Rarely affectionate

When Lang Bai woke up, as soon as he opened his eyes, he suddenly turned over and got up, even the vague discomfort under his body was directly ignored.He pushed open the bedroom door and asked sharply, "Where's my father?"

There were two servants standing outside the door of the master bedroom, waiting for orders at any time. Seeing Lang Bai's appearance, they immediately replied: "Boss Yuan..."

Before they finished speaking, the two of them saw Lang Bai's face clearly at the same time, and they immediately acted as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight: "Ahhh—! Little, little, little master?!"

Lang Bai calmly rubbed his ears while screaming: "Where's my father?"

"Yuan Yuan Yuan Yuan Yuan is always talking on the phone in the study..."

Lang Bai opened the door with a bang, wearing a messy shirt and a pair of cotton trousers casually, stepped on the carpet with bare feet, and walked aggressively towards the study.

The two servants watched him go away in astonishment, and after a long while one asked the other: "Isn't Young Master Bai dead?!"

"Maybe someone else who looks, looks like?"

"Didn't you hear him ask 'my father'?"

The servant who was asked shivered: "Borrow, borrow the corpse to revive the soul?!"

Yuan Cheng was on the phone with someone to explain his business, when suddenly the door of the study was kicked open with a slam, and Lang Bai strode in, with a blazing flame in the background behind him.

Yuan Cheng immediately explained to the other end of the phone: "Okay, let's do this for the time being. I won't go to the company in the morning... Afternoon? First cancel all the important arrangements for the afternoon. There is no way. As an escort..."

Lang Bai pulled away the armchair on the other side of his father's desk, sat down unceremoniously, and then had a slightly weird expression because of some unspeakable pain.

Yuan Cheng hung up the phone, raised his head and asked calmly, "What's the matter, baby?"

Lang Bai said blankly, "I want to go back to America."

"Oh, go back to the United States." Yuan Cheng lowered his head and continued to revise the document like flying pen, calmly and calmly: "No."

Lang Bai got up and walked out, but before he reached the door, Yuan Cheng threw an emerald paperweight from behind, flew past Lang Bai's arm with a whoosh, and hit the door heavily with a "smack!" Close the door.

"You faked your death once, and almost tortured me to death. If you want to leave this time, you might as well walk on my dead body, lest a blunt knife kill me for more than a year." Yuan Cheng took it from the desk drawer. Out of the gun, he threw it on the table, "Hey, the gun is here, do you want to go? Put me down first!"

Lang Bai gritted his teeth, walked over abruptly, grabbed the gun, and fired one by one with a loud bang. As a result, the bullets flew two inches away from Yuan Cheng's ears. The sound should have been embedded in the corner of the masonry wall of the study. up.Lang Bai didn't expect his father to really not hide, but he was taken aback for a moment, before he could react, he saw Yuan Cheng strode out from behind the desk, grabbed him and pushed him into the chair!

Lang Bai was stupefied all of a sudden: "Let... let go of me!"

Yuan Cheng ignored it, and slapped his youngest son's ass twice through his pants, cursing while beating: "You fucking shot! You fucking shot!"

Lang Bai was in a daze at first, and then became angry from embarrassment: "What are you doing! You, you let me go! Ah!" Yuan Cheng's hand strength is beyond the reach of ordinary people. He hugged him and turned over, pressed him into his arms, and kissed him fiercely on the cheek.

Lang Bai's nerves are thinner and more sensitive than the average person's. He was pushed down and spanked by his father at such a big man. He almost didn't cry out, accusing with sobs: "So what if you just shoot? Don't you do the same?" Shoot me? Aren't you aiming really well? I hate you, I won't stay with you, you have nothing to do with me..."

While binding his hands and feet in his arms, Yuan Cheng bowed his head and kissed his face, and said in a low voice, "Okay, okay,... I'm sorry... Dad, I'm sorry..."

"You don't care about me, you only care about big brother, you only care about your face and the Yuan family's reputation, then you should spend your life with these things! I'm going back to America!"

"I don't care about Yuan Hao or you?" Yuan Cheng smiled wryly, and pressed his youngest son's protruding head into his arms, "Where did you come up with such strange talk? Don't you know that Yuan Hao has already gone to Taiwan?" ...Yes, I shouldn't have shot you, but I didn't know what happened on the boat at the time, how did I know you had been shot..."

Yuan Cheng's voice became lower and lower, and at the end he was almost muttering to himself.He also said these words of defense to Lang Bai, but he didn't think so in his heart.Although intellectually he knew that he had no choice when he fired the shot, and there was no reason to watch the younger son shoot and kill the older son; but emotionally, he could not accept his behavior, and he felt a deep sense of self-loathing.If Yuan Cheng's spirit was a little weaker, this kind of regret and self-blame could crush him alive.

Before that shot, Yuan Cheng had always thought that the youngest son was very ruthless, not to mention killing his half-brother, even killing his father with his own hands, he would probably be able to do it.In the days when Lang Bai just jumped into the sea, although he was devastated, subconsciously Lang Bai wanted to kill Yuan Xiao all the time, and the shot he fired was actually just to stop Lang Bai.

