I thought I was a jerk

"Officer, look what's going on..."

Xie Enrong smiled ingratiatingly. Facing the sudden search, even the police who broke into Xie's house did not show any impatience.

This was a great shame to the family, and Xie Enrong was the only one who could laugh when they were searched into the family's mansion without any notification.

The police officer who took the lead in carrying out the order lightly pushed Xie Enrong's cigarette away, his tone was quite gentle, but his posture was firm: "Execution of official duties, no need."

Although he also secretly muttered in his heart, the order from above was too strong this time, as if he was catching some fugitive who had been hiding for many years.In the end, it was found that Xie's family was very cooperative, so it seemed a little wronged.

Xie Enrong sighed: "With this posture, I would think that there is poison hidden in the house."

The police officer said: "If there is no problem, the higher-ups will give an explanation."

But although Patriarch Xie looked very calm, Mrs. Xie beside him was in a daze.His face was pale, his eyes wandered, and even the naturally hanging hands trembled secretly.According to the police officer's observation skills, he naturally noticed something was wrong, so he couldn't help but look at her suspiciously.Xie Enrong protected Mrs. Xie behind her and explained: "My wife is introverted and afraid of strangers."

Mrs. Xie leaned against his arms tremblingly, but bit her lips slightly without speaking.

The officer said nothing more.

Just a subordinate came down to report and said, "No abnormalities were found."

The police officer saw that Madam Xie seemed to let out a breath, and the trembling of her body was much calmer, and she narrowed her eyes slightly.

Xie Enrong explained frankly: "She has been afraid of the police since she was a child. She feels fierce, so the police officer doesn't need to care."

Subordinate Lai Jin: "What are you afraid of? We are all serving the people. As long as you are a good citizen who abides by the law, you can rely on us more. If you need something, you can go to the police."

The police officer raised his eyes: "Don't be blind."

"The blind ones are behind..." The subordinate whispered, coughing twice, "That young master Xue is here."

Before they left for the mission, they knew that the sudden search was mainly related to the Xue family.

Xie Enrong's complexion, almost uncontrollable, darkened all of a sudden.

He couldn't help but think of the young master who was a guest before.

Xue Ci is standing in the living room

In addition to the police on duty, he was surrounded by a circle of bodyguards.

The young master stood there frowning slightly, his complexion was white and his appearance was conspicuous, even just standing there, he displayed an unattainable noble aura.Xie Enrong saw him at a glance, hated and panicked in his heart, but there was only a slight displeasure on his face, which was a normal reaction to a stranger who caused him trouble: "This little classmate, aren't you Wen Han's classmate? I came here just now. Why... Could it be that we didn't entertain you well, or that the servants in the family were ignorant, which made you feel wronged."

He sighed, "Why do you still make such a troublesome thing?"

One sentence carved out the image of Xue Cijiao's condescending young master, as if the young master just made a big fuss and wasted the police force just because of a trivial matter.

With Xie Enrong's identity, he has never even met the Patriarch of the Xue family, and it is even more impossible to meet this young master Xue who was carefully raised at home, so he does not know his identity.At this moment, my mind was only thinking rapidly, what is Xue Ci's origin, how could he be so troublesome, he is a minor, and the adults in the family don't care about him?

Xue Ci is the whistleblower, so he was able to follow the police into Xie's house.He ignored Xie Enrong's sigh, and instead asked the people beside him, "Didn't you find anything?"

The bodyguard next to him nodded.

Xue Ci asked again: "Where is Xie Wenhan who should be convalescing at home due to serious illness?"

The air stagnates slightly.

The bodyguard and the police confirmed it, and replied respectfully: "No."

At this time, Young Master Xue's beautiful and somewhat cute face showed an unusual coldness.When a pair of dark eyes fell on the Xie family and his wife, they even wanted to tremble slightly.

Actually came here for Xie Wenhan.

Xie Enrong even felt a little regret suddenly, Xie Wenhan shouldn't have been touched, at least not now.He held Mrs. Xie's hand calmly. Mrs. Xie's fingertips were cold, as if she had lost all her warmth.

