After being coveted by old men for many years, I quit

Zhou Cheng briefly explained the situation, all the while observing Zhou Hongfeng's expression.

He even made a plan, if Zhou Hongfeng showed any unacceptable strangeness, he would change his words at any time.

but no.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Hongfeng just listened to his words very calmly, and did not show any signs of losing control of his emotions.

Even so, his vicissitudes of face are full of sorrow, and the pain in his eyes is also moving.

Zhou Cheng knew that he was not feeling well, but he didn't know what else to say to comfort him.

Even he himself has faintly noticed that some things may not turn around again.

On the way back, Zhou Cheng suddenly received a call from He Minnan.

It's been a while since the last time the two spoke.

"What do you want to say this time?"

Zhou Cheng leaned on the back seat of the taxi, tilted his head to see the rapidly receding scenery outside the window, and spoke in a very calm tone.

Recently, it has been snowing all the time, and sometimes the sky does not clear up all day long, and the gray clouds are pressing down on the sky, which makes people feel depressed.Although He Minnan's words did not lie to him, Zhou Cheng never had a good impression of this man.

It seemed that every time he approached, he would learn something because of what he intended to reveal, but it would only cause him pain.

People are creatures that seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. If you always receive negative news from a person, your consciousness itself will resist such existence.This is how He Minnan existed to him.

He Minnan's low laughter came from the other end of the phone, "From your tone, it seems that you don't really want to talk to me."

Zhou Cheng remained expressionless, "If I don't want to talk, will you hang up the phone?"

"Of course not."

The man put away his smile, leaving only a little hidden joy coming through with his low voice, he said lightly, "If you really don't want to talk to me so much, I won't go around this time, there is indeed something to do Let me know, if you don't already know."

Zhou Cheng closed his eyes, feeling tired for no reason, "Say it."

"Do you know this woman, Yin Wanhong?"

Zhou Cheng leaned against the car window and opened his eyelids a little.

Yin Wanhong...a name I don't remember.

He replied truthfully, "I don't know."

The other side was silent for a while, as if they were considering their words, "Then you have heard of the Yin family, right?"

Zhou Cheng searched around in his mind, and remembered that Zhou Hongfeng had mentioned this famous family in Shanghai, which seemed to be a very powerful family.

But he is also limited to hearing about it, as for the reality, he has never been in contact with it.

"I heard, what's wrong?"

"The Yin family has a daughter named Yin Wanhong. The old man in the Yin family and my grandfather are old friends. Our two families have a very good relationship. Of course, you used to be in this circle. You should understand what I mean .”

Zhou Cheng frowned, not understanding why the man told him all this when he clearly said he wanted to get straight to the point, "So, what exactly do you want to say?"

However, He Minnan didn't follow his words, and continued in a low voice, "Since ancient times, power and money have been tied together to advance and retreat, and our two families are similar, but in my generation, friendship is more important than friendship." It's much shallower, for the common interests of the two families, and for the sake of a closer relationship..." The man's voice suddenly slowed down when he said this.

Listening to his slow tone, Zhou Cheng, inexplicably, felt as if an invisible hand reached into his chest, tightly clenched his heart.

He was suddenly out of breath.

Something flashed through his mind, and the moment he managed to capture that bundle of thoughts, a man's sneer came from his ear.

"Presumably you should have guessed what I'm going to say, my second uncle... that is He Xiao, he is going to marry you."

Before Zhou Cheng could react to his words, suddenly, his whole body was taken aside by the sudden inertia, the phone fell out of his hand, and his forehead hit the car window heavily.

The violent impact made him dizzy, and there was a sharp dull pain in the forehead that hit the window glass.

He climbed on the seat and sat up reluctantly. The driver was cursing in front of him, then turned his head and said to him, "I'm sorry, little brother, I don't know where the wild child came from. I almost ran into him."

He seemed to have just noticed Zhou Cheng's strangeness, "Ah, are you alright?"

Zhou Cheng covered the bumped forehead, froze for a moment, then shook his head absentmindedly, looked around the seat, saw the phone dropped under the seat, and picked it up.

The call continued, and he put the phone back to his ear.

"...Zhou Cheng?"

Probably because he suddenly stopped talking, He Minnan's tone sounded a little nervous.

The car started up again, Zhou Cheng put his hand from his forehead, his mind was still in a state of distraction, "I'm fine."

He Minnan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard his voice on the phone.

To be honest, the movement just now scared him so much that he couldn't imagine that if something happened to Zhou Cheng, his second uncle would directly pick up a knife and chop him up.

