On Liao Mingyi's fortieth birthday, he responded to the idea of Zhou Kan, Ouyang Yan and a group of others, specially held a high-profile banquet in a hotel, and invited many business friends.
Gu Chenhuan, who had hardly attended any banquets in the past four years, unexpectedly attended on this day.
Liao Mingyi was an elite that Gu Chenhuan hired with a high salary a few years ago to advise him on his business. Now he almost represents Gu Chenhuan at various business banquets or social events. He has won Gu Chenhuan's trust, not only in shopping malls, but also in Gu Chenhuan. Liao Mingyi also gave Chen Huan a lot of advice on his unknown dark business.
Liao Mingyi admired Gu Chenhuan's personality, and Gu Chenhuan admired Liao Mingyi's talent. The two were obviously superiors and subordinates, but in fact they could almost be regarded as brothers who talked about everything.
In Gu Chenhuan's heart, Liao Mingyi is his respected brother.
So Gu Chenhuan arrived on time for Liao Mingyi's 40th birthday party. In fact, Gu Chenhuan didn't know that the reason why Liao Mingyi, who has always disliked liveliness, agreed to Zhou Kan, Ouyang Yan and the others' idea of hosting a banquet was so that nowadays there is almost no personal leisure except work. If he has time, he can come out and get together with his brothers.
In the past four years, almost no one has seen Gu Chenhuan appear in public. He seemed to have completely disappeared. Some people even speculated that Gu Chenhuan had transferred his business empire to others and then traveled around the world.
Gu Chenhuan did not sit in the banquet in the hall, but sat in a spacious compartment next to the hall. There was a table of delicacies set up here, and those sitting at the same table were Gu Chenhuan's confidants.
Setting up a table here is to save Gu Chenhuan some unnecessary trouble. He has not appeared in the public eye for a long time, but his incredible business wealth has always been talked about. If he is suddenly exposed to In the eyes of everyone, it will inevitably cause quite a commotion, followed perhaps by waves of attentive greetings and toasts.
After Liao Mingyi finished greeting in the hall, he went back to the box to drink with Gu Chenhuan. Zhou Kan sat next to Gu Chenhuan. When he saw that Gu Chenhuan's wine glass was almost empty, he immediately stood up and filled it up and said a lot. Liven up the atmosphere.
Gu Chenhuan has always been expressionless and silent. He drinks wine very slowly, and even his movements when eating food seem to be meticulous. His eyes almost never stop on any face on this table, which gives people the impression that It was as gloomy and quiet as it had been for the past four years.
It was not easy for Gu Chenhuan to take the initiative today. Everyone did not want to miss this opportunity for Gu Chenhuan to return to "normal". They all found words to toast Gu Chenhuan. Gu Chenhuan would hardly refuse, maybe drinking There were indeed too many, and maybe the resistance to alcohol became weaker due to drinking less in the past few years. This made Gu Chenhuan feel a little dizzy after halftime.
After drinking a few more drinks, Gu Chenhuan got up and went to the bathroom.
"Brother Chen doesn't plan to stay like this for the rest of his life." A man suddenly said, "It's been a few years. If I don't finish drinking today, Brother Chen won't get together with his brothers for several years in a row."
Liao Mingyi sighed, "When he comes back later, don't persuade him to drink. If he is drunk, he may go to the cemetery to sleep again tonight."
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Gu Chenhuan stood by the sink and washed his hands, feeling increasingly dizzy.
It’s been a long time since I drank so much, and suddenly my brain couldn’t calm down quickly after drinking so many cups in a row.
Before Gu Chenhuan had finished washing his hands, a man walked over to the sink next to him and washed his hands. The man tilted his head and was holding a mobile phone that was being called between his shoulders and the side of his head.
The man has a tall and slender figure, handsome and charming facial features, a gentle face, and a slight smile on his face, which gives people a sense of comfort as if the spring breeze is blowing on his face.
"I just came here today. I must get familiar with it. My parents must be tired after a long day. Let's go out for a walk later and get familiar with the roads and various shops nearby."
The man has a magnetic and gentle voice, speaks slowly, and has a gentle voice. He seems to have good qualities and a gentlemanly demeanor.
"Well, okay, I'll listen to you. Then I won't drive. I'll wait for you in front of the hotel... Well, hang up. See you later."
The man hung up the phone, quickly washed his hands and turned to leave.
Gu Chenhuan stood alone by the pool, frowning.
He heard the voice coming from the man's phone just now. The volume was subtle, but it was clearly captured in his ears. He remembered that voice, not only in a hurry, but also how many times it had appeared in his dreams in the past four years. .
Gu Chenhuan felt something suddenly sting his body, and suddenly came back to his senses with a shudder. He suddenly turned around and looked at the exit of the bathroom, and his heart, which had been silent for many years, suddenly started beating rapidly.
That's not an auditory hallucination!
Absolutely not! There can be no identical voice in the world!
That's his voice.
There was no way he could mishear the voice that had been etched in his mind for so many years.