Patriarch Xie readily admitted: "Send him away early. It's just an oil bottle. He has an infectious disease. You can't ask me to really keep him in Xie's house, right? What if it infects me? What about infecting my wife and children? manage?"

Xue Ci didn't speak for a moment.

He looked down at the phone twice, and judging from the reflection on the screen, it seemed to be some kind of planar architectural diagram.Xue Ci lazily turned the pages, and at a certain point, enlarged it a bit.After a slight pause, he said: "When the main mansion was built, in order to deal with various natural or man-made accidents such as fire and burglary, a safe room with a hidden entrance will be built. Mr. Xie... I believe the Xie family also has one, right? "

The expression on Xie Enrong's face went blank for a moment.

Xue Ci raised his leg and took two steps forward - stopped by Xie Enrong.At the same time, countless bodyguards also stretched out their hands to protect Young Master Xue, with a fierce face, preventing him from taking a step closer to Xue Ci.

Xue Ci was born in a famous family of the Xue family, and the safe room set up in the Xue family's main residence is much more secretive and exquisite than other ancient castles.The Xie family has only made a fortune for a few years, and what they learn from others is not very good at drawing tigers, not very sophisticated, Xue Ci knows where the safe room will be set up just by looking at the architectural drawings he has investigated.

He glanced at Xie Enrong with a flat expression, and stated: "The underground of the winery is quite close to here."

Xie Enrong wasn't sure if his expression was distorted at this time.

He stared at Xue Ci viciously: "The search is fine. This is the safe room of our Xie family. If it is exposed to the public, can we still give us money to build another Xie family?"

Xue Ci smiled.

A mocking smile, with slightly curved lips, but no smile in his eyes.

He said softly, "No way."

As long as you still have the ability to ask for it.

If it wasn't for the bodyguards in front of him, Xie Enrong would have wished to make that beautiful and pampered young master shut up forever.

His chest heaved up and down, as if he would be out of breath in an instant, he called out for someone to stop him in a hoarse voice, but he was controlled by the police again.

At this point, I still can't see anything wrong, and the leading police officer has not been in vain for so many years.

Seeing Patriarch Xie's angry look and Mrs. Xie's increasingly ugly face, it wasn't that their minds were too dark, but that they had seen too many such vicious cases, and they suspected that the Xie family had murdered and hid the corpse.

As expected, Xue Ci was a young master from an aristocratic family, and he was extremely handy in finding a safe room, and his guess was correct.In the underground wine cellar of the small winery, there is actually a mechanism, the wine cabinet is removed and there is a secret passage.

The search policemen straightened their expressions.

It's not that there is a secret room, but judging from Xie Enrong's expression, it's strange that there are no ghosts.

The secret road is narrow and long, and I don't know where it can lead.After ventilation, the smell is salty and wet with a bit of weird fishy smell.But the road was easy to walk, and incandescent lights were installed on both sides. Xue Ci walked in the front, and was stopped when he was about to go down.

On one side are the bodyguards of the Xue family, and on the other side are the policemen.

"Little friend, don't come down from this kind of place, and wait on it." The police officer leading the team said.

They were really afraid of seeing something too extreme. This young master Xue is still a minor, so it's not good for him to see any bloody scenes.Those bodyguards were also the same, they had to protect not only the physical safety of the young master, but also the psychological safety.

"I'm fine." Xue Ci was stopped at the entrance of the passage. The clothes on his body were clean and expensive, which was very inconsistent with the dimly lit, narrow and smelly passage.He frowned slightly and said, "If you hide in the safe room, I'm afraid you won't be able to find it."

"..."

Well, this is indeed "common sense" that these rich kids know.

In fact, this is definitely not "common sense". Xue Ci's behavior was actually very weird, but no one noticed it was wrong for a while.

They couldn't stop Young Master Xue, so they saw the child leading the way down.I had no choice but to send someone to go ahead and protect the young master in the middle.

Xie Enrong's face was ugly, he just hesitated for a moment, and actually followed him on his own initiative.

·

hunger and thirst.pain.

The strong light was still reflected on Xie Wenhan's eyelids, making it impossible for him to fall asleep.I don't know if it was more than ten hours or dozens of hours, every time Xie Wenhan thought he was going to die, his will revived countless times, like a ghost crawling out of a grave, half human, half ghost, not human .

