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Chapter 67: Substitute

Chapter 67

Yang Lingxuan sat in the teahouse and made tea with Yang Qingshan.

The tea artist was busy arranging the tea sets and making tea for the two.

Yang Lingxuan helped the tea artist to make tea and handed the tea to Yang Qingshan, "Dad, thank you."

The big leader of the province is going to change positions. The matter of the change has not been officially announced. The confidentiality work is done strictly and no one can find out.

Yang Qingshan has some friendship with this leader. He revealed this matter when he met with old friends. Yang Qingshan told Yang Lingxuan, which caught Gan Wenlong off guard.

"You did a good job. Gan Wenlong is ungrateful. He thought he did it perfectly, but he didn't know that there is no wall that is impenetrable." Yang Qingshan sipped the tea and said, "He deserves it."

Yang Lingxuan made a big move. If he was not careful, even he himself could not turn over, but he won and saved a lot of trouble.

"This incident was also your negligence. If you hadn't done such a bold thing at the charity dinner, you wouldn't have gotten into trouble."

Yang Lingxuan poured tea for Yang Qingshan, and he said lightly: "It has to happen this time, so end it early and get rid of it early."

Yang Qingshan said disapprovingly: "You still want to make it public? This time it's such a big thing, do you think the higher-ups will allow you to do this?"

People in the system value reputation the most, and conservative people will look at things like homosexuality with tinted eyes. If

Yang Lingxuan insists on doing so, he will face setbacks and obstacles when dealing with people in the system in the future.

"Dad, I understand."

Yang Qingshan still persuaded, "You know how much the company lost in this incident, how long can you keep going like this?"

Large companies like Yang's have high daily expenses, and Yang's welfare benefits are also very good. Once the benefits are reduced, employees will naturally have opinions. If it happens a few more times, no company can stand it.

Yang Lingxuan smelled the tea and said calmly, "Even if Gan Wenlong can't get off the stage this time, I will arrange my people to go up and eliminate the worries."

Yang Qingshan heard this and his expression changed, "You..."

"Yes." Yang Lingxuan smiled confidently, "They are different from Gan Wenlong. I personally selected them. The people under my control are not just Gan Wenlong, but a group of people."

Yang Lingxuan's chess game is very big. He plans to replace all the people around Gan Wenlong and even the people in the bureau with his own people.

He wants to completely empty that position to eliminate future troubles. Even if the superiors are dissatisfied, there will be people to speak for him.

"With more people, each has more interests. Besides, there is internal competition. Whoever is better will be supported to move up, and there will be no dissent."

Yang Qingshan was shocked after hearing this. His son was able to do this. He would rather go around in a big circle than stop it from the source.

"Do you like him so much?"

Yang Lingxuan chuckled, "Dad, you've asked this question many times."

Yang Qingshan sighed, "Okay, I won't ask about your emotional affairs anymore. Just one thing, don't regret it."

"Thank you, Dad."

Gan Wenlong's case is still under investigation. Judging from the current situation, Gan Wenlong is likely to be suspended. As for whether the higher-ups can find out anything, it depends on the results of further investigation. As soon as

Gan Wenlong got into trouble, Su Mingran felt a lot more relaxed.

Many complaints against the Su family company were withdrawn, and the artists under Su Mingran could resume their activities. Wang Ce, who embarrassed Su Mingran last time, actually took the initiative to find Su Mingran for a drink.

Gao Sheng had already handed over the things about Wang Ce's son to Su Mingran, but Su Mingran didn't have time to take care of it, so it had been shelved.

If Wang Ce didn't come to find Su Mingran, Su Mingran would almost forget about it.

"He made an appointment with me?" Su Mingran asked.

Gao Sheng said, "Yes, he called you several times, but you didn't answer."

"Are you going?"

"Let's talk later." Su Mingran looked at the computer intently.

When Wang Ce called the tenth time, Gao Sheng thought he was in a hurry and answered for Su Mingran.

After hanging up the phone, Gao Sheng found Su Mingran again.

At this time, Su Mingran was following the artist to run announcements. Although the Su family company had no external troubles with the help of Su Mo, there were still problems within the Su family company.

Su Mingran wanted to spend the remaining time and energy to lay a good future for the company. When he didn't find a suitable agent to replace him, Su Mingran wanted to do it himself. Gao

Sheng kept up with Su Mingran's pace, "Mr. Su, Wang Ce called you again and said that he was deeply sorry for what he did to you before. Please don't bother with a villain like him."

