A clear voice, neither high nor low, but deep and slow, was heard clearly by everyone present. Everyone paused, and the original tense situation turned into a mime. Everyone turned their heads to look over there
The person who speaks.
I also straightened my gaze and looked at him for the first time since I entered the door - Xu Ziyang.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked around at everyone, his eyes as deep as the slightly condensed ancient and modern pools. Just like my previous evaluation of him, he showed no emotion or anger, but his momentum was overwhelming and suppressed the entire audience.
At that moment, I thought this man was extraordinary; at that moment, I couldn't predict that he would be the biggest disaster in my life.
From the sleeve corners of his iron-gray suit, his slender hand with distinct phalanges stretched out to reach for the white wine bottle. He filled his glass, then straightened up and nodded to the Minister of Education beside him: "Minister Qian, here's to you!"
The minister couldn't sit still for a long time. He stood up in fear, and the hand holding the cup was trembling slightly. The sound of clinking glasses was clear, Xu Ziyang raised his head, and the cup bottomed out. He filled another cup, and then raised his cup to the others at the table: "Here's to everyone!
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Now no one dared to say anything anymore. Everyone raised their glasses and said toasts in response. After finishing two glasses of wine, he looked at me and said with a smile: "Teacher Xu, eat slowly."
My smile back this time was a bit forced. When I turned around with Teacher Zhang, I felt that there were many eyes behind me, all with doubts and inquiries. Now I became the center of attention. After returning to my seat, our table also became very silent.
, everyone saw what happened just now, but because the table next to him was close, they didn’t dare to ask more questions.
A party ended in this weird atmosphere. When the leaders finally left in a drunken state, everyone had a look of relief on their faces. I was afraid of being questioned about what happened before, so I hid in the bathroom and waited for my colleagues to leave.
After leaving, Teacher Zhang knocked on the door and asked. I made up an excuse that I felt sick to my stomach, and she left after asking a few concerned questions.
When we walked out fifteen minutes later, everyone outside was indeed gone. The principal and others had not finished their work yet and had to send the group of people to the hotel, so they had no time to care about us. The October evening breeze blew, and it was hot and muggy.
It feels comfortable and quite pleasant.
I looked at the time and saw that it was past ten o'clock. There were not many taxis in front of the door. I stood there for a while and no one came. Suddenly there was a horn sound from the left. I heard the sound and looked around. Twenty or thirty seconds later,
A few meters away, a black Nissan car looked familiar. The interior of the car was dim under the dim street lights, and I couldn't see the people inside clearly, but I could feel the line of sight coming toward me.
As soon as he caught my sight, I saw the car slowly driving over and stopped in front of me. The rear window was rolled down, revealing a handsome face. I was slightly surprised, why hasn't he left yet?
"Can't get a taxi? I'll give it to you." He said softly.
I was silent for a moment, smiled and shook my head, "I won't delay your rest, I'll get a taxi later." Safety common sense, don't get into a stranger's car late at night, and don't talk to strangers. Although this person was trying to be nice to me just now.
We can stop drinking, but judging from our friendship and the number of times we have met, we are still just strangers.
I would never do anything that involves superficial communication.
With a "click", the car door opened, and Xu Ziyang walked out of the car, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. I took a closer look at his face. Although he had drunk so much wine, his face did not look pale, but was a little pale. Usually.
This kind of person has a good capacity for drinking, but it is also easy for him to get into trouble. Guo heard him say: "I drank a bit too much today and my stomach feels uncomfortable. Can you accompany me to the hospital for a check-up?"
Although the request seemed a bit presumptuous, I felt embarrassed to refuse it anymore. After all, the two full glasses of white wine were for me to drink. Moreover, his tone was more sincere and not forceful, as if he was asking for my opinion.
After nodding, he stepped aside in a gentlemanly manner and let me into the back seat. However, he did not follow me in. Instead, he closed the door, opened the passenger door and sat in front.
His behavior made me have a better impression of him. He was fully respected, and he didn't feel depressed because his breath was too strong when he was sitting next to me. As the car moved, he should be driving in the front seat.
The assistant who was brought over did not strike up a conversation or chat, and was silent all the way, and soon arrived at the hospital.
During the examination, he suddenly asked, "Have you injured your leg?"
"Well, I accidentally fell and broke my bone."
He was stunned and did not ask any more questions, so the topic was dropped. While waiting for the inspection report, he whispered a few words to the assistant, and the assistant walked out. Ten minutes later, the assistant carried a bag with a cup of milk tea in his hand.
A cup of coffee and milk tea, although they are not the brand I usually eat, but the varieties are the same, so I didn’t expect him to remember them.
When I took it from his hand, I thanked her softly. I was indeed a little thirsty. After the dinner, everyone lost interest and just waited for the party to end. I inserted a straw and took a sip. The milk smell was very strong and the taste was quite good. I saw it from the corner of my eye.
