The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

More than ten years ago, Li Mo was in high school.

He passed the grade No. 1 in the exam and went home with his schoolbag on his back. He thought he would be praised by his father, but as soon as he entered the door, he found Li Zhemin coaxing his youngest son in a low voice. , and beat people in the eyes! Tell me, not only do we have to pay for medical expenses, but we also have to come to the door to apologize to people, and you really embarrass yourself!"

Li Fei, who was still in junior high school, kept crying beside him: "It was he who scolded me first, and I threw a stone at him. How did I know I would hit him right in the eye?!"

Li Zhemin said with a smile: "Okay, okay, it's normal for children to fight, isn't it just for medical expenses? It's not that I can't afford it. That Niu Dapeng, because I competed with him for the manager's position back then, he always disliked me. It’s just making a fuss over a molehill. I’ll give him a little more money another day and let him take his son to see his eyes. Don’t scold Xiao Fei, Xiao Fei didn’t do it on purpose.”

Li Fei raised his head with tears in his eyes and saw his brother staring at him coldly. He shrank his neck in fright: "Big brother is back."

The couple noticed Li Mo.

Li Zhemin said lightly: "Are you back? Don't you live on campus?"

Li Mo said calmly: "School monthly exam, today is a holiday, I sent you a message."

Li Zhemin rubbed his nose and laughed dryly: "Cough, Dad is too busy to forget. Let's have dinner together tonight. Li Fei, let's go play ball with Dad."

He didn't ask his eldest son how he did in the exam. Li Mo saw that he took Li Fei away, and the joy of being the first place in the exam was gone. He said with a sullen face, "Mom, what are you having for dinner?"

Xia Yue said coldly: "Xiao Fei loves hot pot, let's eat hot pot tonight."

He wanted to say that he didn't like spicy food, but when he saw the woman turned and went to the kitchen, he held back.Li Mo turned and went upstairs, opened the diary, and wrote in it: "I am also a son, but I always feel that I am like a superfluous existence to them. Since childhood, my father only cared about Li Fei, and my mother You never hugged me, why?"

That night, the four of them ate hot pot at home. Li Fei told Li Zhemin interesting stories about his classmates while enjoying the meal. Li Mo didn't say a word the whole time, and rinsed the peppers with water before eating. Li Zhemin and Xia Yue turned a blind eye to his actions , but kept feeding Li Fei.

The neglected teenager's eyes were full of disappointment and loneliness.

……

Li Mo achieved excellent results in the college entrance examination that year, and was admitted to the business administration department of a key university.

On the day he left, Li Zhemin didn't give him a gift, but only gave him a card, and sent him a message saying: "There is 20 in the card, which should be enough for your four years of college expenses. If it is not enough, ask me for it."

Li Mo clutched the card tightly and went to report to school alone.

Li Mo didn't go home for four years in college. He went to work-study programs during holidays. He didn't spend much on the 20 yuan his father gave him. He was already able to earn money by himself at a young age.What chilled him was that his parents never asked him why he didn't come back, or whether his life in college was going well, as if to them, it didn't matter whether Li Mo went home or not.

In the circle of friends, the parents take the younger brother to travel around every holiday, and the photos taken by the family of three look happy.

Li Mo gradually got used to his redundancy, and no longer contacted his parents.

Four years passed quickly.

In Li Mo's senior year, he listened to the school's arrangement to go to a company for an internship, and happened to meet Shu Xiaomeng who was also doing an internship in this company.

Contrary to the taciturn Li Mo, she is a lively and lovely girl who smiles all day long, no matter how busy she is, she looks very happy and energetic.

Once the company organized a party, and Li Mo was eating in a corner alone. Shu Xiaomeng ran over and said, "Your name is Li Mo, right? I heard that you are a top student in the management department of Huada University. You are amazing!"

Li Mo is very handsome, and girls often come to his side. He frowned displeasedly, and just wanted to back away, but the girl handed him a glass of juice, and said with a smile: "I just squeezed the juice , very fresh, let's have a drink!"

She was distributing fruit juice to everyone with a plate, but before Li Mo could react, she stuffed the goblet full of fruit juice into his hand. Li Mo looked at her back as she turned and left with a stiff face.

He frowned and tasted it...it was very sweet, like the taste of peaches.

From that day on, he noticed Shu Xiaomeng. This girl was sunny and cheerful. She seemed to have been spoiled by her family and was always full of kindness towards others.She is very good at baking, and often brings some delicious desserts to the company. Li Mo will also be given a few sweets by her for no reason. Every time he wants to refuse, he feels embarrassed when he sees the girl's warm smile When he retreated, he could only accept it with a stiff face.

