The rich and powerful: the contracted secret wife, please enter the game

Chapter 153
"President Qi, I want to resign. Thank you very much for taking care of me during this time. I will definitely pay you back the money I owe you." Ji Xue's voice was very low.

"Really... do you want to go?" After a while, Qi Zhen asked this sentence.

Ji Xue lowered her eyelids and remained silent.

After a long time, Qi Zhen nodded, "Alright."

After saying these two words, he turned his head again, looked out of the window, and never looked at him again.

At that moment, his silhouette looked so lonely.

Ji Xue's lips moved slightly, but in the end she turned around slowly and left without saying anything.

That morning, Ji Xue left, Qi Zhen didn't go to see her off, but asked Chen Jian to accompany her back to pack her things, and then went to the station.

When he returned home at night, he stood alone in the dark living room for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "Alright."

That's okay, anyway, he is a loner, so why should he be greedy, vain warmth, it is better to have no worries, but to live happily.

Be merry!He smiled, went to get the wine from the cabinet, sipped it alone, and got himself drunk...

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The next day was the deadline for Qin Yue to come to collect the bill. She slept leisurely at home for most of the morning, and after eating, she came to Lu Zhengnan's company.

As soon as she entered the door, she sat down opposite Lu Zhengnan and sneered: "How about it, Mr. Lu, should I pay you today?"

"I'll go to withdraw the money later." Lu Zhengnan replied coldly.In the past three days, almost all his relationships have been mobilized to urgently apply for a loan. Today, he will definitely give her all the money he should have given her, and he will not default on a penny.

"Then I'll wait here." Qin Yue shrugged, half-lying on the table, looking at him, her hands still twisting her hair charmingly: "Actually, Zhengnan, we didn't have to be so stiff in the first place, how good it was before Ah, when we were in Hangzhou, we cooperated so tacitly..."

"Nowadays, there's no need to say these things." Lu Zhengnan raised his eyebrows and looked back at her: "Everything that needs to be said is clear, and there are two grievances."

With a stab in her heart, Qin Yue stood up eagerly, leaned on the back of the chair with her arms folded, her eyes were cold: "Okay, then I'll just wait and see, how unlucky you are."

"Feng Shui takes turns, the unlucky ones won't always be unlucky, and the lucky ones won't always be lucky." There was always a faint smile on Lu Zhengnan's lips, which was unassuming but fearful.

Qin Yue felt a little uncomfortable, gave a fake cough, and went to sit in the living room outside, but when she came out, the people coming and going, with their contemptuous eyes, were like dense needles piercing her body , is uncomfortable.

After Lu Zhengnan finished dealing with the matter at hand, he saw that the appointment time with the bank had arrived, so he took the car keys and went out. When he reached the living room, he stopped and looked at her with a smile: "Let's go, Qin Yue, let's go to the bank together Do it, deal with it early."

He really wanted to break up with her immediately.Qin Yue gritted her teeth secretly, so she had to stand up and keep up.

On the way, each drove his own car, one in front of the other.

When he arrived at the bank, after finishing the process here, he started to transfer the money there, Lu Zhengnan didn't hesitate at all.

Qin Yue knows that this also shows that he has no nostalgia for her any more.

After all the procedures were finished, he stood in front of her, said goodbye with a smile, and then turned and left with such a crisp back.

She watched him go farther and farther, and couldn't help calling him: "Zhengnan."

But he didn't know if he really didn't hear it, and he didn't even turn his head.

His back disappeared around the corner, and she stood there blankly, surrounded by people coming and going, but there was no one else, a world that truly belonged to her...

And after finishing Qin Yue's affairs that day, Lu Zhengnan asked Yu Xingyuan to have dinner together in the evening.

It was still the old place where they met, Lu Zhengnan leaned on the promenade, looking at the flowers and plants in the garden with emotion: "It's been a while since I came here."

"Yes." Yu Xingyuan also sighed, and handed over a cigarette, but Lu Zhengnan waved his hand: "Chuxiao is pregnant, I quit."

