They Regretted it After Their Hearts Turned to Ashes

Ming Lu entered the door with the news of the Luo family, just in time to see Luo Chi falling from Ming Weiting's arms, he was startled: "Sir, what's wrong with the young master?"

Ming Weiting grabbed Luo Chi's head and neck in time, protected him with his arms, and made him lie down slowly: "I'm scared to death."

Ming Lu was stunned: "What?"

Ming Weiting sat back by the bed, looked at the data displayed on the monitoring device: "There are some debts, the amount is quite a lot, and it may not be exhausted in a year or two."

"What is this?" Ming Lu was dumbfounded. "How much is owed? We'll just settle it."

Ming Weiting shook his head: "Let him come by himself."

He changed to a cotton ball, tried it on the back of his hand, confirmed that it was soft enough, and carefully wiped off the moisture still remaining between Luo Chi's eyelashes bit by bit.

He is weighing whether he should not report the real number, but halve or zero it appropriately.

That night in the hotel, Luo Chi had repeatedly emphasized to him that he was very serious about painting.If it weren't for this kind of inspirational work, it would take at least three to five days to finish one painting.

It will take about half a year until I get well and start writing.

Three to five days to paint a picture slowly, it will be another year or two.There are always a few days of rest in between, maybe three or four years, and a little more rest, maybe five or six years.

"You can only come by yourself."

Ming Weiting replaced the cotton ball with the back of his hand, and lightly touched Luo Chi'an's closed eyelashes: "There is no rush."

Unknown, Ming Lu went inside, put down his things and went to check, and confirmed that Luo Chi just passed out because of another headache attack and was too tired to fall asleep, so he was relieved.

"Is it because you don't want others to help?" Ming Lu said with a smile, "That's no problem, the young master is very capable."

As the sky outside the window was getting darker, Ming Lu turned on the soft ambient light and closed the curtains: "In this case, Mr. accompany him to pay back slowly."

Ming Weiting agreed with this statement, nodded, put Luo Chi's hand in the palm of his hand to warm it, and slowly massaged those weak and slightly curled fingers.

He did the math, the number was neither high nor low.

Luo Chi has always refused to renege on his debts, so Luo Chi will live a good life for five or six years.

He will accompany Luo Chi, and he can help hold the easel.If Luo Chi has no ideas and feels bored, he can take Luo Chi to all the places that can inspire inspiration, to see the most beautiful scenery, and to see the people in every place.

You don't have to be in a hurry to finish the painting in three to five days. You can go to the scenery to play and relax when you are halfway through the painting.After spending five or six years in this way, Luo Chi may feel that the world is not completely boring.

Perhaps Luo Chi would be willing to accept his invitation and completely leave the emptiness and thick fog.

"That's right, sir."

Ming Lu thought about it, went back to the table, and took the things he brought: "The guests are already entertaining."

With Luo Chi's current situation, it is impossible for Ming Weiting to leave the ward and go out to deal with those boring things in person.

Ming Lu sorted out the information on the computer. He didn't know to what extent Luo Chi's hearing had recovered, so he intentionally blurred what he said: "The Xun family asked how far they need to be sober."

Ming Weiting nodded, motioning for him to put the computer beside the bed: "Tell the truth."

"Maybe it's not easy." Ming Lu said in a low voice, "The truth is too important to her. She just wants to cover up and avoid it, so she will always... I know."

Ming Lu suddenly stopped talking, he met the coldness in Ming Weiting's eyes, and remembered the part that he had neglected.

The truth is important to Luo Chi.

No one listened to Luo Chi's words, but Luo Chi kept talking.He just wants a truth, just wants to make everything clear.

Luo Chi is willing to exchange all his belongings for a shadow that he meets by chance, believing that he has not done anything bad.

"I see, sir." Ming Lu said, "Let them figure out a way."

Ming Weiting lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

Still holding Luo Chi's hand, he turned on the computer with one hand, and put on an earphone on the side not leaning against the bed.

……

The Ming family treated Patriarch Luo very politely.

