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"Sir, this way please."

Entering the underground vault, accompanied by the manager and several security guards, I swipe my card through layers of explosion-proof doors, and finally faced Lu Changbai's safe, my hands trembling with excitement as I entered the password.

There are not many documents in it, but each one is very important.They are not just a few certificates, but also a huge amount of property waiting to be inherited.

Cunning Rabbit Three Caves.

Yang Chen told me that Lu Changbai transferred most of his family business to a mysterious Russian partner in case he would be released from prison in the future, so that he could quickly make a comeback.

But what he didn't know was that this partner didn't actually exist.

In September of last year, Lu Changbai took great pains to contact many parties and finally bought this backup identity.He involved himself too much, and it was not suitable for him to appear in person, so he urgently needed someone to manage it.

This person must be male, close to him, willing to take high risks behind, and would not betray under any circumstances.

Lu Changbai did not choose Lu Jingfan, he thought of me.

There is no closer relationship in the world than a father and son, and there is no better candidate for control than a weak child.What's more, this child happens to be entangled by several powerful men because of emotional indecision.

Why did he know that I was in S City, but never came forward to recognize me?Why did I remain anonymous for so long without any accident, but was suddenly discovered by Andre and Yang Chen?

As long as I spread my whereabouts properly, I have nowhere to go, and I have no choice but to trust my father who reached out to help.

There has never been a so-called reunion of father and son, only a coincidence full of artificial traces.

When signing those documents, he told me with a smile: If you have nothing, you might as well be an investment.

With that pen, Lu Changbai wrote down his marriage application with Su Wan. From a poor boy who just arrived, he gradually became the person in charge of a business empire; with the same pen, I wrote down the first signature of my new identity. It is Xu Junyan who is in trouble again, but "Igor" who guards the wealth for him.

I think that maybe his biggest mistake in this life is that he misjudged me, thinking that I am neither like him nor like my mother.

The despicable and shameless Lu Changbai, the selfish and cruel Xu Yan.

I am their son after all.

Three days later, I returned to Beijing from Xiangjiang.

As soon as I got off the plane, I received a message: Andre has booked a flight back to China, and has now departed.

In fact, the date was three months earlier than my appointment with him, but at that time I was tired of dealing with the review, so I talked hard on the phone before I persuaded him to wait for a while.

It seems that Andre's patience was completely exhausted, he couldn't bear it for a minute, and insisted on rushing back.

I sighed helplessly, and told Xiao Huo to take me to Yang Chen's residence.

Today is a rest day, Yang Shen went to work, and when he came back, he was watching a war movie in the family projection room.Blood froth flew across the screen, and the sound of guns and guns was played in surround sound, making people dizzy.

Like Andre, he especially likes to watch these exciting and extreme things, perhaps because of the militant gene flowing in his blood and his admiration for violence.

I just find it noisy.

Yang Chen was so fascinated that he didn't even notice that someone entered the room.It wasn't until I sat next to him that he stopped the play, with a happy smile on his face, but a disgusted tone: "Yo, you still know how to go home?"

I said helplessly: "When Lu Changbai just had an accident, he still pretended not to know the situation. After such a long time, it would be a bit fake if he didn't go to see it. Besides, I only left for a week, why are you worried?"

"I didn't say I was worried." He said, "Did Lu Changbai talk to you about anything? He hates me to death, and probably all he said was to sow discord."

I smiled: "Fortunately, time is very tight, he asked me about my recent situation, and said that if you treat me too badly, tell me to go to your father to complain."

Yang Chen snorted coldly: "Don't believe him, you don't expect anything good all day long. I don't hold you in my arms enough, how can I treat you badly? Did you show him the ring? That old fox is mad."

His eyes are extremely beautiful, and when he picks his eyes to look at me, his affection flows, which is particularly eye-catching.

Naturally, I would not provoke Lu Changbai with such a frivolous thing, and the ring on my ring finger was only put on after returning to the capital.But after hearing what he said, he still pretended to be true: "He saw it, but didn't say anything."

"Cut." Yang Chen didn't ask any more questions, "Oh, let me tell you, my mother said that I will go to her place for dinner tomorrow."

"I have something to do tomorrow." Andre's flight lands tomorrow morning, and I have to pick him up.

"I'm so busy that I don't see anyone, and I didn't see you making any serious stuff." He snorted, saw my eyes were slightly cold, and immediately changed his words, "It's okay if you don't go, anyway, my mother stays in China this year, and there are more opportunities to eat yes."

I didn't say a word. He seemed to realize that he had just said something wrong. He cast a glance on my face and asked tentatively, "Where are you going tomorrow? I'll go with you?"

"Forget it, Mr. Yang, I don't dare to work for you." I said, "Anyone who asks me to do something is not a good thing."

Yang Chen felt that he was wrong, and muttered: "That's not what I said. Hey, Xu Junyan, blame me for talking too fast, don't be so stingy."

