Nine Prison Rings

Laughing across the river, walking three steps away from each other is like blocking the sea.

Chen Zhirong seemed to be deaf, and turned a deaf ear.Occasionally, he raised his eyelids, and glanced coldly at them—without saying a word, he cherished words like gold.

The suppressed ominous premonition in Luo Xiu's heart became more and more intense.

Chen Zhirong's indifferent reaction, determined not to say a word; made him lose the opportunity to escape from the inside and outside, and he did not hesitate to seek escape.Now it seems that we can only take one step and count it as one step; I only hope that Fang Yixi's emotions will not be unable to support, and it is better not to collapse.

Sure enough, for three days in a row, apart from giving them regular daily injections and occasionally handing them a glass of sugar water, which can be regarded as "kind deeds", Chen Zhirong really didn't communicate with them at all.Luo Xiu had already guessed that what was injected into the body every day was probably sedatives or other drugs; otherwise, they would not often feel sleepy and lose strength in their hands and feet.Come to think of it, restricting personal freedom is not the biggest purpose.Who Chen Zhirong was waiting for and what he wanted to do, Luo Xiu could guess without spending too many brain cells.

Human beings have a great will to survive, and they can also create miracles.

Luo Xiu tirelessly tried to establish communication with Chen Zhirong, even though the other party turned a blind eye.When Chen Zhirong was away, Luo Xiu redoubled his encouragement to Fang Yixi, telling him to relax, don't be afraid, he must find a way to let them escape.

Fang Yixi's physique itself is poor, plus he has not eaten or given injections for the past few days; his health is getting worse and worse.However, with Luo Xiu by his side, he always chatted and relieved; Yixi felt more at ease and comfort than ever before.

Luo Xiuyuan thought that by going to the bathroom, his feet would be temporarily freed, and he would find a way to get some tools to open the handcuffs.Unexpectedly, Chen Zhirong's ability to spot prisoners is top-notch, and he has rich experience; no small trick can escape his old man's eyes.Luo Xiu's repeated efforts were in vain.

Luo Xiu was full of abilities, but he was restrained, and Chen Zhirong didn't know what to ask. He was a dragon trapped in the shallows and had nowhere to use it.A strong physique, under the destruction of drugs, gradually lost its inherent advantages.He wished that he would undergo such a change, otherwise it would be hopeless to escape.

In desperation, the only little hope that arises is that Chi Wei can find Yixi's disappearance and send someone to find him.Well, things may turn around.However, as time passed day by day, there was no movement at Chi Wei's side.

Not only Luo Xiu was surprised, Fang Yixi was also very puzzled.

Chi Wei, logically speaking, is not someone with such a dull sense of smell.

How could they have imagined that Chi Wei was intoxicated in the gentle village that Can woven, dreaming in a fairyland!

Three days later, on a spring night with a bright moon and few stars—Chen Can, dressed in white and holding a large bouquet of yellow tulips, walked up to them like a fairy.

Luo Xiu and Yixi were a little dazed the moment they saw him enter the door.

The Chen Can in front of him has a handsome figure and a compelling aura; the eyes and brows are full of spring-color;

It was also at this time that Luo Xiu suddenly understood all of Chen Can's intentions.

Chen Can walked around the two leisurely and naturally, and put fresh flowers into a vase filled with clear water, and threw old withered flowers into the trash can in the kitchen.He was doing this methodically: arranging bouquets, trimming flower branches, and showing patience beyond imagination.

After finishing the flowers, he showed a satisfied smile, and then his eyes fell on the two people who were tied up.

"Xiu, is this flower beautiful? Do you know why I like yellow tulips so much?" Can, with sparkling eyes, smiled innocently like a child, asked.

Luo Xiu was looking straight at him, frowning: "Yellow means disappointment and not being expected. Flowers are very beautiful, I suggest you buy other colors..."

He spoke calmly and steadily, as if sitting in a consultation room doing psychological counseling.

"That's right, I forgot, you are studying 'psychology'. You can more or less penetrate into other people's hearts." Chen Can said with great interest while nodding his head.

"Since you know everything, why do you still want to make me sad?..." Chen Can's eyes suddenly lit up fiercely, shooting out a terrifying light—like a sharp dagger: "Yellow Tulips represent hopeless love... I buy a bouquet of these flowers every few days, just to let you know how painful and hesitant I am, and how disappointed I am in you !"

