Blow

Thinking about it later, in fact, before this storm came, there were many omens, but when it really happened, Wen Xiao was in a deep sleep defenseless.

He didn't remember how long he slept, but he vaguely heard Xia Jue calling his name softly.

Wen Xiao opened his eyes, saw Xia Jue's worried face, and remembered that the national digital simulation competition had ended at midnight, and he was currently resting in the hotel.

"...What's the matter?" He fell into a drowsy sleep, cleared his throat, and asked.

Xia Jue said softly: "My sister called, there is something urgent."

Wen Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and he soon became fully awake. While sitting up and putting on his shirt, he asked Xia Jue, "What's the specific situation?"

He knew that Wen Rushi would not say the word "urgent" easily, and once he said it, the situation would definitely be serious.

Sure enough, Xia Jue replied: "Someone is looking for trouble for her, and now the gallery can no longer do business."

"Trouble her?" Wen Xiao paused slightly, "Is it Shao Wu?"

Xia Jue thought for a while and said, "It should be this name."

Wen Xiao suddenly felt angry, thinking that this group of people really had no reason at all, calling themselves "elders", and at the same time being so despicable and shameless.

He lifted the quilt and got out of bed, ready to get his mobile phone and book the latest flight back to Juzhou, but because he hadn't eaten for a long time, he felt dizzy when he stood up, and his body shook slightly.

"Sit down and have something to eat first," Xia Jue quickly supported him, "Don't worry, I've already booked the earliest flight ticket, it's four o'clock in the afternoon. I've also asked about the details, and I'll tell you later."

With that said, Xia Jue brought Wen Xiao to the sofa, and opened the insulated food box on the coffee table.The three dishes and one soup inside are delicious in color and pleasing to the eye.

"There is also porridge, on the bottom floor," Xia Jue continued, and handed Wen Xiao a spoon, "Half rice and half millet, according to your taste, no sugar."

Wen Xiao took the spoon, and smelled the aroma of food at the end of his nose, feeling that his anxious mood was gradually being soothed.

Including after eating, he went to the bathroom to wash up, and found that all the clothes he changed last night had been washed and dried in a way.In short, everything is ready, as soon as he wakes up, they can start immediately.

It was twelve noon.On the way to the airport, Xia Jue slowly told Wen Xiao what happened to Wen Rushi recently.

The matter was initially innocuous: "Juzhou Commercial Daily" published an interview article with Wen Zhengming last week.As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the newspaper has made special arrangements to set up a few questions and answers related to family conditions.

To this, Wen Zhengming's response was very vague, he only said that he had been busy with work, so he simply brushed it off.However, last night, the Juzhou forum suddenly broke the news, accusing the children of a high-skilled family in the city of being greedy for profit and arbitrarily embezzling the property of their biological father. Maliciousness is marked in red, and the pointing is very obvious.

At present, the original post of this post has been deleted, but related discussion posts are emerging one after another, and many local media have received the news, and have flocked to Echo Gallery nearby, claiming to see Wen Rushi, one of the children, who is "highly respected and innocently affected". Wen Zhengming asked for an explanation.As a result, the operation of the gallery was severely affected and had to close down.

After Wen Xiao listened to it, the first thing he felt was not anger, but absurdity.Laughing at such an unfounded and full of loopholes, it can trigger heated discussions on the Internet, and even the media flocks to it indiscriminately.

"My sister called from Loushanguan's number, and told you to be careful at school, because I don't know if Shao Wu will use any tricks again." Xia Jue sighed, "And told us not to go back."

Wen Xiao looked at him: "But you still bought the ticket."

"That's for sure," Xia Jue said seriously with a look of reason, "How can I let my sister face those things alone."

Wen Xiao was silent for a while, and held his hand.As soon as the two came into contact, Xia Jue found that although Wen Xiao was calm on the surface, most of the muscles on his body were tense.

Xia Jue felt distressed for a while, but at the same time, she was glad that at least Wen Xiao still had him, and they could always express their truest emotions to each other.

The plane was slightly delayed, and the two landed at Juzhou Airport at seven o'clock in the evening.

Only then did Wen Xiao dial Loushanguan's number and take the initiative to contact Wen Rushi.Otherwise, with Wen Rushi's temper, he would definitely not agree to their return.

"What did you say?" As expected, Wen Rushi picked up the phone, and after a few sentences, his tone became more severe, "Wen Xiao, are you taking my words for granted? You don't even look at the situation. What are you doing when you come back and cause trouble for me? You dragged Xiaoxia into the water, what are you thinking?"

Xia Jue listened closely, and couldn't help but defend Wen Xiao in a low voice: "Miss Xiaoru, I actually booked the ticket."

"...Xia Jue?" Wen Rushi recognized his voice, and couldn't help asking, "You've always been the most sensible, why is it that Xiaoxiao is messing around with you this time?"

Xia Jue was embarrassed to speak any more.

"Sister," Wen Xiao patted his head, then slowed down and shouted into the microphone, "Such a big incident happened, even if we don't come back, it's hard to feel at ease outside."

Wen Rushi paused, but still scolded: "Anyway, it's already September, and none of you college students are ready to go to school, or something."

