Text 72. Worst-case scenario
Shortly after the news of Long Xiaonian's investigation was announced, the domestic hotel giant Cuifu Group held an impromptu press conference.
At the press conference, Mr. Kong Hongjun, chairman of Cuifu Group, affectionately reviewed the group's journey from entering Tiannan Province to today, highly praised the strong support of the local government of Tiannan, and reported the progress of the group's acquisition of Tiannanjing's new listed shell resources.
The H Hai Municipal Government immediately issued a statement that no matter whether Cui Fu settled in H Hai or not, it would be treated with an inclusive and positive attitude.
Later, Shan Hui, the current president of Malaysia's Shan Group, who is studying in Western Europe, officially announced that in order to strengthen cooperation with the domestic economy, Shan Group's multinational hotels will form a strategic alliance with domestic hotel giant Tsui Fu Group through cross-shareholding. The initial investment will be no less than one billion US dollars, and the first phase of 200 million US dollars for hardware construction has been put in place.
Due to the special time of the press conference of Cuifu Group, it is rumored that Long Xiaonian, the backstage of Kong Hongjun, was investigated, which was the direct reason for the defeat of Tiannan by Kong Group. There is a lot of talk among the people, speculating that another business empire will collapse soon.
What is more unusual is that the officials of Tien Nam Province have remained silent on this and have not shown any attitude.
Ren Kai leaned on the sofa and squinted his eyes, motionless looking at the big black cat lying at Li Yanan's feet, there was always a sense of absurdity.
"From the moment you walked in the door, you've been staring at the old black. It's all longer to look at it than it is to look at me. What do you mean?" Li Yanan rolled his eyes at Ren Kaifei while tearing the chicken breast into long strips and feeding it to the cat.
Guo Jianjun left after eating, and when he left, he was very worried, Ren Kai saw that he was not interested, and he didn't ask deeply. In fact, you can guess without asking, and the only one who can make him so embarrassed is probably Bian Yuanyuan.
Chang Fan, who was going to come over for lunch, accompanied Governor Hua to the scene because of a temporary mass incident in the Jingwu area. The meeting time can only be postponed.
Ren Kai looked at the cat and said, "Have you ever seen a cat that can laugh?"
Li Yanan pulled up the face of the big black cat and looked at it, and said, "Is Lao Hei smiling? Lao Hei, you laugh again, let me see." ”
Ren Kai smiled and didn't speak.
He was afraid of scaring the girl. The cat really laughed just now, a round smiling face, but it was creepy.
A black cat with unpredictable fortunes.
"Lao Hei has been feeding you all along?" Ren Kai asked with a smile.
"I've been feeding it for two years. Have you heard of the Bodhi Temple in the capital?" asked the girl as she played with the black cat.
Ren Kai frowned and snorted. How could he not have heard of it, this temple is only three stops away from the University of Political Science and Law, and when he went to school, his pocket was cleaner than his face, and he was rotten in places like this that do not charge tickets.
"Two years ago, in the spring, when my grandfather was still alive, he took me to the Bodhi Monastery to play chess with Master Tianyun. As soon as I entered the door, Lao Hei jumped into my arms. The master was very surprised at the time, and said that Lao Hei was related to me. So Lao Hei followed me, first to Chuandu, and then to Longcheng. yes, old black. Li Yanan kept rubbing the cat's fat face.
Ren Kai shook his head, looked at the black cat and said, "It stands to reason that the Buddhist family pays attention to the civet cat ring, how can there be such a big cat in the Bodhi Academy?"
The girl looked at him in surprise and said, "This is so unreasonable, which temple does not have stray cats and dogs?
Ren Kai squinted his eyes, smiled at the black cat and said, "Cats have always killed indiscriminately, which is disliked by the Buddhists. There is a Buddhist public case, which tells the story of the high monk Nanquan who killed a black cat on the spot in order to alert the monks. ”
The black cat smiled again, his smile full of mockery and contempt.
"Hate, don't scare the old black, it can understand. Don't be afraid, he's me...... Extremely close friends. Everyone is their own person. The girl looked up at him and bit her lip. Just as he was about to continue, the phone rang.
