Chapter 61: The Gang's Grudges and Love Affairs (End)
Three years later, the day when Qinglong was listed.
"No, no, this pair is too hard, and there's a heel. Let me change into these flat cloth shoes instead. I have to stand for quite some time today." Ali rummaged through Su Luo's shoe cabinet, putting back the originally chosen pointed leather shoes that went with the suit, and exchanged them for a pair of soft-soled handmade cloth shoes. Actually, those leather shoes were only three centimeters high and not hard at all, leaving Su Luo speechless.
These three years, Ali really fulfilled her original promise, relying on continuous learning and hard work, from a woman who knew nothing, relying on selling her flesh in the pleasure quarters to become the left and right arm of Su Luo, who holds an important position in Qinglong, with outstanding abilities and means. No one will look down on her again, she lives proudly and dignifiedly, but the only thing that remains unchanged is her loyalty and meticulousness towards Su Luo, perhaps, there is also a little infatuation.
"I've got the coat, and I've also brought lunch for Oppa. What else? Let me think... Ah yes, bring two thermoses, I'll fill them with hot water so we can drink on the way and when we get there. I don't know if the chairs are hard or not, should I bring a cushion? Never mind, I'll just bring one to be safe."
That's right, she calls Su Luo "oppa". The previous "Su Jie" was severely criticized by Su Luo for being too annoying. After getting familiar with her, he asked if he could change the way she addressed him. As a result, she changed to calling him "oppa" after becoming infatuated with Korean dramas. Su Luo asked her what it meant and she said it means "brother", saying that since Su Luo is so handsome, she thinks this title suits him best. Su Luo thought about it and didn't think there was anything wrong with it, so he just went along with it, and as a result, she called him that for several years.
In these three years, the person who has changed the most is probably her. Back then, Long Xiao disregarded Su Luo's arrangements and acted rashly, resulting in him falling into a trap set by the remnants of the Bamboo Alliance. Although his life was saved, one of his legs was crippled, causing him to limp when walking.
This was a huge blow to Long Xiao, who had never experienced any setbacks in his life and was perfect in every way. Xiang Er, on the other hand, was very emotional and righteous, not only did she not abandon him, but she also stayed by his side every step of the way, waiting for him to recover from his injuries before proposing marriage. Long Xiao felt that his entire life had been darkened, fate was so unfair to him, he didn't deserve the beautiful Xiang Er, and therefore refused to agree. In the end, it wasn't clear what method Xiao Ni Zi used, but Long Xiao finally agreed to get a certificate with her, but they didn't have a wedding, saying that he didn't want to lose face. Xiang Er's family was heartbroken for her, but their daughter insisted, so they didn't argue.
After marriage, Liu Zhen tried every means to make Long Xiao recover, accompanying him on trips, using the "torture by a thousand cuts" tactic and the "beauty trap", truly thinking of all possible methods, but in the end Long Xiao still had that dying yet not quite dead self-pitying appearance, deeply hurting Liu Zhen's heart.
At that time, Qinglong had just reorganized into a company. Although they didn't divide the family property, everything was reasonably distributed among shareholders and management rights. With Long Xiao not working anymore, the people below him naturally had opinions, and even the board of directors wouldn't attend meetings with the deputy director. Zhen'er couldn't do anything about it, but she happened to have graduated too. In order to appease the people below, as well as help Long Xiao keep this family business, on one hand, she also wanted to find something to do to change her mood and not spend every day at home with Long Xiao looking at each other in disgust. So, she tried learning how to handle company affairs.
The delicate and tender little girl who used to be able to pinch out water has been withering away day by day since the dragon's roar incident. It's not just physical exhaustion, but mainly mental fatigue. Not to mention her father and brother being heartbroken, even Su Luo and others couldn't bear to see it. Whenever she had something she didn't understand, everyone would come to teach her, and if they could help, they would.
