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☆ 12. Chapter 11

Chapter 11

: In the most serious tone, he said some infuriating nonsense. Chu Qinbai was sometimes confused, not knowing whether this person did it on purpose or was really ignorant.

The person involved did not repent.

He went out to work early the next day.

The formal suit made his body proportions look good. Even though he was still thin, he could instantly turn him into a serious and polite young man. There was no trace of the embarrassment of last night's wandering ghost.

The lives of the two people were completely turned upside down.

Before, Chu Qinbai was not seen for three days.

Now it was Zhou Sheng who started to go out early and come back late.

The chance of them meeting was actually very low. Even if they lived in the same house, they could avoid meeting at all.

Under the seemingly calm appearance, Zhou Sheng's life was actually undergoing tremendous changes.

He got started so quickly that everyone in the Zhou family was amazed.

Others didn't even know how he mobilized. From the state that no one was optimistic about at the beginning, he quickly gained the support of some people and formed his own strategic team.

At the weekly report meeting on Monday morning, Zhou Song challenged him in front of all the shareholders.

He said righteously: "Brother, you are simply playing with the future of the entire company. Restoring traditional industries? Do you know that emerging industries have been the foundation of Zhou's in the past ten years? You can't say that you have the support of a few insignificant people, and then you want to gamble with the entire Zhou? Isn't it ridiculous?"

Everyone else looked at Zhou Qicong at the top.

No matter what others think in their hearts, it is not good to openly favor one side when their two sons are going to fight. After all, one of them might be the future new boss, and no one should offend.

And Zhou Qicong didn't say anything.

Instead, he looked at the person sitting in the chair to his left.

Zhou Sheng stood up.

He didn't even glance at Zhou Song.

He just flipped through the documents on the table and said a little bit: "The company really can't afford such a big change at present, but those present here are all old people who followed President Zhou to conquer the world. You should know that the company started out as a traditional manufacturing company. In a developing country, traditional industries still occupy the main body of industrial development. Instead of fighting for such a small piece of cake, why don't we choose to take a step back? The company has retained the old system for many years, which is a proof of your ambitions, isn't it?"

"It sounds good." Someone who supports Zhou Song retorted, "Do you think we haven't thought about it? It's not that easy."

Zhou Sheng: "The strategic plan is just a beginning, so we must seek new cooperation."

At the end of the meeting, many shareholders walked out of the office whispering to each other.

They talked about the feasibility of the plan and exchanged plans. It was a rare scene in the company in the past year.

Among them, Zhou Song had the worst face.

He came out of the office with a dark face, and happened to run into the administrative girl who was delivering something. He knocked a pile of documents in her hand to the ground, and yelled at her with a frown: "Which department are you from? You are so impatient! If you don't want to work, you can get out today!"

The little girl was frightened and her eyes turned red on the spot.

The next second, he was kicked in the knee, and the whole person fell forward and almost fell down.

He turned around and wanted to curse.

He shut up immediately when he saw Zhou Qinong's dark face.

Zhou Qinong and Zhou Sheng stood side by side. Zhou Qinong pointed at Zhou Song and yelled: "Who are you showing off to? You opened the company?! I haven't handed it over to you yet, but you are like this. Look at what you have been doing these days?!"

Zhou Song glared at Zhou Sheng next to him angrily.

He lowered his head slightly: "Dad, I was wrong."

Zhou Qinong panted: "How many times have I told you to call me Mr. Zhou in the company!"

"Mr. Zhou." Zhou Song gave in.

Zhou Qinong's chest rose and fell several times.

In the past, I only thought that my eldest son was arrogant.

But this time, since Zhou Sheng joined the company, he has been steady and calm. Many old shareholders have praised him for his ability to do things. Even if they do not fully support his suggestions, most of them are willing to wait and see.

But this youngest son is like a different person.

He is becoming more and more out of control. He used to know how to restrain himself, but now he is becoming more and more blatant.

Zhou Sheng did not want to watch this father-son battle, so he said to Zhou Qicong: "Mr. Zhou, I'll go and get busy first."

Zhou Qicong glanced at him, wanting him not to call him Mr. Zhou.

Turning around, he realized his double standard and coughed dryly.

"Go."

Although there are not many employees on this floor, some people still saw this scene.

This matter was discussed in various small groups of the company that day.

Someone said, "I have a feeling that things are going to change in the company."

"Don't be too obvious, okay? I vote for Zhou Sheng. He's really got a lot of personality. I'll serve coffee during the meeting. If you see him standing there talking, you'll definitely fall in love with him, I promise."

"I don't know who will win in the end."

"Don't you think this young master doesn't take Zhou Song seriously at all?"

"Hahaha, it's true when you put it that way. I saw Zhou Song jumping up and down."

"To be honest, I don't just think he doesn't take Zhou Song seriously, I don't think he takes the entire company seriously either. He's not the arrogant type, but I always feel that his goals are more than that. Mortals like me can't really describe it."

"He does have an aura that's different from that of ordinary people. What do you think he's been through in the past year?"

"It's a rumor, not guaranteed. I heard he got married."

"Married? With whom?"

"I don't know. It's quite mysterious. I also heard from people in the project department that Zhou Song drank at a party and said that Zhou Sheng thought he had hooked up with a wealthy family in Lancheng just because he got married, and he didn't even consider whether the other party took him seriously."

"Marriage? The Zhou family is indeed a big business."

"The Zhou family is not a wealthy family, and the company's current situation is not good. I think the possibility of marriage is not great. But there are only a few surnames in the whole Lancheng that can be truly called wealthy families, and there is no news at all."

...

Zhou Sheng has not yet understood this kind of corporate small group culture.

He didn't know that he was the focus of it.

The main function of his mobile phone is to check information.

Usually no one would contact him, but recently because of work reasons, he did add some people. But generally, except for work content and necessary communication, no one would gossip.

Zhou Sheng thought that the atmosphere of the company was like this.

It was still early after work that day.

Zhou Sheng and two colleagues came out of the building.

Three sports cars were parked in a row beside the road. In the blue supercar in the middle, a boy with exaggerated purple-red short hair hugged a long-legged girl and lay on the edge of the car. He whistled at Zhou Sheng, "Mr. Zhou! Long time no see."

As soon as he spoke, seven or eight people appeared in the other cars, both men and women.

He kept calling him "Mr. Zhou" and it was noisy. Compared with greeting him, it looked more like he was looking for trouble.

The colleagues next to him looked at Zhou Sheng, hesitant to speak.

After all, this young master used to love playing, and he had many bad friends around him.

Everyone thought he had cut off all contact, but now it seems that he is not like that.

Zhou Sheng has seen these people in the circle of friends, and the contact phone notes basically match.

He motioned his colleagues to go first, and walked to the middle car, "Is there something?" Xu Ling pulled the corner of his mouth, lay on the car seat and looked up at Zhou Sheng and said: "

Mr. Zhou is not a good person. He didn't reply to so many messages. It turns out that he has changed his appearance and went to work. Doesn't he plan to treat us as brothers?"

The girl in his arms poked his chest with her shiny nails. She said stickyly: "Speak nicely." Xu Ling suppressed his smile and said mercifully: "Forget it, since it's all in the past, I don't care. Mr. Zhou, get in the car and go play together?" Zhou Sheng looked at the postures of these people and knew that he had to go. He asked directly: "Where to?" "Of course a good place." Xu Ling smiled meaningfully. Qingyaju, the most exclusive club in Lancheng and one of the most private clubs, is located on Xiangyu Street in the city center. It looks antique from the outside, and the service staff at the door are also strictly trained. Xu Ling held the girl in his arms and led the way. He hid the sarcasm in his eyes and said, "Mr. Zhou, this Qingyaju is not one of those messy places. It is related to the Qu family in Lancheng. You can't enter without an invitation. Mr. Zhou has taken care of the brothers in the past. I finally got one, so I naturally can't forget you, right?" "Thank you, Mr. Xu." Zhou Sheng said without much reaction. Xu Ling sneered quietly. He was the one with the best family background among the group. He was willing to take Zhou Sheng as a sucker in the past, just because he was easy to fool. Since Zhou Sheng got into trouble a year ago, he naturally became the leader. He knew that he woke up and went to work for Zhou. But all the messages sent to him fell into the sea, which was clearly intentional. The anger has accumulated to a certain amount. If he is not taught a lesson today, his name Xu Ling will be written upside down. He winked at the people behind him, and a group of people went inside. This place is indeed not as chaotic as imagined. But the class division is obvious. Xu Ling and his group were required to move only on the first and second floors. They basically came here to eat, drink and have fun. People sat together in twos and threes, and the music was relatively soothing. Someone sat down on Xu Ling's side and complained, "Damn, it's not as good as a bar. They said that it is only available to specific people. What's the point of such a place." After saying that, he was kicked. The complaining person shut up immediately. They usually don't come to this place at all, so naturally they won't admit that they came here for Zhou Sheng today. Zhou Sheng didn't seem to notice their little actions at all. He unbuttoned his suit and sat down on the sofa. Xu Ling sat next to him, poured a glass of wine and pushed it to his hand, and got to the point, "Mr. Zhou, do you know why we chose this place?" Zhou Sheng reached out and took the foreign wine in the glass. He rolled up his sleeves and exposed half of his forearm. Under the light, he looked thin and distinct, and his whole body exuded a sense of calmness. He tilted his head and answered: "Why choose this place?" Xu Ling was stunned for a moment, and felt an indescribable strangeness in his heart. But for a moment, he didn't know what was wrong. But he still put his hand on Zhou Sheng's shoulder and whispered in his ear: "Don't say that brothers won't help you. The confirmed information is that Chu Qinbai is here today. Look at the things you did before, which were small fights and people didn't pay any attention to you. Today, just treat it as a welcome party. Brothers support you, you can make trouble. He is a person in the entertainment industry. If he is caught in the act, he will not bow his head." Zhou Sheng thought these people had some big tricks. But he didn't expect that Chu Qinbai would be involved. Zhou Sheng glanced at the stairs leading to the upper floors and asked, "Why did you catch him in the act?" "People who come to this kind of place can't just do nothing, right? People in the entertainment industry are all having fun, so of course we're catching an adulterer." The people next to him started to make a noise, "That's right, Mr. Zhou, since you're really getting married, there's nothing to be afraid of, I'm right." "Why would you go to work then?" "With the evidence in hand, why are you afraid that he won't take the money? You can even sleep with him if you want." A group of people laughed. Zhou Sheng is the person who can't stand provocation and instigation the most. If they really mess with Chu Qinbai, they can just sit and wait to see how he gets played to death. According to the past, the person who would have been impulsive to go find someone, but put the cup on the table and said, "Once a person has no bottom line, he has no personality and no sense of shame. It seems to be the same in every era." Xu Ling changed his face and stood up, "Zhou Sheng, what do you mean? Are you shameless?" Zhou Sheng raised his eyes, "Do you deserve my face?"

Chapter 12

The two private rooms on the fourth floor were connected.

They were separated by a screen in the middle.

There were about ten people inside.

The table on the other side of the sofa was piled with wine and fruits. There was a TV on the screen but no one was watching. Some were chatting and some were playing cards.

The most lively place was on the other side of the screen.

A mahjong table was set up and people were playing it vigorously.

One of the tall women with heavy makeup pushed the mahjong away and said speechlessly: "My luck is so bad today." After that, she turned her head and shouted: "Chu Qinbai! Today's party is for you. What are you doing? Come here quickly!"

Half a minute later, Chu Qinbai appeared behind.

He leaned against the screen in casual clothes and said lazily: "You want to play mahjong by yourself, but you have to borrow my name, how can you be so embarrassed?"

Someone next to him laughed immediately: "Our sister Qu has to rely on you, brother Chu, otherwise we are afraid of her playing cards."

"That's right, it's so rare for us to get together."

"Fortunately, sister Qu, your place is good. With brother Chu's popularity, he will be photographed even if he goes out to eat. Who would be willing to come out for nothing?"

Chu Qinbai left the screen and walked to the mahjong table.

He folded his hands and looked for two seconds, and said: "Indeed, I might as well stay at home and sleep."

"That's so boring." The middle-aged man opposite said: "You finally get a vacation after a year, right? By the way, have you decided on your next movie? I just happen to have a project here, please make time for it."

The woman immediately threw a mahjong at him, "Why are you talking about work at this time? Go out and talk about work."

"Hey, you have such a hot temper."

If someone who often surfs the Internet sees this group of people, he will probably scream on the spot.

Famous actress Qu Ruyi, international director Chen Musong, new singer Tan Qiwei, etc. And the other people present, any one of them has been in the entertainment industry for many years. Their achievements are not comparable to those of Qu Ruyi, but their status is not small.

Of course, there are also people outside the circle.

But Lancheng is a circle, and those who can be here today are basically people who have known each other for more than ten or twenty years.

Unlike those who have some casual friendships in the circle, Chu Qinbai is here, and he looks very casual and relaxed, and he is truly free and relaxed.

These people don't know him thoroughly.

But they know a lot about him.

Naturally, they are not polite when they speak.

Especially Qu Ruyi, who also became famous at a young age, is arrogant and straightforward.

She was also born in the Qu family of Lancheng, and she has known Chu Qinbai since she was a child.

She said that she wanted Chu Qinbai to play for her, but she refused to give up her seat. She started to play mahjong while glancing at him and said, "I heard from Lu Ming a few days ago that he got someone for you?"

Chu Qinbai: "It's an old three-party endorsement contract from the year before last, I'm too lazy to argue."

"Are you talking about Ren Qixuan?" Pan Tiantian, a popular star, heard it immediately and followed the gossip with her eyes shining: "I've seen him. He's quite good-looking. He seems to have a very good temper and is easily shy. I heard that he said in all interviews that his idol is Brother Chu and that he entered the circle for love. How inspiring."

Qu Ruyi sneered, "Pan Tiantian, your name is Tiantian, you are really naive. That Ren Qixuan has no background but the investors pushed him to star in Chu Qinbai's movie, and Lu Ming dared to sign him to Shengkai as the main artist for the second half of the year. How simple do you think he is? Also, I hope you remember that Chu Qinbai is married, and cheating men must die. Thank you."

