evenly matched

Yuan Xiao recognized one of them as Wei Qingcang, and on his left was a man with a delicate appearance and an indifferent expression... Yuan Xiao's eyes drifted past the two hands holding each other indistinctly. It seemed that this handsome man was The legendary "Yu Zhen".

"Mr. Zhan is still so punctual!" Wei Qingcang smiled and handed over the menu.

Zhan Yang didn't have any extra polite words. He took the menu, ordered a few dishes quickly, and handed the menu back.

"Let me introduce——Yu Zhen," Wei Qingcang pointed to the people around him, and then introduced to Yu Zhen, "Zhan Yang, Yuan Xiao."

Yu Zhen still had no expression on his face, and just nodded towards the two of them.

Yuan Xiao noticed with sharp eyes that Wei Qingcang squeezed Yu Zhen's hand under the table, and when the other party looked over, he smiled dotingly.

...It seems that you are right, the relationship between the two people opposite is unusual!

After confirming this point, Yuan Xiao cast a puzzled look at Zhan Yang, he should not bring an outsider to this kind of private gathering.Or, Zhan Yang is usually so cool that no one wants to be his friend, so choosing yourself is really a last resort?

Zhan Yang was stared at by Yuan Xiao's sympathetic eyes so goose bumps almost appeared, he asked: "What do you want to say?"

"Nothing special." Yuan Xiao pretended to drink tea, and had a new guess in his mind, it must be Wei Qingcang who asked Zhan Yang to have dinner, he knew he was going to make a light bulb, so he pulled a back one!

Thinking about it this way, Yuan Xiao suddenly felt that the black boss Zhan Yang was too useless, he didn't even have a vase to support the scene!

"We still have to work hard." Yu Zhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said something.

When Wei Qingcang heard the words, he immediately laughed.Yuan Xiao didn't understand. He looked at Zhan Yang and saw that the other party was still expressionless, unable to judge whether he understood.

"Try using a strong one?" Yu Zhen said again.

Wei Qingcang regained his energy immediately, his eyes sparkled, "I think it will work!"

Zhan Yang glanced at the two of them, "I tried it, it didn't work!"

Yuan Xiao seemed to understand, but he seemed to have missed the point.

Zhan Yang winked at Wei Qingcang and Yu Zhen, and their topic naturally went over to the acquisition.

"Whether there are people on Xu Hu's head, I'm not sure yet." Zhan Yang put down the tableware, "Forcible acquisition is not impossible, and it will leave a lot of hidden dangers."

"I can't help you with matters on the road, but I can help you check the relationship between the hotel and Gu Debing." Wei Qingcang said.

"You also suspect that he did it?" Yuan Xiao interjected, "I'm also thinking, if it wasn't for the support from behind, Xu Hu wouldn't have the guts to fight against Zhan Yang!"

Wei Qingcang glanced at Zhan Yang, "He called you by name?"

Zhan Yang didn't speak, Yuan Xiao smiled wickedly, "Calling 'Brother Zhan' is too much, it can't fully show the close relationship between us."

"Well, that's right." Wei Qingcang smiled and turned back to the original topic, "It's not difficult to find out their relationship. If the person behind it is really Gu Debing, what are you going to do?"

Zhan Yang narrowed his eyes, "Look at his attitude, I don't mind accepting all his property."

Yuan Xiao smiled and said, "Hey, is it really okay for you to say that? Be careful that he comes out from behind you!"

Zhan Yang ignored his naive game, but just remembered something, and said to Wei Qingcang: "Code name 52370."

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Xiao's face turned green. Since when did his codename as an agent become something everyone must talk about? How can he mess around in the future?

Wei Qingcang looked at Yuan Xiao in surprise, but it was Yu Zhen who spoke out his thoughts for him: "I really can't tell."

"I'm really sorry," Yuan Xiao snorted, "for destroying your fantasy of being an undercover agent."

Yu Zhen replied seriously: "It doesn't matter."

"...Forget it, don't care about beauties!" Yuan Xiao comforted himself, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued the topic just now.

After discussion, Zhan Yang and Wei Qingcang had a rough division of labor for the follow-up of the acquisition incident. The party was quite successful, but Yuan Xiao was so angry at Yu Zhen that Wei Qingcang apologized to him with a smile : "That's how Yu Zhen is, don't take it to heart."

Yuan Xiao smiled coolly, and said back calmly: "Understood, most beautiful people have a bad temper."

Wei Qingcang smiled kindly and didn't say anything else.

After getting in the car, Zhan Yang received a text message from Wei Qingcang, but he knew it was Yu Zhen from the tone of his voice.

"Just playing dumb, don't worry, he's yours"

Zhan Yang silently deleted the text message, smiled slightly, and closed his eyes to rest contentedly.

