Maimai, I'm here
The smell Fang Huai hated the most was the smell of gunpowder. Even when he was in a trance, he could still smell the overbearing and stimulating smell of gunpowder, which reminded him of the painful and bloody past.
It is pain, fear, and disgust.
He could clearly feel that he was being moved by someone, his eyes were covered and he could not see anything clearly, and there was only an object with a strange touch under him.
The pungent smell that filled his nose enveloped him, dragging him into endless darkness...
dark--
The skyscrapers in the city are packed with countless talents. They are wearing well-fitting suits and carrying briefcases as they move through the crowd. Everyone is busy.
A tall, stern-faced man stood by the window, looking down from above, his narrow eyes a pool of abyss. Next to him, a man wearing glasses, of ordinary appearance, leaned against his desk with an inscrutable smile on his face.
The two brothers, the evil wolf and the cunning fox, are well-known for being ruthless in the industry, but their brotherhood is so strong that it is useless to try to sow discord between them.
When it comes to making money, the two seem to have reached some kind of weird consensus. As long as it does not involve the legal bottom line, they will never give up any opportunity to make money as long as they like it. With the collapse of Tengfeng Group, they are the biggest beneficiaries of this absurd drama.
After the current version was launched on the market, its status also rose. All the games it launched were thin-film versions. It quickly occupied most of the domestic game market share and continued to move closer to the international market.
The two stood at the highest point of the city, overlooking the road they had climbed step by step, and their true emotions could not be seen.
Tan Cheng was fiddling with his phone out of boredom, then looked up at his friend. "What are you still thinking about? Your boyfriend?"
Kong Lingyu glanced at his friend, and the light on his phone revealed his true intentions.
Suddenly, the phone vibrated a few times. Kong Lingyu picked up the phone and looked at it. His cold eyes instantly became gentle, but were soon replaced by anger and disgust.
The other party sent a photo with a chaotic background. A thin man was lying on the ground, pinching Fang Huai's face with one hand to make him look up and cooperate with the camera. The man was wearing a pair of silver bracelets on his hands.
This was followed by a series of voice calls. The man's voice was sharp and unpleasant, but both people present knew each other's identity.
"Little ungrateful wolf, do you still remember me?"
"This pretty boy is in my hands, he's sleeping soundly, do you want to come and see?"
Kong Lingyu called immediately, but no one answered the phone. Tan Cheng also stood up with a frown.
"He Jiangyun!"
Kong Lingyu held the phone tightly and saw that the signal in the black software was completely cut off. He stared at every inch of the wound on Fang Huai's face with a fierce look, wishing to kill He Jiangyun. "Bastard."
The positioning system he installed on Fang Huai's mobile phone also lost signal. Kong Lingyu was completely confused. He kept trying to activate the positioning system he had left behind, but all the systems stopped responding.
The other party seemed to have guessed that he would be very angry and sent an address to him from an unfamiliar number.
[Come to me alone and don't call the police, but you wouldn't dare to either.]
Kong Lingyu saw that the address was in the next city and knew that something was obviously wrong. He immediately sat back in front of the computer and followed the number to track He Jiangyun's address, but he didn't know what tricks this old man played and the tracking was interrupted.
"I should have killed him sooner."
Kong Lingyu slammed his hand heavily on the computer.
Tan Cheng snatched the phone and read the message from He Jiangyun. His expression was stern: "What on earth does he want to do?"
Kong Lingyu's chest heaved violently. His eyes were red with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "He wants to die."
He suddenly stood up, grabbed his coat, and rushed out the door, his mouth full of the taste of blood. Passing employees saw Kong Lingyu rushing out the door with a murderous look on his face and all dodged. Tan Cheng followed behind and met Assistant Feng, who stopped him: "Manager, where are you going?"
Tan Cheng was led astray by Kong Lingyu. He watched Kong Lingyu disappear completely and cursed in a low voice in frustration: "Fuck, a bunch of brainless idiots, I owe you."
Assistant Feng widened his eyes and looked at the usually gentle Manager Tan in astonishment.
