Taming love, go home to play devil at night

Calmly sucked her finger, and was considering whether to continue eating, when a familiar name was suddenly mentioned on the TV——

"The latest news is that Leng Yihan, the richest man in Asia, arrived in Yuncheng today to participate in an international business conference. This business conference has gathered well-known wealthy businessmen from all over the world, and the scale is very large..."

After that, Jing Jingyi didn't listen to a single word, the name "Leng Yihan" echoed repeatedly in her ears, her eyes were fixed on the TV screen, there was a small frame next to the female anchor, inside was a still photo, a A man in a black suit got out of a luxury car, surrounded by bodyguards and executives from the organizer, surrounded by reporters, half of his face was covered by the camera.

Jing Jingyi couldn't see his appearance clearly, but could vaguely see his slender and straight body, but even so, she still had a strong sense of familiarity...

"The following is the live broadcast of the meeting..."

After the beautiful female anchor broadcast the broadcast, the TV camera turned into a live broadcast video, and Leng Yihan walked briskly forward, those people were always around him, calmly unable to see his true face in Lushan, he couldn't help frowning, I said silently in my heart, annoying flies, get out of the way, don't block me from looking at the handsome guy! ! !

"Why are you here???" Suddenly came a startled voice from behind, calmly and subconsciously looking back...

Duanxuan came out of the bathroom with only a bath towel around his body. His skin was a noble brown color, unlike Ye Xuetong's bronze color, and his figure was thinner than Ye Xuetong's, not as strong and wild as Ye Xuetong's, but There is another sense of beauty, strong and firm chest muscles, strong and graceful curves, and a noble and healthy complexion. If Ye Xuetong is compared to a devil and beast, then he is like a pampered nobleman. This figure is quite different from his handsome and feminine appearance. It kind of matches.

"Uh... sorry, I'll go in and change clothes." Duanxuan was a little embarrassed, and was about to go to the bathroom to change clothes. At this moment, women's screams came from the TV, and countless women shouted excitedly, "Leng Yihan, Cold is cold, cold is cold—"

Duanxuan and Jingjingyi looked back at the same time, this time, Jingjingyi finally saw Leng Yihan's appearance clearly, with a charming and handsome face, thick eyebrows, a tall nose, lonely thin lips, perfect outline, natural The slightly curly black hair curled up on the shoulders into a cold and proud solitude, and a pair of piercing black eyes were as clear as black gemstones, supreme and noble, and as mysterious and bottomless as an abyss.

He has an innate noble temperament, as well as an unstoppable domineering, which makes people dare not offend.

He is Leng Yihan, the president of Shengtian Group, 25 years old, the youngest rich man on the international rich list. He has just been promoted to the richest man in Asia and has unshakable influence in the shopping malls.

Leng Jingyi's heart trembled violently. She was not only familiar with this person, but also had a strange emotion, which was a feeling she had never felt after losing her memory...

"Mr. Leng, where do you plan to develop your business next? Tell us a few words?" The reporters scrambled to ask.

"America!" Leng Yihan replied without hesitation. At the same time, he raised his eyes and looked directly at the camera, as if looking at Lan Yi, "Because my sister is there. She lost contact with me recently. If anyone knows For her news, please contact me as soon as possible, I will reward you with a lot of money..."

Calmly trembled, sister, is that her? ? ?

"Crack!" The TV was suddenly turned off, and Jing Jingyi was stunned for a moment, then stared back at Duanxuan, and asked excitedly, "Why did you turn off the TV??"

"This news is not suitable for you to read." Duanxuan still had a faint smile on his lips, "If there is nothing else, go back to your room."

"Give me the remote control, I want to watch TV." Calm Yi stretched out his hand to Duanxuan, his tone filled with anger, seeing the most critical moment, he actually turned off the TV, it was disgusting.Sucking quietly.

"Sorry." Duanxuan threw the remote control into the fish tank next to him, scaring a few little goldfish.

"You..." Leng Jingyi gritted his teeth angrily, glared at him angrily, got up and pressed the button on the TV, Duanxuan immediately walked over to stop him, just as he stretched out his hand, Leng Jingyi immediately yelled, "How dare you touch me One moment, and I'll tell the bad guy that you molested me."

