Chapter 316 Everything Was Gone (1/2)

Since they needed to be separated from each other in the end, they should say goodbye to each other first. After all, taking French leave was not appropriate.

At noon, Qin Sheng said goodbye to the group of people that included Chang Baji and Hao Lei. At nightfall, he bid farewell to another group of people, including Ms. An, Yu Fengzhi, and Lyu Yuan. He had known these people for a pretty long time, who also trusted him pretty much and had been by his side for a long time. Since Qin Sheng intended to leave Hangzhou now, even if they would feel unhappy about it, he needed to say goodbye to them first. In addition, he should do so in front of them personally.

The group of people that included Ms. An all knew about what had happened to Qin Sheng in the past two days, since Cao Da had notified them in advance. Consequently, Ms. An was fully in charge of all of the company’s business. After all, back at that time, Cao Da had been ignorant of when Qin Sheng would be released. As a result, he had made such an arrangement to make sure the company could operate normally as well as stop those people including Ms. An from being in a state of anxiety.

In a gaudy yet cozy dining booth of a matchy-matchy Hunan Cuisine Restaurant, there were four people— Qin Sheng, Ms. An, Yu Fengzhi, and Lyu Yuan. Ms. An and Yu Fengzhi sat on Qin Sheng’s left and right side respectively, while Lyu Yuan sat across from Qin Sheng. When they saw Qin Sheng this time, they felt at ease, more or less.

Yu Fengzhi had some feelings for Qin Sheng. The relationship between them was ambiguous. However, ever since Yu Fengzhi had arrived in Hangzhou City, they had not made any progress at all because Lin Su had been by Qin Sheng’s side and both Yu Fengzhi and Qin Sheng had been busy attending to their own works. However, after Qin Sheng met with a mishap, of course Yu Fengzhi had been worried about him. As a result, when she saw Qin Sheng again, she could not help asking, “How is it going with the issue in the past two days…”

Qin Sheng interrupted Yu Fengzhi’s words smilingly as he said, “I will elaborate on what happened in the past a few days. It is related to what had happened in Shanghai during that time. However, what happened this time was far more serious than that one. Though I am free now, it is not over yet. That is also the reason why I invited you to have lunch today.”

Yu Fengzhi felt surprised and asked, “Has it gone that far?” Back when Ms. An had told her that a group of people including Qin Sheng and Chang Baji had all been arrested and confined in the bureau, she had been so astounded that she could not come to her senses for the whole afternoon.

Meanwhile, Lyu Yuan had been with Song Wei in the past a few days. Back when the issue had taken place, he had not been with those including Chang Baji, and had basically escaped by the skin of his teeth. However, it was not until he got the information from Song Wei saying that nobody could save Qin Sheng this time that he had finally figured out how serious the issue was.

Knowing Qin Sheng’s temperament quite well, Ms. An understood that Qin Sheng would not have gathered them together if nothing had happened. At worst, he would just call and notify them. Obviously, something was troubling him now. Consequently, she spoke up. “Qin Sheng, if you have something to announce, you can just tell us directly.”

Qin Sheng let out a sigh as he said, “All right. In that case, I will get to the point directly. Due to the issue that happened a few days ago, I must stay away from trouble. Consequently, I have no choice but to leave Hangzhou City for a while. I called you over today to say goodbye.”

Yu Fengzhi felt surprised again and asked, “Are you going to leave Hangzhou City again? You just got here.” Obviously, it was somewhat difficult for her to accept the decision that Qin Sheng had made.

Qin Sheng smiled bitterly as he said, “As the saying goes, things happen for a reason. I have no choice but to do so. However, I already talked with Mr. Cao and made an arrangement that even if I would not be Hangzhou City in the future, Ms. An would be fully in charge of the subsidiary and Mr. Cao would support the development of the subsidiary as usual. All you need to do is be obedient to Ms. An’s orders. If you want to leave here, I won’t force you to stay. I hope you can understand me.”

Yu Fengzhi questioned him closely and asked, “Is there any more room for negotiation?”

Qin Sheng shook his head and made his meaning clear. Yu Fengzhi looked pretty disappointed.

Since Qin Sheng had said so, obviously there was no other way out. Ms. An accepted his decision gladly as she said, “Well, in any case, you should be vigilant and watchful outside. You don’t need to worry about the situation going on in the subsidiary of Hangzhou City. I will not leave here unless the job does not fit me one day in the future. At that time, I will make my own decision.”

Qin Sheng looked at Lyu Yuan and Yu Fengzhi, then asked, “What about you?”

Lyu Yuan shook his head and said, “I have no problems and will be obedient to your order. I hope you can come back soon.”

Though Yu Fengzhi felt unhappy, she had no choice but to say, “Well, I will stay and wait for you to come back.”

Qin Sheng smiled happily as he said, “All right. Let’s stop talking nonsense. The food is getting cold. We should start dealing with it soon. The way I see it, we are all so hungry that we can eat a horse, right?” He did not want to make them feel so sorrowful. At least he had the chance to say goodbye to all of them this time, while he had not been able to do so last time.

In a food stall located on Dengyun Road, Gongsu District, Gu Xiaobo was drinking sullenly with Gu Qingyang. It was unknown what Chang Baji and Hao Lei had been up to. Feeling somewhat depressed, Gu Xiaobo had no choice but to ask Gu Qingyang out to drink with him.

Gu Xiaobo said, “Qinyang, what’s your plan? Could it be that you will really leave Hangzhou City?” He was not really reconciled to be obedient to Qin Sheng’s order.

Gu Qingyang, who was quite honest, said in a low voice, “If Brother Qin leaves Hangzhou City, Senior Uncle definitely will leave here too. In that case, why should we continue staying here? What if the ones on our enemies’ side would not spare us? It would simply be more dangerous for us to stay here.”

Gu Xiaobo drank up a glass of wine, snorted, and said, “Since it is Qin Sheng’s own issue, why should we be involved? Supposedly, they won’t take it out on us.”

Gu Qingyang frowned and said, “It’s better if we are more careful.”

Upon hearing Gu Qingyang’s words, Gu Xiaobo inquired, “Then, where are you going? Are you going back to Mount Tianmu?”

Gu Qingyang nodded as he said, “Yes. The way I see it, we can lead a quieter life in the mountains. This bustling city is too flighty and rash, which does not fit us at all.”

Gu Xiaobo replied straightforwardly, “I don’t want to go back to the mountains. I think it suits me quite well to be here. What can we do on Mount Tianmu? We are all grown up and need to plan for our future.”

Gu Qingyang was hesitant for a while. After that, he said, “Then, you should talk with Senior Uncle. Even if you don’t plan to go back to the mountains, the way I see it, you should not stay in Hangzhou City. I remember Brother Qin gave you 500,000, right? You can travel around the whole country. If you don’t have enough, I can lend you some first.”

Feeling disturbed, Gu Xiaobo replied, “I will think twice about it.”

After drinking up the last drop of wine in the glass, Gu Qingyang said, “I won’t drink anymore since it is late now. If we don’t go home now, I am afraid that Senior Uncle will be angry.”