The Deepest Color of the Night

The car drove towards the outskirts of the city in the night, and after almost two hours, it finally stopped on the side of the road.

The bodyguard got out of the car first and opened the door, and then helped Fang Jin out with his hands tied behind his back.

In front of him was a huge warehouse-style building, the front yard was surrounded by iron fences, and several bulletproof RVs were neatly parked in the open space.There was a line of words written on the gray-black door of the building, which was hard to read in the night. Fang Jin raised his eyes and stared for a while before he recognized that it was a real gun shooting range.

The bodyguard bowed his head to greet him: "The president is waiting for you inside."

Fang Jin kept silent, and was dragged into the building by several people. He walked for a while in the unlit front desk and passage, and then the lights flashed brightly in front of him, and he came to a spacious and huge indoor shooting range.

boom!

The sound of gunfire suddenly sounded, and a bright red number appeared on the target pole in the distance: 10.

Gu Mingzong put down his gun, turned around and beckoned: "Come and sit."

The bodyguard backed out without a sound and closed the door with a click.

Only Gu Mingzong, Fang Jin, and a few bodyguards were left in the empty room.Wang Yu was also among the bodyguards. Although his expression seemed calm, Fang Jin could see the uneasiness hidden deep in his eyes with a slight glance from the corner of Fang Jin's eyes.

It's not that he sold himself, he didn't dare.

On the flat ground not far from the shooting path, there was an armchair abruptly placed, Fang Jin walked over slowly and sat down.

"Meet someone?" Gu Mingzong asked while unloading the magazine.

In just one sentence, Fang Jin knew that there was no chance of luck as before, so he gently closed his eyes.

After a while, he opened his eyes and looked directly at Gu Mingzong: "—how did you know?"

"How did I know?" Gu Mingzong laughed: "There are people from me all year round on the periphery of that sanatorium. As soon as you go in here, the news on the other side is put on my desk. If you don't come out within two hours, I should call you." Someone went in to rob you—why, the bodyguards of the Ke family are useless, do you think it’s useless for my people to accompany them?”

Fang Jin's complexion changed slightly.

"——I don't understand," he said cautiously after a while: "Since you know that people are inside and you have a way to bypass the Ke family's guards, why haven't you just cut the grass and rooted it out for more than 20 years?"

Gu Mingzong changed the magazine, but did not answer immediately, but looked at Fang Jin with interest: "Do you know what boiled eagle hates the most?"

No matter how fast Fang Jin reacted, he couldn't help being taken aback.

"……what?"

"What I hate the most about boiled eagles is that you finally made up your mind to boil the little eagle to the brink of death and lost all its wildness. When you were thinking about feeding it and watering it, suddenly Cheng Yaojin came out of the way. Take the first step to touch and feed the fur, and completely tame it in one fell swoop; your expectations and efforts for so many years have suddenly been wiped out like this."

Gu Mingzong paused, then asked with a smile: "——what do you think will happen after that?"

Fang Jin already understood that he knew everything about Gu Yuan.

Under the light, his face was pale and bloodless, and even the bound hands behind him were trembling slightly, but his expression carried a terrifying calmness.

Gu Mingzong turned a blind eye to it, and said leisurely: "However, Cheng Yaojin will find out later... the little eagle he robbed from someone else has imitated the original owner's words and deeds for many years, and his instinct has penetrated deep in his soul. It has become very similar to the original owner..."

"I'm not your dog's minion!" Fang Jin said sharply, "I'm an independent person, completely different from you!"

The end of this sentence was even a little broken, bringing out harsh echoes in the empty shooting range.

Gu Mingzong didn't take it seriously: "It's been a long time since you wanted to say this."

Fang Jin gritted his teeth, and looked at Gu Mingzong without fear, until the latter smiled and raised his eyebrows, and repeated four words: "Cut the grass and roots."

"——that's Gu Yuan's biological father, but you just used this word without even thinking about it. It can be seen that in your subconscious mind, you haven't considered that I can't bear to do it because of my brotherhood, or that I can't do it for Gu Yuan's sake." There is no obstacle for you to substitute into my thinking mode for the possibility of making a move."

