1.5

Inside the dimly lit room, a slim youth was tied to a four-poster bed, his body covered in sticky sweat, his eye sockets deeply sunken, and his skin showing the characteristic greenish-white color of drug addicts. He had just survived a withdrawal reaction, and was now staring unfocusedly at the bed curtain above his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

The sound of steady footsteps slowly approached, and a man wearing an iron-gray suit with an extraordinarily tall figure opened the door to the room and walked over to the bed to check it out. His pitch-black hair was brushed all the way to the back of his head, revealing a face that was handsome to the extreme, and his narrow eyes flashed dangerously from time to time, making him intimidating to look at.

“I’ll have the caretaker give you a bath.” He pulled a handkerchief from his jacket pocket and wiped the cold sweat from the youth’s forehead.

The youth licked his dry and chapped lips and said in a mute voice, “Uncle, it was Zhou Yunsheng who set me up. I remembered, that woman I had seen before, she was drinking with Zhou Yunsheng in JimBeamBourbonWhiskey and looked very close. He must have instructed that woman to harm me!”

This young man is Zhou Wenjing, now in his second year of college. A few months ago to pick up a beautiful woman, but did not expect that the woman’s heart is malicious, gave him a spiked cigarettes, laced with a potent drug, just once can be addicted. Zhou Wenjing although suspicious nature, on their own safety is also very vigilant, but there is a fatal weakness, that is, adore the beauty, but where the appearance of a beautiful woman to come to those who do not refuse.

He reacted when the first addiction hit him, but it was too late and he had to call his uncle, who was far away in J.

Du Xu Lang expressionlessly threw the half-moistened handkerchief into the trash can, his heart churning with anger, which was not listening to his nephew’s accusations, but rather the disappointment of hating him. He had instructed him a thousand times not to accept ingestible things handed by strangers, and had also sent a few bodyguards to secretly accompany him.

However, bodyguards were not full-time nannies and could not control their employer’s personal affairs. Zhou Wenjing wanted to pick up a girl, and they couldn’t hard stop him.

It’s just a case of getting yourself killed!

Du Xu Lang forced down his anger and washed his hands, then picked up the landline to notify the caregiver to go upstairs to scrub his nephew’s bath, before settling down on the sofa and saying in a deep voice, “This was not Yun Sheng’s doing. Who else have you offended, think for yourself.”

He had already found out whose handiwork was behind it, but wasn’t going to tell his nephew. Not even knowing who his true enemy was, he would sooner or later be assassinated without a corpse. He would guide him and help him when necessary, but would not personally step in to eradicate his enemies for him. Back then, if he hadn’t told him that his sister was forced to die by Yang Xi and that’s why she committed suicide in Yang Xi’s bathtub, he wouldn’t have moved to kill Zhou Yunsheng.

Hatred is powerfully contagious, and when his nephew hated Yang Xi’s mother and son to the bone, he did not ask for anything but to help him take revenge. If he hadn’t been awakened by Zhou Yunsheng’s condemnation, he would have almost become a villain who avenges his kindness. Since then, his credibility in his nephew’s words was greatly diminished.

“Who else if not him? Who else can profit from abolishing me?” An expression of resentment and unwillingness surfaced on Zhou Wenjing’s thin face. He had long ago noticed that his uncle’s favor towards Zhou Yunsheng was increasing with each passing day, and that an inexplicable attention had developed. Once, he even found many photos of Zhou Yunsheng in his uncle’s nightstand, from the angle that each one was taken secretly, with beautiful moods and eyebrows.

Although Zhou Yunsheng is not as handsome as he is, his feminine features carry a strange attraction, especially the pair of eyes that are as clear as the moon in the water, slightly picking at the camera for a moment, simply able to hook a person’s heart out of the chest.

The photo at the top was a little worn at the edges, which showed how much the collector loved it. If he hadn’t been concerned about himself, Zhou Wenjing believed that his uncle would have framed the photo and hung it all over one wall.

He didn’t understand where this attention came from; was it because his mother had given his uncle a few clothes and a few toys when he was a child? How many favors could his uncle have received from her when he left the orphanage at the age of five? Even if she had sponsored her mother, and she had paid for everything she owed her with her life, wasn’t that enough?

Yes, Zhou Wenjing has realized – it wasn’t Zhou Yunsheng’s mother who forced his own mother to die, but his own mother who forced Zhou Yunsheng’s mother to die. At first, he thought that his mother slit her wrists and died in Yang Xi’s bathtub for revenge, until Zhou Yun Sheng’s yelling in the dark alley that day made him realize that his mother was so kind that she must have felt guilty about Yang Xi in her heart. The reason why she died in Yang Xi’s bathtub was to tell her – I’ve paid you back everything I owe you.

But her thoughts were too simple and too blind, not realizing that her own death indirectly led to Yang Xi’s death, which then forced their children to go down the path of hatred until they could no longer be reconciled. Even if he was willing to let Zhou Yunsheng go, Zhou Yunsheng would never let him go.