Duanxuan's hand stood there stiffly, looking at her in astonishment, he couldn't believe that she would say such a thing.

"Last time you pressed me on the bed to save me, and he was very upset. If I sue you now, he will definitely teach you a lesson." Calmly stared at him wildly, "If you are sensible , you'd better not mess with me."

As she spoke, she pressed the switch button of the TV.

Unfortunately, before the TV had time to start, Duanxuan directly dialed the socket and disconnected the cable.

"You..." Leng Jingyi's face was livid with anger, "Do you think I dare not sue you? Do you believe that I can kill you???"

"I believe it!! However, people in the dark night are never afraid of threats." Duanxuan threw the half of the wire into the trash can, and looked at her with a smile, "What's more, compared to letting the Lord misunderstand that I am interested in you, being caught by you Knowing something you shouldn't know is a much more serious crime."

"What is something you shouldn't know??" Leng Jingyi stared at Duanxuan sharply, "What does this Leng Yihan have to do with me? What are you guys hiding?"

"I remember I told you before..." Duanxuan leaned closer to her and whispered in her ear, "You should ask the Holy Master these questions, as long as you can please him, maybe he will tell you everything, And those of us, even if we die, it is impossible to violate his will."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and gestured to see off the guests, "Please!"

Calmly was furious, and left angrily, and slammed the door loudly.

After walking a few steps, Calm Yi gradually regained his rationality. There are so many people around Ye Xuetong, only Duan Xuan is special to her. If she wants to find out the truth, she must find Duan Xuan. Since he is a sergeant in the dark night, he must not be so It is easy to waver. If you want to get information from him, you must spend more energy. If you can't even bear such a blow, how will you escape in the future?

A small leak will sink a great ship!Since there is something to be asked of him now, he has to endure this tone.

Thinking of this, Linganyi took a few deep breaths, went back to the door of Duanxuan's room, and was about to knock on the door. Just as she raised her hand, she thought again, since Duanxuan is so determined now, she will definitely not open the door for her. Let's go in and talk.

So, Lananyi directly turned the doorknob...

Duanxuan has already toweled off the bath towel, and was putting on the inner bag, one leg was put on, and the other leg was raised to be put on, when Jing Jingyi suddenly opened the door, in a panic, he accidentally tripped over the inner bag, lost his balance and fell, the baby was just right Hitting against the armrest of the sofa, he gasped in pain.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were changing clothes." Without any restraint, Jing Jingyi strode over to support Duanxuan, "Are you okay? Did you hit something?"

"No, no, nothing, nothing..." Duanxuan hurriedly pushed away Jinglei, hurriedly put on the underwear, glanced at Jinglei, and couldn't help laughing, "Not bad, you are also very informative."

Duanxuan looked at her with a strange look, then raised his eyebrows and smirked: "Really? Then who is better, the Holy Master or me?"

"Uh..." Tranquility was stunned. If Ye Xuetong heard her say something like this, he would either pretend to be annoyed and call her obscene, or he would turn red with shame and speak incoherently, like Duanxuan. -Provoked her nakedly, she really didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

The important thing is that she couldn't be as open-minded as she was to Ye Xuetong with Duanxuan, and she could say everything.

"What? Are you embarrassed to answer, or did you not see it clearly just now?" Duanxuan slowly moved closer to Lingyi, deliberately flicked the rubber edge of the inner library, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was particularly evil, "Would you like to read it again? Huh? "

"No, no need." Calmly shook her head again and again, she finally understood what it means to bully the weak and be afraid of the strong. In this respect, she can only bully Ye Xuetong, a pure and innocent boy. If she meets someone with a little experience, she will Unable to parry.

"Then why did you go and come back?" Duanxuan put his arm on Jing Jingyi's shoulders, enveloping her like a prison, his slightly narrowed eyes carried a deceptive allure, "Don't tell me, you Did you come to watch me change my clothes?"

"Of course not." Lananyi reacted greatly, with his hands guarded in front of his body, "Don't mess around, if you dare to touch me, the villain will not let you go."

"It seems that your relationship with the Holy Lord is developing very fast, and you can always use him as a shield." Duanxuan looked at her funny, she was still wearing Yexuetong's long shirt, but buttoned the two buttons on it When she got up, she couldn't see any stupid light. In front of the Holy Lord, would she be so vigilant to protect herself?

