fourth rebirth

In a small town in the south, it was misty and rainy.At sunset, smoke slowly rises from the house with white walls and black tiles.

Chi Yiqing leaned against the door, looking at the busy wife with her hair in a bun, with soft eyes and an unconscious smile on her lips.It seems that instead of listening to the messy sound of chopping vegetables in the kitchen, I am sitting in a box in an opera house and listening to a symphony.

"Rourou," he walked in, hugged the woman from behind, and buried his head on her shoulder, "When the order comes down, let's go to the northwest, okay, don't take those two little bastards with you, just the two of us .” His voice was low, almost a murmur.

Holding the man in his arms forcefully, but burying his head on the woman's shoulder with attachment, this posture makes the woman refuse.

So Qiao Rou just struggled symbolically, and stopped moving: "Don't get so close, I smell of oily smoke."

The beauty of such a house is beautiful enough, and the price of this beauty is the distance from modern tools.

The man didn't speak, but he held the woman in his arms more forcefully, silently expressing his protest.

Because of his actions, Qiao Rou couldn't continue anymore, so she turned around and hugged him back laughingly: "Okay, okay, how old are you, and still like this. If Zhezhe saw it, it's okay, that kid At most, she blushed and then slipped out quickly, if Ranran saw it, she might laugh at you for the rest of her life."

"Huh," mentioning his daughter, Chi Yiqing was both proud and depressed, "That little bastard who doesn't know how to respect the old and love the young. Last time I asked her..." He began to ramble.

Her husband was getting more and more childish as he got older, so she didn't speak, just smiled and listened, combing his hair while listening.

As the sky darkened, the lights in the house became brighter and brighter, and under the lights, the white hair was particularly glaring.The hand stroking her husband's head paused, Qiao Rou smiled slightly when Chi Yiqing cast a puzzled look, and continued to caress her husband's head, but her eyes always inadvertently stayed on that piece of hair.

He's only 44 years old.

Chi Yiqing's nagging is coming to an end, "...there is a large grassland when the door is opened, then we will bring a tent and try the feeling of the sky and the wild, shall we?" His head Pillowing on Qiao Rou's shoulder, he stared at his wife intently.

Qiao Rou showed a gentle smile habitually, but the white hair on Chi Yiqing's head flashed inexplicably in his mind, and the words that had originally promised turned on the tip of his tongue and became, "I'm already a grandma." Well, I should ask you, a busy person, if you have time to spend romance with an old woman, right?"

Chi Yiqing smiled, actually very proudly. He thought his wife was insecure, so he was jealous.

Hugging Qiao Rou, face to face, what she saw was a face without makeup and upturned.Qiao Rou has never been willing to wear makeup into the kitchen, she is afraid of accidentally mixing those chemicals into the food.

Women are like flowers, charming and short-lived.Such a face may have added a bit of elegance and temperament accumulated over the years, but it is old after all, and it cannot compare with the tenderness of young people.However, in Chi Yiqing's eyes, this is still the most beautiful face in the world. He lowered his head and gently kissed her eyebrows, eyes, and every fine line of her face.

Non-toxic, lingering and obsessive.

This is his wife, the wife who has accompanied him through countless sorrows and joys.

"I'll resign in two years, okay?" He whispered in Qiao Rou's ear, "I'll take you to the Southwest to see the place where I grew up. Take me to Hong Kong to see where you lived."

"What about the children?" Qiao Rou hooked his neck and stroked his hair gently.

"Isn't it right? Just leave everything to her." Chi Yiqing said irresponsibly, then hugged her tightly, as if to embed her in his body, "When the time comes, we will I've been to the world of two people, and I don't care about these things anymore, okay?"

Some people, some things, who can judge whose gains and losses?

In Kyoto, Chi Ran pulled away the candy wrapper and threw a piece of chocolate into her mouth, "Is it enough to sigh? My dear brother." In just a few tens of seconds, her mood has been completely adjusted.If he couldn't even do this, I'm afraid Chi Ran would have been eaten alive by those old foxes from the Qiao family.

In fact, an idiom can be used to describe Chi Ran's transformation: moody.

"Ah, ah?" Chi Zhe seemed unable to adapt to this rhythm for a while, and looked at Chi Ran with dull and dazed eyes.

"Have you figured out what to do?" Chi Ran knocked on the table impatiently. In order to play the emotional card, she has endured enough today.If she was allowed to speak freely, her description of today's activities would probably be.

I dealt with a group of idiots in the morning, explained the thinking of a group of idiots to one idiot in the afternoon, and taught one idiot how to deal with other idiots at night!

This is a world full of idiots.

Even Chi Yiqing, her father.Actually...it's pretty stupid...

