After Xu Heng dragged Tianbao to Yishi Bureau, he found a remote place and sat down. Then he called the waiter in the shop and ordered two dishes of side dishes and a bottle of wine.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to serve the food, Xu Heng noticed that Tianbao was a little distracted, so Xu Heng came up to Tianbao and said, "Tianbao, tell Uncle Xu, where did you go on leave today?"

Xu Heng chuckled as he spoke, which made Tianbao Gengjia, who was a little dazed at first, so embarrassed that he did not dare to look at Xu Heng in front of him.

"No...not going anywhere, just wandering around."

Xu Heng thought about Tianbao's state when he met him just now, and seemed to understand something. He thought to himself that the relationship between the children was getting older and they were starting to have romantic relationships.

Thinking of this, Xu Heng smiled maliciously, and then deliberately asked: "Tianbao, how old are you?"

"I'm seventeen. I'll be eighteen in a few days."

"Well, it's about time." Xu Heng said casually, but Tianbao was stunned as he didn't know what Xu Heng meant.

"What's the time?" Tianbao asked.

"It's time to find a match for you." Xu Heng said with a smile.

Tianbao was speechless by what Xu Heng said, so he had to urge the waiter to quickly bring the food and drinks.

Xu Heng laughed and stopped teasing Tianbao.

It didn't take long for the food and wine to be served. Originally, Tianbao wanted to use a normal small wine cup, but Xu Heng insisted on drinking from Tianbao's bowl.

"Tianbao, don't use such a small cup. It's not impressive at all. Come on, Uncle Xu is feeling depressed today. Please drink some with Uncle Xu and drink from a big bowl."

With that said, regardless of Tianbao's objections, he directly asked the waiter to remove the small wine cup in front of him and replace it with a large bowl.

After three rounds of drinking, the two of them were a little tipsy.

"Eight years ago, I was chased by my enemies and fled to Linqing Mansion. Then I met my boss. Thanks to him, I am alive today." Xu Heng picked up the wine glass and began to talk to Tianbao about his past events.

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Cold, cold to the bone, this is Xu Heng's only memory of that day eight years ago.

Xu Heng, who was being chased by his enemy, finally got rid of him after two days and two nights of running away, and he himself fell into a pool of water at the entrance of the alley due to lack of physical strength.

It was winter and spring, and there was no snow in the alleys yet.

Completely melted, the cold snow water mixed with the blood flowing from his wounds, soaked all over his body, and was cold to the bone. At that moment, Xu Heng seemed to see his dead relatives, appearing in front of him one by one, and then walking towards him

, looked at himself, and whispered something to himself softly.

"If you're tired, just sleep."

"If you're tired, just sleep."

"If you are tired..."

The voice became softer and softer, and Xu Heng felt like he had returned to his childhood. He saw his grandfather enjoying the shade under the willow tree in the yard, holding a cattail leaf fan to drive away flying insects that stole food, while looking at him and smiling kindly. That smile made Xu Heng

Heng felt unusually warm. He saw his father asking him sternly why he didn't practice Qigong well. He saw his mother's gentle face telling him endless stories.

"Maybe, I'm really tired..."

Xu Heng watched his relatives leave him one by one. Looking at their leaving figures, he felt a little tired. His eyes gradually became blurred, and then everything in front of him became blurred, and finally everything turned into darkness.

"I'm tired, I'm going to sleep."

In the darkness, Xu Heng murmured to himself. He lay there quietly, feeling the coldness under his body gradually spreading throughout his body. This was death, without any emotion, but what came in the end was a kind of relief.

"I'm going to sleep..."

The voice gradually became lower and then disappeared. Finally, even Xu Heng's body slowly sank into the dark and cold water beneath him, and everything ceased to exist.

When Xu Heng woke up, he didn't know how long it had been. He just felt that he was waking up in the dark, and then kept running there, running, running forward seemingly endlessly, and then...

He is hungry.

Yes, Xu Heng was hungry, and very hungry. The feeling of emptiness in his body hit his soul directly.

So the first thing Xu Heng said when he woke up was: "Is there anything to eat?"

This made the boy who took care of him laugh at him for half a year.

"Where is this place?" Xu Heng only remembered to ask this question after he hungrily dipped the last piece of steamed bun in his hand and stuffed it into his mouth with the last bit of soup.

"Are you full?" The person who answered him was a middle-aged man with a slender figure and a mustache. At this time, he was lying on the recliner, drinking tea leisurely and watching

Book in hand.

The aroma of tea overflowed, and Xu Heng's nose twitched, as if he wanted to inhale the aroma of tea floating in the room into his nostrils without any waste.

"Want to drink?" the middle-aged man asked with a smile.

Xu Heng nodded noncommittally, and then regretted it a little. He felt that it was a bit rude, but the aroma was really too tempting, as if it was the first thing he had ever seen in the building. That charming aroma, he still can't stand it.

forget.

The middle-aged man glanced at the maid who was serving daily life in the room. After receiving the order, the maid brought the newly brewed tea in front of Xu Heng.

Xu Heng didn't care, so he picked up the cup and took a sip. However, the tea was too hot, so he put it back.

"Do you want me to tell the kitchen to cook something else?"

Xu Heng chuckled, then shook his head and said to the middle-aged man: "I'm full, I'm full."

After saying that, Xu Heng stood up and clasped his fists at the middle-aged man and said, "I will never thank you for your kindness. I dare to ask my benefactor's name. Xu will definitely repay my benefactor's kindness in the future."

The middle-aged man chuckled, stood up from the recliner, and said to Xu Heng: "I am Dong Tiankuo, the owner of Silver Hook Gambling House."

Dong Tiankuo did not ask the other party's origins. After all, the other party did not take the initiative to tell him, and he could not investigate further.

Xu Heng handed over his hands and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Dong Tiankuo at this time.

"Brother Xu, have you decided where to go?"

Xu Heng suddenly stopped. In order to avoid being chased, he just found a random direction and ran away. But now he really didn't know where he was now. Since he didn't know where he was, let alone where he was going.

Already.

Dong Tiankuo laughed, and then said to Xu Heng: "This is Linqing Mansion. I wonder if you have heard of it, Brother Xu."

After Xu Heng heard this, he was also stunned. He did not expect that he would run so far.

Dong Tiankuo seemed to see Xu Heng's difficulties, so he smiled and said to him: "My gambling house needs a manager. If Brother Xu doesn't dislike it, just stay here with me."

Xu Heng, who had experienced being hunted by others, after hearing Dong Tiankuo's words, his first reaction was to be wary.
Chapter completed!