double promise

The kitchen was steaming with white steam. Xie Guan skillfully cut vegetables and put them into the pot, stir-fried them with spoons, and he still had enough time to take care of Huo Mingjun: "Are you hungry? It will be ready soon. You go out and wait, the kitchen is full of oily smoke, don't choke on it."

He wore a baggy furniture T-shirt and an apron tied loosely.I don't know if it's an illusion, but Huo Mingjun always feels that Xie Guan's figure is a little different from before, it seems to be more upright, standing in front of the stove and frying dishes can be called freehand and chic.

A corner of the plaster was exposed under the neckline on his back. Huo Mingjun stood at the door and refused to leave, asking, "What's wrong with your shoulder? Are you injured?"

"The child has no mother, it's a long story," Xie Guan laughed, and turned the bubbling casserole on the other stove to a low fire, "I'll tell you later."

When he was busy, he didn't have time to maintain the usual respectful attitude towards Huo Mingjun, and briefly classified him as "one of his own", and his tone of speech was full of perfunctory connivance, like treating a little tail following behind his butt, being entangled When it's tight, coax him casually.

The atmosphere in the small kitchen softened for a moment.

Huo Mingjun rarely persisted, and retreated to the living room to wait for dinner.He felt that this was simply ridiculous, but his body seemed to have already fallen into the trap of gentleness woven by homelyness and plainness.

Zhong Heguang's interrogation came to mind again, and that bizarre conjecture flashed in his mind. Huo Mingjun had to admit that even though he denied Zhong Heguang at the time, this conjecture planted a seed of doubt in his heart after all.

It caught Huo Mingjun's last sliver of luck in the past ten years, let alone eradicating it, a slight touch would cause the ground to crack and landslide.

Not long after, Xie Guan poked his head out of the kitchen and shouted, "Dinner is ready!"

Huo Mingjun's thoughts were interrupted, and he got up to wash his hands.Xie Guan put down the folded dining table, six dishes and one soup, the whole table was fully packed.

Huo Mingjun who came out of the bathroom was startled: "How many people did you invite today?"

Xie Guan put away a pot of shrimp, mushroom and mushroom soup, took off his apron and hung it behind the door: "Hey, this is unbearable? I thought you had to turn over the water every day to decide what to eat at noon."

"Don't read novels that don't make sense," Huo Mingjun poured him a bowl of soup, "I didn't see it, you're good at cooking."

"Small idea, practice makes perfect."

Xie Guan put the chopsticks by his hand, and took the soup from Huo Mingjun.The two have a clear division of labor and a tacit understanding. They have only eaten together a few times, but they are so familiar that they seem to have lived together.

How can there be two people who have never met before in the world, but have such a natural and perfect tacit understanding?

From this meal, it can be seen that Xie Guan really appreciates him sincerely. Except for the two seasonal vegetables that are home-cooked, the others are all dishes that take a lot of work and test their skills.There are actually two carved carrots on the side of the squirrel mandarin fish plate, which is so exquisite that it doesn't match the situation at all.

Huo Mingjun took a piece of fish meat with his chopsticks. Although Xie Guan was confident in his skills, he was inexplicably looking forward to his evaluation: "How is it?"

Huo Mingjun slowly took another spoonful of crab powder and lion head: "If you become a chef, you will definitely be better off than you are now."

Xie Guan: "Hahaha thank you for the compliment."

Huo Mingjun: "I mean you're doing poorly now."

Xie Guan: "..."

"Okay, I know you're doing well, you're successful in your career, and you can cook," Huo Mingjun accepted as soon as he saw it, and said smoothly, "I heard you just accepted a new play?"

"The words 'successful career' come out of your mouth, it sounds like you are mocking me," Xie Guan took a mouthful of food depressedly, "Talking too much about the new drama will make you cry. Didn't you ask me about my shoulders just now?" What’s going on? I’m learning Tai Chi from my teacher for filming. I’ve recently started actual combat, and I’ve been beaten by professional players every day. Those grandchildren usually look at people like dogs, and they’re ruthless when it’s time to fight. If I hadn't been thinking about your meal, I would have gone out and gone straight to the emergency room of the People's Hospital."

"You are still half a public figure, so be careful with your words," Huo Mingjun made him laugh, but he couldn't help but feel a little worried, "It's just a performance. Is it necessary to be so strict?"

