Gentlemen's Friends

Chapter 23 Part 2: Seven ([-])
Qu Tongqiu woke up in a daze, dizzy.

He originally thought that he would not be able to sleep all night, but it turned out to be a very heavy sleep.

The dream is also dark and deep, people are stuck in it and can't get out, and they still can't tell the real from the fake when they open their eyes.Dreaming is also very exhausting, and my body feels weak.

When he realized that he was wrapping around Ren Ningyuan in a posture much worse than that of an octopus, far beyond the scope of "rudeness", Qu Tongqiu broke out in a cold sweat immediately.

He still had a half-dozen memories of what happened last night, knowing that he had chased after him to find Chu Mo's theory, used alcohol to mess around, and had Ren Ningyuan's comfort afterwards.

Ren Ningyuan asked him to take off his clothes and go to bed, and let him drink honey water to hangover, and he didn't remember after that.

The blank memory, coupled with some peachy dreams that were recalled scatteredly, frightened Qu Tongqiu so much that he didn't dare to breathe out, for fear of alarming Ren Ningyuan.

Qu Tongqiu thought about it for a long time. He had a misplaced and messy spring dream. He didn't know exactly what he was dreaming about, but there was real pleasure in the haze.

Seeing that the bed was being tossed out of shape, Ren Ningyuan's sleeping face showed fatigue, and he thought that he must have become a beast when he was drunk, and he was entangled with Ren Ningyuan.I just don't know if I did anything more rude afterwards.

Qu Tongqiu was frightened, and sneaked to the side, seeing Ren Ningyuan's eyelashes moving slightly and opening his eyes, he panicked: "Ren Ningyuan..."

Ren Ningyuan looked at him, gave a slightly sleepy "hmm", and then said, "Morning. What time is it?"

Qu Tongqiu saw the hands on the clock and jumped up suddenly: "I have to go to work!"

Ren Ningyuan sat up: "If you're late, you might as well ask for leave. It's not a big deal."

"That won't work..." Qu Tongqiu hurriedly put on his clothes, "I'm leaving..."

Ren Ningyuan watched him rushing out the door with his coat and bag under his belt, and then turned back impatiently.

"what happened?"

Qu Tongqiu was busy searching by the bedside: "I forgot my watch..."

"It doesn't matter, you can see the time everywhere."

"I'm... used to it..." If you don't wear it, you will feel like something is missing all day long.

Ren Ningyuan smiled and watched him flustered.

The man finally found what he wanted in the gap between the bedside table and the bed, and hurriedly grabbed it: "I'm leaving..."

Ren Ningyuan stopped him: "There's no need to rush. I'll take you there, and there will be time."

Sitting side by side in the car with Ren Ningyuan, in the independent and closed space to get along with each other, Qu Tongqiu felt a little trembling in silence.

"Ren Ningyuan..."

"Ok?"

"You worked hard last night, I drank too much..."

Ren Ningyuan smiled and said, "It's just like that when you're drunk. It's nothing."

Seeing that Ren Ningyuan didn't have any displeasure, apart from being tolerant, it's true that he didn't do anything to him.Qu Tongqiu felt relieved all of a sudden.

"Chu Mo, I'll apologize another day..."

The courage he managed to collect was used in the wrong place, which really angered Chu Mo, and he didn't know how he would get revenge.

Ren Ningyuan smiled: "You don't have to take it seriously. I'll just tell him. It's fine."

Ren Ningyuan would protect him, and Qu Tongqiu almost felt top-heavy: "Then you sent me this trip, didn't you get enough sleep today..."

"I can arrange my own time."

It is true that Ren Ningyuan is not like he thought he had to stay out day and night in order to take care of the store's business.Can be busy or idle, always calm.But Qu Tongqiu was flattered by this "free ride" that didn't go his way at all.

Ren Ningyuan was really kind to such a small person like him.

Even during the peak hours of traffic jams, Ren Ningyuan has the ability to safely deliver him to the door of the company before working hours.

