Sole decision

The place where Li Ying and Pei Zhaoxue met was chosen by Li Ying. It was not far from Zhou's house. It was a very ordinary house. Outside the window was a small park. In the afternoon, there were hardly any people, and it looked very quiet.

Pei Zhaoxue was sitting by the window drinking tea, not at all worried about being discovered by others, because Li Ying had been hiding here for so long without being noticed by him, so he thought, Li Ying should have made sufficient preparations and was sure nothing would go wrong.Or he is really big-hearted, or self-confident, and doesn't pay much attention to the Zhou family.That being the case, Pei Zhaoxue has nothing to worry about.

"The tea in the south is really good." Li Ying said, "it's not like in the north, where there is nothing but ice and snow, and the boiling water in the pot will freeze if you pour it out."

Pei Zhaoxue put down the teacup, took out a small object from her bosom and placed it on the table, raised her eyes to signal Li Ying.Li Ying picked it up and saw that it was a very small USB flash drive. He asked, "What's in it? It can't be the Zhou family's top-secret documents."

"Give it to Qi Huafeng." Pei Zhaoxue said, "If Qi Huafeng still doesn't change his mind after reading it, I'll negotiate with him again."

Li Ying asked curiously, "What's in it? Can I see it?"

"If you want."

"Forget it." Li Ying said, "I will not get involved in the matters between your uncles and nephews." He casually held the USB flash drive in his hand.Pei Zhaoxue turned her head and looked out the window with a very indifferent look in her eyes. Li Ying saw that he was young, but he didn't have the angry look of a young man at all.He often looked like he was in a daze, or maybe he was thinking about something. Li Ying recalled the Pei Zhaoxue he met in Yancheng, and he didn't know whether the exposure of his life experience had too much influence on him. It's more like a pool of water that can't be blown by the wind.

It was cold, deep, and unfathomable.

"Actually, you don't have any doubts in your heart, right?" Li Ying said suddenly.

Pei Zhaoxue turned to look at him: "What?"

Li Ying said: "You and your uncle are really similar. Even if there is no proof of blood relationship, I believe that you are a family. I don't know if you believe it or not, but some things are indeed innate. That's why he can ignore it." No matter what kind of person you are, he will recognize you and hope you stay in the Qi family, he will not be wrong."

"Really?" Pei Zhaoxue fell into silence again, and Li Ying felt that he had something to say.

A day later, Li Ying finally understood the meaning of the unfinished sentence he felt.After Pei Zhaoxue left, he sent the contents of the USB flash drive to Qi Huafeng. He played with the USB flash drive in his hand, repeatedly trying to open the contents, but finally held back.He has a very keen sense of danger. Although Pei Zhaoxue told him that he could watch it if he wanted to, he knew that things must not be that simple.

Sure enough, Li Ying received a call from Qi Huafeng.He was quite surprised, Qi Huafeng was not a person who would waste his time on phone calls, and he asked him to deal with Zhou Ce as soon as he opened his mouth, as if asking him to go out to buy a bottle of water.

Normally, Li Ying would not question Qi Huafeng, but there are always exceptions to everything.

"Why?" Li Ying said, "This is Lucheng. Is Zhou Ce so easy to kill? Why didn't you do it in Yancheng when you wanted to kill him?"

"If Zhou Ce doesn't die, he won't come back obediently."

Li Ying asked: "What exactly did Pei Zhaoxue show you?"

Qi Huafeng was silent. Li Ying sensed the change of mood from his last breath. He knew that this matter might be serious, so he lowered his voice and repeated what Pei Zhaoxue said that day to Qi Huafeng verbatim. again.After Qi Huafeng heard it, there was a long period of silence before he said, "I know what he means."

"what?"

"You tell him that no matter what kind of past he has or what kind of person he is, he should have the surname Qi, and the Qi family will never reject him."

Li Ying couldn't understand, what does this have to do with Zhou Ce's death?

There are too many doubts in his mind, but getting the result may not be a good thing.Many people spend their entire lives looking for the answer to a certain question. Once they know it, they will have nothing else to ask for in this life, and they will die without regret.He didn't want to die, so he didn't ask any more questions.He looked for an opportunity to tell Pei Zhaoxue about Qi Huafeng's message. After hearing this, Pei Zhaoxue was stunned for a while, and finally told Li Ying about his conditions.

