After pushing the door open, Chu Yinlong's pupils shrank slightly.
The scene in the room was better than he had imagined, but also worse than he had imagined—the person who was crying was not the one he was worried about, but he never expected that Qin Xiao would prepare such a room!
My heart suddenly shrank, causing pain in all my limbs.
Chu Yinlong saw his boy slowly turn around, his eyes filled with silence, without sadness or joy, without emotion or desire, as if he was not a living person.
At that moment, Chu Yinlong felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
Jiang Dao turned around and was stunned when he saw that the person coming was Chu Yinlong.
Then, the spirit in his eyes suddenly returned, like a dead tree resurrected, and his voice was slightly surprised: "Why are you here?"
The next second, he was hugged tightly by a slightly heavy force. Chu Yinlong's hot cheek was pressed against his hair, and his body was trembling slightly.
"That's great... You're okay..." His voice was hoarse and he lowered it very low, "You're okay..."
Jiang Dao felt helpless and sighed softly.
He was mentally prepared to be called by the police, but he didn't expect Chu Yinlong to come in person after getting off the plane. It was really... negligent.
Now, whether or not to use the lies I have made up... is a question.
Officer Xing walked to the door, took a good look at the situation in the room, frowned and cleared his throat.
Chu Yinlong then let go of Jiang Dao and looked at him reassuringly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
He took Jiang Dao's hand and squeezed it gently.
Jiangdao was immediately relieved and decided to tell the truth to a certain extent.
Officer Xing entered the room, his eyes fell on Jiang Dao's face, and he pointed at Qin Xiao who was still talking nonsense on the chair and asked, "What's wrong with him?"
Jiang Dao: "He drank the wine prepared for me."
Officer Xing: ...
Chu Yinlong looked suddenly at Qin Xiao who was tied in the restraint chair. A layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his back, and then the anger in his chest burst out.
The wine prepared for Jiangdao...
If, if Jiang Dao hadn't been able to fight back, then what would have happened...at this moment?
How dare Qin Xiao? !
Seeing Chu Yinlong clench his fists and look at Qin Xiao with a murderous look, Officer Xing quickly called a young police officer over and said, "You, take him to the hospital first and take good care of him."
The young policeman agreed and called two of his companions to help carry Qin Xiao.
"You, come back with me..." Officer Xing said half a sentence to Jiang Dao, and when he saw Chu Yinlong's bad face, he immediately changed his words, "... Let's ask a question downstairs."
Back in the living room, Jiang Dao sat down on the sofa, lowered his eyelashes and waited for questions.
Officer Xing first asked the police whether the five people were injured. After learning that they were just fainted and no external injuries were found after examination, he looked at Jiang Dao and his expression became serious: "Tell me, what happened?"
"Last night, Qin Xiao called me and asked me to come see him this morning." Jiang Dao said calmly, skipping over the most problematic hours without leaving a trace, and said as if it was a matter of course, "After I got here, I found that there was something wrong with the wine they prepared for me, so..."
At this point, he paused, his eyes moved between Chu Yinlong and Officer Xing, and then continued: "...I poured the glass of wine back to him."
Officer Xing rubbed his forehead and was silent for a long time, then asked, "What happened to the other four people?"
Jiang Dao answered obediently: "I fainted."
This time Officer Xing was completely speechless.
In this matter, Jiang Dao was originally the victim. The five people on the other side wanted to harm him, and he had the right to resist.
However, after he escaped from danger, he poured medicated wine into the man's mouth, tied up the man and knocked him out, which was clearly excessive self-defense.
Fortunately, after he excessively defended himself, he did not commit further offenses. He neither hurt the four people nor did he use the effects of the drugs to do anything to Qin Xiao. He also admitted it so straightforwardly, making the matter less troublesome to deal with.
Thinking of this, Officer Xing said sternly: "Xiao Chu, this child's thoughts are a bit dangerous, you have to educate him well. If he continues to be so willful, I am worried that he will defy the law in the future... We practice martial arts to strengthen our bodies and help the strong and the weak, but we can't break the law with martial arts!"
Hearing what Officer Xing said, there shouldn't be any major problems.
Chu Yinlong heaved a sigh of relief, raised his hand and pressed Jiang Dao's head, saying: "Don't worry, I will definitely educate him well."