Most of their group are single.

They had also heard about Chu Qinbai and his family, so naturally they couldn't hide the marriage.

Pan Tiantian pouted: "I didn't let Brother Chu cheat. It was because I ran into Sister Fan backstage at an awards ceremony last year. She just found out at the time, and her expression was like she wanted to eat me. It scared me to death. Otherwise, how would I know who Zhou Sheng is."

Chen Musong couldn't stand it, and said in a fuzzy way: "I said Qinbai is here, isn't it a bit too much to discuss whether he will cheat in front of others?"

Qu Ruyi retorted: "The big director is so sensitive, is he guilty?"

Chen Musong couldn't argue with them, so he simply shook his head and admitted defeat and avoided the card table.

He ran to sit next to Chu Qinbai and chat with him.

What they talked about were investment projects, which were very boring.

Pan Tiantian, who loves gossip, naturally didn't want to miss the opportunity to catch Chu Qinbai.

She had to continue the previous topic and turned her body away.

"Brother Chu." She smiled and said, "Can I ask a very presumptuous question?"

Chu Qinbai leaned against the sofa and glanced at her. "I know it's presumptuous, but you still ask."

Pan Tiantian rolled her eyes.

Qu Ruyi said leisurely, "I advise you not to ask about his private life. He won't tell you."

Pan Tiantian: "But I'm really curious. A famous movie star secretly married a rich second-generation bad youth. Is this a distortion of human nature or a decline of morality? Don't tell me, if the news of Brother Chu's secret marriage is widely exposed, it will definitely be an earthquake-level news in the circle. Weibo will be paralyzed immediately."

Just at this moment.

As she was talking, a waiter here went up to the fourth floor and knocked on the door.

He walked to Qu Ruyi's side, bent down and whispered, "Sister Qu, there is a trouble on the second floor."

The sound was loud enough for people around to hear clearly.

Everyone looked over.

Qu Ruyi turned around and said unhappily, "Who is it?"

The Qu family invested in this place, and the boss in the open was Qu Ruyi herself. It was not for profit. Usually, except for her gathering to meet old friends, most of those who knew about this place were acquaintances in the circle.

Even if they bring friends, no one would be so blind as to make trouble here.

The waiter glanced in the direction of Chu Qinbai quietly.

Then he said, "It seems that they are looking for Brother Chu."

"Isn't he being followed by a fanatical fan?" someone asked.

The waiter shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. There are quite a lot of people from the other side. Our staff only heard one of them named Zhou Sheng, and he said something about catching an adulterer. Seeing that they had filming equipment in their hands, we were afraid that something might happen, so the staff stepped forward to stop them, and the other side started making trouble."

When Zhou Sheng's name came out, all the people who knew about it at the scene looked at Chu Qinbai.

Chu Qinbai frowned deeply and got up from the sofa.

Qu Ruyi made a prompt decision and said to the waiter, "You go and deal with it immediately, try to clear the scene, and everyone present today must keep their mouths shut, remember."

The waiters here are already very familiar with this kind of thing.

Nodded and turned to solve it.

The others were hesitant to speak.

"Brother Chu, this Zhou Sheng... isn't that Zhou Sheng?"

"I heard he can make a lot of noise, but we haven't seen him here, but you must not get angry, if you have anything to say, just talk it out."

"Yes, yes, catching an adulterer is a bit harsh, there may be a misunderstanding."

While they were still talking at random,

Chu Qinbai had already turned around and

walked out. The people behind him were stunned and followed him out.

The situation downstairs was obviously on the verge of getting out of control.

There was a broken camera on the ground, and some spilled drinks on the table.

Zhou Sheng thought that he came here today to solve the problem once and for all. After all, he really didn't have the energy to deal with the troubles these people had brought to his door again and again. But he underestimated the boredom of modern bad youths and their so-called middle school personality that could be easily ignited.

Moreover, they tend to regard group fights as loyalty and rogues as reasonable.

Before he said anything, these people almost got into a fight with others.

The waiter was still trying to explain, "Everyone, we have a clear rule that no sneak shots are allowed here. I hope you can understand."

"We can take whatever we want with our own cameras? Is it your business?" Another short boy brought by Xu Ling was ruffian and was about to push him.

"That's enough."

Zhou Sheng stood in the middle and stretched out his hand to stop him.

He blocked the waiter behind him.

The short boy was blocked and paused.

Xu Ling immediately pulled the other person away, walked forward, and looked at Zhou Sheng.

He sneered and said, "Zhou Sheng, are you determined to go against us today? Why are you pretending to be a good person here? Do you want to be a good youth in society after changing your skin? You will not forget who stood up for you when Zhou Song secretly bullied you. Those people you offended by racing, could you deal with them without us? Now you turn your face against people, who gave you the courage?"

Zhou Sheng frowned at this kind of speech similar to the street gangs of the last century.

He stood there and looked at these people.

He shook his head: "I don't need anyone to give me courage."

When they collectively changed their faces.

Zhou Sheng: "How much money did you use Zhou Sheng, and how much did you instigate him to do? If you don't know right and wrong, honor and disgrace, find a teacher to teach you. If you like to be violent and violent, go to jail to practice, don't try to threaten me. There are powerful people behind you who think I can't do anything, right? Maybe now, but it may not be soon. Don't doubt that this is me threatening you, and I can do what I say."

Zhou Sheng was really angry. He

was so angry that he used him instead of himself.

It's the 21st century, although there is no shortage of bad people in every era.

But what were young people of their age who had received basic education doing in the past? They were

busy parading, resisting, speaking out, and rushing to the forefront.

In contrast, a group of idle rich second-generations insisted on making trouble under the premise that others clearly stipulated that they could not be filmed. They were so righteous that they wanted to hit people, which made Zhou Sheng furious.

Xu Ling looked at Zhou Sheng's eyes as if he was hit in the face in the street.

They were obviously the same people, why did he have the confidence to teach others a lesson and look at them with such eyes.

Xu Ling was so angry that he was about to take action again.

"What are you doing?!"

A cold shout like ice sounded behind the crowd.

Many people who can only be seen on TV walked up from the stairs one after another, leaving the people below dumbfounded.

Chu Qinbai, who was walking in the front, walked down the last step.

He took two more steps forward and looked around. "I heard someone came here to catch me, Chu Qinbai, cheating. Come out and let me see." Chu Qinbai turned to Xu Ling and the short boy who were still holding their phones, "Did you take the photo? Or did you take the photo?"

No one spoke at the scene.

Who dared to speak in this scene?

Instead, Chen Musong and Pan Tiantian came over. They

pulled Chu Qinbai and said, "Be careful of the impact. There are so many people watching."

The next second, they all turned their eyes to the purple-haired Xu Ling, and thought at the same time that it was really bad to marry such a person.

He looks so-so, like a cock with red eyes.

Turning around, they had to persuade Chu Qinbai.

"Brother Chu, if you have something to do, go home and solve it behind closed doors. If you make a big deal, Sister Qu may not be safe here."

"Yeah, you can't argue with him."

Chu Qinbai ignored him.

He just turned his head to the person behind him, who was dragged to the side by him as soon as he went downstairs.

He asked in a bad tone, "Why are you here to join in the fun?"

Zhou Sheng was still angry.

In addition, he remembered Chu Qinbai's identity as a public figure, and seeing so many people suddenly here,

his tone was still bad, and he frowned, "What are you doing here for?"

Chapter 13

Chen Musong and others were stunned.

Their eyes moved back and forth between Zhou Sheng and Xu Ling, their eyes were full of doubt and uncertainty. Although they had some guesses in their hearts, they couldn't believe it for a while. The

Zhou Sheng they knew was more in line with the image of the man with purple hair next to him.

And the man standing in front of Chu Qinbai, not to mention not looking like a gangster, they didn't associate him with that group of people from the beginning. After all, he looked more like a young senior executive of a company, with a gentle and good-looking face. Maybe he was introduced by a friend and came here to have a drink after work to relax.

But now.

The person Chu Qinbai targeted was very intriguing.

Pan Tiantian couldn't hide the smile on her lips. She stood next to Chu Qinbai and tried: "Zhou Sheng?"

Hearing someone calling her name.

Zhou Sheng suppressed his emotions and looked over.

A very young girl with an oval face and big eyes.

Zhou Sheng's eyes swept between her and Chu Qinbai calmly.

Is this the person Xu Ling and others want to "catch"?

He had limited knowledge of Chu Qinbai, not to mention knowing people in the entertainment industry. Some time ago, there was always a Ren Qixuan in the news reports, and now there is a girl. Zhou Sheng didn't know whether he liked men or women.

Sister Fan had spent a lot of effort to get him to sign a confidentiality agreement. Even if Zhou Sheng didn't take this marriage seriously and wanted to cover it up for him, Chu Qinbai did things so arbitrarily. He

also let others know his name.

Zhou Sheng had to nod and admit, "I am."

Then he said, "Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you."

Half an hour later.

Zhou Sheng sat on the sofa in the box on the fourth floor.

There was a circle of people sitting around.

The atmosphere at the scene was quite weird.

Another party, Chu Qinbai, seemed to be completely invisible and sat in the corner browsing his phone.

He didn't know when he put on a black baseball cap on his head, and his long legs stretched out, looking quite leisurely. Zhou Sheng sat close and could even see the colorful colors on the screen and the game prompt sound that sounded from time to time.

Zhou Sheng was also quite helpless about this overly playful attitude.

He now roughly knew that the people sitting here were all acquaintances of Chu Qinbai.

It was not that he had not seen the degree to which the people around Chu Qinbai protected his privacy.

He had no choice but to state his position first and said, "Actually, you can rest assured that I will not tell anyone about what happened today. If necessary, I can also sign another confidentiality agreement."

As soon as he broke the atmosphere.

Chen Musong immediately sent a glass of water in front of him, "It's okay, it's okay, why are you talking so seriously."

The others also stared at him.

What they said seemed strange to Zhou Sheng.

For example, "Brother Chu's family members are our own people."

"Yes, it's not right to sign a confidentiality agreement."

"Although seeing is believing, Zhou Sheng, you are really unexpected." "

Tell the truth, did Chu Qinbai deliberately destroy your image? It's okay to tell the outside world, but he didn't tell the truth to us, which is really too much."

The situation Zhou Sheng thought did not happen.

At least these people were not targeting him, and the person who was squeezing Chu Qinbai in his words and deeds was still Chu Qinbai.

It's a pity that Chu Qinbai was quite calm.

No matter what they said, they never even glanced at each other from beginning to end.

Especially the girl that Zhou Sheng misunderstood at the beginning, she seemed to be particularly interested in him.

Before he could react, she had to take a photo with him.

She said, "I have seen many handsome guys, but none of you are like Brother Sheng." She

started to call him Brother Sheng directly.

She turned around and took the photo to Chu Qinbai and said, "Brother Chu, how is it? What if you don't let me ask? I have the photo in my hand now. If you are rude to me next time, I will find paparazzi to expose your secrets!"

These people are very lively.

It can be seen that they have a good relationship.

Zhou Sheng may not understand everything they say and talk about.

But he chooses to respect it, and when others ask him, he tries to give answers within a reasonable range.

This makes this group of people who usually do not engage in art or mingle in the lights and wine, can't help but mutter in their hearts.

They think this person is too well-educated?

Why is he so good-looking just sitting there?

They are embarrassed to make jokes about him.

Finally, they evaluate him in their hearts.

Such a person married at a young age, and it was unknown whether it was a good thing for Chu Qinbai or a bad thing for himself.

When Zhou Sheng was surrounded, Chu Qinbai received a call and went out.

When he came back, he was stopped by Qu Ruyi and Chen Musong at the window sill.

Qu Ruyi gave him a glass of wine, raised his chin and said with a smile: "What's going on?"

"What's going on." Chu Qinbai reached out to take the wine and took a sip, "He has lost his memory."

The other two almost spit out their wine.

Chen Musong: "Why does this sound so ridiculous?"

Qu Ruyi hugged her waist with one hand, leaned on the windowsill, shook the cup leisurely and said: "But I don't think Zhou Sheng is pretending, and didn't you notice? Just now downstairs, I saw that he seemed to want to hide it for him, Chu Qinbai. If this wasn't amnesia, I would suspect that it was true love."

Chu Qinbai: "You and Chen Musong, if you two were together, it would be more like true love than us."

"You insulted both of us at once."

Chu Qinbai pretended not to hear and asked Qu Ruyi: "Did you just deal with those people downstairs?"

"It's a small matter, just a group of little hooligans." Qu Ruyi pulled the corner of his mouth indifferently, and asked Chu Qinbai: "By the way, were you asking about solving your own problem just now, or solving it for the one inside?"

Chu Qinbai glanced over: "Is there a difference?"

"Then the difference is huge."

Chu Qinbai remembered the sentence, why did you come down if you had nothing to do.

He said in a light tone: "He doesn't need me to solve it for him."

Qu Ruyi: "You are very sarcastic."

Chu Qinbai looked over, "Do you have any misunderstanding about sarcastic?"

From being brought to this place by Xu Ling and his gang after work, to meeting Chu Qinbai, and being held by Pan Tiantian and the others. Zhou Sheng wanted to leave at eight o'clock, but was forced to leave until ten o'clock in the evening.

Xiaolin's car was waiting downstairs.

A group of people insisted on sending him and Chu Qinbai away first.

Especially two boys who were not in the entertainment industry and took over the family business.

After a brief exchange with Zhou Sheng, his liking for him doubled, and he kept saying: "Brother Sheng, you must come to the next party."

"You have already added our contact information. You don't need to go through Brother Chu next time. He is very busy. Anyway, you are in Lancheng. Let's make an appointment when you are free on the weekend."

Zhou Sheng did not refuse and nodded: "Okay."

He got in the car and closed the door.

Xiao Lin was not driving a nanny car today, but one of the white Lincolns in Chu Qinbai's private garage.

The interior space and structure are more comfortable.

Xiao Lin turned around and saw Zhou Sheng, and said: "Mr. Zhou is here too? I thought Brother Chu was alone."

