Hey, where is my knife?

"...unpalatable."

Being in the basement without seeing the light of day, and being tied up in pain, every minute and every second is extremely long.

Ji Kai remembered that it was around three o'clock in the afternoon when he was taken into the car. According to the degree of his stomach growling, it should be around seven or eight o'clock in the evening.

The takeaway that came in was already a bit cold, the potatoes were hard, and the small yellow croakers tasted like wax.I really miss the plum pork ribs, Coca-Cola chicken wings, and steamed pork with lotus-flavored powder made by Weidu...

Well, even if it's not that high-spec delicious?Even if it's just porridge and side dishes, or the sweet-and-sour fish that he doesn't like to eat, after Wei Du's skillful handling, it's always smooth, smooth, delicious, delicious, and far more delicious than the disgusting staple food in front of him.

What's more, the appearance of wearing an apron is so beautiful and delicious, and the salt-sprinkling fingers are dangling the transparent glass box, just like a work of art.

Ji Kai felt that he was getting more and more fussy.

Obviously it was just such a missing meal, but no matter how I thought about it, I felt that I was at a loss.Even though he was only kidnapped for a few hours, why does it feel like a big piece of the delicious cheese of life was bitten off by a nasty mouse.

Looking around for a while, there is only a young man watching him who is tied up, and Zhou Shifei is nowhere to be seen.

[Before talking to Weidu on the phone, I have one more condition. 】

"..."

【Tell me where Xiaojia is.My nephew you took away, the son my sister gave birth to you, should be 17 years old this year.You tell me, I just want to see him from a distance, and I won't disturb him easily. 】

But at the moment when his nephew was mentioned, Ji Kai clearly saw the expression on Zhou Shifei's face changed obviously, as if some switch that should not have been touched, or as if he violated some great taboo , the whole gloomy and fierce.

Then, she gave him a hard look, left him and left.No one has come back so far.

"Where are your elders?"

Among the group of people who kidnapped him before, there was a bald head of nearly two meters who should be the leader. Now, that person is not there, and there is only a young man who doesn't seem to have a bright mind sitting in the corner.

"Hey," Ji Kai called him a few more times, "How long have you been with your boss, do you know that doing so is against the law?"

"Article 239 of the "Criminal Law", the crime of kidnapping must be at least ten years old. If I was injured or died during the process, I would be sentenced to death without parole."

"Shut up!" the man yelled.

"You might as well let me go now, I'll testify for you to get rid of the crime, really. And I'm going to get married soon, my fiancé is rich, and I can give you as much as I want at that time, if you want a house, I will arrange it for you A good job is not a problem, you think about it."

"Don't talk about what you have and what you don't have!" The young man spat, "I've already done everything...Anyway, I'm dead!"

"Even if you die, you should think carefully about what you're trying to do. You don't have any grudges against me, do you? Are you just looking for money? I have plenty of money, so I can give it to you." Ji Kai was persuasive and persuasive.

"It's Du Changji. He kidnapped me because my boyfriend is about to bankrupt his company. You heard it just now. How can he have money? You risked so much to work for him, and you might even go to jail , I can’t get the last penny, so who will I give my life for in vain in the end?”

Actually, strictly speaking, the situation he encountered right now could not be called "kidnapping".

It is "illegal detention", which is much worse in nature than kidnapping.The crime of illegal detention is usually only sentenced to less than three years. If the time is short and there is no injury, it may even be a small problem that can be solved by [-] days of detention.

However, Professor Ji will of course bully you for not being ignorant of the law.

The young man was obviously a little moved, and looked hesitant and vacillating. Ji Kai was about to add fire, when the heavy white-painted iron door squeaked, and then slammed open.

"Go in!"

It was the bald leader who roughly dragged a person by the back collar, threw the whole thing into it like a rabbit, and kicked his ass by the way.

Xiaonian: "Boss, Boss, this..."

