North to Hanchuan

"Mom..." Continuous sobbing circled in the dead of night in the quiet room, finally awakening Gu Hengbei who had not long fallen asleep again.

"Hanchuan," Gu Hengbei touched it with his hand, as if he had touched a hot stove, which made him startled. Gu Hengbei quickly turned on the bedside lamp, "Ji Hanchuan!"

Ji Hanchuan's body was tightly curled up, his brows were tightly frowned, bean-sized beads of sweat covered his tide|red face, his teeth were biting his pale and dry lips, and fragmented ravings were squeezed out from the cracks between his lips.

The body and mind that have been strained for four years are like a dam that has been accumulated for many years. Once the gates are opened, all the diseases and pains are pouring down like a torrential flood.

"Damn it, it's three o'clock in the morning..." Zhong Ran collapsed on the sofa in ward 2603, with a look of lovelessness on his face, "I said, even if you don't like him, you have to make a fuss, can you wait for him to recover before doing it, he is now People are stupid and immature, and it's meaningless for you to rectify them..."

Because Zhong Ran lived closest to Taihu Huafu, Gu Hengbei could not bring Ji Hanchuan, who had burned unconscious, to the hospital by himself. Ran was summoned from the warm bed to be a nurse.

Gu Hengbei stood beside the hospital bed, watching nurse Jia Yuan give Ji Hanchuan an injection, with a focused and indifferent expression, and did not respond to Zhong Ran's complaints.

The nurse withdrew the needle lightly and left, while Gu Hengbei sat on the head of the bed, gently stroking Ji Hanchuan's face that had faded from the flush, but was still frowning.

The ward was extremely quiet, as if even the dripping sound could be heard clearly, Gu Hengbei looked at Ji Hanchuan for a long time, then slowed down the drip speed, then walked to the sofa and lightly pushed it, and passed out Drowsy Zhong Ran, he whispered: "You are here to help me watch, after the drip is finished, change to another bag, and if he wakes up, call me."

Zhong Ran stared and rolled his eyes: "Why are you going?"

"I have something to do."

Zhong Ran stared at the wall clock on the wall in disbelief: "Do you know what time it is?"

"At 42:[-] in the morning," Gu Hengbei stood up. He unbuttoned his coat when he entered the ward, and now he is buttoning it up one by one again, his movements are neat and his speech is fast, "I know this is not A good time, but I can't wait a second."

"No," Zhong Ran couldn't understand, "What's so urgent..."

"It's a matter of urgency."

Gu Hengbei is tall, standing upright like this with his backlit, he seems to be able to touch the ceiling as soon as he raises his hand, his face and facial features are all hidden in the shadows, only the skin on his fingers is cold and pale, there is something indescribable Cold and sharp chill.

Zhong Ran watched Gu Hengbei open his mouth, and finally rubbed his face in frustration: "...I lost to you, go back early."

In the cold night of winter, Kyoto Boulevard is still brightly lit, and one car after another whizzes past with flashing headlights, reflecting a tense and cold face on a marble slab.

Gu Hengbei is holding the steering wheel, his extremely suppressed pupils are staring at the front meticulously, but his mind is capturing and dismantling the countless audio images that flash rapidly one by one, as if he wants to make a final confirmation, he picks up the center console on the phone.

There was a long email lying in his mailbox. The information of the car accident and bombing that happened in a deserted mountain on the far side of the ocean in 23 years was presented to him in detail more than half an hour ago.

Zhong Jin sent the email after eleven o'clock the night before, but at that time Gu Hengbei was falling asleep with Ji Hanchuan, and Zhong Ran accompanied him in the car on the way to send Ji Hanchuan to the hospital. Gu Hengbei read all the materials .

The names of the two victims are well known, Jacky Han and Sue Lin, and Gu Hengbei even read the posthumous works of the couple.

All kinds of speculations that lingered in his heart for a long time were like fragmentary shadows at the bottom of the water, and finally connected into clues, which surfaced coldly and clearly on the surface of the water.

