scapegoat

Lang Zhongming's slap woke him up.

Probably because he has been guarding against Xiao Yang in every possible way for more than ten years. Whenever something happens, he always thinks of the worst.

But in fact, through careful observation, Xiao Yang never took the initiative to talk to Lang Zhongjin, and he didn't even give Lang Zhongjin an extra look.

Xiao Yang is very indifferent to everyone, but he is not very good at rejecting others' kindness.

The next morning he had to go to work, Lang Zhongming didn't know if he was tired from the business trip, the alarm clock couldn't wake him up, and he didn't wake up until very late.

Xiao Yang sat alone on the huge dining table, raised his head and glanced at him in a little surprise, then continued to drink his porridge.

In just that short moment, Lang Zhongming clearly saw half of Xiao Yang's slightly swollen face.

"you……"

Xiao Yang raised his head and looked at him expressionlessly.

Lang Zhongming suddenly felt his throat dry and didn't know what to say.

After a long time, he managed to utter a sentence: "The medicine I bought last time has a sedative and anti-swelling medicine, so you can apply it later."

Xiao Yang gave a faint "um" and lowered his head to eat.

Lang Zhongming sat down and picked up the chopsticks, and remembered the gift he brought back yesterday. At this time, he didn't mention it, and he didn't mention it. He was on pins and needles, not knowing what to do.

After being chic for so many years, it was the first time he felt a little embarrassed.

"Ahem, I brought you a set of books and a coffee machine yesterday. I'll ask Su Huiyun to take it to your office later."

He was scared, and he didn't dare to take it out by himself, so he could only push the blame to his little sister who just graduated.

Xiao Yang was really surprised, but soon his indifference covered all his emotions.

"it is good."

Naturally, the ultimate fate of these gifts is to find a small foothold in a certain corner of the damp and cold basement floor.

Lang Zhongming's heart was ups and downs for several days, and this period of time was almost the end of the year, and various disturbances occurred in his busy schedule.

He had just finished a meeting that day, and was about to call a few new employees who had lost the chain to beat him again, when the phone in his pocket vibrated joyfully.

Lang Zhongming grabbed it out a little irritably, but his expression changed and his brows beamed with joy.

"Hehe, are you two finally coming back?"

A generous girl's voice sounded on the other end of the phone: "Ah Chen said he wanted to eat hoof flowers, so we'll be back~"

Another male voice came in from a little further away, his tone full of smiles: "Who wants to eat hoof flowers? Huh?"

Lang Zhongming laughed heartily for the first time this month: "I don't know the virtues of the two of you. It's probably because one said he wanted to eat and the other was tempted, and he just wanted to shirk it to the other. Okay, I'll treat you guys after get off work." Have a meal?"

The three of them decided on a well-known health soup restaurant, ready to get together.

These two are Lang Zhongming's children.The man's name is Ke Chen, and he is the youngest son of Hongsheng's largest dealer in building materials.The girl's name is Molly, and she and Ke Chen got engaged early in the morning, and the relationship between the two has always been very sticky. They are a rare pair of godsend.

Ke Chen and Mo Li had been with Lang Zhongming since they were young, and they knew a lot about him. Even Lang Zhongming never concealed the scandals that Mr. Yun Dewen had repeatedly told him not to tell outsiders.

After all, everyone needs a tree hole, and Lang Zhongming is no exception.

One of Ke Chen's greatest strengths is that they only exercise a little right to comment on other people's affairs and don't meddle in other people's business.

But even so, after hearing Lang Zhongming tell what he did to Xiao Yang, the two were still dumbfounded for a long time.

Molly: "No, I can't help it anymore, Lang Zhongming, tell me, how did you survive until now? Xiao Yang didn't poison you? Didn't he stab you while you were asleep?"

Lang Zhongming coughed twice, trying to defend himself: "I'm not here for macro-control..."

Molly slapped the table: "Fucking macro-control! You call it a personal attack! Do you understand! It's a personal insult!"

Lang Zhongming continued to complain: "I didn't really hurt him, which time did I not control myself?"

Molly rolled her eyes and didn't want to say anything.

Ke Chen interjected at the right time: "Ten years ago, if you wanted to mess with your father, I persuaded you. Later, Xiao Yang was going to take the blame for you. I said I would not stop it, because it was the best solution, but I also said ten years ago. You should pay something for it in the next year, and now you have further expanded this favor, I think your Ying family owes Xiao Yang now, and it will not be clear in several lifetimes."

Lang Zhongming scratched his hair irritably: "It was indeed my fault that I didn't think about things back then. In the past few years in Hongsheng, I have worked hard to make up for the mistakes I made. But for Xiao Yang... I really don't like it. know what to do..."

Ke Chen clasped his fingers and tapped on the table twice, emphasizing one thing: "Your father found out about those little tricks you did back then, because he himself was sorry for you and your mother first, and he didn't intend to pursue anything, if it weren't for the board of directors Someone over there found out that there was an inner ghost, and there was evidence that the inner ghost came out of your father's house, so it wouldn't be what happened later."

Ke Chen leaned back and continued: "At that time, if Xiao Yang refused to stand up, no one could force him. It is true that your family is powerful, but you are just businessmen, not gangsters. If he does not take the blame for you, you will Go and eat the evil fruits of these ten years! Do you understand?"

Lang Zhongming was silent.

Molly sighed: "At the end of the day, it's your grandfather who has a poisonous mind and thought of pushing Xiao Yang as a scapegoat. In fact, Qin Linlin thought at that time—don't mind if I say your grandfather—that this old man had a benefactor My child is not for repaying kindness, but for taking precautions..."

