Chapter 66 - 1#
Chapter 66: I Kill Him
The order for Wei Chengbo’s official transfer to the local military region came down very quickly.
Regarding the drug lord informant case that Wei Xiangjin messed up, because of Wei Chengbo’s proactive withdrawal, the termites from the administrative side who were trying to bite a piece of meat off the elephant all quieted down, and the matter was left unsettled. However, having just come out of investigation, it was naturally impossible for him to return immediately—even if he wanted to, his body couldn’t take it. Wei Xiangjin didn’t need to worry about this point. He hadn’t even stayed a single night after returning home with Wei Chengbo when Wei Xiangjin’s superior in the army proactively visited the Wei family home. He didn’t mention a word about the investigation, only instructing Wei Xiangjin to rest well and return to the team as soon as his body recovered.
He took a hot bath, ate a full meal, and then slept soundly for a whole day.
When Wei Xiangjin finally regained his energy and sat up wrapped in the quilt, Yu Yayu, who had been packing things recently, came in to chase Wei Xiangjin out of bed: “If you’re awake, get up quickly, wash up, and eat some breakfast to fill your stomach. If you’re uncomfortable, lie down again—I’ll also take this time to pack your luggage for you.”
Wei Xiangjin responded lazily, raising his hand to touch the stubble on his chin. He felt a bit unaccustomed to it himself. He walked into the bathroom, brushed his teeth and washed his face, then picked up the razor to shave: “Mom, what are we eating this morning?”
“It’s all things you love to eat: soy milk, fried dough sticks, vegetable buns, and millet porridge.” Yu Yayu, who was organizing Wei Xiangjin’s luggage in the room, raised her voice slightly, “Drink some porridge first later to warm your stomach.”
“Got it.” Wei Xiangjin agreed. Turning back, he thought that Gu Chenzhou also liked to eat these things. After thinking about it, a breath got stuck in his chest, neither going up nor down. He could only turn his depression into appetite, eating all the soy milk, buns, fried dough sticks, and millet porridge before returning to his room with a stuffed stomach, ready to help pack.
But with her son having just returned from suffering hardships, how could Yu Yayu let him do any work? She waved her hand and chased him out, saying: “What are you messing around for? Go find something to do yourself.”
Wei Xiangjin sighed: “Mom, you’re becoming less and less gentle.”
Yu Yayu was both angry and amused: “I’ve worked like a horse and ox for you father and son until I’m old, and in the end, I still get complained about? One big and one small, two unconscionable people!”
Wei Xiangjin also laughed, offering flattery and singing Peking Opera, taking a good while to coax a smile out of Yu Yayu, who was feigning anger. He sat on the chair watching Yu Yayu pack for a while and said: “Mom, when are we moving out?”
“Your father’s intention is to move out tomorrow,” Yu Yayu said.
Wei Xiangjin frowned slightly: “So fast?”
“The transfer order has come down, so naturally we should move out quickly,” Yu Yayu said lightly, glossing over the dispute between Gu Xinjun and Wei Chengbo a while ago. It was after that night, when Wei Chengbo went out and came back, the first thing he said to her was “We are preparing to move out.”
Wei Xiangjin hummed in agreement and leaned back lazily for a while. Suddenly, he jumped up like a carp and said: “I’d better help! Being locked up for so long, if I don’t move, my bones will rust.”
Yu Yayu shook her head helplessly and didn’t say anything more. She left the things in Wei Xiangjin’s room for him to pack himself, while she turned to deal with other matters—to move out in such a short time, she had too many things to busy herself with.
A day passed in the blink of an eye.
Early the next morning, Wei Chengbo meant what he said. Regardless of some small items not being completely packed, he directly contacted the moving company to come and move the furniture.
The moving company arrived downstairs. Wei Xiangjin carried a large box in each hand and brought them directly downstairs. He usually had a regular schedule and persisted in exercising. Being twenty-four or twenty-five, it was the time when his body had the most capital. Although he had suffered quite a psychological shadow from the previous investigation, when it came to his body—he had truly recovered after eating a good meal and sleeping.
Yu Yayu was busy directing the people from the moving company. Seeing that Wei Xiangjin looked very relaxed, she didn’t interfere much and let Wei Xiangjin mess around by himself.
