At that time, Huang Dan took a shower and dried his hair. He was about to lie down on the bed, and looked around the unfamiliar bedroom before falling asleep. The Motorola on the bedside table suddenly buzzed and vibrated.

Nie Wenyuan was mopping the floor in the bathroom, because Huang Dan was distracted while taking a shower, making the floor a mess.

Huang Dan wanted to clean it up by himself, but Nie Wenyuan told him to go out with a serious face, and told him to walk slowly and not slip. His attitude was very tough, so he didn’t say anything else.

After coming back to his senses, Huang Dan picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table. He did not press the answer button on his own initiative, but shouted in the direction of the bathroom, “Jiujiu, your mobile phone is ringing.”

Nie Wenyuan’s voice came from the bathroom, just like that time, letting Huang Dan answer the phone, and he didn’t mind sharing his world. This is a kind of complete trust and a sign that he(WY) recognizes him(HD) as his own.

Huang Dan answered the phone and heard a voice on the other end, “Director, the hospital has informed that Liu Quanwu is dead.”

He froze, “How did he die?”

There are Nie Wenyuan’s people inside and outside the hospital, especially around the wards. Some people want to kill people to silence them, and they must draw up a detailed plan to have a chance to escape unscathed.

The breathing on the other end of the phone changed, and the voice was vigilant and cautious, “Who are you?”

Huang Dan said, “I am Chen Yu.”

The sound of breathing returned to normal, and he answered the question just now, “It’s a drug allergy, and he couldn’t be rescued.”

Huang Dan asked, “Did you find anything else?”

His question was a bit out of bounds, but he knew that the other party would definitely answer.

The person on the other end of the phone said, “The medicine in the medicine bottle was switched. The nurse said that the medicine should be taken once a day. Liu Quanwu was fine yesterday, which means that the medicine was tampered with today.”

Huang Dan didn’t speak, but listened carefully.

“According to the investigation, those who visited the ward today include the doctors who made rounds, the nurses who occasionally checked, and Mr. Chen.”

Huang Dan asked, “Before Liu Quanwu’s incident, did my Auntie and BiaoJie visit him?”

The voice on the phone was the same as before, very sure, “No.”

Huang Dan asked again, “Then what about my Ge and Jie? And my mother, none of them showed up in the hospital?”

That person said, “None of them.”

In other words, besides Liu Quanwu’s father and the people in the hospital, Huang Dan was the only one who visited Liu Quanwu.

Huang Dan said, “I will explain it to my Jiujiu.”

He suddenly remembered something, “Did my aunt ever leave the ward during the day?”

The person at the other end said, “Yes, but Ms. Nie would go out every day, to get medicine and call the nurse, and go out to buy food, all of these things.”

Huang Dan asked, “Did my BioJie have any outbreak?”

“No, In the morning, after Mr. Chen left, she was still dancing, and in the afternoon, the doctor said that she was in good condition.”

After ending the call, Huang Dan was silent. This is murder.

There are many people coming and going in and out of the hospital every day, and it is very difficult to find suspicious persons.

Liu Quanwu’s death was an unexpected result, and it was also expected. With 200,000 in his account and he can drive Zhou Weiwei crazy, these two pieces of information indicate that he will definitely die.

It’s just that Huang Dan couldn’t figure it out at the moment. Liu Quanwu’s condition was serious, and he was just hanging on one breath. It was hard to say whether he could survive the whole year. The other party could just ignore it, so why took the risk of cutting the thread of his breath?

Either because they are afraid of long nights and many dreams, or because of revenge, and didn’t even want to give him a single breath because of hatred and resentment.

Huang Dan had stored all the information about Liu Quanwu in his mind. Now that he is dead, it is difficult for him to get rid of. It is piled up in a complete mess.

Nie Wenyuan came out of the bathroom, the sleeves of his sweater rolled up to his forearms, and holding a mop in his hand. He mopped all the wet shoe prints left by his nephew on the floor.

Huang Dan looked at the tall and generous back of the man and said, “Something happened to Quanwu Shushu.”

Nie Wenyuan stopped mopping the floor. He put the mop aside and said calmly, “Give the phone to Jiujiu.”

Huang Dan saw that the man was so calm, not alarmed and not uncomfortable, and his heart settled down. He climbed to the end of the bed and handed the phone to the man, “The hospital must be in chaos now, Jiujiu, let’s go back.”

