For the favor of Mr. Nie

Outside the window was a thick and chaotic darkness.

Most of the people surrounding the hospital bed were invited out, except for the monitor beeping intermittently, the room was suffocatingly quiet.

The weak and undulating lines of the instrument screen flowed coldly, clearly and cruelly recording the last beating of a life.The once resolute face of the old man on the bed was so thin that it was out of shape. His face was gray without a trace of blood, but his eyes were fixed on Nie Zheng, his lips moved a few times, but he didn't make any sound.

Nie Zheng leaned over and put his ear in front of the old man, "It's okay, take your time." The man who raised him finally reached the moment to say goodbye to him.For those close to me, even if I had prepared for it, when this moment came, I still felt it was sudden.

The old man seemed to be putting all his energy into these words, and the words were difficult, "I... I'm going to break my promise..."

Nie Zheng's heart seemed to be peeling off from the flesh and blood. It was a sorrow that even the most thorough-lived people could not thoroughly dispel. At this time, the clarity he tried to maintain seemed to be whipped by something.Leaving him alone until the end, what the old man left him was still this sentence.

He could barely hear his own voice, and he was actually afraid of hearing voices he didn't want to hear, "What do you want to say?"

Old Zhao's pale lips trembled, as if he couldn't make up a complete syllable with all his heart and soul. For a moment, his eyes slowly turned to the old housekeeper standing aside, and he nodded with difficulty.

The old butler's face was also as pale as paper, and his bloodshot eyes stared at Mr. Zhao for a moment, then he nodded his head knowingly.Instead, he said sadly and solemnly to Nie Zheng: "Mr. Nie, for the safety of that child, please let him go temporarily."

Mr. Zhao closed his eyes, his thin eyelids throbbing with his last breath of anger.

Nie Zheng seemed to be on fire, and when he spoke, his voice turned cold, "What?"

In 1 minute, the old butler, under Zhao Lao's behest, had exhausted this old man who had been in charge of the wind and rain for most of his life, and he was still fierce when he was dying.

"Don't try to find out who is hiding next to you. You are in the open, and those people are in the dark. As long as you start to investigate, you will be discovered. Once they find out, they will take action against the child."

"The killing outside has also been laid out. Naturally, they have their own way to convey the news. The people who have been placed around you will be eradicated, and the stakes placed outside will also attack Tong Yan. Unless, you hide the child and his family , hide for a lifetime."

"The old man doesn't want that child's life, but just wants you to temporarily restrain yourself. For three years or five years, as long as you don't stay by your side all the time, the child will be safe. When the Zhao family is in stable transition to Qi Feng, The kill will be canceled automatically."

Looking into Nie Zheng's eyes, the old butler could not bear it, "Think about it, the old man didn't do things right, did he? He didn't use the child's life to threaten you to marry a woman. After all, he was sympathetic to you when you met the right one. It's not easy for people."

The blade hanging above his head finally came down.Nie Zheng's mind seemed to be confused and yet sober.

What went wrong?What went wrong?He was so careful that he still let Mr. Zhao lay out the situation.

It's true that this country is not friendly to gays, but...

Nie Zheng couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, "Why? I asked myself, since I brought him back, everything has been handled very carefully, and he obviously can't hinder anything."

The old housekeeper answered for Mr. Zhao, "Don't worry, Mr. You value that child too much, and you still want to let him be justified. You can control yourself now, but what about the future? What if it is used as a fuss by someone who cares... Mr. Mister can't take the risk of believing that you will always be considerate, and the Zhao family can't fall into this matter."

The room was silent.

After a while, the dying old man was finally able to make a sound, and fixed his cloudy eyes on Nie Zheng, "I... don't worry, you bear with it, a few years... a few years pass, leave it to... Qi Feng...you Liberty, just these few years, don't let that child...follow you..."

Nie Zheng could hardly regain his reason, and said coldly: "Aren't you afraid that I might just go all out, give up everything, and take what belongs to Qi Feng as my own?"

Old Zhao's mouth twitched, "Then...it's best...the Zhao family has too many people...you take care of it...it's best..."

Tears flowed from the corners of the old man's eyes, he seemed to be begging and reluctant, "...Nie Zheng...Grandpa... is leaving."