Jacky Han and Sue Lin, Han Jie and Lin Su, national treasure biological scientists of country A, were arrested by the CIA for "treason" 23 years ago for selling research products to enemy countries. In the end, it exploded, and all CIA agents, including the Han couple, survived.

This case shocked the world back then, and the inside story has not been fully deciphered yet.

When Gu Hengbei first learned of Ji Hanchuan’s real name 12 years ago, he looked it up on the Internet curiously, but that incident did not leave traces on the Internet 23 years ago. Gu Hengbei only thought it was the Internet at that time. The media is still underdeveloped, but it never occurred to me that it was artificially erased.

"My adoptive mother told me that no one should know my real name, but I want to tell you." Ji Hanchuan's innocent voice was still in his ears, and Gu Hengbei closed his stinging eyes hard.

Such an important name, a name that even a person like Ji Ningsheng who has almost turned into a nerve would not bite out. Ji Hanchuan said it to him so lightly back then.

Gu Hengbei knocked on the door of Xu Jin's house again.

Xu Jin rubbed his sleepy eyes, and his face turned pale with fright when he saw the person coming: "Hengbei? Why are you here at this time, is it Han Chuan..."

"Where's Ji Ningsheng?" Gu Hengbei asked.

"Brother Ji is asleep, you are..."

"Gu Hengbei?" Ji Ningsheng opened the door, he had always been shallow. When Gu Hengbei knocked on the door, he woke up earlier than Xu Jin. Ji Ningsheng was full of vigilance, "Why are you looking for me again?"

Gu Hengbei looked at him calmly: "I want to talk to you."

"Just chat here, the sound insulation here is very good."

Xu Jin yawned and led Gu Hengbei and Ji Ningsheng into the study, then he unsteadily opened a cabinet by the door to take out tea.

"Don't be too busy, I won't be sitting here for long, I don't want to drink tea," Gu Hengbei licked his astringent teeth, "Smoke is fine."

"Then, then you..." Xu Jin put a pack of cigarettes and a lighter in front of Gu Hengbei, and he glanced at Ji Ningsheng who was sitting silently on the sofa wrapped in a long shawl.

Gu Hengbei snorted: "Don't worry, I just came to ask him a few words, and I will never do anything again."

"Oh," Xu Jin moved slowly, and when he reached the door, he turned his head uneasy, "If you have something to say, please call me."

Gu Hengbei made an OK gesture, looking really relaxed and friendly.

"Click", the sound of Xu Jin closing the door was like a small needle piercing Ji Ningsheng, his body trembled slightly, and then wrapped the shawl around his body more tightly.

Ji Ningsheng didn't look at Gu Hengbei, but said mechanically and dumbly: "I have nothing to say to you, it's useless if you ask me."

Xu Jin's house had been unoccupied for a long time, the air was filled with a vague smell of returning damp, and the central air conditioner was buzzing overhead.

There was everything on the coffee table, books and magazines were scattered, bone china teapots and teacups were placed on a tray, a few shriveled apples in the tall crystal fruit bowl had been left uneaten for an unknown period of time, and the fruit knife was thrown away. On the side, the dark yellow scabbard only covered half of the blade, and the other half of the blade gleamed coldly... Next to it was Xu Jin's cigarette and lighter.

Just as Gu Hengbei picked up the cigarette and put it in his mouth, he threw the cigarette back when he heard what Ji Ningsheng said. He didn't forget that Ji Ningsheng's mouth was harder to pry than a clam shell.

But Gu Hengbei must pry his mouth open today.

Gu Hengbei leaned back on the sofa chair and looked at Ji Ningsheng, as if he was meeting him for the first time, sizing and judging him inch by inch from head to toe.

In all fairness, if Ji Ningsheng appeared in Gu Hengbei's life in any other way, a natural gay like Gu Hengbei would have a good impression of Ji Ningsheng. Ji Ningsheng is indeed very beautiful. He is already in his 30s, but The years, however, did not seem to have left any traces of abuse on his body. His hair was still thick and soft, exuding a flaxen luster under the lamp, his skin was translucent white, and his facial features were round and almost juvenile. .

If Ji Ningsheng hadn't been blindly paranoid, this delicate and indistinguishable face would have attracted countless admiration, he could have lived a wonderful life of himself.

