dognovel Chapter 1356: Innocent Young Man
Chapter 1356: Innocent Young Man
Chapter 1356: Innocent Young Man
"Li Shu, why are you running?"
Li Xue, like an old hawk, grabbed Li Shu, the little chick, and asked her questions in a tone as if she wanted to eat her.
Li Shu laughed dryly, looked back at her aunt, and said, "I—I still have to go home and cook."
“Haha ...
Several people in the room who were watching the fun couldn't help but laugh out loud. This little guy always has something shocking to say.
Liu Yin walked over with a smile and tried to push Li Xue's arm away to rescue her eldest granddaughter, but Li Xue loved the big devil very much.
"Who did you learn this from—"
"I don't know who I learned this from." Li Xuewu explained with a smile, "There are so many little tricks."
"Do you cook at home?" Li Xue picked up Li Shu, who looked like a little meat ball in a cotton-padded jacket, from behind and asked with a smile, "Then tell me, what dishes do you like to cook?"
"It doesn't matter if you can't tell me. You can also tell me what you said about me during the time I was away from home."
"Dad..." Li Shu knew that something was wrong and quickly called for help. When she passed by her grandmother, she grabbed her grandmother's arm and refused to let go.
"Stop it, hahahaha."
Liu Yin tried to persuade them while watching the fun. She just felt sorry for her eldest granddaughter, so she snatched the thing back.
"Li Shu, the monk may run away, but the temple cannot." Li Xue threatened with a wicked smile: "If you dare to say bad things about me, I will go to your house to find you."
"Hurry up and say you won't dare to do it next time." Liu Yin hugged her granddaughter and said with a smile, "Apologize to your aunt."
"You came to my house to look for me - I wasn't home either!"
Li Shu was so stubborn. Now that she had her grandmother's support, she chattered even more: "I'm in kindergarten now."
"Ah, I'm afraid of you since you went to kindergarten." Li Xue pretended to come over, but frightened Li Shu so much that she quickly hugged her grandmother's neck and screamed.
"Why bother——"
Liu Yin's ears were buzzing from her granddaughter's voice. She smiled and patted her eldest granddaughter, coaxing her to stop shouting.
Li Xue was not willing to let the devil go, and threatened her, "Don't go back tonight, let's sleep together, and I will teach you a lesson."
"No——" Li Shu felt a little homesick.
"Look who's back."
Liu Yin held her and hid towards the door, pointing outside the glass window to signal Li Shu.
It was Li Xuewen and Zhao Yafang, a couple who had just returned from get off work and had just entered the hospital.
"Uncle, Madam——"
"Hey, why are you so enthusiastic?" Zhao Yafang took Li Shu over as soon as she entered the room, and asked with a smile, "Did you see your aunt was so excited that she forgot everything else?"
"Brother, sister-in-law." Li Xue greeted them excitedly.
Because she had already met her second brother at work, she was not so excited when his family entered the house.
Li Xue really missed home after not contacting her family for half a year.
When Li Shun brought Li Xuecai and Ji Yuxiu into the house, the family reunion was complete.
"Dad——" Li Xue burst into tears when she saw her father coming back.
"Oh, good, I'm glad you're back." Li Shun responded to his daughter's greeting awkwardly, nodded and consoled her, "Why are you crying?"
"That's right, we've finally got home."
Liu Yin had also been missing her daughter for the past six months, but the excitement she felt when they met in the afternoon had eased somewhat.
At this moment, the father and daughter reminded her of her longing for each other, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Put away the gold beads quickly. You've been crying for a while now." Zhao Yafang had already taken off her coat and took the initiative to comfort her sister-in-law. "We haven't heard from you for half a year. Mom and Dad miss you."
"Yeah, don't cry, it's fine."
Li Shun was even worse at comforting people than Li Xuewu. He was now sitting at the round table, his eyes full of his little girl.
Since childhood, Li Xue has been treated better than Li Xuewu and his brothers. After all, she is the youngest in the family and a girl.
Li Shun beat and scolded his son, but he had never been mean to his daughter. However, his harsh criticism would make Li Xue cry.
Li Xue is also timid, but also sensible. With several older brothers as role models, she is naturally more well-behaved.
After being away from home for more than half a year, Li Xue missed her parents, and Li Shun and Liu Yin also missed their daughter. It was inevitable that they would have to suffer this sooner or later.
