Chapter 65

Chapter 65

"Jiang Yicen, mind your own business." Jiang Yifeng ignored Master Chen and instead glared at Jiang Yicen, then stood up and rushed toward him. "Delete that video! Is filming someone the moral thing to do?"

Jiang Yicen quickly put his phone in his pocket. "If what I did is immoral, then what you did is rotten and disgraceful. You're falsely accusing me and twisting my good intentions. I'm just trying to minimize bad press for Jiangda and help Second Brother get back on the right track. What's wrong with that?"

"Ever since you got together with Nan Shuyi, you've become quite the silver-tongued smooth talker," Jiang Yifeng warned Jiang Yicen. "I'm warning you, if you dare to send that video out, I'll make you pay."

Jiang Yicen smiled. "How are you going to make me pay, Second Brother? Brothers turning on each other?"

Jiang Yifeng sneered. "Don't forget your mother is still in the Jiang family, and your cousin also works at Jiangda. Are you sure you want to stand up for Chen Zhicheng?"

Jiang Yicen said nonchalantly, "Oh, so what?"

A person with no weaknesses to exploit is untouchable.

He Nuanqing only cares about the He family's interests. Her "love" for "Jiang Yicen" is just a superficial pretense. He couldn't waste any more kindness on her. As for that cousin, well, what's a distant cousin to him?

He just couldn't stand those who kick others when they're down.

Jiang Yifeng realized he really couldn't deal with Jiang Yicen. In the past, he could threaten him with his mother, but now that no longer worked.

"Fine, you win." He snorted coldly and left with his people.

Only then did Jiang Yicen look at the staff member who had been humiliated. The man's face showed no expression, and there was no youthful vitality in his eyes—they were as dead as a stagnant pool.

Since arriving in this modern era, he had met quite a few young people, but he had never seen a young man like this "Young Master Chen."

Jiang Yicen asked him gently, "Are you okay?"

Chen Zhicheng: "I'm fine, thank you."

Jiang Yicen: "Did you know Jiang Yifeng before?"

Chen Zhicheng: "More or less."

Jiang Yicen nodded and didn't press further. They were strangers, and pressing further would be overstepping. Clearly, the other party didn't want to say more.

He didn't forget why he was here. "Excuse me, where can I get water?"

Chen Zhicheng immediately said, "I'll get you some. Hot or iced?"

Jiang Yicen: "Thank you. I'd like warm water around fifty degrees Celsius. If not, mineral water is fine."

Chen Zhicheng rubbed his hands on his uniform. "Then I'll get you a bottle of mineral water. It's sixty yuan a bottle, pretty expensive."

Jiang Yicen thought to himself that this guy actually has a sense of humor. "Alright, it's not a wasted trip."

Chen Zhicheng had once been part of this circle, but his family had fallen on hard times, and his dreams were shattered. As a result, those whom he once disdained to associate with began to kick him when he was down.

He didn't know Jiang Yicen, but he knew about the Jiang family's situation. Could this be the fourth son of the Jiang family? He had heard that he had been studying abroad and later married the young master of the Nanyuan Group.

Before, he couldn't understand why Nan Shuyi—who lacked neither money nor admirers—would agree to a marriage alliance with the Jiang family.

Now he seemed to understand.

There are some people who, just by standing there, you know they are noble and exceptional, different from the rest.

Jiang Yicen took the bottle of water and left without asking for the other's name.

Chen Zhicheng didn't even have time to ask for his contact information to repay him. But then he thought that he was no longer any "Young Master Chen" and couldn't even afford a decent gift, so he could only silently note the favor he now owed.

He remembered the name: Jiang Yicen.

If he ever ran into him again, he would definitely...

Jiang Yicen returned to the new product tasting event.

Nan Shuyi was still surrounded by people, but he didn't walk over. Instead, he continued sampling the new products. With him as a conspicuous target, even Assistant An, who was usually in the spotlight, could catch a break.

After he stood there for a while, someone suddenly appeared beside him.

Jiang Yicen found his view blocked and looked up. It was Jiang Yiting. He guessed that Jiang Yifeng had tattled to Jiang Yiting.

In fact, Jiang Yiting had already noticed Jiang Yicen before, but he hadn't expected Nan Shuyi to bring him back to Jiangda. He wondered what that meant.

Jiang Yiting was clearly not there with good intentions. "Yicen, did you just film Yifeng?"

Jiang Yicen smiled without his eyes joining in. "Why don't you ask what Jiang Yifeng did?"

Jiang Yiting really hadn't thought of that. Protecting Jiang Yifeng was instinct, because he was his full-blooded younger brother.

Jiang Yicen had indeed recorded the video, but it was a stall tactic. "Although filming was not my intention, I think Big Brother should see for himself Jiang Yifeng's domineering behavior, bullying the weak, and bullying others by relying on his power."