"Coincidentally." Zhou Sheng smiled and lowered his head to fasten his seat belt.

It should be said that with so many people watching, Chu Qinbai did not do anything to let him go back by himself.

Moreover, the two of them did not have any deep hatred. His friends thought it was natural for the two of them to go back together. They still maintained the proper respect.

At this point, the car was driving at night, and even the city was quiet.

Chu Qinbai hugged his arms as if he was sleeping. Zhou

Sheng supported his arms and looked at the neon lights outside the window.

After driving for less than ten minutes, the car slowly stopped.

Zhou Sheng found that the bridge ahead was jammed with cars.

"Is it a traffic light?" Zhou Sheng asked.

Xiaolin stretched his neck to look forward and said, "It shouldn't be. I used to take this road often. It shouldn't be so jammed at this point."

After stopping here, the car really stopped moving.

Xiaolin muttered and took out his mobile phone to check.

After a minute, he turned back and said, "It's impossible to pass ahead."

"What's going on?"

"The notice just released said that a truck ahead hit the guardrail and is being repaired. I don't know what it will take to pass." Xiaolin turned to Chu Qinbai and asked, "Brother Chu, Donghu and your apartment are both in this direction. Should we continue to wait or what should we do?"

Chu Qinbai didn't know when he opened his eyes.

He paused for two seconds and said, "Go to Xiyuan."

No matter where this Xiyuan is, Zhou Sheng knew that this was not the place to go back to.

He turned to Chu Qinbai and said, "I have to go to work tomorrow."

Chu Qinbai looked over, his eyes dark under the brim of his hat without any sign of sleep, he slowly said, "So?"

"My clothes are all at home."

"I'll find someone to buy new ones."

Zhou Sheng was speechless with such a rough and simple answer.

Finally he asked, "Where is Xiyuan?"

"Where my grandma lives." Chu Qinbai answered straightforwardly, and then added, "I remind you, when you go to Xiyuan, you should act good. This is one of the conditions for you to live in Donghu."

Zhou Sheng thought, it's finally here.

He didn't think there was anything wrong, it was normal to go to other people's homes, nodded, "I know, anything else?"

"What else do you want?"

"Something else I need to pay attention to."

"You are very self-conscious."

Zhou Sheng didn't want to talk to him anymore, it was simply impossible to communicate.

The car was quiet again.

Xiao Lin drove the car into the forked road and turned around. Half an hour later, he calculated the distance and remembered something and asked Zhou Sheng, "Is Xiyuan far from Mr. Zhou's workplace? How does Mr. Zhou usually go to work?"

Zhou Sheng: "Take a taxi."

"Ah?" Xiao Lin seemed surprised. "Take a taxi?"

Zhou Sheng was a little surprised. "Is there any problem? Mrs. Zhang said this is the most convenient way. Others go to work this way."

Xu Chao's proposal to be his driver was rejected by him on the first day.

He has been going back and forth like this these days. Although he has learned about modern prices, he feels that the daily toll is really expensive.

Moreover, he is not used to mobile payment. Although he does not have much money, he is still used to carrying cash on him.

Xiao Lin was suddenly embarrassed by what he said.

He murmured, "I just didn't expect it."

I didn't expect that someone like Mr. Zhou would also take a taxi to work.

Chu Qinbai didn't know when he opened his eyes again. He looked at Zhou Sheng and asked, "Are you so poor that you have to sell your car?"

"No." Zhou Sheng shook his head, "I can't drive."

Chu Qinbai: "Where is your driver's license?"

Zhou Sheng said again: "I just forgot how to drive."

It's not that you can't drive without a driver's license.

Chu Qinbai seemed speechless.

He said indifferently: "Not everyone takes a taxi to work. Ordinary people take the bus and subway to work."

"Subway?" Zhou Sheng was still too unfamiliar with the new world, and asked in surprise: "Tram?"

The tram with a copper bell was one of the few public transportation tools besides the train in Zhou Sheng's memory. It was rare

in the past.

So he couldn't help but blurt it out.

Chu Qinbai looked at him without saying anything.

Xiaolin remembered that Mr. Zhou had forgotten a lot of things, and explained for Chu Qinbai: "It's the railway transportation that runs underground. The bus is on the road, very similar to the passenger car, and it's very cheap. The most is only three or four yuan."

The cognition was refreshed again.

Zhou Sheng had to spend dozens of dollars on the road every day.

He couldn't help but sigh: "It's really cheap."

Chu Qinbai: "Let Xiaolin take you tomorrow morning."

Zhou Sheng shook his head: "No, I'm going to take the subway tomorrow."

Chu Qinbai: "..."

Chapter 14

Xiyuan is not similar to the villa area in Donghu. It is a modern Chinese courtyard. The car entered the gate and drove for a long time before stopping in front of a large double-opening red wooden door with carved lacquer.

Because they had called in advance, three or four people were waiting outside early. The

one in the front was an old lady with gray hair wearing a brocade shawl.

She had her hair done meticulously, and wore pearl and jade earrings, with a very elegant temperament.

Feng Caijiao, Chu Qinbai's grandmother.

As the mistress of the scholarly Qin family, she lost her husband in middle age and her daughter in old age, but fate did not defeat her. She almost raised her only grandson Chu Qinbai by herself after he was ten years old, and they had a special relationship.

At this moment, she saw someone getting off the car.

She came up to him, looked up at his face and said, "You've lost weight."

Chu Qinbai put one hand around the old woman's shoulders, then smiled and said, "Every time you see me, you say I've lost weight. If I really had lost weight, Aunt Zhang would have come here to complain to you."

"What are you talking about? You'll be in the deep mountains and forests for several months when filming. Even if she wants to complain, she has to see you." The old lady patted his arm and asked, "Didn't you say you'd come in two days? Why didn't you tell me earlier that you were coming so suddenly?"

"Unexpected." Chu Qinbai replied.

The old lady's attention was originally on Chu Qinbai.

After saying a few words, she noticed the person who came down from the other side of the car door a step slower.

The old lady didn't wear glasses, and it was dark, so she hesitated: "Who is this?"

Zhou Sheng turned the car around.

Following Chu Qinbai, she called, "Grandma."

The old lady didn't speak for a while.

Behind her were a few old people from the Qin family who had been with her for many years. When they heard the name, they probably knew who it was, and the atmosphere on the scene was a little stagnant.

The old lady already had an idea in her mind.

She had never seen Zhou Sheng before. One of the reasons was that Chu Qinbai had never brought him, but more importantly, she didn't want to see him at all.

Her daughter died early after marrying Chu Jianxiong, and this was a knot in her heart that she would never get over. Chu Qinbai and his son had turned against each other. After so many years, they still got married for the Chu family.

The old lady didn't say anything, but she was extremely angry in her heart.

She was angry at Chu Jianxiong, and even more angry at Chu Qinbai himself.

She was angry that he inherited his father's ruthlessness and his mother's persistence, and didn't take his marriage seriously.

But the child she brought with her understood him best, so she couldn't bear to be angry with him all the time. If she couldn't stop him, she might as well not see him. If she didn't see him, she would just pretend that nothing had happened.

The old lady's expression suddenly faded a lot.

Probably because of her family background, she couldn't do anything to stop people from going outside.

She held the arm of Mrs. Li at home and turned around: "Since you are here, come in."

Zhou Sheng fell behind.

Chu Qinbai waited for him to come forward, looked at the back of the old man in front of him, and then said: "She is not targeting you." He

didn't explain anything else.

Zhou Sheng shook his head.

He said that he didn't take it to heart.

The two of them stepped into the gate of Xiyuan one after the other.

She couldn't see clearly outside the gate just now, but now she saw the two of them standing together. Mrs. Li, who had just come to ask them what they wanted to eat in the evening, couldn't help but be stunned.

She thought that the old lady was worrying too much.

The two of them looked very compatible.

Mrs. Li had been with the old lady since she was a girl, and sometimes she didn't care so much when she spoke. Now she said to Chu Qinbai and Zhou Sheng: "It's rare for you to come, and it's the first time for Zhou Sheng. Tonight, accompany the old lady to have a good meal. Don't look at her as a strong person when she was young, she is actually the softest."

Then she looked at Chu Qinbai again: "Especially you, Qinbai, you are still so unreliable even after getting married. If the old lady is upset, you should have brought someone to see her."

Chu Qinbai was taught a lesson.

He said: "Now we're seeing each other."

Mrs. Li scolded him, "Such rude words, if the old lady hears it, she will scold you."

Now it was Zhou Sheng's turn to be embarrassed.

He didn't think it was a big deal at first, but after hearing this, it made him seem like he had come to see his elders on purpose.

He leaned slightly towards Chu Qinbai, "I didn't bring any gifts."

Chu Qinbai glanced at him, "No need, who would visit someone in the middle of the night."

Zhou Sheng often said he had nothing to say to him.

He thought that this man really didn't know how to write the word "rules".

The Zhou family itself was a family of scholars, so Zhou Sheng was not surprised to see the Qin family's furnishings filled with antiques and calligraphy and paintings. The only thing that surprised him was that such a maternal family could raise a rebellious person like Chu Qinbai.

This made him more curious about the Chu family members he had never met.

Sister Li and the others were busy preparing food.

Chu Qinbai was sitting idly in the hall.

After the old lady served the fruits, she looked at Zhou Sheng, who seemed very quiet sitting aside, paused, and put the plate directly in front of him.

Zhou Sheng was a little surprised, and quickly reached out to help take it, smiling: "Thank you, grandma."

The old lady was stunned, stood up and gathered her shawl, "Eat more, this pomegranate was just bought this morning."

Zhou Sheng naturally would not refuse the old man's kindness.

He took a big red pomegranate and peeled it.

Out of courtesy, Zhou Sheng just peeled out the red flesh inside and handed it to the side, "Do you want to eat it?"

Chu Qinbai looked at the pomegranate and his face, "No."

Zhou Sheng said, "Oh," and took his hand back.

The old lady standing next to him saw this scene, and her expression somehow eased.

Then she said to Chu Qinbai: "Why are you just looking at it? It's not a piece of wood, help peel it."

Chu Qinbai obviously didn't treat the old lady the same as he did other people.

Reaching out to take it, Zhou Sheng turned away.

Chu Qinbai: "...What for?"

Zhou Sheng lowered his head and peeled the flesh one by one, put it in the plate on the coffee table, and slowly said: "I'll do it myself."

Chu Qinbai looked at his profile, and somehow remembered the way he counted the pills that morning.

"Do you have a fetish for granular things?"

Zhou Sheng looked over, not knowing why.

Chu Qinbai: "Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Zhou Sheng thought, puzzled.

After all, it was not dinner time. When dinner was served, everyone simply ate and put down their chopsticks.

After dinner, the old lady was used to writing or painting for a while.

There was a table and rice paper in the small side hall.

Zhou Sheng hadn't touched it for a long time, so he leaned over unconsciously.

The old lady noticed his arrival, but didn't say anything. Zhou Sheng just stood quietly by.

After finishing a painting of peony, Zhou Sheng said, "Grandma's painting is painted with layers of colors, delicate brushstrokes, and even more subtle details. It uses fine brushwork to the extreme."

The old lady looked at him in surprise, and then said, "After all, you have been painting for decades. You don't sound like a layman. Have you learned it?"

"Not really." Zhou Sheng smiled, "I just know a little bit."

The old lady immediately made way, became interested, and laid a new layer of rice paper and said, "Try it."

Zhou Sheng didn't refuse.

He hadn't painted for a long time, but he didn't seem to be unfamiliar with it.

Zhou Sheng sketched a landscape painting.

From the simple outline of the rocks at the beginning, to a little bit of clarity.

Zhou Sheng was a little into the state, so he didn't see the old lady's frequent glances at him, and he didn't notice that not only Li Sao and the others came in to join in the fun in the small side hall, but Chu Qinbai also leaned against the window frame at some point.

Until the last stroke.

In the lower left corner, a traditional Chinese character.

The old lady looked at the painting and murmured, "It's not difficult to use fine brushwork to the extreme, but it's difficult to use the implicit artistic conception of winning more with less. The strokes are accurate, and the meaning is in the brush. You know more than just a little bit."

Counting it up, Zhou Sheng's painting age is indeed not low.

But he never thought he was a natural talent, but his mother forced him to learn when he was young.

On the contrary, it was the years later when no one forced him.

He occasionally had some free time, but he felt more comfortable with it than before.

The old lady immediately picked up the painting, smiled brightly for the first time, and looked at Zhou Sheng: "I really like this painting, are

you willing to give it up?" "That's too much." Zhou Sheng was a little flattered, "It's great that you like it."

Sister Li and the others beside him didn't understand.

But everyone knows that a painting by Feng Caijiao is hard to come by now.

If she says it's good, it must be very good.

Sister Li took the painting carefully and asked the old lady: "Hang it up?"

The old lady looked around and said, "Then hang it in the main hall."

The paintings that can be hung in the main hall of the Qin family's house are all masterpieces.

Zhou Sheng is not without vision. He immediately felt that it was inappropriate and stopped her, "Grandma, this is not appropriate."

"What's inappropriate about this." Feng Caijiao's eyes turned on Zhou Sheng's face, and she said meaningfully: "Looking at paintings can best see a person's character. There are ravines in the heart. Your broad mind is rare nowadays."

Zhou Sheng was uncomfortable for the first time when someone said that.

He turned his head carelessly and met Chu Qinbai's eyes who was leaning against the window.

Chu Qinbai saw him looking at him, so he stood up and walked over slowly with his hands in his pockets.

He also tilted his head to look at the painting, and said directly to Mrs. Li: "Hang it up, be careful."

Mrs. Li said, took the painting and directed people out.

Zhou Sheng stepped aside and asked Chu Qinbai: "Do you want a painting?"

Feng Caijiao immediately said: "Don't ask him, let alone Chinese painting, elementary school students can paint better than him. Usually he would rather do something like fighting or diving, and can't sit at the desk honestly for half an hour." Zhou Sheng was

a little amused.

Chu Qinbai maintained that look and said: "Of course, who can be as cultured as you."

"You are not a decent person!" Feng Caijiao laughed and scolded.