During that time, he was fed a lot of sweets by Shu Xiaomeng, and his usual thin body actually gained weight.

He gradually developed a good impression of Shu Xiaomeng.

That day, when they finished their internship, the head of the department took the initiative to be the host to send everyone off. Li Mo doesn't like spicy food, but he can't just eat nothing when there are so many people gathering.He bite the bullet and ate some vegetables, but when he went back at night, he suddenly had acute appendicitis.Li Mo was sweating profusely from the pain, and called his father, but Li Zhemin didn't answer at all, so he had to call an ambulance.

When the ambulance arrived, his face was pale and he was about to go into shock. Doctors and nurses dragged him to the hospital in a hurry. In the emergency room, he saw a familiar figure, and Shu Xiaomeng's nervous voice sounded next to his ears: "This is not Li Mo. What's the matter with you..."

The doctor said: "He has acute appendicitis. Are you his family member? His condition is more dangerous. If the appendix ruptures and perforates, it will cause abdominal infection. We need emergency surgery. Please sign the informed consent form."

Shu Xiaomeng hurriedly shook her head: "No, I'm not a family member, I'm his colleague."

Li Mo's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He lowered his voice and said, "I signed my own surgery, and no family members are required. I can be responsible for life or death."

Enduring the severe pain in his abdomen, he took the informed consent form from the doctor, gritted his teeth and quickly signed his name on it.The boy's pale face made Shu Xiaomeng suddenly feel distressed, and she hurriedly followed him in concern.

Liu Xiaoyan called her from behind: "Xiaomeng, you went to the wrong place! Xiaoyu is in the inpatient department of the cardiology department. Why are you going to the emergency department?"

Shu Xiaomeng said: "Sister Yan, you go to see Xiaoyu first, I'll come over later! A friend of mine is having an operation, I'll go and see."

She ran outside the door of the emergency operating room, sat in the corridor and waited anxiously, hoping Li Mo was okay.

After about an hour, Li Mo was pushed out. Although his face was pale, he looked much better.

Shu Xiaomeng went forward immediately: "Li Mo, how are you? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

Li Mo was startled, and looked at her in surprise.The girl's clear eyes were full of worry. At that moment, he suddenly felt a little sad. He was on the operating table, and his parents ignored him, but this girl whom he had known not long ago was waiting outside the operating room for him to come out.

Li Mo turned his head stiffly: "It's okay."

Shu Xiaomeng asked the doctor, "How is his condition?"

The doctor said: "Fortunately, the rescue was done in time. I need to stay in the hospital for observation for two days, and I will temporarily eat liquid food for a few days."

Shu Xiaomeng nodded and followed the hospital bed to send him to the emergency observation room.

After the doctor left, Li Mo asked in a low voice, "Why are you in the hospital?"

Shu Xiaomeng said: "A good sister of mine has a congenital heart disease. She hasn't been feeling well recently. I came to the hospital for reexamination. I came to see her, and I happened to see you. By the way, do you want to inform your family..."

Li Mo interrupted her: "No need."

Shu Xiaomeng let out an "oh" and said nothing.

Li Mo said: "Go and see your sister, I'm fine."

Shu Xiaomeng hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Then you should have a good rest first, and I will come to see you tomorrow."

Li Mo thought she was just being polite, but the next morning, she actually came and brought the porridge she made herself, and said with a smile: "The doctor said you need to eat liquid food, I made some light porridge Give you a drink."

Li Mo took it with a complicated expression and drank the porridge.

The soft, glutinous and fragrant millet porridge warms the stomach and heart.

For the first time, he discovered that the feeling of being cared for and cared for was so good.

……

On the day she was discharged from the hospital, Shu Xiaomeng came again. Li Mo got down from the hospital bed, looked into her eyes, and said in a low voice, "You go to the hospital so hard and bring me porridge every day. People think you are my girlfriend." .”

Shu Xiaomeng's face turned red instantly, and she hurriedly explained: "I came to see Xiaoyu, and by the way, I'll bring you something to eat, don't get me wrong..."

Li Mo smiled slightly, looked at her blushing, and said, "I want to misunderstand."

Shu Xiaomeng was stunned: "What?"

Li Mo said: "Be my girlfriend."

Facing his deep eyes, Shu Xiaomeng hurriedly lowered her head. In fact, she had liked him for a long time, but Li Mo was too cold, she dared not say anything, and would just take care of him silently.Unexpectedly, it was he who spoke first, Shu Xiaomeng blushed and did not answer, and the next moment he gently held her hand.