"And your intuition is also right. It's really not those illusory things that hinder me." Gu Mingzong seemed to find it very interesting, and said, "It's because it's useless to kill—the Ke family and the Gu family got too close more than 20 years ago. In addition to this personal testimony, there are many other evidences in hand. If you act rashly, you will only force Ke Wenlong, that old fox, to kill me."

Fang Jin's expression was gloomy and unclear, and his chest heaved slightly.

Gu Mingzong walked to the armchair, looked at him condescendingly from a close distance, looked down from his slightly messy hair, long and thick eyelashes, and the bridge of the nose that reflected slightly in the light.

Fang Jin looked a bit embarrassed, but Gu Mingzong's eyes seemed to be admiring a perfect work of art.

"Tell me how much you know now," he said with a hint of command in his tone, "if you have any doubts, please tell me."

"..."

Sitting in the chair, Fang Jin could feel the gaze falling on his face from the top of his head, but he never looked at Gu Mingzong from the beginning to the end.

"You are not Gu Mingzong," he said hoarsely after a while, "You are Gu Mingda, the twin brother of the real Gu Mingzong."

"—Although you two brothers were born to the same mother, their destinies are completely different. Gu Yuan's biological father was brought up by his family since he was a child, and eventually took over the family and inherited the entire financial group; while you are living outside with your biological mother who is a mistress. When you were a teenager, you may not be found and recognized by your twin brother until you are an adult."

"However, the real Gu Mingzong accepted you very enthusiastically, and even let you participate in the affairs of the group, without any defense against you. Therefore, when he was in power, you gradually cultivated your own power, so that you later turned against him. With one blow, you will succeed in ascending smoothly."

Pop, pop, pop.

"—Wonderful." Gu Mingzong clapped his hands: "How did you figure it out?"

"Gu Yuan's biological father has been in the hands of the Ke family for more than 20 years. He is the son-in-law of the Ke family, and the treatment in the nursing home is unusually generous, but he has turned into a mental illness. When he saw me, he obviously showed strong fear. A person with a little more determination will not become like this. Facing the person who almost killed him, he should attack with rage instead of screaming in fear, don't kill me, so I can only think of weak nature to explain his current behavior look."

"Furthermore," Fang Jin continued, "in the photo in my room, he is holding Gu Yuan's biological mother's hand, smiling excitedly and joyfully...I have never seen such an open expression on your face... ..."

Standing behind Fang Jin, Gu Mingzong seemed to be a little emotional, but also praised him very much: "Brother is like this, otherwise he would not be so credulous back then, so that I would easily betray him."

"Good job, you can see that."

Fang Jin's wrist moved between his body and the back of the chair.

But it was so slight that it was completely invisible through a thin layer of fabric.

"After you cultivate your own power, you are not willing to be just a person in the shadow. On the day when Gu Yuan's biological mother was hospitalized for labor more than 20 years ago, the Gu family should have been very busy. You took the opportunity to lead people to launch a sneak attack and killed your own in the chaos. Twin brother."

"At that time, you and Gu Yuan's biological father should have been similar to the real one. Although there are still subtle differences, those subordinates who assisted you in betraying the water quickly controlled the high-level family members, so that no one could recognize the real one in a short time. Gu Mingzong has already been dropped; the only person you have left to worry about is Gu Yuan's biological mother."

"Mrs. Gu was born in the Ke family. She has a background and a background, and she is a pillow person that can never be fooled. Therefore, in order to completely eliminate hidden dangers, you made her die of dystocia and hemorrhage. My mother, who was the blood donor, also narrowly escaped her life. "

Fang Jin paused, although his voice trembled a little in the last sentence, he was still calm: "Am I right?"

Gu Mingzong listened with a smile, nodded after listening, and said, "Yes."

That question and answer, in a trance and more than ten years ago when Jin was still a child, naively and ignorantly following behind Gu Mingzong, asking this question and that, after the question, Gu Mingzong patted his head and said "yes" - it was the same at that time .

