withered lover

Lu Yi made an appointment to meet at a membership-only private restaurant.

That private restaurant is hidden deep in the woods of a remote park. There is no signboard or anything written on the storefront. If Du Zhinian hadn't followed Wen Qiong here before, he and Shen Guiwan might have to hang out outside the woods for a while. long time.

Walking to the door of the private restaurant, a waitress in a light-colored dress and a bun greeted her, "You two, please come with me, Mr. Jiang has arrived."

She led Du Zhinian and Shen Guiwan through the wooden corridor, around the koi pond with floating water lilies, and finally stopped in front of the box door at the end.

The waitress tapped lightly on the copper ring on the wooden door, and then the door was opened from the inside.

"Long time no see." Lu Yi greeted Shen Guiwan, and led him and Du Zhinian into the box.

The box is decorated in a retro Chinese style, the wooden carved window is facing the door, and a young man wearing glasses is sitting at the long table in the center.

The young man's appearance is not handsome, but he has a gentle temperament and a natural affinity.

There was a light blue teacup in front of him, and a teacup half filled with tea by his hand. It seemed that he and Lu Yi had sat down and chatted for a while.

Lu Yi sat down beside the young man, poured two cups of tea for Shen Guiwan and Du Zhinian, and then introduced to them: "The friend I told you about before, Jiang Run."

Jiang Run smiled gently, "Hello, this is Mr. Shen."

"It's enough to call you by name." After Lu Yi finished speaking, she raised an eyebrow at Shen Guiwan, "Your doctor's lover?"

She didn't look at Du Zhinian the whole time, and even asked frivolously if Shen Guiwan was his lover, Du Zhinian would be a fool if he didn't feel her hostility anymore.

But just as he was about to choke back, Shen Guiwan held down his hand and shook his head at Lu Yi: "He's a boyfriend now."

A very strange expression appeared on Lu Yi's face, "Gui Wan, if you like this genre, would you like me to introduce you to a few?"

"There are mixed races of Chinese origin." She spoke seriously, and Jiang Run beside her couldn't help laughing.

Lu Yi tried her best to encourage Shen Guiwan to find a new love, but she almost persuaded him not to pick up boyfriends in the trash can.

Du Zhinian was so angry that he sneered, "Miss Lu, please be more polite."

If you have an opinion on him, just say it, there is no need to poach someone so openly.

Lu Yi stared at Du Zhinian for a while, and his back felt numb from seeing Du Zhinian, then suddenly turned his head and said to Shen Guiwan: "He looks like Yu Minggu, you really don't think about getting a new one. Is it?"

She didn't deny that Du Zhinian had a handsome skin, but if he would get together with that scumbag Yu Minggu, he might be some kind of gentle scum like a dog.

Although she has only met Shen Guiwan once, Lu Yi now regards him as a very important friend, for fear that Shen Guiwan will be fooled by Du Zhinian's extremely deceptive appearance.

Lu Yi spoke straight to the point, Shen Guiwan could hear the meaning in her words, but what kind of person Du Zhinian was, he knew better when he was with him day and night.

"No, he's fine."

Shen Guiwan doesn't know how to praise others, this is already the best evaluation he can think of.

But Du Zhizhi only heard Shen Guiwan commenting on Lu Yi like this two days ago, and now that he got the exact same comment as Lu Yi, he felt inexplicably upset but didn't dare to speak.

Two days ago, Wan Wan was pissed off because of the over-argument, and she was coaxed yesterday, so how dare she make such shameless demands now.

Shen Guiwan replied like this, Lu Yi wanted to continue to say something, but was interrupted by Jiang Run's light cough.

"Don't forget business." Jiang Run said with a smile.

Lu Yi sighed helplessly, and raised her chin at Du Zhinian, "Gui Wan should have told you all about it, so I won't introduce myself."

Du Zhinian looked at Lu Yi, who looked somewhat similar to Lu Xing but had a completely different style and behavior, and said with a smile, "Du Zhinian, Du Hengyu's son."

He reported his family background and successfully changed the face of Lu Yi, who was still disgusted just now, and even Jiang Run, who had been sipping tea and watching, couldn't help but take another look at him.

"That Du Hengyu who pissed off Yu Minggu's father?" Lu Yi's eyes widened, "How can you, the heir of Du's Pharmaceutical, be Yu Minggu's personal doctor?"