Wen Xiao didn't reply yet, just listened to the other end of the phone, Lou Shanguan said cautiously: "Recently the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday..."

"The vacation ends today," Wen Rushi said firmly, "You leave tomorrow. Wen Xiao, you and Xia Jue are also going back to class. This kind of thing is not something you should worry about."

"But tonight, we probably have to stay." Wen Xiao said without arguing with her.

Wen Rushi could only reluctantly report the address and promised to let them go there.

Wen Xiao put down the phone.For some reason, after the interruption from Loushan Pass just now, his mood eased a little bit, perhaps because it made him realize that at least Wen Rushi was not suffering alone.

Ten minutes later, Wen Xiao and Xia Jue arrived at Wen Rushi's temporary residence, which was a high-end hotel.

They entered the room, which was a mess, with papers strewn all over the place.Wen Rushi wrote and scratched on the paper, Loushanguan opened the door for them, and went back to the side silently to continue tidying up.

"Sister." Wen Xiao called out.

Wen Rushi stopped writing and raised his head.

She didn't look as tired and embarrassed as Wen Xiao imagined, and she wasn't vulnerable, but the gentleness and amiability of the past disappeared, as if the temperature of her whole body had suddenly dropped by half.

Xia Jue also said hello: "Miss Xiaoru."

"Well," Wen Rushi responded, and pointed to them somewhere, "The room has been opened for you. The room card is there, go to bed early."

Following the direction she pointed, Wen Xiao picked up the room card on the minibar bar, but instead of turning around and leaving obediently, she handed the room card to Xia Jue.

"It's not even eight o'clock, so there's always time to chat." He said.

Wen Rushi shook his head: "I booked a flight back to Beijing for you in the morning."

"What?" Wen Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then unconsciously took a step forward, "I won't go."

"Don't be ignorant," Wen Rushi said indifferently, "You are students, the most important thing is to study."

Wen Xiao frowned: "But Xia Jue and I haven't officially started school yet, not to mention that when the school officially starts, there will be a by-election week."

Xia Jue followed up and said, "Yes, we are still about three days away from the start of school."

Wen Ru was speechless for a moment.

Wen Xiao squeezed Xia Jue's palm.Xia Jue understood, took the opportunity to wink at Lou Shanguan, and led him out.

There were only two siblings left in the room.

Wen Xiao sat down by the bed and didn't take the initiative to find a topic.Wen Rushi sat in front of the desk, always facing away from him.

The atmosphere was surprisingly quiet.

After a while, Wen Xiao casually flipped through a stack of documents organized by Lou Shanguan, including legal provisions and gallery-related materials.

"...Defamation lawsuits are hard to fight," Wen Rushi finally said when he heard him turning the pages, "If it's normal, it's still possible to win."

Wen Xiao asked: "Why do you say 'if it is normal'?"

"Because I have only recently fully understood what kind of person Shao Wu is," Wen Ru replied coldly, "If it was a normal reporter interview, no matter what, I wouldn't even be able to go home. The problem is that he called The group of people here are completely hooligans, and they say they are reporters, but in fact, they don't know how many of them can show their qualifications."

Wen Xiao's heart tightened: "Is it useful to call the police?"

Wen Ru said: "Of course it is useful, but it is impossible to call the police 24 hours a day—his people are all-pervasive, and the main purpose is to prevent 'Echo' from opening."

"Just because he refused to buy shares?" Wen Xiao frowned deeply, feeling unbelievable.

Wen Rushi said: "Not only. After he was kicked out of 'Echo' by me half a year ago, he invested in two other small galleries, but it was very difficult to do so. You also know that in Juzhou, 'Echo' has always been the only one .”

Wen Xiao understood: "So he wants to use this method..."

"And it's killing two birds with one stone," Wen Rushi took a deep breath, "Now, on the one hand, 'Echo' can't open normally, and on the other hand, its reputation has also been affected. I really didn't expect that after so many years, in the end, 'Echo' would be That's what I got in my hands."

While speaking, she straightened her back, but her final voice was trembling slightly.

Wen Xiao felt an unspeakable pain in his heart for a moment.

"Don't say that," he tried to comfort Wen Rushi, "Sister, this matter is not your responsibility."

Wen Rushi didn't respond.Wen Xiao also knew that his persuasion was too weak.Wen Rushi has been synonymous with excellence since he was a child, full of high spirits and radiance, but suffered setbacks in the most cherished things in his life. This kind of blow is almost devastating.

Wen Xiao couldn't restrain his anger towards Shao Wu, but he thought again, Shao Wu would do this because...

Everything that happened from August of the previous year to now, scenes quickly flashed in Wen Xiao's mind.

Suddenly, Wen Rushi seemed to sense his consciousness from a distance, turned around, and looked at him with a pale face.

"Shao Wu has invested in those two small galleries for half a year." Wen Xiao looked at her for a moment, and slowly said the conclusion that they already had the answer in their hearts, "Why did they choose to attack suddenly at this time? Is it possible? , His behavior got Dad's tacit approval."

The author has something to say: it should be ending soon, within ten chapters of making a wish.