Game within game: chess player

Ye Fang understood that this was a negotiation between him and Ma Zhengping. Ye Fang did not have to bear the legal consequences for Ma Guoqing's death, but he had to bear emotional and moral responsibilities. In a sense, Ma Guoqing was indeed To shield himself from the knife.

What is discussed at the negotiation table is not feelings, relationships, or circles. Don’t talk about feelings with people who are stronger than you or with people who are richer than you. Rich people don't talk about feelings, only about value, so Ye Fang needs to know where his bargaining chip is in Ma Zhengping's eyes. What is discussed at the negotiation table is always strength and value.

Ma Zhengping looked at Ye Fang with approval and said in a calm tone, "You must be wondering why today's funeral is so small. It's because I didn't announce the funeral at all. I just said that I went to study abroad during the National Day. I won’t be returning to China in the near future. Everyone involved in this matter has paid the price. All those little friends on National Day were sent abroad, and they will not be allowed to return to China within 20 years. Anyone who dares to leak the National Day incident will be punished by their whole family. Go to Africa and eat dirt. The boy who revealed your whereabouts during the National Day is now in a vegetative state. Their entire family has moved out of the capital after the Chinese New Year and is never allowed to come back."

After listening to Ma Zhengping's words, Ye Fang couldn't help but be surprised by Ma Zhengping's methods. In just a few days, Ma Guoqing and his younger brothers paid a heavy price, and expelling a family from Beijing was just a matter of words.

"I've had people investigate you. It's not easy for you to earn this kind of wealth from nothing at a young age. From this point of view, I admire you very much. If I could have one-tenth of your wealth during the National Day, I wouldn't have such an end. Even so. National Day is alive now, and I will not hand over the Ma family's inheritance to him in the future. Now my son has died for you, so you have to compensate me." After speaking, Ma Zhengping looked at Ye Fang to see his attitude.

"Mr. Ma, what do you mean by this?" Ye Fang asked in surprise.

"I will adopt you as my adopted son. If your first child is a son, it will be in the name of National Day. In other words, I want you to give me a grandson to continue my bloodline!" Ma Zhengping said slowly.

"What?! This... this won't work." Ye Fang stood up from the sofa and said bluntly.

"Why doesn't it work?" Ma Zhengping asked.

"There is no problem with being your adopted son, but with the child..." Ye Fang always felt that there was something wrong with the whole thing, but he couldn't figure it out. He just intuitively told himself that there must be something wrong with it.

"If there are no children, there is no point in me accepting you as my adopted son. There are more than ten million people in the world who want to recognize me, Ma Zhengping, as their godfather." Ma Zhengping shouted loudly without hesitation.

"But...but as for the child, you can still have another child. There is no need to adopt my child. At the worst, there should be other men in the Ma family who can adopt you as sons to continue your bloodline. You don't have to You have to use a person with a foreign surname to continue the Ma family's bloodline. Besides, this is not pure." Ye Fang said.

"Your aunt and I have both reached the age where we know our destiny. Even if we want to have a child, we are unable to do so. It is impossible for me to go out and find a baby. That is not my Ma Zhengping's style. As for adopting a child from the same clan as you mentioned , that was the first plan I rejected. It involved a struggle for interests within the family and was not feasible. In short, the responsibility will fall on you again and again. Is it okay or not?" Ma Zhengping asked.

"Let me think about it." Ye Fang frowned and replied.

"I'll give you 10 minutes." Ma Zhengping said and lit another cigarette, quietly waiting for Ye Fang's reply.

Ye Fang believed that anyone would agree to the plan proposed by Ma Zhengping without hesitation. He would exchange a child for an opportunity to step into a wealthy family. From then on, the child's fate would change and he would jump directly to another class, a new class. A height that ordinary people will never reach in a lifetime of hard work. As for surname and bloodline, they may not be the final decisive factors at this time. This is no different than in ancient times when an infertile emperor wanted to pass the throne to a common man, and all he needed was for the child to change his family.

To ordinary people, the Ma family is the top aristocracy in Beijing. Once Ye Fang relies on the Ma family, no one in the capital will dare to touch him, even the Qi family will have to avoid him. With the Ma family as his backer, Ye Fang can save at least 20 years of hard work. When Ye Fang reaches Ma Zhengping's age, it will not be a problem to create a wealthy family in the capital.

However, Ye Fang just felt that the whole thing would not be so simple. For ordinary people, this was a pie-in-the-sky thing. Is it just because Ma Guoqing blocked the knife for him? The only difficulty for Ye Fang is to find a woman who can agree with this plan and ensure that it will not cause trouble for the Ma family in the future. To put it bluntly, he must pretend that he has never given birth to this child. This is probably very difficult for a mother. The hardest thing to accept.

There are many links within each other, and if there is a problem in any one link, there is no guarantee of what kind of chain reaction it will trigger. Ten minutes was too short. Ye Fang felt that he should need ten days to think about this matter and think about the key points, but Ma Zhengping obviously wanted Ye Fang to make a decision now.

"The time has come, have you thought about it?" Ma Zhengping looked at Ye Fang and asked.

Ye Fang looked back at Ma Zhengping, looking at Ma Zhengping without any hesitation, and then made up his mind and said, "I agree!" Ye Fang is just a weed now. Since someone is willing to give this weed a chance, what will he do? You have to seize it. Whether it succeeds or not is a matter for the future.

"Okay! If it's time to break, it's time to break. Young people have courage." A rare smile of satisfaction appeared on the corner of Ma Zhengping's mouth.

"But as for having children, I really have no plans to get married now. I don't even have an official girlfriend. I don't even have time to fall in love." Ye Fang said.

"I will give you a year and a half at most, and I want this grandson. As for whether you get married or not, or whether you have a girlfriend, that is not something I consider, it is something you consider." Ma Zhengping said almost unreasonably.

"Mr. Ma... This is a bit overwhelming." Ye Fang didn't expect that Ma Zhengping could be extremely tough sometimes. Where could he find a woman who was willing to give him a child right now? Maybe Xiaozhuang was one of them. Would she be willing to give the baby away after giving birth? It's so hard.

"Do you still call me Mr. Ma?"

Ma Zhengping then called Xu Ping over, and Xu Ping walked in with a pot of tea. The latter looked at Ye Fang meaningfully.