In the early hours of yesterday, Patriarch Luo took his eldest son on board the cruise ship moored at the port for the impounded container.

Luo Chengxiu is not stupid, he will not think that this is an innocent disaster.

He quickly asked someone to find out the way of Luo Chi's ticket, and also found out the hotel where Ming Weiting took Luo Chi to, guessing how this disaster hit the lifeblood of the Luo family.

Although he couldn't figure out how such a one-sided relationship would allow the "Mr." of the Ming family to personally take revenge for Luo Zhi... But for Luo Chengxiu, this kind of thing was not in the category that he had to figure out.

Facing the fait accompli, Luo Chengxiu directly took Luo Jun onto the cruise ship.

Luo Chengxiu dragged Luo Jun onto the deck, and explained to Ming Lu, who had brought someone over, that it was this ineffective evil that harmed Luo Zhi, and the Ming family could deal with it whatever they wanted.

Luo Jun was dragged like a ghost, staggered, and was thrown on the deck by his father.

……

He didn't just start being like this today.

After returning from the sea, some people already felt that something was wrong with Luo Jun's situation.

He seems to have acquired a strange habit of not being able to stop. Regardless of the work piled up in the company, he has to watch the rescued lists, rescue videos and the latest rescue progress all the time.There was really nothing to see, and he went on endlessly to track down some unremarkable past events.

For example, who gave the cufflinks, why a contract that was about to collapse many years ago suddenly became smooth, for example, the company encountered a severe crisis the year before last, and what happened to the funds that Vice President Jian raised? thing……

This kind of thing happened most five years ago.If we go back to ten years ago, Luo Jun can receive gifts on almost every New Year's day, and after a few years, only birthdays are left.

There were no birthdays left after that, only those one or two sudden turnarounds when the company's situation was at its most severe.

Luo Jun seemed to have guessed the answers to these questions a long time ago, so he was not surprised when he got the answers.

Because of these answers, he became more and more dazed, and his whole body was so gloomy and cold that it was almost scary, but he wanted to confirm each one by himself like masochistic.

He pressed these people over and over again why they hadn't told him the truth sooner.

The branch manager who was pressed by him almost burst into tears: "Why didn't we tell...Didn't Luo Zhi tell you! All the evidence is given to you!"

Luo Jun was hit by this answer until his throat was filled with the smell of blood.He didn't believe that he could do such a thing, so he forced the other party to dig out all the company's surveillance over the years, looking for it day by day.

…When I found the surveillance video, almost as soon as I saw that picture, the memory turned up from the depths that seemed to be blocked by the subconscious instinct.

That day Luo Zhi came to the company to look for him.

Luo Zhi hadn't come to him for a long time, and when he came to him that day, his expression was very calm, and he gave him a file bag in his hand, and called him brother very politely and solemnly.

"Brother." Luo Zhi said to him, "I just found out that you may have misunderstood something."

Luo Zhi said to him: "I entrusted someone to call that money, you can check it out, and I will ask someone to cooperate with you..."

Luo Jun looked at the video on the monitor. He looked at himself who threw the document bag on Luo Zhi's body in a rage, as if he was looking at a monster.

People are always like this. When self-righteous prejudice has reached the extreme, what they see in their eyes is the answer they want to see, and they will complete the logic they are willing to accept.

When Luo Zhi came looking for him, he had already decided that Luo Zhi was a worthless and naughty younger brother.So he logically believed that Luo Zhi must be slandering Jian Huaiyi, and even shamelessly wanted to seize the fruits of Jian Huaiyi's hard work.

Luo Jun even believed that he must have had doubts at that time - this kind of doubt would only inspire more intense rebellion and denial, and would only make him more annoyed and angry.

Angry and angry, Luo Jun instinctively refused to think about another possibility, refused to believe and accept that it was such a useless younger brother who could only dawdle and cause trouble, and was able to help him when he was most critical.

Compared to Luo Jun's unprovoked weakness and rage, Luo Zhi was a little strangely calm, and just bent over to pick up the file bag.

"I always thought, you know I gave you those, and I'm happy for that."

