Out of control and sinking

Before leaving South Africa, Mr. Zou came to see me off.

When Jiang Ruan saw him again, she was still shocked by the tattoos on his neck and arms. She had seen tattoos before, but this was the first time she had ever seen one covering his entire neck.

You should know that the neck is the most vulnerable part of the body, with so many capillaries.

God knows how painful it must have been to get that tattoo.

Jiang Ruan had an injury to her wrist, so she sat obediently on the sofa and waited. Bo Ye helped her pack her luggage because it involved personal items and it was inconvenient for the bodyguards to pack it.

Boss Zou and Bo Ye were talking on the other end of the line, and as if they had finished, the two of them walked over here.

"Sister-in-law, I don't know when we'll meet again," Boss Zou said with a smile. "You must remember to miss me."

His gaze swept over Jiang Ruan's high-necked dress, his eyes smiling with an inscrutable yet respectful air.

But the things he says are still so inappropriate.

Jiang Ruan didn't know how to respond to this, after all, he was the underground owner of this auction house.

He was about to look at Bo Ye.

The man directly retorted on her behalf, telling Boss Zou without any politeness, "Get lost."

Boss Zou clicked his tongue, turned his head and waved to his subordinate, who immediately brought over a luxurious box.

Boss Zou said earnestly, "After all, this happened on my turf. Bo Ye and I have been good friends for so many years. I feel bad about it. Consider this a small gift from me to my sister-in-law. She must take it with her."

He suddenly became serious, which made Jiang Ruan a little uncomfortable.

"This……"

She looked at Bo Ye.

After all, whether or not she accepts gifts is not up to her to decide.

Boss Zou said she and Bo Ye were good friends, but how would she know the truth?

Bo Ye smiled and said, "Why not take it? It's free anyway, so I'll accept it."

Upon hearing this, Boss Zou's lips twitched violently.

Jiang Ruan chuckled, "Okay."

Her bodyguard took it from her.

Before leaving, Boss Zou dropped his nonchalant demeanor and looked at Bo Ye with pleading eyes: "Bo Ye, don't forget the conditions you promised me."

"Send me your email immediately if you have any news."

Bo Ye: "Okay."

Boss Zou patted him on the shoulder: "Have a safe trip."

"I'll try to visit you and your siblings in China when I have some free time."

"If you get married, you have to give me an invitation."

Mr. Zou said with a smile, politely but without sounding insincere.

Bo Ye said, "Okay."

They are incredibly economical with words.

But it was also an implicit response to Boss Zou, indicating that he really had such plans.

Boss Zou found it strange that Bo Ye, who had always been indifferent to relationships, would one day fall into the mortal world.

I still remember when we first met, Mr. Zou was much more cunning than he is now.

Of course, the bottom line is still there.

He doesn't eat just any dish; that's too cheap and versatile.

But since he wasn't familiar with Bo Ye at the time, Boss Zou called five or six girls for him to choose from, and even offered to give them all to him if necessary.

To everyone's surprise, Bo Ye immediately changed his attitude, mocked him, and then made all the girls leave.

Boss Zou spent some time with Bo Ye in South Africa, and it was during that time that he learned that Bo Ye did nothing but work, work, and work every day.

He's like a workaholic.

He just sits in front of the computer handling all sorts of things, like a work machine, without any personal feelings.

Now, seeing his gentle and considerate treatment of Jiang Ruan, Boss Zou sincerely wishes him well.

I also envy them.

I watched them board the private jet, and then the plane took off.

Sadness was evident in Boss Zou's eyes.

A mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips. He even laughed at Bo Ye for falling into worldly affairs and cherishing a woman so dearly.

But isn't he the same?

He's just not as lucky as Bo Ye, who has Jiang Ruan who is devoted to him.

Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier Boss Zou gets.

That scumbag woman!
Did he think that if she ran back to China, he would be helpless and unable to find her?
No matter where she is, as long as she is still alive in this world, he will dig her out even if he has to dig three feet into the ground.

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On the plane, Jiang Ruan looked out at the snow-covered landscape and couldn't help but ask Bo Ye, "What did Boss Zou say to you just now? You two talked for so long."

"If it's about work, then I won't listen."

"I'm quite curious."

When asked, Bo Ye did not hide anything and smiled as he said to her, "It's nothing, it's just an agreement I signed with him."

"What treaty?" Jiang Ruan blinked, quite curious.

“I wanted that island. In exchange, he gave me two conditions: besides the mine and gold bars, he also wanted me to find someone for him.”

"A woman."

Bo Ye said calmly.

Hearing this, Jiang Ruan's curiosity was immediately piqued: "Woman? What woman? Could it be his old flame?"

