Chapter 70 School Beauty Arrives
Qiao Qiao and his friends sent Ning Song home. It was the first time for many of them to visit Lower Harbor.
Ning Song invited them to dinner and also invited Li You and Zheng Xiaobo.
The restaurant was recommended by Li You. It was absolutely good value for money. He knew the owner, and he gave them free drinks. The place to eat was next to the old port. There were police officers coming and going outside, which made people feel at ease.
While eating, Ning Song sent a bunch of photos to Pu Yu.
Pu Yu didn't reply to him either. No one knew what he was busy with.
Recently, martial law was imposed in Xiagangwan at 9 o'clock. They started eating at 7 o'clock, and at 8:30 Qiaoqiao and his friends were ready to disperse and go home.
Li You said, "Just go home, I'll take him back."
Li You was a little tipsy after drinking some wine, so he bought a pack of cigarettes at the canteen at the entrance of the restaurant. Ning Song was waiting for him under the street light, holding her cell phone and sending a message to Pu Yu.
The TV at the entrance of the canteen was originally playing a movie, but it was suddenly interrupted and a piece of news was broadcasted. When he heard Pu Mingke's name, he took a closer look and then saw the news about Pu Guanting.
The picture showed the Pu family mansion that he was most familiar with, with tall walls standing tall, many police cars parked at the gate, and many people surrounding it. Then he saw the scene of Pu Guanting being taken away.
Li You was a little dazed when he saw the news. The cigarette in his mouth was not lit but was held in his hand.
Ning Song stood at the door and read the news. He had drunk some wine and was a little dazed at the moment. Suddenly his cell phone vibrated and he immediately picked it up and took a look.
Not Pu Yu.
It was Liu Fen who called.
His heart was beating a little fast. He answered the phone, but his face turned even paler after listening to a few words and he hung up in a hurry.
"What's wrong?" Li You asked him.
"My mother said someone sent a threatening letter to my house."
When they returned to Ning's house, they saw Liu Fen holding a very familiar manila envelope.
Liu Fen had already opened the letter. There was no text on it, only a red X that looked like blood.
Liu Fen was very nervous and said, "I heard someone knocking on the door. Just as I was about to check, I heard the window glass being smashed. Then someone threw the letter in. I didn't know who it was and I didn't dare to chase after them."
Ning Song felt that the envelope looked very familiar. He opened his suitcase and took out the other two letters he had received today. He tore them open and found that neither of them was a love letter.
They are all threatening letters.
There was not a single word on it, just a blood-red X.
Liu Fen was shocked: "Where did all this come from?"
"I received it at school." Ning Song said.
Li You touched it and said, "It's not blood, it's ink."
Liu Fen was a little panicked and said, "I also saw a similar threatening letter when I was at Xiaoyu's house. Could this be related to the Pu family? Because your father and I both work there? I just called your father and he said something happened to the Pu family too."
"If it was because of you, the letter should have been sent to you, not to my school."
More like following him.
Classroom, dormitory, home.
Ning Song flipped through the threatening letter and found that there was not even a single word on the cover.
"If you received the call while you were at school, our school has had very strict security these days, so it's unlikely to be someone from outside the school," said Li You.
That could be someone from their school, or the person threatening him could be someone who knows someone from their school.
The first person Ning Song thought of was Qin Yi.
He had just reminded him, and he received these letters. The coincidence was too high. If it was really him, it would be better, at least we would know what he wanted to do. But Pu Guanting was just taken away, which almost verified what Qin Yi said. Qin Yi said that the Pu family mansion was about to collapse, and anyone who was too close to the Pu family would be affected.
I’m just afraid that it’s someone else, maybe one of those big guys behind the scenes that Qin Yi mentioned.
He felt uneasy and felt that things were suddenly out of control.
Ning Wei came back soon. Li You was worried and didn't want to leave. He asked Ning Song, "I think this is aimed at you. Do you want to stay at my place for one night and see what happens tomorrow?"
Ning Song shook her head. Liu Fen was obviously very nervous. There was no way she would let him stay out overnight at this time.
Li You had no choice but to leave first.
