Li Qi frowned, sleepily took the small box in front of him, and his pupils constricted!

He subconsciously wanted to get up, but when he saw his wife who was still sleeping next to him, he exhaled a breath of turbidity and got dressed lightly.

After packing up, he stuffed the small box into the briefcase he carried with him, went into the kitchen and spent twenty minutes preparing a loving breakfast for a family of three.

As always, it was as if the locket had never appeared.

But when he walked to the balcony and looked at the glass quietly placed next to the bonsai, the whole person couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Li Qi is a typical "phoenix man".

Growing up in a rural area that had not yet been zoned to the suburbs, Li Fugui was not a few years older than him at that time, and he spent all day in the village fighting chickens and dogs.

And in the family lineage, his family conditions can be called the worst. His father died early, and the burden of the family was on his mother alone.

The children of the poor are in charge of the family early, and Li Qi is no exception, he has longed for knowledge to change his destiny since he was a child. Therefore, under limited conditions, he studied harder than anyone else.

However, he was a little luckier than Li Xiao because his efforts were rewarded. He was admitted to Seven Cities University of Political Science and Law with the first place in the school, and the tuition fee was borne by the family, so there was no need to worry.

And the person in the family who bears the tuition fee is Li Fugui, who is despised outside and earns dead money.

After graduating, he started from the grassroots level and climbed up step by step. It may be said that he needs to thank Li Fugui, who is gradually getting bigger, for giving him a steady stream of financial security.

But then again, why is Li Fugui willing to spend a lot of money on him?

Li Fugui gave him a greater opportunity, but didn't he provide the Li family with preferential policy treatment that the Li family could not enjoy at all?

In between, it's hard to talk about who owes whom. Everyone is just an extra layer of bloodline protection, and they work together in this society.

Li Qi stared out the window blankly, if it was in the past, he would never consider the relationship with Li Fugui. In his opinion, everyone is just grasshoppers tied to a rope, and at most they have their own division of labor.

But the small box on the bedside table made him really scared. He was afraid that most of his life's struggle would come to naught. He was afraid that the happy family he had now would be gone.

After stabilizing his mind a little, he gently pushed his wife, who had not fully woken up, and said softly: "Wife, it's time to get up, Xiao An still has to go to school!" If you don't get up again, breakfast is cold! ”

When his wife sat up, rubbed her eyes and looked unhappy. Li Qi, who has been an old husband and wife for more than ten years, has never said a few times I love you, and stepped forward to hug his wife into his arms.

whispered in her ear: "Wife, love you!" ”

The stunned wife didn't react at all, what kind of wind did her husband smoke early in the morning.

Li Qi walked into the children's room again and looked at the crystallization of his love with his wife, the baby son of the two. scraped the bridge of Xiao An's nose, imitating the voice of the cartoon villain Urn and said angrily: "Little Piggy, if you don't get up, I'll eat you!" ”

It is hard to imagine that Li Qi, who always takes his work seriously in the unit, will look like this at home.

Xiao An opened his eyes and saw Li Qi teasing him, and shouted crisply: "Dad!" ”

A "Dad" touched the softness in the deepest part of Li Qi's heart, and Li Qi, who was already pressing things in his heart, reluctantly squeezed out a smile: "Dad is going to work!" ”

Getting up and going out, the elevator stopped in the underground parking lot.

Li Qi took the car keys and sat on an old Jetta that was less than sixty percent new and at least seven or eight years old.

He didn't rush to start the car, it was still early to go to work, he slowly lowered the window and lit a cigarette left by a colleague in the car.

Su Yan, who has always been known for his elegant and sufficient aroma, soft and plump smoke, and comfortable and clean taste, inhaled Li Qi's lungs, and he still couldn't help coughing twice.

Basically, they do not smoke, and do not drink alcohol or enter business establishments except for necessary work and entertainment. He can be called a model of a new good man, and he also needs to smoke a cigarette to relieve the depression in his heart at this time.

turned on his mobile phone and saw a long list of Li Fugui's missed calls, and to be honest, the idea of tying him to death again was already a little shaken in his heart.

After thinking about it for a while, he didn't call back, but chose to make a phone call to the upper leaders of his faction, and decided to probe the situation before making a decision.

"Hey, leader, good morning!"

In front of the leader, Li Qi will always be the fledgling full of excitement. Silly boy of love.

"Alas, Xiao Li, I was just about to call you, and you will call by yourself at this time."

The leader sighed, and there was an inexplicable smell in his words.

Li Qi had a hunch in his heart that was obviously not very good: "What's the matter, leader." Whatever you command, thou shalt command! ”

"Xiao Li, the matter is still about Li Fugui. This one, it's very hanging. ”

Hearing this, Li Qi instantly sat up straight: "Leader, you say." ”

"I don't know if you watched TV this morning, Li Fugui's family history has been made into a twenty-minute feature. The people above attach great importance to this matter, and the people from the General Administration of Public Security will also rush to the Chengbei Branch today to command and supervise the battle on the spot. ”

The leader paused slightly and asked, "Xiao Li, do you know what this means?" ”

Li Qi frowned and responded, "Well, I know the leader." ”

He didn't expect things to turn out so badly. At present, the TV in the seven cities can receive a total of such a main station in the seven cities, in addition to the five local sub-stations in the southeast, northwest, and central regions. The network is intermittent, and the computer can only play stand-alone games in most cases, and even watching dramas is enough.

Watching TV has become the only pastime for ordinary people after tea and dinner, and the main station of Seven Cities has naturally become the most trafficked.

The population of the seven cities already exceeds 10 million, and after the rural areas in the north of the city are included in the suburbs, the population is even closer to a staggering 15 million.

The millions of viewers every day just happened to be stuck in the morning news file, which is the time period that attracts the most attention from leading cadres. He knew that the Li family had been completely cold.

"Xiao Li, people are always faced with choices, and sometimes it is not impossible for a strong man to break his wrist!"

The leader mentioned it immediately.

"Leader, I have been tied to Li Fugui for many years, this is an open secret! I just want to get out, and it's not that easy! ”

Li Qi said very angrily.

After the leader was silent for a while, he said earnestly: "People will not be too smooth in this life, you are not arrogant or impatient in good times, and you should also be orderly in bad times." There are some things to put away, at least you can still have a hot kang head with your wife and children, right? ”

"Okay, thank you, leader, I understand."

Li Qi held his breath in his heart, but he had nowhere to release it, so he could only press the fire and reply.

After ending the call, Li Qi called several of the Li family's connections one by one, but none of them answered.

Like Li Qi, who had been drained of his strength, he leaned heavily on the seat, and the mobile phone in his hand tried to dial Li Fugui's number several times, but he held back again.

In the end, I could only edit a text message and send it over: "Brother Li, I tried my best." ”

Less than three minutes.

Li Fugui replied to Li Qi's text message: "Okay, they will ask you." ”

There is no complaining, no accusation, some are just like the orphans before they die.

Li Qi, who received the reply, lay on the steering wheel and cried like a child.