"Ah Zhi, I'm home, why did you come back so late, did you encounter anything on the way?"

Because of anxiety and uneasiness, Tie Ming said a series of words in a row, like a mother welcoming a naughty child home.

Ah Zhi's hand holding the microphone trembled a little, moved that there were still people who cared about him so much, blinked his eyelids a few times, twitched his nose, his tone was choked, and he hurriedly said "It's okay, good night", and hung up the phone.

Tie Ming on the other end heard the problem and frowned: Why is Ah Zhi still worried about this afternoon's incident, and he still has to be entangled, isn't this asking for trouble, this person! Give him another call and ask him what he thinks. Tie Ming was about to dial the phone again, thinking that this was not good, he was too much to manage, and it would inevitably make Ah Zhi disgusted, forget it tonight, and find time to comfort him tomorrow.

Ah Zhi just doesn't want to let Tie Ming manage from head to toe, since he comes out to do things, he doesn't want to rely on others for everything, he is a dignified man, can't he make decisions for himself? Being bullied by colleagues in the company and being bullied by a ghost in the casino, if Brother Ming knew about these, he would definitely look down on himself.

Ah Zhi wiped a handful of tears, bit his lip, and told himself to be strong. The servant carefully handed over the hot towel and the medicinal wine, and it was scary to peek at him: half of his face was swollen and tall, one eye was also dark and blue, there were blood marks on the corners of his mouth, and his hair had been blown open as if it had been struck by lightning.

"Mr. Shen, do you want to go to the hospital?"

The other servants also chimed in, and the housekeeper also proposed to drive Ah Zhi to the hospital, and everyone was worried about him.

Ah Zhi took a deep breath, only to find that his ribs hurt a lot, but he waved his hand and refused to go to the hospital, so he only asked the maid to help him rub the medicine and wine and clean the wound.

It's not good for everyone to persuade him again, and obey his orders. One maid brought a medicine box and took out cotton swabs, potions, and other items one by one, and another maid brought a basin of water, passed the towel through the water, and wrung it half-dry. Ah Zhi unbuttoned his clothes, and the moment the gentle and moist towel touched his chest, a sharp pain came, more painful than the punches he had just received.

"Whew-"

Ah Zhi couldn't help but moan, baring his teeth and grinning, his face showing pain. The housekeeper immediately scolded the maid:

"Stupid thing, not lighter."

"Yes, yes."

The maid apologized repeatedly, her face turned red, and she didn't dare to move with her towel. Ah Zhi smiled hard and comforted her:

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of pain."

"Don't be that heavy, you know!"

The housekeeper also wants to be a fox and a tiger, as if he is teaching a lesson to the servant for Ah Zhi, he is just the head of the servant, and he is also a servant. The maid still didn't know how to control the strength of her hands, and Ah Zhi endured the pain this time and didn't say a word.

"Mr. Shen, did you meet a thug tonight?"

Ah Zhi was silent and did not speak. The maid wiped her chest, opened a medicine bottle, poured a little safflower oil into the palm of her hand, wiped the safflower oil back and forth with both hands, and asked Ah Zhidao:

"Mr. Shen, it hurts a little to apply safflower oil, is it okay?"

Ah Zhi smiled and motioned to the maid to wipe it vigorously, and the safflower oil seeped into the skin before the bruising could dissolve. The maid exerted a little force, and Ah Zhi frowned, and the strength of the seemingly weak woman was not small. In fact, it's not that the maid has a lot of strength, and the bruises hurt so much that they can make people jump up when they press it lightly, and Ah Zhi can already bear it.

"Uncle Chen, what did you just ask me?"

Seeing that Ah Zhi didn't care about what he said, the housekeeper looked displeased and asked again. Ah Zhi immediately thought of Ah Ghost, and the anger in his chest was about to jump up, and it hurt again.

"Ouch!"

Ah Zhi subconsciously wanted to reach out to cover his chest, but the maid was nervous.

"Mr. Shen, did you hurt again?"

Ah Zhi neither nodded nor shook his head, waved his hand and said:

"Okay, okay, it's okay, don't wipe it."

The housekeeper showed a contemptuous smile, he couldn't bear such a small injury, and he still wanted to mix on the road? I don't know if I don't get beaten a few times. Ah Zhi slowly eased up, let the maids all go down to rest, and say a few more words to the housekeeper himself.

The two talked about the end of the second half of the night, Ah Zhi vowed to take this breath, if he turned into a rat, no matter how much he was beaten and wronged, he would not say a word, but now that he is Ah Zhi, he can't be beaten anymore, and the punches and kicks he received tonight must be returned. As soon as the housekeeper heard about Ah Ghost, he knew where this person lived and who he usually interacted with, and Mr. Shen ordered to call back, and he didn't need to work hard to find this person.

The steward received the order and went down to order his subordinates, lay a net, and prepare to catch the ghost tomorrow.

After Ah Zhi finished explaining, his heart was a little relieved, he slowly stood up holding his chest, and walked to his bedroom step by step on the sofa. When I entered the bedroom, I didn't turn on the light, I crawled up to bed in the dark, lay straight on my back, and closed my eyes.

There was no strength in his body, and even breathing became a heavy burden, Ah Zhi didn't dare to gasp for air, and as soon as the cold air was inhaled into his chest, his ribs hurt in a row. The dazzling light and the ghost's fierce face like a green-headed ghost came to mind again, and a frightened spirit sat up. I squeezed my ribs again with too much force, and I was busy clutching my chest, gritting my teeth and enduring it.

