The selfish gene

Facing my provocation, Shi Hao's eyes darkened, and he was about to step forward.

I don't dodge or dodge openly, to see if he dares to come over.

Sure enough, he didn't dare.

One step is one step.Shi Hao is not that stupid, after all, this is the mourning hall of old man Shi, if he dares to make trouble, his father's uncles and brothers would dare to kick him out of the genealogy and exile him forever.

Staring at me fiercely, he withdrew his feet unwillingly, his face as black as charcoal.

The festival with Shi Hao is a bit complicated to say.In the final analysis, it is not me who has a problem with him, but Zheng Jieyuan.

Shi Hao's birth was not glorious, his mother was a mistress and was forced to leave the main palace with her big belly.And this Zhenggong happened to be Zheng Jieyuan's aunt.

The world of children is very simple, whoever treats their loved ones badly is a big villain.Therefore, even if the two families had dissolved the in-law relationship before Zheng Jieyuan was born, Zheng Jieyuan still had his own views on the Shi family and Shi Hao from what he had heard and seen since he was a child.

"Are you the son of that bitch?" These were the first words that seven-year-old Zheng Jieyuan asked in a childish voice after seeing Shi Hao.This is how the hatred ended.

Because of their similar age, the two were sent to the same 12-year international school.Then, just like the vulgar eight o'clock plot, it became a state of incompatibility from the beginning, completely continuing the grievances of the previous generation to the next generation.

It turned out that they were fighting against each other, it was just a matter between their two families, and it had nothing to do with me.But Shi Hao's dog seemed to be suffering from rabies, not only Zheng Jieyuan, but even Zheng Jieyuan who had a good relationship with him, and finally bit me too.

Although three years have passed, the memory of that night is still vivid in my mind.

It was Zheng Jieyuan's 22nd birthday, and he invited a group of his friends to the bar for a carnival, including me.

Because of the relationship between Yan Shanhua and Ji Chenfeng, I was a little distraught at the time, drinking all night without any intention of having fun.After drinking it in the middle of the night, my consciousness was a little fuzzy, and when I was resting on the booth, I heard Zheng Jieyuan's curse.

It is such a coincidence that there are so many bars in Hongshi, Zheng Jieyuan and Shi Hao chose the same one.Shi Hao had to book the venue with his people that day, and when he heard that someone had arrived first, he would have left, only to see Zheng Jieyuan, his lifelong enemy.

Like every time in the past, the two parties quickly clashed, and they exchanged harsh words.

The music stopped, but the light ball was still spinning and emitting a dazzling white light.Seeing that a fight was about to start, I thought that if Sang Zhengbai knew that I was also involved, maybe he would ask me to go over and give a lecture.One thing more is worse than one thing less, I stood up, ready to pull Zheng Jieyuan away.

"Why, are you going to run away?" Shi Hao obviously didn't know what it meant to accept as soon as he was good, seeing me holding Zheng Jieyuan, the expression on his face became more and more arrogant.

"Who the hell escaped?" Zheng Jieyuan rolled up his sleeves and was about to start.

I stood between him and Shi Hao, and said with a downcast face: "Enough, Shi Hao."

The Sang family and the Shi family are also partners after all, I thought that Shi Hao would not care about my face, but also for Sang Zhengbai's face and let it go.But Shi Hao, maybe he is really an idiot, he completely ignored my intentions, and even pointed the finger at me and stabbed me.

"What are you doing, do you really think of yourself as the boss? Don't fucking order me." Shi Hao sneered, "Zheng Jieyuan is willing to be your dog, but I am not."

This sentence completely ignited Zheng Jieyuan, and he wanted to jump over me to reach Shi Hao: "Who are you calling a dog! You are a fucking dog, and your mother is a bitch who sleeps thousands of people. If you admit it, you are really the young master? Shit! You and your mother will never be on the stage!"

"Grab him." I turned my head and gave the fox friends 1, 2, and 3 behind me a look, telling them to control Zheng Jieyuan and stop him yelling.

Shi Hao's expression at this time could no longer be described as "ugly".Life experience is always a pain point that he doesn't want to be mentioned by others. Zheng Jieyuan poked his pain point in front of so many people, it is destined to be impossible to lift it high and put it down gently tonight.The way he looked at Zheng Jieyuan was like looking at a piece of meat, a piece of blood dripping meat that was about to be minced by his meat grinder.

Can't one or two... go crazy in my absence?Pressing his chest, I stopped him from going any further.