The surrounding lights were bright, but Xie Wenhan fell into darkness again and again.

He couldn't remember what his name was, why he appeared here, why he was tortured by hunger and thirst day and night, only the hatred grew deeper——

He heard footsteps on the stairs.

Xie Wenhan is very sensitive to the sound of footsteps, which means that he will suffer terrible torture in the future.His hands were slightly tense, but he still couldn't exert any strength, only the long and thick chains were being pulled and made the sound of collision.

Consciousness was probably sluggish for a few seconds.

Xie Wenhan raised his head slightly, his eyes, which should have been closed due to the strong light, forcibly opened his eyelids at this time, revealing the dark pupils inside, and stared at the entrance firmly.

different from before.

In the past, Xie Enrong was the one who came the most, and maybe his mother was also added.

But this time the footsteps were numerous, and there seemed to be several people—or dozens.Even Xie Wenhan could tell the difference when he was extremely mentally weak.

What will he be waiting for.

Xie Wenhan thought nonchalantly, nothing would be worse and nothing would be better anyway.

If there are many people, maybe he will die here.

Xie Wenhan would die in a dark basement, rotting like an animal, stinking, and then quickly disposed of.

But those eyes, which could no longer see clearly, strangely focused when those footsteps came.

The black police uniform was very conspicuous, and the police badge on his shoulders shone brightly, falling into his pupils.Xie Wenhan's breathing almost stopped suddenly, and his thinking has not been connected with logic, but he has already felt something and relaxed.

—he was saved.

This idea took root and sprouted rapidly.

And in the black police uniform, there is another figure that is extremely conspicuous.

He was wearing white clothes and black trousers, simple attire, and white skin.

The color of the upper and lower lips of the whole body is the most obvious, a little bright red, and at this moment, the lips are slightly pursed, and there is a deep coldness in those star-like eyes, anyone can see the child's anger.

Xie Wenhan's vision was obviously blurred, he couldn't see clearly at all, but he matched that face with the one in his memory.

He seems to have seen Xue Ci.

Xie Wenhan was not surprised at this moment, he thought he was dead.

People only see the scene they want to see the most before they die—so he saw the police coming to rescue him, and saw Xue Ci standing in front of him with a complicated look on his face.

Xie Wenhan wanted to close his eyes, but he couldn't bear it. He opened them stubbornly, and wondered in confusion why Xie Enrong still appeared in his dying dream.

"Grass." A newly promoted police officer couldn't help cursing.The scene in front of them was not about murder and hiding corpses, but it was not much better than they imagined, and even darker.

The young man was locked by thick chains like an animal, his expression was numb, and the exposed parts were full of scars.

Those wounds were extremely frightening. There wasn't a single piece of good flesh all over the body, but freshly turned flesh or black bruises, which made people unbearable to look at.When they came here, they seemed to be able to smell the fishy smell coming from the boy...or some kind of rotten smell.

While cursing, he moved quickly to rescue the hostages.

Xue Ci's eyes were covered by someone's hands the moment he saw Xie Wenhan.

But the darkness in front of him didn't last long, and Xue Ci almost coldly opened the hand that was blocking his eyes. Although he was still a teenager, his strength appeared to be great for a while.He took a few steps forward, first turned off the mechanism of the searchlight, and when he saw the injury on Xie Wenhan's face, he still moved his eyes slightly, and just squatted beside him.

Beating a minor like this, and imprisoning him in the basement almost killed him.This almost aroused everyone's anger. Mrs. Xie was trembling and unable to speak, but Xie Enrong's expression calmed down.

He noticed that other people were casting angry gazes at him, yet he could still show a gentle smile.

Xie Enrong didn't seem to feel that he had done such a beastly thing at all, but regretted that the image he had worked so hard for was ruined.

He even took a cigarette out of his overcoat, lit it slowly, and shook the sparks: "It's just a family matter, and the whole world must know about it."

The police around him who were vigilant against him were all dumbfounded: "Family matter? What family matter are you talking about?"

"The child is disobedient, and usually contradicts me so much, so he should be disciplined." Xie Enrong spit out a mouthful of white mist, "Of course, I admit, the method was a little too aggressive."