After a simple joke, the old lady turned to Zhou Sheng and said: "By the way, although I am old, I can't take your things for free. Look around this room and see if there is anything you like, I'll give it to you."

This small side hall is surrounded by window panes, and any object on it is priceless.

Of course Zhou Sheng couldn't really take it.

But he did take a fancy to something on the top of the wall grid.

Chu Qinbai followed his gaze and said, "You have a good eye. It's a colorful porcelain from the Ming Dynasty."

Zhou Sheng shook his head, "No."

Chu Qinbai: "Do you think it's a fake?"

"Of course not." Zhou Sheng retracted his gaze, "I mean I won't take it. I just want to ask if there is any way to purchase it. I'll give it as a gift."

Chu Qinbai frowned, "Do you know what antique means?"

Zhou Sheng glared at him.

"Do I look stupid?"

Chu Qinbai nodded, "Indeed, you look more like an antique than that bottle. You are a person who thinks taxis are too expensive, but you are buying Ming Dynasty porcelain. I'm curious about who is worthy of your generosity."

Zhou Sheng didn't argue with him.

He picked up the things on the table.

He was quite honest, "Do you know him."

"I know him?"

Zhou Sheng: "President Shengyu, your brother, Chu Xuming."

Chu Qinbai knew the reason as soon as he thought about it.

He decided to take back what he said to Fan Xuan that the Zhou family had bad eyesight.

Looking at the man who was concentrating on washing the brush, Chu Qinbai said, "He never accepts bribes."

"Mr. Chu." Zhou Sheng stopped what he was doing and looked up. "There is a term in this world called a meeting gift. It is indeed a plus point to win favor by catering to someone's preferences, but the cooperation must be due to suitability, not gifts. Please do not use the term "bribery" to describe dirty deals."

Chu Qinbai looked at him for two seconds.

He sneered, "You have a lot of problems. Do you think you are dirty when you say you bribed?"

Zhou Sheng walked around the desk, hung up the brush, and nodded with satisfaction, "That's right. I am not as knowledgeable as Mr. Chu who has been in the entertainment industry for many years."

Chu Qinbai put his hands on the table and bent down to close the distance.

"You like to scold me in a roundabout way now, right?"

"You are said to be knowledgeable." Zhou Sheng raised his eyes and blamed him lightly, "How can you be so ungrateful."

☆ 16. Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Chu Qinbai, who was scolded for not knowing what was good for him, rarely showed his dissatisfaction.

That is, after Zhou Sheng went upstairs to take a shower, he stood in front of the landscape painting in the living room for about ten minutes.

Feng Caijiao couldn't bear to watch it.

She walked to his side and also looked at the painting and said, "What? Someone gave me a painting as a gift, and you can't bear to part with it. You want to take it down and hang it up?"

Chu Qinbai retracted his gaze and looked at the old lady.

He chuckled softly, "I thought you were very unhappy to see him."

"Are you deliberately making fun of me?" The old lady glanced at her grandson, raised her hand to brush her hair, with a nostalgic look in her eyes, and said slowly, "I didn't know him before, and the eldest son of the Zhou family is famous. How happy do you think I can be? But now it seems that rumors are just rumors." The old lady raised her chin towards the painting on the wall, "It's true that he has intentions in his heart. I have seen this kind of heart in your grandfather back then."

Chu Qinbai's grandfather, Qin Huaisheng, is a person who many people today would sigh that God is jealous of talents when they mention this name.

He was born in a famous family and was very talented and famous since he was a child. He

is a rare person with a pure heart.

He devoted his life to calligraphy and painting, and all his gifts and income were donated anonymously, and countless students across the country were funded to complete their studies.

Such a person, who was only forty years old, passed away early due to illness.

Chu Qinbai put his arm around the old lady's shoulder: "Do you miss him?"

"It's been decades, what do you mean by missing him?" The old lady was a very open-minded person, otherwise she wouldn't have come this far. She just looked at the tall man in front of her who was becoming more and more calm, patted his hand and said: "Don't blame me for being too talkative, I have a sharp eye. Your grandfather is such a peaceful person, but I think the child of the Zhou family must have had a hard time. How can ordinary people cultivate that kind of temperament? I don't think he is in good health, so don't use your bad habits on others, do you hear me?"

Chu Qinbai didn't speak.

He just moved his eyes from the painting to the desk next to him.

There was a single photo frame there, which was a photo of Feng Caijiao and Qin Huaisheng, who were only in their twenties, and Qin Ruo, their only daughter, in her arms.

The old lady thought he was unwilling to listen to advice.

He then looked over and said, "Your mother, when she was a child, we sent her to learn piano and ballet to enrich herself, but we forgot to teach her how to choose a suitable person. She insisted on being a star, and no matter how dazzling she was on stage, her meeting with Chu Jianxiong was the source of all tragedies. You should understand this lesson. No matter what the reason for your marriage, since you are married, don't be too harsh on each other. I think Zhou Sheng is a good child."

Chu Qinbai suppressed all his emotions.

He smiled again, "You completely turned against me after just one meeting, and said that I was bullying you. Ms. Feng Caijiao, aren't you too easy to buy?"

"Did I say anything wrong?"

The old lady glared at him and said, "Don't think that I'm old and don't know anything. Look at what you do outside. You're in the news every other day, and you're still unclear with some people. If this goes on, nothing will become something, and it will be too late for you to explain then."

"Explain to Zhou Sheng?" Chu Qinbai laughed, "It's unnecessary, and he may not be willing to listen."

"What kind of talk is that!" The old lady patted him, "You can't think that a person with a good temper doesn't take anything to heart. Marriage needs to be managed. Do you have a mouth just to curse people?"

Chu Qinbai felt a headache.

The old lady usually saw him for a few days after a long time.

This time, she couldn't even last a whole night.

And Zhou Sheng has a good temper?

Fortunately, no one else saw the way he opened his mouth and said insulting words just now.

Chu Qinbai's eyes then swept to the wall again.

He thought, this is not the only thing, there are more and more strange things about this man's amnesia.

That night, Chu Qinbai had two guest rooms prepared.

Although Mrs. Li was wondering why they didn't live together since they were married, she guessed that young people might think it was not appropriate to live with an old man, so she didn't ask much.

The next day, Zhou Sheng got up at dawn.

Because he had to get up early to go to work.

And he really wanted to take the subway, not only because of curiosity, but also for convenience in the future.

Upon hearing what he said, the old lady immediately asked someone to wake up Chu Qinbai who was still sleeping.

The words went like this, "Since he doesn't have a job anyway, let him take you there, and experience the life of a normal person by the way."

"He lives a normal life." Zhou Sheng wanted to go alone.

The old lady said, "How can this be normal? I almost had to delay my university graduation. I started filming when I was a teenager. After I became famous, there were always many people following me. Especially in acting, I don't know whether it's the experience school or the skill school. I live other people's lives all day long, so I don't have my own space. A lot of people praise me and I live like I can't take care of myself . It's not right."

Zhou Sheng didn't understand the lives of these stars, so he had no choice but to take someone who couldn't take care of himself out. Of

course, someone's face was so ugly.

He was obviously not awake.

Wearing a casual white T-shirt, he was swaying behind him with his hands in his pockets.

After walking for about ten minutes from Xiyuan, Zhou Sheng found the subway entrance on the mobile phone map.

Before entering, Zhou Sheng turned around and said, "The old man is not here now. Call Xiaolin to pick you up."

"No need." Chu Qin's sleepy eyelids slightly lifted up, "One direction, I'll take the subway back to Donghu directly."

Zhou Sheng had no reason to stop people from taking anything back, so he led the way in.

After entering, the two stood inside and were silent at the same time.

There were too many people.

The bustling flow of people getting up early to go to work was very exaggerated.

The ground staff held a loudspeaker and directed people to go inside. The crowd was shoulder to shoulder. Some people were probably in a hurry and ran past quickly with their bags. Most people moved slowly inside, talking or looking down at their phones.

This scene was indeed a bit shocking.

Zhou Sheng's first reaction was to look at Chu Qinbai.

Fortunately, he was wearing a black mask.

Zhou Sheng didn't notice it at all. Even so, the eyes of the people around him were still looking at them vaguely. The

temperament of the two people was really different from the people next to them, and standing together, it was inevitable to attract people's attention.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Sheng successfully squeezed into the subway.

For this kind of underground transportation, Zhou Sheng didn't even have time to look at it, and he was squeezed and unable to move.

"Is it like this every day?" Zhou Sheng asked with difficulty.

I don't know who he asked, but it caused a young girl standing next to him with a backpack to look at him. I found that he was a handsome man in formal clothes with outstanding temperament, and immediately said: "This is the most crowded Line 5 in Lancheng. It's rush hour now, and there must be a lot of people."

After the girl said that, she was hesitating whether to ask for the phone number.

The subway started moving.

The girl watched the handsome guy sway for a moment, and then another hand grabbed his arm.

The girl looked up along his arm.

Oh wow, another handsome guy.

Although he was dressed casually, with his hair half covering his eyes and a mask so his whole face couldn't be seen. But he was a little taller than the handsome guy next to him, with broad shoulders and long legs. He was hanging on the ring with one hand, and the hand holding someone's arm showed some sexy blue veins.

The girl was 100% sure that this man's face was not bad after examining countless handsome guys.

Moreover, no matter how he looked at it, he felt a little familiar?

Zhou Sheng used his strength to stand firm and looked at Chu Qinbai.

"Thank you." He let out a breath.

Chu Qinbai let go of his hand and gave him a neutral look.

"Is it fun to take the subway?" he asked.

Zhou Sheng said seriously: "I'm going to work."

"I'll give it to you." Chu Qinbai sneered, "You have a car but you don't want to take it, but you have to come and experience the human meat sandwich?"

Zhou Sheng stared at his eyes for two seconds and preached: "Don't be so squeamish. So many other people can sit, why can't we sit?"

Chu Qinbai laughed angrily: "I'm squeamish?"

Zhou Sheng didn't argue with him, "No, you're just in a bad mood after waking up."

The girl who had been listening silently for a long time was faintly excited.

After confirming for a long time, she finally mustered up the courage to ask: "Hello, are you Chu Qinbai?"

Zhou Sheng was stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect that he would be recognized like this.

He immediately denied it for him, "Sorry..."

Before he finished speaking, everyone around him turned back and looked here.

Zhou Sheng completely understood how much he underestimated the influence of the name Chu Qinbai.

Chu Qinbai remained calm in the face of everyone's gaze.

In the end, he simply hummed, which was considered an admission.

All the mobile phones were raised at once.

Some people turned on the flashlight.

Zhou Sheng immediately regretted it, thinking that he should not have let Chu Qinbai in just now.

The next second, Zhou Sheng felt someone pressing on the back of his head.

Chu Qinbai made him turn around with a gesture, and whispered in his ear: "Don't look back."

Zhou Sheng was forced to turn around, and could only see Chu Qinbai's back from the corner of his eye. He was silent for a while.

An hour later, Zhou Sheng approached Zhou's building as usual.

The receptionist was standing there, and when he saw him, he smiled and greeted him: "Mr. Zhou, good morning."

"Good morning." Zhou Sheng nodded and went upstairs.

Xiao Xu, the staff member in charge of external relations during this period, walked to his side. Zhou Sheng took out the documents in his briefcase and handed them over, asking: "Has Shengyu replied?"

"Yes, it's Wednesday."

Zhou Sheng nodded, "Okay, I'll visit on Wednesday, and I'll prepare the gifts. Give me your plan before 2 pm. If there are no problems, we can start implementing it next week."

Zhou Sheng didn't talk nonsense when he was working, his instructions were clear, and his expression was precise. Unlike those leaders who made a bunch of messy requirements and couldn't get down to business at all. He is clear-headed in every step, and when he talks to others, you know that he is in full control. This is the basic impression of him by those who have worked with him these days.

He has only been in Zhou's company for a short time.

But many people know that once the cooperation with Shengyu is really reached, the position of general manager is inevitable.

But the atmosphere in the office space this morning was a bit strange.

Although there were still more than ten minutes before the official start of work, everyone was gathered together to discuss something.

Xiao Xu looked at Zhou Sheng's face next to him.

He wanted to draw their attention, so he asked, "What are you doing?"

The colleague turned around and saw Zhou Sheng there, and didn't think anything was wrong.

Although they knew that his status was different from that of ordinary employees, working with him was a very easy and efficient thing.

In addition, he has a good temper. Even though he rarely participates in their daily topics, everyone is still happy to share with him if they see anything interesting.

Immediately, a colleague held up his phone and said, "I'm reading gossip. Actor Chu is on the headlines."

"Look at this Weibo entry."

"Chu Qinbai on the subway."

"I ran into Chu Qinbai by chance."

"Chu Qinbai's private clothes."

"On how down-to-earth a star can be."

Someone sighed, "My brother Chu's popularity never disappoints."

Others beat their chests and stamped their feet, "I also took this route this morning, why didn't I have such good luck."

No one noticed that Zhou Sheng paused slightly when Chu Qinbai's name came out.

A few seconds later, he took out his phone.

Because he hadn't touched the original contents of this phone, Zhou Sheng searched for a long time before finding a blank chat box with the note "Dear Husband" followed by a string of red lips, peach hearts and other patterns.

The avatar was a photo of a polar landscape.

Zhou Sheng paused for several seconds and tried to send a message.

"Are you home?"

A big red exclamation mark was sent.

☆ 17. Chapter 16

Chapter 16

In the office on the 23rd floor of Chu Qinbai's studio building, which is only two streets away from Zhou's, Fan Xuan swiped the interface of her mobile phone. After a while, she put her mobile phone on the desk with a thud and looked up at the several employees standing in front of the desk.

"Where is he?" Sister Fan asked.

One of the staff members shook his head: "I haven't contacted him yet. Brother Chu doesn't like to use his mobile phone when he is on vacation."

"Keep calling him!" Fan Xuan stood up from her office chair and then ordered: "In addition, notify Shengkai to monitor the public opinion on the Internet to prevent the opponent from buying black hot searches."

"I know, Sister Fan."

