Facing the afterglow of the setting sun, the two embarked on the journey back.

On the way back

"Ring, ring, ring" Shen Minghao's phone rang.

"Hey."

"Mr. Shen, no, Mr. Qian Zhanbiao, a raw material supplier, has come to the company to make trouble, and we have to settle the final payment." Secretary Zhang's hurried words carried a little fear in them, and he reported the situation to Shen Minghao simply and clearly.

"Got it, wait for me to deal with it, I'll be there right away, remember, protect your personal safety." Shen Minghao replied calmly.

"Yes, Mr. Shen." Secretary Zhang's tone was slightly calm, and there was trust in his tone.

At this time, the two had already gotten off the plane and were rushing back to the villa from the airport.

He looked at Han Jiuyi, who was sitting on the side, and said with some hesitation: "The company is in a hurry, let's drive directly to the company from here, and then I will ask Qi Xuan to pick you up at the company, is it okay?" ”

The corners of Han Jiuyi's eyes rose slightly, made an indifferent expression, spread his hands, and said flatly: "Whatever you want, I can do it." ”

Shen Minghao agreed when he saw that Han Jiuyi was so relaxed, and immediately ordered the driver to turn around and drive towards the company.

***

The entrance of the office of the President of SW Group

Several burly men with baseball bats in their hands waved back and forth, and from time to time they tapped their palms a few times.

Qian Zhanbiao looked irritable, and said speechlessly: "When will Shen Minghao come back, ah, Secretary Zhang, you won't fool me, do you still want to be punched by me." ”

As soon as the words fell, Qian Zhanbiao signaled to the biao-shaped man next to him to educate him well.

So, the big man inside suddenly raised his huge fist as hard as a stone and waved it at Secretary Zhang.

"Stop!" Shen Minghao exclaimed, and his steps flashed sensitively under the fist of the big man, blocking the blow. With the help of force, he threw the man inside to the side.

Secretary Zhang trembled with fright, trembling next to Shen Minghao.

Shen Minghao looked at Secretary Zhang next to him, and said solemnly: "Zhang Yuze, did they beat you?" ”

Zhang Yuze slowly raised his head and nodded.

Shen Minghao saw the blurred flesh and blood at the corner of Zhang Yuze's mouth, and approached Qian Zhanbiao with a solemn expression.

"You came to my company for no reason to make trouble and injured my employees, I can file a lawsuit against you in accordance with the law, Mr. Qian." Shen Minghao's sharp eyes were like a sharp knife, mercilessly stabbing at Qian Zhanbiao in front of him.

Qian Zhanbiao's legs trembled with fright, and he squeaked and whined for a long time before he held back two sentences: "Don't scare me with the law, I, I also understand the law." “

Shen Minghao saw Qian Zhanbiao's embarrassment, the corners of his mouth instantly raised, and he asked viciously: "Tell me, who instructed you to come to me to ask for money, as long as you say it, I can not pursue this matter." “

Qian Zhanbiao's eyes dodged, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said with a snort: "No one instructed me, I... I'm here to ask for my own payment, and who else will I use to instruct me? “

Han Jiuyi leaned against the wall on the side, saw Qian Zhanbiao's dead-faced face, slowly got up, put his hands around his chest, and slowly approached, while warning sharply: "Mr. Qian, it's okay for you to ask for payment, but if you hit Mr. Shen's secretary, this nature will change." “

Han Jiuyi stopped in front of Qian Zhanbiao, who was a head shorter than himself, stared at him from top to bottom, and continued to add: "According to Article 234 of the Criminal Law of our country, anyone who intentionally harms the body of another person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or controlled release.

Whoever commits the crime in the preceding paragraph, causing serious injury, is to be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; Whoever causes death or seriously injures a person by especially cruel means, causing serious disability, is to be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment, or death. “

Hearing this, Qian Zhanbiao instantly collapsed to the ground.

