Dangerous Contract

When Tan Zhen exited the ward, it was already dusk, behind him was his adoptive mother who was coughing up blood in pain, and in front of him was the cold corridor of the hospital.

"That...bring me the bill for arrears." Tan Zhen walked to the nurse's desk and rubbed his scarlet eyes.

The nurse sighed, and handed a stack of reminder notices to Tan Zhen: "She is very stubborn, and she won't even take more painkilling injections."

Tan Zhen slightly hooked the corners of his lips politely, and walked towards the elevator with the stack of papers.

In this city where he has lived for many years, with the cold wind blowing, Tan Zhen is sober but also very hesitant.Maybe he was used to being blackmailed by Wan Fang and the others, anyway, he just felt that he was cheap.

At this point, I actually started to think about how to get a lot of money.

Q City is very small, the busiest streets are only three or five streets, he walked aimlessly for a long time with that pile of papers in his pocket and the birdcage in his hand.

"Hello!" Suddenly, a gentle female voice sounded from behind, and immediately, Tan Zhen felt a light slap on the arm.

"You... good!" Tan Zhen recognized that the girl opposite was the receptionist of the hotel where Su Lang stayed with him before.

"That..." The girl naturally knew about the partnership between Tan Zhen and Su Lang. After all, she recommended the "Rebirth Cake", so she said with a smile, "I haven't seen you at the hotel recently, and I haven't heard that you will be checking out. , and have been hesitating whether to make a phone call."

"What?" Tan Zhen was a little puzzled.

"That's right, you and your... lover, the room you booked in our hotel has not been returned. It has been a week, and I haven't seen you come back to stay. I want to ask..."

"The house hasn't been returned yet?" Tan Zhen just remembered. On the morning when the two went to the Q City Welfare Institute, Tan Zhen wanted to pack his suitcases, but Su Lang said, what are you doing with those things? to come back.Why was he so tossed about by the orphanage, all these things were forgotten.

The girl pursed her lips and blinked her eyes, thinking to herself, I really don't understand how rich people do things.

Tan Zhen held the birdcage for a while and smiled wryly. Is this the road to heaven and earth?

"Oh," Tan Zhen smiled politely at the girl, "Then I'll go there tonight."

When Tan Zhen returned to the hotel, the room had already been cleaned spotlessly, and there was no trace of him being with Su Langwen at all.

The person suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if he had never existed.Only the two suitcases obediently standing in the corner seemed to be telling him that all this was not a dream.

Tan Zhen rumpled his hair, took out the money collection slips in his pocket, and added them one by one.

Xiaoya opened the cage with her beak and flew around the house.

"This place is nice! The bed is very big, it seems that you have been tossing a lot in the past two days." Xiao Yafei landed in front of Tan Zhen in a circle, and began to tilt her head to look at the list.

"Hmph," Tan Zhen smiled wryly, straightened up, and folded his hands behind his head, "Unfortunately, when we are slapping, I won't become transparent anymore."

"I know, I know that," Xiaoya got up and flew around to exercise her muscles, and said slowly, "I'm so miserable now, I'm going to live on a crow, my previous wish has long been stranded."

"stranded?"

"It's just that I can't use up my spiritual power for you to play," Xiaoya sighed. "After my spiritual power recovers, I have to cure your bad habit of making wishes indiscriminately."

"Hehe," Tan Zhen shook his head, "You always talk about spiritual power, but you really show me some of it?"

"How to use it?" Xiaoya suddenly stiffened her neck, as if she had to do something to prove herself.

"For example," Tan Zhen slapped the reminder slip on the table and said, "Help me settle the money."

"Easy!" Although Xiaoya still had that dark face, she was already proud of her voice, as if getting a lot of money was a trivial matter for him.

"Hey." Tan Zhen regained his energy, straightened his body, and waited to see how Xiaoya would perform.

Xiaoya continued to fly around the house, and when she reached the third circle, she suddenly leaned over and rushed towards the silver-gray suitcase standing in the corner.

Got money in the suitcase?

Tan Zhen followed Xiaoya and landed on the box.

That's Su Lang's box, so it's not guaranteed that there is money in it.

"There are valuable things inside," Xiaoya proudly fiddled with the combination lock on it with her paw, "but I don't quite understand the combination."

"Go away!" Tan Zhen walked over quickly, and squatted down to study the seemingly ordinary suitcase. In fact, he was thinking in his head, is it too rubbish to destroy Su Lang's suitcase without a bottom line? .

But he really needs money, very, very much.It needs to go to the point where it doesn't matter whether Wan Fang is her own mother or not, and why she adopted her in the first place.

He just wanted peace of mind for himself, and wanted Wan Fang not to walk the last part of his life without dignity.

But what about his own dignity!

Tan Zhen turned the combination lock on the suitcase with his fingers. He tried Su Lang's birthday, his own birthday, and the rebirth birthday they had set, but they were all wrong.

Just when he was hopeless and his guilty conscience was about to explode, his fingers twisted "191919" on the combination lock almost involuntarily.

Facing the six-digit combination lock, this is the best arrangement he can think of. According to Su Lang's habit of setting the elevator password, he thinks it should be right this time.

Sure enough, after the last "9" was pressed, the combination lock opened with a "Kata".

Tan Zhen still remembers that in the elevator, he was held by Su Lang's wrist when he became transparent, and the breath distance between the two was very close.

At that time, he asked Su Lang, why do you prefer the number "19".

Su Lang told him without hesitation - because I want to be with someone for a long time.

He wants to be with me for a long time!

Tan Zhen's heart couldn't help shrinking nervously, and he opened the box with trembling fingers.

Among the messy pile of brand-name clothes, Tan Zhen saw a very delicate velvet ring box.

A very strong premonition made Tan Zhen feel that Su Lang should have bought this ring for him.

Maybe it’s a gift for yourself on a very special or important occasion, maybe with a promise or two to keep you forever…

Tan Zhen didn't dare to think too much, his nose was sore again.

Su Lang is so kind to him, but he does such a thing behind his back!

A strong sense of shame made him hold the box tightly and dare not open it.

Xiaoya stood on the edge of the suitcase and kept jumping: "Open it, open it!"

Tan Zhen tried his best to suppress the guilt in his heart, and took a deep breath. No matter how expensive the ring was, he could exchange it for money first, and then try to make money to exchange it back.

...Tan Zhen has unconsciously brought it in, just like any time after receiving an expensive gift in the past, thinking about how to exchange the gift he got at the most suitable price.

"喯", the lid of the box was opened, and a light blue light that was so shallow that it was almost transparent flashed.Tan Zhen's eyes that had already become hot and humid could no longer hold back a drop of tears, which dripped on the pure aquamarine ring.

why is it you again!

Tan Zhen muttered to himself, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, shaking his head again and again.

"Look below, there are still things!" Xiaoya didn't care about the complicated emotions flashing on Tan Zhen's face, she plunged into Su Lang's suitcase, and took out a neatly folded letter from among the many clothes.

The author has something to say: see you tomorrow, good night!