Several people responded in succession.

Fan Xuan looked around the office.

"Chen Dengdeng is not here either?"

"Brother Chu is on vacation, so she took a break with him.

She hasn't come to the office these days." "Call her and ask her to go to Donghu to find someone. By the way, notify Chu Qinbai that his vacation is over early." Fan Xuan said, and she got angry unconsciously: "Do you really think you are an ordinary person? You go to take the subway for no reason. You are bored!"

Because this incident was not a particularly bad news.

Even though Sister Fan was very angry, the atmosphere of the team was not tense.

Some people even laughed and said, "Actually, I don't think there's anything wrong with it. People always think that the lives of celebrities are far from ordinary people. Brother Chu rarely takes public activities. He likes to hide when he joins the group. This can actually narrow the distance between him and his fans."

"Forget it." Someone on the side couldn't help but say, "Have you forgotten the things that happened to illegitimate children a few years ago? If Brother Chu hadn't issued a death order to stop it, there might have been more trouble."

A staff member was also looking at his phone.

"It's always bad if it gets out of hand." He suddenly said, "Do you think this person looks familiar?"

Several people followed him.

It was a chat Weibo account with a little fan base.

The content of the Weibo post read: It's not difficult to recognize the great actor Chu, but it's difficult that no one has noticed this high-quality handsome guy? There are

also many comments below.

——Three minutes, I want to know this person's phone number.

——Although I can't see his full face, the height of his nose is enough to make me fall.

——Everyone is paying attention to Chu Qinbai, this handsome guy is really hard to find with the actor Chu in the corner, where did you get the photo?

——No front view, bad review.

The picture was taken at a tricky angle.

Others might not associate him with Chu Qinbai, but people in his team, especially the old people who have been with Chu Qinbai for a long time, have seen Zhou Sheng.

Although he has changed a lot from a year ago, Chen Dengdeng reports in the group every day.

It is not difficult to recognize him.

Sister Fan immediately took the phone over.

After confirming that it was Zhou Sheng, she reacted for a few seconds and said, "Contact the public relations department and pay special attention to the fermentation of this news. The three words Chu Qinbai are too popular today. Anything related to them may be brought to the hot search. Let them pay attention to guidance and must not let public opinion expand."

"What about Brother Chu himself?"

Fan Xuan said coldly: "This is not the point. It doesn't matter if he brings up his previous black history. Isn't he still black material enough?"

Everyone else dared not speak. After

assigning the tasks, everyone went to work urgently.

Sister Fan walked back and forth between the floor-to-ceiling window and the desk twice, and finally took out her phone and found Zhou Sheng's phone number. She clicked to dial and hung up immediately in less than a second.

How could Chu Qinbai appear in the subway station with Zhou Sheng?

As a qualified agent, she must always keep track of the artist's whereabouts, especially their emotional status.

How many big names are now overturning their private lives.

In Fan Xuan's view, Chu Qinbai's past marriage with Zhou Sheng is the biggest black material.

She eliminates all possibilities of exposure.

But she suddenly remembered Zhou Sheng who had just been discharged from the hospital and came to this office last time, and in the photo, he could still be captured at a glance under Chu Qinbai's aura.

She can no longer call him as she did before and ask him to fulfill the confidentiality agreement.

It's not just an inappropriate question.

She felt it was a bit too offensive.

The word offensive would never appear in Fan Xuan's mind before, at least not to Zhou Sheng. But I don't know why, now when she goes to him with this kind of thing, she becomes the one who feels awkward and uncomfortable.

The angry agent Fan.

He immediately called Chu Qinbai again.

After the message beep, she said directly: "Where are you? You are blocked by fans in the toilet and can't get out? You have three hours to call me back. Do you know how much trouble you have caused? I told you before not to make trouble and let me know from the news. But you are so good, a one-day subway tour, and the whole company has activated the emergency plan. I said, can you notify me first next time? Oh, by the way, and Zhou Sheng, what is going on with you two now? Husband and husband adventure trip? I warn you Chu Qinbai, if you do this again, you will have no agent!"

When Chu Qinbai heard this, he was sitting in the top floor office of Shengyu Group.

The mobile phone had just been charged and a message bombarded.

The long black leather sofa was placed facing the huge floor-to-ceiling window. Chu Qinbai sat on it, with his elbows on his knees, and casually flipped through the messages on his mobile phone.

Chu Xuming came over with a cup of coffee and said: "Your agent's temper is still the same as a few years ago."

"She just has no place to vent her anger." Chu Qinbai raised his head and reached out to take the cup.

Chu Xuming is over 35 years old, and his

height is not much different from Chu Qinbai. But the two brothers don't have many similarities in appearance.

Chu Qinbai's appearance is more inherited from his mother Qin Ruo, while Chu Xuming is much more low-key, with a kind of sophistication and stability in the ups and downs of the business world. At this moment, he sat down next to him, took a look at his younger brother, and asked: "It's already rare for you to come to the company, why are you still taking the subway? I saw it was a big deal in the news."

Chu Qinbai: "The place where I was forced to get off the station is just the closest to here."

Chu Xuming laughed: "I said. I thought you had a change of heart and came to see me, but it turns out that you really ran here to hide from people."

Chu Qinbai put down the cup and looked around the office.

Chu Xuming asked: "How is it? Is the decoration okay? If you are willing to come to the company, I will immediately vacate it for you."

Chu Qinbai didn't respond at all, just said: "Is this your first day as my big brother?"

Chu Xuming showed a little resentment.

"I thought you didn't want to call me big brother anymore."

Chu Qinbai looked over and said, "Do you dare to show this to the employees in the office, Mr. Chu?"

"But you are not my subordinate, you are my brother Chu Xuming."

The two brothers looked at each other and understood each other tacitly.

Their relationship with the same father and mother is far from what the outside world speculates, with many conflicts and fights in the wealthy families. On the contrary, Chu Xuming is the only one in the Chu family who can barely speak in front of Chu Qinbai, and he is occasionally willing to listen.

This friendship originated from the years when Qin Ruogang passed away, and it was basically this big brother who took care of him.

After a few seconds, Chu Qinbai said calmly: "The matter between Chu Jianxiong and I is not the same as yours."

Chu Xuming hesitated: "Dad..."

"Don't say it." Chu Qinbai interrupted, "If you are really my eldest brother, don't persuade me."

Chu Xuming sighed and really kept silent.

He knew this younger brother best. The third son of the famous Chu family in Lancheng was born with the rebelliousness in his bones.

Whether it was his eccentricity in his youth, or going against the family's philosophy and entering a highly watched industry, or drawing different dividing lines between father and son and brothers.

These are things that only Chu Qinbai can do.

Avoid the topic that the two no longer talked about.

Chu Xuming seemed to suddenly remember something and took a document from the drawer of his desk.

"What is this?" Chu Qinbai reached out and flipped through it.

Chu Xuming: "You happened to come today, so I thought you could take a look. This is the cooperation plan of Zhou's company, which is quite interesting."

Chu Qinbai paused when he heard that it was from Zhou Group, and then continued to flip through it.

He asked while flipping through it: "Have you decided to cooperate?"

"That's not the case." Chu Xuming did not hide anything from him and said directly: "You chose to cooperate with Zhou at the beginning, so you should know the situation of this company. The risk is too high. I am interested in their new plan this time. I don't know if they have changed people inside. It is completely different from their previous style."

Chu Qinbai knew Zhou very well, but he basically understood the situation.

If there is any change,

it is that someone has recently started working at Zhou.

Chu Qinbai looked at the plan with this thought in mind, and he saw some similarities with Zhou Sheng.

The same...conservative.

Chu Xuming was very interested and said, "You think so too, right? Instead of continuing to optimize emerging industries, it is taking the old traditional path. But it is special in this place. I have read the Western Strategic Plan. It is very well done. If it is implemented without any problems, the economic value it drives will reach an unpredictable number."

Chu Qinbai raised his eyes: "Is it rated so high?"

Chu Xuming smiled: "But this is just an estimate. The risk value is also to be predicted. The most important thing is..." Chu Xuming pointed at the documents on the table, "I have to see what kind of person can make this thing. Only a truly capable leader can implement the plan step by step and finally transform it into tangible benefits, rather than just talk on paper."

Chu Qinbai didn't know what he was thinking about, and suddenly laughed.

Chu Xuming didn't understand and felt strange.

"What are you laughing at?" he asked.

Chu Qinbai: "Do you like colorful porcelain?"

"What is it?"

Chu Xuming didn't react for a while.

Two seconds later, "Antiques?"

Chu Qinbai closed the folder with a click of a finger and looked at his elder brother, "I'm also very curious, when did you give yourself this kind of hobby label that only old people have, antique appreciation? Or is this a necessary skill for your CEO?" Chu

Xuming was quite speechless: "What necessary skills, it's just rumors outside, and besides, I don't know as much as you about antiques."

Chu Xuming asked again: "Why do you ask this?"

Chu Qinbai's meaning was unclear.

"Nothing, I met someone like you who doesn't know the goods at all, and someone is trying to flatter a donkey."

These words didn't sound good at first.

But thinking about it carefully, there was an indescribable feeling.

This led to the day when Chu Xuming actually received the things.

Looking at the completely unexpected person opposite.

He blurted out: "We are all family, and my sister-in-law is too polite."

☆ 18. Chapter 17

Chapter 17

The word "sister-in-law" shocked not only Zhou Sheng himself, but also his colleague Xiao Xu who came with him almost knocked over the table. His eyes swept back and forth between Zhou Sheng and the famous president of Shengyu opposite, and for a moment he couldn't figure out the relationship between them.

A family?

When did these two become relatives?

Zhou Sheng was quick to react, and pushed the complicated and exquisite wooden gift box to the opposite side as usual.

The other party took the initiative to get closer, so he naturally had no reason to rebuke him, and called him: "Big brother."

Then he continued: "This is just a little thought, and it also represents the sincerity of cooperation. I hope Big Brother will not refuse."

Chu Xuming looked at Zhou Sheng.

With deep meaning, he said: "I didn't expect that you would come, and you are... too different from what I expected."

Then he signaled the person next to him to accept the things.

With outsiders present, they tacitly did not go into this topic.

This is a tea room.

The location was also decided by Shengyu.

Chu Xuming looked at the person opposite him and stopped the waiter from helping him. He washed, warmed the cup, woke up the tea, and brewed the tea. He did every step skillfully and calmly. Sitting behind the curling hot steam, his every move was very pleasing to the eye.

When Zhou Sheng handed over the first cup of tea.

Chu Xuming couldn't help but ask, "Have you practiced it specially?"

"Yes." Zhou Sheng smiled and took his hand back. "The only thing about brewing tea is the utensils, water, temperature, and state of mind. I can't say I know much, but I know a little. Brother, try it."

Chu Xuming thought he had some vision in judging people. Those superiors who claim to have some cultural connotations love to make tea whenever they have nothing to do, as if they are so elegant. In fact, once you get to know them, you will know that they are not as knowledgeable as half a bucket.

But Zhou Sheng is different.

He seems to have cultivated this demeanor since he was a child in such an atmosphere and environment.

Not deliberately, not showing off.

He calls him brother, but he has no intention of taking advantage of this relationship.

He makes tea for his partners out of respect.

The sincerity and ease in dealing with people are not something that ordinary people can have.

When Chu Qinbai announced the marriage registration, the Chu family was in an uproar. As the eldest son of the Chu family and Chu Qinbai's brother, he had only one reason to oppose it.

Zhou Sheng was not a good person.

With a little inquiry, it was clear what kind of person the other party was.

But today, from the moment he walked in the door.

Everything was overturned.

Especially when Zhou Sheng talked about cooperation.

The depth of thinking and vision made him have to be convinced.

From goals to specific details, the two talked more and more speculative, and later the people around them began to look at each other in bewilderment. The person who was originally responsible for taking minutes of the meeting simply stopped taking notes later and just listened to them talk.

Talking about current affairs, situations, and development.

Four full hours passed and it was dark.

The two had only one feeling, that they were still not satisfied.

Zhou Sheng was surprised that a pure businessman like Chu Xuming actually had a passion that was almost sincere in his bones. Not to mention the present world, even in the past, money was the most important thing, and there were countless people who made money from national disasters. In the face of interests, a person's nature can be seen.

Chu Xuming was amazed at Zhou Sheng's pattern of looking at problems.

He was very tolerant, and he could extend countless ways and methods from a starting point. At the same time, he was good at discovering and listening. There were many things that Chu Xuming didn't even know.

For example, from the market production and monetary inflation of the last century, it was extended to the current era. He

was simply knowledgeable and could easily come up with countless cases.

Zhou Sheng had the ability to convince people.

Before coming, I just wanted to meet him, but Chu Xuming made the decision on the spot and said, "Zhou Sheng, I agree to the conditions. Tomorrow I will ask someone to send you the contract, and we will discuss the details later. If there is no problem, I think we will have more and deeper cooperation and exchange opportunities in the future."

"I am looking forward to it." Zhou Sheng smiled and shook hands with him.

Both parties were quite satisfied with the meeting.

So much so that the people around him forgot that when they first met in the afternoon, they were still entangled in the relationship between the two. What echoed in his mind was the clash between a judge who was in charge of a large group like Shengyu and a "rising star" who seemed to have risen in a short period of time.

When the people from both sides came out of the teahouse, it was almost nine o'clock.

Chu Xuming looked at his watch and asked Zhou Sheng's people: "How are you going back? Do you want me to ask the driver to take you back?"

"No, no."

Xiao Xu and the others waved their hands and quickly refused: "Don't bother Mr. Chu, we can go back by ourselves, it's still early now."

Chu Xuming did not force it.

When Zhou Sheng was the only one left, Chu Xuming took the initiative to invite him and said: "I'll take you back."

Zhou Sheng also wanted to refuse: "I..."

"Don't refuse." Chu Xuming raised his hand to stop him, took the lead in opening the car door, stood there and looked at him and smiled: "We are a family, let me, as the eldest brother, take you back, it's not too much, right?"

Zhou Sheng had nothing to say.

If it comes to business, he can handle it with ease, but if it comes to intimacy, he has no choice.

