They Regretted it After Their Hearts Turned to Ashes

"Xiao Cheng." Luo Zhi replied before she hung up, "I got into trouble, and Dad will break my leg."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, no one answered.

"Since you are all in the company, I'll go home first."

Luo Zhi's tone was relaxed, he raised his hand and dialed the bell hanging in front of the car: "You help me keep an eye on it, I'll take a few changes of clothes and leave..."

Luo Cheng interrupted him on the other side of the phone: "...So the second brother's injury was really caused by you?"

Luo Zhi paused for a while.

He still held the phone in one hand, lowered his gaze, and didn't answer right away.

"Second brother was seriously injured, his head was covered with gauze, no matter how much I asked him, he refused to tell." Luo Cheng's tone was colder than before, "So it was you who did it."

"Why do you always do this?"

Luo Cheng asked: "Are you short of money again, or are you dissatisfied with something at home?"

Luo Zhi raised her head and leaned back on the seat.

He was quiet for a while before smiling: "No, little sister, it was me and Jian Huaiyi who had a private conflict."

"I didn't agree on a few words, so I was impulsive." Luo Zhi let go of the bell, "Help me intercede with Dad. Don't you want the script that was recently bid for? I'll buy it and give it to you."

Luo Cheng was studying in an art school, and the group's final assignment was short of a good script.

Just two days ago, Luo Cheng was so worried that he couldn't sleep, and in the middle of the night, he posted on Moments to ask for help.

Luo Zhi didn't tell her that he had secretly asked someone to buy the script.

Although the original script was not a hit, it was of high quality, and it was adapted by a well-known senior screenwriter himself, which almost emptied the little money he had saved.

Luo Zhi bought the script and read it all night by himself, and was so moved that he used up two whole packs of paper.

Anyway, it's my own film and television company, close to the water.He was going to set up a relatively formal team, invite a few professional teachers to tutor, and film a web drama for Luo Cheng and her classmates.

Luo Zhi has been busy with this matter for the past few days.

He was going to surprise Luo Cheng and kept the matter a secret. Few people in the whole company knew about it.

...Although now is not the right time in his plan at all, it seems that he can't take care of that much anymore.

"Little sister." Luo Zhi said, "Actually—"

On the other end of the phone, Luo Cheng just said in a low voice: "You should let Dad break your leg."

……

The rest of the sentence was covered by tinnitus.

It was a sound that Luo Zhi had never heard before, like the roar of a train or some other huge vehicle, when it roared and rolled over, even the rails and the muffled and sticky air trembled slightly.

Luo Zhi raised her hand, covered her ear, and switched the phone to the other side.

Luo Cheng is well-bred, well-behaved and docile. Anyone who sees her will praise her as a sensible and caring girl. She has never blushed with anyone.

Even when he said these words, his voice was low and soft, light and soft.

But it also seemed to have a chill that couldn't be wiped off.

The kind of cruel words that a little girl who has never seen anyone with a sinister heart and was carefully protected and raised can give the most hated person the hatred and resistance to the limit.

"Xiao Cheng." Luo Zhi heard his own voice, "Do you know what this sentence means?"

"I used to always think that Dad was too strict with you, but I didn't expect you to be like this...to do such an excessive thing to the second brother."

Luo Cheng said in a low voice: "If this is the only way to make you reflect on yourself, if you live in safety for a few days and don't cause trouble, and don't make your mother sad, then you should be given a decent punishment..."

Luo Zhi gave a soft "Oh".

He raised his hand subconsciously, and stroked the scar on the corner of his lip twice with his fingertips back and forth.

Because there was no treatment at all, the place was already red and swollen, and a slight touch would cause a burst of burning pain.

Luo Zhi smiled apologetically: "No way."

Luo Cheng was talking on the other end, her voice was lower than usual, and her tone was a little anxious, as if she didn't expect that she would blurt out such an impolite sentence.

And these reasons that are constantly being cited can just prove that Luo Zhi has a lot of bad deeds and numerous crimes.

Luo Zhi is not a good person, and the torment made the whole family feel sad, so just being punished by his father's family law is actually very tolerant.

Hearing Luo Zhi's answer, Luo Cheng's voice stopped without warning.

"No way." Luo Zhi fastened her seat belt, "It hurts, I'm most afraid of pain."

Luo Cheng gritted his teeth: "Then you—"

Probably because what she said before was too rude, this time she restrained herself and didn't say any more.

But it is not difficult to guess the following words.

"Then when you hurt the second brother, why didn't you think that the second brother would be in pain?"

"Then why do you never do your job properly and always cause trouble, why do you have to make everyone uncomfortable."

