drowning tide

The rain stopped around five or six o'clock in the morning, but the sky was still gloomy, and I don't know when it will rain again.

Nie Xicheng and Wen Zhicheng drove to the outskirts of Rongcheng, except for the mechanical female voice of the road navigation in the car, it was Wen Zhicheng talking to himself nervously.

"No, no, still no." He kept staring at the phone screen for fear of missing any news, "Didn't you say they would contact me?"

This is the second day after Wen Li disappeared, and the man behind Wen Li's arrest still hasn't contacted him.

He thought of many scary scenarios, such as receiving Wen Li's severed limbs in the mailbox one morning - being alive does not mean that there is no pain, and it may be that life is worse than death.

Nie Xicheng, who was concentrating on driving, stared at the sickly road ahead, tapped the leather steering wheel with his slender fingers, "Mr. Wen, calm down, you are the last hope of Miss."

The last few words of hope were like a shot in the arm, Wen Zhicheng took a deep breath, he needed someone to talk to him, otherwise his anxiety and restlessness would drive him crazy.

"Let me ask you, why didn't you let Wu Xin follow?"

"Mr. Wen, do you remember what Luo Yi said in the hospital the afternoon before yesterday?"

At the red light ahead, Nie Xicheng took a sip of coffee from the cup in front of him, there were faint traces of not sleeping well last night under his eyes.

Wen Zhicheng was immediately stunned by the question, and he didn't even notice that he was addressing Luo Yi not by Mr. Luo but by his first and last name.Luo Yi didn't say a few words to him that day, except to ask him to dismiss others... His face changed, "You mean...Wu Xin is...?"

"Well, it's not far from ten."

There is enough evidence for Nie Xicheng to say this, "There are not many people who know that calligraphy and painting, and it is impossible for others to know the exact time. Except for Wu Xin, if it is just a coincidence, there are many similar things, and they are excluded one by one. He's the most likely to come down."

The box containing the calligraphy and painting was used by Yi Huai as a shield, and there were some potholes on it, but the calligraphy and painting inside were intact, but Wen Zhicheng felt that it was too unlucky for it to go through such a thing, so he picked another file in order not to offend others. Play it and send it to others.

"Do you have any other evidence?"

After all, it was his confidant who had been with him for so many years, Wen Zhicheng didn't fully listen to his words.

"Yes, I asked someone to check. Wu Xin has a friend who has been with him for many years. During this time, Wu Xin gave her a lot of things, including a Franck Muller jewelry watch and twelve pure sapphires of collectible quality. , it’s not the kind where you buy it and find someone else to drill it.”

The price difference between raw diamonds and diamond-enhanced jewelry watches is several times. Where did a bastard like Wu Xin get so much money?

"Wu Xin is a bitch!" Wen Zhicheng recollected, and cursed loudly, "A wolf-hearted bitch, how can I feel sorry for him wanting to treat me like this!?"

"A bird chooses a tree to live in, and a man chooses a master to serve as an official. Your father is seriously ill, and the outside world is unanimously optimistic about the succession of the second young master. It is normal for Mr. Wu to be fascinated by power for a while."

Nie Xicheng put the coffee cup back to its original place, but what he said in a gentle tone was extremely sarcastic, "But Mr. Wu doesn't understand that Wen Fan is notoriously ruthless in his actions, and the old people who have been with him for many years You must always worry about what you did wrong and become an abandoned child. He has been with you for so many years, and he has been branded by you inside and out. thing."

He showed a subtle sneer, "Following you may still have a chance of survival. When there is a dead end, Mr. Wu has indeed made a wrong bet."

"It deserves it, the traitor deserves to die without a whole body."

Wen Zhicheng said bitterly, but he didn't feel much pleasure.Wen Li's whereabouts are unknown, his wife is hysterical and wants to divorce him, Wu Xin's betrayal of him is the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and he is not far from being embattled on all sides.

