Chapter 741
Only after both of them had finished speaking did Sally cough lightly and say, "Ahem, it looks like you two have gotten to know each other, right?"
Ning Kun and Jiang Hao nodded at the same time. The way they looked at each other went from a tit-for-tat at the beginning to a hint of sympathy now.
After noticing the change in their eyes, Sally tsked while looking at Jiang Hao and spoke, "Ning Kun is actually my man, do you know what I mean?"
"What the hell?!"
Hearing Sally's words. Jiang Hao couldn't help but be taken aback!
"Are you sure you're not joking with me? This little white boy is your man?"
Sally looked at Jiang Hao with some surprise, as if she didn't quite understand why Jiang Hao was so excited.
After hearing Jiang Hao call Ning Kun a little white boy. Only then did she understand somewhat and then spoke with a red face, "It's not what you think, I mean, he's from my family!"
Looking at Sally's flushed face, Jiang Hao then realised that he might have thought wrongly, so he scratched his head in embarrassment and laughed, "Ahem, sorry sorry, I was a bit too excited."
This time it was Ning Kun's turn to laugh again, and even Old Black stood by the side, holding his face red.
Sally gritted her teeth before humming lightly at Jiang Hao. Then she continued, "If it wasn't for the fact that he was someone who worked for my family, perhaps he would have revealed our previous plan long ago."
Only then did Jiang Hao understand after hearing this, then sighed as he picked up his cup and reached out to Ning Kun to, "Sorry, just now perhaps I went a little too far."
Ning Kun shrugged his shoulders, lifted his glass and clinked it with Jiang Hao, then opened his mouth and smiled, "It's okay, I'm already used to the fact that I'm better than others."
Saying this, Ning Kun drank it all in one go, then looked at Jiang Hao with some smugness.
"No matter what, I'm still more annoyed with you. Because you at least have to be more stinky than me."
Having said that, Jiang Hao was still a little alarmed.
Looking at Ning Kun sitting with Sally, Jiang Hao suddenly had a sudden surge of fear towards Sally for a while.
It was such a woman, with the powerful Old Black under her and an intelligence network of unknown size.
Now she had another person under her in the Northern Province, Ning Kun, who had just inherited the Xincheng Group, and this dark horse was now holding huge power in her hands.
If Sally wanted to make waves in this Northern Province, it would only be a matter of moving her fingers!
Sally watched Jiang Hao's expression, even though Jiang Hao's face was very flat. But she could still see a look of shock in his eyes.
So Sally laughed lightly before saying, "Don't worry, I won't have much contact with him now. The reason this matter is being told to you is that I don't want the two of you to develop an adversarial relationship."
After saying this, Sally hesitated for a moment before continuing somewhat smugly, "Of course, if it was a duel for me. I would be happy to do so."
At these words, Jiang Hao's reaction was to roll his eyes, while Ning Kun looked at Jiang Hao with some surprise.
To be able to make Sally compare him to herself, this proved that Jiang Hao must have a few skills on his hands as well. He never belittled anyone.
Especially not to belittle someone who was picked up by the lady, because such a person was either a madman or a genius, and unfortunately the people the lady picked up were usually geniuses!
After a slight silence, Ning Kun smiled at Jiang Hao after looking at the time, "I'm going to go back to Master Lin first, if there's anything later, you can contact me by phone."
After saying this, Ning Kun took out a business card and put it in front of Jiang Hao before turning around and leaving.
Jiang Hao looked at the dark gold business card and smiled before picking it up and saying, "I didn't see that. This kid is quite sophisticated, the colour of the business card is really nice."
Sally smiled and nodded before taking a sip of wine and said, "He is indeed very capable. Even within our family, he can still be safely ranked as number three."
Jiang Hao looked at Ning Kun, who was standing behind Chen Jingdao, with some confusion after hearing this. Then he spoke, "If he's so good, why did you guys release him to be an undercover agent for someone else?"
Sally first gave Jiang Hao a strange look. Only then did she shake her head and said back in a deep voice, "I don't need my own men to be undercover, you'll know these things later."
Just then, Sally suddenly seemed to have thought of Ning Kun's purpose for coming to the Northern Province this time.
So she turned her head and leaned over to Jiang Hao's ear and whispered, "I heard that you came from Chu Jiang?"
Jiang Hao's heart was shocked, but his face was unchanged as he nodded and smiled, "Yes, why, what's the matter?"
Sally shook her head and then said softly, "Have you ever heard of someone in Chu Jiang, his surname is Jiang, his name is Jiang Hao."
"What do you want with Jiang Hao?"
Even though he already had some guesses in his mind, suddenly hearing his name, Jiang Hao's palms still oozed with a slight cold sweat.
"This man was very famous in Chu Jiang, but then some changes happened and he might have died."
