At this time, in the courtyard of the patriarch's house, Xia Ya was sitting in his study, looking at the stack of rice paper full of words placed in front of him with interest.

Steward Zhou stood quietly beside Xia Ya, bowed his head and lowered his hands, and his waist returned to the rickety state it had always been.

"Interestingly, according to what has been recorded above, that bastard boy has indeed not shown any abnormalities in the previous years, and all his behaviors are in line with what an unlearned and unskilled man should be. And when the first real change began, it started yesterday? ”

Putting the rice paper in his hand back on the table, Xia Ya unconsciously tapped back and forth on the table with one hand, and asked at the same time.

"Due to the tight schedule, it is very likely that there will be some omissions in the results collected on an ad hoc basis."

Steward Zhou on the side bowed down and replied.

"If there are omissions, there won't be too many. At least, if that bastard kid really has any abnormal behavior, it will definitely be recorded, over the years, in addition to being powerful at home, he has only caused trouble in Qingyang City, and all the life trajectories are very clear. In addition to being responsible for the security of the family, the blood servant also has certain monitoring responsibilities for the family members, so this content, even if the time is tight, there will be no problem. ”

Xia Ya turned his head to look at Steward Zhou, and continued with a wry smile: "Uncle Zhou, what do you think...... What is Xia Fan, this kid? It's really ashamed to say that I, a father, suddenly found that I didn't know him at all after raising my son for 16 years. ”

"You don't have to feel guilty about this, after all, the whole family has been deceived by him. Even if they are biological fathers and sons, in terms of real distance, they are often inferior to some friends of the same age. ”

Steward Zhou comforted in a loud voice.

He could see that Xia Ya was really remorseful.

Although as the head of the family, Xia Ya's priority is always the interests of the entire family.

But at the end of the day, he is still a father.

"I'm fine, it's fun to know that he actually has his own fortune in his chest, and not as much of a bastard as I remember, I just want to know, what do you think of Xia Fan's performance in the past two days?"

Xia Ya shook his head and repeated his question again.

Steward Zhou's face showed a look of embarrassment, and after a pause, he spoke: "I think the head of the family should have a specific judgment, just want to get confirmation from me to see if your own judgment is correct?" ”

Xia Ya didn't answer, just looked at Steward Zhou and motioned for Steward Zhou to continue.

After Steward Zhou pondered, he continued: "My judgment should be the same as that of the head of the family, in this world, no one will change in essence overnight, unless it is not the same person at all. Any change should be a process of continuous accumulation, and there must be enough prerequisites to form a final result. Therefore, it is impossible for the second young master to undergo such a huge change overnight, unless he is originally such a person, and as for his performance in the previous years, it is just a disguise for self-protection. ”

"That's right, that's what I thought, and ...... The person who can put so much pressure on that bastard kid that he has to disguise and protect himself by defiling himself can only be Junkai. ”

Xia Ya sighed.

"Although this is the only reasonable explanation, the second young master began to show his potential at the earliest, at the earliest, when he was just eight years old, no matter how you think about it, I can't imagine that an eight-year-old child can have such a heavy mind."

After thinking about it, Steward Zhou still said what he couldn't figure out.

No matter how implausible it may seem, as long as it is the only reasonable explanation, then the conclusion is correct. There are many things in this world that cannot be understood with conventional ideas. We have to admit that it is precisely these people or things that cannot be understood with conventional ideas that are the driving force that really drives the world forward. ”

Xia Ya leaned back in his chair, his eyes were a little distracted and he looked in the direction in front of him, and continued with unfocused eyes: "Only the best and the worst will make history, and mediocre people can only reproduce races. And don't forget, Junkai was a full eight years older than that bastard boy, and when that bastard boy was only eight years old, Junkai was already sixteen. Although a person's maturity will be affected by age, the greater influencing factor lies in the environment. I have always been convinced of this. ”

Hearing Xia Ya say this, Steward Zhou also nodded, and then said, "That'...... The eldest young master's ...... Do I need to pay more attention? ”

"No, that bastard boy has endured it for so many years, and now he suddenly can't bear it anymore, obviously he has his own ideas. We just have to watch from the sidelines, and don't get involved in what happens. I can probably guess what that bastard kid is trying to do, but the ass decides the head, and as the patriarch, I can't be emotional about a lot of things. It's not that I can't see Junkai's problem, it's just that in the past time, although one is his own son, he is stubborn, and the other is an adopted son, but after all, he has enough skills, in this case, I must consider the problem from the perspective of the patriarch. ”

Xia Ya looked straight ahead, as if to explain something.

However, this topic is a little sensitive, so Steward Zhou didn't answer, just stood quietly on the side.

"Okay, let's do it first, whether that kid is a dragon or a worm, it's too early to say, just like you said, since it's just if you don't fly, it's just a fly, and it will be impossible for Junkai to stop his footsteps, if a knife wants to be sharp, it needs to be whetstone after all. Though...... Such a statement is not fair to Junkai. ”

Xia Ya stood up as he spoke, turned to look at Steward Zhou beside him and said, "The medicinal materials that that bastard boy won by betting will almost be ready by tonight at the latest." To-morrow take everything you have and give it to him, lest he think that I, a father, don't mean what I say. ”

"Yes."

Steward Zhou bowed down and agreed.

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……

"It's all done?"

When Xia Junkai was practicing the secret technique in his yard rather absentmindedly, he saw Dongzi walking into the courtyard with small steps, and then immediately stopped practicing with no effect at all, and asked.

The mess in the house had already been called on to clean up, but after it was cleaned up, the people in charge of cleaning up had already been re-taken away by Xia Junkai for a reason.

Although he had made up his mind to hire a black hand, Xia Junkai was still a little uneasy.

"Yes, it's already connected, but the killer of the black hand still needs to do some preparation in advance. According to the rules of the black hand, the work of understanding the mission objective that needs to be done before attacking and killing the mission target must be prepared by yourself, and relevant information is not allowed to be obtained from the employer, so as to avoid any subjective problems that may lead to the failure of the mission. ”

Dongzi leaned into Xia Junkai's ear and said softly.

"How long will it take?"

Xia Junkai's breathing was slightly shorter.

"According to the other party, it will not be more than ten days at most."

Fuyuko replied in a deep voice.

"Good!"

Xia Junkai finally breathed a sigh