A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 433 Two or three choices
A knock on the door outside interrupted Li Xiang's next reply.

Five-spice beef, shredded pork, salted duck, cucumbers, assorted vegetables, bone soup, and a bowl of white flour steamed buns were brought in one after another.

Such rich dishes could not arouse Liu Panlan's appetite.

When the door was closed again, she immediately asked: "What is the second price?"

When she asked, the other two who had appetites found it difficult to use chopsticks to eat.

Little Brother Li could only swallow his saliva while looking at the dishes.

Although he is now a salaried person, his job in the library is leisurely, but the salary is not very high.

He could go to a small state-owned restaurant from time to time, but if he didn't come with his brother at a private restaurant like this, he wouldn't be willing to pay such a high price for a meal.

Liu Panrong has some delicious attributes in his nature.

Although his current job pays well, he has to support his family and does not allow him to spend lavishly in restaurants.

If you endure it for a while longer, there will be no family issues anymore.

"The second option is that I can increase the punishment of these people and let them stay in there for a few more years. If you want, you can fight for it until you die of old age. Of course, your status will not be a drag. "Li Xiang picked up another chopstick and wrapped it in the middle of the steamed buns.

Five years, in fact, Li Xiang deliberately exaggerated.

But fortunately, both of them can distinguish the priorities and know that the focus now is not eating.

Liu Panlan frowned but didn't say anything. Liu Panrong couldn't sit still when he heard this, and his original greed immediately disappeared without a trace.

"Are you not done yet?" she asked, staring at Li Xiang.

Everyone's attention was on him at this time, listening to his words and watching the movements of his hands.

This was his first choice, it was so cruel, he couldn't stand it.

The identity of the Liu siblings is no longer a shackle for them.

He planned to sacrifice himself, but he only thought about the worst outcome.

"The second price is that the identities of you and Liu Panrong will be exposed. Then I won't have to talk about what will happen to you two." Li Xiang picked up the steamed buns on the basin and tore them apart with his hands. He stuffed a small piece into his mouth.

He had not tasted the dishes on the table for a long time, so he swallowed greedily.

"Let's continue with the second choice." He glanced at his sister's face and urged Li Xiang to continue.

Li Xiang stopped biting the bun, looked up at her, and then replied: "It seems that you know that there is no free lunch in this world. The price of this second choice is that all this will have to be postponed until five years later." , it depends on whether you have the patience to wait."

Her life experience told her that not everything in the world is always good. Although what Li wanted to say was good, there must be a price to pay.

After the surprise, Liu Panlan quickly fell into hesitation.

Hearing him talk about this choice, the Liu family's eyes lit up. Isn't this second one a complement to the first one?

The shackles were removed, and Li Xiang no longer had to hold back in helping deal with the siblings' problems.

Five years is actually not a long time for the Liu siblings at their current age, and they can afford it.

But what they worry about is not the length of time, but what will happen in five years. They were not related to Li Xiang, and they couldn't be sure whether Li Xiang would turn out to be different in five years.

It is unpredictable whether Li Xiang will still be well after five years and whether he will be able to help them.

If you calculate it this way, the seemingly perfect second choice is actually full of unknowns for the Liu siblings.

Liu Panlan thought for a long time before speaking out again: "I also want to hear about the third option."

Li Xiang put down his chopsticks, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped his mouth.

Then he took out a small exquisite porcelain bottle from the inner bag and pushed it in front of Liu Panlan.

"I heard that your hometown is not rich in water. There may be only one well in a village for the use of the whole village."

Li Xiang stood up and walked behind the two siblings. He bent down and whispered in their ears: "You don't want to make medicine for revenge. I saved you the procedure. Just pour one drop into the well and I guarantee that the whole village will be healed." No one will survive that night.”

Li Xiang's words seemed to be coaxing, making people both tempted and shuddered for no reason.

Compared with Liu Panrong who was frozen and didn't dare to move, Liu Panlan stared at the bottle of medicine. Her hands trembled and she started to reach for the bottle of medicine.

Li Xiang put his hand on Liu Panrong's shoulder and felt his stiffness, so he patted his shoulder and told him to relax.

He looked at Liu Panlan's movements and slowly pulled the corners of his mouth upwards, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Li Xiang did not move away. Just when Liu Panlan was about to touch the medicine bottle, his voice sounded in the siblings' ears again: "Don't you want to hear the price first?"

Liu Panlan retracted her hand, pursed her lips and returned her gaze to Li Xiang.

Li Xiang straightened up, slowly returned to his seat, and continued to eat with chopsticks.

"Let's make an agreement first. Once you take the medicine, what you do will have nothing to do with me. If you are really lucky, your massacre of the whole village will not be found out. After all, without the pharmaceutical process, there will be less There are many tails. If you are lucky, Liu Panlan, even if you are caught, as long as you keep your mouth tight, you can save your brother. You will be the only one to take the shot. If you are not lucky, maybe both of you will take the shot. "

Li Xiang was picking up vegetables as he talked, both for himself and for Little Brother Li.

The poor kid had never seen this side of his elder brother, and he was so frightened that he couldn't even eat.

Liu Panlan felt that he was deliberately scaring her, thinking that Li Xiang had underestimated her and thought that these few words could scare her away.

She picked up the porcelain bottle on the table and said provocatively: "Are you so sure that you will be safe? When the time comes, I will be tortured, and I am not sure that I will not accuse you."

Liu Panlan's words were both a provocation and a subtle reminder that to help others, you must help them to the end.

Li Xiangxiang couldn't help but laugh out loud as if he had heard some funny joke.

The teacher often said that he was too naive. He really wanted to drag this ignorant living treasure in front of the teacher and let the teacher see what it means to be really naive.

"Why are you laughing? Am I wrong?" Liu Panlan's face was livid, and she looked speechlessly at Li Xiang, who was smiling wantonly in front of him.

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't help it. Hahahaha, it was the first time we met and we didn't even take revenge, but we were able to retaliate with kindness." Li Xiang couldn't stop laughing.

Faced with such unbridled ridicule, Liu Panlan's face turned from livid to black.

(End of this chapter)