In fact, Gao Shijin didn't need to be shocked. His friend Zhang Lan had already been asking about the origins of the two mothers and sons sitting at table number three, and why they were sitting at the guest of honor table at his uncle's banquet. But after he got the answer from the relative who was in charge of organizing the banquet, he whispered to Gao Shijin, "Your cousin is the president of Fulong Company, don't you know?" There was blame and uneasiness in his tone, obviously feeling that he was not too enthusiastic before.
Gao Shijin was still confused, "Fulong Company?"
Zhang Lan said, "It's Fulong, a company that makes telecommunications equipment. Many companies in the province now use their equipment, such as telephone lines. It is said that they have made a great business." Seeing that Gao Shijin was still confused, he whispered, "Does Lei Wei know?"
Gao Shijin nodded, "I've heard a little about it."
"Lei Wei was arrested this time, and the CEO of a company called Beituo was also arrested. That CEO was involved in organized crime and unfair competition. This unfair competition was aimed at Fulong."
At each level, the information you are exposed to on these matters is different.
Gao Shijin was stunned.
It was like a small crack that burst out from somewhere in the chest, and suddenly it was like a bolt from the blue.
Gao Shijin knew about his distant relatives in the Shanhai Cheng family. He had met them when he was young, but apart from a phone call during the Chinese New Year every year, there was actually no interaction between them.
The person in the Cheng family who impressed him the most was Cheng Bin, the deputy director of the public security bureau. This was also the person his mother, Cheng Ran, called her cousin. This was the only time she went to Shanhai to travel in the past few decades, and this was the information she brought back.
As for Cheng Ran's family, they knew that their eldest cousin was an old employee of a state-owned enterprise, but he might have heard of the name of the company but could not remember it very well.
Later, I heard that Cheng Ran's family moved here, the unit was restructured, and the job was transferred here. These were all told by my mother's sister who worked in Shanhai. But why didn't Shanhai mention the name of the company at the time, nor did they mention that my cousin's business was so big
This thought suddenly made Gao Shijin feel uncomfortable.
No one is a fool, could it be that... people actually knew that he was jealous? Or maybe there are other evaluations.
Seeing Xu Lan and Cheng Ran, who were several tables away from him, Gao Shijin felt his cheeks burning. He thought of the condescending attitude he had shown towards Cheng Ran and her son when he treated them to a meal, and of his proposal to have Xu Lan come over to work, while the minimum wage he offered was a deception that they did not have such high vision. Now it seemed that they were all full of shallowness and materialism.
Looking at Cheng Ran and his mother over there, I thought that Cheng Feiyang didn't come because he really had more important careers to pursue, and he didn't think this was an opportunity to make friends with the powerful... Looking back at myself, it seemed like I was struggling all the time, as if it was a great thing to be able to join this seat with the help of my friends, and I was complacent as if I had crossed a platform level.
It's a normal social interaction for people to be able to get into an occasion where they have to work hard.
Moreover, in this excitement, I am just an insignificant character standing on the sidelines, but others are the absolute protagonists.
Seeing the confused and helpless look on his wife's face, Gao Shijin felt mixed emotions and looked grim.
…
Cheng Ran was very sure that not only Jiang Hongshao saw him, but also her mother noticed that he was sitting at table number 3. Jiang's mother, who should be called Jiang Yueqin, did not show any abnormality, and did not even look at him for a second.
He has really cultivated himself to become a spirit.
When Cheng Ran saw his mother see Jiang Hongshao, and then look at him, but seeing that Cheng Ran did not react or take any further action, Xu Lan just smiled and pretended that she saw nothing.
Cheng Ran knew for sure that his mother knew who Jiang Hongshao was. He believed that his mother had seen the photos in the letters that Jiang Hongshao had sent him and that were lying in his drawer more than once.
Jiang Hongshao was a little uncomfortable, but of course no one could see her discomfort. She took deep breaths from time to time, looked around, and even deliberately didn't look in that direction. Someone was talking at the table, and she listened too attentively, and looked too enthusiastically at the stage where the wedding was going on. These small details that caught Cheng Ran's eyes made him realize that he was not the Jiang brother who was usually in the eyes of the ten middle school students.
Cheng Ran noticed that Gao Shaoning and his friends named Cheng Bing and Zhang Jie were sitting at two tables away from him. Gao Shaoning also looked at Cheng Ran from time to time. Probably influenced by his parents, he already knew about their family situation, and there was a lot of glimmer and surprise in his eyes.
The young man named Lv Rui, who was the deputy district chief and had been with Gao Shaoning and others, was now sitting at table number 2, where Jiang Hongshao was sitting. After all, his father was also a leader, so it was natural for him to sit at that table, but he was silent the whole time.
Table number two, where Jiang's mother was, became the focus of many people's attention. However, Jiang's mother's presence brought a lot of restraint to their table. Some of the officials were very well-behaved and only drank a little after the order. Fortunately, there was an elderly man who was very good at speaking. He made witty remarks and kept praising Jiang Hongshao, which greatly eased the originally restrained atmosphere at the table.
Perhaps Lu Rui couldn't hold it in any longer in such an occasion. Halfway through the banquet, he found a chance and said he was going to the toilet. During this time, he winked at Cheng Bing and the others at Gao Shaoning's table. In fact, he went to the garden rockery outside the clubhouse that led to the toilet to smoke.
