Reply to Keats - Chap 50

Chap 50
Rose Beretta

Zhao Shengge handed him a cup of coffee.

Chen Wan took it. It should have been prepared by the second assistant. It was not the packaged style. There was the Minglong logo on the wall of the cup. The same logo was also on the disposable cup that Chen Wan used when he went to their company for a meeting.

Zhao Shengge moved the laptop on his lap aside and asked, “Do you like it?”

Chen Wan tasted the aroma of oats. In the past, Chen Wan would say he liked anything, but now, Chen Wan knew that Zhao Shengge really regarded him as a friend and liked to have an equal dialogue, so he was willing to tell him some truth about himself.

“I like oatmeal, but I usually drink it at a lower sweetness level.”

Zhao Shengge looked at him and said okay, then took out his cell phone.

“I’ll tell the secretary.”

“Um?”

Zhao Shengge sent a message while saying, “You will have many opportunities to come to Minglong in the future.”

Chen Wan looked at him and suddenly didn’t know what to say. From childhood to adulthood, he had never been treated so seriously.

Finally, he just whispered, “Thank you.”

Zhao Shengge’s typing hands slowed down a bit. He looked up at him for a while before saying slowly, “These are nothing.” He just got to the point.

“What’s food? What flavor do you like?” Zhao Shengge turned slightly sideways towards him, in a very casual posture. His knee accidentally touched Chen Wan’s and he didn’t move away, as if he wanted to take the opportunity to have a long chat.

Chen Wan had never discussed or shared her true preferences with anyone, so she thought about it carefully and said, “I prefer Cantonese cuisine. Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine is also good.” Song Qingmiao was from Suzhou, and Chen Wan’s taste was similar to hers when she was a child.

Zhao Shengge nodded: “I understand.”

Chen Wan smiled and asked, “Zhao Shengge, what do you like?”

Zhao Shengge raised his eyebrows slightly. In the past, Chen Wan would seriously answer your ten questions and would never ask a question unnecessarily.

He put away his phone, put his arm on the car window, supported his head with one hand and looked at him, smiling: “Don’t you know?”

“…” Chen Wan felt guilty and helpless, so he spread his hands and smiled, “I don’t know.”

Zhao Shengge stopped teasing him and said, “Maybe he prefers home-cooked food.” After a pause, he added, “The most ordinary kind.”

“Anything.”

Chen Wan opened his mouth, many thoughts flashing through his mind, he looked at him seriously and said, “Okay, I’ll remember it too.”

Zhao Shengge turned his eyes away, and the car window reflected the relaxed and happy expression on his face.

Chen Wan suddenly felt that Zhao Shengge was very close to her, so close that they could chat about the most ordinary things like friends, share their hobbies, and tell many truths that they would never tell others.

Zhao Shengge is not cold at all. He is a very gentle and generous person, Chen Wan thought.

Suddenly, Zhao Shengge took out a Beretta BU9 from the safe and handed it to him.

Chen Wan: “Give it to me?”

“Well,” the last time Chen Wan drove a car to intercept a Jeep Grand Cherokee to save Xu Zhiying, he was already on Zhao Shengge’s blacklist. He looked at Chen Wan and said, “Just shoot when it’s time to do it, don’t worry about anything else.”

What this sentence means is that Chen Wan’s safety comes first, and nothing else matters. No matter what happens, Zhao Shengge will be responsible for it.

But Chen Wan would never understand it this way.

He simply took the gun, the gun body was brown, and his fingers paused slightly when he touched the bulge on the handle.

My heart suddenly felt like thousands of butterflies flapping their wings.

A very delicate and complex pattern and the letter G were carved in an inconspicuous place.

This is no ordinary gun. Chen Wan heard from Zhuo Zhixuan that the Zhao family used to have a private arms line overseas. In Minglong, this totem was a symbol of authority, and only those who reached a certain level of power and status could be engraved.

But no matter what authority you have, you cannot get a model number starting with G.

This is exclusive to Zhao Shengge.

The handle of the gun still retained the warmth of Zhao Shengge’s palm, and Chen Wan held it tightly in his hand, stroking it secretly for a long time. He was grateful for the other party’s trust, kept it carefully, and said thank you solemnly.

Zhao Shengge didn’t think there was anything wrong with this, but Chen Wan’s gaze at him was too dark and too bright. Zhao Shengge thought about it and asked, “Do you like playing with guns?”

“I haven’t used it much, but I’ve always wanted to practice it.” Zhao Shengge’s gun attack in Italy has always been Chen Wan’s nightmare.

Zhao Shengge said, “Use it first, and I’ll ask someone to measure your hand circumference and make a custom one for you when I get back.”

Chen Wan’s eyes widened slightly: “Hmm?”

Zhao Shengge said nonchalantly, “I will have many opportunities to travel far in the future, so it would be better if I could have a custom-made one for me, especially when I go abroad. I won’t be able to do without one that fits me.”

Chen Wan thought what he said made sense and agreed, but after thinking about it, she said no.

Zhao Shengge: “?”

Chen Wan held up the Rose Peretta: “I’ll use this one.”

Zhao Shengge looked at him for a moment and nodded: “Good vision.” He casually turned off the business channel and switched it around, and stopped at FM40.

The Hong Kong Golden Melody Radio Station is playing “Secret Love Airline”.

Chen Wan felt a little guilty.

“Zhao Shengge,” he said without being polite to the other party, “Just listen to the financial news, no need to ask me.”

“I won’t listen,” Zhao Shengge said slowly, “Change your mind.”