After bringing down a few easy-to-carry boxes containing clothes, Wei Xiangjin stopped interfering. He leaned against the car and stood idly for a while, then lit a cigarette while going to leash his family’s big yellow dog, intending to let it run a bit to exercise before getting in the car.
But to take a walk, one must go outside, and going outside meant inevitably seeing the Gu family’s house opposite.
Wei Xiangjin didn’t deliberately avoid it. He led his big yellow dog, following the direction it was heading. Soon, just like usual, he strolled to the small path leading to the Gu family villa. The three-story building with a red roof and white walls had already appeared amidst the flowers and trees.
At this point, Wei Xiangjin tugged at the big yellow dog.
The big yellow dog whined twice, not understanding its master’s action, and stiffened its neck, wanting to move forward.
Wei Xiangjin squatted down, scratched the soft fur on his big dog’s neck, took out the mobile phone from his pocket, and pressed the phone book. The first one that popped up was Gu Chenzhou’s number.
Fuck.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!
Fuck his mother! I’m about to leave and there’s not even a shadow of him!
Wei Xiangjin felt fierce in his heart and deleted Gu Chenzhou’s number with a force that seemed like it would break the phone!
After deleting it, he suddenly remembered that the other party’s mother was the auntie he had called since childhood. This just now…
Wei Xiangjin fell silent for a moment. Like he had done something bad, he led the big yellow dog and silently slipped back to his own home.
By this time, the heavy furniture had been mostly moved, and the remaining items were not very critical. Adjutant Zhang, who was following Wei Chengbo, said: “Commander, I’ll handle the rest. You guys get in the car first.”
Wei Chengbo nodded: “I’ll leave it to you, Xiao Zhang.” Saying that, he turned to Wei Xiangjin who had returned, “Where did you run off to just now? You never stop for a moment!” He was also used to being strict with his son.
“Walking the dog,” Wei Xiangjin coughed twice and said.
Wei Chengbo looked at Wei Xiangjin suspiciously and said: “Get in the car, we’re leaving.”
Wei Xiangjin hummed: “Dad, Mom, you take the front car. I’ll take the back one, bringing Big Yellow with me.”
Hearing Wei Xiangjin say this, the driver in the back was very perceptive. He immediately ran over to help Wei Xiangjin get the dog into the car, then opened the passenger door and said: “Young Master Wei, you sit here!”
“No need, I’ll sit in the back seat.” Wei Xiangjin shook his head, opened the rear door, and sat down next to the big yellow dog.
Two cars drove out of Tianrui Garden one after another. Wei Xiangjin first leaned against the seat back intending to go back to sleep, but having slept too much before, he really couldn’t fall asleep. He had to take out his phone to kill time. He played some games first, then logged onto QQ. The moment he logged on, countless messages popped up, causing the program on his phone to freeze for a full five minutes. He waited patiently for a good while, clicking on the messages one by one. Unfortunately, from the first to the last, he didn’t find the one he wanted. In a fit of anger, he threw his phone!
The white candy-bar phone smashed onto the car floor and fell apart, with the body and battery hitting Wei Xiangjin’s foot and the big yellow dog’s back respectively.
The driver in front happened to see Wei Xiangjin angrily smashing his phone in the rearview mirror. His heart trembled. He had been preparing to speak, but immediately closed his mouth carefully and focused on driving.
“Woo woo… woo!” In the back seat, the big yellow dog beside him, not knowing if it was hurt by the smash or sensed his bad mood, whined softly twice and rested its big head on his knee.
Wei Xiangjin rubbed the big yellow dog’s ears vigorously. The anger in his heart subsided slightly. He bent down to pick up the phone, reassembled it, turned it on again, stared at the familiar startup screen for a while, flipped to the photo album, and clicked on the photos inside one by one to look.
Scenery, scenery, Gu Chenzhou, Gu Chenzhou, comrades, banquets, Gu Chenzhou, Gu Chenzhou, Gu Chenzhou, comrades, Gu Chenzhou, Gu Chenzhou, why is it still Gu Chenzhou…
Wei Xiangjin was getting depressed flipping through them, but he still pressed the down key on the phone as if he had OCD, continuing to look at the next one. Suddenly, a photo popped up. The background was a restaurant—Wei Xiangjin had no impression of this place—Gu Chenzhou was holding a glutinous rice ball with chopsticks, frowning, his expression both helpless and conflicted, but he still opened his mouth preparing to swallow that ball—
…Is there something wrong somewhere?
