Chapter 32: Before the Crisis
On the night of Lan Chengyu and Shangguan Yufei's date, he was so excited that he almost lost sleep, I don't know if it was because he drank too much coffee, or because of the excitement and nervousness of the afternoon.
In the days that followed, Lan Chengyu was still waiting for Shangguan Yufei to get off work on time, and when he mustered up the courage to reach out and hold Shangguan Yufei's hand, she did not refuse, only felt that her slender and soft hand also gently held her hand, and Lan Chengyu felt that he was holding his whole world in his hand.
Happy days always pass quickly, in the radio station, Lan Chengyu heard Shangguan Yufei talking to the audience in a beautiful voice about the program arrangement of the Spring Festival holiday, asking the listeners for leave to say goodbye, she wants to go home for a few days off for the holiday, and the host of the program is also giving the listeners a visit to the early years.
Today, when Lan Chengyu waited for Shangguan Yufei at the intersection, he felt a little more sad before parting, "Are you going back to your hometown for the New Year?"
"Yes, this year I want to go back to my hometown with my parents, and by the way, we will travel to the neighborhood together, almost a week later, and I will have a holiday the day after tomorrow, what about you?" Shangguan Yufei said.
"I'm going home too, I haven't been home for almost a year, I think I'll go home after I've sent you home. Lan Chengyu said.
"Are you going to send me, are you afraid to see my father?" Shangguan Yufei asked with a smile.
"I don't know if I'm afraid or not, but it doesn't feel like I'm ready. Lan Chengyu imagined the scene of meeting her parents, and her heart became inexplicably nervous.
"You've got to be ready! But you're not qualified to see it yet, and I'm not done yet. Shangguan Yufei said.
After sending Shangguan Yufei home, it was almost 12 o'clock when Lan Chengyu returned to the rented house, and the phone suddenly rang, and the caller ID was Li Jian's phone. He and Li Jian haven't been in touch for a long time, and at the end of the year, their design department should be very busy, why are they still talking to him on the phone now?
"Brother Yu, are you still in Kunming?" Li Jian's voice came from the phone.
"What's the matter, you're only off work now?" Lan Chengyu asked.
"Yes, I'm just back in the dormitory now, but this is my last day in the design department, and I'm so busy at the end of the year that I have to work overtime even on the day I quit. Brother Yu, when are you going home, I want to treat you to dinner in the past two days. ”
"What, you've paid a bonus? I'll invite you, you might as well keep your money and go home to buy New Year's goods! You have to look for a new job after the New Year. Lan Chengyu said.
"Brother Yu, we have a lot of credit for our bonus, and this year's bonus has really doubled. You're welcome, how about eating at that hot pot restaurant near you tomorrow when you have time? Li Jian said.
"Alright, then tomorrow afternoon. Lan Chengyu said.
At the end of the year, Lan Chengyu was also ready to go home for the New Year, packed up his things, and bought some New Year's goods to go home. In the afternoon, I came to the hot pot restaurant as promised, and when I saw Li Jian, I felt that he had lost some weight, and I could see the tiredness on his face.
Not long after sitting down, Li Jian asked, "Brother Yu, do you know that Tao Ji was hospitalized some time ago?"
"Know, what's wrong?" Lan Chengyu looked at Li Jian with a questioning face, why did he suddenly ask this.
He was discharged from the hospital a few days ago and returned to work. After the company paid out the bonus yesterday, everyone was very excited and happy. Many colleagues talked about you again, especially Liu Yue, who found me and asked me to tell you that Director Tao asked several colleagues in the company a few days ago for your address. Li Jian said.
Lan Chengyu nodded, thinking that no wonder someone came to follow him a few days ago, it turned out to be really Tao Ji, but why didn't he do it yet? So he asked Li Jian again, "Do you know what he wants to do?"
"I don't know, Liu Yue also asked me to say thank you for her, let me remind you to be more careful. Li Jian thought for a while and said, "Brother Yu, Director Tao's hospitalization won't be done by you, right?" You have to be careful, I heard that he has some background in both black and white. ”
"It's okay, don't think about it. By the way, how did you quit your job, and what kind of job are you going to find after you quit. Lan Chengyu asked.
"Alas, don't mention it, Director Tao returned to the design department a few months after you left, I really don't want to stay in the company, if it weren't for the bonus, I would have resigned a long time ago." As for the next job, I haven't thought about it yet, and I'll plan it after the New Year. Li Jian said flatly.
"I'm sorry, you can't stay in the company anymore. Lan Chengyu raised a glass of wine and touched it with Li Jian, he knew that Li Jian must have suffered a lot from Director Tao.
"It's nothing, I don't want to do it anyway, Brother Yu, have you found a job?" asked Li Jian.
Lan Chengyu smiled awkwardly, "No, I'm going to do something else, and I'm going to talk about it after the New Year!" Lan Chengyu thought about it, didn't he have a job for more than half a year?
After eating, Li Jian went to the station with a salute and embarked on the journey home.
What Lan Chengyu couldn't understand was that since Tao Ji and the others had determined their address, why didn't they attack themselves? What they were planning to do, Lan Chengyu really had a little bottom in his heart.
