Chapter 25: Redemption
Some birds are inherently unstoppable, their feathers too shiny, their songs too sweet and too wildβthe Shawshank Redemption.
The silver-gray van drove out of Wuzhong City in one go, and in the process of speeding, it suddenly slowed down, and the two people were tied up and thrown out of the car, and the van ran away without a trace. A few minutes later, the van pulled into a container truck parked on the side of the road. The container truck went all the way south to the highway, but the driver of the van had already got into a black SUV.
Gu Tianyou drove the car, Geng Jianjun sat in the co-pilot's seat, he was hunched over, his buttocks were very empty, his left leg was in front, and his right leg was slightly bent behind to facilitate his movements, looking like an agile civet.
"You are the client that Zhao Yajun said?" Geng Jianjun's tone was full of surprise, obviously incredulous at the age of the young man in front of him.
Gu Tianyou turned his head and smiled, "My name is Gu Tianyou." β
Geng Jianjun was a little surprised: "You planned the whole thing alone?"
Gu Tianyou shrugged his shoulders and didn't care: "It's not too much trouble." Gu Tianyou said: "Fortunately, you haven't opened the killing ring yet, otherwise it will be very difficult." β
Geng Jianjun said: "You say it easily, but I'm afraid that Vice Mayor Cui won't think so." β
Gu Tianyou said: "Zhao Yajun saved Vice Mayor Cui's life, and he will definitely be prosperous in the next few years, he will handle this case, and most likely no one will fight with him." β
Geng Jianjun asked again: "When you came out, many of the same vans drove together, disturbing the police's sight, and you arranged it?"
Gu Tianyou smiled and said: "They are making way for the police, those cars are demolition companies, and it is inevitable that there will be a little panic at that moment." β
Geng Jianjun's tense nerves relaxed a little and said, "It seems that you have calculated every step." Yu said with admiration: "You are only in your twenties, just looking at this face, twenty years old may not be." β
"All crimes leave a trail, and all I can do is show as little as possible. Gu Tianyou tilted his head to look at him and said with a smile: "I am even more surprised that you are so old and have such skills." β
Geng Jianjun took out the knife from his arms and suddenly asked, "Who gave you this?"
Gu Tianyou replied, "Is there a second such knife in the world?"
Geng Jianjun said: "It seems that you already know about me and him?"
Gu Tianyou noticed the chill in his eyes, pointed to the car toolbox, and said with a smile: "If you want to kill me, there is a more suitable guy there." Then he asked, "But what I want to ask you is, do you really plan to kill your life-saving benefactor just to hide a relationship that has been legalized in some Western countries?"
Geng Jianjun's face was slightly sluggish, and the knife flashed between the palms of his hands, and said: "For our generation, it is difficult for people to understand my affairs with him, I don't care, but he has a high reputation in society, so he has never wanted our affairs to be known by others." β
"Trust me, he doesn't care so much about reputation now. Gu Tianyou drove onto the Wuqin Expressway, increased the throttle under his feet, and the off-road vehicle moved quickly, looking at the landscape on the side of the road as if he had been left behind in the past years, and said leisurely: "In the past few years, he has been locked up in Qinzhou Prison because of the serial murder case, and the whole person has changed a lot. β
"Ah!" Geng Jianjun never seemed to know about Miao Shifan's imprisonment, he was surprised for a moment, and then fell into silence for a long time before he said: "I hurt him." β
"Why do you say that?" Gu Tianyou explained: "I'm a little curious, I can't hide it, I've known Mr. Miao for 12 years, and I never felt that he was the kind of person who couldn't decide what he wanted to do. β
Geng Jianjun fell silent again, and only sighed for a long time, and said: "It's a pity that our youth didn't catch up with the good times!" and then said: "At that time, we were all young, full of passion and impulsiveness in our chests, but the worldly vision made us have to suppress the intense emotions in our hearts, he was born in a prestigious family, so he must cherish his reputation more than me, we were determined to separate more than once in those years, every time he couldn't help but come to me, every time he looked for me, he carried a knife. β
"I guess he was trying to kill you to end your relationship. β
"Yes. Geng Jianjun looked pained, nodded and said: "Every time I know what he wants to do, I gave him a chance, but he couldn't do it, a few times he suppressed it very painfully, and even deliberately hit me, it was very heavy, I knew that he wanted to provoke me to kill him." β
"But you suffer in silence every time. Gu Tianyou had already learned about these things from his diary.
Geng Jianjun said: "He regretted it every time he injured me. β
Gu Tianyou said: "Because of remorse, so he will accumulate so much resentment in his heart, he hates why this society can't accept your feelings, and even hates himself for not having the courage to admit his relationship with you, he killed a total of nineteen people in those years, and each time he committed a crime after leaving you." β
Geng Jianjun closed his eyes in pain.
