Hunting Love and Stealing Hearts in Dangerous Love South America

When the sun just slanted to the west, the plane landed at a remote airport at the foot of the mountain and returned to the Golden Triangle where he grew up. For some reason, Fang Yuexiao felt discouraged.

Several cars were already waiting there. You don't need to look at the license plate to know that the iron-gray Hummer at the head is the car of stepfather Yu Zhenting.

"Mr. Yu originally wanted to pick you up in person, but he was busy with business, so he had to send a car." Chen Yijie said with a smile, "Your father really loves you very much."

Looking at Chen Yijie's "meaningful" smiling face, Fang Yuexiao felt disgusted.Wang Chong interjected from the back: "Chen Yijie, please don't say a few words, don't you see that the second young master is very tired?"

Wang Chong opened the car door and asked Fang Yuexiao to get in.As soon as Fang Yuexiao sat down firmly, he told the driver: "Go to my place, I want to visit grandpa first."

Before the driver could speak, Chen Yijie, who was sitting in the front seat, yelled, "No way! Mr. Yu said, go directly to him, and don't stop on the way!"

"I want to visit grandpa first." Fang Yuexiao said coldly again, looking out the window with a blank expression.

Chen Yijie shouted: "Mr. Yu said, go directly to him! Besides, Mr. Fang has been paralyzed in bed for many years, and his mind has already become a mess. You don't know who you are even if you go to see him! What's the point?"

Fang Yuexiao suddenly jumped up without warning, and grabbed Chen Yijie's neck from behind with both hands.Chen Yijie was immediately strangled until his teeth were grinning, his limbs were shaking, but he couldn't break free no matter what.

Fang Yuexiao said viciously: "You disgust me, I can bear it, dare to insult my grandfather, I will never forgive you. Tell me! Where should I go first?!"

Chen Yijie was so strangled that he couldn't speak, and his trachea was almost crushed. Fang Yuexiao still didn't seem to let go, and continued to ask: "Say it?! Where are you going first?!"

Seeing that Chen Yijie's tongue was sticking out, the driver quickly gave Wang Chong a wink.Things have come to this point, if Mr. Yu's confidant is really strangled to death, what's the deal?Wang Chong quickly persuaded: "Okay, okay, he can't talk, Second Young Master, let him go first. Let's go back and see Mr. Fang."

Only then did Fang Yuexiao let go slowly, flicked his clothes and sat back on the seat, saying: "Chen Yijie, get out of the back car, I see you are upset!"

Chen Yijie got out of the car disheartened, and only started cursing after sitting in the back car.

The driver stepped on the accelerator, and the Humvee and the cars behind drove towards the mountains ahead.The mountain road was very difficult to walk, and it was bumpy for nearly two hours. The Humvee stopped at the foot of a relatively gentle hillside.

Fang Yuexiao and Wang Chong got out of the car and walked to a house on the mountainside.This is Fang Yuexiao's residence as an adult. He worked hard to make a difference in the organization, and was finally able to live in an independent house with his grandfather.

The convoy put down a few of them, and hurried forward again.Fang Yuexiao snorted. Chen Yijie must be anxious to hand over the things he found to his stepfather to claim credit.

Fang Yuexiao walked to grandpa's room alone, but grandpa was not there. The nurse said that sister-in-law Zhen took him outside to relax.

Fang Yuexiao walked up the gentle rocky mountain road and found them at a pass.Sister-in-law Zhen, the middle-aged servant, was pushing grandpa's wheelchair to look at the scenery down the mountain.The Golden Triangle in February is particularly beautiful, and the poppies in the valley in the distance are like a sea of ​​red.

Yue Xiao walked over to motion for Mrs. Zhen to go back. He grabbed the armrest behind the wheelchair and said softly, "Grandpa, I'm back."

As expected, Grandpa didn't respond, Fang Yuexiao sighed.Fang Shixun's name was so famous more than ten years ago. In the Golden Triangle, all warlords, big and small, gave him three points of face.

Fang Yuexiao is his only grandchild, and it can be said that he has lived like a prince since he was born.People often describe children from wealthy families as being "born with a silver spoon in their mouths", but Fang Yuexiao's heavy one is white (heroin) on the outside, but black to the bone inside.What their family is doing is drug trading, and it is the top drug refining.

