After talking about all the secrets frankly with Li Xiaoheng, and getting Li Xiaoheng’s most reassuring response, Tao Mu’s burden seemed to be let go instantly. It was like a duckweed or a fallen leaf finally found a place to rely on and take root, and his whole person suddenly settled down. Even when recalling the bad things in his previous life again was not so heartbreaking anymore.

When they returned to the training base the next day, everyone noticed Tao Mu’s bright eyes, as if he was the sky refreshed after the rain, and the three roommates who knew Tao Mu immediately joked: “Yo, how come you became more handsome after a couple days away? Tell us, did you secretly go to a spa while we were not paying attention?”

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“Didn’t we agree that we would train together and tan into charcoal, yet you secretly did beauty treatment alone.” The few remaining actresses looked at Tao Mu with resentment. After experiencing the sun exposure and the devastation of wind and rain every day, the girls were almost turning into dried vegetables. The only thing that could make them feel gratified was that Tao Mu, a delicate boy with a ton of idol baggage, was also accompanying them in the wind and sun and his skin tone appeared several shades darker to the naked eye.

But what was this?

It was just leaving for a while, less than three days, and when he came back again, he was so dazzling that people couldn’t bear to even look directly at him. This high-spirited and dewy brilliance was simply that of a well-rested, moisturized person visible at a glance. It seemed that he was even more handsome and compelling than when he was with pale skin.

Tao Mu smiled and flashed his white teeth. Of course he couldn’t say much to these people, but he was really happy. He really wanted everyone to share in the joy as well. So he clapped his hands and said, “Everyone has worked hard in training. I’m going to ask the instructor for a short vacation. I’ll treat everyone to soak in the hot springs tonight.”

As soon as the words fell, the actors and actresses of the crew who had been tortured into human forms of dried vegetables cheered in unison. Probably because of the stimulation and encouragement of this promise, the training efficiency of that day was particularly high. In the evening, Tao Mu drove the large group of people to a hot spring resort a few kilometers away. Because of everyone’s profession, Tao Mu didn’t want to have any unexpected troubles. So he greeted the resort in advance and booked the entire place directly. But when they got there, they found out that the resort actually received other guests.

And he was also an acquaintance of Tao Mu.

“Yo, Mr. Tao is here? It’s been a long time since I last saw you, and you look even more handsome. It can be seen that people are in good spirits when coming across happy occasions.” Cheng Baodong sat on the sofa in the lobby of the resort hotel. Seeing Tao Mu and his gang push the door open, he greeted them directly: “I heard that you are also filming nearby?”

Tao Mu looked at Cheng Baodong and the group of people behind him——the Wang Boyuan he knew, and a group of veteran actors who he was familiar with but had never met, and the staff who were unfamiliar. He smiled faintly: “I didn’t expect to meet Director Cheng here, what a coincidence.”

“Isn’t it a coincidence!” Cheng Baodong laughed: “I took the crew to shoot at a location nearby. I heard Bo Yuan mention that there is a hot spring resort here so I brought everyone here to relieve fatigue and stay the night lest having to make the trip back to the city so late. I didn’t expect that when I arrived here, I heard the people in the resort say that this place had been booked by Mr. Tao. I know that Mr. Tao has always been generous. This time, booking the entire resort must be to let your crew relax undisturbed by ordinary people. I wonder if Mr. Tao would mind if us colleagues mooch off a night here?”

Following Cheng Baodong’s words, all the big names behind him and veteran actors also looked over. Wang Boyuan smiled sheepishly, “We must bother Mr. Tao. It’s just that it’s too late…..”

Wang Boyuan trailed off halfway, his face blushing, as if he was embarrassed to continue.

In terms of personal feelings, Tao Mu really didn’t like Cheng Baodong’s behavior. Of course, Cheng Baodong had never liked Tao Mu’s slick social skills and shrewdness either. The two absolutely looked at each other and hated each other. But with Tao Mu’s way of doing things, his personal preferences would never affect his principle of dealing with people and things. So long as Tao Mu’s personal interests were not touched, no matter whether others were cold or ingratiating towards him, they all couldn’t change Tao Mu’s habit of making it convenient for others and convenient for himself.

Just like today’s incident, although Tao Mu disliked Cheng Baodong, in front of so many colleagues in the industry, Tao Mu would not reject him rudely.

“What is Director Cheng talking about?” Tao Mu said with a warm smile: “The entertainment industry can be said to be a big or small circle, and it’s fate to meet you here.”

“Then I’ll take advantage of you this once.” Cheng Baodong smiled boldly. He knew that with Tao Mu’s hypocritical temper, he would never refuse his request in front of so many people.

Cheng Baodong was in a good mood. On the one hand, it saved the crew a lot of expenses, on the other hand, it was forcing Tao Mu to pick up the bill.

Tao Mu could see through what Cheng Baodong was so gleeful of at a glance, and didn’t bother to quibble with him. With a smile, he let the staff of the resort register for everyone.

In the crowd, a girl with delicate features and a slightly arrogant temperament came out and looked Tao Mu up and down, her weighing eyes were quite blatant, making it seem like the girl’s face was a bit mean and unkind: “You are the Tao Mu who founded FlyNews.com? I’m curious, why do you still want to be an actor if you can just be a boss? Don’t you think filming is very hard?”

Tao Mu smiled slightly. He didn’t know the young womam in front of him. But judging by her demeanor, and the way she dared to speak in front of Cheng Baodong and other big names, Tao Mu could be sure that this was definitely a rich second generation.

And it was a rich second generation who didn’t like him very much.

Sure enough, upon hearing the girl’s words, Wang Boyuan, who was standing on the side, introduced: “This is Miss Qi, the daughter of the chairman of the Qi Group. The Qi Group is the largest investor in our drama. Miss Qi is very interested in the entertainment circle, and this time also played a role in the crew.”

That Miss Qi waited for Wang Boyuan to finish, and continued: “I’m not very interested in acting. I’m just curious about you. I also participated in the audition for “Soldier Elite” before. It’s a pity that I was rejected during the secondary audition. That’s why I asked my dad to invest in Director Cheng’s crew.”

Tao Mu raised his eyebrows. Then he heard Miss Qi continue to say: “I have experienced life in Director Cheng’s crew for a few days, and I don’t think filming is at all interesting. It’s dull and dry, and the set is even more boring. It’s hard to imagine that Mr. Tao would waste so much time on this kind of thing.”

“Doing what you like, you won’t think it’s a waste of time.” Tao Mu smiled warmly.

Miss Qi snorted, and answered in a slightly aggressive manner: “So Mr. Tao likes acting?”

Before Tao Mu could speak, Miss Qi sneered again, “I wonder of Mr. Tao also likes acting so much in front of Xiao Heng?”

Li Xiaoheng?!

Tao Mu suddenly understood, and looked at Miss Qi with a focused expression. Was this a case of a hostile pursuer?

“Why, have you nothing to say?” Miss Qi snorted coldly: “I don’t know what drug you fed to the Li family. Not only did Li Xiaoheng go crazy, but even Uncle Li and Aunt Li agreed to let the heir of the Fengxing Group marry a man. I really admire Mr. Tao. Mr. Tao is indeed worthy of coming out of Night.”

In front of so many people, Miss Qi said such harsh words to Tao Mu. And it held such a huge amount of information. The onlookers immediately looked at each other in dismay. Even Cheng Baodong’s complexion was a little ugly. It was true that he didn’t like Tao Mu, but he never thought of offending Tao Mu so obviously and publicly. After all, Tao Mu had total control over FlyNews.com as well as 5% of the shares of Xiaoheng Capital, and he was the last person in the circle to offend.

Compared with the sudden change of expression of everyone, Tao Mu’s expression was probably the calmest. Not even batting an eye

“There are many people who admire me, and Miss Qi is just one of them.” Tao Mu hooked the up corners of his lips and said leisurely: “But most of the other people admire me for creating FlyNews.com, or because I have made a little money in the international financial market. Of course there are people who admire my acting skills and my production ability. This is the first time I have met someone like Miss Qi who admires my ability to have a boyfriend.”

Tao Mu said this, and smiled: “But seeing Miss Qi’s conversation skills and behavior today, I don’t wonder why Miss Qi admires me. Thinking about Miss Qi’s behavior, there should not be any outstanding suitors of he opppsite sex taking the initiative to pursue you, am I right? Let alone the same sex?”

“You——” Miss Qi didn’t expect Tao Mu to say such words. Suddenly, her face changed greatly with anger, and she scolded indiscriminately: “You have no shame at all!”

“Oh?” Tao Mu raised his eyebrows very calmly: “Miss Qi saying this, could it be you know how to write the word shame?”

As soon as the words fell, laughter suddenly came from the crowd. Miss Qi was greatly provoked and turned her head, glaring over viciously. The few who couldn’t help laughing quickly lowered their heads to avoid Miss Qi’s gaze. They all knew that Tao Mu was a man with a particularly sharp mouth. But before, it was all just praise by netizens, but today they actually saw it with their own eyes…..Sure enough, seeing it was better than hearing it a hundred times.

