After asking that, Du Huayue had arrived at the door of the room. Seeing that it was Du Xiaoxian, he heaved a sigh of relief, “You didn’t even tell me in advance. I thought it was a thief.” He quickly helped Du Xiaoxian bring the suitcase in.

“I was afraid you were sleeping,” said Du Xiaoxian, “Since I have the key, I come here by myself.”

Du Huayue looked at the big suitcase and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He looked at Du Xiaoxian in surprise and said, “This is …”

“I move back and will live with you.” Du Xiaoxian smiled and dragged the suitcase to her room. It was the same as what it looked like when she left. Du Huayue didn’t move anything. She opened the suitcase and put the clothes into the closet one by one. Du Huayue stood on the side and looked at her for a long time before carefully asking her, “Xiaoxian, you, you and Gu Nianbin…”

“We broke up,” Du Xiaoxian said calmly. “This time, it’s true.”

“Why?” Du Huayue looked at her suspiciously, “Is it because their company is about to collapse?”

“It won’t collapse,” Du Xiaoxian folded her clothes and lowered her head. “It won’t collapse if I leave.”

“What do you mean?” The more Du Huayue listened, the more confused he became, “Tell me about it clearly.”

Du Xiaoxian didn’t hide anything from him and told him the whole story. Of course, Du Huayue agreed with her action. However, he was still worried, “Xiaoxian, if you really want to make this decision, you can’t follow him away obediently like last time when he gave you a little sweetness.”

“No, I won’t.” Du Xiaoxian packed her things and said, “Brother Ah Yue, let’s go buy some food. We can make a big meal at noon. Last time, after the exhibition, I had planned to treat you and Auntie Qin’s family to a meal. But… By the way, is Auntie Qin still living here? I heard that houses here are going to be demolished. Many people have moved away.”

“Auntie Qin’s family moved away two days ago. There is only a dozen or so households left in this building, so the security is very bad. I thought it was a thief when I heard the voice at the door just now.”

“It’s fine. I’ll call her then.” Du Xiaoxian said, “Are we moving away, too?”

“Yes, the landlord has come and returned the deposit to me. She said that she has already handed over the house to the Housing Department. We can stay as long as we can. She won’t come to collect the rent anyway. So I thought, since we can live here for free, let’s stay until the deadline. When the time comes, we can find another place to move to!”

“Brother Ah Yue,” Du Xiaoxian lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling like butterflies’ soft and delicate wings after the rain. “I want to leave G City.”

After a moment of silence, Du Huayue said, “It’s good to leave this place. You can cut off all the contact with him and start a new life. I’ll go with you. Xiaoxian, you can make money by painting now, and you can support yourself. In the future, I will introduce an honest and reliable man to you. You will have a child and live a happy life. That’s the life we should live.”

“But you are doing a good job here. You suddenly leave, it …”

“I’m just a security guard. It’s not a good job,” Du Huayue said. “Just look for a new job somewhere else.”

“Well,” Du Xiaoxian suddenly chuckled, “That’s a deal.”

She smiled playfully, leaving Du Huayue dumbfounded. “Xiaoxian, who did you learn this from?”

“Secretary Zhou. She treats me very well and has taught me many things.” Du Xiaoxian said emotionally, “Thinking about separating from her, I really can’t bear it.”

“You’re reluctant to part with her, but you’re willing to part with Gu Nianbin?” Du Huayue deliberately asked her.

“Brother Ah Yue!” Du Xiaoxian frowned. “Say it again?”

“Well, I won’t. I’m just,” Du Huayue looked at her carefully. “I’m just curious. You don’t seem to be very sad about breaking up with him this time.”

“Do you like to watch me cry?”

“That’s not true.” Du Huayue finally laughed and patted her head. “So you’ve become stronger. Actually, it’s not a big deal. The first time you broke up, you felt the sky was about to collapse. After a few more break-ups, you got used to it. You don’t feel so sad, do you?”

Du Xiaoxian didn’t want to talk to him about this. She pushed him out of the room and said, “Let’s go buy some food. I have money. I’ll buy whatever you want. You cook it anyway.”

Du Huayue laughed out loud, “Well, Great Painter, I haven’t asked you how much you earned at the exhibition last time.”

“80,000!” Du Xiaoxian signed the number with her fingers and smiled complacently.

Du Huayue was really shocked, but in an instant, his round eyes curved again, “I want to eat lobsters!”

“It’s winter. How can you get the lobster?” said Du Xiaoxian. “Next time, I’ll take you to a seafood restaurant. It has not only lobsters, but also fish and shellfish. They’re all delicious.”

“Just don’t forget it,” Du Huayue hummed happily. He took the basket in the kitchen and went downstairs with Du Xiaoxian.

Gu Nianbin hung up the phone and casually threw it on the table. He turned around and looked at the big screen. The red and green numbers jumped up and down. All kinds of curves kept changing. He frowned and looked at them seriously.

Someone seemed to be talking, but he could not hear it clearly. He ignored it and continued to stare at the trading interface until his shoulder was hit by someone. Only then did he raise his head. It was Shao Boqing who stood at the side.

“What are you dumbfounded for? You can’t hear me even if I call you a few times.”

“Did you call me? What did you call me for?” Said Gu Nianbin.

“I still think it’s strange,’ said Shao Boqing, crossing his arms. He looked at the big screen thoughtfully and said, “Jiang Kaiwei seems to have some special intentions. Look at this wave. He could have spent a lot of money to pull down the stock price, but he did it softly in batches. Lower, higher, lower, and higher. Logically speaking, he should have enough chips in his hand. What does he want? It’s like a cat playing with a mouse.”

