The next morning, Gu Yuan sat in the room and stirred the mung bean and lily sober soup in front of him with a spoon. He took a sip without any interest.

It's indeed not Fang Jin's craftsmanship.

Last night, General Manager Gu almost completed the second achievement of making Assistant Fang cry. The reason why it was almost not real was that the browser successfully retreated in the last second. The beauty of CG who was flirting with her head finally disappeared from the screen. But after most of the night, Fang Jin no longer had the energy to make sober soup, so he could only take a hot shower and go to bed hurriedly. In the second half of the night, he finally lived up to expectations and started a fever.

Assistant Fang's constitution was so excited that he had a fever. After breakfast, he went to Fang Jin's room to visit him, but suddenly found that Xiao Yao was not leaving, sitting at the head of the bed with a cup of hot water, with a look of concern on his face.

...Why is this person who was put on medicine and washed cold water for half an hour better? Is it a fool really not to catch a cold?

Gu Yuan walked into the bedroom, and Xiao Yao immediately jumped out of the bed as if he was touched by electricity, and said timidly: "Hello Gu... Master Gu!"

Gu Yuan's unremitting eyes swept across his face, and the beautiful boy suddenly shuddered.

Fang Jin struggled to get up, his snow-white face was burned red, and his voice was completely hoarse: "Sorry, Mr. Gu, today's negotiations and meetings cannot be attended, you..."

Gu Yuan opened the drawer of the bedside table, pulled out a thermometer, and threw it onto the bed with a snap.

"..." This scene was so familiar that Fang Jin silently put the thermometer into his mouth, and the room was quiet.

Gu Yuan hugged his chest with his hands, waiting to see the temperature at the bed with his condescending hands. The hangover had almost no effect on him. The handmade shirt and custom suit were always straight, and a ruby ​​tie clip with real gold and silver buttoned on the black dark flower tie. The hidden and mellow smell of men's perfume came from the collar and cuffs, which set off his expressionless face and sharp eyes, forcing people not to say a word.

A few minutes later, Fang Jin pulled out the mercury thermometer from his mouth. Gu Yuan reached out to grab it, narrowed his eyes and looked at the light for a while.

Thirty-eight degrees and five, but luckily it is not as good as going to the hospital.

"...Since you have a fever, take a good rest." Gu Yuan put down his thermometer and said, "Play less games and less distracted."

Fang Jin's face was so red that it almost burned: "I--"

But Gu Yuan did not give him a chance to speak, turned around and raised his chin in the direction of Xiao Yao, as if threatening or warning, and then interrupted Fang Jin:

"I'm going to the company, hurry up and come to work."

Xiao Yao subconsciously took a step back half a step, and Fang Jin hurriedly said yes.

General Manager Gu was like a king who had inspected the territory and then got off.

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"...How can Young Master Gu be so mean!" As soon as the door clicked, Xiao Yao couldn't help but attack: "You've been burned like this, he's still waiting to see the temperature! Do you suspect you're lazy and pretending to be sick?!"

"He just wanted to know the temperature."

"And you tell me to go back to work as soon as possible!" Xiao Yao said angrily: "What's wrong with rich people? Are rich people so great? Can you bully them if you have a good temper?"

Fang Jinxin said that Gu Yuan had such a temper and couldn't blame him. But you just didn't say anything but your brain problem shouldn't be lost, but how can you get involved in the entertainment industry? Is it really just your face?

He sighed, looking at Xiao Yaoqing's sincere expression of grudges, and he couldn't say this, and finally could only say: "You... be careful when you speak in the future."

Xiao Yao looked at him, and for some reason his cheeks were a little red: "I'm just worried about you!"

He lay on the edge of the bed for a while. When Fang Jin was thinking about a way to ask his agent to come and pick the child up, he suddenly saw Xiao Yao's eyes lit up. He thought he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Assistant Fang, I tell you that our group has made the first album recently, I will show it to you!"

He ran to the entrance to get a backpack he brought last night, and took out a CD and picked it up. Fang Jin couldn't help but be curious. When he looked up, he saw that the cover was printed with beautiful words such as "New Popular Idol Group" and "Super Popular Beautiful Boy". Below are a few photos of Korean-style boys. Xiao Yao is in the middle - this child is really a fool, and a high-definition picture on the inner page is specially given on the side, with his eyelashes so slender.

"The agent said it's not time to post it yet, so we'll ask us to wait." Xiao Yao said with anticipation: "Who and who are the first record hit. Although the post-production data are also mixed, how good it can be gained popularity at the beginning. After the official release, it will be a chart, publicity, and tours from all over the country. The agent said that if the response is good, let us participate in the live singer talent show..."

