Chapter 165: One more for good measure.
Duan Wen was no longer in Shanghai, he was on an Australian island when he received the call from Lv Zhishu.
The woman on the other end of the phone was in a hurry, almost incoherent, and Duan Wen told him the whole story, and at the same time passed the photos and videos of He Yu and Xie Qingcheng's rendezvous to him through the computer.
Duan Wen, however, was not surprised.
He was neither surprised that Lv Zhishu sold He Yu so thoroughly.
Nor is it surprising that a relationship occurred between He Yu and Xie Qingcheng.
He just sat there in his office chair, wearing black leather gloves and long legs, and calmly watched all the images.
"Mr. Duan, what do you think should be done now ......"
After Duan Wen finished enjoying the wonderful video of the car shock, he said to the apprehensive Lv Zhishu on the other end of the phone, "This is Mr. Lu's family matter, Mr. Lu, you just take care of it."
Lv Zhishu thought he heard wrong: "Sh, what ......"
"I said, this is General Manager Lu's family matter." Duan Wen smiled, "Although General Manager Lu is a member of the organization, I am not so unsympathetic to this extent. How your son's love life is, it's really not convenient for me to comment on it."
Lv Zhishu heard the words are panicked, Duan Wen this person is also not a day or two days, how she heard how to feel that he is mocking her work is not good, actually until now to find out He Yu and Xie Qingcheng's personal affairs.
She was busy saying, "Mr. Duan, you, don't be angry, this matter I actually had a feeling ...... I just ...... I just don't dare to be sure, I'm afraid of disturbing you, so I informed you late. Please don't mind ...... it."
Duan Wen snorted, "Mr. Lu."
"Yes, yes, I am."
"You really don't have to make a fuss. He Yu is a Blood Compass, which is indeed rare. But in the end, the ability of blood parasites is not irreplaceable. The Listening Water that we configured has a similar effect to the blood parasites."
He paused.
"However, if the blood compulsion's ability can continue to grow, it is indeed attractive to me, so I told you a long time ago that it would be good to let him go, and that it wouldn't be too late to collect him when he really has the life to utilize the blood compulsion's power to its fullest extent. Until then, I'll let you treat him well, and implement a policy of being gentle towards him, so that his heart will slowly tilt towards your side."
Lv Zhishu said busily, "I have indeed been working ......"
"That can only mean that your efforts are not enough, right?" Duan Wen said, "Remember that phone call I made to you after Huang Zhilong's accident?"
"Of course I remember, and it's because I remember that I--"
Duan Wen interrupted her: "Mr. Lu, I told you at that time, Huang Zhilong's position has been vacated, and I intend to let He Yu replace him and become our youngest right-hand man. He is a rare talent, intelligent, erudite, and with special abilities ...... I asked you to treat him a little better, this kind of person I do not want to take it the hard way, I just want to make him return to his heart and soul, so that he will go to our camp because of his emotional ties."
Duan Wen leaned back in his chair as he said this and smiled, "But now what is this you're doing? Risking being discovered by him, getting someone to follow him, just to investigate something like this?"
Lv Zhishu changed his face, "Mr. Duan, I definitely didn't let him find out, I'm very clear--"
"Of course I know you haven't been found by him. Otherwise, do you think I would have taken this call from you today?"
Lv Zhishu chills.
Duan Wen sighed, "Mr. Lu, to put it more bluntly, do you think that, with the capabilities of our organization, we would be unaware of all the things you have learned?"
"Duan, Mr. Duan, could it be that you've ......"
"I already knew about what happened between the two of them, your son liked him so much that he lost his head, and didn't intend to hide anything at all, if I didn't know about those good things they did until today, I wouldn't have to sit in this position, and would have stepped aside to give way to the virtuous."
Lv Zhishu : "........."
Duan Wen said, "I have repeatedly reminded you to treat Blood Compass well in the hope that one day, you will be the bargaining chip that makes Blood Compass lean toward us, rather than letting him fall back to the police's side without a care in the world. Side with Xie Qingcheng."
Lv Zhishu : "Since... in that case, why don't we just kill Xie Qingcheng ......?"