The car drove slowly for a certain distance, Yuan Xiao suddenly patted the back of the driver's seat, "Stop at the intersection ahead."

"Where are you going?" Zhan Yang asked.

Yuan Xiao raised his eyebrows at him, and smiled: "Why, are you afraid of me sneaking away in your territory?"

Ignoring the provocation in his tone, Zhan Yang raised his hand and pointed to his watch, "It's getting late."

"That's for you," Yuan Xiao pushed the door and got out of the car, "for me, it's a really exciting time."

Yuan Xiao closed the car door and left.

Li Long asked the silent Zhan Yang: "Brother Zhan, do you want to find a nearby brother to follow Brother Xiao?"

"No." Zhan Yang said softly, "Let him go, drive."

After getting out of the car, Yuan Xiao didn't head towards the destination immediately, he first wandered on the side of the road, seeing that Zhan Yang's car didn't stop, he drove away directly.He waited for a while to make sure no one was following him before turning into a small alley.

Bypassing the black and smelly stagnant water on the ground, Yuan Xiao came to an old residential house deep in the alley, and knocked on the door on the first floor.

After knocking on the door, there was no sound from inside. Yuan Xiao was not in a hurry, and waited patiently outside the door.

After a while, the door opened, and half of a familiar face appeared from the crack of the door—it was Ade!

"Have you eaten yet?" Yuan Xiao followed Ade into the room, frowned slightly after looking around, "Have you lived here for a long time?"

Ade silently pushed aside the clothes piled randomly on the sofa, motioned Yuan Xiao to sit down, then took out a clean glass from the lacquered cabinet, and poured Yuan Xiao a glass of boiled water.

After doing this, he answered Yuan Xiao's first question: "Eat."

The largest room in this room is no more than 30 square meters. There is a varnished log table next to the wall of the living room. Due to its age, the four corners of the table are dark.The table is full of milk powder cans, it seems that this place is Ade's "kitchen".

"Where's Yang Lu?" Yuan Xiao held the glass, feeling quite uncomfortable.

"Just fell asleep," Ade thought for a while, and added, "Would you like to take a look?"

"No, that's your lifeblood, how can you just look at it?" Yuan Xiao teased with a light smile, but Ade never got a response.

The pain of losing his wife has left a deep imprint on this strong man, and people can see that, in addition to envying the dead, the living Ade sighs.

There seemed to be nothing to say between the two big men, Yuan Xiao took a sip of the tasteless boiled water, but found that his voice was still dry when he opened his mouth, "How can I help you?"

"No need." Ade replied in a low voice, and Yuan Xiao found that the other party did not raise his head from the beginning to the end.

To be honest, Yuan Xiao and Ade didn't have much friendship. The "life-saving grace" is just that Yuan Xiao didn't want to see more people die. At that time, he would have chosen anyone without hesitation save him.

Therefore, Yuan Xiao himself didn't know why he paid so much attention to Ade after the accident.Perhaps, he saw his end in Ade, and instinctively wanted to change.

"It's almost time for Yang Lu to learn to speak, you need to communicate with her more to avoid slurring when you grow up."

"I know."

The conversation stalled again.

Since then, Ade has been reticent and has changed residences irregularly.

Yuan Xiao guessed that he was hiding from Zhan Yang on purpose, or because he was afraid that his enemies back then would come to him.

"I'm a policeman."

Ade, who kept his head down and refused to meet Yuan Xiao's gaze, looked at him in surprise, and was relieved after a while.

Yuan Xiao stared at the cup in his hand, "I can help you find a way to live in another place, how about it?"

"……No, thanks."

Ade's refusal did not surprise Yuan Xiao, "It's up to you, if you need help in the future, just ask."

"Um."

Seeming to have nothing to say, Yuan Xiao stood up to say goodbye, Ade didn't leave him behind, and sent him to the door, begging in a low voice: "You have met me, please keep it a secret."

"I understand." Yuan Xiao turned his head and looked at the person who used to be high-spirited and grey-haired beside Zhan Yang, "Although it's useless to say that, I still wish you condolences."

Ade nodded and closed the door gently.

Walking out of the dark corridor, Yuan Xiao looked up at the sky that had been cut into irregular shapes by the building, and heaved a long sigh of relief.

Every meeting with Ade is like a baptism of the soul. Yuan Xiao calmed down and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Don't worry about it, once you lose it, you will become a down and out uncle like Ade!"

The smell of tobacco wafted from the alley, and an unknown song was heard from far away, Yuan Xiao wandered out of the alley slowly.

On the other side, Li Long drove towards Tuodong Road as usual.The road conditions are good today, and we will be home soon.

Unprepared by accident!