However, with the passage of time, the tenderness and tenderness turned into sharp blades, smashing the illusion to pieces, revealing the ugly truth dripping with blood.

"But I have a question that I can't figure out..." Fang Jin paused for a moment before slowly saying, "Why was my father the one who killed Gu Yuan's biological father?"

He looked forward, and Gu Mingzong was standing behind the high armchair, only to hear a very relaxed voice: "—Because Fang Xiaohe is one of my eldest brother's confidantes, and he also voluntarily betrayed him to assassinate him. "

"Fang Jin, if Gu Yuan's biological father survives and I'm not in power, do you think your mother will live to give birth to you? Fang Xiao and his betrayal are stronger than anyone else's. You were only born eight months later than Gu Yuan. That's all."

Fang Jin was completely stiff.

At that moment, even his heart sank heavily there.

"I promised your father that as long as he kills my eldest brother, he will let him and your mother leave the Gu family, and life and death will never be involved. For this reason, your father took the risk and strangled the old owner. Who knows that he didn't really strangle him in the chaos. My eldest brother was later killed. Ke Wenlong, who came to hear the news of her daughter's death, rescued her."

A slight ridicule flashed across Gu Mingzong's eyes: "And Ke Wenlong's cruelty is far beyond your imagination. He knows that my elder brother has always been dissatisfied with the Ke family, and even once persuaded his daughter to renounce him, so he locked him up without stopping. ; On the other hand, they threatened me with this important witness and forced me to take Gu Yuan's life."

"For Ke Wenlong, a young and ignorant Gu Yuan is much easier to control than his father, and even if it becomes uncontrollable in the future, the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren alone is enough to get a lot of money from the Gu family—so this deal is a huge profit. That's the truth of what you're seeing today."

Gu Mingzong walked around to the side of the armchair, turned his head to look at Fang Jin, whose face was as cold as paper.

"...my father..."

"Fang Xiaohe is also for you," Gu Mingzong said gently, "Gu Yuan's parents are not dead, and neither your mother nor you can survive."

Fang Jin's shoulders began to tremble, and the intensity became more and more intense beyond restraint.He was gasping for breath, but he seemed unable to absorb any oxygen, and even his entire lungs were constricted into a ball due to the severe pain, so he could only curl up his body tightly.

A bodyguard beside him tentatively took half a step forward, but was stopped by Gu Mingzong raising his hand.

"Fang Jin," he said calmly, "There is no need to do this, you are not such a vulnerable person."

"...Why..." After a long time, Fang Jin finally raised his head, the blood on his chapped lips was obviously licked, and his eyes seemed to be bloodshot: "Why did you put that photo in the room, why did you let me See all this?!"

Although his voice trembled, the shaking and panting had been forcibly suppressed.

The brief gaffe just now seemed to be an illusion, and it quickly faded from the thin and straight body.

Gu Mingzong looked at him quietly, his eyes seemed to have a mixed meaning of praise and pity, and he didn't answer for a long time before asking: "Do you know why I first came to Gu's house?"

"..."

"My surname was originally Ji," Gu Mingzong said leisurely, "because of the reluctance of being a first-time mother, the stupidity of competing with the Gu family, and the complicated motive of wanting to leave me as a reliance in the future, my own mother didn't hand me over with my elder brother. I only stepped into the Gu family's door when I was an adult. And that time the Gu family sent someone to look for me, not because of family affection or other reasons, but because my elder brother needed an 800cc blood supply for surgery."

Fang Jin's pupils tightened slightly.

"Afterwards, I have never been recognized openly, and even my existence was almost wiped out for a while; even if I gradually gained power within the consortium, many people only thought I was a double, until the photo was taken, and it was the first time our twin brothers appeared at the same time. under one shot."

Gu Mingzong said: "That is the only photo that can prove that we are two different people, so I kept it."

"..." Fang Jin hoarsely said: "Then why did you let me find out on purpose?!"

"I didn't mean for you to see it. It's been in the compartment of your bedside picture frame for more than ten years."

