Rivals of Rebirth - Chapter 4

After this dinner, Zheng Jue decided to distance himself from Lin Su for a few days, though he would not really intend to make a clean break with her. Lin Su is not a terrible person, but the person behind her. To deal with him, that person terrifyingly set up such a big game, destroyed his career, destroyed his beliefs, and let him die in remorse. How can such a person be easy to deal with?

He couldn’t startle the snake, so he and Lin Su still need to pretend!

Now that Zheng Jue decided to deal with Lin Su slowly, he began to turn his attention to his career. Zheng Jue has a certain talent for doing business. In addition, he is now clear about the market trend in the next ten years, so he has become more and more proficient, especially in the stock market. Within three to five months, the stocks he bought had risen sharply. Alex couldn’t help but say excitedly, ”Mr. Zheng, you are really amazing, these stocks have really good potential, and I think they will rise sharply in the future.”

Zheng Jue was just indifferent. He didn’t want to make a lot of fuss about the stock market as he still needs to do business to gain a firm foothold. However, his foundation is currently unstable. In the end, he still has to rely on the stock market to gather wealth although he himself wouldn’t devote himself to the stock market like before.

“Okay, just follow up on these stocks. I will contact you if something happens,” Zheng Jue said coldly.

Alex was a little puzzled for a while. Zheng Jue’s enthusiasm about the stock market was even higher than his before, but he has been so indifferent these few months. He was really puzzled, but he didn’t say much about it as he was earning commissions from him, so he just smiled and said, “If Mr. Zheng has something to do, just go to work. I’m here to watch the stock market.”

Zheng Jue closed the line and stopped paying attention to it. The time when the stock market can make money has passed, and there will only be small ups and downs in the future, which will not affect the overall situation.

In the past few days, Zheng Jue has been working on a project. The Zhou family, a veteran family in Hong Kong, has a shop in the western district. These days, due to the diversion of the subway, it can no longer be used so they are going to sell it. Zheng Jue He is very interested in this because he knows very well that after half a year, this area will become very popular because of the government’s sudden start of affordable housing construction. It’s just that this matter was decided on an ad hoc basis, so no one at the top figures of Hong Kong could have expected it. One could expect that only Zheng Jue, a man who had lived for two lifetimes, would come to pick up this bargain.

Even if this piece of land is not profitable now, there are many upstarts who want to gain a foothold in the Hong Kong market or curry favor with the Zhou family. Zheng Jue still has some competitors more or less, so he roughly asked people to investigate some of them. Although there are some familiar faces, there are also a few powerful ones. Zheng Jue is naturally not scared of them, but since some of his current assets are still in the stock market, he did not have enough confidence. Hence, he wanted to take Liang Xu’s line.

Although Liang Xu usually said that he is inexperienced and incompetent, he has a considerable network in Hong Kong, and he is also connected with the top families such as the Zhou and Han families. This time, he wanted to directly talk with the Zhou family, so Zheng Jue requested Liang Xu to ask Zhou Chengan to meet him. Now Zhou Chengan’s position in the Zhou family is very obvious. If he can talk to Zhou Chengan, then this matter will be half done.

Liang Xu acted very quickly. After all, Zheng Jue had also been a big help to him for half a year. His family was very strict. When he went out to eat, drink, and play, he always took Zheng Jue to pay the bills. For half a year, no matter how shameless he was, he would still feel a bit embarrassed and bad, so as soon as Zheng Jue said this, he immediately responded. Arranging a dinner was not a problem as whether he can be successful or not, it is not his business

Zheng Jue got off work very early that day and arrived at the hotel where he ordered the meal at five o’clock in the afternoon. It was not until six o’clock that he received a call from Liang Xu, saying that he had already arrived at the door with Zhou Chengan. Zheng Jue hurriedly greeted him and went out to see the people who came, then he couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment when he saw them. Han Jin actually came too.

“Isn’t Mr. Zheng’s expression unwelcoming to an uninvited guest?” Han Jin spoke in a slightly politely distant tone.

Zheng Jue reacted immediately, and in the slightly surprised eyes of Zhou Chengan and Liang Xu, he smiled politely, “Young Master Han is joking, it is my honor for you to be here.” After speaking, he smiled and then looked at the gentle and elegant Zhou Chengan, “Also, thank you, Young Master Zhou, for your face. Everyone, please come in.”

Zheng Jue led them inside with a calm expression though he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He did regard Han Jin as an opponent, but it was still too early to contact him now as his situation is not stable. These rich kids don’t take him seriously at all. Even if he wanted to get close to him, and to know himself and his enemies, then they should be in an equal position.

Unfortunately, this incident disrupted his plan. Han Jin was already a little cold to him. If he didn’t contact him, he’s afraid that he would probably offend him instead.

After entering Zheng Jue’s private room, a few people started chatting under Liang Xu’s matchmaking. Although Zheng Jue is usually quiet, he is very capable when he wants to impress someone. After a while, he had a very pleasant conversation with Zhou Chengan, while Han Jin, who looked extremely cold from beginning to end, didn’t say a word, but his gaze always followed Zheng Jue.

Zheng Jue only felt that his scalp was numb, however, he had a very calm expression on his face as if he hadn’t noticed it at all. From time to time, he would smile and say a few words to Han Jin to show his attention.