Zhou Sheng had to get in the car.

The two sat upright in the back seat of the car, and they were both relatively silent people in private.

No one spoke for a while.

Finally, Chu Xuming broke the atmosphere and asked, "I have never really cared about you. Are you and Qin Bai getting along well?"

Zhou Sheng looked over.

He didn't know whether the confidentiality regulations at the time included Chu's family.

But he had a good impression of Chu Xuming.

To be honest, "It's okay. We don't spend much time together."

To put it bluntly, they are not familiar with each other at all.

But Chu Xuming obviously didn't think so.

After hearing what Zhou Sheng said, he laughed.

"I know him. You can live under the same roof because you must tolerate him most."

Zhou Sheng shook his head and didn't admit it.

"It's not about who tolerates whom,"

Zhou Sheng said, "Mr. Chu... He is a person with a very distinct personality. Dealing with him is not a bad experience."

This is the truth.

A person who seems to be unforgiving in words and rarely suppresses his own ideas.

Often disdains some secretive tricks.

Zhou Sheng heard that he also got to his current position step by step.

In such a complicated circle, and staying at that height, words like simplicity and personality are obviously not suitable for him.

That can only be confidence.

He did not regard the Chu family as confidence.

Pride in his bones is the cornerstone, and his own ability is the key. Although Zhou Sheng had verbally insulted him for being ungrateful and implying that he was knowledgeable, he never denied that he did not dislike Chu Qinbai like that.

After being silent in the darkness for too long, it is easy to be dazzled by people like Chu Qinbai.

Chu Qinbai's world is like a reflective mirror.

Zhou Sheng can clearly see the contrast and difference between the two worlds in it, and can also see himself more clearly.

After 1937, he seldom showed himself as Zhou Sheng.

When he just woke up in the hospital bed, he was mentally and physically weak, and occasionally confused about who he was.

But now he is very clear.

He is Zhou Sheng.

Zhou Sheng who should have died in 1945.

This feeling of knowing more clearly that he really exists makes him feel unconsciously relaxed when facing Chu Qinbai. This is different from his state in Zhou's company, even in front of Chu Xuming, who had a good chat with him.

Chu Xuming looked at his profile for a long time without saying anything.

Realizing the unusual silence, Zhou Sheng tilted his head to ask.

Chu Xuming came back to his senses and spoke slowly: "I am actually very curious about how you two get along with each other with such different personalities."

Zhou Sheng hesitated: "Maybe, you often want to get a divorce?"

"This?!" Chu Xuming seemed to be shocked by his words, and hurriedly said: "Zhou Sheng, I know he is destined to be a single dog. Although I am surprised that you two are getting married, I have to admit that he is very lucky. I can't imagine who else would marry him except you."

Chu Xuming was very worried about this matter.

As if he thought this was not enough, he added: "He doesn't like others to meddle in his affairs, but if there is any problem between you, you can talk to me in private and I will talk to him for you."

Although he knew that their brotherly relationship should be good.

But Zhou Sheng was still more concerned about the other one.

Asked: "Single dog?"

Does this mean single?

Chu Xuming: "..."

Isn't this point a bit far off?

He looked at Zhou Sheng and felt that it seemed even more inappropriate to scold his brother in front of him. He

had to make up for it: "I didn't scold him, but just said that he has a bad temper and no one can stand him."

Zhou Sheng said softly with understanding, ending the topic.

President Chu looked at Zhou Sheng several times, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Zhou Sheng was puzzled: "What's wrong with big brother?"

Chu Xuming shook his head in a complicated way: "Nothing."

Chu Qinbai certainly has no shortage of people who like him. He has more than 60 million fans on Weibo alone.

But when it comes to marriage partners, Chu Xuming has never felt that anyone is suitable to stand with him for so many years. Now that he has finally gotten married, his partner is still such a person... who seems to be very outstanding in all aspects. If they

really get divorced, it

must be Chu Qinbai's problem.

Arrived at East Lake at 9:30.

Zhou Sheng invited Chu Xuming in for a seat out of courtesy.

Chu Xuming seemed not to be ready to go in at first, but then, for some reason, he got out of the car.

The two men entered the villa one after the other.

Just as he entered the living room, a person wearing slippers who seemed to have just woken up came down the stairs.

Zhou Sheng didn't quite understand this kind of work and rest.

He went to put his bag away and informed Mrs. Zhang that someone was coming to her house.

Chu Qinbai stood on the stairs, looking away from the back of the person who walked into the kitchen, met Chu Xuming's eyes, yawned and asked casually: "Why are you here?"

"Sleeping until now?" Chu Xuming frowned.

Chu Qinbai looked at him strangely, "I worked all last night and this morning, when did you care about my sleep time?"

Chu Qinbai said as he walked over to open the refrigerator.

He took out a can of beer and threw it to Chu Xuming.

Chu Xuming reached out to take it and looked at the kitchen. He

took two steps towards Chu Qinbai's position, then lowered his voice and said: "I think you are too cold to Zhou Sheng. Not only did you drive to pick him up at night, but you didn't even say hello when you came in. How can you be a husband at all?"

Chu Qinbai opened the ice beer with a bang and raised his head to take a sip.

Hearing this, he smiled incredulously.

He glanced at Chu Xuming: "No, I said you drank the magic potion?"

Chu Xuming: "What do you mean I drank the magic potion?"

"You didn't drink it, so you didn't talk nonsense today?"

Chu Xuming: "..."

This feeling of being angry has been long since I last saw it.

Chu Xuming: "Do you really want to divorce Zhou Sheng?"

Chu Qinbai glanced at him.

Asked: "Did he tell you?"

Chu Xuming: "I think he meant that both of you are willing."

Chu Qinbai looked cold: "I forgot to tell you one thing, there was a clause in the contract with Zhou, that is, the marriage will never be invalidated."

Chu Xuming's face suddenly turned bad.

Although after understanding Zhou Sheng, he even wanted to persuade Chu Qinbai to take this relationship seriously. But after hearing Chu Qinbai's words again, knowing that he really gambled his lifelong marriage, the feeling of anger appeared again.

When Zhou Sheng came out, he happened to see that the atmosphere between the two brothers standing opposite each other was not right.

Chu Xuming was angry, but Chu Qinbai looked calm.

Zhou Sheng: "Brother, Mrs. Zhang asked what you want to eat?"

Chu Xuming turned around and saw him, his expression straightened.

Chu Qinbai followed and looked over.

Zhou Sheng looked at him.

Remind: "Respect your elder brother. Single dog."

Impolite.

Chu Qinbai frowned: "What did you say?"

Zhou Sheng: "Scold you."

Chu Qinbai sneered: "You call a married man a single dog, then your way of scolding is quite special. I am a single dog, then what are you?"

Zhou Sheng turned around and looked at Chu Xuming.

Chu Qinbai looked at his elder brother, "What did you say?"

Chu Xuming on the side was inexplicably embarrassed.

What the hell is going on.

The next second Chu Qinbai crushed the empty can and threw it into the trash can.

He glanced at Zhou Sheng, then said to Chu Xuming: "Don't always teach him nonsense."

☆ 19. Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Chu Xuming stayed in Donghu Lake for less than an hour that night and then left.

Before leaving, he gave Zhou Sheng a bunch of keys in front of Chu Qinbai.

"What is this?" Zhou Sheng sat on the sofa and asked while looking at the keys.

Chu Xuming: "Wedding gift."

Zhou Sheng: "..."

Zhou Sheng was stunned for a moment, holding the keys as if he had held a hot potato, and without thinking, he turned around and put the keys into the arms of Chu Qinbai next to him. Chu Xuming

saw his action.

Then he said: "The house is not far from here. I bought it in my personal name. It doesn't matter who I give the keys to. But I would rather give it to you as a private property, Zhou Sheng. Qinbai has many properties all over the country, so he doesn't need this one. This house is a little gift from me as the eldest brother. I wish you and Qinbai a long and harmonious life."

Zhou Sheng frowned: "It's too expensive, brother."

Besides, he knew the principle of taking from others and being short-handed.

If he and Chu Qinbai really had a free marriage and had feelings for each other, it would be fine, but their situation was very special.

"It's not expensive." Chu Xuming said, "You even gave antiques to reach a cooperation. What's the big deal for me, your elder brother, to give you a house? Anyway, I have given you the things. You can discuss how to deal with them."

Chu Xuming left in a hurry.

Zhou Sheng didn't even have a chance to refuse.

Chu Qinbai, who was sitting next to him with his legs crossed, put the key back on the coffee table.

Zhou Sheng was silent and looked at the key. "I won't take it. You decide whether to return it to your elder brother or keep it for yourself."

"Didn't you hear clearly just now? This is a gift. It's your private property." Chu Qinbai said casually, "I have no right to deal with your things." Zhou Sheng

sat slightly to the side, facing Chu Qinbai.

Chu Qinbai raised his eyes to meet his gaze.

Zhou Sheng said seriously: "You should know what your elder brother meant. He gave me something just because you are his younger brother. He hopes that you will have a happy family and a happy marriage."

Chu Qinbai nodded: "I know. So?"

"So I can't accept it." Zhou Sheng said: "You know what our situation is. Isn't this cheating him? Houses and money can be valued, but intentions can't."

"Then wouldn't it be a waste of intention if you return it to him?"

Zhou Sheng frowned and thought for a long time, "Then you keep the house. If he asks, just say I gave it to you. This intention is not in vain."

Chu Qinbai seemed to be a little amused by his overly serious attitude.

He asked: "The house he sold is not cheap, do you really not want it?"

"No."

"You spent a lot of money on that vase, do you still have money in your hand?"

Zhou Sheng told the truth: "Zhou gave it, I can't afford it at the moment."

Chu Qinbai: "...Zhou Qicong is very tolerant of you now."

"It's a mutually beneficial thing, and I didn't let him lose money."

Chu Qinbai finally took the key.

He didn't tell Zhou Sheng, of course he knew his intention. But it's just a house, which is really nothing for anyone in the Chu family.

Chu Qinbai sat back and asked casually, "From your tone, you seem to have a good relationship with the Zhou family?"

He suddenly became concerned about his personal affairs, and Zhou Sheng glanced at him.

But he didn't think much about it.

"It's okay, Zhou Song is a bit troublesome, but I can still deal with it."

Zhou Song is a man who dares not do anything blatantly in big things, just some small fights.

Before touching Zhou Sheng's bottom line, he didn't intend to do anything to him.

As for Zhou Qinong, he is indeed treating Zhou Sheng well now, giving him the greatest freedom to play at work. He gave him money several times, and said it was all pocket money, so he didn't need to save.

But Zhou Sheng didn't actually experience much father-son affection.

Zhou Qinong has another family, and repeatedly asked Zhou Sheng to go home for dinner, and it seemed that it didn't matter if he didn't go.

This fatherly love cannot be said to be non-existent, but it does have a price.

Today's pleasant face and compensation for debts are mostly based on his "understanding" and "ability".

Fortunately, Zhou Sheng is not Zhou Sheng, and he does not feel regretful.

He was born in a harmonious and happy family, his father is strict, and his mother is strong and gentle.

Even in troubled times, Zhou Sheng believes that he had a very good life when he was young. At that time, foreign capital collectors moved in, reaching the peak of cultural collection. His father was also dissatisfied with the low-priced outflow of countless treasures, so he collected a lot of them and kept them at home. The Zhou family was once crowded with people.

As for later.

No one in that era could survive alone.

It is precisely because of the experience that now sees many people in peacetime, who are obviously more convenient but too lazy to get together, and countless families can be reunited but easily fall apart, that they feel sorry. With

fewer external factors, simple happiness seems to be more difficult to obtain.

This is also the reason why he advised Chu Qinbai to cherish Chu Xuming's act of giving the house.

Zhou Sheng's original family was considered bad, and Chu Qinbai didn't seem to be much better.

But in comparison, people in today's era are still luckier.

Zhou Sheng does not intend to go into this topic.

Seeing a pile of books spread out on the table, he picked up one of them and asked, "What is this?"

He changed the subject too obviously, and Chu Qinbai looked at him twice.

He didn't say anything, just answered, "The script."

Zhou Sheng knew the script.

But he hadn't seen it yet.

He became interested and asked, "Can I open it and take a look?"

"Whatever."

Zhou Sheng opened it.

The name on the cover - Night Comes

- On a dark and windy night, Dugu Lingyu flew over the eaves and walls and broke into the room of Tian Qingjue, the owner of Bilan Villa. The window frame creaked, and daggers flew from all directions, determined to kill this Jianghu witch on the spot. At

this time, a man in black clothes fell from the sky and mocked coldly, "So many famous and upright people bully a woman, what a big face." As

soon as he finished speaking, he used the Tiangang Cover, and everyone flew back ten meters, spitting blood and dying.

Zhou Sheng: "Awesome."

Chu Qinbai looked at the big cross on the cover that even Chen Dengdeng couldn't bear to see, and was silent: "..."

Zhou Sheng didn't realize it, and asked Chu Qinbai: "You want to shoot this?"

Chu Qinbai: "No."

"Why?"

"Because it will be called a bad movie."

Zhou Sheng thought to himself, isn't this interesting?

When movies were just born in the last century, they also caused quite a sensation.

Zhou Sheng has also watched some, some of which were watched with guests on necessary occasions, and some were just to kill time in his spare time. In terms of the development of film art, Zhou Sheng believes that he has little experience and limited appreciation ability.

Now living here, his life is mostly occupied by work and study.

He rarely touches movies and TV, and only when Mrs. Zhang occasionally watches some family ethics dramas, he will pay attention to them.

But he had never seen the kind of soup in his hand before.

Mrs. Zhang came out with two servings of soup.

Her original intention was to let them drink it and rest early.

But as soon as she went out, she saw the state of the two people sitting on the sofa, smiled silently and walked back to the kitchen.

It was the first time in such a long time that she saw them sitting together and chatting.

She would not deliberately disturb them.

She also had to call the old lady in Xiyuan.

Lest she worry about Lao Wen.

A breeze passed overnight, and there was no movement at all.

