his mermaid

***

At this time, Jiang Dewen walked down the steps.

"I thought you came here on a special trip to deliver that thing."

He stared straight at Yue Guo.

"Uh? What is it?" Yue Guo couldn't understand what his uncle said.

"Since it's not. I hope you can understand what I mean and stay away from Yaochen. I don't want my son to get too close to you."

He didn't dare to look into his uncle's eyes, which were deep and filled with endless sadness.What is he talking about?

Jiang Dewen finally walked to the side of Yue Guo who had fallen. He squatted down and supported Yue Guo's shoulders to help him stand up.At the same time, he whispered in Yue Guo's ear, "You'd better never appear in front of him."

Immediately after he let go of his hand, Yue Guo's mind was spinning like a dizzy dream.It wasn't simply because his uncle's words frightened him, but since he entered this room, he began to feel uncomfortable.

"Moon Kingdom?"

Yaochen's voice came from directly above.Yue Guo raised his head suddenly, someone was walking down the stairs quickly, it was not someone else...

"Yaochen..."

The feeling of being out of breath finally relaxed, and Yue Guo's eyes shone brightly.He thought that Yaochen was not at home, and he made his trip in vain, and made his uncle so unwelcome, as long as he could convey what he wanted to say to Yaochen, today would not be in vain.

"Hopefully it's the last time."

Jiang Dewen said in a low voice, walking upstairs, Yaochen passed him by.

Knowing that he looked a bit embarrassed, Yueguo forced a smile, followed Yaochen downstairs, and watched him take his seat to the living room.

Yaochen asked his servants to light the fireplace, his brows were furrowed all the time, showing no sign of welcoming at all, he didn't even ask why Yue Guohui appeared here, and he looked at Yue Guo's left leg for a while. It turns out that the inside is a prosthetic limb, and I am not very used to walking.

After a moment of silence, Yaochen asked, "Are you okay?"

"It was your mother who asked me to come. She told me that you are not in a good mood...you don't go to work, but you come back to your father." Yueguo walked over obediently, leaning on his crutches.

"This is my home, it's normal for me to come back." Yaochen raised his chin helplessly.

"But she is very worried about you. After all, the thing you had planned to go abroad was suddenly cancelled. These...maybe because I caused you trouble, I'm sorry. "

"It has nothing to do with you, please don't be sentimental."

"So you're going back to work?"

"I said it has nothing to do with you."

"I'm sorry. I know you don't want to see me, but you should make a call..."

"Make a phone call?"

"Call your mom..."

Yue Guo pretended to be calm in his heart, but he couldn't utter a sentence properly and had to adjust his breathing continuously. He was nervous and sad, and he was a little tired from standing, so he didn't dare to sit down without authorization.

"Do you think I will listen to you?" Yaochen asked.

"Your mother said, if I... came to persuade you, you would... would listen... sorry."

At this time, the servant came to light the fire, and the conversation between the two of them was interrupted. Yao Chen planned to wait for the servant to leave him before continuing.

"Because I don't want my mother to worry, I haven't told her about us, and she misunderstood. However, my mother asked you to come here because she doesn't know the details? And you, why do you think I will Listen to you? Do you think I will be as obedient as before, devote all my spare energy and time to you, and never leave you? Who do you think you are?"

Yaochen laughed contemptuously, and his sharp words shattered Yue Guo's illusions about him.Yaochen has such a resolute and cold side, he has seen it before, but he really thinks his persuasion is effective, Yaochen must be laughing at him in his heart.

"If there's nothing else, you can go." Yaochen turned his head to the door.

"I'm sorry." Yueguo looked away feebly. He found that his body was extraordinarily heavy. His elbow must have been injured after the fall just now, so he had no strength. He didn't feel it when he was standing. Once he exerted force, his tendons would be stretched. "Can I just sit down and rest for a while before I go? I'm feeling a bit tired... I know it's cheeky of me to ask, but if not, let it be."

Yue Guo put all the strength in his body under his armpits.

"Don't pretend to be a victim, it will annoy me. Wasn't your boyfriend very imposing when you were in the hospital? Isn't it too late to apologize now and want me to sympathize with you? .”

