Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2 - One Day…
Chapter 3 - This Is A Little Awkward…
Chapter 4 - Who Did You Offend?
Chapter 5 What Are You Crying For?
Chapter 6 - This Was The Main Course…
Chapter 7 - He’S Even More Domineering Than Me
Chapter 8 - Don’T Think Too Much
Chapter 9 - No More Chance
Chapter 10 - Always Be There
Chapter 11 - Reunion
Chapter 12 - Grandpa, I Missed You.
Chapter 13 - Shocking
Chapter 14 - Like Leaves Falling Back To The Roots
Chapter 15 - Qin Sheng Couldn’T Do It
Chapter 16 - No Longer Coming Back
Chapter 17 - It’S Finished
Chapter 18 - Unable To Leave…
Chapter 19 - Rather Break Than Yield, And Never Give In
Chapter 20 - Not Giving Up As Long As Not Dead…
Chapter 21 - I Had Been Waiting For You…
Chapter 22 - Thirty Percent Of Strength…
Chapter 23 - I Am Not Totally Contented
Chapter 24 - Kill The Chicken To Warn The Monkey…
Chapter 25 - Walking The Tightrope…
Chapter 26 - Familiar…
Chapter 27 - Give Others A Chance…
Chapter 28 - More Beautiful Than Spring
Chapter 29 - Not Possible
Chapter 30 - Star With Killing One Person…
Chapter 31 - I Have Begun To Like You…
Chapter 32 - Yan Family
Chapter 33 - Big Brother
Chapter 34 - Dead…
Chapter 35 - Do You Understand?
Chapter 36 - Fighting
Chapter 37 - Leaving
Chapter 38 - No Regrets?
Chapter 39 - The Past…?
Chapter 40 - New Beginning…
Chapter 41 - Shangshan Ruoshui
Chapter 42 - Let Me Teach You…
Chapter 43 - Bear Cubs…
Chapter 44 - Everything Was Unknown…
Chapter 45 - It Must Be…
Chapter 46 - The Uninvited Guest…
Chapter 47 - So Strange…
Chapter 48 - Why...
Chapter 49 - If It'S Not You, Who Is It?
Chapter 50 - Have A Try
Chapter 51 - Troublesome...
Chapter 52 - Your Master...
Chapter 53 - Interested...
Chapter 54 - Ambiguous
Chapter 55 - Poaching
Chapter 56 - Being Sneak
Chapter 57 - An Interesting Bookstore...
Chapter 58 - Become A Full
Chapter 59 - The Small Circle...
Chapter 60 - Vented Anger...
Chapter 61 - Who Sabotage Who?
Chapter 62 - Counterpart...
Chapter 63 - Last Minutes Changes...
Chapter 64 - Something'S Going On...
Chapter 65 - All Of You Are Garbage...
Chapter 66 - Vajra...
Chapter 67 - Extremely
Chapter 68 - Am I A Vegetarian?
Chapter 69 - Long Time No See...
Chapter 70 - Passed By...
Chapter 71 - Why Did We Hate?
Chapter 72 - Explanation...
Chapter 73 - I Would Come Over Here...
Chapter 74 - Girls...
Chapter 75 - Going A Trip...
Chapter 76 - Are You Able To Destroy Me?
Chapter 77 - Why?
Chapter 78 - Evil Intention...
Chapter 79 - Camouflage Not Done Well...
Chapter 80 - Tricks
Chapter 81 - Getting Better And Better...
Chapter 82 - No Progress At All...
Chapter 83 - The Cornered Dog Leaped Over A Wall (Part One)
Chapter 84 - The Cornered Dog
Chapter 85 - Car Accident...
Chapter 86 - Quarrel Openly...
Chapter 87 - Damn It, Someone'S Digging His Own Grave
Chapter 88 - A Force Likened To That Of Thunder
Chapter 89 - Ask Around For Information...
Chapter 90 - Farewell
Chapter 91 - I Was Just About To Ask You
Chapter 92 - The Entire Audience Was Stunned
Chapter 93 - It'S Her Unexpectedly
Chapter 94 - A Hotpot Meal
Chapter 95 - Are You Thinking About It?
Chapter 96 - A White Rose
Chapter 97 - Apology
Chapter 98 - Bow To Qin Sheng...
