Chapter 9: Storm

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Zhou Mengyan went outside and answered the phone.
"Hi, Meng Yan, I haven't contacted you for a long time, how are you doing?"
It was Johnson, the vice president of the MINIYA Collection Association.
Van Moni and MINIYA had a cooperation in a fashion show, and the response was very good at that time. Later, the two parties also often contacted each other.
Johnson and Zhou Mengyan exchanged a few words, and they just mentioned something: "I heard that you are married, the object is the daughter of Euler Company?"
"Yeah." Zhou Mengyan said, "what's wrong."
"I remember Euler’s former chairman. Mr. Ruan had always liked a jade safety button of our association before and he even flew to Berlin to learn about it. However, according to regulations, this safety button was not for sale. It was only two weeks ago. Officially opened."
Johnson asked: "Our association will hold an auction dinner in Lincheng next Saturday. Originally, the safety buckle was used as a lot. Recently, too many people have asked for the price and they all want to buy. I can’t contact Mr. Ruan, so I just want to I ask you, do I need to save it for you first?"
Johnson thought, this can be regarded as borrowing a safe button to sell Zhou Mengyan a favor.
When Zhou Mengyan heard the words, he suddenly remembered what Ruan Yan had said in the room the night before the business trip.
It is also related to this auction.
After a long while, he put out the cigarette in his hand, "Let's talk about it."
"It's okay, don't worry about replying to me. Then you come to Berlin these few days and have time to play in our association. Recently we have bought a lot of good things.
"Ok."
Zhou Mengyan hung up the phone and walked back to the box, where the conversation stopped abruptly, and Qi Qi looked at him.
Jiang Ying retreated to a suitable distance for some reason. When Zhou Mengyan's gaze swept across her at will, she quickly bowed her head like a reflex, not daring to have any eye contact.
The man sat back in his seat, Su Lu hurriedly smiled:
"It's Mrs. Zhou who called. Mrs. Zhou has a very good relationship with his wife."
Teng Heng couldn't help coughing slightly. Zhou Mengyan turned his head and saw him looking up at the ceiling, half covering his mouth with his palm, trying to press down the corners of his mouth.
Zhou Mengyan guessed what, looking at him, his face became a little dark.
"Ok."
Teng Heng felt-suffocating his laughter was tired.
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Ruan Yan was distressed that he couldn't get the invitation letter, and in desperation, he had no choice but to contact Xin Mingzhe.
She was also worried that it would be troublesome, but the other party told her to wait for news with peace of mind. A day later, Ruan Yan received a call from him, saying that he was going to get an invitation letter for her.
Ruan Yan quickly thanked her, and Xin Mingzhe asked her if she could come out. He took the things to her. He was planning an event at the mall today. He really couldn't get out of it, and he didn't know when it would end.
Ruan Yan said it was okay, she could go there, so Xin Mingzhe sent the address.
After arriving at the mall, Ruan Yan, accompanied by Ye Qing, found the coffee shop where he met.
Entering the store, Ruan Yan ordered a cup of coffee and waited. Ye Qing sat in a position where she could see her and ensured social privacy.
After a while, Ruan Yan heard a footstep approaching, and Xin Mingzhe's voice fell behind:
"Ruan Yan, I'm sorry I'm late--"
"It's okay, I just arrived, you sit down."
The man was wearing a shirt and trousers. After sitting down across from her, he looked at her, frowning: "Are your eyes still good?"
"Ok……"
Xin Mingzhe cared a few words and put the invitation letter by her hand with a gentle voice, "This is for you, you can tell me anything in the future, you know?"
"Thank you." Ruan Yan moved his lips. "By the way, there is indeed something."
"what?"
She fell silent.
"It's... I was married some time ago and I haven't had a chance to talk to you."
When she finished speaking, she felt that the man on the other side's breathing was stagnant, and she was shocked, "Married? Ruan Yan, are you kidding me?!"
"it is true……"
Xin Mingzhe's heart sank, and suddenly he felt a buzzing in his head, causing him to feel dizzy, "Married? Who are you married to?"
"Zhou Mengyan of the Van Moni Group."
"You turned out to be the one who married the Zhou family?! Isn't it Ruan Ling?"
Ruan Yan explained, Xin Mingzhe was shocked, "You can agree to this kind of request, Ruan Yan, are you crazy? This is about your life!"
"I know you worry about me, but I think it over, and... it's a foregone conclusion."
"Do you just abuse yourself for money?! Is this you!"
Ruan Yan looked down helplessly, knowing that people would think so, "If you think so, then I am such a person."