Ningsong couldn't sleep, so he turned off the lights and secretly looked outside through the window. Suddenly, he saw a scarlet light flickering at the corner downstairs. He looked carefully and it seemed that there was a figure standing in the darkness, looking at their house.
His heart tightened, and he looked for a long time, and felt that the figure looked familiar.
When the other person lit a cigarette, the fire illuminated the other person's face, and he realized that it was Li You.
He immediately put on his clothes and went downstairs.
Li You was squatting against the wall, but when he heard the noise, he stood up immediately.
"Brother You, it's me." Ning Song said.
Li You walked out from the shadows: "Are you still awake?"
"Why are you still here?"
"I was worried, so I came back to check. I just stayed for a while and was about to leave," said Li You.
"I've been watching you for half an hour." Ning Song said, "You haven't left yet, have you?"
Li You was exposed by him, and he just smiled and said, "I'll see if that person will come again."
Ning Song said, "It's already this late, he probably won't show up again today. There was a threatening letter, but it said it was just a warning. If he really wanted to do something to our family, he wouldn't have sent the letter."
Li You hummed and crushed the cigarette in his hand: "You go back, I'm leaving too."
Ning Song knew that he was worried about her: "Why don't you come to my house and sleep?"
Li You shook his head and left.
Ning Song stood alone on the steps, stunned for a while.
The street lights were dim, not as bright as the moonlight. He watched Li You disappear into the night, and when he looked down, he saw a pile of cigarette butts on the ground.
The next day, the news about the Pu family was everywhere. Ning Wei went out again early in the morning, and the mother and son were watching the news at home. Suddenly, Ning Song received a call from Pu Yu.
"Uncle Ning told me about the threatening letter. Why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't know what the other party means yet. It may be a prank by other boys. How is Uncle Pu?"
"The legal team is following up, and my grandfather just arrived. You and Aunt Liu pack up, I'll pick you up later."
Pu Yu hung up the phone after he finished speaking, and came back with Ning Wei a few moments later.
Ning Wei said, "I am worried about you two living alone in Lower Harbor."
Pu Yu said: "My home is still very safe, you can live there without worry. My brother is always thinking about you."
In front of Liu Fen and the others, Ning Song did not ask much, and was pestered by Pu Ying when he arrived at Pu's house. Pu Ying had no idea what happened. He did not go out to school for a few days, and his family bought him a bunch of toys. He was very happy.
He was still playing with Pu Ying when Pu Yu had already gone out again.
A large number of people began to come and go in the Pu family, and they kept coming and going all night. At four or five in the morning, Ning Song came out and saw Pu Yu sitting against the wall at his door.
Although things have been very turbulent recently, Pu Yu is still very stable, making people feel at ease just by looking at him. All the dangers seem to be illusions. This is the first time he has seen him so defeated.
Ning Song sat down next to him.
The second floor was very quiet and dark, while people were still coming and going on the first floor. The noise at this time was disturbing.
For several days, Pu Yu was rarely at home. He read all the news about Pu Guanting from the news. Pu Guanting's case progressed very quickly and soon involved Pu Mingke. The atmosphere in the Pu family was also changing. People who came and went went from being calm and relaxed at first to looking very serious later. He even heard Mrs. Pu quarreling with others once. Even the most innocent Pu Ying noticed the changes in the family and gradually calmed down. He hugged him and listened to Mrs. Pu crying.
In late July, before the summer camp began, Pu Mingke suffered a stroke.
Therefore, Pu Yu did not attend the summer camp, but just sent Ning Song to the airport.
This sudden change was too much for them at the age of 17. The building was about to collapse, but they were powerless. Pu Yu had lost a lot of weight, his chin had become sharper, and Ning Song didn't dare to ask him if he wanted to stay with him, because Pu Yu told him to "stop being stupid".
That was indeed a useless act, and all Ning Song could do was to try not to be affected by it. He had been very resolute in the past half month at Pu's house, hoping that Pu Yu could feel that he could be relied on spiritually.
This is all he can give him.
Although Pu Yu was unable to go abroad with him, they kept in touch every day. In August, Pu Guanting's case was concluded at the first instance. The new underground city chief was sentenced to twenty years in prison, while Pu Guanting himself was sentenced to twelve years. He and Pu Yu rarely talked about the progress of Pu Guanting's case, only knowing that this was not the final result.