This time it’s just an out-of-town training, but next time it might be to marry my daughter off, which would be like cutting my heart with a knife.
The joy of reunion became even more intense with the children's laughter, and the tears disappeared and were replaced by smiles.
The old lady and Liu Yin had been asking Li Xue about her study, training and life in Gangcheng for the whole afternoon.
Now that the family is gathered together, I can’t avoid being asked again.
Li Xue was not impatient. She answered all the questions patiently except those that were not allowed to be said due to organizational discipline.
In fact, it was not a tricky question. It was just curiosity about Gangcheng and concern for her.
Li Xuewu didn't ask much, because he knew his little sister's situation in Gangcheng very well. Although he couldn't tell her everything, she was always in his sight.
In the past six months, every time Lou Xiao'e sent a message, she would mention Li Xue's situation at the end, and Ji Weidong also came back several times in the past six months.
Everyone knew that his younger sister went to Gangcheng, and how could these people in Gangcheng not take care of her.
Li Shu took advantage of the opportunity and seeing that her aunt had no time to pay attention to her, she boldly scratched her face with her fingers and made fun of her aunt for crying just now.
It happened that Shen Guodong came over to invite everyone to eat, and Li Xue took advantage of Li Shu's inattention and picked her up.
“Yeah—hahaha—”
"Do you still dare?"
"Hahaha--"
***
"Is Hong Kong hot all year round?" Xiaoyan asked curiously at the dinner table, "It is said to be the southernmost part."
"The southernmost is Hainan Island." Shen Guodong corrected: "The port city is still a long way north."
"Really?" Xiaoyan looked at Li Xue with some doubt and asked, "The port city is further in than Hainan Island?"
"Yes, it's right on the edge of Yangcheng." Li Xue nodded and confirmed, "It's actually very close, and very small."
She was the protagonist at the dinner table tonight, everyone was looking at her, and she wished she could go to Hong Kong City to broaden her horizons.
"Have you seen Third Uncle?" Sha Zhu smiled and raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Third Uncle must be very rich now, right?"
In fact, no matter how you look at it, Sha Zhu cannot be called the third uncle. He has many more than Wen Sanda.
It was just that after the back house and the recycling station were set up, he started hanging out here and everyone got along well with him.
He and Li Xuewu are buddies, so he can't be considered as an equal with Lao Biaozi and Wen Saner, so he can only call them by their names as a joke.
However, the title of Third Uncle is more like a nickname, especially after Wen San got married, everyone calls him Third Uncle out of respect.
Of course, Li Xue also calls him third uncle.
"Yes, I see her every month." Li Xue said this to her third aunt Fei Shanying.
Just as Sha Zhu was joking, Li Xue could clearly feel a change in Fei Shanying's gaze.
In fact, Fei Shanying's eyes had been on her since she and her family came to the back room to eat.
If there is anyone in this room who has the greatest bond with Gangcheng, it must be Fei Shanying. The couple separated just after they got married.
"My third uncle was worried that I wouldn't eat well in the cafeteria, so he often came to the training base to pick me up to go out for a good meal."
"Have you gained weight or lost weight?" Sha Zhu winked and pointed in Fei Shanying's direction and said jokingly, "Tell me quickly."
"Hehehe——" everyone laughed.
Fei Shanying was originally an aloof person. She became a widow at a young age and had conflicts with her relatives, so it was inevitable that her personality was extreme.
However, after she got married to Wen San, especially after she returned to the capital with her two sons, she was taken care of a lot by Li Xuewu and others, and she had become much gentler in getting along with everyone.
No one dared to joke with her before, but now everyone is joking with her.
Even if it's Fei Shanying herself, as an aunt, she has to act like an aunt, and it's normal to make a few noises.
She glared at Sha Zhu, then looked at Li Xue, took her hand and said, "Come to my aunt's house for dinner tomorrow night. I'll make you something delicious."
He said this frankly because he just wanted to find out about Wen San's situation from Li Xue, but some things still needed to be asked in private.
Li Xue agreed readily, but her eyes were full of embarrassment when she looked at her second brother.
Li Xuewu had already received the message and now understood what she meant. He just nodded to show that he understood.
