Chapter 012 Shadow of the Movie King (12)
The moon was setting in the west, and Tao Xing still fell asleep holding Shadow's hand. It was still lying on the edge of the bed with its shoulders tightened, and when she held it, it would raise its eyes and slowly stretch out.
Gradually, it also began to fall asleep. Its red eyes did not seem to be fully closed, but they were more curved than the usual round holes. Perhaps they were still a little closed, and its reactions became slower. I guess its consciousness was also in a daze.
For several days in a row, they slept holding each other's hands at night, and Tao Xing took it to the film set during the day. He was filming and the shadow followed his feet. When it got tired, it hid under the shade of a tree to rest.
Sometimes it would also imitate people's actions and words. It is Jiang Lin's shadow and has a special connection with him, so it can quickly learn Jiang Lin's words and deeds.
The overbearing president was sometimes cold and arrogant, saying expressionlessly that it would be fine if she didn't come back; sometimes he was crazy about love, gritting his teeth and shouting, "Woman, there can only be me in your eyes"; sometimes he was cruel and cold-blooded, shouting that everyone should be buried with her. However, the shadow probably listened to Tao Xing's words and didn't learn anything randomly, so it imitated everything.
It is still afraid at night, but it seems to be able to sleep, with its red eyes narrowed into slits and its head resting on the edge of the bed.
At the beginning, when Tao Xing said that friends should be inseparable, he was trying to coax it to follow him, but now, they have indeed become inseparable.
That night, in the fields filled with flying fireflies, Tao Xing finally met the person he was waiting for. At that time, he was walking back with his shadow lying on the ground.
Three people jumped out from the bushes, stomped on the shadows with a crackling sound, wrapped Tao Xing in sacks, carried them away.
Shadow was stunned for several times, and only reacted after the people left.
Tao Xing was carried to the edge of the pond. It was night time here, and there was no one, not to mention people, not even a ghost. The sack was thrown on the ground, the ropes were untied, and three people surrounded him. Just like Xiao Huzi said, they were all wearing black suits.
The leader took a knife and put it on Tao Xing's face, sneering, "You are lucky enough to be alive. I don't care where you put that mustache. You can do whatever you want with it. But since you are alive, you have to die. I have thought it through. It is better not to spare your life."
The blade was icy cold, and Tao Xing tilted his head back slightly.
"You dare to hide, kid..." The man in black glared, "You are so brave..." He was still talking when he suddenly felt a pain in his wrist and the knife fell off. He was shocked to see that his hand had been grasped by Tao Xing, "You... You are tied up, aren't you?"
"Is the rope this thin?" Tao Xing raised the hemp rope, "It will open if you move it." After he said that, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and the hemp rope was wrapped around the neck of the person in front of him. With a pull, the person's face suddenly turned red and he collapsed to the ground. The other two were shocked and stunned for a moment before they called to each other, "Go ahead."
Tao Xing pulled off the sack, sneered, and raised his foot.
There was a dark shadow moving on the ground, very fast and looking very anxious. Sometimes it climbed up a tree, sometimes it wandered on the ground. The thugs rushed forward and it quickly caught up with them. But before it could get forward, it saw these people being kicked away and about to hit it one by one, so it hurriedly backed away.
The men in black couldn't get up and lay on the ground wailing. Tao Xing walked forward, looked at the ground, and smiled knowingly.
It can be seen that the shadow is very worried about him, but... even so, it doesn't want to eat people. It runs around without changing its form, and it doesn't even have the slightest intention of eating people.
This is what Tao Xing wants to see the most. Not to mention that dealing with these thugs is no problem at all, even if he can't beat them, he doesn't want his shadow to devour humans.
He smiled warmly and stretched out his hand, motioning Shadow to come over to him.
The men in black looked at each other, and when their gazes returned, there was a hint of confusion in their frightened eyes.
You are probably afraid of our boss after all. Do you want to make peace?
