Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 115: Rotten Peach (6K3)

At night, Phoenix Mountain looks like a giant beast crawling to the west, eerie and scary.

The National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival have passed, and the young people who were on vacation to visit relatives have returned to the city.

The small Hewan Village is once again desolate.

Many families have old dogs as guard dogs. Zhou An was worried about causing the dogs to bark, so he took a wild road up the mountain, which was through the peach orchard.

The unpicked fruits on the branches hang heavy before my eyes, and the peach fragrance fills my nose.

Zhou An, who hadn't eaten dinner, felt his stomach growl twice.

The fruits on the trees were sold by others, so he only picked up two rotten ripe peaches on the ground and ate them to satisfy his hunger as he walked.

It is juicy and very sweet.

When we were almost at the top of the mountain, the lights were on in the simple wooden house in the backyard of Lin Jiajia's house.

As they got closer, Zhou An moved cautiously.

He had many years of experience walking in the mountains at night and knew that as long as he didn't use any strength, the dead branches under his feet would be difficult to break.

There were still two workers laying wire in the yard outside the wooden house. The door was open and there were three people drinking inside.

As if afraid of disturbing the owner, there was no shouting and the conversation was very quiet.

What Zhou An didn’t know was that among the three people drinking, one was Zhang Tiancheng.

After the National Day holiday, Zhang Tiancheng basically stayed here every day, helping Lin Jiajia to monitor the construction progress and serving as security guard.

After a while, Zhou An saw Lin Jiajia, wearing a light gray sportswear, walking out of the bungalow with a renovated roof.

Lin Jiajia brought a plate of fruit to Zhang Tiancheng and several workers.

He left without saying a few words.

After a while, he came out again, seemingly making a phone call.

After talking for several minutes, he hung up and called Zhang Tiancheng.

The two talked about something, and Lin Jiajia made another call.

This time they stayed longer, talking and laughing, strolling closer to the Taoyuan fence as they talked.

Zhou An stood on a tree five or six meters away, not daring to move.

As they got closer, he heard Lin Jiajia say to the phone, "Okay, I got it. I'll call Tang Mian back now. You should go back to the dormitory early."

Zhou An guessed that it was Xia An on the other end of the phone, and he also wanted to know what she would say to Tang Mian next.

But Lin Jiajia only said: "Mr. Tang, um, it's me, like this..."

He crossed his arms and walked away.

Zhou An couldn't hear the rest of the words, but from Lin Jiajia's harmonious expression and tone, he could feel that there seemed to be no conflicts between Lin Jiajia and Tang Mian.

He was worried that Tang Mian would harm her, so he ran over to protect her...

Zhou An jumped down lightly.

The moonlight was bright and he suddenly calmed down.

Why are you here?

What do you want to do?
Looking for Tang Tianxing?

Chat? Ask him not to target Xia An?

Smash Tang Tianxing's knee? Threaten him?

There were so many people in the hospital that he couldn't even get close.

Zhou An suddenly felt that he was a little childish.

He didn't dare to kill anyone, so how could he help Xia An and make him feel that the 200,000 yuan was worth it, so as to prevent him and Zhou Zhou from getting into trouble again in the future?

No.

Compared with big businessmen like Xia An and the Tang family, Zhou An realized that he had no effective way to threaten or intimidate this or that.

Also, did Xia An really call the police because of the 200,000 yuan?
Could it be that he said it on purpose just to avoid me harassing him again?
For someone like Xia An, is two hundred thousand really worth the fuss?

Renovating this yard, building a big well, and laying cables will probably cost more than 200,000 yuan, right?
Zhou An laughed at himself, picked up two more rotten peaches from the ground, and ate them as he walked down the mountain.

Now that I'm here, I'll protect Lin Jiajia all night, which is considered as doing my bit.

Go back to find Zhou Zhou tomorrow!

Thinking of this, my steps down the mountain became much lighter.