When outsiders hear the name of Fang Shixun of the Golden Triangle, they are frightened, but his counterpart Yue Xiao is very arrogant.Compared with the kindness of the grandfather, the mother is strict, let him receive strict training since childhood, shooting, fighting, anti-reconnaissance, and even take a small amount of common drugs for a long time to increase the tolerance of drugs - this is why Liu Xiwen gave The reason he was given succinylcholine and it didn't work.

Fang Yuexiao understands his mother's painstaking efforts. His background determines that in addition to enjoying the glory and wealth, he must face far more dangers than others.

The great change happened that year. My mother personally escorted a batch of important goods, but never came back.When my grandfather, who was nearly [-] years old, heard the news, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and fell to the floor, paralyzed in bed ever since.The stepfather, who had always been attentive to the Fang family, took the opportunity to attack and took control of all the Fang family's business in one fell swoop, including the underage young master of the Fang family.

The death of his mother made him experience an unbearable past, and he never wanted to think about that time again.

Looking at the deep and shallow green hills and the fiery red sea of ​​poisonous flowers in the distance, Fang Yuexiao said softly: "Grandpa, I saw the son of the man who killed my mother. He is also a policeman, so hateful, he I even posted the news that my mother was killed in a newspaper clipping book. I was so angry that I almost killed him on the spot.”

It was very quiet on the top of the mountain, only the mountain wind and Fang Yuexiao talking to himself.

Fang Yuexiao went on to say: "It's all his father's fault. I became an orphan completely, and was bullied by that beast. Even you are sick like this. So, I taught him a big lesson and let him know it too. How dark the world is. I left him in the Amazon rainforest and didn't kill him, because I still have use for him. Are you happy? I finally avenged my mother."

Grandpa coughed violently, Fang Yuexiao quickly patted him on the back, then took the handkerchief on grandpa's chest and wiped his mouth, and said while wiping, "I haven't come back much in the past three years, but I have earned a lot. Thanks to the fact that I have trained a lot of capable people under my command. I will not go out again when I come back this time. The Golden Triangle is my home, and I want to develop well here. I want to take back a lot of things from the Fang family; Whoever owes our Fang family, I will make them pay double the price."

Even though it was impossible for anyone to eavesdrop, Fang Yuexiao's last few words were still inaudible.In the Golden Triangle, there is no room for negligence, and a careless word can be fatal.Now his strength is still very weak, he can't show any disobedience.

The sun gradually turned red and sank to the west, the top of the mountain suddenly became cold, and the shadows on the ground became longer and longer.On the empty mountain top, Fang Yuexiao pushed his grandfather's wheelchair and made no sound.

Pushing the wheelchair and walking slowly down the hill, I saw the rear window of the house from a distance.At this time, a group of people suddenly jumped out without warning and grabbed his arm roughly.The only one who dared to do this here was his stepfather. Fang Yuexiao said calmly, "Don't bother, just send grandpa to the room first, and I will naturally go with you."

Yu Zhenting's house is on another mountain not far away. The terrain there is very steep, and it is even necessary to use both hands and feet to climb up the steeper slope.

After going up, he was a little out of breath, and Fang Yuexiao cursed secretly in his heart.At this time, Yu Zhenting's hearty laughter came over: "Ha, let me see! What has become of our Yuexiao!"

Fang Yuexiao looked at his stepfather carefully. He was of medium build, with a rectangular face, imposing manner, and he was not angry. Even when he smiled, he still carried three points of dignity.He looked a little older than the last time we met, and he was probably approaching 50 this year.His biological son, Yu Zhaohui, was half a year older than himself, making Young Master Fang inexplicably the so-called "Second Young Master".

Thinking of this, Fang Yuexiao said angrily: "Can I grow again? It's still the same!"

"Yuexiao's mouth can say anything, but it can't say sweet words! If you say sweet words, I have to be careful." Yu Zhenting patted Fang Yuexiao's face affectionately.

Fang Yuexiao turned his head displeased and said, "Don't do that, I'm not a child anymore."

Seeing the two people's movements gradually becoming ambiguous, the subordinates all lowered their heads and did not dare to look any more. Yu Zhenting waved them away and led Yue Xiao to his room.His house is not luxurious, but it is definitely not simple either. It is comfortable and reveals a bit of the master's taste, which is just right.

