paddock

Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan originally wanted to go back to Huazhong on the weekend, but Laian wanted to stay at their house, disrupting their plans.The Yu family called Zhang Xiuyan, saying that there was a change in the mobile communication and asked Zhang Xiuyan to go over and discuss it.Yuan Ning sent Zhang Xiuyan out, and stayed in the study to prepare various materials. This week, he was going to teach for Professor Qin, and also participated in the recording of "History Lecture".

Yuan Ning was busy with work when Ryan rang the doorbell again.He keenly noticed that Ryan's mood was different from before going out, but he couldn't see what was hidden under those gray-blue eyes, so he could only open the door to let Ryan in.

Leian entered the room openly, noticed that Zhang Xiuyan was not there, and smiled again: "You are so relieved of me? You already know a lot, don't you suspect that there is something wrong with me?"

Yuan Ning said: "Bad people don't talk about how bad they are."

There are too many mysteries in front of him, and Yuan Ning can only judge by his own feelings.

Cousin Ryan did always say some malicious and provocative words, and he did reveal the relationship between him and his eldest brother that could have been tightly concealed, but Ryan has always shown his worst side openly, never No means were used behind the scenes.

That time Ryan would return to the country, so it was true that they had something to ask for, and it was the eldest brother who asked Ryan for their affairs.Breaking through the hidden feelings between them and appreciating their painful struggles is probably a little fee that Ryan charges them.

If you don't want to pay, then don't ask him for help.

Yuan Ning looked at Ryan without hesitation.

Ryan met Yuan Ning's bright gaze, and a faint smile appeared on his face again.This child is no longer timid and timid as a child, but now his courage is getting bigger and bigger, but his eyes are brighter than when he was a child, as if there is nothing in the world that can make him dirty.

No wonder he likes it.

This idea drilled into Ryan's mind, like a thin needle, suddenly poked Ryan.He felt a little pain, and felt that he didn't feel anything at all. He has studied the complex human nature and the complex human body, and he can find loopholes that can be exploited in the vast legal provisions, so that everything is in his best interest. direction of development.It seems that there is nothing in this world that can stump him, but it seems that there is nothing that he can do.

"If there is a person who is forced to do something bad," Ryan looked at Yuan Ning, "he has been trying to make up for it, trying to become a normal person, living a life as well as others, and even doing better than others Better and more, can he be readmitted?"

Yuan Ning frowned, noticing the seriousness in Laian's expression.He thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "I don't know."

Ryan looked at him.

Yuan Ning said: "People's hearts are biased. If it is someone who is very important to me, then no matter what he does, I will face it with him. If I don't know him before, then naturally it doesn't matter. Accept it or not.” The communication between people is not that deep, and there is no chance to understand each other’s past.Who would go to the bottom of a stranger?

Ryan laughed: "You were a liar when you were young, but now you are so honest." He looked at Yuan Ning, "Is it because you have the courage and confidence to face everything?"

Yuan Ning said: "Actually, I don't." Yuan Ning paused after speaking, "It's just that when I grow up, I find that there are many things I can do, and I don't have to follow a certain path." Just like the uncle of the Han family, even if I no longer choose the path that I wanted to go on all the time, and I also haven't changed my position and belief.

Ryan turned his eyes to the red rose, and after a long silence, he suddenly sighed: "It's really enviable."

Yuan Ning frowned.

Ryan didn't say anything, and waved to Yuan Ning, expressing that he wanted to take a shower and sleep.According to Yuan Ning's instructions, he found the slippers and pajamas for the guests, sent Yuan Ning away, took a bath by himself, and lay down on the bed.There are not many traces left by Shen Jiyun on his body, only the lower body still has a faint pain, but after so many years, this kind of pain is almost equivalent to non-existent to him.

Ryan touched the scar on his chest with his hand. The scar was so close to his heart that even he felt his heart was pierced by it.The heart that keeps beating every minute is obviously the place that provides power for the whole body, but it is weaker than other parts. As long as a small bullet hits it, death will come.

What would it feel like to die?

Ryan actually didn't want to know, and he wasn't interested either. He wanted to live, no matter what.At that moment, he kept thinking, no matter what, as long as he sees that person again—as long as he sees him again, everything is fine, life is good, death is good, life is better than death, as long as we can see each other Just go to that person.

But he knew that the man didn't want to see him.

It doesn't matter whether he lives or dies, as long as he doesn't appear in front of him again.

Everything in the past is like that person's nightmare.

And he was part of the nightmare, and the part that man hated the most and wanted to get rid of it the most.

Ryan slept until the next morning without dreaming of anything.He was a bit hungry, so he got up to look for food, found the meal Yuan Ning had left for him in the refrigerator, heated it up, took it outside and ate it by himself.

Yuan Ning heard the movement and came out, seeing that Ryan was not polite at all, he felt relieved and said, "There is still some soup left, let me warm it up for you."

Yuan Ning went to the kitchen, and Zhang Xiuyan also got up.With a dark face, he looked at Ryan who completely regarded other people's homes as his own.

Ryan said: "You are my nephew anyway, and you are not quite generous. Isn't it just staying with you for a night? Tsk, you went to my house when you were young, and I have entertained you for so long..."

