When the phone rang, Qiao Yusen was eating in the restaurant, and the housekeeper and the servant stood aside and didn't even dare to breathe, they were keenly aware that their boss was not in a beautiful mood, and his wife did not come down to dine with him, and it seemed that he had not returned all night.

The ringing of the phone broke the dull atmosphere, and the housekeeper glanced at Qiao Yusen's face, walked to the living room, and picked up the phone:

"Hello."

"Is Jo Yusen there?"

The housekeeper was slightly stunned for a moment because of Shao Yunqi's anxious voice, but quickly reacted:

"Mr. Qiao is dining, is there something wrong with Mr. Shao?"

"Let him answer the phone!"

Although the housekeeper wanted to say something like 'he was in a bad mood', Shao Yunqi's voice seemed to have something serious that made him dare not delay, and besides, he really couldn't directly say his mood problem in front of Qiao Yusen, after weighing the pros and cons, the housekeeper had to wait a while and go back to the restaurant:

"Mr. Qiao, Mr. Shao called you, and his tone sounded like he was in a hurry."

Qiao Yusen swallowed the food in his mouth slowly, and then elegantly wiped the corners of his mouth, then got up and walked to the living room, picking up the phone:

"Something?" To be honest, Qiao Yusen thought that Shao Yunqi was here to help Xia Chu speak, so his tone was not very good.

Shao Yunqi didn't have time to carefully listen to the emotions in Qiao Yusen's words, and said:

"I can't find the beginning of summer."

"She's not at home."

After Qiao Yusen said this, he had the urge to hang up the phone, it seemed that Xia Chu didn't confide in Shao Yunqi about anything, she didn't even have contact with Shao Yunqi, so she left the villa like evaporating from the world, which made him a little angry.

Shao Yunqi seemed to see Qiao Yusen's movements, and spoke in time when he hung up the phone:

"In fact, I made an appointment with her, but by the time I arrived at the agreed place, she was gone, leaving only a bag that I was carrying, and I asked the waitress to find out that she was forcibly taken away by a man."

Jo Yusen was taken aback:

"What do you mean?"

"It's possible that the beginning of summer was kidnapped!" Shao Yunqi said the worst answer in his heart.

There was a brief pause in Jourson's heart, he even suspected that there was something wrong with his hearing, but it was only a few seconds to react from this state, and he made the most rational judgment.

"Where are you?"

After Shao Yunqi said an address, Qiao Yusen frowned slightly, he knew that there was a very famous private club, because the people who went there had enough status, so the club did not install monitoring in order to respect the privacy of guests, and if you want to know who took Xia Chu, you can't go through the club.

Qiao Yusen didn't speak for a while, and Shao Yunqi looked slightly anxious:

"Do you have anyone in mind? Who will be bad for the beginning of summer? ”

"Nope."

"Do you want to call the police?"

Qiao Yusen's heart was very calm at this time, his feeling told him that things were not as bad as Shao Yunqi imagined, he didn't even have that feeling of a heartbeat, let alone a premonition of anything bad.

"Don't be in a hurry yet, wait for the other party to contact us."

"But--"

"Yunqi, don't worry, things won't be as bad as you imagined, maybe someone made a joke on us."

Shao Yunqi was puzzled, and also heard something through Qiao Yusen's tone:

"Did you quarrel with Xia Chu?"

Jo Yusen was silent for a moment:

"Nope."

Bai Xiangran took Xia Chu to one of his private villas, poured two glasses of red wine, and handed one of them to Xia Chu:

"Let's have a drink."

At the beginning of the summer, he didn't answer, and looked at Bai Xiangran coldly:

"Bai Xiangran, what do you mean by bringing me here? Illegal imprisonment? ”

Bai Xiangran smiled slightly:

"It's too serious, I can't afford this crime, I asked you to come here, I just want to talk to you, don't be so nervous, I won't do anything to you, you can rest assured."

"Can you rest assured that you're in a room with a wolf?"

Bai Xiangran looked at her:

"The wolf doesn't matter, the pervert is a little scared."

Xia Chu pretended to be too much and stopped looking at him.

Bai Xiangran put the glass of wine in front of Xia Chu, and then sat down on the sofa opposite her:

"I changed my mind, when I brought you here, I did want to know how much weight you occupy in Jo Yusen's heart, and what price he will pay because of you, but now, I don't want to do that, because I have decided that no matter how much you have in his heart, I want you."

"I've said this answer 10,000 times, and I'm going to be annoyed if I keep talking about it, Bai Xiangran, it's impossible between us, I don't love you at all!"