Even though Yue Guo's expression was very painful, Yaochen couldn't think of pity him at all.He hoped that Yueguo would disappear quickly, so that he would not change his mind after looking at it a few more times.

"He's not my boyfriend." Yue Guo frowned, looking very painful, "...that incident in the hospital is all my fault, I can pay you whatever you want."

"You don't need any compensation. Sit down, I'll give you 10 minutes to rest." Yaochen stood up and was about to go back to his room, but Yueguo sat down when he saw him leave.

After 10 minutes, Yaochen went downstairs again, Yueguo stood up quickly, probably Yaochen wanted to urge him to leave quickly.

"Wait." Yaochen's voice caused him to turn around, "I have already contacted my mother, and I will not come to you again, and please don't come to harass me uninvited."

"No, I won't come again."

Regarding the harsh words, Yue Guo could only swallow his anger.He asked for everything, if there were no things that happened in the hospital, Yaochen's attitude would not be so bad, he would not be able to say a word of complaint.

Suddenly, there was another sound of footsteps going downstairs behind him.

"Mr. Gao! Please wait a moment. The master said that he will arrange a driver to take you down the mountain. Please wait here."

Yue Guo turned his head.It turned out to be the maid, she hurried over to stop Yue Guo before he left.

Yaochen suddenly turned around and asked, "Which driver?"

"It's the master's new hire." The servant replied.

It was a new driver he didn't know, and it was probably another new subordinate that his father bought.

The maid went up to persuade Yueguo again, but Yueguo seemed to hesitate, but did not refuse.

There are very few taxis passing by on this mountain. Even if you use a taxi app to call a taxi, you have to wait at least half an hour.It was so cold outside, and Yueguo was wearing a cane, he would probably agree to take a ride.

He couldn't be given a ride in his father's car——Yaochen suddenly remembered something and rushed back upstairs.

He put on his coat, took the car keys and returned to the living room, Yueguo had already left.But the sound of the car starting came out of the window, it is estimated that Yueguo has not gotten into the car yet.

Once outside the gate, he saw Yue Guo standing by the roadside through the garden, and Yaochen called him to stop.

Both of them were standing at the door, Yue Guo smiled reluctantly:

"Yaochen, please tell uncle for me, thank him for arranging a driver to take me down the mountain, it is very inconvenient to take a car here, I really appreciate him."

At the same time, the driver also drove a car from the garage to the road and stopped in front of Yueguo. The driver opened the door and wanted to come down to pick up someone. When he saw Yaochen coming, he hurriedly greeted him and called Second Young Master.

"Are you really going to go away in this car with the cheek?" Yao Chen stopped in front of him in a panic.

"I……"

"Second young master, the master ordered me to take this gentleman down the mountain." The driver man was also a little embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, Yaochen yelled at him: "Get lost! You don't need to see him off!"

The driver man stopped in his tracks, which also surprised Yue Guo.

"Can't you hear me? Go back!"

"Yes……"

The male driver hurried back to the car, immediately backed the car over there, turned around, and went back to the garage.

As soon as the motor sounded, Yaochen pushed Yue Guo to the edge of the fence, causing him to almost lose his footing again.Thinking of Yueguo being so foolishly at the mercy of others, and possibly encountering pranks again, he couldn't help venting his anger.

"I warn you, don't come here again! Don't try to have any contact with my father and his men!"

Even if he didn't meet Yaochen's almost furious eyes, Yue Guo's body trembled.

"I said before that I wouldn't come again, why are you still yelling at me like this..." Feeling sad in his heart, he sat down along the wall in front of Yaochen, not so much because he was sitting, but because he couldn't stand firmly. A fall is more appropriate.

"I see... You must think that I'm taking advantage of you, and you can't understand me, so you don't hesitate to chase me out and make such a big fuss. That's right, I'm the one who harassed your family. I'll take a taxi and leave by myself. You can go back, right? Don't stand in front of me."

Yue Guo started to cry, but he had no time to think about his own tears, he didn't cry out, Yao Chen was still keenly aware that his emotions were falling apart.

"I don't think you're taking advantage. It's my father who is dangerous, and I don't want you to get close to him."