Su Mingran dragged a suitcase with clothes that the artist needed to change into today.

Today, Lin Yanran attended the tailoring event as an artist invited by the investor, which was an important announcement.

Recently, Lin Yanran has become a little popular. More and more investors have invited her to attend events, and her schedule is full.

Lin Yanran was finally brought up by Su Mingran, and naturally she was more valued by Su Mingran, so Su Mingran came in person to attend today's announcement.

"Tell Wang Ce that if you give Lin Yanran another variety show announcement, I will meet him."

Gao Sheng understood what Su Mingran meant, and said happily: "Okay! I will teach him a lesson. Our Mr. Su is not easy to mess with!"

There are many reasons why Wang Ce can continue to come to Su Mingran with a licking face.

One is that the general direction of Yang's company has changed, and Yang Lingxuan has the dominant power again, so Wang Ce doesn't have to worry about anything.

The second reason is that Lin Yanran has a little popularity, and Wang Ce also wants to take advantage of it and sell Su Mingran's good things.

In any case, Su Mingran has more chips in his hand.

"Let's go find Lin Yanran first and give her the clothes."

"Okay, Mr. Su."

The management arranged for Lin Yanran to rest and put on makeup in a small office on the corner of the second floor. Su Mingran dragged his suitcase and stood on the escalator, which took him up.

Su Mingran glanced at the surrounding area. Today, the mall had just opened, and many people came to see the excitement and wanted to take advantage of the discount.

He looked down and always felt that the most conspicuous sign of the mall was particularly familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

After going up to the second floor, Su Mingran went to Lin Yanran's dressing room and stared at Lin Yanran's look to see if there was anything that needed to be modified.

Half an hour later, Su Mingran's phone lit up, but he didn't check it in time and was still adjusting Lin Yanran's look.

The notification on the phone was a message in the group, and the people in the group said that the management had arrived.

At the entrance of the mall, the person in charge of the entire venue today trotted to greet Gu Pei.

And Gu Pei took his two assistants into their newly opened mall.

A lot of things have happened to the Gu family recently, so Gu Pei looked a little depressed. His father passed away, and the Gu family was facing internal strife.

Gu Pei's mother took Gu Pei to fight in the Gu family, and finally got some money to open this mall.

The mall is neither big nor small. They can't invite big-name stars to take charge, but they can invite stars with decent momentum.

Gu Pei discussed with his mother and invited Lin Yanran.

"Go and see if Lin Yanran needs anything."

Mother Gu directed Gu Pei, and looked at Gu Pei sideways, who looked like he hadn't woken up yet. She was angry at the sight, "You're still drunk? Do you want me to have someone pour a bucket of cold water on you to wake you up?"

Since the death of the head of the family, Gu Pei no longer drank every day. He honestly helped his family to deal with the funeral affairs, and was busy fighting for power.

Their family was not as good as Gu Pei's uncle's family. They had the support of the Yang family, and they only got a sum of money, but Mother Gu felt that they could make a fortune again and create glory again, so she opened this shopping mall.

Recently, Mother Gu was busy with the opening of the shopping mall and seldom visited Gu Pei. Gu Pei returned to his previous appearance, drinking every day and talking about Su Mingran endlessly.

"As long as you run this shopping mall well, I don't care whether you are Chen Mingran or Su Mingran. As long as you like it, Mom will go and get it for you!"

Gu Pei took the water and medicine brought to him by the assistant. He swallowed a pill and drank all the water.

Gu's mother rolled her eyes at him with disdain and said to the assistant beside her: "You will teach Lin Yanran what to do later and discuss with her agent. What's her agent's name?"

The group walked while talking and arrived at the door of Lin Yanran's lounge. Gu Pei reached out and twisted the door, and the door opened by itself.

Gu Pei bumped into Su Mingran who was about to go out.

Gu Pei hadn't seen Su Mingran for a long time. He was so angry at Yang Lingxuan that he stayed at home for a day. When he wanted to see him again, his father passed away. He has been busy until now and has no time at all.

Now he finally relaxed a little and thought of slipping out when his mother wasn't paying attention. He didn't expect to see Su Mingran in this place.

Gu Pei was stunned on the spot, his whole body was frozen, and his eyes were staring at Su Mingran.