Fang Jin smiled and said, "That's great. Don't forget to sign me after you become famous."

In such a simple sentence, Xiao Yao blushed and said stutteringly: "Why... are you tired? I'll find you a headphone to listen to it?"

Fang Jin was about to say why you should contact the agent to pick you up first, but suddenly the cell phone he placed on the bedside rang - it was an unknown number.

Fang Jin's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly stood up, grabbed his cell phone and turned over and got out of bed.

"Oh..." Xiao Yao said in surprise, but before he could catch up with him, Fang Jin strode into the balcony of the closed hotel, turning around and closing the floor-to-ceiling glass door, and erecting a finger to silence him.

Xiao Yao didn't dare to catch up with him, but Fang Jin turned around and left only a figure behind him, and answered the phone at the same time.

Fang Jin stood barefoot on the ground on the balcony of the hotel and said cautiously: "Hey, Mr. Gu."

This "Mr. Gu" is completely different from the tone he faces Gu Yuan. If Gu Yuan is a newly mature young wolf, whose ferocious fangs and sharp claws make people afraid to get close to him, Gu Mingzong is the overlord who has long incorporated the entire jungle into his territory. On the surface, he looks lazy and steady, but only when he stands up can people see the bloody bones behind him.

The sound of breathing came from the other side of the phone, which was slight and familiar with the sound of electric current.

The fear and palpitations that had settled bit by bit in the shadows of many years once again hit back on their faces. Fang Jin unconsciously held his phone tightly, and his nails turned blue and white.

At the same time, in the open and spacious top office, Gu Mingzong stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, handed his phone to the security department supervisor behind him, and signaled him to take it over and speak.

"Hey, Assistant Fang."

As if the heart hanging in the air fell heavily back into the chest, Fang Jin almost breathed a sigh of relief in an instant:

“…hello.”

"Mr. Gu asked me to tell you," the security supervisor over there was a steady and respectful voice, without any abnormality: "The tenant at Jinrui Hotel last night was the boss of xx investment company, and there was no problem. This morning, Mr. Gu asked us to handle the matter. I'll tell you, don't worry."

"...Thank you," Fang Jin tried his best tone to be calm and natural, "Thank you, Mr. Gu."

The opposite hung up the phone.

Fang Jin stood on the balcony, his whole body suddenly relaxed his energy, and he grabbed the handrail before he stood firm.

As Mingzong has already solved it.

How did it be solved? He didn't ask.

He learned to ask nothing since a long time ago—the secrets he saw with his own eyes were enough for Gu Mingzong to kill him a hundred times, and he really didn't need to know more.

No one can know the inside story more clearly, more realistic, and more cruel than what he knows. Even the two biological sons of the Gu family did not have the opportunity to witness those bloody history at close range like him.

When Fang Jin was sold in, the Gu family was still in the most turbulent and dangerous stage of being washed away from black. Gu Mingzong only treated him as a pet that could relieve his boredom. Who needs to hide anything from kittens and dogs? Some things were caught when they were caught. Later, Fang Jin grew up gradually, Gu Mingzong felt that he had the potential to be an assistant and deputy. Some methods not only did not hide them, but would also teach them semi-compulsoryly.

When he was a teenager, Fang Jin didn't understand it, and felt fear, but he had no ability to leave the Gu family, who was like a giant. Later, he was sent to Germany to go to school. Once on holiday, he rode his bike to the countryside alone. Looking at the vast sky and empty fields, he suddenly had the idea of ​​running away again. Although he had thought about it before, it was the first time he implemented it in his life. He himself didn't know where he mustered up the courage.

He hurriedly packed up his money and ID, threw away his mobile phone card, and didn't even bring his clothes to change, so he took the train to leave Heidelberg. After a few trains aimlessly, he came to a hidden country town, rented a house with his stolen documents and cash, and began to play cash-paid workers in a fast food restaurant, trying to wait until the limelight has passed before sneaking back to China.

In the first few nights, he moved the sofa to the door of the room and blocked it. He slept on the sofa at night, almost all of which were spent. He knew Gu Mingzong's various methods very well. Even if a gust of wind blew across the windowsill, a cat jumped over the roof could make him jump up instantly, and then wait until dawn.

However, the next half month was calm. He checked newspapers and police websites every day, but did not see any news of finding missing students.

When he finally felt that the Gu family had not noticed that the little fish had slipped away for a while, one night, he could not resist the fatigue of fear for several days and curled up on the sofa and fell asleep. When he woke up the next morning, he found that he returned to Heidelberg, lay on the bed of the usual apartment, changed into pajamas, and the furnishings in the room were exactly the same as when he left half a month ago.