People come and go naked, and it was the first and last time Mr. Zhao had an iron fist against Nie Zheng, not even for himself.

Tong Yan didn't sleep well that night.

When he woke up, it was still daylight, and it was reasonable that the mattress beside him was empty, and Nie Zheng hadn't returned all night.

He washed in a hurry, went downstairs, pulled Lu Bo and asked, "Is there any news over there?"

Lu Bo shook his head, very calmly, "No, don't worry, what to do, breakfast, what staple food do you want?"

Mr. Zhao is not well. Tong Yan can roughly imagine how chaotic the scene is at Nie Zheng's side. Therefore, he dare not call Nie Zheng.

No matter what the outside looks like, everything in this house is in order. Tong Yan has no appetite, so he thought for a while, "Curry beef noodles." He doesn't like the taste of curry, but one of the three cooks on the island, cooks this Very good.On the day he came here, he was coaxed by Nie Zheng to taste it once. He thought it was not good at the time, but now he actually wants to eat it.

The daily life in this house is not only maintained in an orderly manner, after eating, Tong Yan looked out from the living room, and saw that several security guards had been moving inside and outside the house, and he heard the electric sound of the walkie-talkie from a distance, and the feeling of jitteriness returned.

No, he had to be calm and peaceful, but the news didn't come back. He was so restless, Tong Yan took a few glances and went to the study.

On the small terrace outside the study, on the low table was a line drawing of flowers that Nie Zheng had re-drawn for him. Tong Yan sat for a while, but his heart could not calm down.The heavy rain was approaching, and the air was dull and suffocating. He simply got up and pushed all the windows open.

There were swarms of small insects flying wildly among the dense bushes on the side of the house. Tong Yan looked at it and felt even more irritable.He went back to the table and sat down, dipped the pen in water, moistened a smear of cinnabar, the tip of the pen fell on the paper, not much stained, the phone rang, he answered it, it was Zheng Zhaohua.

Tong Yan said a few words to Zheng Zhaohua, suddenly, the skin on the side of the neck felt like it was bitten by something, very light and itchy.Tong Yan raised his hand to pat it, scratched it a few more times, and asked Zheng Zhaohua, "You called early in the morning just to ask me if I slept well?"

After hanging up the phone, he heard someone talking outside, Tong Yan hurriedly got up, put on his shoes, and went out of the house.Sure enough, Nie Zheng came back.

Nie Zheng looked quite tired, and the sharp edge in his eyes could hardly be restrained.A security guard following him was explaining something to him, but he seemed completely in the mood to listen. He kept walking towards Tong Yan, frowned and said to the man, "I know, I'll talk about it later."

To be precise, Nie Zheng didn't seem to want to talk to anyone else, and when he came to Tong Yan, he only uttered two words, "Go back to the room."

Of course Tong Yan had no objection, obediently followed the man upstairs and returned to the room.

As soon as the door was closed, he immediately asked, "How is Mr. Zhao?"

Nie Zheng replied simply, "I got angry four or ten minutes ago. I'll come back and change my clothes." He raised his hand and clasped Tong Yan's shoulders.

Hearing that Mr. Zhao had passed away, Tong Yan's heart skipped a beat, and after searching his guts, he felt that nothing he could say was powerless, so he whispered, "My condolences."

And Nie Zheng looked at him like a searchlight, as if he wanted to scan him all over.At this juncture, Tong Yan couldn't distract the man from worrying about him, so he hurriedly pulled the man's hand away, "Go and do it, I'm fine here."

She seemed to be fine, her face was rosy, and her spirits were not bad, as if not a single hair was missing.For a moment, Nie Zheng even thought, perhaps, Mr. Zhao was coaxing him before he died, and there was no trick at all.

However, when his eyes fell on the side of Tong Yan's neck, he suddenly stopped. There was a red mark on Tong Yan's neck that had been wiped away. His fingers dropped down, and the meridians under his fingertips throbbed vigorously.Nie Zheng said awkwardly, "Here, how did you do it?"

Tong Yan raised his chin, squinted at it but couldn't see it, and touched it casually, "I was stared at by insects on the balcony of the study, is it serious? I don't feel any pain or itching. I'll go and look in the mirror."