Bo Ye laughed: "Yeah, you guessed right."

As he spoke, Bo Ye opened a small folder on the desktop, which Boss Zou had given him earlier, and took out a photo from it.

The girl in the photo is wearing a white dress, has short hair, and looks youthful and sweet. She appears to be very cultured and well-mannered, and looks to be in her early twenties.

"This is the woman he asked me to find; her name is Duan Tiantian."

Jiang Ruan took the photo: "She looks quite gentle, probably around my age."

As she spoke, Jiang Ruan clicked her tongue twice, finding it extremely strange: "I really can't believe that Boss Zou would like this kind of pure and innocent type. Looking at his neck full of tattoos and his nonchalant, non-mainstream appearance, anyone would think that he would definitely like the sexy and charming type with black stockings and long legs."

"However, the country is so big, it's not easy to find someone, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Jiang Ruan frowned: "There's only one photo, is it easy to find?"

Bo Ye said, "I don't know, let's give it a try."

"When I get back, I'll have someone send this photo to the police stations in each province."

Jiang Ruan glared at him: "What? You don't mean you want the police to help you find it, do you?"

"However, this is one way."

"With the help of the police, they will definitely find it faster."

Hearing her mutterings, Bo Ye laughed in exasperation and reached out to flick her pert nose.

"What are you thinking? I want all the police stations to enter this photo into their systems. Now, almost every street in the country is covered by surveillance cameras. As long as the photo is entered into the system, as long as this face appears in the surveillance footage and is scanned by the camera, the monitoring room will automatically sound an alarm, and we will be able to find out where she is."

Jiang Ruan was shocked: "There's such a thing?"

Bo Ye said, "Mm."

Jiang Ruan exclaimed, "Technology is indeed becoming more and more advanced these days."

"But why would Boss Zou ask you to help him find her? If she's his old flame, how did he lose contact with her? Or did he cheat on her, get caught, and then angrily return to China and refuse to see her again? That's why he asked you to help him find her?"

Jiang Ruan thought about it more and more and felt that this was very likely.

But then Bo Ye said with a smile, "You have quite the imagination; it's a shame you're not writing novels."

Jiang Ruan said coquettishly, snuggling against him and saying, "I'm really trying to analyze this for you, okay?"

She looked up at him, so obedient and adorable it was almost unbelievable.

Bo Ye softened and wrapped his arm around her slender waist, saying indulgently, "Okay."

"By the way, I haven't seen what gift Boss Zou gave me yet," Jiang Ruan said. "The box looks quite pretty, why don't you open it and take a look?"

She urged him on, and Bo Ye reached out and took the box; it was light and almost weightless. "It looks like jewelry," Bo Ye said.

Jiang Ruan: "South Africa has a lot of diamonds and gold, could it be rings and necklaces?"

They were wrong about everything.

It's neither a ring nor a necklace.

And a contract.

Jiang Ruan saw a stamped piece of paper, which was probably written in Afrikaans, but she couldn't understand it.

She blinked: "What is this? Could it be a prank? Did he deliberately use that piece of paper to trick us?"

Jiang Ruan was about to complain that this Boss Zou was a real miser, not giving a penny.

He even said it was a gift for her, but it turned out to be just a piece of paper.

Then Bo Ye said, "It's not a prank."

His dark eyes were fixed on the paper in his hand. He seemed to be deep in thought as he said in a serious tone, "This is a document for the transfer of mining assets in northwestern South Africa."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruan's eyes widened immediately: "Mining asset transfer documents?"

"Yes, it says on the document that you are the transferor."

Jiang Ruanren was completely dumbfounded: "What does he mean by this? Why is he transferring the mine to me? I don't even know him."

Bo Ye laughed: "He has plenty of mines. He's probably just rich and foolish, so he's giving you a mine to play with."

"This gift is a bit too expensive," Jiang Ruan said. "I can't accept it, Bo Ye. How about we give it back to him?"

Bo Ye raised an eyebrow and teased her, "You're not going to eat the fat meat that's practically in your mouth? You're not going to take what's offered to you? Are you sure?"

Jiang Ruan: "I'm not sure."

"But I'm scared."

Bo Ye chuckled: "What's there to be afraid of?"

Jiang Ruan pouted and said, "This gift is too valuable. I'm afraid he has ulterior motives."

"Isn't it said that no businessman is without guile? How could he just give me such a big mine like that? Something's not right, something's definitely not right."

"We must not be greedy for small gains; greed will lead to big losses."

Bo Ye glanced at her again: "You're not greedy at all."

Jiang Ruan said, "So what do you do? Find someone to return this to him and tell him we don't want it."