Chapter 99 - Help
Chapter 100 - I Might Have To Go First
Chapter 101 - Traitors
Chapter 102 - A Bad Start...
Chapter 103 - There'S Indeed A Problem
Chapter 104 - This Was Goddamn Confusing
Chapter 105 - Shall We Have A Chat
Chapter 106 - A Win-Win Deal
Chapter 107 - Receiving Some News
Chapter 108 - What Can You Get In The End?
Chapter 109 - Why Is He Here?
Chapter 110 - Go Find Out!
Chapter 111 - Are You Speaking The Truth?
Chapter 112 - Get Into Trouble
Chapter 113 - Great, Of Course
Chapter 114 - Why Not?
Chapter 115 - Sorry To Offense
Chapter 116 - You Are...
Chapter 117 - Hit When He Is Down
Chapter 118 - Noisily Rush Forward
Chapter 119 - Promoted Again
Chapter 120 - An Ambitious Woman
Chapter 121 - Obedient
Chapter 122 - No More Secrets
Chapter 123 - Let'S Go
Chapter 124 - What A Temper
Chapter 125 - Return To Xi'An
Chapter 126 - The Appearance Of Mother
Chapter 127 - Could Not Return To The Past
Chapter 128 - Hurtful Words
Chapter 129 - Not Appreciating The Effort To Save One From Embarrassment
Chapter 130 - Uncomfortable
Chapter 131 - I'Ll Take A Look
Chapter 132 - What'S The Point?
Chapter 133 - You Tell Me Who I Am
Chapter 134 - Boss Ye
Chapter 135 - All These Were Just Part Of The Show
Chapter 136 - That'S Impossible
Chapter 137 - This Is The Shanghai Bund
Chapter 138 - Thoughtful Considerations
Chapter 139 - Birthday Present
Chapter 140 - Sudden Encounters
Chapter 141 - Disappear Once Again
Chapter 142 - An Ideal Couple
Chapter 143 - He Would Not Miss It
Chapter 144 - No Regrets?
Chapter 145 - Grateful To Have Met You
Chapter 146 - What A Pro
Chapter 147 - A Chance Is Here
Chapter 148 - I Am Definitely Taking Away
Chapter 149 - Time To Get To Work
Chapter 150 - You Dare To Lay Hands On My Son?
Chapter 151 - I Take Over?
Chapter 152 - What A Pro!
Chapter 153 - Take Off My Clothes?
Chapter 154 - Get Lost!
Chapter 155 - Decision Made
Chapter 156 - What'S The Rhythm?
Chapter 157 - There Is No If
Chapter 158 - It Was Too Big
Chapter 159 - Is This Really Ok?
Chapter 160 - Causing A Fuss In The Lin Family
Chapter 161 - Leave It To Me
Chapter 162 - Clear This Obstacle First
Chapter 163 - A New Plan
Chapter 164 - Don'T Give Face
Chapter 165 - Father And Daughter After All
Chapter 166 - Why Could You Have Against It?
Chapter 167 - The Start Of The Evil Plan
Chapter 168 - To Be Called Brothers
Chapter 169 - Incurable
Chapter 170 - Within A Month
Chapter 171 - Spending The Rest Of My Life With You Is Enough
Chapter 172 - Start Of The Plan
Chapter 173 - Before The Storm
Chapter 174 - Bring It On...
Chapter 175 - Is It Over Just Like That?
Chapter 176 - The Dust Settles
Chapter 177 - What Exactly Was Going On?
Chapter 178 - Paternal Love Is Speechless
Chapter 179 - Putting On A Show
Chapter 180 - Spring Blossoms
Chapter 181 - What A Nice Feeling
Chapter 182 - The Sorrows And Joys Of Partings And Meetings
Chapter 183 - The Best Times
Chapter 184 - A Strong Silly Child
Chapter 185 - Once And For All
Chapter 186 - Who On Earth Is It?
Chapter 187 - A Plot Twist
Chapter 188 - What Identity?
Chapter 189 - Slightly Disappointed
Chapter 190 - So That'S Why
Chapter 191 - Healing, Choices…
Chapter 192 - Why Didn'T You Tell Me?
