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Jovian turned back in understanding, "Something wrong, this gentleman?"

Guan Zhenbao came out alone and walked up with a grin on his face and said, "Thank you very much for ordering Bai Fangfang's song tonight, so that I could hitch a ride to get a taste of what's in store for me."

Qiao Wen laughed, "I really like Bai Fangfang's songs, and I came tonight just to listen to her."

Guan Zhenbao immediately showed a look of hate for each other and excitedly shook his hand, ''A soulmate ah brother, most of the guests who come to the Rose Palace are here for the Queen of Songs, Ye Weilan, and this is the first time I've encountered one who's specifically here for Bai Fangfang just like me. Understand appreciation! Have taste!"

Chen Canaan, who was carrying a large half bottle of wine on the side, his eyes fell on his hands holding Qiao Wen's hands, his brows furrowed unhappily as he reached out to force his hands apart, and said in a cold voice, "Just talk, what's the point of moving your hands?"

Guan Zhenbao was worthy of being a confused seed who had been cheated out of most of his family's wealth, completely failing to see his hostility, and smilingly and enthusiastically saying, "Since I'm such a good match for my little brother, it's still early in the morning, or else I'd like to go across the street together to have a drink at an izakaya as a way to make a friend."

Jovian raised his eyebrows without moving, smiled softly in a gentle manner, and nodded, "Yes!"

The izakaya was much quieter than the bustling Rose Palace, with only a few displaced Japanese drinking in silence.

The three men asked for a private room.

Although Guan Zhenbao confused for more than twenty years, but a warm nature, took the initiative to pour a cup of wine for two new friends, introduced each other their names, then began to talk about how beautiful white Fangfang's singing voice, how vulgar the world does not know how to appreciate.

Jovian nodded very cooperatively, interjecting now and then to satisfy his unappreciated desire to confide.

Toward the end, Guan Zhenbao sighed heavily, "When I get the money from selling my land, I'll definitely ask her to open a special show and give her a new record."

Qiao Wen eeped, "Does Young Master Guan have land for sale?"

Guan Zhen Bao a little not very good intention to scratch his head, but is very frank and honest: "I'm ashamed to say, although other people call me a young master Guan, but I this young master when really not very decent, neither the ability to make money, but also do not have a skill, fortunately, my father and mother left me some family property before they passed away, all of these years are relying on the sale of the family's assets to live, so that it is not so poor and needy. "

Qiao Wen pretended to remember something and said, "When Young Master Guan said that, I remembered something, did you sell a six-story building in Kwun Tong the year before."

Guan Zhenbao was busy nodding, "Yes, yes, yes."

Qiao Wen laughed, "Then Young Master Guan is really modest, that building alone is worth more than three million dollars, chartering Ms. Bai Fangfang that's not a trivial matter."

Guan Zhenbao waved his hand and laughed: "No no, that's all rumors outside, that building was built during the Republican period, it's been more than thirty years, it's not worth much, it was sold for more than a million dollars. These two years also spent almost, otherwise there is no need to sell the land again."

Qiao Wen pretended to be surprised, "How could that be? Boss Zhang who bought your building is a distant relative of mine, I've read his contract, and it did cost more than three million dollars at the time." Saying that, he tried again, "Young Master Guan, you wouldn't have been pitched by a real estate agent, would you?"

Guan Zhenbao is really a confused seed, words to this point, he did not suspect in the slightest, only laughed: "Impossible, all these things are my housekeeper to take care of, the contract was also handed over to me, at that time, a lot of people are dumping the property, can be sold more than a million dollars are already good."

"Is that so?" Qiao Wen deliberately pondered for a moment, then said, "No, at that time, this distant relative of mine even went to the bank to borrow money, although more than a year has passed, but the matter is more than a million dollars, I think young master Guan is still better to figure it out for the best, I will give you the phone number of Boss Zhang, you will call and ask a question in person at that time, and it is not a hassle anyway."

He pulled out a pre-transferred card and handed it to him.

Guan Zhenbao casually took it and nodded his head without much concern, "Okay, I'll ask about it tomorrow."

Qiao Wen smiled again and said, "By the way, Young Master Guan said he wants to sell the land, what kind of land is it? How much is the price?"

Guan Zhenbao said, "A twenty acre piece of land, on a hillside near Clearwater Bay by the sea, the terrain is not very good, Uncle Wang, that is, my housekeeper has probed the market, it should be able to sell for more than seven hundred thousand dollars. If Brother Qiao is interested, I'll ask Uncle Wang to take you to see it. We're so in tune with each other, the price is good."

Qiao Wen heard him explode the price, did not feel surprised, after all, a house of more than three million dollars, can be eaten half of the money, visible this is really a muddle to the end of the dumping, estimated that Wang Bo get him a fake contract to fool, he will not even look at a glance of it, so let the old housekeeper is so unscrupulous to be an assholes.

