Although Huang Danqing and Pei Rongrong were separated by several generations, they still had endless topics to discuss. Chen Ergou wanted to intervene but found it difficult, so he decided to make tea for them instead. As a result, he was able to learn some of Cao Jing's skills, which he had admired for a long time. The high-quality tea leaves made up for his slightly awkward technique. Huang Danqing was an expert and didn't comment, while Pei Rongrong was an amateur and looked at him with newfound respect. Pei Rongrong said she needed to go to the hotel to pick up her luggage, and Huang Danqing suggested that Chen Ergou escort her. Although both cars were Audis, one was an A4 and the other was an R8, which cost about four times as much as the former. Chen Ergou drove the A4 and suddenly received a strange call. When he answered it, it turned out to be Pei Rongrong. He had forgotten that he had given her his phone number on the highway earlier, thinking she was just being polite. But this woman had an incredible memory. Pei Rongrong looked at the back of the A4 and memorized the license plate number, smiling as she said, "Chen Fusheng, I didn't expect our second meeting to be like this."

  "Nanjing has 60 million people, and Hangzhou also has at least 40 million. Without deliberately trying to make it happen, we can meet again naturally. The probability of this happening is one in ten million. You say, isn't this fate?" Chen Ergou sighed.

  "A married man with a wife is talking about fate with a strange woman he's met for the second time, and this woman even has some charm and background. Do you think it's hypocritical or not?" Pei Rongrong still smiled, but with an obvious chill, like the cold mist of Nanjing's ancient city seeping into his bones.

  Chen Ergou was speechless, because he couldn't figure out the temperament of this proud woman. He didn't want to make things worse by trying to explain himself, and besides, he felt guilty in his heart. Originally, he had no ill intentions towards her, but after being lectured by the old man, he thought about how to curry favor with her, so when she accused him of wanting to harm her, he was unable to refute it.

  Pei Rongrong saw that he didn't explain or hide it, and after waiting for half a minute, he hung up the phone.

  Arriving at the Jinling Restaurant, Pei Rongrong found an excuse to get rid of Chen Ergou, not letting him continue to cause trouble. Chen Ergou, who had been splashed with a basin of cold water on his head, knew that he should temporarily retreat and not make any noise, so he drove away from the hotel without saying a word. Pei Rongrong sneered: "With just this little ability, you also want to have two boats under your feet?"

  Without giving Chen Ergou a chance to catch his breath, Cao Jingjian hastily called over and said that Wei Dongchong had to rush to Shanghai Pudong International Airport for a 10 o'clock flight tonight. At this time, Fang Yi was still in Tianjin settling accounts, and Zhou Jingzhen was in Zhangjiagang on business. Originally, Zhou Jingzhen was going to personally send Wei Dongchong to the airport, but she insisted that Chen Ergou send her instead. Zhou Jingzhen had no choice but to go along with it, after all, Chen Ergou's escort was safer than anyone else's. But as a result, until now, she still hadn't contacted Chen Ergou, and only found out when Cao Jingjian asked unintentionally that Wei Dongchong was going abroad to Wycombe Abbey School in England, and the timing was just right for tonight. Chen Ergou hastily rushed to Zhou Jingzhen's apartment, where he was greeted by a fully packed Wei Dongchong and an oversized suitcase. Without saying a word, Chen Ergou carried the suitcase and took her downstairs to the car. In the city, he didn't dare drive fast, but once on the highway, he floored it, and the Audi began its overtaking performance like a runaway wild horse. The action was smooth and effortless, and Wei Dongchong sat in the passenger seat with a very pleased expression. This made Chen Ergou, who had originally wanted to scold her severely, lose his temper. This girl had that quirky and spirited personality, and when Chen Ergou thought of her mentioning the trip to Beijing, he softened and couldn't bear to scold her. He could only sigh and say: "You dare to joke about such a big thing, aren't you afraid your mom will worry?"

  "I knew you'd come for me," Wei Dong said with a radiant smile. "And look, the facts prove I'm right."

  "You're still so immature, how can I be at ease letting you go to England alone?" Chen Ergou said helplessly.

