Chapter Nine Brothers

  On the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, Makua is known to a tight-knit group of surfers who live here waiting for "The Big One", a wave that can reach heights of over 50 feet and is the holy grail of surfing. Few have attempted to ride it and lived to tell the tale, but Makua has made it his life's mission to conquer this monster wave, no matter how many times he wipes out or comes close to death.

  This time, a 20-meter-high wave swept in, and the north coast of Oahu Island had gathered a large number of surfers. However, people suddenly found that there was no Ma Ren, who was tall and lean with wheat-colored skin, wearing big sunglasses, and walked coolly to make women scream.

  At this moment, McLaren was facing the old guys in front of him with a sullen face. They made him miss this "Great White Shark". If he could, he would be very happy to throw these old guys into the sea one by one to feed the fish.

  "Malone, your brother made an extremely foolish and unforgivable mistake towards Heilin, it can even be said that he betrayed us. We hope you can replace him." The speaker was Littler Heilin, the maternal uncle. When he was young, he would call him Uncle Littler, but now... "Littler, I have no relation with Heilin whatsoever, and there won't be any in the future either. So please, don't do such foolish things again, abducting me? Do you think there's anything that can coerce me? How ridiculous!"

  Little let out a sigh, indeed, in front of this adventurous person who was always ready to face death, what could intimidate him, but Little had the confidence to persuade McLaren.

  "The cooperation between the Blackwood and Sollo families was facilitated by your father, I think you wouldn't want it to fall apart, and Miss Liv of Sollo's engagement with your brother Aln is also for maintaining this bond. You return to Blackwood, what you lost can be regained." Little smiled at the corner of his mouth, knowing that no further explanation was needed, as Malen would understand.

  The disdain on Ma Lun's face gradually faded away. What he had lost? For him, the only thing that truly made him feel like he had lost was a woman, and the reason for his loss was this damn family alliance. Now it seemed like he could get back what he had lost through this very same alliance, but he didn't know if this was fate playing tricks on him.

  ……

  Li Na pushed the buffet cart in front of Wu Lun, "So late?"

  Wu Lun shrugged, but didn't explain, and ignored the few curious glances from around him. In the eyes of their colleagues, Wu Lun and Li Na had already become a couple, not just because Wu Lun would often ignore his own work schedule to arrive at the company with Li Na early, or leave together after work. More importantly, it was here in this restaurant that Wu Lun had beaten up an investment manager. No one knew if it was because of Li Na, who seemed like a woman who would be wasted on anyone else, but once she belonged to someone, some people became jealous and resentful. When an investment manager, who had just returned from a business trip, discovered this change, he sneered at Li Na, calling her "Red Face Girl" in front of everyone in the hall. In that instant, Wu Lun's expressionless face smashed the plate in his hand onto the man's face. As the man furiously pounced on him, no one saw what happened next, but it seemed like Wu Lun had lightly kicked him, and this normally chubby, fat guy fell to the ground and couldn't get up again, leaving everyone shocked and covered in cold sweat...

  Li Na smiled lightly. She was already used to Wu Lun's silence and didn't say anything else, but instead looked at him with great interest as he ate his rice, "How come you finish all the dishes before eating your rice?"

  Wu Lun brought some surprise, "How can I eat that?"

  "Let's eat together, it tastes better this way."

  Wu Lun shrugged his shoulders, "Got used to it."

  "And you drink soup in a weird way, we use spoons like this to scoop it up." Li Na said, making a scooping motion with her hand from outside in. "But you do it like this", her wrist moved outward and pushed flat, "Is that how Americans scoop their soup?"

  Wu Lun furrowed his brow, "I haven't paid attention."

  Li Na snorted and smiled, "Alright, I won't ask anymore, if I ask again you won't eat dinner."

  Li Na's words finally had an impact on Wu Lun, she saw Wu Lun scooping the soup with a spoon back and forth, as if searching for some feeling. Li Na couldn't help but laugh again, her face becoming even redder. "Tonight we won't go back to eat, Yuanzi said that Director Cui will treat us to dinner."

  "Choi Jaemin? And who else?" Wu Lun was slightly startled, he had not forgotten that another major shareholder of Re Xing Investment was UBO Bank.

  "It's said that we're going to welcome the new colleague, you and also Yue Zheng and Li Wen, General Manager Lü Chóng and Investment Director Chéng Luǎ will be there too."

  "Can I not go?"

  Li Na spread her hands and pouted, "You're useless to me, I'm just giving you a heads up, someone will tell you this afternoon, and then you can refuse if you want."

  Wu Lun said that Li Nai Bai suppressed the incident of beating people, which made Cheng Lao extremely dissatisfied. Now he is pretending to be noble, and it will be difficult for him to get along in the company in the future.

  In the afternoon, Lü Zhòng told Wu Lún about the dinner party and guaranteed that he would not be involved in the fight. Wu Lún owed him a favor, so naturally he couldn't lose face in front of him.

  Before the end of work, Wu Lun saw Yuan Zi, wearing a pair of slim-fitting casual pants on her lower body and a simple gold buckle high-heeled sandal, revealing smooth and shiny feet. As for her upper body, Wu Lun furrowed his brow, he really needed to get used to it. At first glance, it looked like two blue canvas pieces sewn together into a collarless sleeveless shirt, with white stripes on top that looked like naughty children had drawn graffiti on it with chalk. If not for the large patch of tender white skin exposed at her chest, along with the tempting slender figure revealed by the swaying hem of her knit sweater and the sly smile that barely showed her teeth, she would have looked just like a sloppy middle-aged woman.