There was already hot water in the bathroom, so you're welcome, Fang Yuexiao took off his clothes and went in to take a bath, but after taking a hot bath, he felt even more tired.When he came out wearing a bath towel, he accidentally stumbled and staggered, and then his hands were twisted behind his back, and a piece of fluffy cloth wrapped around his hands.

Here it goes again, that's what he likes to do.Although he was only a stepfather, he was also a father in name. Fang Yuexiao hated this kind of relationship, but there was nothing he could do about it.

The first time, he was only 16 years old. At that time, his stepfather had finally firmly grasped the power in his hands, so he threw away the last scruples and called Fang Yuexiao to his room late at night.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy already knows what "sex" is all about. When his stepfather smiled strangely and took off his clothes, he resisted desperately, but how could he defeat his stepfather who was in his prime?But he resisted so fiercely that his stepfather could barely restrain him but could not move further.

"If you continue to be disobedient, I will ask a few people to come in and hold you down! Don't forget, you and your grandfather will rely on me in the future!" The stepfather threatened and coaxed, "Be good, I really love you , Come on, it’s okay, give it to me well.”

Fang Yuexiao stopped struggling because he knew that the situation was not what it used to be.Now my grandfather and myself, the old and the young, are just fish on the chopping board.If it hadn't been for this thought, his stepfather might have secretly poisoned him and grandpa to death.

Murder and conspiracy are things he has been used to since he was a child. He understands that being humiliated is nothing more than a trivial matter, and life and death are only in the mind of Mr. Yu.

Since he couldn't resist, at least he didn't want to be raped in public - on this point, he knew that Yu Zhenting would definitely do what he said.

At that time, his hands were tied like this, his legs were spread wide, and he was unable to resist the man's murder weapon at all.The young master of the Fang family, who grew up like a moon surrounded by stars, wanted to use the most humiliating means to fight for the right to live.

Everything is the same as that day.

Fang Yuexiao felt that his soul was separated from his body, his soul floated above the big bed, and saw the ugly scene on the bed, and he who got pleasure from this relationship was even more ugly.

He yelled anxiously to wake up the insulted person on the bed, but the man whose hands were bound couldn't hear him.

The long sex was finally over, Fang Yuexiao had a feeling of returning to his soul, and the fatigue and emptiness after ejaculation made him gasp loudly.

After cleaning himself up, Yu Zhenting took out a necklace studded with rubies from the bedside drawer.The largest one in the middle is prismatic, about the size of a thumb, and its color is as red as pigeon blood, without any blemishes. When it is turned a little, the fire is bright and dazzling, which is very rare.

He hung the necklace around Fang Yuexiao's neck, and the ruby ​​was paired with Yuexiao's handsome face with flushed cheeks panting slightly above him, giving him an indescribably charming feeling.

"Bring this next time, it matches you very well." Yu Zhenting took the largest ruby ​​and rubbed it on Fang Yuexiao's face, "This is the best one from my gem mine. I will decide to give it to you.”

Fang Yuexiao squinted at the gaudy gold and ruby ​​necklace, the golden and bright red pierced the eyes, because it was too luxurious, it looked like a fake.He shook his head and said, "Am I worthy of this? Father, when did you become so vulgar?"

Yu Zhenting said with a smile: "Vulgarity is elegance, the more vulgar the better when making love, do you think you are very elegant on the bed?" Then he untied Fang Yuexiao's hands, and caressed a few on his chest.

Fang Yuexiao couldn't help blushing, stood up and walked into the bathroom alone.After a while, when he came out, Mr. Yu had already put on his pajamas, half lying on the bed and smoking.Fang Yuexiao asked him for a cigarette, leaned against the wall and smoked too.The father and son swallowed the clouds silently, and neither of them spoke for a while.

Mr. Yu suddenly coughed lightly, Fang Yuexiao knew he had something to say.Sure enough, Mr. Yu murmured and said, "Yue Xiao, you did a good job as an undercover agent in Hong Kong last time. Our old opponent, the Cheng family, was seriously injured and can't get back up again."

This is definitely not what Yu Zhenting really wanted to say, Fang Yuexiao pinched out his cigarette and said solemnly: "Father, please speak up if you have something to say."

