match in black

A night without dreams.

Lin Qian opened his eyes, and the sunlight poured into his room from the gap between the curtains, covering his whole body with a layer of drunken warmth.The wall clock in the bedroom pointed to twelve o'clock in the noon, Lin Qian was a little surprised - his biological clock was always on time, even if he was busy the day before, no matter how late he was, he seldom got a good night's sleep the next day. I woke up early at the moment before the alarm clock rang, and I haven't experienced the days of sleeping until noon like this for a long time.

I don't know if it's because of the disruption of the biological clock, Lin Qian felt a little tired and lazy.The sun illuminated a small space above his quilt, and the crystal dust fluttered leisurely in the light yellow light. In such a leisurely afternoon, for the first time, Lin Qian had the urge to stay on the bed for a while.

He tentatively moved his right shoulder, but he still didn't have much strength, but most of the severe pain from last night had disappeared—Zhang Hanqin's art has always been well-known, and treating some non-fatal stab wounds and gunshot wounds is of course a child's play in his opinion.

"Are you awake?" Gu Jingxi did not know when he appeared at the door, still leaning against the door frame, holding a thermos bucket in his hand, his face was expressionless, as if it was not the same person who showed his emotions last night, "Zhang Hanqin Said that I can only eat some light food recently - I brought you some porridge."

Lin Qian didn't mind, he always had a bland taste, and he felt nothing after drinking porridge for a month, so he raised his eyebrows and smiled indifferently.

"I'm fine... hey, this is the seafood porridge made by Rong Ma? It smells so good."

Just as Gu Jingxi walked over and opened the thermos, the porridge came out, and the rich seafood aroma wafted out immediately.The white rice in the snow-white porcelain bowl is boiled crystal clear, the light pink scallops are filled with the soup and become plump, the small pieces of shrimp are dotted in it, and a handful of chopped green onions are floating just right—it is a very good-looking bowl Shrimp and scallop porridge.

He focused all his attention on serving the bowl, and he was noncommittal to Lin Qian's question, but Gu Jingxi had always been a young master, and he had almost never done this kind of work of serving tea and pouring water, and no one dared to let him do it. It's staggering.

Lin Qian was afraid that he would spill it and burn himself, so he hurriedly said, "I can do it myself, I can move my hands, so don't burn yourself."

Gu Jingxi glanced at him without arguing, and handed the bowl and spoon to Lin Qian.Lin Qian held the bowl in his left hand and the spoon in his right. Although his movements were not so agile, it was no big problem to feed himself.

When the porridge entered his mouth, Lin Qian sighed contentedly with the smooth and glutinous taste. He drank a few sips, and finally found himself from the hunger of getting up late.

After Lin Qian finished drinking in two or three sips, he saw Gu Jingxi sitting by the bed, still with a calm expression, but his eyes were fixed on himself, as if he was waiting for him to explain something.He froze for a moment, and suddenly realized that Gu Jingxi, who had held grudges since childhood, was probably waiting for him to take the initiative to explain what happened last night.

He could just pretend it didn't happen, but Gu Jingxi couldn't, even if it was the younger brother he hated since he was a child, but after all, blood is thicker than water, Gu Jingxi couldn't pretend he didn't see it, and didn't ask a little bit.

Lin Qian forced a smile, and the seafood porridge he just finished didn't feel delicious anymore, and now the stick in his throat made him feel a little physically nauseated: "What happened last night... was an accident, the child shouldn't be On purpose. And don't worry, I'm not interested in that kind of man-to-man thing..."

The first half of what he said was true, and the second half was false. He was afraid that Gu Jingxi would break through the ulterior and dirty thoughts in his heart, and he was also worried that his careless and brilliant defense would appear to be a cover-up.Lin Qian was at war between heaven and man for a while, and the two villains of shame and anxiety seemed to be brawling in his mind, which made his face turn pale again with some blood.

"Last night, I was doing a fake deal with a group of people. When I went out, I bumped into that kid. I don't know how he ended up in that kind of place." Lin Qian took a breath and felt a little headache. Gu Jingcheng appeared at that time Being on the top floor of Zijinming County has always been a point that he can't understand, but now he has no chance to ask, "If you don't take him out, he will die inside."

Gu Jingxi stared at his expression as if he was walking on thin ice, his movements faltered, and he turned his head away.

"...It's okay. I believe you." He whispered, obviously comforting words, but he was not particularly happy when he said it. Instead, he seemed to be retreating into the ice and snow again, and his whole body was gradually covered by a layer of frost.

"By the way, Xu Li called you last night. I answered the phone. He said he asked you to call him back this morning. It seems to be very urgent." As if he didn't want to continue this topic, Gu Jingxi called Throwing the bowl and spoon into the thermos, turned around and walked out the door.