"But you, even if you know, you still do your own way, let me be uneasy, let me be sad..."

Luo Xiu was shocked physically and mentally—staring at Chen Canqiqi Ai Ai's face in astonishment: a little surprised, a little puzzled.

"What did I do to make you think so? Me, I always put you first..."

"Putting me first? Hehe..." Chen Can smiled mockingly: "Didn't you sneak to the hospital to see him? Didn't you hide in the bathroom with him sneakily? Did you have sex with him? When you made love to me on the bed, didn’t you think about him to be happy?……..You treat me like a piece of wood, don’t you feel it??”

Chen Can, Luo Xiu's complexion darkened every time he asked a question; Chen Can asked aggressively, and Luo Xiu seemed to be at a loss for words and retreated step by step, unable to find a single word to refute.

Listening to Chen Can's reprimand, Fang Yixi's eyes widened, and his jaw almost dropped from shock.In particular, when Chen Can mentioned that Luo Xiu was on the bed, it was him who he imagined facing Chen Can, and he felt mixed feelings in his heart.

She always thought that in Luo Xiu's heart, she was just a passer-by at best, an insignificant role of an inflatable doll; unexpectedly, Chan was his substitute.This is joy?Or sad?

Chen Can, with such glaring eyes, such unwillingness; once he has the intention to kill, he won't be merciful, right? !

"Chan, what do you want?" Fang Yixi, eyes full of sorrow, murmured, "Actually, don't you think Xiu gave you everything he could give you? What else do you want about him? Want How about us, are you satisfied?"

Chen Can smiled embarrassingly, "Oh, do you feel distressed? It's a friend in adversity..." He turned his face and looked straight at Fang Yixi: "I want my belief in love and trust in people's hearts. , Can he give it to me? Can you give it to me?.......I want the simple, pure self that was many years ago, can you give it to me?......."

Chen Can laughed so hard that the wind passed through the corners of the branches, and he was aggressive.

Everyone present, including Chen Zhirong, had unspeakable sadness in their eyes.

What happened yesterday should not be kept or pursued.What we have lost is a beautiful stream that can no longer be copied.Leaving mountains and rivers in emptiness will only increase the sorrow of parting for a lifetime; what is lost is still lost by fate.

Luo Xiu closed his eyes with heartache, opened them again, and said sincerely: "Chan, we all have regrets for you in the past, but there is no way to change it. I will do my best... ...Although what you did may not be good enough...But you, do you have to use revenge to eliminate your resentment?"

"Why can't I?" Chen Can pretended to smile easily, and said meaningfully: "Have you ever heard such a sentence: Revenge is an impulse, but also justice..."

"For the sake of justice, haven't you already killed You Er, Li Yuan, and Ding Jiancong?!" Fang Yixi said lightly while standing aside.

Chen Zhirong glanced at Yixi, and said to Chen Can: "There is no need to continue this topic."

Chen Can waved his hand, smiled nonchalantly and said, "Don't you want them to die?" Chen Can asked Yixi back, her beautiful fingertips slid across Yixi's pale cheeks, lingering on her.

"Do you hate them more than I do? They have done so much to you... You hate them to death, don't you? How could I let them treat you like that..."

Fang Yixi blushed with embarrassment and anger; he turned his face away, trying to free Chen Can's fingertips.

"So, you weren't the person back then?..." Luo Xiu stared at Can intently, the pain of being deceived disturbed his heart.

Chen Can smiled when he heard the words: "What's the big deal? In short, someone was victimized in this matter, and the only people who knew about it were me and Yixi. Who can say clearly what is right and wrong. Soon, I will be the only one who knows. You What are you still worrying about?"

Luo Xiu and Fang Yixi were shocked at the same time!

In Chen Can's words, is it implying murderous intentions?

"Chan?...you want...to kill us..." Fang Yixi looked at Can's gentle side face with fear, and asked uneasily.

"What do you think?" Chen Can, with a smile all over his face, said with a chill: "I have died too, it's no big deal. My 'death' back then was thanks to you; today I'm in another place, it's not a big deal. Is it unfair?..."

"Chan, you can't do this!" Luo Xiu shouted anxiously: "You will not only ruin others, but also yourself."

"You really care about me." Chen Can's words were full of sarcasm, "But, I'm already destroyed... Is there no life on Fang Yixi's body? Why didn't you save him..."