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion at the door of the villa, and Officer Xing asked, "What's going on?"
The young police officer reported: "We woke him up. Mr. Li was emotionally unstable and cursed a few times. Mr. Zhu and Mr. Wang rushed over to cover his mouth... He has been persuaded to recover."
Officer Xing frowned when he heard this: "They are suspected of attempted crime, take them back to the police station for questioning."
The clenched fist in Jiangdao's pocket slowly loosened.
Qin Xiao was sent to the hospital, and evidence collection at the scene was almost complete.
Seeing that Chu Yinlong was in a bad mood, Officer Xing agreed and asked him to take Jiang Dao home first, and contact him again if there was any investigation that needed his cooperation. Then he escorted away the men with saw-mouthed gourds.
…
It was not until he got into Chu Yinlong's car that Jiang Dao finally relaxed and took his hand out of his pocket.
As the car drove onto the national highway, Chu Yinlong asked, "What time did you arrive?"
Jiang Dao said casually: "Eight o'clock."
Chu Yinlong: "Tell the truth."
Jiang Dao was silent for a moment, then replied in a low voice: "Last night."
After a moment of silence, Chu Yinlong asked again: "How did you spend the night?"
Jiang Dao: "...Can I not say it?"
After another moment of silence, Chu Yinlong said, "Breaking into a private residence is also a crime."
Jiang Dao said in a cold tone: "He invited me."
"Ejima!"
Chu Yinlong parked the car on the side of the road, turned around and stared at Jiang Dao's face, his eyes bloodshot.
His voice trembled slightly, but his tone was firm: "You'd better remember, if one day you trample on the law and hurt others, not only will I not help you - I will send you to jail myself! You'd better remember this!"
Jiang Dao lowered his eyelashes and said nothing.
"I'm sorry..." Chu Yinlong's voice was slightly hoarse, revealing fatigue. "I... didn't mean to scold you. This matter is Qin Xiao's own fault. They are the ones who made the mistake, and they are the ones who should be punished by law. I'm actually very glad that you can protect yourself. After all, I can't be there all the time... I'm sorry."
"You don't have to apologize," Jiang Dao whispered, "I know you were scared by me."
Chu Yinlong exhaled slowly: "Yes, I'm scared."
Jiang Dao suddenly looked at him, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, but he tried to suppress it: "Are you afraid of me?"
Chu Yinlong smiled bitterly: "I'm not afraid of you, I'm afraid...if you do something dangerous like this again, will I really see you being taken away by the police one day? Jiang Dao, I don't want to see you get hurt by anything, but I also don't want to see you...act recklessly and end up hurting yourself."
Jiang Dao was silent again.
Chu Yinlong restarted the car, drove all the way to the villa where he lived, and parked in the garage in the yard.
For a long time, neither of them got out of the car. They just sat there quietly and silently, each with their own thoughts.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Dao spoke first: "How did you guess that I broke into the villa last night?"
Chu Yinlong pinched his brows and said, "What I can do, it shouldn't be difficult for you to do... But, Xiaodao, practicing martial arts is not about ignoring the rules, do you understand?"
"I understand." Jiang Dao looked at his fingertips and answered in a low voice.
"You understand, why do you still want to go find Qin Xiao?" Chu Yinlong felt a headache, "Knowing that he is targeting you, why do you want to take the risk? What if something happens to you..."
"I'm not afraid that he'll target me. My relationship with him is doomed to be bad. If he was just threatening me, I wouldn't care about him at all." Jiang Dao interrupted, speaking quickly, "But he bribed the people around you and stole the secrets of your studio. He wants to attack you and put the blame on me to sow discord between us - he's crossing the line!"
Chu Yinlong was speechless for a moment.
After a while, the aura that had exploded from Jiang Dao slowly receded and subsided. He returned to his harmless appearance as a young boy, pursing his lips and looking a little aggrieved: "I don't want to...lose you..."
A tingling sensation suddenly spread across Chu Yinlong's heart. He moved his fingers slightly, almost wanting to grab the boy's hand and hold it in his palm.
But Jiang Dao slowly finished the sentence: "...this friend."
Chu Yinlong's hand, which was halfway stretched out, froze in the middle.
"I don't want to lose any more friends." Jiang Dao said, closing his eyes, his voice so low that it was almost inaudible, "I don't want to become enemies because of misunderstandings..."