Du Xu Lang frowned, dissatisfied with his nephew’s paranoia and obstinacy, and said in a deep voice, “You can suspect anyone, except Yun Sheng. Who else would benefit, can’t you use your brain to think?”

Yun Sung? When did even the title become so intimate? Zhou Wenjing could not hide the cynicism on his face, and when he saw his uncle’s gaze was sharp and cold, he then thought seriously, and then thought on Zhou Wenang.

No, it wouldn’t be Wenang. He was the only person who had released kindness to himself when he first arrived at the Zhou family. He would secretly give himself medicine for his injuries, secretly celebrate his birthday for himself, and secretly accompany him to visit his mother’s grave, so how could it be him? Father had said long ago that since he had inherited Yang Xi’s legacy, there would be no part for him in the Zhou Group.

He has no conflict of interest with himself, so why would he want to harm himself?

Zhou Wenjing shook his head to dismiss this idea, and after thinking hard, he still felt that Zhou Yunsheng was the one behind the scenes.

Seeing that he never got the hang of it, Du Hsu-lang didn’t bother to speak, and as soon as the caregiver arrived, he went back to the study and clicked on the video phone on his desk.

“Looking for me for what?” A handsome face with a lazy look emerged on the screen, a little red around the eyes from staying up all night.

“Still programming? It’s already 2:30 in the morning, it’s time to sleep.” Du Xu Lang stared at his watch, a few points of concern hidden in his seemingly flat tone.

“Go to sleep right away.” Zhou Yunsheng tilted his head and put a few drops into his eyes to relieve the dryness.

The youth wiped away the water droplets overflowing from the corners of his eyes, his slightly narrowed eyes rippling and moving, causing Du Hulang’s breath to be slightly stifled. He pretended to be relaxed and leaned towards the back of the chair, folding his slender legs, waiting for his breathing and heartbeat to stabilize before he spoke in a muffled voice, “Wenjing is currently in detoxification. Do you recognize Elsa?”

Elsa was the very woman who had lured-induced Zhou Wenjing to take drugs. Zhou Yunsheng immediately laughed, “Sooner or later he will die on a woman’s belly.” The words fell as he picked up the steaming milk on the table and drank it all in one go, licking his lips he continued, “I know, gave me a spiked cigarette a few months ago. You know, I’ve always had a good nose, so I refused.”

With 007 in hand, Zhou Yunsheng could adjust his body data at will, such as enhancing his five senses, strength, mental power, and so on. However, he would adjust it depending on the tolerance of the world, reaching a level beyond that of an ordinary person would be enough, and would not be so strong as to go against the heavens, as that would cause the world to collapse.

He could already smell the pungent odor of the drug before Elsa’s cigarette was even handed to him.

Du Xu Lang just put down his high hanging heart, and then heard the opposite side say, “Have you not always sent people to spy on me? The facts should be clear. I will not harm your nephew, you can rest assured.”

“How could I possibly spy on you? My hand can’t reach that far yet.” Du Xu Lang’s pupils shrunk slightly, but his face did not show it. He was currently still using a false identity, and even Zhou Wenjing didn’t know that his uncle was at the helm of the Du Clan’s plutocracy, and only thought that he had resigned and gone to J to develop, and was currently a middle-level manager of a certain company, with a little money but no power.

“There’s no place in the world that your hands can’t reach Duhurang. Look at this.” Zhou Yunsheng fished out a photo from the drawer and brought it in front of the camera.

This is the only photo of the Du family head captured by the media. Due to the heavy bodyguards, the camera was far away, only a side face was photographed, and it was very blurred, not to mention others, I am afraid that even Du Hsu-Lang himself may not recognize who it was. Therefore, this photo was not blocked by the Du Clan after it was released.

“Who would have thought that this Du Xulang (the fake name fabricated before) is the same Du Hsu-Lang from J country? But with the difference of one word, the truth closest to the truth is instead not suspected by anyone. Du family head, have you had enough fun all these years?” Zhou Yunsheng put down the photo and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Du Xu Lang was dying, “The photo was taken so blurry, how can you be sure that this person is me?”

“I forgot to tell you, our company has just developed a recognition software, not to mention a side face, even if only the back of the head is photographed, based on the bones, height, weight, gait and other factors, we can also distinguish the real identity of the person. The Ministry of Defense of the People’s Republic of China is going to pay a high price for this software to track down terrorists. Why don’t I show you a demonstration now?” Zhou Yunsheng picked up the scanner and prepared to scan the photo into the computer to compare it with Du Hulang’s real person.

He knew that his relationship with Noah’s Circle could never be hidden from Du Xu Lang, who had a good ear, so he never covered it up in front of him.

“No need, I am Du Xu Lang.” Du Xu Lang smiled helplessly and asked, “When did you know?” Already noticing his identity and still being able to get along with himself so easily and calmly, inexplicably, he felt in a pleasant mood.

“Almost two years. I’ll play with you if you want to, are you satisfied?” Zhou Yunsheng reached out and tried to turn off the video.