At this moment, his heart seemed to have cracked a thin slit, and the longing that had been swollen inside for more than four years surged out along this slit. Gu Chenhuan felt that the blood in his body was boiling. He rushed out of the bathroom quickly, his breathing losing rhythm. , looking left and right at the long corridors on both sides with a startled expression, but could not see the figure of the man just now.
"Shitian... Shitian..."
Gu Chenhuan thought to himself, and he ran forward quickly along the corridor. He met a waiter on the way, and he quickly described the man just now and asked the waiter if he had seen him. The waiter shook his head, so Gu Chenhuan had to continue looking.
Gu Chenhuan suddenly remembered that the man called just now and said he would wait for someone at the door of the hotel, so he quickly turned around and ran towards the door of the hotel.
That familiar voice ignited the madness he had accumulated for four years. Gu Chenhuan felt that he had turned into a madman who had lost his mind at this moment. The state of mind that had been dead for four years was like a pool of stagnant water suddenly stirred up by a strong wind.
That voice was the trigger.
In the past four years, longing and regret have almost exhausted Gu Chenhuan's energy. Now, even if it is a man who looks a little bit like Shi Tianchang, Gu Chenhuan will stare at him for a long time like a lunatic, so let alone looking at him completely. The exact same voice is persistent.
When he arrived at the hotel door, Gu Chenhuan did not see the man. He asked a security guard at the hotel door. The security guard told him that there was indeed a man like the one he described waiting for someone at the door. He had just been with another man two minutes ago. left.
"What did the man who left with him look like?" Gu Chenhuan asked eagerly, "That man... did he have a scar on his face?"
The possibility was very slim, even completely ridiculous, but at this moment it was infinitely magnified by Gu Chenhuan.
However, this absurd possibility made Gu Chenhuan feel extremely excited.
The man on the phone might be Shi Tian. This possibility, which was less than 1 in 10,000, seemed to have completely saved him Gu Chenhuan tonight.
"Scar?" the security guard hesitated, "I don't think he has one. I just glanced at him casually and didn't see his exact appearance clearly. He was about 1.78 meters tall and he looked to be only 23 or 24 years old... Sir, look over there." The security guard suddenly pointed across the road and said, "They seem to be there, just across the road."
Gu Chenhuan was stunned and immediately looked in the direction of the security guard's finger.
The road in front of the hotel gate was very wide, and vehicles were coming and going. After a few seconds, Gu Chenhuan's eyes locked on the two back figures pointed by the security guard.
His eyes were fixed on the back of a man wearing a khaki trench coat. At this moment, Gu Chenhuan seemed to have forgotten where he was. He only stared at the back blankly. The next moment, the corners of his eyes suddenly became moist.
"Shitian..."
It's him!
Time!
"Sir, what's wrong with you?"
The security guard's voice brought Gu Chenhuan back to his senses. He suddenly ran to the other side of the road as if he had lost his soul. There were cars coming and going on the road. Gu Chenhuan's sudden appearance forced two cars to stop. When they were about to reach the other side of the road, Gu Chenhuan Chen Huan was still hit by a private car and fell to the ground, narrowly missing being rolled under the wheel.
Gu Chenhuan stood up from the ground with difficulty, holding his waist, but when he looked up again, he found that the figure had long disappeared.
"Shitian... Shitian..."
Gu Chenhuan endured the severe pain in his waist and walked step by step to the place where he saw Shitian standing before. He looked around, kept chanting Shitian's name, and looked for Shitian's figure anxiously. .
"I saw you..." Gu Chenhuan muttered to himself quickly, "Shitian, you are still alive, right? Are you back? I beg you to come out and see me... Shitian!" !”
Gu Chenhuan suddenly roared, startling many passers-by. At this time, Zhou Kan and several younger brothers had rushed to Gu Chenhuan's side, looking at Gu Chenhuan slightly bent over, covering the bleeding with one hand. Blood's waist and sides were all panicked.
"Brother Chen, please..."
Before Zhou Kan could finish speaking, Gu Chenhuan suddenly grabbed his collar and lifted him up in front of his eyes. His breathing was rapid and his slightly crazy expression frightened Zhou Kan. "Brother Chen... what's going on... Something happened?”
"Shi Tian is nearby, take someone to look for him, hurry up!" He exerted too much force on his hand and felt a sharp pain in his waist. Gu Chenhuan took a painful breath, "He was wearing a khaki windbreaker, and he was with a Let’s go together with men wearing *colored casual clothes!”
After Gu Chenhuan let go, Zhou Kan did not leave immediately, but carefully reminded, "Mr. Shi is no longer here. Brother Chen, you are drunk."
In everyone's eyes, Gu Chenhuan was indeed drunk at this moment.
"you... "
Gu Chenhuan wanted to scold Zhou Kan, but as soon as he got angry, there was another sharp pain in his waist. Maybe it was the bruised internal organs. Gu Chenhuan found that he began to lose his balance.
Zhou Kan and a younger brother held up Gu Chenhuan, who was about to fall, and said urgently, "Brother Chen, I'll take you to the hospital first."
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Not far away, a man in a khaki trench coat stopped and subconsciously turned his head to look.
"What's the explanation?" The man next to him asked gently.
"It's nothing. I thought someone was calling me, but I heard it wrong. Let's go, brother."