The old house of the Kang family.
The news that Lu gave up the bidding and the Su Group finally bought the land at a high price of 27.9 billion was immediately reported back to Kang Ruicheng's ears.
"boom-"
Kang Ruicheng smashed an antique vase angrily, and the sharp ceramic shards were scattered on the floor. The two men who rushed back to report stood frozen in cold sweat, not daring to say a word.
"I asked you to pay attention to her movements. After the auction started, has she contacted Lu Boyan's people?" Kang Ruicheng's face was filled with anger, and there was murderous intent in his words.
The two men hesitated for a long time, and one of them finally found his voice: "Brother Cheng, I was responsible for monitoring Miss Xu's communications, and Ali was responsible for observing. The result is... none of us found anything unusual about Miss Xu."
Kang Ruicheng's eyes flashed fiercely: "No?"
Ali shook his head bravely: "Really not. During the entire auction process, Miss Xu was only focusing on bidding and did not use her mobile phone at all, so it was impossible for her to contact Lu Boyan's people. If she had to say that there was, she could only After the auction, she had a few words with Shen Yuechuan."
Kang Ruicheng stared at Ali, as if he wanted to dig two holes in him with his eyes: "What did Xu Youning and Shen Yuechuan say?"
"I couldn't hear clearly what Shen Yuechuan asked, but I paid attention to Miss Xu's answer. She said she didn't regret her choice, and that Su Jianan and Lu Boyan had no impact on her. Oh, and , she said she admitted that she had a purpose in approaching Musijue and others."
Kang Ruicheng's expression slowly returned to calm: "Okay, you go out."
After the two men went out, Kang Ruicheng was the only one left in the living room. He sat on the sofa with his eyes thoughtful.
Maybe, he can trust Xu Youning.
That's right, before this, he had never completely trusted Xu Youning.
Xu Youning was forged by his own hands. No one knows her temper, character, and behavior better than him. When Xu Youning was still undercover next to Mu Sijue, her tone became more and more hesitant, and her actions even failed again and again. He knew that Xu Youning was about to escape his control.
At that time, he had only one idea: Either find a way to make Xu Youning come back willingly, or kill her.
In the end, Kang Ruicheng chose the former, killing Grandma Xu and then blaming Mu Sijue to Xu Youning, making Xu Youning regard Mu Sijue as an sworn enemy, and then showed her kindness to Xu Youning and lured her back.
But the Xu Youning who returned to him was different from before. Although it could be explained by the fact that Grandma Xu's death had a great impact on her, he did not intend to completely believe Xu Youning.
After all, he knows best how smart Xu Youning is.
Before the auction, the reason why he revealed the "highest price" to Xu Youning and sent Xu Youning there was to further confirm Xu Youning's identity.
He wanted to see if Xu Youning could really deal with Lu Boyan ruthlessly, and if he would really not leak any information to Lu Boyan.
Now it seems that he made the right bet.
Thinking of this, the sullenness in Kang Ruicheng's eyes was gradually replaced by false calm. He looked at the time and estimated that Xu Youning should come back to find him.
Sure enough, as soon as he put down his hand, a rush of footsteps could be heard in the distance, and after a while, Xu Youning came back in a hurry.
"What's going on?" Xu Youning frowned, "Didn't you say that Lu's highest price is 28 billion? Why didn't Shen Yuechuan make another bid after the price reached 27 billion?"
Kang Ruicheng stood up, stretched out his hand to wrap around Xu Youning's waist, and looked at her with a smile.
This is not the first time. Logically speaking, Xu Youning should have been accustomed to Kang Ruicheng's intimate contact. However, after trying hard, Xu Youning found that she still overestimated herself.
No matter how long it took, her rejection of Kang Ruicheng spread from a strong psychological state to a physical one, and she could never get used to it.
"What's going on?" Xu Youning used an expression of displeasure to cover up his inner discomfort, "How can you still laugh?"
"Why don't you smile? Something just happened that made me very happy." As he spoke, the curve of Kang Ruicheng's lips became more obvious.
"..." Xu Youning tilted his head, with an expression on his face that said, "I'm not happy, so I'm not interested in things that make you happy."
In fact, she could guess why Kang Ruicheng was happy.
"Okay." Kang Ruicheng held Xu Youning's face and gently forced Xu Youning to face him, "I don't blame you for this. Maybe the information I got is wrong. Lu's highest price is not 28 billion. , but 27 billion."
Xu Youning's expression became a little darker: "The news you got is uncertain?"
"The reason why I'm looking for someone to inquire is not that I'm not sure, but that I can't be sure." Kang Ruicheng's hand slid down Xu Youning's arm, and finally wrapped Xu Youning's hands. "However, I am very sure about the other thing now."
Xu Youning pretended not to understand: "What's the matter?"
Kang Ruicheng stared at Xu Youning, his eyes getting deeper and deeper: "Aning, I'm glad you are really back." As he said that, he lowered his head and pressed his lips towards Xu Youning's lips -
Seeing that Kang Ruicheng's kiss was about to fall, Xu Youning pushed him away in time, with a look of shock on his face: "What do you mean by what you just said? What do you mean I'm finally back? Haven't I been back a long time ago!" She was excited. Break away from Kang Ruicheng's hand.