  "Hey, Comrade Er Gou, I'm already 15 years old, not young anymore." Wei Dongchong protested.

  "Can't the kid let me speed up to 180 km/h so I can catch the plane? And it's my first time going to Pudong Airport, if I take a wrong turn, I'll be late and there's no way the plane will wait for me." Chen Erdou said with a bitter smile.

  "I believe you," Wei Dongchu said softly.

  Chen Ergou was taken aback, scratched her head and said softly: "Then I'll try my best."

  After locking onto a target, Chen Ergou would become fanatically focused, completely disregarding everything else, with his spirit highly concentrated. Wei Dongchu wouldn't disturb him as he drove recklessly, only observing the increasingly pleasing profile of his face. His mother, Zhou Jingzhen, had once shared some words of experience: "Men who are too handsome and charming are rarely likable; on the other hand, those unremarkable men can bring surprises." No one knew what was going through Wei Dongchu's little brain, but she could suddenly come up with ideas like studying abroad in England and then work tirelessly day and night to improve her English. This child could also leave home alone to venture into Beijing, and even dare to grab Chen Ergou's hand to play a thrilling game together. People would say she was young, but her figure had already fully developed, and the budding beauty was gradually becoming more radiant. They'd say she was mature, yet she would occasionally display childish behavior, unbecoming of her age. This little beauty, destined to be as charming as her mother, sat quietly, occasionally glancing out the window with a look of sorrow on her delicate face that didn't match her years. It was unclear whether she was missing her father or nostalgic for Nanjing city.

  All the way speeding, after entering Shanghai city, Audi was like a mudskipper in the traffic flow, Chen Ergou sent Wei Dongchong to Shanghai Pudong International Airport without speeding, got off the car and carried the large suitcase, holding her hand and rushing into the airport. Wei Dongchong followed him running, eloping, when she thought of this word, she couldn't help but laugh, laughing while running, panting, finally for some reason squatting on the ground and sobbing without warning, scaring Chen Ergou who was at a loss, serving women really wasn't his strong suit. Putting down the suitcase, Chen Ergou ignored the surrounding crowd's curious eyes, squatted beside Wei Dongchong and asked: "Missing your mom? Or are you afraid to go to England alone?"

  Wei Dong Chong wiped away his tears, made a ghostly face at Chen Er Gou, and stood up with red eyes to pull his luggage. "You wait here for me, my guardian is over there, I'll come find you after I'm done with the luggage consignment, don't run around and get lost, or I won't be responsible for you."

  Chen Ergou was inexplicably stunned, but could only stand still on the spot. A slender little girl pulled a large trunk, gradually moving further and further away, which made Chen Ergou feel somewhat heartbroken. Although he himself started taking mountain roads to go to school at the age of seven or eight, there were always two guard dogs and Fu Gui following him, running wildly together. Wei Dongchong, on the other hand, had to seek education in a distant foreign land. Towards this child who was initially at odds with him, Chen Ergou could always show sufficient magnanimity. Looking back, Chen Ergou could only attribute it to fate. When he returned, Wei Dongchong helped him carry a cup of juice, and the two sat on chairs. Chen Ergou asked: "What school is it again, Wickham or something?"

  Wei Dongchong rolled her eyes, swinging her two white and tender legs, and said in a low voice: "Wickham Abbey is an all-girls school with good teaching quality. I plan to attend for three years and then take the entrance exam for Trinity College, Cambridge, because I want to read the theological books in the Lane Library on campus. How's that? My ideals are quite lofty, aren't they?"

  Chen Ergou had never been interested in theology and other abstract academic fields, but since Wei Dongchong could get into that prestigious women's college with the tongue-twisting name, it was definitely better than hanging out with those spoiled rich kids in Nanjing. If she could get into Cambridge, that would be even more perfect. Chen Ergou was now starting to imagine, with great difficulty and interest, what Wei Dongchong would look like after graduating from Cambridge - certainly a stunning beauty with both a pretty face and outstanding temperament. At that time, having dinner with her would also be very impressive. Just as Chen Ergou was indulging in his fantasies, Wei Dongchong looked up and said seriously: "Ergou, you should get married again in a few years."

