Yang brushed aside the dawn, after feeling around for half a day, finally managed to touch a hard ring with his fingers, let out a sigh of relief, pinched it in his palm, stood up straight, and lowered his head to examine the ring.

  It's really a beautiful ring, it's her favorite style.

  She lowered her head, saw a black shadow cast on the ground, and her heart skipped a beat. She slowly raised her head, and at the same time as she met the man's eyes, which were gleaming with a red flame in the dark pupils, her hand stiffened, and the ring fell to the ground once again.

  The ring fell to the ground with almost no sound, and Gu Qingcheng saw the ring rolling on the ground this time, raised an eyebrow, noticed Yang Moxiao's pale face, and reached out to pinch her cheek. "How did you get so scared?"

  Yang Mianxiao wanted to force a smile but couldn't manage it.

  She could hardly imagine the consequences of Gu Qingcheng knowing that she had secretly taken his hidden things, and could only stand still, staring at Gu Qingcheng as he took two steps back, bent down to pick up the ring on the ground.

  She resignedly closed her eyes: "I didn't intentionally steal your ring. Last night I was sleeping in your study, and accidentally knocked against a hidden box, then saw the ring inside and took it out but forgot to put it back..."

  When Yang Fu Xiao said these words, Gu Qing Cheng crouched down to pick up the ring and his hand paused for a moment. He picked up the diamond-studded ring and stood up straight.

  Yang Mo opened his eyes and glanced at Gu Qingcheng, waiting for him to give himself an explanation.

  However, Gu Qingcheng walked back, suddenly grasped her hand and put the diamond ring on her right ring finger.

  As her fingers cooled down a bit, Yang Xiao opened her eyes with some surprise.

  On her slender white fingers, a diamond ring sparkled brightly. She raised her head and looked at Gu Qingcheng, "This..."

  Yang's fingers felt a chill on her knuckles as she stared unblinkingly at the diamond ring.

  Gu Qingcheng grasped Yang Shuoxiao's outstretched hand and curled her fingers in, "It fits perfectly, it's beautiful."

  Yang Mu Xiao was completely stunned, staring at Gu Qing Cheng's gentle profile at the moment, slightly bowing her head to look at the ring on her finger. In a moment of regaining consciousness, she hurriedly pulled it off from her finger and handed it back to Gu Qing Cheng, immediately putting on a smiling face: "Gu Da Da, you scared me to death, I thought you were proposing to me."

  It's really talking about slapping in the face.

  "Good night."

  Yang Mu Xiao finished speaking and hastily went upstairs.

  Gu Qingcheng leaned against the table, standing still, watching Yang Fu Xiao hastily go upstairs, almost tripping and disappearing at the stairs on the second floor, couldn't help but shake his head, indeed frightened.

  Long slender fingers held this ring and placed it in front of his eyes.

  He looked at the diamond ring, and it was connected to the signed invoice of Yang Fuxiao's signature permit, LOVE diamond ring. Paved with diamonds. White 18K gold, ￥10,900. Previous page girl.

  He walked slowly upstairs. Entering the study, Gu Qingcheng quietly closed the door and took a look around at the arrangement of the room, bookshelves, desk, tea table, recliner, and potted plants.

  Yang said there was a black box just now.

  Gu Qingcheng pinched the diamond ring and walked to the desk, looking around the walls and the corners of the cabinet, and finally, her gaze fell on the floor, landing on the corner of the tea table.

  He squatted down and noticed a dragging mark on one of the floor tiles under the coffee table.

  The tea table was moved lightly to one side, and a floor tile on the right-hand side was removed. Gu Qingcheng pressed down on the floor tile with his palm, and it loosened slightly.

  Actually, the trick hidden under the floor tiles is not so clever. If Gu Qingcheng had paid more attention in his study, it wouldn't be hard to discover. It's just that he never thought there would be a secret compartment in Zijing Garden, where he had always lived.

  Remove the floor tiles, in a small hidden compartment, there is a velvet ring box and a black leather-bound book.

  Gu Qingcheng furrowed his brow slightly, took out the diary and ring box, opened the ring box, which was empty, but the diamond ring fit perfectly inside.

  And this black diary...

  Fingerprint identification lock.

  Gu Qingcheng tried putting his index finger on the fingerprint recognizer, and the diary emitted a very faint click before opening.

  Opening the diary, a familiar handwriting caught my eye, with a sentence that read: "To the only dawn in my life."