"Assign the best group of people under him to me." Then, Pei Zhaoxue raised three fingers, "In three years, I will give him an answer."

"Three years?" Li Ying said, "What would take so long? Your uncle can wait, but I can't wait. I'm going out now to chop off Zhou Ce's head and take you home."

"He doesn't have to agree." Pei Zhaoxue looked at Li Ying, "but you have to save your life." There was still no wave in his eyes, and his tone was very light, but Li Ying could tell that Pei Zhaoxue was not joking, what he said was true .These days, I have many secret contacts with Pei Zhaoxue, and if the secret is not wanted to be known by others, people have to shut up.

Death is the best way to shut up.

Li Ying has no doubt that if the matter falls apart, Pei Zhaoxue will attack him.

Pei Zhaoxue asked, "Is he afraid of your death?"

"Master, you really know how to joke." Li Ying twitched his lips, "I'm just working for the Qi family. Is it important to die or not? It's you... What's your relationship with Zhou Ce? Why did you kill him?" Is it that important?"

Pei Zhaoxue replied: "It has nothing to do with you." He didn't want to talk to Li Ying, so he got up and left. Before leaving, he turned his back to Li Ying and said: "My conditions, you should think about it carefully." After saying that, he left.

Li Ying felt that the matter was getting more and more complicated. After Qi Huafeng heard Pei Zhaoxue's conditions, he really agreed.He recruited Li Ying back to Yancheng, and sent his subordinates to Pei Zhaoxue in batches, and Pei Zhaoxue gave them a brand new identity.After the Zhou family's project was negotiated, they started construction immediately. It was the time of recruitment, and it was not difficult to arrange a few people to come in.

It is not an easy task to implement this project, which involves several big families in Lucheng. It took nearly a year to start the construction of the base overseas, and there were also large and small frictions and conflicts during the period.Zhou Ce only showed up on a few important occasions, and Pei Zhaoxue took care of the rest.As for Lu Ai, she was often away from Lucheng this year, and no one knew where she went or what she did.It's just that everyone suddenly discovered that the structure of the Zhou family and the Lu family has undergone some changes. It is rumored that Zhou Ce and Lu Ai have a marriage change. They used to be a fairy couple, but now they no longer go in and out together.However, I have never heard any gossip about Zhou and Lu being outside, and it is hard to figure out what actually happened.

Among so many true and false news, the only thing that has become unspoken is that there is always such a fixed day in a year that it will snow in Lucheng.

It's just that no one has seen the legendary snow.

When Zhou Ran saw the snow for the first time, he thought it was the icing sugar on the dessert, so he lay down on the ground and licked it. His mouth was cold and tasteless, and he was very disappointed.He was picked up, the man patted the snow on his body, and then he sat on his arm safely, he put his arms around the man's neck, and called "Uncle Pei" coquettishly.

"Don't roll around in the snow." Pei Zhaoxue said, "Be careful of catching a cold."

"It's cold today." Zhou Ran put his hands into Pei Zhaoxue's arms as he said, "It's very cold."

Pei Zhaoxue said, "It's like this when it snows."

He carried Zhou Ran back to the room, and Zhou Ce sat at the dining table. He said to Zhou Ran, "How old are you, and you still ask Uncle Pei to hold you? Can't you walk?"

"Uncle Pei wants to hug me." Zhou Ran said, "I didn't pester him." He grew up faster than other children of the same age, he was able to crawl under the table a year ago, and we met each other after a year, and he spoke much more fluently .Watching him grow up, Zhou Ce felt a sense of time passing by.Regarding Zhou Ran's education, he had a dispute with Lu Ai.Lu Ai wanted to invite a teacher to teach Zhou Ran at home, so that it would be easier to discipline him.Zhou Ce thinks it is unnecessary. Zhou Ran should be with more children of the same age. Life seems to be very long, but the happy time is too short. He doesn't want Zhou Ran not to have such happiness.

Lu Ai worried that Zhou Ran was ordinary and not worthy of the Zhou family's foundation, but Zhou Ce hoped that Zhou Ran would be ordinary.

Whether it's Zhou Ran's grandfather or his father and uncles, it's just that they are so extraordinary that they became what they are now.

