Bait

Chen Yuan raised the red rose in his hand, "You said you like plum blossoms, and there is one planted in the backyard of the Chen mansion. You can go and see it anytime you want."

"I said that?" She was in a trance.

"You said it in the car the night you were drunk."

This time, Shen Zhen almost forgot, she grabbed his wine red shirt and asked him repeatedly if the plum blossoms were in bloom.

She wandered through a pinch of rose stamens with her fingertips, "You planted plum blossoms?"

Chen Yuan hummed.

Shen Zhen couldn't describe what it was like, "I thought businessmen didn't like elegance, they only calculated profits, and you planted flowers yourself."

"You like it, so you planted it." He gestured to the height of his calf, "The tree is so big now, it probably will wait for the next year."

She couldn't help laughing, "Haven't you ever thought that plum blossoms may only grow in three to five years?"

Chen Yuan smiled deeply, "Actually, I don't understand these things."

"Then you still plant flowers?"

He solemnly said, "The heart is more important than the flowers. Women care about the ceremony, right?"

Shen Zhen lowered his eyes silently.

Liang Zewen returned to the office from the conference hall after the high-level meeting. When he found this bouquet of roses, he raised his eyebrows, "Xiao Shen, Hu Yuanyuan said that your boyfriend is going to propose at the company."

Shen Zhen was embarrassed, "Sister Hu is just kidding."

Liang Zewen pointed, "Isn't this a red rose?"

She subconsciously glanced at Chen Yuan, then moved away, "I ordered it myself to decorate the staff hall."

The man on the opposite side was wearing a suit with a faint fragrance, and he was ambiguous in all kinds of ways. Liang Zewen understood it, and opened the drawer, "Chen Dong, the project of Metro Line 2, we are sure to win."

Chen Yuan nodded, "If the price can be negotiated, Wan Dong of Huayan Group has no objections."

"Three hundred million." Liang Zewen took his seat, "Wan Dong Shishi opened his mouth. Although Changshi is not short of money and needs resources, this replacement is not particularly cost-effective, and Changshi is a waste of money."

He took the calculator and entered a few numbers, "[-] million, Director Chen reduced it to [-] million with Dong Wan, and Chang Shi immediately signed the contract. After all, I am a businessman, earning less, not earning, and I can't make money at a loss. "

Shen Zhen stood there, whether to walk or sit, she cleared her throat, "Director Liang, I'm going out."

Chen Yuan said at this moment, "Rose."

She faltered, "Chen Yuan..." She stopped urgently, and changed her address again, "Chen Dong, I don't—"

"You accept the flowers, and Tengkong treats me to a meal." His deep eyes with lines of laughter interrupted her.

In Liang Zewen's territory, Shen Zhen couldn't save his face. After all, they are both the bosses of the top group and have their own dignity.

"I leave work at seven, if you can't wait..."

Liang Zewen laughed loudly, "Xiao Shen accompanies Mr. Chen to socialize for the sake of his growth, so it's okay to leave work early."

Chen Yuan rested his arm on the armrest, "Dong Liang is flexible, then I'd rather be obedient than respectful."

Liang Zewen really had good eyesight, pondered for a second, and called Shen Zhen again, "Xiao Shen, let's put some work aside, Mr. Chen is here, please take care of me." He looked tentatively, "Mr. Chen, she stays here, don't bother me." Shall we?"

Chen Yuan was well aware of his intention to please, so he smiled and didn't say much.

They were discussing business affairs in the reception area. Shen Zhen brewed a pot of tea and walked up to him, "I don't know what kind of tea I like to drink. There is Biluochun on the window sill, so I made a pot."

She was wearing a V-neck overalls, lined with a fleece vest. When she bent over, the spring light on her chest was faintly visible. The contrast between her white skin and pure black lace trim, and the cool tones created an extreme visual impact. Chen Yuan rolled his Adam's apple.

He leaned forward, held the back of her hand, his eyes fell on the ceramic teacup on the table in vain, and reminded hoarsely, "Clothes."

