END CHAPTER NO.1 HARLEQUIN (PENULTIMATE CHAPTER)

I changed into a small silver dress, and without waiting for Gao Tengyue's invitation, I consciously went to the deck hall on the second floor.

Melodious music played in the hall. As soon as he entered, he saw Gao Tengyue, and he also changed his clothes, a black dress and a white shirt. Standing in the middle of the hall with a wine glass, talking and laughing, he is like the hero of today's banquet!

It won't be long before he'll be the only harlequin tonight!

I laughed in my heart for a while, and slowly paced in. Soon Gao Tengyue spotted me and walked towards me. As soon as he moved, everyone's eyes were drawn and focused on me.

Gao Tengyue stretched out his hand to me, I flashed without a trace, and I waved when I saw the glitter accompanying my grandmother in the corner. Shine ran over: "Xiao Gao's mother!"

I didn't agree, just glanced at Gao Tengyue defiantly. In front of his son, he shouldn't dare to be too presumptuous, right?

Gao Tengyue really didn't say anything more, lowered his head and turned around. He seemed to be smiling, and that smile was not like the unstoppable he had just seen in the cabin, nor like the unfathomable profundity of the saber rattling before, but rather a touch of ease!

I frowned slightly. What is he relaxed? The battle has just begun!

He walked in front, and instead of following, I turned around and walked around the corner.

The disharmony between the man and the woman who are about to get engaged makes the guests suspicious. Only Xue Jingtian and Jiang Chen nodded at me clearly, and I smiled back politely, knowing that Qi Shaoyao had already contacted them.

Turning my head, I saw Wang Maocai standing in the distance. He was still the shrewd and capable, gentle and elegant touch, raising his glass and smiling.

Relieved, Qi Shaoyao had already negotiated with him.

Turning his head again, he looked around, Boss Bai was not there, there were black suits standing by the door and in the dark corners, those were his people.

I know what Boss Bai is doing, he took Gao Tengyue's money, took me on the boat, and was in charge of security on the cruise ship, and he didn't care about the rest. Therefore, if someone gives him money to do something else, he will accept it just as well.

However, Qi Shaoyao said that this is the last resort, and it is best not to use it until forced to do so......

What about Qi Shaoyao? There were many men in waiter uniforms shuttling through the banquet hall, but none of them were him.

He has not yet found the grandparents and grandchildren who were hidden by Gao Tengyue.

However, he promised that he would come back before the opening dance, that I had to hold on a little longer, and that I had to believe him.

Qi Shaoyao was at the bottom of the cabin at this time, searching room by room.

Yuan Jin followed him, anxiously pushed open the door of a room, there was no one inside, and rushed out angrily, "This white boss is really strange, isn't he your friend, why won't he tell you where Xin Xin is hiding?"

Qi Shaoyao smiled faintly, not as impatient as Yuan Jin appeared: "He collects money to do things, it's already very good to let us get on the boat, and we can't embarrass him too much." ”

As he spoke, he didn't stop searching. He remembered Boss Bai's hint that Xinxin was around here, and the guards had been withdrawn, so it should be easy to find.

Boss Bai, Qi Shaoyao has only been with him for a short year, but he is not too familiar. About ten years ago, he suddenly transferred to the school he attended, and suddenly disappeared inexplicably, and when he came back, he was already the white boss who was easily unapproachable. Although they rarely intersect in ordinary times, Boss Bai is always cold, as if he is a stranger to him. But Qi Shaoyao always remembered him in high school, that sincere and true face, he believed that no matter how many changes a person encountered, his nature would not change, otherwise he would not take the initiative to contact him and bring him to the boat. He must still be the Bai Zhengqing who emphasized righteousness and affection ten years ago.

Apparently they had searched all the rooms. "No!" Yuan Jin sighed: "He shouldn't have deliberately transferred us away, Gao Tengyue over there is a good ...... with his sister-in-law"

"No!" Qi Shaoyao immediately denied that the white boss in his impression was not a person who said one thing and did another. What's more, even if he couldn't find his daughter before the opening dance, wouldn't he leave Yuan Jin to continue looking for him, and go back to the second floor deck first? Besides, even if he couldn't go back, how could Xianxian follow Gao Tengyue's meaning and say that he was engaged to be engaged?

