soul collector

His own artist had an iceberg cold face. He drove the car tremblingly for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking before the traffic light: "You and Director Jiang...argue?"

Tang Xiu sneered, "Arguing? In what capacity is he arguing with me?"

Li Ziping was taken aback, "You young couple, let's make a scene, don't make it big..."

"Little couple?" Tang Xiu chuckled, "How did you know we're together?"

"Ah?" Li Ziping was stunned. He almost didn't see the red light turn green. After a long time, he sighed and said, "It's normal for young people to quarrel, but don't say too harsh words that hurt people's hearts."

Tang Xiu turned his head to look at him, Li Ziping stared straight ahead, and asked calmly, "If you don't count together, then what do you think counts?"

Tang Xiu remained silent, waiting for his next words.

"I'm not as romantic as you, and I don't understand the love model of two big guys. But I know that being together is not about you and me sitting down and reaching a consensus on this alliance, but a mutual understanding."

There was silence in the carriage for a long time, Li Ziping turned to look at him, "What do you think?"

Tang Xiu snorted softly, "Heretics."

The meeting place was a Cantonese-style teahouse, which was only a 5-minute drive from Tang Xiu's house.Chen Gui arrived first, and asked Tang Xiu with a smile, "Are you alone? Where's Jiang Qiao?"

Li Ziping grunted, "I can't get in touch, the phone doesn't work."

"No way? This guy never turns off his private phone." Chen Gui took out his phone and waved his hand, "Sit down, I'll call him."

Jiang Qiao quickly picked up the phone and said hello, the sound insulation of the mobile phone is not good, and Li Ziping heard it very clearly.He felt as if there was a nail board under his buttocks, and the lie would be exposed in a second.

Tang Xiu sat beside him drinking tea expressionlessly, and heard Chen Gui say, "Why didn't you answer the phone just now? Come out and have some morning tea, and chat with Tang Xiu about the characters and the script."

The teacup in Tang Xiu's hand paused, and Jiang Qiao said on the other end of the phone: "Just woke up, do you need me to be present when you talk about the script?"

Chen Gui scolded with a smile: "It's not your person you said, do you want to follow the whole process? I'm afraid I'll bully someone."

Jiang Qiao was silent for two seconds, "Is Tang Xiu here?"

"arrive."

Tang Xiu put down his teacup, and was about to say don't bother Jiang Qiao, when Jiang Qiao raised his breath and asked, "Where is it?"

"Three bamboos."

Jiang Qiao hummed, "Ten minutes."

Chen Gui hung up the phone, saw Li Ziping's tragic face, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

Li Ziping smiled awkwardly, "It's okay, it's okay."

When Jiang Qiao arrived, he had already changed his clothes, and his hair hadn't been completely dried yet. It looked like he had hurried over after taking a shower.Chen Gui waited for him to sit down and found that his right arm was hanging down unnaturally, so he stretched out his hand and squeezed his shoulder, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Qiao's face turned pale, he pulled back, and wrote lightly, "It's okay, I fell a bit."

"The fall hurts so much?" Chen Gui hesitated, "You didn't even wear a bandage, did you go to the hospital? You need to see a doctor in time if you hurt your muscles and bones."

"It's okay." Jiang Qiao just smiled, "Let's go after dinner."

"Oh." Chen Gui glanced at him suspiciously, then smiled at Tang Xiu again: "Director Jiang really cared enough for you, and he took care of your business first even though he was injured, but you..."

"Give me the menu." Jiang Qiao suddenly patted Chen Gui, interrupting him.

"I've ordered everything you like."

"Show me." Jiang Qiao raised his head and glanced at him. For some reason, Chen Gui felt a slight coldness from that gaze. He swallowed back the words that were on his lips, and handed the menu to Jiang Qiao.

The meal went well. Chen Gui asked Tang Xiu a few things about his understanding of the characters. Tang Xiu answered them clearly and asked Jiang Qiao's opinion, and Jiang Qiao spoke to the point.But I don't know if it was his illusion, but he just felt that the meal went too smoothly, and the atmosphere was even a little strange.

There was also Tang Xiu's manager, who was full of embarrassing smiles, and didn't know what he was worried about.

The morning tea lasted for about two hours. At the end, Chen Gui felt that Jiang Qiao's face was pale, and he said worriedly, "When did you fall? Hurry up to the hospital?"

Jiang Qiao waved his uninjured hand, "It's fine, don't worry about it."

"Then... okay..." Chen Gui glanced at his arm worriedly, and greeted Tang Xiu, "Hey Tang Xiu, I have an appointment with an actor for another role. You can send your director to the hospital."