The people around him all showed disgusted expressions as if they had swallowed a fly, and their faces became even more angry.If it weren't for the fact that he was still on a mission and still wearing a police uniform, he would have knocked the man to the ground right now and messed up his face.

Xie Enrong's mind was still working fast, and it was really tricky to deal with this matter.In the best case, it is defined as "domestic violence", and if it is worse, it may be judged as abuse.

The crime of abuse is very troublesome. For more than two years and less than seven years, as the head of the Xie family, he will never go to jail and destroy the Great Wall.

With Xie Enrong's gaze, he secretly glanced at the shivering woman beside him.

It's too troublesome, if it wasn't for the kid who suddenly intervened, he could have dealt with it silently.

Xie Enrong's eyes fell on Xue Ci slightly viciously.

Now Xue Ci has no time to talk to him.

He was beside Xie Wenhan, who was half unconscious, and he didn't dare to touch him, for fear of dragging the wound.But at this time, Xie Wenhan held Xue Ci's finger in a coma.

The sticky blood stained Xue Ci's fingertips.

Xue Ci didn't have a cleanliness obsession, but he was usually a very clean person, and he didn't get any fishy smell on his hands, so he didn't say anything at this time.He didn't take out his hand, but let Xie Wenhan hold it like that.

The police dialed 120, asked for the key, and were dismantling the chains. Because they were afraid of causing secondary injuries, they moved at a slightly slow pace, and their foreheads were covered with sweat.

Xue Ci saw that Xie Wenhan's expression changed from numbness to pain, his face was covered with blood, there were no tears, but Xie Wenhan seemed to be crying.

He watched Xie Wenhan's dry lips slightly open, making a low voice, then bent down to listen to what he was saying, and his soft black hair also fell on the young man's cheek.

It wasn't until they got close that Xue Ci heard what Xie Wenhan was saying.

"hatred."

"I hate him." Hatred almost covered the young boy like a shadow, and he became hideous, like a ghost crawling out of hell.

Xue Ci just squeezed Xie Wenhan's fingertips very lightly.He didn't dare to touch other places, afraid of touching the wound, so he could only use such small movements, like some kind of quiet comfort.

He couldn't persuade Xie Wenhan not to hate, he could only be a bystander.

Those vague murmurs turned into darker incantations.

"kill him."

"I'm going to kill him."

Xue Ci got closer and heard Xie Wenhan's extremely low hoarse voice.The boy gritted his teeth, trembling between his teeth, and repeated these words over and over again.

"Kill him", "Kill", "I'll kill him".

The scarred face was eerie and slightly distorted.It seemed that he came back to life, but he used the body of a demon.Even if Xie Wenhan was just a child, no one who heard him would doubt the authenticity of his words because of his extremely eerie tone.

He really wanted to kill Xie Enrong.

The experience during this period has completely changed him. Even if he walks in the sun again, he is no longer a complete human soul.

Xue Ci listened quietly, sticky blood was dripping from her snow-white wrists.He heard Xie Wenhan's words of hate slowly subsided when his consciousness was blurred, and then he leaned over beside him and said seriously: "He's not worth it."

"It's not worth letting your hands be stained with blood, he will be punished as he should."

Xue Ci lowered his eyes gently: "He will fall into the hell he deserves."

"And you returned to the world."

Xie Wenhan gradually stopped making a sound.

When he was rescued and the police carried Xie Wenhan to the stretcher, they found that he couldn't pull Xue Ci's hand away.It is possible to use more force to separate them, but Xie Wenhan really couldn't find a good place on his body to attack, as soon as he pulled it, it would be full of blood.

The policeman looked distressed.

Xue Ci had no choice but to say: "I will go to the hospital with him."

When they were in the medical vehicle, the police officer was obviously more gentle and appreciative, and said to Xue Ci: "Thanks to you for calling the police, otherwise this torturer would not have been caught."

Family-based abuse is often carried out in secret, especially from the financial background of the Xie family.

It is indeed strange that the caller is such a young boy.

Xue Ci lowered his eyes and responded in a low voice.

"Are you good friends?"

