Balancing

Chapter 47

Gu Tao set up the dinner at the well-known Qiaoyue Villa in the city. This is a place like a paradise set in a golden location. It is not a restaurant in the traditional sense. The owner's surname is Qiao, who is also the chef of this villa. , only five tables of banquets are prepared every day, and the cuisines are all according to the mood of the boss, but the taste of the dishes is unique, and the guests who come here have never been disappointed. It was already the end of the year, and he insisted on approaching Boss Qiao personally through his old comrades a week ago, and finally got the position today. His sincerity is full marks.

Gu Tao and Lu Heng, who arrived earlier, were sitting in a private room full of Jiangnan characteristics. At this moment, Gu Tao was repeatedly explaining to his outspoken nephew that he should pay attention to etiquette when speaking, lest he open his mouth and talk nonsense.

"Okay, Uncle, you've said it several times, I can hear it no matter how deaf I am, don't worry, I won't embarrass you." After hearing Gu Tao's instructions for countless times, Lu Heng finally stopped him, he really wanted to Tell him loudly to his uncle that Jian Ming is my wife and his father is my prospective husband-in-law, will I behave well?Don't be funny, I'm more caring than you, okay?

"Okay, let's see how you behave, don't talk nicely." Gu Tao glanced at him.

Lu Heng smiled slyly, "Then you can see."

At seven o'clock in the evening, Jiang Luchuan and Jian Ming arrived on time. When they opened the door of this small house in the south of the Yangtze River under the moonlight of the lotus pond, the two uncles and nephews had already stood up to greet them.

"Old Jiang, it's really hard to invite you. How many times have I asked you out? Tell me." Gu Tao greeted him warmly and complained with a smile.

Jiang Luchuan was a little embarrassed, "It's not that you don't know what's going on at the school all day long, and I brought a few professional students, and it's hard to see Jian Ming when I go home every day."

"Then I don't care, no matter how difficult it is to invite you, I have to invite you. You don't even know how much I thank you and Jian Ming." Gu Tao led them to the seats in the back. "Sit down, Jian Ming, sit next to Lu Heng, and let him toast you a few glasses later."

Lu Heng was secretly delighted, and got up to call someone in a very sensible way. "Jiang tutor is good, Ming..." I was startled, and quickly changed my words, "Uh...Jian tutor is good."

As soon as the words were finished, Jian Ming almost couldn't stop laughing, Lu Heng's serious appearance of bending over to call others almost blinded his eyes, and those two blunt greetings made the embarrassment of the century even more.

Jiang Luchuan: "Hehe...Okay, okay, I'm really not used to you suddenly calling me Guidance Jiang, otherwise you should call me Old Jiang."

"That won't work. I used to be neither old nor young. How about I call you Uncle Jiang in the future." Lu Heng poured tea for Jiang Luchuan courteously.

Jiang Luchuan was really flattered.

"Jian Ming, what lessons have you taught him during this time? What's the situation?" He whispered to Jian Ming beside him.

"No, I'm just regular tutoring." Jian Ming smiled.

Gu Tao returned to the private room after informing the food to be served, and saw Lu Heng pouring tea and water for the two guests very politely, Lao Huai comforted him.

The dishes are served very quickly. Although the boss is a Buddhist cook, he uses exquisite materials, and the design of the dishes is not a temporary idea. A few days ago, I communicated with Gu Tao on the phone about the taste. Today's cooking is naturally smooth, and it does not take time. It is also ingenious There are six special dishes with meat and vegetables.

"Old Jiang, Jian Ming, Lu Heng has really troubled you for so long, and Lu Heng and I have to toast you." Gu Tao poured half a glass of Wuliangye into the wine glasses on the table and signaled Lu Heng to raise his glass.

Jian Ming frowned a little, but he couldn't refuse, "Gu Dui, don't be so polite anymore, these are what I should do." Jiang Luchuan also took advantage of the situation and said, "Yeah, I'm sorry if you see others like this again, To be honest, I'm ashamed that I haven't let Lu Heng reveal his heart to me for three years..."

Lu Heng didn't wait for Jiang Luchuan to finish speaking and quickly interrupted: "No, no, Uncle Jiang, you have done a lot for me. I used to be ignorant and always deliberately opposed you. Before Jane's counseling, I said that my situation is not serious. I I feel like it's all your fault."

"Haha, Lu Heng, you should have come out today with your lips wiped with honey." Jiang Luchuan smiled heartily.

Jian Ming squinted at Lu Heng, wondering if this kid did his homework today, and he showed his skillful mouth without sparing any energy.

"Okay, let's not be polite, let's drink and eat. Master Qiao's dishes are not something you can taste casually. Come and eat while it's hot." It was Gu Tao who was the first to break the politeness of you coming and going.