Nie Wenyuan glanced out the window.

Huang Dan followed the man’s gaze and saw that there was a blizzard outside. It was too unsafe to drive. There was no way he could go back if the snow kept on. He leaned back on the bed. The so-called rush to do something was the current situation.

Nie Wenyuan stood at the window and answered the phone. His voice was always calm, which made people think that he was cold and that his rationality was above everything else.

Huang Dan went to the table to get the tea jar and opened it, grabbed some green tea from the inside and threw it into the cup, uncorked the bottle and poured half a cup of hot water in. Immediately, a large burst of hot air rushed up to him, making his eyebrows wet. He took a deep breath and sat on the leather sofa with a cup in hand to think about something.

Now Huang Dan revealed all the clues from the beginning of this world to the present, and started a series of hypotheses.

Assuming that Wang Ming and Chen Xiaorou were lovers, and when they were in love, they carved the imprint of love on each other, then for the development of Chen Xiaorou in the art troupe, their relationship must be kept secret and cannot be discovered.

After all, Chen Xiaorou’s temperament is there. She is a proud white swan, leading a pure and flawless life. Her ambition is to jump on the biggest stage in the country, and even go abroad. In no way her dream can be restricted by long and passionate love between a man and a woman.

Assuming that Zhou Weiwei is not crazy, or that she was crazy before and is better now, does that mean that she is secretly planning revenge for herself?

It is also possible that Nie Xiuqin overheard something from Zhou Weiwei and learned the truth, and the revenge plan was related to her.

Following the above assumptions, Liu Quanwu’s death is the first step of revenge. Then he didn’t play the role of a bystander in the whole incident of Zhou Weiwei being raped, otherwise there wouldn’t be so much hatred.

Not a bystander, what would that be? The middleman who let her be defiled? Or maybe…… a participant?

Even if the above three assumptions are true, how did Chen Fei, Chen Xiaorou siblings get involved? Huang Dan clearly remembered how big the reaction was when he mentioned them in front of Zhou Weiwei.

What’s more, on the day of the art performance, Zhou Weiwei rushed onto the stage and scratched Chen Xiaorou’s face. She obviously knew what Chen Xiaorou valued most and struck a fatal blow.

Also, even if Zhou Weiwei or her mother is seeking revenge, why not take advantage of Nie Wenyuan’s status? It would be easy if he stepped in and solved it.

Unless a big shot is involved, it is not just a simple rape, but also linked to fame, wealth and power behind it. They don’t want to drag Nie Wenyuan into it, it would be too dangerous.

Assuming that this was the case, Huang Dan always felt that he had missed someone or something, so he absentmindedly put the cup to his mouth.

A mouthful of hot water entered his mouth, and Huang Dan’s thoughts came back to him in an instant, and he stood up immediately because of the burning pain. He spat out the mouthful of hot water in pain, his face turned red, his tongue stuck out, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Nie Wenyuan ended the call unilaterally, threw away the phone and strode over, reached out and took away the water cup shaking in his little nephew’s hand, turned his head and pinched his chin, “Open your mouth and let Jiujiu see.”

Huang Dan tilted his head back, he opened his mouth wide, his tongue was red, and the little red spots on it all bulged, and the situation inside was not much better.

Nie Wenyuan touched the tears from the corners of his nephew’s eyes and rubbed it gently with his rough fingertips. He sighed, “Jiujiu just made two phone calls, and you scald yourself.”

Huang Dan’s mouth was sore and numb, his face was covered with tears, his tongue was not working, and he could not speak.

“Sit on the sofa and wait for Jiujiu to come back.”

Nie Wenyuan took the cup of boiling water to the snow field, buried most of the cup with accumulated snow, and stood where he was, until the temperature of the water in the cup dropped, then took it back, added honey, stirred it evenly, and served it to the tearful little nephew, “Take a sip and hold it in your mouth for a while.”

Huang Dan did as he was told, his cheeks puffed up, his eyes wet, and tears stained his face.

Nie Wenyuan’s back was originally straight, but it bent down unknowingly, and became more and more curved. When he realized it, he was about to kiss his little nephew.

Huang Dan continued to drink honey water as if nothing was wrong. Softness on his forehead disappeared in an instant, and the man’s voice came to his ears, “Be careful what you eat these two days, don’t eat indiscriminately.”

Nie Wenyuan wiped his little nephew’s face with a handkerchief, “Xiao Yu is the most delicate child Jiujiu has ever seen.”

