The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, and the festival activities during the New Year will also reach a ** on this day.

When night falls, the streets and alleys are lit up with lights, and people light up 10,000 lanterns, and take their relatives and friends out to enjoy the lanterns, visit the flower market, set off fireworks, and celebrate the Lantern Festival with singing and dancing.

Just like the night of the thirtieth night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Qin family courtyard was brightly lit, and all the members of the Qin family led by Qin Hongshan gathered together.

The only difference from the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve is that on the night of the Lantern Festival, Pei Wufu was not there, and only Pei Donglai was alone.

"Come from the east, since your father dares to go abroad to fight, he is naturally sure of victory."

At the main table, Qin Hongshan saw that Pei Donglai was a little absent-minded, and opened his mouth to comfort: "Although as of now, your father has not sent back the news, but we are six hours ahead of the time in Africa, and it is only afternoon on the African side, so you don't have to worry, come, let's drink." ”

"Hmm."

Pei Donglai smiled far-fetched, he knew that the reason why Qin Hongshan entertained himself as ceremoniously tonight as the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve was that Qin Hongshan could not snub himself because Pei Wufu was not there, thus causing himself and the lame man to resent the Qin family again, and more importantly, Qin Hongshan calculated that he would send news to himself after the lame competition, and wanted to know the first-hand news.

Similarly, Pei Donglai also knew that the time in Yanjing was six hours earlier than that in Africa, but ...... For some reason, he always had a feeling of restlessness.

Like mooncakes, tangyuan represents family reunion.

After the dinner, the daughters-in-law of the Qin family served hot rice balls. Pei Donglai didn't have the slightest feeling of reunion, on the contrary, the worry in his heart became stronger and stronger, so that his brows quietly furrowed.

Not only Pei Donglai, but even Qin Hongshan and Qin Zheng, who had comforted Pei Donglai in turn, were also silent.

The silence is because as time passes, a bad feeling also emerges in their hearts - the current Qin family has put all their chips on the Pei family's father and son. If something happens to Pei Wufu, the future of the Qin family will change accordingly, then. Even if the Qin family, with decades of heritage, can guarantee that the foundation will not be damaged, but if they want to go to the next level. It's equivalent to an idiot talking in a dream.

Sensing that Pei Donglai's brows were getting tighter and tighter, Qin Dongxue quietly held Pei Donglai's hand under the table, trying to comfort and encourage Pei Donglai in this way.

Feeling Qin Dongxue's comfort, without waiting for Pei Donglai to say something, without waiting for Qin Hongshan to announce that everyone would eat rice balls, the middle-aged man who reported to Qin Hongshan on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve that Ye Gucheng and Dracula appeared appeared at the door of the hall again.

The middle-aged man is Qin Hongshan's personal bodyguard, and he is also the absolute elite of Zhongnanhai's bodyguards, known as the inner guard!

"Huh!"

Seeing the middle-aged man appear, everyone in the lobby couldn't help but look at it.

Among them, Qin Hongshan, Qin Zheng and other core members of the Qin family seemed to realize something. His brows furrowed quietly, and the light in his eyes flickered, while the other people in the Qin family who had poor sensitivity did not know why.

Compared with core members such as Qin Hongshan and Qin Zheng, Pei Donglai's brows were furrowed even tighter, so that he formed a 'Sichuan' shape.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

Time. There was silence in the lobby, so quiet that you could clearly hear the slight footsteps of the Zhongnanhai bodyguard.

Soon, under the gaze of everyone, the Zhongnanhai bodyguard walked straight to Qin Hongshan's side and leaned over like the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve. lowered his voice and reported, "Chief, there is news from the dragon's tooth that Pei Wufu died abroad. ”

For Qin Hongshan, on the one hand, he invited Pei Donglai to the courtyard, so that he could learn the results of the 'Peak Battle' from Pei Donglai as soon as possible, and on the other hand, through his own identity and status, he let his personal bodyguard keep in touch with the dragon's tooth side at any time, and report it immediately once there is a result.

Before, after seeing the middle-aged man appear, Qin Hongshan had a very strong bad feeling in his heart - in his opinion, if Pei Wufu won, Pei Donglai should get the news as soon as possible.

In such a situation, he was somewhat mentally prepared for the result of 'Pei Wufu's accident'.

And yet—

Rao was like this, when he heard the news, his pupils instantly widened, and an emotion called surprise froze on his face.

"Huh!"

Because his hearing was far beyond ordinary people, although the voice of the Zhongnanhai bodyguard was small, Pei Donglai could hear it clearly, and he saw his face change suddenly, and then suddenly stood up from his seat, and asked with a face full of disbelief: "You...... What did you say? ”

In the face of Pei Donglai's questioning, the Zhongnanhai bodyguard did not say anything, but Qin Hongshan took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and said in a complicated tone: "I just got the news that your father died abroad. ”

Whoop -

Qin Hongshan's words were as if a bombshell had been dropped in the lobby, causing the originally quiet lobby to be chaotic in an instant.

Everyone's eyes widened: Pei Wufu is dead?!

"Impossible!"

Pei Donglai's voice sounded in the lobby again, as if he was greatly stimulated, he didn't think about it, and yelled directly.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

The voice fell, and the sound of the phone vibrating sounded.

"There's no way something could happen to the cripple!"

