Fatal temptation

"Uncle Zhan, even in another 20 years, you will still be able to surpass us juniors."

"Hahaha!" Mr. Zhan stroked his beard and laughed, obviously pleased by Patriarch Cheng's words, he changed the subject, "Let's not talk about that. Siqin and Simu are here?"

"Yes."

"Simu, come here." Mr. Zhan waved, and Cheng Simu obediently walked over and stood still in front of him.

"Grandpa, hello, I wish grandpa a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan."

"Okay, okay! In a blink of an eye, we, Simu, have grown into adults. Grandpa still remembers the last time he saw you, when he was 17 years old? At that time, you were wearing a pair of glasses. You were gentle, how could you look like us? Where is Zhan Qi... Zhan Qi?"

"Dad, maybe I think this place is boring, where should I go to play? I'll send someone to look for it."

"Hmph! No need! You're so big and still so unstable, how can it compare to our yearning?"

"Grandpa Zhan, you've flattered yourself." In fact, Cheng Simu was very anxious, but Mr. Zhan kept pulling him away, asking a lot of questions, and on the contrary, left other people who came to celebrate his birthday aside.

He never found a chance to escape.

Just at this time, someone asked someone to bring a birthday present.Originally, Mr. Zhan took a look at it as before, and let people take it aside.

But the servant even said that the gift giver asked him to open it for the guests to taste on the spot.

Who is so courageous?Dare to act wild at the birthday banquet of Mr. Zhan?

Everyone looked in a certain direction with doubts, and found that it was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man.

He is of medium build, around [-], wearing a well-tailored black suit, and with a crew cut, he probably can't be found in the crowd, but his eyes are extremely sharp, as if he can read people's hearts.

At this time, he was raising his wine glass, congratulating Mr. Zhan from afar.

"Who is this? The face is very familiar."

Who can enter this villa tonight, who is not a famous person in Changjing City?But the strange thing is that almost none of the guests present had seen this strange person in any circle.

When old man Zhi Zhan saw him, his complexion changed drastically.But he didn't say anything, he just ordered someone to open the gift.

What exactly is it?Everyone looked forward to it.

It was an oil painting, as ordinary as the person who gave the gift, and could not arouse any interest from others. Only those who know how to know know that this painting was sold for 4028 million at an international auction not long ago. , although not too brilliant, but more than enough for gifts.

The most important thing is that this is the final work of Wu Zhong, a well-known oil painting master at home and abroad, in his later years. Of course, it is also his last work before his death.

Now, it was sent to him in the form of a birthday gift, how could it not be exciting?

However, looking at the half-smile face of the gift giver, he hesitated again, neither accepting it nor not accepting it.

If Jiang Yiran was present, he would be surprised to find that it was not Yu Ming's birthday gift carefully prepared for Mr. Zhan?

It's just that before he could be sent out to change his fate, the person was already gone, including the shady child.

"This is Master Wu Guang's work, "Shimmering Light"?" Finally, someone who knew how to do it recognized it.

There is nothing else in the painting, only a few seemingly distinct but intertwined lines.

Red orange yellow green blue blue purple, seven colors, seven lights, also, seven sins.

Red represents rage, orange represents greed, yellow represents lust, green represents laziness, cyan represents gluttony, blue represents sadness, and purple represents arrogance.

This is the sentiment formed by the painter in his later years when he reflected on his life. Nothing in the world can escape these seven deadly sins. They are like a ray of light, attracting people to the abyss.

On such an occasion that you should be happy, sending such a painting is suspected of finding fault no matter how you look at it.

The surrounding guests who learned the true meaning of this painting all looked a little unhappy, and even the sons of the Zhan family looked like they were going to throw people out at any time.

However, the person concerned, Mr. Zhan, not only did not show any anger on his face, but he laughed and accepted the gift.

This is incomprehensible.

Cheng Simu didn't understand the direction of the plot, so she asked her elder brother to pull aside to popularize the background of the middle-aged man.

It turned out to be the top leader of the National Security Bureau, Chen Liansheng.

This Chen family is special in the family circle of Changjing.First of all, he is not obvious, and he doesn't have much popularity, and people who are not at the same level don't even know their existence.Secondly, this is a real state apparatus. It is no exaggeration to say that they hold almost all the secrets of officials large and small across the country, because they have the largest and most complete intelligence network in the country, and they are almost as long as they want to know. , there is nothing that cannot be found out.

Many aristocratic families in Changjing hated them deeply, but they did not dare to offend them easily.

"It turns out that that person is the current head of the Chen family."

"Yes, but he has never appeared at any banquet in Changjing before, and he can even push down grandpa's invitation, so why does he treat the Zhan family differently?"

"Maybe there is something he is interested in here. Brother, he came alone."

"Well, no one will come with him either."

"What do you mean?"

"This person's parents passed away in his early years, and he has no wife and no children. It is said that it is the Chen family, but in fact he is the only one."

"……how come?"

"Who knows? Maybe I think this business is too dangerous and I don't want to hurt my wife and children."

"Wrong." Patriarch Cheng interjected coldly from the side, "This man is the fate of a lone star. I heard that he had a son, but he died of an accident ten years ago."

"..." Cheng Simu frowned thoughtfully, it wasn't that he was thinking too much, it was just ten years, this time point is too sensitive.

However, before he could figure out what to do, the mutation happened again.

There was an altered scream from the second floor.

It's Zhan Qi!

What's wrong?The guests looked at each other in blank dismay, all seeing a daze on each other's faces.At the same time, the masters felt uneasy in their hearts, especially Zhan Zheng. He ran upstairs almost immediately, and the others were stunned, then followed his footsteps.

A group of people swarmed towards the spiral staircase, forgetting today's protagonist, Mr. Zhan, behind them.

The Cheng family were naturally among them.

Cheng Simu sighed inwardly, it seemed that today he would not be able to return to the hospital on time, this night, there were too many situations, which made him physically and mentally exhausted.

Dozens of guests followed Zhan Zheng to the room on the left at the end of the corridor on the second floor. After seeing the scene in front of them clearly, the few in the front were so shocked that they couldn't walk, and some of the timid ones also let out a burst of panic. Screaming, nearly falling limp to the ground.