Shen Zhen was taken aback, lowered his head, straightened up awkwardly, and covered his chest.

Liang Zewen went back and forth between them, "Xiao Shen's ability is very outstanding, what does Chairman Chen think?"

Chen Yuan leaned on the back of the sofa, with a leisurely and unrestrained posture, staring at Shen Zhen for a long while, "She is an employee of Changshi, and Director Liang thinks she is."

Liang Zewen half-seriously half-jokingly said, "Give me a raise."

Shen Zhen stepped aside, "Director Liang, stop making fun of me."

He was curious, "With a monthly salary of [-], you take the initiative to apply for a reduction to [-]. Are you not happy about having more money?"

She generously refused, "I only want what I deserve."

Liang Zewen turned sideways slightly, and said to Chen Yuan, "Beautiful women are pampered and greedy for money. A girl like Xiao Shen who is both internal and external is rare in the world, but she is suitable for marriage."

Chen Yuan held a smile and didn't answer.

***

As dusk approached, Xue Yan drove into the parking lot of Changshi Group.

He turned off the fire, "Chen Ling followed your lead and took action to deal with Chen Zhiyun. The latter was too busy to take care of himself and had no energy to win Fucheng. The next step is to encircle Ni Ying and let her evil be rewarded with evil. Miss Shen will forgive you. This game is really good Kill two birds with one stone.”

Chen Chongzhou unbuttoned his seat belt and didn't get out of the car immediately, "Chen Ling is not as brave and resourceful as you imagined, otherwise his 13 years of border career would have been ruined in Longtan and Tiger's den. Do you think he can be an undercover agent if he is skilled enough?" He relaxed Shirt collar, "Chen Ling's city and courage are not so brilliant. He punishes Chen Zhiyun, it is because he is willing to intervene, not because of me."

Xue Yan was puzzled, "Does Chen Ling have a past with Ms. Shen? Isn't such suppression of Chen Zhiyun paving the way for the downfall of Ni Ying?"

"There are loopholes in Chen Zhiyun's business. He stepped on Chen Ling's bottom line, so he made a big move." Chen Chongzhou smoked a cigarette, and erratically passed the streetlights beside the road. "As for her, it is one of the reasons."

Xue Yan opened the back seat door, "According to your instructions, I checked Chen Ling's trajectory in recent years. Five years ago, four years ago and last year, he returned to this city respectively."

The man got out of the car, "I remember he didn't return to the old house for seven years."

"Yes." Xue Yan followed behind with a briefcase, "Five years ago, Chen Ling served as the deputy bureau, and concurrently served as the honorary professor of the Department of Investigation and Economic Criminology of Beihua University. The graduation ceremony, the day he returned to this city, was a practice class for sophomores, but—"

Chen Chongzhou tilted his head, "It's nothing."

Xue Yan really couldn't figure out what was going on, "Chen Ling didn't show up, but his itinerary was indeed in this city. Zheng Weili, the captain of the first traffic team, was in charge of the drill order. He remembered that there was a riot in the west campus that day, and some teachers saw a pool of blood. , and even dispatched criminal police to control the scene, which led to the hasty end of the exercise. Later, Chen Ling returned to school in the second year and secretly searched for a short-haired girl. Coincidentally, Beihua University is Ms. Shen's alma mater, and she majored in marketing and minored in finance and economics."

Chen Chongzhou stood on the marble stairs with a calm expression, but there was a dark tide in his eyes, and he didn't respond for a long time.

Xue Yan sensed something was wrong, followed him to look, in the company lobby, Shen Zhen was holding a bouquet of flowers, and the man beside him was Chen Yuan.

In midwinter, the days are short, the nights are deep and long, and the sun sets early in the west.

Sensing a burning gaze, Shen Zhen immediately turned his head and froze.

At the end of the gray dusk, Chen Chongzhou approached her with a bouquet of perfumed lilies in one hand.

The slender, knee-length lake-blue cashmere coat glowed with sparkling silver light. He was unbuttoned, tall and lazy.

