From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

Lu Yunzhou did not move.

He pressed the recording button in his pocket, stared at Su Qingwan and asked, "I'm asking you, if someone really dies tonight, can Xinghe cover it up?"

After asking the question, Lu Yunzhou pressed his palm against the recording button in his pocket and stared at Su Qingwan.

Su Qingwan didn't open the door. She removed her hand from the doorknob, turned to look at him, and said, "I can't cover it up."

Her voice was very low, but Lu Yunzhou could hear it clearly.

"Pei Zhongting holds the title of Elder of the Cloud Peak and has seven disciples backing him up. If he dies here, the seven disciples will be replaced immediately. At that time, everyone will assume that Xinghe made the first move."

Su Qingwan picked up the water bottle from the table, twisted the cap twice, and then put it back.

"Xiao Sihai needs to give Yun Dian an explanation, and I will also be pushed to the front. As long as someone is killed tonight, more trouble will follow."

Lu Yunzhou glanced outside the door.

"So you're going to put up with it?"

Su Qingwan raised her eyes, her brows furrowed.

"I want you to get out of here alive."

There was a moment of silence after he said that.

Lu Yunzhou took a step forward and stood beside her, his shoulder almost touching her arm.

"I won't hold back if anyone threatens your life."

Su Qingwan's hand froze in mid-air.

She looked at Lu Yunzhou as if she were getting to know this man all over again.

"Can't you understand me?"

"I understand."

Lu Yunzhou tucked the recording device into his pocket, his voice direct: "But I have my own rules. You brought me in, so I'll stand next to you. If anyone dares to touch you, I'll make them lie down first."

Su Qingwan stared at him for a few seconds, then reached out and grabbed his collar, pulling him closer.

"Remember what you said today."

She released her grip, turned, and went into the inner room.

Lu Yunzhou touched the wrinkled collar of his clothes. He had been too close just now, and the scent of her body still lingered in his nostrils.

He suppressed his distracting thoughts, turned his back, and stared at the horse farm outside the window.

The sound of clothes hangers clattering came from the inner room.

Ten minutes later, the door reopened.

Su Qingwan changed into a snow-white riding outfit, her long hair tied back, leather gloves hanging at her waist, and a pair of black boots on her feet.

She draped her coat over her arm, and her usual sharpness seemed to give her a more efficient and capable air.

Lu Yunzhou glanced at it twice.

Su Qingwan raised her hand to block his view.

"Have you seen enough?"

Lu Yunzhou immediately turned his face away: "The clothes fit well."

Su Qingwan didn't reply. She picked up the short whip on the table, pushed open the door, and went out.

Pei Zhongting was already waiting in the corridor, with Qiao Man standing beside him.

She changed into red riding attire, holding a pair of white gloves in her hand. Her gaze swept from Lu Yunzhou's shoes to his collar, and her smile was mocking.

"Is Chairman Su really comfortable taking him to the horse farm?"

Qiao Man clapped her gloves in her palm, her voice crisp: "He doesn't even know the rules of the Jockey Club. He broke his leg. Who's responsible?"

Su Qingwan handed the short whip to the waiter behind her without even glancing at Qiao Man.

"He's with me, so I'll take responsibility if anything happens to him."

Qiao Man's laughter paused, and her gaze fell on Lu Yunzhou again.

"Does Mr. Lu know how to ride a horse?"

Lu Yunzhou buttoned up his cuffs and stepped down the stairs.

"You'll find out soon enough whether you can ride or not."

Qiao Man chuckled softly and followed Pei Zhongting.

"You're quite stubborn. Don't start crying on horseback."

Lu Yunzhou didn't stop walking, and didn't even bother to turn around.

"If you're worried about embarrassing me, you can leave first."

Qiao Man's high heels paused on the steps.

She stared at Lu Yunzhou's back, her fingers clenching the gloves tightly, the smile on her face completely fading.

