Chapter 8 The Woman Who Emerged

  Everyone returned to Li Pei's office, Wu Lun furrowed his brow, he didn't want to get involved in the current situation, but the two of them made Wu Lun participate, with a kind of trust among their own people. At this time, clearing himself would be embarrassing. Of course, the person called Yang Tao was not a good bird either. Just by listening to what they said, Wu Lun gradually understood that Yang Tao was a real estate agent, commonly known as a "land worm". Li Pei had taken over the unfinished building of Guangcheng Garden under his introduction, and later the share agreement with Guangteng Industry and the mortgage loan were also introduced by him. So if Li Pei was secretly calculated by Guangteng Industry, Yang Tao would not be able to get rid of the relationship.

  "First, you took over the Guangcheng Garden deal clearly; second, Guangteng Industry was introduced to you by me, but I never intervened or interfered with your transaction; third, it was you who used the two shell companies, Yisheng and Henghao, to falsely increase assets as collateral, no one forced you to do so."

  Li Peiwen was furious, "Don't keep talking nonsense, tell me first, since Guangteng Industrial is interested in Guangcheng Garden, why didn't you introduce it to Guangteng Industrial directly, but instead found me, isn't this a trap set by you?"

  "First... second... third..." Yang Tao seemed to have not heard Li Pei's words.

  Wu Lun helplessly rubbed his mouth with the back of his finger, things were getting more and more like a farce, Li Pei was also thoroughly annoyed, he kicked out with one foot, but was pulled back by Lü Chóng.

  Lü Zhòng patted Yáng Tāo's shoulder, "Since something like this happened between Yīng Nán and Guǎng Téng, you can't escape the relationship no matter what. Your reputation will be ruined regardless of the outcome. How can you continue to mix in the circle? So now that things have become like this, it's definitely not what you wanted. Then it must be a problem with Guǎng Téng Enterprises. We found you because we want to understand some situations from you. You don't say anything, are you going to take the blame for Guǎng Téng?"

  Yang Tao did not repeat his old three points, glanced at Wu Lun, and lowered his head in silence.

  "Wu Lun, when you came up just now, didn't you see a rice noodle shop downstairs? Go buy a few bowls and bring them up. It's so late and everyone is hungry." Lü Chóng gave Wu Lun a glance.

  Wu Lun went downstairs. He knew that Lü Zhong would open himself up to him, but was also afraid of his own thoughts. This was completely unnecessary. Wu Lun had no interest in their broken affairs at all.

  A few days later, Wu Lun and Lü Chóng returned to Beicheng. Wu Lun didn't know the specific outcome, but he could anticipate that Guangteng Enterprise's scheme was not invincible. However, if they didn't want to suffer a double loss, they had no choice but to accept reality. Finding Yang Tao, this earthworm, didn't have much significance, it was just about understanding some truth.

  ……

  The sunset filled the living room, Wu Lun casually flipped through a women's magazine on the coffee table, occasionally glancing at the TV, feeling comfortable and wanting to hum a tune. Suddenly, Li Na ran into the living room with a tomato knife to answer the phone, and on her way, she waved the knife at Wu Lun in protest. Wu Lun smiled awkwardly, he indeed hadn't heard anything, but Li Na's behavior seemed too rough to him, especially since she shouldn't be using the gift he had bought for her like that against him.

  Considering Li Na's kindness, Wu Lun thought of buying a gift for her when he was in Guangzhou. He couldn't afford expensive things and was also afraid of being misunderstood by Li Na. Thinking that Li Na used only one knife to cook, Wu Lun bought a set of kitchen knives, including a cleaver, a slicing knife, a vegetable knife, a peeling knife, a ham knife, and the tomato knife in front of him. The gift is practical and also helps improve Li Na's cooking skills, Wu Lun admires himself.

  "The child will be back for dinner." Li Na said to Wu Lun after hanging up the phone.

  Wu Lun let out an "oh".

  Li Na was not very satisfied with Wu Lun's reaction, "Beautiful girl."

  Wu Lun raised his head, "Alright."

  "Where is the beauty?" Li Na said again.

  Wu Lun held up the magazine, "There are a lot here."

  Li Na pouted, no longer paying attention to Wu Lun's pretenses. She went back to continue testing the knives Wu Lun had bought. She wanted to figure out what was different between using a vegetable knife to cut tomatoes and using a tomato knife to cut potatoes.

  A TV sound, the founder of US hedge fund company GB Group was sued by a New York federal court yesterday for allegedly making $200 million in insider trading profits from hedge funds, and it is said that this case may become the largest hedge fund insider trading case on Wall Street.

  Wu Lun suddenly lifted his head, saw the familiar dark and chubby face on TV, fell into contemplation, and didn't even hear the sound of the door lock turning. When a familiar female voice rang out, "Hey, we meet again!" it pierced through Wu Lun's empty consciousness in an instant.

