiredly.

The assistant walked in from the door and handed over the last quarter’s report to Shen Zhen, and a copy of the online version was also sent to Shen Zhen’s email.

Shen Zhen looked at the female assistant’s unsteady steps, and said, “It’s been too busy recently, you can take a few days off.”

The female assistant quickly said, “It’s not very busy, it’s fine.”

Shen Zhen said, “Don’t push yourself too hard.”

Female assistant: “Not hard, no hard at all.”

She managed to find such a good job. The boss didn’t trouble her much, was handsome, and wouldn’t harass her in the workplace. She went to and from work on time every day, and didn’t work overtime for no reason. Although the work was busy, she was very clear on whether the company had a bright future or not.

For a promising company, it didn’t matter if one suffered a little more in the early stage. For employees, the fear was actually that no matter how much they suffered, they would not see any future prospects.

After getting off work, Shen Zhen took the documents and left the company.

Shen Li also hurriedly followed.

“Elder Brother, I have a driver’s license.” Shen Li smiled ingratiatingly, “So…..how about I drive you back today.”

Riding a heavy motorcycle required an E-license, and Shen Li had been envious of Shen Zhen’s heavy motorcycle for a long time so he took the test.

Shen Zhen didn’t even think about it for a second, and directly refused: “No.”

Shen Li wailed: “Why? Elder Brother, I will cherish her very much, treat her very well, and definitely won’t fall.”

Shen Zhen shook his head: “You go back by car.”

Poor Shen Li had been squeezed by the subway and bus crowds all this time.

He was penniless when he left home, and completely relied on Shen Zhen for relief. Of course, he didn’t have the money to buy a car. His own car was back in the Shen family, but he didn’t dare to go back, and Shen Zhen was unwilling to borrow or buy a car for him. Though his friends sympathized with him, because of the reminders of their families, they dared not give him financial support.

So Shen Li, who lived on wages, now had to squeeze on the bus and subway with his senior in order to save money.

The senior was a slovenly man with stubble on his chin, and he was very casual in his dress, but he was capable, and he was always serious and responsible in his work. Now Shen Li had a good relationship with the senior, and even visited the senior’s house as a guest.

Shen Zhen also found that Shen Li had a good relationship with Zhao Hao recently, but he didn’t care about it. After all, Zhao Hao was indeed a good person. He was willing to teach Shen Li, which was also a good thing for Shen Li.

After all, when Shen Zhen first started the company, Zhao Hao also served as his teacher for a while.

“Brother Zhao seems to be busy with blind dates recently.” Shen Li sighed, “He doesn’t have time to play games with me after getting off work.”

Shen Li couldn’t understand: “Why get married so early?”

Shen Zhen reminded: “Zhao Hao is thirty-two this year.”

Shen Li: “That’s still quite young, look at Mr. Qin, isn’t he not married yet?”

Shen Li began to gossip about Qin Xing in a low voice: “I heard from them that Mr. Qin was hurt by a romantic relationship when he was young, so he made up his mind not to fall in love again.”

“And some people say that Mr. Qin was injured in that place before, so that kind of thing can’t be done.”

Shen Zhen: “…..”

Sure enough, when people were older yet unmarried, no matter whether they were men or women, there were people who liked to slander them behind their backs.

It was either that there was a physical problem, or that there was an emotional problem.

Shen Li pursed his lips and said, “If I had that much money, I wouldn’t get married, I’d just date for the rest of my life.”

Shen Zhen was too lazy to talk to him about this topic, so he just said, “Have you ever had a girlfriend?”

Shen Li snorted: “Countless.”

As he spoke, he took out his phone and showed it to Shen Zhen: “This is my eldest wife, this is my second wife, and this is my third wife.”

“Why date? 2D wives are true love.”

Shen Zhen: “…..So long as you are happy.”

Shen Li nodded: “I’m really happy. Think about it. When you’re dating, you have to go out with your girlfriend, give gifts, and guess her thoughts. 2D wives are great, you just recharge them with 2D money.”

Shen Zhen, who had never played any love app games, couldn’t understand Shen Li. He glanced at the 2D characters Shen Li showed him, and could only say: “She has a good figure.”

Shen Li was happy: “Right, this is my eldest wife. Although she has a bad temper, she has a good figure, good looks, and is very cute.”

Shen Zhen nodded perfunctorily.

Shen Li chattered in his ears all the way, and if it wasn’t for the fact that he was his own younger brother, Shen Zhen really wanted to throw him on the road. After Shen Li hugged his waist and sat on the motorcycle, Shen Zhen could finally let out a sigh of relief.

“Eldest Brother.” Shen Li said when they arrived at their building, “Your road speed really amazes me.”

Shen Zhen: “This is paying attention to trafgic safety.”

Shen Li sighed.

Shen Zhen: “…..”

What are you sighing for? You’re so annoying but I didn’t even sigh!

“Xiao Li!” Someone called out to Shen Li.

Shen Li and Shen Zhen looked back together, and saw Shen Mu who came alone.

They didn’t see Shen Yun.

Shen Li’s gaze and expression were a bit complicated, but he still called out “Third Brother” when Shen Mu approached.

At first, Shen Mu was afraid that Shen Li would pretend not to see him, but now that Shen Li was still willing to call him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. His brows that had been tightly furrowed loosened, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

“I’m here to see you.” Shen Mu also greeted Shen Zhen, his attitude lowered, and he said very respectfully, “Eldest Brother.”

Because of this, Shen Zhen looked at Shen Mu a second time. Had this person changed his personality? Reached enlightenment?

Shen Mu swallowed: “I have something to tell you.”

It was already seven o’clock in the evening, and Shen Zhen was originally planning to go to the parking lot to leave his bike and take Shen Li to eat——Qin Xing had something to deal with today.

Shen Zhen glanced at Shen Mu, his eyes were cold, without any emotion.

The smile on Shen Mu’s face became a little stiff.

“There’s nothing to talk about between us.” Shen Zhen looked at his watch and said sharply, “I’ll go up first.”

The reason why he was willing to give Shen Li a hand was because Shen Li extended his hand to him when he was in a desperate situation in his previous life.

Whereas Shen Mu followed closely behind Su Shiqing’s ass in his previous life, wanting nothing more than to kick and step him into the mud.

Shen Mu now was as miserable as he was in his previous life, so Shen Zhen didn’t pay attention to him at all.

Shen Mu hurriedly said: “I know I was wrong, Eldest Brother! Xiao Zhen! Please forgive me! I was blind before, and I didn’t know what I was doing! If I were given another chance to do it all over again, I would definitely not do that!”