merit book

The lingering street lamp let out a panting of "Zizizi--", the dim light flickered a few times and then went out, and the woods fell into complete darkness.On a summer night, the cicadas are singing one after another, and only human eyes are shining in the darkness.

The surrounding grass made a slight friction sound, a dry branch was stepped on by someone, and the sound of "click" was amplified dozens of times by the darkness, and several people couldn't help moving their ears.

In the deserted grove, several black shadows appeared again, silently surrounding them.

With a movement of his fingers, Rong Yuan removed a fruit knife with short and long fingers from the key chain.

In the darkness, his eyes didn't have the usual subtle warmth and softness, as if nothing in this world was in his eyes.

……

"It's so slow..." Zhou Yuan ran to the door for the fifth time to look around but failed, walked back disappointed, and said dejectedly.

"Maybe there are quite a lot of things to pack?" Jin Yang said uncertainly.He put away the last document he had just read and rubbed his wrists. Although he felt that nothing would happen to Rong Yuan, it seemed that Zhou Yuan's worries had spread to him. He picked up his phone and said, "I'm calling Give me a call!"

Zhou Yuan had been waiting for this sentence for a long time. Hearing this, he immediately ran over, staring at his... phone with sparkling eyes.

Jin Yang was stunned by You Ruo's substantive gaze, and said helplessly, "It's not like you don't have Xiaoyuan's number, so you can just call him yourself?"

Mentioning Rong Yuan, Zhou Yuan flinched subconsciously.Jin Yang didn't mind that the impact of running away was longer than she expected, but Rong Yuan hadn't given her a good face until now, let alone smiled at her occasionally like before.During this period of time, Zhou Yuan devoted herself to redouble her hard work and worked hard, hoping that Rong Yuan could let go of the past for the sake of her efforts to reform herself.At the same time, Zhou Yuan literally swallowed her heart and made up her mind. Next time, let alone an interview, she would definitely execute it immediately without blinking an eye.

In the final exam, her grades rocketed to the third place in the class and No. 40th in the grade, which made all the teachers and classmates look up to her.When Zhou Yuan came back from school, he deliberately put his test paper and report card in a place where he could see it as soon as he entered the door. As a result...

Rong Yuan took a glance and walked away, Zhou Yuan swore he saw the disdainful look of "what kind of rubbish is this".

Zhou Yuan burst into tears... She shouldn't forget... In Rong Yuan's eyes, No. 40 and No. 940 are probably no different from No. [-]... Anyway, it's the same for him and not worthy of attention...

Jin Yang praised her face-savingly, and even bought her a small gift as a reward.But at that time, Zhou Yuan was almost blown away...

So when Jin Yang asked Zhou Yuan to make a call by herself, she just laughed dryly, hid her hands behind her back, and swore she would never dial that number.

"You..." Jin Yang shook his head and sighed, without forcing her, he dialed the number by himself, and Zhou Yuan immediately moved his ear closer.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered.

"What's going on?" Jin Yang frowned.

……

Rong Yuanyuan sat on the thick carpet, the pure white Samoyed leaned over, moaned affectionately in his throat, and rubbed his big head in his arms.The fat boy touched its neck, not very interested, and did not roll into a ball with one person and one dog as usual.

"What's the matter?" Rong Licheng came over and sat down cross-legged, patted his head like a puppy, and asked, "Didn't you want to go to the aquarium? Why are you still unhappy? What's on your mind?"

Rong Yuanyuan pouted and said nothing.He wanted to go to the aquarium just as an excuse to be alone with his father. He didn't expect his mother, who usually doesn't like to go to places with many people, to go with him. No wonder.

"Husband, I invited a friend to Huaguo to buy some clothes, booked a plane for tonight, and will be back next Wednesday...Baby, listen to your father at home."

Just as she was talking, Rong Yuanyuan's mother, Du Qiaoxin, came down from upstairs with her handbag, knelt down on the carpet and kissed the two men, one older and one younger, with a relaxed tone as if she was about to buy a bottle of vinegar in the opposite store.

Rong Licheng was already used to her style of leaving as soon as she said, so she nodded and said, "Bon voyage."

Rong Yuanyuan did not show a bit of dependence like before, but said impatiently: "Goodbye, Mom! Buy me a present! I want the latest version of the Phantom Chariot!"

"I know, I know, I can't do without you!"

Du Qiaoxin held his head and kissed him again, and left briskly with her bag.Rong Yuanyuan immediately got up from the carpet, lay on the window and watched the headlights go away, turned around and immediately drove away the nanny who was guarding one side, and sat cross-legged opposite him like his father, and said seriously: " Dad, I have something to talk to you about."

"Well, tell me." Rong Licheng put his hands on his knees and said seriously, only his eyes were not as serious as his expression.

"I want to know about my brother." Rong Yuanyuan tried her best to look mature, and said, "Is everything written in the newspaper true?"