However, at this moment, why didn't Tao Ji want to settle accounts with Lan Chengyu earlier? He didn't have the kind intention to let Lan Chengyu celebrate the New Year, and he originally planned to do it with Kuaidao Ling Feng a few days ago, but Miao Sanli suddenly came back from Kunlun Mountain, and immediately summoned all his subordinates to inquire about the whereabouts of the beads, and his revenge could only be done temporarily.
Tonight, Miao Sanli and Tao Ji were drinking red wine in the villa, and Tao Ji asked when he could solve Lan Chengyu's matter.
"Lao Tao, it's not that I don't want to end the matter of that kid Lan Chengyu earlier, I really don't have the energy, you can wait a little longer. This trip to Kunlun Mountain is really thrilling, do you know who I met when I went to Kunlun Mountain this time?" Miao Sanli took a sip of wine and said mysteriously.
"Who do you meet?" wouldn't make you so nervous!" Tao Ji shook his glass and took a sip gently.
Miao Sanli swallowed, and paused for a moment before saying, "Ghost Master! I met Ghost Master in Kunlun Mountain!" ”
"Ghost master, have you seen him?" Tao Ji said with some fear.
"When I saw him, he was still so chilling, and his appearance made people tremble at a glance. Miao Sanli shook his head, as if he didn't want to recall that face anymore, and then said.
"It's been almost ten years, when I was just Boss Hong's bodyguard, Hong Ye was chased and killed by the owner of the bead in order to help the ghost master snatch the Xuanyue Liuyun Bead, at that time I was seriously injured or you took me in to avoid a difficulty, and waited until the ghost master rushed to Spring City to seriously injure the owner of the bead, we breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise our whole gang would be wiped out. Hong Ye died, I became the boss, and the bead that I wanted to snatch was killed without even looking at it. ”
"You were hurt badly enough, if we hadn't grown up since childhood, who would dare to save you and take you in. But the ghost looks so horrible, how can you say he can grow such a face, damn it! Look at me and I've had nightmares for three days. Tao Ji said.
"Shhh The people around him said that he was the evil ghost in the world!" Miao Sanli whispered, "This time in Kunlun Mountain, I just found the place where the owner of the bead disappeared, and the ghost master appeared. ”
"What is he doing in Kunlun Mountain? He is still looking for you from afar?" Tao Ji asked puzzled.
He brought and gathered nearly 1,000 people to enter Kunlun Mountain to find something, he said that the bead was a divine object, and the clue was also broken in Kunlun Mountain, not long ago he sensed that the bead had a strange movement, but the direction was unknown, presumably most of them were in Kunlun Mountain. Miao Sanli said.
"You came back so soon, did you find it?" Tao Ji asked curiously.
"Why did I come back and gather people when I found it!" Miao Sanli said depressedly, "On the way to our search, the ghost master didn't know how to watch the astrology, he said that the Xuanyue Liuyun Bead had already recognized the master, and he felt the fluctuation of the bead again, saying that it was in Spring City, let me come back quickly to gather people to find it, and I can't delay for a moment, if the Xuanyue Liuyun Bead is refined again, it will be too late, and then our group will be punished." ”
"Still in Spring City! Didn't you say that you disappeared in Kunlun Mountain back then?" Tao Ji asked.
"Yes, why do you say I'm so unlucky, I don't want to be the second Hong Ye!" Miao Sanli said.
"How does the ghost master know that the beads are in Spring City? This is too mysterious!" Tao Ji asked puzzled.
"What did the ghost master say, his primordial spirit remembered the breath of the bead, because his primordial spirit was seriously injured by the bead back then. Who knows if what he said is true or not, can I say that I am not in Spring City?" Miao Sanli said with some grievances.
"Brother Miao, you're not joking. Tao Ji smiled, doubting whether he was drunk.
"Hell knows, that's what he said anyway. Anyway, I had to believe whatever he liked to say, and I had to do it. He said that he would still cultivate in Kunlun Mountain for a period of time, and asked me to come back and look for that bead with all my might. Miao Sanli smiled bitterly.
"Do you know who owned this bead back then?" Tao Ji asked curiously.
"Shangguan Rong! I only heard what the ghost master said this time, but to be honest, I don't want to know these things, how many people are still left who were involved in this bead back then? Brother Miao said.
Tao Ji's hand shook, and he almost didn't drop the wine glass on the ground, "Shangguan Rong! His surname is Shangguan? Lan Chengyu's kid's girlfriend seems to be called Shangguan, no wonder he is so arrogant, and his kung fu is so good!"
"What!" Miao Sanli almost jumped up from the sofa, "Shangguan!
"Yes, originally I wanted to send someone to check the background of Lan Chengyu, and the person who sent said that he would send a radio hostess home from work every day, and that woman seemed to be called Shangguan, and her family seemed to have some power, so I didn't rush to do it with Kuaidao Lingfeng. Tao Ji said.
"In this way, Lan Chengyu's kid is really not simple. Miao Sanli said thoughtfully, "The ghost master is not in Spring City, we need to be careful." This time, the ghost master sent a master to come back with me, and I asked him to check the situation of Lan Chengyu and this Shangguan family first!"
Tao Ji smiled sinisterly, it is best that this matter can implicate Lan Chengyu, and when the time comes, as soon as the ghost master's people make a move, Lan Chengyu has to die if he wants to, and he has to die if he doesn't want to die. Tao Ji and Miao Sanli raised their wine glasses and touched them, and drank the remaining red wine in the glasses.