Above Destiny

Chapter 387 Dust
On the red carpet, numerous flash lights flashed one after another.

It was just like a press conference, only even more lively. The four-year Desert Sea Rally was naturally a huge traffic waterfall, and there were countless people who wanted to share a little exposure. However, unlike the traffic stars who walked on the one-meter red carpet for half an hour, Ji Jue just walked by and waved to the press box at best, not bothering to pay attention to those calls.

"At least pretend."

Ye Chun beside him sighed: "It's troublesome to offend reporters. You have to pay for PR to delete the article... These vampires are really good at taking advantage of opportunities."

"It doesn't matter. I don't plan to do it after I finish these things anyway."

Ji Jue smiled nonchalantly.

How capable is he to come to my doorstep to commit fraud?
Do you feel that you are not good enough?

After the flash, the reporters who were planning their speeches suddenly felt a chill all over their bodies, as they felt a pair of eyes glancing at them intentionally or unintentionally, with a smile on their face.

With a certain sense of contempt and disdain.

But unexpectedly, he did not get furious. Instead... he felt cold all over.

"Delete it." The old reporter smoking next to him glanced at the newcomer's camera and said, "This article can't be published."

"It would be a shame if we don't do something to promote this popularity, right?" The newcomer asked in confusion, "If we hype it up, maybe we can get a lot of traffic."

"Okay, send it yourself."

The old reporter smiled, as if he was watching a child touching the electric switch: "You don't have to share the bonus with me, how great is that?"

"..."

After some hesitation, the newlyweds finally came to their senses, as if they had smelled something bad. After hesitating for a long time, they finally obediently deleted the photos.

This topic was never mentioned again.

But when he raised the camera to look for that figure, he found that they had disappeared at the end of the red carpet. Amid the cheers and shouts of fans and audiences, another popular star got out of the car and attracted everyone's attention.

“Take a few more pictures of this.”

The old reporter next to him pointed out happily: "Take a picture of the car first to see if it's the puppy she recently got... This traffic is really good!"

The commotion outside the venue continued, and after entering the venue, Ji Jue was instantly surrounded by the crowd.

Known and unknown, met and not met, countless smiling faces were like a tide, almost drowning Ji Jue.

"congratulations!"

"Mr. Ji really made a splash this time."

"Young and promising, young and promising!"

"I'll be grateful for your support for the sales channels in Huangzhou in the future."

Ji Jue was in a panic for a moment, but Ye Chun had already slipped away, glancing at him with a gloating look as he was overwhelmed, and stood by and watched, without any intention of offering a helping hand...

Finally you have suffered from my fault!

It's worth my time to dress you up...

There was a moment of chaos until Tong Shengnian, who had been waiting for a long time, came over, grabbed Ji Jue's hand, and brought him to a circle that was unattainable for the suppliers and participants.

"Thanks for the hard work. Good job."

Tong Shengnian smiled like an old peony, patted Ji Jue's shoulder without any hesitation, and after praising him, he pointed directly to the long-awaited guest next to him: "Let me introduce him to you. This is the leader of this generation of the Lou family, Lou Guan. You can just call him Uncle Guan."

"Throw a mine——"

The refined and elegant middle-aged man spoke rudely to Tong Shengnian, and then turned around and smiled. The contemporary Lou family's apparent helmsman and signboard took the initiative to extend his hand: "That boy Afeng, thank you for taking care of him."

Ji Jue smiled: "We are all friends, it's easy to talk about it, I am the one who is being taken care of."

"It's just that Yanyue is a little unhappy. She looked for you several times, but you were not at home... The little girl has been spoiled since she was a child and has a bad temper. If you have anything to say, tell me and I will help you talk to her." Louguan said, jokingly: "However, from childhood to adulthood, I have never seen her so interested in young people. Xiaoji, are you interested in considering it?"

"Ah this...next time for sure."

Ji Jue was suddenly embarrassed and his smile twitched.

After making a joke, Lou Guan didn't take it seriously. Together with Tong Shengnian, he brought Ji Jue and introduced them to the distinguished guests from Yacheng, Chaocheng, Chuancheng, Jiangcheng, Huangzhou, Youzhou, and even the four cities in the southeast, northwest, northwest and Zhongcheng, and even many faces that had often appeared in the news in the past.

Just like taking care of their own younger generations, they are generous with praise and compliments in person, and will also explain in detail the background and origins behind the scenes, covering everything from industry to finance, credit, banking, shipping and trade.

