third relationship

On September 2012, 9, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Rose Hills Cemetery in California, Rose Hills Cemetery, is located on the scenic Rose Hills Mountain in Southern California.This century-old cemetery was built in 1914 and covers an area of ​​1400 hectares.The planning of the cemetery has strict unified standards. Tombstones and stone tomb seats are not allowed to be higher than the ground, and all tombstones must lie flat on the ground equal to the level of the grass (1).

The cemetery they came to pay homage to is located on the top of the hill, facing west, with a panoramic view of the high-rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles.There are only a few Chinese characters engraved on the tombstone: Cheng Wangli, the tomb of his father Cheng Ji.

Compared with the other seven cemeteries around, this tomb is relatively less deserted.A few bouquets of white roses and calla lilies were placed in front of the tomb, but they all showed signs of withering.

During his lifetime, Cheng Ji was indeed well-known all over the world, but the name Jay Cheng is more well-known in the world.A tenured professor at Harvard University, a member of the American Academy of Sciences, and the winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, all honors he received when he was less than 50 years old. If he hadn't died in a fire at home in the winter of 2008, no one would have known him What an outstanding achievement.If the detox drug EG he developed is further improved, what kind of bloody impact will it bring to the underworld in New York and even the medical field in the United States?

But that's not what he cares about.

Shen Qi leaned over and placed a bouquet of white roses in front of the tomb.In the fire four years ago, the police only found the ashes in the attic. DNA identified them as two people. Because they were difficult to separate, they were buried together in the cemetery in Rose Hills Cemetery purchased by Cheng Ji before his death.It was difficult for them to see each other while they were alive, but they finally fulfilled their long-cherished wish after death, "Wish to be ashes with dust".

"I love someone, but I have no fate with him."

Shen Qi still remembers what his father said to him before committing suicide.Why he insisted on whitewashing his family, and why he never married despite his false name, finally became clear at that moment.It was also on that day that he realized that he still had a family on the other side of the ocean, as well as a younger brother and another father. Even if it was just for them, he could not escape the responsibility on his shoulders. Must go on.

And the only person who could have held him back then turned him down, and he hasn't had the same all-or-nothing courage since.It was the only time he ended up like that when he did not care about himself, why did Li Rong make him brave again?

But it's all over.

As he thought about it, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Cheng Wang. The young man was standing on the hill with his clothes folded up, his beautiful eyes were slightly gloomy.

Only then did Cheng Wang come to his senses, raised his head and smiled at Shen Qi, the smile was defenseless, but a little sad: "Brother, what do you think we would be like if Dad was still alive?"

"If they were all still alive, we would be happier." Shen Qi said, reaching out to rub Cheng Wang's head, "but now we are fine too."

Yes, they are fine now, but as long as he thinks that those regrets could have been avoided, he becomes very dissatisfied with the reality.

The two stood side by side on the top of the mountain, but they had their own concerns.Cheng Wang looked at the words on the tombstone, and suddenly there was a trace of mania in his heart:

The names of the two should have been engraved on that tombstone. He was Shen Qi's younger brother justifiably, and there shouldn't be anyone blocking him.It's just that what he was unable to avoid in the past finally has the ability to resist now, and he will finally lose no more.

"I'm going to come to America again in a while, brother." Cheng Wang said suddenly, his dark eyes didn't show anything unusual, but it made people feel a little strange for no reason, "Yale's reunion, I haven't seen them for a long time .”

"Then go." Shen Qi didn't feel anything unusual, and replied casually, "Just take care of yourself."

When I returned to Hong Kong, I was naturally too busy to touch the ground. Shen Qi had been on sick leave for too long before, and now he left his official duties and went to the United States in an extremely willful way. Fortunately, there is no problem with the general direction, and it is much easier to deal with the details. .

After Shen Qi came back, Cheng Wang voluntarily resigned from the position of acting director, and completely confirmed Shen Qi's loyal position in front of all the directors.But I don’t care about these impressions, I go home from get off work on time after finishing my work in the development department every day, and when I get home, I don’t hear from the world.

Shen Qiao still came to drop by from time to time, compared to Shen Qi, he was so leisurely and annoying.But Shen Qiao admitted sincerely that the most important reason why he is so leisurely now is that there are people in Beijing and New York to help him, and the only place that needs his help is Hong Kong, which is really nothing.

He no longer cared about Li Rong's movements, although he still felt a little uncomfortable thinking about him occasionally.But now he believes that one day he can completely forget him, he can accept from lover to friend, and naturally he can also accept from friend to stranger.

