The eyes of the two met, and the drops of water dripping on Zhao Yao's face fell down his cheeks.
Seeing his slightly dazed expression, Pei Mingzhan couldn't help laughing. He stretched out his hand to help Zhao Yao wipe off the water droplets, "What are you looking at, so serious?"
Zhao Yao looked at Pei Mingzhan carefully, and the more he looked, the more he couldn't explain his inner feelings.
There were only two people in the room, and Pei Mingzhan helped him put on his coat to prevent him from catching a cold, but took advantage of this time to glance at the page content on Zhao Yao's phone, "Don't look at me like that, do you want to sleep well at night? ?”
The neatly arranged words are combined into different meanings, and the last line of defense in my heart seems to be completely overthrown at this moment.
Zhao Yao asked, "Are you going to work overtime later?"
"Well, there are a few things that haven't been dealt with, you should rest first." Pei Mingzhan's eyes were dark, and he moved his gaze back from Zhao Yao's phone, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Still looking at me? Don't you want to drink the medicine? Hurry up." It's cold."
He turned around and walked to the table, casually covered his dripping hair with a bath towel, and turned on his office computer casually.
"Drink it now." Zhao Yao stretched out his hand and drank the almost cold medicine on the table, then lay by the bed and watched Pei Mingzhan work. After sitting for a while, he felt that the room was a bit hot again, so he took off his coat and put it beside him, and pulled the blanket to slightly cover his waist and abdomen.
In the quiet room, there was only the sound of Pei Mingzhan typing on the keyboard, and even the original bright light was replaced with a small lamp. Zhao Yao withdrew his eyes and focused on the novel on the phone again, but the more he looked down, the more restless he became, and even when he saw the second half, he couldn't help but glance at Pei Mingzhan. .
The layers of scenes seem to cater to a certain plot, the heat in the air conditioner in the room is dissipating, and the sound of dripping water seems to be still in my ears. Zhao Yao sat up, put the phone aside, and called casually: "Pei Mingzhan, are you okay?"
Pei Mingzhan was checking the final work with the other side of the computer. The text of the secretary's inquiry was still stuck on the previous one, and his mind was already in a state of confusion, and he couldn't think of the next reply. He calmly closed the notebook, and said hoarsely, "Here we come."
Seeing him approaching, Zhao Yao said, "I just saw a few strategies, I think..."
The mobile phone that had not been picked up was swept to the other side by Pei Mingzhan, and fell directly on the blanket on the floor. Halfway through Zhao Yao's serious words, he heard Pei Mingzhan's gentle voice, "Look at those useless things!" ,listen to me."
…
Pei Mingzhan didn't rest until one o'clock in the morning, and when he came out of the shower, Zhao Yao, who was still awake before, was already fast asleep wrapped in a quilt. He helped him cover the quilt, and stretched out his hand to smooth his frowning brows. His voice was slightly soft and gentle: "Good night."
When Zhao Yao woke up the next day, Pei Mingzhan had already gone to work.
The room was empty and there was only one person left. He sat on the bed and reacted for a while, and his body was also very refreshed, but he was a little lazy and couldn't get up. Maybe it was because of the sleeping pills last night.
He tilted his head slightly, and saw that the little note left by Pei Mingzhan was still pasted on the bedside cabinet. He sat awake for a while, and then began to scan the messages sent by his subordinates.
Sure enough, Zhao Zhikai came forward madly, looking for Zhao Qizhen everywhere, even changing the location of his apartment several times in succession.
In addition, there is another matter. Because Zhao Changshuo went abroad to deal with his father's funeral, Zhao Zhikai seized the opportunity to suppress the relatives who stayed in China. This series of actions showed that Zhao Zhikai had planned to suppress the dissent within the group before Zhao Changshuo returned to China, even It is possible that he did not intend to let Zhao Changshuo return to China safely.
Zhao Yao dialed the phone, "What's the current situation in the group?"
The confidant briefly explained Zhao Zhikai's methods to Zhao Yao, "He really started to suppress the people on the young master's side. As you expected, he has already started to work on several projects that are running."
It is not that simple to get Zhao Changshuo to step down. Apart from the two camps, there are still some old and stubborn people in the group. These old stubborn people only look at profit and never take sides easily, plus the premise of his father stating that the heir will inherit the family business, it is absolutely impossible for Zhao Zhikai to use ordinary means to rise to the top position.
According to the memory of his previous life, Zhao Changshuo will bring back his father's lawyer when he goes abroad this time, and there is a will in hand. The will was originally intended to be Zhao Changshuo, but there are many restrictions on Zhao Changshuo. These restrictions were the only way to overcome Zhao Changshuo, and he became the heir with justification.