Shu Xiaomeng struggled, but did not break free, and was led away by him with a blushing face.

Li Mo is a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he is very considerate to her. After three months of being together, the relationship was stable, and they lived together at Li Mo's request.Li Mo is very gentleman, he rented a two-bedroom house, and he has been reluctant to touch her.On the contrary, it was Shu Xiaomeng who couldn't hold back once. On her birthday, she misfired and had a relationship with Li Mo.

Since then, the two have become even sweeter. Li Mo was very indifferent to outsiders, with an expression of "whoever gets close to me will die", but when he got home, he hugged Shu Xiaomeng in his arms, pampering and protecting him—because This girl is his little angel.

After living together for a year, Shu Xiaomeng found out that she was pregnant, and Li Mo decided to marry her, so he went to visit his mother-in-law.

Unexpectedly, after Shu Ping knew his name, her face turned pale suddenly: "Is your father's name Li Zhemin?"

Li Mo nodded: "Yes."

Shu Ping pointed at him like a ghost: "You, you are the company's new CEO Li?! Why did you lie to my daughter!!"

She was very emotional and her hands were shaking all the time.Shu Xiaomeng was a little confused, she quickly stood up and pulled her, "Mom, he didn't lie to me, we are in free love..."

Shu Ping said angrily: "Shut up! You don't even know how scumbag his father is! What kind of good thing can a son educated by Li Zhemin be? He only lied to you because of your innocence. Don't be fooled by his appearance." !"

Li Mo frowned and stood up: "Auntie, I don't know what grievances you have with my father, but I am sincere to Xiaomeng. I came to visit you and hope to get you..."

Shu Ping was so irritated that she lost her mind, and said repeatedly: "I don't agree, get out of here immediately!"

Li Mo sensed that something was wrong, and said in a low voice, "Auntie, please calm down first, I will visit you another day."

After he returned to the company, he ordered someone to investigate the past grievances between Shuping and Li Zhemin.

He also personally visited retirees from companies such as Mrs. Mei, Niu Dapeng, and Liu Yuming, and the truth he found out made him shudder—his father was such a scum!

And his biological mother died of an overdose of sleeping pills shortly after giving birth to him.

Li Mo stayed alone in the office for a long time with a gloomy face. He called the company's lawyer, and the other party quickly confessed: "Mr. Li, you can't blame me! Your mother knew that your father was cheating and really wanted a divorce. It was already written, but she committed suicide not long after... The agreement is only a first draft after all, and she hasn't had time to sign it yet, so I, I can't do anything about it."

Li Mo said coldly: "Do you believe she committed suicide? Why didn't you tell the police about it?"

The lawyer hesitated to speak, Li Mo stared at his face sharply, and said for him: "It was my father who gave you the money and told you to shut up, right?"

The lawyer lowered his head and said with a bitter face: "I, I know that your mother's death is suspicious. She had decided to divorce at that time, and she couldn't have committed suicide suddenly. However, she has passed away, and there is no proof of her death. I really can't stand up for her. , to offend your father..."

Standing up for a dead person and offending Li Zhemin, who is about to control the entire company, is indeed something a fool would do.

It is also human nature for lawyers to follow suit.Li Mo didn't blame him. After a moment of silence, he asked in a low voice: "Has Li Zhemin asked you to make a will? For example, to give all his shares to his youngest son Li Fei?"

The lawyer was dumbfounded: "You, how do you know?"

The corner of Li Mo's mouth raised a sneer: "I finally understand why he hates me so much. Because, I was born because he raped my mother by abnormal means, and my existence will always remind him of what happened back then. Killed his own wife in order to seize power. Seeing me, he will probably have nightmares."

Li Mo turned around and walked to the bedside. The lights outside were brightly lit. He said calmly, "Has this will been notarized?"

The lawyer trembled and said, "Not yet. Li Fei is not yet 18 years old. What your father means is... you are more powerful. First help bring up the company. After Li Fei graduates from university, let Li Fei enter the company to study. "

Li Mo smiled slightly: "Then just give the equity to my idiot brother and let me work for him, right?"

The lawyer bowed his head in embarrassment.

Li Mo said: "Since the will has not been notarized, let's pretend it doesn't exist. If something happens in the future, please keep your mouth shut like you did back then, and I will reward you more generously."

The lawyer was stunned, and said: "But, but, even if there is no will, according to the inheritance law, his spouse and children have the right to inherit. Your stepmother is the first heir, and can get half of the property, and the remaining half, you and you The younger brother will divide it equally..."

Li Mo said lightly: "What if this company becomes an empty shell before the court judges? There won't be much property to share between them, right?"

