"Yes, is there any problem?" Lin Yue said in a fake tone: "Boss Du complained to me, saying that if the proposal was not outperformed, he could use the huge profits I brought to the company to suppress the impetuous people's hearts. Unfortunately... Even if I lost to Cindy, it would be fine. She is your master and Sun Qi's master. This is not shameful. But it was Jack Liu who only knew how to play tricks and do crooked things. You saw the result. Alas! I can find another job if I lose it. It is not a problem to support myself. The key is that I feel very uncomfortable when I think about my dad having to face the discussions and instructions of those gossipy old women in the community again."
As a time traveler, he only said that he felt bad, but Gu Qingyu, his biological daughter, was genuinely sad and angry.
"You mean... Jack Liu got the project from Hydrogen Peak Pharmaceuticals?"
"That's right." Lin Yue took a cigarette out of the cigarette box, put it to his lips and prepared to light it, but he paused, looked at the living room environment, and put the cigarette back into the cigarette box: "Alas, a 5 billion project... If he wins this case, Jack Liu should be able to get what he wants and become a partner."
"Gu Lei, why did you start smoking?"
Gu Qingyu remembered very clearly that Feng Xiaoqin was very strict with him. He usually had no more than 100 yuan in his pocket, so bad habits like smoking, which wasted money, were definitely forbidden.
"Just these few days."
Just these few days, what does that mean? He also said that unemployment doesn't matter? If it doesn't matter, would he learn this? Men smoke like they drink, either to cheer themselves up or to relieve their sorrows. Obviously, he belongs to the latter.
"Sister, please show me if you can save the situation. This will mean that I... have not let Sun Qi down."
"Gu Lei, did President Du tell you what was good about Jack Liu's plan?"
"He didn't say this, but I secretly took a photo during the meeting." Lin Yue took out his mobile phone, opened the album, found the photo of Jack Liu standing in front of the big screen in the conference room explaining the details of the plan to Peter Du and others, and handed it over.
Gu Qingyu looked at the text content on the PPT and his face looked extremely bad.
It’s slightly different from the profit-sharing model of the agency, but the core elements are exactly what she told Shi Yuan.
At this point, she was certain that this was the thing she gave to Shi Yuan, but why did it end up in Jack Liu's hands? It also directly caused her brother to lose his job.
Gu Qingyu picked up the plan and shook it.
"Has Shi Yuan read this plan?"
Lin Yue thought for a moment and said, "I think he has. One day I asked him to print out the plan from the USB drive for me, but Sun Qi had something to do in the afternoon and called me away. He didn't give me the plan until the next afternoon. Sister, why are you asking this?"
Gu Qingyu: “…”
She didn't know how to tell her brother about this. She couldn't tell him, "I suspect it was your brother-in-law who peeked at the plan, then stole my professional advice, put together a new plan, and gave it to Jack Liu, which ultimately led to your unemployment."
The relationship between her brother-in-law and brother-in-law was already tense, and she couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if this matter was exposed.
There was another thing she couldn't figure out. If Jack Liu's plan was provided by Shi Yuan, why did he do this? Was it simply revenge against his brother-in-law
Ding ding... Ding ding winter...
The iPhone's ringtone rang.
She glanced at the coffee table and found that the call was from Zhan Xiang. You know, since she and Shi Yuan reconciled, Zhan Xiang hardly contacted her, and there were almost no calls. At most, he would like her post when he saw it on WeChat Moments, which was very consistent with the personality of a perfect bootlicker.
I don't know why he called today.
"Let me take a call first."
She motioned Lin Yue to wait, then picked up the phone and put it to her ear: "Hello, Zhan Xiang? Are you looking for me?"
"Qing Yu, something happened to Shi Yuan."
"Something happened to Shi Yuan?"
When Gu Qingyu heard this, he stood up and asked, "What happened to him?"
"It's hard to explain right now, so why don't you come to Wangxing Pavilion now."