Zhang Xiuyan said: "Ning Ning is soft-hearted."

Ryan smiled and said nothing.When Yuan Ning brought out the soup, he finished it leisurely and stood up: "It's getting late, I should go."

Yuan Ning said, "It's not yet dawn."

Laian glanced at Zhang Xiuyan next to him: "If I don't leave, your precious brother will kick me out." He raised his hand and rubbed Yuan Ning's head, "Your cooking is good, I will come again next time food."

Zhang Xiuyan: "..."

Ryan didn't let Yuan Ning see him off, and went out by himself.He didn't bring anything when he came, and when he left, he went downstairs with nothing in his hands.It was still dark, and the sky was still dark. The whole city looked like a sleeping beast, with black windows everywhere, and not many houses with lights on.

At this time, the dim street lamp became the brightest light.

Ryan stood under the streetlight for a while, and the shadow behind him was stretched out.After a long time, he took another step and walked into the vast night.

Ryan left, Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan did not return to their room.Yuan Ning told Zhang Xiuyan what Laian said, and Zhang Xiuyan frowned: "The person he mentioned is himself?"

Yuan Ning shook his head: "I don't feel like it."

A person like Ryan is born out of tune with the whole society, he can easily grasp all the rules, no matter whether it is the secular law, the white way or the underworld, nothing can trouble him.But it is precisely because of this ease that he has always been outside.He never cared what others thought of him, and he would never work hard like an ordinary person.No matter how you look at it, you can't see that he is "working hard to make up" and "working hard to live like a normal person".

So Ryan wouldn't be talking about himself.

So who is Ryan referring to?

Lai'an has too many criminal records, Zhang Xiuyan doesn't trust what he said.If there really was such a person, why did Ryan ask Yuan Ning?Could it be that the person he mentioned knew Yuan Ning?Zhang Xiuyan said: "Maybe this is his deliberate misleading again, don't take it too seriously."

Yuan Ning felt a little uneasy.He faintly felt that something was fermenting, but he couldn't figure out what it was.He thought about it, and said to Zhang Xiuyan: "Let's go back to Central China according to the original plan." If he didn't have a good talk with Mr. Zhang, he still felt uneasy.

After the two washed up, they ate something and drove back to Huazhong.In the early morning, the road conditions were good, and there was no traffic jam at all. They quickly left the urban area and got on the expressway to Central China smoothly.

By the time the sky dawned, they had already reached the door of the house.Aunt Shen was preparing breakfast when she heard the noise and came out.Seeing that it was them, Aunt Shen's face was full of joy: "Ning Ning, Xiu Yan, are you back?"

Yuan Ning went up to give Aunt Shen a hug, and made breakfast with Aunt Shen, waiting for Mr. Zhang and Ms. Xue to wake up.

Ms. Xue is very happy.

Mr. Zhang just nodded, and called Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan to the study to talk after finishing breakfast.Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan looked at each other, and followed them upstairs.After sitting down, Mr. Zhang opened his mouth first: "I know what you want to ask. There are some things I didn't mention to you before because you were still young and didn't have a firm foothold. Now things are getting clearer and things are coming to an end. , it’s nothing to tell you.”

Yuan Ning and Zhang Xiuyan quietly waited for Mr. Zhang to speak.

Ryan and Xue's family are far away, and they have basically never been in touch. Probably even the grandfather of Xue's family doesn't remember that there is such a cousin between them.Such a relationship was not enough for Zhang Xiuyan to call him "uncle".But when investigating the cause of his friend's death, Mr. Zhang ran into Ryan.At that time, Ryan was still half a teenager, but he had a mind and means far more mature than those of his peers.After Mr. Zhang and Ms. Xue got married, Lai An recognized his relatives with the Xue family, but secretly formed an alliance with Mr. Zhang.

They actually have different goals.

Mr. Zhang wants to find out the existence of the assassination of his friend, but Ryan wants to control everything.But because they share a common enemy, their ally relationship has been fairly solid these years.

Mr. Zhang said: "It was Ryan who gradually exposed the hidden network of those people. Since he couldn't use it, he naturally wanted to kill them all."

In order to achieve the goal that must be achieved no matter what, Mr. Zhang does not mind cooperating with Ryan who is on the edge of good and evil.

Everything has been explained, but Yuan Ning is still not at ease.He and Zhang Xiuyan stayed with Ms. Xue for a long time at home, and took the cakes and biscuits that Ms. Xue baked back to the capital.

Ryan came back to the country this time and left abruptly. After leaving, there was no news like the previous few years.There is a lot of movement in the country. Although there are many blind people in the world, there are also many people who are not blind. After discovering hidden dangers around them, they will naturally eliminate them.The net hidden in the dark has not been completely exposed to the surface of the water, and it has been cut off in sevens and eights.

Among the people Yuan Ning knew, Shen Jiyun and Boss Yin who opened the hotel were the ones he was most familiar with.After a while, Boss Yin, who hadn't shown up for a long time, finally reappeared, and invited Yuan Ning over for a meal, and asked Yuan Ning to help hold a calligraphy exchange meeting.