"It's a classmate."

"Haha," the police officer smiled heartily, "That must be a classmate with a good relationship."

Xue Ci didn't speak any more.

Before Xie Wenhan was sent to the operating room for emergency treatment, he finally separated his hands from Xue Ci.And at this time, he unexpectedly regained consciousness.

To say that you are sober is not sober, it means that your mind is very blurred.Those eyes couldn't see anything for the time being, and they faced Xue Ci's face drowsily, and then made a struggling and roaring sound like a wild animal, and the nurse almost didn't hold him down.

"Xie Wenhan." Xue Ci called him.

This made the boy, who was still struggling, move slightly less.

Xue Ci said calmly, "When you get better, give me the box of candies that haven't been given to me."

Attending nurse: "..."

Are you a devil? This child is so pitiful that he still wants candy.The nurse thought embarrassingly.

But after looking at Xue Ciju's cute face again, he felt that it was not so unforgivable.

Xie Wenhan was also obviously stunned for a while, and after thinking hard for a while, he said slowly: "...It was done well, but it has been melted."

"Do it all over again."

"...I'll give it to you again."

"Yeah." Xue Ci looked at him and said softly, "Get well soon."

·

It was this dream again.

Bai Ning thought.

He had this nightmare countless times, it was insane and frightening.

Everything in the dream is real, like a prophecy, coming irresistibly, it is his restless and chaotic future.

He saw the man again, with white hair, pale skin, and bloodshot eyes, a symptom that only appears when the blood of the Bai family is sick.But the man's expression is normal - except for those eyes that don't contain any emotion, his actions are normal and very logical, not like a disease.

The man's facial features are extremely handsome, except for a scar that runs through the entire face on his face, and there are countless small healed wounds, bumps and ups and downs, like countless centipedes climbing on his face, hideous like a ghost Horrible, disgustingly ugly.

Bai Ning didn't dare to look at him, not only because he thought the man was terribly ugly, but also because he knew what would happen next——

"Bai Ning."

The man called him.

The voice is a hoarse tone that has been destroyed, like an ominous black crow, it is ugly.

The cold gun barrel pressed against his forehead, Bai Ning's Adam's apple rolled slightly, he was too afraid to speak.

But he still begged in the same way: "Please let me go, please, the Bai family is yours, I have no relatives, I have nothing. I will go away, I will never Appearing in front of you—"

The next moment, his crying stopped abruptly.Bai Ning was shot in the head and fell down in pain.

According to the usual practice, the dream ends here.

But Bai Ning saw a different and different scene.

The well-dressed and handsome man saw the man at the dinner party, couldn't help frowning, and asked his mother patiently, "Who is he?"

"It's just a little thing I just recognized." His mother frowned slightly, and when her eyes fell on the man's ugly face, she moved her eyes away as if they were irritated, and said angrily, "Shame."

"He can't compete with you. He's 28 years old, a waste of nothing." The mother said gracefully, but her tone was rare and sarcastic.

"When I was young, I didn't study, just dawdled at home. It seemed that his stepfather didn't treat him well, so he killed him—I heard that the corpse was still divided, full of blood, and the adoptive mother was frightened. How should I put it, I am worthy of being a member of the Bai family, a lunatic who is in the same vein."

"His stepbrother and stepsister took all his property and sent him to prison for ten years."

Thinking of this, my mother sighed.

"Why isn't it a death sentence... Otherwise, the Bai family wouldn't take this shame back."

Bai Ning heard himself laughing in disgust.

"No wonder Grandpa refuses to let him change his surname to Bai."

"Yes." The mother gracefully restrained her face, adjusted her long skirt, and said casually when she greeted the guests with a wine glass: "The surname is still Xie."

Dream here broken.

Bai Ning woke up.

His eye sockets were red, obviously having another nightmare.

The servants stood aside tremblingly, and the doctor had already arrived.Bai Ning hammered his head in disgust, but still couldn't recall the specific scene in the dream.

I can only vaguely remember a few words.

Bai Ning asked hoarsely, "Do I know... a person named Xie?"

The servants looked at each other, and said cautiously: "Among the guests of the Bai family, there is no one whose surname is Xie."