Fang Jin stared at him incredulously, and Gu Mingzong said calmly, "Because there are your parents on it. When you were young, you missed your parents, cried all night, and often asked me for my parents. I don't think it's useless to keep this photo." , I will put it on your bedside, and I will give you the meaning of a family reunion."

Fang Jin couldn't believe what he heard at all, but Gu Mingzong's expression showed no signs of joking at all.

"Now you know everything, Jin, what are you going to do?"

There was silence in the shooting range.

No one moved, and no one made a sound. The silent tide surged from all directions in the void, forcing out the last bit of air in the lungs.

Through the tall window, Fang Jin's eyes reflected the boundless darkness of the night outside, without any light.

"I want to leave you," he finally said after a long time.

"Without you, I wouldn't even have the chance to be born. Without you, I might have died more than ten years ago, but even so, I don't want to endure this relationship for a day."

He repeated again: "I want to leave you."

Gu Mingzong didn't show any expression of anger or surprise, he just said calmly: "Oh?"

"You once said that I have a chance to regret it, so now is the time for me to use this chance..." Fang Jin took a deep breath and said, "If you let me go, I swear that I will be sorry for everything I heard today." Keep the matter secret, and never mention it to anyone in this life; on the contrary, I will definitely let this secret be revealed in broad daylight and exposed to everyone. How about it?"

He stared closely at Gu Mingzong, with a compelling calmness in his eyes.

However, Gu Mingzong seemed to have heard a joke: "But now you are in my hands, Jin, what if I kill you today?"

Before Fang Jin could say anything, Gu Mingzong stepped forward and grabbed his throat!

This time he was caught off guard, Fang Jin's face turned red quickly, he couldn't say a word, he could only feel his throat being tightly squeezed!

In fact, with the strength of Gu Mingzong's hand, it would be easy to crush his neck bone in an instant, and he deliberately saved his strength at this time.But in the extreme pain, Fang Jin couldn't feel it. He could only hear the terrible crackling sound from his throat, and the loud noise from the blood rushing to the eardrum.

……Do not……

Can't be here, just...

The chaotic Chinese party tried its best to maintain the last sliver of sobriety, forcing himself to twist his wrist violently while enduring the severe pain.In fact, he had been grinding the knot in secret all night, and in the end only a little bit was tied to the wrist bone. He broke free suddenly at the moment of life and death, and pushed Gu Mingzong's hand away like lightning!

--Snapped!

Gu Mingzong staggered half a step, Fang Jin clutched his throat, and coughed in embarrassment!

This cough is simply earth-shattering, even the internal organs are twisted tightly, and the tip of the tongue is full of blood.Fang Jin almost knocked over the seat, stepped back and looked at Gu Mingzong vigilantly, but saw the latter spread his palms and smiled: "That's right, didn't you break free a long time ago?"

"You... are you so interesting?!" Fang Jin snapped intermittently: "You always tease me like this, is it interesting to push me to the last step?!"

Gu Mingzong was silent for a moment, and then said: "...One day you will understand."

Fang Jin didn't and didn't want to understand what he meant. He only supported the back of the chair with trembling hands, and managed to stop his cough after a while, and his ears were buzzing.

He gritted his teeth and swallowed the rusty blood foam, looked up at Gu Mingzong, and said hoarsely: "...you are too late, you should have arrested me in Hong Kong. , and everything I guessed into an email, and if you don't cancel it in another hour, it will be automatically sent to everyone in the Gu family and the senior management of the consortium..."

Gu Mingzong smiled and said: "Oh? Then you might as well make a list for me, and I will arrange to kill them one by one."

"...and Gu Yuan." Fang Jin said coldly, "Including everything between me and you."

Gu Mingzong's eyes finally changed for the first time tonight, and there was even an element of surprise in it: "——you told Gu Yuan about your relationship with me?"

"It's impossible to convince Gu Yuan with an e-mail rashly. If he asks the Ke family for verification, it will definitely delay time. By then, you must have sent someone to attack him. Only by telling him everything can we gain the greatest trust." Fang Jin's eyes were slightly self-deprecating: "Besides, if I die, what does it matter if he knows? No matter how disgusted I am, I won't feel it anymore."

