Si Yuming was so flustered that he had no time to comfort his lover. He just grabbed his hand and said anxiously, "Rongxuan, my cousin has blocked me. Try yours now!"

　　Ji Rongxuan hurriedly took out his phone and started dialing. After a while, he looked pale, "I think he has blocked me too..."

　　"Yuming, didn't you say your plan was perfect and he wouldn't find out? What went wrong and what should we do now?!"

　　"What should we do..." Si Yuming gritted his teeth, "Let's go find Si Yucheng!"

　　"But, but it's already like this, is there any use looking for him now?"

　　"It works!" Si Yuming didn't know whether to comfort Ji Rongxuan or himself, "Si Yucheng values ​​feelings, we should play the family card more, and he will definitely change his mind!"

　　***

　　Si Building

　　Special Assistant Song hung up the office extension, stood up and went to the president's office, and knocked twice politely, "Boss Si, Si Yuming and Ji Rongxuan are making a scene downstairs. Should we have them drive them away or -?"

　　After signing, Si Yucheng closed the document in his hand and said, "Forget it, let them come up. They won't give up until I admit it myself."

　　"Okay." Special Assistant Song saw the displeasure on the president's face, lowered his eyelids, turned around and left quickly.

　　Ever since Lu Yingchuan left, he felt like the old Mr. Si was back again...

　　"Brother, did you know that the board of directors has dismissed me from my position?!" Si Yuming couldn't wait to push away Special Assistant Song who was leading the way and rushed in front of Si Yucheng.

　　Si Yucheng looked at his hands resting on his desk and nodded calmly, "I know, I suggested it."

　　"Why? Did I do something wrong? I've been in Xingyue for so many years and have never made a wrong decision. You can't do this to me!"

　　"Why not?" Si Yucheng crossed one leg, changed his posture and leaned back on the chair, clasping his hands together, "I am the major shareholder of Xingyue, and the board of directors approved my proposal, and it was passed unanimously."

　　Seeing how calm he was, Si Yuming wanted to punch him in the face and break his hypocritical mask!

　　Unfortunately, he couldn't. He had to swallow his anger and continue to play a trick on the other party. "Brother, if I make you unhappy, you can tell me! But you dismissed me from my position just because of a disagreement. What's the difference between peeling off my face and throwing it on the ground? Do you still remember that I am your brother?"

　　"Brother?" Si Yucheng sneered, "I used to treat you as my own brother, but now... haha! There is always a layer between us. Fake is fake, we can't be brothers!"

"What do you mean--" Si Yuming looked hurt.

　　"Yucheng, don't say such hurtful words." Ji Rongxuan came out to smooth things over. "Yuming was wronged for no reason. He was angry and spoke a little harshly. Don't bother with him. What happened? Did you misunderstand something? You have to explain it clearly and give Yuming a chance to explain."

　　"Misunderstanding?" Si Yucheng raised his eyebrows. "Lu Yingchuan is a gambler. You already knew that, right?"

　　"What, gambling? He actually has this bad habit!" Si Yuming was shocked, as if he had never known about it.

　　Ji Rongxuan said, "Yucheng, Lu Yingchuan likes to gamble, just drive him away! Yuming also has good intentions, he doesn't want to see you alone and depressed, you don't have to vent your anger on him for this."

　　"One gambler is nothing, but the problem is that among the people you picked for me, there is a paranoid ex-girlfriend, a violent person who likes to beat people, and a xidu addict, plus a gambler..."

　　At this point he clapped his hands sarcastically, "Great! You almost gathered all the Five Poisons. Should I praise you?"

　　Si Yuming was shocked. How could his cousin know so much when he had never even met him? !

　　He opened his lips and blurted out, "That, that's all coincidence—"

　　"Then my dismissal of you was just a coincidence, do you believe it?"

　　"you--"

　　Ji Rongxuan stepped forward and held Si Yuming's hand. "Yuming really doesn't know who those people are behind the scenes. He is just the general manager and it is impossible for him to be comprehensive. Yucheng, you know how Yuming has treated you over the years. Don't you think it is unreasonable to suspect him for such an inexplicable coincidence?"

　　"Two years ago, when you fell ill, Yuming and I took you to the hospital. We stayed by your bedside for three days and three nights without leaving. By the time you recovered and were discharged from the hospital, Yuming had lost ten pounds. You said you would remember his kindness. Have you forgotten all that?!"