"Of course, now I occupy a very important position in his heart, and whoever dares to attack me will die." Calm Yi looked arrogant. 13acv.

Duanxuan pursed his lips and smiled, and raised his hand towards her. She was startled and was about to resist, but he opened the wardrobe behind her and took out a nightgown.

She froze, her face turned red instantly, she thought he was going to take advantage of her, but it turned out that there was a wardrobe behind her, and he was going to get clothes.

"I can see that even Fengying doesn't dare to mess with you now." Duanxuan smiled at her, and then put on his nightgown, "Then, may I ask you to come back and find me, what is the matter?"

"I..." Jing Jingyi bit her lip and said seriously, "Actually, I just want to thank you, thank you for saving me desperately last time!"

"No way? You seemed to resent me just now." Duan Xuan tied the belt of his nightgown.

"I was in a moment of anger just now." Leng Jingyi quickly explained, "Think carefully, you also have your own difficulties, as a subordinate, it is right to stick to your loyalty, you have helped me a lot, I shouldn't make things difficult for you. "

"It's good for you to understand." Duanxuan's lips raised a gentle smile, "Actually, you don't have to be polite, you should thank the Holy Master, I'm just following orders."

"He just talked and didn't do anything at all. You were the one who saved me." Calmly looked at Duanxuan gratefully, "If you hadn't risked your life to save me that time, I wouldn't know what would happen to me now. Seeing you being beaten like that just to save me makes me feel really bad."

"It's nothing, I'm used to it." Duanxuan smiled lightly, as if he really didn't mind, and then he looked at her deeply, "I was surprised when you rushed out to protect me, I didn't expect you to be so brave .”

"Of course, you were beaten just to save me. How can I stand by and watch?" Calmly said with a righteous look, "Don't blame me for being troublesome. I heard something at the time, as if you were the son of a priest. He is your biological father, why did he treat you like this..."

"This is not something you should ask." Duanxuan interrupted her, and reminded solemnly, "The less you know about the dark night, the better."

"Oh." Tranquility lowered her eyes, she originally wanted to use these things to arouse Duanxuan's resonance, and then took the opportunity to get closer to him, and then tried to find a way to talk, but she didn't expect Duanxuan to be so taboo about this topic.

The atmosphere was a little stiff for a moment, Calmly knew that it was difficult to take a step forward with Duanxuan in this atmosphere, so he said wittily, "I'm leaving first, I won't bother you."

"Okay." Duanxuan nodded with a smile, watching Jingjingyi leave.

When Jing Jingyi walked to the door, she suddenly turned around and said, "By the way, thank you for the dried beef."

"Hehe, you're welcome." Duanxuan smiled lightly.

Tranquility also smiled, and was about to open the door when Duanxuan suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

"Huh?" Jing Jingyi looked back at him.

"I almost forgot, there happens to be a freshly fried steak here, eat it before leaving." Duanxuan pointed to the steak set on the coffee table, "I haven't touched it, it's clean."

"Hee hee, then I won't be polite." Calmly smiled and Mimi walked back, secretly happy in her heart, she guessed right, when he heard dry beef, he would think of the steak set meal on the coffee table, and then asked her to keep Come down and eat the steak before leaving. In this way, she can not only eat steaming food, but also have the opportunity to get closer to him, and take the opportunity to get some clues.

In order to prevent Duanxuan from discovering her thoughts, she stared straight at the plate of steak. However, Duanxuan did not have any doubts, seeing her salivating look, he even smiled dotingly.

Calmly walked back quickly, because the bed was too high to cut the steak, so she sat directly on the carpet, Duanxuan handed her a white velvet cushion, and thoughtfully said: "Sit on this, the carpet is dirty. "

"Thank you, you are so careful." Leng Yi picked up the knife and fork and began to cut the steak.

"Would you like something to drink?" Duanxuan poured himself a glass of red wine.

"Yes, what do you want to drink?" Calmly glanced at the bar diagonally opposite.

"I only have red wine here." Duan Xuan shook the glass, "If you want to drink anything else, you have to go down and get it."

"I want to drink juice." Calmly looked at him with a smile, "Please!"