Han Jiuyi smiled at him, and said in a cold tone: "It will take three years for Mr. Qian to come out, and when you come out, you will not be Mr. Qian." ”

Qian Zhanbiao stared at Han Jiuyi in surprise, and scolded: "You woman, aren't you the young lady next to Shen Minghao, what qualifications do you have to speak, get out." ”

Han Jiuyi sneered for a while, and replied: "I am a lawyer from Tianqin Law Firm, Han Jiuyi, my stage is the showdown stage of the people's court, and I have never been anyone's side, let alone a young lady." ”

The corners of Shen Minghao's mouth lifted a charming arc, and he added on the side: "That's right, if Mr. Qian doesn't accept private interests, our SW Group will hire Lawyer Han to file a lawsuit against you in accordance with the law." “

Qian Zhanbiao's back was already soaked with cold sweat, and he curled up on the ground, stunned for a while, stood up from the ground suddenly, grabbed Shen Minghao's hand with both hands, and said tremblingly: "Yes. . . It's Shengtian Group, Mr. Xu of their company, who asked me to do this, Mr. Shen, let's be private, private, don't call the police. Qian Zhanbiao begged.

Shen Minghao shook off the hand held by Qian Zhanbiao, and said to the security guard next to him with a disgusted expression: "The matter is settled, please go out." “

As soon as the words fell, the security guard set up the disgraced Qian Zhanbiao and left, and several big men could only go out with Qian Zhanbiao's buttocks.

Shen Minghao whispered softly to Zhang Yuze, who was bleeding from the corner of his mouth, and carefully advised: "Treat the wound and rest well." “

Zhang Yuze looked moved, wept bitterly and looked at Shen Minghao affectionately: "Mr. Shen, you are really good, you are the best boss I have ever met, it would be nice if you could increase your salary, or mental damage." He winked at Shen Minghao expectantly.

Shen Minghao smiled coldly, raised his right leg suddenly, pretended to kick Zhang Yuze, and said sternly and jokingly: "Okay, I'll cripple you, give you a few million, and let you go home directly to support the elderly, okay?" “

When the words fell, Zhang Yuze sensitively dodged, and ran away with a fume.

shouted while running: "No need, Mr. Shen, I'm still young and don't want to care for the elderly, I'm going to treat the wound." “

Shen Minghao and Han Jiuyi looked at each other and smiled, shaking their heads helplessly and walking into the president's office.

Office of the President

Han Jiuyi looked around as he walked in, and teased Shen Minghao in his words: "The president's office is different, it's really magnificent." “

"If Lawyer Han likes it, he will come often." Shen Minghao sat on the chair next to the desk and looked at Han Jiuyi affectionately.

"You did a good job just now, if it weren't for you, Qian Zhanbiao wouldn't have obediently told who instructed him." Shen Minghao was still sitting on the chair, looking at Han Jiuyi softly.

"How do you know he's been instructed?" Han Jiuyi asked suspiciously.

Shen Minghao's expression changed abruptly, and he said seriously: "The company has recently opened a new sales channel and purchase channel, and intends to create a new jewelry brand. “

Han Jiuyi nodded slightly, slowly approached Shen Minghao's desk, and replied while leaning on the edge of the table: "Mr. Shen is really smart and clever. “

After hearing this, the heavy expression on Shen Minghao's face disappeared at all, only a malicious smile.

He slowly walked around the table, walked in front of Han Jiuyi, put his hands on the edge of the table next to Han Jiuyi, wrapped her in his arms, and said lightly: "I believe that our future children will be smarter." “

said that it was too late, Qi Xuan happened to break in, saw such a scene, immediately covered his eyes, and wanted to escape, he said as he walked: "Brother Shen, I didn't see anything, you continue, continue." “

Han Jiuyi violently pushed Shen Minghao away and stopped Qi Xuan, who was about to leave: "Stop, continue what, we haven't done anything, wait a while, I'll go with you." “

Han Jiuyi said to Shen Minghao as he walked to the door: "Let's go." He waved his hand with his back to him.

Shen Minghao didn't make a sound, put his hands in the pockets of his pants, and squinted at Han Jiuyi.

***

The night was dark, and the sunset finally couldn't stand the wear of time and fell into the valley.

