The Deepest Color of the Night

Gu Mingzong pushed open the door leading to the auditorium from the large balcony, and Chi Wanru looked at his back with extremely astonished eyes.

When she saw this scene upstairs just now, she actually felt a little gloating in her heart—whether Gu Yuan wanted to act for Chi Qiu or something else, if this scene fell into his father's eyes, Gu Yuan would be finished. Fang Jin is almost finished in all likelihood.

However, just as she was about to speak out, Gu Mingzong raised his hand to stop her.

She sneaked a glance, and there was no anger or annoyance on the man's face, not even a little wave.

After a while, Gu Yuan strode away on the lawn downstairs. Fang Jin seemed a little sad by himself, standing there motionless with his head down.What he didn't know was that Gu Mingzong was also looking down at his dejected back from a high place at this time, and he sighed softly after a while.

——Chi Wanru could hardly believe her ears, there was clearly a trace of unmistakable pity in that voice.

Chi Wanru followed Gu Mingzong back to the auditorium, and the servants who were shuttling along the way bowed their heads to salute one after another, but she was so confused that she didn't even bother to take a look.

Gu Mingzong has been very kind to this child since the first day Fang Jin was sold in, and she has known this for a long time.However, at first, she only thought that it was an extremely rare guilt in Gu Mingzong's life - after all, this snow-white and lovely child would one day die for Gu Yuan.

However, as time went by, she gradually discovered that this child was becoming more and more important in Gu Mingzong's life, even surpassing his two biological sons.

She still remembered that when Fang Jin first came here, he cried and had a fever all night long. Gu Mingzong probably thought that he was really pitiful, so he took a newborn kitten from his business partner's house to raise for him—but she knew that Gu Mingzong had never been born in his life. Never liked any furry animals.Later, the servant did not take good care of the kitten, and the kitten died of illness. Xiao Fangjin wept bitterly holding the kitten's cold body, while Gu Mingzong sat on the side and frowned and stared at him.

When Chi Wanru really thought that he would kick the crying child out of the door, Gu Mingzong suddenly laughed, grabbed a handful of chocolates, and beckoned the child over: "Come on, don't cry, I'll eat it for you!" sugar."

That was probably the first time Gu Mingzong coaxed a child in his life. Before, when Gu Yuan cried and made a fuss and refused to eat, he just picked up his son and threw him out.

Later, he sent Fang Jin to school, which turned out to be not an ordinary junior high school, but a good school that cost money and effort to get into.During that period, Gu Mingzong was doing the final cleansing for the family. During those dangerous and turbulent days, it is said that he always took Fang Jin by his side like raising a child, while Gu Yuan was handed over to bodyguards to take him overseas. Gu Yang It was in the care of his mother.

Sometimes Chi Wanru even thought that Fang Jin might be Gu Mingzong's illegitimate son—although that was indeed a very absurd and absurd conjecture, and there was no similarity between the two's facial features.But Gu Mingzong did have a kind of tolerance and patience beyond her imagination for this child who was destined to be sacrificed.

Fang Jin was very timid since he was a child, prone to convulsions and fever, which should be the aftereffects of seeing his parents commit suicide when he was young.When he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he saw the scene where Gu Mingzong shot and killed a traitor. He suffered from aphasia due to overstimulation.However, Gu Mingzong talked to him with an unexpected patience, encouraged him to speak, and did not show any impatience from the beginning to the end. It was not until a year or two later that Fang Jin gradually returned to normal.

Since when did this feeling of being together day and night gradually change in quality?

Chi Wanru didn't know, and didn't dare to imagine, because every time she thought of this, she felt as if she had glimpsed a fatal secret that she shouldn't know, and a chill rose from the soles of her feet.

After Fang Jin recovered from his aphasia, Gu Mingzong sent him to Europe to study, and flew to Germany to see him every school holiday.She had heard that Gu Mingzong was alone every time he went there. Ever since he heard the news, Chi Wanru had no hope of formally entering the house.

No one could have imagined that, even Chi Wanru herself was unwilling to admit that this child who was sold into the Gu family and was doomed to die on behalf of others, had really become the only obstacle for her to become the head mother.No, maybe the fate of dying on behalf of others will be erased from him in the end. After all, when Gu Yuan was in danger in his teens, Fang Jin was as good as ever and didn't even lose a single hair. This kind of exception Gu Mingzong can make it happen The first time can completely happen the second time.