All members of the Li family are at home today, including Sha Zhu's family, Shen Guodong's family, Wang Yamei and others. It is very lively.
In fact, since we moved on Sunday, the atmosphere in the courtyard has become increasingly deserted, and even the popularity has dissipated a lot.
The back house is guarded by a gate with hanging flowers, and the neighbors coming in and out of the yard can be seen through the window.
It’s just such a small door, but people come and go every day, and they never want a moment of peace.
What now?
There are only two families in the backyard. The entire courtyard is divided by a hanging flower gate. Including the Li family and the Sha Zhu family, there are only four families in total.
Outside the Chuihua Gate, Yu Li and Li Xuecai live in the east courtyard, the west courtyard is the recycling station, and the back house belongs to the grandmother.
The outer courtyard is much more popular than the inner courtyard.
Everyone was sitting in the back room eating dinner, but looking inside through the hanging flower door it seemed empty.
Even the gatekeeper is not on duty now. The house is locked at night and each household has a key.
Li Xue didn't expect that after returning from a training trip, the compound would have changed so much.
She was surprised at the changes in the compound, and everyone was surprised at her changes. The core topic of today's dinner was the changes.
Li Shun and grandma spoke very little. It was the young people who were having fun, talking about their gains and efforts in the past six months.
Everyone learned about another world from Li Xue's words, and Li Xue also learned about the current situation from everyone's words.
When Sha Zhu saw that Mei Zi Yu Shui's eyes fell on Li Xue several times, he smiled and asked Li Xue's age.
In fact, he knew it was just to start a conversation.
"That's right, it's already the 19th day of the Chinese New Year." Liu Yin looked at her daughter and said with emotion: "It seems like she was still in school yesterday."
"I've been working for two years. I'm not a kid anymore."
The old lady was also smiling. She felt relieved and happy looking at Li Xue. It was a recognition and pride for the younger generation.
When Sha Zhu asked this, there was no way there would be no follow-up, but they started talking about the topic of finding a partner.
Everyone in the room was looking at Li Xue, and her face turned red with embarrassment.
***
"Second brother."
After dinner, everyone gathered in groups and chatted.
Li Xuewu saw the girl coming over and joked, "Don't worry, I'll make the decision for you. If you don't like it, no one can force you."
"Hahahaha——" Sha Zhu and others burst into laughter again.
Li Xue pinched her second brother's arm and told him not to say anything with a red face.
"There's nothing to be shy about." Li Xuecai sat on the bench and said frankly, "If I can graduate next year, I will get married as soon as I graduate. I won't wait even a month."
"Who has a thick face like you——"
Shen Guodong laughed at him, then pointed at Li Xue and said, "Li Xue has had a small face since she was a child."
When Li Xuecai talked about Coke, he was indeed thinking about serious matters.
He went to university in 65, so he will graduate next year.
Li Xuecai will be 21 next year. Ji Yuxiu is the same age as him, but she has been waiting for him for several years.
The two of them have a very good relationship. Wouldn't it be perfect for them to get married right after graduation like Li Xuewen and Zhao Yafang did?
So when Li Xuecai said this, Ji Yuxiu, who was sitting not far away, blushed a little when she heard it.
It's not entirely shyness, it's also heart-throb.
But no one in the room knows whether he can graduate next year. After all, those who graduated two years earlier than him haven’t graduated yet.
Li Xuewu had a clear idea in his mind. He just smiled on the surface, but in his heart he was already thinking about his third brother's assignment and marriage next year.
He is the one who is in charge of the family. His father works in a research institute in the mountains all year round, and his eldest brother is impatient to be in charge of things.
Although the eldest daughter-in-law is the head of the family, she is a woman after all, so even her father Li Shun would like her to be the head of the family.
When it says that he is to be the head of the family, it does not mean that he has to take care of all the affairs. After all, the family is divided and lives separately.
It was agreed at the beginning that the eldest son would take care of the family in old age, while the second and youngest sons would separate and live on their own.
It was said in the past that parents did not divide the family business because they were afraid that their children would be unfilial. In this era, this situation would not happen in the Li family.
Li Shun and Liu Yin both understood clearly that they were still young and there was an old lady above them.
The family is divided and lives separately, so the sons and daughters-in-law save themselves from quarrels and there are no financial conflicts or contradictions between them.
