The Deepest Color of the Night

Five minutes later, Fang Jin was driving in front, Gu Yuan and Chi Qiu were sitting in the back seat together, and the co-pilot was offering the Hermès crocodile bag worth hundreds of thousands.

The atmosphere in the car was dignified and tit-for-tat, Fang Jin stared at the rear of the car in front without blinking, only to hear Gu Yuan coldly say behind him: "Miss Chi, I think you may have misunderstood one thing. Although Chi Auntie is Gu Yang's mother, I have always respected her, but she doesn't have any room to comment on things like marriage..."

To Fang Jin's surprise, Chi Qiu's tone turned out to be a completely different person, sticky and greasy like a young girl: "President Gu, I think you misunderstood, aunt is only thinking of you, she has always taught me to abide by women's morals , obey your will..."

Fang Jin's hands holding the steering wheel almost trembled.

"...I don't need it." Gu Yuan also silenced his voice for several seconds before saying coldly, "You don't need to obey me."

Chi Qiu immediately asked: "Is it because of that woman just now? If so, I won't mind. It's common for men to fly colorful flags outside these days. Please don't mistake me for a narrow-minded woman just because of this!"

Gu Yuan reflexively glanced at the driver's seat.

"Miss Buchi, I didn't mean that..." In the middle of the sentence, he suddenly ran out of words. God knows that's what he meant by deliberately letting his mistress appear in front of Chi Qiu just now!

"Then what's wrong with me?" Chi Qiu burst into tears: "Did I do something wrong to make Mr. Gu despise me?"

Such a delicate and feeble willow-like beauty, staring at you with big eyes that are ready to cry, no one can say anything hard.

Gu Yuan's bushy eyebrows frowned slightly, and it took him a while to swallow his unhappiness, and put on a flawless and formulaic demeanor on the negotiating table: "Miss Wuchi, a lady like you is enough to be called a lady, It was my bad temper that surprised you—”

Chi Qiu said eagerly: "It's okay! I know men are stressed and sometimes short-tempered, even if Mr. Gu is like this every day in the future, I won't mind!"

There was silence in the carriage, Gu Yuan stared at her for a long time.

"I mind," he finally admitted after a while, "I'm very satisfied with my current state, but I just don't want to get married."

Chi Qiu seemed to have been greatly shocked, she looked at Gu Yuan with tears in her eyes, and remained silent for a while.

Gu Yuan's thoughts drifted for a moment, and he recalled a very similar scene - in the garden that day, Fang Jin looked at him with the same frown, and there seemed to be water in his eyes. I don't know if it was surprise, shock, disgust, or I was so angry that I wanted to cry.

Few people dare to face him with this face. Are you kidding me? Young Master Gu doesn't spend tens of thousands of dollars a year just to see a mournful face. You have to hold back a smiling face for me just after a fire broke out at home. Come.So he thought about it several times afterwards, and he felt that the indescribable complex feeling he felt at that time was because he saw someone crying in front of him, and he felt a little guilty and strange in his heart.

But now staring at Chi Qiu, he felt that that was not the case at all.

At least at this moment, facing Chi Qiu's tearful eyes, he didn't feel anything at all.

"I'm sorry, Miss Chi, you're a lady, I'm not good enough for you."

Gu Yuan habitually took out a handkerchief from his suit pocket and handed it over. Chi Qiu sniffed and took it, and asked tearfully, "You...do you really think so?"

Gu Yuan said sincerely: "I really think so, Miss Chi is a very good marriage partner, it's my fault."

"Then...then can you promise me one thing?"

"what?"

"My aunt and Mr. Gu have been very concerned about this matter, please go and tell them the reason why you don't want to start a family?" Chi Qiu wiped away tears, raised her head and smiled sweetly: "——so that my aunt can't Been pushing me all day."

Gu Yuan: "..."

There was no sound in the carriage for a long time, Fang Jin glanced in the rearview mirror uneasily, only to see Gu Yuan and Chi Qiu staring at each other motionlessly, the surrounding air was tense as if it was about to explode any moment.