Mr. Yu likes Fang Yuexiao for this. It doesn't matter if he acts like a baby in bed. When it comes to serious things, people need to be knowledgeable and know their own identities.

"Did you only take those two watches from Castillo in South America?" Mr. Yu said, looking straight into Fang Yuexiao's eyes, "Your task is to get the 'Drunk Lover No. [-]', but those two watches There is nothing in the watch."

Fang Yuexiao was taken aback, and said, "It shouldn't be, Castillo's wife told us herself, she won't lie."

Mr. Yu lit another cigarette, observing the other party while smoking.Fang Yuexiao frowned, recalling the scene of that night carefully, and suddenly noticed Mr. Yu's scrutinizing eyes, Fang Yuexiao was startled, stood up straight and said, "Father, are you doubting me?"

Mr. Yu said with a smile, "Don't be nervous. This task is already very difficult. I told you when you went. If you can't do it, you don't have to force it."

Fang Yuexiao suddenly became excited: "Father is just suspicious of me! I suffered a lot in South America, and I almost couldn't come back a few times. I thought there would be a reward when I came back, but I didn't expect to get this result?! But The task is not completed, I have nothing to say, just let my father deal with it!"

Yu Zhenting hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, you are getting older, and your temper is getting better, what did I say? You just come here in such a big group!"

Fang Yuexiao turned his face away and did not speak.Mr. Yu waved and smiled, "Come here, I'm a little regretful that I didn't get 'Drunk Lover No. [-]'? This kind of thing depends on luck. Come and sleep, it's getting late."

Fang Yuexiao shook his head and said, "Let's go back, I haven't seen Grandpa for a long time, I want to go back and talk to him. Also, I was too excited just now, please forgive me, father."

Fang Yuexiao seldom spent the night here before.Besides, Mr. Yu also has a lot of things to think about today, he nodded and said, "Good boy, it's not in vain for your grandpa to dote on you, go back."

Fang Yuexiao bowed, turned and left.Yu Zhenting was lying on the bed and meditating. Within 3 minutes, the servant knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Yu, the young master has been waiting in the study all night. Do you want to see him?"

Mr. Yu hurriedly changed out of his pajamas, put on his casual clothes, and came to the study.His biological son, Yu Zhaohui, was sitting on the sofa, his face was unusually ugly.

Mr. Yu looked at his son's sad face and asked, "What's the matter? You came to me with a sad face in the middle of the night."

Yu Zhaohui snorted and said sarcastically, "It was not the middle of the night when I came. I didn't expect my father to work half the night."

Mr. Yu's face darkened and he shouted: "Presumptuous! How did you talk to your father?!"

Yu Zhaohui had long disliked the relationship between Fang Yuexiao and his father. This time, as soon as Fang Yuexiao came back, his father kept absurdly with him in the middle of the night, making him wait for hours.He couldn't hold back his anger and blurted out: "That depends on how you are a father!"

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Yu raised his hand and slapped him hard.Yu Zhaohui quickly stood up, covering his burning face, and dared not speak any more.

Mr. Yu took his seat and said in a deep voice, "Okay, sit down and talk about it."

Yu Zhaohui slowly sat back on the sofa and said, "I heard that he didn't get the 'Drunk Lover No. [-]'?"

Mr. Yu nodded.

"Whether he didn't get it or was intercepted by him, you have to think carefully about it." Yu Zhaohui said, "He is the last curse of the Fang family. Father, you have to think about it carefully."

Mr. Yu said: "It is impossible to intercept him. As soon as he got on the plane, Chen Yijie searched his whole body. Except for the two watches, he had nothing."

Yu Zhaohui thought for a while and said, "What if? What if he intercepts this formula and secretly strengthens his strength?"

Mr. Yu said: "Look at you, why is he not him? That's your brother. From now on, in front of Yue Xiao, don't mock Tottenham at him."

Yu Zhaohui sneered and said, "Father, in the past few years he has been away, all the things outside have been spread, such a thing, thanks to you for taking him as a treasure!"

Mr. Yu smiled and said meaningfully: "The more he has a bad reputation, the better it is for you, isn't it?"

Yu Zhaohui was shocked when he heard the words, his father was most jealous of others' attention to his position - even if it was his own son.

Yu Zhaohui hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "See where you said it? It doesn't matter to me whether he is good or not? I just think about how to do something for my father."