  Is the man in front of her surprised by himself? She wanted to see his surprised expression, but it was a bit different from what she had imagined. It was as if someone who had fallen into a dream was awakened by themselves. The awakened man put away all those complex and inexplicable things, and she watched with her own eyes how a pair of deep and profound eyes became clear and bright. In a flash, she was no longer sure if she had an illusion. The man only had a playful smile left, "It seems that you knew me that day".

  "Ah, Li Na told me you're moving in, I need to know what kind of person you are."

  Li Na was just bringing out the tomato and sugar mixture when she heard this sentence, immediately turned around and walked back. Wu Lun raised an eyebrow, Li Na told Yuanzi about his affairs, but being able to meet in Dongcheng was too coincidental.

  Yuanyu wouldn't enter the kitchen, saying she would never cook for any man in her life. She walked back to her room with her long legs and then slipped into the bathroom with her clothes. Before long, Yuanyu came out with a fragrance, her hair wrapped in a towel, revealing her slender neck, her face also had a tender redness after steaming, wearing a loose blue T-shirt on top and tight shorts that exposed her shiny little legs below, comfortably leaning against the single sofa, her posture was enticing, with a hint of coquetry, "I'm exhausted!"

  Wu Lun's mouth twitched and he let out a light laugh as a response, continuing to lower his head to read the magazine. Seeing Wu Lun's reaction, Yuan Zi didn't say anything else and picked up the remote control from the coffee table to flip through TV channels.

  Wu Lun was somewhat confused, the garden he saw in Dongcheng seemed to be a top-notch female model, but now, especially when the garden changed into those mature clothes, casually half-reclining on the sofa, it was a neighbor girl that made him feel pity. Even the breath coming out of her had an innocent and seductive charm. In Dongcheng, she completely ignored herself, making him the most embarrassing person there; but now she acted as if nothing had happened, facing him with a natural expression. However, Wu Lun quickly laughed at himself, he was confused, that's just what women are like.

  Li Na finally came out with a determined look, her left hand holding vinegar-soaked potato shreds and her right hand holding sugar-coated tomatoes. Yuanzi remained seated, apparently determined to maintain her chastity by not entering the kitchen. Wu Lun stood up to greet Li Na, and the dishes were very sumptuous... Wu Lun took a bite of the chive pancake, glanced at Yuanzi, and saw that she was specifically picking out the spicy peppers from the stir-fried meat to eat, causing her to breathe rapidly and sweat finely on her smooth forehead. This made Wu Lun want to smile even more, and he couldn't help but wonder how Yuanzi maintained her flawless skin.

  Wu Lun went to wash the dishes on his own initiative. Yuanzi hugged a pillow and curled up on the sofa, leaning over to Li Na and saying, "Don't consider it? There's potential for a family cooking husband."

  Li Na snorted with a smile, "You didn't let me find someone like him. He has nothing now, although he's back from abroad, but it seems something has changed, no house, no money, no car."

  "That's right, but Lv Zhong rarely praises people, it should be fine later, you can really consider it."

  Li Na's face suddenly turned red, and she whispered, "How did you meet Wu Lun? It's too coincidental. Didn't you go to Hong Kong?"

  Yuanzi smiled slyly, "What's so complicated? I was with Cui Zimin in Hong Kong, you told me Wu Lun went to Dongcheng on a business trip, so I'll just go take a look."

  Li Na looked at Yuanzi with a mixture of relief and concern, "You're just going to continue interacting with Cui Zimin like this?" Cui Zimin was the chairman of Rongxing Investment, and it was because of Yuanzi's relationship that she had been able to find work at Rongxing when she first arrived in Beicheng. But the key thing was that Cui Zimin was a married man.

  Yu Zong stretched out his long legs and poked Li Na's forehead with his finger, smiling, "Little girl, mind your own business."

  The next few days, the garden was empty during the day and would return on time for dinner. At night, she wouldn't go out either, without makeup, wearing casual clothes, basically just a T-shirt and tight jeans, looking like an office worker, but from her mouth, there were no words about work. The two women gradually became familiar with each other, and they would also take Wu Lun to exercise in the morning, and at night, they would unapologetically do yoga in the living room, letting Wu Lun watch TV in the living room, watching the two beautiful bodies stretch out various seductive curves. Of course, more often than not, they would talk about women's skin care, body shaping, and healthy eating. If it were someone else, perhaps they would be affected by this ambiguous atmosphere, maybe they would have another extreme reaction, being treated as a harmless creature like a eunuch; but Wu Lun didn't, he wouldn't feel that the two women were too noisy when watching economic news, nor would he feel embarrassed when the women were flirting in front of him. He also wouldn't let himself be filled with fantasies or resentment, because this new life had too many attractive aspects, and Wu Lun could completely shift his attention away. And as for women, having them around made the world not so monotonous, that's all, as for beautiful women, he didn't plan on getting involved again, he couldn't figure it out, nor did he want to try to figure it out.

  [Thanks to Mu Tian Shui for proofreading]