Black Lotus - Chap 70
After a long time, Zhou Yuanfeng put down the coffee, he said: “Where did President Tang go? Why is Qiyue Group so lazy?”
“If Qiyue is lazy, it isn’t your business to worry about. For what do I owe for the honor of your visit?
“Last time I told you about the partnership between the two companies, Mr. Lu has already read the documents and agreed. Originally, she was going to come to talk about the details, but there were so many things happening in the family, she couldn’t get out of the house, I’ll take the information to Mr. Lu.”
The secretary took a few folders handing them to Tang Lunxuan, he took them, putting them on the table: “If Mr. Zhou needs something else, you can come back whenever you want, but why didn’t Mr. Zhou send someone here instead of coming in person, why did you come back.”
“Huh? So strangers can go in and out, and do things at Qiyue Group at their will, so you don’t need to tell the president?” said Zhou Yuanfeng, with a bit of indifference and mock in his tone.
“It’s…it isn’t like that, of course.”
Zhou Yuanfeng suddenly turned his head to the secretary who was standing with his head down, he said: “The cup is empty, go and make me another cup of coffee.”
“Huh? All right.”
The secretary quickly took the empty cup on the table running out to fill the cup.
Tang Lunxuan raised his hand to fix his glasses: “Are the people in the Gu Group, all like that, behaving in the same arrogant manner, disrespecting the others, treating the employees of other companies at his will?”
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Zhou Yuanfeng laughed lightly saying calmly: “Are you scolding me or Gu Yansheng? Why? Trying to do justice for your brother?”
“Why do you think I came to get the documents in person?”
“I don’t know, and I don’t want to know.”
“Your personality is really similar to Tang Shuo’s, but a little more weaker, he also doesn’t look too resistant in fights.”
“You…what did you say?” Tang Lunxuan stood up abruptly taking a step back, looking at him carefully.
“What are you afraid of, I won’t hit you, sit down, we’re going to talk for a while.”
“I’m not sure if you will be able to do it. The people around Gu Yansheng are pretty normal, but his husband was too badly injured.”
Surprised for a moment, Zhou Yanfeng stared at him clearly, his tone became cold: “Have you met Wen Niannan? When?”
“Why are you getting excited for?” Asked Tang Lunxuan with some doubts.
“It happened when you were out? Where did you meet?”
Tang Lunxuan didn’t like that demanding tone, he frowned saying: “What does it have to do with you?”
With a strange look on his face, Zhou Yuanfeng said: “You’d better not get involved in this matter. It’s enough to deal with your brother, so don’t go around causing problems for the Tang family.”
“Since you’ve gotten the documents, I think it’s time for Mr. Zhou to leave.”
“Leave? Why do you think I sent your secretary away?”
Zhou Yuanfeng suddenly stepped forward leaning over. The sudden closeness frightened Tang Lunxuan, he quickly stepped back to run away to the door.
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“Xiao Wang…uh”
Tang Lunxuan was about to call his secretary outside when his mouth was suddenly covered by a hand, pulling him, he was struggling to break free.
Zhou Yuanfeng held firmly the man in his arms dragging him away from the door. Seeing that the person was still struggling, he lowered his head, his mouth close to his ear, he whispered softly: “Hush…quiet.”
The warm breath blew in his ear, leading causing Tang Lunxuan to shudder, he lifted his feet, trying to kick the person behind him.
“Here we go again? It’s really rude.”
Zhou Yuanfeng stretched out a leg, easily suppressing the kicking leg of the man, turning him around to face each other, he found it particularly interesting to watch the face in front of him red with anger and resistance.
Seeing that Tang Lunxuan was getting angry, he clicked his tongue releasing his hold.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he released him from his hold, the other man began to punch him. For Zhou Yuanfeng, he was in a weak posture just like Tang Lunxuan, so there was no need to fight back, he dodged the hit to the left.
Tang Lunxuan wasn’t expecting that the other person would avoid him, not being able to control his strength, he rushed forward falling to the ground embarrassedly.
Hiss…his nose was sore…he quickly raised his hand touching his nose, he was lucky that it wasn’t bleeding.
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Frowning back, he stared straight at the person who was looking at him with his arms crossed, picked up the glasses that had fallen on the ground, putting them on, he stood up again, just about to speak, suddenly dumbfounded, he took off the glasses he had just put on taking a careful look at them.
Zhou Yuanfeng also walked over, he took a glance before sitting on the couch, he vaguely said: “Oh? Your glasses are broken again? How could you be so careless and reckless.”
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Tang Lunxuan’s hands trembled in anger, he opened his mouth to scold him, but he didn’t know what to say, after he held for a while, he said: “You! You old scoundrel, how could I have fallen if it hadn’t been for you?”
His last broken glasses devastated him for a long time, they were a limited edition that he had bought a few time ago. As a result, the new glasses that he ordered some time ago were only brought back after a few days just for that guy to broke them…
“Old scoundrel? Is President Tang confused? If I remember correctly, you’re older than me, I’m a little scoundrel, you wouldn’t have fallen if you hadn’t suddenly attacked, don’t you think?
“You…who told you to avoid it?”
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“If I don’t avoid it, would you want me to stand there and be punched by you? Honestly, what’s with that fallacy?”
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Tang Lunxuan knew that he was wrong, but he was too embarrassed to speak, his body was trembling.
“It’s late. I’ll leave the company before anything else happens. Mr. Tang, we’ll have some time later .”