She still relied on Su Luo the most. Although Su Luo never said anything comforting, nor did he advise her to divorce, when she came, he just let Aliwen brew a pot of wine and another pot of tea, asking her which one she wanted to drink.
She would sit for as long as it took, and the two of them would accompany her for just as long, or they would get drunk together, and when they woke up, they would temporarily forget about Long Xiao's grievances and start learning to be strong women again.
After getting drunk and hitting her once, she cried all night in Su Luo's arms and completely let go of that feeling. Although the two did not divorce, they became like strangers. Long Xi continued to indulge in his pain and alcohol, muddleheaded, while she assisted Su Luo in managing half of Qinglong's territory.
At first, she would cry and throw a tantrum when things didn't go her way, but now she has established herself in Qinglong and even some people only recognize her and not Long Xiao. However, the cost of growing up is also enormous.
It's strange to say that three women who were originally different in identity and personality, but unexpectedly got along well together, which is also a strange friendship.
At that time, not only was Liu Zhen's emotions hurt, but Su Luo's weren't much better. However, her sadness was buried deep within her heart.
Lin Jingwen conspired with Ali the night before the action, drugging her, and by the time she woke up, he had already replaced himself with the batch of prepared "sacrificial" traitors to go to the high seas for a "non-existent" transaction with R-country people and Zhuhe Gang.
That plan was jointly set by her and the police, no one knows more about its danger than she does. The purpose is to unite the two forces to eliminate them without giving R-country people a chance to speak out, making the other side think that it's just a gang fight for interests leading to a complete defeat. Anyway, it didn't happen on our territory, so there's no need to explain.
At that time, she thought it was good for her to take the person representing Qinglong with her. After all, this olive branch was thrown out by her. The two gangs really couldn't resist the temptation and agreed to cooperate. Along the way, she found an opportunity to leave the ship, Lin Jingwen picked her up, and when she successfully escaped, the ship would explode in time. The sea was vast, and no one knew what had happened.
The key point of this action is also the biggest difficulty, which is how she can escape under the eyes of everyone without attracting attention from others. Everyone is not a fool and will definitely stare at her every moment, and there are bombs on the boat, and the so-called transaction does not exist at all, the difficulty and danger can be imagined.
Lin Jingwen couldn't bear to let Su Luo take this risk, so he took matters into his own hands and knocked her unconscious.
The next day, when the person who appeared was not Su Luo, everyone originally couldn't believe it. But Lin Jingwen had a "good" relationship with one of the small leaders among the traitors, so he secretly told him that last night was too intense, and the prince couldn't get out of bed, so let him take charge. After a while, it's over, please brothers drink wine. The people in the gang all knew about the two men's relationship, so the little leader also believed it to be true, with an expression of "we're all men, I understand, brotherly skills". He comforted his subordinates and secretly passed on this information to the Bamboo Union and the R country people. Everyone knew that Su Luo was difficult to deal with, and they were thinking about getting a share of the spoils, or turning against each other, so they naturally accepted the change in "male concubine".
Su Luo's heart was burning with anxiety, and when she finally arrived, everything had already ended. On the sea, only a few pieces of wreckage from the ship remained, nothing else was left.
She frantically dialed Lin Jingwen's phone, but it was always busy. Then she called 6 Haojie, because he was not only the commander-in-chief of this operation, but also Lin Jingwen's leader, and might know his news. Indeed, 6 Haojie told her that Jingwen was fine and would return, but refused to say anything else.
Su Luo could only wait day after day, and she also believed that Lin Jingyu was still alive, but for some reason he couldn't come back to her side temporarily.
To outsiders, she still maintained her cold demeanor, handling company affairs with decisiveness, allowing Qinglong to rise another step, without anyone knowing that her heart had been taken away by someone else. She also didn't tell everyone that Lin Jingwen was not only her subordinate or lover, but the one she loved. Perhaps, Ali knew.