There was a moment of silence in the air, he tugged at my arm, but I didn't respond, he leaned over and quickly pecked my face, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn't belittle you casually... Please, please forgive me."

If it is said that Yang Chen has changed a little under my influence for so long, it must be because I let him understand: an apology is an apology if it is forgiven by the other party, otherwise it is just a unilateral self-comfort.

I pursed my lips: "Be careful next time."

He breathed a sigh of relief, although his expression was dissatisfied, he had to pinch his nose and reluctantly said: "Got it."

After speaking, he immediately changed the subject: "Have you watched a movie? This movie has just been released, and the plot is not bad. I'll watch it again with you..."

Back to the very beginning of the film, when light and dark light and shadow exchanged, I stared at Yang Chen's side face seriously.

He has a handsome appearance and a haughty temperament. At first glance, he has an arrogant and never frustrated character.

Today, such a strong person has finally learned to bow his head to me.I taught him this class for so long that I even forgot what my original intention was.

In the past, I probably really wanted to spend my life with him.

The hero in the movie wakes up from the heavy snow, with the cold wind howling, he struggles to get up, surrounded by the scattered corpses of his comrades-in-arms.

I said softly, "I want to go somewhere with you, can you spare next weekend?"

"No problem." Yang Chen readily agreed, turned his head and gave me a smirk, "So mysterious? Are you going to surprise me?"

I smiled and shook my head, without answering, I turned my eyes to the screen.

The protagonist crosses the snow field and walks away alone.

"Brother is a big liar!"

Andre has been telling me about his grievances since he got in the car: I often don’t answer his calls, miss the fixed weekly video time, and I promised to find him in three months, but it never came true——

All in all, I'm a big liar.

His Chinese became fluent as before. I smiled and listened to him talking all the way. I helped him put his luggage in the living room, then sat down on the sofa and patted the seat next to him.

He pouted, threw himself into my arms, and acted coquettishly: "I miss you so much."

I scratched his cheek: "I miss you too, little liar."

He raised his head in confusion, and I smiled slightly: "I contacted the doctor in charge of you in a foreign nursing home. After spending some time, I got your treatment file and asked them to study it carefully. Your mental state is very bad, but it is not Not completely lost memory, sometimes regains consciousness briefly."

Andre's expression froze for a moment, and I said: "And you asked Yin Wenjun to arrange Xiao Wang by my side, deliberately revealing Hélène's information, and I know all the things you didn't tell me. Of course, brother is not I want to argue with you, but I don't want to see you pretend to be sick, and it's not easy to pretend to be a child."

He was stunned for a long time, with a look of helplessness on his face: "Brother...I..."

"Are you worried that once I know that we are not brothers in the true sense, I will abandon you?"

I said, "But Andrea, I promised you will always be my brother and I will always be your brother, and that won't change. You have no one to rely on, and neither do I."

When did he know the secret of his life experience?Gloomy childhood, sensitive adolescence, or growing up?

The sins of the previous generation have become a heavy shackle on our shoulders.The parties who should have faced their mistakes took it for granted.

Why should children bear the consequences of their parents' choices?

Why can they be vicious, indifferent, absent, and pass on the dark background of life to the next generation through blood, and we can only suffer in silence.

My younger brother, who bears the same fate as me, who can understand all my pain except you?

"I know I've broken many promises, so it's not trustworthy." I stretched out my hand to him and said softly, "Even so, I still want to say, trust brother, okay?"

Andre stopped acting obsessed, and slowly sat up straight, his blue eyes were like icy lakes, looking at me from afar.

"Every time. Every time I say, brother, you must not lie to me, or I will be sad. But you always walk away with other people without looking back, and then wait until the next time, when you are alone Only then will you come back to me. Obviously, no matter where you go, I am willing to follow, but every time you will leave me alone."

"It would be great if you could be sick all the time. If you are sick, you are the best brother in the world. You will play with me and eat with me. You only care about my feelings. I don't mind being treated as a lunatic. I'm afraid you will treat me Get rid of it, and I'm alone, like in the ward, in the brig."

There was no expectation in his eyes, but he still put his slender white fingers on my palm.

"Actually, I'm easy to deceive. As long as my brother speaks, no matter how many times he has lied to me before, I will believe it."

Andre smiled at me, so beautifully, like a blond angel.

"So don't want me, brother, I'm really scared... so scared."

I remembered that he was arranged by his mother to go back to the country alone, and I went to pick him up. The glass of the terminal building was tall and wide, casting a large amount of bright sunlight on him.He looked back to see me, with a little surprise in his cold expression, took off the earphones and said, brother, you are here.He was 20 years old that year, and he hadn't gone mad, and he hadn't suffered many tortures later. His young face was delicate and beautiful, and his lips were like a pale rose.

This picture seems to be engraved in my memory, vivid and never faded.