Shanghai morning

There are not many residents in the red apartment building. The tenants of the high-end apartments here are mostly foreigners. Since they come from different countries, they all speak different languages.But fortunately, the bungalow apartment is not like the Chinese people's courtyards where neighbors can always meet each other. In the apartment, if you don't want to see each other, you may live in it for ten years without knowing what your neighbors look like.

Honda Chrysanthemum walked into the apartment building, stepped up the narrow stairs, all the way to the fourth floor, and opened a door with a key.

"Mr. Honda?" Wanwan greeted him from the house to the door like a bird, both joyful and worried, "You're back!"

"Well, I'm back." Honda Ju closed the door and locked it after entering the house, "Today your brother went to the bank to make a fuss and insisted on seeing you."

"I..." Wanwan lowered his head in shame, "Does my brother know I'm here?"

"He doesn't know," Honda Ju said, "I won't let him find you." It can make Wang Yao go crazy with worry, this idea makes Honda Ju feel a kind of perverted pleasure.

"It's too abrupt to come here to find you like this, but..." Wanwan twisted his delicate hands in contradiction.

"Wanwan, you are right to come to me," Honda Ju grabbed Wanwan's slender shoulders, "You trust me, and I will protect you, this is my promise."

"My brother...is he very angry?" Wanwan's tears flowed down unconsciously, "If I go back, he will definitely beat me to death. I can't go back." She tried her best to convince herself that the decision to run away from home was correct Yes, but she also clearly knows how much Wang Yao loves her, not only has he never hit her, he has never said anything serious.

"He is very angry." Honda Ju told part of the truth, but concealed the other part - there is no need for this woman to know who Wang Yao is angry with.

"I knew it was like this." Wanwan sighed and leaned on Honda Ju's chest.

Honda Ju raised her arms to embrace the petite girl, and Wanwan fell happily in Honda Ju's embrace. She loved this man with all her heart.

Wanwan was already very familiar with this apartment. Ever since Honda Ju brought her back for the first time and did something that made her feel ashamed and ashamed, secretly having sex in this apartment has become the norm for the two of them.A young girl who has just begun to fall in love has completely fallen in love with the man who possesses her. After a long time of lust, she has more expectations for the future.

Wanwan has been missing for two days, and Wang Yao is almost insane. He no longer goes to work, and looks for his sister in despair every day.Even Xiao Fei, who was out at night, felt that Wang Yao was too abnormal. She didn't avoid him because of the friendship among neighbors.Ivan did his best to take care of Wang Yao, for fear that this almost crazy man would die if he didn't pay attention.

Wang Yao's continuous absenteeism caused Arthur's dissatisfaction. Regardless of what the employees might hear, Arthur began to complain loudly: "Francis first, then him, they all have to run away! They all have to leave me!"

Al disagreed: "The two of them are not the same thing. Something happened to Wang Yao's family. Francis, it's your fault."

"Leaving aside the matter of Francis," Arthur said, "what happened to Wang Yao?"

Al hesitated to speak, Wang Yao probably didn't want to let too many people know about Wanwan.

Seeing Al's hesitation, Arthur didn't ask further, he said in a commanding tone: "You go to him and see when he can come back to work."

Al was somewhat conflicted. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to see Wang Yao. In fact, he had already been there once, but Ivan blocked him in the yard and prevented him from entering the house. The Russians guarded the dilapidated house and Tenants inside.

But what Arthur told him to do he would do, perhaps with better luck this time.

"I see." Al agreed with a nod.

The next morning, Ivan got up and went down to the second floor, and found that the door of Wang Yao's house was still closed. It seemed that Wang Yao was exhausted from the torment of the past few days. No matter how crazy a person's spirit is, the body cannot stay together crazy.Ivan was going out today, although he wanted to tell Wang Yao before leaving, but he didn't want to disturb his rest, so Ivan walked away from Wang Yao's door lightly and went downstairs.

