Reply to Keats - Chap 24
Just this one sentence put out half of the fire burning in Zhuo Zhixuan’s heart, but he still felt uncomfortable.
In the more than ten years they had known each other, Chen Wan had never seen his friend so angry. He thought about it, raised his hand and pressed it on Zhuo Zhixuan’s shoulder, using a little force, not heavy, but the words that followed were like a mountain pressing on Zhuo Zhixuan’s heart.
“Do you know who was the top leader of Xiaolan Mountain sixteen years ago?”
Zhuo Zhixuan’s heart was shocked, he looked straight at Chen Wan and opened his mouth.
“you–”
“Yes,” Chen Wan caught his gaze and admitted frankly, “This is the closest step I can take.” Even if it may not actually succeed.
Not wanting to use Zhao Shengge’s relationship to do this business was part of the reason, but more importantly, he didn’t want to let Luo Qiansheng go.
Zhuo Zhixuan looked at Chen Wan, speechless.
It turned out that he had not forgotten it for a single day, or perhaps not even for a single minute or a single second.
There is crazy and dark hatred running in Chen Wan’s blood, but it is suppressed by his morals and character. Zhuo Zhixuan knew this since he met him.
Chen Wan was the one who stepped on the senior student who bullied him and broke his bones without batting an eyelid.
At the age of nine, a pair of scissors pierced Liao Quan’s palm.
At the age of twelve, he set a fire on Siu Lam Mountain.
When he was thirteen, he helped him fight with Zhuo Shengyan without showing any mercy. Fourteen years have passed and now Zhuo Shengyan still avoids him when he sees him.
At the age of fifteen, at a banquet, Chen Wan watched coldly as the eldest wife of the Chen family suffered a cerebral infarction and fell alone in the garden. Chen Wan said nothing. If he had discovered the other party a little later, the rescue would have been ineffective.
People are complicated, one side is a devil and the other side is a Buddha. Zhuo Zhixuan didn’t know what it was that temporarily bound Chen Wan’s darkness, indifference and even madness like a rope, allowing him to live like a human being under the guise of a gentle and kind person.
Many times, it even went a bit too far. Chen Wan has a somewhat dedicated personality, of course, only to friends and relatives.
But the older Zhuo Zhixuan got, the more he felt something was wrong, and so, Monica came into being.
After a moment of silence.
“Even so,” Zhuo Zhixuan choked up and lit a cigarette irritably, “Even so, you can’t do such a big thing alone without saying a word. Have you thought about the consequences?”
But in fact, he and Chen Wan knew very well that if they wanted a project, they could go to Tan Youming and others, but when it came to the removal of an official, the nature of the matter was completely different.
The interests of the aristocratic families are intertwined. This kind of thing is no small matter for Tan Youming and Shen Zongnan. Their friendship is not deep enough to go to this extent.
It would be impossible for Chen Wan to put Zhuo Zhixuan in such a dangerous situation. Asking for help from Tan Youming or Shen Zongnan would actually put others in an unkind and unjust position and leave the problem to others, making it difficult for them to help or not.
Chen Wan would not do such a thing. This was his own bad debt. If he could report it, he would erase it with his own hands. If he could not report it, he would not implicate irrelevant people.
The most important thing is that Chen Wan would never let others know about what happened in Xiaolan Mountain, especially Zhao Shengge.
Fortunately, a murder occurred in Xiaolan Mountain later, and the regulatory authorities came to investigate. The more they dug, the deeper they got. They found that too many interests were involved. All the bad debts from sixteen years ago had long been kept confidential. Even if someone wanted to retrieve them now, it would be unlikely.
Thus, Chen Wan’s past was also sealed, which gave him temporary peace of mind.
Cigarette butts fell all over the floor and no one spoke. The silence seemed to have substance. Zhuo Zhixuan no longer knew what to say to Chen Wan, or what else he could say.
Once Chen Wan has made up his mind, no one else can change or interfere.
Zhao Shengge didn’t have it, let alone Zhuo Zhixuan.
When the cigarette in his hand burned out, Zhuo Zhixuan’s throat rolled over, and he said tiredly and helplessly: “A Wan, can you be nicer to yourself?”
This was the only thing he wanted to say to Chen Wan after thinking for a long time and having no idea what to say. It was also his only request to Chen Wan. It couldn’t even be called a request, it was just a request.