  ………………

  Yang Fuxiao hadn't slept well all night and walked out of the room with two black eye circles. It just so happened that Sheng Weiwei from next door also came out rubbing her eyes, let out a yawn, and had tears in her eyes: "This sleep quality is really terrible, I'm dead tired."

  Yang Mu Xiao: "......"

  Sheng Weiwei suddenly appeared with a ghostly expression, passing by Yang Shuoxiao's side, and then turned around, exclaiming "Ah!" as if she had just discovered Yang Shuoxiao standing there. "When did you come out?"

  Yang brushed off a smile: "Just now."

  Sheng Weiwei walked around the corridor in a daze, then suddenly rushed back into her bedroom, slammed the door shut with a "bang", and went back to sleep.

  However, Yang Fu didn't have the chance to sleep in as Fang Shu had already called him early in the morning. There was an error in the documents for yesterday's economic and trade forum and they needed to be revised again.

  Yang Bufang felt a big headache when he thought of the twenty pages of materials he had sorted out yesterday.

  When eating in the restaurant downstairs, Gu Qingcheng had not come down yet.

  Yang Mu Xiao asked Li Auntie: "Has Mr. Gu gone to work already?"

  "No," said Aunt Li, "I didn't see the master come downstairs."

  This is strange indeed.

  Yang Fuxiao bit into a slice of toast and went upstairs. The bedroom door was not locked, and there was no one inside. After entering, Yang Fuxiao reached out to touch the quilt on the bed, which had no temperature. If judged by temperature, it should have been a long time since getting up.

  She came out of her bedroom and ran into the study, which was locked from the inside.

  She frowned, wouldn't she have slept in the study again?

  Ever since she lay on the chaise longue in the study for a night and woke up with a sore back, she deeply understood the benefits of sleeping in bed.

  Yang swept his hand and slightly curved his fingers, lightly knocking on the door a few times: "Mr. Gu?"

  No one answered. Yang Xiao thought something was wrong and changed from light knocking to heavy pounding, "Gu Qingcheng! Gu Qingcheng, are you inside?"

  When he was called for the third time, the door in front of him creaked open. Gu Qingcheng had one hand inserted into his pocket and the other grasping the door frame, "What?"

  For some reason, this time under the backlight, Yang Fu Xiao found that Gu Qing Cheng's facial contours were even more sharp and angular, with deep shadows around his eyes on this side, and a hint of blue stubble on his chin, as if he had become a disheveled wandering artist overnight.

  Didn't you sleep last night?

  "Uh, I've come to call you down for dinner."

  Gu Qingcheng looked deeply at Yang Fuxiao, then directly closed the door. Yang Fuxiao blinked her eyes, and could feel a gust of wind on her face.

  I shouldn't have been so nice to him just now, I should have said directly: See if you're still alive.

  She rubbed her nose and decided to go down to eat by herself. After eating, she went out the door to go to work by herself.

  When he arrived at his own office, Fang Shu pushed his glasses and looked at Yang Fuxiao: "There's someone looking for you in the rest room over there."

  "Oh, okay."

  Yang Fuxiao felt strange, who would come looking for her? As she entered the rest room, she saw a young woman sitting next to the sofa.

  "Excuse me..."

  The moment the woman raised her head, Yang Fuxiao was stunned for a moment.

  Isn't this the girl who was brought out by Aunt Wang when I went back to the Yang's house last time? At that time, I thought she looked familiar, and then Aunt Wang explained that she was a distant relative. Now what is this person doing coming to the company?

  The woman stood up and stretched out her hand to Yang Duoxiao: "My name is Liu Yitian, and Mr. Yang asked me to come find you."

  Yang Mu Xiao shook hands with Liu Yi Tian, "Miss Liu, please sit down first, I'll go out and make a phone call."

  What does it mean for Yang Rong to call this girl over?

  Yang Fuxiao rushed out of the rest room and quickly dialed Yang Dongliang's phone.

  "Dad, is it you who let a girl with the surname Liu come find me?"

  Yang Liang said: "Yes, I've been trying to call you but it's always busy. Arrange for this person to meet with Gu Qingcheng, she has a contract from our Yang family..."

  Yang Furrowed his brow, not understanding for a moment, until Yang Kui-liang said: "I can't see this woman off properly, you're just right, you only need to take this woman to Gu Qingcheng's office, and the rest will be handled by her. You don't need to intervene, and it won't affect your work position."

  Yang Furong suddenly realized it.