“Don’t be so proud!” Miss Qi clenched her fists tightly, staring at Tao Mu angrily: “Don’t think that you have confused Brother Li now, and he will definitely continue to be with you. People like us, when talking about marriage, we must pay attention to the right family. Even if Brother Li and Uncle Li and Aunt Li are deceived by you, there are still so many people in the Li family. The elders of the Li family will never let the heir of the Li family marry a male entertainer.”

At the end, Miss Qi pointed at Tao Mu angrily.

As soon as “male entertainer” came out, the faces of the male actors present were a little unsightly. Although they all knew that there were many wealthy and affluent people who looked down on their profession. But even so, being scolded by someone while having their noses pointed at was altogether a different matter.

Tao Mu lowered his eyes, looking at the finger that almost poked his face, “Miss Qi being sure, could it be that Miss Qi who knows shame…..also wants to taste what it’s like to be a mistress?”

“You and Brother Li are not married, so why do you say that I am the mistress?” That Miss Qi sneered again, and said confidently: “Of course everyone will depend on their own abilities. I warn you, I am the one who is personally acknowledged as Brother Li’s fiancée. The marriage between the two of us involves the cooperation between the Li family and the Qi family in the next few years. It’s not something a poor boy like you who has no background can stop.”

Speaking of this, Miss Qi thought of something, and smiled suddenly: “Oh, that’s right, you are not a poor boy with no background. I heard rumors on the Internet that it seems that you may be the second son of the Shen family in Shanghai. But it’s a pity, even if you go back to the Shen family now, I’m afraid it’s useless. The Shen Group is about to change hands. Thinking about it, you are really pitiful. You were simply born to be poor! But don’t be afraid, when our Qi family takes over the Shen Group in the future, we will leave enougj pension money for your Shen family.”

Hearing these words, Tao Mu paused slightly.

Looking at Tao Mu’s expression, Miss Qi gloated and said with a gleeful smile: “Why, you don’t know yet? The backer behind the Shen Group is my eldest uncle. At the beginning, the Yan family made things difficult for the Shen Group, and the Shen Group had no choice but to ask my eldest uncle for help. This morning, Shen Chen personally called, wanting to transfer 25% of the shares of the Shen Group to the Qi Group. This was what Shen Chen said personally. He also said that you are the second son of the Shen family who disappeared back then, and now that you know your birth experience, you want to take revenge on the Shen family. Shen Chen is worried that you will push Brother Li and the Li family to help you, and the Shen Group may not be able to withstand the revenge of the Li family. So he took the initiative to ask for an exchange of shares with the Qi Group.”

In fact, it wasn’t Shen Chen who asked for this on his own initiative, but the Qi Group’s intention when the Shen family came begging the eldest uncle of the Qi family in the first place. However, at that time, Shen Chen and Chairman Shen were still determined to gain the controlling stake in Shen Group, so of course they refused to accept this proposal to exchange shares. After all, the Shen family hadn’t fallen into a desperate situation at that time——the Yan family was only angered by the Shen family because of Shen Yu at that time, and it was far from the situation where it was a life or death struggle.

However, the relationship between Tao Mu and the Shen family was different. There was a life between the two. It would be fine if everyone in the Shen family didn’t know about it the whole time, but now that Shen Chen had been reborn, as the saying went, the debt must be collected from the debtor, it was absolutely impossible for Tao Mu to let the Shen family continue to be comfortable and prosperous. The most important thing was that it was impossible to allow Shen Chen, an unstable factor, to have the capital and ability to attack Tao Mu in the dark.

After all, in his previous life, Shen Chen could just stand on the sidelines watching Tao Mu’s desperate situation because of his own interests. How could he know that he would not secretly deal a killing blow to Tao Mu for his interests in this life? Comparing heart to heart, if Shen Chen stood in Tao Mu’s position, he would never trust himself.

So after Shen Chen put down the phone, he immediately realized that he had been impulsive.

After all, Tao Mu in the previous life was taught by Shen Chen himself. How Tao Mu would react after learning of his rebirth, Shen Chen could make a guess with his knees. Now that he had guessed Tao Mu’s brain circuit, of course Shen Chen would not sit still. Therefore, at the first opportunity he got in touch with the Qi family who had always wanted to do business with the Shen Group. The purpose was also to pull the Qi family into the water to fight against the Li family.

It was just that the situation had changed, and while Shen Chen had intentions to bring up the exchange of shares, looking at the plans of the Qi Group, it seemed that it would not be as simple as exchanging shares. Instead, they wanted to join hands with other small shareholders of the Shen Group to remove Shen Shiyuan from the seat of chairman?

Tao Mu understood this, and his heart couldn’t help but sink.

As expected of Shen Chen, he could predict everything ahead of him. When it came to business skills and scheming shrewdness, Tao Mu felt that he couldn’t keep up with Shen Chen even if he tried. However, it was because Shen Chen acted so decisively that Tao Mu couldn’t believe Shen Chen’s words.

Just as Shen Chen was familiar with his temper, Tao Mu had been by Shen Chen’s side for so many years, so he naturally knew Shen Chen’s methods. Shen Chen regarded the Shen Group as something so important, but after predicting Tao Mu’s move, he quickly and decisively took out 25% of the Shen family’s shares in exchange for the group’s vitality. How could Tao Mu feel at ease with this kind of determination?

And Shen Chen was worried about him, so he naturally tried his best to check and balance Tao Mu’s ability to ensure that Tao Mu could not threaten the interests of the Shen family. So it was even more impossible for Tao Mu to sit still and let Shen Chen harm him again for the sake of the Shen family. So there was absolutely no possibility of reconciliation between the two.

As for Miss Qi’s nonsensical remarks, Tao Mu was a little startled when he heard it at first. However, after thinking about it, he knew that Miss Qi’s words would never come true. With Shen Chen’s intelligence, towards hidden dangers that even Miss Qi could see, of course he would not ignore them. So Tao Mu dared to conclude that if the Qi Group agreed to exchange shares, Shen Chen would definitely have a way to make the Qi Group continue to support him.

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In contrast, Tao Mu was more concerned about the relationship between the Qi family and the Li family, to be precise, the relationship between Miss Qi and Li Xiaoheng. Was this also in Shen Chen’s calculations?

After all, judging from the current situation, if Shen Chen really wanted to check and balance Tao Mu’s ability, splitting Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng, or splitting them and the Li family was the fastest, most effective and safe way. Tao Mu had to admit that Shen Chen was worthy of being Shen Chen. Sure enough, the first blow he dealt was a killer move.

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Tao Mu always thought that Li Xiaoheng was a workaholic with no desires. After all, the two have been dating for so long, and Li Xiaoheng had always given him the impression of being relatively frigid. However, it turned out that the reason why the old bachelor had been adhering to the workaholic and frigid lifestyle was only because he had never experienced making love with the person he liked. Once he had a taste, he would know what it was like and never go back to living like a monk.

“You, enough already! I have to go back to the base tomorrow morning!” On the big bed in the hotel room, the panting Tao Mu couldn’t help but slap away Li Xiaoheng who was sticking to him again, and couldn’t help but miss that strict business partner obsessed with working overtime back then.

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Li Xiaoheng, who was pushed away by his sweetheart, was like a big dog that was disliked by its owner, wagging its tail and sticking to him again, stretching out his arms to pull him into his embrace and hugging him comfortably. With his chin resting on Tao Mu’s shoulder, he let out a sigh of satisfaction and said lazily, “Leave the Shen family’s affairs to me, so don’t worry about it.”

Tao Mu subconsciously refused: “Ni need to trouble yourself. I can find a way myself——”

“Xiao Mu.” Li Xiaoheng frowned, turned over and pressed the person under him, put one hand next to Tao Mu’s head, and emphasized in a serious tone with a serious expression: “Now you are a man with a family. The two of us are already together. Husband and husband are one, your affairs are my affairs. Besides, you are busy filming now, and you have to focus all your energy on analyzing your role and supervising the crew. How can you be distracted dealing with the Shen family matter?”

“Or, you don’t believe me at all? Do you think I can’t even handle this little thing well?”

“Of course not!” Tao Mu sighed helplessly: “It’s not that I don’t trust you. I’ve just been brooding over the Shen family and my own experience in my previous life for too long. Before, I thought I was the only one who was reborn in this world. Those things in my previous life haven’t happened yet, and those who forced me to death haven’t done anything yet. I can’t just go and get revenge on a bunch of strangers who don’t know anything. Even if I destroy them and their livelihood, they won’t know where they are wrong, so what’s the point of my revenge?”

“But Shen Chen suddenly told me that he is also reborn…..I just think this is a matter between me and the Shen family, and there is no need to involve others.”

“Others?” Li Xiaoheng raised his eyebrows, and pressed the whole length of his body which was nearly 1.9 meters heavily on Tao Mu, rubbing the tip of his nose against Tao Mu’s, and asked angrily, “Who is ‘other’ here?”