Zhou An placed a stone across the middle of the road, then walked to the big tree by the river, swung on the swing where Lin Jiajia played when she was a child, nimbly climbed up the broad branches, and leaned against the trunk to enjoy the night view.

Late at night.

The moon is reflected in the river bend, and the waves are like scales.

The Qingshui River is like a giant silver-armored snake, lurking in the grasslands on both sides and winding into the distance.

Tang Mian will not come. If he were to come, he would have come a long time ago.

How could the other person be driving slower than him?
This was the first time Zhou An was so looking forward to dawn.

There was still peach juice in the smile on the corner of her mouth.

So sweet.

He decided to buy a bag of peaches from Dongshan and bring them back to Hanchang for Zhou Zhou to eat.
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Tang Mian was originally going to come.

The reason why it was slow was that there was a car accident.

Being rear-ended.

When I was in the UK, my father bought my Bentley Continental as a replacement...

That's not the case. The reason I bought that car was as a gift for my cousin who was admitted to graduate school.

This is what Tang Mian is like.

Like Tang Guan, he has been coveting Tang Wan since childhood.

But he is not as direct as the second brother, and often steals Tang Wan's personal belongings.

He hid it in his heart, and while following the second brother and his biological father in exploiting his sister, he secretly showed his goodwill.

Otherwise, Tang Mian himself doesn't like driving a car.

This GLS was just replaced at the beginning of the year. I had just driven out of Wanshui Haoting and was waiting for the red light obediently when I was rear-ended.

Is there anyone in the provincial capital who dares to hit his car?

Get out of the car.

The perpetrators were a couple who rushed to the hospital because the woman's water broke.

Well, how do you reason with this?

Tang Mian slapped the man driving the car and asked his assistant to handle the problem.

He stood on the side of the road with his hands in his pockets, waiting for the company to send someone to pick him up.

After the bodyguard brought the car, the assistant received a call, handed the matter over to the bodyguard, and ran to Tang Mian.

The assistant said that the bribed insider of the CSRC had just informed them that Tang Group's materials would be reviewed for the second time in Shanghai tomorrow afternoon.

"It would be best if we could provide some additional information tomorrow morning."

Tang Mian was not a heavy smoker, so he smoked two cigarettes without saying a word after hearing this.

After crushing the cigarette butt with his leather shoe, he asked his assistant, "Call that woman named Lin again and increase the budget by five million, but I need to sign the letter of intent tonight. We can find her wherever she is."

After giving enough face and money, the assistant contacted Lin Jiajia.

Lin Jiajia was washing peaches while holding her phone while answering it.

Add five million, that’s seven million, two hundred thousand.

There is still a big gap from the 12 million that Xia An had previously set.

"I'm in the countryside right now, and my house is being renovated. I can't leave. Can you wait a month?"

Tang Mian snatched the phone from his assistant and spoke in a rage.

The gist of it is mutual understanding. I'm not afraid of you asking for too much. "To be honest, you're a small company right now, but it would be beneficial for my Tang's IPO. The price is negotiable. Would you like to meet?"

Lin Jiajia could hear the other party's urgency, but she remained calm and said that she was a little busy and would contact him in an hour.

Tang Mian handed the phone to his assistant and squinted his eyes to look at the sky.

He considered and said, "There's a way. How about this? Send me the address of Lin Jiajia's hometown, then go back to the company to get 500,000 yuan in cash. I'll go first."

……

When Xia An received Lin Jiajia's call, he was taking a walk with Tang Wan to help digest his food.

Su Yi and Qi Buyang returned to school.

Xia An held Tang Wan's hand and walked along the national highway in the university town.

The car lights are beaming, and the night is alluring.

Tang Wan saw that he didn't want to go back to the dormitory tonight, and she chuckled for a while, teasing him, "What's yours will be yours sooner or later. Why are you always so anxious?"

Xia An was speechless.