"Hmm. Well, I'll go over it. The girl reluctantly put down the phone and said to him, "The third brother asked me to go to the city bureau and said that it was about you, and I didn't let you tell you." I'll go check it out and come over in the evening. Lao Hei stayed, don't bully it. Don't bully it. ”
Sending Li Yanan away, Ren Kai looked at Lao Hei for a while, sleepiness hit, and he didn't care about anything else, he lay on the sofa, covered the quilt and fell asleep.
In a trance, he felt that someone was pushing him, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was his wife Zhao Wei, and he was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "When did you come back?"
Zhao Wei's face was pale, and she pulled him and ran outside, saying as she ran, "Hurry up, they all know about you." If you don't leave, you won't be able to go. ”
He tried to struggle, but his body was so sore that he couldn't move. The mouth and nose are more like being immersed in water, almost suffocating.
is at the point of life and death. I heard "Meow." "A cat meow.
After that, all the sights disappeared.
He sat up suddenly, breathing heavily, his heart almost jumping out of his chest, and the sweat on his head was dripping down uncontrollably. It took a long time to calm down.
It was completely dark outside, only a small lamp in the courtyard was on, and the dim light spilled into the room through the glass, making everything in the room look like a thin veil, which looked very strange.
He found his glasses and put them on, but suddenly found that two blue-eyed eyes not far away were looking at him faintly, and he was surprised before he remembered the cat meow just now, smiled bitterly, and said, "Old Hei, your eyes are so beautiful." However, if you are so fat, should you also exercise more? There are rats in this yard, you can go and play with them, you don't need to stay at home all day to keep fat. ”
As if he could understand, Lao Hei "meowed" again.
He listened and muttered to himself, "If you're too fat, you won't be able to find a wife." Could it be a female, waiting for the male cat to come to the door?"
I looked at my phone, it was not yet seven o'clock, but I always felt that I had slept until midnight. There's a bunch of missed calls.
I didn't turn on the light, I sat up and thought about it for a while. Dialing Zhao Wei's phone and calculating the time difference, it was nearly seven o'clock in the morning, so I should have gotten up.
But no one answered the phone for a long time, and he was a little flustered.
It took a few more hits to get through.
"Erbao had a fever last night, and he didn't sleep until the second half of the night. Zhao Wei on the phone was hoarse and full of anxiety.
"Have you seen a doctor?" he said, a little uneasy.
"Look, it's a common cold. There is a private clinic near here, and I am of Chinese descent. The surname is Zhang, and he is a very good person. Zhao Wei was afraid that he would be worried, so she deliberately diverted the topic and said, "Xiao Chai asked me yesterday if I wanted to return to China." Say that one of your classmates has died and that he is going back. There is just a response. Listening to the tone of her voice, there was something tempting.
Ren Kai's eyes narrowed, and after thinking about it, he said, "The situation here is a bit complicated. There are some things that Xiao Chai doesn't know. If he asks you again, you say you can't leave. And ......" He hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "You hold on for another half a year, remember, unless I tell you personally, you will never come back!"
"You...... Is there trouble? Is it dangerous?" the woman heard the clue and panicked.
"As long as you're safe, I'll be fine. He said word by word, his tone a little solemn, "Remember, no matter what others say, you are not allowed to come back." Otherwise, I will surely die!"
The woman was so frightened that she couldn't speak for a long time.
He continued, "There's probably a lot going on lately, and you have to keep your eyes peeled. What if, suppose, something unexpected for me...... Keep your daughter's affairs hidden, and it's best to hide it from her for the rest of your life. Don't be too frugal in life, I have appointed a lawyer to transfer some real estate and shares to your name. What to cry about! Life is sometimes, death is orderly, people are done, and they obey the will of God. Your man only knows how to move forward desperately in this life, and he is about to get close to the truth of the matter, and he will never retreat. The tone was generous and fierce, and Lao Hei was startled, staring at him with green and gloomy eyes.