“Tao Xiao Mu!” The aggrieved and domineering CEO pressed his lover down and begged for an explanation: “We have been dating for so long, we have done what should be done, and what should not be done. Pitting aside you refusing to give me official status for the sake of your career, but now you also treat me as ‘others’?”

As he said that, Mr. Li viciously bit down on Tao Mu’s collarbone and licked it, his waist pushing forward hard: “You must be punished for being so misbehaving!”

Tao Mu was caught off guard and cried out, both vexed and amused: “Stop messing around, we’re talking about serious stuff——”

As a result, under the punishment of boss Li’s personal grudge, the two messed around for more than an hour again before returning to business.

“Leave it to me.” Li Xiaoheng said solemnly: “Let me do something for you. We met too late, an entire lifetime late. I have no way to participate in your past, and I have no way to protect you when you were at your most despairing and helpless. But for your present and future, I hope that I will not miss even one sunrise.”

“Leave the Shen family to me.” Li Xiaoheng touched Tao Mu’s increasingly handsome and sexy face: “At least give me a chance to make amends.”

Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaohang whose expression became more and more gentle, and sighed helplessly: “You are really getting better at sweet-talking.”

“My lover is so excellent and so likable, and your girlfriend fans are so many they can line up all around the border. If I don’t work hard to improve my husband quality, one day, what if my lover gets tired and wants to abandon me?”

Li Xiaoheng chuckled lightly, his chest vibrating. He held Tao Mu in his arms, and while giving Tao Mu a massage, he joked: “Speaking of which, you must always remember that I am already yours. You must take responsibility for me. In the future, if there are wild flowers and weeds wanting to confess their love to you, you must sternly refuse. Take me with you in everything, and don’t push me thousands of miles away whenever you have a problem. Always remember that husband and husband are one, your affairs are my affairs. So don’t be courteous and use me.”

When Li Xiaoheng said this, he suddenly lowered his head and pecked Tao Mu on the lips: “In all ways.”

Tao Mu blushed. He found that since the two of them really became intimate, this person had become more and more unrestrained.

“The market value of the Shen Group is hundreds of billions of yuan. The Shen family has been operating in Shanghai for so many years, with a strong background and extensive contacts. Before when the Yan family wanted to suppress the Shen Group, it was because the people behind the Shen family stood forward to intercede for the Shen family that they failed. If because of personal grievances, I rashly involve you and the Fengxing Group, it will definitely have a negative impact on Fengxing Group, right?”

A battle involving industrial groups worth hundreds of billions of yuan could no longer fully be described as a fight between a sandpiper and a clam (TN: lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can’t agree lose out to a third party). Just a little carelessness would turn it into a fight to the death between two predators. What was more, one of them was Shen Chen, who was known as a business genius in his previous life, and in this life, because of his rebirth, he had knowledge of the future? Li Xiaoheng’s plan was good, but Shen Chen was by no means someone who would just sit there and wait to die. No one could predict what would happen when the two sides fought for real.

Tao Mu hesitated for a moment, but still spoke the truth. In the end, he was just afraid of implicating the Li family, afraid that the Li family would resent him and find him troublesome, actually daring to drag Li Xiaoheng into that complicated situation. Tao Mu experienced too many betrayals and disdain in his previous life, which directly affected Tao Mu’s behavior after his rebirth. In the face of the person he cared about, Tao Mu would rather suffer a loss than let the other suffer a loss, afraid that the other would dislike him because of this.

Li Xiaoheng could understand Tao Mu’s trembling mindset like one walking on thin ice. But it was precisely because of this that Li Xiaoheng felt distress for Tao Mu more and more. How many things did a person have to go through to develop this kind of conditioned reflex that they were afraid of being even just a bit careless and end up troubling others?

For every person with good social skills, if it was not because they were born with a high emotional intelligence, then it was due to having encountered too many lessons in reality, and their flesh and blood have been cut up by sharp knives, so that they could become what they were today without edges and corners.

Seeing Tao Mu like this, and thinking about what the Shen family did, more and more Li Xiaoheng couldn’t contain his anger.

“Don’t think like this.” Li Xiaoheng took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a gentle voice: “You know how much my parents like you. They have always worried that I would be too old and dull for you and that I would be abandoned by you in the end. Now that I have the opportunity to do something for you, let you see that other than physical stamina I also have the ability to protect you and vent your anger for you, maybe you will love me more. And my seat as the official husband will be more stable. Moreover, I can also take this opportunity to stake my public claim on you.”

Li Xiaoheng had probably broken some shackles, and became more outspoken and out of character when being with Tao Mu. However, this kind of lighthearted laughing and scolding with joy and anger made Tao Mu feel more at ease.

“Don’t talk about these nonexistent things.” Tao Mu had a headache. But after thinking about it, he dug out the suitcase in front of Li Xiaoheng, and took out three thick notebooks written in code. “I’ll look and see if there are any projects or news that can be exchanged for benefits.”

After Tao Mu was reborn, in order to make better use of his golden finger, he once recorded all kinds of things that would happen in the future. And also compiled a set of code language. Tao Mu originally thought that these secrets that only he could understand would follow him into the coffin. But he didn’t expect that the world was impermanent, and he would actually take the initiative to tell others the secret one day.

Tao Mu handed the code book to Li Xiaoheng, and told him how to read it. Li Xiaoheng was a little shocked. After Li Xiaoheng vaguely guessed Tao Mu’s rebirth experience, he deduced from the result why Tao Mu’s vision and ability to predict were so good. And why he was still very unconfident in this situation, claiming that he was not that talented all the time, and that everything was just an illusion.

Later Tao Mu confessed the truth to him, Li Xiaoheng was shocked, but other than confirming his guess, he felt only ecstatic. He was delighted that his dedication finally made Tao Mu let go of his vigilance and anxiety, and began to offer his trust. He was even more delighted that he was the one who Tao Mu subconsciously thought of as the first person to tell his secret.

But Li Xiaoheng never expected that Tao Mu would hand over these things to him. After dating for so long, Li Xiaoheng felt that no one could understand Tao Mu better than him. He understood Tao Mu, understood Tao Mu’s uneasiness and caution, and understood why Tao Mu became like this. And especially understood what these things mean to Tao Mu.

This was the basis for Tao Mu to gain a foothold after his rebirth. It was also Tao Mu’s indispensable card up his sleeve if he wanted to build a business empire. But now, Tao Mu gave these things to him without reservation.

Noticing Li Xiaoheng’s shock and complicated emotions, Tao Mu smiled slightly and said, “Don’t be like this. I just think that these things can be put to better use if I entrust them to you. Besides, I am not the only one who is reborn now. When it comes to commercial sense, Shen Chen is much better than me. So these are not commercial secrets.”

Tao Mu licked his lips, his eyes subconsciously falling on the notebooks. He spoke easily, but after he actually handed over the things, he felt a little empty in his heart. It was as if a mountain had collapsed, and he was alone again.

Subconsciously clenching his palms, Tao Mu sneered. This was the crudeness of rebirth. In his previous life, he was not a stunningly talented person, but now he became a business genius in the eyes of others only by relying on the opportunity of having been reborn ten years back. But once the halo fell off, people might find that he was actually a dumb, useless fake product.

By that time, maybe Li Xiaoheng would also…..

Tao Mu took a deep breath, his expression decisive. The reason why he gave these things to Li Xiaoheng was not entirely to compensate Xiaoheng Capital and Fengxing Group for possible loss of interests. The most important reason was that he wanted Li Xiaoheng to see the real Tao Mu clearly. Whether after getting rid of all the halos, Tao Mu was still worthy of Li Xiaoheng’s liking or not.

Tao Mu couldn’t be sure about this, he didn’t have confidence in himself, but he wanted to trust Li Xiaoheng. So he handed over the choice to Li Xiaoheng. If. If Li Xiaoheng disappointed him…..

Tao Mu clenched his fists tightly. It was actually not a big deal. He now had FlyNews.com, Yao Dad, Xiao Qi Dad, Grandpa Song, and the tens of billions he had earned in the international financial market. He had been lucky enough. It was not as if he would be worse off than he was in the previous life.

“Don’t think nonsense!”

Holding his chin and lifting Tao Mu’s face with one hand, Li Xiaoheng stared at Tao Mu’s dark and gleaming but slightly moist eyes, feeling very helpless: “Just what kind of person am I in your heart?”

Li Xiaoheng gently kissed Tao Mu’s lips like the brief landing of a dragonfly: “I admit that part of the reason why I was attracted to you at the beginning was because of your keen sense of business and brilliant financial analysis. But if you only have these advantages, I would only regard you as a business partner, not love you at first sight, and want to spend the rest of my life with you.”

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“I know exactly who the Tao Mu I like is. But does my Tao Mu know what kind of person is the Li Xiaoheng you like?”

Before Tao Mu could speak, Li Xiaoheng kissed him again, and said in a soft but firm voice, “No matter what my Tao Mu looks like, even if you had white hair, teeth falling out and Alzheimer’s disease, I will be by your side, accompanying you in growing old together and entering the coffin together.”

Tao Mu’s eyes were slightly red. He put his arms around Li Xiaoheng’s neck, and responded softly and firmly: “What a coincidence, I am the same.”