Nie Zheng said, "No, I'll rub the medicine on you."

How could it be possible to be stared at by insects?

Under that red mark, there are a few pinpoint-sized spots that haven't been wiped away completely, and they look like a plum blossom together, very small, and it's almost invisible if you don't look carefully.

How strong is this strength?It made Tong Yan feel that he was just being stared at by mosquitoes.

Under the plum blossom is Tong Yan's carotid artery.

The hair is creepy.

When Nie Zheng dipped alcohol into the plum blossoms with cotton wool, his hands trembled, and he tried to calm his voice, "Is there anything unusual in this building today?"

Tong Yan's heart tightened, "The security brothers downstairs seem to be very nervous, is something wrong?"

There was more than one bodyguard staying here, and the security plan was fairly strict, but none of them noticed anything unusual, not even Tong Yan himself.

Nie Zheng's mind went blank for a while, everyone downstairs was suspicious, who could he trust?When did Mr. Zhao plant such a nail in his place?

After a moment of silence, he said: "No, this is an extraordinary period, and it is normal to be more careful."

Tong Yan nodded, half understanding, "Oh." The death of Mr. Zhao is equivalent to the complete overlap of the Zhao family's regime?So be careful?

Tong Yan was not injured. After the plum blossoms were wiped off, the underlying skin remained intact.

Mr. Zhao didn't say a single false word, and Nie Zheng was sure that this plum blossom was a warning to him.

Nie Zheng stayed on the island until the afternoon.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Nie Zheng answered the phone and said to Tong Yan: "Pack up your things, go back now, the person who picks you up will wait for you downstairs."

Tong Yan just woke up from sleep, at first he thought he heard it wrong, "Why? Why did you ask me to go back at this time, I won't go."

It wasn't that he was capricious, Nie Zheng's grandfather passed away, this was the time when he should be by the man's side, and he just waved his hands away carelessly, what happened?He is worried.

Nie Zheng raised his hand to caress his face, "Be good, I will be very busy these days and I won't be able to take care of you."

Tong Yan said: "Did I use you to take care of me? You can do your work."

At this moment, the mobile phone was buzzing on the side of the bed. Tong Yan felt annoyed, and touched it with his backhand to see that it was Zheng Zhaohua. He pressed the answer button, "Say something quickly."

Zheng Zhaohua said: "I heard from Nie Zheng that you are coming back for a while. I have picked up a variety show for you. The recording will start tomorrow afternoon. When will you arrive? I will ask Xiaotian to send you the script."

Okay, he has arranged everything for him one by one, Tong Yan cut off the phone, wanting to ask Nie Zheng how much trouble he could cause here.

But after thinking about it, it is true that he is on the island, and the man runs several times a day, and, Nie Zheng said that it is not peaceful now, and he may be a burden instead by being by the side.

Besides, he couldn't bear to ask any questions. Nie Zheng just lost his family.Tong Yan's heart softened immediately, and he went to hug the man, "I'll be leaving this afternoon, don't miss me too much, and don't miss me all at once. I'll come back to see you when it's convenient for you."

Nie Zheng's deep eyes seemed to be condensed with two groups of black mist that could not be dispelled, and his expression was extremely gloomy. After staring at him for a moment, he suddenly pressed the back of his head and covered his lips fiercely.In this kiss, Nie Zheng kissed very hard, as if he wanted to chew Tong Yan into pieces and swallow the bones into his stomach.

When they parted, both of them were panting heavily, Nie Zheng stroked Tong Yan's cheek lightly, "Wait for me to pick you up."

Tong Yan nodded with a smile. At this moment, it was too late to realize the difference between "Nie Zheng went to pick it up" and "he came on his own initiative".

The people who accompanied Tong Yan back this time surprised Tong Yan, and they were not the ones that Nie Zheng had arranged for him earlier.Among these professional bodyguards, some spoke Southwestern Mandarin, some spoke Northeast Mandarin, and some spoke standard Mandarin. None of them spoke the Cantonese accent that he often heard around Nie Zheng.After asking, I found out that these people are all from a security company in S City, and the company hired them for him.