In fact, even though they were the eldest daughter of the family, the old couple did not ask for their wages. The money had always been kept by Zhao Yafang.
Li Shun still works and earns money, which is enough for the whole family to use, but what they lack is someone to support the family and take charge of the general direction.
Starting from the second year after Li Xuewu returned, the "power" of the Li family was quietly handed over.
There was no special meeting or democratic vote. Naturally, Li Xuewu took the initiative to step forward.
A harmonious family brings prosperity, and unity brings strength.
In this era, having many brothers is an advantage not to mention in the city, even in the countryside, at least you don’t have to be bullied.
Li Xuewu joked with the girl, saying that if he didn't agree, no one could force her to choose a partner to marry, which was true.
He had to worry about Li Xuecai's work and marriage, as well as Li Xue's work and marriage.
To extend this a little further, isn't Li Xuecai also concerned about the work of Ji Yuxiu, Li Xuecai's current girlfriend?
In the future, Li Xue’s boyfriend will inevitably be asked to take care of his work.
Some people say that this will be very tiring. It is good if brothers and sisters get along well and know how to be grateful. But if they don’t, it will be very painful in the future.
Li Xuewu didn't have this concern, and he wasn't petty in this regard. If a person has no family, what's the point of living? He'd just be a wandering ghost.
***
"I don't know what the situation is like for my third uncle. The last time I saw him, he wasn't in any trouble yet."
East courtyard, Li Xuecai's room.
Li Xuewu brought the girl here just to hear her talk about what happened in Gangcheng.
Things that could not be said at home or in the back room just now can now be said. Li Xue's face is full of seriousness.
"Do you know the specific process?"
Li Xuewu frowned slightly, looked at the girl and asked, "Did anyone come to see you when you came back?"
"No, our training base is very strictly managed." Li Xue shook her head slightly, "Even if Sister Lou and the others came to pick me up, they still had to get the consent of the team leader. It's always like this."
"The training base is under our protection. It is difficult for outsiders to come in, and it is difficult for us to leave."
Li Xue looked at her second brother and said, "So they didn't tell me what happened over there, so I don't know."
"It was when my third uncle got into trouble. When I was leaving, Sister Lou came to see me off and told us that we would be back on the same boat."
"You didn't see him on board?"
Li Xuewu pinched his fingers, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Did Lou Xiao'e ask you to bring back any message?"
"No, there's no way Sister Lou would let me get involved in this."
Li Xue glanced at her second brother and explained, "In the past six months, she has taken me out for social events and events, but she has never let me get involved in those...those jobs."
What jobs?
Li Xue has really gained a lot of experience in the past six months. The prosperity of the port city cannot cover up the filth and filthiness, which is even a bit scary.
Coincidentally, she learned from the side that Wen Saner's road to wealth in Hong Kong City was filled with this kind of horror.
In fact, it’s not just Wen San. Ji Weidong, who took her out to play, is also a tough guy that many people have to bow and nod when they see him.
Although I have never seen them fighting, I have heard about their bloody business competition from their words.
Everything is so direct, raw and unconventional.
Lou Xiao'e privately told her the other prosperous side of the port city, which shocked her.
Is this what you call heaven?
It's clearly hell!
Lou Xiao'e protected her very well, but also wanted her to get in touch with and understand the most realistic side of capitalist society.
So when everyone in the compound saw her, they felt that she had changed, becoming more mature, stable, and restrained.
"Well, I see."
There was no disappointment in Li Xuewu's tone, but rather relief.
Wen Saner boarded the ship with Li Xue and the others, but they never met from beginning to end, which means that no one involved Li Xue.
Similarly, Lou Xiao'e only sent her off without telling her about Wen San's situation or asking her to bring any message. This shows that the situation is still under control, and she doesn't want Li Xue to be involved.
Li Xuewu was concerned about Wen San's condition as well as Lou Xiao'e's condition.
Wen San’s problem can be discussed and understood slowly after he comes back, but the work problems in Gangcheng cannot be solved in a short time.
So he was not in a hurry, and even kept the news to himself and didn't tell anyone.
But there was one thing he needed to be prepared for, and that was Zhang Wanhe's death.
He died just as he had imagined and in the way he wanted. This was enough to show the seriousness of the situation in Hong Kong City.