Huang Dan blinked, and a tear rolled down his cheek.

Nie Wenyuan wiped away the tears, brushed the hair from his little nephew’s forehead, and rubbed the cinnabar mole between his brows with his thumb, “Jiujiu actually likes children who can endure hardship. However, Xiao Yu is very good like this, and it can continue to be preserved.”

There was honey water in Huang Dan’s mouth, and he couldn’t speak. He swallowed the water and wanted to say that he could endure hardship, but he was afraid of pain. Although these two sentences were contradictory, they were true for him.

Most of the honey water in glass was at the bottom, and there were still blisters on the tip of Huang Dan’s tongue, not many, just one. It wouldn’t have been a problem for anyone else, but it wasn’t that easy for him. He could inhale painfully even if the tip of his tongue touched his teeth.

Nie Wenyuan made a phone call and asked someone to deliver scald ointment and vitamin B tomorrow morning. He made the bed and said, “Come up to sleep.”

Huang Dan kicked off his slippers and climbed in, moving all the way to the innermost place, leaving a large space.

Nie Wenyuan occupied that spot. Instead of turning off the bedside lamp, he leaned against the head of the bed, took out a pair of gold-rimmed glasses from the glasses case, put them on, and read the newspaper by the light, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

Huang Dan moved the quilt at the other end with his feet, rubbed his head on the soft pillow, and fell asleep.

Nie Wenyuan turned the newspaper over and continued to read, his eyes fell on it, and he stretched out his hand on the quilt to press the corner of the quilt for his little nephew.

Huang Dan suddenly got up. He put the pillow up, half-propped himself up and said, “Jiujiu, your people have told you that I am the only outsider who has been to Quanwu Shushu’s ward today.”

Nie Wenyuan said without raising his eyelids, “Mm.”

Huang Dan felt cold, so he shrank back under the blanket, “What do I need to do to clear myself of the suspicion?”

Nie Wenyuan said, “Put the quilt on, close your eyes and go to sleep.”

Huang Dan，“……”

Nie Wenyuan pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, “Jiujiu never doubted you.”

Huang Dan said, “Does Jiujiu have any suspects? You can tell me, and I will analyze it for you.”

Nie Wenyuan said, “Xiao Yu can still analyze?”

Huang Dan led his troop, “Not as good as Jiujiu but give me a test?”

Nie Wenyuan closed the newspaper, took off his glasses and put them back in the box. He turned sideways and saw the light in his little nephew’s eyes. He was a clever little guy, restrained and mature, which didn’t exist before.

Seeing that the man didn’t move, Huang Dan moved closer, put his hands and feet on him, and said with a smile in his tone, “How about it? Want to test? Hmm?”

Nie Wenyuan remained silent.

Huang Dan took the next step and hugged the man’s waist, “Jiujiu.”

Nie Wenyuan suddenly turned off the bedside lamp, and darkness came over, blocking the expression on his face. His voice was as steady as usual, “Sleep.”

Knowing that the man would not cooperate, Huang Dan still felt a little regretful. He maintained an intimate and dependent posture and said, “Good night, Jiujiu.”

Nie Wenyuan, “Mm.”

After a while, Huang Dan yawned and said, “Jiujiu, my mouth is scalded, smoking and drinking are prohibited.”

The words were very abrupt, and he didn’t care whether the man understood or responded. After he finished speaking, he turned sideways and fell asleep facing the wall.

The smell of cigarettes didn’t linger in the room for long. Nie Wenyuan stubbed out the cigarette with his fingers and got out of bed. He didn’t have to do anything important. He just went to the bathroom to brush his teeth. After brushing, he took a breath to make sure there was no cigarette smell, and when he found that there was still a little bit left, he frowned and brushed again.

Counting the time before smoking, Director Nie brushed his teeth three times tonight, and when he lay back on the bed, his mouth was full of mint.

It wasn’t over yet. Director Nie woke up at dawn. He wanted to do something, so he brushed it a fourth time before doing it. It seemed that he was afraid of infection and his mouth needed to be disinfected first.

Huang Dan woke up in the morning and found a faint smell of mint in his mouth. He went to the bathroom to squeeze out toothpaste, casually stuck out his tongue and looked in the mirror, and found that the blisters on the tip of his tongue seemed to be much smaller.

“Mr. Lu, isn’t saliva very poisonous?”

