Star of tomorrow

Ji Xing and Qi Chen looked at each other and walked forward.

"I don't know, I thought I owed you money." Ji Xing said.

When Marlboro saw the person coming, he pinched the cigarette and said, "Lend me some money, I need it urgently." He said and went to look at Qi Chen again, "Old Qi, since we've been together in the Golden Triangle for so long, help me Tell Young Master Ji?"

Qi Chen didn't want to interfere with any of Ji Xing's decisions, and frowned, "Tell me why you need money first?"

"Xiaomei is pregnant." Marlboro pursed his lips and frowned, "I have to go for an operation."

This is not the first time that Xiaomei is pregnant. She is not very old, but her body has long been riddled with holes.Looking at Marlboro's expression, Ji Xing knew that they didn't intend to have this child, but it didn't matter. Given Marlboro's and Xiaomei's financial situation, the child would suffer when the child was born.

Ji Xing said: "How much?"

"First, can I borrow [-] first?" Seeing Ji Xing's suspicious eyes, Marlboro changed his words again, "[-], [-], I'll write you a note."

Ji Xing sighed, but after all, it was a matter of human life, since he met him, it was not easy to ignore it.

He asked for Marlboro's account, lowered his head and pressed the phone, and said, "I'll transfer the money to you, don't rush to pay back the money..."

Marlboro had joy in his eyes: "Okay, okay, thank you!"

Ji Xing made a gesture of "listen to me first", looked at him and said, "You don't have to rush to pay it back, but I have to see your attitude. If you continue to fool around like this, you must pay the money within three months." Pay me back."

Marlboro moved his throat, his eyes flickered: "Okay."

Seeing his expression, Qi Chen had a bad feeling in his heart.He glanced at Ji Xing, wanting to say that this person didn't pay the money, but when he saw Ji Xing gave him a look, the two had a tacit understanding, and Qi Chen immediately understood——Ji Xing knew very well that the money was borrowed. If you go out, you can't get it back.

But after all, it is a human life, what can be done?Borrowing is giving the other party a chance to speculate, and the other party may not change their minds and be taught a lesson.But it's Ji Xing who has a disturbed conscience.

Think of it as exchange of money for peace of mind for the rest of your life. Thinking about it this way, it's not uneconomical.

After Marlboro got the money, he almost knelt down to thank Ji Xing. After Ji Xing finally sent him away, Qi Chen put his hands in his pockets, looked at the back of the man who was going away, and made up his mind again to move as soon as possible.

"Let's go and see the house in a few days." Qi Chen said.

Ji Xing froze for a moment, then turned to look at him.

Qi Chen rubbed his nose: "If you live here any longer, everyone will come to borrow money from you in the future."

What's more, the Golden Triangle is about to be dismantled, and he has also left the black boxing competition. With a new life, it is time to leave here.

Ji Xing took his hand and shook it encouragingly. The two stood side by side, and the streetlights stretched their shadows very long behind them.

A few days later, Qi Chen used his savings over the years and part of the bonus that Wang Haiyang paid him in advance to buy a small second-hand house.

The second apartment has a small bedroom with a bay window, more than 40 square meters, and a small narrow balcony.

This second-hand house is fairly new, with an elevator, the community is not big but the environment is okay, quite quiet.

After completing all the formalities, Qi Chen opened the door with the key and invited Ji Xing into the house for a visit.

Ji Xing only ran with him for the first two days, but because of his busy schedule, Qi Chen watched the rest by himself.

Ji Xing was carrying Qi Chen's backpack, looking like a student, with a computer and a camera in it, and wearing ordinary sweaters and cotton jackets, except for the pair of AJs he was stepping on, which could show a little difference, his whole body was a little bit of old school. The shadow of the young master was nowhere to be seen either.

Ji Xing walked around the room twice, and everything was emptied, and the room seemed quite spacious, the windows faced well, the sunlight was bright, the tree shadows were mottled in front of the window sill, there was an old smell in the wind, and the peeling wall paint was still there. It's quite retro.

Ji Xing took out his camera and took a few pictures, and then turned his head to take a few pictures at Qi Chen.

Qi Chen was wearing the sweater Ji Xing bought for him today, a jacket over it, a pair of high-top boots, and gloves.

He has deep eyebrows, and standing in the empty old room with the backlight, he looks very prodigal.

Ji Xing took a few pictures, feeling ready to move, let go

He lowered the camera and hooked Qi Chen's fingers.

Qi Chen frowned, and his stern expression when he wasn't smiling suddenly turned into spring water, and he walked towards Ji Xing step by step, before Ji Xing could move, he took the initiative to put him in his arms, pinched his chin and kissed him.

Ji Xing stepped on his feet slightly, put his arms around Qi Chen's neck, and kissed a romantic and sweet kiss.