He walked in a hurry, as if the brief tenderness last night was just a dream caused by Lin Qian's day and night thoughts.Lin Qian was stunned for a moment, and his intuition after being together for many years told him that Gu Jingxi must be angry somewhere, but he couldn't find the reason for this anger.

Besides, Xu Li's phone call... There are more important things to do right now.

Xu Li hardly called Lin Qian, and this was the second time this month.The last time Xu Li made a phone call that made him hang up the lottery last night, so the phone call this time should be nothing good.

The enemy is currently facing a fire in his own backyard, and messes come one after another. Lin Qian smiled wryly and dialed Xu Li's phone number. He wondered if he had committed a crime of Tai Sui this year.

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"Hello...Xu Li? It's me. Is there anything new about you?"

"Cheng Yong is only a small player in that transaction chain, and the biggest one can only be accessed by high-level officials." What Xu Li brought was not good news, Lin Qian listened silently, his forehead Gradually began to ache.

I thought that after catching Cheng Yong, I could get some valuable clues, but now it seems that my original thinking was too simple.This group of people acted closely, and the organizational relationship was airtight, so it was very difficult to break in from the outside.But the Gu family has followed the rules for many years, and no matter what I do, I can't allow this group of people to come in and out whenever they want, as if they treat City C as their own back garden.

"But Cheng Yong said that he once again overheard a conversation between a high-level executive and that person. He didn't hear anything else, but he only heard the surname of the person behind the scenes." Xu Li paused, "That person's surname is 'Shen' .”

Lin Qian was taken aback for a moment, as if a thunderbolt struck his mind, this surname awakened his long-sleeping childhood memories.

Prison No. [-], the first time I set foot.A man with frightened eyes, trembling like chaff.The screams continued for a long time.

——Let me ask you a question, who asked you to do this?

——I can't say... If I say it, I will die!I will die!I will die!

--Who is he?

The pale light illuminated the man's terrified face, his eyes were red, the corners of his mouth were stained with blood, and his straight expression seemed to be seeing an evil spirit.

——His name is...his name is Shen...

The man suddenly fell to the ground, but this time, Lin Qian finally heard the name that he thought he hadn't heard clearly.

——His name is Shen... Qianhe.

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"Hello? Boss? Are you still listening?" Xu Li's sudden question interrupted Lin Qian's thoughts.He came back to his senses from those years of memories, and frowned deeply.

"I'm fine...Xu Li, do you still remember the first time I went to Prison No. [-]?"

"Remember, that person who kidnapped you and Gu Jingxi was arrested back then, what's his name... Yang Ping looks like? I'm quite impressed, it's the first time I saw someone press a timer blaster in his heart. "Xu Li's voice sounded a little inexplicable, as if he didn't understand why Lin Qian suddenly changed the topic here, "What? Does Yang Ping have anything to do with Cheng Yong this time?"

"Do you remember that Uncle Gu also asked him the name of the mastermind behind the scenes that day?" Lin Qian lowered his voice, and his chest was slightly hot with a little touch of the truth, "He was saying that name died afterward."

"I was too far away to hear what he said, but I remember that the face of the big boss changed after listening, as if he was very jealous..." Xu Li's voice became lower and lower, as if he was thinking about something, suddenly "Ah," said, "Do you know who that person is?"

"Shen Qianhe." Lin Qian said, this strange name seemed to have a strange magic power, which made him feel slightly suffocated, "That person is called Shen Qianhe."

There was an instant silence on the other end of the phone.

"Are you sure? Are you sure it's that name?" Xu Li seemed to be strangled by someone, and was silent for a few minutes. After a while, he seemed to have recovered his voice, with an extremely serious tone, "Are you sure you were Did you hear me right?"

"No, can I still make it up for you?" Xu Li's reaction was too abnormal. He always behaved in a loose manner, as if the sky was falling and couldn't interest him. Lin Qian had almost never heard him use such a serious expression. Speaking in that tone of voice, the bad premonition in my heart became more and more obvious, and I couldn't help but slowly frowned, "I've never heard of this name before."

Xu Li was silent, he was silent for too long, so long that Lin Qian had the illusion that he would keep silent until the world was destroyed.Only the sound of his light breathing came from the phone, accompanied by the reverberation of electric current.Lin Qian keenly felt that the breathing had lost its usual stability, as if Xu Li was experiencing some violent struggle in his heart.

Lin Qian didn't urge him, he held his mobile phone and waited quietly, as if he didn't notice the fierce battle between heaven and man in Xu Li's heart on the other end of the phone.He intuitively felt that this was a very important person, and Xu Li probably knew the details of this person, and this person must have had some contact with the Gu family.

"This person has some issues with the big boss. I don't know the details... It happened when Li Jin was still working in the second prison. At that time, I hadn't taken over the fourth prison... But since then, no one in the Gu family has dared Mention this name in front of the big boss."

"This person... this name is a forbidden area for the big boss."