Rivals of Rebirth

Chapter 39

Crisis [Locked Chapter]

Translated by Seafall (Cf411)

On the issue of how to deal with the Wen family, Zheng Jue, Zhou Chengan, and Han Jin have long reached a conclusion. Although destroying it from the outside sounds very refreshing, it is difficult to implement it in practice. After all, the Wen family is also a first-class wealthy family in Hong Kong. However, it would still be much easier to deal with Wen Huaan from the inside, especially with the two uncertain factors such as the Wen brothers.

Zheng Jue revealed the plan he had discussed with Zhou Chengan and Han Jin, and Han Zizhang listened with a serious expression from beginning to end until he finally couldn’t help but smile and said, “Very good, the three of you have quite a good idea.”

Zheng Jue pursed his lips slightly, revealing a shy smile, “Uncle Han has won the prize, but most of it is Young Master Zhou’s idea. I’m just beating the drums on the side.” 

Han Zizhang stood up with a smile, so Zheng Jue also stood up. Han Zizhang walked up to Zheng Jue, then patted Zheng Jue’s shoulder with admiration and said, “Modesty is a virtue but don’t be too modest. I know your abilities. There will be great things in the future. Let’s go. The dinner party is about to start. Don’t make everyone wait for a long time.”

Zheng Jue slightly smiled and walked out with Han Zizhang.

After Han Zizhang exited the room along with Zheng Jue, as soon as he reached the entrance of the stairs, countless eyes looked at him, and even Zheng Jue, who was walking behind Han Zizhang, was baptized by a lot of eyes.

As if Zheng Jue didn’t notice them at all, he still kept smiling and followed Han Zizhang unhurriedly. Han Zizhang even joked with Zheng Jue from time to time, and the eyes that fell on Zheng Jue became more and more complicated.

Despite that, Zheng Jue had a smile on his lips from beginning to end and was still respectful towards Han Zizhang. He was also extremely polite to other people who came up to talk with him, and the scene was very harmonious for a while.

It wasn’t until Han Zizhang finally finished chatting with everyone that he patted Zheng Jue’s arm and whispered, “Okay, go and find Han Jin. if you don’t go over, his eyes will pop out.” It turned out to be a rare joke.

Zheng Jue’s mouth slightly twitched. Since he came in, he tried to avoid eye contact with Han Jin, but Han Jin’s gaze on him was hotter than anyone else’s. He already feels restless, but when Han Zizhang said this, he felt even more and more embarrassed.

Zheng Jue smiled stiffly without saying much, then nodded his head, and walked towards Han Jin.

Seeing Zheng Jue approaching him, Han Jin couldn’t help but be overjoyed, leaving behind a few family members who were finely talking with him, to walk towards Zheng Jue.

“Aaron, my father didn’t say anything unnecessary, did he?” Han Jin asked with a somewhat uneasy expression.

“Sir Han is very nice,” Zheng Jue softly smiled, “We get along very happily.”

Han Jin frowned slightly but still didn’t say much.

Han Zizhang’s birthday banquet was very grand. Almost all the famous people in the business circle of Hong Kong came here, and several media were also invited, in which all of them are media companies that had a good relationship with the Han family.

Zheng Jue noticed that Wen Huaan was also here, but because of the jokes made by the Wen family in the past few days, basically, no one dared to go up and talk to him. It was because anyone with a little knowledge would know who the person who engaged against the Wen family was. These people dare not make a mess with the Zhou and Han families.

Wen Huaan is also a determined person. Even if he was in an awkward situation, he still stood aside with a smile without a trace of embarrassment. He even nodded when he saw Zheng Jue, and Zheng Jue also quickly returned a smile.

Because of the incident with the previous editor-in-chief, Wen Huaan should have known at this time that what he did before to him was all a lie. Hence, it was really not easy for him to maintain his demeanor even if Zheng Jue was put into the same situation. Surprisingly, Wen Huaan’s appearance is either really deep-minded, or he just doesn’t have any plans, which either way is not a good thing anyway.

Zheng Jue’s thoughts flashed by, but the numerous great guests next to Zheng Jue made him so busy that he no longer had the time to think about anything else.

Zheng Jue waited until the end of the dinner party before leaving. By then, 80% of the people had already left, and the remaining rest were all the people close to the Han family. As a new face, Zheng Jue had gained countless envied or skeptical glances, but Zheng Jue doesn’t have any special feelings about it. For him, this kind of attention as a superior value is worthless. No one can give him what he wants, and only by himself can he get it.

When Zheng Jue left, Han Jin didn’t have time to see him off. He was dragged by Han Zizhang to talk to a group of bigwigs. Zheng Jue stood at the door and glanced at Han Jin. Engaged with a gentle and polite smile in a restrained conversation, this Han Jin in front of him was completely different. Zheng Jue’s expression slightly paused but didn’t say much as he turned around and left with Zhou Chengan.

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Since Han Zizhang’s birthday dinner party, the relationship between Zheng Jue and Han Jin has become a little closer. Compared with the previous shaving of one’s head and still feeling hot, the two of them are now more like two people who are in love with each other. Zheng Jue will also take the initiative from time to time to invite Han Jin to come out, or take the initiative to make out with him, though he has never been able to get into the last step.

Han Jin was originally having a meeting at his company that day, but Zheng Jue happened to be free, so he packed a bunch of food and went to Han Jin’s company to find him. When Han Jin finished the meeting, the two of them hid in Han Jin’s office to eat.

