the knife of love

Chapter 54 Companionship, She Woke Up
Tang Ji lingered at the entrance of the ICU for a long time, but the nurse still didn't let him in. He could only stand at the window and look in, and he could only see the silhouette of Tang Jingcheng lying on the bed with an oxygen tube inserted.

After watching like this for more than half an hour, Tang Ji turned around from the glass window and slammed into Guan Lue's abyss-black eyes.

Tang Ji staggered in a daze.

Guan slightly didn't say anything, with a flat expression, he just took out his hands from his trouser pockets, and his body leaning against the wall stood up a bit.

The lights in the corridor seemed to become extra bright at that moment.

This is not the first time they have met. Not long ago, Guan Lue appeared in court to testify for Tang Jingcheng in Yang Xi's case. At that time, the two had met in court, but at that time Tang Ji only thought he was an ordinary man. The big thing is that my daughter had an affair with this man, but the situation is completely different now.

Gunshot!
Although Tang Ji didn't know why Tang Jingcheng was suddenly hit by a bullet, the word "gunshot wound" alone was enough to prove that the man in front of him had an unknown identity.

Tang Ji walked slowly in front of Guan Lue: "I don't care who you are, whether you want to help her or want to harm her, I must tell you one thing, I only have her as a daughter, if she has any problems, I will let you No peace for everyone!"

Tang Ji, who has always been generous and friendly, the highly respected dean of the Institute of Literature and History, a doctoral supervisor in history, and the current curator of Yunling Museum, will show a fierce look when he is really forced into this job.

Guan Lue didn't say anything, but his lips moved up unconsciously.

Tang Ji took another look at him, and walked away with staggering steps. The figure in the corridor was no longer the heroic figure of the past. Qiu Qiguan's death not only pushed Tang Jingcheng into hell, but also pushed Tang Ji to the edge of the cliff. .

Sin is like a net, if you take one wrong step, you will never be able to break free from it.

Afterwards, Tang Ji came to the hospital every day, once in the morning and once in the evening. When he came, he went directly to the ICU to accompany Tang Jingcheng, and sometimes he would chat with her, talking about interesting things about her childhood.

Tang Jingcheng's mother passed away when she was very young. Since she was sensible, she only remembered her father. Tang Ji did spend a lot of effort on her, and the relationship between the two of them is very deep.

Two days later, Tang Jingcheng was out of danger and transferred from the ICU to the general ward.

It's just that since Tang Ji came, Guan Lue never went into the ward to take a look at Tang Jingcheng. He came to the hospital when he was free, and sat on the chair at the door of the ward for hours without saying a word.

None of the nurses or doctors in the hospital dared to speak. The downstairs of the inpatient building and the corridors of the wards were full of people from the Jiurong Society, guarding in shifts. Even the blind could tell that the woman lying in the ward was unusual.

A week passed in the blink of an eye, and Tang Jingcheng never woke up.

Guan Lue is still the same, almost every day he has to go to the hospital for a while, and at other times he still does things as usual, and returns to the villa to accompany Lou Qingxiao.

The news of Chi Feng's return to Yunling soon spread to Yunnan, and Ye Tan made a special trip to Kunming to deal with some people who didn't understand the rules, and also "pacified" Yunnan's emotions by the way.

As a result, Fan Qingyan came to see Guan Lue at Fei Yunling the next day.

"Ninth brother, I believe that my sister's death has nothing to do with you, please forgive my brother-in-law a lot, he did such a stupid thing because he was sad for a while..."

Fan Qingyan hugged Guan Lue's knees and knelt in front of him, almost crying and snot.

"...I know the rules of Jiurongtai, and I also know that my brother-in-law has done many things that shouldn't be done these years, but he is also blinded by interests. I have persuaded him a lot before, but he just won't listen. This time You stumbled, maybe someone inside us is trying to provoke the relationship between you and my brother-in-law..."

Fan Qingyan, a tall and strong man, knelt in front of Guan Lue and wept for a long time, Ye Qin couldn't stand listening at the door.

I only saw him coming out of it after half the pay, and that expression was truly sad.

Ye Tan pushed the door open and went in. Guan Lue was sitting by the window rubbing his fingers with his chin propped up.

"Brother Nine, what's causing Fan Qingyan to make such a fuss? You came all the way from Tengchong to Yunling, and you're just letting you cry?"

Guan slightly snorted coldly: "He is acting for me!"

On the surface, Fan Qingyan was pleading for Chi Feng, but in fact, he came to Guan Lue to show his "loyalty". After all, Fan Lili was still his biological sister. Now that his own sister was killed, everyone in Yunnan felt that it was Guan Lue's move. However, as a younger brother, he firmly believes that the murderer is someone else, so his position is very clear, and he clearly wants to stand on Guan Lue's side.

It's just that Guan Lue has always been accurate in knowing people.

"Ninth brother, do you mean that Fan Qingyan came to you to put on a show?"

Guan Lue snorted coldly: "He did a good job, Chi Feng put him in a few small places in Tengchong, and really buried him." He rubbed his fingers one by one while talking, but the frequency gradually slowed down, Finally stopped, looked up at Ye Tan.

"Since he came to show his loyalty, I will give him what he wants!"

Ye Tan didn't understand, and asked hesitantly, "Ninth brother, do you want to transfer Fan to Kunming?"

"Yes, I can't let him cry with me for nothing!"

"But Chi Feng hasn't been found yet. Are you afraid that he will go back to Kunming and join hands with Fan Qingyan? At least they are half relatives!"

