【Lotus Cake】The stepbrother is fierce

--destiny.

68.

"It's spring, and the weather is getting hot again." Nezha lifted the hem of his school uniform and wiped the sweat off his face. The sun above his head was not blazing, but dazzlingly bright.

Teammates passed by him and glanced at him,

"Why are you so hot?"

Big drops of sweat slid down Nezha's forehead, gathered and dripped on the tip of his chin along the curve of his cheeks, and hit the asphalt field under his feet, leaving deep and shallow watermarks.

The hot air that Nezha exhaled was sprayed on the faces of his teammates tens of centimeters away, and the latter felt hot.

"Would you like to take a break?"

"No need." Nezha waved his hand, the spring competition is about to start, and they will graduate after July, this is their last summer.

"Okay, don't hold on if you have a problem." The teammate nodded and ran away.

He didn't expect that this would be Nezha's last words before the accident.

The mutation occurs just 10 minutes later.

No one realized how Nezha fell down. Normally, it took an instant, but it seemed to break down into slow motion frame by frame.

It is said to be in slow motion, but people who see it feel that they have not seen it clearly-accurately, no one believes it.

So much so that Nezha's body made a muffled sound on the court, and it took two or three seconds before someone rushed over.

"Nezha——!!!"

"Damn it, call the doctor!"

For a while, everyone on the field surrounded the crowd. The captain separated the crowd and shouted, "Venture! Vent! Don't block it!"

The defender who was in the same class as Nezha was stunned for two seconds, turned around and ran,

"I'll call Ao Bing!"

The team's official pre-match training is relatively closed, and it is arranged for evening self-study, so Ao Bing is still in the classroom.

When the guard rushed in, the teacher was watching the self-study, he couldn't control the classroom discipline, so he yelled loudly into the classroom,

"Ao Bing! Come here, Nezha has fainted!"

buzz-

It was as if a needle had pierced through Ao Bing's eardrum and penetrated hard into his brain.

His heart constricted suddenly, but his actions rushed out faster than his consciousness, and he even knocked over the chair.

"Let's go—" The defender didn't notice Ao Bing's strangeness, and rushed to the field after greeting the latter.

Ao Bing's hands gripped the school uniform's heart, and his heart was beating wildly. The previous anxiety spread like cancer and finally occupied the whole heart at this moment.He followed the guards and ran through the corridor, bypassed the corridor, and rushed to the court. The whistling wind blew past his ears, and he could even faintly hear the noise coming from the front.

Nezha...Nezha...!

As if falling from the sky, the weightlessness of the body and the swell of the heart came one after another, and Ao Bing couldn't make any sound except for the silent cry in his heart.

Pushing aside the crowd, Ao Bing squeezed in, and finally squeezed into the middle, where he immediately saw Nezha lying flat on the ground, his face flushed abnormally, and the sweat under his body was soaked all over the floor.

He never knew that a person could sweat so much, it was like dripping water.

"Nezha!" Ao Bing knelt beside Nezha and held his hand. The temperature in his hand was so hot that he couldn't stick it.

"what happened?"

"I don't know, I fell down suddenly." It was the first time the captain encountered such a situation, "No one bumped into him, and he didn't react when he pinched someone just now, and it doesn't look like heatstroke."

"I saw that Nezha was a little abnormal before. He was sweating all the time and his breath was hot. I asked him if he wanted to rest, but he said no." Said a teammate who was passing by just now.

It would be great if I knew medicine like Senior Brother Hong - Ao Bing thought, so that I wouldn't be able to hold Nezha's hand at this moment, but couldn't even pass the strength through.

"Where's the doctor?"

"Already called."

Just as he was talking, Hong Jin hurried over, his expression looked unbelievable,

"Why did you fall down suddenly? Let me do it!"

Hong Jin half-kneeled to get Nezha's pulse, his brows became more and more wrinkled, and Ao Bing saw it, flustered as if being set on fire.

After holding it for half a minute, Hong Jin withdrew his hand, turned to the captain and said,

"Call an ambulance, this is not something I can handle."

"Is it serious, brother!"

Hong Jin pursed her lips and patted Ao Bing's shoulder, only to realize that the latter's body under the school uniform was shaking violently.

"Don't worry, send it to the hospital."

Hong Jin is also in a mess at the moment, he doesn't know which link went wrong, according to his plan, Nezha should be healthy before changing his heart.

The ambulance arrived soon, and Ao Bing accompanied Nezha into the ambulance, and the head teacher who came also followed.

Hong Jin stayed, firstly because he had no reason to follow, and secondly because he also wanted to find out why Nezha fell unexpectedly.

69.

Hong Jin looked around, and most of the people around had dispersed.

So Zhao Gongming, who had stood there from the very beginning, was particularly conspicuous.