Chi Ran picked up the teacup, and the dense water vapor blurred her expression.

"...to be a civil servant?" Chi Zhe's voice was full of uncertainty and hesitation.However, as a commoner for several lifetimes, this is the first thing he thinks of when it comes to becoming an official.

Chi Ran suddenly felt his fingers itchy.Resisting the urge to pinch her brother's face, she silently comforted herself in her heart: Fortunately, this guy is only my brother, not my son.

"What was the first question I asked you? Do you remember?" She taught patiently.

"Why do you need power?"

"Have you figured it out?" She raised her eyebrows and looked at her younger brother. "Is the matter settled? For your first love, your high school classmates, and your career as a director have all been resolved."

Chi Zhe shook his head desperately, almost shrinking himself into a corner.

first love.Who, it seems... a girl!

"Sister!" Chi Zhe almost jumped up.

"Sit down!" Chi Ran threw a piece of chocolate over, she hated having to raise her head and talk to others the most.

His mind was still confused, but his body immediately fell down obediently.Chi Zhe found sadly that he had been raped by a loyal dog, but it was a pity that the object was not his girlfriend.

"Waiting for you to think about it? They might even finish the funeral, and wait for the Qingming Festival to worship the ancestors." Chi Ran glanced at his younger brother with a sneer.

"Her ex-boyfriend took care of everything for her." A document was thrown over, "It's definitely better for her to be with him than to be with you. Don't hurt other little girls."

Chi Zhe smiled embarrassingly, but he was inexplicably relieved.

When he realized that he had hardly thought about the girl since he left, he realized that his fascination with the girl had long since disappeared.Whether it was time or because they were too close, or it might be the disillusionment of the former goddess, he couldn't tell the difference and didn't want to pursue it.

"Director?" He still felt a little regretful that this initial wish hadn't been fully realized, "I'm going to deal with the matter of the director indifferently. The entertainment circle is the most obsessed with the new and dislike the old. There is no news, and it will be quickly forgotten. But if I really Coming out to hold a farewell ceremony, coupled with what happened some time ago, will only make people feel like covering up."

Chi Zhe's brain finally returned to its original position.

Chi Ran nodded slightly, and it was considered that this was passed.

"Where is He Haixu?"

"Hai Xu?"

"He's using you," Chi Ran glanced at his younger brother, "Don't tell me you don't feel anything."

"...Uh, it's just a city leader, so it shouldn't matter." Chi Zhe felt a little guilty.Even if he is really an idiot, relying on the memory of previous lives, his current experience naturally understands that He Haixu will never be as lonely and pitiful as he said.He Haixu is not a bad person, but he is not a good person either.There are not a few men and women whose lives have been ruined by his provocation.If his misfortune came with evil, Chi Zhe would not have looked at him more.It's a pity that this matter has something to do with him, and it has a lot to do with it.

Therefore, he acquiesced to He Haixu's behavior.

"What about after it's settled? Have you thought about how to arrange him?" Chi Ran tapped the armrest rhythmically with his fingers, "Chi Zhe also passed the civil service examination, started at the grassroots level, and was also unable or stopped by the family." Help, have you ever wondered why people born in political families can climb so much faster than ordinary people?"

"...connections?" Chi Zhe tried his best to discover his pitiful experience of real contact with society.

Chi Ran nodded, motioning for him to continue.

Chi Zhe licked his lips, and slowly expressed his point of view: "They have been in contact with people from the same family since childhood, and after getting along for a long time, they have become a circle. It's like before the American Civil War, when a white man faced and He's a polite, generous, kind gentleman when it comes to people of the same color, but a mean, vile vampire when he's dealing with black people."

He has very little experience in interacting with people, and most of his knowledge comes from books.

"You're right. Circles and connections are indeed one of the factors. But there's something more important than these," Chi Ran stared into his eyes, "Actually, this truth is the same as the power you hold in your own hands. It’s the same as power. The circle, the network, are too ethereal, and even a mere quarrel can make it leak.”

"Compared to tying these people with fickle interests, it is more important to establish a team that will never conflict with you. Your wishes are their wishes. Your interests are their interests. These talents are the most reliable of."

"He Haixu," Chi Ran softened his voice, "It's a good choice."

His father will never be released from prison, and his mother has made him disheartened.He held something in his hand, but because some people might never see their future.

No worries, no relatives, no reason.Desire for power, but can only be attached to others.Has the determination to revenge but does not have the guts to throw everything at one basket.

Chi Zhe's starting point will not be very high.And He Haixu, who watched his father climb from an ordinary tax collector to a high position in the city, would be his best guide.

"Chi Zhe," she showed a sweet smile, "I think you should know what I mean."

This is your first test.