Is that love?Chi Wanru thought it was ridiculous even thinking about it.

A man like Gu Mingzong is moody, good and evil, and maintains a casual attitude that is almost indifferent to most things in this world, and he doesn't seem to have any positive views.

If this can be called love, even the love in third-rate clumsy TV dramas can be compared to Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

But in his position, she couldn't think of any other reason for being so kind to a person besides that ridiculous emotion.

·

The reception ended successfully that day, and a short episode did not have any impact on the guests in the luxurious auditorium. Even Gu Yuan, who gave the thank you speech at the end, was as graceful as usual.

After reading the speech, he raised his head, his eyes flicked across the applause below, and briefly fell on the familiar figure in the crowd.

Fang Jin stood at the dining table, his complexion was slightly pale under the bright light, but his expression was calm and there was not much abnormality, he just clapped along with the crowd.

Gu Yuan turned his eyes away and didn't look at him.

In Gu Yuan's heart, there was a feeling of embarrassment that even he couldn't understand, what is this?You usually act thoughtful and considerate, but in the end you go out with others and still not answer my phone?Lied to me afterwards?

Isn't the appearance of putting me first in everything in the past all deceptive?

There was a faint fire in Gu Yuan's heart. After the reception, it happened that Gu Yang met a group of rich second-generation cousins ​​of the same age to go racing. A distant cousin asked him if he would go, but Gu Yuan didn't pay attention. I thought about it and agreed.

"Huh?" Gu Yang was a little surprised: "Didn't the big brother stop going crazy after an accident before? Why, do you want to find some excitement today?"

Gu Yuan came back to his senses, "I didn't hear clearly what you were going to do—you go on your own, be careful and safe."

The cousin kept asking curiously, Gu Yang said with a smile: "My elder brother used to steal a racing car when he was in school, and hit a power pole in the middle of the night, and was almost sent to the ICU. But today everyone drank Alcohol is also dangerous, why don't you go to the Pub last night? I heard they have a white night carnival tonight, let's go and see if it's lively or not."

Normally, Gu Yuan would not be bothered to hang out with a group of distant relatives whose names are incomplete. Even if he kills the time, he would do it once in a while. Going out all day and going crazy is what Gu Yang does.But today I don't know what's wrong, I probably don't want to go back early to meet Fang Jin, when Gu Yang tried his best to push him again, he nodded in desperation.

In the end, Gu Yuan regretted it when he got to the place. This kind of nightclub with mixed religions and fishes and dragons was too chaotic, and the dazzling lights, loud DJs, and men and women in scantily clad shaking their heads were not attractive enough to him.He casually drank something and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Gu Yang: "Don't be so serious, brother! Come on, call Xiaojie over!"

Someone pulled over a little girl with heavy makeup, short hair, pale face, and a neutral sense of beauty, but the makeup is too thick to see the exact facial features.Gu Yuan only glanced at it, then smiled slightly and said, "Male?"

"Big brother has seen countless people, this is their number one card." Gu Yang turned his head and winked, and the little hero immediately stalked towards him like a snake, his eyelids painted with glittering golden mascara blinked like butterflies, and his smile was sweet and greasy , personally lit a cigarette and offered it to Gu Yuan.

This person doesn't look as good as the [-]th-line artist that day, but he does wink more, but who knows what is mixed with the smoke that people respect in the nightclub.Gu Yuan sank on the sofa with his legs crossed, took it casually and pressed it out, and asked, "How old is it?"

Xiaojie smiled charmingly, "Eighteen."

No wonder I can dress up like this. In a few years, my facial features will change, and no amount of heavy makeup will work.

"What about going to school?"

"In the third year of high school, I came out to do it while I was on vacation."

Gu Yuan glanced at him absurdly, that gaze actually made Xiaojie tremble in his heart, and after a while he murmured: "...The boss told us to say that, the guests will be happy when they hear that they are going to school..."

Gu Yuanxin said that these are all hobbies, they are all for sale. Isn't it more expensive to go to school than to go to school?Besides, those who can come to this kind of place to spend money to buy fun are also low. They are all from the same way, so don't be picky about anyone.

"Boss..." Xiaojie yelled softly, and took the initiative to come up to snuggle up beside Gu Yuan, but he didn't dare to get too close, so he sank deeply into the sofa.

He could tell that this sharp young man was different from the other guests who came to see him.This person's clothes don't reveal the brand, nor can he tell how rich he is, but the other rich second generations who came with this person are afraid of him.

