In the silence of the hospital room, only the life-sustaining apparatus kept making monotonous sounds, and the old and withered man on the hospital bed puffed out his chest with difficulty, and slowly began to breathe hoarsely.

Silently, the old man woke up from his slumber, slowly opened his eyes, and saw the oxygen mask covering his mouth and nose again, as well as his son and subordinates with sad faces at the head of the bed.

Cloudy eyes looked around at their expressions, and after a long time, the old man smiled self-deprecatingly under the oxygen mask and whispered hoarsely, "Azai." ”

Half of his body was wrapped in bandages, and the silent man silently squeezed out of the crowd and squatted at the head of his bed: "Big brother, I'm here." ”

Looking at that resolute and sad face, the old man smiled bitterly and whispered: "I'm ...... Dying? ”

Wei Zai lowered his head, didn't dare to look at those cloudy eyes anymore, and didn't want to admit this fact, until a long time later, he let out a hoarse voice: "Hmm." ”

"Oh, that's right." The old man smiled clearly: "I said how come people are so complete, what about the wealth and performance?" ”

Wei Zai turned his head and glanced at it and said, "In the back." ”

"Where's Zijin?"

"It's not here yet, it's coming."

"Oh." The old man pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "I'm going to die anyway, take off this oxygen mask for me, it's weird and uncomfortable to wear." ”

Wei Zai was stunned for a moment, and was about to say something, but under the gaze of those cloudy pupils, he couldn't say anything.

Looking at his hesitant look, the old man made another voice: "Pick up all the things and help me up." ”

Even if there was no angry order, there was a majesty and arrogance in his voice that never faded: "Even if I die, I don't want to die in such a ridiculous place." ”

Wei Zai looked at those eyes blankly, gritted his teeth after a long time, stood up and helped the old man remove the infusion tube and oxygen mask on his arm, and then helped the old man to almost weightless body.

"It's so much more comfortable." Li Xingsheng laughed in a low voice with difficulty: "Put me in front of the window, I want to shine a light." ”

Wei Zai's eyes were red and he nodded vigorously.

Gently put the old man's aging body on the chair, and the breeze blowing in the door made the old man cough almost unstoppable, and his breathing was difficult and painful.

Wei Zai covered the old man's thin body with two layers of clothes, and under the sunlight, the old man's decrepit face became more and more pale, and his breathing was so weak that it seemed to be cut off at any time, but he always maintained it with difficulty and stubbornness, refusing to die.

"It's warm." Li Xingsheng narrowed his eyes lightly and whispered, "It's strange, I haven't been so easy for many years." ”

"After so many years in a dark place, I almost forgot what it was like to be in the light."

He muttered in a low voice, leaned back in his chair, and suddenly laughed: "I really want to live for two more years, I really can't rest assured." ”

Behind him, Wei Zai lowered his head, the burly man could no longer suppress the sadness in his heart.

Li Xingsheng smiled and said in a low voice: "Ah Zai, you have been with me for nine years, right?" It's almost forty this year, right? ”

Wei Zai replied: "It's eight years, and it's Chinese New Year's Eve six." ”

Li Xingsheng smiled, closed his eyes, and whispered: "Thirty-six, you haven't started a family yet, thank you for your hard work." ”

"This is what my master and I owe you." Wei Zai lowered his head, and his voice was a little hoarse: "It's just that I'm afraid it looks like it's no longer clear now." ”

"Hehe, then let's owe it first." Li Xingsheng said in a low voice: "When I die, look at those three little guys, which one is pleasing to the eye, it will be returned to whom." ”

Wei Zai was silent for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

"It's a pity, I really want to see Zijin marry a good man." Li Xingsheng laughed in a low voice: "It seems that I can't catch up with ......"

In the silence, he suddenly made a difficult voice: "Yefeng, performance, are you there?" ”

Hurried and panicked footsteps sounded, and the two middle-aged men stood in front of their father with red eyes, but they didn't know what to say.

The pair of cloudy pupils looked at the void in front of him suspiciously, and Li Xingsheng groped with difficulty: "Closer, I can't see your ...... anymore"

Holding back the urge to cry, Li Chengcheng knelt in front of his father, held his hand, and replied in a choked voice: "Dad, we are here, we are all here." ”

"That's good, it's good to be here."

Li Xingsheng smiled with difficulty, clenched his son's hand hard, and gasped with difficulty: "Do you hate me?" ”

Shaking his head vigorously, Li Chengcheng couldn't help choking his voice, and replied with tears: "Don't hate, don't hate at all." ”

Gently holding the old palms, Li Yefeng cried silently, he never hated his father, never.

"That's great." Li Xingsheng smiled hard and tried his best to make a hoarse voice: "I never said it...... Actually, you're doing a good job...... It's been good. ”

As if hearing the sound of panicked footsteps in the distance, and the familiar voice, he turned his head with the last of his strength and saw the vague but familiar figure.