There was a slight looseness in the blocked road, and Nie Xicheng started the car, "Mr. Wen, we'll talk about Mr. Wu's affairs later. Let's think about how to explain to Madam when we meet her."

The person they want to meet is Wen Zhengting's wife, Wen Zhicheng's biological mother, Xu Qin.

Xu Qin is the daughter of Xu Maofeng, the boss of Rongcheng's gangsters. At the beginning of the marriage, Wen Zhengting was regarded as a high-ranking student, but many things happened in the middle of going round and round. The status of the two families was reversed.

The relationship between their husband and wife has always been at odds, Xu Qin even moved out from the manor early, and did not go back for the birthday banquet half a month ago.

If Wen Zhengting doesn't ask, she doesn't make trouble, just assume that the Wen family doesn't have her as the mistress.

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"I know what you said. This time your father went too far."

When Xu Qin was young, she was not so pretty, with a long face and thin lips, narrow and long eyes, and sparse eyebrows. The only commendable high nose bridge also looked sinister because of the hook on the tip of the nose. People often privately said that she was too mean. At first glance, there was no Fuxiang, no wonder Wen Zhengting married her and found mistresses one after another, all of them were more gentle, beautiful and understanding than her.

As she got older, her personality became more and more perverse and withdrawn, and she became a ghostly old lady, her eyes were like two bottomless black holes, burning with cold fire all the time.

The servant tremblingly served the tea and ran away without a trace. Xu Qin said straight to the point, "Every time something happens, you run to me, and I'm tired too. It's time to get over it from the root cause."

"Are you going to deal with that little bastard Wen Fan?"

"Wen Fan?" Xu Qin sneered, "What am I going to do with him? I just need to settle Wen Zhengting, the old man. My son is the only President Wen. What am I going to do with him?"

Wen Zhicheng was puzzled, "But didn't Dad leave a will saying that he would... give all his property to that little bastard Wen Fan?"

"Do you think your dad is only guarding against you and me? Let me tell you, he even guards Wen Fan, who he raised with his own hands, just like guarding against wolves."

"What is he doing against Wen Fan?"

Xu Qin gave him a vicious gouged look, "Wen Fan is not his seed, idiot, if Wen Fan was his seed, would you still be alive today?"

"Wait, wait, Mom, are you saying... Wen Fan is not Dad's biological son?" Wen Zhicheng couldn't even care about the fear, and almost threw the teacup in his hand, "Why has no one ever told me?"

"Telling you is tantamount to telling the high society in Quanrong City that Wen Fan is not your father's real son, so don't blame me for not protecting you."

Wen Zhicheng sneered, "I...how could I do such a thing, I just drank too much and my mouth is a little weak."

"Useless stuff." Xu Qin changed the topic, and smiled kindly at her son, "By the way, I have someone I want you to meet."

"what?"

Wen Zhicheng opened his mouth wide, Xu Qin couldn't see his stupidity, opened his mouth and was about to scold, but suddenly remembered something and then held it back, "It's like this, Ah Cheng, there is an unnamed woman next to your uncle who is pregnant , That's how lowly women are. It's not enough to climb the bed. They think about calculating men all the time, thinking that if they are pregnant, they can fly on the branches and become phoenixes. But she is lucky, I let her check it, it is a boy, and when she is born You adopt this child under your own name, and then give her some money to let her go far away, and don't come back to be related to our Xu family and make friends with old relatives."

This fact is so ridiculous, Wen Zhicheng froze in place, "Mom, are you sure... this child belongs to uncle?"

It's no wonder he doubted that his uncle could still let a woman conceive his seed at such an old age?

Xu Qinmi squinted her eyes, and the nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth deepened, "I can't think of you? Amniocentesis was performed by me. There is no room for manipulation. It is your uncle's seed. It should have been aborted, but you Uncle took the initiative to tell me that you should have a decent heir when you become Mr. Wen. His blood is your blood. He doesn’t mind his son calling you dad. What else do you mind? We are a family, no will hurt you."