"Okay, I'll go down and get it for you." Duan Xuan put down his wine glass, "But you have to be careful, don't make too much noise, it will be troublesome if people know that you steal steak from me."

"Understood." Calmly didn't even lift his eyelids, all his thoughts were on the steak.

Duanxuan took a deep look at her, and walked out of the room quickly, opening and closing the door very carefully, so as not to let the followers outside see Jing Jingyi.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, she calmly followed the action of cutting the steak, turned her head and glanced at the door warily, then stared at the tablet computer on the coffee table, wondering if there were any important clues here, she quickly glanced at the room, no When she found that there was a surveillance video, she immediately operated the tablet and opened the interface. There was a lock screen password on it. She frowned and raised her finger there, thinking about what password Duanxuan would use.

Time passed by second by second, and Jing Jingyi was very anxious. At this moment, she suddenly saw that the red wine on the wine cabinet was all from 82, so she tried to enter the English alphabet of Lafite plus 82, but the password was wrong. She bit her lower lip Enter again, this time, she added 1982 after Lafite's English letters, the password was still wrong, she was so anxious that she was about to sweat, and was about to try again, but suddenly heard the siren from outside, she Surprised in my heart, I turned around in astonishment...

Duanxuan opened the door of the room with a gap, revealing half of his body, holding freshly squeezed orange juice in one hand and mobile phone in the other, staring at her with complicated eyes, and said to the followers behind him: "It's okay, the computer fell on the table, alarmed alarm system."

"The Holy Lord's pet came to you just now, is it her?" a follower asked.

"No, she has already returned to her room." Duanxuan glanced at him coldly, "Didn't you see?"

"Yes." The follower didn't dare to say any more.

"Do you want to check it?" the follower asked cautiously.

"I'll do it myself, and you all stand back." Duanxuan ordered decisively.

"Yes." The entourage retreated.

Duan Xuan pushed the door open and came in, staring at her sharply: "Do you know what you are doing?"

"I, I didn't mean to, I just want to use your computer to play games..."

"Do you think I will believe it?" Duanxuan raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Dark Night's computer equipment is not so easy to unlock. As long as you enter the wrong password once, the system will automatically call the police. Stealing data is a taboo in Dark Night. I'll cover it up for you, those followers have already rushed in to control you."

He approached Jing Jingyi and warned coldly, "Don't rely on the Holy Lord to favor you and think that you can do whatever you want. Although these followers are loyal to him, they are ultimately based on An Ye's interests. They can turn a blind eye to private matters, but once it comes to principles Problem, they will never tolerate it. If this kind of thing gets to the priest, not only will you be in trouble, but the Lord and I will not escape punishment."

Calmly biting her lower lip, she didn't dare to say a word. Duanxuan was usually gentle and personable, and occasionally joked with her, and even helped her desperately, but when it came to serious matters, there was no trace of that powerful spirit. Not under Ye Xuetong, whenever this happened, she felt a sense of panic and dared not provoke him again.

"I know you don't have any malicious intentions, but you just want to clarify your identity, but for this kind of thing, you should start with the Lord, and don't make decisions with me." Duanxuan's tone softened a little, and he put the juice cup on the coffee table He said coldly, "Leave through the window immediately after drinking the juice, and don't let the followers find you here."

He had made his statement clear, and Jing Jingyi had nothing to say. She scolded herself for underestimating Duanxuan in her heart. She didn't take the juice glass, and stood up with her head down: "I'm sorry, thank you!"

Sorry for embarrassing him, thank you for still covering up for her.

Tranquility turned around and walked towards the French window, Duanxuan looked at her back, his eyes tightened, and suddenly said: "Leave!"

Calmly stopped, turned around, and looked at him in astonishment.

Duanxuan looked at her deeply, and said meaningfully: "If you stay by his side, you will fall into the abyss of eternal doom. When you recover your memory, you will regret it too much, and life would be better than death..."

Hearing these words, Lan Jingyi felt as if her heart had fallen from a high place, and she felt a sense of weightlessness. She clutched her heart in panic, and her heart was also beating restlessly, as if Duanxuan's words were not a warning. It's a curse, a curse that will become reality. . .

**

Back in the room, I lay quietly on the bed, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes, unable to fall asleep no matter what.