Even if you can only meet someone once at such a cocktail party, if you use it properly, you may be able to seize this opportunity and carve out a path.

A business card is an opportunity, and now, opportunities are jumping into his pocket in groups. If other people were here, they might have almost fainted with excitement.

When it was the turn of the man not far away, he smiled without waiting for the two to speak.

"Ha, I finally caught you, have a drink!" Shi Ran, the deputy director of research and development of Chonghui, stuffed a glass of champagne over without hesitation and patted Ji Jue's shoulder: "I didn't expect you to be so energetic, you really got the first place."

Tong Shengnian was slightly surprised: "Do you know each other?"

"We dealt with him before at the opening of the rally, and he still owes me a meal."

Shi Ran was not shy. He pulled Ji Jue to clink glasses and asked, "We are currently selecting young entrepreneurs. Are you interested in nominating one? Yunzhou can cooperate."

He paused for a moment and smiled meaningfully: "If you work hard, it won't be a problem to be at the top. This is a great opportunity to reach the top in one step."

"forget it."

Ji Jue laughed at himself and shook his head: "Being forced to be the factory director is already exhausting. If I continue to move up, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up. It will only expose my true colors and make me a laughing stock."

"You kid..."

Shi Ran smiled and didn't persuade him anymore. After drinking a cup, he waved his hand, indicating that he was free to do whatever he wanted. He just reminded him: "Don't forget about the prosthetics. Don't give up so quickly. My project team is ready. Let's sign the authorization later."

"must."

Ji Jue nodded and agreed decisively.

In the heated atmosphere, a staff member from the organizing committee came over with his head down and reminded in a low voice: "Mr. Ji, the award ceremony is about to begin. Do you need us to prepare an inscription device for the speech session later?"

"No need."

Ji Jue shook his head, having heard the hidden meaning in his words. He glanced at the nervous looks from the committee members of the event organizer not far away, and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you."

The staff member breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been pardoned: "Thank you for your help."

"No, thank you for your hard work."

Ji Jue still smiled, said goodbye to Tong Shengnian and Lou Guan, and walked to the backstage.

Different from the relaxed and easy-going cocktail party, the backstage was bustling with activity. The performers who were preparing to warm up the audience had already changed their clothes. Amid the coming and going of people, Ji Jue sat in a corner, propped up his chin, and stared at the scene in front of him with curiosity.

Until a clear bell rang from the front desk, and after a round of energetic singing, dancing and celebrity performances, the chairman of the organizing committee of the event enthusiastically announced the official end of the Wild Sea Rally. With the cooperation of many sponsors and participants, it ended perfectly.

As people took turns to speak, Ji Jue leaned calmly on his chair, watching the people coming and going.

Amidst rounds of applause, the host announced enthusiastically: "Next, please invite the spokesperson of Haichao Industry, the champion of this Wild Sea Rally, the driver of Coast Racing Team, Mr. Ji Jue, to give a speech——"

In an instant, the noisy backstage was greeted by silence.

Everyone subconsciously looked over to Ji Jue in the corner. The young man who had been waiting for a long time slowly stood up and waved to the staff who were coming over, but he did not tidy up his appearance.

After stretching his body, he unbuttoned his suit jacket.

It's like taking off shackles.

He walked casually outside the curtain, into the dazzling light, and walked onto the stage, amidst the light and applause of the spotlight.

The host was stunned for a moment, without reacting, and subconsciously took a step back, thus giving up his position in the center.

"Thank you."

Ji Jue smiled and looked at the audience: "Thank you for the invitation from the organizers, and thank you for the opportunity given by the Wild Sea Rally, which allows a small factory like us to stand out in front of everyone and achieve some results by chance."

“Here, please allow me to thank my colleagues and friends around me, thank the consumers for their support, and also thank the many kind people who have provided me with support along the way…

Without you, there would be no coast today, and there would be no me today. "

He paused, nodded solemnly, and said solemnly: "Please allow me to express my deepest gratitude to you all here—"

At that moment, warm applause broke out again from the audience.

One after another, it echoed like thunder.

boom!
Beyond the layers of sound insulation, a deafening noise suddenly came from the busy street.

"Hurry up, hurry up..."

On the main road of Chaocheng, in a speeding luxury car, a middle-aged man in the back car looked out the window panicked, sweating profusely, and kept trying to make a phone call, but either the call was busy or the call was hung up directly.