He had seen some foreign cases of big shots fighting each other. Generally, such cases lasted for a year or even several years and needed to be tried again and again. Although from the information he knew, big shots of the Pu family's level would eventually escape successfully, it was still a big shock to see it with his own eyes.
After all, there were some prosperous and large families that were suddenly wiped out.
The most important thing is that he doesn't know who the enemy of the Pu family is. The struggles in the upper class are very complicated.
In the beginning, their chat group had thousands of messages a day, but gradually, no one talked anymore.
Everyone became cautious because they cared about Pu Yu's feelings. Pu Yu was a taciturn person who seldom showed his emotions, so everyone seldom mentioned Pu's family affairs afterwards.
The summer camp lasted for a month. When Ning Song returned from the European Federation, Liu Fen and Ning Wei had already resigned from the Pu family.
Pu Yu and his family temporarily moved to Xia Dongzhou next door, the Pu family's hometown. Pu Mingke lived there and needed someone to take care of him. They still had two large companies in the local area, and most of the Pu family members were also there. The Pu family had deep roots in Xia Dongzhou and it was safer.
Pu Yuze and Mrs. Pu ran back and forth. The Pu mansion was once sold by Mrs. Pu. The sign was hung for a month and then taken down. Qiao Qiao said that Deng Xun told him that this was just for outsiders to see.
In short, it's very complicated.
Qiao Qiao and Deng Xun drove to pick him up. Ning Song did not go home. He came back two days earlier without telling Liu Fen and the others. He planned to take a car directly to Xia Dongzhou after getting off the plane.
Qiao Qiao kept looking around in the crowd. Although he and Ning Song contacted each other almost every day, being thousands of miles apart was very different from meeting face to face. He was very excited.
While searching the crowd, I heard a familiar voice saying, "Come out to pick someone up without wearing glasses, who can you see?"
Qiao Qiao turned around in surprise and saw a familiar yet unfamiliar Ning Song standing in front of him.
Ning Song changed every few days, and changed even more every month. In August, it was winter there, and he stayed in Ian for a month. He seemed to be whiter and his hair was longer. Ning Song complained to him that haircuts there were too expensive and he would go back to China to get a haircut, but now that he has longer hair, he looks more like a beautiful boy in a comic book.
It’s not that he didn’t see it just now, it’s that he didn’t dare to recognize it!
On the way to Xia Dongzhou, Qiao Qiao couldn't help asking, "Did you tell Brother Yu in advance that you were going to see him?"
Ning Song nodded: "Yes."
Qiao Qiao chattered on and on about some new developments of the Pu family that he had heard recently.
At this time, the frequency of contact between him and Pu Yu was already very low. It was not that he did not love each other, but Pu Yu was very busy and under great pressure. Such a big change in the family was a huge blow to a rich young master like him. He had to help Pu Guanting appeal, take care of the family, and help Mrs. Pu to manage their two companies in Xiadongzhou, which were also a pile of mess. At this time, he even had very little time, and love required mood and energy.
Ning Song completely understood him, but couldn't help him, so he could only be sensible and try not to add more burden to him. Later on, he was actually very careful when chatting with him, and he would think about what topics would make Pu Yu feel more relaxed and what topics he would try to avoid.
Logically speaking, for them to encounter such a big blow at the beginning of their relationship, their love would be worn away by reality. But miraculously, he was tormented by this longing and worry for a month, and this heavy feeling not only did not make him retreat, but instead gave rise to a deep sense of sympathy in his heart.
Perhaps young people do not know the hardships of life, and at this age they only know how to move forward courageously.
I don't want to break up, but I'm afraid of breaking up.
Before meeting Pu Yu, Ning Song had been feeling uncomfortable for several days.
He had a lot of things in his mind. He had read many similar novels and TV series. Usually, in this situation, their love is over. The male protagonists would break up at this time and shout: "I don't want you to suffer with me!"
Or maybe their personalities changed drastically because of the unexpected events.
Ning Song even recalled that he had previously positioned himself as a passerby cannon fodder, and thought that maybe he really was a cannon fodder, a former cannon fodder, who broke up with Pu Yu because of family changes, and his temperament changed drastically, and then he met a protagonist who saved him and they fell in love.
