Anxiang

Chapter 58

Pippi stood up and pushed a large envelope from the coffee table to Lao Fei, and said, "This is a copy of the supplementary agreement signed by me on behalf of Cheng Yuan, the four major banks on the Cheng family's debts."

Mr. Fei looked at Pippi in surprise, and didn't dare to reach out for the envelope for a moment.

Pippi said relievedly, "Don't worry, I'm not that good at guessing what you're thinking."

Mr. Fei looked at the envelope and asked, "Then...why..."

"Uncle asked me to give it to you."

"Cheng Yuan?" Mr. Fei was stunned.

"Because he feels that as an ally, you should have the right to know about the disposal of Cheng's assets."

Mr. Fei patted the envelope unexpectedly, organized his thoughts and said, "I came to you today not only for this, but also for something else I want to ask you."

"what's up?"

While observing Pippi's reaction, Mr. Fei said, "I heard that Uncle Seven has an account book, but who owns it."

Pippi suddenly became nervous, "Who did you listen to?"

Mr. Fei pretended to be relaxed and said, "Someone in the newspaper is bombarding Maquina, you don't know about it, do you?"

"This... I've heard a little bit about it!" Nonsense, it was Pipi who did this, how could he not know?
"I don't need you to tell me anything, you just need to answer me, did Cheng Yuan do this?"

Pippi hesitated for a moment and said, "I can't say."

Mr. Fei smiled and said, "I already knew that Uncle Qi had an account book. He has been in the Cheng family's finances for half his life, and everyone knows the habit of keeping accounts. Didn't Cheng Yuan tell you about this?" His tone seemed to be Calm, but actually provocative.

"Who said Uncle didn't tell me? Someone burned Uncle Qi's house just to destroy this evidence. Uncle found it from the ruins with his own hands, and I was there at the time..." Pipi pretended to slip up and quickly covered it up. , "But don't ask me where the account books are, and don't ask me the source of the news in the newspaper, I will never tell."

Mr. Fei nodded, he already knew what he needed to know.As soon as Pippi left, he immediately called Maquina.

The ancestral hall of the Cheng family was filled with smoke, and Cheng Yuan stood in front of Cheng Da's portrait with his hands behind his back. His coldness was more and more similar to Cheng Da's.

Pippi walked gently into the ancestral hall and said, "Old Fei already knows."

Cheng Yuan seemed to have expected it a long time ago, so he let out a casual "hmm".

"He was also given a copy of the agreement reached between the big four banks and us."

"Yes, try to satisfy him now. To satisfy him is to paralyze him."

Pippi stared at a new tablet, suddenly his face changed color, and he asked puzzledly, "Is that the tablet of Seventh Uncle?"

Cheng Yuan nodded: "Yes. You should burn a stick of incense too."

Pippi said angrily: "The seventh uncle killed Yuna, and you still offer his tablet in the ancestral hall?"

"Uncle Qi has no descendants. Although he will not be guaranteed at the end of the year, he has worked for the Cheng family for 45 years. Both grandfather and father promised to leave him a share of incense. I don't want to violate the ancestral precepts."

Pippi calmed down, and said with emotion: "I still remember how you looked when you just returned to Jinchan Island. You were a rebellious American. I didn't expect that in less than a year, you would already be talking about the ancestor's precepts."

Cheng Yuan stared at Pippi and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Now you are Mr. Cheng, and you are the master of the Cheng family. Seventh Uncle has done so many things to the Cheng family, even if you don't let go of his tablet, no one dares to say a word of gossip."

Cheng Yuan's words were plain but meaningful: "When a person dies, the tablets are left for others to see."

Outside the ancestral hall, the mute driver reappeared. He knelt at the entrance of the ancestral hall, muttering something strangely.

Pippi walked out of the ancestral hall with mixed emotions, turned around and looked back, Cheng Yuan's figure remained in the ancestral hall surrounded by cigarettes, becoming more and more blurred.