  Does this mean letting her send this woman to Gu Qingcheng's bed and then facilitate a contract of cooperation with the Yang family?

  Yang Fuxiao clenched his fists and frowned tightly: "Dad, is there no normal way to go about this? Do you have to take this crooked path? Don't you think that with the Yang family's strength, we can't get this contract now?"

  "Yes, it's a vicious cycle," said Yang Kuo-liang. "Now the only way to turn the company around is to get an investment, otherwise it will just keep going downhill."

  Yang Fu Xiao did not expect Yang Cang Liang to be so frank, and he was still very angry in his heart. He said, "This time I won't listen to you! Even if it's a gift, Gu Qing Cheng will absolutely not accept it!"

  After finishing, Yang Fu Xiao hung up the phone in extreme anger and stormed back into the rest room. "Miss Liu, I'm really sorry, but I've already called my dad and he said for you to go back. Everything can be discussed after you get back."

  Liu Yitian smiled sweetly, "I didn't receive a call from Director Yang, I won't leave."

  Her smile made Yang Xiao feel like he had seen this woman somewhere before.

  Yang Fu Xiao said: "Now he wants to sell you, do you understand? Yang Cang Liang wants to send you to another strange man's bed for benefit exchange!"

  Liu Yitian still smiled and said, "I know, I've already received your father's money."

  This sentence sounds like this in Yang Wuxia's ears: I'm just out here selling myself.

  In this world, some people regard money as dirt, while others sacrifice their bodies for it.

  Yang Fu Xiao said in a gentle tone: "Miss Liu is so young and beautiful, with two hands to do some proper things, why must she take this path?"

  Liu Yitian said a sentence without any guilt, as if it was a matter of course.

  "Because this road makes money quickly, I urgently need money."

  Yang Mu Xiao pressed his eyebrows with two fingers: "So you mean you won't leave then?"

  Liu Yitian nodded: "Yes, I'll wait for President Gu to arrive."

  "Alright, alright," Yang Fuxiao quickly dialed the security guard's phone downstairs. "Security, this is the 26th floor. There's someone disrupting the normal work order here, please come up and take her away."

  After making a phone call, Yang Wei Xiao opened the door of the rest room and went out. The security guard downstairs came up very quickly and directly took Liu Yi Tian away.

  Liu Yitian said: "Don't worry, I'll go by myself."

  He walked to the elevator and opened it for the high-end guests, Gu Qingcheng came out from inside, his eyes first fell on the people in groups of three or two.

  Fang Shu walked over, and before he could speak, Liu Yitian had already taken a step forward, looking at Gu Qingcheng: "Director Gu, I have something to discuss with you."

  Gu Qingcheng's gaze swept past the security guards beside him and landed on Liu Yitian's face, where he was visibly taken aback for a moment.

  "What can I help you with?"

  "It was Mr. Yang who asked me to come."

  "Follow me to my office."

  Yang Xiao in front almost got startled when he heard this sentence.

  What?

  Follow me to the office?

  When did Gu Qingcheng become so unscrupulous? Bringing in a woman he doesn't know to the office? And this kind of woman was introduced by Yang Guang, just one glance and you can tell she has ulterior motives.

  Liu Yitian followed Gu Qingcheng into the office, and Yang Fuxiao heard a secretary behind her say casually: "Isn't it just because she looks like Qin Song?"

  Yang Furong was slightly stunned for a moment.

  Fang Shu couldn't stand it when his subordinates gossiped at any time and in any situation, so he sternly reprimanded them: "Go do your own work."

  The two secretaries behind him slipped away quietly.

  Yang Muxiao stood still on the spot, his eyes fixed on the position of the office door panel, his gaze burning as if he wanted to penetrate the door panel.

  No wonder I felt a sense of familiarity when I first saw this woman, it turns out she bears some resemblance to Qin Shuang, especially her eyes, which are almost identical.

  Yang Mu Xiao was organizing documents at Fang Shu's desk outside, but her mind was elsewhere. Her gaze kept drifting towards the door of the office next door, glancing over every now and then.

  Fang Shu walked over directly and knocked on the desktop, "The materials need to be submitted at 10 o'clock. Are you sure your work efficiency can finish it?"

  It's definitely not possible.

  Yang Furong suddenly shook his head, sweeping away the messy thoughts in his mind, focusing on the computer in front of him and the materials in his hand. The success of this economic and trade forum bid was the top priority, and all personal matters had to be put aside.