It's just that he thinks she is still a little too impulsive, and she does a lot of things without careful thought, as long as she achieves her goals, and she doesn't even care about the consequences for herself and others. When he saw Yuan Jin last night and heard about everything she had done in the past half a month, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat! Either you die or I die, or the jade will be burned! Let him inevitably worry, this kind of practice is like his former self......

He felt as if she had fallen into a whirlpool, attracted by an inexplicable force, and fell towards the center of desire. The name of this force is obsession!

He knew that she was not too greedy, but she was very strong, and she was unwilling to see him so powerless to be defeated by Gao Tengyue and expelled from the Qi clan. She just wanted to help him regain the Qi clan and reclaim the property that belonged to him. However, if a person is too obsessed with something, she will often blind her heart, and she seems to have forgotten how she was sad and disappointed when he was obsessed with it, telling him that in fact, what she yearns for has always been an ordinary and simple life.

But he remembered! He remembered what kind of promise he had given her, to withdraw from the desire for power, and use his own hands to create a warm and happy home that she longed for. Neither he nor she can sink in this whirlpool of drunkenness, this war without gunpowder will only bring harm.

"There's no road ahead!" Yuan Jin shouted, pulling Qi Shaoyao back from his thoughts. He looked around, knocked on the wall, there must have been a dark room! He had a strong instinct that Xin Xin was nearby!

However, the walls are solid.

Moving his feet in confusion –

There was a "click", and the floor under his feet seemed to be a little loose......

"Here!" he stomped on the floor, and sure enough, there was a dark room!

The two of them worked together to open the floor!

Inside, there was a black hole, two pairs of frightened eyes, flashing brightly, like stars on the horizon!

"Xinxin!" he breathed a sigh of relief!

Jump down!

His legs hit the ground, his heels hitting the ground, and the force of the force made his knees tingle! He crouched down to make sure he wasn't hurt. Looking up at the daughter and mother-in-law, they were tied together and their mouths were sealed with transparent glue!

Quickly stand up, pounce forward, crouch down again, and untie the rope!

"Daddy!" Xin Xin threw herself into his arms as soon as he untied himself!

"Dad, I miss you so much......"

Qi Shaoyao's heart fluttered, as if he had been gently scratched by something, and his eyes gradually warmed up: "Dad misses you too......" lowered his head and kissed her forehead, his fingers running through her soft hair. His daughter, his darling, is finally back again, back into his arms.

At this time, the mother-in-law struggled to get up, and he also stood up with Xinxin in his arms, "Mom!"

Seeing him, a trace of complicated emotions flashed on the old man's face, maybe appreciation, maybe relief, maybe a little guilt and embarrassment, and then she gradually smiled.

The old man was still smiling, but Qi Shaoyao suddenly fell backwards!

"Shao Yao!" she subconsciously called his name and reached out to hold his arm!

For a moment, Qi Shaoyao's head went blank! The face of his mother-in-law and daughter's face in front of him seemed to drift away, becoming more and more blurred......

How did it come so quickly......

He shook his head in disbelief!

"Shaoyao, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" The mother-in-law's concerned inquiry made his heart warm, she cared about him! This means that he has gained her trust and is willing to accept him again and hand over his daughter to him!

Grinning sincerely, "I'm fine!"

Shaking her head again, the mother-in-law's face and daughter's face became clear again.

"Bo ......" Xin Xin kissed him heavily and clenched his little fists: "Give Dad strength!"

I can't tell what it's like in my heart, but happiness is already within reach, but it's covered with a faint layer of sadness - how many people's happiness has his desires destroyed? If there is really retribution, then God, please punish him alone!

"Good girl!" pulled away a smile and rubbed Xinxin's hair vigorously. He knew that his daughter needed him, his wife needed him, and he couldn't fall, at least at the moment!

