She doesn’t like Hanoi. Her entire understanding of this country comes from Duras’s novel “The Lover”, the self-defense counterattack in the 1970s, French colonization, coffee, poverty, and Vietnamese brides.

The climate of a subtropical city is completely different from that of the inland city where I grew up. However, because it is very close to the ocean, it does not have the breathless humidity and heat that I experienced in Myanmar. It is spring-like all year round and has abundant rainfall.

Known as the "Spring City of Hundreds of Flowers"

Although she didn't like it, she didn't choose. Ruan Peizhe imprisoned her in a villa in West Lake, Hanoi. His men took turns guarding the three-story villa 24 hours a day, never leaving, and he himself came once every Friday afternoon.

, stay one night and leave again the next morning. This is the case every week, rain or shine.

Qiao Chuxia stood by the window and opened the thick curtains. She saw Ruan Peizhe's car honking its horn and the door of the villa slowly opened. The car finally drove out and turned into a small black dot.

She reached out and touched her slightly swollen lips. It hurt a little, but the pain was too small. She cried over it.

She was not a woman with three virtues and nine strong qualities, and she could not commit the crime of guarding her body like jade for the dead Luo Cangzhi. But when Ruan Peizhe used his lips and tongue to pry open her closed teeth last night, Qiao Chuxia still couldn't help but tremble, and then struggled hard

stand up

Her arm was held in his hand without any strength. Qiao Chuxia didn't dare to open her eyes. She was afraid that once she met his terrifying gaze, she would be completely defeated.

The extremely aggressive man held her in his arms. Although he was so close, she did not feel any pity or the care that a man would give a woman because of his love.

Every time he comes, she can detect the smell of blood, power, money and all kinds of desires on his body. It is the ultimate arrogance after being low-key and restrained for too long, suddenly releasing all without any need to hide it.

It was almost a month after arriving in Hanoi, when Ruan Peizhe came here for the fourth time, and finally told her with a slightly drunk face that his mother was a concubine of Ruan Baocheng. She had no status in the family, and was bullied by other women.

Because she is Chinese, she has no status in the big Ruan family. It was not until his birth that her life improved to some extent. So he knew at a very young age that only by being better than those older brothers could he have a way to survive and get something.

father's favor

"The first time he looked at me was because on the first day after I graduated from middle school, I made a big business and earned my family nearly a year's expenses. That year, when I was fifteen years old, I said,

Oh, it turns out that Pei Zhe is already so big, and I still treat him like that little baby."

There were too many women in the family and they gave birth to too many children. Ruan Peizhe was originally ranked fourth, but unfortunately all the first three children died in infancy. Since he was born, his younger brothers and sisters have not survived due to various reasons.

In the end, he was the only one who grew up in the family

"Do you know why? It's my mother, my seemingly weak and beautiful mother. In order to consolidate her position and my future, she tried her best to kill them one by one. Only in this way, the Ruan family is

How am I doing on my own? It's scary. If you had seen her, you would have thought that a woman like her could be trampled to death by an ant, so delicate, so delicate and pitiful..."

When Ruan Peizhe said this, his eyes were misty and he stared at Qiao Chuxia in front of him. She had been sick since the day of the wedding and couldn't lift her spirits all day long. She looked like a flower that was about to wither and wither.

After listening to his story about his childhood and family, Qiao Chuxia stood up, filled the tea cup in front of him with hot tea, put down the pot, stood up and left.

"Women are inherently scary, every one of them is," she said in a low voice, then seemed to show a weird smile and walked back to her bedroom.

From then on, every time Ruan Peizhe came, he would bring her a lotus. Sometimes it was a bud, sometimes it was half-open. The petals were pink and the stamens were bright yellow. They were always fresh and dewy. It should be

Qiao Chuxia, who had just folded it, did not refuse. If she liked it, she put it in the vase on the bedside and let it slowly wither.

But this time, it was obvious that Ruan Peizhe didn't want to let her go just like that. She was dragged to the bed by him and pressed tightly under him. His chaotic and arrogant breath was sprayed on her face. She was afraid and waved her arms to push him away.

, accidentally knocked over the vase, and the blooming lotus fell to the floor, mixed with debris.

She turned her head and looked at the dark pink lotus petals blooming one by one, and her whole body started to tremble.

In fact, whether she struggles or not, she only cares about it, because her movements and strength are not worth mentioning to Ruan Peizhe. He can firmly hold her wrists with only one hand.

, raised it above her head, he looked at her condescendingly, like a noble emperor, clearly seeing the fear and anger in her eyes

"Qiao Chuxia, don't forget, you picked up the gun yourself, and you pulled the trigger yourself. If you hate it, hate yourself. Why are you looking at me like this?"