In fact, even during the time when they looked at each other and hated each other, Gu Hengbei didn't think about the way out for Ji Ningsheng. He even thought that since Ji Ningsheng lacked a sense of security and self-esteem, he might as well be on NorMou's video site. As an anchor, even if Ji Hanchuan doesn't use his backstage connections and only spends a little money, he can make Ji Ningsheng flourish.

He doesn't need to be famous, as long as some people pay attention to him and love him, he will no longer be so cowardly and hysterical.

But as long as the words came from Gu Hengbei's mouth, Ji Ningsheng firmly opposed them, even if those words were for his own good.

Gu Hengbei was so fucking puzzled, he felt that Ji Ningsheng was born to be cheap, so cheap that he used himself as a weapon, stabbed himself with a knife, and tried to hurt others in this way.

The terrible thing is that Ji Ningsheng still won, at least he hurt Ji Hanchuan.

This thought is like sparks igniting the fuse of a poisonous snake, all the calmness and restraint that Gu Hengbei forcibly supported collapsed, and the euphemism and restraint that had been prepared before suddenly disintegrated.

Gu Hengbei uttered three words maliciously in a sudden rush of anger:

"Shen, Ning, Sheng."

"Boom!"

Gu Hengbei saw with satisfaction that Ji Ningsheng jumped up and hit the marble coffee table like a cat whose tail was burnt by a blazing flame.

Ji Ningsheng stared at Gu Hengbei in horror and disbelief: "You, what did you call me?"

"Shen Ningsheng," the name came out, and Gu Hengbei's next words were unburdened. He rested his head on the back of the sofa and smiled slightly. He knew that this smile was so provocative in the eyes of Ji Ningsheng, who was like a frightened bird, that it was almost cruel. , just like when Ji Ningsheng threatened himself to watch Ji Hanchuan with a video, "I already know the life experiences of you and Han Xueluo."

If the word "Shen Ningsheng" was just a barbed whip that lashed at Ji Ningsheng's body, then the name "Han Xueluo" was like a hundred thousand volts of lightning struck down.

"How did you know?" Ji Ningsheng stared almost out of the window, he stared at Gu Hengbei, gasping for breath, it was the real shock and fear to the extreme.

Gu Hengbei raised the corner of his lower lip in an incomprehensible way: "There is nothing new under the sun, as long as you have the heart, there is nothing you can't find out."

"Impossible..." Ji Ningsheng shook his head, his complexion turned blue for a while, and finally his whole face turned purple, as if he could suffocate in the next moment, "It's impossible for you...how is it possible..."

This name should not be known by more than three living people in the world.

"You were very kind when you plotted against my brother, and you were also very aggressive when you threatened me. Why didn't you think that you two brothers were still guilty when you did these things?" Gu Hengbei's slender eyes The eyelashes drooped slightly, and a light arc was drawn under the eyelids. It was a naked mockery and a threat, "The son of Jacky Han and Sue Lin, the offspring of the 'traitors', you said that if I put If this news is disclosed to the CIA, what will happen to you?"

"How dare you!" Ji Ningsheng raised his head suddenly. He stared fiercely at Gu Hengbei, breathing heavily like a bellows. The man's fierce light, that gaze was sharper than ever before, full of murderous aura, as if he wanted to fight Gu Hengbei, "Gu Hengbei, how dare you!"

"I don't dare," Gu Hengbei said with a smile, "Ji Ningsheng, I'm different from you, you only have a sharp mouth, but as long as I think about it, within 10 minutes, the MSS people will ring the door outside. Fangmen, descendants of 'traitors' from country A, no matter what purpose you still have, you must be unconditionally extradited back to country A..."

Gu Hengbei pressed his index finger against his temple to hold down the throbbing blue veins there, his voice was well controlled, calm and ruthless, "Although it is already in the 21st century, people believe in freedom and democracy from the bottom of their hearts, Naively think that disasters are not as bad as family members and grandchildren, but you who are used to bereaved dogs should have long understood that serious crimes are like treason|country..."