Just like the Qichen project, these restrictions are related to the Zhao Group's multiple projects in recent years, and the assessment conditions are also a combination of various factors. But in the final analysis, it depends on whether Zhao Changshuo has the strength to take over. If not, then change to another son. Zhao Zhikai played tricks on Zhao Changshuo's project back then, so he had a reason to push him up.
Starting over in this life, Zhao Changshuo removed the hidden dangers planted by Zhao Zhikai in advance under his reminder, so Zhao Zhikai can only target a few projects that Zhao Changshuo has not yet stabilized at this stage. A few days earlier, he let the team release the news, pretending to cooperate with Zhao Changshuo on a certain project, and left Zhao Zhikai with a few opportunities to take advantage of. With Zhao Zhikai's eagerness for success, no matter whether he believed Huang Wenjun's news or not, he would Get your hands dirty with this project.
As long as he is in the trap, then all this is easy to say.
"Don't worry about Zhao Changshuo's people. They have their own plan, and we will act according to our plan." Zhao Yao walked over and opened the curtain, and the dazzling sunlight came in. He continued: "Wait for another two days, Inform other people that once the news comes out, we will immediately release all the materials we have.”
The confidant nodded: "Understood."
Zhao Yao reminded him of the precautions, then hung up the phone, went to the hotel internal line and dialed the front desk number, and the next second he heard the text message notification sound from the mobile phone, he picked up the phone and saw the pop-up message Text message, the sender is Zhao Zhikai.
[You don't want to know how your mother died? Don't you feel sick to help Zhao Changshuo?]
"Hello, may I help you?" The voice of the hotel receptionist rang from the intercom. After a pause, he asked again: "Hello, Mr. Zhao? Mr. Zhao?"
"It's okay, I accidentally pressed it."
Zhao Yao stared at the text message in his cell phone slightly, his eyes became deeper and deeper, he hung up the phone at the front desk, and then replied to Zhao Zhikai's text message. And after he replied to the text message, the text message from his subordinate came one after another—'the fish bit the hook'.
Occasionally, a trapped beast will be clever and know how to fight to the death.
-*
When Pei Mingzhan came out of the meeting, he received a call from Pei's hotel. The content mentioned was about a call Zhao Yao made by mistake in the morning. After listening to it, his eyes sank, and he said bluntly: "He didn't have breakfast. ?"
"No, the front desk thought that Mr. Zhao called because of breakfast, but then Mr. Zhao said he was fine and hung up the phone."
Pei Mingzhan's expression changed immediately, "Go to the room now and see if he is still there."
Zhao Yao is a person who has strict requirements on physical health. At least in the long time he has known each other, Zhao Yao eats three meals a day very regularly. Even if his appetite is poor, he will eat more or less. After breakfast.
The secretary walked in, "Boss, this is the afternoon meeting..."
Halfway through his speech, he saw that his boss had already put on a suit jacket and was about to leave.
When the boss came over in the morning, his face was still radiant, and he seemed to be in a very good mood. How could the boss be in such a bad mood in the time it takes to hold a meeting? Could it be that the proposal at the meeting just didn't meet the boss's wishes
"All the meetings in the afternoon will be postponed, and we will talk about other issues later." Pei Mingzhan ordered: "Also notify Lao Cheng, and prepare a few people for me to go to the hotel."
The secretary responded immediately: "Yes."
He became cautious, turned around and went to the secretariat to make arrangements.
After the meeting, the executives in the company had their own work to arrange, and some documents were going to be sent to Mr. Pei's office, when he saw Mr. Pei walking out of the office with a bad face. The supervisor at the head of the row stopped quickly and passed Pei, without even getting a response from the other party to say hello.
"No way? Boss Pei looks very pale..."
"I've never seen him finish a meeting like this. What did they say at the meeting just now? Are you not satisfied with the proposal?"
"No... Boss Pei seemed to be in a good mood during the meeting..."
The supervisor and the colleague glanced at each other, and they didn't rush to send the documents to the office. They hurried back to check if there were any other problems.
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When Pei Mingzhan arrived at the parking lot, he received a reply from his subordinates, and he paused slightly: "Not in the room, did he take anything else?"
The subordinate said: "No, Mr. Zhao's luggage is still in the room, it seems that he went out temporarily after changing clothes."
Going out temporarily, what kind of reason would make Zhao Yao go out at this time
Pei Mingzhan entered the car, and then said, "Check out the bodyguards Zhao Yao left near the hotel."
The subordinate heard the words and added: "We have checked this. It seems that Mr. Zhao also took the bodyguard with him when he left. When the front desk watched the video in the lobby, he found that Mr. Zhao's driver had come. Mr. Zhao should be at that Time to leave, around nine thirty in the morning."
Because the boss asked them not to get too close to Mr. Zhao, except for daily safety reasons, they didn't pay much attention to Mr. Zhao's travel issues. They were on duty at the corresponding stairway, which was not too obvious. Probably because he didn't want his boss to know.
