"Gu Jiaming, it's none of your business here. What are you doing here?!
Go away! "
Huang Ruoxin looked coldly at Jiaming who suddenly ran out. After a while, she felt that something was wrong. This was because Huang Haoxin, who was dealing cards beside Huang Jianpeng, saw Jiaming's attitude and said forcefully, "Jiaming, it's good that you know. He's a friend you invited. What do you want to do with him?!"
He had always been Huang Jianpeng's best friend. He wasn't very eloquent to begin with, but when he saw Huang Ruoxin's forceful attitude, he didn't dare to say anything. Now that the tables had turned, he proudly became the first to speak.
"What's there to say? Drag out whoever's playing tricks and beat them up."
Seeing Cousin Ruoxin glare at him, Jiaming expressed his innocence. He then pointed at Tian Yu Zhengze, "Don't say that, Sister Ruoxin. Let him say it himself. He stole thirteen cards in a row. It'd be strange if there wasn't a problem …"
"Heh …" Tian Yu Zhengze shook his head and spread his hands, "That … I have to admit, the thirteen cards after that were indeed cheating …"
"You …" Huang Ruoxin originally wanted to say something, but before she could say anything, she saw Tian Yu Zhengze frankly admit to it. She couldn't help but be stunned. Her mind was at a loss for words.
Huang Jianpeng's side immediately shouted, "Look …" "What else do you have to say …"
Jiaming went along with him and nodded at Huang Jianpeng, "So, this is clearly your fault …" He picked up a poker card and flipped it over. He wiped his finger on it, "… Cousin Haoxin."
"What are you saying now, Gu Jiaming …"
"I said cheating. Cousin Haoxin, please go in and wash the wax on your head. Count it now. If there's any card here that doesn't have wax on it, I'll change my surname to yours.
This kind of cheating technique is already popular knowledge on TV … "With a push of his hand, the entire deck of cards scattered on the table. Huang Jianpeng took two steps back, and a few cards fell in front of him.
Jiaming waved his hand in boredom. He couldn't be bothered to say anything more to this group of people who were already speechless. Tian Yu Zhengze didn't say anything earlier because he was giving Jiaming face. In reality, to the two of them, this kind of thing might not even be considered an interesting joke.
With his signature modest smile, the Nipponese man shrugged and turned to leave. Jiaming's expression was lazy, "You're pretty good, aren't you? You managed to seduce two of my cousins as soon as you arrived … Aren't you afraid that Wei will kill you …?"
"This is temperament and charm. I didn't want it either … and Japanese men are allowed to be more open when they're outside …"
"Your family's Long Tangwei also allowed it?"
"Uh … this …"
The two of them walked out side by side. Their conversation was as soft as a mosquito's buzzing. The people around them naturally couldn't tell that they were talking. However, Huang Ruoxin had already caught up with them. She stood beside Tian Yu Zhengze and extended her hand, "Hi, how are you? I'm Huang Ruoxin."
It wasn't that Huang Ruoxin was a love-struck fool. As long as one was familiar with her, they would all know that this elegant and capable beauty of the Huang Family was thorny. She pursued perfection and had extremely high requirements for men. She had a few outstanding boyfriends, but they all fell apart within three months.
This time, she spoke up for Tian Yu Zhengze probably because Huang Jianpeng and the others' actions really made her feel disgusted. On the other hand, Tian Yu Zhengze's temperament most likely had a certain lethality to her.
They were all adults. Moreover, she had always been proactive in her work and her attitude towards life. Now that she was greeting an outstanding member of the opposite sex, she appeared natural and unrestrained.
Jiaming was the first to smile, "Hi, Sister Ruoxin."
"Hello, thank you so much for just now. I'm Tian Yu Zhengze."
"You're really Japanese?
But your Chinese seems to be better than China's … "Letting go of his hand, Huang Ruoxin smiled and frowned," Of course, you're also very good at playing cards. "
"I admire China's culture very much, so I've worked hard to learn it."
"But something like a language can't be spoken so fluently just by learning it, right?"
"Oh, because of my hobby, I often come to China. I don't know if Miss Huang is interested in anime because I'm the contact person for the promotion and promotion of Gypsy Animation Club in China …"
"M-Anime?"
Because they had already started talking, the three of them sat down on the chairs under the window. After hearing Tian Yu Zhengze's introduction, Huang Ruoxin blinked her eyes in surprise, "Oh, that … I'm also very interested, but …" It would be strange if she was interested. She had been working hard since she was young, so her understanding of anime was still at the level of "it's for children to watch". After a while, Huang Ruoxin changed the topic, "May I know what Mr. Tian Yu's job is …"
"Oh, I haven't found a job that I like yet. Sometimes, I work part-time in the supermarket, help out at a friend's convenience store, or some restaurants are busier during the peak season. In fact, I occasionally help out at Tokyo's Palace of Love …"
"Palace of Love?"
