After hanging up the phone, Qin Mu didn't want to continue cooking, picked up his phone and kept calling Qi Heng. The busy tone on the phone made his heart sink more and more until he fell into the abyss.
He had a premonition that something had happened to Guoguo.
That call was made by a man named Shao Qingyu, who claimed to be a friend of Guoguo's business, and wanted to tell him face-to-face about something about Guoguo. Qin Mu has no impression of him, and Guoguo has never introduced him to others. It just so happens that he himself doesn't like the luxurious life of those dudes. In his spare time, he would rather go hiking with a group of like-minded people.
It was rumored that Qi Heng had a same-sex lover who had been in love for many years. Qi Heng protected Qin Mu very well. No one knew whether the rumors were true or not. Someone once asked Qi Heng curiously what kind of person could catch his eyes. Qi Heng just smiled and didn't answer.
Qin Mu didn't know how Shao Qingyu got his phone number, the other party only said that he would come to find him and hung up.
The man didn't even ask for his exact address.
After making dozens of calls but still not getting through, Qin Mu stared blankly for a while holding the phone. He didn't know why Guoguo didn't answer his call. Such a situation had never happened before. In the past, even when it was inconvenient to answer the phone during a meeting, Guoguo would send him a text message immediately.
After an unknown amount of time, the phone rang again.
Qin Mu came back to his senses and connected the call without even looking at the screen: "Hello?"
"Mr. Qin, I'm downstairs at your house now."
The male voice on the phone was low and hoarse, with a calm and firm tone.
Qin Mu stood up from the sofa, walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows, opened the curtains and looked downstairs. A black commercial vehicle parked quietly downstairs. Before Qin Mu could react, a man's voice came from the phone Low laughter: "Mr. Qin, I saw you."
Pulling the curtains with a swipe, Qin Mu strode towards the door.
When he arrived downstairs, the other party had already got out of the car, leaning against the car body, with a cigarette in his hand. Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man turned his head to look at Qin Mu. Rusty, with a hoarseness worn by stones, not as magnetic as it sounds on the phone, "Hello."
Qin Mu stared at the other party deeply, "Where's Qi Heng?"
The other party avoided answering, but said unhurriedly: "Won't you invite me to sit up?"
This is not a place for conversation, Qin Mu was silent for a few seconds, and walked ahead first.
The man behind smiled, crushed out the cigarette butt with his foot, and followed behind Qin Mu. He walked unhappily and kept a distance from Qin Mu. After entering the room, Qin Mu brewed two cups of tea and sat down opposite Shao Qingyu, "Let's talk now."
Shao Qingyu picked up the teacup, blew gently on the floating tea leaves, took a small sip, put down the teacup, and put his hands on the table, "Well, to make a long story short, Mr. Qin, I think you should I am very aware of the current situation of the Qi Group, and to tell you the truth, three months ago, I lent Qi Heng a sum of money for the sake of the friendship between Uncle Qi and my father in the past. The final repayment deadline has been exceeded."
Hearing these words, Qin Mu's eyelids twitched, and his tone was tense: "How much do you owe?"
"Anyway, it's a sum you can't afford to repay."
There was no ridicule in Shao Qingyu's words, but just pointing out the facts.
Qin Mu just wants to know where Guoguo is now. Guoguo's phone can't be reached, and Shao Qingyu just called him. Qin Mu understands that there is no such coincidence in the world. Guoguo's loss of contact must be related to the person in front of him Men are concerned.
He carefully looked at this man named Shao Qingyu. He had handsome features, a high nose and thin lips, a calm and calm demeanor, and his sitting posture seemed casual but did not conceal the calm demeanor that belonged to the superior. Qin Mu frowned, and retrieved the memories related to Shao Qingyu in his mind, but he still couldn't remember where he had seen him.
But how did he know that his surname is Qin? Could it be that Guoguo told him
As if seeing the doubt in Qin Mu's eyes, Shao Qingyu's hoarse voice sounded again: "I don't think you may remember me, Mr. Qin, I met you once at the reception held by Director Fang .”
Qin Mu had never attended any reception, Qi Heng didn't like him to show his face in public, the only time was when Qi Heng called him when he was drunk and insisted that he drive to pick him up. It was already dark that day, and Qin Mu was wearing ordinary clothes, so no one should have noticed him.
He didn't dwell on this issue, and turned the topic back on Qi Heng: "Can you tell me where Qi Heng is now?"
Shao Qingyu didn't go around in circles with him, leaned back on the back of the chair, and lazily replied: "He is in my hands now, since he can't pay back the money, then I have to get something from him .”
The thought in his heart was confirmed, Qin Mu's body froze, and his black pupils locked tightly on the opponent's eyes.
"what do you want?"
"What do you want?" After a pause, his eyes scanned the man, Shao Qingyu concealed the darkness in his eyes, "For example, Qi Heng's life." After saying this, he noticed that the man opposite him The fingers on the coffee table flicked slightly, a leisurely smile flashed across his eyes, and he added lightly: "Another example—"
Qin Mu tried to stabilize his voice: "Like what?"