Tang Xiu didn't move, Jiang Qiao waved his hand and said, "I've found someone to take me there, you don't have to worry about it." He said, striding out by himself, and asked the waiter to pay the bill.

Through the window, the three of them watched Jiang Qiao stop a taxi on the road alone. Chen Gui sighed and said, "Jiang Qiao really cares about you, and he is always with you. You have to work hard in this play."

However, Tang Xiu didn't answer. Chen Gui raised his head and saw Tang Xiu staring out the window in a daze.

"what happened?"

Tang Xiu regained his senses, and said lightly: "It's nothing, thank you director, I'll go back first."

On the way back, Li Ziping rambled on all the way, but Tang Xiu didn't listen to a single word.He returned home alone, stood outside Jiangqiao's door in silence for a while, then finally raised his hand and knocked on the door.

It was very quiet inside, there was no sound at all.That guy probably really went to the hospital.

Tang Xiu curled his lips. He didn't hit his hand particularly hard, it was just a sprain, and it was purely due to the pain that swelled up after dragging on for too long without ice or medicine.

But in the end, this guy is disrespectful to his ancestors, and he deserves to be killed.

Tang Xiu watched the script at home for a day, and the anger in the morning gradually faded away, replaced by an indescribable annoyance.The guy at the opposite door didn't come to eat, and he didn't have the energy to cook, so he ate two takeaway meals and looked up at ten o'clock in the evening.

There was no sound from the opposite door.

Tang Xiu put down the script and walked to the door. He paused for a few seconds and then opened the door. The corridor was empty, and the door to the opposite room was closed tightly.It's been a whole day, and Jiang Qiao hasn't come back.

The old ancestor snorted softly, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, Li Ziping's phone call came in. Tang Xiu looked at the name jumping on the screen, and had a bad premonition in his heart.

He subconsciously looked back at the Jihun Banner. The Jihun Banner was quiet. He broke up with Jiang Qiao yesterday, and the old thing didn't respond.

While he hesitated, the phone had automatically hung up, and after a second, it rang again.

"Hey?"

Li Ziping's voice sounded anxious, "Did Director Jiang go home last night?"

Tang Xiu paused, "I don't know."

"Ancestor, don't lose your temper. Go to his house as close as you can and knock on the door to see if anyone is there. Quick!"

Tang Xiu asked: "What's the matter?" He strode to the opposite door, raised his hand and knocked on the door, the room was completely silent.Jiang Qiao didn't come back at all last night.

Li Ziping asked on the other end of the phone, "Did you fall asleep at home? I remember you have a spare key card for his house?"

Tang Xiu hummed, "Wait a minute."

Tang Xiu seldom used Jiang Qiao's spare key card, and that guy came to the door on his own initiative.Tang Xiu rummaged through the cabinet for a long time before he found it. He went to the opposite door to swipe his card to enter. The room was empty, only a messy roll of gauze scattered on the TV cabinet.If Jiang Qiao didn't come home yesterday, he should have left this roll of gauze carelessly before he went to the teahouse to wrap it up but didn't understand it.

"Someone? Or no one?"

"No one." Tang Xiu paused, "What's the matter? Where's Jiangqiao people? Have you called yet?"

"It's turned off." Li Ziping paused, "This morning he was going to come to the company to talk to the executives about "Zhanhutai", but he couldn't find anyone, the phone couldn't be contacted, and his assistant didn't know about him. Where did you go, I only thought of you yesterday when I heard people talking about it..."

Tang Xiu interrupted him, "Where is Director Chen, have you asked?"

"I've asked, Director Chen hasn't contacted him since we parted yesterday."

The other end of the phone fell silent. After a while, Li Ziping said dully, "Why did you guys quarrel yesterday? Director Jiang couldn't think about it..."

"Don't talk nonsense." Tang Xiu's brows were tightly frowned, the indifference of the past was no longer there, and he was a little anxious, "He left the car in Sanzhuli yesterday to go north, and asked each of the hospitals in the north."

"Oh, good!"

"Wait a minute." Tang Xiu rubbed his temples and pulled the clothes on the sofa, "Wait for me in the company for 5 minutes, I'll be with you."

There are only a few big hospitals within [-] kilometers to the north of Sanzhuli. With Jiang Qiao's hypocrisy, there is no possibility of finding a small clinic for casual visits.When Tang Xiu and Li Ziping asked about the second family, they asked about it.

After leaving Sanzhuli yesterday, Jiang Qiao did come directly to this hospital.He was a director, and he was recognized by the nurse when he entered the hospital, so the nurse remembered him very clearly.