Yuan Jin had already stretched out his hand above, and he sent Xin Xin up, holding up his mother-in-law and asking Yuan Jin to pull her up. Then he took Yuan Jin's hand and flipped it up!

This is a handsome and chic action, this action is very simple for Qi Shaoyao, but in the end, he missed, and the sheath was not perfect - he fell to the ground!

"Brother Yao......" Yuan Jin wanted to touch him, but Qi Shaoyao stretched out his hand to stop him!

"You take them to hide!"

"What about you?" Yuan Jin was a little worried, Brother Yao's appearance didn't look right!

"I'm fine!" his eyes fixed on Yuan Jin, "It's almost time, I'll go to the banquet hall by myself, you guys don't care about me!"

Yuan Jin hesitated for a moment before running away with the two grandchildren.

Hearing the footsteps fading away, Qi Shaoyao stood up slowly, stretched out his hands forward, groped a step, and staggered against the wall, gasping slightly-

What to do? He can't see it! He can't see anything!

The music flows gently through the deck compartment -

The opening dance is about to start, and Qi Shaoyao hasn't come back yet!

I glanced at the door again in a bit of a panic, as if some bad premonition was coming up, but I couldn't grasp it, and soon it dispersed, turning into a faint heaviness in my heart.

A figure blocked my view, and it was Gao Tengyue.

He grabbed my arm and walked into the middle of the field, and the two of them slid out together—

"What are you doing?" tried to break free, but he hugged him tighter!

"Today is the day of our two engagements!"

It dawned on me that the opening dance had begun, and there were just the two of us in the room, and he was spinning with me, and the others were in a circle, looking at us with a smile.

It's a waltz. The beautiful melody and gentle rhythm are the nonsense of people who love each other. But me and Gao Tengyue?

The corners of his mouth twitched sarcastically: "I will not be engaged to you!

"Qi Shaoyao?" he still refused to relax, clasping my shoulders with one hand and his waist with the other.

"That's right!" The strength can't compare to him, and he has to compete verbally!

"You're divorced!" in a faint tone, he reminded me of the previous embarrassment: "You forgot those hundred divorce agreements?"

When I mentioned the 100-point divorce agreement again, my heart was sour. only to find that the indignation and despair have long been gone, and all that remains is a faint sentimentality, distressing his good intentions......

"That's it!" I took a breath, "I'll make a bet with you!"

Originally, this was blocked by Qi Shaoyao and him, but he still hasn't appeared. Looking at the door again, I couldn't wait any longer, Gao Tengyue was pressing forward step by step, and the longer the time dragged on, the worse it would be for us.

"Bet?" Gao Tengyue sneered, as if I was already in his pocket: "What are you betting with me?"

"Twenty-three percent of Qi's equity?" He looked like he was laughing at me, only twenty-three percent, not worthy of his thirty-two percent bet!

But it doesn't matter, I have other chips: "The future of the party and GTY, is it enough to bet on you?"

He was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly gloomy, and he gritted his teeth: "It turns out that it was you who infiltrated GTY to steal customer information!"

"That's right! It's me!" I admit bluntly, since I have done it, I am not afraid that you know! I looked up at Gao Tengyue with some pride, his face was blue and white: "GTY can be regarded as you founded it single-handedly, and you can actually do it?"

His words choked my chest, remembering the hard work of fighting for GTY back then, but he was still stubborn and not to be outdone: "What's not to do? It's not mine anyway!"

"Hmph!" he snorted coldly, and a fleeting loss flashed on his face: "Very good! I will treat you wholeheartedly......

"Single-mindedly?" I interrupted him amusefully, "You're single-mindedly trying to kill my husband!"

I accentuated the pronunciation of the word "my husband", Qi Shaoyao and I are connected, his success is my success, and his failure is my failure!

"Before we went to Qi's meeting for the first time, I didn't know he was your ex-husband!" he growled, as if to prove something. By the way, I used the word "ex-husband" to remind me that I actually have nothing to do with Qi Shaoyao, and he didn't target me.

"And what do you want to say?"

