Chapter 2679

If Ye Jun were to choose between hatred and money, he would choose money. As for whether he would smile and let bygones be bygones, in Ye Jun's view, that is a joke. Ye Jun has never been a magnanimous person; since the seed of hatred has been planted, it cannot be dug up.

Therefore, as long as Zhou Andong can keep letting him make money, the hatred's seed will not sprout. The day Zhou Andong can no longer let him make money, the hatred's seed will sprout, and then new and old scores will be settled together.

Ye Jun's fickle face finally returned to normal, and then he showed a smile: "Alright, Aunt, I promise you."

Ye Zhen and Ye Jun are about the same age, basically grew up together. Looking at Ye Jun's expression, she could guess eight or nine out of ten what he was thinking.

"Ye Jun!" Ye Zhen said with a half-smile: "What you're thinking in your heart cannot be hidden from me. I advise you to put away your little thoughts and remember well what I just told you."

Ye Zhen raised her finger and lightly pointed at Ye Jun: "In front of Zhou Andong, you are nothing but a—foolish simpleton. No matter what little thoughts you have, you must put them away and never act on them. Once you do, I guarantee you will die miserably, and your family will certainly not protect you, nor can they."

Ye Jun was unconvinced, but the lure of money made him suppress his dissatisfaction, and he said evasively: "What little thoughts could I have? I just want to get out as soon as possible."

Ye Zhen laughed, this time with a somewhat gloomy tone: "Alright, since you won't listen, I won't say more. Wait until the day Zhou Andong deals with you, then don't come running home to cry."

"Me? Cry?" Ye Jun snorted: "Aunt, besides when you made me cry as a child, when have I ever cried?"

Ye Zhen stood up again, came to Ye Jun's side, and patted this guy's head: "I'm leaving. You should be able to get out in about a week. By then, the wool factory's restructuring should also have a result, and I'll take you to see Zhou Andong."

Ye Zhen stepped toward the door, her thin heels tapping on the concrete floor, making a click-clack sound. When she reached the door, her hand had just touched the handle when the door suddenly opened.

The jailer heard the sound of heels tapping the ground and thus opened the door first: "Comrade Ye Zhen, finished talking?"

Ye Zhen smiled and nodded: "Comrade Liu, thank you for the trouble."

"No trouble!" The jailer hurriedly said: "This is all part of my work."

Ye Zhen nodded at the jailer and stepped out of the interview room.

Ye Jun also came out, watching his aunt's back, standing there in a daze for a while, not knowing what he was thinking. Until the jailer reminded him did he come to his senses, and he said with a slight smile.

"Old Liu, thank you for your care during this period. When I get out, I will definitely repay you handsomely."

Facing Ye Jun, the jailer was not so humble, but still very polite: "You're too kind. I treat everyone equally."

Ye Jun just smiled, said nothing more, and as he stepped away to leave, he turned his head once more to look in the direction where his aunt had disappeared.

Ye Zhen left the prison, got into the car, and did not rush to leave. Instead, she checked the time, opened the car's armrest compartment, took out a box of ladies' cigarettes, lit one, and rolled down the window.

"Ah!" Ye Zhen exhaled a mouthful of smoke, then sighed: "Ye Jun, Ye Jun, I hope you can be smarter. When you come out, follow Zhou Andong closely to learn, and absolutely do not provoke his bad luck. Otherwise, your family really won't be able to save you."

Ye Zhen muttered under her breath, and Zhou Andong's image appeared again in her mind, impossible to shake off.

"Get lost!" Ye Zhen violently shook her head, trying to shake off the image of Zhou Andong in her mind, then twisted the key and started the car to drive away.

Half an hour later, Ye Zhen's car appeared on the roadside in front of Jinwan Hotel. She got out of the car, then leaned against the car door, looked up at the four large golden characters of Jinwan Hotel embedded in the building, and stared blankly.

At that moment, a convoy of more than ten vehicles slowly drove over, then drove past her side and entered the parking lot of Jinwan Hotel. Soon, a large group of people got out of the more than ten vehicles.

Just as Ye Zhen opened the car door, preparing to get in and leave, she suddenly heard someone shout from behind: "Ye Zhen!"

Ye Zhen turned her head and saw a middle-aged man in his forties walking over in the parking lot, smiling from afar and saying: "How come you're here?"

"Director Cao, I didn't expect to meet you here." Ye Zhen also smiled, walked a few steps forward to greet him: "I went to take care of some things this morning, was about to go to work, suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable in my stomach, so I parked the car by the roadside to get some fresh air."

Director Cao is Cao Zhenyu, Director of the Township and Village Enterprises Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture. He shook hands with Ye Zhen: "You came out this early to run errands—didn't you have breakfast?"

Ye Zhen nodded: "Indeed, I didn't."

Cao Zhenyu raised his arm, glanced at his watch: "It's only past eight now, I haven't had breakfast either. Why don't we go in and get something to eat together?"

Ye Zhen reflexively wanted to refuse, but inexplicably said: "This, won't it disturb you? Look at how many of you there are—must be some important meeting?"

"You know about the Sino-foreign Management Officials Industry-Academia Symposium, right? Today is the first day." Cao Zhenyu said: "I remember you are currently a director of Zhongbao. If the company has no major affairs today, you can attend the meeting as an observer, which should be beneficial for you."

Ye Zhen was stunned: "I can observe?"

"Ha!" Cao Zhenyu laughed: "This isn't some confidential meeting. As a staff member, you can observe. Let's go eat first, and then I'll have someone send you a conference pass."

"Then I'll trouble you, Director Cao." Ye Zhen did not refuse, but then regretted it. However, at this moment, Cao Zhenyu had already taken the lead and walked ahead.

At this time, everyone had already entered the hotel. Ye Zhen and Cao Zhenyu went directly to the second-floor restaurant. It was only past eight, and there were quite a few people in the restaurant, including some attendees.

"Comrade Ye Zhen!" Cao Zhenyu pointed to a not-so-distant table: "Director Zhou is over there. We'll go over and chat later."

Ye Zhen looked up and saw only that Zhou Andong was sitting by the window, and his table already had no empty seats.

"Comrade Ye Zhen!" Cao Zhenyu said, holding his tray: "Let's go, we'll go get food."

"Alright!" Ye Zhen also picked up her tray to get food, then walked toward Zhou Andong's table with Cai Zhenyu.

"Director Liu!" Liu Xiangchun, the boss of Qiye Group, who had been lowering his head chatting with Zhou Andong, unintentionally looked up and saw Cao Zhenyu and Ye Zhen walking over. He hastily stood up to greet them: "You also haven't had breakfast? Come sit here."

Zhou Andong looked up and met Ye Zhen's gaze as she looked over.