He looked stunned, staring at the direction the ambulance was leaving, not knowing what to think.

Xie Xie next to him pulled him to persuade him to go back first, and Hong Jin remembered that the two also escaped from evening self-study.

Zhao Gongming could understand, but he didn't expect that Xie Xie, who seemed honest and timid, would come here without hesitation because of Nezha's accident.

But Hong Jin was only slightly surprised for a second or two, after all, there are more important things right now.

"Student Zhao." Hong Jin patted Zhao Gongming on the shoulder, and the latter raised his head as if returning to his senses.He had a premonition that there must be a problem between himself and Zhao Gongming, "Take a step to talk?"

"it is good."

In this case, the two of them couldn't care about Xie Xie anymore. Xie Xie originally wanted to ask, but was held in place by the serious atmosphere between them.When the two of them walked away, he murmured softly,

"What... it seems like I'm the only one out of the situation."

.........

"Nezha—"

"Nezha, he..."

Hong Jin and Zhao Gongming spoke at the same time, and then stopped talking.

After a pause, Hong Jin continued, "What did you do?"

"What do you mean?" Zhao Gongming felt that Hong Jin's words pointed the finger at himself precisely, "Isn't it something you did?"

Hong Jin said, "That time, didn't you go to the teacher?"

"I didn't see Shen Gongbao, he asked me to find Shiji."

Hong Jin's heart sank suddenly.

The name "Shiji" is not unfamiliar to him, but he is not familiar with this woman, and even faintly rejects it.

"What did you do?"

"We made a deal." Zhao Gongming clenched his fists, and his emotional fluctuations began to become violent.

"You know, right? Nezha protects Ao Bing with his Junhuo, so I asked Shiji to extract my Junhuo, attach it to a jade pendant, and give it to Nezha. As a price, I lent My servant fire."

Hong Jin was speechless for a while.

He didn't expect Zhao Gongming to do this.

Hong Jin knew that Zhao Gongming was an egoist, and the eyes he occasionally showed were stubborn and extreme.Being able to achieve this level is undoubtedly due to his own misleading play a role - not to mention all, but at least most of the thrust.

A huge sense of guilt swept over Hong Jin, enveloping him like a monstrous giant wave, no matter how ups and downs he struggled, it was difficult to breathe.

This sense of guilt is not only for Zhao Gongming - but also for Ao Bing and Nezha.If the problem really happened with Zhao Gongming, it can be traced back that it was caused by himself.

"Zhao Gongming, listen." Hong Jin covered his forehead with a heavy and stagnant tone.

"I'll go to the teacher, you go to Shiji. Something must have gone wrong, and while Nezha is still... alive, we must make it up."

"Where am I going to find her?"

Zhao Gongming's expression became dazed again, and he didn't know whether it was the residual influence of Hong Jin's misleading, or he was hit by the accident.

"Your fire, can you sense it? Follow your feeling and you will find Shiji."

"Okay..." Zhao Gongming felt this kind of "nothingness" for the first time. He didn't expect that there was a faint traction. After half a minute, he turned around and went outside the school.

"Zhao Gongming—"

Hong Jin suddenly called out to stop him.

But Zhao Gongming was immersed in his sensory world, walking forward as if unknown.

Hong Jin looked at his back, blurring the outline of the latter in the evening sky.

Hong Jin didn't care whether he heard it or not, the regret that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time finally melted into the night at this moment.

"…sorry."

70.

Nezha was sent to the municipal hospital, and the phone number left at the school belonged to Ao Guang. When Ao Bing accompanied Nezha to the hospital, Ao Guang had already arrived.

Ao Guang seemed as anxious as Ao Bing, he kept pacing at the hospital door, and when he saw Nezha being pushed out by the single bed, he hurried up to ask about the situation.

The doctor shook his head and only sent the man to the emergency room.

"What's going on?" Ao Guang asked Ao Bing.

"Senior Brother Hong has seen it, and he is helpless." Ao Bing ran in, his voice seemed to be soaked in the sea, shivering from the cold, swollen from the wet,

"Shall we call the best doctor to see Nezha?"

"I know." Ao Guang said, then paused, "You follow, I'll contact the doctor."

"Thank you father!"

Seeing that the group of them had gone far away, Ao Guang turned around and went to the dean's office.

Pushing the door open, the dean was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper.

"According to my previous request, prepare the best doctor." Ao Guang walked in front of him.

The dean raised his eyes from behind the newspaper, and there was a faint smile hidden in the corners of his eyes,

"Which kind of doctor does Mr. Ao want?"

Ao Guang choked for a moment when asked, and said, "Of course, a doctor who sees a doctor."

The Dean stared at the man without moving.

Ao Guang felt guilty when he saw this look, he turned his head away,

"Also, just in case... the doctor for the heart transplant is also ready."