Yuan Ning was invited to go, and sure enough, he met the calligraphy-loving Boss Yin again.Boss Yin chatted with him for a while, and somehow the topic turned to Mrs. Shen, and he said casually: "If you are familiar with Mr. Shen, why don't you connect with me. I went back to my hometown some time ago and promised to give it to my hometown. Donating a batch of medical equipment is the most reassuring aspect of Shen’s.”

Yuan Ning faintly felt that things were not that simple, and this might be a good breakthrough.He agreed to come down, said goodbye to Boss Yin after dinner, and called Shen Jiyun when he got home to talk about Boss Yin's invitation.

Shen Jiyun said: "It's just a trivial matter, let that Boss Yin himself or send someone to come over."

Yuan Ning could hear the carelessness in Shen Jiyun's tone, and also understood that his temptation was a bit abrupt, so he could only end the call politely.

Shen Jiyun was restless after hanging up the phone.Since he intends to get rid of everything in the past, he will naturally not be blind or deaf. He is very clear about who is his "kind" in the capital.In the past few years, the obedient ones are still there, and the disobedient ones have been eradicated one by one, and this Boss Yin is probably considered to be "obedient"—or maybe this Boss Yin can't make any achievements, and he is not taken seriously at all. , so it has been safe and sound.

Why did this Boss Yin contact him through Yuan Ning?

Two days later, Shen Jiyun met Boss Yin who came to the door in person.

The two of them came and went to test for a while, Boss Yin was defeated by Shen Jiyun's clear gaze, and opened the briefcase he brought.

Shen Jiyun's pupils shrank.

The briefcase contained two medications and two unopened syringes.

Boss Yin said: "This is a blocking agent, which can specifically block the drug in our body and help us completely quit our dependence on it." He unsealed one of the syringes and skillfully injected one of the drugs into it. In my own body, "Although I don't know if it's true, I choose to believe it. Even if it's fake, I'll admit it. I've had enough days of fear."

Boss Yin finished the medicine, threw the syringe away, got up and said goodbye to Shen Jiyun, turned and walked out without saying anything.

Shen Jiyun looked at the briefcase on the table with a gloomy expression.After a long time, he picked up the remaining syringe, took the medicine, and plunged the needle into his blood.The foreign body entering the blood didn't bring much strange feeling, but he was suddenly sleepy after the medicine took effect.He disposed of the medicine bottles and needles, told the secretary and assistant not to disturb, and walked into the lounge alone to rest.

He didn't fall asleep right away, but his consciousness was already a little hazy. Many complicated and inexplicable images flashed in his mind. Sometimes it was Ryan's wicked smile, sometimes it was Ryan's false promise, and sometimes it was the new scar on Ryan's heart.After a long time, those constantly changing images gradually subsided, and the world became very quiet, with no sound at all.

Why is it so quiet?

He thought for a long time before he suddenly remembered that he had become deaf.

Why not be completely inaudible sooner?If he hadn't heard it earlier, he wouldn't have heard that conversation—

"I thought you liked him very much." The man's voice seemed a little surprised, "Would you like to send him there?"

"Like it? How is it possible? That guy has no meaning at all," the voice that was usually coquettish still carried the childishness, "I didn't ask him to save me, and I didn't ask him to be nice to me, it was him himself. Stupid. It’s best to send such a stupid thing over there. Dad, I’m tired of him now, so please send him away quickly.”

"Since you have opened your mouth, I will naturally not refuse." The man seemed to hold the boy on his lap, and gently kissed the boy's cheek, "After all, you are the one I love the most, my little baby."

If I hadn't heard it sooner—

If he hadn't heard it earlier, he wouldn't have known that the person who sent him to hell was his closest person.

Shen Jiyun fell asleep drowsily.

When Shen Jiyun woke up, it was already dark.It was time to inject the medicine, but his body did not show any reaction. The pain that accompanied him for so many years seemed to have never appeared before, and there was no trace of it anymore.In order to find a solution to this pain, he has acquired many advanced medical technologies over the years, but he can only use some alternative medicines to relieve pain.

It's all over now--

It's really over.

Both he and Shen should have a new start.

Shen Jiyun got down from the window, walked out of the rest room, stood by the phone, paused, and dialed the number he had called two days ago.He said, "Is it Yuan Ning?"

A boy's voice came from over there: "Mr. Shen?"

Shen Jiyun said: "There is something I want to ask you. Last time you talked about buying a ranch, I thought about it and thought this proposal is very good. Can you let someone pay attention to it for me?"

Yuan Ning was stunned for a moment, then agreed: "No problem."

Shen Jiyun thanked her and hung up the phone.Yuan Ning is still young, but he has connections that are difficult to ignore. He is the adopted son of the Zhang family and the grandson of the Han family. He has a close relationship with the Yu family and has an inseparable cooperative relationship with Shuiyunjian.Getting closer to Yuan Ning is the best way to show your position, and it is also the best way to protect Shen.

More importantly, when dealing with people like Yuan Ning, you never have to worry about being stabbed suddenly and severely.

Regardless of whether Ryan made a real promise or a false promise, whether he really let go or pretended to let go, it should all be over.