“Don’t turn it off, I still have something to tell you.” Du Xu Lang unconsciously leaned over and stared at the camera and spoke seriously, “I’m not spying on you or suspecting you, but I’m protecting you. Do you know how much trouble I’ve helped you block out over the past few years? Two days ago the bodyguard following you caught a street punk who was preparing to rob you, he was carrying a gun and the bullets were already loaded. Do you know what that means?”

Zhou Yunsheng withdrew his hand and smiled coldly, “Someone wants my life, who is it?”

“You don’t know yourself?” Du Xu Lang pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, the white smoke blurring the coldness in his eyes.

Zhou Yunsheng’s company grew bigger and bigger, inevitably offending a few people, but the only one who really wanted him dead, come to think of it, was Zhou Wenang. He pondered for a moment, his eyes crossed with realization.

Du Hulang exhaled a mouthful of smoke, softened his tone and persuaded, “You go back. Back to the country, he will not be able to blatantly deal with you, there are your grandparents and uncles to keep an eye on, at least it is much safer than abroad. A few more years later, I’m afraid that the Zhou family will have no place for you, that’s your family business, no one is qualified to compete with you.”

“Not even Zhou Wenjing is qualified?” Zhou Yunsheng subconsciously asked back.

“Wenjing is not qualified either.” Du Xu Lang nodded his head affirmatively. Perhaps out of a mentality of making amends, perhaps out of sympathy, the original Du Hulang, who had decided that the Zhou family also had a share of Wenjing, had now changed his mind. He could help Wenjing establish his own family, but the Zhou family must be Yun Sheng’s. He was the rightful heir to the Zhou Group.

Furthermore, he felt that the relationship between the two Zhou brothers was odd. The Zhou family was just an ordinary merchant, not an extreme family like the Du Clan, and there was no need to use swords and guns to take someone’s life in a fight over family property. If Zhou Wenang had won, it would have been fine to kick his brother out of the house, why did he have to go to the point of no return? The person he should have hated was Wen Jing, but instead he went after his own brother even more poisonously, this reasoning made no sense at all.

Du Hulang investigated the past of the two brothers, since childhood, Zhou Yunsheng cared for Zhou Wenang considerate, there is no trace of bad blood. He couldn’t understand why Zhou Wenang would hate Zhou Yunsheng to the extent that he wanted him dead.

Woody puzzled over it, and he couldn’t help but ask out loud.

Why? Because Zhou Wen Ang he is not worthy of his name, if one day Zhou Yun Sheng finds out the truth, he will lose everything he has now. Even if Zhou Yunsheng couldn’t deal with him, Yang Xi’s parents would make his death very ugly. Although Yang’s group was not as large as Zhou’s, it had an extremely complex background, with industries spanning black, white and gray. Yang Xi’s parents and a few siblings are ruthless and protective, how much he favors Zhou Wen Ang now, how much he will hate him when he learns the truth.

Zhou Yunsheng is a knife hanging over Zhou Wenang’s head, a thorn in his heart, only by getting rid of Zhou Yunsheng can he truly breathe a sigh of relief. And I’m afraid that Zhou’s father has the same mentality, otherwise he wouldn’t have instigated his eldest son to alienate the Yang family.

In this moment, Zhou Yunsheng thought a lot, but did not intend to tell Du Hulang a single word, snickering as he took off his clothes, “What do you care so much about, I’ll settle my own affairs myself. If Zhou likes it, he can take it, I haven’t looked at it in the eye. My Noah’s Ring will crush Zhou’s sooner or later.”

Throwing off his clothes and raking his hair, he walked straight into the bathroom to shower, forgetting to even turn off the camera.

The little teenager back then had now grown into a handsome and peerless youth, his skin was pale and almost transparent due to staying at home and not seeing the sun for a long time, but the tight muscles of his abdomen and his beautiful mermaid line showed that he had been well exercised. He stood up and unbuckled his belt, revealing his supple and powerful waist, and because his hips were too firm, his pants did not continue to slide down, but instead stuck loosely to his crotch.

That languid and casual look was sexually – sensual.

Duhurang watched with rapt attention, even poking his neck out as the youth stepped out of the shot and tried to follow through.

The youth took a quick shower and walked out with a towel tied around his waist, his straight, slender legs once again catching the man’s eye. He didn’t seem to notice the man’s strange expression and stiff sitting posture, said good night and turned off the video.

The charming image disappeared, only then did Du Xu Lang slowly exhale a mouthful of turbid breath, holding his forehead and smiling bitterly. He seemed to have been seduced, yet the tragedy was that the other party did not have that intention at all.

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Did Zhou Yunsheng really not mean that? Just after turning off the camera, he hooked his lips and smiled. He is a gay man and has a very high vision. Du Hulang is a double, looks and body is not a superb, put the superb do not eat but go to find the second best, Zhou Yunsheng has not been satisfied to that point.

As for what to do about the aftermath after he ate it, he wasn’t thinking about it at the moment. Having been a puppet of the system enough, he now just wanted to live by his own heart.