In the end, there was no more color on his pale face. He mustered up his courage and made the last call: "Mr. Lou, I..."

"This is not what I want to hear." Lou Guan's voice was cold on the other end of the phone.

The man was about to cry: "I was forced to do this. I was..."

Until a regretful sigh came from the other end: "It has not been easy over the years, thank you for your hard work."

The man was so surprised that he was about to speak, but the last thing he heard was the shrill horn coming from the other person's lane! Then, the front of a dark car came towards him!

Amid the roar, thick smoke rose up, and the crushed vehicles rolled over, fell off the viaduct, and fell into the river, never to be seen again.

In the conference hall, Lou Guan hung up the phone, smiled, and applauded along with everyone else.

Snapped!
In the Fengshui District, Central City, a shrill scream was heard above the busy square.

On the rooftop of Xinyuan Power's headquarters building, a thin figure standing on the rooftop swallowed, closed his eyes, and took the last step.

Just like a rotten tomato being stepped on and exploded, the unrecognizable corpse fell to the square, spurting out red pulp.

The crowd scattered in fear, looking at the body that fell from the rooftop, and the onlookers were shocked. The blood spread from the twisted body of the person who fell from the building, dyeing the face that often appeared in the news red.

Ten minutes later, the media in Midtown released urgent news: Gao Yue, executive director of Xinyuan Power Group, committed suicide out of fear of arrest.

Falling to death.

In the snowstorm in the north, the world was covered in white. In the luxurious office, the voice of the news host was heard, and the on-site reporter broadcast the bloody scene live on the screen.

Scarlet filled the air, piercing the silence.

The viewer closes his eyes.

"The time has come, Ah Hao, drink it."

The middle-aged woman opposite sighed and slowly pushed a glass of wine in front of him: "Don't blame your family, they have no choice... If you want to blame someone, blame your fate."

Lu Tianhao was silent, lowering his head, staring at the light in the cup, his pupils seemed to be illuminated. Several times, he seemed to want to say something, his expression changed, angry or begging, but from beginning to end, the middle-aged woman's expression did not change at all, just looking at him.

Until he finally plucked up the courage and picked up the glass of wine.

"I knew it."

He murmured softly, "There will always be a day like this."

No one responded.

Lu Tianhao laughed at himself, then raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

Suffered the bitter fruit of failure.

"Come on, leave me alone for a while."

He said.

The visitor stood up, took one last look at him, and walked out the door.

In silence, Lu Tianhao closed his eyes, and gradually, he stopped breathing.

Ten minutes later, when the arresters broke into the office, all they saw was a lifeless corpse in the snow and wind outside the window.
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"Okay, just send it here, that's enough."

Under the scorching sun of Haizhou, the passenger in the front passenger seat had his hood pulled off, revealing a pale face that had not seen the sun for who knows how long.

Trembling and twitching in fear, waiting for the result.

But there was no gun pointed at him, only an empty road and, not far away, a car that had been prepared long ago.

Just as the agreement was reached.

Freedom comes.

"Okay, let's go, Mr. Yin, it's done." In the driver's seat, Lu Feng was smoking a cigarette, picking his feet lazily with his other hand, and waved his hand: "After getting off the plane and arriving at the destination, don't forget to call, the brothers miss you very much."

"you you……"

Yin Chaoyang looked back blankly, almost forgetting the old wounds and torture all over his body. He couldn't believe it, but looking at that smiling face, he still couldn't believe it.

"Why? Can't bear to leave?" Lu Feng grinned: "We can stay for a few more days. We still have a lot of games to play."

Snapped!
The car door was pushed open, Yin Chaoyang fell to the ground, and then he climbed up using his hands and feet.

His eyes, which had not seen the sun for a long time, were tearing up under the scorching sun. He could not see anything clearly, but he did not dare to hesitate. He staggered forward, constantly looking back at Lu Feng in the car.

From beginning to end, the muzzle of the gun was never raised, only a burnt cigarette was thrown out of the window.

It was not until Yin Chaoyang opened the car door, sat in the driver's seat, and looked at the familiar furnishings that he realized... this was originally his car. On the passenger seat, his documents and personal belongings were scattered around.

He couldn't hold it back any longer and tears welled up in his eyes.

After so much torture and hospitality, Yin Chaoyang, who had become emaciated and completely out of shape, started the car in a hurry, stepped on the accelerator, and drove away without looking back.

Disappear.