　　"I didn't forget! So I made a will, planning to leave everything to Yuming after I left. But it ended up attracting your murderous intent..." Si Yucheng lowered his eyes, his expression was somewhat sarcastic, "Greed is the original sin, maybe I shouldn't have made this promise in the first place."

　　"I don't have any intention to kill you, brother, you think too much..." Si Yuming shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Cousin Cheng, is your condition getting worse? Those are just your guesses. I really didn't mean to harm you!"

　　Special Assistant Song couldn't help but say, "Mr. Ming, are you suggesting that Mr. Si is delusional about being persecuted? I collected the evidence, and I think Mr. Si's speculation is reasonable. After all, too many coincidences can't be called coincidences, not to mention that you have a conflict of interest."

　　Si Yuming choked, staring at Special Assistant Song with a look that made him want to scrape off a layer of flesh, but he turned his head and immediately changed his expression, "Brother, don't listen to outsiders trying to sow discord—"

　　Si Yucheng was too lazy to argue with him, "Since you don't have one, you definitely don't mind me changing my will, right?"

　　Si Yuming's eyes widened in disbelief, tears streaming down his cheeks. He felt extremely wronged. "Brother, you still don't believe me. I really didn't mean to hurt you! We grew up together. Don't you know what kind of person I am?"

　　Ji Rongxuan hugged his crying lover and said meaningfully, "Forget it, Yuming, can't you see? Your brother has been bewitched by Lu Yingchuan, and Special Assistant Song has also been bribed. He will regret treating you like this sooner or later!"

　　"Yucheng, for the sake of our past friendship, please listen to my advice: Don't change your will, otherwise Lu Yingchuan will really kill you!"

　　Si Yucheng sneered at their performance. Jiang Yanlan did not let him change the will to himself. He agreed to let him donate his inheritance after his death to give back to the society!

　　But there was no need for him to explain. These two people judged others by themselves and would not believe anything he said!

　　Si Yucheng waved to Special Assistant Song and asked him to take out the prepared materials. "Si Yuming, do you really think that I have no evidence and want to dismiss you for no reason? Not only did you appoint people based on personal connections at Xingyue, but you also betrayed your own people and smuggled Xingyue's resources to Feng Yuan! The board of directors has discussed this and you have one week to return double the bribe Feng Yuan gave you, otherwise I'll see you in court!"

　　Si Yuming flipped through the report handed over by Special Assistant Song and took a look. His face suddenly turned pale. "Brother, let me explain..."

　　Si Yucheng interrupted him, "This is the result of my pleading for you at the board meeting. Don't say I didn't help you."

　　The plea was genuine. When the investigation report came out, all shareholders were furious, and several of them demanded to call the police on the spot. He pleaded for mercy because of the care and concern he had received over the years. No matter how much falsehood there was in it, he didn't owe anyone anything anyway.

　　Everything in the past is wiped out, and no one can use family affection and morality to hold him hostage from now on!

　　Si Yuming was stubborn just now, but he softened as soon as the evidence came out, "Brother, I was wrong, I shouldn't have coveted these small advantages! But I did it for Rongxuan, he has never been able to get a good script, I dream of paying for him! Brother, please forgive me for Rongxuan's sake? I don't dare to do it anymore, brother!"

　　"Yucheng..." Ji Rongxuan also raised his head and looked at Si Yucheng with hope in his eyes.

　　"Sorry, to me, you and Si Yuming are one and the same. No one has to consider each other's face!" Si Yucheng didn't even move his eyelids, and was extremely cold and ruthless.

　　Ji Rongxuan was shocked, and the regret in his heart grew from a tender sapling into a towering tree in an instant - if he had broken up with Si Yuming earlier and chosen Si Yucheng!

　　But it was too late. Si Yucheng's eyes no longer sparkled when he looked at him, and there was no longer any envy or admiration...

　　"Assistant Song, please show the guest out."

　　"Yes, Mr. Si."

　　Ji Rongxuan lowered his head, half-hugging the embarrassed Si Yuming, and was driven out of Si's company under the supervision of Special Assistant Song.

