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How could anyone be so stupid as to make the same mistake twice?

Liang Xi lifted his chin, the tight jaw revealed his tension, the swallowing movement seemed to be a fishbone in the throat, which made people feel so painful that the nerves twitched.

"No, I don't agree." He stared at Erik, and the sitting old man had only a certain expression on his face.

There was a strange smile on the man's face: "You may think that you will not fill in the wrong answer twice, but in fact you are just atone for the first mistake."

"Anyway, I don't think it's such a big mistake to participate in the underground competition. You want the reward of the competition, and I want the money of the gambler. Our purpose is the same, and we could have lived in peace, and even... could cooperate. "

Liang Xi still shook his head, his only answer was "no".

Erik stood up from the sofa, poked his cane on the ground, and paced back and forth. He pondered for a while, and then asked again: "So, even if I put this breach of contract worth half a million dollars in front of your parents, You still won't change the answer?"

"I won't participate in the competition." Liang Xi repeated the same words. He tried to straighten his back, but his spine seemed to be hit by a hammer, making him almost bow his head first in this confrontation.

Cold sweat broke out on the tip of his nose, Liang Xi knew that it would be difficult to fish in troubled waters this time.

$50 is just a drop in the bucket for a big chaebol like Erik.

If Erik wanted to let him go easily, he wouldn't care about this bullshit contract at all... However, behind the 50 is obviously a bigger gambling capital, so Erik is not willing to let go of such a cash cow. Staying away from the fencing world, but entering the national team of his country, according to his understanding, Erik has always had some unclear and ambiguous relationship with the fencing association of country A.

Liang Xi took a deep breath: "I will find a way to pay you liquidated damages."

"Oh?" The smile pulled up the creases on his face. The old man with the hooked nose was looking at Liang Xi with a strange look, as if the opposite person was not a living person, but something that could be destroyed at any time. objects.

The atmosphere was dull, Liang Xi ran away under such stares, he apologized, turned his head and walked towards the door quickly, but the moment he grabbed the doorknob, suddenly a strong force hit his shoulder, The young man who had been standing next to Erik just now grabbed him in his hands.

"What are you doing!" Liang Xi yelled, "This is a hotel!"

He was cut back into the room with his back to the room, and behind him came the muffled sound of Erik's leather shoes stepping on the carpet: "You are right, this kind of thing is not appropriate to talk about in a hotel." With his voice like a dead tree branch , The door of the room was suddenly opened, and two men in black suits blocked him mercilessly.

Liang Xi gasped, he knew that he couldn't escape this encounter.

"Why don't we change places and talk about tonight's game." Erik walked up to him with a smile and made a "please" gesture.

"Come on, young man."

·

Budzinwito Central Hospital, 01:30 p.m.

A man in black short-sleeved clothes appeared at the door of the ward. He was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with a slender figure and a handsome face. It was really hard not to attract attention.

The nurse who took the medicine passed the door of the ward twice, and the boy just stood and wandered in the corridor, as if he had something on his mind.

Entering the ward for the last time, the nurse finally couldn't hold back, and asked Fu Huiya who was accompanying her in the ward: "Ma'am, is that your son standing outside?"

Fu Huiya raised her head in doubt: "Niannian? Didn't I already tell him to go back to rest?" She poked her head out and met Lu Mingchuan's gaze.

"You are..." Fu Huiya froze in place after not seeing her for a long time.

"Auntie, I'm Lu Mingchuan."

The two stood at the door of the ward and exchanged a few words. To be honest, before Liang Xi went abroad, Lu Mingchuan would often come to play at home. Fu Huiya had a good impression of him.

However, since Liang Xi's car accident, this kid has never been to the hospital. Fu Huiya knocked on the side, only learned from Liang Xi what kind of conflict the two of them had, and asked about the details, Liang Xi kept silent.

The friendship between children is broken at will. After so many years in country A, Liang Xi never mentioned Lu Mingchuan's name to his family. Fu Huiya almost forgot about this boy. She never thought that he would suddenly appear in Bujinweito's hospital .

Seeing that Liang Xi was not in the ward, Lu Mingchuan immediately felt a strange feeling, an indescribable fear, the same as when he saw Liang Xi leave at the airport the night before.He couldn't say where this feeling came from, but it made him very uneasy.

"Auntie, where is Niannian?"

