The bad ending of the stand-in novel (XIX)
"From now on, the city is expected to have rainy days lasting more than half a month, and heavy rainfall may occur in the future. Residents are advised to be careful when going out."
The weather forecast was playing on a loop on the phone, and the female announcer's voice echoed in this huge warehouse. In the warehouse, a few lazy hooligans were sitting on a pile of abandoned steel bars, and there were wooden boxes and other sundries nearby. Looking out through the half-sealed windows, the sky was gloomy, and under the dark clouds there were only mountains covered with dead branches.
"Hey, can you broadcast something other than the weather forecast?" a thug said impatiently. The thug holding the phone shook his phone and spat, "You are awesome, if you have the guts, try broadcasting something else in this godforsaken place, a signal with a bigger bird shit, how many days has it been? When will that big money sponsor you mentioned come!"
"I heard it's coming soon. It's only been a day. Why are you in such a hurry? The person tied up is sleeping soundly."
"Only one day?! MD's life is so slow without a cell phone. He's just a deadbeat. Chickens can run faster than him. Why does he need us to watch him? Even if we give him the key, he may not be able to run out of this mountain. He might slip and fall into the river to feed the fish. Rich people are always troublesome. We don't allow you to beat them. It's humanitarianism. If it were us, we would just beat them. He won't say anything if we don't believe him. Hey, do you know what he did wrong? He looks quite honest."
"Why do you care about him? We are only responsible for watching people take the money. Don't worry about other things. I heard that the person above is mentally ill. Who knows if he will kill us and run away after taking the money."
A few thugs were chatting, and in the middle of the cleared space, a man tied to a chair had his head hung, looking dead.
The door was opened.
People are coming.
The lights in the warehouse were dim, and the car lights outside the door were extremely dazzling.
The secretary and others pushed open the door, Gu Zhi walked in slowly, and the gangsters were instructed to stand in a row.
The leader of the gang pointed at the man tied to the chair and said, "Hey, we found this guy for you. He's at the address you gave. He's the only one in the cement room. There's no way he could be wrong. He didn't move a finger. His computer and USB flash drive are all next to him. Please check them out."
Gu Zhi raised his hand to signal the people around him to move aside. Secretary Zhou and several assistants stepped forward, passed the people on the chairs, picked up the USB drive and inserted it into their own computers. The files that were slowly loaded covered a lot of the Gu Group's surveillance privacy.
Secretary Zhou returned to Gu Zhi and whispered something. After Gu Zhi nodded, he took out the box and handed it to the gang leader, "This is the money we promised you. Count it and leave if it's right."
The gang leader opened the box and stepped aside. The other gang members gathered around him, not knowing whether they were counting the money or verifying its authenticity. "Yes, yes, it must be true. The boss is very generous and probably won't cheat ordinary people like us. If there's nothing else, we'll leave first."
After saying that, they carried the boxes and ran away sideways from the crowd of bodyguards.
Gu Zhi gave a look, and the man in black beside him nodded and followed him out. After a while, he came back with a box with money coming out of it. Nothing could be seen from his black clothes, but he smelled of Gu's blood. The man in black put the box on the ground and turned to stand outside the door.
Gu Zhi walked forward and looked down at the man with his head bowed. "Is this the hacker?"
Secretary Zhou replied: "If nothing unexpected happens, yes."
"What's your name?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Gu. He is a complete illegal resident. According to the villagers at the foot of the mountain, he has been living alone in a dilapidated house on the mountain. He has no name, and people usually call him Xiao Jiang." Secretary Zhou emphasized at the end, "Jiang means river water."
Gu Zhi's fists, which were originally clenched in his pants pockets, loosened. Secretary Zhou handed him leather gloves and pushed them to a corner. Gu Zhi put on the black leather gloves and without asking any questions, he grabbed the man's hair and pulled it upwards. The man, who had been quiet, let out a short cry of pain. Gu Zhi held his head and asked, "Are you playing dead?"