　　He felt that he was finished. Si Yucheng obviously held a grudge against them. If he continued to stay in Xingyue, he would definitely not be able to escape the fate of being hidden. The entertainment industry is always tired of the old and adores the new. When his contract expires in a few years, what good offer can he get?

Ji Rongxuan was restless, his thoughts racing. Unfortunately, Si Yuming was unaware. He grabbed his lover's hand and asked in panic, "Rongxuan, Si Yucheng can't get through here, what should we do?"

　　Ji Rongxuan said in a deep voice, "Go back and raise money first."

　　***

　　Jiang Yanlan finished work early that night, and the two of them video chatted together again. Si Yucheng mentioned what happened during the day, intending to take credit. But after hearing this, Mr. Jiang's face suddenly fell, "Mr. Si changed his will and told the former beneficiary about his plan to change the will. Are you afraid that he won't dare to kill you?"

　　Si Yucheng retorted angrily, "We live in a society ruled by law now. If Si Yuming had the ability to kill me quietly, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble."

　　He admitted that he said that on purpose to provoke Si Yuming and to get revenge on him. After being told that by a slutty man, he felt like he had no brains.

　　"I'm afraid he'll go to extremes!" Jiang Yanlan gritted her teeth and analyzed with him, "He has lost his career now, and you're forcing him to pay back the money. If Ji Rongxuan leaves him again because of this, do you think he will be desperate?"

　　Boss Si's focus was obviously a bit distorted, "How could Ji Rongxuan leave him? They have true feelings for each other, which is different from those who are united by interests--"

　　"How about we make a bet?" Mr. Jiang didn't want to argue with him. Mr. Si obviously didn't understand that people's hearts are sometimes very complicated and changeable. Ji Rongxuan really has true feelings for Si Yuming, otherwise he wouldn't have won the Best Actor Award, and the story would have a happy ending.

　　But now that Si Yuming has lost his wealth, this feeling seems insignificant compared to his thriving ambitions...

　　"Okay, what's the bet?"

　　Jiang Yanlan thought for a moment, "If I win, how about you accompany me on a trip abroad? You must obey me in everything outside, and you are not allowed to be sullen."

　　"What if I win?"

　　Mr. Jiang smiled and winked at the camera, "You win, I'll do whatever you want with me."

　　He had been busy all day and had no time to take a shower. Three buttons of his wrinkled shirt were undone and his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, revealing his strong forearms.

　　Boss Si had always thought that the description of a slutty and unruly man was very attractive, and now his eyes were fixed on him even more.

　　After that night, the two had not found an opportunity to have a pleasant negative distance communication activity again, and President Si had long been dissatisfied. Seeing this, he immediately became interested and took out the spirit of negotiation in the business world, vowing to make the slutty man lose with conviction, "Since it's a bet, there should be a deadline, right?"

　　It's impossible that the two of them will never be able to tell who is winning or losing if they don't break up?

　　President Jiang raised a finger and said, "One month. If they don't break up after one month, I lose. But you can't let them go. You must let He Hui continue to suppress Ji Rongxuan and don't give him any chance to get ahead."

　　"Okay, I definitely won't let him win." Si Yucheng glanced at him. He suspected that the dissolute man made this bet just to torment Ji Rongxuan!

　　However, he knew very clearly who were insiders and who were outsiders. If he really dared to relax his suppression on Ji Rongxuan for a small bet, the slutty man would definitely make trouble with him if he knew about it!

　　Thinking back to the last time when they almost had a falling out because of Ji Rongxuan, Si Yucheng still had lingering fears. A playboy has a temper like a young master. He is usually willing to coax you and make you happy. But if you do something to betray him, he will definitely turn against you!

　　Si Yucheng didn't dare to test her position in his heart. It seemed that he was the one holding the initiative in this relationship, but in fact it was Jiang Yanlan.

　　With Jiang Yanlan's ability, he had many options to leave him, but he didn't!

　　Si Yucheng knew that he was stubborn, but he couldn't change, nor did he want to change. If Jiang Yanlan wanted to leave him one day, he would definitely choose to perish together with her...

　　"Then it's settled. Just wait for your defeat, dear Mr. Si~~" He made such a bet deliberately so that Mr. Si would keep an eye on Si Yuming at all times.

　　Si Yuming is a sinister and poisonous snake. Who knows if he will jump out and bite someone if he loses everything?

　　The boss of the company did not comment. After one month, this slutty man is too confident...