Zhang Wanhe died and Wen San was injured. One dead and one injured, it can be said that the loss was heavy.
Lou Xiao'e sent a message asking him to arrange someone to replace Wen Saner, and also asked him to arrange more people like Zhang Wanhe to go. It seemed that they were going to fight to the death.
This is nothing surprising. If you count the gangs in Hong Kong, you will find that there is no group that does not have the support of economic tycoons.
If Lou Xiao'e had gone there alone with so much gold, without the protection of Wen Sanhe, Erhai and others, she would have been eaten alive. How could she have the power she has today?
Ji Weidong is a bold and reckless man. He cooperates well with Wen San and Erhai, and with Lou Xiaoe. He does not hesitate when it is time to take action. Those people who came from Jicheng made a lot of money.
These people can make money, which means they are working hard.
Zhang Wanhe was unlucky and could not hold on to the end, and could only let Wen Saner bring back the last sum of money he earned from selling his life.
Seeing her second brother frowning in thought, Li Xue stood aside and did not dare to disturb him, but she came here to talk about Sister Lou.
I just don't know where to start for the moment.
First of all, we cannot feel sorry for Lou Xiao'e because her second sister-in-law treats her very well; secondly, we cannot complain for Lou Xiao'e because she doesn't know what the relationship between her second brother and her is.
It’s all my second brother’s fault for being such a playboy.
***
After a while, Li Xuewu came back to his senses and saw the girl still standing there looking at him, so he didn't think about it anymore.
Li Xue has already returned home, so even if Wen Saner is very weak, he should be in Tianjin.
Yang Zhao has already gone to pick someone up. The specific arrangements will still depend on Wen Saner's actual situation.
Li Xuewu was not in a hurry to call and ask. If there was any problem, Yang Zhao would call him, and he would either go to Tianjin or wait in Beijing. He would know the answer by tomorrow at the latest.
"You've changed a lot in the past six months." Li Xuewu looked at the girl carefully and said, "Lou Xiao'e told me about your situation. Take a few days off and go back to work."
"Second brother——" Li Xue looked at him worriedly and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, it's okay." Li Xuewu smiled confidently and said, "Have you seen your second brother being tripped up by something?"
"That--"
"Brother Zhuzi was teasing you at the dinner table just now." Before Li Xue could speak, Li Xuewu spoke first, "What do you think?"
He seemed to know that the girl was going to mention Sister Lou, so he took the initiative and asked the girl about her relationship problems.
"We are just brother and sister now, so feel free to speak up." Li Xuewu looked at her and said, "After all, you are already nineteen."
"Even if we want to be together, my parents will agree."
"I...I haven't thought about it yet."
Being interrupted by her second brother, she no longer had the heart to talk about Sister Lou. She lowered her head and her face turned red again.
She could ignore the jokes from her family members and the jokes from her neighbors because they were not to be taken seriously.
But when my second brother said it and asked it, he was serious.
"If you have any ideas, you can tell me so that I can give you some advice." Li Xuewu smiled and asked, "Do you want to find a partner? I heard that Peng Xiaoli is interested in you?"
"No, no, I guess." Li Xue answered with a guilty conscience, lowering her head and sitting on the edge of the kang, "I don't want to date him."
"I know." Li Xuewu nodded and said with some understanding: "He came to the dock to see you off on the day you left."
"Well, he gave me a watch, but I didn't want it." Li Xue confessed: "He and I are not suitable."
"Brother, I know what I want." She raised her head, looked at her brother and said, "Peng Xiaoli and I are not suitable."
"I want to find someone who can empathize with me, preferably someone from a different unit, so that we can have a safe distance."
"We are in tune with each other—"
Li Xuewu agreed with the girl's suggestion of not looking for a partner in the same unit, as this is also his current situation.
In fact, whether you are in the same unit or not, it still depends on each other's personalities. Isn't it a good match between the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law?
As long as the eldest brother is bad enough, the eldest sister-in-law will have no way to deal with him. She has to do all the cleaning for him, buy him books and cook for him.
Now, how the elder sister-in-law serves Li Tang is exactly how she serves the elder brother, except for wiping his butt and feeding him.
There are pros and cons to being in the same unit. If you are not in the same unit, as Li Xue said, there is still a sense of distance between each other.