Gu Zhi kicked the hacker's calf, and the man groaned as if he was gritting his teeth. Gu Zhi became more energetic and almost lifted the man tied to the chair up, with his feet slightly hanging in the air, and kicked him here and there.
No one knew how long Gu Zhi's one-sided beating lasted. The less the other party spoke, the happier Gu Zhi beat him, and all the resentment that had nowhere to be released for many days was released.
"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have so many things to deal with, and I wouldn't have been able to take my position smoothly. Do you know how I've lived all these years? I suffered so much humiliation just to climb to this position, but everything is ruined because of you!"
If it weren't for those trending searches, Jiang Yuan would not be able to escape from his grasp, and the Shen family would be in his pocket. If it weren't for this hacker, how could Jiang Yuan have the courage to say those words?
Ever since the failed kidnapping at the hospital, Jiang Yuan's remarks had spread more and more widely, and had even reached the ears of the board of directors. The already heirless Gu family now depended on Gu Zhi, and it happened that the other party was gay, and not only was he gay, he was also impotent. Regardless of whether it was true or not, these things were mixed with hot searches and used by the old men on the board of directors. Gu Zhi naturally stepped down, under the euphemism of: hiding from the limelight.
But Gu Zhi knew that once he was suspended, he would be convicted and the possibility of making a comeback would be extremely difficult. Gu Zhi had not wanted to come in person, but when he thought that the source was this hacker, he could not swallow this.
Now, he finally found an outlet to vent the anger he had been holding in for days.
"Hacker, huh? Who sent you here? Speak!"
The hacker coughed a few times but did not respond. This stubborn look made him subconsciously think of Jiang Yuan. In the past, when Gu Zhi killed Jiang Yuan and reset it according to the arrangement of the world consciousness, that man also refused to make a sound.
Jiang Yuan... When Gu Zhi thought of him, his head started aching and he quickly shook off the thought.
He stepped on the crossbar of the chair, but did not loosen his hand holding the hair. The hacker was pulled. Gu Zhi felt pleased to see the other party's embarrassed appearance. He pulled his hand back and said, "Let's get back to the topic. Let me see who can harm Gu's company like this!"
The other party was forced to look up.
!
"It's you?!"
The amber eyes reflected Gu Zhi's frightened look.
Gu Zhi's hand loosened, his hand trembled slightly, and he murmured, "No, that's not right, it's impossible..."
He wiped his face and tried to look at the other person carefully, but every time he met those eyes, his soul couldn't help trembling.
No, it’s not Jiang Yuan.
They looked very similar, but this person's appearance was much better than Jiang Yuan's. The look in his eyes when he looked at Gu Zhi was cold, as if he was looking at a dead person.
Gu Zhi took a deep breath, "Who are you?"
“…”
"Answer me!" Gu Zhi took out a gun and pointed it at the other party.
The man raised his eyes, his voice a little hoarse, and did not answer Gu Zhi's words, but just said: "Do you want to kill me again?"
Thunder suddenly sounded outside the warehouse and the weather became increasingly gloomy.
It's going to rain soon.
Gu Zhi's heartbeat was inexplicably fast, and he repeated, "Who are you?"
"My name used to be Jiang Yuan, and now I'm Jiang Yuanshi."
Gu Zhi's breathing was rapid, and he looked at the other person in disbelief, "Impossible, you can't be Jiang Yuan, he's still alive! Secretary Zhou, find out where Jiang Yuan is now!"
Secretary Zhou picked up the phone in the corner and answered after some manipulation: "Sorry, Gu Zhi, the signal here is not good. Mr. Jiang's location is weak, but it shows that he is still in the hospital."
Gu Zhi got the answer and smiled proudly, "See, you are not, you can't fool me."
"Maybe... you should ask the world." Jiang Yuanshi answered word by word, his eyes following the muzzle of the gun to Gu Zhi's eyes. A faint smile appeared on his face that looked very much like Jiang Yuan. Like a ghost, he said, "Please ask me, in which reincarnation did you kill me?"