Qu Tongqiu got out of the car and kept saying thanks, "Thank you."

Ren Ningyuan smiled, waved goodbye to him through the glass, and then the car drove away slowly.

Qu Tongqiu's face was radiant all day long, and he seemed to be very energetic in everything he did.A little hangover is nothing. He didn't feel mentally weak. Instead, he was full of energy. He didn't make any mistakes in his accounts. When he was about to get off work, his colleagues came to call him, and when he saw the pile of things he had packed on the desk, he said : "It only took one day to finish all this? Did something good happen to you, so energetic."

There was no good thing, he just felt inexplicably in a good mood, with a sweet taste in his heart, always excited.

"By the way, someone is looking for you outside. It's a foreigner."

"Foreigners?"

Qu Tongqiu turned off the computer and took out the bag. The visitor was a tall and tall foreigner with a well-groomed appearance, but his aura was somewhat violent. Qu Tongqiu failed to recognize him, and tentatively stuttered in English: "So...sorry ...you...you are..."

"You must be Qu Tongqiu." After getting affirmation, he stretched out his hand to Convenience, speaking fluent Chinese, "Call me Richard."

"Hello……"

"We've seen it before." When Richard stretched out his hand, the tattoo on his arm was exposed, and the muscle lines were agitated. Coupled with his size, several off-duty colleagues were surprised and walked away.

"We've all changed now, and I don't recognize you," Richard reminded him. "We met in Yang Miao's bar. You were beaten badly by me."

Qu Tongqiu suddenly thought of the Nordic man who harassed Yang Miao and beat him up, and immediately took a step back, warning: "What's the matter with you?"

The man put his hands back into his pockets, the muscles in his arms still full of menace: "Let's find a place to talk."

Qu Tongqiu was taken into a restaurant almost under duress.

Thinking of the catastrophe caused by his impulsiveness back then, he couldn't help becoming nervous: "Are you looking for me for Qiao Si?"

Unexpectedly, after more than ten years, this matter still could not be avoided.

Richard was slightly taken aback: "The matter of Qiao Si has long passed. Aren't you a member of Ren Ningyuan's subordinates? How could you not know?"

The follow-up progress of that matter was indeed not mentioned to him again. Qu Tongqiu only knew that Ren Ningyuan must have spent a lot of effort to settle the trouble he caused.

"The brain was injured that time, and it didn't take long for Qiao Si to retire."

The guilt that Qu Tongqiu had carried for many years became clear again: "He... he was seriously injured by me, so he can no longer be the boss?"

"That's not true. The injury is actually not that serious, but it happened too suddenly. Qiao Si suffered a brain injury and couldn't manage the affairs of the gang for the time being, so someone took the opportunity to stir up internal strife." Richard shrugged, "It can't be helped. Ren Ningyuan is a ruthless character, a hero born out of a boy, we underestimated him back then, how could we expect him to take such a big advantage."

"..."

"That area has been in their hands for a few years, and it has done better than Qiao Si. Now that they have replaced it, when it comes to Chu Mo and Ren Ningyuan, everyone is still very convinced. They made their fortunes from there, and they are today's status. "

Qu Tongqiu was a little dazed.

"Speaking of which, you are the hero who hurt Qiao Si. Without you, things might be completely different now, and they wouldn't be where they are today. Ren Ningyuan should reward you well, and reward you for everything."

Qu Tongqiu was a little uneasy, and swallowed: "Actually, Ren Ningyuan has opened a bar now, and the business is very big, but it's all in exchange for his hard work, it's not that exaggerated..."

Richard frowned: "You're not kidding, are you? Do you think Ren Ningyuan will only be a nightclub owner? His years in S City were not for nothing."

Qu Tongqiu's throat felt dry, but he couldn't help but swallowed again.

"But he is very low-key, yes, it's meaningless for us to talk about it. I'm here today, it has nothing to do with those things, it's to talk to you about some personal matters."