He seemed to have lost contact with Nie Zheng as soon as he left the island.However, Tong Yan didn't pay much attention, after all, it was time for Nie Zheng to employ people.

When Tong Yan returned to China and went back to work, Zheng Zhaohua arranged for him not just one announcement, but one after another.His schedule is not too tight, but between two notices, there is only one day of rest at most.Unable to meet Nie Zheng, Tong Yan knew for the first time what it was like to be in a long-distance relationship.

Call Nie Zheng at the right time every night, talk about what he is doing, and then ask what Nie Zheng is busy with. Nie Zheng usually listens to him quietly.Seeing the man's handsome face from the video, Tong Yan stretched his hand to touch it, but all he could touch was the cold screen, and the temperature of his skin was far away from him.

When Tong Yan couldn't help it, he acted like a baby, "If you can spare, come and see me."

Nie Zheng fixed his eyes on him, "Definitely."

Tong Yan immediately regained his senses, "I'm just kidding, you just do your own thing, I just want to express, I miss you a lot."

In July of this year, something happened that made Tong Yan happy: Yuan Liuyi came back to travel and passed by this city.

Having not seen each other for three years, Tong Yan was overjoyed, and that night, he found a secluded place to entertain Yuan Liuyi.

Meeting, he gave the woman a big hug, "Sister."

When he let go, the secretary's elder sister made a look of unfinished thoughts, and said, "Let me hug a little longer, I haven't hugged a handsome guy for a long time."

Tong Yan just laughed, "What are you afraid of, there is still a whole night."

When the two entered the private room, Tong Yan naturally didn't forget to show off his affection. After all, Yuan Liuyi didn't know about his being with Nie Zheng.

After hearing this, Yuan Liuyi kept feeling, "Hey, all the handsome guys are going to stir things up. People like you, like Nie Zheng, are all. By the way, congratulations, you have caught such a big boss. Now Nie Zheng has risen again. Well, no one in the entire Zhao family can stop him, the point is, no one can control him and you anymore, he is turning his hands into clouds and rain, and he can walk sideways if he wants to."

Tong Yan sighed secretly. The female secretary had been away for a long time, and she couldn't figure out that the situation in the Zhao family was normal. No, Nie Zheng wouldn't send him back suddenly, right?

Yuan Liuyi smiled, "You are still humble for him. Mr. Zhao's business has already been handed over to him. This kind of family will change from old to new after I go? Don't think you don't know when I'm gone. The rest of the Zhao family People have long been grasshoppers in his hands."

But maybe the grasshopper can still jump?In fact, Tong Yan couldn't figure out why the security on the island should be strengthened after Mr. Zhao passed away.The only explanation is that someone wanted to harm Nie Zheng.He couldn't think of anyone else who had this motive except the Zhao family.

Up to here, Tong Yan didn't think much about it.After eating with the woman, it was past nine o'clock.On the way to send Yuan Liuyi back to the hotel, he heard the woman talking about a long-established dessert in the city, Tong Yan immediately decided to take a detour to send the woman to buy it.

When the car was passing by the lakeside road, it passed by the door of a tea room. Tong Yan had bought tea here, so he took a second look. At this moment, he was stunned: there was an SUV parked at the entrance of the tea room, and the door was opened. A tall and familiar figure with long legs was stepping onto the car.

Tong Yan confirmed that he was not mistaken, he knew his own man turned into ashes.

He was about to ask the driver to stop, but the man got into the car, and the SUV immediately drove away in the opposite direction from them.

He kept looking back, Yuan Liuyi asked: "What are you looking at?"

The car was nowhere to be seen, Tong Yan turned his head, smiled and shook his head, "It's nothing." Nie Zheng came, could it be that he wanted to surprise him like before?Then let's not expose it.

After sending the woman back to the hotel, he called Nie Zheng and asked, "Where are you?"

Nie Zheng's answer was simple, "A business trip."

Tong Yan simply didn't ask where the man was on a business trip, washed himself clean, opened a bottle of wine, and lay on the bed while reading a book while waiting.

He picked up the phone again, and Nie Zheng's phone only had a cold mechanical female voice prompting: "The number you dialed has been turned off."