There are thousands of thoughts in her mind, her heart is in a mess, and countless complicated and messy fragments keep flashing, she can't sort out her thoughts, she can't find the direction...

Duanxuan's words echoed in her ears repeatedly, she closed her eyes, and she once again strengthened her belief, to leave, to leave! ! !

……

It was already late at night when Ye Xuetong came back, the atmosphere in the car was very stiff, everyone lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound, even breathing carefully, Gong Linger's face was gloomy, although she didn't speak, she was full of resentment , The eyes almost burst into flames.

Ye Xuetong let Leng Yihan go, and the reason he gave was ridiculous: "The weather is bad today, I don't want to kill anyone."

In fact, the real reason was that when he was about to shoot, he saw a photo, the photo of Jing Yi, and after that, his finger couldn't be pressed...

At that time, Leng Yihan was standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows on the 76th floor of the Economic and Trade Building. The wall of more than ten square meters behind him was a high-end LCD monitor. Can see clearly.

Leng Yihan quietly stared at the photo of his younger sister, and ordered his subordinates to find the missing younger sister no matter how much money, material and manpower wasted. He even offered a reward of [-] million U.S. dollars to track down the news of Leng Yihan.

Ye Xuetong looked at the photo, and thought of Gong Yuer's heart-piercing cry when Leng Xiufan died; he thought of Jing Jingyi's pained expression when he saw his colleague's corpse on the viaduct; Jing Jingyi's firm look when he announced to people all over the world in the news that he would be arrested and brought to justice within three months...

As much as she hated him, she loved her relatives as much.

If he killed Leng Yihan, she would never forgive him in the future.

At that time, the sky suddenly became windy and raindrops fell, Ye Xuetong put away his gun and ordered decisively: "Get out!"

"Holy Master, why???" Gong Linger opened her eyes in disbelief, "Now is a great time to kill Leng Yihan, as long as you shoot down, sister will be free again."

"The weather is bad today, I don't want to kill people!!" Ye Xuetong left these words and strode away, completely ignoring the suspicious expressions of those around him. Even though he knew that Kitano was staring at him secretly, he was not afraid.

Except for his little boy, he doesn't need to care about anyone's feelings.

Including the priest!

……

"Where's Xiaoguai?" Ye Xuetong asked as soon as he entered the villa.

"Rest in the room." Duanxuan got up and greeted him, "How is it? Is the mission going well?"

"How is she today? Is she good?" Ye Xuetong asked without answering.

"It's pretty good, I haven't come out of the room all this time." Duan Xuan raised the corners of his lips, his gaze passed Ye Xuetong and landed on Gong Linger's face, her gloomy expression told him that the task was not completed.

Duanxuan rubbed the tip of his nose and didn't continue to ask. It was expected, but this time, it was more difficult for Ye Xuetong to explain to the priest.

Ye Xuetong went straight upstairs, Fengying flew over and landed on his shoulders, brushing his hair with his wings flatteringly, he shouted irritably, "Get out!"

"Osprey—" Fengying called out aggrievedly, and flew away sadly.

Ye Xuetong opened the door, but he didn't see Ling Yi, he was startled, immediately turned on the light, took a look, and found that Ling Yi was lying on the sofa and fell asleep, so he felt relieved.

After being separated all day today, her beautiful face has been echoing in his mind. When he thinks of her smirk, the corners of his lips will rise unknowingly. He came back just to see her earlier, because she was waiting for him here, it was like a home!

Ye Xuetong closed the door, walked towards the sofa while undressing, took off her shirt, bare her muscular chest, and looked down at Lan Yi from a height. She slept soundly, like a child without worries, with long curly eyelashes A row of arc-shaped shadows were cast on the eyes, Lingyi's seductive cheeks looked more tender under the light, the two buttons of the shirt were unbuttoned, and the plump and pretty Xuefeng was squeezed even more plump because of the side sleeping position - Man, with her slender and neat legs resting on the back of the sofa, this posture is really presumptuous, he can see her little white underwear...

Ye Xuetong bent down to kiss her, but when he was about to get close, his watch vibrated suddenly, he frowned, straightened his waist, and walked quickly to the bathroom.

