single stab

In the white corridor filled with the smell of disinfectant, a man with a gloomy face was silently smoking a cigarette in the corridor. The nurse not far away timidly wanted to remind him of the prohibition rules in the hospital, but did not dare to step forward.

A slender hand snatched the cigarette from Li Zheng's mouth, and squeezed it out vigorously. Li Duan took out a wet tissue to wipe his smoke-stained fingers, and said flatly.

"This is the second time he has been in the hospital."

Li Zheng didn't speak.

It is indeed the second time.

The first time was when Li Zhenggang ate the person in his mouth. Li Duan just heard that he locked the person at home for several days, and that night he heard that the person was admitted to the hospital.

"What happened again this time?"

Li Duan's brows were tightly frowned. His younger brother looked arrogant and unruly, but in fact he was very good at controlling and rarely did outrageous things. However, the recent gaffes seemed to be caused by the people lying in the ward.

Li Zheng didn't move after the cigarette was taken away, and slowly exhaled dense smoke from his mouth. His deep voice was like muddy water hidden in a fog barrier, low and dark.

"...He wants to leave secretly."

Li Duan glanced at him and said calmly.

"Then let him go."

Li Zheng raised his head fiercely, stared at him expressionlessly, and the back of his hand clasped the window sill suddenly had bruises, as if he had touched some reverse scale, and his whole body exuded a sense of horrified coldness.

"impossible."

No matter how scary Li Zheng is, Li Duan is his elder brother who has been in charge of him for more than 20 years. His parents died early. He has worked hard to raise Li Zheng. He is both a brother and a father. In his opinion, Li Zheng's stubbornness is no different from a child's temper tantrum .

He tugged on his tie casually, as always, thinking of Li Zheng first.

"Since you still can't let him go, let me help you persuade him that it's not a problem to make such a fuss all the time."

After a moment of silence, Li Zheng whispered.

"Don't scare him, he's timid."

Li Duan smiled vaguely, and patted Li Zheng's shoulder reassuringly like a tolerant elder.

"Don't worry, I'm much gentler than you."

In the single ward, Jiang Xuean was lying quietly, breathing weakly as if she hadn't.The hanging bottle is connected to the back of the hand exposed by the horns. The wrist bones are protruding, slender and thin, like a fragile paper frame, which can be easily crushed.

too weak.

This was the third time Li Duan saw him, and the only thought came to his mind.

He sat on the single chair next to the bed, crossed his hands, rubbed his thumbs together, and made the usual movements when thinking.Scrutinizing eyes fell on Jiang Xue's pale face, and Li Duan had to admit that he had the capital to fascinate his younger brother.

But it's just too disobedient.

He heard that Li Zheng had been so kind to Jiang Xue this year, like a mangy dog ​​with no brains, and sometimes even ran to his office in distress to ask for help, how to make people happy.

But Jiang Xue is really ignorant, and even made Li Duan have the idea of ​​quietly taking people away from Li Zheng several times. When Li Zheng talked about Jiang Xue, he looked happy, and he dismissed the idea again.

Their parents were simple farmers. After both died in a flood, the helpless two brothers went to work hard in a nearby small county in order to survive.Li Duan has a calm personality, a flexible mind, and an astonishing sensitivity to business opportunities, while Li Zheng has an impatient personality, loves to fight, and is agile and powerful.The two brothers used their own advantages to depend on each other. When Li Duan was groping for ways to make money, Li Zheng escorted him. Slowly, they developed from small county towns to third-tier cities, and then gradually took root in first-tier cities.

After so many years from the mud to the cloud, Li Zheng seems to have never changed. Even after gaining power, wealth, and unshakable status, he is still the same as before, and he likes to wear T-shirts, shorts and flip-flops , likes to squat on the side of the road to smoke, and likes to invite a group of brothers to practice in the field, just like when he was a child, he always rolled happily in the wheat field with Li Duan.

His life is very simple, but Li Duan knows that he is not that simple, like a reef standing by the sea, no matter whether it is a crazy storm or a gentle wave, he has no effect on him, he always maintains his own posture, tenacity, Strong, untouched by anyone or anything.

It wasn't until Jiang Xue appeared that Li Duan realized that he was wrong.

