When Xing Ye was a junior in college, his parents died in an accident. Xing Ye was 20 years old at the time, and his younger brother Xing Shuo was only 15 years old and had just started high school. The two brothers were both dedicated to their studies, and suddenly losing their pillar of support was like the sky falling.
If circumstances allowed, Xing Ye would probably have sunk into depression for a while, but that wasn't the case. Even with his parents gone, life had to go on. Someone had to manage the company, and his underage brother had to be cared for. The board of directors was waiting to see a young man make a mistake, and his business rivals were watching closely. No one would show any kindness to him just because he was young; most were obsessed with exploiting him.
During that period, Xing Ye deeply experienced what it meant to be scattered like monkeys when the tree falls.
He pretends to be omnipotent in front of others, but behind others he is desperately memorizing books, using all his strength to maintain the company and complete the projects left by his parents.
If this project fails, the company is likely to fall into crisis.
Xing Ye had fallen behind in many courses at school and felt overwhelmed. When he was about to apply for leave of absence from school, a girl contacted him.
Her parents and Xing Ye's parents are old friends. They set up a company together and it grew rapidly.
The relationship between the two families has always been good, and Xing Ye and Xing Shuo often studied and played with her when they were young.
Xing Ye went to the apartment where she lived without any precautions.
As soon as she entered the room, she began to confess her love crazily, took off her clothes and hugged Xing Ye tightly. Xing Ye didn't have the energy to fall in love now. He was so busy every day that he almost forgot what he looked like.
Reject her politely and tell her that you are friends who grew up together and please don't be like this.
Xing Ye would not say that if they couldn't be lovers, they could still be friends, but he and his parents were business partners after all, and they would meet on many occasions in the future, so they should not embarrass each other.
Even if she wants to have a relationship, she has to consider the timing, right? Xing Ye's parents just passed away not long ago.
Xing Ye had no idea what happened next. He remembered that the woman grabbed a piece of clothing and tore it into pieces. After tearing it into pieces, she rushed out of the room holding the pieces of clothing and crying wildly, saying that Xing Ye intended to rape her and asked kind people to help call the police.
Xing Ye was taken away by the police, a situation that is always difficult to defend. Fortunately, there was no substantial harm, so the police could not file a case and sentenced him to administrative detention for a period of time. His lawyer came forward and bailed him out.
After Xing Ye came out of the police station, the woman's father, who was also a good uncle in his eyes and a good friend of his parents, took the lead in inciting the board of directors to remove him from his position.
The school also expelled him at the appropriate time. The school said that even if Xing Ye had excellent grades, they could not keep a person with bad behavior to bring shame to the school.
In an instant, it seemed as if the whole world was against Xing Ye, and even the company's stock price fell a lot.
The project was shelved and shareholders were clamoring to remove him. Xing Shuo looked at his brother with worried eyes and never told him about being bullied at school.
At that time, Xing Ye didn't know that because of the scandal of his attempted rape, his younger brother Xing Shuo was ostracized by all the students in the school.
Xing Shuo sensibly took it all on, not telling his brother anything and even comforting him considerately. This was all a minor could do.
Xing Ye pretended nothing had happened and went to work. As long as he could get the project done, the shareholders, incited by the old man, would shut up. Ultimately, it was his lack of ability. For the board of directors, a trumped-up, unconfirmed case wasn't enough to sway their decision. The real influence was Xing Ye's youth. They were afraid of not making enough money, so they decided to find someone they knew to run the company.
The investment that was almost agreed upon fell through, and it must be because someone was obstructing it.
Xing Ye was not discouraged. He ran around everywhere within the limited time, but failed to get any investment. The project was burning money every day. Without subsequent capital injection, it would soon fail and the company would face heavy losses.
At this time, the old man came to him again with the investors who were withdrawing their investment, asking him to give up his position.
Mirror listened quietly. He never interrupted others when they were talking, which gave Xing Ye the feeling that he was talking to himself. He unknowingly told Mirror everything that had happened to him and how he felt during that time.
When he stopped, the mirror couldn't help but ask, "So what happened to you? Did you give up your position and let the bad guys succeed, or did you win?"