Rong Licheng's eyes that were originally looking at his son subconsciously shifted.He didn't know which newspaper Rong Yuanyuan asked about. Different media have different emphases and imaginary versions of Rong Yuan's life experience, but the same thing is that Rong Licheng's role in it will not be a glorious one. Role.As a father who hopes to establish an omnipotent and dependable father in his son's heart, that is the last thing he wants Rong Yuanyuan to know about the past.However, be on guard against everything, Rong Yuan's rising speed is much faster than he imagined, and the news related to Rong Yuan is overwhelming now.

In other words, ever since Rong Yuanyuan sneaked out to go to City A by himself last time, even though the child refused to say anything after returning and lost his temper whenever he asked, Rong Licheng knew at that time that this conversation inevitable.

It is very difficult for adults to tell all the truth to their children, either for protection or to cover up, or just like Rong Licheng - it is difficult for him to face those pasts in his memories, let alone tell them with his own mouth. Someone else told.

But he couldn't lie to Rong Yuanyuan's eyes staring at him, this is the person he loves the most in this world.Perhaps it would be better for Yuanyuan to tell the truth himself than to let Yuanyuan collect some messy information by himself.

"Oh...it's a long story..."

Rong Licheng sighed, and was about to tell Yuanyuan about the past when his cell phone rang—it was his personal cell phone, only a limited number of people knew about it, and the number had been used for many years.

"I'll talk to you later."

Rong Licheng said something to his son first, then took out his phone to look at it, his expression immediately turned cold, and he walked to the study room before answering the phone.

"Lu Yao, I didn't expect you to call me!"

The moment the door was closed, Rong Licheng's words floated out, with an irrepressible coldness in his tone.

Rong Yuanyuan, who was originally sitting obediently on the carpet, looked around, ran to his bedroom, pulled out a box from under the bed, dumped the toys on the ground, found a toy receiver, and ran out of the study to put The receiver was pressed against the door, and the ears were pressed tightly against it.

"Yes, that was born to you, but he is my son!"

"Ha! I'm not qualified to say this, but are you qualified? From his birth to now, have you fulfilled your mother's responsibility one day? What's the point of calling again after so many years!"

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"That being said..." Lu Yao was lying on the beach chair wearing only a swimsuit, and his dark purple sunglasses made his face only as big as a palm. When he stretched out his hand, a girl in a maid outfit next to him immediately handed over a glass of crystal blue cocktail to her. in her hand.Lu Yao held on to the wine glass, and said slowly: "After so many years, you still knew it was me when you picked up the phone! Is my number still stored in the phone, or do you store it in your mind?"

Rong Licheng clenched his hands and almost crushed the phone.He gritted his teeth and asked back: "I would like to know, when you suddenly asked about your son who has been abandoned by you for so many years, did you ask for yourself, or for your husband's consortium?"

"Ma~ My husband doesn't know that he is my son. If he knew, he would definitely ask, right?" Lu Yao shook his wine glass, squinted at the shimmering and blurred colors in the glass, and said, "Thank you for speaking. You, who are clearly in danger of protecting yourself, are still able to keep my affairs a secret in China... Does that child know? I am his mother's affair. "

"Hmph!" Rong Licheng snorted coldly and said, "Is it necessary?"

Lu Yao took a sip of the wine, swallowed it, and said, "Isn't it ruthless? I was pregnant for ten months and gave birth through hard work. Because of him, I even lost the ability to continue to have children! I want a little reward." Not too much, right?"

"Continue to have children, will you care about such a small matter?" Rong Licheng said sarcastically.

"It's true, it doesn't matter." Lu Yao agreed, and then said: "But, if the kid can invent cotton candy, he will naturally have fruit candy, milk candy, chocolate candy and so on in the future. Don't be so short-sighted. The consortium The benefits that can be given to him will definitely not be less than his own hard work, and it will be much easier! You think for him, and I will not suffer!"

"You can try it." Rong Licheng's voice was as cold as ice, "Your consortium is a tyrannosaurus rex, but I am the boss in Sugar Country. If you dare to stretch your claws in, how many times will you come in?" How much to chop off!"

"It's so scary, it scares people to death." Lu Yao said flatly: "You are so nervous, don't you want to monopolize your profits? The food looks too ugly."

Rong Licheng was silent for a long time, his tense expression suddenly became very tired, and his voice slowed down a lot: "I don't care about others, but Lu Yao... We haven't given him anything for so many years, so... Don't take anything from him, can't you?"

The relaxed and playful smile on Lu Yao's face disappeared. After a while, she sneered and said, "Three-year-old, don't you know what will happen if you cross the market with gold? Do you think you don't take action?" Is it a noble character? Childish!"

Lu Yao hung up the phone directly, with a dazed look on his face, and murmured, "Mommies, you must have come to the door, right? My son... thought he had forgotten all about it... What kind of child is he?"

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Rong Yuanyuan didn't hear any more movement for a long time, so she carefully opened the door a crack and peeked inside.I saw that Rong Licheng wanted to drop the phone on the ground several times, but finally took it back. The man's hands trembled slightly, and his expression was complicated that he had never seen before, mixed with indescribable disgust, pain...and love.