Being angry to death is just an exaggeration, but the death of Yu Minggu's father is indeed inseparable from Du Hengyu.

The business entanglement of the previous generation involved human life and turned into an endless hatred from generation to generation. It is hard for Lu Yi to imagine that the two families who have had feuds for a long time will hook up.

Du Zhinian said with a faint smile: "Not everyone is willing to take over the rotten roots. I have no threat to Yu Minggu, and he even pointed at me that I can piss Du Hengyu to death."

He spoke arrogantly, Lu Yi and Jiang Run looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Then you now..."

Du Zhinian put his arm around Shen Guiwan's shoulder, and played with that muscular hand, "Wanwan wants to help Lu Xing, can't I just turn around?"

"If I don't drag the Du family into the mix, it will be difficult for you to take Lu Xing with you, right?" He smiled back and asked Lu Yi.

Lu Yi looked at Du Zhinian, then at Shen Guiwan, and nodded in compromise after struggling for a long time.

After the opening greetings were over, the waitress who had brought Shen Guiwan and Du Zhinian in knocked on the door again, and the exquisite Chinese dishes were served on the table, and the aroma instantly wafted away in the quiet box.

Shen Guiwan didn't like to talk, Du Zhinian and Lu Yi had nothing to say, but Jiang Run took the initiative to stir up the topic.

He turned the mutton fat jade ring on his index finger, and said slowly: "Shen Lu's matter involved many people, and it took a long time to investigate, but they are all big fish that we have been eyeing for a long time, and results will be available within two months at most. "

Jiang Run came from the capital and brought a whole working group to deal with Shen Lu and the network behind him.

In fact, their targets were some officials, and Shen Lu did it by the way, but Lu Yi specially entrusted him to help, so Jiang Run followed suit to investigate.

"I can't reveal too much, I can only prepare you mentally."

Embezzlement, bribery, misappropriation of funds, and even forcing women to trade... He talked about the charges and prison terms that Shen Lu might be sentenced to, but Shen Guiwan didn't take it to heart.

It wasn't until Jiang Run finished speaking that Shen Guiwan asked him: "Can you tell me in advance when you do it?"

The word hands-on sounded like something that would be said by gangsters who were ready to kill and steal money. Lu Yi, who was drinking soup, choked and coughed.

Jiang Run handed over the tissue, patted her on the back again, and continued: "In principle, it's not allowed."

He paused, "Do you want to come and see?"

Shen Guiwan shook his head, pursed his pale lips, and then said something that shocked the other three——

"I want you to be my witnesses."

Jiang Run and Lu Yi looked at each other, seeing confusion in each other's eyes, but Du Zhinian, who knew Shen Guiwan's past clearly, grabbed Shen Guiwan's hand.

He asked in a deep voice, "wanwan, what are you going to do?"

Du Zhinian and Shen Guiwan have shared the same bed for several months, he has seen Shen Guiwan's docile and obedient appearance, and he has also seen him be fierce and provocative.

He felt that Shen Guiwan was sometimes crazy and rebellious, and he hid it well on weekdays, but occasionally his cold eyes would reveal a stern light.

like now.

Shen Guiwan held Du Zhinian's hand instead, looked him in the eyes and said word by word: "Just once, the last time."

He will soon be freed from Shen Lu's confinement and torture, but the pain and scars left by these long three years will not disappear with Shen Lu's imprisonment. Those mottled and ugly scars will remain on him for a lifetime. until he dies.

Perhaps one day in the future, I will forget these pains and erase the uneven scars, but the mother who died because of Shen Lu will never return to his side.

"I want Shen Lu to get the trial he deserves, and there must be no one less."

The evidence of past crimes has disappeared with the death of his mother, Shen Guiwan can only seek justice for her in extreme ways, but he will never let Shen Lu go easily.

Du Zhinian stroked Shen Guiwan's palm, Shen Guiwan hooked his finger and shook it lightly, "Du Zhinian."

In order to get Du Zhinian to agree, he even used tricks of acting like a spoiled child.

"...Okay." Du Zhinian struggled for a long time, but in the end he couldn't bear to reject Shen Guiwan.

That was Shen Guiwan's family matter, and it was also the pain and torture he had endured alone. No matter what method he chose to break with the past, Du Zhinian would respect his choice.

Du Zhinian pinched the hard-earned flesh on Shen Guiwan's cheek, "But you promise me to protect yourself."