System, “Fight fire with fire.”

Huang Dan paused as he squeezed the toothpaste, and he opened his eyes slightly, “It makes sense.”

Accidentally squeezed out a big lump of toothpaste, Huang Dan turned around holding the toothbrush and shouted, “Jiujiu.”

Nie Wenyuan pushed the door open and came in. He was not wearing a coat. He was only wearing a sweater. It was the sweater that Nie Xiuqin brought over on his birthday. It was dark, stain-resistant, slim, and made him even more solemn.

Originally a boring person, and stuffy, wore a sweater of this color, it became a bit sharper for no reason. It looks very strict, old-fashioned, and stubborn, but that’s okay. It’s still paired with a white shirt, buttoned to the top, and when combined, it looks very tacky.

Thanks to his outstanding appearance, exquisite facial features, upright posture, and upright temperament, he has transformed this rustic look into a masculine one.

Nie Wenyuan understood everything when he saw the big lump of toothpaste that was about to fall off his nephew’s toothbrush. He rolled up the sleeve of his sweater, took another blue toothbrush in the cup, and rubbed half of the toothpaste on it.

Huang Dan was about to brush his teeth when he suddenly said, “Jiujiu, I don’t know what’s going on. When I got up in the morning, I felt a taste in my mouth.”

He pointed to the toothpaste, “It smells the same as this one, did I sleepwalk and brush my teeth last night?”

Nie Wenyuan lowered his head and brushed his teeth. His eyelids were half-drooped, and his eyelashes were long and thick, covering what was under his eyes. “You brushed your teeth before going to bed, so there will be residue in your mouth.”

Huang Dan thought that he had kept it for long enough. The smell of mint coming out of his breath was so clear and not turbid at all. It would have been strange if he hadn’t kissed him at dawn. He took a look at the man in the mirror whose expression remained unchanged, calm and composed, with no flaws at all.

Jiujiu and nephew stood side by side in front of the sink brushing their teeth, and spit toothpaste foam all over the sink.

After Huang Dan finished brushing, he raised his hands and waited for the man to finish washing his face.

Nie Wenyuan put the washbasin on the sink. He turned on the tap to drain the water, then pulled the towel and threw it into the basin. When the water was almost full and the water temperature was right, he let the little nephew wash first.

Huang Dan was taken aback, went over to pick up the hot towel in the basin and covered his face, he rubbed it comfortably, then stepped back after washing his face.

Nie Wenyuan called to his nephew, “Don’t move.”

Huang Dan obediently did not move, the man’s face was enlarged in his pupils, he opened his eyes, presuming that the other party would not kiss him when he was awake.

The first is the issue of the era. At this time, homosexuality was very dangerous abroad, let alone in China. You could not see GAY bars and movies even with a lantern. The second is the relationship between Jiujiu and nephew, even if they are not relatives, they have been called so for many years. Not to mention relatives and friends, the people of T city, if the gossip is set off, one carelessness can destroy two people, a big family.

As for the third one, Jiujiu felt that little nephew was too young and ignorant. He thought that the “like” and “love” he said were not what little nephew understood. He was worried that he would scare people, leave some psychological shadows, and even make him run away secretly, now he can only take his time, get closer a little bit, and probe.

This road is too difficult to walk. The guardians have a good plan while doing things. It is necessary to clear the road first, kick it when encountering small stones, and move them if they can’t be kicked, paved the way step by step, and only let the children step on it when it is completely paved.

Huang Dan thought this, and sure enough, there was no soft and cool touch, but a finger touched the corner of his eye and pulled off an eyelash.

Nie Wenyuan had just bent down to wash his face when he heard the sound of water coming from the toilet.

Huang Dan went to wash his hands after going to the toilet. He glanced slowly at the man who was still bending his back and burying his face in the basin, “Jiujiu, if you wash your face any longer, the skin will fall off.”

Nie Wenyuan raised his head, and water droplets rolled down his resolute face like a thread. He squeezed the towel and wiped his little nephew’s hands, “Breakfast is in the pot.”

Huang Dan went out without saying anything.

Nie Wenyuan stayed in the bathroom for more than half an hour before coming out. When he arrived in the living room, his little nephew on the dining table was drinking porridge, eyebrows slightly twisted, troubled.

Huang Dan’s voice was vague, “Jiujiu, I don’t know when you will be done, so I didn’t serve porridge for you, for fear of getting cold.”