  About half an hour later, Gu Qingcheng's office door opened.

  Yang Fu Xiao almost simultaneously turned his face towards the door, saw Liu Yi Tian walking out of the office, with two red clouds floating on her cheeks. When she came out, she also took a special glance at Yang Fu Xiao and revealed a smile, then walked towards the stairs.

  Half an hour...

  In the office, everything should be done as it should be, and doing a full set is no problem.

  Fang Shu carried a cup of coffee and walked into the office, Yang Fuxiao stood up decisively, "Secretary Fang, I'll see you off."

  Fang Shu's eyes flashed, and he handed the coffee cup in his hand to Yang Moxiao.

  Yang Fuxiao entered the office and sniffed around, but there was no special smell, just a bit of choking smoke.

  Gu Qingcheng sat behind his office desk, wearing a pair of glasses.

  Yang Mu Xiao placed the coffee cup in front of Gu Qing Cheng, opened the window to let out the smell of smoke, and walked back to the office desk, saying: "That woman with the surname Liu was brought over by my dad, Mr. Gu doesn't need to pay attention to her."

  Gu Qingcheng raised his arm and propped up his cheek, looking at Yang Fuxiao with a clear and bright gaze.

  Yang Mu Xiao's gaze at Gu Qing Cheng suddenly had a kind of illusion, and for a moment, she felt that Gu Qing Cheng seemed to be trying to dig out something from her eyes.

  Gu Qingcheng lifted his hand and took off his glasses, propping them up on the bridge of his nose. "I understand, you can go to work now."

  Yang nodded: "Mm, okay."

  As soon as Yang Xiao walked out of the office door, Gu Qingcheng's deeply closed eyes finally opened, and he picked up his phone to dial a number.

  "Help me investigate Liu Yitian's background... and as for Xu Mochen's matter, don't bother investigating it anymore."

  Dong Zhe was also at a loss for the person named Xu Muhuang, and upon hearing what Lao Da said, he finally felt relieved and passed on the last piece of information he had found to Gu Qingcheng.

  "According to the information, when Miss Yang was a freshman, she indeed had a boyfriend. However, this Xu Muhuang seems to have only appeared in front of Miss Yang, and apart from that signed receipt, his name has never appeared before."

  And what's more, it was Yang Wenyu who signed that receipt.

  Dong Zhe paused for a moment before continuing: "In other words, except for Miss Yang knowing that this person exists, everyone else is unaware of the existence of such a person."

  "I understand."

  He hung up Dong Zhe's phone and squinted his eyes, with a deep shadow at the bottom of his eyes.

  ………………

  When it comes to work you enjoy, you'll find it exceptionally easy.

  The materials about the economic and trade forum have been submitted to the evaluation committee, and the results will be announced tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. At that time, representatives of two companies need to go to the Municipal Building together to hear the results.

  Yang Furong inexplicably felt tense, and when Gu Qingcheng said he wanted to get a glass of water, she once again picked up the ashtray.

  Gu Qingcheng looked at Yang Fuxiao's eyes and lit a cigarette, then extinguished it in the ashtray.

  Yang Mu Xiao: "General Gu, what's going on...?"

  "In order to work with you to promote our country's tobacco business."

  Yang Mu Xiao: "......"

  For three consecutive days, Yang Muxiao had been putting off meeting Shen Jiayou and eating takeout in the company. This time, Shen Jiayou called again.

  "Is there time today?"

  Yang Mo rubbed his forehead: "Uh... still overtime."

  In fact, even if it wasn't overtime, she would have to think of another way to get out of Shen Jiaxun's date, although Shen Jiaxun was very good to her.

  "Alright, I'll ask you out again another day."

  "Wait," Yang Xiao took a deep breath, "Shen Gongzi, I sincerely hope you can consider my suggestion. Someone as excellent as you must have many admirers, and besides, you've mentioned that there's a girl you really like..."

  "Yes, and now I like her very much," Shen Jia-yu said. "But a lot of things happened in between, and the original me can't come back."

  He didn't wait for Yang to finish speaking and hung up the phone first.

  Looking down at the glittering night lights under the high-rise buildings, a kind of deep and piercing melancholy gradually spread out.

  Standing in front of the one you love, yet having to treat them with a different face, is undoubtedly the saddest thing. However, those dark things, you will never have to know.

  The door behind her opened silently, the woman's high heels clicked on the floor with a crisp sound, Shen Jia-yu quietly retracted some expression and turned around.