There is something special and indescribable about him. Simply sitting in a corner is not to be underestimated. It is an aura that stands out so clearly that it cannot be ignored without throwing money at the audience. .

Xiaojie has never been in contact with people of this level, he doesn't know that it is the aura of someone who has indeed held power and is superior.

"Your guests like you dressed like this?" Gu Yuan said casually.

"Most people who like boys like this," Xiaojie quickly explained, "It's just that they look like girls. It's best when the soft muscles and bones of the body have not grown hard. My kind is the most popular here. I really like it. To the extent of a muscular man, isn't that gay?"

Gu Yuan asked: "What's the fun in liking boys?"

"It's much more interesting. Boys have the style of boys, and it's tight." Xiaojie blinked his big eyes with heavy makeup, climbed up with trembling courage, and gently blown into Gu Yuan's ear: "Do you want to talk to Gu Yuan?" Do you want to try?"

Gu Yuan turned his head to look at him, his gaze made Xiaojie's heart tremble.

It was not a lustful or provocative look, but a kind of contemplation and comparison, as if carefully looking at his facial features inch by inch, and seeing another person through his shadow.

"……never mind."

Gu Yuan said suddenly, got up and took a few banknotes from his wallet and threw them down. He didn't say hello to Gu Yang who was surrounded by Yingying Yanyan not far away, and walked out directly through the crowd.

Xiaojie was startled and wanted to stop him, but just as he stretched out his hand, he was timid again, so he could only watch him walk out of the nightclub.

·

Gu Yuan was walking alone on the street, surrounded by neon lights, heavy traffic, and sexy teenagers and girls passing by laughing and laughing.

He was so tall and handsome, with his hands in the pockets of his high-definition trousers, walking alone in the night of the city, causing girls to stop and look back, but he didn't seem to notice it at all.

... What's the fun in liking boys?

It seemed weird when he thought about it carefully. He knew that this was a new way of playing that had become popular in recent years, but he himself had no interest in a body with the same physiological structure as himself.

But when he looked at that sexy little boy, he seemed to see another person through that heavily made-up face.

——the one who blushed under the starlight, seemed very embarrassed and a little angry, and avoided looking at him.

Gu Yuan's mind was chaotic, he forced himself to recall every detail of that moment over and over again like an obsessive-compulsive disorder, including the angle of Fang Jin's eyelashes drooping, the handsome side profile and the snow-white earlobes under his temples.He felt that he was simply sick, and at the same time some strange, hazy, uncontrollable feeling sprouted from within.

He thought of the glaring hickey again, but now he didn't want to get angry anymore, he just wanted to calm down and talk to his assistant—even if there was nothing to talk about, just listen to the voice.

Gu Yuan stopped by the shop window on the street, took out his mobile phone, and dialed Fang Jin's number.

"Beep-beep-beep-"

"The user you dialed is temporarily unavailable, please..."

Gu Yuan didn't even think about it, the deliberately suppressed rage in the banquet hall mixed with the weird excitement in the nightclub just now, and all his rationality was ignited with a bang.

There was a loud bang, and Gu Yuan threw the phone into the air, and it fell to pieces on the sidewalk in an instant.

·

After the reception, Fang Jin went back to his room alone and sat in the armchair behind the desk.

Although very tired, he dared not go to sleep.

Gu Yuan should go to the nightclub with Gu Yang and the others to relieve boredom, and he will never be needed again today - this is actually a good thing, because no one knows how Gu Mingzong will react.

Gu Mingzong seldom got angry, and Fang Jin witnessed it only once.It was when he was twelve or thirteen years old, he hid in the bookcase in the office and fell asleep one day, until he was suddenly awakened by messy speech and footsteps.He looked out through the crack of the window, and saw two bodyguards in the office pressing down a man covered in blood, and Gu Mingzong was standing behind the desk, playing with a handful of black things.

Fang Jin closed his breath.

—It was a gun.

The man was trembling and begging for mercy, and the unpleasant smell of feces and urine came from him.However, Gu Mingzong only smiled and said a few words slowly, his expression was so normal and natural, and then he raised the muzzle of his gun and fired.

boom!

A blood hole appeared between the man's eyebrows, red and white spurted out instantly, and then he fell heavily to the ground.

Fang Jin suddenly spun, his pupils trembled violently, he couldn't make a sound, and his throat was blocked by a painful blockage.He couldn't sit still on his knees, his eyes turned black, and when he raised his elbow, he bang!Hit the wall with a bang.