How to explain this?

How can this matter not be urgent?
What didn't the two of them do? It's like this, who wouldn't be jealous?
"Looking at your face every day, I can touch it but can't eat it, and my heart is itching."

He stroked Tang Wan's slender waist. Tang Wan twisted her hands behind her back and said happily, "Do you still remember the day when Su Yi caught us in the dormitory?"

Xia An's old face rarely showed embarrassment, and he nodded.

"Su later wrote me a sentence and asked me to figure it out on my own."

"What?"

Tang Wan took out her wallet and rummaged through it, pulling out a small folded piece of paper.

There is a line of beautiful small characters on it: A gentleman is cautious when alone, does not deceive in secret, and controls himself and returns to propriety.

Xia An's head was buzzing.

Looking at Tang Wan's smirking expression, I felt helpless and funny.

Tang Wan: "Do you know what that means?"

Improper desires can easily manifest themselves in subtle ways, and bad intentions can easily be revealed in subtle ways...

Which man doesn’t occasionally fantasize about the girl in his heart when he is alone?

It is inevitable to masturbate.

The pressure in modern society is so great...

Xia An rolled her eyes and pinched her nose. "I think it's good enough for you to do well in math. Don't let her indoctrinate you with this nonsense."

Tang Wan held his hand and walked towards the beach little by little.

"Wait a couple of days. You took a shower today, but I haven't yet. Wash yourself clean before going to bed."

Xia An scratched her palm and said with a smile, "Bathing and burning incense? Do you have to be so grand?"

Looking at the dark sea, Tang Wan told herself that she didn't have high demands and didn't want to be alone during the holidays.

She knew that following Xia An would be a very lively process.

But that kind of liveliness may not necessarily mean happiness.

The bad boy is a sentimental man and will never be able to be a gentleman in this regard.

Su Yi must have seen through him clearly, which is why she used these words to remind her.

Tang Wan said, "Of course. Since the master said I am a blessing for your husband, you should be pious. Once it really works, you won't want to leave me."

Xia An said, "Even if you are unlucky for me, I can't bear to give you up."

Tang Wan naturally wouldn't say anything to spoil the mood at this moment, such as "Do you say the same thing to others?"

She just smiled, slipped behind Xia An, pressed his shoulders and jumped on him.

She whispered in his ear coquettishly, "Carry me to the sea."

Xia An said, "Okay."

The gravel hurt his feet, and holding Tang Wan's two slender legs, he walked step by step to the edge of the waves.

Tang Wan's hair rubbed against his cheek, feeling both fragrant and itchy.

Xia An asked, "How about keeping the child first?"

Tang Wan nodded and said okay: "If it's a boy, name him Xia Tangtang, and if it's a girl, name her Xia Tiantian. Doesn't that sound nice?" She giggled.

"It sounds good."

Tang Wan jumped up, leaned over, tilted her head and kissed him on the lips.

"My second uncle and Tang Mian are both very shady. Why don't you just not take the risk? I'm easy to support, and we're rich now."

Xia An knew that she didn't just come up with these words suddenly, she must have thought about them over and over again in her mind.

He already knew Tang Wan's character very well. Although she smiled on the surface, she was actually very thoughtful. However, there were some things she didn't want to think about or talk about, and she subjectively kept herself in a happy and relaxed state.

But with love, it’s different.

When you are concerned about someone, you will instinctively and uncontrollably think about them.

He understood Tang Wan.

But what Tang Wan didn't know was that getting involved with Tang Er's lineage would have far-reaching implications.

"Liu Youwei is in Binhai right now. The company is almost set up. After I entertain He Zhenzhen's friend this weekend, I'll take you to see it."

"Yeah." Tang Wan hugged him and said no more.

On the way back to school, Tang Wan bought another spicy starch sausage, shook it in front of Xia An with a wink, and ate it with a laugh, almost breaking it in one bite.