After the kiss was over, he bit Qi Chen's lower lip lightly, and Qi Chen placed a peck on the tip of his nose.

"Like it?"

"I like it." Ji Xing smiled at him with light in his eyes.

Qi Chen teased, "I'm not talking about kisses, I'm talking about houses."

Ji Xing blushed, leaned on his shoulder and said, "I like them all."

Qi Chen laughed in a good mood.

Afterwards, when decorating and looking at furniture, Qi Chen and Ji Xing tried their best to participate in every process.

Ji Xing never knew that decorating a house would be so troublesome and labor-intensive, but he also enjoyed it.In the past, I just thought it would be good to find a designer and throw everything to the other party. Now I realize that when you regard a place and a person as your destination, you want to participate in everything in person, and watch the home take shape little by little, even if it is not big. So perfect, in Ji Xing's eyes, it is the most reassuring place in the world.

This gave him a real "me-only" feeling.

Time passed little by little, and the Spring Festival was approaching. When the cold wind and light rain hit people's faces, they could make people shiver.

Ji Xing came out of one of Qi Chen's games, and Qi Chen was still being interviewed backstage—Qi Chen had been winning consecutive games in recent times, and there was already an uproar in the circle, and there were doubts about the news two years ago.

Qi Chen's case is about to go to court recently, and Black Lion and some members of the relevant associations have received letters from lawyers. Hei Lion even found someone to have a private affair with Qi Chen, but Ji Xing directly rejected it.

Su Changyu even found out the reason why the Black Lion wanted to get rid of Qi Chen back then—they found a more suitable candidate than Qi Chen, with strength and talent, and more importantly, a background and connections.

The other party is a relative of a person in charge of the association. He has been in the industry for several years, has strength and experience, is also quite popular, and has more influence on the TV station.Chen Jin even carried Qi Chen behind his back back then, and has known him for a long time.For the sake of Black Lion and her own future, Chen Jin poached him from another club, but the other party had only one condition, to drive Qi Chen away.

Getting rid of Qi Chen was something that many people wanted to do at the time.

Competitors think about it, young and ambitious people who want to get ahead think about it, and the other insiders of Black Lion who are suppressed by Qi Chen think about it too.Apart from boxing, Qi Chen was not good at socializing. He was young and had a bad temper, and even offended people in the association.

No one likes such a disobedient and high-profile person.

Chen Jin knew that Qi Chen was expected to enter the international competition and the gold belt, but so what?Even if he wins the contract from a major sponsor, Chen Jin won't be able to share much money. Besides, Qi Chen is not good at speaking, he likes to do things according to his own ideas, and doesn't follow orders. It is really uncertain where he will go in the future.

And in this line of work, age is another threshold, and in a few years, it's time to retire.

What else can I do if I don't take advantage of this time to make more money?

Chen Jin's little calculation was very smart, and the black lion just lost patience with Qi Chen's disobedient behavior. With a new successor, the black lion immediately turned his back.

So everything fell into place, and it hit it off.

Now that there are all witnesses and material evidence, the Black Lion wanted to divert attention but failed to win against Wang Haiyang. There was an uproar in the circle, but Qi Chen was in a good state of mind. He won several games in a row, which gave him confidence and proved his strength.

Ji Xing stood in the corridor backstage, waiting for Qi Chen to come out, and pressed his phone with his head down.

Qi Chen's game results were released on the sports column, and the official blog also had various news. Ji Xing looked at the news with a proud face, thinking: This is my man!

Then his phone rang, and it was Marlboro.

Ji Xing frowned, and picked up the phone. Marlboro faltered on the other end and said, "Master Ji, well, Xiaomei is not in good health, can I borrow some more money from you."

Ji Xing narrowed his eyes: "How much?"

Marlboro said cautiously, "Again, another [-] lines?"

Ji Xing smiled: "Do you think I'm a cash machine?

What on earth am I obligated to lend you money?Can you pay it back? "

Marlboro lowered his figure and said with an apologetic smile: "I will definitely pay you back, twice as much, okay? It's cold, and Xiaomei is still recovering. I want her to live better and plan to move out of the Golden Triangle." Marlboro said , "Just get through this period of time."

Ji Xing didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he hung up the phone directly.

Marlboro called back unwillingly, and Ji Xing directly dragged him into the blacklist.

Qi Chen's message just happened to be sent, and it said - there are still a few media outlets, it may be late, you go back and wait for me first.

Just as Ji Xing was about to say no, I'll wait for you outside, Qi Chen seemed to know what he was thinking, and sent another message - be careful of catching a cold, buy something to go home, and eat hot pot at night, okay?

Ji Xing smiled, took a deep breath in the palm of his hand, and pulled the scarf around his neck: "Okay."