He growled fiercely at me: "Get out of the way!"

"Don't go any further, I'm afraid it will end badly for you." I warned him.

"Fuck!" Shi Hao stared at me and nodded, "Okay." His face was contorted, but he laughed under the circumstances.

I frowned, uncomfortable with his laugh.

"Then I will beat you together!" He suddenly brought his face closer to me, and said in a voice that only he and I could hear, "I heard from the woman who slept with you that there is something wrong with you." The marks of being burned by cigarettes, on the back, on the waist, on the buttocks, are they abused by the nanny when I was a child? How pitiful. Do you know how we talk about you behind your back?"

"No matter how bad my mother is, it's better than the two of you who have a mother and have no mother."

With the alcohol on, the memory became intermittent, and when he regained his senses, there were screams all around him.I pressed Shi Hao to the ground, choked his neck with one hand, and raised the other hand high, holding the glass wine bottle that was only half left.

Alcohol and blood intersected Shi Hao's face, and a ferocious bloodstain extended from his forehead to the corner of his eye.Blood blurred his eyes, but he was still smiling.

"Kill me if you have the ability!" Blood seeped into the corners of his grinning lips, staining the gap between his teeth red.

Die.

go to hell.

Go to hell!

There was only one thought left in his mind, no fear or hesitation, only angry killing intent.

The sharp end was aimed at the neck, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, the wine bottle was inserted towards Shi Hao, only to be stopped by Zheng Jieyuan, who rushed over from behind, only two centimeters away.

Holding my arm tightly and dragging me away from Shi Hao, Zheng Jieyuan's voice sounded far away and unreal.

"Let go! Let go Sang Nian!" After a long time, I gradually understood what he was shouting.

Half the bottle fell from between the fingers, and the police rushed in.

He was pushed to the ground, his hands were handcuffed behind his back, and he was escorted into a police car.That night, Zheng Jieyuan and I spent at the police station.

For this matter, Sang Zhengbai personally went out to find Mr. Shi.The two of us negotiated, but we didn't know exactly how, but Zheng Jieyuan and I were both released early the next morning.Not long after, Shi Hao was also sent abroad.

To the outside world, I only said that Shi Hao was provocative, and I acted impulsively to protect Zheng Jieyuan.But only I know, no.Just like Shi Hao who was poked into a sore spot and turned into a mad dog, I was also poked into a festering wound that couldn't be touched, and I went crazy under the severe pain.

"Okay, you go back."

As soon as the condolence ceremony was over, Sang Zhengbai couldn't wait to drive me away.It seems that if I stay for another minute, someone will come forward and ask him to introduce my son.

He strode away from the auditorium and loosened his tie on the way to the parking lot.

Tang Bian was dozing off, and was awakened by my sudden slap on the window, he stroked his chest and unlocked the car.

"So fast? Where are you going now? A hotel?"

"Go back." I took a seat in the back row, threw the tie aside, and undid two more buttons, and then I felt that my breathing was easier.

"Ah? Oh... okay." Tang Bian couldn't help observing my expression through the rearview mirror, carefully avoiding offending my appearance, which was annoying and annoying.

Kicking on the back of the seat, I said coldly: "Look ahead, give me a good drive."

Tang Bi'an hurriedly looked away, and didn't dare to talk to me all the way afterwards.

Watching Tang Bian's car disappear around the corner, I didn't go upstairs, but directly opened the door of a red sports car in the garage, and drove it on the road again.

Passing through the prosperous city center, there is a low-rise urban village on the other side of the river.Because of the poor people living in this city, and the environment is very dirty and messy, it is known as the "slums" of Hongshi.

This dilapidated shantytown is inhabited by all kinds of religions and hides snakes, rats and ants.It is like the psoriasis of this city, if it cannot be eradicated or cured, it can only be left to its own devices and let it grow wildly.

This is where Ji Chenfeng grew up.

Park the car under the long steps, on a desolate roadside with no monitoring and no human habitation.

Thieves may smash the glass, but I don't care.

With pockets in it, go up step by step until you reach the end of the ladder.The narrow aisle is full of sundries, and the room next to the stairs is the cleanest in front of a row of rooms. There is only a simple small square table with two smaller benches folded upside down.

The sound of the collision of the knife and the cutting board leaked from the thin door panel. Although it was only five o'clock, the owner of the house had already started preparing dinner.

There was no doorbell, so I could only knock on the door panel, which didn't look very clean, holding back my nausea.