Hearing him use three idioms in a row, Jiang Yiting sensed something bad had happened.

Jiang Yicen had no intention of sending the video to Jiang Yiting to watch by himself. Instead, he directly opened the video, turning the phone's volume all the way up before playing it.

Thus, everyone within five meters who was tasting the products heard the content of Jiang Yifeng and his friends insulting someone.

"Oops, sorry, my hand slipped. Please clean it up."

"Where are you going?"

"To get a mop."

"Why bother with a mop? Kneel down and wipe it slowly. I heard that last time at the bar, you helped Lu Xiao clean up the drink he spilled. Isn't our Second Master worthy of that?"

"What exactly do you want me to do? I don't remember offending Second Master."

"But you are Lu Xiao's man, and this is our Jiang family's business. You came to our company knowing nothing—just looking for a free ride."

"Young Master Chen, as long as you wipe the juice off the floor, we'll let you go work and earn money."

Jiang Yiting never expected to hear such shocking audio from the video.

Not only did he hear it, but most people in the relatively quiet tasting hall heard it too.

At the same time, the Jiang family's eldest son, usually considered calm, turned pale. He raised his hand to snatch Jiang Yicen's phone!

"Jiang Yicen, turn off the video!"

Most of the people here today were influential. Although the video wasn't showing images, anyone listening carefully could recognize Jiang Yifeng's voice from the audio.

At that moment, just as Jiang Yifeng was about to grab Jiang Yicen's phone, someone grabbed Jiang Yifeng's hand. Jiang Yicen hadn't even gotten his phone back yet.

"Turn it off? No way! Let everyone know what a disgusting piece of trash the second young master of the Jiang family is. Kid, keep the video on loop."

Jiang Yicen stepped back, giving up his spot to the newcomer.

As soon as he heard the video start, Jiang Yiting's face turned pale: "Lu Xiao, what do you mean?"

He knew better than anyone what "don't wash your dirty linen in public" means?

The man named Lu Xiao warned him with a grim expression: "Jiang Yiting, this is your wonderful brother. I'm telling you, Jiang Yifeng is done for. Also, the companies of those people inside, our Jiangda will never cooperate with them again. What a bunch of worthless crap, daring to bully my friend. They must have a death wish."

At this moment, the faces of several bosses who originally wanted to come over and get closer to Jiang Yiting stiffened. They could recognize those voices anywhere; those were their sons. The few people quietly turned and went to a corner to make phone calls. Since Mr. Lu had spoken, could they still cooperate in the future?

Jiang Yicen just stood by watching the commotion.

The Jiang brothers had repeatedly spoken rudely to him. He had once wanted to get along well with them, but unfortunately they always put on airs. He had witnessed Jiang Yifeng's misdeeds more than once. Teaching him a lesson myself was a waste of energy; to hit a snake, you must hit its vital spot. Only by disgracing him within the Jiang family and making him lose face would the lesson be effective.

But he didn't expect the effect to be so significant, actually drawing in Lu Xiao, whom Jiang Yifeng had mentioned.

Now it seemed that the Lu family and the Jiang family were indeed very much at odds.

Jiang Yicen nonchalantly and unhurriedly turned off the video, as if nothing had happened. The commotion was so great that everyone's attention was no longer on the new product tasting, but they were quietly pricking up their ears to pay attention to the situation here.

Nan Shuyi walked over to them. He had been watching since Jiang Yiting approached Jiang Yicen, and when the video appeared, he once again saw Jiang Yicen in a new light. He was the first to dare to publicly air family scandals. However, he knew that this was also out of his own helplessness. Jiang Yifeng had bullied people repeatedly and deserved to learn a lesson. He wondered how Jiang Yicen had grown up; could it be that he had been bullied by that scumbag Jiang Yifeng since he was a child?

Thinking of this, Nan Shuyi felt uncomfortable all over.

He walked into the commotion and stood firmly behind Jiang Yicen, whispering to him: "Did Jiang Yifeng bully you?"

Jiang Yicen whispered back: "He didn't bully me. He was bullying someone else and I happened to see it. I was just being a good Samaritan."

Nan Shuyi: "That's good. If he bullied you, I would beat him until he can't get out of bed."

Jiang Yicen: "Not worth dirtying my hands on such a person."

Nan Shuyi: "You were right to record the video. Now Lu Xiao owes you a favor."

Jiang Yicen was also curious: "Is that Chen Zhicheng a friend of Lu Xiao?"

While the two were whispering aside, Lu Xiao and Jiang Yiting had stopped arguing. After all, this was their own company, and it would be undignified for the two executives to quarrel.

In fact, the exchange had only been a few words, but it was no secret that the two don't get along at Jiangda.

Jiang Yiting didn't want to argue with Lu Xiao, so he said something to his assistant and turned to make a phone call.