Gu Mingzong looked at him silently, with an indescribable light flashing in his eyes.

"Gu Yuan," Fang Jin gasped, and said again: "Gu Yuan brought his own people to betray the Gu family tonight, and Ke Wenlong will accept him immediately. He was the orthodox heir of the Gu family at the time, and Ke Wenlong fully supported him. The physical evidence is all there, so your future troubles are endless? ——As long as you agree to let me go, all of this can be eliminated invisible."

"It's not yet the time to turn against the Ke family, Mr. Gu should be very clear about the importance of the stakes."

Gu Mingzong and Fang Jin looked at each other for a long time, without any emotion in their deep eyes.

It took him a long while before he asked: "—Is that why you want to be with Gu Yuan?"

Obviously the timing was wrong and the location was wrong, but Fang Jin felt like crying at that moment, he swallowed hard to suppress the sore choking in his throat.

"Yes, I want to be with him."

In fact, there was still a tinge of trepidation in these words, and Gu Mingzong seemed to find it a bit ridiculous: "I knew you would have a day when moths would fly to the flame, but are you sure? Do you really love him?"

Fang Jin was speechless and only nodded slightly.

"Oh, you love him, how much do you know about him? Gu Yuan was in England before, and he was your boss after he came back. Have you seen the side of him that really inherited from the Sopranos? You are sure that you are not in love with that, in extreme despair The perfect phantom imagined, subconsciously farfetched to come out to save his own protector?"

Fang Jin's brain was buzzing, his throat was burning like fire, and he could hardly speak: "It's not like this..."

Gu Mingzong confirmed again: "You don't regret it?"

"……No regrets."

Gu Mingzong nodded and said in a deep voice, "That's fine."

At that moment, Fang Jin couldn't believe his ears. The three words came so abruptly that he was caught off guard.

Gu Mingzong turned a blind eye to his dazed expression.

"But you must do two things, otherwise I will regret today's decision at any time. First, you must swear that you will never hurt yourself because of Gu Yuan, especially not die for him."

Fang Jin's eyelids twitched subconsciously.

"Secondly, Gu Yuan is only alive if you are alive." Gu Mingzong said coldly, "If one day you die, I will really attack Gu Yuan."

Fang Jin froze for a moment, but immediately realized that no one can tell what will happen in the future, and today's juncture must be passed first.

He looked directly at Gu Mingzong and nodded:

"I swear."

Gu Mingzong took a slight breath, and it took a long time before he exhaled slowly.

He said gently: "You can go."

If you listen carefully, there is actually a little indescribable emotion in his voice, which is neither sad nor angry, nor contemptuous or disdainful; the voice is deep and warm, very stable, not like a farewell.

However, Fang Jin couldn't hear it at this time, he stepped back step by step, all his attention was focused on guarding against Gu Mingzong and the bodyguards behind him, it was impossible to notice such a subtle emotional change in those few words.

He retreated to the door of the shooting range, and the bodyguard opened the door for him from the outside, bowing slightly to show his respect.

However, Fang Jin turned his back to the door and didn't see it. He just stared at Gu Mingzong, and saw the man smiled at him: "--goodbye."

No, see you no more.

Fang Jin didn't say anything, he took a big step back and hid himself in the darkness of the corridor outside the shooting range.

·

The door closed again, and the shooting range was silent.Gu Mingzong stood without saying a word for a long time, then suddenly raised his hand and raised his gun, and hit all the targets at the end of the trajectory with a bang bang bang!

In an instant, the bullet casings flew horizontally and fell to the ground with a jingle. When the last bullet was hit, Gu Mingzong didn't even turn his head, and changed hands cleanly and fired in bursts!

--boom!

In a row of bodyguards not far away, a blood hole appeared in the center of Wang Yu's eyebrows, and he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open a few seconds later.

Gu Mingzong withdrew the empty magazine, threw it casually, and the bodyguard immediately stepped forward to catch it.

He said coldly, "Let's go."