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Zhan Yue is a magnanimous person, and if he fails to pursue it, it will not prevent him from appreciating the other party's talent and character.Moreover, Lu Qingchen's future commercial value is immeasurable.

Once the first thing has been settled, the other thing must be clarified.

Zhan Yue glanced at Shen Junhuai, and said after deliberation: "Mr. Shen, there is something I would like to talk to Qing Chen alone, could it be convenient."

Shen Junhuai didn't move, and didn't show any expression: "What's the matter with Mr. Zhan, just say so."

Zhan Yue was a little embarrassed, but his face quickly returned to normal.

He said seriously: "Qingchen, there is one thing I want to apologize to you."

Lu Qingchen and Shen Junhuai looked at him at the same time when they heard this, with one expression puzzled and the other scrutinizing.

"The last time I asked you to have lunch by the Xinghe River, and I left halfway, I was negligent." The Xinghe River is the private restaurant where Lu Qingchen met Fang He. After Zhan Yue left, he was trapped in the box by Fang He.

"I didn't know—"

"Forget it," Lu Qingchen interrupted him, turned his head away, and said after a while, "It's okay."

Zhan Yue was a little embarrassed, he intended to put aside his relationship with Fang He and Du Qian, and didn't want to leave a knot in the future relationship, but he didn't expect Lu Qingchen to avoid this topic like this.

Shen Junhuai's complexion was also not very good, of course he remembered that day, because he saw Lu Qingchen in Xiao Mo's arms that day, he didn't go home all night, and he didn't want to recall what happened afterwards.

But why did Zhan Yue apologize?What else happened that day?

The three of them were quiet for a while, but Lu Qingchen suddenly stood up and said he wanted to leave.

His intention to end the topic was so obvious that he even made a big movement to get up, and he didn't intend to hide it.Shen Junhuai also got up, and after saying goodbye to Zhan Yue, he took Lu Qingchen away.

It took only a quarter of an hour before and after this meeting, and there was only Zhan Yue left in the position.

On the weekend, Shen Junhuai drove Lu Qingchen to the Intercontinental Hotel.

The Intercontinental Hotel faces the sea and has beautiful scenery.The itinerary for this event is relatively easy. There will be a forum in the hotel in the afternoon and a reception in the evening. Everyone is free to move around the next day, and then they can return.

At the forum in the afternoon, Lu Qingchen also showed his work as a representative of newcomers.He was very quiet throughout the whole process, and he did what the host asked him to do. Apart from saying hello and thank you, he hardly spoke much.

Shen Junhuai had been watching him from the audience, and when he came down, he held his hand tightly, not caring about the surprised looks of others.

Before the dinner started, Shen Junhuai answered a phone call.

Lu Qingchen looked at his side face quietly from the side, and heard him say a few words, his tone was a little heavy, his brows were unconsciously frowned, and then he hung up the phone.He walked up to Lu Qingchen and said with apology on his face that there was an accident in the laboratory and a group of machines burned down, so he had to go back.

Lu Qingchen knew that this was no small matter, so he told him not to worry about himself and went back quickly.

"Sorry," Shen Junhuai kissed him lightly on the cheek, "I may not be able to make it back at night, I will pick you up tomorrow."

Before leaving, he told Lu Qingchen not to run around, but to stay in the room, and he would check the guard at night.

The dinner was held on the open-air beach in the east of the hotel, with beautiful lights and intoxicating aroma of wine.

Lu Qingchen had to stay for a while because of the process, so he hid in the dark place and sipped his drink.

"Is Chen Xuxing really cold this time?"

"The work was exposed as plagiarized, and he even had an affair with his female student. I think he is enough to turn over."

A few steps away, two smoking men were chatting, and the name mentioned made Lu Qingchen pause.The surroundings were still noisy, but he could hear his slow breathing and the conversation between the two people, no matter how he blocked it, he could hear it in his non-deaf right ear.