Luo Zhi's eyes fell on his cuffs, and then slowly turned to his tie: "Why did Brother Chenbai do this?"

Luo Zhi seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be asking him: "Brother, do you need my gift?"

Luo Jun was intimidated into silence by Luo Zhi's strange calmness, but the anger of being offended rose more clearly in a blink of an eye.

He must have said something ugly and hurtful, so hurtful that Luo Zhi leaned against the door to look at him, but slowly bent his eyes and smiled softly.

……

Luo Jun was pushed out by Luo Chengxiu and handed over to the Ming family for disposal.

He has been punished to kneel too many times these days, his feet rolled unsteadily on the deck, and he looked at Luo Chengxiu with his arms propped up: "Father, I want to know."

Luo Jun didn't want to ask Luo Chengxiu why he handed himself over, he killed Luo Zhi, he deserved it, he just wanted to know another thing: "Did mother exchange those gifts for Jian Huaiyi?"

There are many people involved in this matter.

Ren Chenbai has been using his name to deceive Luo Zhi.

Ren Chenbai told Luo Zhi that Luo Jun liked his gift very much, and Luo Jun was very happy to receive the gift. In fact, Luo Jun really wanted to take him home, but he was worried that it would irritate his mother, so he had to temporarily wrong him.

Luo Zhi was still young at that time, and it was because she believed in these things that she happily gave him more carefully prepared gifts.

Later, Luo Zhi grew up slowly and began to notice the clues, and the gifts became less and less.

Later, Luo Zhi no longer gave him gifts, but only stepped in to help when the company's situation was not good.

Then there was that conflict, Luo Zhi came to him to explain clearly, and he threw Luo Zhi out in a rage... After that, Luo Zhi no longer gave him gifts, no longer interfered with anything about the Luo family's business, nor Look at him seriously again.

Luo Zhi just casually called him "big brother" while playing games, smiled and said some unimportant gossip that he knew he wouldn't listen to.

Luo Jun took that as disrespect, and would get angry every time. He had never carefully watched Luo Zhi's games.

He later went to play that game, and he played it all day without sleep, but he couldn't keep the character alive.

The villain on the screen ran forward recklessly, dodging the oncoming subway, avoiding the vicious dogs and inspectors chasing behind him, the villain hit the fence heavily, rolled to the ground GAME OVER, and spent one life .

"You come to settle this old account with me now?!"

In his ear, Luo Chengxiu asked him sharply: "How would I know such a thing? So what if your mother changed?"

Luo Chengxiu said coldly: "Luo Jun, your mother is not out of her mind. Even if she did, she just wanted Huai Yi to get closer to you. I didn't know that such a trivial matter could make you harm your own brother... ..."

Luo Jun shook his head, he didn't want to turn over the old score, nor did he want to excuse himself: "It's my own problem."

"It was I who had prejudice against my younger brother first." Luo Jun said, "It's because of me. I have to believe this lie, and I have to believe it myself."

"I've been so bad to my brother, I don't protect him, I don't help him, I see him being bullied by everyone, how can he give me a gift?"

"How dare he give me a gift, is it to prove that I am the worst person in the world?"

Luo Jun lowered his head and looked at his hands: "So I am willing to believe that this is a gift from Jian Huaiyi. I don't ask anything, I don't check anything."

Luo Chengxiu's face was cold, he looked at the eldest son who was getting more and more weird and neurotic, and pulled him up: "Luo Jun, let me tell you—"

"You don't have to tell me, I have something to tell you, father."

Luo Jun looked at the Ming family standing in the distance with cold eyes, he retracted his gaze, and still looked at his hand: "Father, do you still remember my tie clip?"

"My brother gave it to me." Luo Jun said, "It's not Jian Huaiyi."

Luo Chengxiu's expression was already faintly annoyed by being offended.

He didn't understand why his eldest son, whom he was always proud of, suddenly became like this, and he didn't understand why the Ming family didn't come to drag the culprit away and let this matter be settled as soon as possible, but let them just sit on the deck like this Embarrassed to say some useless nonsense.

