double promise

One late night in August, it was raining heavily in the city.

Thick clouds rolled up like splashed ink, snow and lightning tore through the sky, thunder was faint, and the bean-sized raindrops made the branches and leaves of the forest rustle.There is a steep cliff next to the Panshan Highway, and the exposed earth and rocks are crumbling under the washing of the heavy rain.On the empty road, two figures supporting each other stumbled and ran forward. The rain was beating people's eyes, but the fear that almost burst out of their chests made them dare not stop.

In the thunder that resounded through the sky, it seemed that something was approaching rapidly.

Heavy rain can mask many sounds, such as shouts, car engines, and gunshots.

A trace of warmth splashed on his cheek.Strangely, the skin that should have been drenched by rain and unconscious felt a strange temperature, as if he already knew what would happen next in his head.The hand that was holding him was released, and he looked down, but was pushed away by someone who was less than his shoulder height.

The front of the eyes suddenly brightened, the headlights of the car pierced the thick darkness, and the two beams of light rushed towards the door mercilessly, like sharp swords that cut through the rain.

The man opened and closed his mouth, yelling at him hoarsely, but was overwhelmed by the rolling thunder and roaring rain, like a strange and thrilling pantomime.

A huge lightning strike across the sky, and under the flash of white light, he finally saw clearly the face whose brows were wet by the rain.

——The two words he yelled were "go quickly".

The next moment, the speeding car knocked him out like a rag doll.

"No!"

Huo Mingjun sat up suddenly at the moment when the thunder exploded outside the window, his chest heaved violently, and an uncontrollable cough rushed straight into his throat. He covered an old scar on his chest with cold sweat, feeling the flesh under his hands was hot, Twitching throbbing.

The arms lying on the edge of the bed were tense due to the extreme endurance, and blue veins emerged. It took a long time before Huo Mingjun stopped coughing, got out of bed and poured himself a glass of water, but he was no longer sleepy.

He has often dreamed about this experience in the past ten years, and each dream stopped abruptly at the frame of the car accident.However, today's dream is very different: ten years is enough to blur a memory beyond recognition, Huo Mingjun has been unable to clearly outline the appearance of that person in his memory, but tonight, he finally saw his face clearly.

The man he met at the Lanyue Club that night came back to his mind. Huo Mingjun took the phone, frowned, opened the investigation report in the mailbox, and jumped directly to the attachment of the file.

The picture is a recent photo of Xie Guan, without makeup, and small blemishes on the skin can be seen, but the outline is handsome and sparse, with a high forehead and straight nose, and clear eyebrows.Although he was dressed in ordinary clothes, he exuded a rare calm temperament, far from the drenched and howling man he saw in his dream.

Makeup and plastic surgery can change the details of the face, but they cannot change the bones that have been set.Regardless of temperament and clothing, Huo Mingjun always felt that if the person in the dream grew, he should look like Xie Guan.

He knew that there were many similar-looking people in the world, and he had even deliberately searched for them, but none of them felt similar to him intuitively like Xie Guan.

This idea is crazy, but it is like a vine that has taken root, absorbing doubts and growing rapidly, firmly clinging to the seemingly unbreakable "fact".

Huo Mingjun stayed up half the night, so he picked up Huo Zhikuan early the next morning and asked him to inquire about Xie Guan's situation.However, Huo Zhikuan called him back at noon, but brought bad news.

"Lost contact?"

It is normal to come and go in the entertainment circle, if Huo Mingjun hadn't asked about it, no one would pay attention to the whereabouts of a small artist.

He was the one who said he didn't care at the beginning, but now he is the one who picked it up again.Huo Zhikuan saw these indifferent human feelings so clearly, it was hard to say it directly in front of Huo Mingjun, so he had to desperately push the blame on the company: "Just a few days after the last time, the original owner Xinghui Film and Television terminated the contract with Xie Guan. ...I can’t say it made him difficult, but there were some conflicts in the middle, and basically he left the house. Xie Guan submitted his resume to major film and television companies, but no one wanted him, and he disappeared completely after that.”

"Did the police receive a report?"

Huo Zhikuan comforted him weakly: "Young people nowadays are all popular in the entertainment industry for 3 minutes. After struggling for a few years, they will naturally change careers if they don't become popular. Don't worry too much, maybe they will be disheartened and return to their hometown. gone."

"Go and check." Huo Mingjun blocked his back path mercilessly, and said without emotion, "Until we find out his exact location."

Huo Zhikuan thought about his expression at this time through his tone, and suddenly felt a chill down his back.Quickly agreed: "Yes, yes, let's go."

Huo Mingjun put down his mobile phone, and the secretary who was waiting outside walked in and showed him the itinerary: "Mr. Huo Dong, I will fly to Hong Kong Island at [-] o'clock this afternoon. Tonight, Mr. Liang Jiancheng, the chairman of Longfeng Group, and the eldest son Liang Chen will arrange it for you. The welcome banquet and the reception work of the Hong Kong office are also ready."

"Understood, let the person in charge of the Cuiping Villa project come to my office for a short meeting in half an hour."

That night, the Huo family's private plane landed on Hong Kong Island.

Longfeng Group and Hengrui have cooperated in the Mainland in the past few years, and the personal relationship between the two is also quite good.As the current head of the Huo family, although Huo Mingjun is nearly 20 years younger than Liang Jiancheng, he treats him as equals. Liang Jiancheng's eldest son, Liang Chen, also has to respectfully call "Mr. Huo".