With a cold finger swipe leisurely around the neck, Gu Hengbei's snow-white upper and lower teeth merged into a line, and a hazy and cruel cold light shone in the depths of his pupils, and he said softly, "The slaughter of the whole family is your only destination."

"Gu Hengbei..." One cold and heartless word after another was like a poisoned nail wedged into Ji Ningsheng's brain, and all the blood rushed into Ji Ningsheng's eyes, "How could you... how could you?" To be able to treat Xiao Chuan like this..."

Gu Hengbei chuckled: "Don't you know how much I hate him?"

Gu Hengbei covered his forehead with his palm slightly open, as if he was caressing his forehead unconsciously, his voice was cold but cold: "At first, I only thought that I fed the dog for seven years, but now I suddenly found that everything is very unusual. , you come to my brother, your brother to me, do you two have any other purpose?"

"Shut up..." Ji Ningsheng's voice was hoarse.

"... You secretly took those videos because you planned to use them against our brothers one day, right? What do you really want? Since when did you start following our Gu family? What exactly does Ji Hanchuan want to use me for... "

"I tell you to shut up!"

The blade glowing with a cold light suddenly hit Gu Hengbei's wrist that was supporting his forehead, and the cold and sharp touch made Gu Hengbei slowly raise his head.

Ji Ningsheng was trembling all over. He was holding the handle of the fruit knife, but his wrist was trembling like a spasm.

"What do you want to do?" Gu Hengbei was incredulous, he leaned back an inch into the sofa, and the trembling fruit knife was away from his skin, "You want to stab me with this thing?"

Gu Hengbei looked at Ji Ningsheng with almost pity: "Put it down, this knife can not only cut your delicate fingers, but it can even cut your wrist artery."

"You..." Ji Ningsheng's face was ashen, his trembling pupils almost fell out of the blood-red eye sockets, "What exactly do you want..."

Gu Hengbei changed his sitting position, leaning sideways on the sofa, with one elbow resting on the backrest against his own cheek, two stiff and numb legs crossed together, and the other naturally hanging hand resting on his knee He clicked lightly: "Either you tell me exactly how your brothers plan to use our two brothers, or I hand you over to the CIA, and you go tell the story to the CIA."

"Gu Hengbei..." Ji Ningsheng was finally driven to a desperate situation, his upper and lower teeth were chattering wildly, and he made a sharp and piercing clucking sound, "You...you can't do this, Xiao Chuan...never...he used to have nothing I know, he never... used you..."

Gu Hengbei's eyes flickered slightly: "He doesn't know anything, so when did you know it?"

"Actually... I'm not completely clear..."

With a sound of "ding", the knife in Ji Ningsheng's hand slipped to the marble floor. He covered his face with his hands, and exhaled deeply with bloody hot air. His hoarse voice was hot and vague, "I only knew it when I was very young. The Gu family...not a good person..."

Gu Hengbei's fingers resting on his knees suddenly froze and could not move.

Ji Ningsheng let out a sneer in his throat, sounding like sharp metal scraping on a whetstone: "Gu Hengbei, do you really want to know all the truth? Then listen carefully... you give me every Every word, listen carefully..."

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The horn of the car "Didi" sounded, and Shen Ningsheng, who was picking up hazelnuts by the road, stood up and looked along the source of the sound. A white car passed through the forest road and stopped in front of his house.

Shen Ningsheng was born in this small rural village far away from the city. The rural scenery is beautiful and elegant. The nearest town is about twenty miles away, and the population of the town is only a few thousand.

Almost the entire town relies on tourism for its livelihood, and Shen Ningsheng's mother, Shen Lan, runs a villa rental business next to the famous local Red Maple Forest scenic spot.

The villa has two floors, with a black roof and white walls. In front of the gate, there are two driveways crossing in the shape of an "L". The vertical driveway leads directly to the entrance of the villa. On the way, it passes a flower pond, in which stands a bare-bottomed child urinating.

The horizontal driveway was tens of meters long, leading to another red-walled and gray-roofed forest hut where Shen Ningsheng and his mother lived.