"He, he and..." There was a momentary pause in Fu Huiya's sentence, she frowned, "He and Bai Xuzhou should rest in the hotel now, last night was their duty night."

Lu Mingchuan did not miss the expression change on the woman's face: "Can you tell me which hotel it is conveniently?"

"The one across the street, about ten minutes' walk from here."

Lu Mingchuan nodded. Just as he said goodbye and wanted to leave, he suddenly heard Fu Huiya behind him asking, "Mingchuan, did you know about the relationship between the two of them?"

The three of them played really well back then. Fu Huiya couldn't figure out what caused Lu Mingchuan and Liang Xi to distance themselves. In her opinion, maybe it was only that matter...

"What?" Lu Mingchuan stopped at his feet, and he looked at Fu Huiya with a strange expression.

"..." Fu Huiya stared at him for a while, and finally just waved her hands.

When we came out, there was a steady drizzle of rain on the street. The rain in coastal cities like Bujinweituo has always been abundant. Lu Mingchuan was walking on the stone road, and he was still thinking about Fu Huiya's "things between them" just now.

What could make a mother show such a forbearing look?

At that time, Lu Mingchuan was still thinking about these issues, completely unaware that the danger was approaching the Niannian he wanted to find...

·

"I want to watch the surveillance!"

In the lobby of the hotel, Bai Xuzhou's white face showed rare anger, and he slapped his hand on the front desk without any politeness.Young Master Bai's student days were mixed up, and his English was quite awkward, with a strong accent, and he had to pause several times in a sentence.

The lady at the front desk felt very embarrassed: "Sir, I can understand your mood, but surveillance belongs to the privacy of all hotel guests. Unless you call the police, I cannot accommodate you in this matter."

"Man, he's gone!" Bai Xuzhou stumbled, his face flushed red.

"According to your description, the other party is an adult man, and he said that he knew the other party. In this case, it is impossible to say that they just went out together."

Bai Xuzhou tried his best to distinguish and analyze the standard English at the front desk. He took out his mobile phone and signaled: "I can't get through to his number. He has been out since the morning. How could it be..."

"Bai Xuzhou!" A voice in standard Chinese came from behind him.

Bai Xuzhou turned around in surprise, but the smile froze on his face: "You really linger."

Lu Mingchuan ignored him and dragged him away from the front desk by himself.

"What about Niannian?" He lowered his voice, relying on himself being a head taller than Bai Xuzhou, he grabbed onto his collar.

Nian, you... Bai Xuzhou held back the burning fire in his chest, took a deep breath, and repeated what happened in the morning.

"I heard what they said in the corridor, they checked the immigration records, what contracts are there, the boss and so on." As soon as Bai Xuzhou finished speaking, when he raised his eyes, he saw that Lu Mingchuan's expression had completely darkened.

not really...

"What's wrong?" Bai Xuzhou couldn't care less about getting bored with Lu Mingchuan, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with my brother?!"

"Why did you let him go out alone?" Lu Mingchuan's hands on his clothes were trembling, and Bai Xuzhou realized later that Liang Xi might have encountered some serious event.

"What the hell happened?!"

"I should have thought that those people in the underground game would not let him go easily!"

Lu Mingchuan felt a sense of dizziness at that moment when his heart was pulled up in an instant, and what Wei Chengyi had said to him before came to mind again.

"By the way, do you know? Although the fencing team of country A has dominated the gold medals in major competitions all year round, and it seems to have a great reputation, a large part of the funds behind them come from underground competitions. I don't know, heh, it's a Great way to launder money.”

"Therefore, there has always been a saying in the underground competition that those who have participated in it will never be able to stand on the regular international arena in their lifetime." Wei Chengyi sat next to Lu Mingchuan, telling stories fascinatingly, "Because behind the scenes The boss will not allow players who can threaten his country to stand on the field, in order to maintain his own position in the world fencing..."

"Either stay away from the sword world from now on, or you may find an excuse to abolish it." Wei Chengyi was very exaggerated, and made a gesture of wiping his neck.

At that time, Lu Mingchuan was staring at the cheetahs on the field, completely oblivious to Wei Chengyi's half-truths and half-fake stories. He knew that his brother likes to brag about all kinds of knowledge, but he has never been like this moment, hoping that everything Wei Chengyi said is the devil. lie.

Niannian, where are you...