There really are couples who work in the same unit. After having a quarrel at work, they go home and quarrel again, and continue to quarrel until they get divorced.
Li Xue is still young, so she naturally has high requirements for her partner.
Not to mention the basic conditions, how many young people are eliminated just by the issue of spiritual connection.
"You still have to be more realistic." Li Xuewu looked at the girl and said with a smile, "I'm not denying your view of love, but the conditions you put forward should still be realistic."
"If someone arranges you to go on a blind date and asks you about your requirements and conditions, what would you say?"
He spread his hands in amusement and said, "You said that age can be compared, and you said that job level can be matched."
"Even if you ask for a house, a bicycle, three major appliances, or 68 legs, they can explain it to you clearly."
Li Xuewu looked at the girl and asked, "You said you want someone who can communicate with you psychically, but where can you find someone like that? There's no way to test it."
"You might as well say you want to find someone who looks pleasing to the eye."
"Then I'll listen to you and find someone I like."
Li Xue did not argue with her second brother, but just said indifferently, "Just find it for me according to the standard you set just now."
"Being young is good, being young is awesome!"
Li Xuewu smiled and shook his head, he could only sigh.
In fact, he was not in a hurry. After all, he was only nineteen years old. Before he was nineteen, he was still an ignorant and innocent young man.
***
Li Xuewu met Wen San at the club, and Erhai and Lao Biaozi came back with him.
Yu Li cleaned up the office and they met here, but only Wen Saner was lying down.
"Brother Wu."
"Brother Wu."
Several people in the room took the initiative to greet him, and Li Xuewu just nodded and walked straight to the single bed.
Wen Saner lay there, looking at him with his head tilted, his eyes full of self-blame and guilt.
Seeing him walking straight in, Shen Guodong, Lao Biaozi, Erhai and others were filled with worry, fearing that he would get angry or even start violence.
How could Li Xuewu possibly do that? Wen Saner, who was lying on the bed, looked half dead. If he punched him, he might be sent directly to the crematorium.
"Can't you die?"
"Well, I won't die." Wen San'er burst into tears when she heard Li Xuewu ask this. She pursed her lips and said, "I won't die."
"Well, as long as I don't die, that's fine."
Li Xuewu also nodded, as if this was the bottom line he had drawn for his brothers, "As long as you don't die, you can still get up and fight."
"If you lose money, you can earn it again, but if you lose your life, it's all over."
He sat on the stool beside Wen Saner's bed, looked at him and said, "You left standing and came back lying down. Let me interview you. How do you feel?"
"Feelings..." Wen Saner smiled bitterly, "I feel uncomfortable all over my body."
"Hehehe——" Lao Biaozi and his friends looked at each other and laughed out loud.
It seems that Brother Wu is not angry.
"I told you when I boarded the ship from Hong Kong that even if I die, I have to die at home, not outside."
Wen Saner raised his hand and wiped away his tears, saying, "At that time, I really thought I would never come back."
"It's not a big deal." Li Xuewu took out the tissue beside the bed and stuffed it into his hand, "It's not that serious."
"That's right. I also want to hear you talk about your life in Gangcheng." Lao Biaozi teased him, "You are crying and snotting. If you don't know better, you might think you are fleeing to Gangcheng to beg for food."
"Hehehe——" everyone laughed again.
"Drink tea to warm yourself up." After serving tea to several people, Yu Li did not leave but stood beside the desk.
Li Xuewu looked at Wen Saner for a while and asked, "Do you want to tell your third aunt to come and serve you?"
"I am ashamed. I am too embarrassed to see my wife and children."
Wen Saner hasn't gained any weight in the past few years since he went out, but he has become more pretentious and his eyes are full of tears.
He was like this when I was a child. He is still like this after all these years. He hasn't changed at all.
Lao Biaozi and a few others pulled out benches and sat around the bed, as if they were going to interrogate Wen Saner.
"Then wait a little longer. When you have explained the problem clearly and are not ashamed, I will tell my third aunt."
Li Xuewu looked at him and said meaningfully, "Some things you have to discuss on your own. You can't live your whole life without seeing each other, right?"
"Yeah, yes." Wen San nodded ashamedly. He said yes, but he stopped crying and calmed down his emotions.
