Retreat

Li Tang did not alienate Bai Xiaoqi because of Hong Xiangfeng's objection. On the contrary, because once Bai Xiaoqi was harassed when she was working in a restaurant, Li Tang rushed over to help her out immediately after receiving her call. Some progress has been made, and it is no longer as polite as it was at the beginning.

But if you have to ask Li Tang whether he likes Bai Xiaoqi, Li Tang may not be able to answer.

As for Hong Minhang, ever since Li Tang bumped into him with that man outside, the two of them haven't mentioned this matter again.

Occasionally, when Hong Minhang called, if his tone seemed intimate, Li Tang couldn't help but pay attention to it.He knew it was not good, maybe he was too sensitive, but he couldn't help but care about Hong Minhang's affairs.

On the following weekend, Bai Xiaoqi originally said that he would change shifts at night and asked Li Tang to go out to play together, but Hong Minhang's temporary car broke down, so he asked Li Tang to go with him to see him off.

Li Tang asked Hong Minhang, "Who is it?"

Hong Minhang said: "A friend."

After Li Tang hesitated, he turned down Bai Xiaoqi's date.

Bai Xiaoqi was quite disappointed, and said: "Then I'd better go to work at night, remember to have dinner yourself."

Li Tang replied: "Okay."

Li Tang drove Hong Minhang out, and Hong Minhang asked him to go to a conservatory in the city center first. The two of them waited at the door for a while, and then saw the beautiful man who appeared with Hong Minhang last time. The school gate comes out.

Hong Minhang sat in the co-pilot, stretched out his hand and honked the horn.

The man looked this way, Hong Minhang waved to him, "Shu Ling, this way."

The young man named Shu Ling got into the car and sat down in the back seat.

Hong Minhang introduced him and Li Tang to each other, and only said that Shu Ling was his friend, and as for Li Tang, he said his brother.

Shu Ling was going to meet two high school classmates in a small county in the north of the city. He was supposed to be sent by Hong Minhang to take him there, but Hong Minhang had a problem with his temporary car, so he had to take Li Tang with him.

Shu Ling said: "I'm really sorry, I'm sorry to trouble you, Brother Li."

Li Tang smiled, "Why are you polite, you are Min Hang's friend."

Li Tang didn't talk much along the way. Did Hong Minhang and Shu Ling chat for a while? The two met when they were studying abroad. Shu Ling studied vocal music. He was a few years older than Hong Minhang and graduated with a master's degree abroad. He went back to China directly and entered the Conservatory of Music as a teacher.

But from his appearance, Shu Ling looked like a clean and handsome college student, he spoke in a soft tone, and his voice seemed to be played by a soothing instrument.

After arriving at the destination, Shu Ling got out of the car and said goodbye to them.

Li Tang asked: "Do I need to wait for you to go back together?"

Shu Ling shook his head, "No need, my friend will give it to me. Thank you, Brother Li."

Li Tang still smiled.

When Shu Ling turned to leave, Li Tang asked Hong Minhang, "You don't need to accompany him?"

Hong Minhang smiled and said, "There is no need to stick together anytime and anywhere."

Listening to what he said, Li Tang considered his relationship with Shu Ling acquiesced, so he turned the car and drove back to the city without saying anything.

Before the car drove onto the highway, Li Tang subconsciously glanced behind him, and saw a black car with a familiar license plate.

Li Tang said to Hong Minhang: "Look at that car behind."

Hong Minhang looked back after hearing the words, then frowned and said, "It seemed like he was following us when we got off the highway just now."

Li Tang said: "No matter what, be careful."

In the past, Hong Xiangfeng had many enemies, and Li Tang naturally offended many people. In the past two years, the Hong family's business has grown bigger and is on the right track. Many things that Hong Xiangfeng can settle with money can be settled directly. It may be a long time since Li Tang experienced the matter of rushing out and being hacked.

However, the natural sensitivity is still there, Li Tang will subconsciously look at people who are close.

Hong Minhang didn't seem too concerned.

After getting on the expressway, the car kept following him not too close or far away. Later, when Li Tang slowed down a little, he saw that black car overtook it.

Li Tang thought that he was thinking too much, suddenly, he saw someone leaning out from the back seat of the car and threw something towards Li Tang's car.

The speed of the car on the expressway is too fast, even a small stone may cause an accident. Li Tang's first reaction was to turn the steering wheel to avoid it and step on the brakes at the same time.Although he reacted quickly enough, the car still had too much inertia. After hitting the right fence, the rear of the car flipped over the fence and fell on the slope outside the highway.

Fortunately, it was only a low slope, and below it was farmland.

A whistle came from the small car in front, and it left without slowing down.

This came down too fast, and when Li Tang came back to his senses, he felt that his head was held in Hong Minhang's arms, and because he was wearing a seat belt, he didn't seem to be injured at all, but Hong Minhang's back His back was pressed against the shattered windshield.

"Min Hang?" Li Tang was startled, and stretched out his hand to touch Hong Minhang's face.

Hong Minhang panted lightly, "It's okay."

Soon there was a car passing by on the side of the road, and the police were called.

Li Tang didn't know how injured Hong Minhang was, so he didn't dare to touch him casually, so he had to wait for the police and ambulance to arrive, and then try to rescue the two of them.

There was no injury on Li Tang's body, but Hong Minhang's back was covered in blood, which looked very scary.

The ambulance took him to the nearest county hospital. In the car, the doctor looked at the wounds on his back. Although they looked terrible, they were all skin wounds, which did not penetrate or hurt internal organs.