When the bathroom door was closed, Jing Jingyi also opened her eyes. She woke up when he turned on the light, but she was just pretending to be asleep. His low voice came from the bathroom. She got up, barefooted, and walked over gently. eavesdrop--

"You're very well informed. I found out so soon." Ye Xuetong's tone was indifferent, and the only person who could make him use the name "you" was the priest.

"Didn't I say it? The weather is bad today, and I don't want to kill people."

"There is no other reason, it's fine if you don't believe it."

"Now that you know, I don't want to hide it from you. That's right, she was the woman that night, but this is my private matter. What does it have to do with you?"

"Don't tell me about the rules of the dark night, did the dark night say that pets are not allowed?"

"She's my pet."

"What's wrong with sleeping with pets? I used to sleep with Fengying every day, why don't you care???"

Hearing this sentence, Linganyi couldn't help laughing, and quickly covered his mouth to prevent Ye Xuetong from hearing, he really knows how to talk, and he can even make such a bad excuse.

"That's what I say, if you don't want to listen, just hang up."

Ye Xuetong suddenly opened the bathroom door, and the calmness that was eavesdropping on the door was hard to guard against, and fell into his arms all of a sudden. He lifted her chin and stared at her coldly.

Calmly stuck out her tongue, ready to slip away...

"Don't mess around..." At this time, Ye Xuetong's tone changed, not as cynical as before, but very dignified, "I didn't!!! I didn't affect the mission because of her. If that was the case, I would have I will not accept this mission!!!”

Jing Jingyi was startled, and looked back at Ye Xuetong. His face was very gloomy, his brows were condensed into a ball, and his eyes were frighteningly murderous. She hadn't seen him like this for a long time. What did the priest say?Is it about her?

"Don't force me!!!" Ye Xuetong gritted his teeth and shouted angrily.

Calmly looked at him worriedly, her heart beating fast.

On the other end of the phone, the priest was talking, and Ye Xuetong listened silently. After a while, he raised his eyes and gave her a complicated look. After a few seconds of silence, he said compromisingly, "Okay, next time I act, I will never be soft-hearted." !"

Then, he hung up the communicator.

"What happened?" Calmly asked cautiously.

Ye Xuetong lowered his eyes and continued to remain silent. After a while, he looked up at her and asked seriously: "It's okay. Why did you eavesdrop just now???"

"I...I didn't eavesdrop, I wanted to...peek at you taking a shower, hee hee." Jing Jingyi found a good reason.

"So that's how it is..." The anger in Ye Xuetong's eyes dissipated instantly, and a playful smirk rose from the corner of his lips, "Why are you peeking? Just look at it if you want." He stretched out his hand to pull her, "Let's take a shower together ..."

"No, I've washed it." Jing Jingyi turned around and wanted to escape, he hugged her waist from behind, the two were playing, suddenly there was a knock on the door outside, and the follower respectfully reported, "Holy Master, Kitano is here! !"

Ye Xuetong stopped, and his voice returned to his usual coldness: "Tell him to wait for me outside."

"Yes!"

"Why did he come here?" Calmly asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, he doesn't dare to touch you again." Ye Xuetong picked up the shirt on the sofa and put it on again, calmly buttoned it for him, and asked flatteringly, "Can I go down and have a look? Last time he made me whole It's so miserable, I want to see how you deal with him."

"I cleaned it up last time. This time we are talking about business." Ye Xuetong pinched her cheek, "Stay in the room and wait for me, be good."

"Oh." Tranquility nodded obediently, without saying anything.

Ye Xuetong lowered his eyes and looked at her dotingly. She buttoned his shirt earnestly. Her gentle and careful movements were like a wife taking care of her husband. Their shadows were cast on the wall, romantic and warm. His lips Jiao raised her sweet smile and lowered her head to kiss her, but she suddenly raised her head and said, "I'm so hungry, can I eat?"

He frowned, slapped her hard on the forehead, and said in a displeased voice: "Is your mind only thinking of eating?"

"What's wrong? You hit me on the head every time, it hurts like hell." Jing Jingyi gritted his teeth angrily, "I haven't eaten all day, what do I think about when I don't want to eat?"

"Don't eat it, and don't eat it tomorrow, continue to starve." Ye Xuetong pushed her away angrily, turned around and left, calmly felt very wronged in her heart, and cursed angrily, "Damn bt, stinky bt, don't let me I'll eat it, I'll starve to death..."