After a pause, he added, "If I really ...... There really is something wrong. My parents are old, I'm afraid they can't accept it, in case of an accident, my brother will deal with it, and you will definitely not be able to come back. Hear no. As for my brother Ren Hai, he has been very assertive since he was a child, and if I am not there, I am afraid that you will not be able to restrain him. So, all you have to do is take two kids with you. Domestic affairs have nothing to do with you, and you must not come back in your lifetime. "It's not high, but it's unusually resolute.
The other side of the phone was already crying and speechless.
Ren Kai changed his words and smiled softly, "Don't worry." This is only the worst-case scenario, don't you know your husband's temperament? I heard that although the lavender of Toronto is not as good as that of Provence, it also has a different flavor. You won't be disappointed next July. ”
"As soon as you call, you make your mother cry, bad person, don't call in the future!" was the son's voice.
"How are you going to talk to Daddy?" "Apologize quickly!" the woman stopped crying and scolded angrily.
"Hehe, you let your son listen to the phone. Ren Kai smiled.
"Daddy wants to talk to you, if you don't come, sleep alone at night, don't look for me!" the woman threatened.
After a while, I heard a reluctant voice, "Dad." ”
"Child, you're right, it's all bad people who make mom cry! Dad is not around, you are the only man in the family, you have to protect mom and sister. Okay?" Ren Kai said with a smile.
"Hmm. Mom, you come and talk to Dad, and I'll brush my teeth...... He ran. Last night, I watched the video with your mother, and when I saw the child sick, the old man cried for a while, I watched it...... It's better to let them come too, and the family visit visa can stay for six months. The woman said tentatively.
Ren Kai pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it as soon as possible." ”
The two talked for a while before reluctantly hanging up the phone.
Ren Kai sat quietly on the sofa in the dark, pondered for a long time, and called his younger brother, "Erhai, what are you doing?" The music was on on the other side of the phone, and occasionally someone was talking.
"At the gym. "Ren Hai is three years younger than him, but he is not married, and he has a small company in the capital that makes communication equipment.
"Erbao has been sick a lot during this time, and your sister-in-law can't take care of it alone. I want you to take your parents to Toronto for a while. There are benefits. Ren Kai didn't dare to call home directly, he was really afraid of the old man's mouth.
"Huh. What's the benefit? The last time you introduced the order, but I haven't paid back yet. Erhai smiled and squeezed his brother, he understood that his brother often sued some rich people, and his reputation was getting worse and worse, and his own son hated it deeply, and threatened to sever the relationship between father and son many times.
"Jingcheng Cuifu Group, I've heard of it. They were going to replace a batch of surveillance equipment, and I happened to have a classmate who could talk. How about it? You travel abroad for free, and there are big orders coming to your door. How cost-effective?" Ren Kai said with a smile.
"Hahaha. Yes. However, the visa is at least three weeks. Erhai smiled.
"Don't worry about this, I'll arrange it. You take your parents to the capital as soon as possible, and I will entrust someone to handle the formalities. Ren Kai smiled.
"Nothing happened to you, right?" Erhai asked a little suspiciously.
"What can happen to me? Don't think about it. Mom and Dad are also getting older. I haven't been abroad yet, so I just took this opportunity to take a look. Well, that's it. There's too much going on on my side. As soon as possible. Tomorrow, just tomorrow, you just drive them over. Well, I can't forget it. Someone will come to you in a day or two. Just wait and count the bills. He hung up the phone, the smile on his face disappeared, and he fell silent again.
"Buzz" the phone starts vibrating. I looked at it, I don't know, it could be a public phone.
"Mr. Ren, it's me. "It's Ma Ergui.
"Hmm. Is it safe?" Ren Kai said.
"You can rest assured. ”
"Well, let's get things started. Be careful with those around you. ”
"You don't want to think about ......it anymore?"
"Huh. The most taboo thing to do is the two ends of the first rat. ”
"Understood, I'll arrange it. With that, he hung up the phone.
After that, there was silence in the room.
After a while, I heard someone push the door in and say, "I'm sick, I don't turn on the lights at night, I want to scare people to death." ”
Immediately, the lights were bright, as if it were daylight.