"Aning..." Kang Ruicheng tried to hold Xu Youning again, but Xu Youning reacted faster than him and dodged first.
"So you don't believe me all the time." Xu Youning smiled to himself, "This time, you deliberately told me that you would increase the price without any limit, right? Do you think I would reveal the news to Lu Boyan, so that Lu Boyan would You will keep raising the price, and finally you ask me to stop raising the price. In this way, you can not only determine who I am, but also make Lu's family suffer a huge loss! Not only do you not believe me, you also want to take advantage of me. !”
"Aning, I..." Kang Ruicheng wanted to explain, but found that there was no way to explain.
Xu Youning did not intend to listen to Kang Ruicheng's explanation. The temperature in her eyes dropped little by little, and eventually, even her anger gradually subsided.
Xu Youning said nothing more, turned around and left the Kang family's old house.
"Miss Xu," Ali saw Xu Youning coming out and greeted her, "Where are you going, I will take you there?"
Xu Youning's voice was so cold that it could fly out of the ice skates: "Get out!"
Ali was stunned, his steps seemed to be frozen by something, and he stood there without daring to move. He could only watch Xu Youning drive away.
Later, Kang Ruicheng walked out of the old house.
Ali was confused: "Brother Cheng, Miss Xu is gone."
Kang Ruicheng threw a tablet to Ali: "Her car has a tracker, and the display terminal for the tracking information is in this computer. Follow her from a distance and don't let anything happen to her."
"I understand." Ali turned on the computer, and a three-dimensional map of the vicinity was displayed on the screen. A red dot flashed on the screen, moving very fast.
Ali quickly got into the car and started chasing Xu Youning.
According to Xu Youning's desperate speed, if he drove slower, he might be thrown dozens of kilometers away.
The car sped on the road for more than half an hour. Finally, Ali followed Xu Youning to the river outside a villa area.
This river is a well-known landscape river in City A. The surrounding area is very well taken care of. It was evening and there were many people walking and jogging along the river.
Xu Youning walked to the river, leaned half of her body on the fence, and then became motionless. Ali couldn't see the expression on her face and didn't know what she was thinking.
In fact, Xu Youning didn't know what he was thinking.
She only knew that the villa area not far ahead was where she and Musijue once lived.
She was willing to come to City A probably because, apart from City G, this city was the place where Musijue had set foot most frequently.
However, even if her footsteps overlap with those of Musijue, what will happen? Having reached this point, she could no longer look back. Even if she could turn back, she might be taken away by death at any time.
She never thought that she would face the threat of illness so early. However, when something in her body really threatened her life, she was calmer than she expected. She even realized that the most important thing now is not love. Instead, he helped Lu Boyan deal with Kang Ruicheng and avenge his grandmother.
Only by solving Kangrui City can Mu Sijue be free from worries, and only when she goes to another world can she have the face to face her grandmother.
Thinking about it, Xu Youning cast his eyes towards the villa area not far away, and the corners of his lips raised a smile that was so faint that there was almost no trace.
If she died, Mu Sijue wouldn't be sad. It might take him a second or two to remember who she was.
But now, Mu Sijue may have found a new woman, and he may only have hatred for her.
Thinking of this, the faint smile on Xu Youning's lips disappeared. She was like an extremely tired old man, leaning on the fence by the river. Her empty eyes stayed on the calm river surface, as if she had completely let herself go, and as if she was in the river. Think about something important.
After a while, night fell from the sky, and the entire land fell into darkness.
The old people walking and the young people running went home one after another. Only Xu Youning still maintained the same posture lying on the river bank, showing no signs of leaving.
When Kang Ruicheng drove over, he saw Xu Youning from a distance. If it weren't for being so familiar with Xu Youning, he would have almost thought that she was a statue standing by the river.
He walked behind Xu Youning: "Are you still angry?"
Xu Youning was not surprised that Kang Ruicheng would come and glanced at him lightly: "I just don't understand why people who shouldn't trust me trust me completely, but people who should trust me always doubt me."
Kang Ruicheng said: "I apologize to you."
Xu Youning smiled, with a hint of coldness in his smile: "As you said, people like us never accept apologies."
Kang Ruicheng showed a rare expression of helplessness: "Okay, tell me, what do you want me to do?"
"Since you want me to think about it, then you just wait for me to think about it carefully." Xu Youning held his chin and pondered for a long time, "Let's do this. From now on, when I make a strong request, you can only agree to it!"
"No problem." Kang Ruicheng smiled pointedly, "But what would you strongly demand?" There was more or less ambiguity in his tone.
Xu Youning was not able to deal with such a small problem, so he laughed twice: "I haven't thought about it yet, but it must not be what you think!"
After saying that, he left the river and walked towards the parking place. Kang Ruicheng looked at her back with a smile on his lips.
If Xu Youning looks back, he will find that this is the most genuine smile on Kang Ruicheng's face in so many years - without any malice or deep meaning.
Just a smile that comes from the bottom of my heart. (To be continued)