Shen Guiwan nodded obediently, and thanked Jiang Run: "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"You're welcome, this is my duty." Jiang Run waved his hand with a smile, and the phone on the table vibrated suddenly.

He took a look at the phone, got up and said goodbye: "There is still something in the group, I'm leaving first, you guys chat slowly."

"So fast." Lu Yi stood up to see him off, but was blocked by Jiang Run.

Standing by the door, Jiang Run raised his hand and rubbed Lu Yi's head, "Go and accompany your friend first, we will make an appointment another day."

After Jiang Run left, Lu Yi stood in a daze for a while, slowly smoothing out his messy hair.

She walked back to the long wooden table and found that Shen Guiwan was no longer in his original position, only Du Zhinian was still sitting there.

"Du Zhinian." Lu Yi said, "The Du family has always followed the path of being wise and safe. Why did you help Yu Minggu in the first place? Why do you want to intervene in this matter now?"

Du Zhinian laughed and said, "Whether it's your sister or the dispute between the Du family and the Yu family, these things have nothing to do with me."

"I'm doing all this now for Wan Wan, he meddled in the affairs of Yu Minggu and Lu Xing, even if I take him out of here, it's hard to say whether I will be retaliated by Yu Minggu in the future."

"The centipede is dead but not stiff." After he finished speaking, he looked at Shen Guiwan who was sitting under the carved wooden window.

Outside the window is the crystal-clear lake water. The golden-red phoenix-tailed koi swims along the shadow cast by the window edge. Shen Guiwan sits by the window and looks down at the koi in the lake. The reflected light of the lake flows on him .

He didn't seem to be interested in the conversation between them, but Du Zhinian could see from his lowered eyebrows that he was still feeling uncomfortable for the conversation just now.

"I just hope that Wanwan can live a better and freer life, and not be bound by the past."

Knowing that Shen Guiwan secretly contacted Lu Yi behind his back, Du Zhinian was angry at first, but soon his anger was overwhelmed by guilt.

The choice Shen Guiwan made was not only out of guilt and self-condemnation for the past, but also because he had no choice.

And the one who caused all this is himself.

He didn't realize it at first, but now he understands, Du Zhinian began to be reluctant to part with Shen Guiwan and felt sad.

He regretted that what he said back then made Shen Guiwan, who was struggling on the verge of life and death, distrust him, dare not complain to him or ask for help, and even asked outsiders for help.

Even if he was just a lover at that time, he shouldn't poke Shen Guiwan's wound repeatedly, even though Shen Guiwan may have been used to being treated like this, but the human heart is fleshy, and it will always hurt if you poke it for a long time.

This matter has always been in Du Zhinian's mind, but he will not let it become a barrier between him and Shen Guiwan.

Lu Yi followed Du Zhinian's eyes and looked at Shen Guiwan. The people under the window were quiet and beautiful, and it was difficult for people to associate him with a victim of domestic violence for a long time.

She lowered her eyes and asked softly after a while, "Then what are you going to do?"

"I helped Yu Minggu before just to get rid of the control of the Du family, but now I use him to contain the Du family. Even if I can't kill Yu Minggu, it's enough to make him afraid. As for Du Hengyu, if he doesn't step down from that position, he will have to shed a layer of skin. "

Du Zhinian showed a meaningful smile, "After all, everyone's surname is Du. No matter how much I don't like Du Hengyu, he is my father."

"The same goes for Du Hengyu." He said viciously, "If someone from the Yu family targets me, he will have to control me if he doesn't want to, and he has no choice."

Du Zhinian could even imagine Du Hengyu's facial features distorted with anger after he learned that he had been designed by his own son, but he had nowhere to vent his anger.

Looking at the expression on his face, Lu Yi felt a creepy feeling in her heart, "Du Zhinian, you are so scary."

"I'm sorry." Du Zhinian smiled indifferently, "I'll bring the Du family into trouble, you just need to worry about your baby sister, you and I don't hold anyone back."

Getting a relationship with Yu Minggu is not the best and safest choice. Now that the entire Du family is being dragged into the water, Du Hengyu and Yu Minggu have lost both sides in the fight, so naturally they have no intention of controlling their son again.

Only when all obstacles are removed, can he and Shen Guiwan walk more freely, without continuing to live under the surveillance and control of others.

"The wicked have their own grind."

Du Zhinian remembered a certain incident in college, and a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Karma, you have to pay back when you come out to mess around.