Huo Beixing was holding a red umbrella, which stood out among the surrounding simple and desolate buildings.

The sky is gray, the tall buildings are not illuminated by sunlight, and the gray-blue tone of the exterior is quite dim.

An Yi held his suit jacket, and when he saw Huo Beixing, his reaction slowed down, and his eyes were full of surprise.

"How did you come?"

Huo Beixing walked over and pulled An Yi into the umbrella, pointed to the sky, "It's raining heavily, I'm here to pick you up."

He remembered that his wife didn't bring an umbrella when she went out today, and the other party refused to ask the driver to pick her up, so he came by himself, otherwise his wife would have to get wet in the rain, Huo Dabao couldn't bear it.

An Yi followed Huo Beixing with his eyes, feeling a little delicate in his heart. Taking him home on a rainy day was the first job he got.

An Yi looked around, "Did you just bring an umbrella?"

Huo Beixing put his arm around An Yi's shoulder, and said bluntly, "Yeah, so we can fight."

As he said that, as if he had succeeded in doing something, he smiled brightly.

He watched it in TV dramas, the male and female protagonists always carry an umbrella on rainy days.

The red umbrella is not small, but two big men can barely hold an umbrella. Huo Beixing is afraid that An Yi will be hit by the rain, and the umbrella will deflect in the direction of each other.

The heavy rain brought a bit of coolness to the summer, and the rain splashed on the umbrella surface with the wind, making a noise in my ears.

The two of them were walking, and met a puddle in front of them. The white cloth shoes on An Yi's feet turned around, trying to get out of the umbrella first and avoid the puddle in front of them.

Huo Beixing didn't let him go, he wrapped his arms around the man's waist, lifted him up with all his strength, and put him down after he passed the puddle.

An Yi: Oh hoo!

His young and strong husband.

Although Huo Beixing was a bit silly, he was very considerate, and except for his dog's stubborn temper at times, he was indeed a good companion for the rest of the time.

Huo Beixing's expression didn't change at all, but when he walked to the intersection of traffic lights and waited, he bent slightly and blushed shyly, "Honey, isn't it very romantic for us to do this?"

Walking in the rain.

An Yi thought back to the puddle that the automatic lift had done just now. It was not clear if the waves were romantic, but they were quite waves.

An Yi looked at the traffic lights blurred by the rain, "Thank you for picking me up today. Thanks to you, I don't have to go home in the rain."

Huo Beixing was flattered to be praised.

"Then I will come to pick you up every day from now on."

In this way, he can spend more time with each other.

An Yi felt that this was too much trouble for the other party. Huo Beixing knew that he didn't take the family car, so he didn't take a car to pick him up today.

Shaking his head, "No, just do what you like."

If Huo Beixing quit, the two of them would spend less time together.

Deliberately scaring people: "It's dangerous for you to go home alone, let me pick you up."

An Yi:?

Looking up at each other, "What danger?"

Huo Beixing thought of something casually: "For example, if you encounter kidnapping or robbery."

An Yi was silent, and then said: "Where did the runaway bride escape? Is this being broadcast recently?"

"..."

Huo Beixing: "It's really dangerous, what if it happens?"

An Yi: "It's okay, I will call for help."

After all, if a person grows a mouth, it cannot grow in vain.

When Huo Beixing saw that the person refused to agree, he instantly became unhappy, whispered: "I really want to take you home."

An Yi noticed the other party's emotions and explained: "It's not that you are not allowed to come. If you come to pick me up, you will have to take the bus home with me every day."

Huo Beixing was pampered and pampered. When he went out, he was always picked up by car. If the bus was crowded and stuffy during peak hours, he was afraid that the other party would not be used to it.

Huo Beixing didn't care about this, "It's okay, as long as I can go home with you."

An Yi: "Really?"

Huo Beixing looked at his wife's upturned little face, feeling a little restless in his heart, "Well, because I like you."

The other party's sudden sentence made An Yi feel a little embarrassed, so he didn't speak again, but he didn't refuse either.

Every day after that, Huo Beixing would wait under the brand building at around six o'clock to pick An Yi home from get off work.

An Yi came out late, Huo Beixing was not in a hurry, and waited obediently.

In this way, An Yi was sent home every day for a month.

——

Autumn is about to enter, and the design process has also come to the final stage. After the intensive revision period, the atmosphere on the 21st floor is now relaxed.

Lin Qiu sat on a seat in the cafeteria at noon, "It's great to lighten up the studio."

An Yi echoed: "That's right, an unprecedented feeling."

Gu Lingling: "How does it feel?"

An Yi: "Yan Wangye wrote Yangshou on the life and death spectrum."

Gu Lingling: ...

You can describe it.

On the other side, Wang Meng and Li Xiaomu sat in the break room to discuss countermeasures. Now that the autumn design products have been completed, the cooperative relationship between the two studios has ended, and now all attention is placed on competing for competition qualifications.

It's time to do it, too.

Wang Meng took a sip of water: "Has An Yi's background investigation come out?"

Li Xiaomu: "It's just a person who came out of the valley. He has no background, and he has found someone who can threaten the other party."

Wang Meng: "Who?"