Su Mingran just looked up and glanced at Gu Pei, and continued to talk on the phone.

Gu's mother had already walked in directly. She didn't realize that the person walking over was Su Mingran, and was ready to give a few words of advice to the star who was about to appear.

Gu Pei seemed to have lost his soul, and his feet could not help but follow Su Mingran.

The call lasted for more than ten minutes before Su Mingran hung up. He clicked on the message bar and contacted people in the company to assign tasks. As

soon as he put away his phone, the road in front of him was blocked by Gu Pei.

Gao Sheng, the representative of the capital party, showed Su Mingran the information today. He only glanced at it without reading it carefully. Now he knows who the owner of this company is.

But even though they were old acquaintances, Su Mingran did not have any special emotions.

"Is there something?" Su Mingran asked in a normal tone, "I have explained it clearly to Lin Yanran. If you have any questions, you can talk to her directly."

"Mingran, are you okay recently?"

"I'm fine." Su Mingran stood in front of Gu Pei, "Are you okay?"

This made Gu Pei misunderstand something. He said with some excitement: "I'm okay. Are you still with that guy Yang Lingxuan? He is lying to you and playing with you all the time. Can't you see it?" He took a few steps forward and wanted to pull Su Mingran to his side.

Su Mingran dodged him and frowned, "Gu Pei, I'm not here to reminisce with you. I'm not in the mood to reminisce with you. I'm very busy."

After that, Su Mingran entered Lin Yanran's lounge, and Gu Pei followed.

The lounge was very messy, with many people coming and going. It was indeed as Su Mingran said, he was very busy, so busy that he didn't even spare a glance for Gu Pei.

Gu Pei kept looking at Su Mingran and refused to leave.

The opening ceremony began, and the host was speaking at the main entrance of the mall. Su Mingran stood sideways and stared at the audience.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony began, and when Lin Yanran came out, the atmosphere in the venue reached a climax. The crowd surged, and people squeezed each other, affecting Su Mingran.

Su Mingran struggled to push through the crowd and walked inside. Suddenly, someone in front of him fell down, and then a large group fell down. Su Mingran's foot was stepped on hard, and he couldn't stand for a while. There

were too many people, and they kept squeezing forward. Su Mingran raised his hand to grab something to stand firm.

In a trance, he grabbed someone's arm and barely managed to steady his body.

He breathed a sigh of relief, looked up and said to the person: "Thank you--"

Su Mingran swallowed the other "thank you" before he uttered it.

Gu Pei squeezed through the crowd and left with his arm.

With Gu Pei's help, Su Mingran successfully reached the lounge.

There was a small window sill outside the lounge, which could accommodate three people to see the scenery outside.

Su Mingran had a sore foot, and he stood on the small window sill, enduring the pain, looking at Lin Yanran downstairs.

Su Mingran was not very confident about Lin Yanran, and he kept an eye on her every move.

After all, it was a bit difficult to see downstairs from upstairs, and Su Mingran's foot was injured again, so his posture looked a bit weird.

Gu Pei took the medicine box brought to him by the assistant, and said to Su Mingran: "Mingran, come and sit here, I'll help you apply the medicine."

Su Mingran's mind was on work, and he called Gaosheng worriedly, and the call was connected after a long time.

After instructing Gao Sheng to keep an eye on Lin Yanran and not to make any mistakes at this critical moment, and asking the venue to strengthen security, he hung up the phone and moved his feet to find a place to sit down.

Su Mingran sat two meters away from Gu Pei. He stretched out his hand and said, "I'll do it myself. No need to trouble you."

Gu Pei didn't listen. He squatted in front of Su Mingran, ready to help Su Mingran take off his shoes. "What do you mean it's troublesome? You helped me apply medicine when I was injured before, and I bought medicine for you when you had any illness before."

The two were very good friends before, and Su Mingran regarded Gu Pei as a beam of light in the dark.

But in the end, this beam of light illuminated not himself, but others.

Su Mingran retracted his foot, and he looked at Gu Pei. The look in his eyes was similar to the way Su Mingran looked at other irrelevant people. "Gu Pei, the past was the past, and the present is the present. Besides, the relationship between you and me is even more distant than that of some close friends."

This was said in a tactful way, and the inner meaning was that the relationship between you and me is not even friends now.