"First, I want a top-quality blood compulsion that I can put in and out as I please, not a madman who will go out of control and storm off at any time."
Duan Wen, pale.
"Second."
After a moment of silence, he said, "I told all of you a long time ago, you can toss Xie Qingcheng in any way you want, but, you are not allowed to kill him."
"Does he have some special ability? Or is it ......"
Duan Wen coldly interrupted her, "This is not something you should ask. I also don't need to come to an explanation with you. But if any of you dare to touch his life ......"
I could hear his moroseness through the phone, "Then you will wait to bury him."
Lv Zhishu has long been warned before, every action, until the last resort, not to hurt Xie Qingcheng.
Even in the Canton Tower bombing case, Duan Wen knew that Xie Qingcheng also entered the basement, had thought of ways to avoid involving Xie Qingcheng's life, and later found that there was really no way, he gave up this idea.
Almost everyone in the organization felt that Duan Wen's attitude towards Xie Qingcheng was very subtle; he usually didn't care much about what Xie Qingcheng was doing, and didn't care about him at all, but he was also very concerned about Xie Qingcheng's life, and would never take the initiative to take his life.
Lv Zhishu had previously wondered if Duan Wen had some kind of personal relationship with Xie Qingcheng, but that idea didn't hold water either.
Duan Wen didn't seem to not kill him out of some kind of emotion, when he really had no choice, he would also do it, and the matter of vilifying Xie Qingcheng's honor and insulting his personality, Duan Wen didn't hesitate to do it, it seems that as long as he didn't make Xie Qingcheng dead, he wouldn't care about what other people did.
Lv Zhishu did not dare to touch his scales, deliberated for a moment, panicked and said, "Mr. Duan don t worry, your command I will do as you say, I am absolutely not going to hurt his life. Just ...... just ......"
"It's just that you don't know how He Yu's heart should be biased towards you with Xie Qingcheng around." Duan Wen directly said it for her.
Lv Zhishu snapped.
Duan Wen gave a laugh, "That's what you should figure out how to do, Mr. Lui, I haven't asked you to do too many tasks in the past few years, and this is the only one that matters the most, I hope you won't let me down too much."
Lv Zhishu : "........."
"Mr. Lu, it doesn't matter if you want He Yu to continue like this or if you want them to break up, as long as you can ultimately get He Yu to turn towards you, do whatever you want. My bottom line in this matter is that you don't kill Xie Qingcheng."
"Well, then, if I hurt him-"
"Suit yourself, as long as he's not dead, I won't care."
Duan Wen and Lv Zhishu spoke some more and hung up.
The person who had been standing beside him, but had never spoken, finally spoke up at this moment.
"Mr. Duan, people who don't know, would think that you like Xie Qingcheng." The man let go of the hand that was squeezing Duan Wen's shoulder and smiled down.
--It was He Yu's new personal physician, Anthony!
Duan Wen said indifferently, "You know, I have no interest in him."
"But I have." Anthony narrowed his peach blossom eyes slightly and smiled impishly, "I'm so curious about all this content coming from Mr. Lu."
"......"
"I can't believe Xie Qingcheng was the one being slept with by He Yu when he was with him." Anthony said thoughtfully, "Can you play that video of the car again?"
He said he wanted to move Duan Wen's laptop.
The hand was pinched by Duan Wen when he reached halfway.
Anthony's face twitched.
Duan Wen lifted his eyes to look at him, "Don't think I don't know what you're up to. In the reservoir murder case, it was you who took advantage of my absence to instigate the old lady to commit the murder, almost causing both Xie Qingcheng and He Yu to die in the reservoir."
Anthony: "........."
"I've seen you do everything, so stop thinking about all this nonsense."
Duan Wen finished slowly and coldly, which loosened the hand that was choking him.
"Get out. Don't make any more messes for me. Otherwise I'll clean up even you."
On the other side, after Lv Zhishu closed the line, he had been sitting paralyzed on the terrace chair, running through the mess in his mind-listening to Duan Wen, he didn't care about the relationship between Xie Qingcheng and He Yu at all, and he cared about only two things, firstly, to make He Yu return to the organization from the bottom of his heart. First, to make He Yu return to the organization from the bottom of his heart. Secondly, Xie Qingcheng's life must not be taken.
