Gentlemen's Friends

Chapter 39 Part 3: Part [-] ([-])
The man named Brother Gao looked at the fat man's face: "You stole my brother's money?"

Before the fat man could speak, he was kicked heavily in the stomach, and his eyes turned black for a moment. He bent down and squatted down, and he was hit hard on the head and back several times, and the kick kicked his nose, and the blood immediately disappeared. Out.

The security guard heard the movement and hurried over to stop it: "Sir, please don't make trouble."

Brother Gao spread his hands: "Troubleshooting? Do you have eyes? He's cleaning the floor, can't you see?"

"Excuse me……"

Brother Gao lit a cigarette and shook it on the ground: "There is soot on the ground, can you not see it when you are blind? Be careful, I will sue you."

The staff and guests who came and went also looked sideways. The fat man was obviously being picked on, and no one dared to say anything.No one wants to provoke a rogue leader like Brother Gao who has some status.

The fat man knelt on the ground to wipe the fallen cigarette ash and the blood from his nose. He was still at work and was wearing a uniform. As long as the other party did not openly commit violence, they had to treat the customer as God, endure everything, and maintain the so-called service professional quality.

Brother Gao kicked him in the face with the toe of his shoe again, maliciously: "It's pretty clean. Fatty, what time do you get off work? Our brothers are waiting to treat you to a supper."

There is no need to explain the meaning of the words, everyone who listens knows that the fat man is going to be unlucky tonight, this kind of hooligan has no humanity at all, and there are people who beat people to death for a trivial matter.

Suddenly a man's voice said, "What's the matter?"

It was Brother Gao who came to his senses first, turned his head to the man who was accompanied by several people, and said with a smile, "Mr. Ren."

The atmosphere immediately became different. If this kind of incident becomes serious, at most the supervisor of the lobby should be invited to come over, but I didn't expect to meet the boss.The boss seldom came down to inspect the place on this floor in person, and many people didn't know what the boss looked like before today.

The man took a general look at the scene, with a faint expression on his face: "Mr. Gao, what's your opinion on our service staff?"

He didn't mean to protect his shortcomings, and even smiled a little, but even Ah Chao, who didn't know what "Mr. Ren" was, suddenly didn't dare to speak in front of him.

Brother Gao smiled again and again: "No, no, the service is quite good, we just chat casually and smoke a cigarette."

Ren Ningyuan smiled again: "This seems to be a no-smoking area."

Without further ado, Brother Gao immediately stuffed the cigarette butt in his hand into his mouth, slapped himself again, and said with a smile, "Look, I'm just careless."

Ren Ningyuan didn't do anything, and those two people walked away like a mouse seeing a cat.

A person with such a well-balanced appearance is more stressful than anything else.

The fat man kept his head down, inconspicuous, put on the lost uniform hat, picked up the cleaning tools, and turned to leave quietly.

Ren Ningyuan looked at him, and suddenly called him:
"You stop."

The fat man, who was always submissive, didn't seem to hear him this time. He took the tool and walked forward on his own. He was twisted from behind within two steps. The bodyguards had already caught him as a suspicious person.

Ren Ningyuan signaled the bodyguard to let go, and then said: "Thank you, you don't have to do anything tonight, go get some medicine."

The fat man gave a vague "yes".

Ren Ningyuan could only see the top of his hat, and he tilted his head to see his swollen face, so he lowered his head even lower.

Ren Ningyuan suddenly whispered, "Qu Tongqiu."

This time he couldn't run away, Ren Ningyuan stopped him as soon as he stretched out his hand, the fat man struggled and even waved the tool in his hand, but Ren Ningyuan had already hugged him tightly from behind.

"Qu Tongqiu!"

The bodyguards froze for two seconds, and hurried forward to help, and finally subdued the fat man who was desperately resisting.

In the dumbfounded onlookers, the fat man was literally tied up and sent upstairs.

The door was closed, and the bodyguards also retreated. Once the fat man was able to move, he gasped for breath, got up and punched Ren Ningyuan. Ren Ningyuan didn't dodge it, but took half a step back because of the force: "Qu Tongqiu..."

The fat man made a few more punches to create some momentum, so that Ren Ningyuan would know that just because he avoided him, it didn't mean he was afraid of him.

When a person has reached his level, there is really nothing to be afraid of.

What's more, relying on his current fatness, Ren Ningyuan can't even do anything to him, at least he can't pull him.

"Qu Tongqiu," Ren Ningyuan tried to grab him, "I know you hate me. You can take revenge however you want. But give us a little time..."

The fat man broke free from his hand, knocked him to the ground, and rode on him, crushing him until he couldn't move.

Ren Ningyuan only looked at him: "Qu Tongqiu, you are injured. I will give you medicine first."