"I love you enough!"

"Why do you love me? Is it because of the help I gave you when I was a child? If that's the case, you should also know clearly that I didn't help you alone, I even helped the stray dog on the side of the road, for me, it's not that you are special, but because you are pitiful, no different from that stray dog. ”

Bai Xiangran didn't get angry because of Xia Chu's words, but he didn't laugh either, he looked at her with a very serious look:

"Maybe there are many, many people you have helped, but the people who have helped me from beginning to end are just you, how can you make me forget you, I have worked hard to live until now, just for you, it doesn't matter what you treat me as, anyway, if it weren't for you, I would have died a long time ago."

"If I had foreseen this outcome, I wouldn't have helped you."

If she could have foreseen the present, she would definitely not use the name of Xu Ke, and these things would not have happened now.

"You know what? I killed a man when I was 9 years old. ”

This sentence surprised Xia Chu, and he couldn't help but look at him with wide eyes, Bai Xiangran was indeed a little different in some aspects, he didn't play cards according to common sense, and his clothes and hairstyle were also bewitching and uncontrollable, but it was such a posture that still made Xia Chu unable to equate him with a murderer.

Bai Xiangran saw her doubts and smiled slightly:

"Don't believe me? I didn't think I was going to kill someone, but I did, because I had no other choice, I didn't kill him, I would die, and I had to protect myself, but you can't guess why I did it. ”

"Why?" The beginning of summer almost blurted out.

"Because of you, I want to see you again, I can't just die like that, otherwise I won't be willing to die even if I die!"

"Bai Xiangran, you--"

Xia Chu didn't know how to describe her shock, she didn't understand what a 9-year-old child felt when facing murder, and how she made up her mind, she couldn't imagine it, but she seemed to understand, because no matter how old he was at the time, he was just eager for survival, just like Bai Xiangran said, he had no other choice.

It's just that Xia Chu is a little unacceptable that the reason why he chose this way was for himself.

"What's wrong with me? Isn't it incredible? I also thought it was incredible, I didn't know why their family used my death to save that child, that child threatened my life, and used a hypocritical expression to let me off guard, they were disgusting to me, really, I have never been so disgusting. ”

"Can't you escape?"

"Of course not, they finally adopted a child from the orphanage, and this child is their only hope to save their own child, so naturally they want to take care of me like a prisoner."

Xia Chu has nothing to say, she can't say that Bai Xiangran is wrong, things don't happen to her, you can never experience the despair at that time, you can't sacrifice your life to fulfill such a hypocritical person, that's not a thing you love, you lose it now, you will get it later, what he almost lost was his life, only one life, so there was nothing wrong with his choice.

"Who's that guy?"

Bai Xiangran smiled slightly:

"You want to know?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it's Bai Jieyang, the true heir of the Bai family."

"You're smart."

"Does the Bai family know?"

Bai Xiangran shook his head:

"The people of the Bai family are all ruthless, do you think they would allow me to be in the Bai family if they knew? Or, will I survive until now? ”

Xia Chu admired Bai Xiangran a little, or rather, he had to be impressed with him, at the age of 9, he killed a person in a surveillance environment, but no one found out, and even let the people of the Bai family accept him and become the heir of the new generation of the Bai family, what kind of mind does he have? How deep is his city?

"I don't like to see you look at me like this, Qiqi, if it weren't for you, maybe I'd be dead by now."

Xia Chu came back from the shock and shook his head gently:

"Bai Xiangran, I can't afford to carry this burden. Moreover, I am no longer Zhou Qiqi, Zhou Qiqi has never been my name, I am the beginning of Xia, and I have forgotten Zhou Qiqi and Xu Ke's life. ”

"Permission?" Bai Xiangran looked at her suspiciously: "How can you be allowed?" ”

"I don't love you whoever I am, you don't have to waste time on me."

"And who do you love? Jo Yusen? ”

Look at him at the beginning of summer:

"It has nothing to do with you."

"I never seem to have formally told you what I think of you in my heart, but every word I say has already been represented, but you never believe it, or never disdain, but I always feel that I must always make it clear to you, so that at least I will not regret it in the future, and I will not feel that I have missed you because of my habitual insincerity."

Xia Chu had an urge to refuse, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed it back, because she suddenly felt that it was unnecessary, no matter what he said, she couldn't have anything to do with him, since this was the case, why should she be afraid of him?

Bai Xiangran's words in his heart were very simple:

"At the beginning of summer, I love you, let me try again, if I still can't get you after this time, then I will be willing to be your knight for the rest of your life, and I won't let anyone touch you."