Gu Tianyou suddenly changed his words, and his mocking tone said: "To be honest, I think the two of you are a bit hypocritical, if one of you was lucky enough to be locked up for a few years to open your eyes, maybe the two of you would not have so many years of regret and pain." β
"He, how has he been living in it all these years?" Geng Jianjun looked depressed and depressed, and his mind did not belong to the question.
"Anyway, I can't talk about it, but I don't think it's a bad thing for him, after all these years, at least he won't be as hypocritical as when you were together. Gu Tianyou pointed to Geng Jianjun's left hand and said, "If it was Miao Shifan in the past, do you believe he would let me know the origin of that thing?"
Geng Jianjun flipped his left hand, and the knife that disappeared in his right hand appeared in the palm of his left hand.
Gu Tianyou said with a smile: "Uncle, your technique is really good, I have learned a few ancient color tricks, but I may not be able to do it." β
Regarding this knife, Geng Jianjun and Miao Shifan share painful memories.
Geng Jianjun said: "You don't worry about me being bad for you at all? Or do you really think that the reason why he became like that is just because of the two of us?" He paused, and his tone was cold: If you knew what the two of us went through back then, I'm afraid you wouldn't have laughed so easily. β
When he said this, his eyes were gloomy, and he remembered that when he first saw Miao Shifan, he also had such a gaze.
Didn't they just eat a few bites of dead man's flesh together? Gu Tianyou had already learned from Geng Jianjun's diary what the two had done on the desert island back then. When I thought of this, I suddenly thought of Master Long in my mind. The old man and two other comrades-in-arms had eaten a dozen little devils. But he has lived a calm and happy life. That little thing didn't leave a shadow in the old man's heart.
"When I was in prison, I knew an old man, who was in the Red Army, fought devils, once he was trapped in the mountains, ran out of ammunition and food, and only had two comrades-in-arms and a dozen little devils killed by them, and he did the same thing as you did at that time, guess what happened to him?"
When Gu Tianyou spoke, Geng Jianjun kept frowning and silent, his left hand kept rummaging with the knife, suddenly stopped, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with him?"
"He married four wives, gave birth to a lot of children, and lived happily all his life!" Gu Tianyou said this, and suddenly grabbed Geng Jianjun's left wrist, Geng Jianjun's wrist flipped, and the knife flashed, Gu Tianyou's fingers shrewdly avoided the blade, clamped the knife from the back of the knife, and said with a smile: "Don't say that you don't have the need to kill me, even if you really have this plan, at least you have to have this ability." β
The two were deadlocked, and the off-road vehicle was still speeding forward. It can be seen that Geng Jianjun is not determined to do it, and slowly let go of his hand.
Gu Tianyou threw the knife back to him and said: "To tell the truth, if you two weren't so hypocritical, I would probably admire you a little more, in my opinion, it was really a great feat for the two of you to survive back then, and you not only survived, but even completed the task, destroying the secret laboratory of the former Soviet Union in the neighboring countries of southern Xinjiang, and making special contributions, which is even more remarkable." β
"You know a lot, my house was visited a while ago, I thought it was the demolition team who did it, it seems that I misjudged. β
"Uncle, there's really no need for you to be so hostile to me. Gu Tianyou did not deny Geng Jianjun's accusations, and said calmly: "Mr. Miao is my enlightenment teacher, and I am also kind, and I have no hostility towards you." β
"Why do you help us?" Geng Jianjun's expression remained unchanged, and he asked again: "If it's just to repay him, why do you know so much about us?"
"I'm planning something and I need his help. Gu Tianyou didn't go around in circles with him, and said honestly: "If necessary, maybe you need to use some of the skills you have mastered, uncle, the reason why I know about the two of you is just to make it easier to build trust between each other, I hope to establish a close and reliable relationship with you." β
"You?" Geng Jianjun hesitated: "You are not very old, but you are shrewd and terrible, what do you want us to believe in you?"
Gu Tianyou: "I will tell you everything I have to do, and I will do my best to help the two of you come together, as for what you want to do, I will not force it." β
Geng Jianjun hasn't let his guard down: "Where are you going to take me?"
Gu Tianyou said: "For the time being, live in my house first." β
Geng Jianjun: "You're not afraid that if I'm exposed, it will affect you?"
Gu Tianyou didn't care: "Since you said that you want to establish a relationship of mutual trust between each other, naturally you shouldn't have reservations, I will arrange for the two of you to meet in the shortest possible time, and when you meet him, you will know some things about my past, and I believe that you will be more willing to trust me at that time." β
Geng Jianjun hummed and didn't ask anything more, but put the seat down, closed his eyes and slowly lay down, and pulled the seat belt up, looking very relaxed.