"Then... what about Aqui?"

Until now, Xu Qin didn't say a word about Wen Li's life or death, she lowered her face in dissatisfaction, "What's the matter with this girl?"

Wen Zhicheng was afraid of his mother since he was a child, and her face turned pale when her tone was serious, "She...she is my daughter, your granddaughter after all."

"I will help you find this girl Wen Li. If you can't find it, I can only say that her life is bad."

Standing behind Wen Zhicheng, Nie Xicheng clearly saw Wen Zhicheng's tightly clenched fists.

"Boss Wen, Madam is getting old, don't go against her." Out of kindness, he reminded Wen Zhicheng not to make a scene too ugly.

Wen Zhicheng shuddered all over, lowered his head, "I see, I will also contribute to Ali's matter."

"Go down, I have something to say to Assistant Yin." Xu Qin didn't bother to talk to him, "What are you doing standing there? Get out, don't look in the eyes."

On weekdays, Wen Zhicheng avoided what they said, but today he stood stubbornly, his neck was red, and asked unwillingly, "Can't I listen? Since you said we are a family People, why can he stay here, but I can't?!"

He pointed at his gentle and personable assistant angrily, "Why can he?!"

A trace of boredom flashed in Xu Qin's eyes. She was so patient with this son, and she had already overdrawn all her shares just now. "What's the use of listening to you, but you don't understand." , "The guest room has been cleaned up for you. I will call your uncle's club to send some small models. Recently, a new batch of goods has been purchased. Don't you like this? ... I will let you find a woman Oh, don't you understand? Get out of here!"

Wen Zhicheng looked at her in disbelief, seeing that she was about to hit her with the teacup in his hand, he lowered his head and forcefully squeezed out three words from between his teeth, "Thank you, Mom."

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"Finally get lost, how could I give birth to such a waste? Assistant Yin, you usually work hard."

"Fortunately, in terms of Mr. Wen's status, he is a very serious person and has no airs."

Xu Qin's harsh eyes wandered around him, seeing the bruises on his arms, "Have no airs, hum."

"What do you want to tell me to pay Mr. Wen on a special trip?" Nie Xicheng didn't care about these small things, "Have you finally made up your mind?"

"What else could it be? You were hunted down by a group of people. I got you a legal identity and a passport. I spent so much money to hire you every year. Is it just to show my useless son the account books?"

"Your kindness, Yin Yuan, will never be forgotten." Nie Xicheng emphasized the word Yin Yuan, "He will never betray you."

She felt a little weird but couldn't tell what was weird, so she suppressed these emotions, "Let's get down to business."

Wen Zhicheng was not there, and Nie Xicheng had a serious conversation with Xu Qin for a long time - he was originally the assistant Xu's family had found for Wen Zhengting, but now he was just returning to the right path.

Her idea of ​​wanting Wen Zhengting's death didn't come about overnight, it was a conclusion drawn after a long period of consideration and calculation. For this reason, she had been planning carefully, fearing that something might go wrong.

"Wen Fan really did what that girl did?"

Xu Qin, who is suspicious by nature, refused to believe that someone would give her a pillow when she was sleepy.

"It should be. Wen Fan is not very broad-minded, and Mr. Wen cut off a project that was about to be completed. It is probably for revenge." He thought for a while and added, "Mr. Wen will say yes next month. Going to the United States to discuss business is actually going to treat a disease, Wen Fan must know this too. Mr. Wen has not decided on an heir for a long time, and he is getting impatient waiting."

"Hmph." Xu Qin snorted coldly, "Look, this is his good 'son'."

The pillow people in the past, and the adopted son who had never been treated badly by their own hands, have all become the people in the world who most want Wen Zhengting to die, which shows how failed Wen Zhengting is in life.

"Mr. Wen has done everything well, but now he's just being backlashed." Nie Xicheng stared at the bouquet of bright red flowers on the table, "If you want to help President Wen rise to the top, then Wen Fan can't be kept."

