The lights of the banquet hall dimmed, the melodious dance music sounded, and the spotlight hit the red carpet. At this time, eighteen hanging firecrackers were lit at the door. All shouted and called out a name:
âYueyue! Yueyue! Yueyue!â
Hundreds of people shouted oneâs name neatly, everyoneâs face was full of smiles, the scene was grand and solemn. At this time, a white figure was surrounded by the brothers of the QingLong Gang on the red carpet, and the whole banquet hall burst into warm applause.
Standing on the rostrum, Qu Cheng looked at Yue Zhao, who was loved by his brothers from a distance, the corners of his mouth were hooked, he picked up the microphone and took a picture twice, and the whole place was silent in an instant, âYue Zhao, come here quickly, the banquet Itâs about to officially start.â
Three copper basins were placed on the long red carpet, and there were hot coals burning red, which were now crackling with sparks and burning roaringly.
Yue Zhao stood at the door, looking at Qu Cheng who was standing on the other side of the red carpet. He couldnât help but blushed, and was urged by a group of people to push forward.
âYue Yue, hurry up and step over the brazier. If you step over, you will be lucky and there will be no bad luck!â
âYue Yue, brother Cheng is still waiting for you there. After you step over the three braziers, brothers and sisters will be with you tonight. You wonât go home if you donât get drunk!â
A group of people shouted lively, the corners of Yue Zhaoâs mouth twitched, âYou bastards, are you here to help me wash the dust or to drink? Letâs see if I can drink you guys to death later!â
He stepped over a brazier, people on both sides of the red carpet fired salutes, colorful strips scattered in the splendid banquet hall and landed on Yue Zhaoâs white suit. At this moment, including Qu Cheng, everyoneâs eyes were on him, which made him understand that he was the worthy protagonist of the night, and his heart was full of excitement, and his palms sweats of excitement.
One, two, three⊠After the three braziers passed, he was already standing in front of Qu Cheng, and the audience burst into warm applause.
Qu Cheng smiled and stopped Yue Zhaoâs shoulders, made him stand shoulder to shoulder with him, and raised his cup to the hundreds of brothers in the audience, âWelcome Yue Zhao home! I wish Yue Zhao a good health!â
Although this sentence was said to everyone, Qu Chengâs eyes kept falling on Yue Zhao, making Yue Zhao feel that he said those words to himself alone, even with familiarity and intimacy in his tone. It made his ears warm, and his heart beat fast.
âYueyue, welcome home! I wish Yueyue good health! Cheers!â
The whole audience raised their glasses together, and the red liquid splashed out because of the heroic action. The music in the banquet hall played the most exciting part for a while. The on-site dust-cleaning banquet has been pushed to a high tide.
Yue Zhao toasted with everyone, took a symbolic sip, and then slowly looked down at everyone in the audience with beautiful eyes, watching them pour the scarlet wine into their stomachs drop by drop, copying them. The fingers in the pockets were slowly clenched, and a smile of fulfillment appeared.
Itâs a little bit⊠just a little bit and heâs done right away, canât wait.
After the dust-receiving ceremony, the banquet officially started. Hundreds of brothers gathered in front of each table, filled their stomachs with wine boldly, and ate a lot with their plates. For a while, saliva and food residues flew around, obviously elegant scene, but was made a bit ruffian by this group of people.
Qu Cheng stood by the window, sipping slowly with a glass of wine, and took out his mobile phone habitually, but he remembered that his mobile phone had just been splashed with red wine and could no longer be used.
âBrother Cheng, are you in a hurry?â Yue Zhao walked up to him at some point, handed over his cell phone and said, âIf you are in a hurry, use mine first.â
Qu Cheng smiled and shook his head, âIâm not in a hurry, I just want to make a call to Cinian. He went to talk about business today. Itâs past ten oâclock, and he hasnât called me. Itâs a bit strange.â
Yue Zhao nodded and said with a smile, âBrother Cheng, I canât see that you are such a nauseous person. You canât help but make serial calls after you havenât seen each other for a day? There will be nothing wrong with Ah Si, you worry too much.â
Qu Cheng laughed and didnât pick up his cell phone, âSi is planning a banquet today, so I didnât say goodbye to Cinian, but youâre right, donât call me if you donât call me, so he doesnât think Iâm a mother-in-law.â Yue Zhao laughed, looked at Qu Cheng and poured another glass of red wine before he said.