The phone vibrated, and before Xia An answered, he whispered to her, "Don't worry, I'll let you savor it slowly and carefully."

Tang Wan was so embarrassed that she chased after him. When she saw Xia An pick up the phone, she gave him a cold look and followed him step by step, strolling and eating.

Lin Jiajia told Xia An on the phone that Tang Mian had given a new offer.

Xia An looked at the time and instantly knew that Tang Mian was anxious.

As expected, the Tang family’s small lawsuit with the China Securities Regulatory Commission has become imminent.

He asked Lin Jiajia to wait for two minutes.

After hanging up, he immediately called Zhang Chunmin and asked him what had happened to the Tang family in the past two days.

Zhang Chunmin didn't know much, but told Xia An the latest news.

Tang Tianxing was just sent to the hospital by 120.

"Want to hang up?"

Zhang Chunmin said: "I don't know, it shouldn't be that serious."

Xia An closed his eyes and thought.

According to his intelligence, Tang Tianxing has been hospitalized three times in the past two months.

If the old man died at this critical moment, Tang Mian might not be able to take over all of Tang Tianxing's connections over the past decade.

The task force will certainly speed up the investigation in an attempt to take advantage of this piece of fat meat.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission no longer dares to take the risk of allowing Tang Group to go public and whitewash itself.

Tang Mian's anxiety was obvious.

No wonder the price was raised by five million at one time. This was clearly telling Lin Jiajia that you can ask for a lot, but you have to know the limit.

If pushed into a corner, even a rabbit will bite.

Besides, Xia An knew very well that Tang Mian and his son were not rabbits.

The most important thing is that Xia An was not trying to make such a small amount of money.

In the whole plan, there is no difference between 7 million and million.

He immediately called Lin Jiajia back.

"That's enough. The Tang family isn't a pushover. There's no point in pushing them any further. Talk to them and ask for just one thing: retain the decision-making power of the Candy Convenience executives."

After hanging up the phone, Xia An thought slowly and blankly.

Tang Wan came up from behind, poked him with a small bamboo stick, and asked with a pout, "Is he...going to die?"

Apparently, she had just overheard the conversation between her and Lao Zhang. Xia An held her hand, smiled, and shook her head: "No, it's not that easy."

Tang Wan hugged one of his arms and sighed softly.

"I'm just a little... awkward."

She smiled and looked up at Xia An, saying, "Besides, I have nothing to do with them now. My last name is Xia. Su Yi said that in ancient times, women took their husband's surname. My name is Xia Xiaotang..."
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As soon as they drove to the outskirts of the city, Tang Mian received a reply from Lin Jiajia.

Candy Convenience agreed to transfer 90% of its shares for 7.2 million yuan, share the supply chain of 18 high-quality stores in the central city, and completely integrate its finances into Shengtang Trade.

The condition is to retain three senior management positions and decision-making power.

The crisis that had lasted for months suddenly reached a turning point, and Tang Mian shook his fist fiercely.

"In that case, Mr. Lin, please be understanding. I'm really anxious. If it's convenient, can we sign a letter of intent tonight? After all, we will be colleagues in the future. If the company is successfully listed, it will benefit everyone."

Lin Jiajia thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but I'm really in the countryside right now, and it might take a few hours to get back..."

Tang Mian immediately said, "What a coincidence! I'm in the suburbs right now. Give me your location and I'll come find you in person."

At the foot of Phoenix Mountain, there is a rustically decorated farmhouse that serves rare game.

Occasionally, dignitaries would come to try the new food.

Tang Mian was no stranger to this area.

He told his assistant not to bring any money, but to remember to bring the official seal and the contract.

Then drove into the mountain road.

The X6's tires kicked up dust and caused two dogs to bark as they passed Hewan Village.

Tang Mian was shaking his head and humming along with the DJ in the car, and he couldn't hear anything at all.

Not far from the village, there was a loud bang.

