Ring

Definitely not a good day today.

The thick clouds seemed to be dyed with gray cotton wool without a single ray of light.It didn't take long for the pattering rain to fall from the sky, and then it became bigger and bigger.A lot of puddles immediately accumulated on the originally low street corners, reflecting the gloomy sky, like a swamp country.

A black car drove by, splashing water.Pedestrians holding umbrellas quickly avoided, but were still splashed with muddy water.There are ladies in high-heeled shoes, whose snow-white heels and calves have already been splashed with mud; there are also naughty children who, regardless of adults' obstruction, run in the puddles, making their faces black.

The man holding the black umbrella walked forward silently.He wore black leather boots with some patterns on his feet, and tied the same black trouser legs inside the boots.The upper body is a knee-length windbreaker, the belt around the waist is fastened tightly, and the hand holding the umbrella handle is covered with white gloves.

The rain falling from the edge of the black umbrella and the rain curtain falling from the sky obscured his vision.People could only see his thin and cold lips tightly pursed, and his exposed skin was even more unusually pale.

The colors of the traffic lights are particularly abrupt in this black and white world.Edgar crossed the crosswalk, walked down a few paths, and finally stopped at a dead end.In the corner of the alley, there were a few corpses of rats scattered, and even in the rain, there was an unpleasant smell of decay.

"...Long time no see, Flanders."

Suddenly, a figure appeared at the end of the alley.In such a heavy rain, he did not open an umbrella, but the rain did not wet his clothes at all.On the other hand, Edgar saw a lot of mud splashed on his black leather boots, and a lot of water stains on his windbreaker.

Edgar just silently held up the umbrella and pursed his lips.And that person wasn't mad about it either.He just walked up gently, his steps so light that he seemed to be floating, and within a few seconds he moved in front of the man in black.Edgar's eyes fell on his trousers and shoes, they were spotless, not even a drop of rainwater.

"... Rice."

"You... that's how... you came from the rain?" Rice looked at him incredulously, "Why didn't you use teleportation and barriers?" Before speaking, he snapped his fingers, covering Edgar's body. The surrounding rain curtain was suddenly separated by something invisible, and even the sound of the rain became much quieter.

Edgar put down his umbrella, looked at his old friend's face, and smiled bitterly: "Do you think that I, who betrayed the blood clan, colluded with the Holy See, and was cursed by Satan, have any qualifications to use these spells?"

"No... But it's impossible! As long as you still have Bathory's blood in your body, it's impossible for you not to use it! Could it be... Could it be true?! You were really caught by those lackeys of the Holy See Stop, cast the Cross of Sanctions Curse?!"

Edgar looked at him indifferently: "What would you think if I said that I asked them willingly?"

The other party's eyes widened and they wanted to say something, but Edgar waved his hand to stop him: "I guessed that you asked me to come here. In the entire Bathory family, only you know that I am in San Francisco." Said Then he took out a letter from his pocket, with three dragon teeth printed on the red wax paint, which was Bathory's coat of arms.

Rice looked at the letter in his hand and settled down: "Yes, many people with malicious intentions hope that you can return to Bathory's house quickly. After all, your first embrace came from Victoria, and she is a direct descendant of Bathory. Bloodline." Then he paused, and whispered, "Hawthorne is dead."

"Hawthorne... is dead?!"

For a moment, Rice thought Edgar must be crazy.Because he yelled this sentence almost hysterically, the voice was so loud that the whole block could be heard.His hands were trembling, his pale skin was flushed, and his hands clenched into fists were throbbing with blue veins.Countless expressions flashed in his eyes: ecstasy, relief, the pleasure of getting revenge; then pain, sorrow, and bewilderment flashed in turn...

"Flanders!" Seeing that the other party seemed to be about to fall, Rice hurried forward to support him, "Don't get excited!"

Edgar was held in his arms and gradually calmed down.Just as Rice breathed a sigh of relief, he was suddenly pushed hard by the person in his arms, and almost fell to the muddy ground.Seeing him staggering in embarrassment, Edgar seemed to be unable to bear it anymore.It was as if all the suppressed things in the past 70 years—no, maybe this whole life exploded in an instant.Under Rice's horrified eyes, he stumbled and fell on the wall, beat his chest and hilariously, and laughed loudly, almost unable to restrain himself, but the laughter became more and more mournful as he heard it.He hadn't expected to laugh so freely since Victoria's death.Therefore he cannot stop.If he stops now, in the long future, he will never be so happy again.

Something in the lobe of the lung was uncomfortable, and the heart was throbbing. It didn't take long for his laughter to change.Between stumbles, he had already left Rice's barrier.More and more rainwater poured on him, strands of hair stuck to his face, and rainwater fell from the corners of his eyes like weeping tears.