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His whole body was sore and painful, as if he had been repeatedly run over by a truck. He had no strength at all, and even moving his little finger became a luxury.

The dazzling sunlight squeezed in through the gaps in the curtains and jumped excitedly on the eyelids of the sleeping person on the bed. Tao Mu frowned fiercely and retracted his head into the quilt. Thick curled eyelashes trembled. After a long while, Tao Mu struggled to open his eyes. His unfocused eyes stared at the ceiling, and he could hear the sound of someone moving in the dining room. Tao Mu turned over, and the pain that came from a hidden part of his body immediately made Tao Mu freeze.

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“Ow!” Tao Mu subconsciously tightened his grip on the sheets.

In the dining room, having just called for room service, but was afraid that the waiter would wake the other up when they knocked on the door, Li Xiaoheng stayed at the door and waited for the dining cart, and then pushed the dining cart to the dining table. With keen ears, he picked up on the sound from the bedroom.

“Are you awake?” Li Xiaoheng strode into the bedroom, walked to the bed and sat down, reaching out to feel Tao Mu’s forehead: “How do you feel? Anywhere uncomfortable?”

Unlike Tao Mu, who was sore and sluggish, Li Xiaoheng, who was also up for most of the night performing a certain strenuous activity, was in a state of abnormal energy. His normally expressionless face was now full of smiles, and the invisible tail behind him waved this way and that way, appearing very much l happily full and satisfied.

“It’s not comfortable anywhere!” Tao Mu said angrily. When he opened his mouth, he realized that his voice was hoarse. No wonder he felt that his throat was burning hot.

“Hai, hai!” Tao Mu couldn’t help but cough twice, and fell into the bed depressed.

“You’re quite physically fit?” Mr. Tao, who was always praised for his good physical condition, squinted at Li Xiaoheng. His eyes landed on Li Xiaoheng’s increasingly refreshed and energized face, and he felt remorse in his heart.

If he had known, he wouldn’t have been soft-hearted yesterday. Why was it that he jist laid down willingly when Li Xiaoheng pitifully begged him? The most important thing was that this big-tailed wolf did not own up to his promise. He clearly said that he would listen to him on everything. Only to get into bed and forget what he said. After tossing him over and over again, and he begged for mercy like that, his voice even becoming hoarse, this bastard still pretended not to hear.

When Tao Mu thought of this, he twitched his fingers even more angrily, and gently scratched the inside of Li Xiaoheng’s wrist. It was originally a move to vent anger, but because of lack of physical strength and reluctance to scratch the other too seriously, it turned out to be like flirting.

Li Xiaoheng only felt a surge of hot lava rushing through his veins, and little brother Li, who was already very excited, became energized once again. Li Xiaoheng hugged Tao Mu tight in a conditioned reflex.

Feeling Li Xiaoheng getting excited again, Tao Mu widened his phoenix eyes, and subconsciously pushed out his arm in front of Li Xiaoheng: “Enough of you. I have to go back to the base for training today!”

“You’re already like this, and you’re still going back to the base for training?” Li Xiaoheng raised his eyebrows, deliberately raised his leg and covered him with his body, rubbed his nose with Tao Mu, and teased, “Mr. Tao still has this physical strength? That means I’m not doing enough.”

Li Xiaoheng deliberately put emphasis on the word “do”, Tao Mu’s ears warmed, and he bit Li Xiaoheng’s ear angrily.

Feeling the warm touch on the tip of his ear, Li Xiaoheng pressed forward even more excitedly.

“Wuu!” Tao Mu groaned, only to feel that the world was spinning, and his whole person was pressed down under another body again.

It was almost noon by the time the two of them finished. Tao Mu, who was so hungry, lay on the bed and rolled his eyes into the back of his head. But what he was thinking about was that he didn’t ask for leave from the base. Wouldn’t the training base think something happened to him?

“Give me the phone!” Tao Mu raised his leg and kicked Li Xiaoheng, arrogantly.

Li Xiaoheng, who was windmilling his big tail, quickly got up from the bed, rummaged through the messy clothes and trousers on the floor, and handed it over to Tao Mu in a very ingratiating manner.

Tao Mu took it over to take a look, and sure enough, there were a few missed calls. There were calls from the base instructors, from his Xiao Qi Dad, and from several business partners. Tao Mu called back one by one, using his hoarse voice to pretend to have a bad cold and fool everyone.

After he put down the phone, Li Xiaoheng hugged Tao Mu and carried him into the bathroom to take a shower with much self-awareness. Tao Mu was lying in the bathtub like a big lord enjoying the service of their boss Li. He didn’t forget to joke: “Mr. Li should be the service staff with the highest hourly salary in my life, right?”

Li Xiaoheng smiled when he heard the words, leaned over and kissed Tao Mu’s lips lightly, lowered his voice and said with a smile, “Then I welcome Mr. Tao to develop more ways of using me.”

The low voice, which sounded as gorgeous as a cello, vibrated with the chest, as if it had its own reverberation. Tao Mu’s eyes narrowed, and he reached out and dragged a certain someone into the bathtub with him. The other hand held water and poured it on Li Xiaoheng’s head. Seeing the sexy appearance of water droplets that wet Li Xiaoheng’s hair and dripped down the ends, he leaned forward with a light chuckle.

After so much messing around, it was past one o’clock in the afternoon by the time Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng sat neatly dressed at the dining table. The food was already cold. Fortunately, this was a hotel, and Li Xiaoheng called for room service again. It was two o’clock in the afternoon when the two of them had something which one could not say whether it was breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea.

After a day and a night of fooling around, Tao Mu had the mind to discuss serious matters. He was contemplating how to exact revenge on Shen Chen.

“The reason why there are so many mistakes in the Shen Group’s acquisition of Aiqing Trading, now it seems that Zhuo Yan and the Yao family are behind the scenes. They even want to take this opportunity to provoke the relationship between Shen Shiyuan and his wife, then get the shares of the Shen Group that are in Mrs. Shen and Shen Yan’s hands. This would ensure that Zhuo Yan holds more than 50% of the shares when the shareholders make a resolution, and successfully remove the chairman, Shen Shiyuan, thus kicking out the Shen family from the Shen Group.”

“I have to say, if Shen Chen didn’t wake up in time, Zhuo Yan’s plan would very likely succeed. But now that Shen Chen is awake, with Shen Chen’s shrewdness, Zhuo Yan would never have a chance to touch the Shen family’s shares. In other words, the Shen Group is still firmly in Shen Chen’s hands. Therefore, if I want the Shen family to have nothing, I must first make the Shen Group worthless.”

So the question was, how could an industrial group with a market value of more than 100 billion yuan become worthless in a short period of time? This was not a domineering CEO novel and he could not make a corporation go bankrupt the next morning after deciding to do so. Tao Mu himself felt that this was rather unrealistic.

As Tao Mu’s most loyal business partner and life partner for the rest of their lives, Li Xiaoheng was the only person Tao Mu trusted and could discuss this matter with. It had to be said that such trust and reliance largely satisfied Li Xiaoheng’s protective desire as a husband. What was more, Tao Mu had always been independent and basically did not depend on anyone. From Li Xiaoheng’s point of view, now Tao Mu had truly accepted him and accepted this relationship.

So although he was a little disappointed that the happy time was too short, Li Xiaoheng immediately switched his mindset and gave Tao Mu some advice.

“Since Shen Chen is holding onto more than 50% of the shares of the Shen Group and will not let go, then we will find a way to make him let go.”

From Li Xiaoheng’s point of view, as the heir of a group with a market value of 100 billion yuan, Shen Chen’s shrewdness and means were really good. But in the face of absolute strength and capital, many times individual cleverness and scheming could not raise much waves.

“Now that they know that the Shen family occupies more than 50% of the shares of the Shen Group, Zhuo Yan and the Yao family choosing to secretly acquire the shares of the Shen Group at first, and even urging other small shareholders to unite together has become the wrong method. It not only cannot play a decisive role, but also ensures that the share price of the Shen Group does not drop too much when scandals erupt frequently.”

Because some people took over in the stock market, and there were people outside the market trying to win the shares of minority shareholders, which implied from a psychological level to those who owned shares of the Shen Group that the shares of the Shen Group were still very valuable and still worth holding rather than finding ways to throw it away. This ensured that the share price of the Shen Group had not fallen too much except for the first few days.

Li Xiaoheng guessed that this kind of conspiracy that calculated people’s hearts to the core should be Shen Chen’s hand. However, this strategy could only be used on people like Zhuo Yan who want to occupy the nest and take over the Shen Group. If it were him, Li Xiaoheng would never do such a stupid thing of “sewing a wedding dress only for others to wear it instead”.

“To find a way to make the Shen Group’s share price plummet, the best thing is to stop trading. Only in this way can we better guide public opinion to create a sell-off panic. At that time, even if the Shen family owns more than 50% of the Shen Group’s shares, there will be no way to stop the decline of the Shen Group. Unless the Shen family continues to smash real money into the stock market to keep it afloat.”