Wei Xiangjin looked at this photo and pondered for a good while, suddenly: “Hahahahahahahahaha—”
Big Yellow Dog: “Woof?”
Driver: “…” Is Young Master Wei really okay?
Wei Xiangjin was really laughing so hard he was pounding the chair this time! He finally remembered! Gu Chenzhou, usually so shrewd and decisive, seemed to be naturally at odds with any round food. Not to mention tangyuan, which he had a childhood shadow about, but this glutinous rice ball, heaven knows he had no thoughts when he ordered it. As a result, when this dish was served, they didn’t know what they were talking about that distracted Gu Chenzhou. Gu Chenzhou took a look at this, and actually picked it up and prepared to swallow it!
He remembered that his eyeballs were about to fall out at that time. It was Gu Chenzhou himself who felt the size was wrong, moved the chopsticks away to look, and then his expression cracked.
Wei Xiangjin found it funnier the more he thought about it, and following this incident, he remembered many others: for example, when he was four years old, he stole his old man’s wine for the first time to share with Gu Chenzhou. He took a sip, found it too bitter, and spat it out. Gu Chenzhou took a sip and was even more bizarre; he actually smacked his lips like a fish and blew a bubble! And when they were even younger, playing together on the bed with the adults from both families sitting nearby, it seemed his mother said Gu Chenzhou looked very cute, just like a baby girl. He turned his head to look and it was true! So he kissed the other party with a smack, and the other party also kissed him back with a smack, and then they continued playing with toys. But the room full of adults seemed to have laughed themselves silly. This was even photographed and preserved…
Wei Xiangjin’s mind suddenly opened up. He slowly finished looking at the photos in his phone, then closed the album, and entered a string of numbers that couldn’t be more familiar into the phone to save. While entering it, he felt that he had really been a bit crazy just now—so what if he deleted Gu Chenzhou’s number? If he wanted to remember it, he would still remember it. If he didn’t remember it… then he would still have to call the other party out first, at least beat the other party until he couldn’t get out of bed for three months!
However… Wei Xiangjin tossed his phone, lost in thought.
Where is Gu Chenzhou now, and what is he doing?
Gu Chenzhou was currently staying at Tianxiang Villa.
He knew Wei Xiangjin was leaving today, but he didn’t want to go over. Not only because he didn’t want to see the other’s face at this time, but also because he indeed had some things to do: things that had been planned long ago—long before he got out of prison, long before he participated in that drug lord case with Wei Xiangjin, long before going to Dechang County.
The long-awaited phone finally rang.
Gu Chenzhou picked it up. The other party didn’t say a word of nonsense and said directly: “The informant in that drug lord case was captured and brought to justice by Commander Fu’s son, Fu Xun, and will be publicly tried on April 10th.” Then he hung up the phone directly.
Gu Chenzhou didn’t make a sound from beginning to end. After listening to this call, he removed the back cover of the phone, took out the SIM card inside, replaced it with another card he commonly used, and then turned it on again.
In about half a minute, the phone vibrated. Gu Chenzhou glanced at the missed call notifications on it; it was almost breaking a hundred.
He threw the phone directly on the table, walked to the bookshelf, and took down a book. Before he could turn a few pages, the phone rang.
Gu Chenzhou picked it up and looked; it was He Hailou. He didn’t pause and picked it up: “He Hailou?”
He Hailou’s laughter immediately came from the other end of the phone: “Young Master Gu hasn’t contacted people in the circle for a long time. I wanted to find Young Master Gu, but couldn’t find you.”
The corner of Gu Chenzhou’s lips curved slightly, a very shallow arc: “What’s the matter?” He guessed that He Hailou on the other end of the phone must be thrilled to hear his brief answer—manipulating things behind the scenes to send two third-generation heirs similar to himself to prison for investigation, wasn’t that an unparalleled pleasure and sense of self-satisfaction?
He Hailou was indeed thrilled. But not because of the drug lord case, but simply because of Gu Chenzhou’s voice.
It seemed increasingly impossible to restrain this feeling… Just listening to the voice on the phone, He Hailou felt his lower body stirring. He narrowed his eyes, and Gu Chenzhou’s face appeared in his mind—smiling, embarrassed, cold, casual, each one making him linger and reluctant to part.