The fat man ignored him, grabbed his collar, gritted his teeth, and wanted to punch that hypocritical face a few more times.

But being stared at by Ren Ningyuan like that, for some reason, the venting fist finally landed on his stomach.

After being beaten, Ren Ningyuan didn't say anything. He still looked at him and smiled wryly: "You are really serious now."

The fat man's face was flushed, and he was about to speak when he suddenly felt the man under him move, and then he lost his balance and fell on his back.And Ren Ningyuan quickly turned over and pressed him down.

Because he was fat, he couldn't move easily, so he lay there with his feet on his back, unable to turn over for a while.

Ren Ning leaned over him and pressed his stomach.

The fat man was lying like a clown with his belly exposed, he was a little panicked by the pressure, and hurriedly said, "What are you doing!"

Ren Ningyuan was very gentle: "There are bruises, does it hurt?"

"..."

"I'll apply some medicinal wine to you."

Even if he was reluctant, the clothes were forcibly untied, Ren Ningyuan pressed him, and spread his shrunken hands and feet.The fat man struggled, but he was still medicated and ointment was applied to his face.

Then Ren Ningyuan separated his hands and pressed them to the side of his head, so that without much effort, he couldn't get up and could only lie down like that.

The fat man became more and more flustered, and he didn't dare to look the man in the eyes.

Ren Ningyuan looked down at him for a long while, and as if he breathed a sigh of relief, he murmured in a low voice: "You are really still alive."

"..."

"Did you suffer a lot this year?"

"..."

"Why don't you come to us? You have nothing, how can a person make a living?"

The fat man kept his mouth shut and didn't intend to talk to him.

Ren Ningyuan looked at him for a while, and finally said softly: "Okay, I won't ask. As long as you live."

Although the fat man was nothing to be afraid of, but being looked at by him like that, for some reason, he still felt a little scared, and the feeling of lying down and reminiscing about the old days was also very weird, so he couldn't help but struggled: "Let, let me get up!"

Ren Ningyuan seemed to think about it for a while: "If you come together, you will run away again."

"..."

"Qu Tongqiu, don't hide from me. It's useless to hide. I will find you wherever I go. It's just a matter of time. I have more time than you."

The fat man blushed because of resentment: "I don't owe you anything, why are you still refusing to let me go?"

"I just want to make it up to you," Ren Ningyuan looked at him from above, "Of course you don't have to forgive me, but please give me a chance to make it up."

The fat man became anxious and struggled: "I don't want your compensation!"

"Even if you don't want it, running away won't solve the problem, Qu Tongqiu," Ren Ningyuan paused, "Qu Tongqiu, give me some time."

"..."

"You've been running away for a year, and you'll give me another year," Ren Ningyuan softened his voice again, facing the man's blushing face, "or a month. Give us some time."

Qu Tongqiu really didn't run away this time, he just resigned and went back to set up his stall.

It seemed that he and Ren Ningyuan had barely reached a silent agreement.If he didn't run, Ren Ningyuan wouldn't chase; if Ren Ningyuan didn't push too hard, he would just live his life in place.

The two are at peace.

This kind of tranquility is just a taut string, and when someone moves it slightly, it will immediately crack.No matter what they think in their hearts, the two of them can only try their best to maintain this delicate balance tacitly. During this period of time, the weather is cold, and Beibei is not in good health. She gets hot when the wind blows at night. The woman has to take care of her in the hospital. Qu Tong Qiu would go to sell things for the woman during the day, and go back at night to help her cook some meals and visit the hospital.

This day, while setting up a stall, Qu Tongqiu trembled a little when he saw that man approaching again, but he endured it and did not run away.

Ren Ningyuan didn't do anything, just looked at him from the side.

However, with Ren Ningyuan around, no one dared to come over to buy things, and they all just stared.

Qu Tongqiu gradually couldn't help it: "I want to do business, so don't block it if you don't buy it."

Ren Ningyuan pursed his lips, picked out a few things and paid for them.Qu Tongqiu also silently found the change, packed the goods and handed them over.

After repeating this several times, he spent the whole afternoon "doing business" with Ren Ningyuan. Qu Tongqiu couldn't take it anymore, so he simply closed the stall, carried the big bag of things and walked back.

Ren Ningyuan followed him, and he couldn't do anything about it.He has beaten and scolded, and his bad temper is limited, and he can't get so angry.

Back to the place where they lived, and all the way in, the residents showed great surprise and curiosity at the appearance of this type of visitor Ren Ningyuan.

Qu Tongqiu opened the door and went in. He tried his best to ignore the man behind him, and started to make food by himself.There is still a large box of rice left on the table, and a bowl of preserved vegetables and meat.It's not good, but it can make people full, and it's no wonder they get fat.