However, with the ability of the Shen family, holding 51% of the shares was already their best, and they were absolutely unable to take over in the stock market. What was more, even if the Shen family really threw their money in, Li Xiaoheng still had a way to drag the Shen family to their deaths.

“Once the Shen Group is suspended from trading in the stock market, we will have reason to use public opinion to force the Shen Group’s cooperative banks to cut off the Shen Group’s loans. If those banks refuse to do so, we can find a few economists to write a few articles of financial analysis, discuss the reasons why those banks refused to do this and speculate on whether they were really optimistic about the Shen Group as a company, or is there another reason behind it? As long as those banks are too busy fending off trouble, they will naturally give up the Shen Group to protect themselves.”

“Once the banks cut off the loans, the cash flow of the Shen Group will be immediately blocked. The Shen Group is an industrial business, whether it is bidding for land or real estate development, it needs a lot of cash flow and reserves. At that time, if the Shen Group does not want its capital chain to break off, the assets under the name of the group must be used as collateral. However, when the Shen Group loaned from the banks before, many projects have been mortgaged to the banks. So what we have to do is to keep an eye on the Shen Group. Once the Shen Group makes repeated loans, immediately notify the banks in various places, and then promote it on FlyNews.com to ensure that the Shen Group has no way to raise funds.”

“And once the capital chain of the Shen Group is broken, then even if we do not block the bidding projects of the Shen Group in various places, the localities will still not hand over the projects to the Shen Group for the sake of insurance. At that time, the Shen Group will fall into an embarrassing situation where their internal capital chain is broken and the external revenue-generating projects are unsustainable. When the time comes for the banks to urge the loans, it will be difficult for the Shen Group to not die.”

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“At that time, owning 51% of the shares of the Shen Group will not be the guarantee of the Shen family’s wealthy and affluent life. It will be the Shen family’s death scythe.”

Didn’t the Shen family stand by and watch the desperate struggle of their family’s CEO Tao just for this 51% stake in their last life? Then Li Xiaoheng would let the Shen family die with their 51% percent stake.

A cold light flashed in Li Xiaoheng’s eyes. But when he looked at Tao Mu again, he grinned and shamelessly asked for favors: “How is it, is my idea okay? Are there any rewards?”

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In this world, what only one person knows was called a secret. A thing, if more than two people knew about it, was definitely no longer a secret.

Tao Mu originally thought that being reborn was the biggest secret of his life. Something he couldn’t speak of or tell anyone, and could only bring it into the coffin. But unexpectedly…..

Tao Mu swiped through the contact list, and his chest suddenly became very tight. His throat felt hot, congested, and a little breathless. In his two lifetimes, he thought he was quite clear headed, at least he knew what he wanted. But it was only now that he knew that he had muddled away through life confused.

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Unwilling, resentful, unable to hold, but unable to let go. The negative emotions that had entangled Tao Mu for ten years in his previous life were like gangrene attached to his bones, winding around him once again. Tao Mu frowned fiercely while clutching his chest. Only then did he realize that he was not as relaxed and enlightened as he thought. Even though it had been smooth sailing since his rebirth, Tao Mu still hadn’t let go of those things in his previous life that he couldn’t touch no matter how much he begged. It was just because no one knew about Tao Mu’s experience before, Tao Mu had no other choice, and couldn’t find anyone to accuse and pursue an explanation, so he had to force himself not to think about it, not to care about it.

Tao Mu originally thought that this would be the case for the rest of his life. All his experiences were just an unspeakable nightmare. However, Shen Chen’s rebirth once again aroused all the anger and resentment that Tao Mu had accumulated in his heart.

Li Xiaoheng, who was at work, received a call from Tao Mu. He picked up the conversation between the two when they had just been interrupted by another call: “…..What, have you decided on what you want to eat?”

However, even after several long seconds passed, Tao Mu remained silent and did not speak. Only the sound of slight breathing could be heard over the receiver, and Li Xiaoheng immediately realized that something was wrong: “What’s wrong? Who called just now? What happened?”

“…..I want to see you.” After a long silence, Tao Mu said awkwardly: “Xiao Heng, I want to tell you something. Do you have time to listen?”

Li Xiaoheng’s heart sank. He didn’t know what happened to Tao Mu in just one phone call. But his first reaction was to patiently appease Tao Mu: “I have time.”

Li Xiaoheng closed the half-read documents, picked up his suit jacket and walked out of the office, while talking to Tao Mu on the phone: “I’ll find you now. Are you tired from training recently? Why don’t you take a shower and take a nap first? I’ll be there soon. Wait for me.”

“En.” Tao Mu hung up the phone. He stood there and thought for a while, then went to the instructor to ask for leave. When Li Xiaoheng came over in the evening, he would not stay at the training base that night. According to the procedure, Tao Mu had to inform the base.

The instructor saw that Tao Mu’s complexion was not very good, and thought that Tao Mu was tired from the recent training intensity. He also carefully asked Tao Mu if he wanted to go to the medical room and take a break in the afternoon. Tao Mu smiled and said no. He had an unnamed fire in his heart that couldn’t be put out. The physical combat training in the afternoon was perfect enough for Tao Mu to vent. It was also a good way to let Tao Mu calm down and think carefully about how to deal with the following events.

So when it came to training in the afternoon, everyone found that Tao Mu was very serious. He was originally a martial arts stand-in, with a little kung fu foundation and good physical fitness. Basically, he was the only amateur in the entire crew who could keep up with the training intensity. However, after this afternoon, everyone was stunned to discover that Tao Mu could still be stronger. That kind of toughness that was both alpha and ruthless, it was simply pheromones overload.

In the words of the girls in the crew, he was so hot that they couldn’t close their legs.

The training base of the special forces was in the next city, and Li Xiaoheng arrived at about six o’clock in the evening. Tao Mu, who had already asked for leave in advance, was waiting for Li Xiaoheng at the gate of the base.

Li Xiaoheng drove the car and saw his favorite person from a distance, leaning alone against the wall at the entrance of the base. With his head down and a cigarette in his mouth, the dim yellow street lamp shining down from overhead and enveloping Tao Mu’s figure in a halo of light. Indistinctly, there was an aura of fierceness and loneliness that emitted from him.

Li Xiaoheng’s heart stagnated, and he stopped the car in front of Tao Mu.

Tao Mu got into the car without saying a word, leaning on the passenger seat: “I’m hungry, let’s find a place to eat first.”

Li Xiaoheng was full of questions, but he could see that Tao Mu was not in a good mood. So he didn’t rush to ask questions, and took Tao Mu to a five-star chain hotel opened by Fengxing Group in this city. They didn’t go to the hotel restaurant to eat, but just called room service to deliver dinner to the room.

After Tao Mu received Shen Chen’s call, he had an urge to confess. He really wanted to find someone to talk about his confused two lives, talk about those things he couldn’t let go that may not be worth mentioning in the eyes of others, talk about how to face the reborn Shen Chen in the future, and those family members in name only. However, Tao Mu didn’t want to talk about these things with Liu Yao, Meng Qi and old man Song. On the one hand, he was ashamed of his actions in his previous life, and he didn’t want his family to know his muddle-headed and ungrateful side. Tao Mu was worried that once his Yao Dad, Xiao Qi Dad, and Grandpa Song knew about these things, they would feel dissatisfied and develop a barrier against him in their hearts, and would subconsciously blame him or even avoid him. So Tao Mu didn’t dare to say anything.

But Tao Mu had never been the kind of person who only knew to run away. Moreover, he didn’t want to let his past life experience be used by others to blackmail him——although Shen Chen’s phone call didn’t reveal too much emotion, Tao Mu had been by Shen Chen’s side in his previous life for quite some years, and he knew what kind of person Shen Chen was. He was a cold and indifferent hunter who could read people’s hearts, and was very good at grasping the weak spots of others. Therefore, Tao Mu never believed the empty words that Shen Chen said, “well water does not encroach river water”. Because Tao Mu knew that what Shen Chen understood as “well water doesn’t encroach river water” referred to a situation where there was no conflict of interest with him at all. Once there was a conflict of interest, Shen Chen would never consider any family agreement, he would only seize Tao Mu’s weakness and attack him without hesitation.

However, Tao Mu lived a new life and absolutely could not tolerate himself or his family being the prey in Shen Chen’s eyes because of his own interests. So he had to strike first. Thinking of this, Tao Mu almost subconsciously called Li Xiaoheng. Not only because Li Xiaoheng was his lover, but also because Li Xiaoheng was his most trusted partner. Therefore, after Tao Mu learned that Shen Chen was reborn and felt a sense of crisis because of this incident, the first thing that came to his mind was to ask Li Xiaoheng to discuss what to do next.

But after Tao Mu came back to his senses, or after venting out the sudden panic in an afternoon of training, Tao Mu began to hesitate again.

The reason was the same as above. Tao Mu was afraid that once Li Xiaoheng knew all the bad and stupid things he had done in his previous life, knew that he was not as smart or as good as Li Xiaoheng thought, and everything he had was because of tje advantage of rebirth. And that in fact, he was just a mediocre person whose blood relatives wouldn’t even recognize or accept him…..