He stopped just a short distance away, and glanced at the red rose in her arms, flirtatious and dazzling, "Do you like roses?" After a pause, "As people change their hearts, so do flowers. You are straightforward enough."

It was like a sentence squeezed out of the throat, mixed with sarcasm and obscure.

With Chen Yuan present, Shen Zhen didn't like to quarrel, and got angry for a while, but couldn't get off the stage, and said in a blunt tone, "What's the matter?"

Chen Chongzhou stuffed her the bouquet. In the center of the protruding buds was the book of her and Zhou Haiqiao's wedding room. In August, when she was in urgent need of money, he bought it without telling her, and it was tens of dollars higher than the market price. Ten thousand.

"I owe no debt to women."

Shen Zhen's heart trembled violently, and he forcibly turned his head away, "You spent money to buy my house, I didn't lose money, what do you owe me?"

Chen Chongzhou's face was serious, "A love debt is not a debt?"

She returned it to his hand, "It's been settled long ago."

"What you know has nothing to do with me."

Chen Yuan turned his back and moved half a meter away.

From beginning to end, the two did not meet eyes.

"I haven't found another new love, you can't bear the loneliness first." Chen Chongzhou weighed the bouquet, threw it on the trash can lid in the corner without hesitation, and walked away.

He got into the car, and Chen Chongzhou ordered Xue Yan, "Go."

When the car drove out of the intersection, Xue Yan lifted the rearview mirror and looked at him, "Aren't you going to take Miss Shen away?"

"Is she willing to leave?" Chen Chongzhou's tone was dull, and his expression was even more indifferent.

"At the end of the day, Ms. Shen is also right. Ni Ying lost her child and almost killed her, but instead she is at ease. She justifiably follows Mrs. Chen, and she will inevitably feel resentful."

"I didn't say she was wrong." He massaged the bridge of his nose and frowned, "Do you have any photos of her in college?"

"I transferred Miss Shen's file." Xue Yan handed him a cowhide envelope.

Chen Chongzhou unwrapped the thread and pulled out his profile. There was a one-inch bareheaded photo in the upper left corner. Shen Zhen had shoulder-length short hair, pure and lovely.

He lightly twisted the edge of the paper, "Chen Ling looking for a woman with short hair?"

Xue Yan was noncommittal, "Chen Ling has a cold temper and is alienated from others, but he is special to Ms. Shen, and there must be a relationship."

Chen Chongzhou shared the envelope and put it in the co-pilot, "Don't say anything, you should find out first."

"It's been a long time ago, and now there is no way to start the investigation. Only Chen Ling knows the ins and outs. I don't think Miss Shen did it deliberately. She probably really didn't remember."

The moment he turned around, Chen Chongzhou received a call from Liao Kun. Ni Ying was in the Department of Surgery of the Municipal People's Hospital.

He looked at his watch, it was ten hours before the Dongchuang incident happened.

"Sudden emergency, passed through Fuli Restaurant, right?"

Liao Kun was shocked, "Did she contact you?"

Chen Chongzhou bent his elbows, supported the window frame, and rested his palm on his chin, "I guess."

The purpose of this play is to preserve Chen Zhiyun's reputation in the business world, to delay the inside story, to talk about old illnesses casually, and to cancel the wedding logically. No matter how suspicious the outside world is, the guests saw her fainting with their own eyes, and they dared to mobilize everyone to move to the hospital. Guess something else.

The reason why Ni Ying chose the Municipal People's Hospital was because of Chen Zheng's help, and finally restrained him and Chen Ling.

Once Chen Zhiyun's secretary announces that Mrs. Chen's old illness has relapsed and the wedding will be held at another date, it will be considered a conclusion.

In his old club, no one could break through Ni Ying's disguise. Even if they didn't cooperate with acting, at least they kept her condition a secret.

Chen Zheng must have forced him to tell this lie. In this situation, when everyone believed and agreed, Chen Ling couldn't overthrow it in the open, so he could only deal with Chen Zhiyun secretly.

Following Chen Zhiyun in Vanity Fair, Ni Ying's skills have really improved a lot.