Nie Wenyuan went to the kitchen to get a bowl of porridge. He sat down next to his nephew and heard his nephew ask him, “Jiujiu, is this your own house?”

He took a sip of porridge and said, “Yes.”

Huang Dan put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a paper towel, “A golden house to keep one’s beloved?”

Nie Wenyuan raised his eyelids, “Xiao Yu think so?”

Huang Dan said, “It is surrounded by mountains and forests, there are no other houses, and no one else is seen. It was just me and my Jiujiu in the whole big house, and I thought of that idiom, wasn’t it?”

Nie Wenyuan’s expression was dull, “Xiao Yu, you are using this idiom incorrectly.”

Huang Dan said, “Oh, so, it seems that I have to learn more from my Jiujiu, read more books, strive for more culture, be a cultured person, and don’t use idioms indiscriminately.”

Nie Wenyuan’s jawline tightened, and his brows furrowed.

Huang Dan didn’t get up and leave, but sat on the chair and looked at the man who had pursed his thin lips, a deep shadow appeared between his eyebrows, and the aura on his body was abnormal, giving people a solemn and lonely feeling.

After coughing, Huang Dan broke the silence and said, “I found a gun in the bedroom, can Jiujiu teach me?”

Nie Wenyuan said yes, “Does it still hurt?”

Huang Dan said that it didn’t hurt much, “I was very careful when I ate porridge and vegetables.”

Nie Wenyuan said, “Let Jiujiu take a look.”

Huang Dan opened his mouth slightly and stuck out his tongue. He looked at the man approaching seriously, there was a smell of soap on his body, which he used to wash his face, hair and bathe. It costs three yuan in total. There was no shampoo or shower gel, which was quite economical.

Nie Wenyuan looked at it for several minutes, “The ointment will be delivered before noon, and it will be cured before night.”

Huang Dan closed his mouth, his throat was dry, he watched the man clean up the dishes, he couldn’t control his thoughts from running amok.

Nie Wenyuan noticed that his nephew was distracted, and had a gentle look on his face. His pupils shrank, his hand holding the bowl tightened, and his brows knitted together, “Xiao Yu, tell Jiujiu, what are you thinking about?”

Huang Dan came to his senses immediately, “I’m thinking about Jiujiu.”

Nie Wenyuan turned and went to the kitchen.

Huang Dan touched his nose, don’t believe it? Yes, there is indeed no credibility. He walked in slowly and helped the man.

Nie Wenyuan didn’t use detergent, he uses rice water, throws the dishes in and gives it a scrub, and all the vegetable soup clinging to it will be gone, leaving it clean.

Huang Dan washed two pairs of chopsticks, and the rest were washed by the man. He stood nearby and asked, “Jiujiu, did my mom call you to ask about me?”

This was a redundant question. Huang Dan was just looking for something to say. He always felt that the man was thinking wildly and could be driven crazy by his imaginary rival.

Nie Wenyuan said no. He noticed that his nephew’s face was not sad.

Huang Dan smiled at the man and said, “I’ll wait for you in the bedroom.”

That smile was very clean, but it naturally had a touch of temptation. For those who had no idea would think it was a wonderful invitation, and there would be a hearty morning exercise as hot as summer later, but it was actually just playing.

Nie Wenyuan continued wiping the countertop for a while. He threw away the rag and held it on both sides of the countertop. He pursed his thin lips tightly. After a few minutes, he washed his hands and went upstairs, bringing the person down with him.

The door was blocked by heavy snow, and Nie Wenyuan gave the little nephew a pair of rubber boots, and the two creaked into the mountain on the snow.

Huang Dan saw the footprints left by the rabbit, and he was a little surprised. This was no less than when he went into the mountains to catch snakes. He had never paid attention to the magic of nature in the real world, and his life was too simple.

Nie Wenyuan shot a pheasant instead of a rabbit, and went down the mountain with one leg in his hands.

Huang Dan learned how to use guns, but his marksmanship was inaccurate and he made frequent mistakes. The reason was not him, but the person who taught him was inattentive and always thinking about other things.

The road down the mountain was difficult, so Nie Wenyuan picked up his little nephew, “You need to exercise.”

Huang Dan was holding a gun in one hand and a pheasant in the other, “Then let me down and I’ll go by myself.”

Nie Wenyuan lifted his little nephew up and held his butts firmly with his broad palms, “Now just let it be, next time, ok?”