Li Xiaoheng must also be disappointed with him, right?

Just like the many colleagues in the entertainment industry that he had seen in his previous life, once their image collapsed, not only would the fans leave in droves, but the fans would even turn around and step on their former idol.

“I…..” Looking at Li Xiaoheng, who had traveled thousands of kilometers to find him because of his words, Tao Mu hesitated for a long time, and shrank into himself a little subconsciously.

However, the rebirth of Shen Chen and the unknown factor that was Zhuo Yan made Tao Mu feel a sense of crisis and anxiety. This kind of emotion made Tao Mu unable to hide the secret of rebirth with peace of mind. He was afraid that one day, Li Xiaoheng and his family would learn these truths from the mouths of others in other places. At that time, his situation would be even more passive and embarrassing.

Tao Mu could not imagine such a situation. So after thinking about it, he decided to reveal his secrets: “…..Whether you believe it or not, in fact, I was reborn in this life.”

Some things, once you begin, the following words are easy to say. Almost in a mechanical tone, Tao Mu tried his best to recount the stupid things he had done in his past life with the attitude of a bystander.

Tao Mu thought that Li Xiaoheng would be shocked, would not believe it, and even thought that he was joking or that he was crazy. However, contrary to Tao Mu’s expectations, after listening to his words, Li Xiaoheng just nodded calmly. In a tone of “As I expected”, he directly helped Tao Mu to summarize his words: “So what are you thinking now, do you want to take revenge on the Shen family?”

Li Xiaoheng’s attitude was so calm that Tao Mu was a little dazed: “What?”

“I knew for a long time that for the Shen family their interests always came first, but I really did not expect that the Shen family would be able to go this far for the sake of profit.”

Watching an outsider who occupied the nest bully their own blood family, and not only did they not help out, but chose to aid in the abuse. And the reason for this inanity was simply that Tao Mu’s value was not as great as Shen Yu’s. Although Tao Mu was downplaying when he recalled the past, Li Xiaoheng could imagine how helpless, resentful and unwilling Tao Mu was at that time.

It was too ridiculous.

“Since the Shen family cares so much about the interests of the Shen family, and even forcing you to die for it, then we should just destroy what they care about the most.” Li Xiaoheng held Tao Mu’s hand: “It doesn’t matter if it is the Shen family, or the one surnamed Zhuo, if they don’t know anything about it, then we are bullying people by taking revenge rashly. That’s why you chose to avoid them after you were reborn. Because you felt that your grievances can’t be appealed. You had no way to seek justice for everything that happened to you in your past life.”

“But like you said, since both Shen Chen and Zhuo Yan may be reborn, they would no longer be innocent. So us taking our revenge is also reasonable.”

“What’s more, since those two people could calculate you for the sake of profit, they may continue to calculate you for the rest of your life. We can’t wait for the other side to take action before passively fighting back. Now Zhuo Yan has joined forces with the Yao family, and they are fighting fiercely with the Shen family. We can take this opportunity to wipe out this group of people. And also let them know that what they care about most, what they want to maintain the most, and what they want to hold on tight to the point of throwing stones, plotting and scheming, and forcing you to your death, are all just things that happen to be the last thing we care about.”

Li Xiaoheng always believed that the best revenge towards the enemy was to snatch the things that the enemy cared about the most, and then discard them like worn shoes.

Coincidentally, Tao Mu thought so too. Only——

Tao Mu licked his lips, and subconsciously clenched Li Xiaoheng’s hand: “I thought that you would look down on me for my previous life. You would feel that that kind of me is not good at all. Besides, I thought you wouldn’t believe me and think that I am talking nonsense. How can you believe me so easily?” How could you be so calm?

“I also thought that you would never tell me these things.” Li Xiaoheng smiled warmly and touched Tao Mu’s head: “I said before, I like you. I like your strengths and I won’t hate your weaknesses. Maybe you have done something wrong, and you even look down on yourself. But in my eyes, the you who is bright and beautiful is you, and the you who is confused and down on your luck is you. Without those experiences, you would not be who you are in front of me now.”

“I like you now, but I can also accept the you in the past. You don’t have to worry about gains and losses in front of me at all.” Li Xiaoheng said, leaned forward and kissed Tao Mu’s brow lightly: “Because I love you, I love you for who you are.”

It was as if the ice that had been frozen for an entire winter was melted by the warmth of spring into babbling spring water. In an instant, Tao Mu felt a shudder surge up from his tailbone and spread all over his body in an instant. Tao Mu’s whole body trembled, and he couldn’t help pushing Li Xiaoheng onto the sofa.

He used his eyes to trace Li Xiaoheng’s handsome features. He pressed the other’s slender and fiery body under his own weight, and looked at the one who was always the image of a resolute and tough CEO outside, just allow him to be pressed underneath with a warm smile, and even wrap his arms around his waist for fear that he would fall off. Tao Mu felt that his heart was about to burst, and his whole body was about to float up into the clouds.

I am so lucky. Tao Mu thought so. He couldn’t help holding Li Xiaoheng’s hands tightly until their fingers intertwined, and his whole person was lying on Li Xiaoheng’s body. He could even hear the strong beating of Li Xiaoheng’s heart, together with his own heart, it beat very fast. It was as if the drums of war had been beaten.

Tao Mu felt that just because of these words, even if Li Xiaoheng didn’t like him anymore, he wouldn’t let go of him obediently.

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“Li Xiaoheng!” Tao Mu gritted his teeth and stared at the person under him, saying viciously, “You are done for. I am going to tear up the contract. Even if you don’t like me in the future, I will not break up with you peacefully.”

He would hold on to this person tightly, hold on with a death grip, and would never let go.

Hearing this, Li Xiaoheng smiled, hugged Tao Mu and pulled him down, chuckling, “That’s exactly what I want.”

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[Dad, Dad, look it’s snowing outside, why is that big brother squatting outside washing dishes! Isn’t he cold?]

[Because that big brother is an orphan and has no parents to take care of him, he has to earn money to support himself. You have to be good and don’t be naughty, or Dad and Mom will send you to the orphanage and make you be like that brother.]

It turned out that the reason I was thrown away by my parents was because I was not well behaved?

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[Don’t blame me either. Your biological parents don’t want you. I, the adoptive mother, have supported you for so many years, provided you with food and clothing, and I have already done my best.]

It turned out that even if I am well-behaved it still won’t work, only biological parents would treat their children well.

[Have you heard? The one in bed 52 sent in together is the real Second Young Master Shen. Suddenly the sparrow turned into a phoenix.]

It turned out that I also have biological parents and siblings. It turned out that I was not thrown away by my parents because I was not good. It was all the fault of the nurses who carelessly held the wrong child. It turned out to be like this…..

[That child is too scheming and has a bad temper. After he arrived, he made it difficult for Xiao Yu everywhere, and I can’t stand it any longer. In any case, Xiao Yu is also our child who we have raised for 18 years. Can’t that child just get along well with Xiao Yu?]

Mom and Dad, it’s not like this, you are my biological parents, you should treat me well. Why must you care about the cuckoo occupying the nest?

[That Second Young Master Shen is too rotten.]

[Tao Mu, you have disappointed me too much.]

[I don’t have a son like you, so get out of the Shen family.]

It was March, and early spring weather was warm. The warm sunlight streamed in from outside the window. Tao Mu sat in front of the computer in a daze, but still felt a chill around him, as if he was immersed in the frosty river water in winter. A biting cold drilling into his bones.

The phone that fell on the ground kept vibrating, and the actors who were also in the lounge looked at each other. Wen Bao bent down to pick up the phone on the ground, and patted Tao Mu on the shoulder carefully: “Tao Mu, your phone’s ringing.”

Tao Mu came back to his senses and looked down at the name that kept causing the vibrating on the caller ID. He took the phone, got up and walked out of the lounge.

The phone rang again and again. Holding the phone, Tao Mu walked through the quiet corridor, down the stairs, and went all the way to the outside of the dormitory building. Only then did he connect the phone.

“What do you want to say?”

On the other end of the phone, Shen Chen involuntarily fell silent. He had never been a talkative person. In the last life, he could watch Tao Mu’s situation with a cold eye, and now the two of them were separated by a lifetime, so what else was there to say.

What was more, Shen Chen didn’t know what he wanted to say to Tao Mu. He just had a long dream. After waking up, he wanted to hear Tao Mu’s voice. But he himself never had anything to say to Tao Mu. In the previous life, Tao Mu really liked talking to him. When he was kicked out of the entertainment industry by Shen Yu’s admirers in such a pathetic manner, and then brought into the company and kept by his side, every day he was like a puppy trailing after him. Asking this and that, so garrulous that it gave him a headache.

However, that Tao Mu was already dead. Died in the previous life, on his twenty-eighth birthday.

Now, this Tao Mu must have nothing to say to him, the elder brother.

After being silent for a long time, Shen Chen spoke slowly, “You…..what do you want to know?”

