the knife of love

Chapter 53 Choice, who is finally given up
Guan Lue didn't look at the two women tied to the pillar from the beginning to the end, but turned to Chi Feng who was holding a gun.

"Uncle Feng, if you want to believe that I touched Fan Lili, I have nothing to say, but if you really hurt one of them today, you don't even think about getting out of this house!" Guan Lue just said She was stating a fact to him, her words were sincere and her tone was gentle, but there was clearly a murderous look in her soul.

Chi Feng snorted, and looked at the man in front of him who was nearly 20 years younger than him.

"Guan Jiu, everyone thinks you have a kind face. In fact, you are the most ruthless person in the entire Jiurong Terrace. Otherwise, you would not be able to sit in this position, so I have the courage to come today and I have no plan to go back alive!"

The resentment accumulated in Chi Feng's heart for so many years is not limited to Fan Lili.

He entered Jiurong Terrace at the age of 19, and fought all the way with the old man, who also valued him very much. Everyone thought that Jiurong Terrace would be in Chi Feng's hands sooner or later, even he himself always thought so, but who would have expected The old man gradually began to alienate him, especially after Ah Xi was born, Guan Zhaorong directly transferred Chi Feng to Yunnan.

Yunnan is thousands of miles away from Yunling, and it seemed that he was dispatched to the frontier at once. At that time, Chi Feng was not convinced, and went to Guan Zhaorong to make a fuss about it, but Guan Zhaorong comforted him, saying that Yunnan is a borderland, There are too many conflicts of interest, there must be someone close to himself to take care of him before he can rest assured.

Chi Feng believed it at the time, and worked peacefully in Yunnan for a few years, but gradually began to feel something was wrong.

Not long after he went to Yunnan, Guan Lue became Yunling's boss, and even Guan Zhaorong began to hand over the internal affairs of the gang to Guan Lue.

Four years ago, Guan Zhaorong passed away due to illness. Before his death, he made a will to formally hand over Jiurongtai to Guan Lue to take over.

At that time, Guan Lue was only 28 years old, and he actually took the top spot in Jiurong Terrace overnight. There are many uncles in charge of each hall, and his qualifications are not convincing at all. The most disturbing thing among them should be Late peak.

"I've been with the old man for nearly 30 years, even if I don't have credit, I have to work hard. What's the reason for him to kick me to Yunnan? What's the reason for giving Yunling the position of master to you, a brat?"

Chi Feng refused to accept, this is something that the whole Jiurongtai knows, and Guan Lue also knows that this account will be settled with him sooner or later.

"Okay, since you're going to settle the old score, I'll settle it with you!" Guan Lue took a few more steps in front of Chi Feng, "Do you know why the old man gave me the position of Yunling's head?"

Chi Feng snorted again: "He's old and foolish!"

"Wrong, on the contrary, the older the old man is, the more clearly he sees it! He knows that you are too greedy, and you often committed crimes without telling him when you were in Yunling, but the old man thinks of your love for him for so many years. God has always turned a blind eye to you, but instead of repenting, you have gotten worse!"

"It's a fart!" Chi Feng refused to admit that he had a problem, "Jiurongtai got its current status by committing crimes to make money. We are a bunch of bandits at root. Guan Zhaorong is the leader of the bandits. Have you seen any bandit leader suddenly change his personality? The one who washes his hands in a golden basin? Even if he wants to wash his hands in a golden basin, he can't drag us into the water!"

In Chi Feng's belief, those who make money but don't make money are fools, so Guan Zhaorong had a big disagreement with him in the later stage, which is one of the reasons why he was sent to Yunnan.

But when a person is trapped in the vortex of interests, he only has money in his eyes, and it is difficult for you to wake him up.

Chi Feng looked at Guan Lue coldly: "I know you've always regarded me as a thorn in your side, and you haven't touched me in recent years because you didn't catch me, but it's different now, now you have me in your hands As for the evidence of your relationship with Su Hongzhi, you can use it to make a fuss about me, so even if I get to Yunling on time this time, I won’t end up anywhere!"

Chi Feng believed that Guan Lue would definitely get rid of him, and this time Fan Lili and the child in her womb were dead, so he made this move.

Anyway, if he is dead or not, he has to peel off a layer of skin before he dies!

