Gentlemen's Friends

Chapter 25 Part 4: Seven ([-])
"Whose child belongs to, although I can't be sure, but I have an intuition that it belongs to you, and I hope it belongs to you." The woman's eyes turned red, "I really want to give birth to it, even if we don't get married until you finish reading the book." It's not too late, but what happened later..."

Qu Tongqiu took out his pocket, took out a handkerchief and handed it over, the woman thanked her in a low voice, and used it to stop the moisture from the corners of her eyes: "You are still so gentle."

The slightly dull man was not conscious of being praised, and in Yang Miao's eyes, he still had a sad face and a little bit of confusion.

"Tongqiu, if you want to ask me anything, just ask. I won't hide it from you."

The man hesitated: "Before we were together, apart from me and Richard... did you also go with other guests..."

Yang Miao didn't answer right away, she just looked at her fingers with reddish eyes.

In that silence, Qu Tongqiu gradually felt cold, and murmured: "You, your job is just to accompany drinks, why, you have to be so unselfish..."

The woman looked at him with tears in her eyes: "You are so stupid."

"..."

"It's so difficult to make a living, how could it be just to accompany you. I lied to you, lest you despise me. Why are you so stupid."

Qu Tongqiu stared blankly at her, suddenly feeling confused, and then stuttered, talking to himself: "Ren Ningyuan...introduced you...to me...he will introduce you to me if he is suitable. , he is my boss..."

Facing Yang Miao's sudden burst of tears, he became even more at a loss in a daze: "I, I don't mean anything else, you, you are also... a good woman... I just... just didn't think……"

Looking closely at the woman's face, no matter how well maintained it is, it can't cover up the vicissitudes of life. After shedding tears, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes finally appeared: "No, no, I'm not good enough for you. I shouldn't have lied to you like that , If I had told you the truth earlier, you would not have spent those years on me in vain."

"It's okay...you're fine, really, otherwise Ren Ningyuan wouldn't have introduced you to me..."

Qu Tongqiu trembled a little, but he still held her hand comfortingly.

Yang Miao choked up and said, "Tongqiu, you don't understand...why are you still so stupid..."

He sat with her in the store and made her cry a lot, tortured by guilt, and he couldn't say anything to a woman who was crying and regretting.

Afterwards, he sent her to the car, and when he was about to close the car door, Yang Miao called him, "Tong Qiu."

Qu Tongqiu looked back at her.

"Ren Ningyuan, he..."

Qu Tongqiu looked at her with some trepidation, but she finally said nothing, just looked at him with red eyes for a while: "You must take care of yourself, don't think too well of others."

Qu Tongqiu walked back slowly by himself.He also felt that he didn't hate Yang Miao anymore.Although those thoughts in the past were so absurd.

Everyone has a last resort, and someone has to make sacrifices and make concessions to understand them.

It just happens to be always him.

However, although he understood Yang Miao, he couldn't understand Ren Ningyuan more and more.

Ren Ningyuan came back from the house, took their father and daughter to dinner, brought Qu Ke a lot of gifts, and also had a scarf from Qu Tongqiu.

Qu Tongqiu insisted on refusing: "It's not good to spend so much money, you often have to go to the United States to do business, so you don't need to bring anything special..."

"I didn't do it on purpose. The flight was delayed and I had nothing to do at the airport, so I bought it by the way," Ren Ningyuan said with a smile, "Xiao Ke should also have more of these things, girls need to be rich."

Qu Tongqiu was inexplicably uneasy.Ren Ningyuan has always taken care of them to some extent, but with his indifferent personality, sometimes it seems too good.

Qu Ke was happily playing with the fluffy new pendant, Ren Ningyuan took a sip of tea and asked the man, "What trouble did you encounter that day?"

Qu Tongqiu hurriedly said: "No, it's nothing important, the company's affairs are over."

For some reason, he lied to Ren Ningyuan. He was flustered, but he didn't stutter.

Ren Ningyuan nodded: "Don't worry about anything, if it's a big deal, don't do it."

The dishes ordered were delivered one after another. Qu Tongqiu anxiously took two sips of the seafood soup for one person. He looked up at Ren Ningyuan and his daughter. They were both adding vinegar to the soup at the same time, with the same preference.

This small movement, which was nothing, made him tremble like a needle.Suddenly he had a vague and terrible idea.

Ren Ningyuan knew everything, he was the one who brought Yang Miao, so did he also...