“There’s nothing really that I want to know.” Tao Mu clenched his phone tightly, pretending to be calm: “Don’t blindly pursue what had already happened, and don’t listen to the one-sided words of the parties involved. Isn’t this what you taught me?”

Everything in the past life, no matter what Shen Chen did in the first place, whether he regretted it afterwards. For Tao Mu, who had already lost his life, it was no longer important.

Shen Chen’s breathing went stagnant, and the pain spread from the wound, making him a little breathless.

“That’s fine.” Shen Chen gently pressed the wound and breathed slightly. Other than the first sentence that revealed a little emotion, Shen Chen, who slowly calmed down, regained his previous restraint and cool head: “In this life, don’t come back to the Shen family again.”

Tao Mu closed his eyes and took a deep breath: “I understand. It just so happens, that’s exactly what I want.”

No, you don’t understand.

Shen Chen tightly held the phone, so hard his fingers went a little white. In the end, however, he still didn’t say a word. Because the person on the other side of the phone was the child he had personally taught by his side for six to seven years. He knew him as well as himself, like looking in a mirror.

So Shen Chen knew that Tao Mu, who was burdened with a life and a lifetime on his back, would never believe even a single word he said.

If it was destined not to be believed, there was no need to say it.

Shen Chen hung up the phone and silently leaned back on the bed. The door of the ward was pushed open with a bang. Only Shen Shiyuan, in a suit and leather shoes, whose eyes were a little red, pushed in and said in surprised delight, “Ah Chen, you woke up?”

“En.” Shen Chen nodded, and immediately put aside his thoughts: “Dad, how is Mom now?”

“Still at the detention center. I’m already thinking of a way.” Shen Shiyuan said, walked to Shen Chen’s side, and asked thoughtfully: “How are you? Have you seen the doctor? What did he say? Does it still hurt?”

“I’m fine.” Shen Chen frowned: “The detention center conditions are so poor, and Mom’s health is not good. Besides, Mom is so timid, we should still think of a way to bail her out first——”

“Not now.” Shen Shiyuan interrupted Shen Chen’s words, and frowned fiercely: “Right now the reputation of the Shen family is very bad, and the outside world has a lot of opinions on your mother. If she is released on bail at this time, it will only make some people feel that the Shen family is engaging in privilege. So it’s better to just go with the flow and use Yu Qingqing’s husband to simply whitewash everything your mother did.”

From Shen Shiyuan’s point of view, Yu Qingqing’s husband attempted murder in front of everyone’s eyes, and his past, including how he made his fortune, was not clean. As long as Shen Shiyuan had conclusive evidence, that person would just be the grasshopper at the end of autumn, nearing its end. Since he was destined to die, he might as well help the Shen family before he died.

Shen Shiyuan already had people preparing. On the one hand, he was secretly investigating the evidence of Yu Qingqing’s husband’s smuggling, and on the other hand, he communicated with the major media. After Shen Shiyuan handed over all the evidence, the major media would publish Yu Qingqing’s husband’s crimes, and Yu Qingqing’s sin of taking the money but abandoning the young child, causing the life and death situation of the real second son of the Shen family to be unknown. The reports would be on how the Shen family just wanted to seek justice, and though their method was a bit extreme, Yu Qingqing’s husband was even more so in that he tried to commit murder in public, and after hurting others, he even led public opinion to cyberbully the Shen family. In fact, it was the Shen family who were the victims.

At that time, the fermenting public opinion would definitely reverse again, and Shen Shiyuan would find a way to whitewash the reputation of the Mrs. Shen, and at the same time, the Shen family and the Shen Group as well. Therefore, the top priority was that Mrs. Shen must stay in the detention center. The more aggrieved and dejected she was now, the stronger the rebound effect would be when public opinion reversed in the future.

Speaking of this, Shen Shiyuan couldn’t help frowning: “Have you seen Lin Rong’an’s revelations? It would be great if Tao Mu was really our child. His FlyNews.com has a good reputation among Chinese netizens. Besides, Tao Mu is also an expert in this game. If FlyNews.com is willing to help the Shen family whitewash…..”

“Don’t provoke Tao Mu.” Shen Chen interrupted Shen Shiyuan lightly: “That person and the Li family behind him are very troublesome. Dad doesn’t want to drive the tiger to swallow the wolf only to feed the tiger to harm oneself, right?”

“I’m also concerned about this, so I never responded to the outside world’s speculation.” Shen Shiyuan smiled bitterly and patted Shen Chen’s shoulder: “Don’t worry. The Shen family will definitely be yours in the end. Even if Tao Mu is really your younger brother, I won’t be partial to him either.”

Shen Chen smiled but didn’t respond to this topic. He said, “I think it’s better to release Mom on bail. After all, she is the wife of the chairman of the Shen Group, so it’s not a good idea to stay in the detention center all the time. The impression that the wife of the chairman of the group is a criminal will be even more detrimental to the reputation of the group.”

Shen Shiyuan pondered slightly, feeling that his son’s words also made sense.

“And Zhuo Yan,” Shen Chen paused, and when he mentioned this name, he felt a surge of anger rushing to his head: “What petty maneuvers has he made?”

“Pretty much what you expected. After he took over the management of the group, he is indeed secretly investigating the criminal evidence of the executives and shareholders of the Shen Group. This kid is quite capable, and he really managed to find some things. It’s just that this kid probably couldn’t have imagined that the things he found were all trails you left for him on purpose.”

When Shen Shiyuan spoke of this, he suddenly sighed and said with some pity and reluctance: “But your uncles are also old people of the group. They also made great contributions to the group back then, are you sure…..”

“Those several uncles really worked hard back then. I don’t deny that they have contributed to the Shen Group having achieved today’s achievements. But the Shen family did not treat them badly either. They also received dividends from their shares.”

As soon as Shen Chen woke up, he first experienced emotional ups and downs, and now after talking to Shen Shiyuan so much as well, he was a little tired. His whole person leaned back on the hospital bed in a weary manner: “If they were willing to make money in peace, of course I am not willing to be so ruthless after they have served their purpose. But while they are reaping dividends from the Shen family’s shares, they also want to stir up things at the same time. The human heart is never satisfied, during the shareholders’ meeting in the past two years they have given us too many constraints. Although it does not affect the Shen family’s power, it is also annoying.”

“So you want to use Zhuo Yan to take them all down in one fell swoop?” Shen Shiyuan raised his eyebrows and looked at his son with great pride. His son was indeed the blood of their Shen family. Sure enough, the son was even better than the father.

Shen Chen’s eyes flashed slightly. Before he fell into a coma, considering Zhuo Yan’s family background, Shen Chen did have a plan to use Zhuo Yan to wipe out all the old fuddies in the group who would only oppose him after eating their fill. Once things were successful, Zhuo Yan would be charged with maliciously manipulating the stock market and stealing trade secrets and dismissed.

However, after being reborn, Shen Chen didn’t want Zhuo Yan to get off so easily. He didn’t forget how Zhuo Yan seesawed back and forth between Tao Mu and Shen Yu repeatedly in the previous life.

Although Shen Chen always felt that the Tao Mu in his previous life was stupid and cared too much about things he shouldn’t. However, no matter how stupid Tao Mu was, he was his younger brother who he had raised and taught personally like a son for six to seven years. That he would have such a tragic ending, Shen Chen didn’t deny that part of the reason for it was because he just watched it all from the sidelines, and that the entire Shen family fueling the flames factored in as well. But a person like Shen Chen would never feel that he was wrong.

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What was more, Shen Chen felt that he didn’t care about Tao Mu’s life or death. In his last life, he had fulfilled his obligations as an elder brother to Tao Mu. If he really must describe his mindset, Shen Chen was just a little upset.

Upset that the idiot who he had personally taught and completely trusted and obeyed his words, failed to stay by his side for a little longer, failed to live in peace and joy, and failed to die a natural death after a long life.

That’s all.

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Just when the Shen family was in chaos, Tao Mu and several main actors of “Soldier Elite” were in a special forces training base for the final assault training before filming.

At the beginning, “Soldier Elite” specially selected 52 people during the audition, and some couldn’t persist during the training of ordinary troops. After leaving one after another, there were only 17 people left. Tao Mu asked these seventeen people to sign contracts with the crew. These actors originally thought that the test was finally over, and the next step should be the clear road of training and acting to really start filming. But they didn’t expect that Tao Mu, after forcing this group of people to stay in the ordinary army for three months undergoing a complete recruit period, he then dragged the group of people to the special forces training base to continue the torture.

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When he first dragged these people over, there were two young girls who couldn’t bear the pressure of training and almost quit again. But when they were packing their bags, they saw the liquidated damages on the contract, so they stayed behind with tears in their eyes. However, Tao Mu was no longer regarded as an idol, and they all called Tao Mu “devil” behind his back.

Not just the girls, the daily training of the special forces was so intense and stressful, everyone felt like dying. Even if the instructors took care of the actors’ physical fitness and kept going easy on them, the training intensity after the reduction was still not acceptable for ordinary people. If it wasn’t for Tao Mu who had been training with the crew during the special forces training, and had always performed well, it was estimated that the other actors would have protested long ago.