  ………………

  It's been a long time since they had a decent meal, so after work today, Gu Qingcheng took Yang Fuxiao, who was almost starving to death, to Night Color.

  Yang Mu Xiao - At the mention of this name, everyone's eyes would light up suddenly.

  "What's with the night?"

  "Yes."

  Gu Qingcheng looked at Yang Fuxiao's mouth corners that were smiling so hard they almost reached her ears, how could he not know about her tiny little thoughts.

  The nightclub has been renovated over this period of time and is now basically brand new. Many of the original employees have stayed, all of whom have been carefully screened by Ah Lu and had their family backgrounds checked.

  Yang Mo Xiao held two takeout boxes in her hands and followed Gu Qing Cheng to the rooftop on the top floor, running quickly in the elevator.

  Yang's plan has been revised and perfected after his supplementary explanation, and work on it has already begun in the past few days.

  The rooftop has only been under construction for two days and they've just decorated the floor and railings, setting up two round tables.

  Yang Mu Xiao put the things on the white desktop and opened the take-out packaging bag.

  Although it's still takeout from a restaurant outside, I'm in a good mood.

  Yang Mo Xiao ate a lot of things, Gu Qing Cheng basically didn't move his chopsticks, only occasionally when Yang Mo Xiao said which dish was delicious, he would pick up some food to eat, as if just to understand Yang Mo Xiao's taste.

  "After eating, Yang Wuxiao said: 'I'll go down and use the restroom.'"

  The rooftop is also going to have a restroom, but it's still under construction, so for now you can only take the elevator downstairs.

  As long as it's on the next floor, there is a bathroom. Yang Fuxiao simply didn't take the elevator anymore and went straight down the stairs from the safe passage.

  As she came down from the stairs, Yang Xiao suddenly heard a series of mournful cries coming from below. Her heart skipped a beat as she looked down from the railing to see two people chasing and beating another person with sticks, the sound of which made her eyelids twitch.

  "Do you think the casino is your family's? Damn it, you lost money and still want to run!"

  "I'll pay you back! I'll definitely bring the property certificate to you tomorrow!"

  "Do you think I'll still believe you?"

  Yang brushed off the dawn and took a closer look, only to see that the person lying on the ground being beaten was Meng Peng. His head seemed to have been beaten until it bled, and he let out a continuous wail.

  Her heart tightened, the first thought that flashed through her mind was to go report to the police, but thinking twice, since this happened at night, reporting it would definitely bring trouble for Gu Qingcheng, so she went to find Ah Lu instead.

  A Lu in the box downstairs, as soon as he heard Yang Mo Xiao say this, immediately got up and asked "Where?"

  "Upstairs."

  However, by the time A Lu and Yang Fu Xiao arrived with their bodyguards, those two thugs were gone, leaving only Meng Peng lying on the ground in pain and groaning.

  Someone had already gone up to report to Gu Qingcheng. Gu Qingcheng walked out of the elevator with a calm and collected pace, his eyes cold and gloomy as he looked at the person on the ground.

  Meng Peng was lying on the ground, and the first thing that caught his attention was a pair of high-top black leather boots. "Who?!"

  He reached out to grab someone on the other side, Yang Fuxiao was startled and instantly pulled behind him by Gu Qingcheng.

  The two men behind Gu Qingcheng had already twisted Meng Peng's arms behind his back, and Meng Peng was crying out in pain.

  "I'll pay back the money, I didn't say I wouldn't! My sister has a lot of money now, she's rich! I came to find you today and I'll pay you back tomorrow!"

  Yang Mochen felt indignant at Meng Peng's irresponsible words, "How dare you still mention Meng Xi? Do you have the face to mention her?"

  Meng Peng immediately knew who the person standing in front of him was as soon as he heard this voice.

  He was wriggling on the ground like a huge worm, "Dawn, you are Meng Xi's best friend, you have to help me! I'm going to be taken away by those money lenders to Southeast Asia now. You know what kind of life that is, being locked up in prison, I'll never come out again... Please, please help me... Help me!"

  Yang Mu Xiao didn't know whether Meng Peng was telling the truth or lying, she looked towards Gu Qing Cheng on the side.

  Gu Qingcheng's face was expressionless. "You should know that at the auction two months ago, a crystal necklace was sold for three million."

  Meng Peng suddenly stiffened.

  Yes.