  "Are you here to pick up Li Na?" Wu Lun's mouth twitched.

  "And you, I heard from Li Na that you're quite miserable. But looking at your current work environment, it doesn't seem so bad," Yuanzi said, glancing around the large office where Wu Lun was, and smiling back at the astonished gaze cast in her direction.

  Wu Lun glanced at the time, "I haven't finished work yet, I can hitch a ride with Director Lü later."

  The corner of Yu's mouth curled up in a faint smile, and he didn't insist. He lightly waved his hand at Wu Lun, turned elegantly, and walked away.

  Yue Zheng drove himself, Li Wen and Cheng Lü went together. After waiting until the end of work, only he and Lü Chóng were left. When Lü Chóng saw Wu Lun, he smiled and said, "It seems you get along well with Yuánzi."

  Wu Lun was taken aback, then thought that with a woman like Yuanzi appearing in the large office, how could it not be spread far and wide? He smiled to himself, "I've seen too much, I'm used to it."

  Lv Zhong nodded, "Yuanzi is a very good person at dealing with people." Lv Zhong's words were laced with meaning, able to navigate between Lv Zhong, Cui Zimin, Li Pei and these men, Yuanzi's social skills could not be said to be unrefined, Wu Lun just smiled.

  "You don't seem like someone with no experience in the investment industry." Lü Zhong's eyes narrowed slightly.

  Wu Lun smiled and said, "General Manager Lü wouldn't think that I have any embarrassing experiences that I don't dare to show people, would he?"

  Lv Zhong didn't get the answer he wanted from Wu Lun's reaction, and put away his doubts. "You're thinking too much, isn't it normal for a newcomer to observe and understand their surroundings? But you seem to be ignoring all of this."

  Wu Lun's heart skipped a beat, but the corner of his mouth curled up naturally, "Muddling along, what's there to care about? Maybe next month I won't be in Chongxing or even leave Beicheng. What do these things have to do with me now?"

  Lv Zhong burst out laughing, "An employee dares to say such discouraging words in front of me. It seems that I, the general manager, am indeed a failure."

  Wu Lun's mouth twitched, "Why can't you understand that I want a raise?"

  Lü Zhōng was taken aback, patted Wu Lún's shoulder, "I had this plan a long time ago, but it was suppressed by Director Chéng. Originally, her attitude towards you was changing for the better, however after the incident of you hitting someone, her opinion of you became extremely bad. I need to find an appropriate opportunity."

  Wu Lun's mouth twitched and he pretended to be helpless.

  Soon, he saw Cui Zimin, who was less than thirty years old, wearing a deep blue T-shirt and casual pants. Although he looked casual, he matched well with Yuanyuan. His half-frame glasses and elegant demeanor gave him a somewhat gentlemanly air. Lv Zhong introduced Wu Lun to Cui Zimin, who nodded and smiled in greeting. As Wu Lun's gaze passed over Cui Zimin, he saw a familiar figure - Deng Qun, with his scattered white hair, talking to Yue Zheng. It was hard to imagine that he would appear here. Wu Lun couldn't help but smile inwardly, thinking that running into Deng Qun must be quite embarrassing for Yue Zheng. Wu Lun turned around to find a place to sit down, and just as he took a sip of tea, he saw Deng Qun walking towards him alone.

  Deng Qunren hadn't even approached yet, but his mouth was already wide open in laughter. As he drew near, he patted Wu Lun's shoulder and said, "I'm here to keep you company."

  Wu Lun bitterly smiled, when did he need an old man to accompany him, but it seemed that he was right, Yuanzi and Li Na, as well as Chengluo and Liwen were all in pairs, while Yue Zheng was now with Cui Zimin and Lü Chong, leaving only himself alone.

  "I heard you've been having a tough time writing lately." Deng Qun seemed to ignore Wu Lun's coldness, let out a sigh, and then chuckled.

  Wu Lun smiled lightly and said, "I'm just a small figure, thank you for your attention."

  Deng Qun smiled wryly, "You're not surprised I'm here?"

  "It shouldn't be me who's surprised."

  "Guess why I came here?"

  Wu Lian Shu let out a cold breath, "You don't need to waste your time here with me."

  Deng Qun burst out laughing, "Are you asking me to go face Cui Zimin that little fox, or beg for Yue Zheng's mercy, or perhaps Lu Chong that stubborn fool? As for women, I do like them, but with a tigress at home and only you being somewhat interesting here. Don't you think it's quite unusual for someone in your current position to be so apathetic about everything?"

  Wu Lun's hand, which was sliding towards the edge of his teacup, paused involuntarily. Deng Qun's words were exactly the same as Lü Chong's.

  "After a month of hard work, I will leave and everything here will have nothing to do with me. What's wrong with being indifferent?" Wu Lun explained.

  "What a pity!" Deng Qun sighed.

  Wu Lun smiled inwardly and finished the tea in his hand, he began to like this old man whose age couldn't be told, perhaps with time they would become friends.

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