Luo Xiu was at a loss for words for a moment, his eyes were full of disbelief.

Fang Yixi lowered his head, knowing in his heart that today's catastrophe would be inevitable.

Lin Xuan's life was indeed on his back, even if he survived by chance, Lin Xuan's case would be his "death talisman" sooner or later.The so-called "recovery of the French Open, without any omissions", will also be a life for a life.If this is the case, it might as well be in exchange for Luo Xiu's life right now.He is willing to pay with his life, maybe Chen Can can still let Luo Xiu go for the sake of his past love; it is also one of his merits.

As the saying goes: When a man is about to die, his words are good; when a bird is about to die, his song is also sad.

Now that Fang Yixi has come, he puts life and death out of his mind; he only thinks about how to let Luo Xiu live in this world safely.

"If I pay you my life, can you let Xiu go?" Fang Yixi took a deep breath and tried his best to support his weak body.

"From now on... you live a good life... Between you and me... let's end it..."

Luo Xiu's round eyes stood up, and he was anxious: "What nonsense are you talking about?......"

Chen Can was greatly surprised, he did not expect that Fang Yixi's ideological consciousness had already made such a great leap - he exchanged glances with his father, and his smile was clearer than that of He He:

"Yixi, you really impress me." He said appreciatively, "Don't worry, I'm not stingy, I will definitely give you a fair chance to choose."

Chen Can gave his father a look, and Chen Zhirong turned and walked into the kitchen.Not long after, he came out with a shining, half-foot-long boning knife in his hand.

Chen Zhirong's face sank like water, and he probably couldn't figure out what his son was going to do.

Luo Xiu and Yixi were also very surprised when they looked at the knife that was shining with cold light.

Chen Can came to them at a leisurely pace, waving the knife in his hand; his eyes were so dazzled that it made one's heart skip a beat.

With great difficulty, he dropped the knife—and picked apart the ropes around their ankles.

Fang Yixi was sweating profusely; he didn't know what Chen Can wanted to do.If you want to kill yourself, why bother playing so many tricks? !

Chen Can stayed on the blade with all his attention, his expression was as indifferent as water.It's like playing a less complicated children's game.

"I, I will give you a chance." Can raised his eyebrows and said with great interest: "Each of you has a chance, whoever can kill the other with his own hands, I will let him go! I will never break my promise ! Who will come first?...."

Chen Can looked at Yixi with a smile, and then at Luo Xiu.

"You're disregarding human life!" Luo Xiu glared at Chen Can with heartbroken eyes, "Chan, stop...don't push yourself to the point where you have nowhere to go. You won't do anything to anyone who dies." Happy. I know you, you're not like that...please..."

"The one you know is Duanmu Can; not me." Chen Can replied coolly, "He has been dead for several years. I am Chen Can."

Luo Xiu's watery eyes were full of sadness and self-blame - he quietly looked at his lover who was so far away now, who had already changed beyond recognition.Worse than death is the hopeless mourning of the heart.

Could it be that, once upon a time, I also caused Chen Can to suffer from despair...

"What? I have nothing to say?" Chen Can asked with a smile, "Have you finally realized what true despair is?...... Can you tell me the truth, just one sentence, [-]% true …”

"What?" Luo Xiu was a little listless; he didn't know that there was something about him that Chen Can should investigate deeply.

"You, do you love him?"

Chen Can, the dim light in his pupils dimmed, and he pointed at Fang Yixi and asked solemnly.

"Me?..." Luo Xiuwan didn't expect Chen Can to ask such a question, but he was tongue-tied and didn't know how to spit out that word.

Do I love Fang Yixi?He has also asked himself countless times over and over again.

This time, Fang Yixi also stared at Luo Xiu; his mood was fluctuating, and his thoughts were surging.

"Yes!" Luo Xiu honestly gave an affirmative answer.

"I've seen it a long time ago." Chen Can said without any trace, and smiled lightly like a breeze; it seemed that he knew it already.

"How can you guarantee that...you keep what you say..." Fang Yixi opened his mouth, and the words he spoke were unusually calm.

Luo Xiu's "yes" just shocked him, just like the vicissitudes of the sea, which gave him infinite courage and inexhaustible confidence.

