Three poisons

In Miss Su Manzhen's frozen expression, which seemed to be from ear to ear, Xu Shuyan found a moment of happiness and then fell into endless headaches.

He realized that now is not the time to patronize happiness, he turned his head and said to Gu Rong with a headache, "When will I have an appointment with you, don't mess around."

The tone was naturally familiar, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but Su Manzhen was once again attacked by the unbearable embarrassment she thought before, and she looked at Xu Shuyan almost in a panic: Who the hell is this?How can you say disrespectful words to Gu Rong and still stand here, but then openly reject him, and even tell him to "stop making trouble"?

The red lips painted with foreign lipstick opened and closed, but they didn't have time to say a word.

Gu Rong was exposed to the conspiracy, but he didn't look embarrassed at all. He just stepped forward and said, "You don't know what is good or bad. Recently, the battle on the northwest front line has been tense. The superiors don't care about the head and the tail, and the pirate front keeps heading south. Press in, these days will not be peaceful, you should not go out on weekdays."

In his memory, Gu Rong has always been a person who doesn't talk too much, even when his marriage was still alive, he seldom talked so much with Xu Shuyan.

So Xu Shuyan took it for granted that he was farting.

"This ancient Yancheng is too small. What are they doing here?"

"Ancient Yancheng is a little further south, next to the South China Sea. There are Bai Chulian and me here. What do you think they are here for?" Gu Rong seemed unwilling to explain too much, "Anyway, you are obedient."

After the words, there were already some gentle words of persuasion. This is the most gentle speech a man has ever spoken since their reunion.

However, Xu Shuyan only felt that he was a little ridiculous—obedient, why would Gu Rong want him to be obedient?

"Don't let me go out, but you have afternoon tea with the ladies in the afternoon?"

Xu Shuyan just wanted to talk back.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the problem came up, Commander Gu really showed a hint of a smile, and those dark pupils flickered with tiny light.

"What's the matter, you don't want me to go?" Gu Rong's voice was low, and before Xu Shuyan, who was covered in goose bumps, could deny it, he explained on his own, "I just happened to be talking with Boss Xu, and I didn't do anything else. , what are you upset about?"

"..."

The surrounding atmosphere was very ambiguous, and everyone present had their own wonderful expressions after recalling it.

Xu Shuyan was about to explain that he was not unhappy, but the moment the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized that Gu Rong did it on purpose——

Others may not know it, but the malevolence in the corners of the man's raised lips is so familiar. When he has bad intentions, he always shows this expression!

...Is there something wrong with this person? !

After everyone divorced, the well and the river have been peaceful for nearly ten years. Why should he stop him from looking for a second spring? !

You can't live your life without letting others live? !

Xu Shuyan didn't necessarily want to agree to Xu Yan's invitation in the first place, after all, it was a sign of weak will that this person left him alone after that day... But it's annoying to be unable to hold back Gu Rong's confident appearance, so With a fever in his head, he ignored the happy face of this man, and turned his head to Xu Yan with a faint smile: "I still want to eat Chinese food tonight, I wonder if it's convenient for Boss Xu?"

Apparently, Xu Shuyan didn't expect Xu Shuyan to shoot back suddenly, the smug look on Gu Rong's face froze, the corners of his lips trembled, and he calmed down.

Xu Yan smiled lightly, nodded and said, "Of course I will listen to you."

I choose what I choose, and I have to admit it even when I cry.

Xu Shuyan was already impatient to continue singing the play with these full-fledged people. He turned his head and politely nodded to the lady employer who bought his cheongsam, and made a gesture of raising his feet to leave.

When he reached the entrance, he was stopped by Gu Rong again.

Xu Shuyan turned around, and saw that the relaxed teasing on the man's face was no longer there, and his bottomless eyes were staring at him, his eyes were too complicated to see what he was thinking...but his face was gloomy.

"Ayan." He said lightly, "My proposal that day was more or less serious."

The magnetic voice came into the ears, as if the eardrums were agitated with slight force, the heartstrings vibrated, and there was a beat in the heart, Xu Shuyan looked at Gu Rong.

In the end, he just said——

"I see."

……

When he went out again at night, there were many more officers and soldiers on the street, most of whom were from the White Mansion, posting some safety notices on the street. Xu Shuyan got closer and found that it was a route map pointing to the nearest air-raid shelter on a certain street.

Gu Rong didn't lie.

It seems that here, the whole nest has been overturned, and there are no eggs left. The Ansheng life in the small town far south of the Yangtze River here is probably entering the countdown.

