Diamonds

At last they were so hungry that they came down from the tree.

The collie took up a position on the beach early, lit a bonfire, set up a barbecue grill, and brought fresh seafood from the fishing boat.When Xie Qiuqi and the others arrived, the black man carried a pile of crabs in one hand and fish, shrimp, and shells on his shoulders, and excitedly ran in small steps.

"It's still alive!" The shepherd dog shook the crab with its teeth and claws: "Zheng Ke, the seafood here is so cheap. In Angola, I can't even buy a fish for this money. I'll kill the fish. You like it." What seasoning?"

Zheng Ke was burning charcoal, and the heat rushed towards his face. His face was covered with sweat, and he still thought about teasing: "You are too good-for-nothing, two little crabs are so happy to coax you. I will ask your boss to come to the Four Seasons Hotel tomorrow to invite you." You eat Alaska crab."

Xie Qiuqi washed the vegetables behind him and pinched his boyfriend's butt unceremoniously.

Zheng Ke almost burned his hands, jumped up and covered his buttocks with a groan, and looked at Xie Qiuqi with wide eyes accusingly: "What's wrong?"

Xie Qiuqi said as a matter of course: "Is there anyone like you who asks me to treat you and doesn't take advantage of it?"

The four big men were playing in full swing, and after a while, the aroma of barbecue diffused, someone bought beer, and someone started to sing.The shepherd dog hummed the tune of his hometown, which was a folk song in the Angolan dialect, with a bright and bright voice.Zheng Ke tapped the can with a bamboo stick to beat the time for him, and then it turned into a chaotic chorus, no one knew what it was singing, out of tune, out of tune, out of breath, out of breath, and out of breath. It's gone.

Andrew does not drink, and insists not to drink a drop.The bright light of the bonfire swam across the killer's calm and stable face.

Xie Qiuqi ordered him a glass of juice, and clinked glasses with him: "Thanks for your hard work."

"I just do my job," Andrew said.

Xie Qiuqi knew that he was not good at expressing: "Dell's personality is too violent, I feel more at ease when you are here. I think you and him are getting better and better, which is a good thing. Although we are only colleagues at work, it is also a matter of life and death together. It's a kind of fate."

Andrew looked up and took a sip of the juice, and said seriously: "This is good, I am very happy now."

Jeong-kook, slightly drunk, dances boldly around the campfire.The hooded jacket was thrown on the ground, and the button of the polo shirt was unbuttoned to the last one. He blinked and smiled at Xie Qiuqi while stroking his chest.Xie Qiuqi couldn't laugh or cry.

——The little bastard is getting more and more desperate, and dares to dance in any place.

Zheng Ke pulled him to join, and the two embraced and kissed, not minding that the two subordinates were still there.

It was a little late that night, and it was already early in the morning when we went back.

It's hard to say whether Zheng Kezui was drunk or not. He asked Andrew to turn in the middle of the car.Xie Qiuqi recognized that this was the way back to Zheng's ancestral house.

The second young master hugged and rubbed against his boyfriend, drinking like crazy: "Brother, I want to go home, shall we go home?"

Xie Qiuqi rubbed his hairy head and kissed his forehead: "Okay, brother will take you home."

In the middle of the night, the Zheng family's mansion is like a haunted house, living in seclusion in the no-man's land in the mountains.Since most of the servants had been fired, there was no security guard at the door, and the door was half-open lazily. Andrew simply knocked the door open and drove the car in.In the past, the alarm system would definitely go off if someone broke into the house, but now it should be turned off in order to save money.The garden was completely deserted, the plants grew wildly, the grass grew to the calf, and the old tree was even scratched by hair and beard, and it was impossible to manage it.

Zheng Ke stepped on the last step, his legs softened, and he knelt down.Andrew wanted to help him, but Xie Qiuqi stopped him.

I saw Zheng Ke bowed solemnly towards the gate, kowtowed, and muttered: "I'm back."

After the ceremony, he staggered to prop up his body, finally got up, his vision became dizzy, and he instinctively fell back.

Xie Qiuqi grabbed his arm and pulled him back, he couldn't laugh or cry: "He said he wasn't drunk, he couldn't even stand still."

Zheng Ke was stunned, looking at the stone carvings on the corridor with confused eyes, showing a sad expression.