When he approached the door, he looked back at the man who was staring at his glasses, there was a smile flashing in his eyes.
“That unreasonable creature!”
The secretary made the coffee and took it to the office, standing at the door he knocked it when he heard the roar coming from inside and the sound of slamming the table, he took a few steps back, leaving the office with a face was full of unreadable expressions.
Until the coffee was back in the pantry, he still had a dull look. The two employees who were pouring themselves some water approached, when they saw his expression, they asked: “What’s wrong with you, Secretary Wang?”
“I think I just saw something incredible, our boss, who has always been known for being modest and polite, he lost his temper, he even slapped the table and roared…”
“Ah? Really, who made our boss be that mad?”
“Well…it was a member of the Gu Group.”
As soon as they heard that they were from the Gu Group, their faces changed, they closed their mouths walking away with curiosity.
After stopping the car, Wen Niannan didn’t rush to get off, unfastening his seat belt, he leaned on the back. Looking at the brightly lit house in front, a trace of fatigue flashed in his eyes, he raised his arm to cover his eyes without doing any movement at all for a long time.
Until he vaguely heard the voices of mother and aunt Lan coming from the villa, Wen Niannan exhaled lightly, after taking the medicine bag he stared at it for a while, opened the pocket of the windbreaker, putting the medicine in it; finally he opened the door hoping out of the car.
Lu Yun, sitting in the living room, was on a video call with a client from abroad, they were discussing the progress of the project for next month. After hearing Wen Niannan’s voice, she looked back after saying a few words to the person at the computer, he hung up.
“Nian Nian is back, are you hungry? Mom asked Aunt Lan to cook your favorite dishes and also stewed soup to help you improve your health.”
“Oh, thank you, mom.”
Lu Yun saw the strange face of Wen Niannan, she glanced at his hat, a variety of feelings reflected in his heart, with a smile she approached him: “Nian Nian, your father just called me to talk about the new project for next year, he’s very important to this cooperation project, we’ll have a video call later, why don’t you join us, you can talk to your father.”
Perplex, Wen Niannan raised his eyes to look at Lu Yun, then lowered his head: “Okay.”
After a while, the video was connected, he would finally see the face, he hadn’t seen for a long time, on the computer.
That face, when Wen Niannan saw his father, had a sour nose.
As soon as the video was connected, Father Wen looked at the information in his hand, telling Lu Yun about the progress of the project, he didn’t seem to notice Wen Niannan by her side.
“Mr. Wen, Nian Nian is here too. He missed you, would like to take to you for a while.” Said Lu Yun, while glancing at Wen Niannan.
Wen Niannan’s hands were hanging to his sides with his hands held tight, looking nervously at the person on the video.
Father Wen paused with his hand turning the page, he raised his head to stare at the person who was looking at him nervously through the screen.
“Little Nian, how are you doing recently? You look thinner.”
“A few days ago… I had a cold two days ago, hadn’t had too much appetite…I’ve been eating less.”
“Take more care with your body. Recently, the temperature of the weather is lower, there had been more colds.”
“Well, Father also should take more care with his body.”
Again, as before, simply exchanging a few words with each other, politely asking about each other’s current lives, the silence between them fell after some words.
Father Wen put the paper aside; he looked at them, and as if it was an accident, he said: “Little Nian, I haven’t seen for a long time, take off your hat, let Dad see you.”
Hearing his request to take off his hat, Wen Niannan touched his hat, with a somewhat panicked tone, he said: “No, it’s a bit cold I bought to wear it. Oh…doesn’t it good look?”
Wen Niannan didn’t know if his father saw something, but he mustn’t take it off. He didn’t want his father to feel guilty if he ever saw his unhappy life, feeling that everything he had, was just traded for his son.
“It’s really cold here.” Lu quickly said when she saw that. “Let the boy wear it if he wants to.”
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Turning his head back to the person who had been staring at the ground: “Nian Nian, don’t you want to go to bed to lie down for a while? Mother will call you when Aunt Lan has the food ready.”
Wen Niannan glanced at the person in the video, a touch of sadness flashes in his eyes, he said: “Okay, I’ll go up and change clothes first.”
After that, he got up and left the living room, he looked back at the computer when he reached the stairs, then he walked slowly upstairs.
Lu Yun talked to Wen’s father about the company, their tone returned to the usual serious state.
As soon as Wen Niannan went up the stairs, he saw Gu Yansheng standing on the top of the stairs, looking at him with a calm face.
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The grip of the hand on the handrail of the stairs tightened, he held from showing any emotion in his eyes, so he walked past him with his head down.
“Stop.”
Wen Niannan’s steps stopped.
“Is there anything wrong?”
“Where have you been? Why did you come back so late?” He askes with interrogation in his tone.
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Wen Niannan took a deep breath, releasing the grip on the handrail of the stairs, turning around, he said: “Who am I, a slave? Why do I have to report my business to you?”
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Then he walked away quickly, going to his room; until the door of the room was closed, Gu Yansheng returned to his senses, looking at the now-closed door.
How dare this guy talk to me like this… Now he doesn’t even want to pretend to be something else…
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Although he wondered about Wen’s sudden change of attitude, he didn’t think about it too much, returned to the study.
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Hello,
I know four is a few, but remember the chapters are pretty long, I think it compensates the fact that there will be just four *giggle*. Well, stay safe and take care.
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Regards, A.