But Bo Ye said, "No need."

"Based on my understanding of him, he will never take back what he has given away. If you send it back, he will only think that you look down on his gift. There is no need for that."

"Besides, it's just a small mine, it's not worth much money, maybe twenty or thirty million at most. Just keep it, you never know when you might need it."

As he spoke, Bo Ye folded the document and handed it to her.

Jiang Ruan blinked, still a little confused.

Holding the document, he said, "This single piece of paper is worth twenty or thirty million. I'm losing my sense of money; it seems like tens or hundreds of millions are just numbers."

“I feel like I’m becoming more and more extravagant. I can swipe my card without batting an eye when I go out shopping. Lu Jie says I’m now a complete nouveau riche.”

Bo Ye laughed: "It's okay, your man is rich."

"Just swipe it."

Jiang Ruan chuckled: "I love hearing that."

"But I still like being a rich woman."

"You know, my earliest dream, as Lu Jie's dream, was to work hard, make a lot of money, get rich, and reach the pinnacle of life to support..." a male model.

After saying just two words, Jiang Ruan suddenly realized what was going on.

Shut your mouth right now.

But Bo Ye still heard it clearly. The man narrowed his dark eyes, staring down at her, a storm brewing in his eyes: "What do you mean by 'keeping someone as a mistress'?"

Jiang Ruan, quick-witted, said: "Skin care, hehehe..."

"She keeps her skin so white and smooth, like a teenage girl."

"Really?" Bo Ye raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure it's for skincare, and nothing else?"

Jiang Ruan was about to speak.

Bo Ye said, "Lying will turn you into a puppy."

He put his arm around her waist and earnestly coaxed, "A good girl doesn't lie, right?"

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Jiang Ruan wanted to cry: "Yes."

Her mouth...

How could it be so fast?

They said everything that should and shouldn't have been said.

Bo Ye hooked her chin, his voice hoarse and teasing: "Good girl, tell your uncle, what kind of sugar daddy do you keep when you reach the top, hmm?"

Jiang Ruan uttered a single word from her red lips: "You."

I'd rather die than say those two words.

"Make a fortune, reach the pinnacle of life, and I'll support you."

Otherwise, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to walk straight off the plane.

She had experienced firsthand the ruthlessness of this man.

In all his years, this was the first time Bo Ye had ever heard of someone offering to make money to support him.

Although I knew that wasn't what she meant to say just now.

But it must be said that Jiang Ruan's words really pleased him.

Bo Ye smiled, his smile captivating. He nodded, "Okay, when you make a fortune and reach the pinnacle of life, you can take care of me."

"But I'm not so easy to take care of, so you should be prepared."

Jiang Ruan replied, "It's alright. If I have ten million, I'll spend ten million on you. If I spend it all, well, then you'll have to eat instant noodles with me."

"There's no other way; we share the good times and the bad."

Jiang Ruan shrugged, not finding it difficult at all.

"Eat instant noodles?" Bo Ye was amused by her, his shoulders trembled slightly, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Yeah, haven't you heard the saying, 'If you have money, you don't eat instant noodles; if you don't have money, you love instant noodles. With instant noodles in hand, I have the world at my fingertips.' As long as instant noodles exist in this world, no matter how poor we are, we won't starve to death."

"After all, a bag of Master Kong instant noodles only costs three yuan and fifty cents."

Jiang Ruan counted on her fingers: "Ten million for instant noodles, I doubt even our villa could hold them all."

Bo Ye said helplessly, "Sometimes I really want to open your head and see what strange things are inside."

"Don't worry, there won't be a day when you can only eat instant noodles."

Jiang Ruan chuckled and stuck out her tongue: "I was just kidding."

She blinked, her eyes exceptionally sincere.
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The plane arrived at the castle villa.

Stepping off the plane, the familiar house was right in front of her, giving her a strong sense of coming home. Jiang Ruan wrapped herself in a thick coat.

Take a deep breath and sigh, "Ah, home is the best."

The company has already reopened, but there's not much going on these past few days, so Sister Qin told her to continue resting. After all, it's just after the New Year, and many companies and brands haven't started work yet.

Bo Ye was very busy; after landing and having lunch, he went back to work at the company.

He leaves early and returns late every day, so Jiang Ruan can only see him in the bedroom at night, or in the study.

When she woke up the next day, it was already afternoon, and there was no one around.

However, she wasn't in a hurry, since she was injured and her wrists had just scabbed over, and it would take some time to heal.

She got medication from a doctor to remove the scars.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if I accidentally left a scar.

But unexpectedly, trouble came out of nowhere while I was sitting at home.