At this moment, Jiang Dao looked sad and fragile, as if he was about to be pulled away from this world.
Even though they were so close, Chu Yinlong felt as if there was an invisible barrier between them, separating them in different dimensions.
Feeling panic in his heart, Chu Yinlong finally held Jiang Dao's hand tightly and wrapped his cold fingertips in his palm.
Jiang Dao felt the burning heat wrapped around his fingers, turned his face away slightly, clenched his teeth, and forced back the sour feeling in his nasal cavity.
He suddenly felt that he was being a little pretentious, and he had obviously not been like this before.
He didn’t have so many useless emotions before. No matter sadness, anger, shock or fear, he could handle them with ease and eventually transform all these emotions into fighting power.
Sure enough, a comfortable world makes people weak.
cry?
He hadn't cried since he was ten years old.
Crying will not only fail to help him survive, but will also make people see his helplessness, and the bullying will come more unscrupulously.
"If you feel sad," Chu Yinlong pulled Jiang Dao's hand, "just cry if you want to."
The corners of this child's eyes are red, I wonder how aggrieved he feels... His eyes didn't get red even when he was injured or scolded on the set.
Jiang Dao had suppressed his emotions.
He opened his eyes and looked at Chu Yinlong, his eyes clear: "Why should I cry?"
Chu Yinlong sighed.
Feeling Jiang Dao's cold fingers being slowly warmed up by him, he finally let go and rubbed Jiang Dao's head: "Okay, get off the car, go in and eat something, take a shower, sleep, and have a good rest."
…
After eating something to fill his stomach, Jiang Dao followed Chu Yinlong to the master bedroom on the second floor.
Chu Yinlong took out a set of pajamas from the closet and handed it to him, apologetically saying, "It's not new, it's clean. If you don't mind..."
Jiang Dao shook his head and reached out to take it.
Chu Yinlong cleared his throat and said, "I don't have any new underwear to lend you... But you can wash the ones you are wearing. There is a dryer at home."
Jiang Dao nodded and said nothing.
Chu Yinlong led him to the master bathroom: "Take a shower here. We don't have frequent visitors, and the things in the guest bathroom and guest room haven't been used for a long time... After you take a shower, just rest on the bed in the master bedroom."
Seeing Chu Yinlong turning around to leave, Jiang Dao suddenly called him, using his full name for the first time, and his tone was serious.
"Chu Yinlong." He looked into the man's eyes, "Will we always be friends?"
——I can always trust you, I can tell you my whole story, I can let you see all my shortcomings and willfulness, and when I make mistakes you can always hold me back and not let me fall into the abyss... Will we always be friends like this?
When Chu Yinlong heard these words, he suddenly felt complicated and his expression was subtle and conflicted.
Always been friends?
Saying this to him... is not a good idea.
Without waiting for an answer, Jiang Dao was a little surprised at first, but then he suddenly realized.
That's right. The fact that the original owner spent a large sum of money to bribe the director was exposed. Even if Chu Yinlong was willing to help him this time, he would have to consider whether he could always trust him and be friends with him.
Seeing the expectation in the boy's eyes gradually extinguished, Chu Yinlong made up his mind: "Of course, we will always be friends."
Anyway…boyfriends can also be friends.
He still has a chance.
…
While Jiang Dao was taking a shower, Chu Yinlong turned on his muted phone and saw several missed calls on the screen, from Secretary Zhang, Longqi Entertainment's public relations department, and the legal department. He called back one by one to confirm the matters he had arranged as soon as he got off the plane today.
"Have you found a lawyer? Then send the letter."
"The Yanyi District Traffic Police Department must give an explanation as to why the surveillance footage of that section of road was leaked. We must continue to exert public pressure until they respond."
"Have you caught the traitor? The cleaner... Ha, when will the cleaner be able to open the confidential filing cabinet? She must be a corporate spy. Qin Xiao, don't even think about getting away with this!"
"There are indeed traces of editing? Contact Galaxy Media and make sure to get the complete recording."
Chu Yinlong stood in front of the study window with a solemn expression.
After returning all the calls, he lowered his eyes and looked at the phone screen for a long time, and finally made up his mind to dial out.
After waiting for a while, the other end picked up the phone. A female voice said with a smile: "You finally decided to call me?"