Huang Dan lowered his head, rubbing his cold face into the man’s neck, and noticed that his body stiffened, and then he asked, “Jiujiu, how long will we stay here?”

Nie Wenyuan’s footsteps were non-stop and relaxed, “Isn’t it good here?”

Huang Dan looked at the white snow and shrubs that filled his field of vision, “It’s suitable for hiding from enemies.”

Nie Wenyuan’s eyebrows moved slightly, the softness of his palm made him feel distracted, and he couldn’t help but grab it.

Huang Dan pretended not to feel anything.

In the morning, a middle-aged man came over and brought medicine and food. When he saw Huang Dan, he showed a very subtle expression, including surprise, disbelief, curiosity, and finally cautiousness.

Huang Dan took the middle-aged man’s expression changes into his eyes. He didn’t care, holding a pen in his hand and drawing on the paper, without lifting his head.

Nie Wenyuan put up the things in the refrigerator and came over. With just one glance, he knew that the person in the drawing was himself, “Jiujiu never knew that Xiao Yu could draw.”

Huang Dan said, “I don’t know either, I just found out today.”

Nie Wenyuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, something flashed in there, and then sank again, “It seems that Xiao Yu is a genius.”

Huang Dan picked up the drawing, “Jiujiu, I’ll give it to you.”

Nie Wenyuan put it in the drawer and put it together with the auspicious jade bracelet.

The snow fluttered down from the sky again, covering the flowers, plants and trees with layers of white quilts, without asking if they needed it, it was very sentimental.

Huang Dan lived here, and the first person he saw when he opened his eyes every day was Nie Wenyuan, and the person he saw the moment before he closed his eyes was also him.

One night, Huang Dan suddenly opened his eyes.

Director Nie, who was caught red handed, was still very calm and serene, “Why did you wake up?”

Huang Dan didn’t know how to answer for a while, he wanted to say that you were very gentle when you kissed me before, so I didn’t notice it, and I could only rely on the taste of my mouth to determine whether I was kissed, but you kissed me so rudely just now, not only did you stick out your tongue, but you also bit mine. Isn’t it normal for me to wake up?

Nie Wenyuan turned on the light, “Are you feeling unwell?”

Huang Dan saw the worry and nervousness in the man’s eyes, and his thoughts of teasing suddenly disappeared, and he made an excuse at random, “I want to drink water.”

Nie Wenyuan didn’t get up.

Huang Dan glanced at the man almost undetectably, and one could easily imagine the scene under the quilt. Why was this man abusing himself in the middle of the night? He rubbed his brows, hesitating whether to lift the quilt, reach in and catch the man by surprise, or follow the words and get water to drink.

After a while, Nie Wenyuan had already lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

Huang Dan was stunned. He was surprised. He didn’t expect the man to have such strong self-control.

Nie Wenyuan poured the water over and said, “Take it.”

Huang Dan caught the cup and drank a few sips. The smell of smoke in his mouth was diluted. He swallowed it with his saliva. He lay down, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

If Huang Dan opened his eyes at this time, he would be able to see a magical scene. A person with strong self-control is chasing the sea of desire at a terrifying speed.

Nie Wenyuan put down his cup and went to the bathroom.

Huang Dan never asked about Liu Quanwu again, and he wouldn’t gain much even if he did.

Less than a week after Liu Quanwu’s death, something happened to Chen Fei. On his way back from work, the brakes on his bicycle failed, his nose was broken, one eyeball was bruised, and he needed nearly twenty stitches.

If it weren’t for Chen Fei’s excellent riding skills. He came down from the bridge when he noticed that the brakes had failed, and after a short moment of panic, he made the right move and grabbed the front of the bicycle with both hands to cross the bridge, otherwise he would have fallen directly from the slope, either dead or disabled.

The eldest son had an accident just after he went to work, and Nie Youxiang aged several years overnight. Sitting beside the hospital bed, she said, “Xiao Fei, you scared Mom to death.”

Chen Fei’s face was swollen and his bruised eyes were tightly closed. With this fall, his proud bones were broken.

Nie Youxiang wondered, “I just bought the bicycle last year. There has been no problem. Mom even checked it before you went out in the morning. How could the brakes fail?”

Her face changed, “Is it someone from your work unit who did it? Are they jealous that you are young, have a high degree of education, and have such a good job as soon as you graduate, so they tripped you behind your back? Making life difficult for you?”