His back went numb in an instant, Qu Tongqiu hurriedly picked up the bowl tremblingly, he was frightened by his absurdity.

Knowing that it was a ridiculous fantasy, but it was still like watching a horror scene, even if it was fake, it was enough to make people shudder.He was terrified.

The end of the new year is approaching, and the company also has an annual vacation. Qu Tongqiu packed up his things and prepared to go back to his hometown with Qu Ke for the New Year.He didn't intend to tell Ren Ningyuan, for some reason, he felt a little fear in his heart.

He also packed all the things that Ren Ningyuan half borrowed and half gave him, and he still had the key to Ren Ningyuan's apartment in his hand. Knowing that Ren Ningyuan was not there, he opened the door and went in.

Putting things away in a conspicuous place in the living room, and leaving the keys behind, Qu Tongqiu thought about it and thought it was time to leave a note.Thinking over the words, before finishing writing, I heard the sound of the door opening.

It was Ren Ningyuan who came back, and Chu Mo also entered the door together, and he was taken aback when he saw him.

"It's you, just now Ning Yuan thought it was a thief."

Ren Ningyuan looked at him: "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to give you something." Qu Tongqiu was inexplicably timid, "I borrowed them from you. Actually, I don't need them. I should return them to you long ago. There is also this key."

Ren Ningyuan didn't answer, he still had gauze wrapped around one hand, looked at it, and said, "Leave it alone."

He didn't say anything, but that kind of aura made Qu Tongqiu's hairs stand on end, his scalp felt like it was going to explode, and after a while his throat relaxed a little, and he asked tremblingly, "Are you injured?".

"There was an accident," Ren Ningyuan opened the cupboard to take a bottle of wine, and motioned for him, "Sit down."

Qu Tongqiu dared not sit down.

Chu Mo said, "Accident? It's trouble. Those two bodyguards are trash. Why spend money to support them when you bleed. You are no better than others. We are all worried about getting hurt. How can such a careless person use money?" .”

"It's okay. Let's talk about it another day when there are good candidates."

Qu Tongqiu felt a little apprehensive: "This... what's wrong?"

"Blood transfusion is not easy for Ning Yuan. Even if he is afraid of being injured, he still needs an operation. You'd better be careful and don't mess with me."

Qu Tongqiu didn't understand: "Huh? It's not easy?"

Just as Ren Ningyuan was about to open his mouth, Chu Mo slammed the cork of the wine bottle open: "Yes, Ning Yuan is of negative blood."

Ren Ningyuan stopped his hands.

Qu Tongqiu felt his cheeks stiffen instantly, and in the short silence, goosebumps rose up layer by layer, and his back felt like a snake had crawled over him, feeling frightened and cool.

"I go first."

Ren Ningyuan stopped him: "Tong Qiu."

Qu Tongqiu still stood up, he felt that the whole room had become different, the light was weird, and so were the human faces, just like in a nightmare.He wanted to go out quickly and escape from this nightmare.

Ren Ningyuan stopped him, he was tall, and surrounded by that figure, he was like an ant.

Qu Tongqiu's whole body tensed up, as if he was trapped in a nightmare, and his voice became indescribably weird: "I'm going back."

"You sit down first."

Chu Mo also noticed something strange, and asked: "What's wrong?" Then he immediately reached out and grabbed the man who was about to escape in a panic for Ren Ningyuan.

Ren Ningyuan simply said: "He knows."

Chu Mo pressed the man to sit on the sofa with a pale face, and Ren Ningyuan stood opposite him: "Tong Qiu, we need to talk."

"..."

Ren Ningyuan's tone was still gentle: "Tell me first, what do you know?"

"I do not even know……"

He really didn't know anything, no one told him exactly, nothing he saw or heard could make anything clear.

Ren Ningyuan looked at him for a while, and Qu Tongqiu's feet trembled.

"Then what do you want to know?"

"No……"

He didn't dare to know anything.

The truth would ruin his life.He would rather be a fool.To lie to a person is to lie to him for a lifetime, and it would be no pity to make him foolish all his life.Just don't wake him up halfway.

"Xiao Ke's matter..."

Qu Tongqiu's spine trembled, and he said eagerly before him: "I will support her, no matter what."

Ren Ningyuan looked straight into his eyes: "You asked me about her possible life experience before."

"I don't want to know anymore," Qu Tongqiu trembled, "I don't care anymore, don't check for me. I will take her home tomorrow for the Chinese New Year, and I will go back to work in the future..."