After eating, the two of them sat on Han Jin’s sofa and casually chatted together. Maybe, because the atmosphere was too warm, when the two suddenly met each other’s eyes, sparks flew everywhere. Zheng Jue pressed Han Jin down under his body onto the sofa, then began blocking Han Jin’s lips a little eagerly.

Zheng Jue only felt that he was about to drown in this kiss. Han Jin hugged his body tightly, almost eagerly entangling him with his lips and tongue. His originally deep, dark eyes also glistened with a trace of water at this time, and his face slightly flushed with a touch of crimson while looking at Zheng Jue with a dazed expression.

Little by little, Zheng Jue’s sanity was finally getting out of his control. He lowered his head, then stroked Han Jin’s face, grabbed his wrapped arm, and put his hand around the top of his head, cornering him firmly on the sofa.

Little by little, he also lowered his head, looking at Han Jin’s face covered with □□, and suddenly felt hot in his lower abdomen. He licked Han Jin’s slightly trembling eyelashes and then kissed all the way down to the corner of his eyes.

It was a kind of loving kiss. Zheng Jue’s entire person was almost in a daze. He gently pried open Han Jin’s lips, entangled with the tip of his tongue, and swept his entire mouth. Han Jin’s eyes almost dripped with water, looking at Zheng Jue with an infatuated expression.

Zheng Jue felt as if his whole body was on fire. His emotions burned his rationality to ashes. His hand even went in along the hem of Han Jin’s shirt, and the slightly cold skin underneath it made him tremble for a moment. He stroked Han Jin’s waistline all the way, and the touch in his hand was so good that he couldn’t extricate himself.

At this time, he suddenly realized that the person under him, the man who looked at him obsessively, is Han Jin, who was so high above in his previous life, the person he could never reach. Yet at this time, this person is looking at him like this, as if he was the only one in his world.

When Zheng Jue thought of this, it was as if a bucket of cold water had suddenly been poured into his mind, and he calmed down in an instant. Zheng Jue’s hand shrank back as if it had been burnt by fire, while Han Jin’s expression was stunned for a moment, and then his face sank.

Han Jin suddenly pushed Zheng Jue away from him. Because Zheng Jue was unprepared, his back directly hit the back of the sofa. Han Jin stood up abruptly, and Zheng Jue also supported himself with the sofa and sat up straight on it.

Han Jin kicked away the table in front of the sofa with a grumpy expression. Even the soup that was brought by Zheng Jue and was originally placed on the table also spilled all over the ground.

Zheng Jue raised his hand and wiped his face. He wanted to make a relaxed smile, but he failed, and he could only say with a wry smile, “I’m sorry.”

Han Jin was almost mad. He looked at Zheng Jue with a flushed face, and his eyes had a touch of frustration, “What the hell do you care about?! Don’t use that unaccustomed way to send me away, I know you don’t mean it! Zheng Jue, tell me what happened to you!”

Zheng Jue lowered his head and there was confusion in his eyes. His hands were shaking uncontrollably. What the hell was going on, and what went wrong? Han Jin’s questioning was like steel needles that were all stuck in his heart, and he could hardly say a word.

This embarrassing scene was finally broken by an outsider. There was a sudden knock at the door. It was like rain falling from the sky for Zheng Jue. He quickly raised his head and glanced at Han Jin. Meanwhile, Han Jin straightened his shirt a little irritably, then turned his face and looked at Zheng Jue. Seeing that Zheng Jue’s clothes are much neater, he opened his mouth to let people in.

The person who came in was Han Jin’s secretary. Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was not right and things were spilled on the ground, he couldn’t help but become a lot more cautious. He looked at Han Jin calmly and then cautiously said, “Young Master Han, there is news from the Wen’s side.”

Han Jin frowned slightly and glanced at Zheng Jue, whose expression became serious.

“What’s wrong?” Han Jin’s tone was a little bit bad.

The secretary became more and more cautious, “Young Master Zhou just said that he couldn’t get through to your mobile phone, so he called the secretary’s office and said that there was news from the Wen’s side, and he wanted to discuss with you and Mr. Zheng in person.”

Hearing that it was Zhou Chengan’s call, Han Jin walked to the desk and picked up the mobile phone on the table. Sure enough, there were a lot of missed calls, but he had set the phone to mute before and had just been busy kissing Zheng Jue, so he didn’t hear them.

“I see. you can go out,” Although Han Jin’s face was still ugly, his tone softened a lot.

The secretary breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated.

As soon as the secretary went out, the room fell into an embarrassing silence again. Han Jin stood still, looking at Zheng Jue with a gloomy expression, which made Zheng Jue’s scalp numb and finally had to laugh a few times and then say, “Vi, there is something important over Young Master Zhou’s side. Let’s go first.”

Han Jin’s expression darkened. He squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Zheng Jue for a while before he finally said in a cold tone, “I’ll let you go this time, but there will be no next time.”

Zheng Jue nodded, and there was a helpless smile on his face.

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The author has something to say: Born to write stories, die out of driving. It can only go to this point…

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Footnotes:

1. Shaving of one’s head and still feeling hot (剃头担子一头热) s a metaphor for doing something, one person is very enthusiastic, but the other party is indifferent and puts on a cold face (Baidu).

2. Looking at Han Jin’s face covered with □□ (看着韩瑾那张沾满了□□的脸). This is really censored. lmao. The □□ probably meant KISS MARKS!

3. Like rain falling from the sky (犹如天降甘霖) is a metaphor for being aided in distress (Q王小年, 2019).