  Chen Ergou was bewildered and sighed: "What's the point?"

  Wei Dongchong flashed a small fox-like smile, delicate as a porcelain vase, and said: "Wait until I graduate from Cambridge, then I'll be your bridesmaid again."

  Chen Ergou said with a bad tone: "You wish."

  Wei Dongchong pouted, although unwilling, but finally did not entangle with Chen Erdou, who had a firm stance on this issue. Due to Zhou Jingzhen's absence, Chen Erdou involuntarily took on the role of parents and reminded him: "After arriving in the UK, don't be naughty or mischievous, it's not Nanjing, we can't even wipe your butt if we want to. Every time you feel wronged or angry, you must consider the problem from other people's perspective. Study hard, don't let your mom's money go to waste, and when you have free time, don't just busy yourself with online shopping or browsing, read some literary works, preferably in English. Take some time to learn about management processes and legal knowledge. Every night before bed, ask yourself if you've wasted the day, and make a small plan for the next day. If you still have time, go out and work part-time, earning money is secondary, mainly to experience life and know that parents' lives are not easy. As children, at 10 years old, causing trouble for parents is childish, at 20 years old, being immature and living a muddled life is sinful."

  Looked at his watch, Wei Dong shouted: "Let's go."

  Chen Ergou subconsciously wanted to get up and see them off, but Wei Dongchong shouted in a shrill voice: "No sending off is allowed."

  She ran far away with a hop and a skip.

  Seeing Wei Dong's happy appearance, Chen Er Gou also let out a sigh of relief, but didn't know that Xiao Nizi had already cried until her face was covered in tears.

  Chen Ergou was just thinking that the saying "boys are poor and girls are rich" is really true, just like Dong Chong's little girl who learned ballet and piano at a young age. If she could also be nurtured in a top foreign women's school, not to mention her innate conditions such as figure and face, her temperament would be destined to be much higher than ordinary girls. People are really envious of each other, Chen Ergou left the hall with a sigh, but didn't see Wei Dong Chong's little head peeking out from around the corner, secretly gazing at Chen Ergou's back, her pretty face tearful and pitiful.

  Chen Erdou sat in the Audi, lit a cigarette, and murmured amidst the swirling smoke: "If I'm going to Denmark, I'll be taking a plane from here too?"

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  Chen Ergou returned to Nanjing in the dead of night, and Fang Jie happened to fly from Tianjin to Lukou Airport. Chen Ergou went to pick her up at Lukou, and Fang Jie walked out of the passage with a tired expression, although she looked slightly thinner than before going to Beijing and Tianjin, but her face was radiant and her spirit was excellent. Behind her followed the silent and taciturn Bai Ma Tan Hua. Fang Jie let Chen Qing drive that Audi A6 with a license plate that was extremely famous in Nanjing alone, while she sat in Chen Ergou's Audi A4. After driving for a distance, she laughed and said: "Fortunately, Chen Qing followed me to Beijing and Tianjin this time, otherwise that account would have been written off as a bad debt, not even a god could get it back."

  "What did he say?" asked Chen Ergou with interest.

  Fang Jie didn't mince words, and with a spirited expression, said: "This account is almost like a triangular debt, layer by layer, from Tianjin to Beijing, then to Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province. Finally, we found an import and export company, which initially we didn't think had any underworld connections. When dealing with them, reason was useless. I was unfamiliar with the local situation in Hebei, it was like 'heaven doesn't respond, earth doesn't comply', several negotiations ended in failure, and on the way, I even encountered being surrounded and chased. Just when I was disheartened and planning to return to Tianjin for a final struggle, the next day, the boss of that import and export company invited me to dinner as an apology. I thought it was a 'Hongmen Banquet' (a trap), so I didn't dare accept. Chen Qing guaranteed it would be fine, so I dared to go. Unexpectedly, the other party actually transferred the account over! Although I couldn't guess what Chen Qing had done, I could see that the boss of that company in Shijiazhuang, who had a lot of connections, was extremely wary of Chen Qing, and his attitude changed completely before and after."

