Rarely affectionate

"Come to see big brother for the last time." Lang Bai said softly with a slight smile.

Lang Bai's smile was always gentle and kind, and even looked a little embarrassed.However, it is such a gentle smile that makes people feel chills at the sight of it.

Yuan Xiao didn't know his feelings well, so he took half a step back involuntarily—but before he could turn around, he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head, and then his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.

"Send him to the boat." Lang Bai ordered his men lightly, walking down from the pier, "Get ready to sail."

When the Chaoyu semi-submarine sailed from the pier and the engine was turned off and entered the water, it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon.

Surrounded by a group of people, Yuan Cheng hurriedly walked through Chaoshou verandah, and while listening to his subordinates report on the arrangement of the guests, he turned his head and asked Zhou Zhengrong, "Where is Yuan Jun?"

"Eldest Young Master took someone to the hospital." Zhou Zhengrong said in a low voice.Everyone knew that it was impossible for Yuan Xiao to watch Qi Xiaguo get killed right under his nose. Everyone knew that he lied to Yuan Cheng that he was attending the meeting.

"It's been a few hours and you haven't come back yet?!" Yuan Cheng tapped his watch, impatiently, "Call him over! He must appear in front of me within 10 minutes! Where's Ah Bai?"

"The young master said he was not feeling well, so he wanted to take a nap and not be disturbed..."

"I think he's feeling uncomfortable." Yuan Cheng paused, but he had always been partial to his younger son, and his tone was strangely relaxed: "Tell him to get up and eat something before going to sleep."

Zhou Zhengrong nodded, and quickly retreated to order his servants.

At this moment, Yuan Cheng's cell phone rang. Few people could get through to his cell phone. Except for Yuan Xiao and Lang Bai, only Zhou Zhengrong, Wang Yi and other confidantes could call him when an emergency happened. Qualified to play.

Yuan Cheng picked it up and asked, "What's wrong, Wang Yi?"

"It's not good!" Wang Yi's usual steady voice was filled with rare panic, "The tea sent to Li Mingyu by the kitchen was found to be poisoned! Now the North Korean officers and soldiers under Li Mingyu have controlled the kitchen, you Come quickly!"

Before the words finished, everyone around turned pale with shock, only to hear Yuan Cheng calmly ask, "Where are you now?"

"Room No. 315."

"I'll be there in ten minutes."

The relationship between Wang Yi and Li Mingyu is very strange. Although Wang Yi is a few years older than Li Mingyu, they were classmates when they were studying at Yale.Not only that, Li Mingyu once worked as a part-time teacher of a small class in the philosophy department of an undergraduate, and Wang Yi once minored in philosophy, so Li Mingyu has a half-teacher and half-friendship for him.

Although Li Mingyu is devoted to his great cause and takes little care of human relationships, it is a universal truth to let people who know the basics to receive guests.Every time Li Mingyu came to Yuan's house, Wang Yi came forward to receive him, and Wang Yi was the first to find out that he was poisoned.

Fortunately, the person who was sent to receive him was Wang Yi, otherwise Li Mingyu would have sent people to surround Yuan's house in disregard of sympathy!

When Yuan Cheng entered the guest room, he saw that the corridor was full of people from North Korea, each of them was well-equipped. Judging by the posture, it is estimated that the building is already full of people from Li Mingyu.Yuan Cheng frowned, turned his head and asked Li Mingyu's secretary: "This is still the territory of the Yuan family, so there's no need to do this?"

The secretary was brought out by Li Mingyu from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with a smile on his face, and his speech was impeccable: "We are also very sad that this kind of thing happened, in order to prevent problems before they happen, and to prevent accidents from happening, further destroying the chief of staff Because of our friendship with the Yuan family, we have to take these defensive measures. You know, the chief of staff is after all the top three figures in the military..."

It wasn't the first time Yuan Cheng saw this kind of posture around Li Mingyu, and he didn't say much at this critical moment, he just nodded and pushed open the door.

Li Mingyu sat on the armrest sofa in the living room, with a cup of tea in his hand, with a cold face: "Mr. Yuan, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

Yuan Cheng glanced around the room.Except for Li Mingyu who was sitting on the sofa, there were only two silent guards standing behind him.

Li Mingyu still has a sense of proportion.

"What's going on with this matter, it has to be confirmed." Yuan Cheng walked into the room and looked down at his watch again, "The banquet will start in one and a half hours, you can wait for it first, wait until it's over Let’s deal with this matter later.”