Only when she was alone would she put down her disguise of strength, letting nostalgia and torment drown her, or drive to the beach where they had confessed their love for each other, parking there for a whole night. When dawn broke, she was once again the all-powerful "crown prince", no, now she was the president.
Fortunately, everything is now in the past. Lin Jingwen is back alive, keeping his promise to Su Luo. The two formally became husband and wife a year and a half ago, and Su Luo is now an eight-month pregnant woman, carrying twins.
Qing Long was over the moon with excitement and nervousness, while those close to her were treating her like a fragile treasure, as if she might break or melt in their hands, although she felt that she could still move around freely and even saw the faint outline of her abs.
It wasn't that today was just attending a listing ceremony, ringing the bell and giving a speech, everyone was busy, it made her laugh and cry.
"I'm telling you, all of you are members of the Qinglong Board of Directors, how come you're all chattering like a bunch of old ladies?" She sat on the soft sand with a complaining tone, but couldn't hide the smile at the corner of her mouth.
At this time, a man in white clothes pushed the door and came in. He is now the president of the private hospital under the Qinglong flag. "How did you come? Didn't you say you had an operation today?"
"The surgery was done ahead of schedule last night, so I'll go with you guys after all. How could I miss such a big event as Qing Long's? Who knows, we might even be on TV today! What do you think, don't I look handsome in this suit?" He still had his usual swagger, and the purple suit was eye-catching. But Su Luo knew he didn't trust himself to stay behind, especially since twins often came early.
At this time, Su Luo's phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was Man Li who couldn't rush back from his business trip outside: "Brother, yeah, we're about to leave."
In recent years, they have become like close siblings.
Man Li carefully asked about her physical condition on the other end of the line, confirmed that the two nephews would not be coming out so soon, and asked if there were any companions. After a string of reminders, such as to drive slowly, he finally said: "Sister, congratulations." Then he hung up the phone.
Su Luo's heart was also warm and fuzzy.
Lin Jingwen took over Ali's carefully selected cloth shoes and squatted in front of Su Luo to massage her for a while before putting them on.
He also thought he couldn't come back once, but the love and attachment to this woman supported him to survive, and he survived those fatal injuries. What made him even happier was that Sixth Uncle not only destroyed his undercover confidential file, allowing him to leave the organization without burden and return to Su Luo's side, but also told him the truth of that year, completely resolving his heart knot.
It turned out that there was no father-son feud between them.
At that time, his father was also a police officer. In the police school, he and Liu Haojie were good brothers. Later, when they worked, they were assigned to the same unit. When the superior chose an undercover agent, Liu Haojie was originally chosen, but his newlywed wife became pregnant, who is Liu Yuan. So, his father volunteered to replace him for this task. For the sake of family, Liu Haojie also accepted his feelings.
Later, his father infiltrated the Qinglong and gained Su Qing's trust step by step, also grasping a lot of information. At the same time, in the daily interactions, he also developed a deep brotherly affection with Su Qing.
Such feelings made him embarrassed and painful, let alone Su Qing was almost killed in a fierce battle to save him, which made it even more impossible for him to bear the thought of watching him walk towards destruction step by step.
A gentleman would rather die than betray his friends.
He gritted his teeth and destroyed the evidence of Qinglong's crime, confessed his identity to Suqing, and told him about the police's next deployment.
Su Qing was shocked, but soon accepted the fact and still regarded him as a brother. Afraid that he would be pursued by the police, he spent a lot of manpower and material resources planning to send them abroad, unfortunately, his father did not wait for that day.
Because he felt guilty for the country's training and the police badge on his head, he chose to commit suicide.
When he left, he left two last wishes for Su Qing to fulfill. One was to help raise his son, so Lin Jingwen's life was still quite good while Su Qing was alive. The other was not to make public the fact that he had betrayed the organization, letting the higher-ups think that he had simply sacrificed himself. So, although Su Qing was deeply hurt by his death, she did not hold a grand funeral for him and only told outsiders that he had been executed for betraying the Green Dragon. Therefore, until now, he still carries the identity of "martyr", except for Su Qing who is no longer in this world, only his good brother 6 Haojie knows the truth about what happened.