But the subsequent investigation revealed a fact that shocked him - Lang Bai didn't intend to kill his elder brother at first!He had already prepared the speedboat to send Yuan Xiao away!

No matter from any point of view, it is absolutely impossible to be soft-handed, but Lang Bai is soft-handed!And Yuan Xiao went so far as to shoot his younger brother ruthlessly!This incident also overturned the image of the two sons in Yuan Cheng's heart. Looking at the investigation report, Yuan Cheng regretted so much that he wanted to hit the wall!

Later, Yuan Cheng guessed countless times, if he hadn't arrived in time that day, if he hadn't fired that shot, what would have happened that night?

Without external interference, Lang Bai would definitely be able to restrain his eldest brother, and then send Yuan Xiao to the United States for house arrest.Li Mingyu was already suppressed at that time, and Lang Bai couldn't wait for him to respond. His semi-submarine could only return to the Hong Kong pier.Yuan Cheng had already prepared troops at the pier, Lang Bai would be captured immediately when he arrived at the pier.

If that's the case, his two sons can be saved, and even Lang Bai's hair will not be hurt!

If Yuan Cheng hadn't been there that night, everything would have ended completely differently!

Yuan Cheng was later tortured by this speculation until his life was worse than death. He cherished and doted on his child the most, and he brought him up with his own hands. He entrusted all his affection and love to him. He was killed indirectly.His biological father shot him, how sad was he before he died?How desperate?If it hadn't been to the point where all thoughts were lost and there was nothing to love, how could he have jumped into the sea in front of his father?

Yuan Cheng has lived for more than 40 years. He only feels that sometimes he is not good enough. He never feels that he has done anything wrong. He is a tough man who is used to it.Only the incident of shooting the youngest son completely negates him all at once.He hated himself at that time, deeply loathed himself, and was so desperate that he wanted to commit suicide countless times.

He told Lang Bai that his father's life has been worse than death for more than a year, and there is no lie in every word of blood and tears.Once a person has a sense of guilt, the pain will be doubled, and he will not be able to sleep all night, and his physical and mental state will rapidly weaken.He doesn't allow anything that makes him happy to happen in his life. Once he feels his mood improves, he will subconsciously force himself to think of his youngest son who died unjustly.Only by living in pain day after day can he feel a little relief from his heavy heart.

People who live to this point are actually living and suffering.

Yuan Cheng hugged Lang Bai tightly in his arms, and buried his head in the hollow of his shoulder.Lang Bai was struggling and yelling and cursing, but he was exhausted after a while, and he stopped panting, smelling the good cloud smoke on his father, and couldn't help but take two more breaths.

Yuan Cheng pressed his head to keep him from moving, Lang Bai pulled away his father's hand, poked his head out, and suddenly saw Yuan Cheng's eye circles were red, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Lang Bai froze for a moment: "Father..."

Yuan Cheng rubbed his eyes and said, "It's okay, I remembered when you just left... But luckily, you got me back, little brat."

Lang Bai stared at his father for a while, then turned his head away: "Anyway, I'm going back to America."

Yuan Cheng let go of his hand, and Lang Bai immediately retreated behind the table, sitting cautiously against the edge of the chair, ready to get up and run away at any time.

Yuan Cheng coughed, straightened his expression, stared at Lang Bai and asked, "You want to go back to America, okay, but what are you taking back?"

Lang Bai took it for granted, "Buy a plane ticket to go back." His plane ticket to Hong Kong was not a two-way ticket, and thinking about it now, it was really a mistake!

"Buy a plane ticket," Yuan Cheng smiled, but couldn't tell what it meant, "—where did you get the money to buy a plane ticket?"

"I have—" Lang Bai choked up halfway through his words, and then his face changed: "You froze my account?! Where do you have the right to move my account?"

"Of course I have no right to freeze any assets of your false identity, but Ah Bai, if you want to go back to the United States, at least you have to pay off the debts you owe me in Hong Kong before you go back? Aren't you very stubborn? , your old man, I have raised you for so many years, and you just owed a large amount of money, just patted your ass and left?"

Yuan Cheng is indeed a fine old man, not only good at playing hooligans, but also good at playing naughty.Poor Lang Bai was completely unable to refute this nonsense, and was immediately stunned.

"I've checked the assets in your account, and it's not enough to pay back. Of course, you can say that the United States will collect the money and call me later, but Abai, I can tell you with certainty that I have spent all the money I have spent on raising you up to now. Investment, if you earn ten lifetimes, you may not be able to pay it back, do you think about it?"

Lang Bai was out of breath: "Nonsense! How much can I eat of you?"

"You don't eat much," Yuan Cheng wrung his fingers and settled the accounts one by one: "But look, you were six years old when you came to me, and you ate and slept with me. On the same level as me, how much have you spent in the past ten years? You were very pampered when you were young, and there were no less than ten people following you when you went out. , or it is an orphan copy that came out at the auction, how much does it cost?"

Lang Bai opened his mouth, unable to speak.