Han Jiuyi sat in the back of the driver's seat and leaned his head against the window. Let the passing street lights hit you in the face.

Qi Xuan looked at Han Jiuyi through the rearview mirror, and slowly spoke: "Sister-in-law, are you having fun with Brother Shen on the coast?" “

Han Jiuyi still looked out the window, his expression was a little sad, and he said tiredly: "Happy, the sunset there is very beautiful." ”

As soon as the words fell, Qi Xuan just turned his eyes from the rearview mirror to the windshield, when he suddenly saw a car that seemed to be out of control, with dazzling headlights, kept honking the horn, and crashed towards them frantically.

***

9:58 p.m

Shen Minghao, who was working overtime until late at night, suddenly rang his mobile phone.

"Hey." Shen Minghao took the phone and said calmly.

"Hey, Mr. Shen, I haven't seen you for a long time, I want to talk to you about business." A cold and strange middle-aged male voice came from the phone.

"Talking about business? What kind of business to talk about? Shen Minghao's whole person suddenly became nervous, and an ominous premonition surged in his heart.

"I have a piece of your heart, how about you exchange 1.25 billion for it?" The middle-aged man's tone was still as calm as water.

"Who the hell are you, what kind of heart?!" Shen Minghao was a little anxious, and raised his tone on the phone.

"It seems that Mr. Shen has forgotten that last time at the trade fair, you and your woman killed my eight brothers and made me lose a lot of money, at that time there were a total of 25 people at the trade fair, 50 million each, exactly 1.25 billion. Since you are so capable, then you can pay all the 1.25 billion alone. Remember, don't call the police, just give you 3 hours to come alone to an abandoned open-air theater in the suburbs with cash, and once the time is over, you don't want to see this woman again. ”

"Toot beet... The phone is hung up.

Shen Minghao stood up with his hands on the desk.

After being stunned for a while, he jerked the landline on the desk: "Hey, Zhang Yuze, inform the finance, prepare 250 million in cash, load it on the truck, and prepare one billion funds to be remitted to the card, be fast!" ”

Before Zhang Yuze on the phone understood the situation, the phone had already been hung up.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Minghao quickly opened the drawer on his desk, took out a portable CZ75 pistol and pinned it to his waist, and left the office at a leisurely pace.

As soon as I left the company's gate, the truck loaded with cash was already parked at the door.

I opened the door, jumped into the car, jumped into the car with all my might, and the white horse passed through the gap, and suddenly I drove to the abandoned open-air theater.

Abandoned open-air theater in the suburbs

Night fell, blue twilight, blue night, they waited under the dark dome, around the messy table of cups and plates, their chairs pushed to the back and Shen Minghao's truck full of cash.

Shen Minghao slowly walked into the dark door of the theater, and the broken roof made the whole road bright or dark.

At the very end, there is the center of the amphitheater. The arc-shaped auditorium is surrounded by brown and yellow maple leaves scattered in the center of the stage.

It was overcast, and the night lowered the sky, giving birth to a deep and intense vision, and a full moon was like a white veil over the midnight, and the halo made everything around it silent and gloomy.

Shen Minghao stood in the center of the theater, looking around cautiously.

"It is worthy of being the president of SW Group, more than a billion yuan, without a counteroffer. However, there was not enough money in the trucks outside. "The sound of old speakers tearing around the abandoned theater sounded all around.

"The rest is in this card, Han Jiuyi!" Shen Minghao shouted.

"Mr. Shen, don't worry, put the card on the table outside before coming in, and I'll let you see your woman." The middle-aged man still didn't show up, talking to Shen Minghao through the old stereo of the theater.

After the words fell, Shen Minghao walked out of the theater and put the card on the table at the door of the theater, and hurriedly ran back to the theater.

"Alright, people!" Another shout.

As soon as Shen Minghao's words fell, the screen in front of him suddenly lit up, illuminating the dark environment around him.