"Miss Chi," Gu Yuan finally said calmly after a while, "I and my father naturally have a way to explain, this is not something you can interrupt."

However, Chi Qiu raised the corners of her bright red lips: "Uh-huh, isn't it?"

She took out the phone from her pocket and turned on the release button. Gu Yuan's voice came from inside: "I don't mind, I am very satisfied with the current state, but I don't want to get married...Miss Chi is a very good marriage partner, it is mine. wrong……"

Fang Jin took a breath. There was a lot of traffic on the road during off-duty hours. He was distracted while steering the steering wheel and looked back. At this moment, Gu Yuan asked calmly, "Did you do it on purpose?"

Chi Qiu meaningfully shook the phone.

In the next second, Gu Yuan stretched out his hand like lightning, and took the phone from Chi Qiu's palm!

Chi Qiu screamed suddenly, and just happened to have a car rushing out sideways and forced to change lanes. Fang Jin was frightened and distracted for a moment, and immediately slammed on the brakes!

Pricking—a squealing sound of tires scraping the ground, Lexus suddenly stopped in the middle of the road, the traffic behind suddenly slammed on the brakes, and a piercing horn sounded at the intersection.

Chi Qiu was caught off guard and almost bumped his head against the front seat. Gu Yuan pressed on the back of the driver's seat to stabilize his figure.

The horns of protest behind him came and went, Fang Jin was also quite frightened, and said hoarsely: "Yes... I'm sorry, I was frightened for a while..."

He regained his composure, and was about to step on the gas pedal again, but only heard the car door click open and close behind him, then Gu Yuan walked to the front and knocked heavily on the window.

Fang Jin opened the front door of the car, only to see that Gu Yuan's expression was different from before. Although there was no expression on his face, the stern lines and tightly pursed thin lips still silently showed how angry he was inside.

"I'm sorry Mr. Gu, I..."

"get off."

Fang Jin just got out of the driver's seat, and was about to open the rear door when Gu Yuan said coldly, "I'll ask you to go to the co-pilot!"

"..."

Fang Jin could really feel that Gu Yuan was different from when he was usually angry.Although the outward appearance is very similar, the deeper and stronger anger inside is different.

Is it because there was an accident just now?

Fang Jin didn't dare to say anything, walked to the passenger seat and opened the car door, and then saw Gu Yuan sitting in front of the steering wheel, grabbed the Hermes and threw it to the back seat, and then bang!The door was slammed shut with a loud bang.

On the way back, Gu Yuan didn't say a word, neither did Fang Jin and Chi Qiu.Ling Zhi drove straight to the apartment in the city center where Young Master Gu often lived. Gu Yuan didn't even say hello, and just opened the door and got off the car.

Fang Jin sneaked a glimpse of his face, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he couldn't help but chase after him: "Gu...Mr. Gu! I made a mistake just now, I'm sorry, I won't..."

"Do you know the consequences of an accident at that speed?" Gu Yuan interrupted him coldly: "Do you know what will happen if there is a series of collisions, if I am injured behind and need to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment?! "

Fang Jin couldn't say a word.

He felt some sore lump in his throat, and he reluctantly said after a while: "...I'm sorry."

Gu Yuan glanced at him expressionlessly, turned around and left.

Fang Jin stood there in a daze, rubbed his eyes sadly after a while, turned around and walked slowly back into the car.

Chi Qiu rolled down the car window, stared at him cautiously, and said softly for a while, "I'm sorry, it was my fault just now..."

Fang Jin forced a smile: "It's okay, Mr. Gu is right, I was driving carelessly."

He let out a long breath and stared at the trinkets hanging under the rearview mirror without moving.It was an exquisite security amulet tied with a red Chinese knot. It was originally hand-made by Gu Yuan, a young lover, but Gu Yuan casually threw it to Fang Jin, and it has been hung up to this day.

Chi Qiu leaned on the co-pilot, tilted his head to look carefully at Fang Jin's expression, and suddenly said after a while, "Why are you so uncomfortable?"

