Chapter 2 The Controller

It was dusk, and the meeting had ended half an hour later. Liang Weining turned off his phone and glanced at the street view outside the window, which suddenly felt familiar.

Is this the route to Kwai Tsing District?

She wasn't sure.

Until Xu Zhou spoke at the right time, "Mr. Chen asked the driver to take you back first."

Ok.

Maybe she was too focused and missed some details.

It was difficult to get a taxi late at night, and it was not safe for a girl to be alone. Liang Weining did not refuse, but nodded and thanked him, silently accepting the boss's kindness.

Pullman drove along, and without the working bond, the atmosphere of the rest of the journey was inevitably dull.

At this moment, the man opposite had his eyes slightly closed, leaning against the back of the chair with a calm expression, his long legs wrapped in trousers crossed, and his hand holding the cigarette rested on his knees. It seemed that the cigarette had never been lit.

While the boss was resting his eyes, Liang Weining kept his gaze on him a little longer.

In the past three months, there have been countless nights like this where I worked overtime until late at night.

Sometimes Xu Zhou would sit in the front passenger seat, leaving her alone to face Chen Jingyuan.

Those in power are born with the power to make people bow down to them in awe.

It is inevitable to feel nervous.

But Liang Weining often comforted herself that she had to be thick-skinned. She could find another job if she lost it, but what she could learn and the network resources she accumulated from Chen Jingyuan were incomparable to anywhere else.

As it is at this moment, the night fog is thick, the man's deep profile is half hidden in the shadows, a halo of light passes by outside the window from time to time, the long night passes slowly in the alternation of darkness, everything around follows its own trajectory, only that cold silhouette, like the mysterious and ancient mountains and rivers, remains silent and frozen.

Liang Weining suddenly thought of the four-frame slow motion in Wong Kar-wai's movies.

Every frame is of top quality.

However, Chen Jingyuan never needs to use the camera to interpret.

Because he is the one in control, he can never be the person in anyone's painting.

I don’t know how much time had passed before the car drove into Tsing Yi. Due to the dense pedestrians, the speed slowed down significantly.

At this time, many residents were still out for midnight snacks. Liang Weining suggested that the driver park here to avoid being stuck in the alley. This place was not far from her residence, so she could walk back.

The small noise disturbed the person on the other side without any surprise.

Chen Jingyuan slowly opened his eyes, his gaze fell calmly on Liang Weining's face, and asked her in a low voice: "How long is your usual commute to and from get off work?"

"About forty minutes," she answered honestly.

"Too far."

The word "indifferent" is Mr. Chen's evaluation of her residence.

Liang Weining smiled indifferently and was about to speak when the boss made the final decision, "Go to the Administration Department tomorrow and register a mobility scooter."

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Liang Weining held his breath, and his boss's words echoed in his mind again and again, making sure he had not heard wrongly.

She remembered that the former Secretary-General seemed to have enjoyed the same treatment.

China Hong Kong is a large enterprise and it is normal to provide cars to the secretaries of the directors.

Thinking of this, Liang Weining nodded calmly, "Okay, thank you Mr. Chen."

However, the joy lasted only half a second, as Xu Zhou next to him casually reminded him, "Be careful when traveling, the driving habits in the port area are different from those in the mainland."

different?

Liang Weining's brain crashed.

She got her driver's license in her hometown of Chengdu during the summer vacation after the college entrance examination.

Let's not talk about other things first. Just look at the position of the driver's seat. The mainland is on the left and the port area is on the right, which are completely opposite directions. If she drives out like this, she will be a living road killer.

Moreover, it is said that if a mainland driver wants to drive in the Hong Kong area, he or she must go to the Transport Department in person to apply for a license renewal.

A little troublesome.

In just two minutes, Liang Weining backed down.

Chen Jingyuan took in the girl's micro-expression and calmly gave a one-word comment in his heart: lazy.

She is indeed lazy.

In life, since she left the supervision of her elder couple, the word "diligence" has become increasingly distant from her.

It was already 10 o'clock in the evening when he returned to the rental house. After changing his shoes and walking into the living room, Liang Weining just picked up his phone when he received a strange text message.

I read the short essay at a glance.

She was a little dizzy from recognizing the traditional Chinese characters, but she could roughly understand what was said. It was telling her not to be ungrateful and to quickly ask her brother to release him from the police station, otherwise he would make her suffer when he made a comeback.

Wow, it turns out to be the second young master of the Chen family.

What's going on? Are you in jail?
She didn't expect that Chen Jingyuan would punish his own brother to this extent for the sake of a subordinate.

But judging from the other party's tone, it didn't sound like he was asking for help, it was clearly a threat from Ci Guoguo.

Liang Weining sneered and blocked the message.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

Have enough fun, then release him.

He threw his phone aside, pretending he saw nothing, humming a little tune, taking his pajamas and going into the bathroom to take a shower.

In the second half of the night, Liang Weining heard some noise outside in a daze, and guessed that her best friend had just returned. Because she was too sleepy, she barely opened her eyes a crack, but soon fell into a deep sleep again.

The next morning, I rubbed my sleepy eyes and knocked on the door of the bedroom opposite. I knocked several times, but no one answered.

I swiped the screen of my phone and saw the message from that guy.

[Ning Xiaoguai, the faucet on the washbasin is leaking a little. Don't open it too wide when washing your face.]

So, this person left early in the morning?
All in all, the two hadn't met for three whole days.

Liang Weining seriously suspected that something was going on with her best friend.

After a simple breakfast, I went to the company.

After exiting the elevator on the top floor and clocking in on the attendance system, Vivi, the secretary's assistant, came towards him with two cups of Starbucks coffee. She attentively placed one of them on Liang Weining's workstation.

Familiar recipe and taste, you guessed it right, this is bribery.

After listening to the other party's reasons, Liang Weining typed the last word on the keyboard, pressed the Enter key, and seriously suggested: "Catching an adulterer is risky, you'd better bring a few friends with you."

Vivi said leisurely: "I am determined to die with him today, and I don't want to implicate anyone else."

Oh.

Liang Weining was silent for a few seconds.

Remind: "Before you leave, tell me your bank card password."

"why?"

"Carry on your legacy."

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Seeing her so ruthless, Vivi looked resentful.

After a few seconds of thinking, Liang Weining called up the leave application, moved the mouse, and clicked "Approve".

Vivi's face immediately lit up.

"Little boss, you look so pretty today!"

Looking at the other person's swaying figure, Liang Weining always felt that it was not like catching an adulterer, but more like going on a date.

Is it too late to reject the application now?
The big boss is not here today, and the overall atmosphere in the board office is relaxed.

After lunch, Special Assistant Xu called and asked her to help find a document in Mr. Chen's office.

Liang Weining held the phone and asked, "Do you need an electronic file? I'll scan it for you."

Xu Zhou said seriously: "The boss wants to see the original."

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After a moment of silence, another message came over the phone, "Mr. Chen is in Pokfulam, thank you Secretary Liang for your hard work."

Not hard.

She has poor physical fitness and should exercise more.

Liang Weining is paralyzed
Working in the Director's Office comes with a special benefit, which is that you can take taxis throughout your field trips without having to take the subway or minibus.

But even if we went directly, it still took a full half hour.

(End of this chapter)