Chapter 193 - A Voice She Knew Too Well
Chapter 194 - Why Was She Crying?
Chapter 195 - Farewell To All
Chapter 196 - New Home
Chapter 197 - Pennies From Heaven
Chapter 198 - A New Job
Chapter 199 - False Alarm
Chapter 200 - Women Are All The Same
Chapter 201 - Reunited In Hangzhou
Chapter 202 - I Will Definitely Take Revenge
Chapter 203 - Husband, Father
Chapter 204 - Start The Meeting Now
Chapter 205 - Getting Interesting
Chapter 206 - Truly In Awe
Chapter 207 - Once And For All
Chapter 208 - Sending News Secretly
Chapter 209 - Interesting People
Chapter 210 - Fought To The End
Chapter 211 - Present In Return...
Chapter 212 - Getting Along With Each Other Well
Chapter 213 - An Agreement Could Not Be Reached
Chapter 214 - Admitting His Defeat
Chapter 215 - Marvelously Quick
Chapter 216 - What A Coincidence
Chapter 217 - Who Are You Trying To Kil
Chapter 218 - Meeting Again
Chapter 219 - Too Tiring...
Chapter 220 - Striking Thunder In This Peaceful Scene
Chapter 221 - Surprises And Disappointments
Chapter 222 - Are We Considered Friends?
Chapter 223 - Then You Stayed
Chapter 224 - Compromise With Each Other
Chapter 225 - I'Ll Try
Chapter 226 - A New Beginning
Chapter 227 - Retribution Is Coming
Chapter 228 - He Is Your Son!
Chapter 229 - Making Big Revenge
Chapter 230 - Qin Family'S Descendant
Chapter 231 - An Presumptuous Request
Chapter 232 - Such A Rewarding Cup Of Wine
Chapter 233 - You All Abandon Me!
Chapter 234 - Are You Going To Give Up That Easily?
Chapter 235 - A Show Is Going To Be Put On
Chapter 236 - It Was Your Turn
Chapter 237 - Can Only Endure
Chapter 238 - Obviously Not
Chapter 239 - Amazing
Chapter 240 - Cao Da'S Plan
Chapter 241 - Trivalize
Chapter 242 - Meeting With Mother-In-Law
Chapter 243 - What Do You Know?
Chapter 244 - Who’S That Beautiful Woman?
Chapter 245 - You Definitely Can
Chapter 246 - You Should Drink Up A Bottle Of Beer First
Chapter 247 - What A Coincidence
Chapter 248 - As Long As You Want
Chapter 249 - Let'S Have A Talk
Chapter 250 - His Small Circle
Chapter 251 - Taking Over The Connections
Chapter 252 - Don'T Cause Me Trouble
Chapter 253 - Are You Interested?
Chapter 254 - Narrow Horizon
Chapter 255 - Such A Big Game
Chapter 256 - It'S Too Late
Chapter 257 - The Show Began
Chapter 258 - He Was Found
Chapter 259 - Me
Chapter 260 - Who Would Win?
Chapter 261 - Could It Also Be Played In This Way?
Chapter 262 - Facing The Challenges
Chapter 263 - Want To Cooperate?
Chapter 264 - Reject
Chapter 266 - Hit And Run
Chapter 267 - He, Whoever Is The Enemy Of Your Enemy, Would Be Your Friend
Chapter 268 - Being Despised
Chapter 269 - You Go Ahead
Chapter 270 - What If I Deny It?
Chapter 271 - The Dugu Family
Chapter 272 - I Am Waiting Right Here
Chapter 273 - The Attitude
Chapter 274 - Who Is He?
Chapter 275 - They Had A Common Objective
Chapter 276 - In One Go
Chapter 277 - What A Small World
Chapter 278 - Running Into A Member Of The Lin Family Again
Chapter 279 - A Stunning Work (Part One)
Chapter 280 - A Stunning Work (Part Two)
Chapter 281 - Not Going
Chapter 282 - Windfall
Chapter 283 - Something Happened
Chapter 284 - Who’S Behind It?
Chapter 285 - What Do You Think Of This?
Chapter 287 - No Need To Consider
Chapter 288 - Look For Trouble
Chapter 289 - Absolutely Impossible
Chapter 290 - Who Made This Decision?