  "Ah, Aunt Fang," Chen Ergou said with a smile, "Qing Zhi has been mixed up in Shanxi and Hebei for many years, he's an old hand, hasn't done less of killing people and stealing goods, I reckon that boss must have also heard of the name Bai Ma Tan Hua."

  Fang Jie naturally knew that it was impossible for Chen Qingzhi to throw out a name and get back over 100 million yuan. She didn't want to think about how much blood and sweat Chen Qingzhi had put in, nor did she want to imagine it. Now, all she wanted to do was go back to the Zhongshan Golf Villa, take a good bath, and then go home to tell her father the good news, so that he wouldn't have to intervene in the messy affairs of Qinghe Industry himself.

  Stretching her waist, Fang Jie said softly: "Chen Qingzhi is your person. If this matter is successful, according to the rules set by Duan Gong before, I will give you 20% of the reward. Don't refuse it, and I'll take care of it for you. I'll help you put this money into Qinghe Industry's shares, so what do you think? In the future, you will also have real voting power in the company."

  Chen Ergou inadvertently received a astronomical sum of money, absurd and excited, after some consideration, he thought Fang Jie's proposal was very practical, so he nodded: "Do it as Aunt Fang said."

  After sending Fang Jie back to Zhongshan Golf, Chen Ergou went home and pulled Chen Qingzhi to eat a Nanjing specialty duck blood noodle soup at a roadside stall. They ordered a crate of beer and felt that the duck blood noodle soup was not enough, so Chen Ergou also ordered some small skewers of barbecue for over 40 yuan. As they chewed, he said, "Let's get started?"

  Chen Qing nodded, drinking and eating in an orderly manner. He indeed had the demeanor of a great general, with a subtle and refined aura that complemented the city of Nanjing, yet occasionally revealing a bold and masculine energy. Sitting next to Chen Er Gou, at first glance, no one would have thought that he was the one who risked his life for others.

  Chen Ergou smiled curiously and said, "Tell me."

  Chen Qing hesitated for a moment, accustomed to returning clean and tidy to Chen Xiang's side after finishing things, playing the role of a teacher. Like Chen Fugui, he believed in doing more and talking less. However, Chen Ergou was not an ordinary person in his mind. Anyone could deal with him superficially, but Chen Ergou was an exception. Chen Qing took a small sip of wine and said: "The thing Fang Jie did in Shijiazhuang is too rigid and useless. Originally, I didn't want to take things to the extreme, but they were unkind first, using knives to intimidate a defenseless woman. It's not my fault for being ruthless. In Hebei, I have friends who are willing to risk their lives for me, so it's not difficult to kidnap someone. I don't know if that boss is stupid or not, his wife and children were kidnapped, but he didn't react until half a day later. I had to take matters into my own hands. A villa with three bodyguards wasn't too much trouble. It turned out he was having an affair with a woman under 20 years old. Due to the urgency of the situation, I quickly found something and randomly took a thicker plastic bag. This thing is convenient to carry and practical. As soon as I saw him, I put the bag over his head, pulled it tight, and kicked his knee. It was like dragging a dead pig, without making any noise, even safer than a silencer gun. The feeling was almost worse than death. When he was about to faint, I opened the plastic bag and said: either return the money and guarantee his wife and children's safety, or don't return it, and the whole family would go together on the road to the underworld. That guy was so scared that he urinated on the ground, crying and begging to return the money, almost wanting to offer his wife to me as well."

  "Plastic bag?" Chen Erdou exclaimed in surprise.

  Chen Qing smiled and said: "If you are covered up, it will be very difficult to breathe, and you will suffocate yourself to death. Of course, it's unbearable."

  Chen Ergou cursed with a smile: "This method is sinister and cruel, you're ruthless."