Mr. Yu shook his head and said, "Zhaohui, this seat is not easy to sit in. I can advise you, but I won't help you with anything. I have no skills, so it's useless for me to protect you. But after all, you are me. My own son, I am not too confused about this.”

Yu Zhaohui heard it, this was his father's hint that he would be the one who would take over in the future, and he had to do something to build his prestige.

Yu Zhaohui said happily: "Many people were arrested by police in Thailand some time ago, and the cargo line was basically cut off. Why don't you leave this matter to me, and I promise to establish a safe and smooth pipeline as soon as possible."

Mr. Yu nodded in agreement. After Yu Zhaohui left, he lay tiredly on the back of the chair and rubbed his temples.

One is his biological son, and the other is his lover who has been with him for nearly ten years, both of which are his heart and soul, but these two people are fighting each other, which is really annoying.Also, the bigger Yue Xiao's mind is, the harder it is to guess, so we really need to guard against him in the future.

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Two weeks after Fang Yuexiao returned to the Golden Triangle, Su Yi, who was thrown in South America, had just boarded the plane with a fake passport.

This short period of two weeks almost made him ten years old suddenly. He hid in a small hotel in a poor area of ​​Brazil without going out, and lived in embarrassment every day amid the sounds of low-level prostitutes next door.

Before leaving, Fang Yuexiao repeatedly said "find me in the Golden Triangle". His purpose of framing him like this is to force Su Yi to go to the Golden Triangle, right?But Su Yi won't go, he won't banish himself to that criminal paradise.

When he got on the plane, he put the necklace left by Fang Yuexiao around his neck, wanting to always remind himself how the family in the photo was entangled with their father and son.

After two transfers, the plane landed in Penang, Malaysia.Although he knew it was dangerous to come to his uncle's house, Su Yi really had nowhere to go.Uncle sent a car to the airport to pick him up, and after making sure that no one was following him, he was sent to an apartment in the city center.

The uncle was pacing back and forth in front of the window, and when he saw the bearded nephew fleeing for refuge, he frowned and said, "At the beginning I didn't let you do this job, you twisted your head and ran out by yourself, now you're all right, carrying the bar Can your mother bear the death penalty?! What is going on with your Su family?!"

Su Yi lowered his head in shame, he really had nothing to say, his mother had experienced too much pain, and now he added another one to her.

Seeing Su Yi's extremely frustrated look, the uncle sighed helplessly: "Okay, don't be sad. This house is very safe, the security is tight, and the neighbors don't know each other. You are here to avoid the limelight. Wait a few days For a month, as soon as your case cools down, I will give you a false identity. But, how can you talk to your mother!"

Uncle left a sum of money when he left.Su Yi started a life of doing nothing. He lived in seclusion every day, went shopping only once a week, and spent the rest of the time in front of the TV.The martial arts drama that I liked very much when I was a child now looks very silly. A group of people are hung by a wire and fly around. In the end, lovers get married and justice defeats evil.

Although he felt bored, there were dozens of episodes of TV series, and Su Yi did not miss a single episode. He had been busy with work and study before, and he had never "enjoyed" such a leisurely life.

I often fall asleep watching TV and then wake up forgetting where I am.The TV was buzzing in the dark, and he always felt that he was still in the police dormitory of country K. He just stood up and walked to the window, and when he opened the curtains, the sun would pour in, and he was bathed in the sun. Here, start a new day with a smile, full of ambition and high spirits.

However, this is not possible.

Time can never be turned back, not all grievances can be washed away, not all justice can be served.These gloomy thoughts kept haunting Su Yi.

Su Yi would often open the clasp on the pendant and look carefully at the photos inside: Fang Yuexiao, who was still a toddler, was smiling sweetly in his mother's arms. From his pretty little face, you can see a lot, innocence, Happiness, tranquility, peace, and all the beautiful words related to childhood,

But in reality, the child grew into a demon with the appearance of an angel.

On Monday morning, there were very few people in the nearby supermarket, and Su Yi purchased instant noodles and canned food in boxes.He was wearing a gray T-shirt in a sloppy manner, and his hair was not combed well, and he didn't know how many strands were sticking up in the back.