Yaochen squatted down.

"He's involved in a death case, and he's involved with prohibited items. The reason I'm coming back is to find evidence. Maybe he's done more ulterior things. Do you understand?"

Sorry, Yue Guo.

Yaochen said in his heart.

"I don't want my mother to know all this, so I didn't tell him. The purpose of not going to the company is to keep my father from following me." Yaochen's voice was much softer.

Yue Guo was speechless.Only then did he realize that after Yaochen squatted down, their eyes met unconsciously for a few seconds.

It turned out that Yaochen wasn't angry because he couldn't understand himself, maybe there was an element of dislike, but he didn't expect him to explain, and Yue Guo calmed down a lot.

"You wait here."

Yaochen handed out the handkerchief, stood up and walked into the villa.

Soon, another gray Bentley drove out of the villa, it was Yaochen's car.

Something happened that Yueguo didn't dare to expect, and Yaochen planned to send him home in person.

Yaochen flicked open the co-pilot's door first, embarrassing Yueguo to choose the back seat, and he got into the car slowly.

"Sorry..." Yue Guo grabbed the handkerchief, "I will wash it and return it to you."

His tears had been wiped dry, and the tip of his nose was still red, but he didn't dare to wipe his nose with a handkerchief.

Yaochen felt hot all over his body, he turned on the stereo in the car and switched from the radio station to the music he chose.

"Where are you going?" Yaochen asked as the music played.

"I... go back to my house."

"Don't you live with Lian Shijie?"

"No……"

It turned out that even though he knew he would meet Shijie, Yaochen planned to send him off.

"Why don't you just send me down the mountain. I'll have something to eat first, and then go home by myself."

"What to eat?"

"I don't know... Just send me down the mountain."

Yaochen's car drove all the way to the entrance of a certain hotel, and drove into the open-air parking lot, but Yue Guo didn't speak. He was expecting that Yaochen would say "Let's eat together", right here.I am really thick-skinned to the extreme.

"There's a nice Chinese restaurant here, get off the bus, I'll go with you."

"..."

Just when Yaochen gently proposed to eat together again, he finally broke down.Yue Guo turned his face to the car window, raised his hand again to catch the tears in the corner of his eyes.

After two or three minutes, Yueguo's condition improved slightly, Yaochen said: "You can get out of the car, think about something to eat."

"Why do you want to do this..."

Yueguo hated himself and dared not get out of the car.

"What is this?"

"Just to send me back and have dinner together. Why is this? I thought...you should have bothered me. I'm so selfish and annoying. I haven't had the confidence to cheer up since the car accident. And, I'm like this... ...not worth it at all."

"Isn't it worth what I pay?"

"Yeah, not worth it. It's all too unreal, like a movie."

"If you really don't think it's worth it, why did you get in the car just now? Why didn't you stop me when I drove all the way here."

"I don't know either...Maybe I want to stay longer."

Yue Guo showed sad eyes, "I probably won't meet again in the future. In fact, I have already decided this way. When your mother called me, I couldn't help but agree to her. I don't know what I was thinking. Yes At that time, I obviously couldn't believe it, but I hoped it was true..."

I can't believe it, but I hope it's true.what is this about?

Yaochen twitched his eyelids, he didn't expect that Yueguo's casual words would make him start to panic too.

"Anyway, thank you. Let's just eat together and leave me alone..." Yue Guo said slowly.

"I don't want to care about you. It's just that every time I see you, you look at me with such helpless eyes. It seems that I'm living a very unhappy life, so I can't let you go." Yao Chen took a deep breath Take a sip, "It's just a meal, don't think too much about it."

It's five o'clock now, which happens to be the meal time, and if it's later, it may catch up with the peak period and we will have to wait for a seat.

After entering the restaurant, the waiter took the two of them to the private room. Their atmosphere was not as stiff as before, and Yaochen also took the initiative to ask him what he wanted to eat.

"Shrimp dumplings, can you..." Yue Guo said with his head tilted.

"can."

"Guests, please check the menu here."

The waitress smiled, and put a menu and a pen in front of Yueguo. She could feel who should be in charge of ordering.