But how can she get He Yu to change his mind to her side now?
It's too late to play the affection card, and even though He Yu's relationship with her has eased, it's not close enough. And now with Xie Qingcheng, He Yu doesn't even care if his parents are there on his birthday. ......
Lv Zhishu looked at the rolling waves of the Huangpu River below the terrace, and felt that at the moment his heart was churning even more than the river.
She made all sorts of assumptions, and finally decided on one thing--the
At the moment, the most urgent thing is that she must first make He Yu no longer have any love for Xie Qingcheng. Only when they have made a clean break can she have a chance to bring He Yu's heart back to her.
But Duan Wen is right, she can't force her way out of this one. In this regard, Lv Zhishu is actually much smarter than Xie Qingcheng, who as a parent would immediately force Xie Xue to break up, but Lv Zhishu knows that forcing He Yu to do so will only backfire. Besides, if He Yu knew that she was stalking him, he would probably run away from home in anger, not to mention the importance of affection.
She wants to achieve the purpose, not simply hope that He Yu and Xie Qingcheng separate, Romeo and Juliet separate heart is also together, beating the lovebirds is the most stupid, the goal can not be achieved, but also in vain by the younger generation of resentment, fools would do that.
So after some thought, Lv Zhishu very simply crushed these secretly photographed things, and settled the final payment with the private detective, paid the other party absolutely will not refuse the exorbitant payment, to ensure that there will not be any complications.
She did all these things very neatly, because she knew that she mustn't scare the snakes, and she mustn't let He Yu have a chance to find out that she was secretly following him, or else the consequences would be unimaginable. All the evidence that might expose her investigation, she had to deal with it cleanly, so as not to let He Yu, who is a hacker, see it.
It's good that she knows it in her own mind.
Yes, she has to take her time, to conceive a subtle method, it does not matter if she puts in more effort, only if she hides in the dark, but makes He Yu naturally loathe Xie Qingcheng, then that is her real victory, she will have the opportunity to take advantage of it ......
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Lv Zhishu is there to think that Xie Qingcheng is a shameless private doctor, fucking seducing He Yu in bed.
The truth is that Xie Qingcheng sincerely hopes that He Yu will not come back to him.
Unfortunately, it was not to be.
That night, it was raining outside the window again. Xie Qingcheng coughed lightly and walked to the study window, looking downstairs at the figure that persistently looked at him, just to send him a "good night" message at the end, sighed and closed his eyes.
He Yu, this kid didn't bring an umbrella. If he doesn't leave, he'll get wet.
So Xie Qingcheng turned off the lights early and rested.
Before going to bed, he received another message from He Yu: "Xie Qingcheng, good night. Have a good breakfast tomorrow and don't get low blood sugar again."
"......"
The rain outside was loud, pounding Xie Qingcheng's heart.
Xie Qingcheng Listening to the increasing sound of the pounding rain and looking at the line on his cell phone, he couldn't help but get up and look at the spot where He Yu was standing in the unlit night.
He Yu is ready to go.
Xie Qingcheng Seeing that he ventured about to run into the rain, he distractedly picked up his cell phone and typed the message, "You come up to get the umbrella ......"
"......"
The hand stopped on the send button and paused.
He can't be soft.
Xie Qingcheng finally deleted the line that was typed over there. When he looked up, he saw He Yu looking down at his cell phone, soaking in the rain.
Because He Yu saw "The other side is typing ......".
He just stood there dumbfounded.
Standing around waiting for a long time ......
Xie Qingcheng watched him from the shadows, He Yu finally realized that Xie Qingcheng wouldn't return any messages to him, he raised his hand and wiped his face, not knowing if it was from the rain or something else, before he lowered his head and slowly walked away in the rain ......
Xie Qingcheng had a sleepless night.
It was the next morning when he was only hazily sleeping for a while. As a result, the cell phone rang.
Xie Qingcheng took the cell phone in a blur, unconsciously trying to leak out He Yu's name in his throat, this subconsciousness made himself instantly awake. He opened his eyes to look at the caller ID person and settled down:
"Chen Man?"