Chapter 291 - When Will I Meet Yan Chaozong?
Chapter 292 - How To Face Yan Chaozong?
Chapter 293 - Exchanging Favors
Chapter 294 - Preparing Himself For Both Eventualities
Chapter 295 - Your Wish Shall Be My Command
Chapter 296 - Bare Humiliation
Chapter 297 - You Know Who I Am
Chapter 298 - Hiding The Truth
Chapter 299 - A Hard Decision
Chapter 300 - Never Give In
Chapter 301 - He Surrendered
Chapter 302 - What The Hell?
Chapter 303 - Take Things As They Come
Chapter 304 - Fight Again
Chapter 305 - Completely Alive
Chapter 306 - Qin Sheng Did Not Disappoint Qin Changan
Chapter 307 - A Disturbance Arose
Chapter 308 - How Should He Face His Enemies?
Chapter 309 - Three Strong Opponents
Chapter 310 - You Can'T Leave With Me
Chapter 311 - Wait For Me! Ok, I Will.
Chapter 312 - All Right, I Will Do It
Chapter 313 - Just So-So
Chapter 314 - That'Ll Be Fine...
Chapter 315 - Before Qin Sheng'S Departure
Chapter 316 - Everything Was Gone
Chapter 317 - Jump The Gun
Chapter 318 - Run For His Life
Chapter 319 - Chang Baji'S Plan Was Completely Useless
Chapter 320 - Qin Changan Was Under Great Pressure...
Chapter 321 - A War Was Going To Be On...
Chapter 322 - Why?
Chapter 323 - I'M Not Leaving You Here
Chapter 324 - Horse And Horse
Chapter 325 - Betrayed By His Brother
Chapter 326 - It Ended...
Chapter 327 - I Can Only Go There
Chapter 328 - Safe And Fine
Chapter 329 - Heading For The Next Stop
Chapter 330 - Gu Qingyang Was Dead
Chapter 331 - The Way Of Meeting Each Other
Chapter 332 - Shall We Go Home?
Chapter 333 - Old Love Rekindled
Chapter 334 - A Friend
Chapter 335 - Just Let It Go
Chapter 336 - Here Comes Troubles
Chapter 337 - Go And Get Him
Chapter 338 - Qin Changan Finally Made Up His Mind
Chapter 339 - Physical Pain
Chapter 340 - The Night Before
Chapter 341 - From Now On...
Chapter 342 - Who Are They? And Who Am I?
Chapter 343 - Where To Go From Here?
Chapter 344 - The Truman Show
Chapter 345 - Right Now?
Chapter 346 - The Old House
Chapter 347 - Sis, Don'T Cry
Chapter 348 - Completely Gone
Chapter 349 - Those Things Of The Past
Chapter 350 - A Familiar Feeling
Chapter 351 - That Was His Father
Chapter 352 - Go Ahead
Chapter 353 - Qin Changan Didn'T Give A Damn About It
Chapter 354 - Did Qin Sheng Leave?
Chapter 355 - Break Down The Stalemate
Chapter 356 - Qin Ran'S Uncle
Chapter 357 - Don'T Bully Women
Chapter 358 - A Perfect Win
Chapter 359 - When A Man And A Woman Were Together Alone
Chapter 360 - If You Like It
Chapter 361 - Qin Sheng Began To Change His Mind...
Chapter 362 - Take It Easy
Chapter 363 - Qin Ran Is Wealthy And Confident
Chapter 364 - Weird Opening Remark
Chapter 365 - I Know You
Chapter 366 - Indeed Something Else
Chapter 367 - Cannot Let Go
Chapter 368 - Alone
Chapter 369 - Too Naive
Chapter 370 - A Slap Across The Face
Chapter 371 - On A Jag
Chapter 372 - Trick
Chapter 373 - Mom, I'M Back
Chapter 374 - Mourn For The Mother
Chapter 375 - It Couldn'T Be Better
Chapter 376 - My Way Of Doing Things
Chapter 377 - Making An Exception For You
Chapter 378 - Departure And A Sad Feeling
Chapter 379 - I Know What You'Re Worried About
Chapter 380 - Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust
Chapter 381 - Old House And Old Friends
Chapter 382 - Always Keep The Original
Chapter 383 - Courting Death
Chapter 384 - No Need, No Care
Chapter 385 - To Pay The Price
Chapter 386 - Looking Down Upon
Chapter 387 - Apologize
Chapter 388 - Yes Or No
Chapter 389 - Move On?