Haojie has been on a smooth career path, constantly rising to the top, but he has always kept this secret in his heart, feeling guilty towards Lin's family. If it wasn't for him taking Lin Jingwen's place as an undercover agent, Lin Jingwen's father wouldn't have committed suicide either. So, when Lin Jingwen went to college, Haojie secretly contacted him and took good care of him. When Lin Jingwen wanted to become a police officer, he agreed.
Unexpectedly, Lin Jingwen would eventually choose to follow in his father's footsteps and betray the organization because of his love for Su Luo.
Perhaps the Su family has such a fatal attraction to the Lin family.
At first, he didn't tell him the truth, only that his father was an undercover cop who had been executed by Su Qing. It was because Lin Jingwen hated Qing Long and didn't want to destroy the good image of his father in his mind. Now, seeing him trapped between love and hate, 6 Haojie no longer hid it, telling him everything and encouraging him to live on, to return to Su Luo's side.
Finally, Lin Jingwen did it, and 6 Haojie also fulfilled his promise, destroying all internal information about him.
Su Luo saw that the time was almost up, but these people were still dawdling, so she became impatient: "I'm saying, are you guys done yet? I'm just going to attend a ceremony, not give birth to a child, do you have to be like this? If you keep dawdling, then forget it."
"Why don't we just not go, let Zhen'er and Ali go, there are so many directors anyway. How about I stay home with you?" Lin Jingwen thought for a moment, and still felt more at ease staying at home. He was afraid of tiring Su Luo out, or the crowd being too much for her, and who knows, maybe there would be reporters today, those people were really scary.
Damn it!
Su Luo was speechless.
She stood up directly: "You guys don't leave, I'll go myself, give me the car key." Not really angry, knowing that everyone is worried about her, but if she doesn't make a tough move, these people will keep going on and on.
"Sister, slow down, I'll go with you." Ali hurried over to support her arm and didn't forget to instruct the person in white to bring along the neatly packed big and small bags.
"Brother, I'm going for a drive." Jing'er said as she rushed towards her Hummer, this girl is so fierce now.
"Hey, I'll take care of my wife, you all go to the side." Lin Jingwen's position was indeed a bit precarious, especially in front of these two opposite-sex "rivals". No way, having a too-handsome wife is also a kind of trouble.
A group of people finally went out with a hubbub.
End of article.
Su Luo was dazed and confused, feeling like she had many strange dreams. In her dream, her roommate Liu Qianqian surprisingly had magical powers, using a talisman called "Soul Transference" to send her into the world of novels, saying that she wanted her to experience the taste of unrequited love. Then she became one of the characters in those novels, experiencing their joys and sorrows, with some from ancient times and others from modern times, but she couldn't remember clearly. Afterwards, it seemed like someone claiming to be Liu Qianqian's senior sister appeared, saying that they would send her back, but it seemed like a trick, and she went to different worlds again.
How could I have such a strange dream? Where did the magic come from in this world? It must be that I've seen Liu Qianqian pretending to be a ghost too many times, and now I'm having thoughts during the day and dreams at night.
She turned over and slowly came to.
What time is it? She reached out from under her pillow and took a look at her watch—
Good heavens!
How is this possible?!
She slept all the way until the next afternoon! And when everyone got up to go to class, wouldn't there be some noise? But she didn't feel anything at all?
What's going on? Did I really travel through time? Now I'm back again? Or was I just sick, sleeping too soundly, and nobody called me?
Su Luo thought it was really strange. Fortunately, the date had only passed for one day, if it were like in Journey to the West where a dream lasted for hundreds of years, that would be truly heartbreaking.
She was the only one in the dormitory at this time, and others must be attending the Mao's Outline class. I don't know if the teacher will take attendance or not. If my name is called, can they help me get away with it? As a top student, she rarely skipped classes, so she felt slightly uneasy. However, rushing to go now would also be too late.