Everyone looked at him immediately, and the bodyguards walked this way vigilantly, but then Gu Mingzong remembered something and raised his hand to stop them.

He personally walked to the bookcase and opened the door, looked down for a while, then stretched out his hand to hug Xiao Fang Jin out.

The man's body was still dead on the ground, his blood-red eyes were wide open, looking at Fang Jin blankly.There was already a pool of blood on his side, when Gu Mingzong stepped over, Fang Jin saw his own reflection on the bloody water, at that moment his heart stopped completely.

"It's okay." Gu Mingzong covered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, it's okay."

The bodyguards were a little uneasy, but Gu Mingzong lightly threw the pistol back to them, and walked out with Xiao Fangjin in his arms.

That was the first time in Fang Jin's life that he realized how terrifying this man was, this powerful, kind man who kept a very natural expression the moment he shot and killed someone.

When he first arrived at Gu's house, he only knew that Gu Mingzong had the power to control his own life and death. At that time, he was very afraid. He was afraid that one day Gu Mingzong would send someone to break into the house, so he would be arrested and dissected.However, in getting along day after day, Gu Mingzong took good care of him, patient, tolerant, and thoughtful. Although he was not very gentle, he was not the devil with a blue face and fangs eating children as he imagined.

The child is always forgetful, gradually he relaxes his vigilance, and even forgets that he is just a poor little ghost who may be dragged to die for the Gu family anytime and anywhere.

However, it wasn't until the moment the gunshot rang out that he realized that the man who would patiently wait for him to finish his milk cereal at the breakfast table was also taking life and death at the same time, and when he pulled the trigger, his expression was peaceful. Be the same when it comes to yourself.

Just like a huge male lion lying there lazily, it looks very docile and tolerant, but it may suddenly stand up and bite your neck off at any time.

You don't know when he will start to kill, maybe he is thinking about killing you anytime and anywhere.

It was a kind of shadow-like horror brought about by the huge disparity in power.

·

Fang Jin told himself to stay calm.

Gu Mingzong is a person who does whatever he wants, and dares to entrust him with any important project when he is interested. Over the years, he has encountered more and more difficult situations, and even once caused the project to lose tens of millions due to mistakes, but in the end he also failed. They were all resolved by their own strength, and this time it was not a very bad situation.

He sat at the desk, forced himself to look at the materials and documents, with the mobile phone in his hand, but his ears were listening to the movement outside the door.After persisting like this for several hours, he gradually lost consciousness, unable to support the heavy weight of his eyelids, propped his head up and fell asleep by the desk.

After an unknown amount of time, he felt a soft and warm blanket covering his body in his sleep, and he couldn't help curling up comfortably.

A hand stroked his hair lightly.

"……Silly boy."

The sigh seemed to ring in his ears, and it seemed to be far away, hazy, Fang Jin rubbed his head, feeling that his arms were gently placed flat on the table, and his forehead was also pillowed on it.

This position was much more comfortable than before. He was about to enter a deeper sleep when suddenly the screen of his phone lit up, followed by a huge earthquake.

Fang Jin woke up suddenly, subconsciously let go, the phone fell on the carpet with a bang, and was disconnected immediately.

He maintained this sitting position for a few seconds, only to realize that he was covered with a snow-white woolen blanket, and then he turned around and saw Gu Mingzong standing in front of the balcony's floor-to-ceiling glass door.Before Fang Jin had time to get up in a hurry, he nodded and pointed to the mobile phone on the ground.

Only then did Fang Jin suddenly realize that when he picked it up, it was a missed call from Gu Yuan.

Another missed call.Fang Jin was terrified. He didn't know whether to call back, so he just heard Gu Mingzong's tone very gentle: "Go and call him back, maybe I have something to do with you."

As he spoke, he took out a cigarette from his pocket, opened the glass door and walked to the balcony.

Fang Jin hesitated for a moment, but still dialed back.Unexpectedly, no matter how he called this time, the user had turned off his phone, and he kept calling like this several times in a row. He thought that maybe Gu Yuan’s phone was dead or he just got drunk and dialed it by mistake, so he sent a text message to ask what happened. , Do you need something, and there was no reply for a long time, so I hung up the phone with a little anxiety.