The fresh and soft petals were still stained with water drops, his eyes softened for a moment, "Do you like roses?"

Although Xu Qin didn't know why he suddenly mentioned this, "That's right, roses, not roses, I hate roses. Why, do you have research on this?"

"For one thing, there were a lot of flowers like this in the place where I lived before."

Xu Qin didn't doubt that he was there, "If you like it, I'll ask the gardener to send it to you in two later. Seriously, I haven't read the specific content of the two wills. I heard that each one has strict additional conditions..."

"Terms are dead, people are alive, there will always be a way, you don't need to worry about it."

Nie Xicheng ate lunch with Xu Qin in the inner room, and it was already dark outside by the time they finished talking about their business.

"I took President Wen back."

She was a few years older than Wen Zhengting, and she had a bad heart, so she was already exhausted after a day and needed to rest.

"Let's go, don't let him get in the way of me."

Nie Xicheng asked the servant where Wen Zhicheng was, and the answer was that it was in the guest room on the first floor.

The room was full of smoke, and when Nie Xicheng entered, he kicked an empty wine bottle that rolled down to his feet.

"Mr. Wen, are you in there?" He asked patiently, "Mr. Wen?...I'm in."

He went in to have a look, and found that Wen Zhicheng was the only one in the room. He had drunk too much, and fell asleep on the sofa, snoring loudly. The industry covers the casino and gambling industry, and they have done a lot in all aspects. They are like the bright and dark sides of the Wen family, which has been washed for the most part. There is also a reason why Wen Zhengting didn't completely get rid of their mother and son.

With such a mother's family, Wen Zhicheng has been with women since he was [-] or [-] years old. Being a small model and star is as normal as eating and drinking. How can he drink alone to soothe his worries.

But he didn't show these emotions, he loosened his tie, and sat opposite Wen Zhicheng to deal with the piles of official affairs - Wen Zhicheng thought these things were boring and complicated, but for the normal operation of the company, there must always be someone to do it.

Under his decision, Shengjiang Shipping has gradually got rid of the plight of successive losses in recent years, and even showed a positive number for the first time in last year's financial statements.

He was not for Wen Zhicheng, a waste. The Wen family had never shown any kindness to him. He just didn't want his father's last effort to be ruined.

Even though so many years have passed and everything has changed, he still wants to leave some last traces.

"...Yin Yuan?"

He pushed the laptop aside to restrain his emotions, "Mr. Wen, are you awake?"

Wen Zhengting groaned and groaned to get up, fell halfway through the climb several times, and finally collapsed on the sofa resignedly, talking to Nie Xicheng like a wriggling fat bug.

"You also think I'm useless, don't you?" He still hadn't sobered up, and he spoke with a bit of a tongue, "I'm so useless, and I'm still... complacent all day long!"

Every time he listened to this person's report on work and analyzed the situation, he always had the illusion that he might not be so useless, but that he lacked a suitable person to give advice.

He was immersed in illusory joy day after day, until his mother's impatient and disgusted eyes gave him a blow - the one who has the ability has always been his assistant, and he is still that useless piece of trash who accommodates him He actually took it seriously, he was so confused.

"Fortunately..." Nie Xicheng was interrupted when he started.

"Tell the truth." Wen Zhicheng was drunk, his eyes were still blurred after falling asleep, he raised his arms and waved wildly in the air, "Stop coaxing me, Wu Xin coaxing me, you coax me too... I am alive, I am alive What else do you mean?"

"The truth is that you are really stupid, how can you be so stupid." Nie Xicheng looked at him with some pity, "Stop thinking about it, what else can you do at this age, commit suicide and reincarnate? Reincarnation may not be smarter than this life."

"you……"

It took Wen Zhicheng a long time to realize what he said, and just as he was about to curse, he heard him continue.

"Don't you want to listen to the truth, Mr. Wen?"