"Xiao Feng, drive me to the police station immediately."
Tan Cheng knew that he had lost his composure, so he quickly adjusted himself and asked Assistant Feng to arrange a car. He got in the car and rushed to the police station without stopping.
As soon as he reached the door, he bumped into a worried-looking girl. She cried and asked the police for help: "My store manager is missing. He went to deliver flowers to a customer today, but he hasn't come back yet. I can't contact him at all."
"His name is Fang Huai..."
Yan Xiaqing, fighting back tears, stammered as she recounted the details of Fang Huai's disappearance. As she was speaking, a man in a suit walked into the police station and said, "Officer, I'm calling the police! My friend's girlfriend has been kidnapped..."
"His name is also Fang Huai."
Fang Huai didn't know about the chaos on Yan Xiaqing's side. He just felt like his head was about to explode, and his eyelids were hot and swollen. He tried to support his limp body and sit up, but his limbs were completely out of control, his eyes couldn't focus, and he fell heavily to the ground.
"hiss."
Fang Huai was so badly hit that he saw stars, his stomach was churning wildly, and the urge to vomit reached its peak.
There was no light around him. He tried to move his body again, but found that his hands were tied from behind. The ground beneath him was damp and sticky. He had a splitting headache and opened his eyes to feel that everything around him was shaking and there was a strong smell of decay.
His hands pressed against the floor, but it felt slippery and without support, so he had to slowly move his body to find a wall to lean on. He fell several times because he was dizzy, and his hands and feet were injured. Finally, he found a rough "wall" to lean on.
His stomach ached. He suppressed the urge to vomit, forced himself to calm down, opened his eyes in pain and looked around carefully.
The space Fang Huai was in was filled with darkness, without a single ray of light. The foul, smelly liquid on the ground clung to his arm like venom, its nauseating touch and stench making him particularly uncomfortable. If one listened carefully, one could even hear the sound of water.
He tried to stand up and stepped on the floor. He felt something soft. He squatted down and groped for it. It had a strong rotten smell.
"It's a fish."
"What is this place?"
Tap, tap, tap... The sound of light and heavy footsteps sounded above his head, accompanied by the sound of keys colliding. Fang Huai's heartbeat was also accelerating, and he looked up vigilantly.
Creak—strong light came in through the gap. Fang Huai suddenly closed his eyes and opened them only after he adapted to the light.
At this time, Fang Huai's eyes were red and swollen, there were obvious bruises on his fair and slender neck, his hands were tied, and there were traces of blood on the hemp rope. He sat in the dirty and smelly basement, his face pale and his eyes stubborn.
"Awake, Doctor Fang."
He Jiangyun squatted above and looked down at Fang Huai. At this time, he had already shaved his long hair and beard short, revealing his old face. His turbid eyes stared straight at Fang Huai with vicious and contemptuous eyes.
"It's you."
Without any cover, Fang Huai looked up at the man above him, the old face, the hoarse voice, and the twisted legs. A familiar scene emerged in his vague memory, and Fang Huai remembered that he was the man who had come to see him for treatment that time.
The harsh and arrogant voice, and the look that always looked down on people, Fang Huai clenched his fists and recalled what happened at that time.
"Do you remember me?"
He Jiangyun held a sharp dagger in his hand, knocking on the floor repeatedly. The spiritual power of the bracelet on his hand rang, echoing in the empty basement.
Fang Huai suddenly raised his head, and despite the pain in his eyes from the bright light, he asked in a hoarse voice, "What is your relationship with Kong Lingyu?"
"You mean the ungrateful little bastard?"
A sinister look flashed across He Jiangyun's face for a moment, but it quickly disappeared. He stabbed the dagger heavily into the floor and sneered, "Guess?"
Fang Huai moved back and looked around in the light. The pungent smell made him frown and he stopped talking about what He Jiangyun said.
The rough wall... No, Fang Huai turned around and looked at the wall he was leaning against.
This is not a wall. On the dirty floor is a huge rusty iron rack, on which are piles of explosive packs that can only be seen in movies and TV dramas. Fang Huai's pupils suddenly shrank. He finally understood where the smell of gunpowder that had been filling his nose came from, but how did he get so many things?