He can't accept it!
Fortunately, he has changed a lot in this month. Whenever he looks in the mirror, he is amazed by his own beauty. He comforts himself that even if he becomes his ex, he should still be the white moonlight that Pu Yu will never forget for the rest of his life.
So when Pu Yu was about to arrive, he was really nervous.
He had told Pu Yu in advance before coming, and Pu Yu picked them up in the suburbs of Xiadongzhou. He was accompanying Mrs. Pu to the company to discuss the acquisition today, so he took some time to come and pick them up.
They were waiting for Pu Yu outside a cafe at Xia Dongzhou's immigration office. Ning Song was still thinking about how he would respond if Pu Yu broke up with him because her family was getting worse, she was too busy, or they wanted to have a long-distance relationship in the future.
Then he wants to tell him that love should not just be the icing on the cake, but should also be about never leaving each other, supporting each other through thick and thin, and being consistent from beginning to end!
Such love may seem naive to others, but he prefers such people!
He was just thinking about it when he saw Qiao Qiao looking out the window and saying, "Brother Yu!"
He quickly turned his head and saw Pu Yu getting out of a black Mercedes-Benz.
He wore a simple black T-shirt and loose black jeans, which made him look even whiter and thinner. Just then, a group of students came out of the cafe, making a lot of noise, which made Pu Yu even more silent. After his face became thinner, his soft jawline also became more angular, his eyebrows became sharper, and his hair was much shorter. He looked like an adult with a cold and resolute look.
Ning Song got out of the car, pursed her lips a little nervously, but finally couldn't help running over and throwing herself into Pu Yu's arms.
Pu Yu hugged him and said, "Ning Ning."
He still had that familiar scent on him, the mint scent was lighter now, but the scent that originally belonged to him was more obvious. The moment he smelled it, he was overwhelmed by the sour and joyful emotions surging in his heart. He had never felt that he loved him as much as he did at that moment.
One month is really too long.
Pu Yu put his hand on the back of his head, kissed his forehead, and then nodded at Qiao Qiao and Deng Xun.
Ning Song actually had a deep conversation with Qiao Qiao about him and Pu Yu, and before he came back he was worried about what would happen to them, but he was sure that he would not give up.
Looking back now, he felt that Ning Song was overthinking.
He felt that they loved each other more than ever. The young couple hugged each other, feeling more than just the joy of reunion after a long separation.
No one could be more suitable than them.
They had a meal together. Pu Yu arranged for Deng Xun and Qiao Qiao to stay in the best hotel nearby, and took Ning Song home.
Seeing how clingy Ning Song was, Qiao Qiao was afraid that Pu Yu would eat him when he got home.
No, it goes into your mouth yourself.
But he chose to believe in Pu Yu's character.
Ning Song's clinginess came half from his uncontrollable sincerity and half from his deliberate act, because he was not sure what Pu Yu thought and was tormented by his own messy thoughts, feeling a little worried.
As soon as they got on the car, Ningsong hugged Pu Yu.
Pu Yu hugged him back and said, "Let's act coquettishly when we get home."
Ning Song still felt a little insecure, and looked up at Pu Yu. His hair had grown a little longer, and was as dark and thick as ink. His eyes had not changed, and were still light brown, like polished glass, making him look clear and charming.
Pu Yu wanted to kiss him, but because the driver was there, he held back. He was very particular about this in front of outsiders. But Ning Song missed him too much and couldn't stop the car. He was overwhelmed by sadness. He seemed to be filled with a kind of dampness, a huge and straightforward love that made Pu Yu tremble.
He had never seen such tranquility.
【Author’s words】
It's too sad to be sad for one chapter. We won't do the bankruptcy or breakup thing! It's just temporary. A family like the Pu family has a deep foundation. Of course, it's impossible for them to fall easily! They will recover soon!
I wrote and deleted the specific reasons why Pu's father was arrested. I think it's better not to involve this aspect as much as possible. In short, I just referred to some foreign cases, because the background of this article is set in a dungeon, and the society is still very unstable. Don't take the ups and downs of the big guys' fight too seriously, just treat it as the seasoning of the love story.
A new phase begins!