He stretched out his hand and brushed the hair from her face. A few months later, her hair grew longer, almost reaching her waist, and when it was spread down, it looked like dark silk.

Black hair and snowy skin was obviously a beautiful picture, but in the room where the lights were not turned on at dusk, he could not see the slightest smile on her face.

This was Qiao Chuxia's Achilles' heel. If she stabbed her, she would die. She made a faint choking sound in her throat. She didn't even need to close her eyes to see Luo Cangzhi, who was covered in blood. The fresh blood had a slightly darker color.

Red, warm slightly higher than body temperature, not fishy and even has some sweet taste

So much blood dyed her world dark red

"Yes, I did it. I don't resent anyone."

She took a few hard breaths, finally opened her eyes, and dared to look directly at Ruan Peizhe. After a moment, she grinned and said sarcastically: "But at least, he is completely real in my life, no matter the name or the story.

You are just a hypocritical existence who frequently changes your identity and uses one illusion to cover up another. Whether you are Xu Peizhe or Ruan Peizhe, I am waiting for that day. One day, you will find that what you have

Everything is false, this is retribution!"

Probably because Qiao Chuxia's tone was too cruel and the curse was too vicious, a hint of anger clearly slipped through Ruan Peizhe's eyes, but for a moment, he still controlled it, and then put on his previous tough expression, retreated, and left the softness.

bed

The weight on his body was lifted, and Qiao Chuxia breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly curled up and sat on the bedside, forming a defensive posture, completely subconsciously not wanting to get close to him.

"He's dead. You don't have to imagine anymore. I did it myself. So far, no one has survived. Maybe one day you anger me and I can't be cruel, you can be the first one."

Ruan Peizhe slowly unbuttoned his shirt to get some air, raised a hand and rubbed his temples. Recently, he had been asking people to investigate the whereabouts of the road map in Luo Cangzhi's hand. To be honest, he still blamed himself and regretted it over and over again.

No matter what, I was really impulsive that day. I should have asked where the thing was before killing him, but for some reason, he was so panicked that he forgot the most important thing.

Therefore, Ruan Peizhe did not completely win. At least, this victory did not make him feel completely happy.

"By the way, have you ever seen this thing? Has Luo Cangzhi mentioned it to you?"

Suddenly something flew over. Qiao Chuxia caught it and held it in her hand. She saw clearly that it was actually a string of Buddhist beads, heavy in her hand.

It did look familiar. She lowered her head and fiddled with it a few times. She realized that it belonged to Luo Cangzhi, but he never wore it on his wrist, but he always carried it with him. There were dark traces on two of the beads on her hand.

After shaking it, I realized that it should be dried blood.

She spread her palms, looked at them carefully, shook her head, and said hoarsely: "No, I haven't seen it. Didn't you already lend me my hand and put a monitor in his villa? You can go and monitor it yourself."

go"

After a pause, Qiao Chuxia smiled bitterly and twitched her lips, as if she was laughing at herself: "I'm really stupid. I thought that what I did was right. In fact, I helped one evil person and harmed another evil person. In the end, I myself also

He became a bad person, and none of the three of us are good people."

Ruan Peizhe did not speak immediately. He took a few glances at her defensive posture and expression, and tilted the corner of his mouth with a smile: "Since they are all bad guys, it's hard to say who harmed whom. He is an admirable person."

My opponent, I think, is too happy, thinking that he can get revenge and win the beauty back, but he didn't expect that I would get in the middle."

"So, what exactly do you want to say?"

Qiao Chuxia hugged her knees and still held the string of Buddhist beads tightly in her hands. She knew that Ruan Peizhe would not do meaningless things. He came once a week and would personally take care of every detail. He must have his purpose.

But he didn't answer her directly. He walked straight to the bedroom window and opened it. Outside the window was a pool of green lake water. The breeze was blowing and the air was filled with the unique fresh smell of plants. He looked at it for a while and suddenly turned around and asked.

: "My identity aside, do you like it here? Do you want to live here and not go back to Beijing? I also stayed there for a while. There are too many people and the city is noisy. I really don't understand you Chinese

Why are you willing to squeeze in there?”

Qiao Chuxia blinked her eyes. She didn't expect that he would ask herself such a question. After a while, she sneered: "I don't like it. I don't like it here. No matter how bad my home is, it's still my home."

"I like a woman like you. She is obviously more ruthless than anyone else, but she can always look pitiful. She is obviously more bloodthirsty than anyone else, but she can always act timid and fearful, saying that you are pretending to be a pig.

Tiger, you don’t have any ambitions. I say you are as wise as you are foolish, but I don’t see your wisdom. So in the end, I only have two words for you, trash.”