"Yes, that's what I want to hear." Wen Zhicheng was speechless, his dull brain was corroded by alcohol, and he was struggling to think about why his assistant was so cruel and cruel today, "Just now I was here alone. I thought about it for a long time, I don’t want power that much, I just want my quinoa back.”

He turned over to make his numb left leg feel better, and turned his back to this man, not daring to see his reaction.

"You will die. No matter what Wen Zhengting said in his will, if Wen Fan is in power, you will definitely die. He is not Wen Zhengting's own son. Even if he becomes in power, he will not feel at ease unless all obstacles are removed. Better yet, you will die unexpectedly. For example, in a car accident, the worse thing is that your whereabouts are unknown from a certain day, and it is useless to call the police. It is dragged like this, no one is alive, no one is dead, and the body is dragged until everyone forgets your existence. At this time, your bones will quietly You will appear in a certain place, and it will be widely broadcast by the news, and then Wen Fan will rush over hypocritically, just in time to shed two tears in front of the camera, and hold a grand funeral for you, and soon the headline will appear "Wen's new The Lord mourns the deceased brother, brotherly love is deep, determined to investigate and deal with the real culprit' such headlines. Don't pretend, Mr. Wen, I know you are listening when your ears are shaking like that."

Having been exposed, Wen Zhicheng opened his eyes and glared at this man angrily, "What's the matter with you today?"

Nie Xicheng, who was too lazy to pretend anymore, stood up, "If there is nothing else, I'll go to the next door to rest first."

Wen Zhicheng stared blankly at the back of him leaving with the laptop between his hands, and suddenly shouted, "Do you like Ali?"

"Why did you say this all of a sudden?" Nie Xicheng, who had already walked to the door, stopped and looked back at him with a cold expression unlike the Yin Yuan he knew.

"Ali likes you very much."

"Really? So what?"

"If you are interested in her, you can choose a date when she comes back." Wen Zhicheng wiped his face wearily, forcing himself to be sober, not so drunk that he couldn't even speak clearly, "I'm not a good father, I I thought about using her marriage to exchange benefits for me. I never thought about killing her. She is my only daughter. I will adopt the son of my uncle's mistress, and I will not leave all the assets to him. Half, I will leave Half of my property is given to Ali as a dowry, and if you give it, you won’t get it back. If you marry her, you won’t have to look at the face of a trash like me every day.”

"Actually, I had a fight with her the night before yesterday."

Nie Xicheng walked over and opened the window to let in the fresh air from outside.

The moist night wind brushed his cheeks, blowing away the accumulated wine smell and smoke, he turned around, his eyes flashed with a strange light, like the stars in a summer night, "She said the same thing to me, but I rejected her, I could not accept her advances."

"Is she okay?"

He said too many outrageous things that night, Wen Zhicheng was furious at first, but now he couldn't even vent his anger gradually.

Nie Xicheng didn't take his reaction seriously, "I used to have someone I liked very much. At that time, I didn't know that it was liking. I thought he was dead, so I left him and went far away for my ideal. place, so that I dream of his shadow every night of agony."

Xu Qin's garden is full of roses. These flowers, which are carefully cared for by the gardeners, are so bright and beautiful even in the night, especially the one on the left. The color of the petals is like the blood flowing out when the earth is stabbed by thorns...

"But it's all in the past. Even if she's still alive, you can't guarantee that you'll still like her. Why torture yourself for a dead person?"

"Do you think I haven't thought about this? Is it that I over-beautify the memories of being with him, in fact he is not so good, what I like is the phantom of the past, not the real him... until recently, I suddenly realized No matter what he becomes, I will love him, he is the only person I have ever loved."

"Assistant Yin, why are you shaking?"

"It's okay." Nie Xicheng pressed his arm and forced himself not to tremble, "I don't know why I'm shaking, it's probably too uncomfortable."

He looked very strange, a completely different person, Wen Zhicheng couldn't remember who this look looked like—in short, it wasn't like the assistant Yin Yuan he was familiar with.

"Until I forget about him, I can't be with anyone anymore."