Chapter 7: The Old Man
Although Xiao Dao has not yet reached the realm of transcendent sanctification of Feng Shui, it is not bad compared to the skills of those so-called Feng Shui powers, so Xiao Dao can easily see the Feng Shui layout of this courtyard, and he obviously feels that this has been carefully arranged by a Feng Shui master, and this Feng Shui master's techniques are still okay, and he can be regarded as a Feng Shui master.
In the induction of the trail, there is at least one Fortune Array, a Breaking Evil Bureau, and a Fertility Formation. Xiaodao slowly sensed the layout of this courtyard, and unintentionally his pace slowed down, and he slowly opened a distance from Liu Yating, Liu Yating also seemed to have something on her mind, and she didn't care about this, only to see her pass through the front yard of the villa and enter the living room of the villa. She wanted to wait for Xiaodao in the living room of the villa, so she took out her phone and looked at something.
Xiaodao opened his eyes slowly, he had no interest in the layout here, just when he wanted to continue walking, he found that there was an old man on the right side of the courtyard who was watering the flowers, but the watering can in his hand had long been out of water, but the old man still maintained the posture of watering, and even the expression on his face still looked like he enjoyed watering the flowers, and his eyes were also looking at the flowers seriously.
Xiaodao walked over and looked at the old man, but he didn't say anything to remind him, just watched silently on the side, and the doubts in his eyes slowly disappeared, just like a child standing on the side obediently. Naturally, the old man found the trail, but he still kept watering the flowers, and even shook the watering can in his hand, and the pot in his hand kept changing positions to ensure that water could be sprayed at every position, as if there was still water in the pot.
"You're a funny kid, don't you think I'm a little weird as an old man? I didn't even bother! ”
The old man looked at Xiaodao with a smile, then nodded again with an appreciative look.
"Why bother! In ancient times, Jiang Taigong fished, and there was no bait on his fishing rod! This only shows that you are as good as him! "As the saying goes, there are thousands of wears, but only sycophants don't wear them. Xiaodao is not a fool, this old man must be a big man in this courtyard, so he directly slapped it with a sycophant.
"You kid, old man, I haven't been praised like this for a long time, and I blushed a little when I said it." Xiaodao still didn't interrupt the old man, but continued to listen in agreement.
"I prefer the process of watering the flowers, but this kind of flowers can't be watered every day, so the old man uses an empty kettle to water the flowers."
After the old man finished speaking, Xiaodao seemed to have realized something, as if he had suddenly realized some philosophy of life.
"Your old words are better than ten years of reading! Let the boy I learn a lot of life truths, it can be said that I have gained a lot! ”
At this time, Xiaodao also looked at the old man, only to see that his eyes were sharp, and at a glance, he knew that he was a decision-maker when he was young, his face was average, it may be the relationship between his age, the momentum of the old man's whole person is the main reason why Xiaodao thinks that he is not simple, because the momentum of this old man can be described as very strong, and it must be caused by being in a high position for a long time.
"Haha! Young man, you are very good, you know how to respect your elders, you know how to listen to people's persuasion, this is already very good, not as impetuous as other young people, old man, I will go back first when I am tired! ”
At this time, Liu Yating, who was waiting for Xiaodao in the living room, found that he hadn't come over yet, so she came out of the living room to look for Xiaodao, and saw Xiaodao standing alone in front of a pot of flowers, and gently patted him on the shoulder.
"What are you doing here in a daze, what did you find?"
"Haha! I just think this pot is beautiful! Let's go! Xiaodao first smiled to hide his embarrassment, and casually found a reason, so he left with Liu Yating.
This time, Liu Yating did not take Xiaodao to the living room, but pulled Xiaodao to a place in the backyard, and waited until Xiaodao sat on the chair before she slowly looked at the flowers in front of her, and said to Xiaodao in a soft voice.
"This is where I lived when I was a child, and I really liked the garden here, not only the beautiful flowers, but also my family, you can see the grass shoots in the spring, you can see the beautiful butterflies in the summer, and you can build a big snowman here when it snows in the winter."
Seeing Liu Yating's slightly reminiscent look, although there was a slight smile on her beautiful face, the light in her eyes was a little dim, Xiaodao knew that she was a little sad at this time, and she must have thought of something sad, which made her feel helpless and could only smile bitterly.
Although he knew that Liu Yating needed his comfort at this time, he would not comfort girls at all, since he was a child, the only woman around him since he was a child was his nurse Aunt Wang, so he didn't know what to say at all, so he could only silently accompany her to reminisce.
"I remember when I was a child, I often sat on that swing" Liu Yating pointed to a little old swing, looking at her appearance, she knew that she really liked that swing when she was a child, and even Xiaodao's mind already had such a picture, a beautiful little girl, while happily smiling in front of the swing, her laughter has been spread far away.