He now felt that it was right for Ren Ningyuan not to welcome him to T city.

He should live his life well in a small place instead of breaking into the real world.

He couldn't bear those truths.

"Really, I will leave tomorrow, I have packed all my luggage, and I will never come back when I go back, really..."

He didn't pursue it anymore, he retreated in spite of the difficulties.It doesn't matter what kind of deceit and secrets, just don't let him know.

As long as he can maintain his longing to spend the rest of his life with his daughter, he only needs a false appearance that allows him to live, and he dare not ask for anything extravagantly.

Ren Ningyuan stared at him for a while: "Yes. I had a relationship with Yang Miao."

The man trembled violently as if he had been shot, and then stiffened stiffly.It took a long time before I was trembling and gasping for breath, and my eyes were straight.

Before the man's body moved, Chu Mo held him back: "Calm down, don't get excited. Things are not what you think. Ning Yuan touched her before she became your wife. At that time, Yang Miao was a dancing girl. It wasn't a big deal, so you can't blame him."

The man's teeth "clacked" as if he had a fever: "Then why, why did she..."

There was no expression on Ren Ningyuan's face, only his voice became low: "I didn't expect it later. I just want to make it up to you."

Qu Tongqiu said tremblingly, "Make it up to me... what?"

Half of the tall man's face was in shadow, in uncertain light and dark.During the long silence, Chu Mo just kept his mouth shut and didn't make a sound.

"Tongqiu."

"..."

"That person back then was me."

Qu Tongqiu looked at him with some fear and bewilderment.

For the first time, Ren Ningyuan softened his voice and said, as if coaxing him, "I'm sorry for hurting you."

Qu Tongqiu suddenly understood.

Even Chu Mo couldn't stand him anymore, the man was like a dying animal whose skin was suddenly skinned, struggling violently with pain like madness.

"Chu Mo, don't stop him."

As soon as Chu Mo let go, the man rammed forward with his whole body without thinking. All his attacks on Ren Ningyuan were incoherent. The kind of hatred was indescribable, as if destroying himself was not enough.

Ren Ningyuan restrained his hands and feet, and he bumped his head and face desperately, resulting in a nosebleed, but he didn't feel any pain at all.

Just as Ren Ningyuan was about to speak, his chin was hit suddenly, his tongue was bitten, and he let go of his hand to cover his mouth with a muffled grunt. Then he was punched heavily in the abdomen, and then his feet supported the table back before he stood still.The chaotic beating almost knocked him down.

The man's eyes were red, his hair was messed up, and he looked terrifying. He grabbed a fruit knife on the table and stabbed it without thinking.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, Chu Mo hurriedly grabbed his wrist and restrained him from behind: "Qu Tongqiu, calm down, Ning Yuan hurt you, it was his mistake, but he spent a lot of effort to make up for you. The matter of Yang Miao You can't blame Ning Yuan, who would have thought that you would be serious and want to get married. When you got married, Ning Yuan gave a lot of money to settle, otherwise, where do you think her dowry came from?"

Yes, Ren Ningyuan gave him favors.

These gifts bought his whole life.Like buying a dog.

Qu Tongqiu struggled frantically, slashing wildly, and finally cut a big gash on the arm of Ren Ningyuan who was approaching. Can finger hard.

The knife finally fell to the ground with a "snap" as his wrist dislocated, but he didn't feel the pain at all, and he was still waving his other hand desperately, like a monster who lost his mind.

Chu Mo was already used to seeing desperate reactions, but he felt a little startled when he looked at him: "Ning Yuan, this won't work, he's already gone crazy."

The bodyguards outside the door rushed in, and two well-trained, tall and burly men finally made it impossible for the man to break free.Ren Ningyuan's sleeves were red, and his face turned pale as he lowered his head and covered his arms. Chu Mo was busy checking his injuries, bandaging them to stop the bleeding, and it was a mess.

The man was still struggling and attacking in vain, he couldn't speak, only the hoarse voice of "hehe" remained in his throat, letting people know how much pain he was having.

But no one was on his side.He is so small.

After Ren Ningyuan was finished bandaging, he sat down and closed his eyes for a while, and when he walked up to Qu Tongqiu, the man's hands and feet were pressed down, and he had lost that excitement, and his eyes gradually became dull.

Only when Ren Ningyuan leaned down, he moved his eyes slowly, and then turned to the face that he once respected like a god, and "pooh" with all his strength.

(End of this chapter)