It was like hitting a rock.

Tang Mian slammed on the brakes and frowned.

When I got out of the car, I saw that the big rock blocking the road had knocked the bumper crooked and disappeared under the car body.

Good guy!
Looking at the moon that was already in the sky, he was so angry that he laughed.

Is driving difficult today?
Tang Mian turned around and reversed the car, making a loud noise.

When I got down to take a look, I saw that the bumper had fallen crookedly to the ground, and a corner of the two-foot square rock had also fallen off.

He pushed with his feet, but couldn't move.

The path is this wide, with a peach orchard fence on one side and a river valley slope on the right.

He thought about it and realized it was a bit late, so he gave up the idea of calling Lin Jiajia to ask her to pick him up and decided to wait for his assistant here.

Just as I lit a cigarette, a voice suddenly came from the side.

"Tang Mian?"

Tang Mian shuddered all over, his heart pounding, and he almost stumbled and fell.

Seeing a figure emerging from the grass in the valley, he almost subconsciously wanted to curse, but then he thought that this person could call out his name, so he must have been sent by Lin Jiajia to pick him up the mountain.

He suppressed his anger and nudged his chin: "I am."

Zhou An walked over with a rotten peach in his mouth, looked at the parts on the ground, and scratched his head embarrassedly.

Tang Mian took a puff of Huihun cigarette and said, "No hurry, wait a minute, after smoking, go up the mountain to see her."

Zhou An nodded and stayed beside him.

The two of them were just sitting there, one smoking and the other eating a peach, in the quiet night.

After eating the peach, Zhou An hesitated and said:
"Could you please not make things difficult for Lin Jiajia?
"Just agree to whatever conditions she has, since you're not short of money anyway.

"I owe Xia An a favor. I can't stand by and watch you bully his people."

Tang Mian took a deep puff of his cigarette, full of questions, but before he could answer, he asked, "Are you not in the right place?"

Zhou An said, "If you don't agree, I will break your legs."

"Okay, I get it. You're not in the right place." Tang Mian looked at him from the side. "Aren't you here to pick me up?"

Zhou An said: "Lin Jiajia doesn't know me."

Tang Mian took a deep puff of his cigarette and laughed: "Would I believe it?

"Having a crush on your boss? Hey, I've seen her a lot. I heard she's pretty good-looking."

Zhou An was unhappy. "You always think about beautiful women... Tang Wan is your sister. That's not good."

Tang Mian was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly realized that the other party was not joking.

"What the hell do you do?"

As he spoke, he quietly took out his cell phone.

Zhou An had good eyesight and waved his hand, saying, "Don't call, let's finish talking first. If you agree, I'll leave."

He was a little nervous. Although it was his second time negotiating with someone, Xia An didn't let him speak much last time.

Tang Mian frowned and stepped back, too lazy to talk nonsense. He put his phone on the front of the car, walked calmly to the main driver's door, leaned in and looked through it.

He took out a pistol and walked over again. He shook the gun with a smile and picked up his phone again. "Go back to where you came from."

Before I could even call my assistant, I felt a pain in my wrist and my palm felt empty.

He had no idea how Zhou An took the gun.

His eyes widened, he held the phone stiffly, his heart beating violently again.

Zhou An quickly dismantled the pistol and threw it into the bushes.

"I, I just want to talk to you..."

Tang Mian stared blankly at the weapon parts, then looked at Zhou An again.

Where the hell did this psycho come from?
But he was also sure that the other party had no intention of recruiting him.

"Okay, go ahead, what are you talking about?"

As he spoke, he leaned against the front of the car and lit another cigarette.

Zhou An thought this man was easy to talk to, so he said sincerely, "I took 200,000 yuan from Xia An to save my sister. I have to protect him. If you want to do business with Lin Jiajia, you should negotiate properly. Your family is so rich, so don't worry about whether it's more or less. Be more considerate of others."