"Then tell me what happened." Li Xuewu's expression became serious. "I have to give an explanation for Zhang Wanhe's death. People on Jicheng Mountain are watching."
"Yes, it was my negligence, my fault." Wen Saner admitted his mistake frankly, "I will take responsibility for it."
Li Xuewu did not respond. He did not deny that Wen Saner now had the basis to take responsibility, but there were some things that Hong Kong could do but he could not do in the mainland.
"Alas—it's all my fault."
Wen Saner lay on the bed, let out a long sigh, and told the whole story of what happened in Gangcheng.
It's a bit melodramatic and cliché, but often some real-life situations are just so melodramatic and cliché.
Even a hero cannot resist the temptation of beauty. Even though Wen Saner remembered that he had a wife and children, he knew that women in the capitalist society were unreliable.
But who can blame him for being young? The other party is even younger.
He didn't expect it to last forever, but as time went on, he became careless and lost his guard, allowing others to take advantage of him.
The fact that someone could plot against him means that they had already thoroughly investigated his background and even dared to take action against him.
By the time he realized what was happening, it was already impossible to fight back.
However, Zhang Wanhe fought back angrily and exchanged his life for his survival. Before he died, he said that this was to repay him for saving his life.
I remember that in Gangcheng, at Zhou Yamei's house, when Li Xuewu wanted to kill Zhang Wanhe, Wen Saner vouched for him.
Now that Zhang Wanhe has returned his life to him, he has fulfilled the spirit of brotherhood. After all, he is a man of the world.
"You're really brave to dare to fight the cops."
Li Xuewu looked at Wen Saner and said with emotion: "It would be fine if it was a note, but it was actually an IOU. Master San, why didn't you show such courage in the capital? You are so arrogant in Hong Kong."
"If there is any other way out, I will not kill him."
Wen Saner smiled bitterly, and it looked more like he was crying as he said, "Our style of doing things is either we don't do it, or we must kill it if we do."
"At that time, no matter whether it was a yellow or white policeman, as long as they blocked our way to making money, they were all dead policemen."
He was also very ruthless when he talked about this, gritting his teeth and saying: "I don't regret it, even if I can never go back in this life, I won't regret it. If people in the underworld are not ruthless, the underworld will not be able to stand firm."
"You are really ruthless. Why can't you stand steadily?"
Li Xuewu reached out and patted his thigh, asking, "What's wrong? You put all your strength into your waist, so your legs are weak?"
"Who would have thought that the white skin was also planned by others, just to set a trap for us."
Wen Saner raised his hands to cover his eyes. "Now that I think about it, I was a little impulsive. It's not a bad idea to go to the police station."
"Going to the police station is really bad." Shen Guodong said, "Your choice now is the right one."
"Well, at worst we can just start over." Lao Biaozi also thought so, "At least our reputation has spread."
“Fame? Haha——” Wen Saner laughed bitterly, “It was paid for with seven lives. This fame is too heavy.”
“Isn’t this how they make money?”
Putting aside the other progress that Lao Biaozi has made in the Northeast in the past few years, his ruthlessness has become more and more obvious.
Because of Li Xuewu's pressure, he dared not to act aggressively, but once he encountered a problem, he would act like a cannibal.
It is said that others have this attitude, and it is said that those people in Jicheng also have this attitude. They are two different situations compared to Wen Saner's cruelty.
Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Wen Saner and asked, "What did Ji Weidong say?"
"What can he say?" Wen Saner shook his head. "He's on shore now. He's a person of status. He can't do anything easily."
"But he also said that he would fight to the death. He has everything except the people."
"He is really generous..." Old Biaozi complained a little, "I hope he has nothing but people."
"Then what else do we do?"
Shen Guodong was sober and analyzed the problem calmly. "Didn't you just say that each industry has its own rules. You earn money based on your efforts?"
He glanced at Lao Biaozi, then turned to Li Xuewu and said, "He is not wrong. This is our job."
"Yes, I just didn't do my job well." Wen Saner nodded and admitted this, "I have to reflect on myself. I was careless at that time."
"Have you forgotten to be prepared for danger in times of peace?"
Li Xuewu looked at him indifferently and said, "I've been living comfortably for too long and have forgotten what I've been doing."
"Boss Lou has already criticized me for this." Wen Saner smiled bitterly, "I accept all criticisms, but I still need to arrange for people to maintain the situation over there as soon as possible, otherwise it will take too long..."