"Who?"

The blue iron door creaked and was pushed open from the inside. Yan Shanhua stuck his head out of the door with sleeves on his hands and an apron on his body.

Seeing me, she opened her eyes in disbelief.

"Xiao Nian..."

"What about the letter?" I cut to the chase.

When she realized it, she immediately turned around and entered the room: "Oh, oh oh. Wait, I'll find it for you."

Stepping into the dark room, as soon as you enter the door, there is a kitchen on the right that is so small that only one person can turn around, and on the left is a symmetrical bathroom that is so small that only one person can use it.Further inside is a crowded and cramped living and dining room with tatami mats.

There was no room for chairs, just a small low table on the floor.Two curtains are installed in the center of the living room, and pillows and quilts are stacked in a place near the balcony. It seems that once the curtain is pulled, it can also function as a bedroom.There is another door along the living room, which should be another bedroom.

Yan Shanhua got into this bedroom, and quickly came out with a stack of things.

"This is it!" She handed a thick envelope to me.

I took it, sat down on the ground in front of her, took out the letters and looked at them.

Ji Chenfeng's handwriting is neat and beautiful, and there is a sharp edge between the strokes, which suits him very well.

Most of the letters are words of thanks, interspersed with boring daily life.Talking about the weather, about school, and occasionally telling me about new amazing voices I heard.

Just by looking at the text, it seems that he can imagine what kind of posture and expression he wrote these letters in this dark house.

I made him hear the voice again.

I am his salvation.

Ha, if I knew he thought of me that way, why would I go to such lengths to get close to him?As long as I hook my fingers, he will crawl to my side.

There are a lot of letters, and I am fascinated by it unconsciously, and I forget the time.

"Xiao Nian, that..." Yan Shanhua knelt beside me, with a troubled expression on his face, "Chen Feng is going to get off work, if you don't leave, I'm afraid you might run into him."

I looked up at the clock on the wall, it was six o'clock.

Putting the letter back into the envelope and returning it to Yan Shanhua, I smiled at her: "Since he already knows, why should I avoid him?"

Yan Shanhua took the envelope in a daze, and mumbled his lips: "Then...then you want to stay...stay for dinner?"

Dirty kitchen, musty air, ingredients bought from nowhere, how could it be possible to eat?

I thought so, but I still gave the exact opposite answer.

"Well, please, I have to cook for one more person."

His gray eyes lit up, and Yan Shanhua got up overjoyed: "No trouble, no trouble, I... I'll cook right away!"

Hearing the noisy sound of pots and pans in the kitchen again, I rested my chin and began to look at the space I was in again.

There are many photos hanging on the wall, big and small, new and old.Among them was Zhang Ji Chenfeng when he was a child, with a shy smile on his face, next to the thin man sitting on the head of the bed.

The man looked sick and haggard, he should... be Yan Shanhua's unlucky husband Ji Wei.

After being severely injured by a brick, Ji Wei was in a coma for nearly a year. He thought he would never wake up again, but suddenly woke up.In order to take care of him, Yan Shanhua had to resign from the Sang family. After that, I was handed over to a new nanny to take care of.

After difficult rehabilitation, although Ji Wei recovered his language ability, he never stood up again and could only lie paralyzed on the bed all day long.When Ji Chenfeng was eight years old, the man who managed to save his life died of a cold. Year-round bed rest made him weak, and even a small virus could kill him.

So far, he has gone through a miserable and meaningless life.

If you ask me, it's too late to die.Die early, maybe Yan Shanhua and Ji Chenfeng's life will be easier.

"Xiao Nian, I... I'm going out to buy two cold dishes, please sit and wait for me for a while."

I only heard another moan from the old iron door, and before I could even tell Yan Shanhua to stop messing around, the door closed again.

I don't know why, although it is dirty and small, the light and temperature make people sleepy.

It may also be that I was still hungover, and I fell asleep on the low table without knowing it.

For half an hour or more, Ji Chenfeng's broken door began to groan again.I thought it was Yan Shanhua who came back, but I just frowned and continued to sleep, not taking it seriously until I heard heavier and faster footsteps coming towards me.

Raising his head drowsily, he saw Ji Chenfeng panting slightly, staring at me in surprise.

"Why are you...at my house?"

It seems that he was tortured enough by the excessively long "ladder" outside the door.

Supporting my head, I yawned sleepily and said with a smile, "Because I have nowhere to go, I can only come to your house for dinner."