After that, Yueguo ordered his own portion, and Yaochen reported the name of the dish without looking at the menu.

As soon as the waiter left, Yaochen continued:

"Your prosthesis fits well."

"fine…"

Yueguo subconsciously touched the joint of his knees, "I'm not used to it, so I have to use crutches. I hope I don't have to do this in the future... I have to go to the hospital for a check-up once a month for rehabilitation work, the doctor said so."

"What work are you doing now?"

Yaochen asked questions one after another, as if he wanted to get to the bottom of his current situation.

"There's no job, I'm still looking for it." Yue Guo lowered his head.

"I heard that you sent all the money to Yuhan."

"Oh, yes."

"Then my mother found out about it when she accidentally went shopping with her bank card."

"Sorry, I didn't know that was going to happen."

"No need to apologize. If you have financial difficulties because of repaying the money, you can contact me."

"don't want…"

Yueguo got nervous for a moment, and immediately drank water to cover it up.If there is a chance to meet again in the future, he will definitely think wildly, he will definitely not be able to help fantasizing about reconciling with Yaochen as before, and he must be self-indulgent at that time, and he will never reach that point.

After the food was served, they stopped chatting until the meal was over and they went back to the open parking lot together.

"today…"

Yue Guo looked straight at the windshield, and it started to snow again, although it was slight, now it was dark, and the snow particles could be seen more clearly.He wanted to say "thank you", but Yaochen made a phone call, which prevented him from continuing.

An old song called "Theoneyoulove" started to play in the car, the love-broken lyrics made Yueguo unable to speak, it was like Yaochen deliberately played it for him, like a trial for him.

The car has entered the pine forest section.It should not be far from home, Yaochen stopped at the intersection of traffic lights, passed the last intersection, and turned into a row of old apartments on the street.

"arrive……"

Seeing the house number, Yue Guo did not forget to remind him.

"Is it convenient for you to live alone now?"

"Well, it's convenient." Yue Guo was sullen.

"Your house is on the fifth floor."

"Yes……"

"Anyone at home?"

"No one, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, the lights in your house are on."

Yaochen stared at Yueguo intriguingly, he had already seen the situation of Yueguo from the window first.If there is someone in the family, Yueguo's lie about living alone is too clumsy.

Yue Guo turned his body sideways, trying to look upstairs.He blinked his eyes uncertainly and looked again.

"...I turned off the light when I went out." Feeling strange in his chest, Yue Guo frowned, "Besides, that's the light in the master bedroom...how could it be, how could someone turn it on?"

"What do you mean?"

"After I moved back, the master bedroom has become a place of clutter, all of Xiaohui and my father's old things, old furniture, and their spiritual tablets. Usually, the lights are not turned on."

"Don't think too much." Yaochen patted him on the shoulder, "I'll take you up there to have a look."

"No, maybe I forgot to turn it off."

"It doesn't matter. It's just that you can wash the handkerchief and I will take it away."

"Too……"

Yueguo got out of the car with crutches. He became more and more anxious about the lights on the fifth floor. If Shijie was visiting, it would be embarrassing to bump into him... But Shijie doesn't have his house key, why? will come suddenly...

"My house has to climb stairs, and it's still a bit dark."

Moreover, this old apartment has voice-activated lights. Yaochen has never been to these places since he was a child, but he did not feel disgusted. To clear the stairs, he needs crutches to go up the stairs, which looks very hard.

"arrive."

It didn't take long to reach the fifth floor, and Yue Guo stepped forward to open the door.The key was in his pocket, and when he stretched out his hand, he suddenly found something even more wrong.

"what!"

The door was open, and instead of inserting the key, he found a crack in the door.

"Is anyone there?" Yue Guo shouted into the house.

Even more intense uneasiness struck, even if I neglected to turn off the light, it was impossible to forget to close the door.

"What's the matter? Is the door open?" Yaochen took the first step to open the door, and Yue Guo followed into the room.

Even though I didn't expect that the house was in a mess, and the lights were turned on in every room.