-*
In the dim corridor, Zhao Changshuo took the things his father's secretary handed over, and then said, "Apart from these, didn't he explain any other questions?"
The secretary bowed his head slightly, "The chairman passed away suddenly, and there are only these things left."
Zhao Changshuo looked at the ward in the distance. Not long ago, his father was still lying there, but now that he passed away, he was the only one among all the children who came here. To be honest, he didn't have much emotion in his heart. He said he was a father, but in fact, it was only a relatively close interest relationship in the Zhao family relationship.
The Zhao family will live every festival step by step like other aristocratic families, but every festival has a dull atmosphere, depression is better than celebration, and it will even become a stage for the Zhao family to communicate with other wealthy families. After all, it is a certain way that can be used.
Since he was a child, he has been entrusted with the glory of becoming the heir. His father will take him to various meetings, and his younger siblings will envy him, but in fact, only he knows that this kind of training is full of profit. His father simply wanted a trustworthy heir.
If he's mediocre, there will be someone else who can replace him.
Zhao Changshuo himself was afraid. When his mother passed away and his father married Zhao Yao and his mother came in, the fear of being abandoned deepened, and it also made him afraid of cultivating a relationship with his new mother.
So he learned to be outstanding, so that he can occupy the most central attention among his father, and he will not be dismissed lightly. He also turned a blind eye to the close family relationship in front of him. Later, Zhao Yao's mother reminded him that he didn't have to be too tired, and he didn't have to be so strong to bear everything.
At first he didn't understand the meaning of these words, but as he got older, he gradually realized that such gazes were actually a burden, a kind of expectation called fatherly love, which trapped him firmly in the Zhao Group. In such a cage.
When he understood everything, the Zhao family had changed. The younger sister decided to go abroad, the younger brother hated him, the new mother passed away, and the Zhao family ushered in a new mistress.
"Master." The secretary reminded.
Zhao Changshuo came back to his senses, looked at the ward in the distance and said briefly: "I don't know if he has loved and selfish all his life, and even in the end he chose such a place for himself, without children waiting by him, is he really happy. "
After he finished speaking, he left without looking back.
The secretary lowered his head slightly, and listening to the footsteps getting farther and farther in the corridor, he understood that the Zhao family in China was about to change.
-*
The location was chosen at a certain coffee shop, which was decided by Zhao Yao, and Zhao Zhikai came to the appointment in person.
Zhao Zhikai walked into the coffee shop, looked at the steaming cheap coffee on the table, and couldn't help showing a bit of sarcasm on his face, "I don't know what you think, you don't want such a huge family business, you ran out to start from scratch, use What can you do if you use your mother's assets to invest in the entertainment industry?"
It can be said that Zhao Yao grew up watching him grow up. In the generation of the Zhao family, this child was the first thing he saw at first sight, just like when he was a child, a white and cute child in delicate clothes jumped towards him and called out to him in a childish voice 'Second Uncle'.
At that time, his elder brother had just discovered his behavior and warned him for a period of time. As soon as he came out of the study, he saw his sister-in-law playing in the garden with little Zhao Yao. That child was no less dull and boring than Zhao Changshuo. , was well taken care of by his mother.
It was also during that period of time that he would occasionally bring some small toys to Zhao Yao, and his relationship with this child gradually became better. A child's mind is easy to guess and easy to please. Playing with a few toys a few times can make him happy. This child is also extremely smart, quick to learn, and strong in comprehension.
At first he didn't take advantage of Zhao Yao's idea, but seeing Zhao Yao's mother's vigorous and resolute appearance in the group, he gradually saw his shadow on Zhao Yao. During that time, he was almost relieved of most of his real power because of the warning, and he also knew that his elder brother was on guard against him. Later, he thought of Zhao Yao, the trust of a child is really simple, and there is a mother who always thinks about him …
It is not impossible.
The death of Zhao Yao's mother was unexpected to him, but it was not a big problem. On the contrary, it was easier for the child to trust him completely. In addition, Zhao Yao still had assets left by his mother, as long as the Zheng family didn't come Make trouble, the child is still under his control.
Later, he watched the child grow up little by little, and turned against Zhao Changshuo as he wished, and successfully entered the group. His excellent ability and means quickly became popular in the group, and he was getting closer and closer to his goal, but at this moment, he suddenly withdrew from the competition and gave up the benefits that were within his reach.
Now, sitting opposite Zhao Yao, looking at this somewhat unfamiliar junior, he said coldly, "If your mother knows what you are like now, I don't know if she will be mad at you."
"That's not necessary. You don't need to judge what I do." Zhao Yao slightly raised his eyes to look at Zhao Zhikai. This is after the last time he and Zhao Zhikai sat at the same table and talked so calmly .