The master's family is about to be caved in.

He nodded and smiled, "That would be great, Young Master Guan leave me a phone number so that we can easily contact each other in the future."

Compared to his calmness, Chen Canaan couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock, he also could see that this Guan Zhenbao was really a bit of a treasure, and he hadn't been cheated out of his pants all because his family was thick enough. However, if it continues like this, it is estimated that it is almost the same.

He was almost looking at people with sympathy.

Originally, his attitude had been cold and icy, at this moment suddenly became softer, Guan Zhenbao surprisingly felt it, only he didn't realize that the other party was sympathizing with him, and thought it was a gesture of goodwill, taking out two of his own calling cards and handing them to the two of them, revealing a big sincere smile, saying, "Oops, really quite a good match for the two of you, if the two of you are free tomorrow, you might as well come to my house for a cup of tea, and Listen to Bai Fangfang's record together."

Jovian nodded, "Yeah."

This izakaya sake, naturally, again Qiao Wen paid the bill. When Guan Zhenbao went out, he was always the one who paid the bill, and it was rare for him to be treated as a guest, although he didn't need much money, he was also very happy in his heart.

It was almost a joyous wave goodbye as I got into the cab.

When the people left, Chen Canaan, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help but say, "I think this Young Master Guan is really a fool!"

Jovian laughed and said, "It doesn't really have to be really much of a muddle, maybe it's just pretending to be a muddle."

Chen Canaan was unsure, "What do you mean?"

Qiaowen shook his head and sighed, "It's just that life has its own bitterness, and some people may have to rely on pretending to be confused in order to live well."

Chen Canaan still didn't understand and turned to him, "Are we really going to Young Master Guan's house tomorrow? Why don't you just tell his housekeeper to pit him?"

Qiaowen said, "He's known the butler for as many years as he's grown to be, it's not too much of a stretch to say he's family, and we've only known him for how long? Do you think he'll believe it if you say it directly?"

"That's true." Chen Canaan sighed, "This young master has no father and no mother, and his most trusted butler is so pitted against him, thinking that it's actually quite pitiful."

Qiao Wen at first just wanted to get that piece of land cheaply, not really wanting to meddle, but after seeing this Guan Zhenbao, he realized that the other party was a bit different from what he expected.

He didn't know how to accurately describe it for a moment, and probably really could only use the word pity like Chen Canaan. It wasn't that he pitied him for being cheated, but he pitied him for choosing to be cheated even though he probably knew he was being cheated.

The next afternoon, Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan arrived at Guan Zhenbao's home as agreed in advance.

The Guan house was an old garden house, not too big, and the location was not superior, so it was evident that this house was not the home of the Guan family in its heyday.

Guan Zhenbao opened the door himself.

Qiaowen looked inside the house and saw only a maid in white and black pants and casually asked, "Your housekeeper isn't here?"

Guan Zhenbao enthusiastically said, "Uncle Wang went out on an errand, come, go upstairs to the study and talk slowly."

Although the house arrangement was already far from luxurious, but for the two slum boys, it was really a mansion, especially Chen Canaan who hadn't seen much of the world, and immediately revealed a look of envy, putting away last night's sympathy for Guan Muddler completely.

It doesn't hurt to be lied to more when such a stupid guy can still live in such a nice house.

Qiao Wen didn't know about his hatred of the rich and focused on following Guan Zhenbao towards his study, and when he went in and saw a room full of books, he couldn't help but show envy and laughed, "It seems that young master Guan is a scholar! Disrespectful disrespectful."

Guan Zhenbao smiled back, "Studying at home is better than going out and spending money, or else you'll always be cheated."

Chen Canaan pulled the corners of his mouth, saying that you still know that you are being cheated.

Guan Zhenbao added, "Just call me by my name, don't call me young master, I'll also call you Ah Wen and Ah Nan."

Qiaowen nodded, "Okay, Zhenbao." He casually flipped through a book spread out on the table, it was Wilde's play, and it was also labeled with a pen in a serious manner, so it was evident that the books in this room were not used to attach themselves for decoration. Guan Zhenbao is a real reader.

His eyes fell absently on two more sheets of paper, on which were a few lines of theater fragments in unexpectedly flowing and handsome handwriting, and he asked casually, "Zhenbao, do you compose your own plays?"

Guan Zhenbao, who was originally loading vinyl records into the phonograph, sniffed, turned his head and quickly walked over, grabbed the two pieces of paper on the table and haphazardly stuffed them into the drawer, blushing a little, "Written randomly and blindly, it's not up to par."

The look on his face was not one of modesty, but one of genuine shame at having done this.

However, Jovian thought otherwise; at least the lines he had just glimpsed were enough to show that the down-and-out young master was a man of wealth and talent.

He didn't dwell on it, only casually asked again, "What do you usually like to read?"