"It's a pity," one of them said, "Didn't the Belgian artist say he wanted to seek his rights protection? Why didn't it go away?"

"Chen Xuxing's paintings are so popular in the market, it is difficult to defend his rights. The artist probably just wanted to ruin his reputation."

"This matter will continue to ferment, and I don't know who this Buddha has offended."

"He doesn't care about his feathers so much, who can blame him!"

The two smoked their cigarettes, chatted for a while and left.

Lu Qingchen stood up and was about to go back to the room.

He walked very slowly, and his movements were a little slow. When he swiped his card to enter the room, he heard Zhan Yue's voice behind him.

Zhan Yue was talking on the phone, he signaled Lu Qingchen to wait with his eyes, and then continued to listen to what was said on the other end of the phone. After a pause, he said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, I want to ask him what he means." Clutching it in the palm of his hand, he looked at the person who was about to enter the door in front of him, and said softly, "It's Chen Xuxing, I want you to answer the phone, is that okay?"

Lu Qingchen looked at Zhan Yue, turned around and continued to open the door without answering.

With a click, the door was unlocked. Still moving slowly, he pushed the door open and walked in, closing the door behind him.

Zhan Yue didn't expect him to react like this, and was stunned at the door for a while.After a while, I remembered something, picked up the phone and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, he doesn't want to answer the phone, he has already rested." Then he hung up the phone.

What happened to Chen Xuxing is not a secret in the art circle. He has had a hard time recently. His works were exposed for plagiarism one after another, his private life was chaotic, and several overseas art operation channels were blocked following the downfall of the Fang family.Although many things have not yet been fully conclusive, but the formerly popular master has become very rare, and almost no one invites him to some well-known art exhibitions and events.

There are similarities and similarities with Shen Junhuai's method of dealing with the Fang family.

Zhan Yue answered Chen Xuxing's call out of face, but the other party didn't say anything else, but insisted on asking him to hand it over to Lu Qingchen. This confirmed his previous guess that the little painter Fang He was talking about was really Lu Qingchen. .

He didn't regret his rashness until he really felt Lu Qingchen's attitude.

He stood in front of the door for a while before leaving.

The lights in the room were not turned on, and the moonlight shone in, making the ground cold.

Lu Qingchen huddled on a round sofa by the window, wrapped in a white cotton blanket, with his eyes half-opened, expressionless.The mobile phone was thrown at his feet, and it was already quiet at the moment.

He had received a call from an unfamiliar number long before the banquet.

At that time Shen Junhuai had just left.No matter how downcast Chen Xuxing was, he still had his own eyeliner. As soon as Lu Qingchen placed an order, the call came.The call got through, but Chen Xu was hung up before he could finish his sentence. After that, he changed several numbers, but he didn't answer again.

Then it was through Zhan Yue, but Zhan Yue was shut out by him.

Later, Chen Xuxing probably had no choice but to send him text messages one by one.

Let me apologize first, Xiaolu, what happened before was that I was sorry for you...

Then I complained, my career and reputation are ruined now, and now I just want to be safe for the rest of my life...

Finally, I beg, can you stop here so that I can protect my children and family, I will go abroad and never come back...

Chen Xuxing is still very good at talking, and he can express his guilt, miserable situation, and humble appeal in a few words, but Lu Qingchen is no longer the student who was at his mercy and was scared back by him in a few words. Now, he can no longer empathize with other people's pain.

He calmly deleted the text messages one by one, and didn't even feel a thing, until he saw a video that was sent later.

The video is very short, only a few shots were captured, it should be sent after processing.In the camera, Shen Junhuai's face flashed past, and then there was Fang He lying naked on the ground, with a large piece of dark red blood...

In the crowded picture, he still noticed the faint light on the lighthouse in the distance, so a message was sent back from his almost shut-down brain, that he was at sea, on a ship.