Li Mingyu remained expressionless, "Are you trying to tell me that because we have had a cooperative relationship for several years, I must put my life at risk in order to hold your birthday party on time?"

Li Mingyu is usually not so eloquent, Yuan Cheng couldn't help but be surprised when he looked at him: "Well... that's pretty much what I meant. You actually understood."

Li Mingyu stood up, not sure if it was an illusion, but his two guards seemed to straighten up.

But that was only for an instant.

"The banquet should start at eight o'clock, and there is still one and a half hours from now..." Li Mingyu walked over, and paused seemingly inadvertently when he passed by Yuan Cheng, "—the time is almost enough."

Yuan Cheng frowned: "What is enough?"

"It's enough time to keep you here." Li Mingyu snapped his fingers lightly without turning his head, and suddenly saw the two guards draw out their guns, one on the left and one on the right against Yuan Cheng head!

The change was so rapid that Yuan Cheng was stunned for a few seconds before he suddenly smiled wryly: "President Li, this joke is really too bad..."

"Not a joke."

"what is that?"

Li Mingyu's phoenix-shaped eyes slightly glanced over, his eyes were cold: "In your Chinese language, this is called," he paused, and suddenly turned into fluent Chinese: "——It's called Surrounding Wei and Rescuing Zhao."

Yuan Cheng stared at him motionlessly, then sighed suddenly for a while, and then suddenly there were two loud bangs, and the two guards were kicked out at the same time!Everything happened between lightning and flint, and with a crisp click, Yuan Cheng leaped up and drew out his gun extremely neatly, his movements were as sharp as an attacking leopard!

Snapped!Snapped!There were two consecutive muffled sounds of broken bones, and the whole movement was so fast that the two guards had no strength to fight back, and they were disarmed within a few seconds!

Yuan Cheng removed the arm of the guard at his feet with one hand, and turned the gun sharply with the other, and immediately hit Li Mingyu's cold and dark eyes.

"You are still as strong as ever." Li Mingyu remained calm, pointing the small Type 77 gun at Yuan Cheng's eyebrows, "However, fortunately, I am not too weak."

Yuan Cheng estimated the remaining number of bullets in his pistol and the time it would take Li Mingyu to pull the 77-style, then he sighed helplessly and threw the pistol away, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"I told you," Li Mingyu took off a pair of handcuffs from his waist, "surround Wei and save Zhao."

At this moment, on the endless sea, a Chaoyu semi-submarine is slowly rising from a depth of three meters under the water.

Yuan Xiao was awakened by the sudden relief of the pressure when he came out of the water.When he moved, he couldn't help hissing slightly: "It hurts..."

Of course it hurts, Rong Qingji hated him for letting go of his heavy hand on Mo, and naturally he would not lighten his strength when knocking him unconscious.

Lang Bai sat on a chair opposite Yuan Xiao, and asked calmly, "Brother, are you awake?" His tone and demeanor were like a normal good morning.

Yuan Xiao moved his hands, and found that his hands were tied behind his back, and he was half-sitting in a corner leaning on the cabin wall, but his feet were still free.The room is very small, there is only one window that can barely see the outside, and all you can see is a vast expanse of gray and white.

"...Where am I?"

Lang Bai said calmly, "On the sea."

Yuan Xiao sneered: "You should know that even if you kill me here and throw my body into the sea, you may not be able to secure your position as the heir of the Yuan family!"

Lang Bai nodded and said, "I know."

"Even if father intends to cover up, the elders of the Yuan family will not let you go. Besides, even if father has a way to hide it from you, the Wang family will not just watch me disappear into this world. There will be great pressure from all aspects of society. do you know?"

Lang Bai nodded: "I know."

"Then you still insist on doing this kind of business that harms others and benefits yourself?" Yuan Xiao was obviously a little anxious, wondering if he had never been in such a dangerous situation, "Let go of me soon! There must be a limit to joking." !"

"...I'm not joking. I'm serious." Lang Bai said indifferently, and suddenly turned to Yuan Xiao, "Brother, do you know where you are now?"

Yuan Xiao was a little confused by him: "It's on the sea."

"—On a speedboat on the sea surface." Lang Bai said, "To be precise, it is North Korea's latest semi-submersible fish speedboat. Our forward speed is close to [-] knots, and we are approaching the surface of the open sea."