It was not until I turned around and could no longer see Lu Feng that I finally came to my senses. I opened the car window and felt the sea breeze blowing on my face.

I couldn't help pounding the steering wheel, roaring and screaming.

He is free! He is free at last... He...

tick-

At that moment, there seemed to be a crisp sound coming from the glove box, which made him stand there in a daze. He raised his hand, opened the glove box, and saw the bundle of strange things, and even the countdown on it that was gradually returning to zero.

At the last moment, he could no longer hold back his laughter from his shock and realization.

"I'll fuck you..."

boom! ! !
Scarlet flames and thick smoke suddenly burst out, rising from the deserted road!

A burning and twisted car shell fell from the sky, rolling over and over, and gradually burned up.

"Wow, at least thirty meters, breaking the record."

Lu Feng wore sunglasses and raised his phone to take pictures of the precious scene: "The homemade plane flies really high!"

On the other side of Yacheng, at a desolate port, a man carrying large and small bags was stopped in front of a large aircraft loaded with fuel.

"Uncle Wang, where are you going in such a hurry?"

The golden retriever was chewing gum, sitting on a wooden stake, and said with a half-smile: "Don't rush out, the dragon head wants to talk to you."

Snapped!
The package fell to the ground and the man collapsed.

"I am innocent, I am innocent... I... I did not betray my brothers..."

"Don't worry, if you have anything to say, tell the dragon head."

The golden retriever politely helped him up, waved his hand, and signaled his men to pick up the package on the ground: "Don't panic, don't rush, I'll help you carry the things. After you meet the dragon head, you can go wherever you want."

The hood was put over the face, and then he was thrown into the van and the trunk was closed.

Just like that, he disappeared into thin air.

Only the empty speedboat was left drifting with the waves, swaying silently.

At this moment, in Yacheng, Chaocheng, and even the entire Haizhou... In the wood processing plant, the humming sound disappeared, and the crusher gushed out scarlet like a tide. On the vast ocean, the oil drums filled with cement mortar disappeared with a dull sound of falling into the water.

In the howling snowstorm or the scorching desert, the fallen corpses blend into the desolate white and yellow sand, leaving no trace.

The brutal reckoning spread silently.

Outside the Tiancheng headquarters, in the ancient house, Li Yucheng pushed the door open with an expressionless face, looked at the person who had been waiting at the door for a long time, and threw the bag in his hand: "Get lost."

"Sorry for disturbing you, but I am sorry for the inconvenience caused by my duties."

The person waiting still smiled, bent down to pick up the bloody bag on the ground, and actually opened it in front of him, carefully counting "one, two, three, four..."

Ten fingers, all here.

The bag was closed, and the person waiting still smiled: "Okay, I'll leave now, but Lu Zhenshou has something else to tell you..."

He paused, looked at Li Yucheng's cold face, and said slowly: "The child is still soft-hearted. He sacrificed himself for the sake of the overall situation and only asked for ten fingers. But next time, when the elders in the family come out to administer justice... it won't be so easy."

After that, he turned around and left.

Behind him, the door slowly closed.

There was a sound of crying and shouting in the Echo Science and Technology building.

During the arrest, one after another, the once powerful senior executives or managers were handcuffed, led like cattle and horses, walked out of the hall and were sent to prison vans.

The more brutal investigation continued, with voices of resistance constantly heard, only to be ended by gunfire.

Only the office where Shang Tongwen was located was dead silent.

It is in this pin-drop silence that the cries and screams seem so clear...even the cruel comedy gradually unfolding outside the window.

Between the towering buildings and on the rooftops, one figure after another trembled, crossed the fence, tears streaming down their cheeks or with numb expressions, like the walking dead, staggering forward, step by step...

Among the many unfamiliar faces, there were a few that seemed so familiar, and there were many more that he had never even seen before.

Those faces that appeared in the video of the chemical plant explosion, the thugs who escaped from Yacheng, the leaders who arranged all this behind the scenes, the middlemen, and even the subordinates under Shang Tongwen who planned all this...

One after another.

Roaring, screaming, and begging, he crossed the last step, spread his invisible wings, embraced the sky, and even... the earth.

Due to the long distance, I couldn't hear their shouts or the clear echoes of their falls to the ground.

But every blooming blood color made Shang Tongwen's face and eyes twitch involuntarily.

"Due to lack of time, this is all I can muster."

A sigh came from the speakers, full of indifference and regret. "In fact, there could have been more performances, but time was limited, so most of them had to be purified and processed on the spot. Please forgive me."