This day Wang Yao slept soundly, he has been obsessed with his sister for several days, fatigue can make people sleep well more than anything, no matter subjectively willing or not.

In his sleep, Wang Yao felt someone gently touch his cheek, at first he didn't care, then the hand gradually moved down to hold his shoulder and shook, the strength was not strong, but it was enough to wake him up.

"Ivan?" Wang Yao muttered sleepily.

The opponent's hand grabbing his shoulder suddenly increased its strength, roughly flattened his body, and pressed it down hard.

Wang Yao woke up completely, his vision gradually became clear from the haze, and the face of Honda Ju came into view.

Waking up from the confusion, Wang Yao's eyes immediately burst into anger and panic: "Honda Ju? What are you doing at my house?" He tried to sit up, but was pushed back by Honda Ju.

Not to be outdone, Wang Yao stared at Honda Ju: "Where is Wanwan?"

"She's fine," said Honda Ju, "but she never wants to come back to you."

"Impossible! She is my sister!" Wang Yao grabbed Honda Ju's wrist with both hands and pulled hard, finally breaking free.

"But she doesn't consider you an older brother, how pitiful!" Honda Ju's smile was filled with a kind of perverted madness, "In this case, what will Yaojun become?"

Wang Yao jumped off the bed and grabbed Honda Ju's skirt: "Take me to see Wanwan! I just want to talk to her!"

Honda Ju said calmly: "You still haven't learned how to be smart." His hand seemed to be inadvertently covering the back of Wang Yao's hand, and in an instant Wang Yao was pinned down on the bed by his wrist.

The wrist hurt like it was broken, Wang Yao couldn't help screaming.

Honda Chrysanthemum's breath was like cold air, spraying on Wang Yao's face, Wang Yao couldn't help shivering.

"Yao Sang, you don't know what the real pain is, the pain that makes you want to live or die." Honda Ju's eyes pierced into Wang Yao's heart like ice swords, "And I know, I am more painful than anyone else. Clear. Listen carefully, you are not allowed to go to Wanwan again, if you dare to do it again, I will make Wanwan experience the same pain."

After finishing speaking, Honda Ju let go of Wang Yao, and left the dilapidated small room.

Wang Yao got up in shock, the pain caused by the Honda chrysanthemum still remained on his wrist, which could not dissipate for a while.He just sat on the bed, clutching his wrists, motionless.

The knock on the door frightened Wang Yao, and he subconsciously retreated to the bed, staring nervously at the opened door.

It was Al who came in.

"Yao, are you home...what's the matter with you?" Al let out a small cry, Wang Yao's mental state was obviously not right, not only was he still nestling on the bed at this time, but he was as timid as a mentally disturbed person.

Seeing Al, Wang Yao's nervous mood calmed down. He sat on the edge of the bed and raised his hand to signal Al to sit down: "Al, why are you here?" After thinking for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Why did you come?"

Al sat next to Wang Yao, and the thin wooden bed creaked under his weight.

"You haven't been at work for a few days, and Arthur asked me to come and see," Al said.

"That's why you came?" Wang Yao was very disappointed.

"I've been here before," Al said, "but got blocked by that Russian bear."

Wang Yao remembered Ivan's attitude towards Al, and felt that this explanation was acceptable: "Does he think he is a prison guard? Mind your own business!"

Al asked, "Yao, how are you doing these days?"

"That's what you see." Wang Yao said dejectedly.

Al said, "I guess your sister isn't coming back just yet."

"It's Honda Ju who doesn't let her come back!" Wang Yao corrected angrily.

Al didn't argue with him, but instead asked, "Yao, how about going out with me?"

"I don't want to go anywhere." Wang Yao was listless.

Al stood up, grabbed Wang Yao's wrist and pulled him up too: "Let's go, you can't stay in the room all the time."

