sincerity of lies

Who will it be? !

Meng Lingshan suddenly turned his head, trying to figure out who was behind him.

But another gust of wind blew through the passage, causing his eyes to narrow slightly. When he opened his eyes wide and looked at the shadow, there was nothing.

There was no one, nothing, not even the shadow he saw just now.

……

"What are you thinking?" Chen Jiashu asked Meng Lingshan.

"...I didn't think about anything." Meng Lingshan was slightly taken aback, then raised his head to answer.

The bright light in the revolving restaurant hits the silver plates and porcelain, shining rainbow-like flashes, and the ridiculous and shameful cheating scenes are still playing on the big screen, and the well-dressed gentlemen around are still immersed in it, enjoying themselves .

It's only 5 minutes back from the cobweb-like corridors.

The corpses covered in white cloth in the corridor, the sea wind with a hidden roar, the sound of cold falling water, and the shadows that suddenly appeared and then disappeared...all went away, as if covered by a layer of frosted glass. in the corner of the brain.

like a dream.

But it's not a dream, there must have been someone standing behind him... But maybe, the other person is not Mr. Liu's.

If it is Mr. Liu's person, seeing him sneaking around, there is no reason not to go forward directly.If you choose to avoid meeting him face to face, it is more likely that he also came quietly and observed quietly.

Chen Jiashu didn't speak anymore, and after eating, the "sideshow" didn't end, so he took Meng Lingshan and A Bin to leave the revolving restaurant. When leaving, the waiter sent a platinum invitation card.

Opening the invitation, it can be seen that Mr. Liu invited Chen Jiashu to a banquet at noon tomorrow.

This must be a matter of formally discussing cooperation with Chen Jiashu.

Tomorrow at noon, the last time... What can I do to destroy the cooperation between Chen Jiashu and Mr. Liu?

Judging from the situation tonight, Chen Jiashu and Abin both underestimated part of the situation on the ship... No matter how you say it, this is a good opportunity, a much better opportunity than during the day!

Meng Lingshan unconsciously held the pendant on his chest.

The pendant jumped out of the clothes. Due to years of skin friction, the red safety knot began to fade, and the paint on the corners of the metal boy's head was also peeling off. Time has not spared this treasure that is cherished by the owner in every possible way, and it still leaves indelible marks on it.

He shook it firmly, like holding a lucky charm, then turned and went out, knocking on the door of Abin's room.

After a while, the door opened, and Abin looked at Meng Lingshan questioningly.

Meng Lingshan gave him a cigarette: "Smoking?"

"No need." Abin refused.

"Don't invite me in?"

Abin just turned sideways to open the door of the room.

Although the owner's attitude could hardly be called a welcome, Meng Lingshan didn't take it seriously. He put the cigarette into his mouth, took a deep breath, and then let it out. In the smoke, he said: "Ask you thing."

"what?"

"Brother, do you plan to cooperate with Mr. Liu?" Meng Lingshan cut to the chase.

"I don't know." Abin said, "Why don't you just ask Brother?"

Meng Lingshan snorted: "It's the elder brother's job to make decisions. As a younger brother, you can just obey. Why bother?"

Abin didn't speak, but looking at his expression, it was obvious that this was exactly what he wanted.

"But this time it's a little different." Meng Lingshan continued, "Mr. Liu is very powerful, much stronger than elder brother."

Abin's lips moved, and the words of rebuttal seemed to have reached his lips.But in the end, the man remained silent, just looking at Meng Lingshan.

Chatting with Abin is often like singing a one-man show.

The one-man show must also be sung.

Meng Lingshan said to himself: "It's not particular enough. When I went out, I saw them disposing of the corpse that died accidentally tonight, and they threw the corpse into the sea directly, like throwing a large piece of garbage."

"Otherwise?" Abby asked.

"As the old saying goes, it's safe to die. These ladies, why have they won many guests for Mr. Liu, right? The lady who died today was beaten to death because she reported the guests' violations to the people on board—she didn't die until she died. And loyal to Mr. Liu."