Xin Mingzhe knew that he had made a mistake, and looked at her inadvertently, his eyes flushed, "Marriage is not that simple. Do you expect this kind of marriage to be happy? You will regret it."
She did not answer.
Xin Mingzhe looked at Ruan Yan and remembered her appearance in high school.
He had a crush on her for many years, but got no results.
Even though he had made some girlfriends in the middle, he found that he still liked her, but he could only stand beside her like a friend, Ruan Yan never gave him a little hope.
But now, there is no hope at all.
After a while, Ruan Yan heard Xin Mingzhe's cell phone ringing, and he said to the other end, "Come over now."
"Then go ahead, thank you very much for the invitation letter." After he hung up, she said.
"...It's okay, I'll go first," Xin Mingzhe suppressed the strong emotions and stood up, "Ruan Yan, no matter what, you can still find me if you have something to do in the future."
After the man left, at the other end of the cafe, the two girls put down their phones and sent the secret pictures to Ruan Ling, "Isn't this your sister? Even dating a man alone. 】
Ruan Ling on the other end was taken aback when seeing the photo.
Why doesn't she know Xin Mingzhe? Ruan Yan is especially a good friend. She felt something wrong in high school. The relationship between these two people is really different.
Ruan Yan was married and still harassed with Xin Mingzhe. Zhou Mengyan learned that he would still accept a dirty woman like her?
Ruan Ling's phone slides to a number, clicks the picture, and presses send.
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On Saturday night, Ruan Yan changed his dress at home, and the makeup artist finished the makeup and hairstyle.
After going out, she was sitting in the car, with the evening breeze blowing across her face, joy and anxiety in her heart.
She set out this time with the idea that she would be able to buy a safety button, and she was willing to accept any amount of money, just to fulfill her father's thoughts.
The venue for this auction dinner was a five-star international hotel on the outskirts of Lincheng City, surrounded by mountains and facing the river in the southwest. When night fell, the entire splendid hotel was shrouded in night, just like an opera house in the European classical period. .
Bentley stopped at the door of the hotel, and the waiter in a tuxedo stepped forward to open the door.
Ruan Yan got out of the car and displayed the invitation letter. Accompanied by Ye Qing, he walked in, first crossing a palace garden avenue, and the European-style building at the end of the road was where the banquet was held tonight.
As soon as I walked in, it was magnificent. The restaurant and lounge are modernist-style buildings with gorgeous decorations. The ceiling above is painted with glass mosaics hanging upside down like a stalactite, surrounded by colorful glass windows.
Moving on, the plaster statue of the little angel separated the stairs on both sides and finally reached the huge main banquet hall.
The overhead hanging branch chandeliers hung golden light, the walls and porches were covered with Baroque-style sculptures and paintings, and at the front of the banquet hall was a round table with twenty or so round tables with number plates on the table.
Ruan Yan was put in a glass of red wine in his hand, and the "Blue Danube" in his ears was soothing and elegant.
She stopped in place for a while, her palms couldn't help but sweat, and various sounds were mixed in her ears. She tried to adapt to this strange environment by herself.
Not far away, four girls with exquisite makeup gathered and talked together, one of them casually looked at the door, his eyes fixed:
"Lingling, isn't that your sister?"
Ruan Ling and friends next to him immediately turned their heads and looked over. They saw Ruan Yan wearing a smoky light gray gauze dress, black hair, thin lips, bright eyes and white teeth, and a beautiful face like a porcelain doll. , There was a person standing beside him.
Ruan Ling frowned, "Why would she come."
Someone laughed, "Look at her eyes, are they still?"
"Sure enough, she is known as the most beautiful little princess in the celebrity world. She was blind and didn't forget to come out to the dinner party. Can you make a clear path?
"Lingling, wasn't she kicked out of Ruan's house? How could she get the invitation letter for this auction?"
Someone quickly replied: "Did you forget, they are Mrs. Zhou now."
Ruan Ling's face sank at the words.
Zhu Manyin smiled, holding Ruan Ling's hand, "Ruan Yan is without Zhou Mengyan, she is nothing, right Lingling?"
Ruan Ling looked at the people in the distance and finally smiled coldly:
"Let's go and say hello to my sister."
On the other side, Ruan Yan was talking with Ye Qing, and suddenly heard a few laughing female voices coming from a distance, along with the sound of high heels, they kept approaching him.
Suddenly, the clearest female voice reached Ruan Yan's ears. She recognized it, her heart tightened, and she heard Ruan Ling's voice in the next second: "Sister, good evening."
It is not unusual to meet Ruan Ling on this occasion tonight. There will be many ladies and nobles here, and everyone has heard of the name more or less.