For the first time, Li Zheng begged him to help him lure Jiang Xue to his house with a shy face. , he found that Li Zheng was slowly changing, for that young man named Jiang Xue, he became lively, hesitant, easy to be angry and easy to anger.

I thought that Li Zheng was just a whim, but when Li Zheng told him seriously that he planned to cleanse his power, he had to re-examine this absurd relationship.

"Why do you suddenly think so?"

"I was not afraid of death before, and I was fearless, but now I am afraid. I just want to live peacefully with my wife. He is timid. What if he is afraid of me and hates me?"

Li Zheng's frank answer made Li Duan feel mixed, both gratified and uneasy, like a kite that has been worried for a long time is finally willing to wrap its thread around a piece of grass to settle down, but the grass is too weak and thin, as if it will fall at any time. Broken or blown away by the wind, he can only worry about the movement, and build a wall next to the grass to strengthen the long-term and stability of this flimsy relationship.

He is just such a younger brother, so he naturally hopes that he can get what he wants.

As if feeling the aggressive gaze was too long, the eyelashes of the person on the hospital bed trembled again and again. After a long while, he finally opened his eyes tiredly.

Li Duan spoke with a smile.

"I'm Li Zheng's older brother, Li Duan. You should know me. This bastard Li Zheng has done something wrong and is thinking about it outside. Let me apologize for you."

Jiang Xue's voice was broken and he couldn't speak. He stared blankly at the white ceiling, his face was as cold as a lifeless statue.

After Li Duan paused for a few seconds, the topic changed.

"Actually, you are also responsible for this incident. Li Zheng has a straight temper. You have calculated him to deceive him like this, and he cares about you so much. It is only natural that he would have this reaction. I have no objection to you being together, but since you are together, An An It's not good to see anyone come to the hospital when they have conflicts, don't you think?"

Jiang Xue listened to his high-sounding inversion of black and white nonsense, her face turned blue, as if she wanted to refute with extreme anger, her bloodless lips trembled several times, but still couldn't make any sound, he closed his eyes tightly, his forehead Blue veins appeared on the upper body, and he remained silent.

Li Duan noticed his obvious mood swings, but pretended not to see them. He has been in the top position for too long, and he is used to giving orders and plundering. Especially when facing the existence that makes Li Zheng worry about him, he has to play both soft and hard, and firmly grasp it.

"Don't be upset. I've never seen Li Zheng like anyone so much. Put down those messy thoughts and live a good life with him. The Li family will definitely give you nothing less."

Li Duan showed his usual face in the business field, and gradually a cold knife tip emerged from his gentle words, poking the opponent's seven inches of calm threats.

"Jiang Xue, you are only 21 years old, maybe Li Zheng will get tired of you in the future, you can continue to live your own life. But in the meantime, you don't want to see any accidents happen to the people you care about, your mother , your school, your future, the power of the Li family is far greater than you imagined, and I don't want to have to destroy everything about you one day to force you to submit, understand?"

The blood in the throat surged up, and Jiang Xue turned sideways and coughed desperately, as if involving the internal organs of the body, the shrill coughing sound was shocking.His movements were too big, the needle on the back of his hand was pulled crookedly, and there were little bloodstains, and the messy sleeve unintentionally exposed a part of his wrist, and the circle of bruises on it was almost as deep as the bone, mixed with dense bite marks. ,shocking.

Li Duan looked at him indifferently, and when the coughing sound subsided, he stood up slowly, with a gentle smile on his face.

"I think we've reached a deal."

Jiang Xue turned her back to his body and trembled desperately, as if she was extremely angry. The bed sheet was deformed by the last strength he had left. Seeing what Li Zheng and Li Duan said in a hurry, they didn't hear clearly.

The sharp humming sound in his head was deafening, his whole body ached, his heart was pressed in the ice cellar and he couldn't breathe, the powerlessness and desolation of being controlled made his eyes go black, and he was desperately unwilling to face this cruel and merciless reality.

Someone hugged him, tight, as if still shaking, and the nurse was called sharply.

A circle of people surrounded him, it was very noisy and suffocating, he wanted to say you all go away, but he couldn't make any sound from his hoarse throat, and his whole body was limp without any strength. Wrapped tightly in my arms, it's like being imprisoned.

His last strength was spent on rebutting Li Duan silently.

His last strength to resist was gone.