“You said, you too. Mom asks you every day how you are doing, and you just say it’s okay. If you tell Mom the truth, then Mom will definitely go to your work unit. Where can such a thing happen!”

Chen Fei said in heart what nonsense, he was impatient, “Mom, can you stop talking?”

Nie Youxiang looked at the eldest son who was wrapped in gauze on the bridge of his nose, “Okay, you rest well.”

Chen Fei asked, “Does Jiujiu know?”

Nie Youxiang had called long ago. Nie Wenyuan was out of town and didn’t give much of a response. It looked like he wouldn’t come back. She lied and said she hadn’t called yet.

Chen Fei’s heart was like a mirror, familiar with the social routine, “Give a call to Jiujiu. It doesn’t matter if he is busy and can’t come. As long as he greets the dean, the hospital will respect his face, it will be more attentive to me, and the conditions in the ward will be much better.”

Nie Youxiang agreed very much with what her eldest son said, otherwise she would not have made the call right away. Unfortunately, people are like that. They have strong principles and stick to what they say. Her ears pricked as she listened, “Okay. Mom will make a call after going out.”

Chen Fei thought for a while, “Mom, is Xiaorou back?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xiaorou opened the door and came in, “I heard Ge say my name, are you talking bad about me?”

“You have been sensible since you were a child, what bad things can be said about you?”

Nie Youxiang pulled away the chair and stood up, “Xiaorou, you stay with your Ge. Mom will go home and get some things before coming over.”

The ward became quiet. Chen Xiaorou took off her leather gloves, revealing a pair of slender hands. She pushed back the broken hair from her ears. The pearl earrings on her earlobes had a soft luster, which looked expensive at first glance.

Chen Fei’s eyes twitched when he looked at them, “How come I haven’t seen you wearing these kind of earrings before?”

Chen Xiaorou smiled and said, “I already have them. I have too many earrings and I can’t wear them all.”

Chen Fei took a second look, and the topic turned to the bicycle brake failure, “If your Ge, I wouldn’t be lucky. Now it’s just you who speaks, and I would have been covered with a white cloth.”

Chen Xiaorou lowered her eyes, “Ge, I know what you are thinking.”

Chen Fei asked her, “Then what are you going to do?”

Chen Xiaorou’s eyes moved from his face to the window, then back to his face, “You are overthinking.”

Chen Fei said, “But…”

Chen Xiaorou interrupted him, “Ge, don’t forget, Jiujiu’s people have been monitoring the hospital, and no one can play tricks on him.”

Chen Fei said, “Liu Quanwu is dead. Do you think there is nothing fishy about it? Xiaorou, I think there is. To tell you the truth, I have always been restless these days. I feel like something is going to happen, and it happened.”

Chen Xiaorou stood up, “His death is his affair, what does it have to do with us? Ge, you…… what are you thinking?”

She took a breath, her eyes widened, “Could it be him……”

Chen Fei said, “It’s just a guess.”

Chen Xiaorou sat back on the chair, put her hands together and squeezed them nervously, “The person is dead, so don’t worry about it. Ge, you just landed on your face and broke your nose, not your brain. Don’t think too much.”

Chen Fei sighed, and something appeared on his face, which seemed like regret, and soon disappeared.

Huang Dan only found out about Chen Fei’s accident two days later. He asked the man standing by the pot while cooking, “Jiujiu, are we going back?”

Nie Wenyuan took the spatula and stir-fried the Mushu meat a few times, “Just stay here.”

Huang Dan said, “I want to go back and see my Ge.”

Nie Wenyuan didn’t look back, “Xiao Yu, you’re not a doctor.”

Huang Dan said, “Quanwu Shushu is gone, and my Ge is also injured. Jiujiu, things happened one after another at the end of the year.” It’s not over yet, he didn’t say these words.

Nie Wenyuan turned down the heat, put the Mushu meat on the plate, “You come with the shredded potatoes.”

Without any warning, Huang Dan went to change his duties, rubbing his forehead and pouting.

As a result, Nie Wenyuan ate all the unpalatable shredded potatoes, and the delicious Mushu meat went into Huang Dan’s stomach.

Cooking requires three points of talent, three points of interest, and the remaining four points are hard work. Huang Dan is not good at any of them, and the last one can only be made do.