When Meng Lingshan said this, he observed Abin's expression calmly.

Abin may not care about the death of a lady he has never met, but people always empathize with the values ​​they recognize.

"If this is the fate of loyalty, it would be embarrassing."

"You are too strict." Abin said.

"Maybe." Meng Lingshan finished his cigarette, and he put the end of the cigarette in the ashtray, "You are right, I'm just worried that it would be unsafe for Big Brother to cooperate with such a disloyal person like Mr. Liu .and - um - a little bit of reputational damage."

He got up to go.

Abin stopped him: "What is reputation loss?"

"It doesn't matter."

"Say."

"Brother is famous for his loyalty. Mr. Liu can't see half of righteousness in his body. If they get close, the weak will inevitably move closer to the strong... But the times are different. Now it's the world of money, and it belongs to Mr. Liu." The world is gone."

Meng Lingshan said so, but his expression was full of contempt.

This contempt stung Abin's eyes.

But Meng Lingshan didn't give Abin a chance to refute, and those who finished speaking immediately left the room, leaving only Abin, who was full of words, standing there for a while, didn't hold back, turned around and knocked on Chen Jiashu's door.

Chen Jiashu answered the phone in the room.

The call is inside the cruise ship. Hearing his perfunctory "hmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh The chip in his hand, at this moment Chen Jiashu hung up the phone directly, not even bothering to be perfunctory.

Strange to say.Although Chen Jiashu has no idea of ​​getting involved in gambling, he will not directly liquidate the chips in his hand.

It seems that with this little bargaining chip on this ship, you can grasp something that money can't buy.

Also on board... the right to legally kill.

Then Chen Jiashu asked Abin: "What's the matter?"

Abin asked: "Brother, do you plan to cooperate with Mr. Liu?"

Chen Jiashu: "How dare you ask about this matter?"

"Because..." Abing paused, "Mr. Liu is too disrespectful. Mr. Liu threw the body of the lady who was killed by a guest directly into the sea."

"Meng Lingshan told you? He left the table too long during dinner time." Chen Jiashu thought for a while and guessed it.

Abin defaults.

"Business doesn't depend on loyalty." Chen Jiashu sighed, "It doesn't depend on making money."

"But safety depends on loyalty. When you cooperate with people who don't value loyalty, you don't know whether the knife will stab you from the front or from the back." Abin said in a deep voice.

Chen Jiashu raised his head, his thoughtful eyes fell on the sea outside the French window.

At night, the azure sea turned black, looking out from a distance, like an endless black abyss.

"Do you think everything that happened here is excessive?" Chen Jiashu asked.

"I think everything that happened here is very obscene, and the people here are very crazy." Thinking of the contempt in Meng Lingshan's tone just now, Abin's voice was also full of disdain. He added, "Outside, only the most rubbish If you are a gangster, you will only bully and squeeze women."

"Look." Chen Jiashu pointed out, "You have preconceived ideas about Mr. Liu."

"This is not preconceived." Abin defended, "This is a specific analysis after seeing the situation clearly."

What Abin said today was almost the same as he said in a normal month.

"The bosses who come here never get tired of such obscene things, why?" Chen Jiashu said in an interesting tone, "Because everyone is obscene?"

"Yes." Abin said stiffly.

"I'm dirty too?"

"Brother, you are not tired of it."

"When I enjoy it too, am I obscene too?" Chen Jiashu asked.

"..." Abin didn't speak.

"Forget it," Chen Jiashu shook his head, "You go out."

This time Abin didn't hold back any more, he went out and closed the room door for Chen Jiashu.

In the room with only one person, Chen Jiashu stared at the night scene outside the window in silence, thinking coldly:

Abin is right, this place is crazy and obscene... But is everyone so crazy and obscene when they get on the boat?Don't even talk about getting on the boat, just talking about getting off the boat... When these people get off the boat, will they still be so crazy and obscene?

will not.