Zhao Shengge had a very comfortable and wonderful experience when riding in Chen Wan’s private car, and he hoped that Chen Wan could also spend a relaxing and enjoyable time in his car.

Listen to the radio stations and music he is familiar with, and talk about topics that interest him without making others the center of the conversation.

I don’t know if this Maybach is customized. The space is larger than those on the market. Chen Wan saw a chessboard on the shelf.

“Zhao Shengge, do you play chess?”

When Chen Wan called someone by their full name, there was an indescribable feeling, at least for Zhao Shengge, as if a switch was gently pressed in his body, causing his heartbeat and blood to flow faster than usual.

It was rare for Chen Wan to be interested in other people’s affairs. Zhao Shengge looked at him calmly: “Would you?”

Chen Wan said truthfully: “Not really, I just know the rules.”

Zhao Shengge nodded and went to get the chess box: “There are still things you don’t know how to do.”

“…” Chen Wan retorted in a low voice, “I don’t know a lot either.” Chen Wan was not born knowing so many things, but most of the time, she had to know them.

Zhao Shengge looked up at him and said, “That’s enough.”

Chen Wan just laughed.

Zhao Shengge raised the chess box and said, “Want to play a game?”

Chen Wan agreed.

The “Queen” and “King” are in the hands of Zhao Shengge and Chen Wan respectively, responsible for attack and defense.

Approaching the Haikou roundabout, Chen Wan vaguely noticed that several ordinary cars behind him were merging in one after another. He was distracted and someone grabbed his hand.

“Chen Wan, are you going to cheat?”

Chen Wan looked down and realized that he had taken the wrong queen from Zhao Shengge.

“…” Chen Wan said sorry, but his face was a little serious. Zhao Shengge looked at him, took his “Queen” from his hand, and landed in the position of a completely defeated Chen Wan, and said, “It’s okay.”

Zhao Shengge had an innate sense of security, and Chen Wan felt relieved, but still remained vigilant.

Zhao Shengge looked at him and said again: “It’s okay.”

Arriving at the dock, Xu Zhiying greeted Chen Wan enthusiastically, and Fang Jian took him aside to talk about his latest engineering architecture diagram.

Zhao Shengge walked in front, listening to the head of security report on the deployment of this trip. When they were near the upper deck, the clouds were blown away by the wind, and the sun suddenly became very big. Chen Wan went to get an umbrella for Xu Zhiying and Fang Jian, then opened a large one for himself, walked behind Zhao Shengge and held it silently.

A cooling shadow suddenly fell over his head. Zhao Shengge stopped, looked back, and continued walking forward while listening to the chief security officer’s words.

But he pulled Chen Wan to his side, pushed Chen Wan’s hand, and straightened the umbrella which was mostly leaning towards him.

Chen Wan’s arm felt numb for a moment because Zhao Shengge covered the back of his hand directly when he was adjusting the umbrella.

Chen Wan whispered, “I don’t need it.”

Zhao Shengge was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and pressed Chen Wan’s shoulder.

Chen Wan just stayed still.

When the captain and the security team leader saw Chen Wan coming over, they both remained silent tacitly. The safety conditions and risks of long-distance voyages are confidential and can only be reported to their employers.

However, Zhao Shengge said to them, “You continue talking.” He did not let go of Chen Wan, but let him hide under the shade of the umbrella with him.

There were not many people on board, and the cruise ship seemed very empty. It was not the Whale Ship No. 17 that went out to the high seas last time, a huge ship that seemed to be going out for demonstration, but a standard official ship, without any noise or activity.

Several people were sitting in the cabin. The cruise ship entered the deep sea area. Fang Jian could not sit still and went out to the deck to observe the ocean environment. Tides, wave energy, seawater temperature difference energy, and seawater salinity difference energy were all crucial to their engineering construction.

Minglong is wealthy and has specialized oceanographic research vessels and unmanned boats. If this negotiation goes smoothly, the Exploration will set sail from Haishi to Tingdao and enter the deep sea in two days.

But now, everything is still unknown.

Zhao Shengge and Xu Zhiying talked about business for a while. The two families had in-depth cooperation. Chen Wan felt that he should not pry too much into the matter, so he leaned forward and said that he would help Fang Bo.

Zhao Shengge naturally pressed his shoulder: “No need.” He said to Xu Zhiying without hesitation: “Go on.”

Xu Zhiying glanced at them and said, “We can’t get around Li Jiaming. After Shao Yaozong’s downfall, most of his men joined him. He was determined to get the land in Taiziwan, but you intervened and robbed their granary, which was enough for them to eat for decades. This is a revenge for both the old and the new.”

Zhao Shengge leaned back in his chair and said, “I didn’t intend to bypass him.”

“So you plan to get rid of him once and for all?”

Zhao Shengge: “The enemy of my enemy may not necessarily be my friend.”

Xu Zhiying: “You want to support Li Shenghui and let them fight each other?” Then he would sit back and take advantage of the situation.

“It depends on his choice.” Zhao Shengge was used to using both kindness and force to decide whether to help or not. “His favorite concubine and son are both in Haishi.”

Xu Zhiying was stunned. Zhao Shengge always did things so calmly. When you thought of one step, he had already done ninety-nine steps.

In Hai City, that is Zhao Shengge’s territory.

Zhao Shengge had already investigated everything clearly: “He also opened a private bank and a black market. It won’t be difficult to cut off his escape route.”

“Private bank?” Xu Zhiying was the eldest daughter of the Xu family. She remained calm even when it came to making money and killing people. “Then our Xu family can make a small contribution to the Securities Regulatory Commission.”

Chen Wan: “…”

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