But Ren Ningyuan was standing in the room, even though he had been hungry for several days, he still couldn't eat anything. After sitting for a while, he couldn't help but say, "What do you want to do?"

Ren Ningyuan looked at him: "I just want to see how you are doing."

"I'm fine."

Now one person is full and the whole family is not hungry.When a person has no expectations, he has less fear.

Ren Ningyuan looked at the small semi-basement.The four sides are bare walls, plus the ceiling and the floor. It feels like there are walls on all six sides. There is a bed in the corner. There is no furniture, and there is no room for it. There is only one chair.

The light in the room is dim, relying only on an energy-saving lamp overhead, and there is no ventilation. Although there is a small window half exposed above the ground, it is obviously not very open.

Walking all the way just now, the cobweb-like clothesline and hanging clothes in the dark corridor have opened Ren Ningyuan's eyes, and the coldness in the room that can't be blocked by closing the door also makes him feel that the coat on his body is not so warm .

He has always been high above, but now he can see that under the bustling city, there are many people working and surviving like ants at the bottom, and this man is now one of them.

Ren Ningyuan took a closer look at the house and him again, and said, "I have a few houses vacant, if you don't mind—"

Qu Tongqiu hurriedly said, "I don't need your help."

He can do everything by himself now.

"It's not easy for you."

"It's not easy, I'm living a good life," Qu Tongqiu took two mouthfuls of rice and swallowed it, "I won't belittle myself just to make you feel guilty. It's my choice how I want to live. I'm serious now. That's fine, you don't have to think too much."

Apart from not living well, he treats himself well in other places, especially food.His much fatter figure than before seems to prove what he said.

He felt that he could understand Ren Ningyuan's sense of guilt. When someone did something wrong, it was inevitable that he couldn't let it go, and would want to come and see him.

In fact, a small person like him can't die. Even if the sky falls, as long as there is a gap left for him, he can survive.

He tried his best to make himself think.A year later, he sometimes felt that he didn't hate Ren Ningyuan so much anymore.

At that time, he hated Ren Ningyuan in great pain, he had nothing left, and he needed a sinner to take responsibility for most of his ruined life.

In fact, who can take full responsibility for him.

Everyone was wrong, even he himself was wrong, and the account of life is unclear.

In fact, even Yang Miao lied to him, Chu Mo abused him, Zhuang Wei forced him and abandoned him... Those people owed him the same, but he didn't think about asking them to get back the debt .

So it seems that he has no reason to hate Ren Ningyuan repeatedly every day.

In his submissive temper, he showed the tolerance of a small person to these big people.Only then can we suffer less and live more peacefully day by day.

However, although the hatred in his heart was not so strong, but when he really faced Ren Ningyuan, his internal organs were tumbling, his heart was in a mess, he couldn't eat, and he couldn't sit still.He couldn't learn Ren Ningyuan's calmness that didn't change his face.

"Qu Tongqiu," Ren Ningyuan looked at him, "Do you miss Xiao Ke?"

The man jumped up as if he had been stabbed, and stared at him with red eyes: "You, what do you mean?"

Everything he tried to forget came back in an instant.Or maybe he actually remembered everything all this time and never forgot anything.

"Come back with me. Xiao Ke misses you very much."

The man gritted his teeth: "You, don't use her as a tool!"

"How is she now, have you ever worried?"

"Won't you take good care of her?"

"It's not enough to have me," Ren Ningyuan paused, "I never told her. She only recognizes you as a father."

The man was stunned, his eyes glazed over.

"You really don't want her?"

"..."

"Are you sure you don't miss her at all?"

"..."

"You have no idea how sad she was when you were gone."

The man bent down and hugged his head as if he had been chanted a magic spell.

"She doesn't know you're alive, if you're willing to go back and see her—"

The man was almost terrified: "No!"

He was afraid that Qu Ke would see his current appearance, he still had no shadow of the "father" in her memory.

"She is still young, she can't do without you."

The man looked at his rough hands with red eyes.

Ren Ningyuan only looked at him: "Have you ever thought that maybe the three of us can live together."

The man's eyes were red, Ren Ningyuan grabbed his hand that was desperately retracting: "Xiao Ke, she needs you, and I also—"

"Fatty..." The woman opened the door and came in, and was slightly surprised when she saw the scene in the room.Ren Ningyuan was also a little surprised, and asked the man to withdraw his hand.

"Ah, I'm here to get a blanket for Beibei, I put it here for you last time."

Qu Tongqiu hurriedly stood up, turned to open the cabinet, barely wiped his face with the back of his hand, then took out the folded blanket and gave it to her: "Beibei, are you feeling better today?"

"The fever hasn't subsided, but my appetite seems to be better."

"I'll wait and make some soup for her to take."

"That's really troublesome for you..."

The woman went out with her good things, and the remaining two were silent for a while.

(End of this chapter)