Huo Mingjun's trip was to talk with Liang Jiancheng about Hengrui's acquisition of the real estate project held by Longfeng Group, so he had a very hard meal at night.The seats are all well-dressed, and the conversation and laughter are full of temptations. Even the delicacies on the plate seem to be covered with swords and swords. If you are not careful, you will be tied into a fish bone.

Liang Jiancheng was an old fox, and Huo Mingjun knew that it was impossible to get anything done with him over a meal, so after three rounds of drinking, he asked to go back to the hotel to rest under the pretext of being tired from the journey.Liang Jiancheng gave a few words of concern hypocritically, and then asked his eldest son Liang Chen to send him back, so that he could take a look at the buildings and shops.

Huo Mingjun was noncommittal, Liang Chen heaved a sigh of relief, hurriedly asked Huo Mingjun to get into the car, and asked the driver to drive to the North District of the harbor.

This was the first time Liang Chen saw Huo Mingjun.He had heard Liang Jiancheng talk about this person before, and there was a lot of praise in his words, so Liang Chen naturally classified him as "other people's child".But when I saw him today, I felt that this person seemed a little different from what he had imagined.

He was young and handsome, probably because of fatigue, his face was pale and he looked a little sick.This weak and harmless appearance is very deceptive, but when he opened his mouth, he immediately revealed something unusually hard and cold hidden inside.

The rich second generation soaked in honey can't imagine how Huo Mingjun got this position and how he gained power.Liang Chen hasn't cultivated to be as cunning and cunning as his father, but he just feels a bit of fear based on animal instinct.

Even when it's late at night, the northern harbor area is still as bustling as daytime, like a city that never sleeps.They originally planned to take a stroll in this area, but the open-air parking lot was so overcrowded that even mice could only run on tiptoes.Mr. Liang, a landlord snake, is a model dude who never cares about traffic regulations and dares to stop on the spot at any time. At this time, he just stares and yells: "What? No parking space? You drive to the security booth for me, and I want to call their property manager. Telephone!"

As soon as this remark came out, even Huo Mingjun, who closed his eyes and rested his mind, raised his eyelids to look at him, and was surprised in his heart: This bastard who said that the wind is rain has endured until now to show his true form, Mr. Liang is really hiding his secrets.

The driver hurriedly said: "Calm down. If the two gentlemen don't mind, we can go around to the back of the building to park the car. No one passes by there, but it's a bit remote."

Huo Mingjun nodded resolutely, and Liang Chen was still angry: "I really don't know how they manage it. Could it be that Dad refused him outside when he came? It's outrageous."

The driver didn't dare to show his temper, and drove with his head trembling and depressed. Huo Mingjun, the only one who could pick up his conversation, didn't bother to talk to him at all.The Rolls-Royce submerged lightly and soundlessly into the huge shadow cast by the towering building, and stopped firmly in the alley.

Through the gaps between the buildings, one can see the brilliant neon lights outside and the red sky behind them, which are completely different worlds from the dark corner they are in at the moment.Liang Chen took a deep breath of the cool air wrapped in the sea breeze, and when the assistants and bodyguards in the other car got out of the car, he made a gesture of invitation to Huo Mingjun: "Mr. Huo, this way."

Huo Mingjun followed his lead, and just walked out less than ten meters, his gaze swept across the corner of the building wall inadvertently, and his footsteps suddenly stopped: "Wait a minute."

For a brief moment, as fast as an illusion, he saw a person who should never be here.

There is a lobby on the ground floor of this building, which was designed perhaps for aesthetic reasons, with skylights so high that they are just half a meter above the ground.There was a lot of dust on the glass window that was sealed with iron bars, but a place like a stage could still be seen clearly inside. The bright spotlight hit the center of the stage, illuminating a face that had not been seen for a long time.

The scene, the light and even the angle, surprisingly coincided with Huo Mingjun's dream last night, like two vaguely traced line drafts being overlapped by someone, vaguely piecing together a corner of the past that has been eroded by time.

"Where is the bottom?" Huo Mingjun pointed to the glass window through which light passed, "Where is the entrance?"

Liang Chen was dumbfounded: "Huh?"

The driver had no choice but to stand up and rescue this useless waste: "This building has been around for some years. I remember that the underground used to be a theater, but it seems to be abandoned now. Some filmmakers often come here to shoot scenes."

Huo Mingjun's heart moved slightly: "Take me there to have a look."

Until he came to the entrance of the underground, Mr. Liang didn't understand how a good "accompanied tour" suddenly turned into a haunted house adventure.Everywhere in the stairs is dilapidated and dilapidated, the incandescent lamps above the head are dimly lit, and the empty corridor is cold and windy. Apart from the sound of their footsteps, there is also faintly lingering music in the distance, which seduces people one by one. Soul.

The scenery here is miserable and gloomy, and it is really a must-have item for haunted hangers.

Liang Chen hid beside the two bodyguards, his calves kept shaking, and he turned into a quail.However, Huo Mingjun seemed to have never heard of everything around him, with a strong aura and special effects of invulnerability, he strode to the entrance of the underground theater with great strides, and pushed the door open.

The music sounded suddenly, and the venue was so noisy that the staff who were busy filming didn't even notice that there were a few more unexpected guests outside the door.

Huo Mingjun looked towards the center of the stage illuminated by the spotlight. After more than ten seconds, when he understood what was happening on stage, his face suddenly changed to the gloomy one before the outburst of rage.

The man whom Huo Zhikuan had called "lost contact" Xie Guan, who seemed to have an affair with him, was doing a striptease on the stage.