Sensing the vibration of the mobile phone in his pocket, Pei Donglai seemed to be extremely excited as if he had returned to heaven from hell, and took out his mobile phone as he spoke.

The next moment.

Pei Donglai's pupils widened!

Because......

What is displayed on the mobile phone screen is not a foreign number, nor a satellite phone, but Ji Hong's mobile phone number.

And since Pei Wufu left, Pei Donglai instructed Ji Hong and Jason, the leader of the Satan Mercenary Group, to pay attention to and collect Pei Wufu's news at all times, and the two have not reported to Pei Donglai, but now Ji Hong is calling at this critical moment!

"Whew...... Whew......"

Pei Donglai took a few quick breaths, then swallowed a mouthful of spit, held his breath, and pressed the answer button with a slight trembling right hand.

"Donglai, just received information from the intelligence organization. Pei...... Uncle Pei, he died in Africa. The phone was connected, Ji Hong did not tease Pei Donglai as before, and his tone was unusually low.

Groov!

Hearing the news of Pei Wufu's death again, Pei Donglai's heart felt as if it had been cut by a sharp blade, and he shook violently, followed by a piercing pain.

Under the light, his face instantly turned as white as paper. His body was also shaking uncontrollably.

Although Qin Hongshan and the others didn't know who called, and although they didn't know what the other party said on the phone, they ...... See Pei Donglai's performance. They can basically be sure that the owner on the other end of the phone is reporting Pei Wufu's death to Pei Donglai!

"You...... Where did you get the news? Is the message accurate? Has it been confirmed?? ”

Later, under the gaze of Qin Hongshan and others, Pei Donglai asked Ji Hong on the other end of the phone with an excited expression. It seems that he didn't believe that Pei Wufu would die at all!

"The news was obtained from a very authoritative intelligence organization abroad." On the other end of the phone, Ji Hong bit her red lip tightly and replied as soon as possible, "I just care about reporting to you, and I haven't had time to confirm it with other major intelligence organizations." ”

"Didn't confirm what you were reporting nonsense? Check it out now! When Pei Donglai heard this, his eyes were red, and he shouted in a deep voice.

"Okay."

In terms of understanding Pei Donglai alone, Ji Hong is better than Qin Dongxue - she knows that Pei Donglai, who has always been calm and calm in trouble, suddenly became inexplicably excited, all because Pei Wufu is too heavy in Pei Donglai's heart...... It's too heavy!

The next moment.

Including Qin Hongshan. All the members of the Qin family clearly saw that Pei Donglai hung up the phone with a pale face and trembling, and then took out a satellite phone that was extremely rare on the market and tried to dial a number, but he was too excited. I pressed the wrong button every time.

"Donglai, don't worry, Uncle Pei will be fine."

Qin Dongxue stretched out her hand and grabbed Pei Donglai's left hand, trying to give Pei Donglai comfort and support in this way.

"Whew~"

Feeling the comfort from Qin Dongxue, Pei Donglai let out a deep sulk. Force yourself to calm down and dial Jason's number directly from your satellite phone.

"Instructor Jason, I just heard that my father died in Africa, is the news true?" The phone was connected, and Pei Donglai was the first to speak, although he had tried extremely hard to control his emotions, but ...... There was still an indelible worry in his tone, so much so that his voice trembled faintly.

"Yama, the news should be true."

Because Jason knew that the stakes were high, he didn't call Pei Donglai a 'kid' as before, but called out Pei Donglai's code name in the Satan mercenary group, "I received the news five minutes ago, and then used all channels to verify the authenticity of the news, and the results were the same from several major intelligence organizations - your father was besieged by Odin and other top ten powerhouses on the god list on Uhuru Peak, your father was killed in battle, and Odin and others were all seriously injured!" ”

The cripple died?

Lame...... Lame person...... He's really dead?!

"Wow~"

Pei Donglai was shaken, his right hand shook suddenly, and the satellite phone fell off directly from his hand.

"Bang!"

The satellite phone slammed on the dining table with a crisp sound.

Under the light, Pei Donglai didn't seem to hear it, his body stiffened in place, his face was full of horror, and his eyes were red and he looked ahead.

Just stared blankly......

Like a sculpture.

Meanwhile.

"Division...... Master, is Uncle Pei really dead? ”

In the Purple Garden Villa in the East China Sea, Ji Hong, who sent someone to verify the authenticity of the news according to Pei Donglai's instructions, asked with a little disbelief at the lonely wind shadow in a white robe.

Without answering, Lonely Wind Shadow stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with his hands in his hands, his face complicated, and his ears kept echoing what Pei Wufu said to him that day.

"Back then, before she died, Wanqing told me that she wanted Donglai to stay away from strife and live like an ordinary person, so I kept my name incognito for 18 years."

"Later, I found out that Donglai was unwilling to be an ordinary person, so I asked him several times, and he finally chose the current path, which made me change my decision."

"A strong man is far stronger than his peers, but he also has a fate that must be borne - since he has chosen the path of the strong, then he must not only have strong strength, but also have the heart of a strong man, and also carry the mission of the strong!"

"There are some things that he does more appropriately than I do."

"It's just...... The food had to be eaten in one bite, and the road had to be walked step by step - he had just started on the road...... Takeo, I don't believe you're dead. ”

In the quiet hall, the lonely wind shadow slowly spoke, as if answering Ji Hong, and as if talking to himself. (To be continued)