Since we can't defeat them anyway, why not bring them back alive, that way we can complete our mission.
After a moment, the leader hesitantly raised his hand.
Tao Xing: "...Why are you stretching your hand out? Your wrist is not broken, so you feel uncomfortable, right?"
The man in black was startled and quickly withdrew his hand, looking at him tremblingly.
Tao Xing glared at him fiercely, and seeing that the shadow was still there, he smiled again and raised his eyebrows: Come here.
The shadow poked its head out from the outline on the ground, tilted, and moved slowly.
The man in black saw that his attitude had softened again, and he touched his head in confusion. After thinking for a moment, he also raised an eyebrow in response to his raised eyebrow expression, and said with a smile: "Actually..."
The shadow reached his feet. Tao Xing raised his eyes and glanced at the expression of the person in front of him. He stepped on him, stepped on his back, and pushed him down: "Why are you smiling so frivolously?"
Man in black: “…”
No, he... is sick?
Tao Xing stepped on the man and leaned over to say, "Who is your boss, where does he live, and what do you want from my dad? Tell me everything, or this pond will be your final resting place."
His expression suddenly became stern, completely different from the gentle gesture of raising eyebrows just now. The man in black was picked up and dragged to the water's edge. He was frightened and trembled: "Please spare my life, please spare my life. Our CEO Chen is trying to force Mr. Tao Sen to sign and give up his power."
Under Tao Xing's pressure, the man told him everything he knew. Whatever he had missed was quickly filled in by others. As they talked a lot, Tao Xing finally understood the whole story.
Tao Sen, the original owner's father, nicknamed Tao Sanzang, was actually the son of a wealthy family who had been living away from home since childhood.
"My father is actually a real young master of a wealthy family." Tao Xing was stunned.
The real young master returns to the rich family, either to abuse the scum for revenge or for love and hate. You, your child, are already so grown up, and you just recognize him?
"Mr. Chen only found out Mr. Tao Sen's true identity before he died." said the man in black.
Dying?
It turns out that the old man is no longer with us.
Later, the old man made a will before his death, handing over the Chen Group to his biological son Tao Sen, but the adopted son Chen Qi was not happy about it. After the old man's death, he forced Tao Sen to give up his shares in the company. Tao Sen refused to sign, and threats and inducements were useless, so Chen Qi decided to kidnap his son to force him to agree.
The story is not complicated, it's just about the feuds and power struggles among wealthy families. But I clearly asked Tao Sen last time, but he didn't say anything. I don't know if he didn't want to make his son worry or what.
Moreover, these three people did not come here today to kidnap. They said clearly that it is better not to spare this life. They are here to take my life!
He stepped on the ground, and the man in black wailed again: "Boss Chen wanted to kidnap you last time, but didn't the little mustache mistakenly think that he had killed you? Everyone thought you were dead, so Boss Chen changed his mind. If you die and your father also has an accident, the Chen family can only be inherited by him..."
Tao Xing narrowed his eyes, and his feet felt heavier.
The man in black continued to wail, "We were originally planning to wait for Little Moustache to deal with all the witnesses, then pull him out as a scapegoat. We would have solved your problem and created a false impression of an accident for your father. But Little Moustache didn't respond, so we checked and found that you were not dead. We reported back and asked Mr. Chen whether he should continue to kidnap you, but... Mr. Chen said that you had to die even if you were not dead, and the plan would not change."
Once you set your mind to something, you can't go back.
"We have said everything we need to say. We are just doing our jobs. Please show mercy and spare us." The men in black crawled on the ground, begging for mercy.
Tao Xing sneered: "I'm lucky to be alive. You showed no mercy when you attacked me." He raised his foot and kicked the man over.
He took out his phone to call the police. The world has its own laws. It is not allowed to take people's lives. If he killed him, he would be held responsible. So, just hand him over to the police.