"That's enough, stop talking so much nonsense!" Chi Feng didn't want to talk about these useless reasons with Guan Lue, and now he has no way out, so he can only bite the bullet and move forward.

"Choose, which of these two women do you want to keep?"

This multiple choice question was thrown in front of Guan Lue again.

Guan slightly sneered, and said in a roundabout way: "Uncle Feng, why do you have to fight against each other? You just think that I will affect your interests in Yunnan. If you release them today, I promise to let you go back to Kunming safely. I also pretend that everything between you and Su Hongzhi never happened!"

"Guan Jiu, treat me like a three-year-old child?" Chi Feng naturally didn't believe this kind of promise, and it was more reliable. The resentment was strong to a certain extent, and what he thought in his heart was how to make the other party hurt, the more pain the better.

"I don't really care about Fan Lili's life. There are a lot of women anyway. If a Fan Lili dies, I can change her every minute, but the piece of meat in her stomach is my life. How many years have I waited for this to happen?" One?"

Chi Feng is old enough to have a child, this kind of expectation and pain is not something ordinary people can bear, when he talked about this, his voice became dark again, his eyes were like a torch, and he pointed his gun at Tang Jingcheng and Lou Qingxiao.

"No matter what, I will keep one of these two women today, and let you Guan Jiu taste the pain of losing a loved one!" Chi Feng's emotions suddenly became agitated. It seemed to be full of blood.

Guan Lue knew that he couldn't escape today, so he turned around and looked at the person on the pillar.

Lou Qingxiao's face was quite calm, but because her legs were wearing artificial limbs, standing forcibly for a long time aggravated her physical pain, so that cold sweat oozed from her forehead.

As for Tang Jingcheng, Guan Lue rubbed his fingers silently, and never looked at her from the beginning to the end, as if she was an insignificant person.

"Stop dawdling, choose!" Chi Feng urged.

Guan Lue suddenly chuckled: "Uncle Feng's game is really boring, isn't it too cheap to put these two women together for me to choose? We all know that Qing Xiao has followed me for many years, if it wasn't for her leg accident , we were married three years ago."

Guan Lue paused at this point, looking at Lou Qingxiao with gentle but firm eyes, the two looked at each other in silence for a few seconds, and then he turned to Tang Jingcheng, but all the tenderness in his eyes disappeared, replaced by disdain and cold.

"As for her..." Guan slightly snorted, "I admit that this woman has slept with me, but just because I have slept with her does not mean that I have feelings for her. Men, when they are in a good mood, no one will come to your door. refuse."

"Hahaha..." Chi Feng laughed for a while, "Guan Jiu, Guan Jiu, should I say you are devoted to love or promiscuous? I just feel sorry for this Miss Tang, who was tied up by me for nothing. What are you doing?" Want me to take her life in front of her?"

Guan Lue snorted coldly: "It's Uncle Feng who wants to play such a boring game, but if the two of them choose for me, I will naturally choose Qingxiao!"

"Okay, have fun!" Chi Feng roared, and turned his eyes to the subordinate next to him, "Go, go and untie the lame one on the left!"

Soon someone ran over and quickly untied the rope on Lou Qingxiao's body.

Guan Lue immediately ran over, and as soon as the rope was untied, Lou Qingxiao paralyzed because of the loss of support, her prosthetic limbs were weak, Guan Lue wrapped her arms around her waist and wanted to help her up, but she heard a clear bullet in her ear The sound of loading, and the moment he turned around, he saw that the muzzle of the dark gun was already facing Tang Jingcheng next to him.

"No!"

"boom!"

Guan Lue's roar and gunfire sounded at the same time, and the bullet's huge impact passed through Tang Jingcheng's body.

The moment he looked back, he clearly saw Tang Jingcheng's elk-like eyes, the pupils were focused, the mist was scattered, and the pain of the flesh piercing through the whole body at that moment, but she couldn't help but tremble violently. Shouting hurts, all my teeth are biting on the cloth in my mouth...

When you came, my world lit up. It turned out that she was lying to herself.

"Tang Jingcheng!"

Guan Lue let go of Lou Qingxiao in his arms while roaring, and ran over there...

There was a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps on the stairs, and there were bursts of gunfire all of a sudden.

"Guan Jiu, you fucking fuck me!" Chi Feng knew something was wrong, but by the time he realized it, it was too late.