Not to mention, the taste of the dishes is well-deserved, especially the gilt pagoda made of crab paste and tofu, which looks like a work of art, sweet and smooth, and melts in the mouth. All four of them praised it after tasting it.

"Captain Gu, why didn't your lover come?" Jiang Luchuan asked.

"Sisi has a performance in the troupe today, and she said that she will invite you to our house for dinner next time. She will cook and cook some special dishes for you." Gu Tao responded with a smile. He bowed his head in silence, looked at him a few more times with concern, and suddenly the inexplicable familiar feeling of seeing him for the first time popped up again. "By the way, little Jane, have we met before I...before, I mean before meeting in my office?"

Jian Ming raised his head in surprise.

"No, I've been in the United States for six years, and it hasn't been long since I came back. Before...it doesn't seem to be there. What's the matter, Captain Gu."

"Yeah, I thought the same thing, but I just thought you looked familiar. It was the first time I saw you. I couldn't put it into words. I just thought I'd seen you before." Gu Tao squinted his eyes and looked at Jian Ming. , and then turned to Jiang Luchuan who had been silent all this time.

"Hey, Lao Jiang, did you show me Jian Ming's photo back then, didn't you?" The more Gu Tao thought about it, the more curious he became. "No, when you told me that you adopted/adopted a child, Jian Ming should have been quite old. You must have had an impression of me when you saw me."

"Oh, what are you talking about, come on, drink." Jiang Luchuan's expression became unnatural, deliberately trying to change the topic.

Of course, Jian Ming could see it too. He was more thoughtful, and then he said, "Well, Captain Gu, I was adopted 16 years ago. You knew each other then?" He said it casually, without revealing anything. From the bottom of my heart to spy.

"16 years ago?" Gu Tao was suddenly stunned.That was the first year when he was assigned to the SWAT team after changing jobs. At that time, he was still an inconspicuous little SWAT officer. What he remembers most is that in the first month after taking office, a vicious terrorist hijacking and massacre with great influence occurred in Haiyang City. In the urban bombing case, his first task when he joined the special police team was to go to the scene with the team to evacuate the crowd urgently and implement anti-terrorism and explosion prevention.

Wait, the victim of that case seems to be surnamed Jane too, because it was the first case to attend work, Gu Tao remembers it very deeply, recalling this, all the scenes and pictures at that time flooded in front of him.

"Sixteen years ago, it was also the year I met you." Gu Tao looked at Jiang Luchuan, he would never forget, if he hadn't dragged Jiang Luchuan out of the danger zone back then, there would probably be more than two victims.

Thinking of this, the regrettable couple flashed in front of them.

God, apart from wearing glasses and being younger, Jian Ming is a replica of the male victim surnamed Jian back then.

"Old Jiang, you can't be..." Gu Tao's tongue froze, he didn't know whether to continue or take it back, because he had already seen Jiang Luchuan's ashen expression, which Gu Tao remembered was 16 years ago I saw it when I rescued him.

There was another person with the same embarrassing face, Jian Ming.

Without further description, he also guessed what Gu Tao was going to say later, Jian Ming's inner shock was unprecedented.The fact that he was facing it was so fierce that people were caught off guard. He really wasn't ready for how to deal with it, and he didn't even have time to think, especially when facing Jiang Luchuan.

Jian Ming knew that he had to react, he had to be calm and let Jiang Luchuan feel that he was valued. He wanted to know more, and all of this had to be done with Jiang Luchuan's cooperation.

Lu Heng looked at the three people at the table, their heads were like a bowl of porridge, a mass of paste.

"Captain Gu, you've drunk too much, what do you think of?" Jiang Luchuan tried to close the curtain that had been torn at a corner.

Gu Tao didn't speak, he didn't know what to say, Jian Ming was not the only one who was shocked from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Luchuan actually adopted the victim's child?

What is his relationship to the victim?

Why did he hide the fact that he adopted Jane's child?

Thinking about it now, why did he stay in the danger zone for a long time?

Doubt, puzzlement.

"Captain Gu, thank you for your invitation today. I respect you. I really can't drink enough. I'll leave after drinking this glass." Jian Ming picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. He was so bold that Lu Heng stared at him. up.

Jiang Luchuan's face became more and more ugly, he knew that Gu Tao could not be blamed for this, but at this moment, he was holding his breath in his chest, he could not get up and down, it was very tormented, seeing that Jian Ming was about to leave after drinking, he subconsciously shouted to stop "Jian Ming, where are you going?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Jiang, I'm not feeling well, so I'm going back first." With Mr. Jiang's voice, the three people present were bewildered.