Ruan Peizhe's voice was very soft, and there was even a faint smile on his face. However, being judged as "trash" was not a good feeling. Qiao Chuxia naturally did the same. She pursed her lips hard. , and said without answering: "Even if I am a waste, Natasha will not be a waste. She will not swallow this breath, and your life will not be too easy."

She counted the days and realized that she had been imprisoned here for a hundred days. Even if Ruan Peizhe covered the sky with one hand in the Golden Triangle, he could not hide the news forever. When Natasha knew the news, as a mother, she did not believe that the devil would Revenge Luo Cangzhi!

However, he just smiled and kept laughing, looking at her as if she were a fool. Qiao Chuxia's heart became colder and colder. Even if she was really stupid, she could still figure it out.

"No, it's impossible! That's her son! How could she..."

When she thought of this terrible possibility, even her voice changed. People said that tiger poison does not eat its seeds. No matter how inhumane Natasha was, Luo Cangzhi was her child after all, how could he survive it? Where are the hands?!

"You have to know that a woman like her only loves one person, and that is her husband. As for her son, she doesn't take it seriously at all, especially her son who wants to steal business from her. I have always believed in a saying, the enemy Even if you are not a friend, you are definitely not an enemy. The ancients said that attacking from a distance is a close friend. This is the truth. It seems that I used it well. I used Luo Cangzhi to fight against Wu Chu, and I used Natasha to fight against Luo Cangzhi. , the effect is pretty good”

When Ruan Peizhe said this, he couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, and his expression also showed a bit of self-satisfaction, which made Qiao Chuxia's heart pick up in her throat.

People say that a child is better than a mother. When Luo Cangzhi told Natasha that she was going to get married, this shrewd woman must have seen her son's joy. After all, joy cannot be faked, so she calculated so accurately.

"I originally thought I could get some useful clues from you, but it seems that Luo Cangzhi didn't tell you about the road map. Forget it, I'll continue to torture his men. Didn't you see that? These people are not very old, but they are very tough-talking. They have lost half their lives, but they still refuse to say anything. It seems that they are either stupid and loyal, or they really don't know."

With Luo Cangzhi's character, even if Ruan Peizhe asked him, he would never tell him. Thinking of this, Ruan Peizhe felt relieved.

Qiao Chuxia was shocked. It turned out that after she fainted that day, Xu Dong's few surviving men with Scarface were also captured alive. During this period, they were tortured. Ruan Peizhe deliberately did not kill them because he wanted to Ask for some clues

If possible, she really wanted to tell Ruan Peizhe that she had that road map. She had given Luo Cang Zhi once, and she could give it to Ruan Peizhe a second time. But this time, she had to use this thing in exchange for freedom.

"What if I told you I could give you the exact same road map?"

Ruan Peizhe showed an expression of "Sure enough," and his eyes were a little unpredictable. He raised his chin arrogantly, "What do you want?"

Qiao Chuxia suddenly remembered reading "The Waste Land" for the first time when she was in school. She saw in the text that Sybil was hung in a cage. The children asked her, Sybil, what do you want? Sybil said, I want her to die. Sometimes I have strong heart palpitations, and I can't help but mutter to myself, repeating the words "I want to die". The more I repeat, the more I feel a sense of recognition.

At this moment, she recalled this feeling again, but this time she didn't want to die

"Let me go, I want to go home"

The man opposite thought for a moment, nodded slowly, and asked again as if he was unwilling to do so: "Isn't it good to stay here? Although I don't love you, I feel that if my wife is a woman as cruel as you, she can be ruthless.

, it’s actually a good choice.”

Qiao Chuxia couldn't even squeeze out a wry smile. She stretched her body, slowly but firmly took off her pants, and when she met Ruan Peizhe's surprised eyes, she couldn't help but explain: "Do you think I'm tempting you? Master Ruan, please."

You can do it yourself, just stab your body and draw some blood."

He suddenly realized it, nodded and said: "It turns out to be a blood talisman. No wonder so many people have been looking for it for so long but can't find it. I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true."

After that, he took off his shirt, turned around and looked for a cup. When he came back, he had a dagger in his hand. He cut his left arm without hesitation and let the blood flow into the cup, saving half of it.

"enough"

Lying on the bed, Qiao Chuxia spread her legs, hiding her shyness, as if she was just doing a very ordinary thing. She carefully recalled what Luo Cangzhi did last time, and guided Ruan Peizhe step by step.

Every step was exactly the same, but almost half an hour passed. There was nothing between her legs, only a pool of dried blood.

"Are you sure you didn't lie to me?"

The look in her eyes already contained danger. Ruan Peizhe intuitively felt that he had been deceived, but he also felt that Qiao Chuxia did not have such courage.

"There's no need for me to lie to people at this time. I don't know why, but I did exactly the same thing as last time."
Chapter completed!