hope for redemption

London, England.

Winter in London is really cold, cloudy, humid and wet. In short, it is a collection of all the weather characteristics that Jiang Xi does not like.In other places, a humidifier may be required to turn on the heating in winter, but here in London, Jiang Xi can't wait to fill the whole room with desiccant to suck up the sticky moisture.

Waiting for the man who claims to be the chief makeup artist of Victoria's Secret to smooth out the wrinkles on his collar, nodded in satisfaction and said prefect, Jiang Xi couldn't wait any longer, and threw the group of people to Niko, I hurriedly ran to the restaurant to end the two-hour beauty makeup tour.

Looking at this posture, I didn't know that I thought they were going to watch a show at a certain venue.

Looking at the tiny folds of the clothes hem caused by sprinting, Jiang Xi sighed and slowed down, smoothing them and walking towards the dining table.

I thought today would be a traditional English breakfast like the previous few days, with toast and coffee, and food without a little salt.But unexpectedly, when Jiang Xi came to the table, he found that there was his favorite Cantonese breakfast on the table, light and delicious fish porridge, crystal clear shrimp dumplings, golden soft golden cake, placed on the table with Inside the steaming bamboo and wooden steamer, there is a feeling of listening to opera and having morning tea in a Cantonese-style teahouse.

"It's been so many years, I don't know if your taste has changed, so I ordered some of what you used to love." Yang Jue put the chopsticks on the fishbone china chopstick rest, and his every move seemed to be serving the young master the deacon.

This is the first time since he and Yang Jue have met each other for so long, he brought up the past.

Jiang Xi stared blankly at the meal in front of him, watching the rising mist seemed to open the memory valve in an instant, pulling him back from 18 years old to 8 years old.

After living with his grandmother for about a year, Jiang Tiancheng finally remembered that he had a son. After a simple greeting, he took him to Guangzhou without asking Jiang Xi's wishes, and took him and his son together. Stepmother's side.

Yang Jue was the first friend Jiang Xi made after arriving in Guangzhou.

They are neighbors, and Yang Jue is three years older than himself, so he always bears the responsibility of the neighbor's big brother, going to school with Jiang Xi and waiting for Jiang Xi to leave school together.Although there is an age difference, Jiang Xi and him have a good time together, watching cartoons, going to the library, doing homework together... the same thing, accepting Song Dengchen's guidance to become capable people together.

Things changed when Jiang Xi was ten years old. Song Dengchen's family suddenly wanted to move out. Before moving away, Song Dengchen called himself over and asked if he would like to go with him. If he wanted, he would be responsible for Jiang Xi's future tuition fees. For living expenses and so on, Jiang Xi's parents don't need to pay a penny.

But Jiang Xi refused. Compared with a big brother who had been with him for two years, he was more reluctant to give birth to his parents who raised him.

Jiang Xi didn't leave, but Yang Jue left, and Yang Jue left with Song Dengchen and the others.

It was three years later that I saw Yang Jue again. At that time, Jiang Xi had been sent back to Tao County by Jiang Tiancheng to study. Yang Jue returned with An Sheng and Jiang Xu. I thought it would be a happy reunion of old friends, but unexpectedly it was A long-planned trap.

Later, Jiang Xi went to Australia with An Sheng and became a member of the Language Sense Department. Because of his level of ability, he did not meet Yang Jue many times, so the social and emotional connection was naturally less, until the abdication challenge a year ago. , Someone was caught pouring medicine into Jiang Xi's water glass, and that person was Yang Jue.

Maybe because I know that I am not far from death, I have to pull a back before I die, not to mention how ruthless, at least I will not live in peace.Not surprisingly, Jiang Xi became the one behind.

Yang Jue mercilessly lifted the fig leaf of the sexual assault case that was about to ruin Jiang Xi's life a few years ago, and revealed the truth buried behind it bloody in front of him, taunting him with a distorted expression. years of stupidity.

It has to be said that at some point the potential evasion factors in human nature will be stimulated. Jiang Xi is like an ostrich, stubbornly burying his head in the sand in an attempt to escape the truth. He ran to find An Sheng and wanted her to tell himself that all this was false, as long as she told Jiang Xi he would believe it.

But what he didn't expect was that what he heard was a deal between An Sheng and the man named Rulix with a clearly marked price on him.

Maybe he should thank Yang Jue. If he hadn't embraced the idea of ​​dying together, I would feel bad and you should not think about it. The idea of ​​Jiang Xi's beautiful life was crazily exposed. Maybe now Jiang Xi has been sold and is still foolish. Count the money for An Sheng.He would not have the courage to return to China, nor would he meet Lin Wang.

Maybe he should be grateful, Jiang Xi thought to himself mockingly.

"What's wrong? Is it not to your liking?" Yang Jue noticed Jiang Xi's lack of focus, and asked with a smile while standing aside.