"It's hard to be scolded by the boss."

Chi Qiu's eyes followed him to look at the little peace talisman, and after a long time, he seemed to understand something, and asked, "You...you don't like that egomaniac, do you?"

Fang Jin was stunned, and immediately denied it: "No, nothing! In fact, Mr. Gu was in a car accident before, so he was very sensitive. I can understand, but he didn't react for a while..."

Chi Qiu looked at him with a little pity, and there was an emotion that could almost be called tenderness in his eyes.

"...Anyway, I'll take you back first." Fang Jin himself probably felt bored, and laughed at himself, "I'm really sorry today."

Chi Qiu hesitated to speak, but finally didn't say anything, just patted him on the shoulder lightly.

·

Probably because of his low mood, Fang Jin didn't fall asleep all night, and almost kept his eyes open until dawn.

When he went to the company the next day, there were two obvious dark circles under his eyes, and his face was pale and haggard. Manager Xu from the HR Department saw it when he passed by the door of the assistant's office, and after a while he sent over two chocolates in distress.

Fang Jin thanked him, and felt better after eating the chocolate, so he cheered up and went to the tea room to drink black coffee.

As a result, he just pushed open the glass door of the tea room at the end of the corridor when he bumped into Gu Yuan walking out with a coffee cup.Fang Jin was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his head to the side, ready to wait for Gu Yuan to go out first, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw his pair of black leather shoes stop beside him.

Fang Jin didn't raise his eyes, but he could feel Gu Yuan's gaze fixed on his head, and he even felt a little bit hot strangely.

"..." Gu Yuan suddenly asked, "What's wrong with your face?"

Fang Jin was a little surprised, "It's nothing, it's just that I didn't sleep well last night—"

Gu Yuan was silent for a while, the narrow tea room was surrounded by a weird and awkward atmosphere.

"I was irritable yesterday, don't take it to heart." After a while, I only heard him say, "Actually, it's not your fault, it's my fault."

When he spoke, the ending sound had a lingering taste, but it took several seconds for the meaning of the words to gradually enter Fang Jin's mind. In an instant, his heart constricted, blood rushed to his cheeks quickly, and even his fingertips seemed to be paralyzed and lost feeling .

Fang Jin opened his mouth, and managed to keep his voice normal after a while: "I'm sorry, I was driving carelessly... I almost got you involved..."

Gu Yuan wanted to say something at first, but when he heard the word "involvement", his expression changed slightly.

"Fortunately, President Gu was not injured," Fang Jin paused, and said in a low voice, "I will be more careful when driving in the future."

Gu Yuan looked at him without blinking, his expression was a little bit tangled, as if he was hesitating whether to speak or not.After a long while, he finally sighed silently, gave up and said, "You must have misunderstood me, it's not what you imagined. Forget it, do you have a meeting this morning?"

Fang Jin shook his head inexplicably.

Gu Yuan said briefly: "Follow me." Immediately afterwards, Fang Jin, who was confused, went straight through the corridor to the secretariat, and frowned at the secretary who was sneaking behind the computer and eating steamed buns for breakfast: " I'll take Assistant Fang out to help me cancel the regular meeting in the morning!" Then, regardless of the secretary's almost choked expression, he walked straight to the elevator.

Fang Jin was very puzzled, so he had to follow him out.Gu Yuan didn't call the driver Uncle Zhang, but went to the parking lot and drove the black Mercedes, let Fang Jin sit in the co-pilot, and drove all the way outside the city center.

Along the way, the street scenes continued to pass backwards, Gu Yuan didn't say a word, it seemed that he was not in a good mood.Fang Jin noticed that the driving direction was gradually heading towards the outskirts of the city, but Gu Yuan didn't turn on the navigation, probably he was very familiar with the place he was going to, and he was already very familiar with the road.

The traffic on the outer ring was smooth and the driving speed was fast, and they arrived at their destination in more than half an hour.Gu Yuan pushed the door and got out of the car. Fang Jin looked up and saw that it was a cemetery!