It shows that he really likes me? The first marriage proposal was made out of sincerity? The sincerity at that time has changed in the end, and if I could still treat him as a friend at the beginning, then now, he is my enemy!

I only remember how in the storm that night, he smashed Qi Shaoyao's face mercilessly with one punch after another, trampling on his already scarred dignity!

His tone softened: "Do you remember, you just came to GTY for a month, and there was a big investment promotion meeting at that time......"

I raised an eyebrow. Of course, I remember that it was from that meeting that I slowly rose to prominence.

He continued: "You were still a newcomer at the time, you didn't understand anything, and I took you to start from little by little......"

"So what?" was he trying to say how gracious he was to me?

He didn't hear it suddenly, as if he was already immersed in his own thoughts: "I didn't even go back to Lin Qian to give birth......"

"Huh!" I finally understood what he was going to say!

"You mean, kill Lin Qian, and I also have a share?"

"I didn't mean that!" he hurriedly argued, "I just wanted to say it...... At that time, I was already in love with you, so I was even more ashamed of Lin Qian......"

"Hahaha! It's funny!" I never thought that one day, there was a person who said "I love you" to me with such a sincere tone and such a sincere expression, and I would laugh so irrepressibly!

He grabbed my shoulder in annoyance: "What are you laughing at?"

Could it be that he is funny now? He has always been unclear, what is Qi Shaoyao doing for his embarrassment everywhere? Is it for Lin Qian, or for the woman in front of him who is laughing at him?

Until Lin Qian's sacrifice day, he went to her grave and met her parents. The two old men have turned him away since Lin Qian's death, they met in the cemetery that day, maybe they have been relieved after many years, maybe because someone looked for them not long ago, they gave him a copy of Lin Qian's medical records, as well as her diary before her death, he knew that he was wrong, ridiculously wrong!

Maybe he's just a fool! It was he who killed Lin Qian, and he went to Qi Shaoyao to settle accounts as a matter of course! Strictly speaking, Qi Shaoyao was also a victim, inexplicably involved in the tragedy of a crazy woman being tortured by her indifferent husband to the point of misanthropy!

If he still has flesh and blood, heart and feelings, and even a little conscience, he should give up everything in his hand and return everything that should Qi Shaoyao to him! However, he hesitated! Holding the engagement ring in his hand that was sold by Gao Yufei, he was suddenly unwilling!

I remembered that just half a year ago, this woman was still fighting the world side by side with him, and Qi Shaoyao, he helped him plan how to propose to her! It was he who handed over his woman to him with his own hands, why did he give it up? The property of the Qi family was the property that he Qi Shaoyao himself was unable to protect, so why should he return it to him?

If he is wrong, is Qi Shaoyao right again? They are all the same people, fighting for their own interests in the same way of forcible grabbing, Qi Shaoyao lost, he deserved it!

He grabbed my shoulder so badly!

"Let go of me, you psychotic!" I shoved him away! The music stopped abruptly, and all the men and women dancing around stopped and looked at us in amazement!

Gao Tengyue stared at me quietly, his gloomy face could not tell his thoughts at the moment.

Afraid that he would be rude to me, Xue Jingtian and Jiang Chen slowly approached without a trace.

Suddenly, Gao Tengyue waved his long arm!

After being frightened, I took a step back, and it happened that Xue Jiang and the others had already walked behind me, and they were like Dharma protectors on the left and right!

Gao Tengyue's eyes swept over the faces of the three of us one by one, and he smiled harshly: "What if I don't gamble?"

"Did you see him?" I pointed to the front of the ballroom, where a screen had descended. Boss Bai sat in front of the left side of the screen, in front of him was the projector, and he turned off the music just now.

He raised his hand and gestured in an OK gesture.

I knew he was ready, smiled with satisfaction, and turned his head to stare at Gao Tengyue: "Since I've seen your computer, how can I let go of the best photos in it?"

I engraved those photos into a disc and just handed them over to Boss Bai. My last killer move is to expose the indecent photos of Gao Tengyue framing Qi Shaoyao in public!

"You ......" Gao Tengyue was speechless, it turned out that the photo was also in my hand!