  That necklace was stolen by him from Meng Xi's office and later sold to an underground money house for 1.5 million.

  At the same time, Yang Muxiao also froze.

  That necklace had gradually faded from her memory, and she had almost forgotten that there was such a lost-and-found necklace, yet it reappeared on Bao Yu Xin's neck.

  "Meng Peng begged for mercy: 'I'm sorry, sir, I was wrong, this is all my fault, I'll return the money to you, I'll return everything to you...'"

  Can a gambler's promise be trusted?

  Yang Mu Xiao felt sad, every time Meng Peng made promises to Meng Xi and Grandma Meng in a routine manner, but as he said, there was no humanity left.

  Gu Qingcheng pulled Yang Fuxiao back two steps and said to one of his bodyguards, "Throw him out."

  When Meng Peng was pulled up from the ground by two bodyguards, Yang Wuxiao saw the wounds on his face, with cracks at the corners of his mouth and blood flowing down his neck. He couldn't help but look away, apparently he had been beaten badly.

  Yang Mu Xiao asked: "Were those two people from the underground bank just now? How could they be beaten so severely?"

  Gu Qingcheng put his arm around Yang Fuxiao's waist and leaned to the side, "Because Gu Zhen wants to return to Southeast Asia at the end of the year, the underground money house business on this side will be temporarily suspended, and the money that has been lent out should be collected back."

  "Where's the necklace?"

  Yang brushed off the dawn and turned to look at Gu Qingcheng, "That necklace, even if it was stolen by Meng Peng and sold for money, how did it reappear on that female celebrity's neck?"

  For these trivial matters, Gu Qingcheng never liked to explain.

  But this time, he made it clear from start to finish, "After the necklace was returned, I gave it to Bao Yuxin as a birthday gift."

  "Ah."

  Yang Fuxiao finally understood.

  "Does Meng Xi know about it?"

  Gu Qingcheng knew what Yang Muxiao was asking about, "You can ask her directly about this."

  Because of seeing blood, Yang Wudao felt that the dark night in front of him was always shrouded in a red haze for an entire evening.

  On the bus, Yang Fuxiao withdrew his gaze from outside the window and said, "I want to give Meng Xi a call."

  ………………

  Meng Xi received Yang Wu's phone call while he was in the old house left by Grandma Meng, holding a black and white photo of his grandmother, enlarged in a frame.

  "Dawn."

  Meng Xi's voice was choked and trembling when she answered the phone, and Yang Mianxiao immediately noticed it on the other end of the line.

  "What's wrong with you?"

  Meng Xi sniffled, "Nothing, I just thought of grandma."

  Without her grandmother, she thought she still had a boyfriend, a force that could support her to move on, but now this force no longer exists.

  She has always been just a joke, looked at by others, and should be laughed at in her heart.

  Yang Mochen said a few comforting words to Meng Xi, "Just now I saw your brother, Meng Peng was beaten by those usurers."

  Meng Xi wiped away a tear that had rolled down her cheek, "A person like him is used to being beaten all the time, he can't be killed, his life is very hard."

  Yang Furong called Meng Xi for another reason... the necklace.

  "The necklace that was lost earlier was stolen by your brother Meng Peng, he has already admitted it, sold for 1.5 million, should have been used for gambling."

  On the other end of the phone, there was a long silence, then Meng Xi responded with an "uh-huh".

  "I know, the neighbor auntie outside is knocking on the door, I'll hang up the phone first."

  After finishing speaking, Meng Xi hung up the phone.

  She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked up at the wall in front of her.

  As expected, someone knocked on the door, but it was Meng Peng who came knocking.

  Meng Peng didn't have a key to his home, and the door was kicked open.

  Meng Xi looked at Meng Peng's action of bursting in, like a sculpture, motionless, still holding grandma's portrait, sitting on the hard chair.

  As Yang Wei said on the phone, Meng Peng was indeed beaten badly.

  But that's what he gets for being so reckless!

  Meng Peng's wound on his face had been bandaged by the doctors in the clinic, with simple disinfection and medication.

  Meng Peng walked over unsteadily and stretched out his hand to Meng Xi: "Where's the property certificate?"

  Meng Xi, who had been silent all along, suddenly laughed and raised his head, "It's already been sold, of course the property certificate is no longer in my hands."

  "Where's the money?"

  "It's all spent."

  "Nonsense!"

  Meng Peng's face was twisted in a ferocious expression, and the wound on his face cracked open due to excessive force, with white gauze seeping out fresh blood again.

