Diamonds

"The press conference was moved to 11 o'clock, and the young master changed the plane to arrive at [-] o'clock tomorrow morning. The foster father wanted the whole family to show their face in order to avoid being scribbled by the media. It just so happened that the stock market opened and then pushed the stock price up. Wave."

"Then I'll arrange for the driver to pick you up at the airport."

"No, you pick it up in person. You go home in the morning and get your suit before going to the airport. They will be delivered directly to the hotel."

"understood."

"Bring bodyguards, just in case."

……

Without Duan Li's reminder, Xie Qiuqi also knew that it was not safe recently.

Just last Thursday, the Zheng family's car was followed by someone on a small street in Taipa. Fortunately, the driver was smart and immediately turned into a residential area.

The car was hit and deformed, but no one was seriously injured.The police caught two drunken gangsters, and after questioning for a long time, they couldn't tell the reason, so they could only be regarded as drunk driving.

But the Zheng family is extremely vigilant and feels that someone is behind the scenes.This jewelry group has just acquired a shipping company, which is a big move, with a capital operation case of [-] billion, in order to expand the logistics business.This matter was also published on the financial section of "Zaobao". Someone analyzed that entering the logistics industry is a small business, and what the Zheng family wanted was an exclusive waterway.If the waterway is really won, it is inevitable that some people will be jealous.

The original plan was to sign the acquisition contract at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning and hold a press conference, but it was postponed when it was said to be postponed, and the task of picking up people was added.Xie Qiuqi was used to this kind of "sudden situation", he was on call almost 24 hours a day, and when he was working in front of the big boss, he didn't follow the schedule completely.

After contacting the bodyguards, he ate some food left in the refrigerator for dinner, read some English books, took a shower and decided to go to bed early.

He was allowed to sleep very little tonight, and tomorrow was an important event of the company. He kept thinking about things in his head and it was difficult to fall asleep. He tossed and turned until the early morning.

This sleep was very light, and he woke up in less than three hours.

In the dark, he reached for his phone and looked at the time—02:41AM.

He got up to go to the bathroom, and just as he was reaching for the bedroom doorknob, a series of strange clicking sounds fell into his ears.

—he didn't know what it was, but it was certainly not a key.

Xie Qiuqi shrank his fingers, and put them on the lock knob instead.

For a moment he frowned, a little unsure whether it was an auditory hallucination caused by not waking up or a real voice.

In the silence, the door "creaked—" suddenly opened, and with the sound of chaotic footsteps, someone said in a low voice: "Search!"

In the next second, Xie Qiuqi decisively twisted and pressed the lock in!He moved quickly with his bare feet, and the next movement was almost done instinctively—with both hands he pulled the bed sheet out abruptly, and turned around and rushed towards the window.

The high-altitude night wind was rustling, and it made my ears buzz.The apartment was on the 10th floor, and he had to climb to at least the 9th floor and open the window to escape.The bed sheet was tied to the guardrail, his fingers were trembling with nervousness, and the door lock of the bedroom twisted "cracker" at this moment!

The sound of the lock cylinder shaking was frightening.Xie Qiuqi's hands were covered with sweat, his breathing was rapid, his heartbeat was so fast that he couldn't breathe, the cold air poured into his mouth, he took a deep breath, and finally tied a knot.

"Bang bang—"

The gun went off.The thin bedroom door was kicked open and fell to the ground with a bang.Xie Qiuqi was still holding the bedsheet in his hand, and suddenly raised his head to face the muzzle of the black-clothed thug's gun. He subconsciously fell down, and the bullet whizzed past the back of his head.He only felt his scalp go numb, and instinctively hugged his head, and the fear of death suddenly occupied his limbs and bones.

The blood all over his body fell to the soles of his feet, and he shivered from the cold.He reached out to grab the low stool next to him, and threw it at the thugs.The stool was blown away by bullets, and the thugs walked quickly towards his companion while calling for him.Xie Qiuqi was almost desperate, leaving only a low stool to slide and shovel across the floor, and the thugs didn't stop, stumbling and tripping.The gun fell out of his hand.

--It's now!

Xie Qiuqi plucked up his courage and stretched out his hand to rush forward. The gun was already in his hand, and he shot the man in black's thigh without hesitation.

The smell of gunpowder smoke rose instantly.Blood splashed on Xie Qiuqi's face, he closed his eyes and instinctively wanted to avoid it, but he didn't, the warmth of the liquid made him tremble.There was a strong fishy smell at the corner of his mouth, and he forgot to do anything for a few seconds, only staring at the thugs who hugged their legs and screamed in fear.He was still holding the gun in both hands, his arms were shaking crazily, and the recoil paralyzed his forearm for a moment.

He thought for no reason, this was different from when Duan Li took him to the shooting range to play.

