Deep Fog Kiss

As they left the funeral home, Yin Ming opened the car door.

Gu Zhishen stubbed out his cigarette, turned to look at Leng Feng, and said, "Keep an eye on Feng Kai. Once Mei Qiao dies, flies will come after him."

"Yes, boss."

The vehicle slowly drove towards the helipad. As Yin Ming drove, he asked, "Boss, what's the plan for Feng Kai's loan debt?"

Gu Zhishen leaned back in the back seat, his voice cold and clear, "Respect the dead, there's no need to pursue him so relentlessly. We can't let him get away with it all at once; let him pay back slowly."

He glanced at the time. "The plane will fly straight back to Beishan Villa."

I arrived home just in time to have dinner with her.

"Okay, boss."

Yin Ming glanced at the man's expression in the rearview mirror; he seemed to be in a pretty good mood.

......

Echo Studio.

A large swath of the setting sun streamed in through the window, casting an orange glow on the conference room table.

"call--"

Shen Nianchu looked up from her computer and let out a long sigh of relief. "Finally finished!"

Jiang Li leaned back in her chair, stretched, looked at the mountain of documents in front of her, and laughed, "This thick stack of investment proposals is full of sincerity. It should earn us some points with the person in charge of Tian Ce Capital."

"Do you know who the CEO of Tianze Capital is?" Shen Nianchu suddenly asked mysteriously.

Jiang Li's round eyes darted around a few times, then she shook her head. "I don't know."

"You know the Gu family, a powerful family in Jingzhou, right?" Shen Nianchu slid her chair next to her and whispered, "The second young master of the Gu Group, Gu Zhishen."

"Oh—" Jiang Li nodded as if she understood but not quite.

"Rumor has it he's incredibly picky and difficult at work!" Shen Nianchu said, resting her chin on her hand. "Luo Hui tried everything, but couldn't get any investment from him."

Hearing the slight lack of confidence in her tone, Jiang Li tilted her head and asked with a smile, "You've already finished the proposal, are you scared?"

"What are you afraid of!" Shen Nianchu slammed her laptop shut. "We're doing this as a last resort. We've worked on this all day, so we have to let them see what we've got, right?"

"That's right!" Jiang Li smiled, then suddenly remembered something, "Chu Chu, I heard you say before that Xiang Jingcheng joined the law firm as a partner. Do you have his contact information?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Nianchu immediately sat up straight. "What a coincidence! The alumni group was talking about some kind of gathering a couple of days ago, in Jingzhou. Everyone who's free will be going, and Xiang Jingcheng should be going too."

As she spoke, she pulled up the group messages, opened the group member list, clicked on Xiang Jingcheng's profile picture, and handed it to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li glanced at it, then picked up her phone and added it to her contacts.

Shen Nianchu's eyes lit up. "Are you asking for someone's contact information for a lawyer, for official or personal reasons?"

"For the public good." Jiang Li wrote "Jiang Li" in the verification message and sent it.

"I want to ask him about my father."

Xiang Jingcheng is a partner at the law firm and is a professional authority.

If we hire him, I don't know how likely we are to win this case.

"You're just asking about your uncle?" Shen Nianchu nudged Jiang Li's shoulder. "Attorney Xiang seems to be single now. Don't you want to consider it? You two make a perfect couple."

Seeing that she was starting to gossip again, Jiang Li pointed to the proposal on the table, "Weren't you going to personally deliver the proposal before you left work today? Aren't you going?"

"Oh right!" Shen Nianchu glanced at the time, immediately stood up, and said, "I can't talk to you anymore, I have to go right now. You should hurry home from get off work!"

As she spoke, she quickly packed up the prepared materials. Before leaving, she couldn't help but remind Jiang Li, "Don't just talk about business, you can talk about feelings too."

After she finished speaking, she walked away with a smile.

Just then, Xiang Jingcheng's verification message was approved.

The other person sent a greeting emoji.

Jiang Li asked, "Is it convenient to call?"

The next second, the other party's voice call came through.

A clear, gentle male voice came from the phone, "Jiang Li?"

"Attorney Xiang," Jiang Li said politely but seriously, "are you free tonight? I'd like to invite you to dinner."

"If we disregard the previous form of address, I assumed you had already considered my advances," Xiang Jingcheng smiled. "It seems it's business."

Jiang Li softly hummed in agreement. "Is it convenient?"

"Convenient," the other party replied quickly. "You set the time, I'll choose the place."

"it is good."

The other person then asked, "Shall I come pick you up?"

Jiang Li was about to say no, but after thinking for a moment, she added, "Then thank you for your trouble."

The other person smiled gently, "It's an honor, not a trouble."

Just then, a phone call came in.

Jiang Li hung up after setting a time with the other party, and then answered the incoming call.

"Miss Jiang."

On the other end of the phone was Zhong Qiuwen, who spoke respectfully, "Mr. Gu will be home for dinner tonight. What would you like to eat? I'll prepare it in advance."

"No need, Butler Zhong," Jiang Li said with a smile. "Please tell him I have plans for tonight."

......

Tianze Capital Building.

"Zhishen, would you like to have dinner together tonight?"

Yu Wanqing walked out of the office in her high heels, entered the elevator, and made a phone call in a cheerful mood, "Or, let's go to the old house to see Grandma together."

The smile on Yu Wanqing's lips vanished after the other person said something.

"What about tomorrow?" she asked.

Upon receiving a negative answer, she maintained the composure of a well-bred young lady and asked again, "My mother is free these days, how about we find some time to have a meal together?"

"We'll talk about it later." The man's voice on the other end of the phone was cold. "I have something to do, I'm hanging up."

The call was cut off, and Yu Wanqing's smile turned cold on her face.

"Hello, Mr. Yu."

Her subordinates from the investment department greeted her as they passed by.

She smiled calmly. "To deliver documents to President Gu?"

"Yes, President Yu." Everyone in the company knew that President Yu and President Gu had a special relationship, so they answered truthfully, "These are the investment proposals from various companies that we received today. Please take a look, President Gu."

"Give it to me." Yu Wanqing kindly extended her hand. "I'll take it, you can go home now."

"Thank you, Mr. Yu."

Yu Wanqing walked into the president's office with a stack of documents in her hand.

The office was empty; the people in the president's office said that President Gu had gone out in the afternoon.

Yu Wanqing didn't know where he went; Gu Zhishen never had the habit of reporting his whereabouts to anyone.

She placed the documents on the table and casually flipped through them.

Suddenly, his eyes fell on a document below.

"Echo Studio?"

Somewhat familiar.

She pulled out the proposal, glanced at it, and her eyes immediately turned cold.

Person in charge: Shen Nianchu, Jiang Li.

She chuckled softly; it really was her studio!

This burden is like a persistent ghost; they've gone to such lengths to try and pull strings!

A tiny studio has the audacity to climb up to Tian Ce Capital, as if Gu Zhishen is a philanthropist and everything belongs to Jiang Li!

She sneered and threw the thick document into the shredder, turning it, along with the words "Jiang Li," into dust.