People on the street looked terrified. Many people who had gone to the Central Plains and had family members who could go to them packed up their things and were about to leave the city. However, most of them even had their ancestral graves here, so naturally they had nowhere to go——

Before Xu Shuyan went to the restaurant, he went to inspect the shop in his hand. This time, "Xu Papi" waived three months of rent for everyone. Everyone was grateful, and the person at the breakfast shop even held him hand, and said cheerfully, I knew that Boss Xiao Xu was always a good person.

You see, in troubled times, most people are still willing to show their faces for personal gain... It's not that they can't feel the fear of subjugation, but that these little bastards always live like this.

On the way to the restaurant, Xu Shuyan was a little absent-minded. He thought of his best friend Marshal Bai and his ex-husband Gu Rong. At such a time, they must not be able to laugh.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Xu Yan was already waiting for him in the box, and the cold dishes were all served, which was very rich.

"It's a mess outside," Xu Shuyan said with a smile as he took off his coat. "Boss Xu is so extravagant and wasteful. If someone sees him, he will probably be laughed at and say, 'Business girls don't know the hatred of subjugation'..."

"No matter how chaotic the world is, there is always something to eat," Xu Yan said with his usual gentle smile on his face, "Sit down."

Xu Shuyan sat down, Xu Yan asked someone to serve the food, and the two drank two glasses of wine with the side dishes, and the atmosphere at the banquet finally returned to a little more natural.

It was as if they had never cut off contact, and everyone tacitly avoided this embarrassing topic, but other things were obviously unavoidable, after all, they appeared here tonight to have a good time. Solve the problem—no matter in the end, whether the terminator of this matter is an exclamation point or a period, even if it is an ellipsis, it is better than a question mark.

After three cups and two cups, Xu Shuyan also ate something. He turned his head to look at Xu Yan, and saw that he was also looking at him with a smile. The mask that hangs on the face is never sincere.

Maybe he was sincere, but it wasn't to Xu Shuyan.

"Mr. Xu called me here because he has something to say to me."

Xu Shuyan asked, it was like opening the chatterbox and getting into tonight's topic.

"This is Mr. Xu?" Xu Yan smiled, seemingly helpless.

One sentence made Xu Shuyan impatient. After all, he had tried to communicate sincerely. If the other party hadn't moved even a sliver of sincerity from the beginning to the end, then he would be embarrassed-now he is impatient to sing along like this again: "Mr. Xu, I'm just a small tailor. It's just that the craftsmanship handed down from my ancestors is indeed magical... But those are all harmless romantic affairs. They can't be separated from life and death, and they can't connect yin and yang. If you try to start from the If I get something and save something, then you are probably looking for the wrong person."

Xu Yan was neither surprised nor annoyed when he heard him spitting beans, but just smiled: "You already know."

Xu Shuyan frowned slightly, and said "Yes".

"Gu Rong told you."

"Not at all."

"He investigated me a while ago, but he didn't expect Commander Gu to be so concerned about me that he even inquired about dead people so thoughtfully and meticulously."

"There's no need to be so eccentric, I've said everything, Xu Yan, I can see that the marriage line on your body has been connected by the Mozi line, and now it's disconnected again," Xu Shuyan said quickly, and then paused Emphasized, "From the very beginning, the second you appeared in front of my eyes, I could see it."

The Xu family can be seen as the marriage line of anyone except the Xu family. This is a skill that has been carried since birth.

However, the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed, so in the mortal world, they can only pretend to be deaf and blind.

So he knew from the beginning that Xu Yan approached him for another purpose, but...

This time Xu Yan was really surprised: "Then you still—"

Xu Shuyan is a little embarrassed, I can't say it, because I am a little lonely, and your conditions are really good, so I am blindly confident and can use the influence of love to let you know that people always look forward, and even expressly hint whether you want to come A heart-to-heart and heart-to-heart romantic relationship... Unexpectedly, after you got a hint, the old man chose to avoid it for ten days and a half months.

Pooh.

Just as he was about to say something, unexpectedly the door was pushed open from the outside at this time, and Commander Gu in dark military uniform walked in swaggeringly, and sat down on a golden horse: "Because my ex-husband is quite adventurous, I don't believe Love always wants to give it a try and see if it really makes people so desperate..."

Xu Shuyan turned around with a "huh" and stared at Gu Rong who was sitting next to him like a monster—the latter poured himself a bowl of soup, took a sip, frowned and threw the spoon away, commenting: "Too salty."

Xu Shuyan couldn't find for a while whether there was anyone in the world who could hate him more than him.

As an uninvited guest, Gu Rong was very contented, raised his head and smiled at the two of them: "Go ahead, don't worry about me."