The people he deployed downstairs have been overthrown by the people brought by Ye Tan. It is impossible for Guan Lue to be so stupid as to come here to die alone. As long as there is a gunshot in the building, Ye Tan will do it.

Besides, the people under Chi Feng's subordinates were also from Jiurongtai after all, so they might not be devoted to him when they really wanted to.

Soon the people from Guanlue on the stairs rushed in. Chi Feng just wanted to save his life when he was at a dead end, so he used a few of his men around him as cover, ran to the back window and jumped off.

There are quite a few camphor trees at the back of the building. After several years of growth, the branches and leaves have become dense. Under the trees is a grassland overgrown with weeds.

When Ye Tan chased after him to the back window, Chi Feng had already slipped from the camphor tree branches onto the mud floor. Ye Tan was so angry that he shot down several times in a row, but the shade was lush, and those few shots didn't hit Chi Feng's vitals. Arms folded or escaped from behind.

"Call an ambulance, call an ambulance!"

In the chaos, Guan Lue's almost hoarse roar was heard. The few remaining subordinates of Chi Feng had been dealt with, and Ye Tan ran back to Guan Lue.

Guan Lue had already untied Tang Jingcheng, who was covered in blood, from the pillar. Once the rope was loosened, her whole body went limp as if her bones had been pulled out. Guan Lue hugged her back and hugged her and fell to the ground together. , tore off the cloth stuffed in her mouth.

"Tang Jingcheng." Guan Lue called out.

The person in her arms breathed freely, but her eyes were fixed on the man who was hugging her, but she couldn't say a word, only tears fell down the corners of her eyes rapidly.

Guan Lue felt that it would be better if someone took his life with a single knife. Tang Jingcheng's eyes, like condemnation and stubbornness, were sharper than any blade.

In other words, he would rather have that shot hit him than to be at a loss holding Tang Jingcheng who was covered in blood like now, and he didn't even have the courage to call out to her.

"Old Jiu, I have already called 120, but this place is far away from the emergency center, and there are no roads around, and it will be difficult for an ambulance to come in. I guess..." Lao Mai came over and wanted to hold the door. slightly.

When has Guan Lue been in such a panic like now?
"She can't die!"

"Yezi, go drive!"

"Tang Jingcheng, look at me, if you die here today, I will ask Tang Ji to bury you with you tomorrow!"

His words were all messed up, but he didn't know where the hell Chi Feng shot him.

"Hiss—" The sweater on Tang Jingcheng's body was torn apart with the shirt inside until the black bra inside was exposed, and the lace wrapped her straight breasts. It can be seen that the entire top of the right chest and shoulders were covered with thick paste. Thick blood, the proud chest line rose and fell with her rapid breathing, and the rest of the fair skin was covered with a thin layer of wet and sticky sweat.

Such a strong visual impact of one black, one white and one red, Lao Mai felt his throat tighten, and he dared not look away.

Guan Lue gently put Tang Jingcheng on the ground, quickly took off his shirt, and wrapped it around her heart.

At that time, Tang Jingcheng's pupils had already started to slack, and after Guan Lue wrapped her up, he held onto her hand tightly, trying to say something, but his voice was blocked by a hoarse throat.

Tang Jingcheng has been looking at him from the beginning to the end, and she is using the resentment in her heart to support her belief in going through.

She was already a person who had been abandoned once. When Qiu Qiguan betrayed her, she didn't know it. Qiu Qiguan died in a car accident. When she rushed to the scene, she only saw a dead body.

Now she was abandoned by another man in her life for the second time, this time she seemed to be a little bit luckier, at least she witnessed the whole process of being abandoned by him with her own eyes.

He chose Lou Qingxiao in front of her, and she was shot through the body in front of him.

Lying in Guan Lue's arms, Tang Jingcheng felt all this with his own eyes, heard his heartbeat and roar, and smelled the bloody smell from the wound. His body felt sharp pain, but all the organs and nerves became extraordinarily sharp at that time. She was so keen that she remembered Guan Lue's every look, especially the disdain and indifference when he chose Lou Qingxiao.

The ambulance finally arrived after about 20 minutes.

Guan Lue carried Tang Jingcheng to the eleventh floor, and she put her head against his chest, listening to the heartbeat of every step, until the stretcher carried her into the car, and her mouth and nose were covered with a quilt. On oxygen.

