Bulwark of Light

Chapter 216 Coward

Zhao Xilai stared at the necklace quietly.

According to the intelligence of the council, Xiao was able to create an extraordinary sealed item... Then this string of necklaces should be made by him. It only needs to be worn for a moment to exile a person's spirit. It is really a terrifying devil's method.

After admitting all this, Zhao Qi felt more relaxed than ever.

He smiled and said, "I have no talent, no courage, nothing. I just want to live a better life."

"This is called selfishness." Zhao Xilai said lightly, "Compared to other people, you are already living a very good life."

He was born with a golden key in his mouth.

From the moment he fell to the ground, he was destined to live a life of luxury.

"Then I want to live a little more selfish." Zhao Qi snorted, his expression unchanged, he held the necklace and said lightly, "Is there any problem?"

The old man looked at his son with disappointment.

"What I did in the Freedom Auditorium...I didn't leave any evidence. All of you are in a dream, and the surveillance in the auditorium is also damaged...No one will know that I did it."

Speaking of this, Zhao Qi raised his head and looked around.

This is a specially customized exclusive ward. With Zhao Xilai's status, there will be no surveillance or cameras in the room.

"Do you really think... this matter can be done seamlessly?"

The old man spoke slowly.

Zhao Qi was taken aback.

"After everything is over, let's go to Beizhou." Zhao Xilai slowly supported his body and sat up. He picked up the teacup on the bedside table, handed it to his son, and signaled that the tea was cold... pour it out for himself.

Zhao Qi, who was haunted by evil intent between his brows, was stunned in place.

Subconsciously, he bent down, took the teacup, replaced his father with new tea, and then brewed it with hot water. He was very skilled in this movement and had practiced it hundreds of times since he was a child.

When he was younger, he always ran around serving tea and water to his father, but his memory of that time was already blurred.

I vaguely remember that my father at that time was not so serious and cold.

"I still have a few friends in Beizhou... The Lin family always keeps their word, and they won't harm you." Zhao Xilai coughed in a low voice, stretched out a hand to cover his lips, his voice became hoarse and weak, "Even if...they look down on you."

When bringing the hot tea to his father, Zhao Qi suddenly remembered what his real purpose of coming to "visit relatives" was.

He didn't want to pretend anymore.

I don't want to hold back anymore.

Regarding the use of the necklace in the Freedom Hall, he knew that he could not hide it from his father, nor could he hide it from that woman... In the end, he was the most redundant existence in this struggle, the prey at the bottom of the biological chain.

He spent the whole night convincing himself that he should live a little more selfishly.

Be more selfish!
Coming here...is to show my father and...prove my "ability".

Maybe it was the devil's bewitchment in his heart that played a role. There was a voice in his heart that kept repeating, asking him to vent his long-standing anger to the world and to those around him who looked down on him!

Use... this necklace!
"Beizhou?"

Zhao Qi tried his best to make his voice sound cold, and sneered with disdain: "Are you kidding, who is going to which place?"

Zhao Xilai took the hot tea, took a sip, and looked at his child with compassion.

did not speak.

it is more than words.

Looking at the face that ignored him, Zhao Qi felt that his fingers began to tremble again. At first he thought it was nervousness, but now he realized...it was anger.

"Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death should not enter Beizhou."

Zhao Xilai said softly, "The fortress doesn't welcome cowards or cowards... The question now is not whether you are willing to go to Beizhou, but whether Beizhou is willing to take you in."

"..."

Zhao Qi silently clasped his fingers together.

"You seem to want to say something."

The old man looked directly at his son, and spoke at a steady pace, "If I'm right, you want to refute me angrily, saying that you are not a coward... If you want to prove it... use this necklace and put it on on my neck."

Zhao Qi thought he heard it wrong, he looked at the old man in disbelief.

"You came to see me today, didn't you have such an idea?" Zhao Xilai stretched out his hand with a smile, motioning Zhao Qi to stand closer, and gently wiped his palm on his neck, saying, "I'm very old. Resist with strength, you put on the necklace for me, and I fell into a deep sleep... Before long, the spirit will be exiled. Using what you just said, this is not called killing."

Zhao Qi looked at his father in a daze, and subconsciously stood a little closer.

"Clap"!
A loud slap made him fall to the ground.

The necklace was thrown from the air and fell to the ground, making a piercing sound of scattering.

Zhao Qi clutched his swollen cheeks, all his energy was awakened by that violent slap.

He raised his head and looked fearfully...but he didn't see the enraged expression on his father's face that he imagined.

"do you know?"

"You have nothing now...just the last bit of conscience left." The old man said softly, "Maybe it's because of timidity, or maybe it's because I protect you so well."

"From the day Nan Zhi publicly opposed the bill, I have been thinking about what I have done and the decisions I have made over the years, which ones are right and which ones are wrong..."

These voices reached Zhao Qi's ears vaguely.

"I have dedicated my whole life to Huaqi, to the building built by Lu Cheng... I don't have the talent like him, and I can only let Huaqi come here in my life." Zhao Xilai murmured, he looked To my children, "A person's energy is limited. If you try your best in your career, you will fail in other aspects..."

Zhao Qi silently held his face and curled up in the corner.

"I have revised the last will. I will hand over this building to Lu Nanzhi, and Cui Zhongcheng will cash out part of the shares to establish a trust fund exclusively for you." The old man calmly said: "If you want to take out that If you are a man, you can stay in Beizhou Fortress for five years. If you don’t become a deserter, and you return to Dongzhou after five years, it will prove...you are not a coward, no Coward, worthy of Lao Tzu's legacy."

"In front of you, there is still a way—"

"kill me."

Zhao Xilai looked down at Zhao Qi, and said coldly: "Use this necklace, or whatever you want...let me sleep forever in this ward. If I die today, then you will have nothing to do with all the inheritance. But Presumably you don't need it anymore, because being able to do such a thing is equivalent to completely losing the last conscience, and in this world, people who completely abandon morality will definitely be able to live well."

"bring it on."

"Make a choice."

Zhao Qi looked at the necklace that fell in front of him, and the whisper of the devil in his heart sounded again. He mustered up the courage to hold the necklace, but found that he couldn't stand up anyway.

All strength was drained.

The flames filling his chest, what he thought was anger... was not actually anger.

It's fear, it's fear, it's struggle.

He covered his head with his hands tightly, knelt on the ground, and finally wept bitterly.

The necklace was held tightly by him.

Then... let go again.

(End of this chapter)