Hearing what Jiang Hao said, Sally's entire body was struck by lightning and looked at Jiang Hao in astonishment, "What?! Dead?!"
Jiang Hao nodded slightly, then looked around at the strange eyes of the crowd looking at them, and hastily reached out to shush them.
Then he pulled Sally and said, "You don't need to be so surprised, many people in Chu Jiang know about this matter, don't you know?"
Sally still because she heard about Ning Kun's mission, in a position to want to help him a little this time to investigate the news about Jiang Hao.
But she didn't expect that the Jiang Hao she was looking for was the Shen Yan who was shamelessly holding her hand at the moment!
"Impossible, he can't die so easily, there must be something wrong in this matter, it must be so!"
After saying this Sally pondered for a moment, then looked at Jiang Hao and continued, "Then do you know how and where he died?"
Jiang Hao looked at Sally somewhat strangely, thinking in his mind that there was absolutely no reason for Sally to investigate herself!
If Sally was one of Shen Tianyang's men, then she wouldn't have helped herself against the Northern Province Shen family.
But if it was said that she was not one of Shen Tianyang's men, then what kind of reason would Sally have to come to herself?
Thinking of this, Sally's identity became more and more confusing.
After the two of them were silent for a while, Sally shook her head slightly and smiled bitterly, "Forget it, what can a small folk like you know, it's better for me to find out on my own."
Jiang Hao shrugged, so he simply dropped the subject, but inwardly he was secretly thinking about it, wondering why Sally would want to find herself so badly.
And that Ning Kun, what was the relationship with Sally behind the scenes, these two things mobilised Jiang Hao's curiosity!
Chapter 742
While the Lin family celebrated Lin Yan's escape from danger, the Shen family was in a state of gloom and doom.
The sudden blow and the loss of several partners had caused the Shen family's power in the northern province to be reshuffled.
This made Shen Wennian suddenly seem to have aged by ten years. Sitting in his office, he looked a bit like a man in his twilight years.
Shen Qingshu knew that if it wasn't for the fact that he had agreed to go to dinner with Chen Minggang, perhaps these things wouldn't have happened.
Therefore, when facing Shen Wennian, he always felt a bit self-condemned.
And Shen Wennian was not a fool. After noticing his son's mood, he only sighed lightly and did not say anything to blame him.
After he came back to his senses, Shen Wennian pondered for a moment and spoke. Shen Wennian pondered for a moment and asked, "Has the gift-giver gone to the Lin family banquet today?"
When Shen Qing Shu heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said, "The gift-giver has already returned and did not eat there."
Shen Wennian nodded slightly after hearing this, then asked, "Did the people from the Lin family say anything then?"
Shen Qingshu shook his head gently, and after a moment's hesitation looked at his father's pale face and spoke, "This time the Lin family set us up so badly, why did we still go and send gifts to their family?"
Shen Wennian looked at his son's rather indignant look and shook his head with a bitter smile, how could he not know that his family was being framed this time?
Thinking of this, Shen Wennian sighed and then said, "If you don't send gifts, people will believe that we did this. Sending people to send gifts is to let them know the truth that those who are clean will be clean."
Only then did Shen Qingshu understand, and then nodded to his father with a serious face, "I understand, Dad."
Although he said so, the loss that the Shen family had suffered because of this matter could not be recovered by such a small trick.
Thinking of this Shen Wennian looked at his son with some sadness and shook his head, "Our Northern House, the Northern House, has never suffered such an insult, this matter, we must find a way to find out the truth!"
In fact, even if Shen Wennian had not said this, Shen Qingshu would never have covered this matter up.
But Chen Minggang, who had designed this matter, was already dead, and Ning Kun was Sally's man, plus Chen Jingdao had already agreed with the truth that the Shen family was the murderer.
How easy would it be to get to the bottom of the matter at this time?
Shen Qingshu considered these things. He felt a bit of a headache for a while, while Shen Wennian was considering what he could do to save the family's losses in a short time.
The more powerful the family is, the more relatives they have, which means that if they lose their profits, their relatives will also lose.
At that time, the pressure would not only come from outside, but also from within their own family.
Thinking of this, Shen Wennian rubbed his brow with some headache and said, "Qing Shu, what do you think we should use to recover our losses?"
After closing his eyes in silence for a while, Shen Qingshu suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Shen Wennian and spoke, "I wonder what you think of the Xue family, father?"
"The Xue family?" Hearing the Xue family Shen Wennian was silent for a while before suddenly shaking his head and saying, "Forget it. The Xue brothers themselves have some problems, and their internal conflicts have not even been resolved yet. Working with them is like seeking death."
Shen Qing Shu laughed lightly and said, "The Xue family certainly has deep internal conflicts, but the people on Xue Chongli's side are strong, plus didn't the Xue family suddenly have a young lady called Xue Yu Ning some time ago?"