Chapter 390 - This Is How A Spring Festival Holiday Should Look
Chapter 391 - Feeling Upset
Chapter 392 - What Matters
Chapter 393 - Grandfather Song
Chapter 394 - Who Was She?
Chapter 395 - A Blind Date
Chapter 396 - Make Some Comments
Chapter 397 - A Turning Point
Chapter 398 - There It Is
Chapter 399 - Will It Be Troublesome?
Chapter 400 - Qin Sheng Can'T Put Up With It
Chapter 401 - What Kind Of Explanation?
Chapter 402 - The Mediator
Chapter 403 - Qin Sheng Could Only Do So
Chapter 404 - Heading For The South
Chapter 405 - Silly Lin Su
Chapter 406 - New Year'S Gift
Chapter 407 - Love You, So Do I
Chapter 408 - Grandmother
Chapter 409 - Kinship
Chapter 410 - Things Are Different Now
Chapter 411 - Smile For Me
Chapter 412 - Wait For My News
Chapter 413 - Official Rank?
Chapter 414 - Really Something
Chapter 415 - The Elder And The Young
Chapter 416 - What?
Chapter 417 - From Nobody To Somebody?
Chapter 418 - The Curtain Has Been Lifted
Chapter 419 - Did Su Qin Come Back To Xi'An?
Chapter 420 - Goodbye, Goodbye
Chapter 421 - Acting Properly
Chapter 422 - A Couple Of Gays
Chapter 423 - Who On Earth Was She?
Chapter 424 - A Toast To Both The Past And The Future
Chapter 425 - Here I Am
Chapter 426 - Walking Out Of The Small Building
Chapter 427
Chapter 428 - Can'T Wait
Chapter 429 - How Dare You!
Chapter 430 - Nobody Can Stop Me
Chapter 431 - Ferocious Fighting
Chapter 432 - I Won'T Give In Easily
Chapter 433 - Just So-So
Chapter 434 - Lin Changting'S Eyes Lit Up
Chapter 435 - Believe Me
Chapter 436 - Go And Get Him!
Chapter 438 - Like A Storm (Part 2)
Chapter 439 - Who On Earth Was He?
Chapter 440 - We Have No Choice But To Do So
Chapter 441 - I Lost
Chapter 442 - Playing Dumb
Chapter 443 - I Want Two Things
Chapter 444 - Compromise
Chapter 445 - Back To The Lin Family
Chapter 446 - Dull, Dull, Dull
Chapter 447 - End Of The Story
Chapter 448 - First Meeting
Chapter 449 - What Can He Do Now?
Chapter 450 - It Is Not Understood
Chapter 451 - Am I More Beautiful?" "Aren'T You?"
Chapter 452 - Qin Sheng'S Family Background Was Gradually Uncovered
Chapter 453 - We Will Get Married In Half A Year
Chapter 454 - I Am Not That Strong Yet
Chapter 455 - Hao Lei Stared At Han Bing With A Different Look In His Eyes
Chapter 456 - Straightforward
Chapter 457 - What The Hell?
Chapter 458 - Back To Beijing
Chapter 459 - A Little Girl
Chapter 460 - Ke'Er'S Parents Paid A Personal Visit To The Qin
Chapter 461 - The Back View Of Qin Chang'An Indicated He Was Lonely
Chapter 462 - You Are Very Considerate
Chapter 463 - Killing Via Torture Of Heart
Chapter 464 - Zhang Mi Reaped What She Had Sown
Chapter 465 - Let'S Do Something Mischievous
Chapter 466 - Here Begins The Second Half Show
Chapter 467 - Weird
Chapter 468 - Wait And See
Chapter 469 - Father And Son, Sister And Brother
Chapter 470 - Going Against The Wind
Chapter 471 - Qin Sheng, I'M Sorry
Chapter 472 - An Old Monk In A Small Temple
Chapter 473 - You Really Hate Him?