"No," Jiang Xi withdrew his thoughts, picked up a porcelain spoon and stirred the fish porridge to dissipate the heat.

"That's good." Hearing Jiang Xi's answer, Yang Jue breathed a sigh of relief like an old mother dealing with picky children, and poured a few drops of umami soy sauce into Jiang Xi's fish porridge, "I see you I don’t even have much appetite in England, so I wondered if the food here was not the right one, so I ordered a few from Xu Ji in Chinatown last night, and try to see if it’s the authentic Xu Ji.”

At the end, he added like a reminder: "It's the Xu Ji restaurant we ate when we went to Shiqiao to read."

Hearing the place name buried deep in his memory, Jiang Xi felt like a hole was opened in his heart, and the yellowed memory film rushed out with inexplicable emotions, and it was projected frame by frame in front of his eyes.

Jiang Xi lowered his eyes and put the fish fillet mixed with umami soy sauce wrapped in rice porridge into his mouth. After chewing and swallowing it slowly, he replied without emotion: "It's good."

In terms of authenticity, it is difficult to maintain an authentic taste as long as the food is out of the local area, let alone in a foreign country.But it is also in this foreign country that it is very rare to be able to restore Lao Guang's taste to this level, and there is nothing to be picky about.

"Then let's eat a little more today," Yang Jue pushed the golden cake forward, "It will take a lot of hard work to be officially on the translation table."

Rao has been here for so many days, and Jiang Xi has persuaded himself to get used to the picture of him, who obviously wants to kill you in his heart, but always thinks about you with a smile on his face, but early in the morning, after going through more than two After hours of tormenting with makeup and styling, Jiang Xi really couldn't take it anymore.

He put the spoon down, and said in a cold voice with a sullen mouth, "You don't have to do this, you don't feel well, and neither do I."

Hearing what Jiang Xi said, Yang Jue was not at all embarrassed or annoyed by being exposed, and with a gentle but flattering smile as always, he replied: "I still hope that we can abandon the past and not say that we are as innocent as before. Get along with a grudge, but at least treat each other as comrades in the same camp and trust more."

"Really," Jiang Xi sneered with his lips curled up, put his elbows on the table, put his hands on his chin and mocked, "Then please let that flash in your eyes before you say this next time." Flash your hatred, don't let me catch it so easily."

Yang Jue was startled, the corners of his mouth curled up a little stiffly: "I will."

I thought that Jiang Xi would feel better after he admitted, at least not so disgusting and not so twisted, but the actual situation after hearing it was completely different. Instead, he felt even more panicked, and suddenly there was a feeling of stepping on the edge of a cliff. , the feeling of being on the verge of extinction.

Jiang Xi didn't want to have any more conversations with him, and began to eat breakfast silently with an air of etiquette, while eating, he was still thinking about what he should be on guard for a while, and he had to step up his guard, and if he didn't plan to, he had to be careful .

Niko rushed over after dealing with the styling team. While staring at Jiang Xi eating breakfast, he reported the itinerary to him, went through the process, discussed the scheduled time with Jiang Xi, and then arranged the vehicle non-stop.

After they arrived in the UK, they rented a villa directly, and the vehicle was picked up directly from the branch, but due to the large number of people traveling, they needed to arrange it in advance.Today is their third day in the UK. They rested for a while in the first two days, and they officially started contacting the partners today.

Of course, the rest refers to the rest of Niko and the others. For Jiang Xi, there is no rest these two days at all, and he has been racking up points like crazy. Plan, as long as there are no mistakes, there is basically no problem.

Jiang Xi stuffed the last shrimp dumpling into his mouth, wiped his mouth with a tablecloth, and ran through today's plans and arrangements in his mind, when he was about to get up, someone pressed his shoulders and pushed him back to his seat.

"What do you want?" Jiang Xi clasped his hands on his shoulders, raised his eyelids and asked in a cold voice.

Yang Jue's face with a gentle smile magnified in front of his eyes, hooked his fingers around the tie and pulled it away, and replied softly: "The tie is stained with soup, I'll change it for you."

"No, I'll do it myself," Jiang Xi put his hands on his chest to stop him from getting closer, staring at him and scolded, "Stay away from me!"

Yang Jue turned a deaf ear to Jiang Xi's scolding, and deftly bypassed Jiang Xi's obstruction and took off his tie, picked out a matching tie from the clothes trolley piled up at the stairway, and smiled Said: "This kind of thing is what we should do as assistants."

"I said no need," Jiang Xi didn't give any face, and directly pulled the tie from his hand, and put it on in threes and fives.

Just as he was about to leave, Yang Jue stuck to him like a dog's skin plaster, pulled Jiang Xi's tie knot to break it up, and slapped him hard: "Your hands are a little rusty, you can't make any mistakes on this occasion, Let me come."

