Chapter 474 There is something fishy behind the smile (asking for monthly ticket subscription)

It was already ten o'clock in the evening when we came out of the provincial compound.

Zhang Yunqi drank a little and called Xiao Wu, asking him to come and take him to Jiangxinzhou. Unexpectedly, the guy hesitated on the phone and said that he had something to do tonight and arranged for someone else to pick him up.

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Lin Shiyu is next to us?"

Xiao Wu said “Uh…”

Zhang Yunqi told you to have fun.

Zhang Yunqi made another phone call, and the person who came to help him drive was Ma Shi.

Ma Shi has now also joined United Times. Compared to Xiao Wu, who is only responsible for Zhang Yunqi's security, he is much busier. He is in charge of the security work of all major subsidiaries of United Times, from Zhang's family, Liansheng Group, Aiwa Electronics, Lianzhong Company and Zhangji Catering to a large number of subsidiaries under it. He has built a team of nearly 100 executive bodyguards, drivers and company security guards.

Since the kidnapping of the Zhang family, the security of Zhang Yunqi, the Zhang family and the top executives has received unprecedented attention. This is Ma Shi's most core work. Zhang Yunqi and the Zhang family are each responsible for two separate teams. The leader of Zhang Yunqi's security team is Xiao Wu, mainly because Zhang Yunqi likes that guy.

Zhang Yunqi returned to Jiangxinzhou.

When he arrived, almost three hours had passed.

Before going to the provincial compound, he originally wanted to send Ji Ling home. He was a little worried about Ji Ling being alone here, and Ji Ling and his roommates had just met each other. He was afraid that they would have nothing to talk about and would feel bored. However, Ji Ling said to wait for him to come back.

Not long after Zhang Yunqi left, Ma Rulong and his group set up a rented camping tent on the grass on one side of the willow forest on Jiangxin Island. After a whole day of fun, they lit a bonfire under the bright moonlight, with the Xiangjiang River sparkling in front and the neon lights of Yinshan Road flashing in the distance. The group chatted and drank beer, and the atmosphere was relaxed and warm.

Dinner is simple.

They had brought a lot of fruits, mooncakes, biscuits and instant noodles but didn't finish them. They were here to relax and experience life and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together, so it didn't matter what they ate.

They had just spread out a blanket and placed fruit biscuits on the campfire when a young man in trousers and a white shirt came over and politely invited them to dine at the restaurant of a nearby resort hotel.

Everyone looked at Ji Ling.

They guessed that this was arranged by Zhang Yunqi.

Ji Ling didn’t know if it was true.

The others didn't think much about it. Although it didn't matter to them what they ate, if someone treated them to a big meal, it would be a waste if they didn't eat.

The hotel restaurant is a combination of Chinese and Western cuisine.

The place where Ji Ling and his group had dinner was a high-end private room with large windows. Sitting in the room, they could see the Xiangjiang River covered with moonlight, with rippling waves, the sound of water rushing, and the sound of wind blowing through the willow trees. The scenery was extremely beautiful.

The dishes had been ordered long ago, including stir-fried swimming crab with chopped basil, braised lobster with Hunan-style rice tofu, salmon sashimi, hairy crab with oil sauce, deep-roasted goose, Cantonese black barbecued pork, steamed grouper with blue seeds, and Luo's fried duck. The dishes combined the characteristics of seafood and Hunan cuisine, and they did not look cheap. Lin Lin calculated in her mind that this meal would cost more than a year's tuition.

When the waiter opened the red wine, Zhao Wenxuan suddenly said, "Ji Ling, what does Zhang Yunqi's family do? They look really rich."

Lin Lin put down her chopsticks and looked at Ji Ling with her ear tilted.

Ji Ling picked up a piece of grouper and said, "His parents are ordinary people. They used to grow crops, but of course they don't do that now."

Everyone's faces showed disbelief. This statement was really at odds with the reality. Wang Xuan, who had been sitting next to Jin Shengze, said with a smile: "Ji Ling, you are hiding it. Don't worry, we won't compete with you for it, haha."

Ji Ling's hand that was picking up the food paused for a moment.

She suddenly thought of their first meeting, and what her cousin Zhang Xiaomei had said: "We have all grown up, and we have to take control of our own happiness. Are you just going to give your childhood sweetheart away like this?!"

Ji Ling put the grouper into the bowl and continued eating: "He earned the money himself. He runs a company."

Ma Rulong was stunned and said, "Oh my god! So awesome?"

Lin Lin smiled and asked, "What is the name of his company?"

Ji Ling said in a bland voice: "Liansheng, Lianzhong, Zhangji Catering, Aihua Electronics, there are many companies, so many that I can't remember the names of some of them, but the people of Jiangchuan regard him as the richest man in the city. If you want to know more about him, you can look through the past issues of Jiangchuan Daily."

Wang Xuan and Zhao Wenxuan looked at each other.

The box suddenly became quiet.