Chen Can twitched his lips: "You can only believe it, because I am the one who decides now...don't act like a bullshit lover in front of me, how cheap your love is, I haven't learned it before? You keep saying that Love, what kind of worthless thing it becomes in the end, let's wait and see... Choose survival or love, I'm watching..."

"Then what can you get?..." Luo Xiu sighed in frustration.

"Didn't you say love, then let me see how much you love? Heaven and man are separated forever, living in each other's confession and self-renunciation forever... If I am in hell, you will never be reborn! It's just that , I don’t know if the one who survived was lucky? Or the one who died was luckier?……”

In Luo Xiu's mind, Dante's nine layers of hell suddenly flashed: a huge source of ice, with painful tears hanging on the face of the betrayer, forming a cold and crystal mask.

At this moment, Chen Can seems to be separated by a layer of frozen painted mask, he can no longer see the real truth under the skin, and he can no longer see the pure and flawless soul.

So, do I also fall into the abyss for it?

"Okay... I'll choose first..." Fang Yi said angrily.

Chen Can sneered slyly.

With Fang Yixi's previous character, he was kind and affectionate, especially timid and fearful; you can't expect such a person to do any feats of sacrificing himself for others and sacrificing his ego.

Fang Yixi thumped his body, trying to stand up.After struggling for a long time, I was exhausted and out of breath, but I couldn't succeed.

Chen Can stared at his father for a while, then glanced at his father——Chen Zhirong rolled his eyes, walked over reluctantly, and lifted up Yixi's swaying body like a rattan frame in the wind.

Fang Yixi stood still, swung Chen Zhirong's arm away, and went straight to Luo Xiu.

Seeing this scene, Luo Xiu strenuously propped up his body and also stood up.After all, he still has some physical strength.

Fang Yixi felt dizzy, and the soles of his feet were soft, as if he was stepping on cotton, unable to land at all.

Chen Can stuffed the knife into his hand—the handcuffs on his wrist forced him to hold the knife handle with trembling hands.

Looking at each other in twos: looking forward to each other, looking forward to love... the past and the past, right and wrong, love and hate; all kinds of feelings are in the heart.

"Today, it's time to end..." Fang Yixi was very happy, his eyes were dim, "I've always wanted to go around with you, climb mountains, see the sea... anywhere is fine... .It’s just that I didn’t expect that every day I lived with you in the past was actually an extra earn... Unfortunately, it was only at this time that I realized God’s intentions..."

Luo Xiu smiled like a spring mountain, calm and steady.Eyes, covered with a layer of mist, filled with emotion——

"That's what I said... We are sometimes too stupid. We can't see our own hearts clearly, and we have failed many beautiful opportunities in this world. Don't be afraid, and don't give up, we will be fine. Maybe it belongs to our beautiful Everything, in fact, has not yet come..."

Fang Yixi nodded heavily, with tears in his eyes.Although he couldn't fully comprehend what Luo Xiu said, but as long as this second, he could still see this person in his eyes, he was satisfied and grateful.

"I'll count to three... the time is up, and before you make a move, I'll give you the right to choose and replace!"

Chen Can, watching their life and death with cold eyes, talked about the cruel rules of the game.

Fang Yixi ignored his words and kept his eyes on Luo Xiu's face fiercely.

"Xiu, help me...my hands are shaking too much, I can't hold them..."

What he said was the truth, Fang Yixi's hands, not to mention holding a knife, probably even holding a piece of paper constituted a laborious task for him.

"one!"

Chen Can, without stopping Luo Xiu's help, called out the first number coldly.

Luo Xiu's big hand was shaking in the same way - he took the opponent's hand and wrapped it tightly in his generous, warm palm.

"two!"

"Xiu... Forgive me... I made a choice first..." Fang Yi muttered softly with tears in his voice and hoarse voice.

"It's okay... I don't blame you...."

Chen Zhirong moved over without making a sound, and moved Fang Yixi closer to prevent them from making other movements.As an old criminal policeman, his ability to observe people's subtle expressions and emotional fluctuations is not overwhelming Luo Xiu.

Fang Yixi's eyes were full of water, and he looked at Luo Xiu closely; his trembling lips were filled with a thousand words, wanting to express his unspeakable sorrow.

Time is running out... It turns out that between you and me, fate only left three short numbers of time in the end.

One glance, it has been thousands of years; one glance, goodbye in reincarnation.

"three!"

Chen Can yelled a third time cruelly and sternly.