"Bah! The tired and crooked kid is sneaking around outside, something is wrong at first glance! You tie him together first, and I will ask Boss Du how to solve it later. Ouch?"

The pale light hit the face of the man who was kicked down by him, his bald head and mouth tilted, and he laughed aloud: "Hey, isn't this some big star?"

Zhu Ling's whole body ached from the collision, and he was still in a state of confusion.

What are you doing?Although this is not broad daylight, but how can there be gangsters in the financial world building in the city center?Are you sure it's not a reality show?

The reason why he was "sneaking around" outside this day was entirely because the brokerage company fucked up, and recently they insisted on making big news about his previous divorce.After he clearly expressed his firm disapproval, he actually forcibly collected those messy evidence, which made him very unhappy.

So Lian Tian secretly kept an eye out, figured out who was doing this, and came here after get off work today, and originally wanted to sneak into the news department on the first floor to remove the guy's computer hard drive.

In the end, for some reason, a two-meter gangster carried her into the basement like a chicken? !

Rubbing his aching back, he saw a familiar figure beside him out of the corner of his eye.

"Brother Kai? You, why do you..."

Why, why is Ji Kai here?And his whole body was tied to a chair.He also suffered a little injury, and there are bruises on the corners of his eyes and mouth... This...

"What are you trying to do? Lawless, who ordered you, what is your purpose..."

"Pa", before he finished speaking, he slapped him across the face with his bald head, and kicked him a few more times.

Ji Kai was really speechless.Watching Zhu Ling's hands cut behind his back, mouth gagged, beaten and tied up, he repeated the treatment he received when he was brought in.God is afraid that the situation is not chaotic enough? !

"Hey, don't slap your face. He's also a cash cow that your company is promoting. Well, he lives on his face!"

"Yo, yeah, you're dressed so brightly that you can rely on your face to eat like a girl?" The bald head let out a "bah", and stretched out his hand to pinch Zhu Ling's face, so that the NPC star almost burst into tears on the spot. up.

Ji Kai stopped talking, feeling very sorry for his talkativeness.After a symbolic struggle once or twice, there was a sharp pain in the arm that was broken or what, and I am afraid that it will not be useless if it continues like this.

If he really becomes a one-armed eagle hero... Sigh, Weidu shouldn't stop loving him just because he has one arm.But in this way, there are much fewer tricks to play when playing, which is not good or bad.

Alas, when I think of that person, I feel sour in my heart.

It's already this point and I haven't come home yet, I'm afraid that I don't know how worried and anxious I should be.

……

In the dark room, Li Weidu curled up on the sofa, like an autistic child.The moonlight cast his dark figure on the ground.The floor-to-ceiling windows next to it were not closed tightly, and the fluttering beige curtains outlined the uneasy shape of the cold wind.

A mobile phone was placed on the coffee table, the screen was pitch black, only the breathing light was blinking.

Her heart was beating a little messy, suppressing a bad premonition.Ji Kai's phone is left at home, which proves that he has not gone far. He should have been running in the community, or going to the supermarket to buy things, but he has searched in several places, but he can't find anyone.

……unreasonable.

Because he has always been insecure and demanding, and Ji Kai doted on him and indulged him, so he has already been well-trained.When we are not together normally, I will take the trouble to reply to his messages every hour. If there are any special circumstances that I cannot reply, I will definitely call him in advance to explain.

There was one time before when my phone was stolen outside, and I immediately called him on the phone of a passerby.Ji Kai knows how to recite his number and always thinks of him.

So, where did it go?

This year's beginning of spring came very early, but the weather is still expected to be chilly.Under the foggy street lamp, Li Weidu leaned against the mailbox, staring blankly at the deserted path in front of his house.

There was a "squeak" from the mailbox behind him, and some snow that hadn't melted fell down.The man with single eyelids turned his head, and a corner of the postcard was exposed from the letterbox. When he pulled it out, the whole place was covered with a layer of ice fog.

...It turned out that Ji Kai sent it to him.