Guan Lue sat beside the stretcher bed in the ambulance and kissed her cold hand. He couldn't make a sound from his throat, but kept rubbing Tang Jingcheng's fingers.

The shade of the trees outside the car window swayed past, and the setting sun was dazzling.

The person on the bed finally closed her eyes slowly, tears condensed like beads on her rolled eyelashes, Guan slightly exhausted, held Tang Jingcheng's hand and lowered her head.

……

The operation went from dusk to darkness.

After Ye Qin sent Lou Qingxiao back, he rushed to the emergency center, but only saw Lao Mai sitting at the door of the operating room.

"Where's Brother Nine?" Ye Tan asked.

Lao Mai hugged his neck and raised his breath, but didn't speak.

Ye Tan was in a hurry: "You're so fucking loud, where's Brother Nine?"

Lao Mai then turned his head and pointed to the security door at the end of the corridor: "I've been squatting there for several hours."

Ye Qin turned his head and was about to go, but Lao Mai grabbed her: "What are you going to do?"

"I'll go see him!"

"At this time, you're just looking for scolding, that's all right, just sit down obediently!" Lao Mai reminded, but Ye Qin's temper was so stubborn that she would not listen, so she shook her arm.

"I'm going!"

Before Ye Tan reached the security door, he could already smell the strong smell of smoke. Guan Lue sat on the stairs with his back to Ye Tan, and he was still wearing the short-sleeved T-shirt that he wore when he was hugging Tang Jingcheng. The blood stains on the T-shirt had dried, and there was a smell of smoke mixed with blood.

"Brother Nine..."

The sight of his back alone made Ye Tan afraid to make a sound, but after the sound, the people on the steps didn't seem to respond, so Ye Tan became more courageous and adjusted his tone.

"Sister Qingxiao has already gone back. I told Sister Xin to take care of her. In addition, someone has been sent to take care of the lotus garden in the western suburb, but Chi Feng didn't catch him. I guess he fled to the mountains behind the western suburb, but Brother Nine, don't worry, he should have shot me, I will continue to send people to look for it, after finding it..."

"Bring him to me after you find it!" Guan Lue's voice sounded a bit eerie in the dark stairs.

Ye Tan trembled in his heart, but the man in front of him suddenly got up from the steps, he threw half of the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, crushed it hard, and then turned around.

"If something happens to Tang Jingcheng, I will kill him!" With such an understatement, Ye Tan could clearly see the cruelty in his eyes.

Guan Lue walked back to the door of the operating room, Lao Mai stood up from the chair, glanced at Ye Tan behind him, no one dared to speak, and the atmosphere in the corridor was cold.

After waiting for another half an hour, the light on the door of the operating room went out, and the doctor came out.

Ye Tan was the first to rush forward: "How are the people inside?"

"The bullet has been taken out, but the person hasn't woken up yet!"

"What do you mean?" Ye Tan seemed more anxious than anyone else.

The doctor thought she was a family member and explained patiently: "Although the bullet did not hit a vital point, the patient is still in a coma due to the deep wound and excessive blood loss. As for when to wake up, it depends on the patient's will."

After Ye Tan heard this, he wanted to ask something, but a figure passed by him, and Guan Lue, who had never spoken, rushed into the operating room. The nurse tried to stop him, but was frightened by his angry face, so that no one dared to go forward.

Guan Lue just walked to the front of the operating bed without hindrance. He didn't dare to look at the person on the bed. The first thing he saw in his sight was the large blood-stained cotton balls and cotton wool scattered randomly on the work table. It was taken out and placed in a small round glass container.

Guan slightly walked over, breathing hard, turned slightly to look at the person on the operating bed, Tang Jingcheng closed his eyes, wore an oxygen mask on his face, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and thick gauze was wrapped around his shoulders , but even so, the strong smell of disinfectant still couldn't hide the smell of blood in the air.

When Lao Mai walked into the operating room, he saw Guan slightly nodding his back standing in front of the bed, where the lights were bright, his back was so lonely.

"She's not out of danger yet, let the nurse send her to the ICU." Lao Mai tried to persuade her.

It took a long time to see Guan Lue's body move, turned around, and walked out of the operating room without saying a word.