Pippi was walking on the street boredly, and came to the bar unknowingly. When he went in, he saw Lida.Pippi walked over and sat down beside Lida.

Lida turned to see Pippi and said, "It feels like we haven't sat here drinking for a long time."

"Actually, it hasn't been long since the last time we drank here."

Lida said with emotion: "Too many things have happened during this time, it feels like a long time... I am very scared."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I don't know..." Lida stared blankly into the distance and said, "If Cheng Yuan and I become enemies one day, which side will you be on?"

Pippi said with a sad face: "You have always asked questions like 'If I get into a fight with Cheng Yuan, who will you help and who will you not'...Can you ask me a new question?"

Lida said angrily: "I'm not joking, I'm really scared. Cheng Yuan and I are not enemies now, I mean, our relationship is not that bad yet." Her expression turned miserable, "But I'm afraid that one day, I'll do something that hurts him."

Pippi suddenly stared at Lida solemnly: "Then you are not afraid of hurting me?"

Lida shook her head and said, "I won't hurt you, at least I won't do it on purpose, our feelings are different."

With a bitter smile, Pippi said with self-deprecation: "I just found out that being hurt also requires qualifications. But I don't even have such qualifications."

Lida smiled and said, "I've never seen you like this, you are hurt and still fight."

Pippi leaned against the bar, turned his head to look at Lida, and said word by word: "Of course, it depends on who hurts it." He smiled concealedly.

Lida dropped the subject and said, "Let's go."

The two walked out of the bar, Lida raised the car key in Yang's hand and said, "Do you want me to see you?"

Pippi waved his hand: "No, I want to walk alone for a while."

Lida put away the keys and said with a smile, "It's just right, I want to take a walk too."

The two walked for a while and sat on the steps by the side of the road, each with a can of beer in his hand.

Lida took a sip of her wine and said, "Cheng Yuan has been avoiding me recently, I think he did it on purpose."

"Why is he avoiding you?"

"Why? You men are really strange. You fight to the death for some inexplicable things at every turn."

"Actually, men are no different from animals. Fighting back and forth means fighting for territory, food, and women..."

"Then what are you fighting for?" Lida asked, looking up.

Pippi was stunned for a moment, and said, "I don't even have the mood to fight for anything now."

Lida asked sharply: "Then why did you come to approach my father?!"

Pippi's body trembled for a moment, but he remained silent.

"Don't tell me, you still want to fight me with Cheng Yuan! I know, you don't have that thought anymore. I know I guessed right, because I know you best. You are not a person who can flatter you, you You won't please anyone at this moment. Unless, for Cheng Yuan, for...revenge!" Lida said slowly.

Pippi was shocked, he became uneasy, but pretended to ask calmly: "You...does your father see it in the same way?"

"Don't worry, I told my father that I will not help anyone on Jinchan Island today."

Pippi felt relieved, but became sad again, "But you will have to make a choice sooner or later, and your father will force you to make a choice sooner or later, so I don't want to see you stay on Jinchan Island."

Lida sighed and said: "It seems that my guess is right, you and Cheng Yuan really want revenge."

Pippi seemed to understand something, and said angrily, "Did you test me just now?"

Lida saw that Pippi's hand holding the can was shaking, and blood was dripping down.She quickly pulled Pippi's hand: "What's wrong with you?"

Pippi suddenly threw away Lida's hand, stood up, panted twice before shouting: "Don't you want to know? Let me tell you! As a man, I have lost so many relatives at once, and I am powerless to protect them. I think I'm useless! Now I only have this uncle left, and I want to follow him and protect him. For this, I can be my son or grandson. The Cheng family can't lose anything anymore. No one wants to touch the things, no one can..."

Pippi finished speaking in one breath, stood there staring, panting... Lida looked up at Pippi, feeling scared for the first time...

Wu Yue was sleeping on the bed with her eyes closed, twitching from time to time.On the bedside table, there was an open brocade box. The jade jewelry given by my uncle and the diamond ring given by my second sister glowed in the dark.

The endless sea...

Wu Yue and Cheng Yuan take a yacht...