  He reached out and pulled Meng Xi up in front of him, "The money? Tell me, where's the money?"

  Meng Xi coldly stared at Meng Peng, still tightly holding grandma's memorial portrait.

  Meng Peng slapped Meng Xi hard on the face, and she fell directly onto the chair behind her, with blood foaming at the corner of her mouth.

  She wiped her mouth with her hand and said, "You can kill me if you want, I don't want to live anyway."

  Meng Peng suddenly jumped over and gave Meng Xi another slap in the face.

  "Please, sister, you're the only one who can help me now. You know that those who owe debts will eventually be thrown into the dungeon, and even if they come out, they'll have lost half their life..."

  "Aren't you afraid of death?"

  "I'm scared, I'm terrified of death, who isn't?"

  Afraid of death and loving life, also greedy for money, without a heroic spirit.

  "Aren't you rich now? I saw you driving a luxury car last time! You must have more money than just the old house, give me all your money now!"

  Meng Xi suddenly laughed and said, "I don't have money, even if I did, I wouldn't give it to you. However, I can guarantee that for the rest of your life, you will not have to worry about food or clothing, and even if you don't pay back the money, you won't be taken away to a Southeast Asian prison."

  "Is there such a good thing?"

  Meng Xi smiled coldly: "Of course there is."

  Of course there is, one place, most suitable.

  ………………

  For the past two days, Yang Fuxiao had devoted all his energy to the economic and trade forum, until that afternoon, when Fang Shu brought him to the city hall to hear the final result.

  Yang Fuxiao felt his heart pounding, very nervous, pouring his heart and soul into it, putting in great effort, always hoping for a good outcome.

  But at breakfast this morning, Gu Qingcheng said: "Will things that have been put into effort be 100% rewarding? There are many things that don't pay off, but they still need to be done."

  She turned around and asked Fang Shu, "What if we fail?"

  Fang Shu said: "No way."

  If it fails, it means that the preparations made for two months are all in vain, although it is a lesson, it is enough to be heartbreaking.

  Before announcing the final results, there is a last link, making a final statement about their own ideas on this economic and trade forum.

  First, the person in charge of Ye's company went up to make a statement. A well-made PPT presentation was shown on the big screen, with the responsible personnel speaking fluently.

  Fang Shu was sitting in a position close to the aisle, and Gu Qingcheng came over at some point without Fang Shu noticing. Fang Shu lifted his head, understood Gu's intention, and immediately got up and moved to the back row. Gu Qingcheng sat down in Fang Shu's original seat.

  Yang Mu Xiao was intently listening to Ye's person in charge speaking at the front and didn't notice that the person beside him had been replaced.

  She suddenly heard that there was also a responsible person in this summary statement who had a loophole, frowned, and directly stretched out to hold one side of "Fang Shu"'s arm, "Secretary Fang, where is our data quotation sheet? The price on the Ye side is too low, how can there be suppliers willing to cooperate with him?"

  Gu Qingcheng handed the folder on his left to Yang Fuxiao, who took out a stack of documents from it without hesitation. He found the quotation sheet and compared the data, finding that the fluctuation range was indeed within the floating range.

  Gu Qingcheng gazed at Yang Fu's profile, her delicate earrings, slender and elegant neck, because of the bun tied up, there were fluffy fine hairs scattered outside at the nape of her neck.

  Yang Furong didn't notice the gaze of the people around her falling on her face, blinked, looked at the data report, and put the file away again. The words above were also nearing the end of Chen's speech.

  She handed the file back to Fang Shu, "Fang Secretary, isn't it... Gu Qingcheng?!"

  Yang Fuxiao hadn't reacted yet, and the person sitting next to her was actually Gu Qingcheng.

  "When did you arrive?"

  "Just now."

  It's Azure's turn now. The person in charge on Azure's side went up to plead their case. Gu Qingcheng pulled Yang Fuxiao's hand, "You go."

  Yang brushed off the dawn and turned over, a pair of big eyes blinked in surprise: "You're not kidding, are you?"

  Gu Qingcheng also turned around, "Do I look like I'm joking?"

  Yang Fu Xiao shook his head.

  The Fang Shu behind had already handed over the draft of Chen's speech to Yang Fu Xiao, "Just like when we do research normally, say it out step by step."

  Yang Furong was completely being forced into a corner, "No, General Manager Guo, I didn't..."

  "Aren't you prepared? Then all your previous work was just perfunctory?"