Xie Qiuqi sensed something was wrong: "What's wrong?"

Zheng Ke pointed to a worn carving: "These stones are being corroded and worn little by little. When I went home last time, there was a small gap in that stone. Now, the gap is getting bigger and bigger. The color is getting yellower and yellower. The moist air and rain are slowly digesting it. From tonight to tomorrow morning, this stone will continue to be corroded. Nothing can change the power of nature and time, just like it Now witness the moment when I come home."

Xie Qiuqi felt pain in his heart, Zheng Ke had lost his home, and the gap in his heart would never be filled.

The gate of the main house was closed tightly, and a Filipino maid walked out sleepily only 10 minutes after the bell was rang.She should be an old senior who still recognizes Zheng Ke. She was startled at first, thinking she was still dreaming, so she covered her mouth so as not to cry out.

After Zheng Ke embarrassingly only reported his identity, the Filipino maid hurriedly saluted Zheng Ke: "I know you are...sorry, I just didn't expect, second young master, you...you are back..."

Zheng Ke hummed.The Filipino maid was excited, and while wiping her eyes, she was going to clean up Zheng Ke's house.

Zheng Ke called her to stop: "Just clean it up, don't wake everyone up. It's hard work."

The Filipino maid lit the fireplace in the room for him, and made tea for him.The furnishings in the room have not been touched, and the furniture is still clean because of the dust cover. The Filipino maid took the bedding to replace it, and Zheng Ke called her to him for a brief question——

"Is the former butler still there? Why did you come out to answer the door?"

The Filipino maid was not too old, she was a shy girl, but she spoke in a very orderly manner: "Uncle Zhang suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last year and passed away. Since then, no one has been recruited. There are still five people left here, except me. There is also a Filipino maid who does cleaning, a wine cellar manager and two security guards. But starting this year, the security guards will not work the night shift. They will go home after ten o'clock and come back at six o'clock in the morning. The remaining three will take turns on night duty, tonight When it was my turn, everyone else went home."

"In the past few years, have your wages been paid to you as scheduled?"

"It's all paid, and the salary comes from the company's finances."

"Is the house untouched?"

"I heard several times that Mr. Zheng Shihua wanted to sell the house, but Mr. Zhuang strongly opposed it, so no one dared to move."

Zheng Ke looked at the nameplate on the Filipino maid's chest: "Jannifer, right? From now on, you are the new housekeeper."

The Filipino maid was taken aback, completely unaware of being promoted in the middle of the night: "But, I... I have no experience..."

"I don't have experience in mining yet. Wouldn't I have experience if I worked for two more days?" Zheng Ke blew his beard and stared.

The Filipino maid probably also felt that he was childish, so she suppressed a smile and agreed first: "You are right."

Zheng Ke continued to speak: "Thank you for still being willing to stay in the Zheng family. It has been difficult for everyone in the past two years. I will move back in two days. Please clean up first. Do not move the master bedroom and my brother's room. Other places need Give me a list of repairs and purchases."

The newly appointed butler took a small notebook and began to copy notes.

"Starting tomorrow, take an inventory of the existing things at home, such as furniture, equipment, wine collection, artwork, jewelry... I remember doing this all the time. I asked the company's asset department to come and estimate the number. There must be a bottom."

"Okay. I updated the data for you on the weekend."

"If you are going to recruit people for your family again, you can follow the previous configuration, and show me the list of recruited personnel. You have to interview everyone in person. The ability must be good, and the background details must be clear. Don't do anything dirty. people come in."

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"Find a decoration company to come over and take a look. I plan to change the layout of this house. Later, I will build a collection room to keep my parents and brother's things well. Money is not the most important thing for the other party to come up with a beautiful decoration plan." It's important..."

……

Xie Qiuqi listened more and more seriously, Zheng Ke didn't look drunk at all at the moment.He is well-organized and logical, with very clear work steps and requirements, and his expression on his eyebrows and eyes even looks like the head of the family.If it wasn't past two o'clock in the middle of the night, Xie Qiuqi really thought he was going home to arrange work seriously.

At this time, Zheng Ke began to introduce people: "By the way, these two are my colleagues, Del and Andrew. They will often come back with me. Prepare a few more rooms at home so that there is no place to live."