"I don't count these things. I am your father. The law stipulates that I have the obligation to support you. It is right to support you. Let's look at another item." Yuan Cheng adjusted his sitting posture and got closer to his youngest son, but Lang Bai I was already in a daze, but I didn’t realize it, “—look at how many things you destroyed when I was a child: the large porcelain vase of the early Qing court that was originally placed in the bedroom, when you were a child, you climbed up and fell into it all at once. I couldn’t get out. I finally broke it to get you out. Do you know how much that vase is worth? Also, when my mother, that is, your grandma’s dowry pair of emerald bracelets for palace use, were You saw it at a glance, and you insisted on playing with it. No matter how hard I coaxed you, I had to give it to you. Who knew that you beat one on the second day, and the other on the third day, you know How much are those bracelets worth?"

Lang Bai has an impression of this matter, but he smashed a lot of jade wares when he was a child. A mere pair of bracelets is just one of dozens of jade wares destroyed by him. How deep can he be? impression?Yuan Cheng didn't say anything else, but only said this pair of bracelets, which was already quite kind.

"Well, for the sake of your ignorance being pampered by me, let's not talk about this account." Yuan Cheng sat next to his youngest son again, and now he is almost next to Lang Bai : "Let's recall a little bit when you were nine years old. In the winter of that year, I happened to go to Japan to participate in a very important tender and left you alone in Hong Kong. That year Hong Kong had artificial snowfall, and you insisted on running out to play. Your elder brother couldn't control it, so you played in the snow all afternoon, and came back that night with a high fever, which reached 41 degrees the next day. The housekeeper called me, and you cried for your father on the phone, but I didn't even I didn’t hold the meeting, so I hung up the phone and flew back to Hong Kong directly. Do you know how much I lost after the bid was not taken down? That’s not a loss that can be measured by money. I may have lost half of the Japanese market! From then on, I I take you with me wherever I go on business trips. Do you remember this?"

"..." Lang Bai seemed to want to say something, but he opened and closed his mouth, closed and opened it again, and retorted weakly after a long while: "I will not assume a huge debt that exceeds civil obligations..."

Yuan Cheng said: "I know there's nothing legal about it, but Ah Bai, if you want to sever the father-son relationship with me cleanly, you can't just let yourself owe me, isn't it? Of course if you If you don't mind, then I have nothing to do, can I still take you to court?"

Lang Bai will be strong all his life, even if Yuan Cheng said to him at this time, "Forget it, I don't want you to pay it back, you can go, we don't care", he can't really stand up and leave!For Lang Bai, it is okay for others to owe him love, but it is absolutely impossible for him to owe others love.

After being choked up for a long time, his white face turned blue and red, and after a while he asked uncomfortably, "Then...then what do you think should be done?"

Yuan Cheng let out a long laugh, leaned back in the chair, stretched out his hand to grab the youngest son into his arms, and said, "It seems that our father-son relationship can't be broken for the time being."

Lang Bai felt uncomfortable, but his father was too shrewd, and he couldn't handle it. After suffering for a long time, he could only murmur: "I don't want to stay in Hong Kong, I have my own business in the United States..."

Yuan Cheng said Bah in his heart!He has already figured out the details of that consulting company. Most of the injected funds come from Skull and Bones, and the scale is completely out of the question. Can it be called a business?I can crush it to death with just a move of a finger!

But obviously you can't say that in front of your youngest son. This child has always wanted to be strong, to have self-esteem, to have a sense of accomplishment, and to reflect his own value.

Yuan Cheng coughed, set up a negotiating stance, and then said meaningfully: "Ah Bai... let's negotiate."

Lang Bai immediately raised his head and stared at him vigilantly.

"Didn't you always want power, to stand in the highest position, and to have this family? No problem, it's all right." Yuan Cheng paused, looked at his youngest son's face, and spread his hands: "—— Don't look distrustful, I'm about to promise you here."

Lang Bai frowned, the look of being deceived became more obvious.

"No, I'm serious." Yuan Cheng said, "But if you want to take the stage, you have to prove that you are better than me, right? I have been in this position for more than ten years, although I dare not say it is perfect You are wise and powerful, but at least you haven't had any troubles. The Yuan family has never encountered any major crisis. It has been developing steadily for more than ten years. If you make a mess and make mistakes as soon as you come to power, then I won't say it. You’re too embarrassed to continue doing it yourself, don’t you think?”

"..." Lang Bai frowned: "Why do you say that I will make many mistakes?"

The dissatisfaction in his tone was too obvious, Yuan Cheng laughed: "Don't be upset, I didn't mean that... How about this, I'll give you a month, and you can try it first, how about it?"

Lang Bai blinked his eyes once, then blinked again, and looked at his father blankly: "...what to try?"

Before he finished speaking, he yelled "Ah", because Yuan Cheng stood up suddenly, hugged him horizontally, walked back to the desk in a few steps, and put his youngest son in the high-backed armchair he usually sat in. .

Lang Bai stared at the pile of documents on the desk in front of him, with a very puzzled expression, until Yuan Cheng supported his shoulders, leaned into his ear and whispered with a smile: "——to be the chairman."