Wang Yao was suddenly pulled up, a little dizzy and dizzy.Al held him and waited for him to recover.Al wondered if he didn't come to look for Wang Yao again, would Wang Yao just die at home like this, that Russian doesn't look like a reliable person, even if he sees Yao starving to death at home, he won't care, right?But Al quickly denied his thoughts, he had to admit that Ivan cared more about Yao than he looked, maybe it would be good to have this guy around.

Pulling Wang Yao out the door, Al slowed down to match Wang Yao's pace.Living without the sun for a few days is obviously damaging to health. Wang Yao feels powerless, and it is very difficult to walk a few steps.

"I should have driven here." Al regretted a little.

"Don't move Arthur's car, he must be very angry that I've been absent from work for so many days." Wang Yao lamented, "Have I already been fired by him?"

"Not yet," Al said, "he's not going to fire you."

"I don't want to go back now either." Wang Yao whispered, shrugging his shoulders and putting his hands in his pockets.

"I know." Al quietly took Wang Yao's arm, sharing the weight of his body for him.

Wang Yao didn't refuse, he didn't have the strength to think about things like dignity.

The two walked silently, each thinking about their own thoughts, Wang Yao lowered his head all the way, as if there was something heavy in his head, which made his neck unbearable.

When he walked to the bustling street market, Wang Yao said, "Al, in fact, Honda Ju came here just now."

Al stopped, held Wang Yao's wrist, and pulled out his hand from his pocket. There were several violent finger marks on Wang Yao's pale wrist.

"What did Honda Chrysanthemum do?" Al's voice was filled with anger.

Wang Yao didn't look at him, but lowered his head even deeper.

"What else did he do?" Al asked eagerly.

"He warned me," Wang Yao said, "I'm still not allowed to see Wanwan."

"Didn't he already threaten you once? Why did he go to your house on purpose?" Honda Ju's behavior made Al very disturbed, and he vaguely felt that the purpose of the Japanese was not just to possess Wang Yao's sister.

"I don't know." Wang Yao shook his head feebly, "I have nothing left."

Al held Wang Yao's arm and continued to walk forward: "It seems that he will not be satisfied with getting your sister, he wants more."

Wang Yao felt that "getting it" sounded harsh, which made him hate Honda Ju's behavior even more, and worried about Wanwan even more.

Al casually led Wang Yao into a small restaurant, and the waiter came over to ask them what they wanted to eat. The Shanghai dialect was mixed with foreign language, which had a unique pidgin flavor.Wang Yao didn't want to eat anything, but Al still ordered a plate of fried rice for him, persuading him to eat a few bites.Wang Yao didn't want to waste Al's kindness, so he reluctantly picked one up and brought it to his mouth. He didn't want to feel hungry after he hadn't eaten well in the past few days, and he felt very hungry. Regardless of Al, who was on the opposite side, he ate it up.

Al found it funny to see him gobbling it up: "Don't be so anxious, if you don't have enough, order more."

The food in Wang Yao's mouth was not chewed, so he took tea down his throat, which can be regarded as soothing his stomach, and he also had the energy to speak: "Thank you, this is enough."

Al asked seriously: "Yao, what do you plan to do next? Will you return to the foreign firm?"

Wang Yao has no idea, he really can't work in this mood, but what can he do if he doesn't go back to work?My sister will not come back just because he lost his job, and Honda Ju didn't let him go at home. Objectively speaking, the only consequence of not going to work is to starve to death.Losing Wanwan, even though Wang Yao wanted to die, but knowing that Wanwan was in Honda Ju's clutches, he didn't have the capital to die.

In this chaotic world, living is harder than dying.

"I'll go back to work tomorrow." Wang Yao said calmly.

"Can you do it?" Al looked at Wang Yao's still unhealthy face.

"If you can't do it, you have to do it!" Wang Yao sighed.

Suddenly, a person Wang Yao knew walked into the restaurant, and as soon as he came in, he met Wang Yao's eyes, and both of them were taken aback.

"Mr. Wang?" Wang Nianjing walked towards Wang Yao's table.