Ke Chen gave Molly a look, and the two fell silent.

After a while, Ke Chen broke the silence: "We are just guessing what the old man is thinking, but the previous generation belongs to the previous generation, and now our generation is in power, so we have to take over the mess of the past. I just think... You can't let this matter continue to deteriorate, you are worried that Xiao Yang will feel uneasy knowing too much about you, but I don't think he will."

Lang Zhongming said in a low voice: "You are not him, how do you know?" But in his tone, even he himself was not sure.

Having known Xiao Yang for so many years, Lang Zhongming also felt that Xiao Yang was not the kind of person he was worried about. He was just practicing what his grandfather and father taught him, and he never really doubted Xiao Yang.

Whether it's using the past to control his feelings, or destroying the reputation of the Ling family, Xiao Yang can't do it.

Lang Zhongming let out a long breath: "I...in fact, I also want to stop embarrassing him, I'm afraid he will collapse again..."

Lang Zhongming was really scared when he saw Xiao Yang bumping his head on the steering wheel like crazy.

Molly looked at him quite dissatisfied, but swallowed what she wanted to say, and then had a new idea: "By the way, we're going to climb a mountain nearby, why don't you ask Xiao Yang to come with you?"

Lang Zhongming was taken aback.

Ke Chen: "Well... I think it's feasible. Let's go out to play together, relax, and the relationship can be eased."

After thinking about it, Lang Zhongming thought it made sense, so he agreed.

The meal was neither embarrassing nor embarrassing, and Molly spoke her heart out, and her words later stabbed Lang Zhongming several times.

Fortunately, thinking about the arrangements for the weekend, Lang Zhongming felt more at ease.

On the weekend, a group of four drove to a wild animal sanctuary in the suburbs.

There are many protected animals and mountains for tourists to climb.Except for some birds and birds, no other animals will appear on the pedestrian mountain road blocked for tourists. As long as you don't go astray by yourself, there will be no danger.

After signing the agreement, the four of them entered the scenic spot.

The tour guide at the gate repeatedly emphasized "be careful of monkeys" and "monkeys are fiercer than tigers". There are staff standing on both sides of the road to take care of them.

"That's the kind of place you two would like to come to."

Molly smiled: "It's exciting~ What's the point of ordinary tourist attractions, right~"

Ke Chen pampered Molly's round face and said, "Let's go, we're going up the mountain."

Several people began to step up the mountain steps and walked to the high place.

Xiao Yang was at the back, and felt a little dizzy after walking for a while.

Lang Zhongming has been avoiding him for the past day, but he can't control his body's reaction. One night, he really couldn't bear such a disgusting self, so he took a razor and cut the palm of his hand on impulse, using the pain to relieve the intense desire/ see.

Fortunately, he chose the correct position, no matter on the bed or on weekdays, the palm of his hand is a place that Lang Zhongming will neither touch nor pay attention to.

He was silent all the way, because he lost a lot of blood and was not in good spirits, and secondly, he was afraid that Lang Zhongming would lose his temper if he found out about the incision.

Lang Zhongming, who was walking in front, stopped from time to time to wait for Xiao Yang, seeing his increasingly pale face and beads of sweat on his forehead, he always felt a little worried.

However, Xiao Yang usually has a small appetite and doesn't exercise often. It's normal for him to be unable to keep up with his physical strength for a while, so he didn't think much about it. He just waited for Xiao Yang to catch up before leaving.

The air in the mountains is really fresh. Lang Zhongming saw Ke Chen and Mo Li chatting and laughing in front of them, and Xiao Yang stopped and followed behind him. He felt that this way of getting along was very good.

There was a small pavilion halfway up the mountain, and there was no one there at the moment, so they stopped to rest for a while and take a look at the scenery.

Molly hopped around: "Ah, squirrel! I saw a squirrel! Oh, and there's—"

Ke Chen dragged the man back: "Don't run around, it's dangerous. Oh, calm down for a while, sit down!"

Lang Zhongming laughed and teased the two of them: "You got used to Molly's temper, do you regret it now?"

Ke Chen gave her a sharp look: "I'm happy to spoil her, what a pity!"

Lang Zhongming shook his head helplessly, just as he was about to ask when the two of them had received their certificates, there was a sudden movement behind them.

The three of them were startled, and turned their heads to find that Xiao Yang was gone.At the place he was leaning on just now, several plants were lying down as if they were bent, and a clear trace was drawn along the mountain and into the ravine.

Ke Chen said in a daze, "He...couldn't have fallen..."

……

Xiao Yang did fall down.

He was originally sitting on the ground, but when he tried to stand up with his hands on his hands, his eyes flickered, he fell back drowsily, and then slipped down.

This day the ravine is secret and narrow, and... there is obviously an "aboriginal person" who has camped here for a long time——

It was a strangely thin wolf, with dim green eyes shining, staring firmly at the human being who descended from the sky.

Xiao Yang felt his heartbeat speed up instantly, and he was so stiff that he didn't dare to move.

The wolf didn't rush over, but just squatted there and stared at him.

Xiao Yang calmed down a little before he noticed that its hind leg was injured, and the blood that flowed out had soaked the leaves underneath.The slightly protruding belly and sagging breasts indicate that it is pregnant.

Xiao Yang looked at the she-wolf's bony back and longing eyes, and suddenly understood: I am a piece of meat!

He immediately rolled up his sleeves, stretched his arms towards it, and asked, "You...do you want to eat?"