He coughed lightly, and returned to that casual tone, "I brought you the words, what are you going to do?"

"what?"

Obviously, Zhou Cheng could hear every word in the man's words, but when these words reached his ear, it was as if he was listening to another language, unable to comprehend the thoughts in them for a long time.

It was as if his soul had escaped from this world, and he was floating in mid-air alone, falling into nothingness, and had no perception of the surrounding things.

He Minnan listened to his thoughtless words, and at the end, he laughed to himself.

I probably guessed what was going on, "Why, are you so sad to hear that my second uncle is getting married? The car is still driving forward, getting closer and closer to the gate of the familiar community.

The sky outside had already darkened, and the street lamps shone dimly alone.

He took the phone from his ear and pressed the end button.

"master."

The driver raised his head and glanced at him through the rearview mirror, "We'll be there soon."

"Keep going, don't stop."

"What?"

"I'm not getting off here, you can drive forward."

When He Xiao finished his day's work late at night and returned to the villa, he saw such a scene.

The whole villa was pitch black, and there was no sign of anyone inside.

Sitting in the carriage, he subconsciously took out his mobile phone, found Zhou Cheng's number and dialed it.

Unexpectedly, a mechanical and cold female voice in the receiver reminded him that the other party was turned off, "Hello, the number you dialed has been turned off..." He picked up the phone, calmed down for a few seconds, and picked it up again. Cell phone, made a call.

The call was quickly connected, "Mr. He."

"Where is he?"

"Mr. Xiang is in the hospital now."

15 minute later.

With a handsome and cold appearance, a man in an iron-gray formal suit stepped into the gate of the hospital, walked towards the elevator with slender and straight legs, and walked like the wind, attracting the attention of all the patients, doctors and nurses in the hall.

It's a pity that the man didn't stop for anyone's gaze from the beginning to the end, and went straight into the elevator, leaving a crowd of people sighing with satisfaction...In a certain high-end ward, the cold mechanical instruments issued a calming sound. The sound of beeping, the beige decoration of the room is warm and beautiful, and even the lighting is soft and warm.

Zhou Cheng sat by the bed, quietly looking at the woman with several tubes inserted into her body.

Compared with her original appearance, she is now so emaciated that she is inhuman...just using drugs to maintain the lowest quality of life, without consciousness or perception.

The doctor just told him that it will be about a few days, let him be mentally prepared.

When he heard what the doctor said, he couldn't help but think that the feeling of losing a loved one...is just that.

For some reason, he seemed to feel no pain all of a sudden.

Just like someone said before that the pain was extreme, but it was numb...it turned out to be true.

From knowing that He Xiao was going to get married, to knowing that his mother was about to leave... the imaginary pain never came.

Zhou Cheng stretched out his hand and held the woman's thin hand in his palm.

"mom."

no answer.

As if in a daze, he clenched the woman's hand tightly, as if trying to grasp the warmth, "Mom."

The only sound in the room was the cold beeping of instruments.

Zhou Cheng's eyes were red.

In the next second, the door of the ward was pushed open from the outside.

Hearing the movement, he took a deep breath, straightened up from the chair, and then turned his head.

He Xiao gently closed the door, and consciously relaxed his steps. Seeing the boy's red eyes, his brows furrowed subconsciously.

Seeing that it was him, Zhou Cheng turned his head back blankly.

The man's eyes darkened, he walked to his side, looked at the woman on the bed who seemed lifeless, "Why did you turn off the phone?"

There was a dead silence in the room, and no one answered.

He Xiao's eyes fell on the boy's quiet face, his black eyes slightly narrowed, "Zhou Cheng?"

"The doctor said my mother is running out of time. During this time, can you let me stay here with her?"

The boy didn't look at him when he said this.

He Xiao was keenly aware of something, but in the end he didn't ask anything, "Okay."

After a pause, he added aloud, "I'll accompany you."

"No need," Zhou Cheng finally raised his head, his eyes were so calm that there was no warmth, "I want to be here alone."

He didn't use a tone of discussion, but an order.

He Xiao chewed his words, and the eyes of the two faced each other silently in the air.

During this period of time, because of what happened to Zhou Hongfeng, the two of them had been living in a tepid way. Although they still lived together, they were no longer as close as before, as if there was an invisible gully between them. Keep them farther and farther apart.

He Xiao wanted to restore the relationship between the two to the way it was before, but the more he did something, the more powerless he felt.

The means of strategizing in the market cannot play the same role in Zhou Cheng.

It seems that no matter what he does, it will push him further and further away... Until recently, a man can only maintain the acceptable mode of getting along with him according to his wishes.