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***

The assets of Li Zhemin's clothing company are gradually being transferred, and the business of the real estate company established by Li Mo is getting bigger and bigger.Li Zhemin, who has retired and shows off his son's wealth everywhere, knows nothing about it.

After Shu Ping knew that her daughter was pregnant, her attitude gradually changed.

Shu Xiaomeng is doing her ideological work every day, saying that Li Mo is not a scumbag and treats her very well. The two have been together for more than a year. She believes that Li Mo will be a good husband and father. come and go.

Shu Ping was begged and cried by her daughter, so she reluctantly agreed to their relationship.

However, Li Zhemin heard that Shu Xiaomeng and Li Mo were in love, so he came to the door in private, pointed at Shu Xiaomeng arrogantly, and began to scold him: "Aren't you seducing my son just for money? A girl like you from a single-parent family with little education is not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of my Li family! Tell me, how much do you want to leave Li Mo?"

Shu Xiaomeng suppressed her anger and said, "Uncle, Li Mo and I are in free love, and I don't care if he has money or not."

She picked up her bag and left, but Li Zhemin got up to stop her, but Shu Xiaomeng tripped over him and fell hard down the steps.

Li Zhemin was terrified by the blood all over the place. He thought that the girl was touching porcelain and threw down a sum of money to run away.

Shu Xiaomeng curled up on the ground in pain, her face pale - that's what Li Mo saw when he rushed over.

His pupils constricted suddenly, the painful and helpless girl curled up on the ground was his true love, and he couldn't tolerate anyone hurting her.Li Mo rushed over to pick up Shu Xiaomeng and left. When he was sent to the hospital, the child was gone. Shu Xiaomeng was crying out of breath. Li Mo stayed by the bed with a sullen face, fists tightly clutched.

He suddenly had a crazy idea.

After returning to the company, Li Mo found the personnel director, and said blankly: "My dad is bored after retirement, and he is getting old, so it's time to go out and relax. You can contact Mrs. Mei and ask her to count a list of retirees. list out."

He sorted out the list, then contacted the tour group and arranged for a train.

Li Mo sent an email to each person who had a grudge against Li Zhemin, and asked Qin Shiyue, the tour guide, to post a pharmacy where insulin can be bought in the WeChat group, telling the elderly to bring insulin when going out, and hurry up if you haven’t bought it to buy.

In order to ensure that Li Zhemin never returned, Li Mo privately sent a message to Zheng Weiguo in the name of Li Zhemin: "Old Zheng, should you pay back the money you owe me? I borrowed it for five years plus interest, and the repayment amount It should be 1000 million. I will give you one last chance. After returning from this trip, if you don’t pay back the money, I will go to court to sue you.”

Zheng Weiguo turned pale with fright, and quickly called Li Zhemin and said, "Old Li, I will definitely pay back that money! You bring the IOU, and when I raise the money, I will pay it back to you face to face."

Li Zhemin was puzzled, but the other party said that it was not a bad thing to pay back the money, so he brought the IOU.

On the day of departure, Li Mo did not come to see him off.

He texted his father: "Have a nice trip."

***

EMU No. 7311.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, Shu Ping decided to do something, but was dissuaded by Mrs. Mei.

The old lady's voice was hoarse: "If you don't think about yourself, think about your daughter too. Xiaomeng still needs your care... Besides, once you kill Li Zhemin, there will be no possibility for Xiaomeng and Li Mo..."

She snatched the syringe from Shu Ping's hand, unsealed it, sucked the insulin into the needle tube, and pushed open the door of Room 2.

Shu Ping hurriedly stopped her: "Sister Mei..."

The old lady Mei pushed her away, and said firmly: "I was diagnosed with bone cancer, and I can't live long. All this started because of me, so let me finish it myself."

Li Zhemin slept soundly.

But Zheng Weiguo and Liu Yuming were not actually asleep.Both of them pricked up their ears nervously, listening to the movement of the lower bunk.

There was a rustling sound in the darkness, someone lifted Li Zhemin's clothes, his old hands trembling slightly, and gently injected a needle of insulin into his body.

The door closed, and a slight cough sounded in my ear.

Zheng Weiguo waited for a long time, turned over and got out of bed. He wanted to strangle Li Zhemin to death with a rope, but he tried Li Zhemin's breathing and found that Li Zhemin was dead. He immediately crawled back to the bed and decided to pretend that he didn't know anything.

After a while, Liu Yuming also turned over and got out of bed, and found that Li Zhemin's body had become cold.

With a smile on his face, he climbed back into bed and pretended to sleep.