"What private matter?"

Qu Tongqiu couldn't think of any personal interaction between himself and this man.

"Yang Miao, do you still remember?"

"Yang Miao!" How could Qu Tongqiu forget the man's plot against his girlfriend back then, but he didn't expect that after so many years, he still didn't intend to let go, and immediately became vigilant.

"Yes, I know you still keep in touch after divorce."

After all, it is difficult for the two to achieve "goodbye and friends". There is contact, but it is quite rare. Every year, they only send some photos and messages of Qu Ke.Yang Miao has always felt guilty about the divorce, she no longer disturbs the father and daughter, and abides by the agreement not to contact Qu Ke directly in private.Everyone has their own life, but also to achieve a delicate balance.

Qu Tongqiu thought to himself, no matter what happens today, he will never let this villain know about Yang Miao's whereabouts.

Richard looked at the tense and thin oriental man in front of him: "I don't know if she told you. I'm her husband now."

Qu Tongqiu was silent for a long time.

The news brought by this man made him more astonished than the last one. He was dazzled for a while, and the things in front of his eyes were blurred for a while, before he reacted: "But Yang Miao... is very afraid of you..."

"You don't know what's going on between us," Richard motioned for him to pick up the knife and fork after the food was served, "Before Yang Miao arrived in S City, we knew each other and had a relationship long ago."

"..."

"I know she has feelings for me, but our relationship started off badly, and there were many misunderstandings in the middle. Although she loves me in her heart, she has been unwilling to forgive and accept me."

Qu Tongqiu grabbed the knife and fork, but he couldn't eat, and only saw the opening and closing of the man's mouth.

"Her decision to marry you was a big blow to me. I was depressed and did many extreme things during those two years. Fortunately, she finally came back to me."

"..."

"I know, you are not convinced. But the past between me and her is something you can't imagine, and you can't get involved. We have experienced a lot together. She chose you not because she really fell in love with you, but because To escape from me."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Qu Tongqiu dropped his fork and gritted his teeth tremblingly, "She chose me because there was true love between us, and she even gave birth to a child for me! Without true love, why would she marry me without true love? !"

"Sorry, I'm just telling you the truth. Yes, Yang Miao liked you, but the person she loves the most is me."

Qu Tongqiu's hands trembled uncontrollably: "...Yang Miao has already returned to you anyway, you won, why are you telling me these things now?"

He doesn't need this kind of truth.He would rather be kept in the dark and be a fool who was once happy.

He always felt that in that short marriage, he finally became the leading character in an upright manner, but in the end it was just a trick in someone else's love story. His function was to make the leading character recognize his true love.

Richard hesitated slightly: "I'm very, very sorry, but I have to talk to you about this."

Qu Tongqiu stared at him with red eyes.

"It's about Qu Ke."

Qu Tongqiu suddenly opened his eyes wide.The association of certain things made his hair stand on end, his whole body tensed up in anger, and he gritted his teeth: "I'm sorry, I have to go."

The other party pressed his shoulders: "Listen to me. I know it's hard for you to accept. But during the period inferred from my birthday, I also had a relationship with Yang Miao. There is a possibility..."

Qu Tongqiu shook off his hand and stood up, his eyes were red, and his face was bleeding from the suffocation: "Stop talking! Xiao Ke is my daughter! She only recognizes me as a father! With you It doesn't matter at all!!"

"Calm down first..."

"Even if you pester me, I won't let you see her!"

"I've seen it."

Qu Tongqiu looked at him, his pupils dilated.

Richard is calm and sure: "Yang Miao never told me that she has a daughter, but she took Xiao Ke to play more than once, and I found out, so we officially met. Xiao Ke is very cute and agrees. I am her stepfather, and I am not excluded at all."

Qu Tongqiu's head buzzed again, he couldn't believe his ears: "Xiao, Xiaoke is going to see Yang Miao?"