Gu Zhi:!
The warehouse was silent except for the sound of rapid breathing.
Gu Zhi put down his gun, pressed his forehead, and ordered his subordinates, "All of you go out and close the door."
"But Gu Zhi..."
"No buts, get out!"
The subordinates bowed their heads and went out one after another. Secretary Zhou was the last one in line. He pressed the mobile phone in his chest pocket, and the phone disappeared into his pocket. Secretary Zhou closed the door and glanced at Jiang Yuanshi before leaving, then retracted his gaze.
The warehouse was completely closed. Gu Zhi had the light on his head, and his shadow was very long on the ground. The same was true for Jiang Yuanshi.
Gu Zhi: "What do you want to do?"
Jiang Yuanshi glanced at him and asked, "Has the world consciousness told you the answer?"
Gu Zhi: "I don't need the world consciousness to tell me such a trivial matter."
"Oh, really? Then you must also know that the Jiang Yuan you killed over the years or in so many reincarnation resets is not actually the same person?"
Gu Zhi thought the other party was telling some secret, but he didn't expect it to be this. He smiled and said, "That's it? Of course, those are just outsiders using Jiang Yuan's shell. Only by killing them can Jiang Yuan come out."
"How many did you kill?"
"Who knows? There are probably nearly a hundred of them. There are too many foreign things. They shouldn't occupy Jiang Yuan's body."
"So you are saving Jiang Yuan?"
Gu Zhi sneered, "Of course, no one can replace Jiang Yuan, and you are the same. You want to deceive me by pretending to look like Jiang Yuan. What is your purpose?"
Gu Zhi seemed to suddenly wake up, and his brain worked better. Jiang Yuanshi raised his eyebrows: "Can't you see? Of course I helped Jiang Yuan kill you."
Gu Zhi frowned upon hearing this and said with a smile, "Impossible. If it weren't for those outsiders, Jiang Yuan would never have thought of betraying me and leaving me."
"What if you betrayed first?"
"What?" Gu Zhi was stunned. "Since you look a bit like Jiang Yuan, I have been listening to you until now. What tricks are you trying to play now?"
“There are indeed flowers.”
"What?"
"When the world consciousness was helping you, why didn't it help you burn the baby's breath in your yard?"
Gu Zhi looked bewildered by Jiang Yuanshi's words, and seemed to know nothing. Jiang Yuanshi twisted his neck and said, "You see, people who forget their roots can't remember even if you tell them."
Jiang Yuanshi was clearly tied to a chair, his white shirt and black pants were covered with footprints and blood, but he looked like a superior, and his expression of not taking Gu Zhi seriously at all made Gu Zhi angry. He kicked Jiang Yuanshi in the stomach with such force that it seemed to pierce him, but the next second after the kick, Gu Zhi felt himself empty.
Bang--
The dust flew up, irritating him to cough.
When he came to his senses, he was lying on the ground. He turned his head because of the sharp pain in his body.
Jiang Yuanshi had somehow escaped from the ropes and was sitting on a chair, twisting his red wrists and saying, "It's tied really tight."
Gu Zhi stood up, stumbled, picked up the gun, pointed it at Jiang Yuanshi's head, and said, "Just try to run away."
Jiang Yuanshi didn't care at all. He smiled and said, "Go ahead and shoot, just like you shot through Jiang Yuan's shoulder. You won't forget it, right? After all, Jiang Yuan - oh no, I am the one who is in pain. Don't you like it the most? You like to see calm people groveling to you, and when they are insulted, they can do nothing but endure it."
Gu Zhi's chest heaved, he said "shut up" but his eyes were full of excitement.
"Shoot, Gu Zhi, kill Jiang Yuan, kill the alien in Jiang Yuan's body that was created because of you." Jiang Yuanshi held the muzzle of the gun with one hand, pointing it directly at himself, and with the other hand he picked up a bunch of white flowers and presented them to Gu Zhi.
That is white baby's breath.
Gu Zhi pulled the trigger.
Bang--
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