Guan Lue burst out laughing, very lightly.

"Why have you stayed in Jiurong Terrace for so many years and still don't know how to recognize people? It's not me who wants Chi Feng to die the most, but this Fan Qingyan."

Ye Tan didn't know: "Why?"

"Because Fan Qingyan wants to secure his position as the head of Kunming. This person is smarter than Chi Feng. Chi Feng has courage, but he lacks some brains after all. But Fan Qingyan is different. This person is ambitious and patient. Some time ago I was just used by Chi Feng to cut off two fingers. I guess I have more than a little bit of resentment towards Chi Feng. Therefore, the position of chief executive of Kunming is the most suitable for him. I also want to find out from him who is intensifying the relationship between Chi Feng and me. contradiction!"

Guan Lue felt that what Fan Qingyan said just now was right. Fan Lili's death was not an accident, so someone must be using her to stir up trouble. The other party may be someone from Jiurongtai. There are many people.

Ye Tan thought about it for a while, and it was indeed the truth.

"Then when will it be announced that Fan Qingyan will be promoted to the head of Yunnan?"

"Take it easy, at least wait until he returns to Yunnan." Guan Lue rested his hand on his forehead, turned to look at his watch, took the car keys and got up.

"I'm going out."

Ye Tan naturally knew where he was going, so he chased him a few steps and asked, "Ninth Brother, it's so late today, are you still going?"

Guan Lue didn't answer, stopped and walked out.

At that time, it was past nine o'clock in the evening, and there were not so many cars on the urban road. Guan Lue drove to the hospital, and every intersection he passed was already very familiar. In recent days, he has taken this route almost every day. Open once, sometimes more than one trip back and forth.

Especially at the intersection that is about to turn into the hospital parking lot. There is a coffee shop on the diagonally opposite corner. Turn left at the red light for 30 seconds. It is always blocked here during the morning and evening rush hours. Tonight is no exception. It is just right to drive there. Turn red.

Guan Lue watched the numbers on the traffic lights beating little by little, and felt very irritable. He opened the car window to let the cold wind blow in, and when the lights were about to turn, the phone rang.

"Brother Nine, Miss Tang is awake."

The underling guarding the door of the ward called him. For a moment, he felt that the traffic lights in front of him were blurred. He didn't come back to his senses until the horns of other cars sounded from behind, urging him to turn.

"Understood!" Guan Lue hung up the phone, turned the car over, but did not drive into the parking lot of the hospital, but turned to the coffee shop diagonally opposite to take a cup of hot mocha, paid, got in the car, stepped on the gas pedal and turned around The car drives away.

Guan Lue went back to the suburban villa, opened the bedroom door and saw Lou Qingxiao sitting alone in a wheelchair by the window.

"Why don't you turn on the light?" He flicked the switch, and the bedroom was instantly lit up. Lou Qingxiao didn't expect Guan Lue to come in suddenly, and the cold expression on his face didn't have time to turn around.

Guan slightly felt guilty when he saw it.

Lou Qingxiao quickly rolled her eyes with her hands, and asked with a slight smile: "Why did you come back so early today?"

He didn't answer, but raised the coffee in his hand: "Here's your takeaway Mocha."

"Thank you, but you don't allow me to drink coffee at night?" Guan Lue always said that drinking coffee at night would affect sleep, and Lou Qingxiao's sleep quality was not good, so he made a rule not to drink it at night.

This time he bought a cup himself, how to explain?

Guan Lue laughed casually: "It's a rare time, the newly opened store, I saw a lot of people queuing up when I passed by, the taste should be good."

So Lou Qingxiao definitely wanted to drink, she hurriedly pushed the wheelchair over to get the paper cup, but unfortunately, the coffee was almost cold all the way from the city to the villa.

Lou Qingxiao took a sip and frowned.

"What? Doesn't taste good?"

"It's a little cold, and it feels very bitter when it's cold."

"Then don't drink it." Guan Lue directly took the paper cup in her hand and threw it into the trash can, then took out two bottles of medicine from the drawer and handed them to Lou Qingxiao.

"Go to bed early after eating."

Lou Qingxiao didn't take the medicine, she looked at him strangely: "I've already taken it."

"Oh." Guan slightly muffled his voice, turned around and put the medicine back in the drawer, Lou Qingxiao felt that something was really wrong with this man tonight.

"Brother Jiu, what's wrong with you?"

Guan slightly slipped his hand, and the action of closing the drawer was a bit heavy, almost hitting it directly.

With a "bang", Lou Qingxiao was startled, she could see that he was not in the right mood tonight.

"Is Miss Tang in bad condition?"

"..." Guan Lue didn't answer, and stood with his back facing Lou Qingxiao in the shadow of the light with his head bowed. He couldn't see his face, but heard his hoarse voice: "I'm going to take a bath first, and I'll stay here tonight." This is with you."

Lou Qingxiao didn't take sleeping pills that night, and she actually slept surprisingly well, probably because Guan Lue was sleeping next to her, and she could wrap her arms around his waist, her body temperature was close to hers, and she felt at peace in her heart.

It's just that Guan Lue couldn't fall asleep anyway, and his heart was very dry, as if thousands of claws were scratching at him.

He woke up in the early hours of the morning, put on a coat and sat on the terrace smoking a cigarette. The cold wind picked up, and the smoke stars were blown bright and red. He put his hand in the pocket of the coat and felt something hard. , That was the recording pen that Lao Mai gave him before.

Guan Lue put the cigarette in his mouth and pressed the "play button"...

(End of this chapter)