  "Of course not!" Yang Duoxiao said, "I just..."

  "But everything I said before is meaningless, I only care about the final result." When the host on stage called out to Yang Fan's team leader for the third time, Gu Qingcheng turned around and looked at Yang Fuxiao, "Just tell me, can you go up now or not?"

  Yang Mo Xiao pursed her lips.

  She was really nervous, in such a municipal hall, where there were many celebrities from the business and political circles, as well as some media people. If she made a mistake, it would not only affect her, but also the entire team of YaWan behind her who had worked hard for so long.

  She was in a fierce ideological struggle when she suddenly heard Gu Qingcheng say to Fang Shu behind her, "Go tell the judges that we forfeit."

  "What?!"

  Gu Qingcheng said this absolutely didn't sound like a joke, his personality wouldn't allow him to make jokes.

  Not to mention that it is now just a humble trade forum that has been prepared for only two months, even if it had been prepared for one year and spent a lot of effort, he would still say no with just one sentence.

  Fang Shu knew this very well.

  But I didn't expect Gu Qingcheng to put it on Ji Yang's body at dawn.

  Yang brushed off the dust and suddenly grabbed Gu Qingcheng's hand, "I'm going up!"

  After finishing speaking, she stood up with her speech manuscript and walked past Gu Qingcheng's body to the front desk.

  The host asked Yang Fu Xiao for his name, and Yang Fu Xiao replied: "My surname is Yang."

  "And now, let's invite Miss Yang to give us a final explanation."

  Facing the people below, Yang Xiao said she was a bit nervous, so before starting to speak, she carefully chose her words and said this.

  "I'm not a high-level executive, just an ordinary employee. And this time participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum project is also something I only came into contact with last week. I'm not good at speaking and my eloquence is poor. It's APEC that gave me this opportunity to exercise myself. Everyone present can be considered as my seniors, if there are any mistakes, please correct me."

  This sentence was originally dispensable, but as a newcomer student, it undoubtedly achieved two purposes.

  Firstly, I am relatively inexperienced, if there are any inappropriate remarks, they are my personal responsibility and have nothing to do with the forum plan of Asia this time.

  Secondly, as everyone is considered a senior, please forgive me for any improper words from a junior.

  Fang Shu looked at Yang Fu Xiao on stage and stroked his chin.

  Yang Wuxiao sometimes looks a bit careless, but in fact, she is really smart, very smart, whether it's the sensitivity of business activities or interpersonal relationships, she knows how to use common sense and treat people accordingly.

  Yang Furong spoke on stage, his words were slow but every word was carefully chosen, and he exuded confidence and humility at the same time.

  Gu Qingcheng looked at it for a while, the mobile phone in his pocket started buzzing, he took out the phone to take a look, then got up and walked outside to answer the call.

  "Hello Mr. Gu, we've received an anonymous audio file here. Did you previously lose a necklace worth 3 million?"

  Gu Qingcheng's eyes dimmed slightly as he said, "Yes."

  "Alright, you have time, please come to the police station to make a record. We need you to report the case and start an investigation. The suspect has been initially confirmed."

  ………………

  Yang Mu Xiao finished saying all the content on Fang Shu's draft and felt light-footed when walking down.

  Next is the final discussion time of the judges' panel for ten minutes.

  Gu Qingcheng just happened to come back from outside and sat down beside Yang Fuxiao, "How does it feel?"

  Yang brushed off the dawn and turned over, lowering his voice: "Was I not very cowardly just now? I was almost nervous to death! Can you see that I'm nervous?"

  Gu Qingcheng suddenly leaned in closer, and the distance between them was instantly shortened: "How about now, still nervous?"

  Yang Mo Xiao faced the sudden warm breath, pursed her lips and gazed at Gu Qing Cheng's thin lips close by, "Much better."

  Ten minutes later, the judges announced the final result.

  Yang Mu Xiao had sworn that if she was just a little nervous earlier, now her heart was almost jumping out.

  "The 9th Economic and Trade Forum is hosted by... AsiaWorld-Expo, a subsidiary of MTR Corporation."

  As soon as Yang heard this sentence, a small bird seemed to jump up in his heart, suppressing the cheers that were about to burst out of his mouth. He turned around and hugged Gu Qingcheng, kissing him twice on the face.

  Then time stood still.

  Wait...

  She actually... in such a public setting, took the initiative to kiss Gu Qingcheng?!