"Stargazing Pavilion?"
"You'll know when you come. I'm going to hang up first."
winter…
call ended.
She calmed herself down and recalled that in addition to Zhan Xiang's voice, the loudspeaker also heard a lot of noisy voices, as if someone was making trouble around them.
"Zhan Xiang said Shi Yuan is in trouble and is in Wangxing Pavilion."
"Come on, I'll go with you and take a look."
Lin Yue stood up, put his briefcase on his shoulder, and walked outside.
Gu Qingyu looked at his back and hesitated for a moment, then walked to the door, took down the Gucci bag hanging on the hanger, put on her high heels, opened the door and left.
Zhan Xiang did not explicitly say what kind of trouble Shi Yuan encountered. Her emotions were complicated along the way.
Eighteen minutes later, the BMW and the Volkswagen new energy vehicle drove into the Wanziyuan community one after another. As soon as they entered the south gate, they saw a group of people gathered at the entrance of Wangxing Pavilion from afar. Most of them were residents of the community. Some of them had baskets on their arms, and it was obvious that they had just come back from buying vegetables.
"What? What happened?"
As soon as the two got out of the car, they heard a newcomer asking the person who was leaving what happened to Wangxing Pavilion.
"What could it be? You all know Boss Shi."
Who is Boss Shi? A profiteer!
Everyone in the Wanziyuan community knew about this. Although they knew he was a profiteer, they would still greet him politely when they met him. This was a beautiful sight in the Wanziyuan community.
"I'm not asking you about your boss Shi's character."
"Go and see for yourself."
I don’t know if it was because he saw Lin Yue and Gu Qingyu coming or because he was in a bad mood, but the old man wearing a melon-shaped hat and old Beijing cloth shoes turned and left, leaving the old lady in red who asked the question behind with a wink and a face full of resentment.
The two looked at each other without saying anything, and continued walking towards the former community club, now Wangxing Pavilion.
Gu Qingyu didn’t understand. What had Boss Shi, this unscrupulous businessman, done to anger the public? Why was he connected to Shi Yuan
"I've said it before, whoever believes his words will suffer a great loss. Just look at his pointed face, protruding forehead, and sunken mouth. He's not a good person at first glance."
"Grandma Liu, since you knew he was not a good person, why did you choose to agree to rent the club to him when you filled out the questionnaire?"
"Isn't that giving Feng Xiaoqin face? She is Teacher Gu's daughter-in-law, so doesn't the daughter-in-law's opinion represent Teacher Gu's opinion? Doesn't Teacher Gu's opinion represent the opinion of the property management committee? Teachers always have a longer-term vision than those of us who haven't received a few years of education. Who knew things would turn out like this? At the beginning, it sounded nice to say that we would build an activity room for the elderly as soon as we made money. I don't think we can build an activity room anymore."
"Grandma Liu, I think you just can't bear to part with the two foot massage tickets from Xianyun Pavilion."
"Zhu Fugui, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"He cheated us old people at first, and now he's cheating children. He's making money by violating his conscience. He's so evil."
"… "
The residents at the entrance of Wangxing Pavilion were talking about it, and at this time someone raised his hand on the right side of the red carpet on the steps.
"Qingyu, Qingyu."
From the sound it was Zhan Xiang, but because the altitude was not high enough, it was difficult to make out the human figure when looking diagonally upwards from below.
However, the sound of "Qing Yu" startled the people around who were watching the fun. They all looked back and consciously made way for him.
Gu Qingyu saw Zhan Xiang. She hadn't seen him for more than half a month. He had lost weight. She didn't know if it was due to the bitter summer or because he saw her and Shi Yuan reconciled, so he was in a bad mood and ate less, so he shrunk. Anyway, the printed T-shirt he had worn once in June looked much looser.
But she was more aware of the way those people looked at her... How should I put it, mostly ridicule and contempt.
Why is this happening? She couldn't figure it out.