"Yating, did you grow up here? It feels like you have a lot of your childhood here! ”
"When I was younger, I lived here with my mom and dad most of the time, they weren't as busy as they are now, they would play here with me every day, I was really happy at that time, but then suddenly one day my dad started to stop spending time with me and mom, and I couldn't see him a few times a month, and this became a cage for me and mom, and we couldn't leave here, and the reason was just that it was safe. Since then, it's no longer a place I love, even my hell, other kids can go out and play, and I'll be left here alone until I have to go out to school! ”
Liu Yating didn't hide it at all, but told her past in one go, as if she wanted to tell Xiaodao all these past events, or maybe she wanted to find someone to talk about her depression. Without waiting for Xiaodao to say anything, Liu Yating continued to speak.
"I'm here today to prepare to take over some of the affairs of the Liu family, and at the same time I brought you here to let my father take a look at you, although I don't have a good impression of him, but you saved my life after all, he wants to give you some reward, don't take it for nothing, why not, I'll bring you here."
After speaking, Liu Yating got up and tidied up her hair, and her whole state changed all at once, and she could no longer see that kind of sadness, leaving only the familiar coldness and wisdom.
"I'll go find him first, you wait for me here!" Liu Yating looked at the time and left with elegant steps, leaving Xiaodao to sit here alone.
Sure enough, as the world said, a woman's face is like the rain in March, that is to say that change will change, just now it was so pitiful, and suddenly became a cold queen, such a change made Xiaodao a little unacceptable, and he could only shake his head helplessly and recall Liu Yating's words just now.
Compared with Xiaodao's helplessness, Qin Yong was even more miserable, because his face was very ugly at this time, listening to a little brother reporting the results of the investigation, his face was ugly because as he expected, the failure of this operation was very surprising, according to the investigation, before the operation, Liu Yating was just a strange man next to him, and those subordinates in charge of monitoring could be sure that the man was just an ordinary person, and even his body was a little thin, and his face was a little green, looking like a student.
If it was an ordinary boy, how could he defeat those subordinates so easily, this made Qin Yong very angry and angry, he knew very well in his heart, the subordinates in charge of this operation, although they were not masters, but they were also very capable of fighting, how could they be defeated by a student! Isn't this slapping him in the face of Qin Yong.
If the Zhao family knew about this, he would have no face in front of Zhao Gongzi in the future, and even Zhao Gongzi would feel that he didn't pay attention to him, otherwise how could he send a few men who couldn't even beat the students to do this! The more Qin Yong thought about it, the more unsightly his face became, and he didn't even notice that the cigarette in his hand had burned out.
The surrounding little brothers didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that the voice would be discovered by the boss and eventually become his punching bag, so they all just stood together quietly, at this time the whole hall was very quiet, only Qin Yong on the sofa was pressing the cigarette butt in his hand fiercely, as if this was the only way to soothe the anger in his heart, and finally reluctantly dialed Zhao Gongzi's phone, he needed to give the other party an explanation first.
In the conference room in a villa, Liu Yating sat coldly on the side, while several middle-aged men sitting across the table looked at her very unhappily, with an unconvinced look on their faces.
Liu Yating didn't care about these people's eyes at all, as if there was some treasure in the mobile phone, she just looked at the mobile phone in her hand intently, and didn't care about those people at all, which made the atmosphere in this originally very ordinary conference room extremely tense and full of gunpowder, as long as a little spark would explode violently.
A middle-aged man sitting on the throne naturally saw the difference in atmosphere, but he didn't open his mouth but looked at these Liu family members who were not convinced by his daughter with his eyes, he knew what these Liu family members were thinking about in his heart, and they made such statements for their own selfishness, and completely ignored the interests of the Liu family.
The only one in the entire Liu family who is suitable to take over the Liu family's business is the cold daughter in front of him, not only he sees this, but even the old man who has long let go of family affairs also thinks so, but this is the same as his daughter, and she will spend the rest of her life busy, as a father, he also wants to let his daughter live a little easier, but the Liu family in front of him is no longer available, and he can't hand over the economic lifeline of the entire Liu family to outsiders!
Just now he received the news that his woman was attacked, which made him even more angry, the Liu family had just chosen a successor, and someone could not sit still and started to do it, if the other party succeeded, then he didn't dare to imagine it at this moment, thinking of this, he was even more angry, only to see him suddenly tap the table with his thumb.
The sound of knocking and knocking broke the original quiet atmosphere of the conference room, attracting the attention of everyone present, the contemporary head of the Liu family looked at them with a cold face, he Liu Guojun has taken over the Liu family for more than ten years, and he has never been so angry, and he forced his daughter to take over the Liu family's business, and as these Liu family members who are protected, they are still chirping here to express their dissatisfaction.