Nie Youxiang called Nie Wenyuan several times to ask if he had informed the dean, but she didn’t mention the matter of the youngest son once. It wasn’t until she finally realized that the other party could no longer chat with her that she brought her younger son out.

“Wenyuan, Xiao Yu hasn’t been home for several days. I’ve been to the bar and the people there said they haven’t seen him. Do you know his situation?”

Nie Wenyuan glanced at his little nephew sitting at the table writing calligraphy, “I don’t know.”

Nie Youxiang felt that there was something to talk about on this topic, so she continued, “Let your people check it out. He is young and can’t distinguish right from wrong. I’m worried that something will happen to him if he fools around with people outside. If he goes to jail again, I have to go underground to accompany your brother-in-law.”

Nie Wenyuan said, “I will check.”

Nie Youxiang turned the topic to the eldest son, “Ai, I don’t know what’s going on, Xiao Yu won’t come back, and Xiao Fei is lying in the hospital, neither of them are worry free.”

The little nephew stretched out and held his chin to admire his calligraphy, which was calm and elegant. Nie Wenyuan was so absorbed in looking at it that he didn’t even listen to what the person on the phone was saying.

Nie Youxiang said hello several times, then hung up the phone with a green-blue face.

That afternoon, the home landline phone called Nie Wenyuan’s mobile phone. Grandma Wu’s old voice was full of concern, “Wenyuan, I went to see Xiao Fei. The ward he lives in is in very bad condition, and there are other people living in it. It’s not coughing, it’s just doing this and that, it’s very noisy, can he have a good rest?”

Nie Wenyuan leaned back in his chair and said, “Mama Wu, if you feel bored, go and live in the countryside for a while. There are all the neighbors there who can chat with you about daily life.”

Grandma Wu immediately sighed, “I’m old, and people dislike me.”

Nie Wenyuan caught a glimpse of his little nephew putting on his rubber boots and heading out the door. He stood up and strode over to follow him.

Huang Dan said, “I’m going to see the snow scene.”

Before Nie Wenyuan hung up the phone, the voice had already entered the phone. Fortunately, Grandma Wu’s hearing is not very good. If she heard it, she would definitely hang up the phone and call Nie Youxiang.

On the 21st day, Nie Wenyuan answered the phone and went out.

Huang Dan stood under the eaves, with a row of icicles hanging above his head. Steam came out of his mouth, “Jiujiu, come back soon.”

Nie Wenyuan walked to the car door and turned back, raising his hand to touch his nephew’s hair, “It’s cold outside, go back.”

In the evening, Huang Dan’s eyelids suddenly twitched. As soon as he didn’t pay attention, he knocked the water cup in his hand to the ground and it fell apart on the spot.

On the other side, Nie Wenyuan had an accident, and the bodyguards had dark expressions with knives hanging on their necks, waiting to be killed.

Nie Wenyuan asked a bodyguard nearby to notify everyone, and asked everyone to mobilize to find Wang Ming’s whereabouts as soon as possible. He also asked people to keep an eye on Chen Xiaorou.

He then made two phone calls. The first call was to his little nephew, saying that he had something to deal with temporarily, and he didn’t know when he would go back. It depended on the completion of the matter.

Huang Dan at the other end was cleaning up debris. He put the phone between his ear and shoulder, “Jiujiu, where are you?”

Nie Wenyuan was in the middle of the journey, he said, “You stay there, wait until Jiujiu comes back.”

Huang Dan said, “Ten days, if you don’t come back, I will go down the mountain.”

Nie Wenyuan covered his abdomen with one hand, “Xiao Yu, do what you are told and don’t let Jiujiu worry.”

Huang Dan said, “Jiujiu, I can’t cook well without you, and I can’t sleep well either.”

Nie Wenyuan’s heart throbbed when he heard it. The pain immediately covered the injury in his abdomen. He said in a low voice, “In ten days, Jiujiu will definitely go back.”

After hanging up, Nie Wenyuan made another call, “Take care of the person for me, he is there, and your lives are there.”

From the beginning to the end, there was no weakness in Nie Wenyuan’s voice. His speech was neither fast nor slow, and his breath was calm, exactly the same as before.

If one hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, no one would believe it. The caller had been stabbed in the abdomen with a deep wound. The blood was flowing, staining his clothes and pants red, and drops of blood fell down, there was already a pool of blood at the foot.

After making the call, Nie Wenyuan lost too much blood and fell forward. He was supported by his men and rushed to the hospital.