Xing Ye said, "It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it just depends on their ability. I was too young at the time and had never been exposed to the bloody storms of the business world. I just fell into someone else's calculations.
In fact, even if he didn't frame me, he could still bring me down with his resources and ruin my reputation. It was nothing but malicious intent. He wanted to kill me and destroy me and my brother in every way until I could no longer recover.
After I saw the world clearly, I found it hard to bear and gradually went astray. At the time, I thought, since the other party would do anything to get what they wanted, then it was okay for me to use some extreme methods.
I found the only investor who could compete with the old guy and was not in his circle of influence, but I couldn't meet him. He was on vacation abroad with his wife and I didn't know when he would be back.
At this time, Xing Ye discovered that his brother was bullied at school, and he was very angry and wanted to help him get revenge.
At that time, Xing Ye was only a 20-year-old young man with little experience in the world. The only solution he could think of was to pay money to hire thugs outside the school to beat up the leader who bullied his brother. Unexpectedly, he did not catch the bully that day, but caught a young master instead.
This young master turned out to be the son of the investor he was looking for.
Xing Ye had done research on the investor before and was well aware of his family situation.
The young master, who is only in the first year of high school and looks very handsome, is the only one who did not bully Xing Shuo and even spoke up for him.
Xing Ye had evil thoughts at the time, thinking of letting the hired thugs beat up the young master, and then he would pretend to pass by and rescue him, so that the young master could call his parents directly and he could make an appointment with the investor.
He asked the thugs to lead away the people who were protecting the young master, and took the rest of the people with him. When he was about to find a corner to beat someone up, a van stopped in front of the young master and pulled the people into the car.
Without even a second thought, Xing Ye ordered the thugs around him to call the police, while he grabbed the thug's motorcycle and gave chase. He had studied martial arts in college, and the thugs' motorcycles had been secretly modified, so he quickly caught up with the car.
"I knew I couldn't beat them, so I drove my motorcycle in front of the van and jumped out the moment I hit it. Luckily, I only suffered minor injuries, but the van's tire burst and I couldn't drive.
When I saw the people in the car carrying the unconscious young master, I went up and fought with them. I was beaten seriously, but I also dragged in the young master's bodyguards and police.
After that, I fell into a coma. When I woke up in the hospital ward, my brother was taking care of me by my bedside. Public opinion changed my image from a rapist to a brave young man. Investors also rushed back from abroad and decided to invest after reviewing my project plan.
The handsome young master also went to the hospital to see him and said, "Brother, get well soon."
That was the only kindness Xing Ye felt after his parents' death, and it also served as a wake-up call for him.
Fortunately, he did not hire anyone to hurt others. The young master is the same age as his brother. How could he hire someone to hurt him for money?
"Your...you just said that the young master who looks silly and like a big dumpling waiting to be slaughtered, what's the name?" Just as Xing Ye was recalling, the mirror suddenly asked.
"Lu Mingze," Xing Ye replied, "I heard that after the kidnapping incident, Director Lu sent his son abroad to study in order to protect him. I haven't seen him in nine years."
"Oh..." Mirror said in a very strange tone, "So you originally wanted to find someone to beat up Lu Mingze, and it just happened that someone kidnapped him, so you didn't go down the criminal path of hiring someone to hurt someone?"
Xing Ye sighed and said, "It was because I found someone to distract the bodyguards that the kidnappers who had been waiting for an opportunity to act had their chance."
"oh."
The mirror screen instantly went black, and no matter how Xing Ye poked it, there was no response.
What happened? He didn't ask any prohibited questions, right?
Xing Ye opened his phone to look at the message in the mirror and found that the intimacy between the two had become 0.
Intimacy: 0. The mirror doesn't want to talk to you, and curses you a lot and blocks you.
Xing Ye: "…"
Why did the intimacy suddenly drop to 0? He was just talking about his past, what happened?
Recalling what he had said and the mirror's final, slightly odd words, Xing Ye suddenly had an idea. He poked the dark mirror and asked, "Could you be Lu Mingze?"
A very beautiful hand appeared in the mirror, and it just raised its middle finger to Xing Ye.