And looking at the packaging, it is very rough, more like it is randomly packed and piled up. Could it be homemade?
Fang Huai stood up, the hemp rope tightening around his wrists. The tingling pain and itchiness calmed him down. Without a trace of fear in his eyes, he said coldly, "I don't think there's any grudge between us."
"Of course not. After all, Dr. Fang is a good doctor, a household name."
He Jiangyun spoke with a playful smile, but the smile did not reach his eyes. At the same time, he shook his phone meaningfully.
"but--"
He Jiangyun changed the subject, threw a piece of bread into the basement and said, "Who made that ungrateful person care about you the most? Doctor Fang, you're out of luck."
"Gibberish?"
Fang Huai chewed over these words in a low voice. Ever since he was kidnapped by He Jiangyun, the ungrateful person He Jiangyun was referring to was Kong Lingyu?
"Mr. He, the glory days are over." Fang Huai felt a surge of anger in his heart. He slowly curled his lips and said in a sarcastic tone that he had never used before: "You're lonely now."
Bai Jun's expression remained calm, but his eyes were full of mockery. He Jiangyun saw the emotions in Fang Huai's eyes and the muscles on his face twitched. As expected, whoever could walk with that ungrateful person could not be considered a good person.
"What do you want to do?"
Fang Huai stood up with the help of the support and looked at He Jiangyun calmly: "What do you want?"
He Jiangyun felt a chill run down his spine when Fang Huai looked at him. He picked up the dagger on the ground to defend himself. "Don't worry, I just wanted to ask you, little ungrateful person, for a favor. I'd also like to invite you to be my guest."
"After all, animals don't understand human language. If I can't reach an agreement with him, can you still help me?"
He Jiangyun stroked the blackened silver bracelet on his wrist and gave Fang Huai a hypocritical smile: "After all, he only understands and listens to you."
After saying that, He Jiangyun raised his chin, motioning Fang Huai to eat the bread on the ground. He moved his ears, looked to the side, and said slowly: "I won't tell you anymore, he's coming."
He Jiangyun answered the phone, and heard a voice he hated to the core: "He Jiangyun, give him back to me!"
"I told you, as long as you raise enough money, I will release him." He Jiangyun played with the dagger in his hand: "Kong Lingyu, I know you have a way to send me abroad. As long as you send me abroad and give me some money, I guarantee that your little lover will be safe and sound."
"He Jiangyun, you're looking for death!"
He Jiangyun completely ignored Kong Lingyu's roar. He smiled and said, "Don't be angry. I will die sooner or later. Did you see those explosive packs?"
It was completely quiet over there. He Jiangyun lit a cigarette with satisfaction and said, "Don't forget what I used to do. As long as there are materials, there is nothing I can't make. Even if I die, I want to take a companion with me, don't you think?"
"How about having your little lover accompany me?"
Faced with He Jiangyun's threat, Kong Lingyu almost lost control, but when he thought of Fang Huai, his rationality was pulled back. He held the phone and said in a cold tone: "Don't touch him!"
"Then it depends on your performance."
He Jiangyun hung up the phone, glanced at the basement, snorted coldly, and left while shaking the key.
With He Jiangyun's action, the basement that was emitting a foul smell returned to darkness again. Fang Huai stood there, thinking about what he should do to get out of the predicament?
He groped his way towards the iron frame in the darkness, turned his back and used his hands to find the sharpest part of the iron frame, rubbing his wrists against the edge of the iron frame. As he moved, his wrists became hot from being rubbed, and the hemp rope that bound his hands became heavy. The dense pain and endless darkness made him feel irritated.
Fang Huai rubbed patiently without stopping. Only the harsh friction sound could be heard in the basement. The hemp rope broke one by one, and the rough silk thread followed the wound, mixed with blood and melted into the flesh. He Jiangyun came again in the middle, but he didn't say anything, and his footsteps were much heavier than before.