There is a sentence immediately after the video: You have seen their fate, and I have paid the price, can you please let him stop here?

Lu Qingchen stared at this sentence, struggling to think about who the subjects of "you, me and him" refer to, and then Fang He's screams kept echoing in his mind, and Shen Junhuai's face flashed past.

His mind was like a painting filled with dark paint, only the weak light in the distance allowed him to preserve the last sliver of sanity.

Shen Junhuai's revenge on the cruise ship overlapped for no reason with the scene Su Changxian said of him beating up his girlfriend's cheating partner.

Gradually, the voices in Lu Qingchen's head became chaotic, and the trace of sanity was gone.He covered his ears, closed his eyes tightly, and the voice still came from all directions:

It was Fang He who said at the racecourse, how long do you think he will want you!

It was Su Changxian who said on the way to Jiangxinzhou, Dirty!

Zhan Yue was a little absent-minded in socializing at the banquet.

In his mind, Lu Qingchen looked at him before closing the door over and over again, without anger, surprise, sadness, or any other emotions.His guilt piled up until it reached its peak and he had to abandon his guests and turn around and head for the guest room.

He checked the time, 10 o'clock in the evening, not too late.He still decided to try to knock on the door, whether it was an apology or a word, in short, he couldn't let himself be upset any longer.

However, after knocking on the door for a long time, there was no movement.He leaned on the door and listened carefully, but he couldn't tell why, and looked under the door, there was no light either.

out?Already fell asleep?Zhan Yue felt like a ridiculous voyeur.

"Sir, do you need any help?" A male voice suddenly came from behind, which startled Zhan Yue.

"I was looking for a friend, but I kept knocking on the door and didn't open it. Maybe I fell asleep." Zhan Yue was a little embarrassed.

The male waiter was carrying supper and was about to deliver it to the next room, so he kindly reminded him: "Is there a guest in this room? He went out about half an hour ago."

Zhan Yue was taken aback: "Where did he go?"

The waiter thought for a while and said, "He should have gone to Broken Arm Cliff."

Broken Arm Cliff is on the west side of the hotel. Unlike the open-air beach on the east side, it is a steep cliff. Because of the dangerous terrain, tourists seldom pass by.For this reason, when Lu Qingchen asked the waiter for directions, he was kindly reminded that it was dark and unsafe there, and the road was difficult to walk. If you want to see the sea, go to the open-air beach on the east.

The waiter said: "The customer said that there were too many people on the beach, so he went west alone."

Zhan Yue suddenly had an idea, so fast, he didn't catch it.

He didn't have time to think about what it was, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart.Without much thought, he left the hotel and walked quickly to Broken Arm Cliff.

Broken Arm Cliff is a 10-minute walk from the hotel, and it is a completely different scenery than the beach on the east.In fact, there is no scenery to speak of. Under the night, the reefs are rugged, like a huge monster lurking in the dark. Under the impact of the tide, there is a loud noise and mourning. The closer you get, the more you feel the roar of the tide mixed with horror, so almost no one will go there at night. come here.

Zhan Yue stepped on the wet reef, struggling to find Lu Qingchen's figure.

He searched all the way down, but couldn't find it anywhere, so he had to climb up by climbing a few boulders.He was anxious, his clothes and face were wet, and he almost fell on the stone several times, and he was in a panic.Further up, there was a relatively gentle rock cliff, which was almost at the top. He thought to himself, he must go up and have a look, maybe Lu Qingchen was on it.

Zhan Yue finally climbed up, without even breathing, he was so frightened that he froze on the spot.

Lu Qingchen stood on the edge of the cliff, facing the sea, his black hoodie was blown up by the sea breeze, and his thin body was crumbling.He stood there quietly, with his head slightly lowered, as if he was looking at the cliff less than a palm away from his toes, and he didn't know how long he looked at it.

"Lu Qingchen—" Zhan Yue whispered, staring closely at his back.