Huo Mingjun is a very strict person at first glance, no matter for others or himself.Xie Guan raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised that he would say such a thing, and said nonsense: "Maybe the old gentleman sees that my bones are strange, and I am a natural talent for martial arts, so he wants to accept me as a closed disciple."

"..." Huo Mingjun sighed, "It seems that the attack is still light."

Xie Guan smiled: "I'm already 25, and I'm too old to learn martial arts. The old man has an occupational disease, he doesn't like flamboyance, he just wants to fix it for me."

The spoon in Huo Mingjun's hand became unsteady, and he tapped lightly on the side of the bowl.

He could barely suppress the surprise in his heart, and asked nonchalantly, "25? Aren't you born in [-]?"

25 years old... This age is too coincidental.

Xie Guan didn't pay attention to his moving face, he just focused on reflecting on his own baseness, and smiled dryly: "I'm sorry, I slipped my mouth."

"The birthday on my ID card is younger than my actual age. When I signed the company, my face was relatively tender, and my agent made me two years younger. I think it is easier to become popular when I am younger...It's a pity that people are not as good as God, It’s useless to change it, it’s still not popular.”

"It's really hard to tell," Huo Mingjun nodded, "Do you look like your father or your mother?"

"They don't really look alike," Xie Guan said, "They both look old, maybe God's conscience discovered here that their genes have mutated."

Huo Mingjun felt another "click" in his heart.

He quietly brought the topic to Xie Guan's childhood and family.Xie Guan was no match for this kind of old fox, he led him by the nose every minute, and he quickly gave away his family fortune.

"I don't remember clearly when I was a child," he recalled, resting his chin. "My father said that I was very skinny when I was a child. I went up and down the river to make troubles. One day, when I climbed over the wall to steal other people's apricots, I stepped on the air and fell from the top of the wall. I fell down and fainted, maybe a bit of a concussion. After waking up, I couldn’t even speak, which scared my family. I went to an old Chinese medicine doctor in the town for acupuncture and moxibustion for a while, and then I slowly learned to speak. But after the cure After aphasia, I don’t remember much about the past.”

Huo Mingjun: "Amnesia?"

"Not exactly," Xie Guan thought for a while, "to be precise, it's rather vague, sometimes I can dream a little bit. Anyway, it doesn't affect normal life, so I don't care about it."

Huo Mingjun came to the appointment with the intention of exploring the way, but he didn't expect things to become more and more confusing.His initial judgment on Xie Guan was almost completely overturned in this conversation, but new doubts surfaced one after another.

He casually picked up a new topic, thinking to himself that it seemed like it was time for Zhong Heguang to return to work.

Xie Guan's craftsmanship is indeed not bad, Huo Mingjun ate up and down during this meal, he didn't pay attention to the food at all, and actually ate more than usual.

According to Xie Guan himself, after graduating from high school, he worked as an apprentice chef for a period of time. In fact, he was just a handyman cook, doing everything.It's not his turn to go to the stove when cooking, so he just stands aside, observes and takes notes, and practice in private after returning home.Although I stopped doing this job later, I did not leave behind my good cooking skills.

It can be seen from this that he actually has a strong learning ability. He has never received any professional training in cooking, martial arts, and acting. He relies on his own observation and imitation. The direction is constantly improving.

How much hardship he endured behind this, blood and sweat, only he himself knows.

He is like a weed that is naturally raised, as long as it catches a ray of spring breeze, it can pull out new shoots from the dust of suffering.

"I still have something to do in the afternoon, let's go first."

Huo Mingjun took off the windbreaker from the hanger, Xie Guan saw the guest to the door, and said half-jokingly: "Thank you, Boss Huo, for the honor today, and welcome to come next time."

Huo Mingjun smiled and motioned him to stop: "I am very sincere, thank you for your hospitality."

Xie Guan waved his hand, watched his figure disappear at the corner of the stairs, and closed the door behind him.

If he had been more careful, he would have noticed the thought and suspicion in Huo Mingjun's eyes before parting. It was the first light thunder before the mountain rain was about to come, and it resounded through countless changes and turmoil in the future.

The driver waited outside the community early, Huo Mingjun got into the car, and the first call was to Zhong Heguang.

"I'll send you the address of Cheng's family later. You go to H province, find his parents, and bring them back. I'll arrange for them to meet Xie Guan once."