"I'll go. I just want to go and see for myself." The old man raised his lips and said with a fake smile, "I want to see how domineering this white guy is."
"Let me go. The Northeast can't do without you." Shen Guodong took a long puff of his cigarette. He had been thinking about this for a long time.
Ever since he heard the news, he had been thinking about who would take over in Gangcheng.
"Ice City is biting hard, and the other layouts were also arranged by you. It would be too troublesome to change hands."
Shen Guodong tapped the cigarette butt in his hand and said, "Leave Beijing to Uncle San. He won't interfere with his work while he recovers."
"No, you should stay in Beijing."
Lao Biaozi rejected his opinion outright, frowned and said, "Third uncle went there like this and came back lying down, and you are so small that you can't be cooked and eaten."
Wen Saner glanced at his nephew. This was truly his nephew and he didn't treat him as his uncle at all.
Just say it, why do you have to point it out to him?
What Lao Biaozi cares about is not only Shen Guodong's safety, but also his brother's thoughts.
If they wanted to go to Gangcheng, Shen Guodong would have discussed it with Li Xuewu long ago. He didn't even want to go to Gangcheng and Tianjin, let alone Gangcheng.
Shen Guodong is a conservative person. His biggest ideal is to have a wife and children and a warm bed. He wishes he could stay in Beijing all his life.
There was trouble this time, but it was not his turn to step in. Although he and Xiaoyan were married, they did not have any children yet.
Lao Biaozi wanted to take care of his brother. After all, he already had Hu Niu, so he had no scruples even if he went to Gangcheng and took ruthless action.
At the same time, the person lying on the bed was his own uncle, so he couldn't leave the opportunity for revenge to anyone else.
While the two were arguing, Li Xuewu was watching and thinking, until they stopped talking and looked at him.
"Biaozi went to Hong Kong City, and Guodong stayed in Beijing."
Li Xuewu settled the matter with one sentence, "The capital has always been maintained by Guodong, and we can't mess up at this critical juncture."
"You don't need me to teach you what to do when you go to Hong Kong." After he finished talking to Shen Guodong, he looked at the big-breasted brother, "But there is one thing, revenge is revenge, life cannot be lost, and territory cannot be lost."
"Brother Wu, don't worry, I'm not stubborn." Lao Biaozi said straightforwardly: "There are a few real dragons hiding in that small broken place. I will let them see the power of a tiger coming down the mountain."
"I won't go to Jicheng. You go there for me."
Seeing the big-breasted brother say this, he gave him the opportunity. The people on the mountain had to follow him, which was convenient for him to use.
There are no tigers in the mountains. They are just a group of ordinary people who are eager for a life of food and clothing. It's just that life in the mountains and rivers is not easy, so they have mastered the survival skills of cold and hot weapons since childhood.
Whether it's a cold weapon or a hot weapon, it can be used to fight bears, wolves, and people.
In this land, the law must be followed, and they can only hunt wild animals. But if there is a place that tells them that they can just hunt people, then why would they bother to hunt wild animals to survive?
Zhang Wanhe can die, Wen Saner can be injured, so who else in that dilapidated land can't die or be injured?
"I'll make preparations when I get back." Lao Biaozi responded seriously, and then asked, "Who should I hand over the stall in Gangcheng to?"
At this time, he looked at his uncle lying on the bed. Among the few people, only his uncle could go to Steel City to take charge of the situation.
It’s just that my third uncle’s injury is so serious that he won’t be able to work for three to five months. I’m afraid if this delay continues…
"When you go back, you will hand over to Sister Zhou. She will be in charge of the business in Gangcheng." Li Xuewu said decisively: "I will go to Liaodong in a month or two. You don't have to worry about things here."
"I understand. If you are going to Liaodong, I have nothing to worry about." Lao Biaozi smiled and said, "I would feel relieved if you leave it to Sister Zhou. She is not as weak as she looks."
Does he need to say this?
When he first met Zhou Yamei, she was smoking a cigarette while interacting with him.
"Take good care of your injuries. We will need you someday."
Li Xuewu patted Wen Saner on the shoulder, and seeing the sadness in his eyes, he said with a playful expression: "Over at Dongfeng Construction..."