“F**k, do you think our Brother Mu had trained before! Look at his posture, it’s different from us all, and even the instructors are full of praise.”

During the solo demonstration, the other actors were wearing combat uniforms, standing in a row, looking at the middle of the shooting range, where Tao Mu was currently performing the “scout 100-meter movement combat rapid fire” demonstration under the instruction of the instructor, and all of them nearly had their jaws drop to the ground.

In the dusty shooting range, an athletic figure in a camouflage combat uniform held a gun, squatting, lying down, walking, or crawling according to the moving target that kept changing positions in front of him. While shooting the gun, and continuously changing the magazines, to carry out the combat positions. Sometimes shooting left and right, sometimes alternately taking cover. This series of actions flow smoothly and professionally, all in one go. Putting aside the final result for the time being, this set of actions alone was standard enough to be used as a textbook demonstration.

The spring sun was warm and bright, and the bright sun was a little dazzling to the eye. In a trance, it seemed to outline a halo around the young soldier’s figure. Tao Mu’s handsome face was mostly covered by oil paint, holding a gun while running and performing tactical actions. Towards this explosion of pheromones, don’t even mention the girls standing on the side and screaming with their faces in their hands, even the soldiers in the same training ground couldn’t help but glance over again and again.

“Forty-seven seconds, twenty-four moving targets.”

The target reporter who was standing on the side pressed the timer and announced the results aloud. According to the requirements of the army, the training process of “scout 100-meter rapid fire” was to give 30 moving targets within 100 meters, and the training requirement for soldiers was to destroy 25 moving targets within 40 seconds to pass.

According to this requirement, Tao Mu’s training performance was of course unqualified. But considering that this training program had just started for one morning, and Tao Mu’s occupation was a student and an actor instead of a special forces soldier, this result was quite good.

Even the special forces instructor couldn’t help but pat Tao Mu on the shoulder and praised: “A good seedling.”

He smiled and said, “If you don’t want to be a CEO and don’t want to be an actor, you can try becoming a soldier.”

“Damn, Tao Mu, you’re too good!” The three roommates who had close personal acquaintances with Tao Mu gathered around excitedly, grabbed Tao Mu’s shoulders and pinched Tao Mu’s neck and asked, “Tell me! Are you secretly practicing more behind our backs? Otherwise, if everyone comes to train together, why do you always perform better than us?”

“I just knew you are not authentic. You have such a heavy idol baggage, and don’t want to lose face in front of us, so you definitely must have done extra practice in private!” Du Kang huffed angrily.

“It’s not just temporary extra training!” The special forces instructor who was in charge of training the actors was also curious about where Tao Mu learned the tactical moves, and couldn’t help but comment: “I think Tao Mu had to practice for at least a year or two.”

You don’t say! Tao Mu spent a year and a half training in the army in order to make a good movie in his last life, just to play that single role well. The hard work paid off, and sure enough, after the movie was released, Tao Mu was successfully shortlisted for the Golden Crow Award for that role and won the Best Actor. Although it didn’t take long after that, Tao Mu was pushed out of the entertainment circle by a coalition of people. But at least it proved that Tao Mu had acting skills and ability. Even if his experiences afterwards were so pathetic, he still did not leave his favorite industry in a sorry and embarrassing state.

And in this life, Tao Mu’s work foundation was still there, and after so many days of training in the army, his physical memory had also returned. It was of course easier to get started with these tactical moves than other actors. After all, he also started as a martial arts extra.

But these words could not be explained to others. Facing the curiosity and playful accusations of his friends, Tao Mu could only smile and carry his idol baggage to the end.

Seeing that Tao Mu was really reluctant to say more, the others did not continue to press him. They were particularly considerate and moved the topic to another place: “CEO Tao, when will our drama start filming?”

The training intensity of the actors was not the same as that of special forces. Due to worries that everyone’s physical fitness would not be able to handle it, the training time and training intensity for the cast and crew at the training base were only one-third of that of the soldiers, afraid that everyone would be exhausted to death. So after Tao Mu finished the demonstration of “100m scout movement combat rapid fire”, the instructor let everyone rest. The large group of people no longer cared about their image as celebs, and they sat on the ground directly. Some girls couldn’t help asking.

“I also discussed with the martial arts and stunt coordinator of the crew before. According to our current training progress and training results, it is estimated that in half a month, everyone’s movements will be about ready. Then we will get acquainted with the soldiers performing two actual combat exercises, and the instructors will also take us out on two ‘missions’ to feel the atmosphere.” Tao Mu said this, did some calculations in his heart, and concluded: “So the start time is set at the beginning of May. It’s neither hot nor cold and the weather is just right.”

In fact, the original start time was set for March, but Tao Mu was delayed for a few days because of the Golden Crow Awards and the mainland release of “Black and White”. He had always had a serious attitude, and didn’t like to rashly begin things before he was fully prepared. In addition, the martial arts foundation of the other actors was too poor to meet Tao Mu’s requirements. So he simply let everyone train for a few more months. The purpose was to help the actors better fit their roles.

But for the actors who have barely suffered like this before, the extended months of training could be quite overwhelming.

Now they finally see the hope of starting the filming after training.

“Yeah!” The girls with their faces covered in paint were so excited that they cried and hugged. The Devil’s training session was finally coming to an end. Their faces had tanned and their skin roughened due to this ordeal.

Thinking of this, the girls glanced at Tao Mu subtly. Seeing that this classmate idol who was claimed to be unable to tan no matter what had actually darkened by another shade, their hearts felt more balanced.

The actors of the “Soldier Elite” crew rested for half an hour, and then it was time for their lunch break. The actors got up from the ground and stood in line, and went to the cafeteria to have lunch with the soldiers who also took a lunch break. After eating, the soldiers would resume training, but the actors would have an hour-long noon break.

During this hour, people who want to chat and make calls on the Internet could go to the lounge, where there was an Internet connection. But all the actors signed a non-disclosure agreement when they signed the contract, so they naturally knew what to say and what not to say. Those who didn’t want to communicate with the outside world could also go back to the dormitory to take a beauty nap.

Tao Mu was determined not to nap. Although both fathers and one grandfather in the family believe in health preservation, Tao Mu insisted on the life creed of “you don’t have to sleep for a long time when you are alive, you will sleep forever after you die”. Even sleep time at night was kept within six hours. So of course he would not waste time during the day to sleep.

Tao Mu preferred to stay in the multimedia lounge to check information on the Internet instead of sleeping and resting. Because the news from Shenzhen had been relatively hot recently, Tao Mu couldn’t help but pay attention to the news of the Shen family. In addition, Li Xiaoheng also sent someone to monitor the movements of the Shen family and Zhuo Yan and regularly and quantitatively called Tao Mu to report the progress of the situation…..So Tao Mu knew clearly about the small actions of these people.

For example, Zhuo Yan secretly provoked Shen Yan and Mrs. Shen to quarrel with Shen Shiyuan, cooperated with the Yao family to secretly acquire the scattered shares of Shen Group, frequently contacted small shareholders, and secretly kept Shen Yu in his apartment and so on.

——Tao Mu couldn’t help but smile when he saw the news that Zhuo Yan and Shen Yu got together again. When Zhuo Yan was with him in the last life, he couldn’t help cheating on him with Shen Yu; in this life, Zhuo Yan was with Shen Yan, and he couldn’t help cheating with Shen Yu again. After going around in circles, it seemed that Shen Yu really was his true love.

Thinking of this life, Shen Yu and Yan Sheng, the official pair who broke up halfway. Tao Mu had a whim, thinking that maybe Zhuo Yan and Shen Yu could really be able to HE in this life.

“What are you thinking?” Li Xiaoheng, who was on a video call with Tao Mu, looked at Tao Mu’s expression and asked with a frown, “Don’t think about other men in front of me, I will be sad.”

Tao Mu came back to his senses, laughed and said, “I don’t think about other men. I’m just sighing, I feel that some people are really destined to be together.”

Li Xiaoheng liked to hear these words: “Just like the two of us, it’s fate.”

Although he was reporting the real-time progress of the Shen family to Tao Mu every day, from the bottom of his heart, Li Xiaoheng actually didn’t want Tao Mu to pay too much attention to the Shen family and the man surnamed Zhuo. It was an inexplicable anxiety. Because the things that Tao Mu cared about were probably all the past events that Li Xiaoheng couldn’t participate in.

“You’ve become more tan again. Is the army training that hard? When will you guys have vacation, what do you want to eat? Do you want to eat out or at home? Do you want Grandpa to cook it for you or me to cook it for you?”

The series of questions l interrupted Tao Mu’s thoughts as expected, making Tao Mu involuntarily ponder what to eat on vacation.

“I want to eat——” Tao Mu said when a phone call came in. Looking at the number on the caller ID, Tao Mu frowned but connected the line.

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“Mr. Shen, you woke up——”

“Xiao Mu!” On the other end of the receiver, Shen Chen’s voice came clearly, with an emotion that Tao Mu had never heard before: “Did it hurt?”

“Falling from that high. Did it hurt?”

With a bang, the phone fell to the ground.

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