But Gu Nianbin didn’t take it seriously, “Didn’t I say that? He wanted to see me struggle to my death to get satisfaction. Xia Nanze once said that Jiang Kaiwei was an egoistic person, so he naturally wants to enjoy the perverted delight of winning a battle.”

However, Shao Boqing shook his head. “No, I think he has other intentions, but I don’t know yet. It’s a pity that Shen Li isn’t involved in this. Otherwise, we can dig up information from him. To be honest, if this goes on, there won’t be any problem for us to fight against Jiang Group for more than half a year. Every time we feel dangerous, we will survive. Nianbin, do you think we should take the initiative to meet Jiang Kaiwei?”

Gu Nianbin didn’t answer for a long time. Shao Boqing was puzzled. He bent down to look at Gu Nianbin. Gu Nianbin’s eyes were staring at the screen, but they were empty. It was as if he could see far away from the screen.

After Shao Boqing looked at him for a long time, Gu Nianbin still did not react. Shao Boqing felt even stranger. Gu Nianbin had never been distracted while in a conversation before. What was wrong with him? Could it be that there had been too much pressure these past few days, so he had a mental problem?

Shao Boqing stretched out his hand and waved in front of Gu Nianbin’s eyes. Sure enough, there was no reaction. Shao Boqing hissed. Gu Nianbin was distracted greatly. Shao Boqing suddenly slapped Gu Nianbin on the shoulder. Gu Nianbin was shocked. His face immediately darkened and he said, “What are you doing?”

“What am I doing?” Shao Boqing laughed and said, “I’m calling back your soul for you! What happened to you today? You’re always in a daze. I called you, you couldn’t hear me. I talked to you, and you don’t respond. What’s wrong? Is something wrong?” He stretched out his hand to touch Gu Nianbin’s forehead. “Or are you unwell?”

“I’m fine.” Gu Nianbin put his hand away and said indifferently, “I’ve been too tired these past few days. I just haven’t had a good rest. I’ll be fine after a good sleep.”

“Yes, you should get a good sleep. Don’t think about anything else when you’re lying in bed,” Shao Boqing said with an experienced look. “It’s actually good to have a pure relationship. Look at me now. Nina won’t let me touch her. I have no problem with it! Comrade, in difficult times, you should care about your body first. After you obtain the final victory, you can reward yourself well!”

Gu Nianbin glanced at him and said, “Bullshit!” He added, “I’ll keep an eye here today. You take care of the daily affairs of the company. Hurry up and go back to do your business.”

“I am here on business,” Shao Boqing suddenly remembered. “Well, I heard that Jiang Group has formally charged us with breach of contract, and the court summons should come soon. What should we do? They are all top-sized shortfalls of money, what would we use to fill them in? In the past, you always said that what could be solved by money were not difficulties. But now, money is precisely the difficulty for you.”

“It seems that he wants to do a two-pronged attack,” Gu Nianbin thought for a moment. “How was your talk with President Chen yesterday?”

“How was that? He is a snob. His conditions are even harsher than those of Huaxia Bank. Didn’t we still have the two plots of land that we bought last time? He took a fancy to them. He wanted them as collateral. The two plots of land had been in our hands for so long, and they are enough to cover the loan. But he still wanted them for the secondary mortgage. It was obvious that he wanted to take advantage from us. ”

Gu Nianbin sighed. “There’s nothing we can do. Hares may pull dead lions by the beard. People are realistic. At least he dares to get involved in this mess. There’s no other way. No one dares to lend us such a large sum of money. They all think that our fight against Jiang Kaiwei is a dead end.”

“Yes,” Shao Boqing looked at the colorful screen. “A large sum of money was invested and swallowed without a sound. We have no chance of winning against Jiang Kaiwei in a finance battle. Nianbin, this is not the way to go.”

“As long as he doesn’t want to kill me right now, I’ll fight with him to the end,” Gu Nianbin said. “I’m going to the United States tomorrow, and you’re in charge of the company.”

“What are you going to do in the United States at a time like this?” Shao Boqing was a little surprised.

Gu Nianbin handed a cigarette to Shao Boqing, put one in his own mouth, lowered his head to light the fire, and then said, “You said that this is not the way. That’s right. I have to look for a few more solutions.”

“Are you leaving tomorrow? Will Xiaoxian go with you?”

Gu Nianbin shook his head and had a hard smoke.

“What if let her stay at my house, so that we can take care of each other?” Said Shao Boqing. Seeing that Gu Nianbin’s expression was somewhat terrible, Shao Boqing smiled and added, “If you don’t trust me, you can ask Zhou Ting to live in your house, right? Only you take Xiaoxian as a treasure. I might not take a fancy to her!”

“She moved out.”

“Where did she move to?” Shao Boqing was shocked, “Where did she go?”

“To Du Huayue’s house.”

Shao Boqing’s eyes widened in disbelief, “You let Du Xiaoxian live with Du Huayue? They are not natural siblings. You are too…” Shao Boqing stopped. The main reason was that Gu Nianbin’s face was getting darker and darker. Shao Boqing quickly changed his tone and comforted him, “I think that’s good too. When she lives with Du Huayue, you can focus on the company’s affairs. When the company’s affairs are settled, you can bring her back.”

“She said the same thing.” Gu Nianbin took another puff of smoke and turned to look at the big screen, but his eyes were still empty.

Shao Boqing finally knew why he was so absent-minded today. It turned out that Du Xiaoxian had moved to Du Huayue’s place. No wonder… He heaved a sigh of relief and slowly walked out.