He spoke one sentence at a time, and Tang Mian listened to every word.

The more I listened, the more I couldn't help laughing.

How many years has it been since I listened to others educate me?

Seeing that he remained silent and even smiled, Zhou An couldn't figure out what he was thinking, so he said to himself, "Let me finish. Just this matter. And Tang Wan, she's your sister. You can't do that. She's also Xia An's girlfriend. If you hurt her, I'll...I'll...break your legs."

Tang Wan was a private plot of land in Tang Mian's heart, his inner and outer self. He felt as disgusted as if he had eaten shit when she was exposed over and over again.

He waved his hand in disgust: "You have a bad taste in your mouth, stay away from me. I don't know you, nor do I know Xia An, so get out of here. I have something serious to do today, otherwise you will be gone, understand? You, your sister, what a bullshit Xia..."

boom.

A punch to the stomach interrupted him.

Tang Mian covered his stomach and slowly knelt on the ground. He couldn't breathe for a long time and started to retch.

Zhou An angrily said, "Don't you dare cause trouble for my sister!"

Tang Mian swallowed the dinner that was welling up in his mouth, snorted and laughed, "There's a recorder in the car. Tomorrow I'll get someone to check you and your sister. You'll get your reward for this. My sister? Hey, not only that, I'll also fuck your sister..."

Zhou An stopped talking, walked over, squatted down, and pulled Tang Mian's collar. Before he could make the next move, Tang Mian picked up his Nokia and smashed it on his head.

Zhou An took two steps back and touched the blood flowing from his forehead.

Tang Mian ran to the car again, opened the right rear door, and felt around.

Zhou An kicked him down, grabbed his ankle, and sat astride Tang Mian's back.

Hold your knee with one hand and your ankle with the other.

A twist.

There was a crunching sound.

Tang Mian only managed to utter half a scream before Zhou An quickly turned him over and dislocated his jaw.

"Zhou Zhou is me..."

A cold light flashed under the moon, and Zhou An was speechless.

He suddenly covered his throat.

A line of blood shot out half a meter, and the rest flowed down the palm of his hand.

Tang Mian used one leg to kick Zhou An down, then turned over and sat up.

He stabbed Zhou An's chest repeatedly.

He was sobbing indistinctly.

But Zhou An heard it clearly: Zhou Zhou, right? Zhou Zhou, right? I will definitely kill her!

Zhou An pinched his carotid artery tightly and groped around on the ground with his other hand.

Tang Mian was really going crazy. He could feel his legs were broken.

Who the hell is this guy?
He endured the severe pain, his adrenaline rushing, and swung the knife like crazy.

Who the hell is Xia An?
When did Tang Wan have a boyfriend?

Crazy...

——Squeak
Tang Mian felt his ears go cold and he could hear nothing.

Nene turned around and saw Zhou An holding a crooked peach branch in his hand.

On one end of the branch hung half a rotten peach, and on the other end, it seemed to be stuck in his head.

Zhou Anyang was lying on the ground, his head hitting a stone that had been shattered by the car.

No pain.

Blood bubbles popped out of his mouth and corners.

He found himself getting lighter little by little.

It’s so strange. When we carried corpses in the past, they were always very heavy.

The moon in my eyes gradually turned from bright silver to red, and finally to a blurry black.

Tang Mian tilted his head and hit Zhou An's chest.

Blood gushed out of his nose and ears. He looked at Zhou An's chin and wanted to change his posture, but he couldn't move.

I really want to ask who he is, and who is Xia An...

Unfortunately, my jaw dropped and I couldn't speak.

His last feeling was a lightness in his head.

A half-rotten peach fell from the branch that grew in the ear hole.

The wheels rolled into the rural drainage ditch beside the road.

Crazy...
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A few hours later, daybreak arrived.

The red maples and green cypresses on Phoenix Mountain are very beautiful during the daytime in late autumn.

(End of this chapter)