Gu Pei pretended not to understand, with a smile on his face, a smile that was a bit vicissitudes of life, "Just think of it as pity for me, my father just passed away not long ago, and I don't have many friends around me. I want to go back to the relationship we had before."

Su Mingran wondered, "Why should I pity you? I have only met your father a few times, and we haven't talked a lot. You have a lot of friends around you, isn't Qi Xinghe one of them? In the past... In the past, my relationship with you was not very good."

The intention of distancing himself from each other was too obvious. Su Mingran also disliked Gu Pei playing the emotional card here. Obviously, when he was the most painful and sad, the person Gu Pei favored was not himself, but Qi Xinghe.

Of course, Su Mingran also knew that who Gu Pei favored was Gu Pei's own choice, and he had no right to interfere.

Since Gu Pei had already favored Qi Xinghe a long time ago, why did he say such things now and sympathize with him?

"My life is much better now than before, my mentality is much more stable, and I have a lot of things to do," Su Mingran looked at Gu Pei and said sincerely: "Now I am more confident, healthy and positive than before, and I have nothing to lose, so you don't have to feel sorry for me anymore."

Su Mingran took off his shoes and found that his toes were injured. The toenails were bleeding on the socks, and it would be a bit difficult to take them off.

Gu Pei wanted to help, but Su Mingran moved his hand away.

"I can do it myself, and it's very dirty."

Gu Pei's eyes turned red for some reason, and he said stubbornly: "It's not dirty, you helped me in the same way before, and I didn't feel sorry for you."

Su Mingran said nothing, still refusing Gu Pei to get close.

Gu Pei's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. He stared at Su Mingran and mustered up the courage to say, "Mingran, I know it may not be the right place to say this, but I still want to say it. I like you, I have always liked you, and I also know that you liked me before."

Su Minmin told him that Su Mingran liked him, and he himself recalled many times and felt that Su Mingran liked him.

So Yang Lingxuan's appearance was taking advantage of the situation and forcibly destroying their relationship when he misunderstood Su Mingran. Yang Lingxuan was a bastard.

Gu Pei always thought so.

Su Mingran pulled the corner of his mouth and didn't want to bother to pay attention to Gu Pei anymore. He wanted to apply medicine on the wound on his foot before going out. Someone had to keep an eye on Lin Yanran.

Gu Pei felt that Su Mingran's behavior was panic. He grabbed Su Mingran's shoulders forcibly and asked him, "You like me, but you have never dared to admit it, right?"

Su Mingran was upset. When he wanted to get rid of Gu Pei's control, someone came into the lounge.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and the cold wind carried the minty fragrance emanating from the man.

Gu Pei's hand was clamped by the man, and then he pushed Gu Pei away. The man sat next to Su Mingran's seat, hugged him, and declared his sovereignty.

"How did you get hurt?" Yang Lingxuan held Su Mingran's feet, his brows knitted tightly. He tried to take off his socks and observed Su Mingran's expression, "Does it hurt?"

Su Mingran leaned in Yang Lingxuan's arms and said dependently, "It hurts."

In front of Gu Pei, Su Mingran had never shown weakness like this. Even if he was misunderstood by Gu Pei before, he still looked stubborn and fearless.

But in front of Yang Lingxuan, Su Mingran showed weakness without any concealment.

"You're still going to the crowd if it hurts." Yang Lingxuan lectured him, his hands were very gentle, he lifted the socks little by little, and asked: "Tell me if it hurts."

"Okay."

Gu Pei watched from the side, unable to get into their conversation at all, even Su Mingran never looked at him, as if Gu Pei didn't exist at all.

Yang Lingxuan put the socks aside, opened a cotton swab and dipped it in alcohol to wipe the wound, "It will hurt a little."

Su Mingran clenched his fist nervously, "Then be gentle."

Yang Lingxuan seemed to laugh, "Are you scared now? Why weren't you scared when you were downstairs?"

Su Mingran complained aggrievedly, "I thought it was okay."

Yang Lingxuan helped Su Mingran apply the medicine, and another person came into the lounge, apparently Yang Lingxuan's secretary, holding slippers in his hand.

"You can't wear socks and shoes, your toenails are a little cracked, it will take some time to heal." Yang Lingxuan opened a wet tissue to wipe his hands, and changed a new one to wipe Su Mingran's hands.

Su Mingran, who had just looked like a career-oriented man, now leaned on Yang Lingxuan like he had no bones, complaining: "But I still have work to do. Do I have to wear slippers to and from work? How ugly."