Chapter 474 - Don’T Worry
Chapter 475 - A Mutual Benefit
Chapter 476 - He Is Already Here
Chapter 477 - I Want To Talk To Her
Chapter 478 - A Misunderstanding
Chapter 479 - Xin Xin Got Jealous
Categories Genre: Action, All, Drama, Harem, Ongoing, Shounen, Wuxia Status: Ongoing Alternative names: 最强逆袭, ______
Total Chapters in book: 476
Estimated words: 1181597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 5908(@200wpm)___ 4726(@250wpm)___ 3939(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1181597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 5908(@200wpm)___ 4726(@250wpm)___ 3939(@300wpm)
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Chapter 301 He Surrendered
It’s common for life to be filled with ups and downs—mostly downs.
One would never only navigate downstream or settle things down using one’s own strength. It happens a lot when one fails to get something or finish some task. Life is naturally full of regrets and pity. But life is meaningful when both good and bad exist.
Nobody could be sure that the choice they make at present is right or wrong, but they have to make that choice at some point. Life is about making choices, one after another, and until the end, you get a final score.
Qin Sheng locked himself in the study. Every time he had to make a choice, he would just stay alone and think it over quietly until he made it. That was also what was happening today.
A bottle of Chinese white wine, a pack of cigarettes, and a song that he would never tire of listening to…
Qin Sheng just absorbed himself in smoking, drinking, listening, and gradually deep thinking. Time went by from 10 to 12, and then to two o’clock. The pros and cons were having a fierce fight in his brain.
If he refused, then the result might be declaring war with Yan Chaozong, or escaping from this battleground with Lin Su, but he was not sure whether Chang Baji and other people would follow him to leave. If so, he would lose all the efforts he had made in Hangzhou, and the Lin family would also look down upon him after that.
If he surrendered, the only price he would pay would be his dignity, which, however, was what he cherished the most, both now and before. And then, he would be sneered at by Yan Chaozong and many other people, and would make some people disappointed. But he could remain in Hangzhou, rather than start another wandering life. If he was lucky enough, he would develop his own business and achieve success here several years later.
For most people, this was quite an easy choice. But for Qin Sheng, it was really difficult. He was afraid that this surrender would just be a starting point, and he would become even more cowardly after that. He was afraid that he would lose his ego.
However, there was only one choice in actuality.
In other words, he didn’t make the choice, but the choice made him.
The wine and cigarettes were finished, leaving the song repeating. Qin Sheng fell asleep, leaning in the chair. In his dream, he was still a young child. His grandfather sat under a big locust tree’s shadow to enjoy the coolness and he had leisure time to play in the yard, caring and worrying about nothing.
It seemed that every time Qin Sheng ran into some difficulty or obstacle, he would dream about his grandfather.
Children are eager to grow up, dreaming that they could become somebody at that time. But when they really become adults, they want to go back to their childhood. They will finally realize that the world they had been dreaming of was not a wonderland, but a sad place filled with worries and cares.
At dawn, Qin Sheng opened his eyes and found his phone. He finally sent a message to Yan Chaozong, saying: “You decide the place and time.”
He surrendered.
For the whole day, Qin Sheng turned off the phone, and locked himself in the study. He didn’t contact anyone, and ate nothing. He just let smoking and drinking totally corrupt him. He used to be sure that he would never become a coward, who lowered his head and gave in to his enemy. But now, he had no choice but to kneel down and apologize to Yan Chaozong. How could he go there?
In the Amanfayun Hotel, Yan Chaozong woke up in the early morning, and then saw the message from Qin Sheng. He burst out laughing, feeling wildly joyful. The beautiful young lady who lay beside him was woken up by his sound. She came to Hangzhou from Shanghai last night because Yan Chaozong felt lonely and empty here.
“Hahaha! I thought you were a tough person. I thought that Lin Su had chosen a powerful man. But now, you surrender! You’re just so-so, Qin Sheng!” Yan Chaozong shouted out with exhilaration.
The young lady asked confusedly, “Honey, what’s wrong?”
“It’s all right, just keep sleeping,” Yan Chaozong said to comfort her as he patted her back. Then, he put on his clothes and got up.