Guan Zhenbao: "Shakespeare and also Wilde, also like to read ancient chivalrous words." Said with a smile, "I envy those warriors who are not afraid of the sky or the earth to be chivalrous."

Chen Canaan said, "Hey, I like it too, but I don't like to read books, I always listen to people talking about books."

Guan Zhen Bao: "Speaking books I also like." Saying this, he beckoned, "Don't stand, sit down, the servants have gone to prepare refreshments, they will be delivered in a moment."

Chen Canaan sat down on the fabric sofa, looked around the wall full of books, skimmed his lips and said, "Every day to so many books, you do not lose playing cards is strange."

Jovan: "......"

In Zhang Jiaming's profile, it was indeed written that Guan Zhenbao would always lose when he gambled, but fortunately he only gambled a little.

He sat down, glanced at Guan Zhenbao, and asked as if casually, "By the way, did you call Boss Zhang?"

Guan Zhenbao froze slightly, a trace of discomfort flashed across his face, then immediately returned to a cloudy expression, "Not yet, call back. I'll play Bai Fangfang's record to listen to."

Qiao Wen looked at his appearance of wanting to cover up, his heart was clear, but also sure of what he thought last night. He didn't immediately press him any further, and began to give face to enjoy Bai Fangfang's wonderful singing voice with him.

After listening to three songs, the maid snacks were brought up.

Guan Zhenbao stopped the music and sat on the sofa to greet the two, "Eat, try my maid's handiwork."

Given that there was a teahouse young proprietor boss, Qiao Wen had been fed too many delicious snacks by Lin Zi Hui, Guan Jia's refreshments would not be considered much outstanding. He symbolically ate a few, and then beat around the bush, "Zhen Bao, you said that you were always cheated in the past, and we're quite compatible, so we'll be friends from now on, and I don't want to see you being cheated again."

Guan Zhenbao waved his hand in disbelief, "It's not really that big of a deal, they say it's a blessing to suffer."

Jovian smiled and said coldly, "Is it a blessing to be deceived by those closest to you?"

Guan Zhenbao froze slightly as a look of fear appeared on his face.

Chen Canaan did not have this patience of Qiao Wen, to this moment, simply pick up Qiao Wen's words to open the door: ''Young master, do you know who you have been cheated the most? It's that old Wang butler in your house. If you don't believe me, take out the contracts you used to sell your house and land, and go through them carefully to see if they are true or false, and if the money you sold and the money you got is the same or not?"

Guan Zhenbao's face became a little unsightly, wanting to stop them from talking, but his character flaws made him shy away from doing it.

Qiao Wen softly said, "You actually know it don't you? It's just that you don't dare to face it. But Zhen Bao, being a human being can't keep running away from reality."

Guan Zhenbao buried his face in the palms of his hands and broke down, "Stop it, you guys, why are you saying this to me? Is it bad to keep me in the dark? Why do you even have to poke through my last layer of windowpaper to deceive yourself and others. I have only one family member left, what do you want me to do in the future?"

Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan looked at each other and both sighed slightly.

"Zhen Bao," Qiao Wen stepped forward and patted his shoulder, "To tell you the truth, I've met your butler once, he offered a million and two hundred thousand dollars for that piece of land, double the price you said you'd pay, and I think that even if it's a deal, the contract that he gave you is just a fake contract worth seven hundred thousand dollars. His son who drives the car wears tens of thousands of dollars of Patek Philippe, you treat him as a family member, but maybe he just treats you as a silly young master who can be pitched at random."

Guan Zhenbao finally couldn't help but let out a low sob and choked, "My parents are gone and I don't know how to do anything, so I was happy when someone came to me to make friends with me because I wouldn't be alone if I had someone to play with, but they were only there to coax money out of me. I got married and married my wife and treated her with all my heart, but she too was only there to ask for my money and then ran away with someone. Now, you have broken even my last dependence, what am I going to do from now on?"

Qiao Wen said, "Zhen Bao, you're too presumptuous, you've read so many books, you write so beautifully, and you can also write articles and dramas, how come you can't do anything? If you don't believe me, go and submit what you've written and you'll be sure to be published."

In fact, when Qiao Wen saw the information given by Zhang Jiaming, it said that Guan Zhenbao did not gamble too much money, drank some wine but did not take drugs, and held up the songstress who held up Bai Fangfang, who was not warm and hot in the Rose Palace, he roughly guessed that this person was not the rumored fopper and loser.

Entering his study today made it even more certain that this was nothing more than a poor man with low self-esteem and insecurity due to the untimely death of his parents, as well as an ingratiating personality.

He said that Guan Zhenbao gambled not too much money, drink some wine but do not take drugs, hold the songstress to hold the Rose Palace is not warm white Fangfang, he about guessed that this person, is not rumored to be a foppish loser.

Entering his study today made it even more certain that this was nothing more than a poor man with low self-esteem and insecurity due to the untimely death of his parents, as well as an ingratiating personality.