“Forget about Luo Qiansheng.” He had no right or position to say anything. He should not advise others to be kind without experiencing their suffering. However, Zhuo Zhixuan stamped out his cigarette butt and said, “Don’t use yourself to cover up business matters in the future.”
“This order doesn’t work. There’s the next one, and the next one. You want to take them all. Can you finish them? Can your body withstand it? Look at you now, you’re neither human nor ghost. I really don’t know if one day you will—”
Chen Wan pursed her lips and said, “Ah Xuan, I’m not being mean to myself.”
But that’s the reality.
Putting aside Luo Qiansheng’s matter, he would still do the same.
Haishi is a prosperous city, with gold all over the ground and opportunities everywhere, but the people are eaten without leaving any bones. Under the gold are dark bones, and the competition is fierce. Thousands of boats are advancing at the same time and hundreds of boats are vying for the current. How can you do business if you are quiet and law-abiding?
It’s not easy for Chen Wan to climb to her current position. It’s really not easy.
The business world is full of ups and downs and the situation is treacherous. In this magical port where the law of the jungle prevails and the survival of the fittest is particularly fierce, the squares on Andrew Avenue are always brightly lit, the Central CBD park is never closed, and every month there are people going bankrupt and jumping off the rooftop of the more than 170-story financial building. If you relax for a moment, it will only take a moment to be eliminated, abandoned, and buried.
Not even a name will be left.
Many tycoons and tycoons with assets worth billions of dollars have fallen in just one day, so Chen Wan never dared to relax. He thought carefully about everything and did everything personally, always on the alert, for fear that he would be swept away by the mud and sand of the business world and swept into the torrent.
He wants to stand on the crest of the wave, he doesn’t need to be too close to that person, but at least he can look at him from afar like looking at the sun which is satisfying.
Zhuo Zhixuan has a different background and experience from him, so he cannot understand or agree with his choices and practices. Chen Wan does not force him, does not mind, and does not want to explain more.
None of these prevents them from being a pair of true friends.
The more Chen Wan was in the world of fame and fortune, the more she understood the value of Zhuo Zhixuan.
“You haven’t been bad to yourself,” Zhuo Zhixuan said sarcastically, “Monica said you haven’t gone to get your medicine for half a month.”
“Yes,” Chen Wan rubbed his forehead, “I have already apologized to Monica and made an appointment to go there this weekend. I also asked her to reschedule her shift, but I made a note this time and will definitely come on time.”
Zhuo Zhixuan’s anger, which had just subsided, rose again: “Why do you always think about whether you are causing trouble to others? What’s more important is your own health, not the doctor’s schedule. Do you really take it seriously?”
“I know what’s going on.”
“What do you think?” Zhuo Zhixuan no longer believed him. “Send me the new appointment time and I will escort you there myself.”
The follow-up visit was scheduled for Sunday. Monica told Zhuo Zhixuan that the data from the follow-up test was not optimistic, and hoped that he could persuade Chen Wan to reduce working hours and psychological pressure, and pay more attention to his living habits.
Zhuo Zhixuan said: “It’s difficult.”
Monica said helplessly: “Then at least let him do the most basic thing – take medicine on time.”
Zhuo Zhixuan sighed: “I’ll talk to him.”
Zhuo Zhixuan drove back and mentioned that Tan Youming had invited him to attend a dinner with the shipping king. He asked him if he was free and if he was too tired and wanted to rest, he would help him decline.
Although if Chen Wan doesn’t show up again, that group of young masters will most likely come to Zhuo Zhixuan to hand over the person.
Chen Wan laughed and said he was exaggerating.
Zhuo Zhixuan sighed and said, “Go and see for yourself when the time comes whether I am exaggerating or not.”
Chen Wan seemed to be born to love, but she had never thought about the possibility of being loved.
What Zhuo Zhixuan didn’t know was that people who have never been truly loved would not have this concept in their minds.
Chen Wan just smiled and said nothing. The project was settled and he no longer had to work overtime day and night.
After thinking about it, I asked, “Will he go?”
Zhuo Zhixuan: “Why do you care whether he goes or not? If you want to go, go. If you don’t want to go, don’t go.”
Chen Wan was just asking casually and said, “Go.” He also wanted to go for Tan Youming.
Chen Wan has received very little kindness, so if anyone gives him a little, he will return it double.