Cheng Yuan walked towards Wu Yue, waved and smiled at Wu Yue from a distance, but his image was blurred.Wu Yue trotted towards the man, shouting happily: "You're back!"

Cheng Yuan waved his hands: "I'm back."

But at this moment, the people around suddenly turned their faces and surrounded Cheng Yuan in the middle.Cheng Yuan drew out his knife and charged desperately, but couldn't break out of the encirclement, and was covered in blood at the end.Cheng Yuan aimed at Wu Yue Yile, suddenly turned into Li Kejin's face, and stabbed himself in the stomach with his hand back...

Wu Yue exclaimed loudly and sat up straight from the bed.

Wu's father and Wu's mother rushed in.

"What's wrong?" Wu's mother came to the bed, gently stroked Wu Yue's back, and said with concern: "Is it a nightmare? It's okay, it's okay, Mom and Dad are here."

Wu Yue hadn't woken up from the dream yet, and said in a trembling voice, "I saw someone was killed!"

Wu's father and Wu's mother comforted their daughter softly together.

After a while, Wu Yue said: "No, you go, I want to sleep."

Wu's father and Wu's mother looked at each other and walked out silently.

Wu Yue sat quietly with her head bowed, then she opened the drawer beside the bed and took out the brocade box and an advertisement picture from Uncle Qi.Wu Yue opened the brocade box, stroked the jewelry inside, with a puzzled expression on her face... She picked up the picture from above, and it was the boat in the dream...

A Yuan, did something happen to you?Ah Yuan...Wu Yue curled up on the bed, whispering Cheng Yuan's name over and over again, tears in her eyes.

Cheng Yuan and Pippi walked out of the office building side by side, talking quietly.

"Have they come to contact you?" Cheng Yuan asked while walking, without looking at Pippi.

Pippi lowered his voice and said, "It should be soon."

Cheng Yuan saw that Pippi's hands were bandaged: "What's wrong with your hands?"

Pippi stopped, looked at her hands and said, "I don't want to lie to you, I met Lida."

Cheng Yuan didn't stop, and let out a flat "oh".

Pippi was stunned for a moment and followed up and asked, "Don't you want to know what we all said?"

"No! I only know that you promised me, and you should be able to do it."

Pipi said incoherently: "I know I shouldn't see her... and I shouldn't mention our matter... In fact, Lida has seen through everything. She didn't help her father, she was worried about us. I can see that, She is worried about you, she is afraid that Mr. Fei will harm us."

Cheng Yuan kept walking, without changing his walking rhythm at all.Pippi stopped again, looked at Cheng Yuan's back and said in despair: "She saw it for herself. I really didn't say anything to her, trust me."

Cheng Yuan stopped, looked back at Pippi, nodded and said solemnly: "I believe in you."

67．By accident

In the lounge of the golf club.Mr. Fei said to Maquina: "The account book is in Cheng Yuan's hands now."

"Are you sure?" Maquina really didn't want to believe this fact.

Mr. Fei said angrily, "If you still can't believe my news, then try someone else."

Marquinas certainly believed it.He muttered to himself, "What's in that ledger?"

"Then only you and Uncle Qi know. Oh, I forgot. There is a third person now. You can ask Cheng Yuan."

Ma Kuina said viciously: "Now is not the time to joke. Cheng Qi, an old thief, is dead and still makes me restless!"

"Is it really that scary?"

Maquina gave him a blank look, and said, "Don't take pleasure in other people's misfortune. It may not be good news for you when that thing is released."

Mr. Fei was stunned.

Maquina said bitterly: "The old cunning bastard, he is not clean, and he also writes down everything else."

Mr. Fei said shyly, "It's better to respect the dead."

Maquina looked at Mr. Fei.Mr. Fei explained: "You can do it, burn his house down. But it's not as good as God, but the account books were not burned." He was afraid that his words were serious, so he hurriedly said: "Of course, I mean we all That's right, hehe."