Stamped with the postmark of Miami, USA, it arrived here slowly after dozens of days of sea transportation.Two lines of English handwritten in blue pen, Li Weidu discovered for the first time that Ji Kai's handwriting is so neat.

"You are my today, tomorrow and all my future. When I am with you, I am more of myself."

"..." There seemed to be fog in his eyes.

Read it gently, and read it again.

I don't know how to translate it properly, I just nodded silly, yes, I always feel the same way when I'm with you.

When I am with you, I am more of myself. I feel the same way.

Slowly imagining what kind of posture that person used, what kind of sky, what kind of smile he was wearing, and wrote such a passage.

It's supposed to be warm year-round in Miami, so the man must have been writing this postcard in a brightly colored beach outfit with coconut trees and that quirky Indian-patterned bracelet.

But why, the pictures in my mind are all young men with a literary temperament wearing plaid scarves and gold-rimmed flat mirrors, standing under the Big Ben in England.

Ji Kai said before that he looks a lot different from an otaku with black-rimmed glasses when he combs his hair up. Sometimes it feels like he has two boyfriends, or even several boyfriends.

The street lights flickered a few times, and Li Weidu gave a faint smile—Ji Kai himself was not indifferent.

For a while, he was a rough little migrant worker, and for a while, he was a male professor of literature and art.Although, I like all of them very much.

……

The smile completely disappeared after about 45 minutes.

Li Weidu also knows how annoying he is, and has seen people complaining about "hundreds of life-threatening serial calls" and "calling my friend as soon as my girlfriend can't find me, the leader is so scary", But what to do?

The heartbeat became more and more unbalanced and sad, which was different from the usual restlessness of not receiving messages.

"Sorry to bother you, did you see Ji Kai?"

Calling one contact after another, not caring about face, and whether Baby Bear will be angry in the future, just call one call after another mechanically.

When Shen Qian picked up the phone, he murmured: "It's strange, Zhu Ling is too. I can't get in touch and I'm not in the service area. I don't see anyone alive or dead."

"..."

"No, Mr. Li, Mr. Li, I have no other intentions! It's just... Sister Tong and I are looking for Zhu Ling all over the world. Tomorrow we have a show, and we booked a nine o'clock car to go to City C tonight. What about me? No matter how unreliable you were before, you will always leave a message and send a message!"

"Mr. Li, can I go find you? I have a bad feeling. I've always been more accurate in this regard."

But what could be a bad feeling?

Li Wei didn't even understand.Ji Kai had stopped contacting Zhu Ling a long time ago, and there was no possibility of breaking up and elopement.I also told him honestly about what I met on the plane when I went to the United States, and what he braved the hurricane to deliver supplies to the rescue.

Could it be that Zhu Ling couldn't think about kidnapping his baby bear for a while?No, that guy does not lack such courage...

The sound of the car braking was piercing, and Li Weidu originally thought that Shen Qian came so fast.But when he saw the man getting off the car with cold eyes, he felt as if he had been beaten by an electric baton for a moment, and he fully understood what happened.

"Mr. Li is young and promising, and Du has always admired him. I met him at the reception that day, and I knew we would meet again."

"To be honest, I'm really envious. I will be reincarnated and born in a rich family, and I don't have to walk through it step by step like ordinary people, so Mr. Li may not understand-Sega is really all my hard work, yes My darling is just like that person is your darling. If someone robs or hurts you, I will do whatever it takes."

"Where is he?" The shadow of the moon moved eastward, casting a deep shadow on Li Weidu's face.

The uninvited guest smiled, showing a terrible set of teeth: "Don't worry, he's still safe for the time being. Mr. Li should know the rules. As long as you don't act rashly, I can guarantee that he will go home soon, and there will be no less meat."

"I can withdraw the capital," Li Weidu said with lowered eyes, "You let me have a word with him."