Is it just to see their jokes?

The Locke family's jokes have been seen enough, and that cruise ship is a nightmare.

He shouldn't have agreed to this trip at all from the beginning, and shouldn't have let the whole family go to that villa.

Luo Chengxiu couldn't hold back the intense irritability that surged up. Even though it was clear that this was the territory of the Ming family, the worsening situation these days finally became the last straw. He completely lost control and slapped his eldest son hard. face.

"Your brother is gone, do you think I'm not sad?! If I knew he was also on the cruise ship, I wouldn't let you see him at all!"

Luo Chengxiu said sharply: "I'm obviously ready to treat him well! You pushed him into the sea, and it's too late now!"

"Yes, I ignored him in the past, but did I let you harm him?!" Luo Chengxiu tugged at his eldest son's collar, "Who told you to do this?! How dare you—"

"Father." Luo Jun said with his head down, "The tie clip is a gift from my younger brother."

Luo Chengxiu didn't expect that he would dare to ask this at this time. He was almost furious, panting violently, staring at the eldest son who had become a complete stranger.

"I'm telling you this because the designer of this tie clip is a well-known designer."

Luo Jun didn't seem to notice his anger at all: "This is the business of the company under my supervision. You don't know much about it, maybe you don't."

Luo Jun said: "This designer is the founder of a multinational jewelry group."

Luo Chengxiu had already raised one hand, but suddenly stopped on a familiar word, and the fierce anger that had been forcibly suppressed also froze in his eyes.

Luo Jun reported his name and smiled: "Are you familiar? Father."

Luo Chengxiu stayed where he was.

...Why are you unfamiliar?

How could it be unfamiliar?

Through the birthday party held for the adopted son, the Luo family got in touch with several multinational companies, and they are robbing several large projects of diamond mines, wanting to grab the mining rights of the mines.

Once this kind of game is entered, there is no way to get out. The more money is burned, the Luo family cannot stop losses on the spot, and the capital flow of the subsidiary is also filled in.

It was because of the blockage of that batch of goods that the money being burned in these projects was cut off, and a bottomless hole was burned in an instant by the sky-high liquidated damages.

"What do you mean?" Luo Chengxiu's hands and feet were suddenly cold, and he was inexplicably spinning, as if the whole cruise ship was shaking suddenly, "What do you mean by this?"

Luo Jun fumbled for his tie, his hand paused at a certain position, and then continued to stroke slowly, as if there was still a good tie clip there.

Ren Shuangmei's network is far wider than that of Luo Jia. For so many years, she has fought back and forth with her opponents in the mall, but instead they show sympathy for each other. In private, they have already had a relationship of drinking tea together.

Hearing that Little Huomiao couldn't sleep these days, she really wanted to give her brother a gift, so without further ado, Ren Shuangmei took him in the car and went to find her old friend for tea.

The founder is over seventy years old and likes children with good art talents the most.Seeing the boy brought by Ren Shuangmei playing sand painting with her grandchildren, and seeing the colors that the child matched for a few minutes, I almost snatched him away as a student.

These were all he asked the heir who had chatted briefly on the cruise ship later, and asked little by little from the other party's mouth.

"It's really talented, it's a pity."

The other party was abroad and didn't know what happened to Luo Zhi, so he told him with great interest how the old man liked the child's talent for color perception, and how he praised them without any hesitation about how bright, rich, lively and enthusiastic the color scheme was.

The other party also said that Luo Zhi has been sending paintings to the past on and off in the past few years, and the old man was quite satisfied, and asked someone to send them to the gallery for exhibitions.It's a pity that I haven't painted much in these years, and I just said that I have no inspiration, and I don't know what happened...

Although it is absolutely impossible to make up such a large amount of money with friendship, if Luo Zhi steps forward and delays the time limit for breaching the contract a little bit, it will not be considered a big deal.

Luo Jun recounted these slowly, and he could feel the appreciation in the other party's tone while listening. He thought that if he was a qualified brother, he might be qualified and honored to be proud at this time.

But he was just slowly being eaten alive by these words.