"What a man." Yu Xingyuan teased, and lit one himself: "What do you want from me?"

"Lin Baohua," Lu Zhengnan narrowed his eyes slightly, and smiled, "He's really ruthless."

Yu Xingyuan was slightly taken aback: "Why, do you want to..."

"I don't offend anyone, but people still want to offend me. If I want to do business in a safe and secure manner, there is nothing I can do if someone steps on my head." Lu Zhengnan seemed to be sighing, but his eyes were cold. .

Yu Xingyuan looked at him for a while, then turned his head, continued to smoke more than half of the cigarette, and finally dusted off the cigarette ash, as if chatting: "When you didn't come back, the third brother asked me to help him get a piece of land in the development zone , so as to expand the villa, but I did not agree to it. Later, he found Deputy District Chief Tang, and it was done. But if there is no one in the city who can stand it, this place must rely on Deputy District Chief Tang. If it can’t be done, it is said that this person has a very close relationship with Lin Baohua.”

This is a cryptic statement, but among smart people, one only needs to point it out.Lu Zhengnan raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Thank you, brother, let's go, let's go in and drink."

During the dinner, no one mentioned this matter, the two drank happily, but talked about other things...

Ending two

Ten days later, a post appeared on a portal website titled "Who will share the huge land price difference", which said that Qi, the owner of the ancient city Dingqi Villa, secretly bribed Tang, the deputy head of the development zone, so as to obtain industrial land at a low price. However, a large entertainment venue was built in violation of regulations to make a profit.

In addition to the text, there are also pictures of the extravagant facilities inside the villa. The more conspicuous ones are the pictures of the luxury car that Tang's daughter drove to work and the picture of the Hermes bag in her hand.

Because the name of the place was specified, and even the surname of the person involved was directly mentioned, the post immediately sparked discussions once it went online. Coupled with the crazy top post of the sailor hired by the behind-the-scenes, it quickly became a hot headline.

Although the website has dealt with it afterwards, screenshots have been posted on Weibo and spread, and some media quickly followed up.Such overwhelming public opinion pressure caught the Gucheng government by surprise and immediately ordered a strict investigation.

The person involved, Qi Zhen, was naturally the first to bear the brunt of the situation.

The people from the investigation team left. He sat in the office, slammed his palm on the table, took a deep breath, and started calling.

However, after dialing several times in a row, the other party did not answer.

"Lu Zhengnan, you can't hide even if you want to!" He gritted his teeth and cursed, and then went out. When the people in the hall saw his furious appearance, they shrank in fright. Even Chen Jian didn't dare to stand out and hid in. own office.

Qi Zhen drove all the way to the downstairs of Lu Zhengnan's company, and when he entered the door, he yelled: "Where is Lu Zhengnan, let him come out!"

Li Shu just wanted to block it, but Lu Zhengnan came out from the room to greet him with a smile: "Hey, third brother, what gust of wind brought you here?"

"Stop pretending to me, you did the thing on the Internet, right?" Qi Zhen stepped forward and grabbed his collar.

"What's the matter? Don't be so angry." Lu Zhengnan blinked his eyes innocently, seemingly taking a slow pace, but exerted great force on his hands, pushed Qi Zhen away, and straightened his collar: "I'm busy all day long , I don’t have time to surf the Internet, what’s wrong with the Internet?”

"Do you dare to do it or not?" Qi Zhen was furious.

Lu Zhengnan still looked leisurely, and spread his hands: "Third brother, please explain clearly, I don't understand at all."

"Okay, okay!" Qi Zhen pointed at him angrily: "Remember, you owe me another debt!"

Lu Zhengnan stared at him, with a twitch of his mouth: "Anyway, from your point of view, others owe you, and it won't be finished in a few lifetimes, so that's okay, you just take a small book, remember everything, and have nothing to do Take it out and look through it, and be Xianglin's sister-in-law a few more times. I'm sorry that I'm still busy, and I don't have time to accompany you to recall the history of blood and tears." He waved his hand: "Uncle Li, if Mr. Qi is willing, please invite him to the meeting Have a cup of tea in the living room, find two people if you don't want to, and send him out."

