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July 1993, 6, London, England.

When Shen Yun walked into the main entrance, it was Philip Hobbs who was waiting for her. When he saw her, he looked very uncomfortable: "Long time no see, Elizabeth."

"Long time no see." Shen Yun said, her eyes didn't linger on him too much, "Where's Mr. Hobbs?"

"Father is waiting for you."

Charles Hobbs sat on the sofa in the living room, looking a little tired.He is actually well maintained, and he doesn't look like someone in his 50s at all, but such an expression has brought him an unspeakable oldness for no reason.Seeing Shen Yun approaching, his expression seemed to be calm: "Sit down. I heard you are getting married?"

"Yes." Shen Yun smiled slightly, and pushed the invitation and a business card to Charles. The ring on the middle finger was particularly eye-catching, "The wedding in Hong Kong will be held in November, and Joe will stay with me in Beijing after that. For details, you You can talk to my fiancé."

"Back then, your father didn't want to rely on marriage to keep the family business, but would rather send Joe to England." Charles said with a slight sarcasm, "He probably didn't expect that you now use your marriage as a tool."

"You don't need to worry about my fiance and me. As for Joe, he is in Beijing now."

The hidden demonstrations in the words are undoubtedly revealed.After being relatively speechless for a few minutes, Charles suddenly smiled and said, "You are really willing to let Joe drop out of school."

"He is temporarily suspended from school, and this is Joe's decision." Shen Yun's expression did not change, and the corners of her mouth even slightly raised, "You just take Joe as a hostage to threaten me, why do you care about these things?"

"You don't understand!" Charles suddenly lost control, "I love him! He is my child!"

"He is my parents' child." Shen Yun said coldly.

Charles gripped the arm of the sofa tightly and said nothing.

What he said was not a lie.He loves Joe like a father.At the beginning, it may be to take advantage of a little bit of guilt, but as time goes by, it really develops some feelings.

His biological child had already learned to be on guard before he understood family affection, but Joe, the child who was so well protected and loved and grew up was different.

He is an adopted son, and what he brings to him is value rather than threat, not to mention that he is so lovable --- he will smile sweetly at him, wrap his neck around his neck and call his name, he Never knew it would be such a happy thing to have such a child who trusted him wholeheartedly, he thought he could be a good father, in Joe, and he was successful.

"I love Joe, you can't deny that," he said. "I really think of him as my child."

Shen Yun laughed lightly when she heard the words, cold as ice, but beautiful as peaches and plums, she looked at Charles and asked, "If Joe didn't like acting, would you still like him?"

If Shen Qiao didn't like acting, if he, like his father and sister, devoted all his energy to family battles, when he was not his cash cow but a sharp knife in his heart, would he still like it? he?

"But Joe likes acting." Charles' voice trembled slightly, "I thought about using him, but even if he is of no value to me, I still like him."

"What do you like about him? Do you think he can satisfy your father's love and your needs for family affection? He is a tool for you to place your feelings on, and this is also his value." Shen Yun looked at him coldly, "But you should never Forget, he is my younger brother, my father's son. I don't tell him the truth because I don't want to make Joe suffer, if you still want to have a 'son' you like, it's better not to expose it?"

"You didn't tell him?" Charles was taken aback.

"I hope it will always be a secret. I am grateful that you have taken care of Joe for nine years, and that he is still a good boy, but you hired someone to assassinate our father and deliberately wanted to occupy our wealth. I will always remember it. Shen Yun stood up, "I won't stop Joe from seeing you later, but I hope you understand that no matter how you want to use him, you can't afford the price."

"I understand." Charles said coldly, "You are better than your father, you can take back what others swallowed."

"It was originally our thing. It is my duty to get it back. It is my incompetence to not get it back. If you want to protect the family, you shouldn't use this method." Shen Yun put on her coat and gave him one last look.There was contempt, sarcasm, and a hint of undisguised arrogance in that gaze:

"Other people's, after all, other people's."

Extra episode [-]: Best friend

The time when Shen Qi met Shen Qiao for the first time should not be tested: their parents had friendship from the same family, and they were of the same age. They must have met a few times when they were young, and they might have played together---but

Since neither of them has any memory of their childhood, they can't be considered as acquaintances. The first time they met must be counted to the summer of 2001, when they met in the billiard club.

People in the upper class don't see each other when they look up, and Hong Kong's various high-end clubs are the best places to socialize.The client you successfully negotiated yesterday may ride a horse with you today, and the partner who shoots a gun with you tomorrow may also be your next negotiating partner --- why not relax your body and expand your network on these occasions?