Li Xiaomu: "It's a man, I don't know about his relationship, but he comes to pick An Yi up from get off work every day."

As he spoke, he took out a stack of photos and placed them in front of Wang Meng.

The angles are all candid shots, and the men almost always appear from the back. There are a few profiles but they are somewhat blurred, and the faces cannot be seen clearly.

Wang Meng looked at the man walking side by side with An Yi in the photo, and felt a little familiar, but the side face in the photo was blurred, and after a few close glances, he couldn't remember who it was.

If you can’t remember it, don’t think about it. If you embarrass anyone, you can’t embarrass yourself. It’s probably not an important person, otherwise you won’t lose your impression.

Wang Meng didn't take it seriously, "Okay, find a few people to do it as soon as possible."

Li Xiaomu understood.

Wang Meng instructed: "Find a few professionals who are strict with their mouths so that no mistakes can be made."

At that time, can take it off cleanly.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Huo Beixing walked to pick An Yi home as usual. It was almost autumn, and the sun at six o'clock had already set more than half.

A black minivan was parked on the street not far from Huo Beixing. The kidnappers in the car were talking on their mobile phones while looking at Huo Beixing with their heads.

They are very professional and they never miss the business they receive.

Looking at Huo Beixing, who was standing not far away at 1.9 meters, the kidnapper frowned, and it seemed that he was not easy to deal with.

Facing Wang Meng on the other end of the phone, he said, "It's a bit difficult to do this vote."

Wang Meng: "Aren't you professionals? What difficulties do you have?"

Kidnapper: "That's different, this time the target doesn't seem easy to deal with."

Wang Meng was impatient: "Then do you still want to do it?"

Kidnapper: "I have to pay more."

Wang Meng: ...

He took a deep breath, agreed to the kidnapper's request, and added an extra sum to the other party, so that they could handle it better.

After the negotiation was over, the kidnappers began to plan and took out their trump card, the old woman who dropped oranges on the side of the road.

The old woman was the mother of one of the kidnappers. She knew that her son was doing this to make money, and sometimes she helped out.

Holding a bag of oranges, she walked past Huo Beixing hunched over, then shook her hand and scattered the oranges on the ground.

At this time, the other party would definitely come to help, the old woman turned her head to look, and saw Huo Beixing staring at the sun that was about to set in the sky, so fascinated that she didn't notice her side at all.

The old woman: "...Alas!!"

With a cry, Huo Beixing looked at him. Seeing the old woman's oranges spilled on the ground, he bent over to help pick them up, and then handed them to the other party.

Old woman: "Young man, thank you very much. My old woman has sprained my ankle. Can you help me to the bus stop over there?"

Huo Beixing looked at the time, and there were ten minutes before An Yi came out, so he didn't refuse.

Helping the old woman to walk in the direction pointed by the other party, when passing by an alley, she was suddenly dragged in. The force came too suddenly, and before Huo Beixing could react, her mouth and nose were covered with a veil.

When Huo Beixing regained consciousness again, he was already leaning on a rusty oil barrel surrounded by a lot of dust. Huo Beixing frowned and coughed uncomfortablely when he just woke up.

The kidnappers were holding iron rods in their hands, and they turned to look at him when they heard the movement.

"This guy wakes up pretty quickly."

"Don't worry, he's definitely not over the medicine now."

"Okay, when you wake up, call quickly."

Several people were in a large dilapidated warehouse, and there were spider webs on the windows with welded iron frames. They were very disgusted with Huo Beixing's dirty surroundings.

Looking at the strangers in front of him, "Where is this?!"

Huo Beixing wanted to get up immediately, but he found that his hands and feet were bound and he couldn't move.

The kidnapper ignored him and dialed the number on the note.

Huo Beixing soon realized that he had been kidnapped because there was this episode on TV, but he had little fear of things. After all, the kidnapped people were rescued in the end, at least what he saw wasso.

So he also firmly believed that he would be rescued.

He tried his best to loosen the rope tied around his hands.

The kidnapper was smoking a cigarette, hesitating a bit, "Tell me, in addition to completing the employer's account, should we call for an extra sum?"

"Knock it, anyway, we have all been charged with crimes, and it would be too bad if we don't knock a sum."

"The other party's name is An Yi, right?"

"That's right, let's call."

Huo Beixing raised his head when he heard his wife's name, "You want to call my wife?"

The kidnapper was stunned for a few seconds when he heard this.

"Fuck, this horse is still gay!"

Huo Beixing said again: "You want to call my wife?!"

"Otherwise, you will be tied up, so of course you have to find someone to redeem you." The kidnapper felt that the other party was mentally retarded and asked such foolish questions.

Huo Beixing frowned: "You want to ask my wife for money?"

Kidnapper: "Nonsense."

Huo Beixing: "How much?"

Kidnapper: "Three hundred thousand."

Huo Beixing was taken aback.

Kidnapper: "Why, your family can't get it out?"

That's right, that Ann looks like an ordinary person.

Huo Beixing shook his head, "Don't ask my wife anymore."

"Why?"

Huo Beixing: "I still have this pocket money in my pocket."

Kidnapper: ...