"Oh … It's a high-class entertainment place open to upper-class women …"
"…"
Jiaming intimately and skillfully answered Huang Ruoxin's questions. Seeing that the smile on the woman's face was starting to become a little difficult to maintain, he shook his head helplessly. He could imagine that under Long Tangwei's nurturing, this was not the first time that Tian Yu Zhengze had done something like this to hurt a woman's heart.
He was the second-in-line successor of the Kawasaki Consortium, and he had an older brother who took over the consortium's affairs. He had a relatively high status in Takama-ga-hara, but he was not part of the decision-making team. Therefore, he had always been very free. When he was bored, he would go to the Esper Research Institute to do experiments. Dissecting two corpses was a job that was in line with his biological profession, but naturally, he did not receive any salary.
Most of the time, he would go to his girlfriend's shop to help out, or he would enjoy a dull life with his friends. At this time, he avoided the topic and talked about trivial things. In less than five minutes, he had already transformed himself from a modest young man who loved China culture into a popular nightclub cowherd.
After the conversation, the smile on Huang Ruoxin's face became more and more awkward. She was not an idiot, so she could naturally sense that many of Tian Yu Zhengze's answers were casual and perfunctory in a joking manner. Since Jiaming was Tian Yu Zhengze's friend, many topics naturally could not avoid him as a middleman. Whenever the topic involved him, Jiaming would also casually talk about things like anime and manga. However, he saw that Huang Jianpeng and the others were not far away at this time, and they were talking with Fifth Uncle Huang Bingwen, pointing at Jiaming from time to time.
Just now, their childish trick had been exposed by Jiaming, so they were probably stirring up trouble again.
Sure enough, not long after, Huang Bingwen came over with a somewhat gloomy face.
"Jiaming, I heard that you went to the Zhang family's birthday party the day before yesterday, is that right?"
As Huang Bingxiang's youngest brother, Huang Bingwen was not even forty years old this year. Before Huang Bingxiang fell, he had always been regarded as one of Jianghai's most eligible bachelors. Occasionally, he would flirt with a small star, and a group of bad friends would come and go. He lived a happy life of having his secretary do things for him.
However, after Huang Bingxiang fell, in these two months, he had obviously felt the crisis, and began to restrain himself from rushing about for the family. At this time, looking at his gloomy face, it was obvious that something had happened in the company. When Jiaming nodded, the first to speak was Huang Ruoxin, who was next to him, "Fifth Uncle, what's wrong?"
Huang Bingwen did not answer, but looked at Jiaming and sighed, "At the party, you had a conflict with the second son of the Thunder Group, Lei Qing?"
"Conflict?
I don't understand … "
Jiaming smiled, but Huang Jianpeng leaned over from not far away, "Don't pretend that you don't know. It's not the first time you pretended to be Dongfang Wan's boyfriend. Lei Qing is chasing after Dongfang Wan, using you as a shield, how could you not know?
You're too muddle-headed. It's already very good that Lei Qing can endure until now … "
Jiaming's expression did not change, "What's wrong?"
"The cooperation between Qinhuang Trading and the Thunder Group has been discussed for more than four months. At first, I thought there would be hope, but just now, the company called and said that the Thunder Group would not consider the cooperation …" Huang Bingwen looked unhappy, but in the end, he did not flare up, "According to the news, Lei Qing said that as long as it was related to you, Jiaming, the Thunder Group would not give any convenience. At first, I was wondering how you got involved with the Lei Family …"
The Huang Family's business was mainly in the food industry, and there was not much interaction with the Lei Family's business. However, in the Huang Family's side branch, there were many small companies with unstable foundations that entered other fields. Most of these shell companies had recently gone bankrupt. Qinhuang Trading originally had a connection with the Lei Family, and there was a certain possibility of cooperation. Two months ago, after Huang Bingxiang's accident, the Lei Family did not directly stop the cooperation talks, which made the Huang Family think that there was a certain possibility of cooperation, and they worked hard to save this side branch company.
Although they were already prepared to fail, the reason for their rejection this time was related to Jiaming. Huang Bingwen's tone was clearly reproachful.