Zhou Shifei grinned twice, and raised his mobile phone. Inside was a photo of the man tied up, taken before he left. The angle of the arm was obviously bent abnormally.

"Did you see it? The time is three o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

"One morning is enough for you to withdraw all your capital. If it exceeds the specified time, I can't guarantee what will happen to him. I don't care if Sega is gone. Everyone, don't feel better—just unload it now." It's just an arm, oh, by the way, Mr. Li, you know that? If you cut off a few fingers, it will only be recognized as a 'minor injury' by law?"

"But, it must be very painful, it must be painful, right?"

"Haha, I remember that child was also afraid of pain when he was a child. Mr. Li, don't look at me so scary, I didn't want to hurt him. It was you who pretended to be smart and forced me to take action..."

With a "boom", Zhou Shifei only had time to feel a strong force coming towards him, and he was dragged into the living room and thrown against a wall.A whole wall of carefully collected cups slammed down and shattered to the ground, and at the same time, hot blood began to flow from the cut wound.

"you you……"

My mind was buzzing, and I wanted to take out my phone right away, but my hand felt a sharp pain like being stung, and the phone fell heavily on the ground next to it.

The whole person was pressed against the wall again, and his neck was stuck and he was instantly suffocated.Li Weidu doesn't have any muscles, but the strength of his arms is as terrifying as steel.

……calm down.

The remaining rationality was speaking, but it was almost blocked by the turbulent emotions. Li Weidu only felt his temples twitching, his headache was severe, his eye sockets were swollen, and his teeth were rattling.

But, do you really think... I will politely let you go when I deliver it to your door, and see if you are in a good mood and can you put him back?

Are you crazy or am I crazy?

Everything that happened after that was completely the violent venting of the male biological instinct.Kicked the person from one end to the other from the living room, saw the person break the door lock of the study with his back, and knocked in the whole way.

The world is wobbly and sane, flickering fragments like a party in a crowded nightclub after drinking too much, and coming back occasionally.

"Where are you, say! What have you done to him? Say—talk!"

"Boss Du, after being in the industry for so long, you should have heard that I have a mental illness, right? Now you know? I'm fucking insane! How dare you move one of his fingers, kill people and go to jail or something. I Don't care at all!"

The bookshelf shook violently, and a small box fell down with a "click".

A silver engagement ring with a precious sapphire inlaid on the inside, engraved with a unique fingerprint.It was the treasure he hid in the innermost place, and he hadn't had time to send it out with his own hands.

Li Weidu raised his chin, his long and narrow eyes were frantic, and a trace of pain flashed in despair.

it's all my fault.

it's all my fault.He's going to get hurt, he's going to be in danger, and it's all my fault.

"Woo...cough..." Zhou Shifei seemed to want to say something, but his eyes were bloodshot and he was unconscious.He now knows that this person is crazy, ruthless, not to be provoked, and reckless.But it seems a little too late.

……

When Shen Qian rushed over, the door of the villa was wide open.

I dared to touch it in, and the light was not turned on in the study.Under the moonlight, his eyes were bloodshot, and when he stared fiercely at him, his almost ferocious gaze made him take two steps back in fright.

Then, he realized that it was Li Weidu.He opened his mouth, but blood dripped from his lips in embarrassment, he rubbed his chin with his sleeve, his breathing was unsteady, but his voice was unusually calm and calm.

"I can't get up," he said. "Give me the phone on my table outside."

Trembling, Shen Qian took it over, and heard him say again: "I can't lift my hand, you can call for me. You can look down the address book, Lawyer Zuo."

"No, won't someone die?" The smell of blood filled the room, Shen Qian looked at the man who was beaten to the ground, feeling a little worried.

"I'll die."

Mr. Li supported the corner of the table and stood up, then gave him another hard kick, the man whimpered and only twitched slightly.

Under the moonlight, his pale face was stained with blood, and his long and narrow eyes were somewhat hollow.It looked like an exquisite but broken humanoid doll, which was a little bit scary.