"Director Chen." Liao Kun called him from there, "Cai Lan told me that Ni Ying's postoperative recovery is not optimistic."

Chen Chongzhou frowned, "Didn't it be cut off?"

"Have you ever cut spring bamboo shoots?" Liao Kun tilted his neck, stuck his phone in his ears, and slapped his hands, "I didn't cut the roots, and there are signs of multiplying cancer cells."

The car ran over a pothole and bumped violently. Chen Chongzhou's hand slipped and the phone was thrown out suddenly.

Pick it up again, the screen dims.

Liao Kun thought he was worried and hung up on purpose, so he didn't call again.

Chen Chongzhou pinched the hard casing, but finally did not call back.

Jaguar disappeared in the long traffic, Shen Zhen slowly came back to his senses, stared at the lily on the lid of the trash can, and reached out to take down the house book.

The petals were soft, covered with frost and dew, stained with filth, she couldn't bear it, she wanted to take them together, but stopped, and withdrew her hand.

The sky was very gloomy, and the cold rain fell suddenly. Chen Yuan took off his suit and propped himself on top of her head, "He has always had such a temper."

Shen Zhen didn't take it seriously, "I don't care about his temper."

Chen Yuan remained silent, looking at her profile, "Do you really not care?"

She remained silent, and the atmosphere froze for a while, "I joined Changshi, and it was managed by Chen Chongzhou. Director Liang usually takes care of me, and many colleagues are secretly dissatisfied." Shen Zhen took a deep breath, "Brother Chen Yuan, I plan to work overtime tonight to improve performance , invite you another day, okay?"

Chen Yuan knew that she was not in the mood.

Chen Chongzhou's love tactics, fighting against the queen of the sea, may not win 100% of the time, but it can conquer a pure and innocent little white flower, and that is as easy as pie.

With three points of force, the woman was firmly tied by him.

No matter how difficult the bone is, meeting him only depends on whether Chen Chongzhou spends his time or not. From the beginning of the story to the climax, the woman is completely caught up in his unconscious guidance, and finally becomes his prey.

Even though he made thousands of mistakes and women hated him to the bone, if Chen Chongzhou didn't want to end it, he would wear it down little by little without showing any signs of expression.

Obviously, he was using this trick against Shen Zhen.

The snake struck seven inches, took her strength, choked her weakness, and her feelings that had not had time to dissipate.

Hate because of love, and love again because of hate, is the love art of high-ranking men.

"Shen Zhen, I understand your concerns." Chen Yuan saw that her palms clutching the floral paper were sweaty, and immediately took out a square handkerchief.

Shen Zhen didn't answer, and rubbed against the hem of the woolen skirt.

Chen Yuan felt, "Are you afraid of delaying me?"

She said nothing.

His eyebrows were warm, "It's okay, I'm no longer the age to miss women day and night."

No matter when and where, Chen Yuan maintains a refined and stable temperament. I have to admit that 35 years old is a hurdle for men.

There is always a difference between being mature at 30 and being on the verge of middle age.

Chen Chongzhou's demeanor is so outstanding, he still has vigor and temper in his flesh and blood, and he has a smoky blue color, while Chen Yuan has cultivated to a black color.

More calm, more calm and deep.

She sneered, "Think about it day and night..."

What Chen Yuan meant was that it was good to have a woman, but without a woman, he would not be like a hot-blooded boy in his early twenties, greedy for women, and lustful for love.

Shen Zhen understood that he was accommodating her, dispelling her so-called "men's needs" fear and sympathy.

He is neither lacking nor keen on it.

The out-of-control and impulsiveness that faced her was nothing more than emotion.

Love can be moved, but also suppressed.

Qiao Li said that Chen Yuan is a natural "hormone stunner", and lust is his deadly weapon and armor.

The more he suppressed, the thicker the moment of arousal became, and there was nowhere to hide.

A man known for being sexy and heroic, his desire is strong and thrilling, he doesn't need to think about it, but he is always ready to attack.

Chen Yuan couldn't help laughing, "You don't have to be burdened, let's get in touch slowly, okay?"