âSpeaking of which, where is Ah Si? The banquet has already started, why havenât I seen him?â
He frowned. Before, he arranged for Ah Si to prepare things in the kitchen, but he didnât show up until the banquet started, which was really strange. Thinking of this, he waved to a younger brother behind him and said in a low voice, âGo to the kitchen. Tell Ah Si to come out and say I have something to look for.â
The younger brother nodded and turned to leave, and after a while, Ah Si trotted out from the back kitchen and stood respectfully in front of Qu Cheng, âBrother Cheng, are you looking for me? Qu Cheng said with an âumâ, glanced at him and glanced at the crowded banquet hall, and said with a smile, âSi, you organized the banquet well today, thank you for your hard work.â
Ah Si shook his head, âItâs all my job, Brother Cheng is overrated.â
âOkay, donât be humble, youâve done a good job in this matter, Iâm very satisfied. Donât just focus on work, come out gather with the other brothers, have some dinner and have a rest.â
âThank you, Brother Cheng, Iâm not tired.â Ah Si bowed his head respectfully, âThere are still a few dishes in the back kitchen that have not yet been decided, and the red wine is also undecided. Not much, Iâm not in a hurry to finish these things before eating.â
Qu Cheng smiled, raised his hand and patted his shoulder, showing him a somewhat trusting smile, opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly he heard a âbangâ next to him, and then Yue Zhao, who was standing beside him, suddenly fainted to the ground, and the glass in his hand shattered into several pieces.
No one reacted to this change. When Qu Cheng stretched out his hand to help him, the sound of plates and glasses breaking one after another came from the entire banquet hall, and then several people covered their foreheads and murmured in pain. With a sound, he fell to the ground and passed out.
The audience was silent for a few seconds, then became a mess, and when no one could react to what was going on, more and more people fell down one by one, and some even started to twitch non-stop. Foaming at the mouth, after a while, his face became blue and purple, and he fell to the ground before he could make a sound, and his life and death were unknown.
âCall the ambulance! Immediately call 120! The foodâŠthe food is poisonous!â
Someone shouted sharply, but before the sound was complete, he could not hold back and fell to the ground.
Qu Chengâs pupils shrank violently, his eyes twisted horribly in an instant, he stretched out his hand to pick up a nearby brother, the man had fainted, there was white foam on the corner of his mouth, and even the aorta didnât jump when he touched his neck!
He cursed loudly and overturned all the food on the table next to it to the ground. All kinds of food and red wine were mixed together, exuding a strong taste, but at this time it was inexplicable.
Qu Cheng took a spoon and immediately put it into his throat to induce vomiting, but the food had already entered his stomach. At this moment, he only vomited a few mouthfuls of sour water. His eyes went black, his head buzzed, and his knees immediately fell to the ground.
Everything happened too fast. In just a few seconds, more than half of hundreds brothers in the QingLong Gang had already fainted, and the rest of the survivors were gone.
He couldnât stand up at all. Only Ah Si was standing in the entire banquet hall. He looked at his brother who was lying down under his feet, and all of a sudden he was stunned.
His face was pale, and he was only stunned for a few seconds before reacting. He moved his footsteps, and was about to pounce at Qu Cheng when a black gun suddenly landed in front of him.
âCheng⊠Brother Cheng?!â
He froze in disbelief, but Qu Cheng, who was half-kneeling in front of him, held the ground firmly in one hand, held the gun in the other, and glared at him grimly.
âAh Si, the traitor turned out to be really you.â
Ah Si stumbled and reacted immediately, and the last trace of blood on his face disappeared in an instant, âBrother Cheng⊠I didnât betray you.â
He wanted to come and help Qu Cheng up, but a bullet hit his feet with a bang, and the floor tiles under his feet shattered into several pieces.
Qu Cheng didnât eat much, and he only tasted a little red wine, so the poisoning was not deep. He stood up slowly against the wall, looked at the group of brothers lying down in the whole banquet hall, and laughed hoarsely. There was a hoarse and uncontrollable anger in his voice, âSi, do you remember how old you were when you followed me, huh?â
His voice was unstable, but he was a dangerous beast regardless of his life and death, even if he was wounded he can stand tenaciously.
Ah Si has never seen Qu Cheng look at him with such ruthless eyes, and his lips trembled for a while, âBrother Cheng, you believe me! I will never betray you in my life!â
A bullet came out and slashed Ah Siâs cheek, âAnswer me!â
âSixteen years oldâŠâ Ah Si took a deep breath, feeling anxious, âBrother Cheng, you are very dangerous now, I will take you to the hospital first, you Trust me, I wonât hurt you!â
He was about to help Qu Cheng up, but was hit with a fist, and blood came out of his mouth immediately.
âSixteen years oldâŠhahahaâŠIt turns out that it has been eight years. I raised you for eight years. In the end, I raised a wolf that eats inside and outside.â Qu Chengâs voice was slow and slow, if it werenât for the occasional panting, few could see that he had been poisoned.