Who did Gu Yuan come to see, could it be his mother?

But Gu Yuan's biological mother died of dystocia, and Gu Mingzong was buried in a grand way back then, how could it not be here?

Gu Yuan probably saw Fang Jin's doubts, and half-jokingly said: "The person buried here... well, it's my first love."

Fang Jin suddenly choked on his saliva.

Gu Yuan laughed at himself in embarrassment, with a downcast expression, and beckoned him to follow him inside.The two passed through the front desk management office, and behind them was a path paved with white cobblestones, leading to the green grassy hillside, surrounded by gray and black stone monuments.It can be seen that the quality of the stone is not bad, but it shows a simple and vicissitudes of life after being exposed to wind and rain.

After walking for a few minutes, Gu Yuan walked through the forest of steles on the grass and stopped in front of an unnamed stele.

"It's here."

Fang Jin walked to his side, only to see that there was no name and date of birth and death on the stone tablet, it was the smooth side of the certificate, only a vigorous line was engraved on the lower right corner - Gu Yuanli.

"I carved it with my own hands, and I have studied it for several months."

Fang Jin was very surprised, and asked carefully after a while: "What's going on?"

Gu Yuan sighed: "You know that when I was seventeen or eighteen years old, I had accidents while driving, right?"

——But didn’t you drive alone in the middle of the night? Didn’t you hear that there were other people in the car when the accident happened?

Gu Yuan saw Fang Jin's doubts, shook his head and said, "She was not killed in a car accident. I never mentioned this matter, even my father didn't know about it, you were the first one to come here besides me. People here. So no matter what you hear next, please keep it secret for me, this matter has been stuck in my heart for many years."

He paused, then said: "I have Rh-negative AB blood, inherited from my father, and is the rarest kind of panda blood. And she has the same blood type as mine. She was sold to my house many years ago to specialize in panda blood. Waiting to give me a blood transfusion in case of an accident."

Fang Jin's mind went blank, and he stared blankly at Gu Yuan.

For a moment, he even thought he was hallucinating.

"I only saw her once when I was very young at Gu's house. She was a very, very beautiful little girl. She was sitting on the steps crying and told me that her parents were gone. Later I went to ask the housekeeper and found out about her. My parents owed a lot of usury, committed suicide, and were sold to our family just to donate my blood."

"Actually, if you make preparations in advance, even if blood transfusion is required, it is not impossible to have Rh-negative AB blood. But accidents will always happen, and the family background like mine is destined to be more risky. She is just to ensure that my life is safe. , and offerings that are sold like goods.”

Gu Yuan smiled mockingly.

"After knowing this, I can't help but wonder how she is doing. Whenever I am happy, joyful, and when I am surrounded by people to celebrate during festivals and birthdays, I will always think about her life. What kind of day, does she know her own destiny? Is she living day by day in the fear of being sacrificed and murdered? Is she such a beautiful little girl, is she afraid of death?"

"Do you know that feeling? There is someone in this world who is related to your blood and destiny. Although you only meet once, you always think about her, always miss her, and she is like a person who is integrated into your body." Gradually, you will feel that kind of feeling is like missing your lover..."

"...What happened later?" Fang Jin heard himself say.

His voice seemed calm, but only he could hear the slight tremor at the end.

"There is no more, and then I got into a car accident." Gu Yuan's voice gradually lowered, and said, "The last moment I remember is holding the doctor's hand desperately on the stretcher. Save me, let me go to that world alone—but my consciousness was already very confused at the time, and I wasn’t even sure if I had said those words.”

"3000cc," he pointed at his wrist artery, and the other party said sincerely, "a total of 3000cc of blood was transfused during the operation, enough to drain her whole body... For so many years, I have never dared to imagine what it would be like when she died, It was I who killed her, and I finally killed her alive because of my own mistakes."

Fang Jin felt as if he was deeply trapped in an absurd dream.

"But..." he said blankly, "How can you be sure that she...really..."

"I was out of town. The hospital didn't have any Rh-negative blood in stock, and I checked with my father afterwards."