Lin Lin felt a little thirsty and waved to the waitress at the door to bring tea. She had already remembered that the advertisement endorsed by her roommate Li Yufei and Jackie Chan was for a product called Aihua Electronic DVD player.

Faced with the exquisite and delicious dishes, the boys seemed to have no appetite all of a sudden, especially when they saw the exaggerated expressions of the girls. He Lin thought that the gap between people is sometimes bigger than that between people and pigs.

Only Ji Ling was busy eating the grouper. Zhang Yunqi's steamed grouper was especially delicious.

Li Yusheng sat with Ji Ling, and she clearly felt that Ji Ling, who was fine just now, suddenly became different. Before Zhang Yunqi left, he specifically asked her to look after Ji Ling. At that time, she didn't quite understand what he meant, and asked in a low voice: "Ji Ling, is there anything wrong?"

Ji Ling smiled and said, "It's okay."

Li Yusheng felt that there was something behind Ji Ling's smile.

Lin Lin said hello and went out to the toilet.

She drank a little too much tea.

But when she walked to the aisle, a waitress who was guarding the aisle suddenly called her and said with a smile that a gentleman wanted to meet her.

Lin Lin was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

She followed the waiter to a tea room on the same floor.

The tea room was quiet and ancient, with a middle-aged man in his forties sitting in the middle. Lin Lin glanced over and immediately remembered that this middle-aged man was the Hong Kong businessman she met outside the toilet of the Jiangxinzhou self-service barbecue area this morning.

The Hong Kong businessman is Liu Mingde.

Liu Mingde, wearing white casual clothes and smiling, invited Lin Lin to sit on the cushion opposite him, and then started chatting with Lin Lin in Cantonese.

He talked a lot, the general idea being that he came from Hong Kong to Lijin to do business, and was very busy and tired, and had been alone all the time. He also mentioned intentionally or unintentionally how many industries he ran and how much property he had, but that he liked Lijin, a mainland city. He then mentioned his encounter with Lin Lin this morning. Lin Lin left a deep impression on him. He thought that Lin Lin was not only beautiful, but also a kind-hearted, enthusiastic and cheerful girl. He admired Lin Lin's character very much. Finally, he tactfully said that he wanted to make friends with Lin Lin.

Lin Lin had already reacted. As she listened to Liu Mingde's amiable words, she knew what this man meant. Girls from the Art Department of the Normal University should not see too many such things.

Under the bright light, Lin Lin looked at Liu Mingde's greasy face covered with black spots and his bulging belly. She felt sick, but she just pulled her hair aside and smiled, "Mr. Liu, I already have a boyfriend."

Liu Mingde said with a smile: "What does it matter if you have a boyfriend? We can be our friends, and you and your boyfriend can be your friends. It won't affect each other."

"That's what you think." Lin Lin got up and left.

"Hey, Miss Lin, wait a minute." Liu Mingde got up and chased to the door, then took out a business card and handed it to Lin Lin, saying, "Remember you are an art student? I have a lot of friends in the entertainment industry, from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. I can introduce you to some if I have the chance. With your qualifications, you will definitely become famous."

Lin Lin took the business card with a smile, glanced at it, then tore it into pieces in front of Liu Mingde, turned around and left.

Liu Mingde glanced at the scraps of paper on the ground, then watched Lin Lin's swaying butt slowly moving away. He took a half-smoked cigar and lit it, with a smile on his face.

"Sir, do you like that girl?" At this time, a boy suddenly walked out from the corner. He leaned against the wall in the corridor, took out a cigarette and lit it. He looked at Lin Lin from a distance and said, "Yes, she is tall and has long legs, big breasts and a thin waist, and a pretty face. Which man doesn't like her?"

Liu Mingde glanced at the boy and frowned: "Where did this little kid come from?"

The boy didn't get angry. He took a puff of his cigarette and said, "You must have been keeping an eye on Lin Lin for quite a while. Why didn't you find out more about the people around her? Didn't you see that we were walking together today?"

Liu Mingde was stunned: "Are you her friend?"

The boy said, "That's fine."

Liu Mingde dusted off his cigarette ashes and said, "You college boys should all be short of money, right?"

The boy smiled and said, "Yes, I need it."

Liu Mingde said: "I'll give you 5,000. Four years of university tuition plus living expenses shouldn't be that much."

The boy asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Liu Mingde said: "Invite her out for dinner next weekend. I will prepare the restaurant."

The boy asked, “And then?”

Liu Mingde said: "I will give you a pill, you put it in her cup, wait for her to drink it, and then you can leave."

In the 90s, some Hong Kong businessmen were indeed lawless in having affairs with women in the mainland, and local governments, which focused on economic development, were tolerant of these valuable foreign businessmen, so Liu Mingde was so rampant that he didn't mind expressing his dirty thoughts in front of this boy.

He said, "Well done, there's plenty of money."

The boy nodded, put out the cigarette butt with his foot, then turned his head and suddenly reached out and punched Liu Mingde in the face.

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