There are many regular visitors to their villa, and the most frequent visitors are a couple with the same black hair and black eyes as them. Every time they come, Shen Lan is very happy. Shen Ningsheng calls that elegant and beautiful woman "Mother Lin", and That tall and elegant man is "Papa Han".

Shen Ningsheng ran to the door of the villa with two big hazelnuts in his arms, and he saw his mother and Lin's mother hugging.

As early as three days ago, after the last visitor checked out, Shen Lan suspended receiving guests, just to make room for the Han couple to live in the villa.

"Xiao Ning, come here and let Mama Lin hug her!" Lin Su saw Shen Ningsheng at a glance and waved to him.

Shen Ningsheng wanted to rush over like a small cannonball, but was stopped by Shen Lan halfway: "My little ancestor, your mother Lin can't stop you hitting me now, be good!"

"It's okay, it's only been more than four months, and it doesn't show at all."

Lin Su came over with a smile and hugged Shen Ningsheng in her arms, then took out a lollipop the size of a child's fist from the pocket of the long windbreaker.

Shen Ningsheng took the lollipop and shyly handed the hazelnuts he picked to Lin Su. Lin Su happily took it and kissed his dirty cheeks, one on the left and one on the right: "Thank you!"

Then Lin Su took out a handkerchief and wiped Shen Ningsheng's face.

The Han couple lived in the villa for more than half a year, until Lin Su gave birth to a boy, and the child's father delivered the baby himself. Shen Ningsheng stood shyly outside the door, watching his mother running back and forth, carrying a basin In and out.

Later, Shen Ningsheng always felt exaggerated and disdainful when he saw the hysterical performance of a woman giving birth on TV, because in his memory, Mother Lin was silent when she gave birth, but the baby cried earth-shatteringly and loudly after it came out.

During the month when the boy was born, the heavy snow never stopped. Shen Ningsheng watched the child slowly grow from a red, ugly little mouse into an incredibly beautiful doll.

Time is as silent as falling snow, and a month flies by in a blink of an eye.

It was snowing heavily outside, and there was a bonfire by the fireplace in the villa.

Shen Ningsheng was lying on the rug by the fireplace, warming himself by the fire next to his mother's legs. He was already asleep, but when he heard the woman crying in a daze, he quietly opened his eyes.

Lin Su kept crying while holding the child, and Shen Lan also cried.

The man persuaded: "There is nothing to worry about handing over the child to Sister Lan, and we can visit him often in the future."

"He's only one month old..." Lin Su choked up.

The man sighed and asked, "Do you want to keep him by your side now, or keep him free and safe for the rest of his life?"

The woman's crying stopped abruptly.

The next day, the Han couple drove away in the car they came in. Shen Lan hugged the infant child and Shen Ningsheng watched the car go away. The snow that day did not reach Shen Ningsheng's knees.

Shen Lan hugged the child and said, "Xiao Ning, this is my younger brother. He is the closest person to Xiao Ning besides mother. In the future, you have to take good care of my younger brother, you know?"

"But he wasn't born by my mother."

"But without his mother, there would be no us. We must know how to be grateful."

……

Gu Hengbei's pupils trembled slightly.

Ji Ningsheng seems to know what he wants to ask: "You must be surprised, Xiao Chuan's parents are legitimate citizens of country A, with a decent job and status, why did they secretly give birth to the child in our house, and let my mother, a smuggler, come here?" support, right?"

Ji Ningsheng suddenly smiled, his smile was both sad and cold, and there was a hint of pleasure as if he was about to get revenge: "This is about the relationship between Xiaochuan's parents and the Huaxia government. I understand, I'm still confused, I can't tell the difference between 'Project Spark' and 'Project G'..."

Project Spark!

In the void, a black iron giant sword slammed down, with a thunderous roar and thousands of lightning bolts, shaking the whole world to the ground.

Sitting there, Gu Hengbei felt two twisting fluids of ice and fire wash over his limbs, bones, internal organs and internal organs at the same time. His hands on his knees were suddenly clenched, and every joint was twisted into a ferocious blue-purple. , Even so, he couldn't hold back his body that was trembling endlessly due to shock and horror.

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