"Director Jiang sat in the consulting room for more than two hours yesterday, waiting for the film. There were not many patients in the radiology department yesterday, and even fewer people in the orthopedics department. He didn't waste much time."

Tang Xiu hummed, "What about after that?"

"He took the medicine and left. There is nothing wrong with his bones. He must have fallen somewhere. I heard from the attending doctor that he might not be able to exert his strength for a week or two. It will be good to take care of him."

Tang Xiu hummed.Li Ziping pulled him over and asked in a low voice: "I didn't have the nerve to ask yesterday. One of you is limping, and the other has a slumped arm. Didn't you fight? Did you start?"

Tang Xiu gave him a cold look, then turned around and asked the nurse, "Is there anything unusual when he left? Did he say where he's going?"

"He said he was going home, and asked me about the duration of the ice application and precautions." The little nurse said decisively, "If it's abnormal... Maybe, maybe, he's a little depressed? He looks a little depressed, but after all, he fell Injured arm, who can happily come to the hospital?"

Tang Xiu nodded, "Thank you."

When the two walked out of the hospital, Tang Xiu paused and said in a low voice, "Call the police."

"What?" Li Ziping suspected that he heard it wrong. "Is this going to call the police? Director Jiang's family has a big business, so it may not only be that one apartment. Since you had a quarrel, he probably went back to live in another place."

Tang Xiu glanced at him upon hearing this, but didn't speak.

For some reason, after the nurse told him just now that Jiang Qiao was planning to go home, he had an intuition that something must have happened to Jiang Qiao.He knew that guy well, even if he got awkward, he wouldn't deliberately make trouble.Even if there is another home, but I have lived here for the past few months, it must be convenient to go back here, there is no need to go around to make myself uncomfortable.

What's more, the phone is turned off?

That guy cherishes feathers very much, "Fox Killing Terrace" is his most important thing at this stage, even if he feels uncomfortable, and even went to drink Chen Gui's morning tea, will he miss the meeting of "Fox Killing Terrace" for no reason?

Although Jiang Qiao is just an ordinary person, he is not an ignorant person, he has a sense of propriety.

Li Ziping bumped him with his arm, "What are you thinking? I don't think it's necessary to call the police. I'll contact Director Jiang's life assistant and ask him to go to his home in another place to have a look first. I'm probably still angry, deliberately not Answer the phone."

Tang Xiu hummed, feeling a little panicked in his heart, he hoped that he was thinking too much.

Li Ziping went to contact Jiang Qiao's assistant, and Tang Xiu went home alone.The elevator went up from the underground garage, and stopped suddenly when passing the sixth floor. The elevator door opened, and a man in a white shirt and gray suit walked in on the phone.

He saw Tang Xiu stunned for a moment, then smiled politely, walked to stand behind Tang Xiu, and said in a low voice to the phone: "This plan still doesn't work, the implementation and summary part is too weak, try to bring the practicable part to the front Bar."

For a moment, Tang Xiu was almost in a daze, thinking that it was Jiang Qiao who was standing behind him on the phone.

Anyway, a big man in his late thirties just disappeared overnight, so why did he panic like this.

Tang Xiu shook his head violently, the elevator dinged and arrived at his floor, the man hung up the phone as if taken aback, pulled him back and asked, "Sir, are you all right? Do you have a headache?"

Tang Xiu looked back at him, it was an unfamiliar face, his eyes fell on the hand that was holding him, the man shrank back, and apologized: "I'm sorry, I just saw you shaking your head suddenly , are you okay?"

"It's fine, thank you for your concern." Tang Xiu glanced at him and strode out of the elevator.

However, just as he took a few steps into the corridor, he saw that the door of Jiang Qiao's room was ajar.At that moment, Tang Xiu felt that the big rock hanging in his heart seemed to have fallen to the ground, but he was about to lift his foot and walk over, his nose raised slightly, but suddenly he smelled a vague smell in the air... …

A faint fishy sweetness... Ordinary people can't smell it, but as a person who has been on the battlefield and worked as a spy, he couldn't be more sensitive to the smell of human blood.

There seemed to be something tense in the depths of those black eyes, Tang Xiu no longer hesitated, strode to the door of Jiangqiao and opened it——

The blood spread from the door into the living room. Although it didn't have a shocking effect, it was still heart-wrenching to watch.Jiang Qiao lay sideways on the sofa, clutching his right arm tightly with his left hand.

And his right arm —— was only injured by Tang Xiu yesterday, and the right arm that went to the hospital to take an X-ray said it was fine, it was really dislocated at this moment, it completely collapsed from the shoulder joint, and the shirt at the elbow came through. A piece of blood, the dark red blood stains are shocking.