Leon Hua seemed to feel my anxiety and fear even through the telephone, “What do you remember?”
“Can you come back now? Something has happened at home. Someone sent a delivery, in which is a horse’s head, and it is your horse.”
Leon didn’t say anything for a second on the telephone,”Don’t panic, I’ll be right back. Don’t move. Don’t do anything. Just wait for me until I come back.”
“Okay.” I answered.
“Don’t be afraid. I’m here.” Leon said those words to comfort me.
“Of course, I’m not afraid.” I tried my best to calm down.
After calling Leon, I went to put the lid on the incubator and took some pictures with my phone.
Leon came back soon. He stared at the horse’s head for a long time, then he reached out his hand to close the horse’s open eyes.
After a while, Xuanlong Jiang’s subordinates also came here and they carried the horse’s head away.
Leon stood in the pavilion of the garden, frowning and saying nothing. I didn’t know what he was thinking about, but I didn’t bother him, instead, I stood beside him and stayed with him.
“I met a very strange man at the horse farm yesterday, but I’ve been too busy to talk to you about it.” I whispered.
Leon turned around and said,” What kind of man?”
“I met him by chance. he rode a black horse and asked me to compete with him, but I refused. Then he whipped my horse and it became irritable, we almost had an accident. I can tell he is not a good person at first sight. Besides, as I was leaving, I met him again. He knew that the horse I rode was yours and he asked me what kind of relationship was between me and you. Finally he said that we’ll meet again.”
Leon nodded, still frowning,”What does the man look like?”
“I think he might be about your age, and he dyed his hair gray, which was shoulder-length and very popular right now. He had deep eyes with cold expression and a tall nose. Anyway he looked very bad.”
Leon nodded again,” He wore a skull necklace and a black T-shirt with a skull printed on the front, right? He was a good-looking mixed blood of white and yellow race.
“Yes. Who is that man? I doubt that it is him who did what happened to the horse’s head.” I shouted.
Leon indicated me to calm down and took out his cell phone to make a call,”Xuanlong, we don’t need the police anymore, it is indeed him who did that thing, Nala saw him in the horse farm yesterday. Look around and see if he can be found.”
After hanging up the phone, he looked at me and said,”Have you told him about your relationship with me?”
“I said you were my boss, and I went to the horse farm to look after your horse for you, I didn’t say anything else.”
Leon nodded,”Good. That man is a lunatic. If he finds you again, just ignore him and try to get away.”
“Who is he? Does he have a grudge against you? Why did he kill your horse and send its head to you? Is this a demonstration against you?”
“He is indeed demonstrating against me, or provoking me by means. He has always been addicted to playing this kind of bloody game since he was a child. I did not expect him to come out of the prison so soon. He would have come out at least after another one or two years, and his character would have given him no chance of commutation. Or is it because someone paid much money to get him out of the prison?” Leon said to himself.
“Who is he on earth? Does he have a grudge against you?” I was a little anxious, since we had talked about him for a while, and Leon still did not tell me who the lunatic was.
“He is Jiannan Lyu, whose nickname is little devil. A few years ago, he committed a crime and seemed to escape to Moscow. He committed another crime there, and ended up in the local prison. He hasn’t been seen in Hai City for years.”
I was a little familiar to this name, it seemed that I had heard it somewhere.
“So you have a grudge against him?”
“Yes, it was me and Mu Chen that drove him away. He raped a student in Hai City’s No. 2 Middle School, and even cut off one of her ears because the student resisted him. After committing this crime, he ran away. Mu Chen and I knew his whereabouts, so we revealed it to the police captain Weimin Chen at that time. Then Weimin led his subordinates to chase him, but Jiannan kidnapped a baby, so Weimin held back from taking actions against him for the fear of injuring the baby, and Jiannan escaped at last.” Leon said.
I had met this Weimin. When I escaped from the mountain, it was Weimin who picked me up in that small town. He seemed to be Mu Chen’s cousin.
“This person, Mu Chen and you, were called Three Masters in the Hai City at that time, right?”
A cold expression appeared in Leon’s eyes,”How do you know about that? I have never mentioned this thing to you, who did you hear it from?”
I did not dare to say that it was Mu Chen who told me this thing, because I was afraid that Leon would be angry. I came up with an idea in a minute and told him it was Xuanlong.
Xuanlong definitely knew about this thing, so I thought Leon would not doubt it if I told him it was Xuanlong.
Sure enough, he didn’t doubt and didn’t make a detailed inquiry.
“I never agree with that name Three Masters. When I was young, I was treacherous and did quite a lot of stupid things. And then I paid my price. There is a huge difference between me and those people like Jiannan Lyu.” Leon frowned and said to me.
“Of course, it is impossible that you are as bad as he is. He is such a devil. He is completely inhuman to cut off the girl’s ear. He does not deserve to be called Three Masters with you two.”
“How could we be that Three Masters, it’s just a trashy name made up by a group of boring people. Why should you follow those people and take it seriously?” Leon corrected me.
“So he is sure to get back at you and Mu now that he came back this time, right? He knew the horse was yours, so he killed it and sent its head to provoke you. That means he also knows where you live, now I worry about Alex’ safety.”
“It’s fine. I will ask Xuanlong to pay more attention to the protection. Alex is very safe, don’t tell those things to him, or you will frighten him.” Leon said.
“Fine, I know, I won’t tell him. Just this Jiannan…”
“Don’t worry about him. Just do your things as usual. How can a horse’s head scare me?”
“Okay.” I replied. But I still was very worried. That Jiannan raped a student and even cut off her ear, such a devil like him should be dead for a long time, but he came back instead.
After a while, Xuanlong came.
He and Leon talked business in Leon’s study. And they also had lunch together at noon.
I got a call from Feng Shen, he asked me if I would go horse riding today.
He still rode horse everyday although his company was about to go broke, which made me quite speechless.
I said I would not go today, then he asked me if we could have a cup of coffee during lunch break.
As I intended to talk about some business with him, I said yes.
Although I was quite anxious and worried about that horse-head incident, my life must go on.
I met Feng in the cafe near the company. The slicked-back of his hair was still neatly combed, and he wore a suit and tie, indeed looking like a boss to some extent.