Chu Yinlong choked and said, "That's true. I still call you quite often..."
Lu Xiaorong said, "When you call me, you only tell me good news and not bad news. What happened to you? How did you get scolded? I know more from watching the news and trending searches than from listening to you. When I ask you, you change the subject... What's wrong? You can't handle it this time?"
"We can handle it this time. We have already started to deal with it." Chu Yinlong said, and then hesitated, "It's just..."
"You just feel that you can't let Qin Xiao go. You want to suppress him and make him unable to turn over and dare not show up again?" Lu Xiaorong smiled and said gently, "I understand. You have the ability to solve the crisis in front of you, but you haven't learned to take the initiative to trick others."
Chu Yinlong was choked again: "...Mom."
"It seems that you really like that Jiang Dao." Lu Xiaorong said with a smile, "You have been so kind-hearted since childhood and have never wanted to cheat others. This time, you have failed."
Chu Yinlong simply didn't say anything.
There was a burst of noise on the phone, and someone seemed to say something to Lu Xiaorong. Lu Xiaorong laughed a few times and returned to the receiver: "Your uncle Xiang wants to ask you, to what extent do you want to play with Tianqin Capital? Just Qin Xiao? Or do you want to kill Qin Jiangshan as well?"
After saying that, he even said jokingly: "Your uncle Xiang said that since his surname is Xiang, it is only natural for him to destroy Qin."
Chu Yinlong: ...
He knew this would be the result, so he didn't want to ask his mother and stepfather for help.
Although Xiang Yuancheng is a financial giant, Tianqin Capital is not weak either. It is simple to say, but if the two sides really fight to the death, Xiang Yuancheng will also have to bear a very high risk.
But... this time, he didn't want to give Qin Xiao any chance to make a comeback.
Last time, he thought that the entertainment industry's problems could be solved within the entertainment industry, so he let Qin Xiao go. As a result, Jiang Dao suffered more damage and was almost...
"I don't want him to be hurt like this again." Chu Yinlong said, "Qin Xiao must pay the price for his actions."
Only by removing the capital that supports him can we truly defeat him.
"Okay, got it." Lu Xiaorong said calmly, "Leave it to us, and just focus on filming your scenes. Also, be careful and don't get hurt."
Chu Yinlong was about to say something when suddenly, there was a knock on the study door, and he subconsciously let someone in.
Jiang Dao pushed open the door in his pajamas, with a troubled look on his face: "Uh, I...can't sleep, can you help me?"
"Okay, wait a moment." After agreeing to Jiang Dao, Chu Yinlong was about to say goodbye to his mother on the phone, but suddenly he heard a chuckle.
Lu Xiaorong and Lu Zhengrong are sisters. She started by teasing, "Oh, I was worried that you would be too busy chanting Buddha's name and wouldn't be able to fall in love. Fortunately, you are young and energetic after all. I was overthinking... Then I can't disturb you. Go and get them to sleep. Bye!"
Listening to the dead tone on the phone, Chu Yinlong: …
Why are they more anxious than him, the real owner?
This kind of thing... can it be done in a hurry? !
Chu Yinlong silently turned the phone to silent again, raised his hand to cover his hot ears, walked towards Jiang Dao, and took him back to the master bedroom while asking, "Why can't you sleep?"
Jiang Dao pursed his lips and sighed: "I don't know. I feel anxious when I close my eyes. Listening to books doesn't work... So I want to try Buddhist scriptures to see if they can help."
Perhaps because he recalled too many bad things yesterday, the worry about "loss" in his heart has not subsided yet. As soon as he closed his eyes, he felt that he would wake up from the silent battlefield, dragging his serious injuries, turning over the dead faces of his comrades one by one...
My body is clearly tired, but I dare not fall asleep.
This kind of thing had never happened when he was on the battlefield. Being able to fall asleep and wake up at any time is an essential ability for a warrior.
How come now that he's in a comfortable place, these memories can have such a bad effect on him?
Jiang Dao couldn't understand it at all.
Back in the master bedroom, Chu Yinlong took out a stick of sandalwood from the box, lit it, and began to recite scriptures.
Jiang Dao closed his eyes and heard Chu Yinlong's slightly low voice in his ears, chanting the ethereal and pure Sanskrit sound. It quickly soothed the anxiety, worry and fear in his heart, and gradually brought him into an extremely comfortable dream.