The stone that had been hanging in his heart suddenly became empty, and the resulting emptiness often made people feel disoriented and at a loss, but this blank was quickly filled with new stones: he was so afraid of that person, and tried his best to guard against him, but As time passed, the fear gradually faded, but this did not mean that the threat he brought disappeared.

On a very ordinary autumn day, that person came back.

That day was like every evening after Shen Qi began to cultivate himself. He finished handling the affairs of the day in the company and went home by car.However, when the car drove to the road in front of the mountain in the mansion area of ​​Dorgali Mountain (2), the car stopped suddenly.

"what happened?"

The driver tried to start it a few times, but all ended in failure. After thinking for a moment, he said to Shen Qi, "Boss Shen, it should be a flat tire."

"Blowout?" Shen Qi was startled, thinking to himself how could such a problem happen to his car?Every one of his cars is maintained diligently, and the tires are naturally of the highest quality, and the road is flat all the way, so accidental tire blowouts are completely impossible.

Unless it's artificial.

An ominous premonition suddenly surged in Shen Qi's heart, just like the almost instinctive perception of danger that was forcibly honed in those three years. At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of changing magazines. High, but easy enough for what he had been trained to hear.

"Get down!" Shen Qi shouted.

As soon as the words fell, there was a gunshot --- to be precise, it was the faint collision sound of bullets entering the car body.The car did not have bulletproof glass, and a bullet hit him in the arm, and he disappeared immediately in the half-dark sky.

The opponent should be holding a silenced pistol, obviously not wanting to make the matter public.

The wound has not seen the bone, so it will not be a big problem, but the next wave of attacks will come at any time.

When did I offend this passerby?Shen Qi thought, his brain suddenly fell into dizziness, and he suddenly remembered that there was a kind of anesthesia bomb that was circulated on the road. There was an anesthetic drug in the bomb, and the bullet would be crushed immediately when it hit the bullet. If the firepower of the gun is not strong, it will not cause life-threatening .But in his memory, the production technology of this bullet has been monopolized by that person, and hijacking and kidnapping in this way has always been his specialty.

His eyes began to blur, and the face of that person gradually appeared in front of his eyes.He accepted him when he was at his worst, and taught him the greatest capital to make a comeback, but no matter in the past or now, he always fears and hates that person. If possible, he hopes that he will disappear from this world forever, No trace is left, but this wish can never be fulfilled.

He was like the sword of Damocles hanging above his head, always in danger of falling to judge him, but the long-term dormancy inevitably loosened his vigilance, so that he fell so easily.

The effect of the medicine became more and more obvious, Shen Qi grabbed the handle, there was still a trace of reluctance in his eyes, and he struggled to squeeze out three words with his pale lips, as if he had exhausted all his strength in his life:

"Nie, Li, Jun!"

Kowloon.

In the bathroom, Cheng Wang's heart suddenly tightened.

He couldn't tell what it felt like, not anticipating danger, more like realizing something was about to happen.He panicked, and subconsciously wanted to call Shen Qi, but then remembered that Zhou Zhuoran was still outside, which was inevitably inconvenient.

After thinking for a moment, he still put on a bath towel and went out. In the bedroom, Zhou Zhuoran was holding his mobile phone with gloomy eyes.

"What's wrong, Zoe?" Sitting next to him, Cheng Wang stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes.

Zhou Zhuoran suddenly grabbed his hand and looked at him fixedly.Cheng Wang faintly realized something, but still chose to remain silent.

After a long time, Zhou Zhuoran seemed to have finally made up his mind. He turned off his phone and looked at Cheng Wang with unprecedented seriousness: "Do you still remember when you were 16 years old, Vinson?"

After a moment of silence, Cheng Wang's expression suddenly turned cold. After a long time, he said coldly, "Why did you bring it up again?"

He seemed suddenly unapproachable, but it was not hard to see from the trembling shoulders and drooping eyelids that this was actually his most vulnerable time.Zhou Zhuoran's heart tightened, but he still hardened his heart, stood up and looked directly at Cheng Wang.

"I wanted to tell you the truth a long time ago, Vinson." Zhou Zhuoran pressed Cheng Wang's trembling shoulders, and said slowly but firmly, "About your 16-year-old incident and the cause of your teacher's death."

(1) There is indeed a place here, and the description comes from Internet information.

(2) Hong Kong's famous luxury residential area, located in the northwest of Ho Man Tin, Kowloon.

The big boss will appear in the next chapter, the boss will come out, reconciliation will not be far away, hope the sky