Maquina's eyes bulged: "I burn down the house? Lao Fei, I misjudged you, and I always thought you were smart!"

Mr. Fei asked in surprise, "It wasn't you? Who burned it?"

"When I heard that the house was on fire, I knew something bad was going on. That was to remind Cheng Yuan that his Seventh Uncle left something good, understand?"

"You mean..."

Ma Kuina stood up and said, "He burned it himself, not with his own hands, but it was almost the same! He had already arranged for his own funeral at that time, and he always regarded the so-called Cheng family more than anything else. He With me, we will never be of the same mind!"

In the lens of the telescope, Maquina got out of the golf club, got into the car, and the car drove out of the golf club.

Cheng Yuan put down the binoculars and said, "Ma Kuina has finished meeting with Mr. Fei."

"What shall we do next?"

"Everything is going according to plan."

"But the plan can't keep up with the changes, and now there are new situations, you can't pretend that nothing happened."

Cheng Yuan emphasized his tone, and said displeasedly: "I told you, everything will go according to the original plan!"

Pippi ignored it and said, "I'm sorry, I've already sent someone there."

Cheng Yuan was furious, "Who allowed you to do this?!"

Pippi said unflinchingly: "How do you know that only we know this news, if others rush to attack, we will be too late if we go late."

Cheng Yuan said viciously: "You understand me, I don't allow anyone to entangle her anymore, I hope she is as far away from my current world as possible."

Pippi said dissatisfied: "You are too selfish."

Cheng Yuan said angrily: "I don't care what you say, I just don't want her to get involved." After Cheng Yuan finished speaking, he walked to the car angrily and sat in the back seat without saying a word.Pippi followed the phone and walked towards the car, said with an embarrassed expression: "There is bad news, the person I sent just reported that Wu Yue is missing."

Cheng Yuan stood up abruptly, severed the cigar in his hand, and felt as if his heart had fallen into an abyss.He snatched the phone from Pippi's hand and called Mr. Ji impatiently.

Mr. Ji said on the other end of the phone: "I just came back from the Public Security Bureau, and we have already called the police."

"What did the police say?"

"Don't worry, the police are still investigating, but it is certain that she left by herself, with her belongings, maybe... Maybe she ran away from home. Wu Yue's parents said that after Wu Yue disappeared, someone pretended to be you I went to find her..."

"I didn't send my men to look for her..." Cheng Yuan looked at Pippi suspiciously, and Pippi said quickly, "I didn't let my people pretend to be your men."

"I have sent someone to assist the police in their search. Don't worry, I will do my best." Mr. Ji said.

"Thank you, I leave everything to you!" Cheng Yuan hung up the phone in frustration, thought for a moment and said to Pippi: "Hurry up, book a ticket for me, I'm going to Beijing right away."

Pippi asked puzzledly: "That Miss Wu has disappeared, what's the use of you going to Beijing?"

Cheng Yuan said anxiously: "Her disappearance may have something to do with me. You didn't hear Mr. Ji say that someone pretended to be my subordinate and went to find Wu Yue... Doesn't Ma Kuina do such things too often?"

Pippi thought for a while and said decisively: "No, we are on the verge of breaking out. At such a critical moment, you must stay on Jinchan Island."

Just as Cheng Yuan was about to say something, the phone rang, and the two looked at the phone.Cheng Yuan picked up the phone: "Hi, hello, is this Mr. Ji? Ah, it's the Anti-Corruption Commission... um! Okay!"

A serious official in a black suit walked into the coffee shop, and Cheng Yuan stood up and greeted him from afar, shaking hands with him.In a hidden place of the coffee shop, with the "click" sound of the camera shutter, the picture of Cheng Yuan shaking hands with officials keeps freezing.

Cheng Yuan said: "I am very grateful that you took time out of your busy schedule to meet with me."

The official said: "I'm an old friend of the Cheng family. How dare I disobey Mr. Cheng's call? Besides, it's my duty to actively cooperate with the citizens in monitoring and reporting government officials."

Both sides sat down.

(End of this chapter)