"laugh……"

The dean smiled, put away the newspaper, and dialed the internal number on the table.After a few words of arrangement, he turned to Ao Guang,

"Get ready, you can go back. Continue the drama of your father's kindness and son's filial piety."

Ao Guang was blushing from the ridicule, but he couldn't refute.Besides, Ao Bing had to rely on the person in front of him for his operation.

"Thank you." Ao Guang gritted his teeth and said.

Then turned around and walked out the door.

outside the emergency room.

Ao Bing stood in the corridor with his head bowed. There was a red light on the door frame of the consulting room. A few doctors had just entered. They should have been arranged by the dean. He comforted himself in his heart.

The doctors are all the best, and Nezha will be fine.

"Ao Bing."

Putting a hand on Ao Bing's shoulder, Ao Bing turned around, it was Ao Guang.

"Father…"

Compared with Nezha, Ao Guang is more worried about his son Ao Bing,

"Sit down first, don't be nervous."

Ao Bing shook his head, and after a moment of silence, he couldn't help asking Ao Guang for confirmation.

"Will Nezha be all right?"

Ao Guang wanted to say "yes", but when he met his son's eyes, he lost his voice.His silence aggravated Ao Bing's uneasiness, and Ao Bing asked again,

"Nezha will be fine, right?"

"Doctors will do their best." Ao Guang said.

"I don't want to try my best, I just want Nezha to be good." Ao Bing's eyes became moist.

Ao Bing is beautiful, but he never likes to cry. He was taught by Ao Guang to be responsible and strong since he was a child.

Maybe it's love that makes him softer and softer. As long as Nezha is involved, even a small thorn point may be enough to hurt people.

Ao Bing also knew that his request at this time was making trouble for no reason, but this sentence was more like a prayer than a request.

He remembered the words that came to his mind before——

He can't live without Nezha.

At this moment, it seems to be confirmed.

"I can't live without him...Father, I can't live without Nezha."

Ao Bing thought, as long as Nezha needed it, even if he had to goug out his own eyes and take out his own internal organs, he would be willing to give them all.

Ao Bing was emotionally broken, he held Ao Guang's sleeve with one hand, and the other hand held tightly to the material on his chest, big tears rolled down, and his breathing became short of breath.

"Ao Bing!" Ao Guang immediately noticed the abnormality in the former's body, "Calm down first—doctor! Doctor!"

There were footsteps coming from the other end of the corridor, but before they arrived, Ao Bing threw himself into Ao Guang's arms with a "boom!"

He pressed against Ao Guang's chest and took a few deep breaths, but he didn't recover.

Ao Guang only felt that Ao Bing's whole body would go limp as soon as the hand that grasped him was loosened.

"Ao Bing—!"

71.

Hong Jin and Zhao Gongming did not go well.

Hong Jin knew Shen Gongbao's address, but was turned away after rushing directly to Shen Gongbao.Shen Gongbao seemed to know why he came, so he simply closed the door and pretended to be deaf and dumb in the room.

"Teacher! Please open the door—" Hong Jin knocked on the door and shouted into the room, "What did you do to Nezha? Why did he have to die!"

The house was quiet.

Hong Jin knocked for a while, but no one answered.He stood staring at the closed door for a long time until the evening wind chilled his face.

Hong Jin clenched his fists, bowed towards the door, then turned and left.

The white coat flew back in an arc, looking decisive in the desolate countryside.

……

On the other side, Zhao Gongming stumbled on the street, feeling that this kind of thing was still too mysterious, he just felt that his mind was muddled, and he couldn't even see the road in front of him clearly.

He is like a bat in a cave at night, with his vision closed and only relying on sound waves to direct his actions.

"boom!"

A strong force knocked Zhao Gongming to the ground, and he vaguely heard someone swearing above his head, saying "I don't have eyes".

Zhao Gongming tried to get up on the ground, but he couldn't do it.

Suddenly, a soft force came from the arm, it was not strong, but it easily lifted him up.

"stand up."

The voice was very familiar, Zhao Gongming slightly opened his eyes and looked at the person coming.

"Mr. Jiang?"

Jiang Ziya was still dressed neatly in a Chinese tunic suit. He helped Zhao Gongming up and took him to a place where there were few people.

"Little friend is in a hurry, the place to go is Longtan Tiger's Den."

Jiang Ziya is still the same Jiang Ziya, explaining Zhao Gongming's purpose in one sentence.

"I--"

Before Zhao Gongming finished speaking, Jiang Ziya suddenly let out a surprised "Huh",

"Where's your servant fire?"

"I lent it to someone else." Zhao Gongming replied honestly, "I also took out Jun Huo."

"Junhuo?" Jiang Ziya pulled Zhao Gongming away a little, looked him up and down several times, "Little friend, if the old man is not blind, your Junhuo should still be on you."