The next day was the weekend, and Zhou Sheng didn't have to go to the company.

He had a normal schedule, so he got up early.

When he opened the curtains of the upstairs window, the sun had just come out, and the rose downstairs had already reached the end of its bloom.

Zhou Sheng had an idea, and asked Mrs. Zhang to take the tools downstairs.

He went downstairs in his home clothes to water the flowers and prune the branches.

This job was a rare relaxation and enjoyment for Zhou Sheng. The air and sunshine were just right, and the temperature was also suitable. He had been here for so long. At first, he was locked in the hospital ward and couldn't go out. Later, he was busy with various things. He didn't even remember what it felt like to have free time.

While thinking about work, his hands did not stop moving.

That's why he didn't notice it from beginning to end.

Just behind him, across a glass wall, was a gym.

The person on the treadmill at this moment had been staring at him since he appeared.

Chu Qinbai had a towel hanging around his neck.

The phone on the treadmill button rang, interrupting his sight.

The message came from Fan Xuan.

"The movie has been confirmed. It will start shooting in half a month at the film and television city."

Chu Qinbai adjusted the button, picked up the phone and typed a reply while walking: "Got it."

Fan Xuan called.

"Get up so early?"

Chu Qinbai: "Running, adjusting my condition."

"I don't worry about you in terms of self-discipline." Fan Xuan said: "I called you to remind you that Ren Qixuan got a small role in this movie with the help of Shengkai's network of connections. I'm worried if it will affect you."

Chu Qinbai laughed meaninglessly.

"What do you think he can do to me?"

Fan Xuan: "I also know that the name Yang Zhicheng is a living signboard. There are countless people who want to act for free without pay. But Shengkai is trying to tie you up. If you add this movie, it will be the third time you have cooperated. He has been exploited again and again. Even if you are half the boss of Shengkai, there is no reason for you to personally support him."

Chu Qinbai: "Yang Zhicheng doesn't care about anyone's face. If an actor can pass his test, it proves that he fits the role."

Fan Xuan: "Then don't care?"

"What do you care about?" Chu Qinbai looked outside and said lightly: "You pay too much attention to him. He is not that important."

Fan Xuan complained: "Ren Qixuan is now considered half of our own artist. I am just afraid that it will be too ugly and difficult to end."

"Hang up." Chu Qinbai said suddenly.

Fan Xuan: "What do you mean, just hang up..."

Fan's agent, who was far away at home in the city, looked at his phone that was hung up and gasped in anger.

He scolded: "I don't know what you want to do in a hurry to hang up the phone? Are you reincarnating?"

Her husband, music producer Lao Liang Liangbin, came over with breakfast.

She put it on the table and opened it, smiling, "Call Qin Bai? Now he is the only one who can make you so angry anytime and anywhere."

Fan Xuan glared at him, "You are still laughing, are you two on good terms?"

"Not really." The good man said immediately, "Then it must be that my wife is more important."

Fan Xuan was stunned when she heard this.

Liang Bin asked her, "What's wrong?"

Fan Xuan: "If you hadn't said it, I would have forgotten that he is also married. Next time I won't call him early in the morning. It would be so embarrassing if I run into someone I shouldn't run into." She

asked her husband uncertainly.

Hesitantly, "I just heard him panting on the phone. You said he told me he was running, was he lying to me?"

Liang Bin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He immediately said, "Didn't they say they have a bad relationship?"

"How would I know?" Fan Xuan poked the porridge in the bowl, "I'm the agent, people live in bed, I can't ask about it." Chu

Qinbai, who didn't know that he was being set up by his agent,

hung up the phone and turned on the camera.

Take a photo.

The person in the photo stood in front of the flowers, his hair and profile exposed in the morning light, stained with a layer of warm light.

The timing was perfect, like someone quietly coming in from the cracks of time and space, the person and the scenery merged into one, and only this moment of pause remained.

After frowning for two seconds, Chu Qinbai decisively pressed the delete button.

The person outside happened to turn around.

Seeing the other person take a step back, Chu Qinbai got off the treadmill, walked over and knocked on the glass.

Zhou Sheng was outside and seemed to be frightened.

Staring at him, he asked silently: "What are you doing?"

Chu Qinbai tilted his head to signal.

"Come in."

☆ 20. Chapter 19

Chapter 19

When Chen Dengdeng went to Donghu with the second half of the script of the movie "Floating Life Dream", she didn't expect that Brother Chu was still in the gym. It was already ten o'clock in the morning, and the key point was that he was not the only one in the gym.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and led her.

She said, "I think everyone is free today. Qin Bai is coaching him."

"Brother Chu is very experienced in fitness."

But coaching Mr. Zhou?

Chen Dengdeng was very suspicious. Could it be that her boss deliberately found a new way to embarrass Mr. Zhou?

Not to mention that Mr. Zhou didn't look like the type who would sweat in the gym. The point is, are their relationship good enough to work out together?

Chen Dengdeng arrived at the door of the gym.

He didn't go in right away, but poked his head in at the door.

He was indeed working out.

It's just that Brother Chu's face was not good.

He was standing next to the multifunctional abdominal curling machine with his hands folded, his brows furrowed, "Don't open your hands outward, keep your back tight." As if he couldn't bear to watch it anymore, he stepped forward to hold the handrail for assistance and patted the arm of the person below, "Relax."

Zhou Sheng lay on his back, a thin layer of sweat covering his face.

He looked up at the person above him and said dissatisfiedly: "I don't want to practice anymore."

Chu Qinbai lowered his eyes and looked at him, "Didn't you say you wanted to practice at the beginning?"

"I just said to try." Zhou Sheng was speechless.

It's okay that this person scared him from behind early in the morning. He just asked a few more questions about the fitness equipment in his room, but who knew that he couldn't get off after getting on.

Chu Qinbai controlled the handle and looked down at him.

He mocked: "You've been lying in the hospital for a year, and you're so weak that you're out of breath after walking fast on the treadmill for ten minutes. In your case, you must slowly improve your physical fitness and combine it with aerobic exercise, otherwise you'll be useless soon."

Zhou Sheng also knew that he had been exercising almost nothing since he was discharged from the hospital.

On the one hand, the doctor told him not to overtrain, and he really didn't have much time.

But this is different from feeling forced.

Zhou Sheng shook the equipment to signal him to let go, "You can't keep practicing, I might as well practice Tai Chi."

Chu Qinbai: "You try to be lazy and it's more like you're practicing Tai Chi with me."

This guy!

Zhou Sheng rarely showed an annoyed expression: "I'm not your student!"

Chu Qinbai looked up and saw Chen Dengdeng at the door. He

let go, stood up and said: "I don't have a student like you, you can't even afford the tuition to learn from me."

He walked to the side and took two clean towels.

One of them was thrown to Zhou Sheng.

Then he asked: "What's the matter?"

Chen Dengdeng walked in tremblingly.

She didn't talk about business right away. She looked at Zhou Sheng who sat up from the equipment with his hair on his forehead still wet, and said with a curious expression: "Mr. Zhou looks much better today."

Unlike before, his face was pale at any time and anywhere.

Zhou Sheng wiped his face with a towel and gave the girl a subtle smile.

Chu Qinbai: "It's just the effect of a surge of adrenaline in a short period of time."

People who exercise all year round will know whether their body is empty or not.

He didn't say anything else, glanced at Zhou Sheng, and took the script from Chen Dengdeng.

Chen Dengdeng then focused on the business.

He said, "Brother Chu, the full script is here. Take a look to see if there are any questions. If not, I will go to the producer to discuss the specific matters of joining the crew." Chu Qinbai nodded

: "I'll give you news after reading it."

"Okay." Chen Dengdeng asked again: "Also, we have two locations for filming this time. In addition to the cinema, we have to go to the southwest to shoot. It will take another three months, and the conditions are probably not very good. So Sister Fan asked if you want to bring a few more people?"

Chu Qinbai: "No, just follow the original one."

"Okay." Chen Dengdeng knew that he didn't like a large group of people following him in the crew, so he didn't continue.

After the communication, Chu Qinbai turned to Zhou Sheng.

Zhou Sheng was still sitting there, looking up at him.

Chu Qinbai: "I will join the crew next month."

Zhou Sheng nodded, "Have a good trip and work well."

Chu Qinbai frowned. Zhou

Sheng: "Anything else?"

Chu Qinbai: "You can come into this gym at any time. Except for the few things you used today, don't touch the others. Improper operation may cause accidents."

"I won't come in." Zhou Sheng said.

Chu Qinbai froze and looked at him with a frown.

When Zhou Sheng was about to explain, Mrs. Zhang came over.

She stood at the door and said, "Mr. Zhou, someone is looking for you outside."

"Looking for me?" Zhou Sheng was puzzled.

Who would come here to find him?

Since he moved into Donghu, no one has come except Xu Chao who came to pick him up on his first day at work. But if Xu Chao wanted to come, he would definitely send him a message first, and would not come to the door without saying hello.

Mrs. Zhang nodded: "The other party said it was your mother."

Zhou Sheng's movement just after getting up was paused. Zhou Sheng's

biological mother who had been abroad for many years?

When Zhou Sheng saw someone in the living room, he knew that he had guessed wrong.

The person who came was not Zhou Sheng's biological mother at all, but his stepmother Shu Meili.

Shu Meili was well maintained. She looked like she was just in her early forties. She had dyed big wavy hair and was slightly tall. Her face is 50% similar to Zhou Song's, but because of her age, her teeth are slightly protruding, making her look a little mean.

She didn't come alone.

There was also a young woman with him, whom Zhou Sheng had seen

before. She was the woman who lived in the house with Zhou Song when he found him for the house issue.

Shu Meili looked around as soon as she came in with Mrs. Zhang.

As she spoke, "I see that you are living a good life now, so I am relieved."

"What are you doing here?"

Zhou Sheng still used a respectful title because of their seniority.

Shu Meili then turned her attention to her adopted son.

But when she saw him, she was stunned.

The young man had black hair and deep eyes, and his figure was thin but not skinny.

No one would associate him with the previous Zhou Sheng.

She knew that Zhou Sheng had done everything he could to get into Zhou's family and coax Zhou Qinong into obeying him. Her son was even more angry with his mother every few days because of him.

Before coming, she thought that Zhou Sheng, this little bastard, had grown up after getting married.

But he didn't think about it. If she, the mistress of the Zhou family, didn't speak, did he really think she was just a decoration? She

didn't know how to restrain herself after lying in the hospital for a year.

She turned the family upside down.

But now that he saw someone, all the words in his heart were blocked in his throat.

He forced himself to pull the woman next to him to sit on the sofa, put on the attitude of an elder, and said, "I am your mother, this is your brother's girlfriend, and she will also be a member of our Zhou family in the future. What else must we do before we come to see you?" Then he took the initiative to blame Zhou Sheng, saying, "You too, your father asked you to go home for dinner so many times, but you didn't want to, so I, as a mother, had to come to your house myself."

Seeing this face, Zhou Sheng knew that it was not a good thing to come to your house.

He didn't want to waste energy, so he said directly, "You can come here, you must know that I didn't go to the company today. Mrs. Zhou, and... this lady, Donghu is Mr. Chu's residence, and the confidentiality requirements are very strict. If there is nothing serious, I hope you don't come to disturb me."

Shu Meili was so angry that she fell backwards.

She stood up immediately.

Since she married into the Zhou family, this uneducated brat has never given her a good face, even when Zhou Qicong was around, he spoke ill of her.

When she was young, she was willing to pretend.

After years of hostility, when only the two of them were around, they could never say more than three nice words.

She was holding her bag and glared at him.

"Is this the attitude that a junior should have? You are still like this after getting married..."

"Mrs. Zhou." Chu Qinbai didn't know when he came to the front hall.

Both women saw Chu Qinbai for the first time. Seeing him leaning against the door frame, they felt embarrassed.

Shu Meili adjusted her hair and said with a smile: "You are Qinbai, right? I usually only see him on TV. He is indeed a young talent." Seeing Chu Qinbai staring at her with a smile, she almost didn't say anything. She turned the topic to Zhou Sheng and said: "I have nothing to do here. It's just that my son is young and ignorant. I am afraid of causing trouble for you, so I came to see you."

As she said that, she pulled the woman next to her forward.

She laughed awkwardly: "This is Liu Qi, the girlfriend of my other son. I brought her here today to meet her. We will be relatives in the future."

Then she lectured the woman, "Calling people, it's impolite. Qinbai will be your brother in the future."

Liu Qi was embarrassed to death.

Her family background is average, but she is beautiful.

When she started dating Zhou Song in college, many of her classmates envied her for finding a rich second-generation man.

It's not that she didn't know that Zhou Song had a messy private life and had more than one woman.

But she didn't care. Anyway, Zhou Song was willing to spend money

for her to catch him, and now she had to please his biological mother.

She remembered Zhou Sheng, whom she had only met once, and was very impressed.

He was a very well-mannered person, and he didn't say bad things even when he asked them to vacate the house. But she never expected that the person she met today would also be the famous actor in the entertainment industry, Chu Qinbai.

Chu Qinbai was famous, and in real life, he was the kind of person who was not easy to approach and please.

Without saying a word, people dared not even look directly

at him. Only Zhou Song's mother was so ignorant.

Liu Qi secretly thought it was bad luck.

But she had to pretend to be a good daughter-in-law.

She called Chu Qinbai like a mosquito: "Brother Qinbai."

Chu Qinbai was obviously unmoved.

