At the beginning, Li's father and mother did not agree to let the female beggar live in their home. It was Li Li who insisted on protecting her and even threatened Li's father that if he insisted on driving the female beggar away, she would go with her.
Never come back to this home again.
Seeing that Li Li was so persistent, Mr. Li had no choice but to compromise.
Every night after get off work, Li Li would chat with the female beggar for a while before going to sleep.
Because the female beggar could not speak, Li Li was the one who talked. Gradually, the female beggar became Li Li's listener.
Only because Li Li had someone to listen to her could she speak out what was in her heart.
As they chatted, they talked about Xia Xingchen.
The night was dark, the evening breeze was blowing, the moon in the sky was round, and two people were sitting on the doorstep with a few empty beer bottles beside them.
Li Li sat on the doorstep, holding a bottle of beer in her right hand. She tilted her head back and took a sip, then stared blankly at the moon in the sky. As she stared, tears began to well up in her eyes. "You know what? I have a really good friend. I can say that without her, there wouldn't be a person like Xiao Moli in the entertainment industry!"
The female beggar listened, her expression slightly moved, and her dim eyes brightened.
Li Li gave a bitter smile and continued, "It's a pity that she is the reason for both success and failure."
Xiao Moli has gained some fame in the entertainment industry. It can be said that it was Xia Xingchen who brought her up personally, but it was also Xia Xingchen who destroyed her personally.
Li Li was so lost in her own sorrow that she didn't notice that the female beggar next to her squeezed her beer bottle a little tighter after hearing these words.
She was sad not because she had lost her place in the entertainment industry, but because she had lost her friend Xia Xingchen forever.
Li Li withdrew her thoughts, turned back to look at the female beggar, and smiled with tears in her eyes, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought my negative emotions to you."
She thought: The beggar woman must have suffered a worse fate than herself.
The female beggar shook her head to indicate that it was okay.
Li Li wiped her tears with the back of her hand, then said generously, "What's happened is over, and we still have to look forward..." As she spoke, she clinked glasses with the beggar woman and said, "I hope my life will be smooth and my work will go smoothly, and that the little mute will find her family soon."
After she finished speaking, she drank the beer in the bottle.
The female beggar sitting next to her watched her drink silently, and then drank it all in one gulp.
Li Li, who had drunk quite a bit of wine, was a little tipsy at this point. She looked at the wound on the beggar's face and said drunkenly, "Don't worry. Since I, Li Li, have taken you in, I will definitely be responsible for you. I will work harder to earn money and heal the wound on your face."
In her drunken haze, she seemed to hear the beggar woman ask, "Why are you so nice to me?"
Li Li leaned on her right knee, her palm supporting her cheek, and smiled at the beggar: "Because you look like her."
The beggar woman's eyes, as bright as stars, suddenly became warm.
*
Gong Bingye came out of Gongxia and did not return to the palace. Instead, he drove to the basement at the edge of Lidu.
The dim basement was covered with dust, the air was filled with a stale smell, and there was deathly silence. Following a pair of light but firm footsteps, the door was slowly pushed open, and a figure slowly stepped into this forgotten world.
At the very back of the basement, there was a man sitting against the wall. His right hand was crippled, his right foot scraping against the ground, and his left foot was significantly shorter, as if he had lost his calf...
The whole body was filled with the smell of blood and looked horrible.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, Mingjie was so scared that he kept rubbing against the wall, wishing he could rub a hole in the wall so he could get out.
Until Gong Bingye stood in front of him, he knelt in front of Gong Bingye like a pug, unable to move, and confessed: "Prince, I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me?"
Gong Bingye's expression was grim, his clear eyes filled with a dead silence. He slowly put on his black gloves, then squatted down. He pinched his chin fiercely with his right hand and demanded, "Did my girl beg you like you are doing now? Did you ever consider giving her a chance to live?"
After he finished speaking, Gong Bingye seemed to realize something. He nodded to himself, "No, even if my girl wants to escape again, she won't beg a scumbag like you!"
It seemed like he was talking to Mingjie, but in fact he was more like talking to himself.
"Prince, I was wrong. Please spare my life. I won't dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again..." Mingjie cried.
At this moment, he was really scared.
I really can't stand any more torture!
This torture is even more painful than killing him.
Gong Bingye ignored his words and asked one question after another like a madman: "How did you torture the girl at that time? What did you do to her? Which hand did you use to kill her?"
Gong Bingye's series of questions was like a curse, making Mingjie dizzy. He shook his head vigorously, his brain completely blank. "I don't know, I don't know anything!"
Gong Bingye's lips curled up slightly, and in an instant, he threw away Mingjie's chin and stood up alone...
Mingjie, who was lying on the ground, looked up at Gong Bingye. At this moment, he found that Gong Bingye was so tall, so tall that he felt a chill just by standing there.
He shook his head subconsciously, and it seemed as if he could not say anything except "no".
Gong Bingye slowly took off his black gloves. "I remember the last time someone tried to assassinate me, I took out his liver and fed it to the dogs. I also took off his head and hung it in the most conspicuous place in the black market!"
Mingjie's face changed!
He had heard about this matter.
At that time, he didn't believe that Gong Bingye, who was obsessed with women all day long, would have such means. He didn't expect that one day he would end up like him.
Mingjie's mentality suddenly collapsed.
"How do you want to die?" Gong Bingye's voice was as cold as an ice cellar.
"Prince, please spare my life!" Mingjie was in tears.
The next second, he saw the bodyguard handing Gong Bingye a knife, and Gong Bingye gently wiped the blade with a cloth.
The blade was bright, and even though the light in the basement was dim, the blade still reflected light.
Seeing this, Mingjie's whole body was shaking.
Gong Bingye approached him, raised his hand, and slashed at Mingjie's body.
Suddenly, Mingjie's mind flashed with inspiration. When the blade was about to fall on his head, he closed his eyes tightly and shouted heartbreakingly: "Xia Xingchen is not dead!"
Gong Bingye's movements froze, the blade was only one millimeter away from Mingjie's head.
"What did you say?" Gong Bingye thought he was hallucinating.
Mingjie gasped for breath. He didn't dare look up because he felt the blade was so close. It seemed that if he moved even slightly, he would die under the knife. "That day, I wanted to kill her, but before I could do anything, she ran away."
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