This dinner ended very successfully in the end. Zhou Chengan was also a smart man and knew that Zheng Jue was not just something in the pool. Since he was interested in this piece of land, it was common sense to be a good person and make friends, so he also gave him a lot of face and basically agreed.

Seeing Zhou Chengan’s attitude, Zheng Jue calmed down a bit and sent the person to the door with a smile, but for an unexpected reason, Han Jin, who hadn’t spoken for a long time, opened his mouth, “Is Mr. Zheng free tomorrow? Little Zhou and I have a party. I wonder if Mr. Zheng would like to show his face?”

Zheng Jue’s expression froze, and then smiled again, “Young Master Han invites me, even if I don’t have time, I will spare an effort to have time.”

The corner of Han Jin’s lips slightly curled up, his face softened a little, “Okay, then it’s settled, I’ll call you tomorrow.”

Han Jin left after he finished speaking. Zhou Chengan looked at Zheng Jue with a half-smile and followed him. Only Liang Xu was left. He hooked his arms around Zheng Jue’s neck with a smirk, “Mr. Zheng, you are really amazing. Young Master Han also gives you face like this. Please tell me how you hooked up with Young Master Han.”

Zheng Jue still gently smiled, ignoring the ambiguity in Liang Xu’s words, and only said softly, “Young Master Liang has thought about it too much, but it’s just a chance encounter, nothing more.”

Liang Xu raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled meaningfully, “That chance encounter makes him give face like this? Young Master Han’s vision is notoriously high, and there are not many people in the circle that he can see. Mr. Zheng, your luck is very good.”

Zheng Jue just smiled but didn’t say more. Who can’t tell what’s going on here? Liang Xu is hinting something at him, however, he didn’t want to pay attention to what he was referring to, whether he was deliberately tempting him out. He had heard of the rumor that Han Jin did not avoid both men and women in his previous life. Zheng Jue himself had also tried men when he played too much, although for him, the person he preferred to spend life with was still a woman. Therefore, what Han Jin is doing now, in Zheng Jue’s view, is just because of interest. Besides, with Zheng Jue’s status here, that kind of thing will not happen.

The next early morning, Zheng Jue received a call from Han Jin and made an appointment at this seven o’clock evening in a clubhouse in the Hong Kong eastern district. As far as Zheng Jue knew, this clubhouse should be the property of the Zhou family. Zhou Chengan must be present at this place, so it could be said that for Zheng Jue, it is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

Zheng Jue stepped into the clubhouse. Under the guidance of an attendant, he came to the place where Han Jin and Zhou Chengan were. As soon as he entered the door, he was greeted with a luxurious atmosphere. The heavy fragrance from both men and women drifted, along with the ambiguous environment and slow music adding a layer of carnality to this place. Zheng Jue slightly frowned.

He looked around for a bit and finally saw where Han Jin was, then he walked up to him. Han Jin was holding a slender beauty with heavy makeup in his arms while talking to Zhou Chengan. When he saw Zheng Jue coming over, he slightly curled up the corners of his mouth and tightened his hold around the person in his arms. He said casually, “It’s a coincidence that Mr. Zheng came here. The party has already begun.”

“The company is busy today so I’m late. Please forgive me, Young Master Han,” Zheng Jue said with a smile.

Han Jin tilted his head, then looked at Zheng Jue with a burning expression and suddenly smiled, “Of course, I don’t care. Mr. Zheng is young and promising, so why didn’t he come out to play before?”

Zheng Jue’s expression slightly froze, “I just came to Hong Kong, so I don’t have as much knowledge as Young Master Han.”

Seeing that Zheng Jue was a little unhappy, Han Jin said no more. He just smiled and invited Zheng Jue to sit down before putting a beautiful woman next to Zheng Jue. He patted Zheng Jue’s shoulder with a friendly expression and said, “What’s the matter? Now that we know each other, we are friends. We can go out and play together in the future.”

Zheng Jue just smiled and didn’t answer.

When the children of aristocratic families play, they are crazier than anyone else. Even Zheng Jue, who had rich experience in this field in his previous life, also became a little tired. He didn’t come out of the club until three o’clock in the morning. He took off his coat full of pungent perfume, then rubbed the bridge of his nose, and was about to call Susie, only to realize that it was impossible for him to drive back in this state.

Before he could get through the phone, someone suddenly knocked on his window glass. Zheng Jue looked up and saw that it was Han Jin.

Zheng Jue rolled down the window, looking a little surprised, “Young Master Han?”

“Mr. Zheng is going back now?” Han Jin stood with his hands in his pockets while slightly leaning to the car window. He didn’t know where his coat had gone. Now, he is only wearing a white shirt with two buttons on the neckline unfastened, revealing a beautiful collarbone. Along with his arrogant and indifferent expression, under the influence of alcohol and the dim light of the parking lot, the man seemed to have a kind of weird beauty.

Zheng Jue couldn’t help but stop for a while and then smiled awkwardly, “It’s getting late and I’m also a little tired too. Will Young Master Han also leave?”

Han Jin narrowed his eyes, looking languid, “Go, why don’t I want to go? It’s just that my car was driven away by Zhou Chengan. Can I ask Mr. Zheng to send me off?”

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