Shen Wennian looked at his son and suddenly understood what he meant. But still some hesitation down.
Although the Xue family was not a lowly family, but to match his son, I am afraid there was still some gap in status.
In addition, that Xue Yu Ning is just a wild child, and frankly speaking, she is an illegitimate daughter. She is not a match for his son!
So Shen Wennian could not help but hesitate and said, "This, this is not quite right, is it?"
Shen Qingshu did not know what his father was thinking, and when he saw him hesitate, he said curiously, "What is inappropriate? The Xue family is involved in business in the northern province of Hedong, and they have dealings with the Hedong Shen family, a branch of the Shen family."
After saying this, he paused before continuing to speak, "If we join hands with the Xue family, the Xue family's business routes can also help us consolidate our relationship with the He Dong Shen family and build up an alliance."
After hearing these words. Shen Wennian took a deep breath and smiled bitterly, "But that what's-her-name Xue Yu Ning of the Xue family is only an illegitimate daughter after all. It's not the right status to match you."
After saying this he shook his head with a bitter smile. Looking at the unimpressed look on his son's face he continued, "You may not think it matters, but know this. Within these families of ours, such things are not tolerated."
Shen Qing Shu took a deep breath before falling silent, he certainly knew what the rules of his own family were.
The Shen family was not an ordinary family, marrying a wife and having children was always to be controlled by the higher-ups, he had known this since he was very young.
Shen Wennian had always told her that he didn't mind him messing around outside as much as he wanted, but there was only one thing!
That was that he couldn't have children, he couldn't make it public knowledge, because he was the only eldest son of the Shen family in the North, and he couldn't afford to lose face!
The original plan was to establish a marriage with the Lin family, and then use the Lin family's business routes to increase the influence of the Shen family on the entire North House.
Then they would be able to control the entire economic lifeline of the Northern Province, and in that way, the Shen family would be able to prosper for at least another hundred years!
But ever since the Lin family repudiated their marriage, it seems that the Shen family has been unlucky, and the ensuing events have caused them heavy losses.
What was more important was that their prestige in the Northern Province had suffered a serious setback after this incident!
This is the real reason why Shen Wennian has been blaming himself and is unwilling to forgive himself!
Shen Qingshu and Shen Wennian looked at each other and fell into silence.
After a long time, Shen Qingshu spoke in a hoarse voice, "No matter what, the marriage with the Xue family has a hundred advantages for us, we can't give up just because of one harm, right?"
Shen Wennian closed his eyes in some pain, on this matter, he needed to think it over!
If he really did, the next chastisement he would have to face would not only be pressure from the family, but more likely from the Shen family overseas.
After hesitating for a long time, Shen Wennian sighed and spoke, "In this way, you should give me some time to think about it, and I will tell you the answer after I have considered it clearly."
Seeing his father look so hesitant, a trace of disappointment flashed across Shen Qing Shu's eyes, but he did not open his mouth to retort.
Chapter 743
Time passed slowly, and while a New Year atmosphere enveloped the entire North Mansion during this period, there were also sweeping changes.
One of the most nerve-wracking changes was that the New City Group, which had been cooperating with the Shen family. After recuperating for nearly a month, it was announced.
From now on, it officially joined the Lin family's business alliance camp, which was undoubtedly another huge loss for the Shen family.
But the crowd was very understanding of New Cheng Group's choice, no matter who it was, facing the murderer of their own son. Let alone cooperate.
It was already very humanitarian to hold back and not kill the other party, as such. Then what other reason is there to continue to cooperate?
Thinking about this, it seems natural that the New City Group should leave the control of the Shen family.
Secondly, the Shen family and the Xue family have officially decided to join in marriage, and have even started planning the betrothal ceremony in earnest.
Not many people in the Northern House were surprised to hear this news.
After suffering such a loss, the Shen family was eager to find some reliable and powerful allies to stabilise their position, so that the loss would not continue to grow.
But what they didn't expect was that Shen Qingshu would be willing to marry one of the Xue family's illegitimate daughters, and that was the most incredible thing of all!
Imagine what the status of the Northern House Shen Family was, and what the status of the eldest son of the Northern House Shen Family's first heir, Shen Qingshu, was!
Such a person would be willing to marry an illegitimate daughter, so the crowd could not help but sigh a little for Shen Qingshu. They thought that he had suffered a loss this time.
This undoubtedly made the Xue family feel a little disgraced, but after considering the benefits of marrying the Shen family, the Xue family could not help but be silent about these words.
In fact, the Old Master of the Xue family was very reluctant to marry the Shen family, as he felt that he owed Xue Yuning a lot.
However, after the old grandmother of the Xue family spilled the beans, he could not hold out and agreed to this matter.