He subconsciously looked back at the clock and instantly felt that the blood was cold all over his body.

——I saw that the clock had stopped in the corner of the room.

Stopped at the moment when he left the house half a month ago.

Gu Mingzong's silent warning did not intimidate Fang Jin for too long, or in other words, this child, who had been timid and frightened since childhood, finally suddenly developed endless courage to confront him after tasted the taste of rebellion.

He quickly planned his second escape, and this time he was more careful and proper. He used pre-made fake documents from the beginning and used some tricks to forge the entry and exit records of the apartment door card half a month in advance. He left in school class, and everyone thought he was just going to the bathroom. A few hours later, he had appeared in a border town near the Czech Republic on the other end of Germany, took off his sunglasses and walked out of the platform.

This time he didn't even work, and only used cash to live in a cheap hotel without registration. He slept in eight beds and one room. He didn't go online every day, didn't go out, and just sat in front of the window to observe the vehicles and pedestrians on the side of the road. This time he persisted for almost a month. He originally thought that when there were people around 24 hours a day, any risk had been minimized. However, when he woke up one morning, he found himself back to his apartment in Heidelberg.

Without knowing it, the more than twenty days he left seemed like a dream, and the clock in the corner of the room stopped once again at the moment when he left.

After that, Fang Jin ran away several times in a row, all of which ended the same.

In the end, his mental pressure was already very high. He knew that Gu Mingzong's patience would always be used up, but he couldn't and was reluctant to stop. He was like a gambler who lost the red eyes. When the chips he bet on became the last one, he would collapse after that. The next step was torn to pieces.

For so many years, those who oppose Gu Mingzong, who have disappeared silently and have not survived, or are still living in a dark corner of the world, may each become his ending tomorrow.

However, Fang Jin's struggle like a trapped beast did not last long. The last escape was late at night. He fell asleep on a bus in the Czech countryside. When he woke up, he saw that it was pitch black outside the window and the quiet and pale light was lit in the carriage. Gu Mingzong sat on a chair opposite him to read a book.

Fang Jin knew that he had lost the last chip. He sat up and leaned on the cold back of the chair without saying a word.

"Why?" asked.

Fang Jin was silent for a long time before saying, "I don't want to die."

It may be ridiculous to outsiders when they hear it: Gu Mingzong raised him and sent him to school. He has never been harsh for so many years, and he didn't even ask him to die when his eldest son was in danger. To this day, does he still have to worry about this?

However, Fang Jin knew that the knife hanging above his head had not been removed.

He is also a small scapegoat bought by the Gu family. Escape twice does not mean that he will be able to escape every time in the future. Before coming to Germany, Chi Wanru's actions against Gu Yuan almost made him die. Next time, God knows who Gu Mingzong's choice will tend to?

In such a civilized society and such a luxurious upper class, his life is nothing more than goods held by the superiors.

Unexpectedly, Gu Mingzong was not angry, and he didn't even look at all surprised: "You have a reason, no one wants to die."

He closed the book, stared at Fang Jin with deep eyes, and said, "—Let's make a deal."

Fang Jin looked back at him vigilantly.

"You are my lover, and I will make sure you live safely. No one can touch your hair; if I die, you can inherit part of my private property and leave the Gu family immediately. I will arrange a hidden place for you in advance."

"During this period, you are completely free, your range of activities is not restricted, and it doesn't matter if you want to live in Germany all the time; Gu Yuan will bear the consequences of any danger, and if you don't want to, you don't even have to give a drop of blood."

"How?" asked, "Do you think about it?"

Fang Jin's ears buzzed, and his brain went blank for a whole few minutes, and his heart seemed to be beating and squeezing his throat.

"What if...what if I don't agree?"

Gu Mingzong looked at him and pointed out the window.

Fang Jin turned to the car window and through the deep night, he finally saw that there were many people around the bus, all wearing black clothes, standing upright and silently - he recognized that it was Gu Mingzong's private security team. Gu's family did not wash away these people when they were whitewashed, and many of them were desperate people who had been recruited from mercenaries.

"Fang Jin," said Gu Mingzong, "If I take you away from this place now and take you back to Gujia, you will never see the sunshine forever, and you will never see what the sunshine is like until the moment you die. I can do it completely; but I will give you a chance tonight, and you can choose your future life yourself, although the negative answer may cause you to not refer to the remaining time in the future with the word "life."

He pointed to his watch and said, "You have a minute to think carefully and then tell me the answer."

Fang Jin sat there motionlessly, his whole body seemed to be completely immersed in ice water, and the dark and cold fear penetrated silently from the cracks of the bones.
To be continued...