Gu Yuan was silent for a moment, then smiled wryly.

"The moment I woke up in the hospital, I just didn't want to live...you know? Every time I beat my heart, I was reminding myself that there was an innocent soul deeply attached to my body. Deep in her veins, she was crying all day long. If I hadn’t driven that night, if I hadn’t taken that highway, if I hadn’t driven that GT2 whose front tire suddenly blew out… even if I regret it thousands of times now, time would There’s no going back to where it all happened.”

"So now you know why I'm angry, Fang Jin? It's not because I blame you, but... I can't do anything anymore, someone else will always pay for my mistakes, and I don't want to hurt anyone anymore gone."

Fang Jin's throat seemed to be blocked and he couldn't speak.

The gas he breathed in seemed to have turned into a sour stream of fire, causing severe pain in his chest.

Gu Yuan took a deep breath, and took a long time to let it out slowly and thoroughly, as if to temporarily put away all the lingering heaviness from his eyes.

"Since then, I have donated blood regularly, and I have been doing charity for blood organizations over the years, but I don't feel much better because of it. I didn't tell anyone about what happened back then. I only told you so far. Please keep it safe for me Secret." He stretched out his hand to Fang Jin, and said sincerely, "I overreacted yesterday, I'm sorry, and I don't want to...see you hurt in front of me."

Fang Jin looked at the outstretched hand in front of him, motionless, feeling some kind of sour liquid slowly seeping out from the depths of his heart.

With slightly trembling fingers, he held Gu Yuan's hand, and then stepped forward to give him a hug.

Gu Yuan seemed a little dazed, but immediately hugged him subconsciously.Fang Jin's chin was pressed tightly against Gu Yuan's muscular shoulders, and through his blurred vision, he saw the three characters "Gu Yuanli" on the stone tablet, with a stroke of gold and iron horse, with a bone-chilling sharpness.

Through those three words, he returned to the corridor full of blood that day in a daze. The ambulance was pushed into the operating room like the wind, and the red light on the wall flickered rapidly.He pressed himself against the wall in fear, trying to make himself as inconspicuous as possible, but everyone who passed by seemed to be looking at him intentionally or unintentionally.

Those gazes were like knives for gouging out flesh, as if they would rush over and knock him down on the spot at any time, forcibly sucking the blood out of his body.

Fang Jin squeezed himself into the corner again. At this time, the ambulance roared past him, and he saw the handsome and noble eldest son of the Gu family lying on it, his whole body was bloody and his facial features could hardly be seen clearly. With the last of his sanity, he raised his hand and grabbed the doctor, his lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

... what is he talking about?Fang Jin thought subconsciously.

It was just a split second, and then the car was pushed into the emergency room, and the red light for the operation was on in the next second.

Gu Mingzong stood not far away with his face sinking like water, with his hands in his trouser pockets, staring closely at the closed door of the operating room.After a while, the door opened again, and a doctor hurriedly walked up to him: "Mr. Gu, the patient is in urgent need of blood transfusion. We have urgently transferred the stock from the blood bank, but the hospital doesn't have any stock right now—"

Gu Mingzong asked: "What did he just say?"

The doctor froze for a moment.

"...He said, don't give me a blood transfusion." The doctor said confused: "He said don't let that girl give me a blood transfusion."

·

In the cemetery, Fang Jin hugged Gu Yuan tightly, and after a while he said hoarsely: "I heard..."

I don't know if you have said that sentence, but I actually heard it.

He closed his eyes tightly, a tear slid down his cheek, and silently soaked into the well-made shirt.

Gu Yuan was in a daze, he could only feel the wind blowing across the grass, passing through the gray and black tombstones, whistling away from his face.All his senses could only feel Fang Jin's body in his arms, and then a drop of hot tears hit his body through the fabric. For some reason, it burned all the way to the depths of his heart, and even the muscles of his whole body tensed reflexively. .

... Are you crying?Are you really crying this time?

Gu Yuan raised his hand, and after a while, he carefully placed it on Fang Jin's back, and stroked it lightly.