Fang Huai looked at him expressionlessly. Looking at his dark lips and the violent heaving of his chest, he knew that this guy was far from as calm as he appeared. He raised an eyebrow and said, "Do you need my help?"
He Jiangyun's cold eyes wandered over Fang Huai. He gritted his teeth, snorted coldly, and cursed, "I don't need you yet."
He threw two loaves of bread, ruthlessly put down the wooden board, and turned the key to lock it again, continuing to trap Fang Huai in this dark place.
Based on the frequency of He Jiangyun's visits and the time he was kidnapped before, Fang Huai could roughly guess how much time had passed. The hemp rope was getting thinner and thinner, and he was just a little bit away from being free.
But the subsequent soreness and pain in his wrist forced him to take a break and gather his strength to continue grinding. The rough hemp rope cat whiskers mixed with blood stuck to his wrist. At first it was painful and itchy, but later it was only numb.
Chi——
Broken.
Fang Huai raised his hand with difficulty, rubbed his joints, and temporarily treated the wound on his hand with a relatively clean shirt. After recovering his strength, he followed the direction where He Jiangyun had thrown the bread, found the bread, tore open the package and started eating.
The strong presence of the bomb behind him made him panic. The bomb almost filled one-third of the basement. If it was a real bomb, they might die here.
The sticky liquid under his feet had already soaked through the soles of his shoes and adhered to his feet disgustingly. Fang Huai made up his mind and pushed the shelf over. The rough packages fell on the wet floor. The pungent smell was familiar and unpleasant. Fang Huai seemed to be back in his senior year of high school. His ears were filled with explosions, the smell of gunpowder and crying that completely drowned him.
His body began to tremble violently involuntarily, and Fang Huai could no longer hold back and knelt on the ground to vomit.
He vomited out the food he had just eaten, and his arms, which were supporting the ground, trembled violently like the wings of a butterfly. His bulging back looked like an undulating bridge in the darkness. Tears mixed with the medicine that He Jiangyun had given him seeped into his eyes, making Fang Huai feel extremely uncomfortable.
Fang Huai quickly adjusted his state. Now was not the time to be afraid. He had to save himself and then survive.
After vomiting out everything in his stomach, Fang Huai took a deep breath, tried hard to suppress the panic and fear in his heart, and stood up tremblingly.
The sticky and damp liquid from these crude packaging on the ground gave off a strange smell that made people breathless. Fang Huai sniffed the smell and always felt that something was strange, but he didn't have time to think about it now. He turned around and broke off an iron rod from the rusty iron frame for self-defense.
I groped my way in the dark and climbed up to the "door" in my memory.
Bang bang bang.
The sound of fists hitting flesh could be heard from above. Fang Huai faintly heard a few muffled groans, and then the sound became louder and louder. The man's roar startled Fang Huai.
It’s Kong Lingyu.
"Kong Lingyu!"
Fang Huai heard He Jiangyun's angry roar, and then Kong Lingyu's voice completely disappeared. Fang Huai clenched the iron rod in his hand, climbed up the ladder, and poked the wooden board above with great effort to try to open it.
"Kong Lingyu." Fang Huai called Kong Lingyu's name close to the wooden board.
"Kong Lingyu?"
The messy noises from above made Fang Huai's scalp tingle. Light and heavy footsteps sounded above his head, and heavy breathing was getting closer and closer. Fang Huai stepped back vigilantly and tightened the iron rod in his hand.
Crunch.
The key turned and the door panel opened. A hand reached out from above and firmly grasped the iron rod in Fang Huai's hand. Fang Huai was about to struggle when he heard a familiar voice.
"Maimai."
"Kong Lingyu?!" Fang Huai immediately relaxed his strength and grabbed Kong Lingyu's hand.
Kong Lingyu's face was pale. He held Fang Huai's hand firmly, pulled the corners of his mouth, and replied with a smile: "I'm here."
......
Fang Huai was rescued from the basement by Kong Lingyu. When he saw the bright environment outside, his eyes hurt so much that tears came out. His hands were covered in blood and he couldn't see anything clearly.