"You made me look for it for a long time... just now I fell down and my shoes were torn, and my clothes were also wet." Zhan Yue tried to smile, and said pretending to be relaxed, "I want to deduct from your agency fee."

Zhan Yue's voice trembled a little, and now he knew what the thought that passed so quickly just now was.

"The food at the banquet is not good, let's have a supper, shall we?" Zhan Yue was still talking, he didn't know what else to do besides talking at the moment, he didn't dare to move forward, he didn't even dare to breathe Don't dare to speak loudly.

The person on the cliff seemed to be a firefly, which would spread its wings and leave at any time due to fright, jumping into the sea and never returning.

"Qingchen...you should know that I like you very much! At that time, I knew you had a boyfriend, and I was thinking how to snatch you over, isn't it ridiculous?" Zhan Yue snorted self-deprecatingly. I don’t want reason and face, and decided to tell the truth, “After I found out who your boyfriend is, I gave up, and I persuaded myself to forget it, and it’s good to be friends. I’ve lived for more than 30 years, what? Have you ever been so cowardly?"

"Mr. Shen sent me a message just now, thanking me for taking care of you, and said that after returning to Pingzhou, he would ask me to thank you in person." Zhan Yue then snorted, "This is not a thank you, it is clearly a declaration of sovereignty."

Lu Qingchen finally had a little reaction when he heard Mr. Shen's three words.He turned his head slowly and looked at Zhan Yue.

His expression was dull, his face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and there seemed to be a layer of ice mist in his eyes. He just tilted his head and looked at Zhan Yue quietly.

"Qingchen," Zhan Yue looked at him, feeling distressed and sad, "Come here, shall we go back?"

"Mr. Shen...doesn't Mr. Shen arrive at school?" Zhan Yue kept saying "Mr. He took a step forward, saw that the other party showed no resistance, and then walked forward slowly.Lu Qingchen just stared at him blankly, until he grabbed his arm and pulled him into his arms.

The night wind was too cold, and Lu Qingchen was frozen through.

Zhan Yue felt that what he was holding in his arms was not a person, but an ice stone without warmth, thoughts, emotions or anger.Zhan Yue rubbed his arm vigorously for a while, not daring to wait any longer, and led him carefully down the rock.Because they called the hotel in advance, and when they got down to the ground, they saw the hotel shuttle bus coming from a distance.

It wasn't until he returned to the hotel, took a bath, and drank hot ginger soup that Lu Qingchen seemed to regain his sanity.

He looked at Zhan Yue, who was busy around him, with an indistinct doubt on his face, as if he didn't know why this person appeared here.

Zhan Yue also didn't care about "Mr. Shen's declaration of sovereignty", and insisted on spending the night with Lu Qingchen.He asked the waiter for an extra bed and slept next to Lu Qingchen. He didn't dare to take risks, at least he couldn't leave Lu Qingchen alone until Shen Junhuai came back.

The two were lying on two beds, breathing could be heard, Zhan Yue was still a little dazed, more afraid.

Lu Qingchen had been lying quietly, and when Zhan Yue was about to fall asleep, he suddenly asked in a low voice: "Are you afraid that I will commit suicide?"

Zhan Yue opened his eyes: "Will you?"

Lu Qingchen fell silent, and said honestly, "Thought about it."

Now Chang Zhanyue fell silent.

"If you hadn't come to me." If Zhan Yue hadn't come to him, he would have jumped down into the bottomless rocks in a daze. His body was washed into the sea by the tide, and finally sank into the cold water. seabed.

For a moment, he heard the waves whispering in his ear, whispering bewitching: It's not that scary, come on, end it!

But someone whispered Mr. Shen in his ear.Who is that, his lover?He ran out again disobediently, will Mr. Shen be angry?Will Mr. Shen be sad when he dies?

He has no answer.

So he succumbed to his instinct, followed Zhan Yue back, and continued to devote himself to the world suffering from memory.