After he finished speaking, he returned to the office. Qi Zhen looked at his back, bleeding from hatred in his heart, but he was still "invited" out of the door.

And Lu Zhengnan, holding a cup of tea, leaned against the French window, watching Qi Zhen angrily leave the building, get in the car, and drive away, with a secretive smile always on the corner of his mouth...

In the days that followed, there was even a big explosion. The Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Procuratorate, and the city government office all received reports. Several cases of corruption and bribery when he was the director were exposed, and even the golden nest where the mistress was raised was secretly photographed.

The fire was so big that no one could stop it, and Deputy District Chief Tang was officially placed under shuanggui.

And on the night when he was shuanggui, a "distinguished guest" visited Yunshui Pavilion.

Lin Baohua came here at night, with a pile of cigarettes and wine in his hands, and when he entered the door, he enthusiastically went up to hold the old man's hand: "Mr. Lu, I've wanted to see you for a long time, but I've been busy with work, and I can't find time..."

"Yo, rare guest." Suddenly, Lu Zhengnan's voice came from behind, interrupting his words.

At that moment, his eyes flashed, and he turned around quickly, still smiling all over his face: "Hello, Mr. Lu, I'm here to see the old leader."

"Why are you being so polite all of a sudden? With so many things, we'd be embarrassed not to give them to you, so why bother you to give them to us?" Lu Zhengnan smiled.

The old man was a person with profound experience, and he understood that there must be clues in the exchanges between them, and then calmly greeted Lin Baohua to sit down, but reasoned that his granddaughter's homework needed to be checked, and after a few words of greeting, he went in. house.

Mother Lu accompanied Ye Chuxiao to go for a walk in the community, and there were only two people left in the living room, Lu Zhengnan and Lin Baohua.

Lu Zhengnan leaned back on the sofa in a stretched posture, and casually switched channels to watch TV. At this moment, Lin Baohua was fidgeting, gritted his teeth, and finally said: "Mr. Lu, there was some misunderstanding about the previous matter, don't take it to heart."

"What happened before?" Lu Zhengnan didn't seem to understand at all, and turned to look at him: "I haven't had any formal dealings with you."

Lin Baohua was choked speechless at once, and after a long while, he still had to speak out: "Anyway, please take care of Mr. Lu this time, and stop making trouble."

"It's strange——" Lu Zhengnan raised his eyebrows, and drew out his tone: "A few days ago, it was Mr. Qi, and today it's you, and they all came to say some inexplicable things to me. What's the matter?"

Lin Baohua only felt a sigh of relief in his heart, he couldn't go down or up, and his chest hurt from holding back, but when things got to this point, he could only make up his mind, and said clearly: "The illegal use of land in Dingqi Villa is all Deputy District Chief Tang did it alone, and it has nothing to do with me."

"Oh." Lu Zhengnan suddenly realized: "Deputy district chief Tang was double-regulated, right? I've heard about it, but it's useless to confess to me what you said today. I'm not a discipline inspection committee, not a procuratorate , and he is so soft-spoken, I can't help you much."

Seeing that the other party was still pretending to be confused until now, Lin Baohua's tone became cold: "Even if Old Tang goes in, it may not really implicate me. You have to leave some leeway for others to do things for yourself. It's too extreme. Oh no."

There was a threat in these words, but Lu Zhengnan blocked it lightly and deftly: "You are right, this is a man, please don't be too decisive, or there will be retribution."

Lin Baohua was so angry that he suddenly got up, and Lu Zhengnan also stood up, his eyes were as dark as ink, but he smiled very brightly: "Mayor Lin is leaving? Then I will see you off, oh, by the way, you should take the things back, I will Now that I quit smoking and the old man doesn’t drink alcohol, it’s a waste to leave it at our house, you should give it to someone who will be of great use to you.”