Ruan Yanmian didn't change his color, "Is something wrong?"
Zhu Manyin: "It's really rare to see Mrs. Zhou here, marrying into Zhou's family, you must have a particularly happy life this time?"
Ruan Yan lowered his eyes slightly and answered calmly:
"It's pretty good."
There was a sneer in front of him, "I haven't heard of a few commercial marriages who have a good marriage. Ruan Yan, you are also very poor. You were sold to Zhou Mengyan by the Ruan family. I guess they haven't seen you right after the marriage, right? What kind of happiness do you pretend."
Just as Ye Qing next to him was about to speak, Ruan Yan smiled slightly:
"As you said, some people are still willing to be sold."
Ruan Ling heard the meaning in the words, but he didn't expect Ruan Yan to stand proudly, "What do you mean, think I am rare in this marriage?"
"I said you?"
Ruan Lingqi knotted, and Zhu Man smiled: "Ruan Yan, what about your husband? I won't let you come here alone tonight, is that what you said you had a very happy life?"
As soon as Zhu Manyin's voice fell, a male voice came in: "Ruan Yan--"
Ruan Yan was stunned. He didn't expect to hear Xin Mingzhe's voice. He just felt that someone came to her, "You came so early?"
"Ok."
Xin Mingzhe saw from a distance that Ruan Ling and others seemed to be saying something to Ruan Yan. The atmosphere was not good, so he rushed over. He looked at Ruan Yan, "Have you eaten? Let's have something to eat together."
Ruan Yan did not want to be with Ruan Ling, and agreed to leave with him.
After arriving at the dining area, Xin Mingzhe asked: "You alone tonight?"
"Ok."
"...Zhou Mengyan didn't come?"
"He was on a business trip."
Xin Mingzhe didn’t want to talk more about this topic, so she asked her what she wanted to shoot tonight. After Ruan Yan told him, Xin Mingzhe recalled,
Safe buckle? Is this taken tonight? Why am I not on the lottery list? see?"
Ruan Yan was startled, "No?"
Xin Mingzhe was not sure if he had remembered it wrong. He took Ruan Yan to his seat and re-opened the list of auctions, and found that there was none. Ruan Yan was completely confused. She remembered that she was still on the final list on Friday. Confirmed.
"Don't worry about it first." Xin Mingzhe looked around for a week, and in front of the table in the front row, he saw the face he knew, the assistant to the president of the MINIYA Collection Association, a German, Bauer.
Xin Mingzhe and Ruan Yan said to help her ask questions, but the latter shook his head, "Just take me over, I'll ask him myself."
She was led by Ye Qing, and finally sat down next to Bauer. She heard the other person talking on the phone, speaking German, and waited until his voice stopped, Ruan Yan tightened her palm, brewing for a few seconds, and then spoke:
"Entschuldigung, Herr Bauer, kannich Siefüreinpaar Minutenstren (Hello, Mr. Bauer, can I interrupt you for a few minutes?
Ruan Yan was interested in learning some other languages ​​before, and German is one of them.
Hearing the sound, Bauer turned his head and saw a little girl turned to his side, her eyes low, her lips smiling, she was a Chinese face.
Bauer was a little surprised, and asked in German: "Hello, what's the matter?"
After introducing herself a little bit, she asked him why he didn't see a jade donut on the list of auctions tonight, and handed him the picture of the donut on the phone.
Bauer said: "Sorry, we temporarily canceled this lot."
She was shocked and didn't expect this to happen.
"Then... Then I want to buy this safety clasp in private, can I? This has a very special meaning to me."
She told Bauer the story about the safety buckle. The words were full of sincerity and sincerity. The other party said helplessly after hearing: "I understand you, but unfortunately, this safety buckle seems to have been sold two days ago. To others."
Ruan Yan was stunned.
"……Already sold it?"
"I don't know much about the specific situation, but the thing does not belong to our association." Bauer helplessly spread his hands.
Ruan Yan's heart sank to the bottom, and a deep sense of loss enveloped him.
After a long silence, she curled her lips, "It doesn't matter, thank you anyway, can I have a business card of yours?"
"No problem." Bauer took out a business card and handed it out, only to see that Ruan Yan did not reach out to take it directly, but flicked his hand in the air a few times, and finally touched his business card.
Only then did Bauer pay attention to her eyes and was shocked to discover that she turned out to be blind.
Because the conversation was so smooth, he didn't notice it at all.
Leaving the round table, Xin Mingzhe stepped forward and saw Ruan Yan's low expression.
"Are you sure?"