"Then why can't you disappear far away, why can't you bother us less, what else do you want..."

Luo Zhi actually listened to every word of these words.

He was already familiar with these, so even if Luo Cheng only said two words this time, they still spontaneously and consciously jumped out of his memory clearly, and thoughtfully completed the rest of the content.

Luo Cheng didn't continue talking, and Luo Zhi didn't rush to speak.

The depressive silence on the phone made the sound of the electric current harsh and noisy, like wet fine sand being stuffed into the ears by handfuls, hard against the eardrums, and rustled by the breath.

Luo Zhi sighed softly, started the car: "What do you want from me?"

"..."

Luo Cheng paused before answering: "Father wants you to come and discuss the company's power distribution with the second brother..."

"Huaisheng Entertainment?" Luo Zhi said, "Little sister, this is my company."

Although it can be regarded as the property of the Luo family, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy when it was in his hands. He ran out to participate in variety shows and made his debut, trying to pull it together.

During the two years when her ears recovered the best, Luo Zhi couldn't hold back the itching of her hands, and picked up a guitar that she hadn't touched for many years. Indeed, she had been a popular singer for a while.

This is also an important evidence of "not doing business properly" in the eyes of the Luo family.

Now that Luo Zhi thinks about it, it’s not really the Luo family’s prejudice—after all, he’s such a trafficker that he’s only black and not popular. An unremarkable small entertainment company, but its reputation is not good.

The chairman of this company is named Luo Chengxiu, but in fact, Luo Zhi has always been in charge, and the name "Huaisheng Entertainment" was also decided by him.

The Luo family has never stepped in to help, the Luo family's money has not been touched, and Jian Huaiyi's shares and positions have not been used.

...but now it looks like it's almost there.

Luo Zhi raised his hand, and lightly rang the bell that had already stopped ringing.

"I guess."

Luo Zhi said: "Little sister, you want to enter the entertainment industry. Mr. Luo's condition is that he can rest assured unless he enters his own company and Jian Huaiyi takes over?"

The other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.

The person on the opposite side seemed to have been punctured suddenly, didn't know how to answer, and subconsciously held his breath.

After a while, Luo Cheng finally asked him back: "How can you call Mr. Luo? Luo Zhi, that's our father..."

"Looks like I guessed it right." Luo Zhi smiled, "Okay, give it to him."

Luo Cheng froze on the other side of the phone.

She didn't believe Luo Zhi would say such a thing at all, and after hesitating for a long time, she gritted her teeth and asked in a low voice, "What trick are you going to play again?"

"It's nothing." Luo Zhi's tone was soft, "It's not something important, I'll give it to you if you want it."

He really wasn't interested in doing business, and he wanted to start that company well, just because Luo Cheng had dreamed of becoming an actor since he was a child.

In that kind of place where fish and dragons are mixed, if there is no reliance, the clean and well-behaved girls are too eye-catching...

Luo Zhi leaned back and looked up at the bell.

He put the phone back to his left ear.

The hearing in that ear was weaker than ordinary people without the hearing aid, and now there is a faint ringing in the ears, and I can only hear some movement vaguely.

He listened to the girl's sweet and crisp voice.

While distracted, the voice vaguely became a little more childish and soft, like a little girl who just learned to walk.

She refused to let him go out without saying anything, whimpered and pulled the hem of his clothes, stumbled step by step, and hid behind him like a crying bag.

"Second brother, you are not allowed to go, I am afraid!"

"Second brother, you will come as soon as I shake the bell, and I will count down to three."

"Someone bullies me, beat him for me, second brother..."

……

At some point, that voice faded from immaturity, and also the trust and dependence on him.

Later, even the title "Second Brother" became Jian Huaiyi's.

The bell was thrown in the utility room, with a thick layer of rust, and it stopped ringing long ago.

Luo Cheng was about to go to college, and when packing his luggage, he turned it out.

She no longer remembered where this thing came from, and was going to ask someone to take it away with other useless things, take it out and throw it away.

Luo Zhi picked up the bell, polished off the rust bit by bit, and hung it on the car.

Luo Zhi flexed her index finger and tapped the microphone twice.

The muffled voice beside my ear suddenly stopped.

"When you grow up, no one can protect you."

Luo Zhi said softly: "Since you all trust Jian Huaiyi more, then leave it to him."

"Forget it today." Luo Zhi said, "I'll go to the company to hand over to him tomorrow."

Luo Cheng was silent for a few seconds, then called him in a low voice: "Luo Zhi..."

Luo Zhi took off the bell and put it in the glove box.

He didn't let the call last any longer, and after saying this, he hung up the phone.