Lu Heng focused all his attention on Jian Ming. Seeing him turn around and leave the door, he bounced off his chair and chased him out like a gust of wind. When he reached the door, he paused, turned back and said to Gu Tao and Jiang Luchuan: "It's okay, I'll follow. Don't worry." The words faded away.

Gu Tao and Jiang Luchuan looked at each other in blank dismay, and the atmosphere was suddenly extremely strange.

"Old Jiang, I..."

"Stop talking, it's what you think. Jian Ming is the child of those two victims. His father's name is Jian Fangzhou, and his mother's name is Chen Fang. They are both my high school classmates." Jiang Luchuan sighed heavily, "Other Just don't ask for now, I'm very confused. Although I know that there are some things that I can't hide for a lifetime, but... it's fine, it's fine if he knows." As if talking to himself, Jiang Luchuan's breath was low and pitiful.

"Old Jiang, you should have told me earlier, you are confused." After Gu Tao finished speaking, he lit a cigarette and frowned.

Jian Ming, who walked out of the villa, was blown by the oncoming breeze, and his head began to feel dizzy, and he didn't drink much, maybe because he drank the last cup a little too quickly, and now his stomach feels so uncomfortable, right now he just wants to Find a place and spit it out.

"Jian Ming, wait for me." Lu Heng caught up panting.

"Why are you out, I'm fine, you can go back." At this moment Jian Ming just wanted to be alone.

"If you don't say anything, I won't ask anything. Can you let me accompany you? I don't trust you."

"Lu...uh..." Just as Jian Ming was about to speak, his stomach felt nauseous, and the strong smell of alcohol rolled into his throat.

Seeing this, Lu Heng dragged him to the side of the car, opened the trunk for him, took out an empty cardboard box, and handed it over, "Put it up, I'll throw it away for you later." He patted the back of his neck as he spoke, Jian Ming didn't move, but his expression was clearly holding back. Seeing his embarrassment that he wanted to say but couldn't speak, Lu Heng turned and walked away understandingly, "I'll go get water in the car, you...call me when you're done."

Lu Heng has never been a careful person, but now Jian Ming can quickly catch the intention and comprehend the meaning of every movement and expression. He admires himself. When did this power of observation advance to such an extent?But if you really want to talk about a change, except in front of Jian Ming, he seems to be no different from before. Some abilities are really for Jian Ming. Thinking of this, the corners of Lu Heng's mouth twitched unconsciously.

Thinking wildly, time passed very quickly. When Lu Heng came back to his senses, Jian Ming had already walked to his side, "Give me the water."

Lu Heng was taken aback for a moment, but quickly reacted and handed him the water he had prepared earlier.

"Is it more comfortable? What about the box? I'll throw it away."

"Thanks, I've already thrown it away." Jian Ming took the pure water, raised his head and drank more than half of it.

Lu Heng found that Jian Ming was really sexy when he drank water, it was the kind of refreshment that he couldn't breathe for a while, every time he drank water, he could see it hard, it was amazing.

"Mingming, do you want to call a substitute driver?"

"No need, it's not far from home. I'll pick it up tomorrow morning, so let's stop here." Jian Ming said.

"What? Not far? Very far away, okay? It takes half an hour to drive." Lu Heng suspected that the person in front of him was still drunk, and his drinking capacity was really bad. "Are you going to walk?"

"It's not far. I'll go back to my place." Jian Ming smiled, turned around and walked forward.

yourself?Lu Heng suddenly realized that it turned out that Mingming was going back to his new home, and it was really close, two intersections, and entering the south of the city was Zhumeng Huacheng.

He followed up without saying a word, and just quietly walked a street with Jian Ming. He knew that Jian Ming was in a bad mood now, but he was really curious. It seemed that he was the only one who didn't know what happened to the first four. What's the matter, this feeling that everyone wakes up and he is drunk alone is really uncomfortable.

"Mingming, are you...are you angry with Lao Jiang?"

"Yes..." Jian Ming's straightforward admission shocked Lu Heng a little.

He trotted in front of Jian Ming, "Mingming, don't you have some misunderstanding?"

"I also hope it's a misunderstanding, but it's impossible, it's already impossible." Jian Ming smiled wryly.

Lu Heng stopped, stood in front of Jian Ming, put his hands on his shoulders, and asked carefully and seriously: "Jian Ming, I am willing to listen, do you want to talk?"

Jian Ming has always believed in one sentence, except for self-crossing, no one else can help.

But at this moment, he was too tired, the temperature of Lu Heng's palms spread from his shoulders to his whole body, his whole body seemed to be exhausted, limp, and for the first time, he felt greedy to rely on, Jian Ming raised his head, his lips parted slightly For Lu Heng, there is a slight gap between exhalation and exhalation.

The author has something to say: My house was burglarized, I cried to death, I saw the failure of 911 again, I miss my motherland~~