After that, Yan Chaozong skipped washing his face and couldn’t wait to call Qu Huanxi to inform him of this news. Qu Huanxi drank all night alone and got totally drunk. He didn’t wake up until Yan Chaozong gave him a call.
Qu Huanxi was suffering from a headache caused by a hangover, so he just picked up the phone without noticing who called and asked, “Hello?”
“This is Yan Chaozong,” Yan Chaozong said straightly.
Qu Huanxi became a little bit sober then and he asked, “Oh? Master Yan, what can I do for you?”
“He said ‘yes.’ You can start your preparation now. The time is set for noon, the day after tomorrow. We’ll talk about the place later.” Yan Chaozong directly told him his plan with no nonsense.
Qu Huanxi hesitated a little. He always liked this kind of occasion, especially humiliating others. But today, he got no excited feelings because the woman he loved most was going to marry. He found that nothing was intriguing to him now. Qu Huanxi was absent-minded and answered in a low voice, “Got it. I’ll make it.”
Then he hung up the phone and fell asleep again. He was just not in the mood, which happened to everyone sometimes.
This was man—always chasing after what he didn’t deserve to own and never cherishing what he did own. But if Qu Huanxi got that woman, he, considering his characters, would feel tired very soon after. The root of his sadness was from the fact that he exactly failed to get that woman.
No man can accept the sense of failure.
Qin Sheng turned off his phone. Nothing happened until Cao Da was going to talk about something with Qin Sheng at noon. Cao Da was willing to help Qin Sheng, but failed to get in touch with him. Cao Da then called Chang Baji, but he didn’t know where Qin Sheng was either. In fact, nobody could find him.
The only thing Chang Baji could do was to get in touch with Lin Su. Nobody had contacted Qin Sheng today, and Lin Su was the final possibility for them. But Lin Su didn’t go back to the Golden Coast yesterday, she left The One to go to the company this morning. She was thinking about resigning because her Second Uncle said that he wanted her to take charge of the Lins’ business in Hangzhou. It was ridiculous that the Lin family excluded Lin Su, a very capable daughter, so that she had to work for others. And people would look down upon the Lins.
Lin Su told Chang Baji that she didn’t go home these two days. Chang Baji was worried that Qin Sheng might be in danger. Lin Su also realized that something might have happened and she asked Chang Baji about it. Chang Baji told her that Qin Sheng’s phone was off and nobody was able to contact him.
Lin Su told Chang Baji that her last time contacting Qin Sheng was last night, after he went home. Chang Baji thought it over and then called Gu Qingyang, who had been driving for Qin Sheng these two days and might know where he was. Gu Qingyang was surprised when he received the call. He was waiting for Qin Sheng at the gate of Golden Coast this morning, but he had not met him yet. He sent a message to Qin Sheng but got no reply. He thought Qin Sheng might be occupied with some business. Gu Qingyang didn’t call Qin Sheng either for fear of disturbing him, and just waited there.
Receiving the call from his Senior Uncle, Gu Qingyang said directly, “Senior Uncle, I sent Brother Qin home then I went home last night. I arrived where he lives at seven o’clock this morning, but haven’t met with him yet. If he’s not home, I have no idea where he is either.”
Above all, the only possibility left was his home in the Golden Coast. As Gu Qingyang said, if Qin Sheng was not home, then nobody could tell where he was. Hangzhou was such a big city, with millions of people living in. It was far too easy for someone to disappear into thin air and nobody could find him or her.
So Lin Su and Chang Baji both drove to the Golden Coast respectively.
Lin Su and Chang Baji almost reached the Golden Coast at the same time. Lin Su was, obviously, deeply worried about Qin Sheng. She met Chang Baji and asked anxiously, “What happened to him these days?”
Chang Baji, of course, could not tell her the truth of that incident. So he tried to hide it and said, “I was not in the city recently. I have no idea either.”
So Lin Su turned to Gu Qingyang and asked, “Qingyang, do you have any idea?”
“I don’t know. Last night, when I sent Brother Qin home, I didn’t find anything different.” Gu Qingyang shook his head. He thought there was something wrong with Qin Sheng because of the beautiful woman, his first love, that he met yesterday. Of course, Gu Qingyang should never tell Lin Su about this, or it might cause a “family conflict”.