Just don't care.

Xu Shuyan didn't bother to look at him anymore, so he simply turned to look at Xu Yan.

"A Yang, she died." Xu Yan said, "She came to the ancient Yancheng before she died, saying that she met a strange person, and we can be together from now on... But before we got married, she fell seriously ill -"

Xu Shuyan's face turned blue, and he wanted to say that your childhood sweetheart is so dead that it's useless to look for me. You have to go to someone surnamed Zhao (provided they are willing to talk to you). Yuan, and later she died young, and had nothing to do with me."

Xu Yan looked up at Xu Shuyan, obviously not believing it.

Gu Rong chuckled and picked up the tea.

Before Xu Shuyan could lose his temper and ask him why he was laughing so yin and yang, Xu Yan asked a question that seemed to be expected by Gu Rong: "Ayan, I don't understand anything about the Mozi line and the marriage line you mentioned— ——I'm just a vulgar businessman, and what I'm best at is the principle of equal payment between goods and money... You can't blame me for being suspicious. When A Yang came to you to find a way out for our fate, what did you take from her? Woolen cloth?"

After Xu Yan finished speaking, he added quite sincerely: "Maybe I really approached you with bad intentions at first, but after a long period of contact, I am not satisfied and shaken that you are not such an evil person... Ah Yan, Now I just want to figure out the ins and outs of this matter—"

"You have been thinking about this for the past ten days."

"Yes." Xu Yan admitted generously, "Because it was suddenly revealed that he had other plans, I don't know how to face you..."

"I never ask for anything from my employer. They trade their own things for themselves," Xu Shuyan said lightly, "Originally you and your childhood sweetheart should have been in love for the second or third life, but now the line of marriage in you has been broken. If you think about it, you should also know that this probably means that you will not be able to meet each other in your next life—the Mozi line cannot change what is destined for Yuelao Temple. I also have to tell the truth before the employer nods."

For a while, Xu Yan didn't speak.

On the contrary, Gu Rong's long-standing confusion has been answered, showing a satisfied expression - he is not a good person who can't see his ex-husband murdering and setting fire, but he just thinks that Xu Shuyan has been cheating and abducting in his life, greedy for money and love money, and he has not done a few good things. Mozixian has continued to be immoral in this matter, and I am afraid that after death, he will not end up in hell.

After a long time, Boss Xu nodded slowly, didn't say much else, just said calmly: "So, then I know."

Seeing this, Xu Shuyan knew that this topic was probably over.

And that's about it for him and Xu Yan.

Xu Shuyan glanced at the dishes on the table, but it was a pity that he hadn't had time to take a few mouthfuls... But even if he was sitting here, he really couldn't eat.

In this way, he stood up, and was about to say goodbye, when he looked up into the eyes of the man on the other side of the table, only to find that he was looking at him seriously - there might not be much affection in his eyes, but there was something that he couldn't hide The meaning of retention...

Xu Yan raised his hand and brushed off the clothes on his body, only then did Xu Shuyan notice that what he was wearing today was exactly the same clothes he brought from his mansion that day.

"Ayan, it was you who went to fetch my coat in person that day." Xu Yan said gently, using a descriptive sentence.

"Yes."

Xu Shuyan answered concisely.

"It rained heavily that day..." The man stopped talking suddenly, and he looked at Xu Shuyan docilely. After a while, that good smile appeared on his face again, "Ayan, I Haven't forgotten her yet, but if we could, maybe we could-"

"Boom".

It was the sound of bowls and chopsticks falling to the ground.

The two people in the conversation stopped turning their heads at the same time, and saw Commander Gu sitting there in full leisure, flicking his collar lazily with his slender fingertips——

The place was in a mess, and he didn't even bother to say "I'm sorry", and said leisurely on his face: I threw it, what's the matter.

He laughed, but there was anger and coldness in those eyes.

"You guys really don't mind the past."

Gu Rong said lightly——

"A fiancée's body is not yet cold, and an ex-husband is sitting here, and now he begins to enjoy the future without any scruples..."

Xu Shuyan wanted to say something else, such as scolding this insanity and forgetting to take his medicine for attacking regardless of the occasion, but at this moment, another voice interrupted his words——

It was an air raid siren that rang through the sky.

Ever since the ancient Yancheng existed, in Xu Shuyan's memory, the sound of the alarm has never sounded, but now it is like thunder in his ears, piercing and long, like a death-spelling spell.

Both Gu Rong and Xu Yan changed their faces and stood up, and at this moment, there were fighter planes flying over and buzzing at a distance or very close——

That voice was overhead.