Huang Ruoxin helped by the side, "Fifth Uncle, Qinhuang Trading did not have much foundation to begin with, and it was one of the branches that were prepared to give up, right? This matter …"
"Of course I know, but as long as there's a one percent chance, we still have to fight for it. If this cooperation is really settled, Qinhuang Trading can still be preserved. After all, it's a fixed asset worth several million. Now, we have to save one, but, sigh …" Huang Bingwen waved his hand. Huang Ruoxin was still one of the capable members in the family. Seeing her speak up for Jiaming, he did not say anything more, "But Jiaming, you have to be careful in the future. Try not to have any conflicts with people like Lei Qing …"
"Looks like you have a lot of trouble …" Tian Yu raised her eyebrows and said softly.
"There's nothing I can do about it. This is my temperament and charm. I'll always be envied by others. I don't want it to happen either …"
"Lei Qing is not valued much in the Lei family. This time, when I see Lei Xiaoyuan, I can teach him a lesson for you …"
The Lei family was one of the members of Yanhuang Awakening. However, a second generation like Lei Qing had not been recognized in this aspect.
This time, when Fang Zhitian came to Jianghai, Lei Xiaoyuan would most likely come as well. Naturally, they would meet face to face with Tian Yu. If she took the opportunity to say a few bad words about Lei Qing, then it was conceivable that Lei Qing would more or less be scolded by her father.
Although no one could hear the soft conversation between the two clearly, Huang Bingwen still noticed Tian Yu. Seeing that it was an outsider he did not recognize, he stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, I'm Huang Bingwen. You are …"
"Tian Yu, I'm a fan of anime and manga in China …" Huang Bingwen introduced himself as usual. He had no interest in anime and manga, so he nodded. He was not in the mood to pay attention to this Japanese person who seemed to have no background. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he turned his gaze to the window.
Looking in the direction of the mourning hall, dozens of people were majestically walking over from the grass. The one in the lead was the current eldest of the Huang family, Huang Bingan. Beside him was one of the most popular female celebrities in the country, Fang Yusi.
The rest of the men and women of the Huang family, old and young, were all around them, chattering. Like stars surrounding the moon, they circled around the swimming pool and headed towards the villa.
"It's Fang Yusi …" Huang Bingwen's face revealed a faint smile of surprise. "I didn't say she would be coming today."
The last time Fang Yusi came to Jianghai, she was in the middle of a downturn in her acting career. However, with the success of her last album, she had once again won back the hearts of most of her fans. Just now, Huang Ruoxin, Huang Jianpeng, and the others were quarreling. They did not know why a large group of people was majestically running out, but when they saw that it was actually her, they all revealed a pleasantly surprised expression.
Even Tian Yu looked at Jiaming and asked, "Is it really Fang Yusi?"
"You can't be her fan too, right?" Jiaming was slightly astonished.
Huang Ruoxin smiled and asked, "Mr. Tian Yu also likes Fang Yusi?"
"I've heard her last album. It's not bad, especially the title song …" Tian Yu looked at Jiaming and added in Japanese with a smile, "I'm very fascinated by it."
Huang Ruoxin didn't understand the last sentence in Japanese, so she just smiled and introduced, "In fact, Miss Fang contacted us a few days ago. Within two years, she will be the spokesperson for our Huang family's products. However, she was still in Hong Kong yesterday, so it's really surprising that she would fly to Jianghai today."
Most of the people in the room didn't know that Fang Yusi was the spokesperson for the Huang family. Just now, Huang Jianpeng also forgot about the quarrel. "Really?
Sister Ruoxin?
Fang Yusi will be our spokesperson?
How did you persuade her? "
"This … I don't know. In any case, I only heard about this yesterday. In fact, it was Miss Fang who took the initiative to contact us. Even the advertising planning department in charge of this couldn't believe that this was true. I don't know why …"
"Fang Yusi is so popular now. It's impossible for her to take the initiative to be our spokesperson. Could it be that she came into contact with some very high level figure? Could it be that there's still a chance for second uncle's matter to turn around?"
Just now, more than half of the people had left, so this reception room was currently the most empty. Huang Bingan led Fang Yusi over. He was the current head of the Huang family. Of course, it was impossible for him to chat with a celebrity for a long time at such a funeral. After entering the door, he saw that Huang Bingwen, who used to flirt with female celebrities, was also there. He gestured for him to come over and help receive the guests. As for Fang Yusi, she swept her gaze around and saw Jiaming at the window first. Her eyes lit up and she revealed a charming smile to the people around her.
"… Actually, there's no need to trouble yourself. I'm just around the same age as everyone. I won't be polite. I'm just casually chatting and looking around. Uncle Huang, if you have things to do, go ahead … I'll call you Uncle Huang. You can call me Yusi. Everyone can just call me Yusi. Calling me Miss Fang is too formal …"
With that smile, the group of people entered the reception room. Intentionally or otherwise, Fang Yusi just so happened to choose the direction of Jiaming. In a short while, they were already close by …