Since Mrs. Mei surrendered herself and other evidence points to Mrs. Mei, Li Zhemin's case was quickly closed.

When the police informed Li Mo that his father had been murdered, Li Mo was very calm. He went to the police station to claim the body and brought Li Zhemin's body home.Li Fei cried out of fright when he saw it, Xia Yue's face turned pale: "How could this be..."

Li Mo said: "Auntie, please bury him. Don't tell me the location of the tombstone. I won't visit his grave."

Xia Yue's eyes widened: "You, what did you call me?"

Li Mo looked back at her with cold eyes: "Auntie, when my mother was pregnant, she was so angry because you hooked up with him and was caught by my mother, she was so angry that she gave birth prematurely? Later she planned to divorce and kill her. Inheriting the property probably has your idea too, right?"

Xia Yue's face turned pale in an instant.

Li Mo sneered: "No wonder, for so many years, you haven't even hugged me, you gave all your care to Li Fei, and left me in the care of the nanny. I've always suspected that I'm not your own - really not. "

Li Fei said blankly: "Brother, what are you talking about?"

Li Mo gave him a cold look, turned around and said, "Tomorrow, the lawyer will liquidate the property. No matter what, you are his legal wife and son. Please be there."

***

The next day, the company's lawyers liquidated the financial affairs in the office with thick documents.

Li Zhemin's company has long been an empty shell, and the assets that can be divided into their hands are not enough to buy a car. Xia Yue couldn't believe it, and checked the accounts repeatedly. Li Mo was expressionless the whole time.

Xia Yue sternly said: "How can your father's company be so worthless?! Are you playing tricks!"

Li Mo said calmly: "Yes." He shrugged, "Unfortunately, you have no evidence."

Xia Yue froze for a moment, and then heard him say, "It's like you all joined forces to kill my mother. I know it in my heart, but there is no evidence."

He picked up the pen, quickly signed the property inheritance agreement, and said, "I'm still busy, so I won't be with you."

Seeing him getting up to leave, Xia Yue hurriedly stopped him: "Li Mo, I want to sue you! You must have transferred the property!"

Li Mo said coldly: "I will accompany you at any time."

He simply turned around and left, relying on this woman and her idiot son to bring him down?dream.

His methods are very clean, and there is no evidence left in the accounts. Even if he is investigated, it is due to poor management of the company and normal losses.The clothing company under Li Zhemin's name will soon go bankrupt, and his life has just begun.

Li Mo recalled that on the day when appendicitis surgery almost killed him, when he was pushed out of the operating room, he saw that girl with worried eyes... In this world, he has no relatives, and no one worth caring about.

Except Shu Xiaomeng.

Li Mo turned around and came to the hospital with big strides.

In front of the hospital bed, Shu Xiaomeng was pale, staring out the window in a daze.

Shu Ping was investigated by the police. Since Mrs. Mei voluntarily pleaded guilty, Shu Ping was cleared of suspicion and returned to the hospital to take care of her daughter.

Li Mo pushed open the door, took a bouquet of roses, and knelt down in front of Shu Xiaomeng.

He gently held the girl's pale hand, his eyes were calm and sincere: "Xiaomeng, marry me."

Shu Xiaomeng covered her mouth and looked at her mother, crying uncontrollably.

Li Mo also looked up at Shu Ping, and said in a low voice: "My father owes you, and there is no way to repay it. Let the past be over. I promise you, I will cherish Xiaomeng with my whole life. I will make up for all the grievances of a lifetime on Xiaomeng, and I will do my best to make her happy, please leave her to me with confidence."

Shu Ping's eyes were moist, she turned her head to hold back her tears, and said, "Xiaomeng's matter...she decides for herself."

Li Mo looked at Shu Xiaomeng, and his voice was extremely gentle: "There will be more children. We will have as many children as you want in the future. Will you marry me? Xiaomeng, let me take care of you in the future."

Shu Xiaomeng choked up and took the flowers in his hand: "Okay."

The two embraced tightly.

Shu Ping watched this scene and thought, if Ruirui was still alive, she would like Xiaomeng as a daughter-in-law, right?

She and Ruirui used to be as close as sisters, if it weren't for Li Zhemin, a beast, everything would not be like this.

Now that Li Zhemin is dead, the grievances between the two generations have finally come to an end.

Shu Ping was not in the mood to interfere with the children's affairs anymore, she thought, she should listen to Sister Mei, relax around, live to the age of 80, and live enough to live, so that Sister Fei Mei finally gave her her own life in exchange for money. relief.

Outside the window, the sun is just right.

Standing by the window, Shu Ping finally had a long-lost relieved smile on her face.