"On the high seas——" Yuan Xiao's voice stopped abruptly, and then his face changed suddenly: "—North Korea's latest semi-submersible fish speedboat?! You, you and Li Mingyu——"

"Yes." Lang Bai said softly, "Think about it, if you died on a North Korean military semi-submersible speedboat on the high seas, would there be more people in the world who think I killed you, or More people think you died at the hands of Li Mingyu?"

Yuan Zhen stayed there in shock, and then murmured after a while, "You even plan on Li Mingyu?"

"You don't need to ask more."

Yuan Zhen was stunned for a while, then suddenly smiled wryly: "It seems that you have been preparing for a long time to kill me?"

"It's been a long time..." Lang Bai repeated softly, and the voice seemed to be sighing, "No, I didn't deliberately prepare to kill you. Since more than ten years ago, I just envied you, Jealous of you, hating you, forcing myself to ignore you... I never thought of killing you. Even in the middle of this year, I never thought that one day I would meet you in battle."

Yuan Zhen was stunned for a moment: "You think I will believe it?!"

"If I really made long-term preparations, can you still live until now?"

The sound of the sea tide can be faintly heard from the cabin, making the room even more silent.After a long time, Yuan Xiao sighed softly: "——just for the right of inheritance?"

"...No." Lang Bai shook his head, "It's not just for inheritance... I think it's more because I hate you..."

--I hate you.

This sentence was said by Lang Bai, perhaps more than ten years late.

Whether it was Yuan Xiao or Lang Bai, they knew very well in their hearts that since they first met that autumn afternoon that year, Lang Bai had never liked this noble half-brother.They have never had any real brotherhood, just like Yuan Cheng and Lang Bai have never had real fatherly kindness and sonly filial piety.

The elder brother who is extremely respected but not valued by his father, and the younger brother who is ridiculed by others but loved by his father for his low status.

There has been a huge gulf between them since birth, and they can never really stand together.The different views of the outside world on them over the past ten years, the obvious differences in treatment by members of the Yuan family, and Yuan Cheng's vaguely acquiescing attitude have all determined the different social status of the two of them.That is the fundamental difference between the two brothers.

"It's okay," Yuan Xiao sighed, "You don't like me, and I never really liked you. Everyone already knows that."

Lang Bai stood up from the armchair and said softly, "I'm sorry, brother."

"What is there to be sorry for? Winners and losers, this is a centuries-old tradition in our family." Yuan Xiao smiled wryly and closed his eyes: "You do it! For the sake of our brother's sake, the elder brother only Please leave me a whole body!"

Who knew that there was no movement for a long time, and the more Yuan Xiao waited, the more strange he became, and he couldn't help but open his eyes, only to see Lang Bai standing there quietly: "What do you want me to do?"

Yuan Xiao was startled, and his face became weird: "Aren't you going to kill me?"

"I didn't say that. I kept saying 'if'."

Yuan Zhen was really stunned: "Huh? You don't intend to kill me?"

Lang Bai narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Yuan Xiao.The sky had already darkened, and the cabin was already very dark, but now it was like night, and only Lang Bai's cold and emotionless eyes could be vaguely seen.

Although those eyes were as deep and calm as an ancient well, and could not see any emotion, Yuan Xiao still intuitively felt that he seemed to be hesitating.Yuan Xiao could probably guess that Lang Bai was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, wandering over and over again between killing and not killing.

This realization made Yuan Xiao quietly sweat a little behind his back.

After an unknown amount of time, Lang Bai suddenly closed his eyes heavily, opened them again after a few seconds, and said in a low voice, "I won't kill you."

Yuan Xiao only felt a huge stone in his heart suddenly dropped. If he hadn't been sitting half-sitting, he might have collapsed on the ground now: "...you won't kill me? Why?"

"No reason." Lang Bai interrupted him, and suddenly turned to the door: "Come on, come on deck!"

The door was immediately pushed open by Rong Qing, and together with another white confidant Lang Bai had brought back from the United States, she lifted Yuan Xiao up from the floor and escorted him outside.Yuan Xiao glanced at Lang Bai when he passed by him, he couldn't see Lang Bai's face clearly in the darkness, and could only see the fundus of his eyes for a moment, with a faint feeling of weakness.

——But that was only a momentary feeling.

Yuan Xiao even thought it was an illusion.Will Lang Bai be weak?His ruthless and omnipotent younger brother would be shaken and weak?

What a joke!