Ji Xing bought some vegetables casually, and the vegetable sellers put heaters under their feet, making the countertops around them warm, and said, "Oh, it's too cold today."

Ji Xing smiled and chatted with the other party for a while, and frowned when he thought of Marlboro on the way back.

The weather is getting worse day by day. Xiaomei has just undergone surgery, and her body really needs to recover...but has the previous 3 yuan been spent so quickly?

Ji Xing hesitated for a moment, and turned around with the vegetables. When he passed by Aunt Liu's stall, Aunt Liu stopped him and gave him a bag of wrapped dumplings.

"Have you finished eating the previous ones? Today I changed the stuffing, pork and cabbage, ouch, pork is too expensive now..."

Ji Xing chatted with Aunt Liu for a while, drank another box of yogurt, gave some of the wontons he bought to Aunt Liu, and then left.

He went all the way to Marlboro's house, and he probably knew where it was after hearing from Qi Chen.

As a result, when passing by a clinic, I saw a familiar figure out of the corner of my eye.

"Miss Xiaomei?" Ji Xing frowned, opened the door and walked in.

The air conditioner was turned on in the clinic, and it became much warmer at once. The dry heating had the smell of disinfectant. The doctor in the clinic saw him and said, "Xiao Ji? What's the matter? Lao Qi was injured again?"

"No." Ji Xing greeted with a smile—the only clinic in the Golden Triangle, and they have known each other for a long time.

Xiaomei raised her head when she heard the voice. She was still infusion, covered with a quilt, and she was so thin that she was out of shape.

"Sister Xiaomei." Ji Xing frowned and asked, "Why are you here? Where's Marlboro?"

"He's busy with work." Xiaomei smiled weakly, her fingers were trembling convulsively, her hair was withered and yellow, she was much weaker than when she saw her before, and her cheeks were sunken.

The doctor glanced at Xiaomei, then at Ji Xing: "Do you know each other?"

"Ah." Ji Xing dragged a chair over and sat down, put the dishes on the table, and helped Xiaomei pour a cup of hot water for her to hold.

Xiaomei's lips were dry, she took a sip of water, and smiled gratefully: "Thank you."

"How are you?" Ji Xing looked at Xiaomei's bony hands and said in shock, "Before... Marlboro didn't get you something nutritious? Did you eat well on weekdays?"

"He's busy." Xiaomei seemed to be the only one to say this, and didn't answer the question directly, "I'm fine."

Ji Xing had a bad premonition in his heart, glanced at the doctor, leaned closer to Xiaomei and said in a low voice, "Marlboro borrowed 3 yuan from me, do you know about it?"

Xiaomei glanced at him and nodded: "I know."

Ji Xing felt that she didn't seem to be lying, and was very puzzled: "Then why... are you sick? Have you been to a big hospital?"

"It doesn't matter to me." Xiaomei said dryly, "The operation has been done, it's fine."

Ji Xing chatted with Xiaomei for a few words, but couldn't ask anything, so he had to leave.

When he went out, the doctor stopped him, stood outside the corner and whispered: "How do you know each other? Does Lao Qi know about this?"

Ji Xing was puzzled: "Know what?"

"She went to a black clinic to have an operation secretly. I read the test report. The infection is serious and..." The doctor covered his mouth and said, "The blood and urine reports show that she... took drugs."

Ji Xing didn't react at first, then brainstormed

There was a buzzing in the room, and the whole person was struck by thunder: "What did you say?!"

"Looking at her like this, she should be very addicted. You and Lao Qi should be careful, and break off relations with them as soon as possible." The doctor said, "I have seen this kind of person a lot, and it is a bottomless pit that can ruin the family. You You didn't lend them money, did you?"

Ji Xing suddenly realized why Marlboro secretly asked Qi Chen to do business before, but he didn't explain clearly.

And he wanted money to go abroad, everything was explained.

Ji Xing recalled the few times he saw Xiaomei again, and he was sure that Xiaomei was addicted, and Marlboro didn't seem to have been involved in this thing, but he was not sure whether he sold it or not.

No wonder there was a sudden lack of money, and they were in a hurry to ask for money.No wonder the two were together, but Marlboro didn't stop Xiaomei from continuing to pick up customers—there was never enough money in such a bottomless pit.

Ji Xing only felt anxious and angry, anxious that Marlboro did not send Xiaomei to drug rehabilitation, but also made her pregnant; angry that he was hiding such an important matter, and wanted to pull Qichen into the water.

After the doctor left, Ji Xing stood in the cold wind for a long time, feeling his whole heart was cold.This feeling of being deceived, concealed, and used is quite uncomfortable, especially when he thought he had done something good.

But if you help them continue to make mistakes, this is simply helping the evildoers.

Ji Xing glanced in the direction of the clinic, gritted his teeth, took out his phone, and called the police.