She shook her head, her voice very soft:
"Well, and it has been sold privately."
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As the lights fell on the open space behind the round table, Tchaikovsky's Waltz of Flowers began to play, and the auction dinner tonight officially kicked off.
On the dance floor, the clothes are fragrant and the temples are shadowed, and the man embraces his female partner, chatting and laughing in a low voice, while the skirt is spinning and swaying.
Ruan Yan sat quietly at the round table and heard Xin Mingzhe say softly from the side:
"Ruan Yan, let's dance, don't sit alone."
The girl shook her head, "No more."
She can't see, and she's not in the mood.
Seeing this, Xin Mingzhe sat quietly with him.
Ruan Ling on the dance floor noticed this scene, and Zhu Manyin next to him whispered: "What is the relationship between Ruan Yan and the person from the Xin family? Have you seen the eyes of Xin Mingzhe looking at Ruan Yan? Eyes full of love ."
Friend: "Ruan Yan married Zhou Mengyan, and he still didn't forget to seduce Xin Mingzhe in the public. Is this going to go out of the wall?"
Seeing this, Ruan Ling took out a few more pictures of the two of them with her mobile phone. He remembered that she had sent the photos of the cafe to Zhou Mengyan's assistant a few days ago, but there was no response on the other side.
But what about today? Once is a coincidence, the second time is impossible!
She did not believe that Zhou Mengyan would not be angry.
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Lincheng International Airport, under the night, a plane landed late.
Zhou Mengyan and Teng Heng got off the plane together, and when they walked to the parking lot, the latter glanced at his watch and smiled and stopped him on the shoulder, "If time is too late, do you want to sit at my house? There is a bottle of thief's red wine for you to keep. Now."
Zhou Mengyan held out his hand expressionlessly, "Tomorrow."
Teng Heng lightly tut, "Yes, you have to go back to accompany your wife tonight. I haven't seen you for a week. Little don't win the newlyweds."
He knows that they are a business marriage, but he always likes to make jokes from time to time.
The man is too lazy to care about him.
After getting in the car, the two sat in the back row. Just after Zhou Mengyan made a call, Jiang Cheng in the front row turned around.
"Zhou, I have received some photos of my wife again..."
Jiang Cheng put the phone in front of Zhou Mengyan.
Teng Heng came over and saw these snapshots, he was slightly stunned, "Who is this man, who is so close to your wife? Isn't he courageous?"
"Zhou, this man seems to be the second young master of the Siyang Group, Xin Mingzhe, and the same man in the photo sent a few days ago."
Zhou Mengyan raised his eyelids and looked at Jiang Cheng: "Where is the wife."
"My wife went to the auction tonight, this point has already begun."
Teng Heng patted Zhou Mengyan on the shoulder and joked: "How long did you say you were married? If you are not at home, your little wife will be coveted!"
The man stared at him coldly.
Teng Heng still looked at the excitement and did not think it was a big deal. "Zhou Mengyan, there are people in the public who want to green you. If this thing is spread out, it will be an explosion message, you can bear it? You don't care?!"
The air was quiet for a long time.
Zhou Mengyan’s eyes were dimly illuminated by the flashing neon light outside. A few seconds later, his thin lips uttered a few words:
"Go to the auction."
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After the two dances were over, the auction officially began. Guests took their seats one after another. Ruan Ling and others came over and deliberately sat down at the same table with Ruan Yan, "Sister, why don’t you go dancing? Oh, I forgot about you. I can’t see it. It’s a bit embarrassing to step on someone’s foot or fall."
Xin Mingzhe looked at her: "Speaking so gloating?"
Ruan Ling rolled his eyes, "Mr. Xin, who is Ruan Yan to you? You care so much?"
"none of your business?"
"You two are really not low-key. You protect me like that. Ruan Yan really attracts boys' love, and it's even more painful if you are blind."
Just as Xin Mingzhe was about to respond, he was stopped by Ruan Yan, his eyes gradually sinking, and he could not speak.
The corners of Ruan Ling's eyes were frivolous, and he didn't bother to pay attention to them for the time being.
"Hello everyone, and welcome to tonight's auction held by the MINIYA Jewelry and Jade Collection Association. Tonight, we have a total of nine lots. We bid on the spot and sold on the spot..."
After the president of the association gave a speech, the auctioneer took to the stage.
Those who come here to participate in the auction today have a lot of weight in their belts, and they are absolutely sure to get what they want.
The first lot is a very beautiful violet jadeite egg noodle necklace. The jadeite is naturally mined and the necklace is inlaid with fine diamonds.
Starting price: one million.