"You..." Lin Baohua was about to lose his temper, but he was afraid that at this critical moment, he would anger the other party even more, so he had no choice but to hold back and went out embarrassingly with his things.

After Lin Baohua left, the old man came out and asked Lu Zhengnan: "What's going on?"

"It's okay." Lu Zhengnan smiled ruffiantly: "I think he came too late to see you, so I'm not happy."

The old man knew the reason behind this, he didn't seem to say it so lightly, but he was stunned for a while, after all, he didn't ask anything, and wandered around the garden with his hands behind his back.

Lu Zhengnan rested his hands on his head, reclined on the sofa and watched TV, with a lazy expression, as if nothing really happened...

As for Deputy District Chief Tang, he was really not very firm in his stand and will, but within two days, he couldn't bear it anymore, and began to confess in order to be frank and lenient.

There were three grasshoppers tied to a rope, and his confession, of course, could not be kept online or offline.

Especially for the matter of Qi Zhen's land, even though he didn't approach Deputy Mayor Lin directly, most of the "credit" in it was actually Lin Baohua's, so of course he got the most benefits.

As for the few old cases he was uncovered, it was obvious that the people behind the scenes had also carefully selected them, and they were more or less related to Lin Baohua.

What's more, the timing is just right, the municipal party committee is about to undergo re-election, and Lin Baohua, as a strong contender for the top position, encountered this matter at this juncture.

Several parties are moving forward at the same time, and it is difficult for the deputy mayor who was originally proud of himself not to be pulled down.

During this process, Xiao Linhai also took advantage of the opportunity to go to the city to appeal for grievances, saying that it was because Lin Baohua was dissatisfied that the raw material supplier was not Qi Zhen, so he was stuck with the money, which led to insufficient funds for the construction of the new factory, which led to the sewage system. It was not in place, but he again made a fuss over a molehill, exaggerated, and even ordered to stop production.

Jinsheng is also a key enterprise in the city, so the new leader who takes over from Lin Baohua will naturally do his best to protect it, punish evil and show off its prestige.Therefore, after a short time, the funds were allocated smoothly, and the rectification and production were resumed as soon as possible.

So far, the financial crisis has been successfully resolved.

On the day the matter was settled, Xiao Linhai invited Lu Zhengnan to drink, and during the dinner, he patted his shoulder and said meaningfully: "Your brother, it's fine."

Lu Zhengnan only narrowed his fox eyes with a smile, and raised his glass to congratulate him...

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But at this time, Qi Zhen fell into the abyss.

Thanks to his quick response, he voluntarily confessed the fact of bribery before the public prosecution, paid a large fine, and organized activities everywhere, and finally avoided prison.However, the impact of this incident on the society was extremely bad, so the government severely punished it, took back the land, and forcibly demolished the buildings on it.

This time, Qi Zhen spent a lot of money on the expansion of the villa, but now it has just been built, and before he has time to make money, it is about to be demolished, and he almost collapsed.

The one who collapsed at the same time was Qin Yue.

After leaving Lu Zhengnan's company, she invested most of the money she had withdrawn into Qi Zhen, but she didn't expect the situation to change suddenly. Seeing that Qi Zhen could no longer support her, she was afraid that her years of savings would just go to waste.

She hurriedly called Qi Zhen to ask for money, but the other party didn't answer at all. When she went to the company, there was panic and chaos there, and Qi Zhen hadn't gone for many days.

She had to stay in the South Lake Garden, listening nervously to the movement outside, and opened the door as soon as she heard the noise to see if Qi Zhen had returned.

Finally, in the middle of the night, I finally waited for him, but before I got to him, I smelled a strong smell of alcohol.

Qin Yue, who had been waiting for many days, couldn't restrain the annoyance in her heart, and sneered: "It's all like this, do you still have the mood to drink?"

At this time, Qi Zhen was a little unconscious, and growled irritably: "Who are you, how dare you control me?"

"Who am I?" Qin Yue also got hairy, and raised her voice: "I was the one who was dragged into the water by you, return the money to me!"