"Zhan Xiang, what's going on?"
"Hey, Gu Lei, you're here too." Zhan Xiang was about to answer her question when he saw Lin Yue following behind him. He smiled and greeted him, then waved his hand intimately.
"Zhan Xiang!" Gu Qingyu was angry and anxious.
"Oh, it's like this, Boss Shi was reported."
Gu Qingyu was confused: "Someone reported Boss Shi, what does this have to do with Shi Yuan?"
"Go in and take a look, and you'll know."
Zhan Xiang glared at the security guards at the door, and the two men, whose temperaments were more impressive than their looks, loosened their hands and let them enter the hall.
Gu Qingyu immediately saw Boss Shi and Shi Yuan surrounded by a group of parents. Compared with the discussions outside, the voices of doubt inside were even stronger, and it could be said that the crowd was very excited.
"Boss Shi, you said he was an international student at the University of St. Andrews. We believed you and paid a high tuition fee. We didn't expect that we were deceived by you. He is not an international student at all. He has not even been to university."
Someone behind him said, "He's just a tour guide."
"I asked a friend at the Education Bureau to check, and they didn't even have a teacher's certificate."
"Pay money, pay money."
"You cheated the elderly and then cheated the children, you bastard."
"Mr. Shi, I have called the police. This is a fraud and we are going to sue you."
"… "
Shi Zhiwei looked at the parents of the children below with sweat on his forehead, wiped his sweat and said: "Parents, calm down, calm down."
He was really afraid that these people would rush up and beat him up.
"It's not my fault. I really don't blame me. I didn't know he didn't even have a teaching certificate. His international student status at the University of St. Andrews was also forged. I was also a victim."
There was a hint of sadness in his voice, and he was just short of having the label of "victim" stuck on his forehead.
Shi Yuan had been standing at the back. He originally felt guilty about tutoring children without a teaching certificate, but it had been agreed that Boss Shi would handle this matter. He never expected that what Boss Shi meant by "handling it" was to push the blame on him after something happened.
Shi Yuan was anxious, his face flushed as he argued, "Boss Shi, how could you do this? You clearly know that I have never studied abroad and do not have a teaching certificate. Now that something has happened, you put the blame on me? This is too much."
"Shi Yuan, how can you lie with your eyes open? I am a businessman. How could I invite you to my school to be a teacher when I know you don't have a teaching certificate? What's more, I spent a lot of money." Boss Shi was afraid that everyone would not believe him, so he said to the child's parents: "I can show you the contract."
Well, Shi Yuan had no way to defend himself.
Because Shi Zhiwei's logic is clear and strong, and he has indeed been teaching children English, and he did not come forward to clarify when others praised him as an international student.
"I... I didn't... Don't... Don't listen to his nonsense. It's him... This person... He did whatever it took to deceive everyone for money."
Shi Yuan's face turned as red as a monkey's butt and he couldn't speak clearly.
"Oh, dog bites dog, this is a really exciting show."
A sarcastic voice came.
The parents of the children who were watching looked back and saw that several of them recognized Lin Yue's identity.
The second son of the Gu family is the most powerful person in the community.
Similarly, they also saw Gu Qingyu who came with him.
The crowd split in two, their eyes met across the aisle.
Shi Yuan's face turned from red to blue, and then turned pale, as if he had opened a dyeing shop.
He never expected that this ugly scene would be seen by his wife.
Who is Gu Qingyu? She seems to be very patient and understanding with him, but in fact, she is a person who cares a lot about face. She earns so much money a year, but her husband cheats children for a few melons and dates. If this gets to her friends and colleagues in the financial circle, it will be strange for her to have a good face.
Shi Yuan was also a person who cared about face. He hated it most when people said he was a gigolo and a gigolo. He tried his best to prove that he was no worse than her, and he wanted to save face in front of her. Even if he couldn't show the spirit of the head of the family, he had to make sure that he was equal in status. Now the embarrassing scene showed her the most despicable side. It was really...