"You..." Jiang Xi wanted to push him away, but his hand was too fast, and he had already made a half-finished product in the blink of an eye.From the semi-finished product, it can be seen that it is indeed much better-looking than Jiang Xi's own.Thinking about today's occasion, just like what Yang Jue said, there is nothing wrong with it, so after repeated hesitation, he finally gritted his teeth and asked someone to tie his tie for him.

Because of this, the distance between the two of them was drawn extremely close, and the usually almost inaudible breathing sound was infinitely amplified at this time, and the long and steady voice was drawn into the cochlea like silk.

"You really grow up too fast. Even though you were only at my shoulders when you were young, you are now half a head taller than me." Yang Jue said while flipping his fingers and chatting like a family.

Listening to what he said, it is impossible to say that there is no throbbing in my heart, but reality can always prevail, and reason can always overcome sensibility, Jiang Xi indifferently pulled away.

After seeing this action, Yang Jue seemed to be pampering a child who was having a temper tantrum. He pulled his tie and took a few steps forward to shorten the distance. Nuo's little dumpling, why now he has such a cold but seductive eyebrow and eyes, which has turned so many people's hearts and souls upside down."

After finishing speaking, while Jiang Xi was still in a daze, he raised his hand to smooth out the scattered hair, and his tone was soft but chillingly long: "It really deserves to be the successor that Brother Dengchen misses so much. "

Jiang Xi shuddered suddenly, reacted suddenly as if he had been shocked by electricity, pushed him away from the cold, snake-like atmosphere, and shouted angrily: "Do you fucking want to die!"

Yang Jue was pushed and staggered back several times, and barely stood still until he retreated to the dining table and supported the chair. The whole person completely lost the gentle appearance just now, and shouted with a crazy smile: "You Do you know how high he thinks of you? A genius with a sense of language that is rare in a century! Before he died, he was still thinking about how to take you over!"

Jiang Xi did not expect Song Dengchen's evaluation. At this moment, he seemed to suddenly understand something.Some incomprehensible questions in the past seem to have a vague answer.

Facing Yang Jue's sudden insanity, Jiang Xi didn't have the mood to think about the reason, he stabilized his excitement for certain guesses, pretended not to notice, frowned and replied with disgust: "What's the matter, I I am very grateful to him for inspiring my language sense ability, but it is not enough to dedicate my life to the field that he is proud of."

"It's beyond your control." Yang Jue stood firm and grinned with a big smile.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Xi didn't come up with any more useful information, but this vague sentence caused another panic in his heart.

"It's nothing, my mood fluctuated slightly just now, and I showed no respect for you. I will be punished when I go back." At that moment, Yang Jue returned to his gentle appearance just now, and after tidying up his suit, he went Said sideways, "Time is running out, let's go quickly."

"Yang Jue!" Jiang Xi rushed forward and grabbed his collar, glaring at him fiercely, "What kind of suspicion do you want me to have in half your fucking words? What the hell are you trying to do!"

"Your brain is your own, and your suspicions are also your own. I can't control it." Yang Jue let him grab his collar and said calmly, "Didn't you know what I wanted to do a long time ago? Only power That's what fascinates me."

Seeing that he didn't care about Jiang Xi's emotional fluctuations, and even managed to trick Jiang Xi's mood swings, contemptuously and mockingly, Jiang Xi couldn't be angry for a while.

But you can't deny that what he said is reasonable, Jiang Xi's mind is his own, and he can't control what he thinks. How can Yang Jue be [-]% sure what the suspicion will be, let alone his purpose of doing this is too much. Obviously, there is a good chance it will backfire.

Jiang Xi was so angry that she almost gritted her teeth, and the hands holding Yang Jue's collar kept rubbing against each other. The two stared at each other for a long time, and finally Jiang Xi suppressed his breath and let go.

Yang Jue looked at Jiang Xi, who had a gloomy face and anger rolling in his eyes, straightened his collar without changing his expression: "Please calm down as soon as possible, we..."

"Yang Jue," Jiang Xi twirled his drooping hair, looked at the familiar but unfamiliar facial features in front of him, and asked with a hint of anger, "Why did you do that in the first place?"

At first, like that.

I don't specify, but both parties understand what it means. These two words contain too much past.

Yang Jue's eyes began to focus gradually, and he raised his head as if he was remembering. After a while, he lowered his eyes and smiled lowly, with a relaxed and relieved emotion in that laugh.

He raised his head slightly, and met Jiang Xi's eyes, but his eyes didn't seem to fall on Jiang Xi's eyes, as if they fell deeper in his memory, and he said unhurriedly there: "Remember that brother Deng Chen read to us?" "Othello"? Shakespeare wrote a sentence in it, and I was deeply impressed when I heard it, "

"O, beware, mylord, of jealousy; Itis the green-eyed monster which dothmock. Themeatitfeedson; thatcuckold lives in bliss."

"Ah, boss, you have to be careful of jealousy. It's a green-eyed monster. Whoever makes a sacrifice to it will be played by it."

"Jealousy is a green-eyed monster that haunts people with evil desires."

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