Gao Shaoning also went over with them, following them to the corner of the grape vine trellis on the side of the walkway. Lu Rui lit a cigarette and glanced at Gao Shaoning, "Is your cousin the young master of Fulong?"
Gao Shaoning looked extremely embarrassed. "I just found out about him too. We didn't have much contact before. He's a distant relative..."
Lu Rui nodded. He didn't have a deep understanding of Fulong Company. He just knew that the company was somewhat famous. As the son of the deputy district chief, he didn't care much about these things. For example, Cheng Bing in front of him, his father's Bohai Company, had annual sales of several hundred million and was also famous in Chengdu. They were just like brothers in front of him.
He had seen a lot of rich second-generations, and now he just felt that the reason why Cheng Ran didn't feel uneasy but took it for granted when he heard about their origins was now explained.
But one can't help but feel that Cheng Ran is probably a bit arrogant because of his family's situation.
Apparently Zhang Jie and Cheng Bing thought the same way, so they didn't plan to bring up the topic again.
Of course, they turned to the topic they were most concerned about. Cheng Bing held the cigarette between his fingers, took a deep puff, and smiled, "I think Secretary Jiang's daughter is really good..."
Gao Shaoning opened his eyes wide and nodded repeatedly, "That's right! I was just looking at her, her facial features are so beautiful..."
Zhang Jie laughed, "Why, you girls are also interested in girls?"
"Why not... There's a girl in our grade, class 4, we call her the class beauty, and I think she's pretty... But she's still a little less pretty than the one I met today."
Zhang Jie looked at Lu Rui again, "Brother Lu, you are at the same table with her... What's going on? Do you have any ideas? Do you want a phone number or something?"
Then they saw that Lu Rui, who always joked with them, had a gloomy and solemn expression at this time, and waved his hand, "Don't even think about it! What are you talking about... Are you trying to trick me!?"
For a moment, everyone didn't understand why he spoke so decisively.
Lu Rui took a puff of cigarette, slowly exhaled the smoke, and said in a deep voice, "What is her status... What do you think? I know a friend, of course, the closest relationship, this guy has also developed a playboy character, I don't know where he met that girl, and he went back and joked with his father that he might as well hook up with that girl, so that his father might save a few years of hard work... But his father, who never took action, slapped him in the face for the first time, and told him to put away such thoughts and not even think about it, his father's rank is no lower than my father's. But his father said it himself, if he wants to die, go ahead and try, and then even your father will be finished with him. What kind of family is that? What kind of family are they? Can they get involved like this? You won't even know how you're going to die!"
Seeing that everyone's expressions were frozen, Lu Ruicai said, "My friend usually cares about his reputation. He only told me this kind of thing because he was desperate. I don't think there is any need to lie to me."
Everyone felt a little surprised, thinking that no wonder you, Lu Rui, behaved so harmless and looked like a shy young man throughout the whole time at the table.
"So I don't want to stay at that table any longer." After finishing a cigarette, Lu Rui threw the cigarette butt on the ground. He stood up from the steps and stomped it out. There was some boredom in his eyes. "Let's go. Let's go back after we're done."
Then when everyone turned around the rockery and entered the trail, they suddenly saw Jiang Hongshao, whom Lu Rui had been avoiding just now, coming out of the toilet that was built like the Suzhou gardens after washing her hands.
And Cheng Ran, Gao Shaoning's distant cousin, was walking towards the toilet through the trail.
The four people suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, because as soon as they passed the rockery, they would run into the girl. Although they were not familiar with each other and it was impossible for them to say hello, after listening to Lu Rui's story about what happened just now, they now felt that the girl was indeed a little arrogant.
However, Gao Shaoning's cousin met Jiang Hongshao by chance.
Then Jiang Hongshao found that the way ahead was blocked by Cheng Ran.
The two looked at each other, Jiang Hongshao glared at him and moved to the left.
Cheng Ran moved to the left and blocked it.
Then Jiang Hongshao moved to the right again.
Cheng Ran deliberately moved to the right and blocked it.
Jiang Hongshao stopped, looked up, and stared at Cheng Ran with eyes as deep as a pool.
The four people that Cheng Ran was carrying didn't know what it felt like. Gao Shaoning's cousin now looked like the dandy boy who flirted with girls in the movie. The key point was that he didn't even look at who the other person was... Was he looking for death? Gao Shaoning even covered his mouth with his hand.
Not to mention that they clearly heard Cheng Ran's extremely evil words to Jiang Hongshao, "Password!"
This is a fancy way of committing suicide!
Several people subconsciously looked at Lu Rui. Lu Rui's eyes had a look of despair.
Just when everyone was extremely stunned, they saw the girl who was looking up at Cheng Ran speak.
“Open Sesame.”
Cheng Ran made way, "How smart."
Jiang Hongshao glared at him and said, "I haven't made peace with you yet!"
…
Just like last night when the autumn wind swayed the green trees, Lu Rui, Gao Shaoning, Zhang Jie and Cheng Bing didn't know when they subconsciously made way.
The woman who came straight over there walked straight through the space they had created, and except for talking to Cheng Ran, she never looked away when she crossed paths with them, as if she didn't care about these humans.
Then the four of them saw Cheng Ran who turned around and discovered them.
But amid the four people's astonished gazes, Cheng Ran seemed to think that his boring behavior just now might have been seen by them. He smiled helplessly and went to the bathroom.
No bleating.