Chen Man asked him to meet him at a tea house in Huangpu River.
They haven't touched each other for a while. Although Chen Man wants to find Xie Qingcheng, but Xie Qingcheng is really upset lately and his health is poor, so he told him not to come here and do his own work.
Chen Man is the kind of character that will do whatever Xie Qingcheng says, so he really has been dragging his feet. This time it was Chen Man who said he wanted to talk to Xie Qingcheng about his elder brother Chen Lisheng, and only then did Xie Qingcheng agree to meet him at the tea house in the evening.
Chen Man was shocked when he saw Xie Qingcheng: "Brother, why have you lost so much weight? Is it because of Xie Xue?"
Chen Man also knew about Xie Xue's case and called Xie Qingcheng to advise him.
Xie Qingcheng shook his head and simply said, "Don't bother with her, it's just that I've had a lot of other things going on lately."
"Then, then you also need to eat properly ah ......" Chen Man was anxious, he stared at Xie Qingcheng and kept looking, how could he not expect that just for a short while, Xie Qingcheng would be reduced to the present appearance, "Have you had a body checkup? He stared at Xie Qingcheng and kept looking at him, how could he not expect that in such a short period of time, Xie Qingcheng would be reduced to the present state.
"Checked, it's fine." Xie Qingcheng sat down, ordered a cup of white tea, and raised his eyes to survey Chen Man.
Chen Man is healed and looks like he's still looking good.
Xie Qingcheng sighed in his heart, Xie Xue He Yu Chen Man Of the three little ones, there is at least one that can save him from worrying.
"You can talk to me about business first." Xie Qingcheng said, "What do you want to talk about your big brother?"
Chen Man had to follow Xie Qingcheng: "Brother Xie, do you remember the videotape we received earlier? The one with my brother's handwriting on it?"
"Remember." Xie Qingcheng said, "After Huang Zhilong's death, I was the one who told Political Commissar Wang about this matter. This matter, after all, relates to the entire case, and may even be a clue to tracing the cause of your elder brother's and my parents' deaths. I hope that they can find some investigative breakthroughs through this videotape-what's the matter, is there a result?"
"Uh-huh. The writing on that videotape was identified." Chen Man was a bit lost, "It's really more than ten years old, not recent handwriting."
"......"
"They said that my big brother should have just gotten that volume of video back then, and before he had time to hand it over to the bureau, something happened, and this evidence fell into the hands of the other side with it. Now some people think that the person who sent the video should be Jiang Liping ...... After all, it was this volume of video that helped us determine that there was a problem in the bottom room of Zhilong Entertainment. But I don't think it was her."
Xie Qingcheng knew that Chen Man's implication was that he had not yet given up on Chen Lisheng.
He poured Chen Man a cup of tea and said, "I don't think it's Jiang Liping either."
Chen Man's eyes lit up, "Do you, do you think so?"
"Yes." Xie Qingcheng said, "Although our contact with Jiang Liping was too short to confirm more things with her, I think that if she sent you this videotape, she would have mentioned it half-heartedly after meeting you, and it's unlikely that it would be the same kind of reaction as it was at the time. Also-"
He looked at Chen Man and said, "I don't think that the person who sent the videotape was an 'informant' like her."
Chen Man's expression dimmed.
The boy said that he had already resigned himself to his fate and believed that his brother was dead, but deep down, he always had the "informant hypothesis" and "undercover hypothesis". Especially after he met Jiang Liping, he was more willing to believe that his brother was also such an informant, and the ambush was deeper than Jiang Liping.
But Xie Qingcheng did not agree with him in this regard.
"Chen Man, think about the consequences after you received this videotape. Yes, it's true that we immediately had a direction for our investigation, targeting Zhilong Entertainment's basement directly, but then what happened?" Xie Qingcheng said, "Later, because you wanted to know the truth too much, you went deep into Huang Zhilong's company alone, were captured, injected with drugs, and perhaps almost became a hostage for Huang Zhilong's absconding."
Xie Qingcheng paused and continued:
"The person who sent the video didn't take the danger of your behavior seriously at all. Do you think that could be your big brother?"