Chu Yinlong opened his eyes, got up from the cushion by the bay window, and sat down beside the bed.
Looking at Jiangdao's brows that finally relaxed, he raised his hand and gently stroked there with his knuckles.
After a moment, his fingers moved downward, hovering over Jiang Dao's beautiful nose, tracing his lips in the air.
His throat rolled uncontrollably, Chu Yinlong suddenly withdrew his hand and took a short breath.
He picked up his phone and returned to his study, where he gave instructions for a series of matters, then informed his secretary and assistant that he needed to take a lunch break to adjust to the jet lag and that they should not be disturbed unless there was an emergency.
Then he quickly took a quick shower, changed into clean pajamas, tiptoed back to the master bedroom, slowly walked forward, lay down next to Jiang Dao, turned sideways, and quietly looked at the sleeping boy.
After a long time, Chu Yinlong moved his fingertips, moved over, and hooked the boy's hand that fell on his side.
The next moment, his hand was indeed tightly grasped, just like that night in Taoyuanju not long ago.
Chu Yinlong held Jiang Dao's hand and sighed silently.
He closed his eyes and thought: Sure enough, people will become more and more greedy.
…
Jiang Dao seldom had sweet dreams.
His dreams were often filled with fragments of battles or chases. If he could still remember sporadic fragments when he woke up, he would feel extremely tired even after waking up.
But this time, he didn't want to wake up from the dream.
He dreamed that he was swimming in a magnificent ocean, surrounded by gorgeous flowers and schools of fish. Someone was holding his hand and taking him across a miraculous underwater rainbow... Unfortunately, the person was wearing a diving suit and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he was sure that the other person was a friend he trusted very much.
They arrived at a coral-covered sea area and lay on the coral bubbles that were as soft as clouds. The man gently held him in his arms, the embrace was warm and reassuring... The man slowly approached him, and the soft lips under the goggles were within reach.
Do you want to kiss me?
Jiang Dao suddenly remembered the description he saw in the script.
Yes, in this scene, Chu Yinlong should have kissed her...but why did he stop?
Hazily, Jiang Dao subconsciously felt that something was wrong. The scenes in the dream slowly disappeared, and he felt that he was being hugged by someone, with calm and long breathing in his ears.
Jiang Dao's eyelashes trembled, but he didn't open them.
He didn't want to wake up from his dream.
I wonder if I can go back to that dream and let it continue if I continue sleeping now?
Not that he was looking forward to that kiss…
...but the scenery under the sea is so beautiful.
I wanted to feel sleepy, but my mind stubbornly became more and more awake.
Jiang Dao felt a little angry for no apparent reason. He opened his eyes quickly and decided to get up.
Unexpectedly, just as he moved to get out of Chu Yinlong's arms, he felt the man suddenly tighten his arms, turned over and half pressed him down.
With his legs pressed against him, Jiang Dao froze and didn't move.
Chu Yinlong opened his eyes, still a little confused, and rubbed Jiang Dao's cheek with the tip of his nose. Then his movements suddenly froze, and the confusion in his eyes quickly disappeared, revealing the chaos hidden within.
Jiangdao felt the thing pressing against his legs carefully moved away.
Chu Yinlong looked calm, loosened his arm and moved to the side.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Dao couldn't help but laugh.
He laughed a few times, turned over and lay on his side, looked at Chu Yinlong, blinked his eyes and asked: "Teacher Chu, what good things did you dream about? Tell me about it?"
Chu Yinlong jumped up, reached out to lift the quilt and covered Jiang Dao's head to hide the pair of eyes that tempted him to make mistakes. Then, without even having time to put on his slippers, he strode out of the master bedroom barefoot and turned into the guest bathroom next door.
If some things are not released for too long, there will be problems - Chu Yinlong thought angrily with red ears.
…
In the master bedroom, Jiang Dao sat up holding the quilt, holding his chin with one hand, looking at the door that Chu Yinlong did not have time to close when he left.
Seeing him walking in such a hurry, I wonder whether he should find a quiet place or deal with it quickly?
If he was dealing with... He was usually so serious, what would he look like when dealing with that? What speed do you prefer? What techniques are you used to?
...Wait, what am I thinking? !
Jiang Dao shook his head violently, thinking that he might have fallen asleep.
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