"Just a few hours ago, Yating was kidnapped by unknown people, but as a father, I still want her to continue to take over our Liu family's business at the risk of threats. Any idea why I'm doing this? Although its voice was not very loud, it was extremely majestic, and its voice echoed in the empty conference room, and everyone present was silent after just a few words.
"Because your sons and daughters are rubbish, would I have to do that? Why don't you come and tell me, which of you can take over the Liu family, and you can help your group of people manage this huge business empire, as long as the old man agrees, I will let it go now, and one by one I will know how to enjoy and be gentle, if they take over the Liu family, we will soon be able to drink the northwest wind! ”
At this time, Liu Guojun had already stood up, pointing at those middle-aged people with his fingers, and his eyes were also looking at them one by one, what kind of virtue their children had, he knew very well in his heart, although there were also a few juniors who had good minds and scheming, but they were all looking like they were only responsible for the family business and did not want to take care of the family business, and those core figures of the Liu family were also very clear in their hearts on this point. They just want to be able to get a little more benefits, and they won't really turn their faces with Liu Guojun.
This is also a characteristic of the Liu family, they respect the head of the family from the bones, no matter how infighting they are, they will not turn their faces with the head of the family, this is also something that other families do not have, and it is also the reason why the Liu family has not been separated, and it is the main reason why the Liu family stands in today's Huaguo, the Liu family can unify with the outside world at any time and hit the enemy head-on.
Seeing that everyone was red-faced, the anger in his heart was extinguished, and he slowly sat down again, and said with his hands lightly on the table.
"What do you think about finding out who is going to do it to my daughter and make him pay a terrible price?"
The whole conference room fell into silence again, those Liu family members are all you look at me, I see you don't talk anymore!
"Yating took over Liu's business, what else do you have to say?"
As soon as this remark came out, no one dared to object, if someone objected at this time, it would be equivalent to admitting that it was his hand against Yating, which was also a strategy of Liu Guojun, he expected that no one would object again, otherwise the old man would not let him go.
The people present are also the core members of the Liu family, they naturally understand the character of Liu Guojun and the old man, and it is okay to fight inwardly, but if someone dares to hurt the baby Liu Yating in their hearts, then even the old man will personally kick him out of the Liu family, so how dare anyone oppose it at this time, they even tried their best to prove that this matter has nothing to do with them.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Liu Guojun's heart was relieved, at this moment the door was opened from the outside, and an old man walked in slowly from the door, his body was a little weak and he didn't walk very smoothly, but even so, everyone here stood up all at once, and this time even Liu Yating stood up. The old man didn't pay attention to everyone, but walked straight to Liu Yating and patted Liu Yating's shoulder with a smile.
"I'll work hard for you in the future, Yating, grandpa knows that you have no intention of fighting for this position, but unfortunately, these uncles of yours have no ability, and they can't educate a person like you, grandpa can't ignore them, regardless of the Liu family! I'm sorry for you! The old man said this with guilt on his face, and reluctantly turned away.
However, the old man's words have been like a hammer, finalizing Liu Yating's takeover of Liu's business, everyone saw that the situation had been decided, and this family meeting ended here, Liu Yating looked at the old man's departing figure with a bitter face, and also turned around and prepared to leave.
"Yating, you wait first, I still have something to talk to you about." Liu Guojun walked in front of Liu Yating, although his eyes were full of love for his daughter, and even some guilt, but he suddenly didn't know how to get along with his daughter.
"What's the matter? What you asked me to do, I have promised! Liu Yating said coldly, looking at her cold appearance, she knew that she had a lot of dissatisfaction hidden in her heart, she also wanted to live a little easier, she didn't want to take over the family's affairs, although she had promised her father, but there was still a lot of dissatisfaction in her heart, not only his decision this time, but also the fact that he didn't care about himself and his mother before.
"I know you have a lot of resentment in my heart, and this time I didn't want you to forgive your father, but I have already seen the person who saved you, and even your grandfather has a good impression of him, if he really has some ability, you might as well keep him by your side to protect your safety."
Liu Guojun looked at Liu Yating a little cautiously, for fear that she would annoy herself even more, this is really the sadness of being a father! At this time, Liu Yating was also silent, as if she was thinking about this problem, this time this father's suggestion was quite in line with her heart, as far as Liu Yating was concerned, she also wanted Xiaodao to stay, after all, she was still very chatty with him, and Xiaodao had a sense of mystery, which also attracted Liu Yating's curiosity about him.
Seeing his daughter's appearance, he naturally knew what she was thinking, Liu Guojun also smiled slightly, his smile was a little bitter, the woman couldn't help it, it seems that it is necessary to investigate this kid named Zhang Xiaodao, it seems that his daughter must have a little affection for him! It's just that who knows the bitterness in the heart, and who knows the helplessness of a father!