With Kong Lingyu by his side, the psychological defenses he had built up completely collapsed. Kong Lingyu held his hand, and Fang Huai showed his softest side in front of him, "Kong Lingyu, my eyes hurt."
Kong Lingyu quickly held the man in his arms, carefully examined his eyes, and with trembling hands, he took out a handkerchief from his bosom and carefully wiped Fang Huai's eyes. "I'm here, don't be afraid."
Seeing Fang Huai's bloody wrist and the blood on the corner of his clothes, Kong Lingyu hugged Fang Huai with heartache in his eyes.
Fang Huai shook his head, "I need some clean water."
He couldn't open his eyes now. The previous eye injury and the strong light stimulation made his eyes completely blurry. He shook Kong Lingyu's trembling hand and asked, "Have you called the police?"
Kong Lingyu held Fang Huai, his steps staggering but he still refused to let go. He carefully cleaned Fang Huai's red and swollen eyes with water in his arms, his lips moving: "Call the police."
"Does it still hurt?"
"Are you feeling better now?"
Fang Huai rinsed his eyes with cold water over and over again. He tried to blink, and the severe pain had eased. He nodded, "Much better."
Kong Lingyu, who was supporting him, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fang Huai was about to raise his hand to wipe the water off his face but found that the cloth bandaging his wrist was already stained with black blood.
This is not his blood!
"Are you hurt?!"
Fang Huai hurriedly grabbed Kong Lingyu's hand and wanted to check the injuries on Kong Lingyu's body, but Kong Lingyu hugged him from the front and they both fell to the ground.
Kong Lingyu hugged him from behind, his face as pale as paper. After confirming that Fang Huai had no other injuries, he finally felt relieved. He closed his eyes, rested his chin on Fang Huai's shoulder, and stopped talking.
Fang Huai was hugged by Kong Lingyu, and he was overwhelmed by helplessness and panic. He lifted up Kong Lingyu's clothes that had already been soaked and saw the bloody wound.
The shirt under Kong Lingyu's coat was already soaked with blood. Fang Huai's hands were stained with Kong Lingyu's blood, and the wound was still bleeding. "Kong Lingyu!"
"Don't sleep!" Fang Huai choked and pressed the wound that was still bleeding. He quickly helped Kong Lingyu stop the bleeding. Seeing that Kong Lingyu's eyes were gradually closing, he patted Kong Lingyu's face and said, "Look at me, look at me! You can't sleep!"
His tone was hurried and panicked: "Kong Lingyu, who am I? Who am I?"
While calling out to Kong Lingyu, Fang Huai took out Kong Lingyu's cell phone and dialed the police. He methodically checked the navigation and told the police their location. When he finished doing all this, a pair of big hands suddenly held his face, and blood-stained fingers gently brushed his cheek.
"I'm fine, don't cry."
There were two more bloodstains on Fang Huai's face. Kong Lingyu held his face and leaned forward to touch their foreheads together. "Look, I'm fine now, aren't I?"
"Thank you, Mai Mai, for saving me."
Fang Huai sniffed, staring blankly at Kong Lingyu who was forcing a smile, and suddenly laughed, "It's okay."
But the tears couldn't stop flowing down, Kong Lingyu slowly stretched out his fingers to help Fang Huai wipe away the tears.
"Let's go." Fang Huai helped Kong Lingyu up and said to him, "There are explosives down there. Let's go."
"No one can leave!"
The man, his face covered in blood, lay on the ground, his breath weak but still looking at the two with hatred, "Then let's die together, so we can have a companion on the road."
He Jiangyun revealed the explosive pack on his body and shouted, "Kong Lingyu, you ungrateful little bastard! I should have asked Wei Lai to throw you out and let you be beaten to death by those thugs."
"If you don't help me, then we'll die together."
He Jiangyun stood up and jumped down to the basement. He lit the fuse with the flame in his hand and shouted while laughing, "Let's die together. You owe me this."
When Fang Huai saw He Jiangyun's sudden movement, he felt his blood flowing backwards and his whole body was cold, but the warm blood on his hands told him not to panic and to run!