Lin Su frowned helplessly. Now, the only thing she could do was take Chang Baji and Gu Qingyang home and check whether or not Qin Sheng was home.
They opened the door and found nobody in the sitting room or the bedroom. Chang Baji went to check the study and then found that the door was locked. He was greatly relieved then, realizing that Qin Sheng had to be inside.
“Is he in there?” Lin Su asked and frowned. She saw Chang Baji’s face.
Chang Baji told her, “The door’s locked. He must be inside.”
Lin Su made up her mind and then went to knock on the door. She asked, “Qin Sheng, are you in the study?”
But nobody answered. She knocked again and asked, “What’s wrong with you? You’re scaring me.”
Before Lin Su finished her words, Qin Sheng opened the door.
When the door opened, Lin Su and Chang Baji were both totally relieved. But Qin Sheng looked terrible, with disheveled hair, a dirty face, and empty eyes. The study was in a mess with a disgusting smell of wine and cigarettes.
“Why are you all here?” Qin Sheng was trying to pretend to be normal. No matter what had happened, he would never let Lin Su know about it and get worried.
Lin Su was almost angry and said, “Why are we all here? Ask yourself. You turned off your phone and nobody could find you. We were worrying that you might have gotten into some trouble.”
“I’m cool. I was thinking about something. As for the phone, I think it might need to be charged.” Qin Sheng showed a smile and seemed to be all right.
Lin Su was suspicious, but since there were other people there, she just said, “Well, don’t do it again. You really scared everybody.”
Qin Sheng saw the worry on Lin Su’s face and saw Chang Baji’s anxiety and concern. Now he was more sure that he had made the right choice.
“OK. I got it. I’m hungry now. I haven’t eaten anything since last night,” Qin Sheng said as an apology and touched Lin Su’s hair.
Lin Su felt satisfied now and said, “I’m going to do some cooking.”
After Lin Su left, Qin Sheng said, “Qinyang, take a rest in the sitting room. Lao Chang, I have something to talk to you about.”
Chang Baji and Qin Sheng entered the study and closed the door. It was messy inside with cigarette butts here and there and two empty bottles of Chinese white wine. It was obvious that Qin Sheng had spent a night struggling with something.
“That thing… I’ve already made my choice,” Qin Sheng said. He opened the window for ventilation. “I’m sorry to disappoint you.”
“So, is this the reason why you did all these things last night to corrupt yourself?” Chang Baji asked in a sarcastic voice. Now he understood why Qin Sheng’s phone was off—he was escaping from reality.
Qin Sheng said nothing. It was silent in the study.
Chang Baji continued to say, “Do you know what being mature is? Being mature means compromising. You have to compromise with someone or something sometimes. I know you have your own principles and personality. But those who want to live in this society have to adjust themselves to the environment. This is the golden rule of living, or the game rule of this world. It might be hard to learn how to stoop and stand erect at one time. At least, you should let the thing go after it happens. If you can’t make it even for this small thing, then how can you fight with the unexpected difficulties in the future? Only some people can lower their head and stoop to their enemies. But if one can do this, then what didn’t kill him will make him stronger.”
Chang Baji rarely gave a long lecture to others. But he had complex feelings toward Qin Sheng and he didn’t want to see Qin Sheng be beaten to death by cruel reality.
Chang Baji’s words delighted Qin Sheng little by little. Qin Sheng thought that Chang Baji was right. He was lucky enough to survive this time. But if he trapped himself in a cage of past failures, how could he confront the next one?
“Do you know lungfish? It is actually an amphibious animal. It can breathe in the water with its gills and on land with its lungs. If it lived in a place with nothing, it can eat and drink nothing, staying in the mud but still living for a few years. You’ve overcome a couple of storms. You should know this. Those things that didn’t kill you will make you stronger,” Chang Baji said, his voice becoming even firmer.
If Qin Sheng still could not let it go after hearing his words, then Chang Baji would be totally disappointed with Qin Sheng and he might leave. It was the worst result for someone to lose his confidence and ambition.
Total Chapters in book: 476
Estimated words: 1181597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 5908(@200wpm)___ 4726(@250wpm)___ 3939(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1181597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 5908(@200wpm)___ 4726(@250wpm)___ 3939(@300wpm)
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