She stretched and went to the bathroom with her toiletries to wash her face and brush her teeth.
It's been almost a day since I last ate, and I'm feeling extremely hungry. I've changed my clothes and am getting ready to go out and get something to eat. My body is the most important thing, if I starve myself into getting stomach problems or something, that would be terrible.
After she finished eating and drinking, she walked back to the dormitory building. Someone stopped her: "Miss Su, can we talk? I'm Liu Qianqian's parent."
Su Luo took a look and it was a middle-aged uncle, Liu Qianqian's father?
But isn't she an orphan? Sulolo was puzzled.
"Hello uncle, what's up?" She was still quite cautious, although the man looked kind and gentle, but bad people usually don't show it on their face.
"I've come to apologize to Miss Su. I suppose you also sensed that something strange happened to you last night, which was indeed the doing of two mischievous ones. They used talismans to seal Miss Su's soul inside some books; if I hadn't been visiting a friend and passing by, I wouldn't have caught them being so brazen, and for the harm caused to Miss Su, please forgive me."
Su Luo was shocked, how did this person know her dreams? Could it be that those things were really true?
"What about them? Won't something like this happen again in the future?" She thought about the content of her dream, and she felt a lingering fear, her soul being manipulated by others, a feeling that nobody would want to experience.
"I've already had them drop out of school and return to their sect for discipline. Don't worry, they won't bother Miss Su again. It's our sect's fault for not teaching them well and letting them misuse their powers. So, I came today to apologize to Miss Su and also to make amends."
"What compensation?" Su Luo wasn't a greedy person, just purely curious, because he had never come into contact with such a cultivator before, and actually had spells, it was really just like in a fantasy novel.
"Miss Su is a diligent learner. I'll make it up to you, the knowledge and skills you've acquired in the book world can be brought into reality for your own use. What do you think?"
"Is it really that amazing?" Su Luo didn't believe it.
"Think carefully again, what did you learn last night?" The middle-aged man smiled.
Su Luo closed her eyes, and in front of her seemed to appear a screen, listing various skills:
"True and False Thousand Gold World: Gardening, Flower Arrangement, Money-Saving Techniques"
Youth campus world: guitar, singing, dancing, acting, catwalk, square dance] What the heck is the last one?!
Gangland Grudges: Fights, Firearms, Commerce, Basic Medicine, Street Racing, Swimming
……
Good heavens! Do I know all of these?
Su Luo couldn't believe it, she opened her eyes and tried to use the gangster world's sweep kick on the middle-aged man in front of her. Anyway, he had magic and shouldn't get hurt. As a result, really, she succeeded!
Su Luo was overjoyed in her heart. In just one night, she had learned something that others might not be able to learn in many years. Thinking about it, she felt like she had made a profit: "Thank you, Uncle!"
The other party looked at her with a smile, this child's temperament is not bad, much better than those two naughty boys: "Although there are these memories, to apply them flexibly still needs more practice, you know? Don't waste it."
"Hmm!" Suoluo guaranteed.
"Although their behavior was improper, every flower has its own world and every leaf has its own Bodhi. The numerous characters in the book indeed have their own fate. Some authors write recklessly according to their own will, unaware of how much suffering the people under their pen will endure, or how they will disrupt the moral order. This soul-transferring talisman with Miss Su's birthdate written on it is being handed over to you today by me. If you have a compassionate heart and see any unjust or unreasonable writings in the future, feel free to lend a hand, which would also be accumulating merit for yourself and your family. Of course, I won't force you, Miss Su can act according to her own will."
As soon as the middle-aged uncle finished speaking, a yellow-orange talisman appeared in Su Luo's hand.
How could I possibly refuse something so wicked? She wanted to decline, but in the end, she still accepted it.
The middle-aged uncle taught her how to use it and a few simple spells before floating away.