I'm afraid they will only be well-dressed, personable, and respectable big bosses.

They will think that the outside self is the real self; they will think that here they are just venting their desires and looking for more possibilities in life.

But as long as you stay here for a long time, do too many unscrupulous things in this unscrupulous place, and enjoy the excitement of being unscrupulous, the remaining real faces of these bosses are on board or off the ship. ?

When they were enjoying themselves, Mr. Liu had grasped their lifeblood...

In gambling, there are neither winners nor losers.

Only dealers.

At noon the next day, Chen Jiashu and Mr. Liu had dinner.

The luncheon was arranged on the deck, facing the sea breeze and basking in the sun. From time to time, one or two seagulls would fly across the sky or land on the deck. Under such a beautiful scenery, even the food seemed to add a lot of color.

Meng Lingshan and Abin sat together at the place separated from the deck by a pane of glass, and also had lunch, waiting for Chen Jiashu.

From where they were, although Mr. Liu and Chen Jiashu couldn't hear the conversation, they could clearly see their actions.

Mr. Liu and Chen Jiashu's lunch was naturally luxurious, and Meng Lingshan's and Abin's were not bad either.They had western food for lunch, and the staple food was steak. In a short time, Abin had already started to eat the second steak.

Meng Lingshan didn't eat anything, he just smoked, he had been smoking, and now he knocked on the one he was holding in his hand, so that the ash fell on the still clean plate.

He glanced at Abin's plate by the way, and said with a smile:

"The other things here are not very good. At least the food is really delicious. I don't know which chef made it."

Abin frowned, put down the knife and fork, stopped eating, and left.

Meng Lingshan glanced at the back of Abin leaving.

Very well, yesterday's words worked, Abin has completely hated this place, presumably this disgust has been conveyed to Chen Jiashu last night.

Now, it can only depend on Chen Jiashu's own decision...

Meng Lingshan kept looking at the two people on the deck. At the most critical moment, he could no longer control his emotions and body. At this moment, he couldn't even worry about whether his appearance would cause waves if it fell into the eyes of someone who cared.

Will Chen Jiashu agree?

Or will you say no?

He stared at the two of them firmly, and finally, he saw the corner of Mr. Liu's mouth pulled down from a distance, showing a displeased expression.

It was just such a small action, but it was like a prophecy, foretelling the final outcome of what Meng Lingshan was concerned about.

Meng Lingshan suddenly closed his eyes.

Chen Jiashu... refused.

Not long after lunch, it was time to disembark.

This cruise ship holds one or two gatherings from time to time every month, and each gathering does not exceed three days. Now it is the third day they have been on board, and they should be preparing to leave.

Before leaving, Meng Lingshan found the waiter and made a request.

He wants to meet Mr. Liu alone.

No matter how Mr. Liu advertises "no secrets" on this ship, when Mr. Liu needs this ship to be "a bit secret", it will be full of secrets.

Under the arrangement of the waiter, Meng Lingshan met Mr. Liu alone without disturbing anyone.

This is the 9th floor of the cruise ship, Mr. Liu's office building.Sitting behind his desk, Mr. Liu asked him contentedly:

"I heard that you want to see me? Is there anything you want to ask me? Don't be polite, although speaking, giving is more blessed than receiving."

"I know what you want." Meng Lingshan ignored Mr. Liu's goodwill and got straight to the point.

His eyes, his cheeks, are silently telling Mr. Liu:

"I know you want Chen Jiashu to die instead of you."

The corner of Mr. Liu's mouth was pulled down again.Looking closely, the old face becomes even older, revealing the skeleton beneath the skin.

"I." Meng Lingshan said, "I can help you."

his purpose.

From the beginning to the end, it was not to help Chen Jiashu.

His purpose was to get close to this ship, to Mr. Liu.

No matter what.

The pendant on his chest was burning red, scalding his flesh.

After another night of heavy rain pouring through the city, the police in Ning City received a report of a death.

The name of the deceased was Chen Jiashu.