At the last moment, his cloudy eyes seemed to travel through time, and he seemed to see the tearful girl again, and laughed in a low voice.

At that moment, the weak heartbeat finally stopped abruptly, and it never beat again.

And this man, who once dominated the gray world of Shangyang for nearly forty years, left a relieved smile at the last moment.

Li Xingsheng, self-made for 30 years, has been a cattle, a horse and a lackey; has been in charge of the dragon head for 40 years, and the people and the Yama Bodhisattva also deserve it; I have heard the best plays, prostitutes the prettiest prostitutes, brothers who have entrusted their lives, and I have also seen villains who fall into the well.

Seventy years of ups and downs, ups and downs in the world.

Since then, he has passed away with a smile.

Outside the door, the wheezing Li Zijin looked at the old man blankly, and he left a last smile in the sun, relieved and relieved.

As if she had lost her last strength in an instant, she staggered back two steps, almost falling to the ground, but was helped up by Zhou Li's palm.

As if only the last support was left, she covered her mouth so hard that a hoarse scream came out of her throat.

Zhou Li held the body that had lost its strength, felt the vague whimper in her heart, and her mood was gloomy, and she wanted to say something, but listening to her sorrowful voice, she didn't know how to say it.

The only thing I could do was to squeeze her cold palms and share the sorrow that flowed in her blood.

…… The Li family is coming to an end.

After Zhao Xin'an received the news of Li Xingsheng's death, he finally understood that this wave that was about to sweep the entire Shangyang was about to begin.

Pressed on everyone's heads, King Li Yan, who had made all those who dared to rise up all these years float in the stinky ditch, was dead, like a thousand pounds of boulder moved away from everyone's hearts, making them breathe a sigh of relief at the same time, the ambition could no longer be stopped.

Shangyang's shipping, fishing, smuggling, and direct flow along the sea route from abroad in these years? Powder, pills, smugglers with pipes and human trafficking, and all the security management fees paid by the site every month...... and even commercial logistics, construction, food.

Black, white, gray, even if one of these things is proposed, it is enough to make everyone's eyes go crazy, and they will break their heads.

And now, the only shadow that stands in their way has begun to crumble and fall apart with Li Xingsheng's death.

The trees fell and scattered, the walls fell and everyone pushed them, even if Li Xingsheng had made all the preparations for what happened after his death, he couldn't stand too many people who wanted to reach out.

Everyone will not just be a spectator, this will be a big cake that everyone can not give up, if you want to take it, it depends on whose hand is fast, whose hand is black, and whose hand is bigger.

Smoking a cigarette in silence, Zhao Xinan couldn't help but murmur in a low voice: "Shangyang, it's going to start chaos." ”

In the midst of all these confusions, he suddenly thought of the woman he couldn't ask for, and suddenly thought of her smile that made his heart flutter.

I'm afraid that in the next few days, this fox that everyone in the Shangyang business world is vaguely afraid of will also fall from the clouds with the collapse of the 'Xingsheng Society', right?

What will you do? Li Zijin...... This time, after losing the backstage, I'm afraid you're going to fall into this huge whirlpool and can't save yourself, right?

If the Li brothers can't support it in this storm and collapses completely...... I'm afraid Li Zijin will also be in danger. People in the Tao never care about benevolence and morality, and a beautiful woman is enough reason.

What's more, is it such a woman who makes people itch when they think about it? I'm afraid that many people have now set their eyes on her who used to be smoky and flattering, cunning and shrewd like a fox.

What do you do next? You're helpless. No one can save you.

Zhao Xin'an flicked the ashes on the cigarette roll, suddenly tightened his five fingers, and crushed the cigarette roll in his hand, it was at that moment that he finally figured it out.

That's right, only I can save you! It's just me!

In an instant, he threw the cigarette out of the car window, started the engine, and sped away in the direction of the hospital, ignoring the red lights and the city.

Li Zijin...... No matter what, you will belong to me, and you will belong to me!

With such determination, he stepped on the accelerator, and then at that moment, he saw a lost woman with her head hanging in the car window passing by, it was ...... - Li Zijin?

…… Sitting in the driver's seat, Zhou Li started the engine, turned his head to look at the silent woman beside him, and asked in a low voice, "Where to go?" ”

As if he couldn't wait to escape from this place, Li Zijin lowered his head and tried to say in a calm tone: "It's okay anywhere." ”

Zhou Li couldn't help but turn his head to look at the hospital behind him, and said, "Where they are, is it okay?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he had said something stupid, how could she care what those people thought? The only person she cared about was dead. It was like a fox longing for freedom who had lost her last rope, but instead of feeling happy, she was sad and hesitant.

Raising his reddened eyes, Li Zijin endured the tremor in his throat and told him in a low voice: "Go ahead, or go down." ”

"Okay." Zhou Li sighed and nodded, starting the engine. The black sedan let out a low roar and whizzed out of the hospital's parking lot as it began to make its aimless progress along the city's main road.

(To be continued)