He couldn't control his emotions and turned to leave, but was grabbed by a parent of a child. Because he used too much force, his shirt was torn out of shape and he looked extremely embarrassed.
"You can't leave. Things haven't been explained clearly. Do you want to run away?"
Shi Yuan felt even more uncomfortable and lowered his head, not daring to look at Qing Yu.
Boss Shi also noticed that Gu Qingyu and his sister had arrived, and he tried desperately to wink at Zhan Xiang, asking him why he had called them here, but Brother Xiang acted as if he didn't see anything.
"Shi Yuan, what on earth is going on?" Gu Qingyu asked, suppressing his anger and embarrassment, "Is what everyone is saying true?"
"I... I..." How could he answer? Was it a lie? Who would believe it
"I understand. In order to collect enough money to pay me back the 500,000 yuan, you knew that Boss Shi was deceiving these parents, but you still helped him, right?"
"I… "
"Shi Yuan, you disappoint me so much."
“Qingyu, I really… it’s all Boss Shi’s fault…” Shi Yuan didn’t know how to explain this matter. He didn’t know that Gu Qingyu’s so-called disappointment didn’t just refer to the matter of forging qualifications to deceive parents of children into enrolling in classes.
"You will do anything for money." She remembered what the agent said when they first met, that Shi Yuan had fake marriages many times, and that he had been able to exploit legal loopholes for money in the past, so it was no surprise that he was doing something like this now.
"My son did this because you forced him to do it."
A voice broke the confrontation between the couple. They looked back and saw Hua Yongyu and Shi An, both with fluffy curly hair, walking in from outside.
"Mom, why are you here?" Shi Yuan was most afraid that his parents would find out about this. Not only would it be embarrassing, but what if it upset his mother who had bipolar disorder
"I told them." It was Lin Yue who spoke: "Grand occasions are rare, so of course the family should be well-groomed."
Gu Qingyu pulled him aside, and before he could blame his brother for being nosy, he looked at Hua Yongyu and said, "How did I force him?"
She couldn't figure it out. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't figure it out. She had always believed that there was no need to make such a clear distinction between husband and wife. Was it Shi Yuan who insisted on returning the 500,000 yuan to her, but in the end, she forced him to do it? Was this reasonable
Hua Yongyu ignored Shi An's expression and said aggressively: "Gu Qingyu, those things you did seemed generous, but weren't they just to make my son feel that he owed you? Then you can manipulate his life at will."
Gu Qingyu felt like she was going crazy. She really couldn't understand the train of thought of this old woman. She actually thought that she fell in love with Shi Yuan and was willing to spend money, time and energy on him just to find a male lover who could be manipulated at will? What kind of person is this? It's simply unreasonable.
"Sister, don't you think you look like a villain?"
Her brother's words made her wake up.
In the eyes of the Shi family, she is the person who said "Come and eat" in the Chinese textbook.
"Gu Lei!"
At this time, there was another commotion at the door, and a woman's voice drew everyone's attention.
Gu Qingyu looked back and was shocked.
"Sun Qi? Why are you here?"
After asking this question, her expression changed again, because not only Sun Qi came, but Gu Shihong also came, with Little Tiger carrying a schoolbag. Presumably, he was going to pick up his grandson from school, and saw a lot of people gathered at the entrance of Wangxing Pavilion, so he came over to check.
"dad… "
From the old man's expression, it can be seen that he had heard about Shi Yuan cheating the child.
A middle school teacher with an excellent reputation, how can he look happy when his son-in-law actually does such a thing as cheating children out of their money
However, other people's focus was not on Gu Shihong and Gu Qingyu, but on Sun Qi.
"She is the Sun Qi? The person Gu Lei cheated with?"
"probably."
"She is indeed very beautiful, much prettier than Feng Xiaoqin."
“And a lot younger.”
"… "