"What money?" Qi Zhen tilted his head slightly, looked at her for a while, and finally seemed to remember, nodded: "Oh, it's Qin Yue."

"Stop pretending to be crazy and stupid," Qin Yue approached him: "I want to withdraw my shares."

Qi Zhen suddenly pushed her to the corner, and put his hand on her shoulder like this. She struggled hard, but couldn't move at all, and shouted: "Qi Zhen, what are you doing?"

"Withdrawal? Huh? You want to withdraw? You can withdraw if you want?" Qi Zhen patted her cheek with the other hand: "If you have invested in shares, you have to be with me. I earn money. Only you can earn, if I lose, you deserve to lose, do you understand, huh?"

At this moment, his eyes were blood red, and his pupils seemed to be staring out of his sockets. He looked very scary under the light. Qin Yue was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe. It wasn't until he finally let her go into the room that there was a fierce slamming of the door. Bringing her back to her senses, she rushed back to her room as if fleeing.

She suddenly realized a fact: Qi Zhen is not Lu Zhengnan.

If it were Lu Zhengnan, in times of crisis, he would choose not to drag his friends down.But Qi Zhen is different, if he wants to sink to the bottom, he will drag others to sink to the bottom, not to mention, he may never really consider her as a friend.

Regret and despair intertwined, she slumped on the chair, her eyes glazed over...

What happened next got worse and worse.The newly built villa was demolished. In order to cut off Lu Zhengnan's business channels, the company had invested a lot of money and hadn't recovered it. The bank urged to repay the loan.The business of the original old mountain villa also plummeted due to the influence of public opinion, and the profit could not even cover the daily expenses. If it was opened for one day, it would be an extra day's loss.

"President Qi, why don't you... close the villa for a while." When Chen Jian made this suggestion, his expression was trembling.

But unexpectedly, Qi Zhen didn't lose his temper this time, but just uttered a word in a low voice: "Okay."

Chen Jian froze for a moment, then looked at him quietly, and was startled.But in a short period of time, Qi Zhen was so thin that even his eye sockets were sunken, his complexion was faintly black and blue, his eyes were cloudy, and he no longer had the slightest expression.

"President Qi, you should go back and have a good rest." Chen Jian said in a low voice.In fact, like everyone else, he has already made plans to change jobs, but it's hard for him to say it in the current situation.

"No, you can go out and get busy." Qi Zhen waved his hands, lowered his head and pretended to approve documents, but in fact, there is no more documents to approve.He knew that it was himself who was forced into a desperate situation this time.

Chen Jian had no choice but to go out. As soon as he reached the door, Qi Zhen's voice came from behind him: "You recently..." After saying three words, he stopped again. After a long while, he continued with difficulty: "Inquire about the No one is willing to buy a villa."

Chen Jian's heart ached, he hurriedly responded, and walked out quickly.

Qi Zhen leaned against the back of the chair with his eyes closed, a sad smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
Finally, he has nothing left...

But now, even if he wants to sell the villa, it is not so easy to find a buyer.

It was at the cusp of the storm, and no one wanted to take advantage of it. Even if there was a private discussion, it was the idea of ​​suppressing the price to take advantage of it. The price offered could not even keep the lowest cost.

Qi Zhen became more and more discouraged. He often drove to the outside of the villa alone, looking at the once prosperous place. Now, one place is in ruins and the other door is locked. He just feels that his life is also like this. .

Gradually, he didn't want to go anywhere, so he just nestled in the house in Nanhuyuan all day long, woke up drowsily, and just drank.

He knew that alcohol was a gut-piercing poison, but these years, when he was lonely and hurt, the only thing that accompanied him was alcohol.

If you are drunk, it will not hurt.

It was another night of drunkenness, in the chaos, he heard someone opening the door.

He half-opened his eyes, stared blankly at that person, walked over step by step from the light and shadow of the door, and walked up to him.

After looking for a long time, he finally recognized the person, and called out in a low voice, "Xiaoxue."

(End of this chapter)