The three were taken away on the grounds of provoking trouble. As for the man with the mustache, they tacitly agreed not to mention anything. As for Mr. Chen, the three thugs could not provide any information that could have any impact.
Tao Xing is going to take a statement together, so Shadow cannot be too far away from Jiang Lin. It cannot go out of the boundary. Once it touches Jiang Lin, it will be called back to Jiang Lin. It has no choice but to stay within the boundary and wait.
It was already midnight when Tao Xing came back. The countryside was quiet and peaceful. He raised his eyes and saw a dark shadow in front of him. The shadow had regained its standing position. When it saw someone coming back, it raised its red eyes and tilted its head.
It was like returning home late at night and seeing someone waiting by the window. Tao Xing smiled and went up to hold it by the hand: "Let's go."
As they walked, the black ball could no longer move and was about to melt. Tao Xing did not look back and did not see him. He was still saying, "I have to leave for a while."
The half-melted shadow slowly rose again and returned to its original state.
"My dad is in danger." Tao Xing said, "I'll ask the director for leave and leave later. You..." He thought, "You can't leave."
It can't be too far away, and you can't take Jiang Lin away with it.
"You have to stay here. I will be back in a few days," he said.
System 080 was a little worried: "Host, if you don't keep it under your eyes, what if it eats people again?"
"It won't." Tao Xing said affirmatively.
Although the shadow cannot distinguish between good and evil, it is pure and true. It promised not to eat people anymore, and it will definitely not do so.
When he heard that he was leaving, Shadow lowered his head slightly.
Tao Xing asked, "What are you going to do these days?"
The red eyes raised, and a clear voice came out from the darkness: "Return."
"Go back?" Tao Xing was slightly startled. "You want to go back to Jiang Lin?"
The shadow tilted his head and said, yes.
Jiang Lin is its owner. Before it met Tao Xing, it spent a lot of time beside Jiang Lin. It was easier to hide there. After a while, Tao Xing nodded: "Okay, I'll find you when I come back."
In the hotel garden, he saw a shadow flowing from the balcony into Jiang Lin's room, and then went to ask for leave from the director. The original owner's home address was written on his ID card. It was in the same city as their filming site, but in different districts, one in the north and the other in the south. Both were places with inconvenient transportation, and he was not very familiar with them. It took him several hours, and it was already dawn when he arrived.
This is an old residential area with outdated facilities and no elevator. They live on the fifth floor.
Tao Sen had just gotten up and hadn't changed into his pajamas yet when he heard a knock on the door. He rubbed his eyes and opened the door, stunned and all his sleepiness disappeared: "Son? Son!"
This single middle-aged man wears glasses, has fair skin and a gentle appearance.
"Dad." Tao Xing walked in and saw that the room was tidy and clean. There was a wedding photo on the wall, which was wiped very clean, and the face of the original owner's mother was clearly visible.
"Why did you come back so suddenly? Were you bullied on the set?" Tao Sen asked, "Are you hungry? Are you hot? Tell me what happened."
Tao Xing sat on the sofa and drank a glass of water. From the previous words, he could see that the original owner was an introvert. He restrained his tone a little and slowed down his speech. However, time was tight and he didn't want to talk nonsense, so he said bluntly: "Dad, last time I called to ask if you had any enemies, why didn't you tell me about Chen Qi?"
Father Tao blinked and said, "Hey, how do you know him? What kind of enemy is he? He is my father's adopted son. He wants to fight for the inheritance. I am arguing with him."
"Theory...theory?" Tao Xing suspected that he didn't hear clearly.
However, it can also be seen from here that Father Tao did not tell the original owner about this matter at all, so he can ask in detail.
"Yes, we haven't communicated well yet. You know, he is a bit difficult and unreasonable. If he continues like this, I will prepare to sue him. How do you know him?" Tao's father said again.
"Haha." Tao Xing raised his eyebrows. Someone wants to kill you, and you're trying to reason with him?
If something can be solved with fists, please don't bother with words.
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