Now is not the time to be afraid, Kong Lingyu needs me.
I can't be stuck in the past forever, run!
The moment the deafening explosion sounded, Kong Lingyu immediately pounced on Fang Huai and protected him tightly under his body.
Fang Huai looked at the pale Kong Lingyu above him, pulled Kong Lingyu up and ran out desperately, "Kong Lingyu, run."
The violent explosion behind him made Fang Huai subconsciously cover his ears. Flying wood blocks fell in front of him, his stomach churned, and waves of fear and pain came from his already flat back. His hands and feet had actually already become limp, but he couldn't be afraid now.
Kong Lingyu needs him, they must survive.
When Fang Huai was about to collapse, he slapped himself hard and said, "Calm down and survive."
There was a huge water tank in front of them. Fang Huai pulled Kong Lingyu behind the huge bunker as if he had seen a savior, but he didn't expect there was a huge deep pit below. "Fang Huai!"
"Kong Lingyu!"
Kong Lingyu held Fang Huai firmly, protecting him in front of him, while he himself fell heavily to the bottom of the pit.
Fang Huai was also dizzy from the fall. He quickly stood up to check on Kong Lingyu. Kong Lingyu had already fainted, and the wound that had stopped bleeding started bleeding again.
He used all his strength to help Kong Lingyu up, pressed Kong Lingyu's wound and tore off a strip of cloth to stop the bleeding.
Tears fell on Kong Lingyu's face, and Fang Huai's eyes were so red that they seemed to be dripping with blood. "Kong Lingyu, wake up."
"You can't die, Kong Lingyu!"
Despair completely overwhelmed Fang Huai. He hugged Kong Lingyu and shouted helplessly: "The police will be here soon, you can't die!"
But the temperature of the person in his arms was dropping. Fang Huai called out again and again but there was still no response. He cried out, "Kong Lingyu, can you please check on me?"
"If you don't wake up, I won't want you anymore."
"I never want to see you again!"
"Don't cry, Maimai." Kong Lingyu's eyelids trembled, and he opened his eyes with great effort and said, "I won't die."
He raised his hand to wipe Fang Huai's tears, looked at Fang Huai who was still sobbing, and said, "Did you get scared?"
"I won't die, please don't leave me."
"Maimai."
"I'm here." Fang Huai held Kong Lingyu's hand, put it close to his face and said, "Look at me, don't fall asleep."
"good."
A huge explosion sounded in the suburbs, attracting a lot of people's attention, and the police quickly arrived at the scene.
The police found the two people in a deep pit under the water tank. They were huddled together unconscious, and the medical staff had to work hard to separate them.
The sirens blared all night long.
Kong Lingyu woke up once when he was carried into the ambulance, but when he saw Fang Huai with his eyes closed, he reached out and touched Fang Huai's face and whispered, "Maimai is one month old. Can you forgive me?"
During the time Fang Huai was in a coma, he could always hear that familiar voice calling his nickname: "Maimai, Maimai."
He tried hard to respond, but he couldn't open his mouth, his eyelids were heavy, and he couldn't make any response.
How is Kong Lingyu now? He only remembers that they fell into the deep pit and heard the sirens... Then he fainted, Kong Lingyu! How is Kong Lingyu now?
"Kong Lingyu!"
"I am here."
Fang Huai opened his eyes suddenly, and when he sat up, he saw Kong Lingyu's face. Kong Lingyu was standing in front of the bed, looking at him with a smile. Fang Huai felt that everything was not so real. He hesitated and said, "Kong Lingyu?"
"Maimai, I'm here."
Fang Huai covered his face, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.
Seeing Fang Huai's expression, Kong Lingyu quickly leaned over with his cane to try and appease him. As soon as he got closer, he heard Fang Huai say, "I forgive you."
"I won't abandon you."
Kong Lingyu's body stiffened, and he suddenly fell down on the hospital bed. Fang Huai's eyes flickered, and he was hugged by Kong Lingyu's waist. Kong Lingyu's voice was pious and gentle: "Thank you."
"Maimai, my Maimai."
"I love you."
——End of the full text
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