Lu Xiao then turned to look at Nan Shuyi and Jiang Yicen beside him, his gloomy expression changing to a bright smile.

Lu Xiao: "Can I take a look at the video?"

Jiang Yicen smiled: "Sorry, the video is deleted." He couldn't give it to Lu Xiao. The video couldn't be given to a third party unless the person involved wanted to take legal action and ask him for it, but in fact, the person involved didn't ask and seemed to want to let it go.

Lu Xiao thought for a moment: "You are very different from before." Jiang Yicen had become smarter and more confident.

In his impression, Jiang Yicen was still from several years ago, when he went to Jiang Gongming's office to discuss business. It happened that the other party had left a document at home, and only Jiang Yicen, who was a high school student at the time, was at home, so he delivered the document on Jiang Gongming's behalf. He still remembered that Jiang Yicen was very insecure at that time, not even daring to speak loudly in front of Jiang Gongming, unlike today, with brightness in his eyes and even daring to face injustice.

Jiang Yicen didn't answer directly: "Is that so?"

Lu Xiao looked at Nan Shuyi: "Good taste."

Nan Shuyi finally heard something he liked: "You let Chen Zhicheng into Jiangda?"

He didn't run in the same circles as Lu Xiao, but he knew about Lu Xiao and Chen Zhicheng. The Chen family went bankrupt, and then he disappeared. He didn't expect him to come to Jiangda. However, they had only met occasionally before and weren't very familiar.

In short, interpersonal relationships in this circle are so complicated.

Lu Xiao: "He was in a bad mood, so I thought of placing him in Jiangda so I could keep an eye on him."

Nan Shuyi and Chen Zhicheng were from the same middle school, with Chen a few grades below him, but Chen Zhicheng had a good relationship with Lu Xiao and often came to hang out with him. He remembered that Chen Zhicheng had formed a band before, then entered the entertainment industry, participated in a few shows, but didn't make much of a splash.

Nan Shuyi: "Why don't you let him go to Zhou Yi's company? I remember he's pretty talented."

Lu Xiao: "It depends on his own wishes."

Jiang Yicen noticed how familiar their conversation was and figured that they had known each other before.

He didn't expect Nan Shuyi to know so many people, and all had good relationships.

"I'm treating you guys to dinner tonight. I'll bring Chen Zhicheng along."

Nan Shuyi looked at Jiang Yicen and asked his opinion: "Want to go? My classmate is super tight-fisted. It's rare to get a chance to take advantage of him. Don't miss it."

Jiang Yicen: "Sure."

Lu Xiao: "You guys get busy first. I'll send you the restaurant address later. See you tonight."

Then he hurriedly left.

Lu Xiao's rank at Jiangda wasn't as high as Jiang Yiting's. He had come to check on the event for his aunt, and didn't expect to encounter such a thing. His aunt's concerns were clearly justified. Good thing he came, or he wouldn't have found out that Chen Zhicheng was being bullied by Jiang Yifeng here.

Jiang Yifeng was not only an idiot but also extremely jealous, always jealous that Lu Xiao's aunt was grooming him for the Lu family.

Such a sudden incident; everyone just listened and let it slide. Work still had to continue.

Nan Shuyi: "Are you curious?"

Jiang Yicen nodded: "Mm, are you and Lu Xiao very familiar?"

Nan Shuyi: "We used to be classmates, but not in the same homeroom. It was just teenage hotheadedness. In high school, I even got into a fight with him, and I beat him up pretty badly."

Jiang Yicen looked at him doubtfully: "Really? But Lu Xiao clearly has muscles and a strong build."

Nan Shuyi gave him a lesson about modern gym-goers: "It's all from drinking protein powder. Big muscles are useless anyway."

Jiang Yicen thought, why is he still comparing himself to others? But there was actually protein powder that could build muscle. Technology really can change everything.

Jiang Yicen asked him: "Have you tried the new products?"

Nan Shuyi knew that Jiang Yicen's sense of taste was more sensitive than his own.

He said: "I tried a few. They all taste the same. I can't tell them apart anymore."

Delayed by Jiang Yifeng's incident, Jiang Yicen still had two series left to taste.

Jiang Yicen handed him the water: "I made some notes. There are two more series. Let's taste them together? Let's clear our palates first."

Nan Shuyi unscrewed the cap and took a big gulp.

The two of them shared a bottle of mineral water while tasting the new products. After finishing tasting the three series of drinks, the bottle of mineral water was also empty. Nan Shuyi drank the last sip and, under Jiang Yicen's gaze, threw the bottle into the trash can like a basketball shot.

Nan Shuyi turned to ask Jiang Yicen: "How awesome am I?"

Jiang Yicen nodded, playing along: "Awesome."

Actually, he didn't quite understand why Nan Shuyi threw the bottle like that.