Apart from going to school, Zhou Ran has already started to learn knife skills. It was Pei Zhaoxue who taught him. Pei Zhaoxue was very strict with him, but he didn't seem to be afraid of Pei Zhaoxue at all, and kept sticking to him.The long knife stood on the ground higher than Zhou Ran, and he couldn't dance. It took him a long time to practice before he learned how to handle his Jie knife, and once accidentally cut his hand.

Pei Zhaoxue could tell that this child had no talent in this area, so he couldn't force it.

Children are actually the most insightful, and Zhou Ran seems to have sensed the change in Pei Zhaoxue's attitude.One day after school, Zhou Ran and a little girl were sitting outside the corridor of the classroom waiting for someone to pick them up. Pei Zhaoxue came late, and just as he was about to take Zhou Ran away, Zhou Ran tugged at his sleeve, saying that he wanted to wait for his classmates The family comes and goes.Pei Zhaoxue asked him why, and he said that his classmates were with him, so he should also be with his classmates.

Pei Zhaoxue felt that although Zhou Ran was not talented enough, he had good character, which was not bad, so he sat down and bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun.The little girl looked at Pei Zhaoxue curiously. She got bored of waiting and the child couldn't sit still. She touched Pei Zhaoxue's hair, but Pei Zhaoxue didn't move, so she got up and pestered Pei Zhaoxue to play with her.

Dealing with Zhou Ran is already very troublesome, but Pei Zhaoxue really can't deal with a little girl, so his hair suffered.The little girl stood behind him and braided his hair, big and small, of different thicknesses.The child's fingers were not so nimble, and they always pulled Pei Zhaoxue in pain, and even pulled out several hairs.Pei Zhaoxue couldn't argue with the children, so she let her go.

When the other party's family members came, the little girl reluctantly asked Pei Zhaoxue if she would come tomorrow. She had never seen such a good-looking brother. She wanted to comb his hair, but Pei Zhaoxue didn't answer anything.The little girl turned her head three times as she walked away, looking at Pei Zhaoxue, as if she wanted to take a second look, for fear that she would forget.

After returning home, Zhou Ran told Zhou Ce about this, Zhou Ce just smiled, looked at Pei Zhaoxue, and said, "Your Uncle Pei is really annoying".Zhou Ran didn't understand what it meant, but since then, Pei Zhaoxue never picked him up again.

Zhou Ce was strict with Zhou Ran, but after Zhou Ran got off Pei Zhaoxue's body, he climbed onto Zhou Ce's lap and sat still, and Zhou Ce didn't yell at him.

Although it was Pei Zhaoxue's birthday, dinner was simple, Zhou Ran wanted to play in the snow, Pei Zhaoxue went with him, Zhou Ce just sat and watched them.

He suddenly thought of the scene when he first celebrated Pei Zhaoxue's birthday. At that time, he could feel that Pei Zhaoxue had the emotion of "happiness", but as time passed day by day, there was nothing left of Pei Zhaoxue.Even the innocent Zhou Ran couldn't impress Pei Zhaoxue, which moved him a little.

The snow was falling heavily and covered Pei Zhaoxue's hair, which seemed to have turned white from a distance. Zhou Ce walked into the snow and walked towards Pei Zhaoxue and Zhou Ran. After a while, he was also covered by the wind and snow.Zhou Ran pulled him and said, "Uncle, can I light a lamp? It's so dark here."

Zhou Ce pointed to the sky and said, "There is the moon."

Zhou Ran looked up at the sky: "It's so dark."

Zhou Ce laughed and said, "But it's bright when it's sprinkled in the snow." He turned his head to look at Pei Zhaoxue, and couldn't help reaching out to brush the snowflakes off his hair for him. Pei Zhaoxue didn't dodge, and stood straight in front of him.

With his fingers resting on Pei Zhaoxue's hair, he took a closer look and said, "Axue, you have gray hair, what's bothering you?"

Pei Zhaoxue didn't even look at it, and said, "It's time."

Zhou Ce couldn't help fantasizing, if Pei Zhaoxue's hair turned all white, would it really be like snow and moonlight?He suddenly found that he was full of expectations for this scene, but this kind of expectation would not have any results, so the expectation was even more absurd.