As a result, Shen Qi became a VIP client of major clubs: He had a wide range of interests when he was young. He learned ice skating, horseback riding, shooting and fencing for a while, and he looks good after practicing.As a result, he met many friends, and developed a lot of friendships in bed, but among those casual acquaintances, there was only one Shen Qiao who lasted his whole life.

On July 2001, 7, Shen Qiao was alone in front of the billiard table, holding a club in one hand and a cigarette in the other. While puffing, she lifted her right hand at random, and two balls went into the hole.Shen Qi is also a half-billiards fan. He knows that playing billiards can't be based on one shot. When the ball hits the cue ball, you have to keep a good position. Only by scoring consecutive high scores can you hope for it: just let him watch the position of the cue ball. , at least if the next shot is willing, the ball can still be put into the pocket.

The 25-year-old Shen Qiao is in full bloom, with a slender waist and long legs. The contours of her eyebrows and eyes have completely deviated from the immature and delicate features of a teenager.Those few years were probably the peak of his appearance in his life. If he was still acting in movies at that time, he might be fascinated by many people.But let alone movies in those years, there were not many photos left.

At that time, he didn't know so many twists and turns, he only thought that this person's appearance was really first-class, if he could turn to the bed, it must be a good thing.

So we got to know each other like this, Shen Qiao is a master, and he is also good at billiards, the friendship between the two of them that night reached the level of exchanging numbers: Shen Qi has always felt that even finding a bed partner depends on fate, how many times you meet It's a good thing if each of them has their own intentions and things will come to fruition, but the chance to meet Shen Qiao for the second time came earlier than he thought.

He pushed open the door of the guild hall, and when he saw people, he was immediately happy: "Coincidentally, Mr. Shen."

Shen Qiao was startled when she saw him, and said after a long time, "It's a coincidence."

A few years ago, Uncle Cheng had entrusted the production rights of EG to a person with close ties to the New York gangsters. Later, it was said that the person had a car accident, and EG’s affairs had been suspended. Now he finally gained a firm foothold in Hong Kong, and Teng took a shot to sort out EG's affairs.

Uncle Cheng's first partner turned out to be Shen Qiao's own brother-in-law.

Their negotiation that day went very smoothly: there were no major differences between the two parties, and they had a pleasant exchange before. After signing the documents, they went to play an exciting game of billiards. In the evening, Shen Qiao sent him home. .

He has a lot of partners, and he has a lot of happy chats. The reason why Shen Qiao is special is probably because they are working with EG --- for him, EG has nothing to do with interests, but only about feelings. the same.

Shen Qiao looks like a person who rejects people thousands of miles away, but he is actually very interesting: he has a wide range of interests and dabbles in everything, and Shen Qiao not only dabbles in everything, but also excels in everything.One day at the shooting club, he stared dumbfounded at the three ten rings on the target, and said in shock, "When did you practice?"

"When I was acting in the past." Shen Qiao put insurance on the gun, "I have acted in action movies, and I didn't want to deal with the trouble of blood plasma in the post-processing, so I just used a real gun."

From this, Shen Qi has great respect for the actor industry. For many years, he has firmly believed that anyone who has made a name for himself in the entertainment industry is probably full of sensuality.

At that time, their relationship could be regarded as a friendship between gentlemen: they shot guns and rode horses together when they were free, and played all the major clubs in Hong Kong. It was rare to meet such a speculative person. Shen Qi even forgot his original intention to hook up with Shen Qiao- ----He is not considered a low-level humanoid animal that thinks from the lower body. He is spiritually satisfied, but he has no energy to think about the flesh.

Until one day when they were in the bar, Shen Qiao didn't drink, and went there purely to accompany him. He drank a few glasses and was slightly drunk. Looking at Shen Qiao's beautiful appearance, he suddenly had the idea of ​​regaining his original intention.

"Wood." He called out the nickname he gave Shen Qiao, "Are you okay tomorrow?"

"No."

That's a good thing.Shen Qi swung his wine glass, looked straight at Shen Qiao with beautiful eyes, and did not hide the interest and desire in his eyes at all: "It's okay, just go to bed."

That year Shen Qiao regarded him as a brother, but he wanted to sleep with him.

Shen Qiao was choked for a long time, and it took a long time before she tremblingly stretched out her hand in front of him and shook: "Aren't you drunk?"

"Not drunk, just kidding." He understood that Shen Qiao didn't mean that at all, so he took the initiative to find a step down, "Have you slept with anyone before?"

"I've done it." Shen Qiao's face, which was supposed to be closed to strangers, became a little colder, "Don't ask any more."