"It still hurts!"

Ah Zhi couldn't help but complain, and when he heard the cry of the night owl outside, he knew that the night was already very deep, so he lay down again. As soon as he lay down, the face appeared in front of him again, and Ah Zhi opened his eyes suddenly.

The more Ah Zhi thought about it, the more excited he became, so he simply got up and didn't sleep, turned on the light, and stood in front of the mirror to look at himself: the half of the swollen face, the dark green eyes, the bloody nose, and the dull aching teeth. Look at this outfit again: shiny imported silk pajamas, plush slippers, and knuckle wrenches. Who's this? Is it a rat? Is it Shen Zhi? Who's this? - This is me, this is Shen Zhi, this is the vice president of the Lin family.

Ah Zhi became excited, picked up the mirror, stroked himself in the mirror, looked at the eyes familiar and unfamiliar, who was in the mirror, Ah Zhi had never looked at himself so well, examined himself. At this moment, the self in the mirror seems to be another person. Do you know Shen Zhi, vice president of the Lin family? Of course A Rat won't know it, Shen Zhi should know it. This is who he is, and he has to be himself.

"I'm not a rat, I'm Shen Zhi."

"I'm not a rat, I'm Shen Zhi."

"I'm not a rat, I'm Shen Zhi."

Ah Zhi raised his index finger, hit the mirror hard, pointed at his face, and said fiercely, as if teaching himself to be a brand new person. If you want to be Shen Zhi, the vice president of the Lin family, you have to throw away all the characteristics of the rat that remain on your body, strip off your inner self, make fun of it, wash it away, and then put it in a new soul.

How can you endure the pain of cutting tendons and bones, peeling skin and drawing blood? Ah Zhi gritted his teeth and endured silently, just tonight, a brand new person appeared, leaving behind the old times, reborn, for the sun tomorrow.

That night, Xiao Lin urgently summoned Ah Ghost, and hurriedly pulled him up from the warm quilt like a law, and discussed an important matter. Ah ghost looked at his watch, it was two o'clock at night, what is this old guy doing, really!

"Ghost, you're sleeping."

Ah Ghost yawned a lot, which displeased Kobayashi.

"Oh, Mr. Kobayashi, tell me something."

Xiao Lin looked very sleepy when he picked up the cigarette stick in his hand and knocked him on the head three times. Ah Ghost sobered up a lot in pain, and glanced at Xiao Lin with the whites of his eyes as if resentful and did not speak.

"Wake up now, I've taught you for so many years, and you're useless. - Do you know that the Lin family has added another helper? ”

"Huh?"

"Well, look at it."

Xiao Lin took out a photo of Ah Zhi and slapped it on the table, and the table shook. Ah Ghost came over to take a look, this ...... Isn't this a rat?

"Mr. Kobayashi, he ...... You say he is? ”

"Vice President Shen of the Lin family, a new helper recruited by my eldest brother, is very important!"

Ah Ghost was scared, it turned out that Ah Rat didn't talk nonsense, he was really Vice President Shen. Wait, why is he called Shen Zhi again? Alas, A Rat should be his mixed name, I really slapped the tiger's head, and I can beat him up tonight, how can I afford this. Xiaolin, why didn't you tell me earlier, he wouldn't spare me easily, maybe he would come and clean me up one day, hey!

"What's wrong with you? Scared? ”

Ah Ghost smiled bitterly for a while and said:

"Mr. Xiaolin, he is a rat, the killer I was looking for before, why did he become Deputy Shen in a blink of an eye?"

"Oh?"

Xiao Lin secretly wondered how there could be such a coincidence in the world, and the killer he found to kill his eldest brother would be recruited by his eldest brother to entrust him with a heavy task.

"This person is not simple, and this number of lives is also strange."

Ah Ghost didn't tell Xiao Lin about tonight, but he was worried that Ah Zhi would settle accounts with him in the future, so he took the opportunity to blow the wind in Xiao Lin's ear:

"Mr. Xiaolin, we told Lin Chengshan that this Shen Zhi wanted to assassinate him before, and let Lin Chengshan kill him."

Xiao Lin looked at Ah Ghost and laughed gloomily, and Ah Ghost followed with a smile. Xiao Lin suddenly glared, hooked his fingers, slapped the door of Ah Ghost's head, and scolded:

"Pig brain, you tell him? Won't Shen Zhi say about us? I don't think he wants my big brother to know he's a killer. You're going to run and say, you're not throwing yourself into the net, you're even involved with me! ”

Ah Ghost ate a "brain stick", rubbed his dull pain in the brain, and was unconvinced: Scold me every day for my pig brain, don't ask me if you are smart! Xiao Lin thought about this, he expected that Ah Zhi would not say himself, and he could not say Ah Zhi himself, they were now tied to each other, and they wanted to jump together.

This matter was suppressed like this, Tie Ming knew, Ah Zhi knew, Xiao Lin knew, only Da Lin didn't know. Everyone knew each other, and a terrifying balance was reached.

Early the next morning, Ah Zhi gathered a group of subordinates and sent eyeliner to follow Ah Ghost. The eyeliner came back and reported that Ah Ghost had entered the club of "Shanghai No. 1".

"Okay, let's go!"

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