Chen Man was silent for a moment, and it was as if a light candle was slowly blowing out in his eyes.
He murmured softly, "...... Big brother he won't."
Although Chen Lisheng was not born from the same mother as him, Chen Man's mother was not a mistress but his father's continuation, and the two brothers have a harmonious relationship.
When Chen Man was a little kid, he was always bullied and Chen Lisheng would protect him and stand up for him every time.
One time Chen Man was badly beaten up, a group of punks slandered his mother as a whore, Chen Man was so angry that he fought with those people, and as a result, he got himself punched out of a milk tooth, and his leg was fractured, and he fell down in a mud puddle and cried.
It was Chen Lisheng who found him, picked up his brother, who was almost out of breath from crying, put him on his back and took him to the hospital with an umbrella. All the way to the hospital, Chen Man bawled, "My mom is not a bitch! My mom is not a bitch!"
Chen Lisheng then turned his back and coaxed him, "Don't listen to their nonsense, godmother she is not."
Over the years, Chen Lisheng and Chen Man have become closer than any other pair of brothers.
Chen Lisheng carried his brother to and from school every day when Chen Man's leg was broken. Later, when Chen Man got well, he was also worried that his brother would be bullied again, and he made sure to send his brother to the door of his class every day before he could rest assured that he would be the first one to wait there and take his brother's hand to go home when school was over.
Until Chen Man walks along that road home now, he still seems to see Chen Lisheng's figure.
Chen Man thought of this and his eyes became a little sour again, he quickly lowered his head and wiped a tear that almost fell.
"I ...... I was just thinking ...... there was a message left on that tape for me to play it on the old TV set at home, so I'm still ...... "
Xie Qingcheng frowned slightly, "Chen Man, you've already suffered a loss once, don't you realize that after you started to suspect that the video was sent by your brother, you've been trapped inside this scenario and couldn't get out? You even did something very dangerous because of it, and I don't think the person who sent the video cared much about your life. As long as it doesn't care about your life, then that person, it must not be your elder brother Chen Lisheng."
"......"
"Don't think about it anymore." Xie Qingcheng coughed slightly, "Let the police investigate, the truth is important, but not as important as human lives."
Chen Man was silent.
That's what his mom and dad have been advising him for a while now.
However, their persuasion is not as effective as Xie Qingcheng's words.
Chen Man feels that the only person who can understand him in this matter is Xie Qingcheng, because Xie Qingcheng once pursued the truth about his parents' deaths, and finally had to stop the investigation for the sake of his family and his sister.
Xie Qingcheng saw that Chen Man's mood had slightly calmed down, so he sat with him in the box of the tea house and chatted for a while, like a child comforting the child who had lost his elder brother, he comforted Chen Man's frightened heart at the moment.
At the end of the day, Chen Man was finally able to stop obsessing about the Chen Lisheng videotape.
He raised some spirits and said, "Brother, thank you ...... I'm much better now ......"
Before the word "了" could be uttered, Chen Man's cell phone suddenly rang.
It's his mom calling.
"Xiao Yan, where are you?"
"Shea and I are out to dinner, uh, you said ......"
Chen Man s mother spoke a few words with Chen Man, Chen Man responded, raised his eyes to look at Xie Qingcheng two eyes, suddenly looked a little embarrassed, whispered: "Mom, this is better to talk about it later ...... I go back to talk about it. "
After hanging up the phone, Xie Qingcheng saw that Chen Man's ears were a little red and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Man originally did not want to say, he is still in the emotion of missing his big brother can not come out, but looked at Xie Qingcheng, he suddenly realized that in fact, he can also tell him ...... so that you can also see Xie Qingcheng s reaction.
So he stumbled for a moment, but still honestly said, "It's my mom ...... She thinks I'm not in a good mood lately, and she's worried that I'm always drilling on my brother's business to get out of it, so she wants me to divert my energy to something else ...... "
He paused and looked at Xie Qingcheng's face.
Then summoning up the courage, he said, "Brother Xie, my mom introduced me to someone."
Chen Man spoke while nervously observing Xie Qingcheng's expression.