Snapped!
The wine glass smashed onto the screen, cracks spreading and cutting through the vague outline of that which did not exist and was here.

"enough!"

Shang Tongwen's eyes were bloodshot, and he sneered: "It's not easy to arrange this drama with so much effort... That mad dog Lu Yingyue still wants to torment me now!

If you want to kill, just kill. Why are you talking so much nonsense? "

"You seem to have misunderstood, but that's okay."

Isis's voice was still cold: "This is not Lu Zhenshou's arrangement. If you insist, this is one of the necessary conditions proposed by my master when the reconciliation agreement was signed between the two parties.

No compromise, no exchange.

If not, it won’t work!
In other words, Mr. Shang... everything you saw was just a fireworks display before the final curtain call of this fight and struggle."

The broken screen and the flickering lights of the stars formed an arc like a smile, so happy:

"—including yourself."

Bang!
Angry gunshots suddenly rang out.

Shang Tongwen pulled the trigger again and again, cursing, shooting at the screen and speakers that had long been broken, until the screen completely shattered in the thick smoke, and a faint echo came from the empty magazine.

Amid the lingering echoes, only violent gasps could be heard.

In the distance, on the rooftop, the last figure fell with a wail and disappeared.

No, there is one more...

There’s one last one!
Now, the time has come.

In the distance, the bells telling the time rang.

"My master asked me to tell you: this has nothing to do with justice or victory, it is purely a personal grudge."

From the speaker that was flashing with electric sparks, a fragmented voice came out, so cruel: "No matter what happens, you must die."

Only when you die can you prove the necessity of rules.

Only by paying a price can we verify the consequences of not keeping order.

Only when all of you unscrupulous ugly people are dead, all the fools will understand the consequences of breaking the rules in front of me!

"So, please, Mr. Shang."

She said: "If your death can awaken the awe in the hearts of those ignorant people, then this is the last contribution you can make to the world."

"You're fucking dreaming!"

Shang Tongwen could no longer restrain himself. He stomped on the smoking speaker and threw the empty pistol in his hand away. He roared, cursed, and screamed at something randomly, but he could not dispel the nightmare-like flash.

On the cracked TV, Isis' eyes reappeared.

Sit on the sidelines.

Let the beast in the cage roar in despair and curse endlessly.

I don’t know how long it was before I heard distant footsteps in the corridor outside the door.

He froze in place.

He bent down, picked up the pistol on the ground with trembling hands, but he didn't hold it firmly and it fell. Then he stretched out his hand as if he had been electrocuted, and held it tightly as if he was holding a red-hot iron.

The pale face raised its head and looked at the cruel stars flickering on the screen.

Laughed miserably.

In his hand, he loaded the empty pistol with the last bullet, raised the trembling muzzle and pointed it at himself.

The pair of bloodshot eyes looked up, full of ferocity:

"I'll be waiting for him down there!"

"is it?"

The pair of eyes looked down with disdain, not caring at all, "If there really is a hell, then raise your head and look up carefully."

In eternal torture and despair, witness how the mighty brilliance that cannot be reached by rotten grass or fireflies like you ascends to the sky step by step!

Bang!
Shang Tongwen closed his eyes.

Blood mist gushed out, and the last corpse fell to the sky.

Sparks flew out of the screen and landed on the carpet. A ray of fire jumped and spread silently, and thick smoke engulfed everything.

In the fire of hell, all noises eventually become nothingness.

Only applause rang out again.

From the screen.

In the conference hall thousands of miles away, applause echoed again, mixed with cheers and applause, and the enthusiasm was high.

“…Finally, please allow me to once again express my gratitude to all the friends who are here and those who are unable to be here.”

At the end of his speech, which lasted only a few minutes, Ji Jue said slowly, "Now, the Wild Sea Rally has only ended a short journey in everyone's life.

But I hope that in the near future we can meet again on another path.

I also hope that you will still remember me by then."

The low voice echoed inside and outside the venue. Ji Jue raised his head, smiled at them, and nodded goodbye.

Just like that, he walked off the stage amidst the tide of applause and returned to the crowd.

The passionate music sounded, the award ceremony continued amid the clinking of glasses.

Outside the window, under the spring sunshine, everything in the garden is brilliant, and everything seems to be reborn. In the breeze, a faint wisp of dust dances silently in the air, gradually falls, and returns to the soil.

It’s settled.

(End of this chapter)