The other two thugs ran over at this moment, and a bullet hit Xie Qiuqi's shoulder. He let out a pained cry before remembering what he was doing. Regardless of the severe pain in his shoulder, he stood up and shot at him continuously.The lights in the room were not turned on, and the white light from the bombs and fire flickered like festival fireworks.

— alive!Must live!

He didn't know how many rounds he had fired, the magazine was quickly emptied, he dropped the pistol and looked around for another weapon.This was when he was in a hurry, he picked up the man in black with a leg injury on the ground, smashed the ceramic cup and put the fragments on the man in black's neck.

"Stop, or I'll kill him." He said as calmly as possible.

The opponents stopped shooting immediately, and one of them said: "Hey, don't get excited."

Xie Qiuqi narrowed his eyes: "Put the gun down. Get out."

His shoulder was bleeding, and the pain blurred his vision, and he could only squint to see the enemy clearly.

The other party was mistakenly intimidated by this dangerous look, and hesitantly followed suit.

He picked up one of the guns and took the hostage out of the bedroom, carefully moving all the way to the door of the living room.The thug on the opposite side was less than five steps away from him, so he continued to retreat into the corridor and successfully reached the side of the stairwell.There stood a fire cabinet.

With an idea, he pushed the person in his arms forward, and broke the fire cabinet with two shots, and the fire alarm bell rang throughout the building in an instant!

The thugs didn't expect what happened to him, and after catching up, he dodged into the stairwell and ran down without looking back!

The winding stairs stretched endlessly. He never knew he could run so fast. His footsteps were so messy that he couldn't even see the steps clearly. He slammed his knees on the steps and rolled headfirst. go down!

The painful hammer hit him, and he wailed in pain, his teeth were broken, and his mouth was full of blood.

Fortunately, the fire alarm woke everyone up, and the thugs were stopped upstairs by a large number of panicked residents.Xie Qiuqi leaned out of the corridor door with a disheveled face and a messy body, when the black Mercedes blocking the door made him shrink back immediately in fright.As a last resort, he had to turn out the window of the building manager's room and exit the residential building from the side.

As soon as he left the community, he hailed a taxi and went to the nearest hospital.

The driver was very frightened by him, thinking he was robbed.Only then did he notice what he looked like, with disheveled hair, blood on his face, his bare feet were cut at some point, his clothes were gray, and more importantly, he held a gun in his hand.

He threw the gun under the seat in fright, as if the thing was some kind of monster, and his head was messed up, now it was a shot, and now it was a thug.

Who are these people?Why did they break into his house with guns in the middle of the night?They don't mind taking his life at all. Has he offended anyone?Will it have something to do with the Zheng family?He is Boss Zheng's life assistant and the person next to the big boss. If someone wants to deter the Zheng family, killing him can indeed serve as a warning.Will it be so?

All the answers go back to Party A, who has to figure it out.

Xie Qiuqi begged the driver to lend him his mobile phone, but the driver hesitated and gave it to him.

Duan Li answered the phone almost immediately——

"I didn't answer your call, where are you?"

Xie Qiuqi panted hard while inspecting the wound on his shoulder: "I was shot. Someone came to the rental house and pried open the door. I ran out without taking anything with me. I'm in a taxi now. Where are you going?" Come pick me up from the hospital."

"No no no, don't go to the hospital. There are people from them!"

"They? Who? What are they going to do?"

There was a moment of silence on the phone, and then a distant gunshot came.Duan Li seemed to be in the car, the tires screeching sharply.

Xie Qiuqi clenched the phone tightly: "A Li!"

Duan Li cursed: "Qiu Qi, listen carefully, go to the Friendship Travel Agency at the port, it's a safe house. The key is under the shrine of the God of Earth at the entrance, wait for me there. Don't trust anyone!"

Xie Qiuqi also wanted to swear, by the time he lasted until Duan Lilai, he might have lost blood and died.

But he hesitated for a while and changed his way to Gongbei Port.It was early morning at this time, the port was sparsely populated, the scene of tourist bus congestion and traffic jams during the day was gone, the streets were empty, and the exaggerated promotional banners of major entertainment cities looked like a group of tacky street girls.

Xie Qiuqi found the front of Friendship Travel Agency opposite the bus terminal. He staggered out of the taxi with his bleeding shoulder, and pressed the only jade pendant on his body to the driver.That was a Christmas present from Boss Zheng.

Take out the key from under the altar and go in. There is a rest room behind it. It should have been unused for a long time, and the dust is thick.

Xie Qiuqi was unconscious from the pain, and found a bag of cash, two pistols, and six fake passports in the cabinet—nothing to stop the bleeding.In the end, he could only cut open an old dress and tie it on his shoulders to bandage it up.