He could see that Shen Qiao probably didn't want to bring up this topic, and after a burst of crazy brainstorming in his heart, he wisely put aside the topic, successfully protecting the future eternal friendship from dying in infancy.

Later, through the conversation, he learned that Shen Qiao now has a stable partner, but the title of his lover's bed partner has changed, except that he has never called his partner boyfriend.

"You date, go to bed, and don't associate with anyone other than the other party who may cause misunderstandings, isn't it considered a relationship?"

"Not counting."

"Then let me tell you, if your relationship is not lovers, it is not called lovers, it is called nurturing."

A lover does not require loyalty, but nurturing requires loyalty.

Whether Shen Qiao's high-end face with perfect and impeccable bones was judged by a magnifying glass from all angles in the aesthetic posts more than ten years later, or the famous temperament from a well-loved family since childhood, they all exude an irrefutable high-quality atmosphere. It doesn't sound very reliable to say that others take care of him, and that he takes care of others.

But Shen Qi did tell the truth with one word back then.

That year, Shen Qiao had an underground lover that was unknown in Hong Kong. The relationship started when Shen Qiao's sister and brother-in-law passed away a few years ago, and he helped him, asking that Shen Qiao be with him.

Shen Qi is a very biased person. No matter when Shen Qiao and that person were still at peace or after they fell out, he would firmly stand on Shen Qiao's standpoint and criticize that big man surnamed Nie. Of course, it may be because He didn't have a good impression of the surname Nie, and Nie Liang and Nie Lijun were related.

Shen Qi was not in Hong Kong when they had a falling out. After coming back for a long time, he wondered why he hadn't seen Shen Qiao come out for activities, so he took the initiative to contact and heard about the specific process.

The only feeling is that they have been in love for a few years anyway, so it's no wonder Shen Qiao is merciless two years later after being so ruthless.

At the same time, he also knew that besides the cinnabar mole in Shen Qiao's heart, there was also a white moonlight.

Bai Yueguang is a good predecessor, conscientiously fulfilling Bai Yueguang's duties to illuminate the night sky and never descending from the world, she personally interprets what a lover is. He was cruel enough, but the scar on his heart was pierced too deeply. It was originally a cinnabar mole, but later it became mosquito blood.

Two years later, Shen Qiao returned to Beijing, bringing her quiet and beautiful nephew, and her lively and beautiful nephew from afar from England.

At that time, Huo Lin was afraid of being born very badly, so Allen, who was half a head taller than him, blocked him behind him, holding his two small hands tightly, so that Shen Qi couldn't figure it out later, why didn't the two bamboo horses grow up together?

Later, they got together less and separated more. Before 2012, they met only a handful of times. He was born with a gossip heart. After eating up all the grievances between Nie Liang and Shen Qiao, he made up the idea of ​​Shen Qiao's legendary first love. However, Shen Qiao guarded his first love so tightly, he made insinuations and didn't know his first love's name and occupation for several years.

It directly led to Zhao Wenyan coming to Hong Kong to promote the film one year. He looked at the handsome face in the newspaper, touched his chin and said to Shen Qiao next to him: "Director Zhao is really not ordinary good-looking."

They were having afternoon tea in the garden, and Shen Qiao's hand holding the black tea trembled slightly: "What's the matter, did you see him?"

"It's a good thing if you can meet your eyes." The ignorant is fearless. At that time, he did have an appreciation for Zhao Wenyan that came from his appearance and didn't mind his deep development, so he naturally and straightforwardly expressed his emotions.

Shen Qiao was silent for a long time, and suddenly said softly: "This kind of person is not those third-tier stars. Love is here to talk, not to do."

"Seriously again, I was just joking." He waved his hand, "This kind of great artist who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world can't look down on people like us who smell like copper."

At that time, he really didn't know that Zhao Wenyan was Shen Qiao's Bai Yueguang, and he didn't expect that one of his jokes might hit Shen Qiao's scar. After so many years, Shen Qiao refused to make it clear to Zhao Wenyan, maybe he was also there. Responsibility.

So many years later, when Shen Qiao brought his reunited first love boyfriend over to see him, he remembered the conversation at the beginning, and felt that Shen Qiao didn't stab him in the back garden, it was true love.

Shen Qi, who lost his father at a young age and was separated from his flesh and blood, wasted 14 years with his lover because of a pimple in his heart. Not long after he reconciled, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and his life would never last.

But he was always glad that at least Shen Qiao was a good friend in the end. After many years, he could still hold the hand of the original person and tell him, Shen Qi, he is my boyfriend.

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