Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last time, William really came to Mada, but I didn’t know how to feel. I wanted to be glad, but I didn’t dare to be glad. I wanted to resist, but I couldn’t resist.

He was quite calm. I heard that he was much more stable in his mood after sitting in the wheelchair, but he spoke less. Today, I saw that he was indeed the case. He waved his hand to let Wang Fusheng, who was pushing him, step back. He glanced at me faintly when he passed by me, and was greeted by General Nata and many non-commissioned officers behind him one by one. Then he was pushed to the main seat and didn't say a word until he smiled with some emotion in mind and waved at me. I pushed them aside and walked to his side, and he pulled me to the side of the wheelchair.

"Look at this, such a grand ceremony, could it be all prepared for her? North, you have been living a good life these years?" William raised his head slightly and looked at General Nata.

Ma Da has a strong sense of class. General Nata's rank is not low, but William can call him by his real name in formal occasions. It seems that his status here is really high, even in the current situation where it is not as good as before. Hearing this, General Nata bowed and smiled as usual: "Of course, I am from a big country family. Although I have some status, I can't underestimate the enemy. William, it's great that you are back. Women in Linjiang are hard to talk to. You decide what you want to do."

"What's the point of just talking? You haven't seen the benefits of her." William patted the armrest of the wheelchair, glanced at me with a half-smile, then looked away, taking a deep breath: "My niece is very powerful. Don't think that she is fully confident just by releasing these few people. In fact, your small yard is surrounded, and not even a fly can fly out."

General Nata looked up and chuckled as if he had been prepared for it, leisurely and comfortable: "It doesn't matter, this is a formal occasion, I dare not attack her blatantly, and she can't take the initiative to attack me. This is a hidden rule. I am not a civilian, but William, I think I really need your help to move this person's hand away."

I followed his sight and suddenly felt like laughing. Li Qianyin had been trying to choke people's necks since he entered the door. He restrained himself a little now, but still followed him. He pressed the general's shoulder tightly with one hand. William glanced over and saw that Li Qianyin was still a little stubborn. He was stupid enough! Why did he twist his teammate's thigh with his arm? I quickly winked at him and told him to step back. General Nata then loosened his muscles and bones in a very provocative manner until he realized something important.

He lowered his head sharply: "What did you just say? She is your niece? Really? What I heard was that you had a feud."

"That's true." William chuckled and patted his thigh, brushing away the dust on the blanket with his fingertips: "I even apologized to her, but unfortunately my niece is very stubborn. She thinks it's not enough, and I'm also very embarrassed. What about you? What were you doing before I came?"

General Nata continued to grin: "That's great, I'm helping you vent your anger!"

William shifted his gaze to look at me and asked, "How did he vent his anger?"

I paused: "He...praised me for being pretty."

"Do you understand Mada language?" William laughed, but not too much. His expression was always a little cold. After a long time, he raised his hand and pinched my face: "Silly girl."

"Silly? No, she's not stupid, she's fierce. I've never seen a girl who can get hard in front of me. She does look like your niece, what a pity."

William sneered: "What a pity?"

"It's a pity that she doesn't want to listen to you. She is not obedient." General Nata shrugged and shook his head.

He obviously didn't understand Chinese well enough and thought William's words were a blame. His subordinates were even worse than him. They were all dumbfounded. At this time, even my smile seemed a bit too much. I could only grit my teeth and watch William's rage increase a little. He kept a calm face and only asked Wang Fusheng to bring his crutches. General Nata was still happy about it.

"Oh my god, can you leave?"

"I can barely stand up, but I can't walk." William tapped the carpeted floor with the tip of his cane, making a muffled sound. He replied while playing, and suddenly looked at me: "Will you be unhappy?"

I nodded truthfully: "Yes."

"Oh, then I won't say it in front of you next time." William smiled.

General Nata expressed his confusion: "If you can't walk, then why are you still holding a cane?"

"I was just about to say that." William sat up straight, but he didn't mean to stand up with the cane. He just held it in his hand as if he was leaning on it, with a faint smile on his lips: "I came here this time not only to reminisce with old friends and solve the problems of the time, but also to say hello to the higher-ups and give you a gift."

General Nata clapped his hands: "Wow, what is that?"

William patted the seat under him: “My seat.”