Just after 4 o'clock, Xie Qiuqi put the gun on his waist, washed his face, changed into clean clothes, and called Duan Li.At this time Duan Li didn't answer, Xie Qiuqi had a bad feeling in his heart.Duan Li followed Boss Zheng to the shipping company's dinner tonight, accompanied by Mrs. Zheng and the young master. If something happened to Duan Li, maybe something happened to the Zheng family.

Xie Qiuqi waited until 4:[-], when it was already darkest.

According to the original plan, in another half an hour, he should go to Zheng's house to get a suit, and then go to the airport to pick up the second young master Zheng Ke.Otherwise, you will not be able to catch up with the pick-up.If Duan Li didn't come within 15 minutes, he decided to go to Zheng's house first.

4:45AM.

Xie Qiuqi couldn't wait any longer, so he took his gun and decided to leave.

As soon as he left the door, a Santana with missing doors slammed in front of him.Duan Li was covered in blood all over his body, and he couldn't even climb down, and fell directly from the seat of the car to the ground.Xie Qiuqi ran up, helped him up, and shook Duan Li who was almost unconscious. .

"A Li! A Li!" After shouting several times, he didn't respond.

Duan Li showed a weak smile: "...Fortunately, you are fine..."

He was shot in the thigh, probably through an artery, and even though he was forced to tie it with a belt, he was still bleeding continuously.

Xie Qiuqi helped him to the co-pilot and drove by himself: "We're going to the hospital, you can hold on for a while."

Duan Li took his hand and shook his head: "Go pick up...go pick up Zheng Ke..."

Xie Qiuqi was a little angry: "You're dead, right?"

Duan Li said in a low voice: "I promised my adoptive father that I will keep at least one..."

Xie Qiuqi frowned: "What do you mean?"

Only Wan Deng listened to the two of them talking, Duan Li's face was half bright and half dark.

His voice became lower and lower, and his eyes could no longer see clearly: "All dead...all dead..."

Xie Qiuqi was shocked.What do you mean dead?He was still talking about the press conference before dinner, why did he lose all his time in a few hours?Who is going to destroy the Zheng family?Who is so brave?

Duan Li took his hand and slid down, he had no strength left: "Qiu Qi, go pick up Zheng Ke, you can't...can't let the Zheng family really die," he raised his eyelids with difficulty, and took a last look at Xie Qiuqi's beautiful Side face: "You..."

Xie Qiuqi's eyes were red, and he knew it was his last words: "You say, I will do it."

Duan Li smiled in a trance: "You have to be good. You... must... have great promise..."

The following words were gone, the man who brought Xie Qiuqi out of prison and gave him a new life closed his eyes.

Xie Qiuqi's nose soured and he buried his face in his palm.He was frightened in the first place, and he didn't dare to release his emotions until now, his nerves were tense, and he just wanted to wait until Duan Li came.

It seemed that in his subconscious mind, he would be safe as soon as this man appeared, like a fuse tied around his waist.They are like brothers, Duan Li is the only person in this world that he completely trusts.

Anger and pain pulled Xie Qiuqi's rationality at the same time. He felt that he was walking on the edge of a cliff, and if he was not careful, he would be smashed to pieces.

Death is not scary, nor is suffering. He has been in prisons before, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

He was afraid that there would be no one in this world for whom he could survive.

Headlights approaching in the distance.Xie Qiuqi's intuition might be chasing soldiers.

I'm afraid it's not safe here anymore, so no one can find out.

He carried Duan Li's body to the house, parked the car in the backyard and covered it with a dustproof cloth, and then took a taxi to the airport.

Its daybreak.Zheng Ke's plane landed on time.

Xie Qiuqi borrowed the phone of the airport store to leave a voice message for Zheng Ke, telling him not to leave the crowd when he got off the plane, and it is best to find someone to accompany him and stay by his side.Zheng Ke texted him back saying he was with the police.

The two finally met at the police point.Xie Qiuqi didn't know how to start.

He didn't have much dealings with the second young master of the Zheng family. This golden branch and jade leaf had just attended the graduation ceremony for his university graduation. He was dressed in an expensive suit and had a student-like air of being ignorant of the world.Knowing that Xie Qiuqi was someone close to his father, his attitude was very polite.

Xie Qiuqi cut to the chase: "I know what I'm going to say to you next is cruel, I'm sorry, please give me your condolences—Mr. Zheng, Mrs. Zheng and the eldest young master were unfortunately killed last night. I don't know the details. Duan Li asked me to come Pick you up. You are the only hope of the Zheng family now, young master."

Zheng Ke blinked, showing a dull expression.After a while, the eyes began to accumulate water.

Xie Qiuqi wiped his face.

For a graduate, the amount of information is indeed a bit large.