This made Xue Chongli, who had always been very close to Xue Yuning, feel a bit uncomfortable, because after all, his own young miss had returned to the residence after a long time, only to be in a coma for half a year due to her injuries.
Now she has just been cured for a short time, and this time she has to sacrifice herself for the family and marry a man she has never seen before.
Thinking of this. Xue Chongli even felt a little sorry for Xue Yuning, and even doubled his usual care.
But the person who was most heartbroken was Jiang Hao, watching the woman who belonged to him actually about to get engaged to someone else, such a blow I'm afraid not many men could bear.
When he first heard the news, Jiang Hao was struck by lightning and almost planned to kill the Shen family and kill Shen Qing Shu.
But later, after calming down a little, Jiang Hao sat in his room and drank a mouthful of beer. He didn't even go to the hospital's outpatient department.
It was only after Dean Jiao noticed that something was wrong with Jiang Hao that he walked up to Jiang Hao's room door with a case of beer in his hand and knocked lightly twice.
Alcohol might be a good thing to paralyse people. But to someone like Jiang Hao, who had already cultivated Shangdian to the third level, this stuff was similar to water.
The body fell into an automatic circulation effect, and before the usual alcohol could paralyse the nerves, it ended up being driven out by true qi.
This made Jiang Hao cry and laugh at the same time. A hint of annoyance flashed through his heart as well.
After suddenly hearing a knock at the door, Jiang Hao still struggled to get up and opened the door of his room, then he saw Dean Jiao standing at his door with a box of rice and a case of beer in his hand.
"What's going on here, why have you suddenly come over to me?"
Dean Jiao looked at Jiang Hao and smiled after putting down the things he was holding. Then pointing at the box of rice, he spoke, "The security guard downstairs said that you haven't come downstairs to eat for a few days, what's wrong with that, you can say what you're unhappy about."
Jiang Hao snorted after hearing this, he couldn't manage such a thing, not to mention one Dean Jiao, even if it was ten.
But seeing as he was so sincere, Jiang Hao took a deep breath before opening the door to the room.
Looking at Jiang Hao, who was standing in front of him, looking haggard and unkempt, Dean Jiao's eyes rounded with disbelief!
"You. What's wrong with you, Shen Yan. How did you become like this?!"
With a shocked look on his face, Dean Jiao walked into Jiang Hao's room. An unpleasant smell of alcohol was then emitted.
Dean Jiao put the box of rice down on the table, then pointed at it and spoke, "You. How long has it been since you've eaten?"
Jiang Hao walked forward with a gloomy expression, took the wine in Dean Jiao's hand in silence, then opened it and poured it in.
After finishing the bottle, he let out a smooth gulp, then tilted his head to look at Dean Jiao and smiled, "What's the point of eating, isn't drinking good?"
After saying this Jiang Hao intended to continue drinking again, but was snatched down by Dean Jiao.
Then he looked at Jiang Hao with annoyance and said bitterly, "Xiao Shen, you are the one I watched enter the hospital, you know I am doing it for your own good!"
Jiang Hao wiped the corner of his mouth before looking at Dean Jiao and smiling bitterly twice, then sat down somewhat disheveled and lit himself a cigarette.
"So what's wrong, is it because I'm drinking so much inside the dormitory that I'm affecting the hospital's morale?"
After saying this, Jiang Hao laughed lightly twice in a somewhat self-deprecating manner, then gathered a few pieces of clothes that looked slightly wearable.
Then he changed into them and said, "Then I'll just go out and drink, I won't drink here."
He didn't lack money anyway, so he could drink anywhere.
As a result, before he could finish his sentence, Dean Jiao let out a deep sigh and looked at Jiang Hao with a strong disappointment in his eyes, "You think I care about this?"
Jiang Hao fell silent at his words and froze, standing in front of Dean Jiao and lowering his head.
There had always been a place in his heart that ordinary people could not enter, and even Lin Yan, who had only known him for a few months, knew this.
Dean Jiao looked at Jiang Hao's silent and speechless appearance and gave a slight bitter smile before speaking, "I've also come from a young man, what are you bothering about that I can't know."
Saying this, he pulled Jiang Hao to sit down, then cleaned up the rubbish on the table a little.
Then he put the lunch box in front of Jiang Hao and said, "Eat something first, even if you are drinking, you need something to drink."
Jiang Hao looked at the meal placed in front of him, at this moment Dean Jiao seemed to be his old friend for many years.
This made Jiang Hao's eyes redden slightly, so he took two bites of rice in silence, and then took the wine from Dean Jiao's hand and poured a mouthful.
Dean Jiao, on the other hand, watched Jiang Hao finish his meal with a smile on his face, his expression unchanged, before taking out two cigarettes and lighting them.
Then he handed one to Jiang Hao and said, "Tell me, what's going on."