Seeing his friend like this, Rice was helpless.In a hurry, he didn't care about the rain on the opponent's body, so he stretched out his hand to pull him up, and shouted: "Calm down!!!"

Edgar glanced at him with a half-smile, and was about to say something when the phone rang suddenly.Hearing the ringing of the bell, the originally almost ferocious expression gradually calmed down strangely.However, he didn't answer it immediately, but waited for the bell to ring for more than half a minute before answering it.

"The festival is here. I wanted to give you a surprise, so I went to block you at the door of your house. I didn't expect you to be away? Why are you running out in this rainy day?"

Edgar glanced at Rice, who was a little worried, and said softly, "Go and hear some good news. Do you want to know?"

Rice's eyes widened when he heard this, and he silently stopped Edgar with his eyes: How can you tell these things to a human being? !

"...What's wrong with your voice? Why is it a little hoarse?"

"Don't worry about this." Edgar gently curled the corners of his lips, staring at the void, as if the person who talked to him on the phone was standing in front of him now, "A man died. He killed my mother, The murdered father took me upside down...it was he who burned my wife and children alive...he is dead now."

There was silence on the phone for a while.Rice stared at Edgar with great disapproval, but Edgar turned a blind eye.

"Congratulations." Wei Shenzhi didn't ask any more questions, "Since the vengeance has been avenged, you should find a new goal for your life. I told you that I don't want to watch you stick to The past. You never told me about your origins, your background, or what happened to you, but it's all in the past."

Edgar listened quietly.It was obviously just some ordinary words of comfort, but it was like a warm current.Wei Shenzhi's voice was extremely gentle, like ancient jade from the east.In the mighty rain, he gently closed his eyes, put his hands on his chest with a smile.

"Shen..."

Wei Shen, who was about to open the car door and was about to get in, trembled and almost dropped his keys and cell phone on the ground.

"I'm in the third alley at the three-fork at the end of Lorenz Avenue." His voice suddenly became extremely fragile, and his voice even trembled a little, "Shen...please...help me...come and take me Let's go...it's cold...it's cold..."

"……What’s wrong with you?!"

There was a frantic sound like bumping into the steering wheel from the receiver, and then he heard Wei Shenzhi start the engine in a hurry: "Don't move around! I'll be there right away!"

So, when Wei Shenzhi rushed to the designated place in a hurry, he saw Edgar leaning against the edge of the alley with his arms folded.A black umbrella was scattered at his feet, and the torrential rain had already soaked his clothes.The president of Westnet Corporation crossed his arms, curled up slightly in a corner, looked up at the sky, and wondered what he was thinking.

Sensing the sound of hurried footsteps, Edgar turned his head and smiled faintly.That smile was so pale and powerless, so fragile that he could not compete with the world.

Wei Shenzhi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.

…………

Edgar is covered in water, which is very disgusting.In order not to get his car wet, Wei Shenzhi unceremoniously took off his wet clothes and threw them in a plastic bag, leaving only his trousers and shirt.Edgar didn't say anything, just stared at Wei Shenzhi.Coupled with the pale to bloodless cheeks and the extremely low body temperature, it is so worrying that it can't be worried anymore.

Along the way, the two looked at each other in silence, even though they had thousands of words to say and ask, they didn't know where to start.During the period, Wei Shenzhi answered a few calls, probably about Inspur.In the past two months, the Silver Shield Project has quickly gained a market share of around 30%.Although it doesn't seem particularly high, but for a new company's new product, this market share is already very impressive.

The project with Snowflake is also on track.The analysis of the engine has been completed, and the top technical group of Inspur is currently working on the construction of the engine, which is Selina's business.Snowflake said that if there is no accident, the preliminary trailer and website will be launched in more than two months, and the technical support for all these will naturally be provided by Inspur.

Edgar smiled slightly - he grew up really fast.If this continues, in less than three years, he will have enough financial resources and strength to return to the mainland to challenge the head office and get back his original position.

...Wei Shenzhi will eventually return to China.

After talking to each other all the way without saying a word, Wei Shenzhi finally drove the car into the underground garage.When he unbuckled his seat belt and opened the car door, he found that Edgar was still sitting in the passenger seat, motionless, so he had no choice but to unbuckle his seat belt to help him out, but the collar was suddenly held by the other party. Living.

"I lost my composure in front of you again."

Edgar's eyes fell on the other's lips.His Adam's apple rolled unconsciously, then raised his face, staring deeply into his eyes.

"Thank you for always being by my side."