　　***

　　The two continued chatting for a while, and Si Yucheng thought of something else, "By the way, what are you going to do about Lu Yingchuan's parents?"

　　Jiang Yanlan was stunned and almost forgot that Lu Yingchuan had parents!

　　He died suddenly due to continuous gambling. Since he occupied someone else's body, he should take on the responsibility of supporting his parents, right?

　　"I'll go back to pick them up after I finish filming Crime and Righteousness." He had just taken a long vacation, and if he took another one, Director Yu would definitely perform a stone-breaking show in front of him!

　　Si Yucheng shook his head, "No, by that time, your negative information will be all over the place."

　　It turns out that Lu Yingchuan's original name was Lu Yuan. Because his parents spoiled him too much, he didn't learn well at a young age. Later, he hung out with idle people in society and somehow got addicted to gambling.

　　What could Lu's parents do with his only lifeline? They could only pay off his gambling debts again and again! Later, they had no choice but to sell the only house in the family.

　　As for Lu Yuan, relying on someone to clean up his mess, he became even more unscrupulous. In the last round, he lost 800,000 in one go!

　　Eight hundred thousand, not eighty thousand!

　　Lu's parents were really helpless. They sold their house, and all their relatives and friends were afraid of borrowing money, so they cut off all contact with them. But their own son knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face, begging them again and again, saying that if he didn't pay back the loan sharks, they would break his hands and feet...

　　The couple had no choice but to take out the last of their savings and send their son away from Hongtai City. They stayed behind and gritted their teeth to pay off his gambling debts. There was no other way. If the family of three ran away, the loan sharks would definitely catch up with them and might even break their son's legs!

　　They both have jobs, and although their monthly repayments are not much, at least they have money to pay. For the sake of money, those people will not hurt them.

　　Jiang Yanlan took a deep breath after hearing this. "How are the old couple doing now? Are they still paying back Lu Yingchuan?"

"What do you think?" Si Yucheng glanced at him. "Lu Yingchuan has only been away from Hongtai City for more than two years. It's good enough that his parents can pay off the interest."

　　"What's the point of them raising a son like this? It's worse than raising a beast!" Jiang Yanlan cursed, and then felt a little embarrassed. He is Lu Yingchuan now, and this sentence is equivalent to cursing himself.

　　Boss Si glanced at him again and said nothing.

　　Jiang Yanlan always felt like he was waiting for something. After thinking about it carefully, she asked tentatively in a negotiating tone, "How about you help me pick up my parents?"

　　Boss Si drooped his eyelids and blinked his eyelashes several times in succession, "Then what is my identity?"

　　Oh my god, it seems that the boss not only has to come to my house, but also has to do it with good reason!

　　Xiao Jiang always teased him, "It's like an ugly daughter-in-law meeting her parents-in-law!"

　　Boss Si immediately raised his eyes, "Really?"

　　"Really? More real than pearls. Tell them you are my wife!" Mr. Jiang smiled and thought their eldest brother was so adorable.

　　***

　　The Hongtai Pesticide Factory closed down several years ago, but the family housing complex built with funds raised by the factory is still there. It has a layout with one floor connected to the other, and a public toilet at the back.

　　In order to save money, the old couple of the Lu family have been renting here for the past few years.

　　Lu's mother's factory is close to the family building, and she walks 40 minutes to and from get off work every day. She also picks up some old cardboard, beverage bottles and other things on the way to and from get off work to take home to supplement the family income.

　　Mr. Lu's workplace is quite far away, but he can take the company bus. In this hot summer season, being able to enjoy the air conditioning on the way home is a rare enjoyment.

　　When Lu's mother came home, Lu's father had already put the buns, steamed buns and pickles he brought from the company cafeteria on the table. He helped his wife pack up the cardboard and other things, and the couple sat at the table and ate dinner in silence.

　　After a long while, Mother Lu muttered, "His aunt called again today to ask."

　　Father Lu took a sip of boiled water, swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth, then raised his old eyes and glared at his wife, "No matter whether it is true or not, you must deny it!"

　　"Look, you're still anxious. I'm so old, how can I harm my own son!" When Lu's mother was young, she was also very aggressive and was not afraid of her husband. "I just want to tell you a few words. The guy in the beverage advertisement does look a bit like