In the screen, Han Jiuyi's eyes, mouth and limbs were tied with black tape, and the whole person was sitting on an old wooden chair, with maple leaves still scattered all over the ground under his feet, and even behind him were crawling with dense creepers, his hair was scattered on his face, shoulders and neck, and his body was full of struggles and fears.

"The game starts, it's only half an hour, guess where she is? Hahaha, bye-bye, good luck to Mr. Shen. The terrifying laughter emitted a tearing sense of shattering through the sound, hitting Shen Minghao's eardrums.

As soon as he finished speaking, the truck full of money outside the door was opened, and gradually disappeared in the sound of tires grinding against stones.

In an instant, Shen Minghao was left alone in the silent abandoned theater.

Shen Minghao hurriedly stared at the screen in front of him, and the moment the man shouted that the game started, a red countdown appeared on the screen, and a red light flashed around Han Jiuyi.

"Drip, Drip, Drip"

The rapid bomb countdown echoed in Shen Minghao's head.

"Tick, tick" was so quiet that even the sound of the watch hands on Shen Minghao's wrist turning was clearly recognizable.

Time flowed minute by minute, and Shen Minghao looked at the screen in front of him and the surroundings as always.

He was thinking, thinking about where Han Jiuyi would be?

He looked at the surrounding walls that had been cut off by the screen, only there were some creepers growing in the gaps near the screen, but in the picture where Han Jiuyi was, the walls behind him were full of creepers.

Whether she was in this theater or somewhere else, Shen Minghao had doubts in his heart.

The suburban breeze rustled the leaves on the ground, casting a terrifying fog over the quiet night.

At this time, Shen Minghao saw a leaf floating out of the ground of the screen.

Maple leaf! Shen Minghao suddenly exclaimed in his heart.

He quickly turned his head to look at Han Jiuyi's feet on the screen, and there were maple leaves everywhere.

"There's still a space behind the screen!" Shen Minghao exclaimed and hurriedly ran around the screen to check.

He banged desperately on the walls around the big screen, "knock knock", and finally heard a dull sound.

Shen Minghao eagerly peeled open the creeper in front of the wall where the sound came from, and sure enough, a wooden door appeared, but the wooden door was locked by a new iron chain.

Shen Minghao pulled it twice, took out the pistol on his waist suddenly, and shot dozens of times at the chain, and the silver-white chain instantly became charred black, scattered into sections, and fell from the doorknob.

Shen Minghao rushed into this compartment and found Han Jiuyi, who was tied up.

There are 6 minutes and 45 seconds left in the countdown.

Han Jiuyi, who was blindfolded and mouthed, instinctively reacted to survival after hearing the sound, which made her keep muttering.

Shen Minghao rushed to Han Jiuyi's side, pulling at the bombs around the chair, trying to throw them out. But after a few pulls, the bomb still didn't move.

Shen Minghao quickly changed his strategy and began to tear the black tape on Han Jiuyi's face and limbs.

In an instant, Han Jiuyi's eyes saw light again. She turned her head to see a familiar man anxiously tugging at the tape from her body.

She looked at the 4 minutes and 18 seconds countdown around her.

Han Jiuyi was stunned for a moment, and finally said calmly: "You go, it's too late, it's better to live alone than to die for two." “

Shen Minghao was still tearing the tape on Han Jiuyi's body, unmoved: "Since you have come to my world, don't think about leaving easily!" “

As the words fell, he tore the tape even harder. Anger, fear, anxiety, worry, about to burst his body.

Han Jiuyi looked down at him, and his tone gradually became stronger: "Shen Minghao, I really hate you, it is precisely because of your selfish desires that we are both in the current situation, hurry up and get out, death will also make me die with peace of mind!" “

Shen Minghao was still tearing the tape, and in the 56-second countdown to death, he was wrestling with death.

”55,54,53.。。。。“ Time decreases bit by bit.

"Click" at 12 seconds, the last section of tape was broken free by Shen Minghao.

He picked up Han Jiuyi in his chair and ran towards the door of the theater like crazy.

At the moment of rushing into the gate, "Tom", the bomb behind him suddenly exploded, and the dark woods were illuminated by this bright dementor fire.