He tried hard to think why Luo Zhi didn't paint anymore, and then he felt that he was ridiculous, so there was no need to think about such a question.

"Father, I want to tell you." Luo Jun said, "I couldn't make it this far."

Luo Jun said, "We deserve it."

Luo Chengxiu didn't say a word, and stared at him ferociously, as if he wanted to see any hint of lying from him.

Luo Jun just stood up staggeringly. He walked up to Ming Lu and handed over his hands: "I killed my brother."

Luo Jun asked: "How are you going to make me atone for my crime? Thank you for helping me."

Minglu shook his head.

Luo Jun's pupils trembled, and fear suddenly appeared.

"I made a mistake." Luo Jun stopped Ming Lu, "You guys want to torture me, I'm sorry for Luo Zhi, he can't take revenge with his own hands, you all—"

"Mr. Luo." Ming Lu said, "You still call him Luo Zhi."

Luo Jun suddenly froze in place.

"You are the eldest son of the Luo family and the future heir of the Luo family. You have a younger brother named Jian Huaiyi and a younger sister named Luo Cheng."

Ming Lu opened the file: "This is your kinship relationship. As for the Luo Zhi you are looking for, he is in there."

Ming Lu closed the document and raised his finger to the dark and deep sea under the night.

"The one we invited to be our guest is Patriarch Luo. If you have finished talking, please invite Patriarch Luo to come with us."

Ming Lu turned to Luo Chengxiu, who seemed to have lost his soul, and two silent and strong sailors passed behind him, holding Luo Chengxiu's arms.

Luo Jun still stood where he was.

No one went to see him anymore, he didn't even deserve to be punished, because he didn't deserve to be a brother at all, and he never was a brother.

He watched his father being led into the cabin, and he looked down at his hands.

In his memory, Luo Zhi asked him: "Brother, do you need my gift?"

The other Luo Zhi in the memory was leaning against the side of the boat, his blank and empty eyes slowly moved, without speaking, he raised his eyes to look at him with difficulty.

In perhaps quite a long time, it was the first time that Luo Zhi looked at him seriously again, and it turned out to be the last time.

He is still called Luo Zhi, he dare not touch that name.

Luo Jun raised his hand, he was still slowly touching the tie, he had been trying to touch the tie pin these days, and then he could believe it was a dream.

His hand suddenly stopped at the edge of the tie.

Luo Jun's heart was beating wildly at a strange speed, his hands were shaking uncontrollably, and he lowered his head slowly with difficulty.

...He saw ten-year-old Luo Chi standing on tiptoe in front of him, nimbly and swiftly taking off his tie clip.

The child shook his tie clip, deftly galloped, and disappeared in a flash.

Luo Jun chased after him in a panic, looking around for the person he lost.Then he saw 23-year-old Luo Zhi leaning against the side of the boat.

Luo Zhi looked at him seriously, eyes slowly bending.

"Don't laugh." Luo Jun stumbled and said, "Don't laugh, don't laugh when you're sad."

"You come to hate me, come to hate me." Luo Jun said, "Come and punish me."

Luo Jun was almost begging him: "Come and punish me, I was wrong, I was wrong, little—"

He wanted to call out the name that once belonged to his younger brother, but the air flow had already reached his mouth, only to realize that he no longer had the ability to say this word.

He didn't help his younger brother, he watched that name being snatched away, so he didn't deserve to be called Luo Zhi like that anymore.

Luo Zhi was still smiling, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.Luo Zhi opened her mouth to say something to him, her mouth shape overlapped with that of Luo Zhi who was leaning against the office door that day.

"Brother." Before going out that day, Luo Zhi called him that for the last time, "Goodbye."

The BGM of the game Luo Zhi often played rang in his ears, and the sound effects were so real that he felt like he was actually there.

He saw that Luo Zhi looked like the character in the game, deftly holding the tie clip, turning around and turning over the side of the ship.

Luo Jun pounced on and grabbed the icy night mist.

The hem of the windbreaker fell before his eyes, and was instantly engulfed by the sea of ​​ice without ripples.