Without looking at it, he casually stuffed the shelves into the trolley.The staff in the supermarket were tallying the goods, and their eyes widened in surprise when they saw the disheveled Su Yi, thinking that they had met the legendary senior otaku.

Su Yi paid the bill with dull eyes, and pushed the trolley to the parking lot in front of the supermarket.The parking lot was empty, and several men were scattered around the parking lot with nothing to do, some were looking around, some were talking on the phone.Seeing Su Yi coming out, several people winked at each other and slowly gathered around.

Su Yi broke out in a cold sweat.

What should come is still here.He tried his best to calm down, pretended not to care, and continued to walk forward. When he got behind a gray car, he suddenly threw the shopping cart aside, turned around, swung his arms, accelerated, and ran towards the opposite road like flying.

Several men took out their pistols, and the leader shouted in Chinese: "Don't run away! Otherwise we will shoot!" He spoke with a Hakka accent, and he should be a local Chinese police officer assisting the investigation.

Su Yi walked quickly on the busy street. The vehicles on the road slammed on the brakes one after another. The orderly road suddenly turned upside down. Vehicles rear-ended one after another, and pedestrians screamed and scattered.

The policeman behind chased after him while shouting, Su Yi's mind was spinning rapidly, no matter what, he must not lose his life for something he had never done, he wanted to run away.

The sudden police chase on the street attracted a large crowd of onlookers, and even the windows of the roadside buildings were opened one after another.Su Yi was like a mouse crossing the street exposed to all eyes, he seemed to be caught in the Skynet.

In this pursuit, he is doomed to lose everything at the right time and place.

The words "It's over" popped out of Su Yi's mind.During this time, he would be caught by the police countless times in his dreams, but what woke him up in a cold sweat was not the piercing gunshots, not the death sentence, but his mother sitting in the court, looking at the dock sadly himself, with tears all over his face.

He hated himself for being like this, and there was nothing wrong with dying, but his mother had to bear a deep shame while losing a loved one again.

How can this embarrass him? !

The chaotic footsteps behind him seemed to be only one step away from him, and Su Yi ran forward with the last bit of strength.

Suddenly, harsh brakes sounded, and several cars and light trucks of various colors inserted obliquely between Su Yi and the pursuers. Suddenly, the road was blocked by vehicles lined up.A mess of people jumped out of those cars, shoving and yelling at each other, and some even got into a fight with the plainclothes police.

Before he had time to think about the cause of the accident, Su Yi seized the opportunity that fell from the sky and ran into the side path.Please respect the labor achievements of others and do not spread them at will. If you like this book, please buy the original version.

A car followed quietly, the door facing Su Yi was wide open.

"Get in the car!" the driver wearing sunglasses shouted to Su Yi, "Mr. Zheng sent me to pick you up!"

No need and no time to think, Su Yi instinctively jumped into the car.The man driving the car moved swiftly, reversing, accelerating, and the car passed through the narrow alley like a fish.

Unwillingly, the police behind fired a few shots at the wheels and tires. As a result, the shots disturbed the passers-by. The traffic situation was completely chaotic, and the police were blocked in the crowd and could not move.

After the car carrying Su Yi circled around a few times, it began to drive towards the big house of my uncle's family.

The electric iron gate at the entrance opened automatically, and the big dogs in the yard barked.When Su Yi got out of the car, the dark-skinned maid didn't speak, and took him directly to the white Nanyang-style villa.

While waiting in the side hall, the voice of my aunt on the phone came from the next door: "Why did you let him come to the house! If the police come to the house and arrest him, the reputation of our Zheng family will be ruined! He is dealing drugs. It's drug trafficking!"

After hearing this, Su Yi lowered his head, wishing to disappear immediately.Now that the whereabouts have been leaked, Malaysia will definitely not be able to stay any longer. Where should we go next?

After a long while, my uncle finally opened the door and walked in. Su Yi quickly stood up and said, "Uncle, I'm sorry to trouble you again."

The uncle nodded and said helplessly, "Leave immediately, you will leave Malaysia today."

At this time, another very familiar person walked in at the door. Su Yi was taken aback and stared at him blankly.

This is someone who absolutely shouldn't be here.

However, he was also the one who gave Su Yi infinite hope.

Su Yi's eyes gradually lit up, and he walked forward happily but hesitantly.

——The end of the book——