Yaochen broke into the so-called master bedroom with the lights on, only to realize that the damage in the living room was not worth mentioning.He guessed that on the table Yueguo set up spirit tablets for his younger sister and father, but all the photos and tributes fell on the ground, and the furniture covered by the tarpaulins were randomly lifted and scattered on the ground. The place was all pulled away.

"This is burglary." Yaochen immediately asserted, he turned out of the master bedroom and took out his mobile phone, Yue Guo was also stationed at the door, as if he was terrified and speechless.

Yue Guo followed into the master bedroom.

Witnessing the horror inside, he couldn't help but knelt down on the ground.

"What's going on?" Yue Guo asked in amazement.

Especially the spiritual tablets and family photos placed on the table, it is enough to rob the house and take away valuables, why even destroy this?Tears rolled down again, and vision began to blur.

"This room was the most damaged, but there are still many things in the cabinet that have not been found, but just messed up." Yao Chen entered the room to check one by one.

"It's all my sister's and dad's things inside, I keep it as a souvenir, there are old furniture, nothing valuable." Yue Guo turned on the phone helplessly, "It should be time to call the police now, I want to call the police..."

"Is there something missing in the living room?"

"I have no idea……"

"Check if products such as notebooks and cameras, as well as passbooks, bank cards, and various documents are still there?"

"Didn't I say it, I don't know!" Yue Guo shouted loudly and began to choke up. He couldn't react to this sudden situation, so he could only sit on the ground to digest.

"I'm sorry." Yaochen apologized softly.I was also at a loss, and didn't consider Yue Guo's mood. The person who was severely hit should be Yue Guo, "I'm sorry."

After apologizing again, he squatted down and embraced Yue Guo in his arms.

If an apology at this time can relieve Yueguo's pain, then he will keep saying it.

***

After 20 o'clock that night, the police came to Yueguo. After taking photos of the scene, they began to take notes. Then they followed Yueguo to organize all the things in the house. Notebooks, because they are placed on the sofa in the living room, are easy targets for criminals.

But there are not many valuable items in the house, and the criminals have no way to start. They will mess up all the cabinets in a moment of passion, just like many robbery prisoners will kill with passion. Later, he felt revenge.This is the conclusion of the police tonight.

"We will investigate immediately after returning to the police station, please rest assured."

"I advise you not to stay in this room tonight, and the door lock is broken, it's really not safe."

The police were dealing with the aftermath, and many neighbors stood downstairs to watch.The police didn't leave until twelve o'clock at night, and the scene was temporarily blocked. Since it was getting late, they decided to go to the police station tomorrow to take detailed records. Yaochen mentioned the prank situation during this period, which made the police also suspect Yueguo's family may have a feud, but the matter cannot be concluded until the truth is revealed.

After cooperating with the police in a daze, Yue Guo didn't know what to do next.When he recovered, he was already sitting in Yaochen's car.

"I... I'm going to stay in a hotel today." He proposed an idea.

Yaochen suddenly grabbed his wrist.

"You just told the police that you've only moved back for a few days. Where did you live?"

"are you angry?"

Yue Guo pursed his lips and refused to answer.

"Why should I be angry?"

Yaochen grasped his hand even tighter.

"I just don't think it's safe for you to live alone. No matter where you lived before, at least it hasn't happened. Once you live alone, you are targeted by gangsters. If this incident is related to those pranks, it means you The place where I lived before is not the target of the gangsters."

Probably after careful consideration, Yue Guo explained:

"Before... Shijie arranged a job for me, so I lived near where I worked."

When Shijie was mentioned, Yaochen would definitely not be very happy, but he thought that sooner or later he would tell the police, so it is better to say it now.

Afterwards, Yue Guo didn't know what to say, and he thought about what else to say.

"When I saw your father today, he said that I was delivering something. I don't know what he was talking about. Maybe he wanted to find something, so he thought it was here."

"What you said is true. It seems that he is indeed hiding some secret."

Yaochen's expression froze.

It just so happened that Yueguo had an accident after meeting his father today, which doesn't sound like a coincidence.

"Although the truth of the incident is not clear now, you must be on guard against my father."

"Well... I see." Yue Guohui held his hand, "I made you worry, if you weren't here, maybe I would have... I'm so scared."

☆、Chapter 38