  Chen Qingzhi said that he, the white horse detective, was a bit exaggerated in saying that killing people was like cutting grass, but if you say that Chen Er Gou, Wang Hu and Wang Jiefang together did more than him alone, it's definitely not true. Chen Qingzhi said: "Apart from plastic bags, iron wire is also very handy, but these are all unorthodox methods. In fact, like Fu Gui, that's the right way. Wheel single challenge, if the opponent has a gun, they will die for sure. Look at Fu Gui's terrifying physique, it's not impossible to withstand one or two bullets. After being caught by him, pinching his throat is as easy as pinching an ant to death. Now many people think that martial arts are just fancy punches and kicks, but actually my grandfather taught me that many moves emphasize hitting the throat and groin, which is no less than the enemy-killing moves of special forces. One hit can kill, it's not a difficult thing, and if you're ruthless, it's just a matter of time."

  Chen Ergou joked: "Qingzhi, I heard you've fought with Sun Man'gong, the great hero of Inner Mongolia. Do you think wealth and honor can defeat him?"

  Chen Qing smiled and said, "Sun Manbow is currently at his peak state, can be called invincible. Fu Gui is still in the rising stage, and for now, the chances of winning are not great. In three or four years, it will be almost possible to compete with him. Ten years later, there will definitely be no suspense. The reason I practice guns is that on one hand, this thing is interesting, but also because there is an unspoken reason - I feel that with Fu Gui around, I have no hope of being the first in fist and footwork. This mountain is standing in front of me, and I can't get past it, so I can only go around it."

  Chen Ergou was slightly taken aback: "Is my family's wealth and nobility so abnormal?"

  Chen Qingzhi smiled wryly and said, "You just realized?"

  Chen Ergou said with a sly tone: "I originally thought that being rich and powerful was just being the best in our village, Zhangjiawan, within a hundred miles. I always thought that there were many people like him in the army, and before he enlisted, I worried that he would be bullied. Now it seems that my worries were unnecessary."

  Chen Qing drank a bottle of wine, wiped his mouth with satisfaction and sighed: "A wealthy and powerful man like him, I don't want to meet another one in this lifetime, it's really too damaging to others' confidence."

  Chen Ergou smiled wantonly and said: "The Chen family's breed, they are all top-notch."

  Chen Qing smiled softly and said: "When are you planning on becoming a father?"

  Chen Ergou was taken aback for a moment. Although he worked hard every day, Cao Jingjing never took any contraceptive measures, but Chen Ergou had no experience in this regard. Chen Ergou didn't speak, and Chen Qingzhi didn't dare ask more questions. When Chen Ergou returned to his small nest at dawn, Cao Jingjing was already asleep with the bedside lamp on. Chen Ergou quietly went to take a bath, read some documents in the study for an hour and a half, including one that Cao Jingjing had just printed out and another thick stack of coal mine information sent by Wu Liang. On the desk were two notebooks of excerpts, because Chen Ergou had a habit of doodling, Cao Jingjing would copy down key points at home while teaching Chen Xiangyu, densely packed, the second notebook was almost full. She was a woman who didn't rely on computers, without QQ, only with a few friends, so she liked to write instead of typing on the keyboard. Chen Ergou leaned against the chair, holding back his urge to smoke, turned off the desk lamp, closed his eyes in the dark for 10 minutes, then went to the master bedroom, quietly got into bed, put Cao Jingjing's hand that was sticking out from under the covers back inside, turned off the bedside lamp, and prepared to sleep. He didn't want to disturb her if she was already asleep, even if he himself was unsatisfied. In his treatment of Cao Jingjing, desire did not occupy a dominant position.

  Just as Chen Ergou was about to fall asleep, he suddenly sensed Cao Jing turning around and facing him. He opened his eyes to find her staring at him with those autumnal eyes that seemed to see right through him, exuding a unique charm and femininity, mixed with an aura he had never seen in her before. Chen Ergou's heart tightened, as if waiting for the final verdict.

  Cao Jing's body, already plump and curvaceous, seemed to have become even more voluptuous as she leaned in close to Chen Ergou's ear and whispered, "Ergou, I'm pregnant." (To find out what happens next, please log on. More chapters are available. Support the author, support the official version!)