Gu Mingzong's tall and straight back stood on the balcony, facing the empty and deep Gu's manor in the night, the cigarette butt in his hand flickered on and off.Fang Jin gently opened the door and smelled a strong smell of smoke. Gu Mingzong narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was carefully looking at something in the distance.

Fang Jin followed his line of sight. Not far away was the gurgling water in the garden, and the European-style bronze street lamp was shining yellow in the shade of the trees. A few moths were bumping into the light one after another.

"Every year when they repair the garden, the bulbs are full of dead moths. I don't know how they flew in. They are too persistent."

Fang Jin didn't know what he wanted to say, so he could only say "ah" softly after a while: "Moths jumping into a flame is... an instinct."

"When you look at the light and heat, you rush forward desperately, and don't care if the heat will hurt you, you will die in it in the end." Gu Mingzong said lightly: "Instinct kills people."

A crescent moon rises to the middle of the sky, everything is completely silent, and the sound of insects can be heard in the distance.The night wind blew over the grass and bushes, with a slight rustling sound, and the fragrance of water lilies in the pond farther away, blowing over Fang Jin's black hair and slightly dazed side cheeks.

Gu Mingzong turned his head to stare at him, sighed softly for a while, leaned forward and pressed a tobacco-smelling kiss on his forehead.

"I just came to see if you have a fever." He whispered, "Don't be afraid, go to sleep."

·

Fang Jin slept restlessly all night, woke up just after dawn, opened his eyes until the sun was bright, then hurriedly washed up and went to Gu Yuan.

However, Gu Yuan didn't want to see him.

The Gu family is so big, and Gu Yuan is the prospective heir, it's very convenient for the other party to avoid seeing him, and it's not like he didn't bring other subordinates.Not only was he dealing with work during the day, but even during the reception at night, he deliberately did not look at Fang Jin, did not talk to him, and did not come within a few meters of him, as if he had completely forgotten about this assistant.

However, Fang Jin did not take the initiative to find the door.

One time, Gu Yuan caught a glimpse of his silhouette in the crowd, and saw him standing alone under the luxurious lights of the auditorium, looking a little lonely among a group of flowers and flowers, as if there was an invisible wall between him and his surroundings. Everyone separated.

In an instant, an unstoppable impulse surged up in Gu Yuan's heart, wanting to go through the crowd and stand in front of him, but he forcibly restrained himself as soon as he took a step.

I'm the boss, so I can't be so cheap, Gu Yuan thought calmly.

He sneaks out and hangs out with people, and he dares to ignore me and lie to me about it.

Make sure he comes over and apologizes.No, not even an apology can forgive, unless he wants to...

What would you like?Gu Yuan is like a young and violent male wolf, with a raging fire in his heart that has no place to vent.

He didn't know what he actually wanted Fang Jin to do. He only knew that he was extremely unhappy with the status quo. However, his brain was full of heavy work and complicated family infighting every day. Never really thought about it.

Gu Yuan has lived for more than 20 years as the proud son of a wealthy family. This is the first time he has encountered a problem that cannot be solved with wisdom, experience or money.

Gu Yuan's deliberate indifference to the other party continued until the last day of the reception, when everyone went home. He, Gu Yang Chi Wanru and the others also brought their subordinates and prepared to leave the main house of the Gu family.

Before leaving, he went to see his father and reported the latest progress of the cooperation project with Mingda Industry. Gu Mingzong nodded after hearing this, and suddenly asked: "——Are you not satisfied with the assistant I sent you?"

Gu Yuan's eyes changed slightly, and then he said naturally: "No, Fang Jin has nothing to criticize in his work."

However, Gu Mingzong didn't care about his answer.

"If you are dissatisfied, return it. Don't hold on to it while disliking it. Your subordinates are human too, so you have to consider their feelings." He waved his hand lightly: "You go."

Gu Yuan exited the study, although his expression was normal, his eyes sank when he looked carefully.

Why did Gu Mingzong suddenly tell him these things carefully, did he notice his emotional performance these days?Or did he ask Fang Jin, and Fang Jin couldn't help pouring out bitter water?

Gu Yuan took a deep breath, and at that moment he suddenly realized a very obvious fact that had been deliberately ignored for some reason: Fang Jin signed a work contract instead of a contract of sale, and he could resign.

He can look back at Mingzong's hands, and he can even go far away and leave forever.

Gu Yuan stood quietly in the corridor for a while, then suddenly took out a new mobile phone from his pocket, and dialed the number of the company's HR department while striding out the door.