Zhong Heguang didn't expect to be so explosive when he came up, his right hand trembled violently, he almost couldn't hold the phone, and blurted out what he thought: "You suspect that what Huo Erye saw...wasn't Cheng Sheng?"

This strange name is like a spell, breaking the seal of time at the moment of exit.The old memories lost their hold, and in an instant, mountains and seas flooded his past and present lives.

The sound of the torrential rain that night seemed to be a hallucination, and it sounded in his ears again.

Huo Mingjun closed his eyes: "No matter what I suspect, when they meet, these questions will naturally have answers."

Ten years have passed, and the past should have been settled long ago.But Huo Mingjun's decision is tantamount to overturning the existing conclusions and reopening the dusty tomb.

For him, this is not only an investment in manpower and material resources, but also a huge psychological obstacle to overcome.Huo Mingjun was cautious and cautious, and he didn't make up his mind until now, not because of Zhong Heguang's fleeting guess, but because of the little doubts accumulated since meeting Xie Guan, until today there has finally been a qualitative change.

The first suspicion was that he had seen Xie Guan's appearance clearly, he was [-]% similar to Cheng Sheng, but lacked the most crucial detail - the person he was looking for had a small mole under his eye.

At that time, the age reported by Xie Guan did not match Cheng Sheng's. After investigating the family background, it was found that there was no gap in the middle, so Huo Mingjun concluded that he was just similar in appearance.

The second time was the last night at the Hong Kong Island Hotel, Xie Guan subconsciously made a movement of listening to his heartbeat.At that moment, it was as if the scene from ten years ago reappeared, Xie Guan's actions were exactly the same as that of Cheng Sheng's, and Huo Mingjun was so shocked that he almost lost his mind.

The third time was today, Xie Guan personally admitted his real age.However, his family background and personal experience, the nuances, do not seem to be so impeccable after scrutiny.

"But boss," Zhong Heguang hesitated, "if Xie Guan finds out about this..."

His pale and unfeeling profile was reflected in the car window, Huo Mingjun interrupted him indifferently: "It doesn't matter, just do as I say. If he is not, it will just make me give up completely and end this matter."

Zhong Heguang had nothing to say, so he answered in a low voice and hung up the phone.

The car outside the window was like running water, Huo Mingjun sat silently, gently rubbed the cold shell of the phone with his fingertips, thought for a moment, and made a second call.

"Second Uncle, it's me. I have some old things here, and I would like to ask you to help me recall them. If it is convenient, how about meeting tonight?"

The phone on the table buzzed, and a line of address appeared on the screen.

Zhong Heguang suddenly regretted that he had bluntly said in front of Huo Mingjun that he "repayed his kindness to Xie Guan", which precisely hit Huo Mingjun's sore foot.If their guess is wrong, Huo Mingjun obviously intends to make a clean break with Xie Guan in order to correct his mistake.

But the most innocent person in this matter is Xie Guan.

At first, Huo Mingjun noticed him, and even took care of him frequently, just because of his face that resembled an old friend.Now, as the friendship between the two deepens, Huo Mingjun understands what kind of personality he is, and his evaluation of "Xie Guan" has gradually changed in his heart.

But it's just a "change".

From beginning to end, he was used as a stand-in for empathy by Huo Mingjun.If Xie Guan didn't have this face, no matter how hard Xie Guan worked, no matter how touching his experience, if he didn't stand at the height of being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Huo Mingjun, Huo Mingjun would never look at him more.

The young head of Hengrui Group won power from his father's generation, not by kindness, compassion, and benevolence, but by iron, arbitrariness, and ruthlessness.

These traits, which are not in a positive sense, have gradually become an inseparable part of his character during the years of fighting and fighting, whether covert or straightforward.

He regards all emotions as mirrors, whether it is natural blood relationship or social relationship, but he is almost morbidly paranoid about the life-saving grace he received back then, and he is secretive and cannot tolerate any doubts.The appearance of Xie Guan cast doubts on the "transparent" facts he has long held on to, so he tried to find out the truth at all costs, and even ended up personally for this reason, deliberately contacted Xie Guan, and asked him about his life experience and past.

Up to now, he considered over and over again, and finally gritted his teeth and exposed the old scars, just to push away the cloud with his own hands.

As for how Xie Guan will feel after learning the truth, when he finally has the answer to the "why" hidden in his heart, and realizes that his deep gratitude and gratitude were all wrongly paid, how will he feel in his heart... These It was not within the scope of Huo Mingjun's consideration.