Tang Jingcheng still didn't wake up until the next afternoon.

Ye Tan stayed in the hospital all the time, and when it was getting dark, Ye Tan was also a little surprised to see Sister Xin pushing Lou Qingxiao over.

"Sister Qingxiao, why are you here?"

Lou Qingxiao grinned her dry and chapped lips, and her face was ashen. No one probably slept well that night.

"I'll come and see him, and bring him some food by the way." Lou Qingxiao held back her smile.

Only then did Ye Tan see an insulated box on her lap.

"I guess Brother Jiu may not be able to eat it."

"If you can't eat, you have to eat. I guess he must have eaten nothing today." Lou Qingxiao's expression was fairly flat, except for a little tiredness.

Ye Tan has always admired her determination. After all, she was born as a special police officer and has received brutal physical and psychological training. She can always hold it steady at critical moments, but Ye Tan feels uncomfortable in her heart and does everything possible to provoke trouble.

"Sister Qingxiao, brother Jiu has been guarding the woman in the ICU for a day and a night, just sitting there, not talking, refusing to eat, why do you say? The doctor said she will not die, but she is just in a coma Well!"

Lou Qingxiao didn't answer, but just smiled bitterly.

"He's like that. He always likes to blame others for their sufferings. Why don't I go and see him?"

Sister Wen Yanxin was about to push her over, but she stopped her: "I can go over alone, you stay here and wait for me!"

Lou Qingxiao rolled the wheelchair to the ICU alone. The lights inside the ICU were brightly lit, and the inside could be clearly seen through the large French windows at the entrance.

At this time, Guan Lue was sitting on the edge of the bed wearing a germ-proof suit, clasped his fists to support his forehead, and did not look at Tang Jingcheng who was unconscious on the bed, as if immersed in his own world alone.

Lou Qingxiao outside the window silently stared at the man inside, only separated by a wall, but she felt that she was far away from this man.

A few minutes later, Lou Qingxiao rolled the wheelchair back to the bench where Ye Tan was sitting, and handed the insulated box on her lap to Ye Tan.

"Please persuade him to eat something, how can you wait for her to wake up if you don't have the strength!"

"What about you?" Ye Tan asked unwillingly.

"Me?" Lou Qingxiao smiled wryly, "I'll go back first, I'm a useless person, staying here will not help you except to cause trouble."

Sister Xin pushed Lou Qingxiao out of the hospital building, but she couldn't help being curious after all, and asked, "Miss Lou, who is the woman Mr. is accompanying at night?"

Lou Qingxiao smiled without saying a word.

She didn't want to admit Guan Lue's feelings for Tang Jingcheng, but she had seen some things with her own eyes yesterday. Seeing Guan Lue holding the injured Tang Jingcheng in a mess, the murderous look in her eyes wanted to tear Chi Feng into pieces. part.

This man, huh... Lou Qingxiao secretly wiped away the tears that were about to overflow from the corners of her eyes with her fingers. She had never seen him so sad and panic like yesterday, and never seen him so decisive like yesterday.

When Guan Lue came out of the ICU, Lou Qingxiao had already left, and Ye Tan handed him the insulated box she sent.

Guan Lue was holding it in his hand, and it was still warm.

"Ninth brother, you should eat something."

He didn't speak, turned around and put the insulated box on the bench beside him, took out half a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and was about to light it, but suddenly turned to Ye Tan and said, "Please contact Tang Ji for me, maybe she will come when Tang Ji comes." Willing to wake up."

……

It was almost 10 o'clock at night when Tang Ji arrived at the hospital, and he rushed directly to the door of the ICU.

When Guan Lue walked over, he happened to see Tang Ji pestering the nurse to let him in to see his daughter, but it was already past the visiting hours, and the nurse of course disagreed.

Guan Lue didn't speak, just stood by with one hand in his trouser pocket, watching Tang Ji beg for a nurse, the feeling in his heart was simply too weird.

Three years ago, what he wanted to see most was Tang Ji, the curator of Yunling City Museum, who lost his reputation, but now seeing his slightly aged back and the panicked and haggard expression on his face when he begged the nurse, he could only keep piling up in his heart. Feeling restless.

I couldn't help thinking that if one day Tang Ji really fell into my hands, I might not be as comfortable as I expected.

(End of this chapter)