When he received Zhao Zhikai's text message, he was not surprised, or he knew that such a day would come. Zhao Zhikai is very aware of his weakness at this age group, it can even be said that after he has been with Zhao Zhikai for so long, whenever he has the mentality of retreating, Zhao Zhikai will always have this reason to arouse his inner anger.
He used to be a man in shackles, but Zhao Zhikai took the bunch of keys and used his unknown anger to provoke him to seize power step by step, and to turn against Zhao Changshuo.
This used to be his vigor for overcoming obstacles, and later it was also the cold blade that Zhao Zhikai used to deal with him.
My mother died of illness, on a rainy, dark day.
Looking back, Zhao Yao still remembered that his mother was woken up by coughing many times in the middle of the night, and he also remembered that when he was sleeping in his mother's room, his mother's blurred face under the light. In fact, there were signs, but when he was a child, he thought that taking medicine would cure his illness, but his mother neglected to take care of his body, and finally one day the string broke, and Yin and Yang were separated.
Why doesn't dad come back to see mom
Your brother is out of town, and your father is by his side.
In the final analysis, this matter is because of your brother. If there is no problem with the project your eldest brother is in, your mother will not work overtime for a few weeks to clean up the mess for him, and your father will not go out to supervise all the time. It will become what it is now.
…
Zhao Yao believed in all kinds of embellished words for many years, if he hadn't completely broken up with Zhao Zhikai later, he would have kept some truths from him from beginning to end. There was indeed a project problem back then, but it was not his elder brother's problem, but a series of reactions caused by the project leader's mistake at that time. Zhao Changshuo just happened to experience in that project.
But Zhao Zhikai pinpointed this point. It can be said that Zhao Changshuo deliberately made things difficult, or that his father was partial... until he turned his back on him. His actions against Zhao Changshuo were just Zhao Zhikai used him as a sharp edge to seize power.
"You are really ridiculous. If it weren't for Zhao Changshuo, your mother wouldn't have died because of it." Zhao Zhikai looked at Zhao Yao, "And now you are not only helping Zhao Changshuo with things, but also helping him target me with one thing. I originally wanted to support you In the end, you wasted this good opportunity for nothing."
"Some things, you don't need to say it a second time after you have said it once." Zhao Yao looked at him calmly, "If you are pointing at such a thing, then I really have no patience with you."
Zhao Zhikai looked at him.
Zhao Yao: "When I was young, I would still be deceived by your rhetoric, but people are not fools, and I won't suffer a second time after suffering a loss."
"Zhao Yao, do you really want to stand by Zhao Changshuo's side?" Zhao Zhikai asked.
Zhao Yao's face remained unchanged: "I never said that I was on his side, and I will not be on your side either. If you don't disturb my life, I might not care about these things from beginning to end. Two Uncle, you are a businessman, these things are in front of you, don't you understand?"
"In that case, why did you come out after receiving the text message?" Zhao Zhikai sneered, "The person who has been avoiding me for the past few days, you are so smart, didn't you think that I would attack you when you came out?"
"Because you're too annoying." Facing Zhao Zhikai's approach, Zhao Yao put a document on the table, "There are some things I won't kill all of them, but you keep mentioning my mother again and again, my patience is limited, Congratulations, this matter is over."
Zhao Zhikai took the document with a grim expression, opened it for a few glances, and his expression suddenly changed: "Where did you find these documents, I have already had someone destroy them..."
Zhao Yao asked: "Before I came out, I had given this document to my people. As long as I didn't go back at the specified time, this document would be sent to the mailboxes of various domestic media soon. Zhao Zhikai, you have exhausted all your organs. Have you figured out where you went wrong?"
"Zhao Yao, what do you mean?" Zhao Zhikai gripped the document tightly, gnashing his teeth and said, "Do you think I will believe it? Your document doesn't mention evidence from the beginning to the end..."
Zhao Yao stretched out his hand to ask the waiter to pay the bill, and after paying, he looked at Zhao Zhikai: "Believe it or not, everything is in front of you, you can guess if I have evidence in my hand."
"And one more thing, the people who avoid you are not afraid of you, but I am annoyed by your actions that disturb my life all the time, and these things will end in a long time." Zhao Yao stood up, looked at Zhao Zhikai with a livid face, Briefly said: "Good afternoon, we will not have a chance to meet again."
The pattering rain fell, and the jingle of the coffee shop disappeared behind him. Not far away, the driver hurried over with an umbrella and put it on his head, "Mr. Zhao, where are we going next?"
Zhao Yao raised his head slightly and looked at the drizzle falling all over the sky. In the building not far away, Pei Mingzhan might be busy with the meeting.
With the cold wind blowing on his face, Zhao Yao turned his eyes away, saw a call from Pei Mingzhan on his mobile phone, and after connecting, he said, "I'm coming to your company soon, it's raining heavily, do you want to come pick me up?"
Good thing he still had time to have lunch with his boyfriend.