"what!?"

Zhao Gongming looked at Jiang Ziya suddenly, his voice became sharp because he might be surprised.

Jiang Ziya didn't care about his gaffe, and continued,

"It is impossible for a person to be able to move freely without lacking the real fire of ambiguity at the same time. Little friend, the only thing you lack is Chenhuo."

"Then...my Jun Huo is still there?" Zhao Gongming's lips trembled, he didn't even dare to ask himself in his heart——

Jun Huo was still on his body, so what was infused into that jade pendant?

"Sir, I gave a jade pendant to my friend, can you tell me... you do the math, in it - is there something I did wrong?"

Zhao Gongming's thoughts were in a mess, and he couldn't even speak clearly.

Jiang Ziya understood.

He pinched his fingers, frowning for a while.

"Did you know that there was a kind of medicine in ancient times called Wushi San?"

Of course Zhao Gongming knew about the five stones.Those who eat it will experience symptoms such as flushed face, fever all over the body, and high energy in a short period of time, but after becoming addicted, it is easy to cause sudden death.

"The effect of that jade pendant is similar to that of five stone powder. It has been urged by your minister fire supply. Today must be the day of the end."

Jiang Ziya's words hit Zhao Gongming's heart word by word-it turned out that Nezha's fall was actually because of the jade pendant he gave!Fortunately, he thought he was the savior, but in the end he was just a pawn to help the evildoers.

"Who else have you been hinted at?"

Jiang Ziya suddenly asked again.

"What?" Zhao Gongming didn't respond.

Jiang Ziya raised his hand and nodded between his eyebrows.

In an instant, it seemed that the fog barrier that had been covering his eyes was lifted, and the gentle water washed Zhao Gongming's mind.

All kinds of things from the past flashed before my eyes in an instant - Hong Jin's incense, the phone number on the paper, Shen Gongbao's recommendation, and Shiji's deal.

From beginning to end, it was a premeditated calculation!

Zhao Gongming's family is a businessman. He has been shrewd since he was a child, and spent so many months in a daze. Now he finally sees the past clearly.

"Sir...I seem to be doing something wrong—"

Zhao Gongming buried his head in his palm, his voice was full of struggle and pain,

"I always do what I want. I didn't expect to hurt him...I did it..."

"It's just a karmic cycle, it's not your fault. My friend, you are not a bad person."

〖Morality requires us to be a good person, but as long as you are not a bad person-this is enough as my friend. 〗

What Nezha said on the Tiantai suddenly jumped into Zhao Gongming's mind.

After a long time, he raised his head from his palm, and when he looked at Jiang Ziya again, his eyes were clear.

"Sir, you said that my minister's fire is the source of power to trigger the jade pendant, is that right?"

Jiang Ziya was caught by a rare gaze, and he immediately guessed Zhao Gongming's intention.

"Cutting off the minister's fire and extracting the monarch's fire are not the same concept. Cutting off the minister's fire is equivalent to completely extinguishing it. I will not do such a thing—"

"Sir," Zhao Gongming interrupted Jiang Ziya, "I planted the evil cause, so I will reap the bitter fruit. This matter does not violate your morality."

Jiang Ziya looked at him for a long time, and finally sighed,

"it is good."

"Thank you."

Jiang Ziya put his hand on Zhao Gongming's shoulder,

"Let me ask you one last question, little friend, what exactly are you pursuing in your life?"

For a moment, Nezha's face appeared in Zhao Gongming's mind.

But in the end he just smiled and said,

"Maybe I just don't want to be a bad guy."

TBC.

look!arts!end! ! !

In fact, it is a chapter of Zhao Gongming and Hong Jin's atonement for the past and personality transformation.

I still haven’t written about the occasion of Nezha and Ao Bing (accidentally wrote long orz) but as I said before, these two people are in the process of mutual redemption, which is estimated to be in the next chapter and the next chapter)

Just because Zhao Gongming cut off Chenhuo does not mean that Nezha or Ao Bing are safe!It just temporarily ended Shiji's conspiracy caused by himself.

Now I can explain why there are these arrangements for Zhao Gongming's role:

1. His role is indeed very important, it is equivalent to the fuse

2. I don't like supporting roles like morons, each of them should exist vividly

3. The previous description is to create a false impression of a happy ending, all for the subsequent reversal

Xiao Zhao's role here is over. Personally, I don't think he is a tragedy: he went from being paranoid and selfish, to blindly chasing others to gain self-worth, and finally recognizing what he is pursuing in this life.

At least in terms of personality it is complete.

say it again!Although Bingbing is physically weak, she also has strong spiritual power because of love!Just play late!Besides, I'm a vase, so I'll stick you with the dregs of the vase (Mother Rong looks crazy)