Yang Lingxuan pinched Su Mingran's nose, "What can I do? Who told you not to pay attention?"

Su Mingran raised his face and looked at Yang Lingxuan eagerly, which meant that he wanted him to be flexible.

Yang Lingxuan couldn't help but pinch his face again, "No."

This sticky look was completely different from the Su Mingran in Gu Pei's memory.

In his impression, Su Mingran was like a hedgehog, with sharp edges erected. He would stab whoever persecuted him, and he was never docile.

But now, Su Mingran was docile and well-behaved, but the target was not him.

"Mingran, I have something to say to you." Gu Pei interrupted them abruptly, his chest rising and falling a little fast, and he really couldn't stand the intimate posture of the two people.

Yang Lingxuan focused his eyes on Gu Pei and smiled with an ambiguous meaning.

Su Mingran took Yang Lingxuan's hand and whispered, "I can handle it myself."

Yang Lingxuan rubbed his head: "Do you need me to avoid it?"

Su Mingran didn't need Yang Lingxuan to avoid what he said to Gu Pei next, but Su Mingran knew Gu Pei.

Once Gu Pei got excited, he didn't know what to do, and Su Mingran was afraid that the two would fight.

"You wait for me outside."

Yang Lingxuan squeezed his hand, "Okay."

Yang Lingxuan picked up Su Mingran's shoes and walked out, leaving this quiet place to Su Mingran.

The door of the lounge was half-open, and the occasional sound of Yang Lingxuan making a phone call could be heard outside.

Su Mingran glanced at his feet, lowered his head and smelled it. There was no smell, so he was slightly relieved.

With Gu Pei around, he didn't dare to ask Yang Lingxuan if he smelled bad.

After moving his feet aside, Su Mingran said, "Gu Pei, I don't like you."

Gu Pei stared at Su Mingran. He didn't believe what Su Mingran said. In fact, in Gu Pei's eyes, the actions of the two just now were a sign that Su Mingran wanted him to be jealous.

"Mingran, I misunderstood you before. Now I know what I did before. Can you give me a chance and forgive me?"

Su Mingran knew that Gu Pei would be as stubborn as him on some things. He wanted to tell Gu Pei that it was he who sent the letter to Gu Pei in high school, not someone else, but Gu Pei didn't believe it, so every time Su Mingran opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Gu Pei.

Later, Qi Xinghe wronged him, Gu Pei misunderstood him, and refused to listen to his explanation.

Now Gu Pei is sure that he likes him. If he doesn't say it clearly or is not sure enough, Gu Pei will definitely pester him again.

"Gu Pei, the first time I saw you, I felt very close to you. Do you know why?"

At that time, Su Mingran was left alone in the backyard by his father. Gu Pei met Su Mingran when he went to pick up the ball and gave Su Mingran a candy.

Su Mingran could not remember the taste of the candy. It was probably the same as the candy on the market, with a similar taste. Gu Pei's appearance at that time was also covered with a layer of dust.

"Xuanxuan and I have known each other since we were very young, even earlier than I knew you. We were locked in the same room at that time. I had a fever that day and really wanted to eat candy, so Xuanxuan said that he would sneak out and steal some candy for me tomorrow."

Gu Pei suddenly didn't want to listen anymore. He vaguely knew what Su Mingran was going to say, and dodged Su Mingran's gaze, "I, I have something else to do. I'll contact you tomorrow. Is your phone number still the same as before?"

Su Mingran didn't allow Gu Pei to escape. He said to himself, and also to Gu Pei, "I used to be special to you. On the one hand, you treated me better than the Su family, and on the other hand, you always reminded me of Xuanxuan."

"Gu Pei, I have never liked you. If you misunderstood, it might be that I was missing Xuanxuan."

Gu Pei stood in front of Su Mingran. The air-conditioned lounge was not cold, but Gu Pei felt like he was falling into an ice cave.

Outside the door, Yang Lingxuan finished his call, and he pushed the door open and picked up Su Mingran.

Gu Pei came to his senses and wanted to stop him, but was thrown away by Yang Lingxuan.

Yang Lingxuan hugged Su Mingran. He was a little taller than Gu Pei and had a condescending attitude. "You didn't learn Chinese well? Ah Ran means to tell you that you have been my substitute from beginning to end."