Wang Yao stood up reluctantly, and smiled unnaturally: "Long time no see." Although the incident in Yunjian had passed for some time, Wang Yao was still frightened when he saw Wang Nianjing related to it, for fear that the Things were revealed.

Al didn't know Wang Nianjing, but he saw that Wang Yao didn't want to see this person: "Yao, who is this?"

"It's a fast catcher." Wang Yao said.

Wang Nianjing looked at Al, then looked at Wang Yao, and said: "I am a friend of Mr. Wang Yao. He did a favor for my close friend. I will remember Mr.'s kindness."

Wang Yao was even more terrified when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "It's a trivial matter!"

Al stood up, standing in front of Wang Yao intentionally or unintentionally: "Hi, my name is Al, and I am also Yao's friend." He didn't quite understand what the stranger said, and he had an intuition that it was not a good thing.

Wang Nianjing said: "It's a pleasure to meet you." Then, he said a few words to Wang Yao that only they understood: "Mr. Wang, I want to thank you—I know that you went to find the Japanese for him. Actually, I was Those who want to save him have to risk their lives to save him, but he refuses, this is all arranged step by step by him, and I suffer more than anyone else."

Wang Yao nodded: "I know, are you okay with him?"

Wang Nianjing did not deny it: "He is the person in my heart."

For Wang Nianjing's bold confession, Wang Yao was a little surprised, but also a little envious: "Yunjian is a hero."

Wang Nianjing nodded: "Mr. Wang, you are someone he can trust, and I can trust you too."

Wang Yao didn't know why Wang Nianjing came to say this, he looked at Wang Nianjing suspiciously, but the other party just had piercing eyes, bowed his head slightly and saluted: "Take care." After finishing speaking, Wang Nianjing turned around and strode out, just as straightforward as when he came.

Seeing that Wang Yao hadn't recovered yet, Al asked, "Yao, what happened?"

"No," Wang Yao shook his head, "It's all in the past."

Wang Yao wanted to pay the bill, but Al paid it first, so Wang Yao didn't insist.

Al wanted to take Wang Yao to another place for a walk, but Wang Yao said he wanted to go home.Seeing that Wang Yao's physical condition is not very good, Al also thinks that he should be sent back first.

On the way, Wang Yao chatted with Al one after another, and the topic was still inseparable from the disappearing sister: "Al, do you think Wanwan is in danger now? How long can Honda Chrysanthemum keep her... alive?" The more he thought about it, the more he thought about it. Terrified, trembling involuntarily.

"He's not going to kill Wan Wan," Al said. "It looks like he wants something bigger with Wan Wan."

"But what else can he get from Wanwan?" Wang Yao loves his sister deeply, but he also clearly knows that her sister has nothing but young and beautiful.

"You really don't know?" Al paused.Now they have reached the entrance of the alley of Wang Yao's house.

Wang Yao also stopped: "Wanwan is a poor girl, I am her brother, I know best, Honda Chrysanthemum to play... If you get tired of playing..." He couldn't continue.

Al grabbed Wang Yao's shoulders and made him face himself: "Yao, you have to be careful, Honda Ju covets very precious things, he wants..."

"Hey, American!" Suddenly an unfriendly voice interrupted Al's words.

Wang Yao and Al turned their heads to look at the same time, and Ivan was walking out with an unhappy face. He pulled Wang Yao over and said, "Where did you go? You're gone after I've been out for so long!"

"Did you just go out 'for a while'?" Wang Yao was also inexplicably angry, it was during Ivan's absence that he was frightened by Honda Ju.

"I'll talk to you later!" Ivan turned to Al arrogantly, "Mr. Jones, you have nothing to do here, please go back!"

Al sneered: "Then Mr. Braginski, please keep an eye on the door. You can't even do this little thing well?"

"I'm sorry, Al," Wang Yao said, "Please tell Arthur that I will definitely go to work tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Al nodded to Wang Yao and walked out of the alley.

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