"you."
Qin Mu wouldn't be so stupid that he couldn't hear the hidden meaning in the other party's words. Obviously Guoguo was in his hands, but he bypassed Guoguo to find himself. The purpose of the visitor was self-evident. Over the years, there were indeed many people who liked him and pursued him enthusiastically, but these Yingyingyanyans were all stopped by Guoguo.
Now that Guoguo just lost her momentum, someone came to her...
Seeing Qin Mu's silence, Shao Qingyu didn't force him. He picked up the teacup and put it to his mouth, took another sip, and commented lightly: "This tea is not bad."
Tea is good tea, but as the other party, what kind of tea has not been drunk.
Qin Mu fell silent for a long time.
He thought of the time he spent with Guoguo these years, from the age of eight to twenty-six, during these eighteen years, he and Guoguo had never been separated. If calculated according to the age of one hundred, Guoguo's life has just passed a quarter. In Qin Mu's prediction, he and Guoguo will stay together until they grow old, rather than one party leaving early.
But if Guoguo knew that he had saved him by selling his body, it would be very painful for Guoguo's character.
Qin Mu thought a lot. He thought that if Guoguo died, he would pay for his life, but then he remembered that grandma was alone in the world with no one to take care of her, and Guoguo's wish was to revive the Qi Group. He definitely didn't want to just leave like this. world. After thinking too much, Qin Mu couldn't help laughing at himself in his heart, in the face of human life, what can't be given up, alive, at least there is hope.
So he raised his head and met Shao Qingyu's deep and dark eyes, his eyes were covered with a layer of gray mist, and asked dully: "How long?"
"One year."
"Okay, I promise."
…
On the same day, Shao Qingyu asked him to move to his villa under the pretense of inspecting the goods.
Qin Mu asked him when he could let Qi Heng come back, and Shao Qingyu gave an answer readily, telling him that he could let Qi Heng go tomorrow. Qin Mu thought for a moment, took the suitcase and began to pack it. Shao Qingyu stood beside him, watched him fold the clothes one by one and put them into the box, and suddenly said: "No need to pack, you have to wear clothes." I'll buy you some clothes again."
Without raising his head, Qin Mu said coldly, "No need."
He packed his luggage to show Qi Heng, and if Qi Heng didn't see him when he came back, he could call him and lie to him that he was going on a trip. After simply packing his luggage, Qin Mu zipped up the suitcase, got up and looked at Shao Qingyu, "I don't want Qi Heng to know about the matter between us."
The corner of his mouth curled up, and Shao Qingyu looked at Qin Mu with a half-smile: "Why, you still want to go back to Qi Heng after sleeping with me?"
"No, I will break up with him."
Upon hearing this answer, a strange look flashed across Shao Qingyu's eyes, and he didn't say anything abnormally.
Along the way, Qin Mu didn't speak, and stared blankly at the car window, the backward scenery turned into phantoms in his eyes. Shao Qingyu looked sideways at Qin Mu's perfect side face, his eyes extended from the handsome eyebrows, passed over the tall nose bridge and light-colored lips, and finally fell on the man's delicate and sunken collarbone. The man was wearing a white shirt today, with two buttons unbuttoned at the neckline, sitting upright, looking ascetic and not profane.
Shao Qingyu's fingertips on his knee shrunk slightly, and when he opened them again, he slowly put his palm on the back of Qin Mu's hand, sensing that Qin Mu wanted to pull his hand away intentionally, Shao Qingyu withdrew his hands hard Tightly, firmly grasped Qin Mu's right hand in his hand.
He held it tightly, his knuckles were faintly white.
"Don't forget the deal between us."
A cold and hard voice sounded in his ear at the right time, Qin Mu paused, not trying to pull his hand away.
Afterwards, the two of them didn't speak to each other, the atmosphere in the car was so quiet that it was a bit weird, but Shao Qingyu's hand held Qin Mu's hand firmly all the time, even though his palm was sweating a little.
When he arrived at the destination, the butler was already guarding outside. He bowed respectfully: "Mr. Shao."
Shao Qingyu hummed, and said briefly: "Have the rooms been tidied up?"
"It's all packed as you ordered."
"That's good." Shao Qingyu turned his head to look at Qin Mu who was standing aside, stretched out his hand towards him, and slightly parted his thin lips, "Come here."
Qin Mu walked to his side expressionlessly, ignoring the man's hand.
"go in."
Withdrawing his hand freely, Shao Qingyu said indifferently, and was about to step up, when the housekeeper hesitated to speak: "Mr. Shao, the second young master is here."
"he?"
Shao Qingyu's face turned cold.
At this moment, a figure rushed out in a hurry, "Brother, you are back."
Qin Mu followed the prestige, and when he saw the face of the person who came, he almost didn't call out the name of the person who had been in the dust for many years.