Pei Zhongting raised his hand and summoned a four-wheeled electric vehicle.

Qiao Man sat in the front seat, and Pei Zhongting drove himself.

Su Qingwan and Lu Yunzhou sat in the back row, with a wooden box containing horse harness between them.

The vehicle passes through the passageway behind the main building.

The iron gates on both sides opened one after another, with guards standing beside each gate.

Some guards checked under the car, while others watched the back seats. Only when Pei Zhongting raised his hand to signal them did the guards allow them to pass.

Lu Yunzhou looked at the closing iron doors one by one, his hands resting on his knees.

There is only one road here, and there are guards at both ends.

If things really go wrong, the people in the horse racing club can seal off the exits within minutes.

Qiao Man looked back.

Lu Yunzhou raised his eyelids: "I'm counting how many of you can stand up."

The driver's seat in the front became quiet.

Qiao Man gritted her teeth and turned around.

Pei Zhongting gripped the steering wheel, his smile unchanged, but his right foot landed harder than before.

More than ten minutes later, the electric vehicle stopped next to the private horse farm.

The center of the horse ranch was covered with light-colored sand, and wooden fences stood around it.

The stands are built on a high place with a canopy on top, and there is a passage on each of the left and right sides.

Several horses passed through the enclosure, their hooves clattering softly on the sand.

Several black cars were parked below the stands.

Even more noticeable are the fill lights and phone stands.

Seven or eight young anchors stood near the railing, their cameras pointed at the main anchor, repeatedly mentioning Vice Mayor Liang and the Nanwan project.

Someone holding a phone laughed and said, "With Vice Mayor Liang present in person, this cooperation is definitely going to be finalized."

The person next to him immediately chimed in, "Of course, if Vice Mayor Liang can personally intervene, Xinghe Group has to give him face."

These words traveled on the wind to Lu Yunzhou's ears.

He paused for a moment and looked up at the stands.

Pei Zhongting did not lead them to the regular seats, but went directly up the middle steps.

Qiao Man followed behind, glancing back at Lu Yunzhou every now and then, as if waiting for him to make a fool of himself.

Su Qingwan slowed her pace and moved closer to Lu Yunzhou.

"Don't look at the camera."

"I'm watching to see who sits in the main seat."

Su Qingwan did not answer, but simply handed him the white gloves in her hand.

Lu Yunzhou caught the gloves, and when he looked up, Pei Zhongting had already walked to the front of the main seat.

The figure that had been blocking his way moved aside.

A man was sitting in the main seat.

The man was in his fifties, wearing a dark gray jacket, holding a teacup, with two assistants standing behind him.

On the table were the project documents for the old port of Nanwan, as well as several stamped approval documents.

Pei Zhongting stopped beside him, his attitude much more restrained than downstairs.

"Mayor Liang, the person has arrived."

The man put down his teacup and looked up at the steps.

Liang Guodong, Executive Vice Mayor of Sheng'an City.

Lu Yunzhou's gaze swept over the documents, and he immediately understood.

Pei Zhongting simply brought people here.

Those who truly hold the power to determine the future of Nanwan Old Port sit in the main seats.

Liang Guodong stood up, a smile on his face.

"Mr. Su, I've been waiting for you for a while."

Su Qingwan led Lu Yunzhou onto the stands without stopping.

"Vice Mayor Liang personally invited me, so I had to come."

Liang Guodong's gaze lingered on her, sweeping from her snow-white riding outfit to her shoulders.

The other livestreamers around them were holding up their phones, all pointing their cameras at him and Su Qingwan.

Lu Yunzhou moved forward half a step, blocking that view.

Liang Guodong's smile remained unchanged, but his eyes bypassed Lu Yunzhou and fell on Su Qingwan again.

Pei Zhongting stood to the side, remaining silent throughout.

Lu Yunzhou looked at the main seat, then at Pei Zhongting.

There was another person sitting behind Pei Zhongting.