Ruan Ling had been in this necklace a long time ago, and she came for it tonight, and she is bound to win it.
The auctioneer started shouting, and she was the first to raise the number plate, "One and a half million."
"One and seven hundred thousand."
"One nine hundred thousand."
"Two million and one hundred thousand."
Ruan Ling raised the number plate again: "2.3 million."
Someone started to stop bidding, and Ruan Ling called for 2.7 million for the last time, and finally there was no sound underneath.
The auctioneer said: "Two thousand seven hundred thousand once, two thousand seven hundred thousand twice..."
"three million."
Xin Mingzhe leaned back on the chair, raised the sign, his eyes calm.
Ruan Ling was startled, turned his head to look at him, and said softly, "Three hundred and one hundred thousand."
"Three and five million." Xin Mingzhe said.
Everyone's eyes fell on the two competing, Ruan Ling's heart gradually tightened, but he still raised his neck, his red lips bent, "3.6 million."
She didn't believe in Xin Mingzhe and dared to increase it!
"Three million eight hundred thousand."
Ruan Ling gritted his teeth, "Four million."
"Is there still four million people? Four million once, four million twice—"
"Four and five million."
Xin Mingzhe spoke suddenly.
Everyone was in an uproar, and Ruan Yan was also stunned.
Ruan Ling clenched the sachet tightly and looked back at him in shock, "Xin Mingzhe, what do you mean?! Do you want to grab it with me?"
The boy raised the corner of his mouth, his lips spit out a few words
"Do you still want to play?"
He doesn't mind continuing to add more than five million.
Ruan Ling's face was black and blue. She thought it could be done with about three million yuan, but the price was nearly two million more, which completely exceeded her budget.
"Four and a half million times once, four and a half million times twice... four million and one hundred thousand last time! Transaction!"
There was huge applause at the scene, Xin Mingzhe stood up, walked to the stage, after some formalities, took the necklace on the spot.
Ruan Ling was so angry that he gritted his teeth. After the other party came down, he couldn't help but sneer: "Mr. Xin, don't you see that you also have a hobby of collecting ladies' necklaces?"
"I don't have a hobby, I just want to see some people go crazy."
"Are you deliberately targeting me?"
"It's just a little money for me." The next moment, Xin Mingzhe rubbed the box in his hand, turned his head to look at Ruan Yan, and put it in her hand
"Ruan Yan, give it to you."
Several people present, including Ruan Yan, were stunned.
After spending millions to photograph the necklace, Xin Mingzhe turned his head to spend a fortune to be a beauty? !
Ruan Yan waved his hand quickly, "What are you doing to me..."
Xin Mingzhe smiled faintly, "Isn't your birthday coming soon? Just as my birthday present to you, eh? Anyway, it's useless for me to take this thing back."
Ruan Ling finally learned of Xin Mingzhe’s purpose. She saw that what she was thinking about was going to fall into the hands of the most annoying person. She was so angry that she was pale: "Xin Mingzhe, what is the relationship between you and Ruan Yan? So expensive. You give it away if you say you want to give it to you. It seems that the status of others in your heart is not simple."
Zhu Manyin: "It's strange that you two are ordinary friends, Xin Mingzhe, don't you like Ruan Yan?"
Ruan Yan stuffed the box back and wrinkled his eyebrows: "You keep this for yourself."
"Who do I give to you?" Xin Mingzhe asked rhetorically.
"Ruan Yan is married now. You won't be tempted to have a married husband?"
"Does that still need to be said? The two people get together as soon as they enter the dinner. So many people look at it. Privately, do you want to hug and hug?"
"As the saying goes, a slap can't make a sound, maybe Ruan Yan is so happy in his heart, but he is embarrassed to accept it in front of so many people."
A few people say a word to me, Ruan Yan heard the words, the rare good temper also burst into flames.
Angrily, she was about to rebut, when she heard a hustle and bustle behind her, everyone looked back--
The door to the huge banquet hall was opened.
Under the bright and gorgeous European-style chandelier above, two rows of waiters stood on both sides, bending over and bowing, and looking at them, a man in a dark black suit walked into the banquet hall.
The man has a handsome figure, sword eyebrows and star eyes, the outline of his face is sharp and distinct, his complexion is cold, and there is ice and snow hidden in his eyebrows.
He looked calm, looked forward, and walked calmly under his feet.
In an instant, the focus of the entire auction floor turned to him.
Many people stood up and recognized--
Isn't this the President of the Van Moni Group, Zhou Mengyan? !
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If you don’t protect your wife, Mr. Zhou, your wife is gone!
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