"Leaping ......" A soft voice suddenly appeared in the silence, it was Gao's mother. She was in a wheelchair, Sparkle following beside her. He looked at his son worriedly: "What happened?"

She thought that today was a happy event, why did she suddenly quarrel?

"Humph!" I smiled coldly, "You don't want your mom to see those pictures, do you?"

Gao's mother is just a little better, and no one dares to guarantee that she will not be frightened after watching those exciting photos, and once again burst the blood vessels! And the simple medical equipment on the ship, obviously, is too late to heal!

Gao Tengyue had no choice, gritted his teeth and roared: "Okay!

The table was brought in and placed in the center of the hall.

"Do you know how to play stud?" Xue Jingtian grabbed me and asked quietly.

I looked at him, sighed, and shook my head.

Originally, Qi Shaoyao gambled with him, but he didn't show up, so I had to go.

"It doesn't matter. Jiang Chen didn't seem to care too much, and glanced at Boss Bai. Boss Bai was lazy, sitting still in his place, he looked at him again, the expression on his face changed from pleading to pleading and then showing a little threatening edge, and finally the edge faded completely, leaving only helplessness! Boss Bai was still indifferent.

It seems that he doesn't want to meddle - he took money to protect the security of the cruise ship, and when he received the money, he would put a photo when I gave a password, but he confiscated the money to help me out!

"Forget it. I tugged at Jiang Chen's sleeve. Stud, although I've never played it, but I've seen it in the movies, five cards are bigger than the big and small, and it depends on luck.

Leave it to Heaven to decide!

I sat down at one end of the table and leaped to the other end, finding an excuse to coax my mother and son out as I went.

At least, he still has a little conscience and doesn't want his mother to be sad for him. Maybe he already expected that no matter whether this bet is won or lost, I will ask Boss Bai to release the photo.

And in fact, that's exactly what I think! If I win, I will follow his example of bullying Qi Shaoyao that day, so that he can also taste the taste of being thrown into a well. If I lose, I won't let him get away with it!

At the beginning of the gambling game, an honest waiter was selected to deal cards.

The first one, the hole card.

Mine is the King of Spades.

Not big, not too small. Glancing at Gao Tengyue again, he smiled faintly.

Keep dealing, my 9 of spades, his ace of spades!

Obvious gap!

He first shouted, "You have twenty-three percent, right?" He looked confident, "Then I'll bet twenty-three percent on this one, will you follow?"

Twenty-three percent is already all I have!

Xue Jingtian and Jiang Chen glanced at each other, my 9 of spades was too small, and the ace of spades was there. If I put 23 percent in this round, what will I bet on the next round?

He's trying to get a quick fix!

But I'm not going to throw in the towel!

"Twenty-three percent, twenty-three percent!"

Continue to deal the cards.

He's another ace!

And mine is the Queen of Spades.

Or is he called.

"You still have a picture, don't you?" he began to smug, "but I think that picture is only worth ...... Per cent. He grabbed a chip and threw it on the table!

Yes, that photo really can't be considered a threat. If his relatives are no longer there, then he will at best, be disgraced!

"Deal!" I held back.

I couldn't help but purse my lips when I saw the card in front of him, and some people in the audience even laughed!

That's a - 2!

Are there any smaller ones?

This time it's my turn to call.

I first took a look at the cards in my hand, the 10 of spades.

Now there is a 9, a queen, a 10 on the table, the hole card is a king, and if the next card is a jack of spades, I win!

That's it!

"I want the remaining nine percent of your hand!"

Gao Tengyue obviously didn't lose his confidence because of that 2.

He doesn't believe that I can get a straight flush!

"What do you think you can exchange for nine percent of me?"

"What do you say?" tossed the question back to him. Actually, I know very well what he is going to say next-

"I want you!"

That's it!

So what's the matter? I'm out anyway, and if I lose this gamble, I won't be able to escape his palm!

shrugged his shoulders unconcernedly: "It seems that I am quite valuable!"

Equivalent to default, continue to deal cards -

"No—"

At the most tense moment, Qi Shaoyao appeared!