He opened the lid of his cup, and the aroma of coffee wafted in. It was rich and had subtle bitter and sweet aromas. He took a sip and held it in both hands.
Silence spread again, and no one spoke. Maybe it was too late, past my normal sleep time, or maybe I was a little tired from tonight's dinner party, so I started to doze off, my eyelids trembling up and down.
After a while, he yawned again and again.
"Are you sleepy? I asked the assistant to urge you." A soft voice whispered in my ears. I nodded blankly, squinted my eyes, and felt that my head had a strong point. I thought it was leaning on the pillow.
I fell asleep. It was hazy, and there seemed to be soft voices circulating, but I was too conscious to hear clearly.
When I regained consciousness, I opened my eyes and it was pitch black. I was confused for a moment and didn't know where I was. After a moment's delay, I felt that I was running. I raised my body slightly and found that I was in the car. The man in front turned to look at me and gently
Asked: "Are you awake?" I nodded blankly, feeling subtly that the tone of his words was a little different from before, and because his face was dim and I couldn't see clearly, I could only see the stars in his black eyes in the darkness.
Dark?! I sat up and looked out the car window, wondering, "Where are we going?" Regardless of how I got to the car after I was clearly in the hospital, judging from the scenery as thick as black fog,
, a strong uneasiness welled up. The road from the hospital to my home was in an urban area. The street lights along the road were not as bright as daytime, but it was not so dark.
In the dark night, only the shadows of the trees on both sides of the road could be seen clearly retreating, like guards holding spears.
Xu Ziyang turned his head and looked straight ahead, and said quietly: "I'll take you somewhere, we'll be there at dawn." His heart sank. The so-called darkness before dawn means that the night is the deepest before dawn, but now it's time.
It will be at least an hour or two before dawn, which means there is still at least an hour or two of driving ahead.
From the weak recognition just now, I discovered that this was on the highway, and the speed was very fast. At this speed, if I drove for another hour, I would be far away from my city. I asked in a cold voice: "Minister Xu, what are you doing?
What do you mean?" Regardless of whether this person can be offended or not, I am no longer in the mood to be polite to him at this time.
"Xu Ziyang, call me by my name." The man in front ignored my question and brought up the old matter again. He didn't bring it up in one breath and almost fainted from his anger. He suppressed his anger and said, "Please take me home."
Unexpectedly, he said: "The car has been driving for more than four hours, and we will arrive at the destination in about two hours. If you insist, I will drop you off here. Are you sure you want to insist?"
"You!" I was so angry that I was shaking all over, but I couldn't curse a word. Instead, I became frightened. He said that the car had been driving for more than four hours, which meant that it had been driving since around twelve o'clock.
It was nearly ten o'clock when I went to the hospital, and it was almost eleven o'clock when I had to wait for the subsequent examination. I actually slept for so long?
How could a person who was not a deep sleeper sleep so deeply? Something was wrong. Suddenly, lightning flashed in my mind, that cup of milk tea! I asked in shock: "Did you let someone put tranquillizers in the milk tea?"
A low laugh came, and he said: "Ruoruo, you are very smart. Don't worry, the portion is not much, I just want you to sleep."
The word "Ruoruo" came out from his lips, which made me feel cold and trembled. His attitude had already shown that he would not give up until he achieved his goal. I thought that even if he really asked him to put me down, he would do it.
I was ignored. I had no intention of trying. It was pitch black, and the vehicles on the highway were traveling at very fast speeds. If someone didn’t have the foresight to hit me, it would be really life-threatening.
After seeing that I was silent, he also turned his head and ignored me. The rest of the car ride was torturous for me, but I had no choice but to lean against the car window patiently. Gradually the sky turned white and began to light up.
After getting up, the car got off the highway, but it did not go to the city, but to the outskirts of the city.
I am getting more and more frightened, and all kinds of bad thoughts are flashing through my mind: human trafficking? Killing people to silence them? Destroying corpses and destroying traces? Even though I know that these things are unlikely to happen, I can't control my wild thoughts. The mobile phone on my body is already early.
It was discovered that it was missing before, and even the police were unable to call for help.
When the car stopped, I finally knew where my destination was.
Cemetery.
Looking from a distance, the rows of tombstones occupy most of the mountain. They go up layer by layer, which is quite a spectacular sight. I'll take care of myself as I come. Although I don't understand what Xu Ziyang brought me to the cemetery, it's a deserted suburb.
In the wild, even if you run away, you can't find the north, so you choose to get out of the car and walk slowly behind him.
The driving assistant didn't come with us. We were just two in tandem. The guard at the entrance of the cemetery looked at us and then retracted and sat in the courtyard, continuing to read the newspaper. Maybe it was a little strange since he came to the cemetery to pay homage.
Who doesn't bring paper money or flowers?
After walking for a long time, we detoured into one of the rows. When we stood in front of a certain tombstone, I was stunned.