He left the door frame, walked to the sofa by himself, and sat down alone. Looking at Shu Meili, he

said, "It's my duty. You are here to see your son. Please do as you please." He sat here, and Shu Meili could not say a word. It was not easy to sit down again. He had to aim at Zhou Sheng again. He talked about the main point of coming here today. He took out a document from his bag, handed it to Zhou Sheng and said, "Since you don't welcome me, I won't bother you here. This is the project transfer letter, sign it." Zhou Sheng suddenly felt funny, "Why should I sign it?" "Are you waiting for Zhou to be ruined if you don't sign it?!" Shu Meili probably felt that she was very right. She widened her eyes and spoke without any politeness. "I know that Shengyu agreed to cooperate with you. I am not asking you to sign this to rob you. Zhou Sheng, you got the opportunity to cooperate because you married the Chu family, but do you have the ability? Zhou Song studied business management and administration in college. You assist him, and brothers work together to run the company well. Your father and I are also confident in you." Zhou Sheng took the contract and asked casually, "What does Dad mean?" Shu Meili was stunned. Zhou Sheng understood and chuckled, "You gave birth to a good son." "What do you mean?" Zhou Sheng didn't even open the contract and threw it into the trash can. He said calmly, "Go back and tell Zhou Song not to push his girlfriend and mother out. If he is really capable, come to me in person. Also, let me be frank, it's not that I look down on him, he really can't do this project. That's all. If you come to make trouble again, I will make your son unable to stay in the company." Shu Meili's lips trembled, and she pointed at him for a long time without saying anything. She was used to Zhou Sheng using all kinds of vicious language to insult and curse her. She was used to it and could often pretend to be generous. But it was the first time that she was threatened so calmly. Zhou Sheng looked over, "Anything else? Mrs. Zhou." "Zhou Sheng you..." Shu Meili was extremely angry and wanted to grab him. "Bang". It was Chu Qinbai who was sitting and kicked the coffee table. He had a very calm expression and met Shu Meili's frightened expression. He said slowly: "Welcome to visit. If you cause trouble, I will call the security." "Auntie." Liu Qi was frightened by Chu Qinbai, and pulled Shu Meili and said: "Let's go, let's go." She heard that Chu Qinbai would beat people, and it was reported in the news. Shu Meili looked at this and that. She knew that her plan was bound to fail. She glared at Zhou Sheng, her face flushed with anger, and finally turned around and left in a hurry. The living room returned to silence. Zhou Sheng stood for a few seconds and retracted his gaze. He walked over to move the coffee table back, pushed it, but it didn't move. He looked up at Chu Qinbai who was sitting there, "You are too violent." This is just a statement, without any meaning. Chu Qinbai had a blank expression on his face, leaned over to help him pull it. The coffee table returned to its original position.

Chapter 20

Monday work.

The atmosphere in Zhou Group in the morning was quite tense.

Someone grabbed the leader of the second group of the project department, Lao Qian, to inquire about the news and asked him: "Is the appointment letter of the shareholders' meeting going to come down today?"

"How should I know this?" Lao Qian kept silent.

Others couldn't help but make a "tsk" sound.

Lao Qian's full name is Qian Sheng. In fact, he is not old, just in his early thirties. He is one of

the most capable people in the project department. A year ago, he was suppressed because of his disagreement with Zhou Song, the second son of Zhou Group who was parachuted in. But just a month ago, he suddenly started working for Zhou Sheng, the eldest son of Zhou who had just arrived. This shocked a group of colleagues who thought Lao Qian was not used to nepotism.

The people below are divided into factions.

Now at an important juncture where the position of general manager is changing, if you stand on the wrong side, you will inevitably suffer in the future.

A familiar colleague pulled him aside.

Whispered: "Don't be so mean, you must know something about what the boss means, reveal it."

"Reveal what?" Old Qian patted his clothes calmly, "Didn't you see it yourself?"

Colleague: "I know this too. Reaching a strategic cooperation with Shengyu indirectly gives Zhou's hope of revival. But you know how can such things be so absolute. I heard that Mr. Zhou's wife is a difficult one. How can she not be biased towards the youngest son? Everyone in the group is discussing it."

Old Qian is too strict.

Especially after working with Zhou Sheng, colleagues feel that he is more and more difficult to deal with, and it is as difficult as ascending to heaven to find out some information.

Old Qian finally just said: "Think too much, Mr. Zhou is not stupid."

"Is this confirmed?" The colleague tried.

Qian Sheng patted his colleague's belly, smiled meaninglessly, and left.

The shareholders' meeting voted to appoint Zhou Sheng as the general manager of Zhou's. It was just issued at noon and caused a huge discussion throughout the company.

Everyone who received the email was happy and worried.

After all, Zhou Song came first, and there were people in the company who were optimistic about him. But who knew that the latecomer would be the winner, and Zhou Sheng would take office in such a short time after being voted by the general meeting.

Many people envy people like Qian Sheng of the project department and Zhu Qin of the planning department. They

stood in line early and are now the first-tier celebrities in front of the new general manager.

Just when everyone thought that the new official

would make three fires when he took office. Zhou Sheng, who showed his ability and took constant actions as soon as he came, would carry out a major reform internally.

Especially his important opponent, Zhou Song is bound to have a hard time.

But in fact, less than half an hour after the appointment email was issued.

The whole company received the second email.

The new general manager will take the team to Fucheng to open up a new map.

Fucheng was the key planning city of the strategic project two years ago. It is located in the southwest and is also a cultural and tourist city that the country has invested heavily in. It has a very good development momentum in the past two years.

The general manager's office that has just been vacated.

It is still relatively empty.

There are two large cardboard boxes on the ground. Only a pot of green ivy that the administrative department just sent in and placed on the windowsill is lush and blooming, which can show some novelty and vitality.

Zhou Sheng stood behind his desk, packing up his things.

He picked up an old document that someone had left on the desk, took a look, put it down again, and asked, "Have you really thought about it?"

"No need to think about it."

"Me too."

The person who answered him was Qian Sheng, who was caught asking for information in the morning. The other person was Zhu Qin, who was a little fatter than Qian Sheng. Everyone used to call him Brother Zhu, and he was about the same age as Old Qian.

Zhou Sheng glanced at them and said, "I've seen your information. You are all locals in Lancheng, right? If you follow me, you will have to travel back and forth between the two places for a long time in the future, and business trips will be very frequent. Is there any problem with your family?"

"I have no problem anyway." Zhu Qin smiled with a double chin.

Compared with Old Qian's steadiness, he is a man with first-class eloquence and excellent coordination ability.

He looked at Zhou Sheng and said with a smile, "My family doesn't care about me. When I was in college, I wanted to go out and try my luck. This is a rare opportunity for me. Besides, with your ability, Mr. Zhou, we are eager to follow you."

Qian Sheng nodded in agreement.

He said, "We volunteered."

They were older than Zhou Sheng.

But this time, Zhou Sheng finally called him "Zhou" with conviction and without any pressure.

Zhou Sheng smiled: "First of all, I have to thank you for your trust."

He continued: "I didn't plan to bring more people to Fucheng this time. Zhou's factory in Fucheng has many problems, and the work may be very hard. But since you think there is no problem, discuss it with your family and leave in half a month at the latest."

Lao Zhang and Zhu Qin looked at each other.

They saw excitement in each other's eyes.

In fact, there are many people who want to follow Zhou Sheng.

Now that Mr. Zhou has decentralized power, everyone can see Zhou Sheng's ability. Now he is the general manager, and it is only a matter of time before he will be in charge of the entire Zhou Enterprise.

And going to Fucheng means leaving the head office, but it doesn't mean staying there forever.

When all aspects of the project are on the right track and tend to be stable, they will follow Zhou Sheng back, and their status will naturally be different from before.

Anyone who can see the situation clearly knows how to choose.

But some colleagues have families to go with, so they can't go even if they want to.

They have more trust and respect for Zhou Sheng, not fear.

After Zhu Qin was confirmed to be on the list of followers, he smiled and joked with Zhou Sheng.

He asked, "Boss Zhou, we are two bachelors, and we have no worries when we go out. What about you?"

Zhu Qin didn't say it clearly. There were rumors in the company that Zhou Sheng was married.

But in his opinion, it didn't seem like it.

Sure enough, Zhou Sheng smiled and said, "I don't have any worries either."

Zhu Qin took this as a denial.

He ignored that this was about having no worries, not not being married.

Zhou Sheng didn't deliberately avoid

it. After all, he didn't know the gossip in the company, and it was true that he had no worries.

After Shu Meili came to the door, the Zhou family was lucky not to become a big trouble, let alone a worry.

There was a marriage, but Chu Qinbai was not a worry.

For him, this world

was a reflection of the broken mountains and rivers of the last century.

He didn't care whether he was alone or not.

Because behind him were the expectations of countless predecessors, and he couldn't see the scenery and humanities of this new century on their behalf. But he said that at least he would live up to this spring and himself, and then he wouldn't have let them down.

Zhou Sheng had just been appointed.

He couldn't just leave.

Some handovers and arrangements were carried out in an orderly manner.

The day before Chu Qinbai was to go out for filming.

Zhou Sheng had less than three days left to go to Fucheng.

The two of them had to leave one after the other.

But Zhou Sheng didn't plan to tell him.

Chen Dengdeng often went in and out of Donghu these days.

Confirm all the details and pack the luggage.

In the evening, Zhou Sheng came back from work and saw the driver Xiaolin moving boxes out. In addition to the two boxes in the car, there were seven or eight bags of different sizes piled at the door.

"So many?" Zhou Sheng stepped forward and helped Xiaolin take them.

When Xiaolin saw it was him, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhou? Don't touch it, I'll do it, I'll do it."

Zhou Sheng asked, "What are they filled with?"

"Brother Chu's luggage."

"All of it?"

Xiaolin pushed the box into the back of the car and said with a smile, "This is not a lot. You haven't seen some stars who travel with seven or eight boxes. Brother Chu's is considered a small amount. There is nothing else except some daily necessities."

Looking at the pile of things, Zhou Sheng thought that the daily necessities were not simple.

Zhou Sheng was not in a hurry to go in.

Standing there, he asked Xiaolin, "Aren't you leaving tomorrow? Why are you packing your luggage so late at night?"

"This." Xiaolin stood up from the back, closed the trunk and said, "The crew needs this car. I'll go with the crew tonight. Brother Chu and his friends will go directly there tomorrow to get their tickets."

Zhou Sheng nodded, "Driving at night? Then be careful on the road and pay attention to safety."

Xiaolin smiled at him gratefully.

"I know." Then he continued, "Brother Chu is busy day and night at work. He has to ask for leave when he leaves the crew, and sometimes it may not be approved. I see that you are busy too. Even if Brother Chu wants to accompany you, it will take some time. This is the last night, I won't delay Mr. Zhou's time. Brother Chu is at home. Mr. Zhou, please go in quickly."

Zhou Sheng looked at Xiaolin, who was afraid of delaying his time, and felt a little amused.

He knew that outsiders would inevitably think of him and Chu Qinbai.

But he didn't explain.

After giving a few instructions, he went in.

There was a white girl's bag on the decorative cabinet at the door.

Zhou Sheng recognized it. It belonged to Chen Dengdeng.

But when he entered the room, he saw no one.

Zhou Sheng went upstairs to change clothes.

His room was next to Chu Qinbai's, and when he passed by, the door just opened from the inside.

Zhou Sheng glanced at the room inadvertently, and saw several gift bags on the floor. Chen Dengdeng was bending over and flipping through them, and his voice came out at the same time. He kept muttering as usual, "Brother Chu, do you want these things? I don't know what happened to the sponsor this time, the things were sent directly to my home, and this is to be taken to the theater..."

Chen Dengdeng turned around with a box in his hand, and his voice stopped abruptly.

The next second, he smiled and waved to Zhou Sheng: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I'm here again."

"Good evening." Zhou Sheng smiled and nodded.

After Zhou Sheng finished speaking, he turned his eyes to the face of the person who opened the door. He

leaned back when he saw this.

Zhou Sheng was shocked: "You...what's wrong with your face? Are you injured?"

He could recognize Chu Qinbai's figure, but there was a wrinkled white thing on this person's face.

The thing was pulled down the next second.

Chu Qinbai's intact face was revealed, but his face was not good.

He asked angrily, "Would you cover your face like this when you were injured?"

"I had to persuade Brother Chu to agree to put it on." Chen Dengdeng, who was standing next to him, said as he came to the door.

After that, he immediately turned around and complained to Chu Qinbai, "Brother Chu, the way you put on the mask is too straight, and you are not refined enough. Even if you don't take good care of your face for thousands of boys and girls, you have to join the crew to take makeup photos tomorrow, and the mask hasn't been on for five minutes!"

Zhou Sheng already understood.

He couldn't help laughing twice.

He said, "Sorry."

Chu Qinbai stared at him without any expression, "You don't look sorry at all."

Zhou Sheng suggested, "You can put on another one."

"Yes, yes." Chen Dengdeng immediately took out an unopened one and said, "I have more!"

Chu Qinbai turned around and glared at her, and Chen Dengdeng didn't dare to act rashly. She

stepped forward and stuffed the mask into Zhou Sheng's arms.

"Then I'll give it to you, Mr. Zhou. Two hundred per piece, for men."

Zhou Sheng took the item and looked through it. "It's really expensive."

But he told the truth: "I don't really need it. A simple facial cleanser is enough for me."

He looked at Chu Qinbai, walked forward, and put the dark green package in his pocket.

Pat, "Don't waste it."

He was about to leave, but Chu Qinbai pulled him back.

When Zhou Sheng looked over, confused, Chu Qinbai held his arm tightly.

Leaning against the door, with a casual posture, "Take it out."

Zhou Sheng glanced into his pocket.

"You can also take it yourself."

Chu Qinbai: "You must take the things you put in."

Zhou Sheng paused for two seconds, sighed, resignedly leaned over, and put his hand into his pocket.

The pocket of the clothes was very deep, and Zhou Sheng was clamped. When he put his hand in, his upper body could not avoid getting close.

Zhou Sheng pinched the thin piece, raised his eyes and said: "Chu Qinbai, you are so boring."

He lowered his eyes and sneered: "Aren't you bored?"

Chen Dengdeng beside him ran away.

He said, "Brother Chu, I'll call a car to pick you up tomorrow. I'm leaving now!"

Then he ran downstairs.

Mrs. Liu's voice could be heard from downstairs: "Deng Deng, you don't want to eat? Why are you running so fast?"

Chen Deng Deng: "Mrs. Zhang, I don't want to eat! I'm leaving!"

Upstairs, Zhou Sheng stood up and said frankly: "She seems to have misunderstood and was frightened."

Chu Qinbai took the mask he took out.

He glanced at him and said, "She is not as easily frightened as you."