In the lavishly decorated villa, Shen Tianze was sitting with a gloomy face, listening to his subordinate's report.
After a while, Shen Tianze angrily slammed the table and stood up: "Is this the foolproof plan you talked about?! Four people, two guns, and they still failed. Why the hell am I paying you useless idiots?!"
The four people in front of the desk kept their heads down, not even daring to breathe loudly.
Before this, if someone had told them that someone could foresee the future, they would have scoffed.
However, after experiencing the assassination attempt on Xiao Feng, all four of their beliefs were shaken to varying degrees.
First, he dodged a falling tree, then he amazingly avoided two sniper shots in a row. Anyone who encountered such things would find it unbelievable.
Just then, someone knocked on the office door, Shen Tianze took a deep breath, suppressing his anger and said, "Come in."
The assistant pushed the door open and entered. Upon seeing the four people with drooping heads, he immediately realized the boss was in a bad mood and tried to speak concisely: "Someone named Zhou Dong wants to see you outside."
"Zhou Dong?" Shen Tianze frowned: "What nonsense Zhou Dong Zhou Xi, tell him to get lost."
In Jiangcheng, the Shen Group was the top tier. It could be said that there was no person of importance that Shen Tianze did not know.
And among those important people that Shen Tianze knew, none was named Zhou Dong.
The assistant turned to leave but stopped after two steps, hesitating before saying: "That Zhou Dong asked me to pass you a message, saying that after you hear it, you will definitely let him in."
Shen Tianze grew impatient: "Say everything once, don't beat around the bush like squeezing toothpaste."
"Yes." The assistant quickly replied, "He said he's Xiao Feng's cousin, here to help you solve your problems."
Shen Tianze's eyes lit up, it was like being sleepy and someone handing you a pillow. He was worrying about how to deal with Xiao Feng, and immediately someone came to offer advice. Could he be the legendary chosen one?
"Let him in!" Shen Tianze sat back in his chair, signaling the four to leave, eagerly waiting to see how the self-proclaimed cousin of Xiao Feng, Zhou Dong, would help him solve his problems.
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Meanwhile, on the top floor of the Lanyue Group office building, Du Qingyue was sitting, staring blankly on the chair.
Since that night, Xiao Feng's image often appeared in her mind, hard to shake off no matter what she did. And just thinking about Xiao Feng made her thoughts complicated, making it hard to do anything right.
As she was zoning out, a voice sounded next to her ear: "Boss Du!"
The voice was short, sounding like it was meant to scare her intentionally.
Du Qingyue shivered, snapping out of her daze, only to find her bestie and secretary had unknowingly come right up to her.
"Jiang Yixin!" Du Qingyue glared angrily at her best friend in front of her.
"Alright, alright, don't be mad, I just saw you spacing out and wanted to play a little joke." Jiang Yixin smiled apologetically and sat down across from Du Qingyue.
In public, the two naturally wouldn't be so casual, but in private, there were no such concerns.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.
Du Qingyue was beautiful, and her best friend certainly matched her not far behind.
Jiang Yixin wore a tight professional outfit that perfectly outlined her curvaceous figure, with delicate features on her face, looking like they were carefully crafted by a master artisan.
"How's the matter I asked you to investigate?" Du Qingyue asked, somewhat grumpily.
Jiang Yixin took a sip of water: "I'm just about to report to you, but before I tell you the result, you need to answer me a question."
"Go ahead." Du Qingyue rubbed her temple, feeling a bit of a headache; her friend was great in every way, but this love for pranks was something she couldn't change.
"Ahem." Jiang Yixin cleared her throat and said seriously: "Qingyue, you haven't really fallen for that Xiao Feng, have you?"
Du Qingyue was stunned: "Why do you say that?"
"Look, you've been urging me to investigate Xiao Feng these days and often spaced out alone. That's a sign of liking someone." Jiang Yixin moved closer to Du Qingyue and added, "Moreover, I've heard many people say that a woman tends to remember the man who takes her first time most deeply, impossible to forget for a lifetime."
Du Qingyue fell silent, a part of Jiang Yixin's words indeed struck a chord with her.
The reason why it's just a part is because Du Qingyue didn't know why she felt that her concern for Xiao Feng wasn't entirely because he took her first time.
"Let's get to the main issue." Du Qingyue shook her head to change the subject, forcibly clearing the distracting thoughts out of her mind.
Jiang Yixin sighed and didn't press on, directly saying: "Shen Tianze arranged for people to assassinate Xiao Feng, deploying two snipers and an observer."
"Snipers?!" Du Qingyue grew anxious, worried for Xiao Feng uncontrollably, and quickly asked: "What was the result?"
"All four failed, Xiao Feng is unharmed." Jiang Yixin revealed the answer.
Du Qingyue let out a sigh of relief, the heart in her throat slowly calming down, simultaneously marveling at Xiao Feng's abilities.
He was unharmed under such circumstances; only such a strong person is worthy of me, Du Qingyue!
As she was thinking this, Jiang Yixin's words interrupted her thoughts: "What are you planning to do next? Do you really plan to find him after he survives three days as you said?"
"What else?" Du Qingyue retorted.
"I think you should reconsider." Jiang Yixin analyzed calmly: "Even if you find Xiao Feng, can you marry him? Or will your family agree to you marrying a poor boy with no background, no power, and no money?"
Du Qingyue was speechless; she knew that Jiang Yixin spoke the truth. The reason her family wanted her to marry Shen Tianze was essentially because the Shen Group behind Shen Tianze was financially strong.
And through Jiang Yixin's words, Du Qingyue thought of a deeper level: because of that night, her family might also be secretly gathering manpower to eliminate Xiao Feng.
Thinking of this, Du Qingyue couldn't help but worry again.
"Think it over." Jiang Yixin looked at the frowning Du Qingyue, shaking her head and sighing.
After a while, Du Qingyue suddenly said: "Yixin, do you think I've been living happily all these years?"
Jiang Yixin instinctively wanted to joke and say: you rich people's happiness is beyond ordinary people's imagination.
However, seeing Du Qingyue's expression, she still shook her head and replied truthfully: "Not happy."
"Exactly, why should I live so miserably?" Du Qingyue stood up, firmness shining in her beautiful eyes: "I don't want to be controlled by fate anymore, whatever my family wants for me, I just won't!"