"do not you know?"

"..."

Richard pondered his expression: "It seems that although Xiao Ke is still young, she is already very sensible, and she can make her own decisions."

Qu Tongqiu stood there in a daze.

Before he knew it, his daughter had grown up enough to lie to him, but he didn't notice it at all.

What else was there that he didn't notice?

Richard continued: "I want to do a DNA test. If she is my daughter, we can definitely give her a better living environment than you. Of course, you can rest assured that I will give you a satisfactory compensation."

Qu Tongqiu's eyes were wide open: "Don't even think about it."

"We have the authority to do this test."

"I disagree!"

"Then I can only hire a lawyer."

Qu Tongqiu looked at him, the muscular man he once feared, with bloodshot eyes: "Whatever you want!"

Qu Tongqiu left the restaurant but didn't go back, wandering around in the street alone in the middle of the night.He felt irritable, and his stomach seemed to be on fire, so he could only keep walking up and down, but his body was cold, and he shivered from the cold.

Give him a cuckold, use him as a substitute, trick him into guarding him sincerely for so many years, and now come to take away his remaining things.

What a wimp he is.He was afraid of letting Ren Ningyuan know how bad he was.

He made up his mind to call Yang Miao for the first time to ask her out.He hasn't communicated with her in this year, and he doesn't even know that she has also arrived in T city.

After so many years, Yang Miao's voice sounded both familiar and unfamiliar, and just the memories brought up by that voice made him feel a little sad and in a trance.

It's like going back to those many years ago.

He didn't know anything at that time.Life is so simple and complete.

In the blink of an eye, it became what it is now, and he couldn't fight it out, and he didn't know who to blame.

Yang Miao drove here by herself.She is nearly forty years old, but she is well maintained, even younger than him, plumper than ten years ago, her face is fresh and tender, although she is in a hurry, her clothes and hair are exquisite, beautiful and decent.

The moment he got off the car, Qu Tongqiu hardly recognized her.

He thought he would never see her again, and he couldn't even imagine meeting her.But I didn't expect it to be so easy to face each other.Without him, she seemed to be doing well instead.

This should be happy for her, but there is still a big hole in my heart.

The two stood in front of the fountain in the square, but it was Yang Miao who spoke first: "You have lost a lot of weight."

Qu Tongqiu said truthfully, "You look pretty good."

"I've worked hard for you all these years."

"fine……"

After standing silently facing each other for a while, Qu Tongqiu settled down: "Your husband has come to look for me."

Yang Miao was also a little embarrassed: "Yes, he already told me, I'm really sorry."

Qu Tongqiu said categorically: "I can't reason with him, I want you to tell him that I decided that it is impossible to give Xiao Ke to you."

"I know, I'm sorry for you, it's been hard for you to raise Xiao Ke by yourself all these years, and I can't open my mouth to fight with you." Yang Miao slightly lowered her head, "Just don't blame Richard, He has his difficulties. He was injured later, and we have been together for more than ten years, but we have been unable to have any more children."

Qu Tongqiu was taken aback for a moment.

"So once he knew Xiao Ke existed, he couldn't control himself. He was emotional, please understand him."

"..."

"I hope you agree with Xiao Ke and Richard to do DNA testing. If they are not father and daughter, Richard will not pester you anymore."

"..." Then if...

Qu Tongqiu shut his mouth tightly, he couldn't speak.

"Xiao Ke doesn't look like a mixed race. I don't think it is very likely. But for Richard, even if there is only one ten thousandth hope, he will not give up. You might as well ask him to do this test, It's better to let him give up completely."

Qu Tongqiu thought for a while, but he didn't dare to talk about the blood type, as if he said that, the daughter really wouldn't be his own.

"That...not all mixed-race children will look typical..."

"That's true." Yang Miao was also silent, a little hard to say, "If...they are father and daughter. With Richard's character, he will definitely do everything possible to get them."

(End of this chapter)