Ah Si was speechless, his eyes were bloodshot, and he roared loudly, âBrother Cheng, I really didnât do this! There must be ghosts in the gang, you canât be deceived⊠Ah!â
Qu Cheng kicked him in the heart, Ah Si subconsciously counterattacked, but he was still not the opponent of the poisoned Qu Cheng. He was almost insane, struggling non-stop when a cold gun was suddenly poked into his temple.
âYou didnât make it? You prepared all the food and drinks at the banquet today. You told me that this has nothing to do with you?!â
Qu Cheng was dizzy, and there was a constant roar like an explosion in his ears, he endured it. Suffering from the pain, he pressed Ah Si firmly, and sneered, âjust say why you would rather stay in the kitchen than come out to the banquet, I let you eat something and you push back three and four, it turns out⊠thatâs what youâre waiting for now.â
âAh Si, do you still remember what I told you back then? I believed you for the last time, and now this last chance has run out.â
Ah Si took a deep breath, his lips trembled, his face was as pale as paper, âYesâŠI..I know that what I say now is indisputable, why food and red wine are poisonous, I really donât know⊠Brother Cheng, you can adjust the surveillance, you can go to my room to check, if I have half a lie, I will die!â
Qu Cheng chuckled, his voice hoarse as if filled with coarse sand, âDo you think I suspect you just because of this one thing?â
The helpers ambushed, and the people who can get out of the car without any formalities can be counted on one hand, including you.â
âI didnât suspect you at that time, but thenâŠâ
The cold gun slapped at Ah Siâs face, âWhen Xu Xinnian escaped, everyone in the room said that you called Ah Wei before he died. At that time, everyone pointed at you, I still donât believe it. I have always regarded you as my younger brother, so I didnât say anything and still let you stay in the gang.â
As soon as he said this, Ah Siâs tears almost fell, he shuddered a few times, and said hoarsely, âBrother Cheng⊠I was framed. You and Big Brother Xu are my only relatives. I wonât do things that are inferior to beasts. Why donât you believe me?â
âOkay, I want to believe in you, but you gave me a reason to believe in you.â Qu Cheng smiled bitterly, with anger and heartache that could not be concealed in his voice, âSo many things are related to you, I can say itâs a coincidence, What about today? Why do you think I want to tell you to trust you again?â
âThatâs because I want to give you one last chance, let you turn around again, donât force me to do something to you, but what have you done, um What did you do, Ah Si!?â
Qu Cheng grabbed Ah Siâs collar and pressed him against the wall next to him with a âbangâ, the muzzle of the gun was constantly pointed at him, âI already had it before today. The evidence of your betrayal, the records of your back-to-back contacts with the Kun Gang were found in your room, and the time and place of each action, which is completely consistent with the previous incidents of Yue Zhao and Xu Xinnian! In front of so much evidence, you still want to lie?!â
Ah Si shuddered, his eyes widened, âImpossible! Itâs impossible! I donât know anyone who is bound, how can I contact them! Go and check the surveillance in the corridor of my room, for sure someone blamed me, as long as I find that person, I dare to confront him face-to-faceââ
The gunshot rang instantly, gunpowder smoked from the dark muzzle, and a bullet came out and slammed into Ah Siâs body.
His body was slammed back by the huge impact, hit the wall behind him and bounced back, blood poured out of his chest instantly, and the large blood stains dyed huge scarlet flowers on the white shirt, and the more blood the bigger the opening, the uncontrolled spread, Ah Si looked at Qu Cheng in disbelief, unable to say a word.
Qucheng closed his eyes, lowered his arms, and covered the deep and unfathomable gaze in his eyes.
Ah Si slowly fell down in front of him, and fell to the ground. After a while, the blood on his chest merged into a pool of blood on the groundâŠ
Qu Cheng turned around, didnât look at him again, and staggered to pick up the ground. A phone dropped by a brother, ready to call an ambulance, with a sarcastic low laugh in his mouth, his voice trembling and bitter, âHehâŠI didnât expectâŠhaha.â
His whole body had been drained of strength. He couldnât stand and fell to the ground. He leaned against the wall and didnât let himself fall. He couldnât see the phone screen clearly, and pressed 1, 2 in the blurâŠ
It took a lot of time for his fingers. The strength only reached 0, and just as he was about to press it, the back of his head suddenly became cold, and a black muzzle suddenly touched his head.
âBrother Cheng, I didnât expect that either.â
With a smug smile in his voice, Qu Cheng slowly turned his head and saw Yue Zhao standing behind him, who should have fainted.
Yue Zhaoâs face shone under the crystal lamp, looking down at Qu Cheng like a winner.
At this moment, he knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for a long time had finally come. Qu Cheng did not speak, and lowered his head as if he had no strength to react. At this moment, no one noticed the scheming smile on the corner of his mouth.