Only then did Li Tang feel relieved.

As for the black car, it was later confirmed that it had a fake license plate, but at this time, Li Tang was not in the mood to pursue these matters, he was only worried about Hong Minhang's injuries.

When he arrived at the hospital, Hong Minhang was sent to the emergency department for debridement and sutures. Because the wound was too deep, the doctor said he would stay in the hospital for observation for two days.

Hong Minhang was lying on the hospital bed with gauze wrapped around his back.

Sitting by the bed, Li Tang couldn't help but reached out and touched Hong Minhang's head.

Hong Minhang suddenly grabbed his hand and held it tightly.

Li Tang suddenly remembered, "Do you want me to contact Shu Ling for you?"

Hong Minhang said: "There is no need to contact him."

Li Tang asked softly: "Are he worried?"

Hong Minhang shook his head, "Can't you really feel it? He and I are not lovers?"

Li Tang looked at Hong Minhang quietly.

Hong Minhang smiled, "You should still remember what I told you in the hotel room on my dad's birthday five years ago, and it hasn't changed until now."

"Min Hang..." Li Tang said.

Hong Minhang said: "You don't have to tell me what you said back then. I have experienced a lot in the past few years, and I already know what I want. You can't easily erase it with a few words. You can refuse me again, maybe After a while, the relationship really faded away, but at that time I should have found another man I love, instead of finding a woman to marry and have children like you expect."

Li Tang was silent, watching Hong Minhang hold his hand tightly.

Hong Minhang continued: "Do you love Bai Xiaoqi?"

Li Tang closed his eyes and asked back: "What is love?"

Hong Minhang said: "You actually understand, you just pretended not to understand. Just now in the car, when you touched my face, your hands were shaking."

Li Tang took a deep breath, and then said: "So what, I can't be with you, I can't be sorry to my godfather, you are his only son."

Hong Minhang shook his head, "You won't feel sorry for him, because no matter what your choice is, I'm destined to go against his will."

Li Tang said: "He is your father, can you bear it?"

Hong Minhang replied: "He is my father, but I am not his appendage."

As soon as Hong Minhang finished speaking, before Li Tang had time to refute him, the cell phone on his body rang suddenly, and he pulled out the hand held by Hong Minhang, and took out the phone to answer it.

It was Bai Xiaoqi who called, and as soon as Li Tang connected, he heard the other party crying. Bai Xiaoqi cried so sadly that his voice became hoarse, and said, "Hong Xiangfeng raped me."

Li Tang was stunned at that moment, as if someone had shot him in the forehead, there was a bang in the head, and he couldn't say anything.

Bai Xiaoqi just cried and kept crying.

Li Tang stood up and found his throat hoarse when he spoke again, he said: "What's going on?"

Bai Xiaoqi choked up and said, "I want to call the police."

Li Tang didn't know what to say at this time, he shouldn't stop Bai Xiaoqi from calling the police, but he couldn't encourage Bai Xiaoqi to call the police, he could only say: "Wait for me, I'll go back immediately."

Hong Minhang forced himself to stand up, "What's wrong?"

Li Tang looked at Hong Minhang, the injury on Hong Minhang's back was still not healed, he shouldn't leave Hong Minhang here alone, but with Bai Xiaoqi's affairs, he had to go back.

Hong Minhang sat on the edge of the bed and asked, "Your girlfriend called you? Do you want to go back?"

Li Tang didn't know how to speak to Hong Minhang, he could only say: "I have something urgent, I have to go now, I will call someone to come over, and I will pick you up when it is convenient for you."

Hong Minhang said: "Is this the answer you gave me?"

Li Tang shook his head, "It's nothing, Min Hang, take good care of your wounds, don't think too much, I... I'm leaving first."

After finishing speaking, Li Tang called someone to come over and guard Hong Minhang, while going out to find a car to return to Chongfeng. Anyway, he must see Bai Xiaoqi first, and figure out what's going on.

Li Tang took a taxi back to Chongfeng, his car was taken to the repair shop, it is not known whether it will be scrapped or not.

Li Tang was very confused along the way, he hoped it was not true, but he couldn't find any reason to convince himself that it was a misunderstanding.

Bai Xiaoqi was at home, when Li Tang arrived, she sat on the sofa with a haggard look, but the situation was not as bad as Li Tang thought.

When she saw Li Tang, she couldn't hold back the tears that kept falling down.

Li Tang embraced her and asked softly: "What's going on?"

Bai Xiaoqi said that when she went to work today, Hong Xiangfeng was eating and drinking at the hotel with a table of people. Later, Hong Xiangfeng drank too much, and she helped Hong Xiangfeng to the lounge prepared by the hotel. She was not alone, but the Hong Xiangfeng subordinate who helped Hong Xiangfeng with her After sending Hong Xiangfeng in, the young man told him to go outside to buy some hangover medicine.Then there were only her and Hong Xiangfeng left in the room. She wanted to lift Hong Xiangfeng's legs onto the bed, but Hong Xiangfeng didn't die drunk at all, but took the opportunity to rape her.

Bai Xiaoqi wanted to call the police immediately, but she was afraid of Hong Xiangfeng's influence, so she finally chose to call Li Tang.

Li Tang gently patted Bai Xiaoqi's head, and said, "Xiao Qi, don't call the police yet, okay? I will definitely find out about this matter, and Hong Xiangfeng will give you justice."

Bai Xiaoqi cried: "But then there will be no proof, I'm afraid..."

Li Tang said: "There are many ways to take revenge, and it doesn't have to be through the police. Don't worry, leave this matter to me."