Del greeted carelessly, and Andrew had a fierce aura, and raised his eyebrows, scaring the poor girl back two steps.

"This is Qiu Qi, my love." Zheng Ke pointed to his side.

The Filipino maid remembered Xie Qiuqi, and she was surprised: "Mr. Xie is not... the chairman..."

Zheng Ke was a little dissatisfied with her doubts: "He is my lover now. From now on, he will be the master of this family, and he will be treated whatever my mother used to do at home..."

Xie Qiuqi coughed twice to remind him not to go crazy: "Zheng Ke."

Zheng Ke showed an aggrieved look and stopped talking.

Xie Qiuqi didn't want to embarrass him in front of outsiders, so he persuaded him with an underground voice: "Why don't you come here first tonight? It's too late, and I'm tired after listening to you for so long. I have to go to work tomorrow, so I can't affect tomorrow's work." .Let the little girl rest first."

After the Filipino maid left, she felt uneasy.She smelled the alcohol on Zheng Ke's body, and knew that the second young master had drunk tonight. She was not sure whether Zheng Ke was serious about assigning so many homework tonight, or just joking.If she asked Zheng Ke now, she would definitely not get an answer, so she wanted to steal a moment to ask Xie Qiuqi.It happened that Xie Qiuqi came out to ask for hot water, so she approached it cautiously——

"Young Madam!" blurted out without thinking.

Xie Qiuqi immediately turned dark: "You young master is joking, don't take it seriously."

The Filipino maid originally wanted to flatter her, but she was so frightened that she quickly fell silent.

Xie Qiuqi was annoyed: "Is there anything else?"

Only then did the Filipino maid remember the main topic: "I...I'm afraid that the young master has been drinking, and he won't remember to explain his work tomorrow..."

Xie Qiuqi understood: "Let's do this, you can find a chance to report to him tomorrow morning when you have dinner, and see what he has to say."

After finally dismissing the Filipino maid, Xie Qiuqi went back to his room and saw Zheng Ke, like a frozen stray dog, sitting by the fireplace with his legs crossed, sipping from a cup of hot water.His heart was so soft that he was in a mess, and the sullenness just now was immediately thrown out of the sky.

"Go to bed and sleep, okay? It's cold on the ground." Xie Qiuqi coaxed him.

Zheng Ke has actually been lying on that bed: "It's too soft, it's uncomfortable, it's as if you're going to sink into it when you lie on it."

He didn't even remember that his bed was so soft. He was used to sleeping on hard beds in the past two years, and he couldn't adapt to it.

Xie Qiuqi took the quilt and put it under him, and sat by the fireplace with him.After Zheng Ke drank water, his head was not so dizzy. He was not actually drunk. A little beer didn't bother him. He just found an excuse to relax.

"What are you thinking about?" Xie Qiuqi put his arms around him, letting him rest his head on his shoulder.

Zheng Ke murmured: "Obviously it's my own home, but I still have to declare my name, sneaking in like a thief in the middle of the night."

"You want to come at this time yourself, isn't it good to come in openly during the day?"

"Like Homecoming? That's so boring."

"Others can't wait."

Zheng Ke snorted disdainfully.The furnace fire tempered his face into a bronze statue, and the young man's golden life was born from Nirvana.

"I didn't understand why Aura asked the question of whether it was worth it, but now it's my turn to understand." Zheng Ke said: "Is it worthwhile to trade the death of my parents and elder brother for my own growth?" worth?"

Xie Qiuqi understood what he was going to say: "You were forced, this is different."

Zheng Ke shook his head: "Then I don't want to become an inspirational story. I don't want someone to ask me in the future, Zheng Ke, are you particularly proud of yourself? Story. It's kind of mean. They will never understand what a terrible price I paid. Would they like to lose their parents and return to their hometown? They just want to hear a story of a dream come true. How long did it take to get through..."

……

"belch……"

Xie Qiuqi let out a deep laugh, and took his boy into his arms.

"Go to bed early. I will accompany you."

Zheng Ke was so exhausted that he wrapped himself in a quilt and lay down on the spot.

In the early morning, the Filipino maid came in to wake them up, and saw a pair of lovers huddled together by the burnt fireplace, sleeping soundly.

Young and sentimental, her nose felt sore.

Dependent on each other, probably like this.

The author says:

The rest is over, and the next big battle is coming.