"What do you, what do you think?"
"Oh ......" Xie Qingcheng stared blankly for a moment, nodding though a bit surprised, "That's quite good, what's it like being a girl?"
Chen Man: ".................."
Although he knew that Xie Qingcheng was a straight man, and he knew that straight men are poisonous and cannot be touched, he still couldn't control his fondness for him. Now, seeing Xie Qingcheng's attitude towards his blind date is so calm, Chen Man, even if he is a warm and calm person, he can't help it. He looked at Xie Qingcheng and his eyes gradually turned a little red.
"Shea, don't you ...... have anything else you want to say?"
"......" Xie Qingcheng was unsure, "No ...... are you needing me to gatekeep for you? "
Chen Man didn't know how much restraint it took to push down the sadness and impulsiveness within himself.
He took a deep breath and suddenly turned his gaze away.
Ryoga said, "No. ...... It's nothing. I'll take you back first."
Chen Man drove here today so that he could take Xie Qingcheng back to the Shanghai Medical College dormitory. The car stopped downstairs and Chen Man got out with him.
Xie Qingcheng was a bit surprised, he thought Chen Man would want to go straight back. So he asked, "What's wrong? Anything else?"
"......"
Chen Man did not say much on the way, the more the young man thought about it, the more sad, in fact, since the basement, he has been trying to find an opportunity to talk to Xie Qingcheng.
He didn't want to keep being so hesitant, there were some things that if he didn't talk about them, the other person would never know. Life was so short, why didn't he have the courage to try it once?
The thought grew stronger in his mind, catalyzed by the blind date call, and actually reached an impulsive crescendo in this moment.
Chen Man cupped his hands, his palms slowly getting all sweaty, and said, "Thank you brother ......"
"Are you in a bad mood." Xie Qingcheng said directly, he thought Chen Man was hurting his feelings because of Chen Lisheng's matter, thought about it, and coughed gently, "In this case, I'll accompany you to the playground for a walk."
Said he was about to fumble out a cigarette for a walk.
Chen Man didn't know where the courage came from, and suddenly took Xie Qingcheng's hand with the cigarette and held it on Xie Qingcheng's wrist Man.
"Not really. Shea."
Xie Qingcheng was stunned, first looking at his own hand that he was holding tightly, then shifting his gaze to his face, confused, "What was that about?"
"......"
Chen Man The hand clutching his didn't move.
He still pulled Xie Qingcheng, didn't let go, the courage and impulse in his heart was building up little by little, he raised his head and stared at Xie Qingcheng's eyes. His hand gripped him, his grip was so tight, afraid that as soon as he said his next words, the man would leave him and run away.
"I ......" Chen Man took a deep breath, "Xie, actually, I ......"
"Professor Xie." At the moment when Chen Man was accumulating his anger, a security guard patrolling downstairs suddenly came over and said politely, "That, it's not good to park in this place today. Tomorrow we have to paint the floor lines, please park in the back parking lot, thank you."
Chen Man: "...... "Where did this halfway killed Cheng Bite Jin?
Xie Qingcheng immediately turned around and answered, saying to Chen Man, "Then you go ahead and park the car, do you know the way."
Chen Man A mouthful of air was dispersed, and his face was a little green: "...... recognize."
"Go on, I'll go upstairs and make you a cup of tea first, or don't go to the playground, and if you want to say anything, go and sit upstairs in a minute and talk."
Chen Man lowers his head, and after a few seconds, he still hmmm's and gets in the car.
Xie Qingcheng nodded goodbye to the security guard and went upstairs.
Walking to the entrance of the building, the sensor light came on.
However, what Xie Qingcheng did not expect was that there was actually a familiar figure curled up, sitting in front of his dormitory ......
Xie Qingcheng: "...... He Yu?"
The boy heard the commotion and slowly turned back around, his eyes pulled bloodshot and disoriented, he smelled heavily of alcohol, and the monitoring ring on his hand lit up in a burst of red and orange.
In this atmosphere of dangerous undercurrents, Xie Qingcheng immediately reacted--
Book that, He Yu is fucking drunk!
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Published at: 11/12/2024 11:00