Immediately afterwards, there was a "bang", and the entire building began to vibrate.

The crystal chandelier shook violently, and in the chaos of people screaming, the brightly lit restaurant suddenly fell into darkness...

Xu Shuyan fell into a momentary daze. When he felt a little wall dust falling on the tip of his nose, an ominous sound of wall cracking sounded in his ears——

In the end, Xu Shuyan only saw a slender and tall figure rushing towards him in the darkness, pinning his head and pressing him into his arms.

When the ceiling collapsed, the whole world seemed to be emptied of sound and returned to silence.

In the darkness, a warm liquid dripped onto his face, sticky and hot.

The tip of Xu Shuyan's nose rose and fell against his warm chest, and the universe seemed to disappear before his eyes. Only the tip of his nose, touching the cold metal badge on the man's chest, had a slight sense of existence.

……

All of this, if it is a movie, may be just a few seconds or an instant.

He didn't even have time to say anything to Gu Rong, even if it was just one word.

……

a few days later.

Just after dawn, Xu Shuyan hurried to the hospital.

It was very quiet in the hospital.

Patients who were not seriously ill were moved out, and most of the people lying in the inpatient wards were soldiers.

There are those from the White House, and there are those from Gu Rong's subordinates.

The reason why they can be distinguished is that they have not had time to take off their blood-stained military uniforms. Some of them are glued to the wounds and are not easy to take off. Some of them are busy and exhausted. When they arrived at the hospital, they passed out directly on the hospital bed .

Xu Shuyan walked all the way to the ward at the end of the corridor...

Because the people living in it were unusual, the corridors were full of soldiers on duty. When Xu Shuyan walked by, they cast strict and vigilant eyes——

Fortunately, Xu Shuyan was lucky. Before he was picked up and thrown out, he ran into Lieutenant Tang who hurried over with a kettle.

"What are you doing, what are you doing, don't stare, this is Madam!"

Lieutenant Xiao Tang hurried over, grabbed Xu Shuyan and took him to Gu Rong's ward——

The soldiers looked at each other, and then vaguely remembered that they had heard someone mention such a person before, and they all showed stupefied and apologetic expressions... Xu Shuyan was dragged away for two steps, then turned back to look at those eyes and relaxed, and looked at those tired men. The soldiers smiled reassuringly, indicating that they were okay.

On weekdays, ordinary people envy soldiers who wear military uniforms and guns, who are majestic and dignified.

But at this time, these majestic and decent people stand in front of everyone. The so-called "defending the country" is only four words, and it becomes a concrete thing when it comes to them——

Crawling in the mud, fighting bloody battles in the trenches, sometimes, they may be the ones who crawled out of the death pit, pushing the corpses of relatives and friends away from themselves.

The sword has no eyes, and there is no distinction between high and low on the battlefield.

And how can their ordinary boss surnames stand up to the apologetic gazes of these people?

Xu Shuyan was a little stunned, and in his ears, probably far away from the city, there was another burst of thunder, just like the spring thunder that exploded in the sky on the day of Jingzhe.

It seemed that the ground under his feet was shaking.

However, the spring day outside is just right, where is there thunder?

The sound of the bomb exploding, even though he has become accustomed to it these days, Adjutant Tang, who was walking in front, couldn't help but stop, and then began to complain: "The ancient Yancheng is in a mess, Marshal Bai led people out of the city , it is estimated that the fight is going on right now... Our people are still on their way, tomorrow at the earliest, maybe the day after tomorrow, when those Japanese thieves——damn it!”

Lieutenant Tang chattered, and walked towards the end of the corridor while pulling Xu Shuyan.

Xu Shuyan's mind wandered to other places.

He suddenly heard the shells that exploded that day, the sulfurous smoke, and the collapsed buildings... But in front of him was only the dark military uniform and the cold badge, Gu Rong hugged him, nothing Make even the slightest sound.

There is probably no moment in the world that made Xu Shuyan feel more afraid than that moment.

The black-haired young man thought about it, slowly looked away, pulled the cart off Adjutant Tang, and asked in a low voice, "How is he?"

Lieutenant Tang, who was chattering a second ago, suddenly stopped. He turned his head and looked at Xu Shuyan with complicated eyes, and the latter's heart skipped a beat.

"Not too good, not out of danger yet." Lieutenant Tang paused, "People in the north don't know about it yet, if something really happened to the commander—"

Before he finished speaking, the black-haired young man beside him had already taken a step ahead of him, pushed open the door of the ward and walked in.

In a daze, Lieutenant Tang only heard him say in a low voice, "He will be fine", with such a firm tone.