"Really?!" General Nata's eyes widened, and he came closer in surprise. I took a step back in disgust, and Zhizhi quickly came over to block me. The general didn't care about pretending to be "polite" at this moment, and just humbly bent down on one knee and said, "William, you are the greatest businessman in Mada. I have been trying hard to pursue you, but I thought I couldn't succeed. Thank you very much for giving me such recognition! Do the people above agree?"

William smiled: "Of course they agreed, it's just a trivial matter, and they also told me that I can make my own decisions on such things in the future, but you... seem to have misunderstood something?"

Someone was still immersed in joy: "What?"

William hooked his finger: "Come here and I'll tell you."

General Nata walked over happily, even bending over and tilting his ear. Li Qianyin almost laughed out loud when she saw him. I think so too. What good results can come from this scene and this atmosphere? It's just bullying someone who is not good at Chinese. William didn't take a picture of the throne of the Chamber of Commerce president, it was a wheelchair.

The next second, he used the seemingly unimportant crutch to pierce General Nata's foot, and blood splattered. Zhizhi turned his back to protect me and kept the dirty blood on his coat, but William was more unlucky. He endured the huge howling and soiled his clothes. Fortunately, Wang Fusheng was well prepared. He quietly came over and wiped the traces on the corner of his clothes with a wet silk scarf, then kicked the troublemaker away and helped William walk out of the disgusting place step by step.

"This wheelchair is for you. Sit in it. When you go out, remember to tell everyone here that no one needs to worry about my family's affairs. If anyone dares to touch my niece again, I promise to make everyone on this land live a life worse than that of animals and compete with hyenas for food." William was still smiling, and he did not look dissatisfied at all, but he frightened the corporals around him. He looked around and said quietly, "Oh, I forgot that I never told you my real name. My name is Fu Mingqi."

Not to mention them, even I heard this name from his mouth for the first time. Old Fu and the others never mentioned it, and I just guessed it based on how the Second Wife addressed them. Now, does this count as... returning to one's roots?

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and had nothing to say. General Nata, who had walked around the underground, took his men out first. It was a bit rude not to say thank you, but it was also impolite of him and Wang Fusheng to follow me. We were even. I didn't think of looking back until the street became quieter and quieter, until even the barking of cats and dogs disappeared. Only my family and William were left behind me. The president of the Chamber of Commerce, who was controlling the wheelchair up and down with a remote control, looked quite pitiful. He smiled at me indifferently.

I had no choice but to wave my hands and ask them to leave for the time being. But I couldn't bring myself to help him, so I just walked side by side with him until he spoke up: "You were so quiet, I thought you were going to say something to me."

"I thought you would tell me." I took a deep breath with great difficulty and looked down at him with a complicated look: "Why are you helping me?"

"Didn't you ask me to come?" William chuckled.

I looked ahead in despair. From this moment on, I became more sober. Reality is cruel. I had to use the things I shouldn't use the most. As for the guilt towards Xie Ge...

The way I live my life, I have become "in cahoots with everyone".

"I thought you wouldn't come." I said with my head down.

This did not affect William's mood at all. My indifference could not match his brotherly love for Old Fu. He was still quite enthusiastic at this moment: "I am your third uncle. Didn't you move my name back to the Fu family tree? How can I not come?"

I glanced at him sideways: "You obviously don't like the Fu family, not at all."

He answered: "But there are two people in the Fu family whom I cherish very much."

I felt even more resentful and hateful, but not towards him. I gritted my teeth and said, "I don't know whether I should thank you or not."

"Then you're welcome." William said calmly, "You can easily accept all the good things from someone who loves you. That person won't ask for any benefits from you."

These words made me stop in the middle of the road, but I quickly recovered and continued walking forward.

William was puzzled, but he continued, "But I have to remind you from time to time that you shouldn't have come to this place. It's not suitable for you, and you have no reason to come here. The vested interests should pay the price for their benefits while they are lucky. You are not one of them, so you shouldn't bear the responsibility for them. Even if you are forced to, even if you must get some answers from me, don't easily put yourself in the center of the storm. There will always be people in this world who will fight for you for their own gains and losses."

"What about you? What do you want from me?" I stopped again, and the atmosphere froze instantly. I realized that I was too excited, but there was no room for regret after the words were spoken. I still faced him with that aggressive expression and swallowed hard: "William, Third Uncle! In fact, you don't have to take me so seriously. I am not afraid of coming to such a shabby place because I understand that if the person who deserves to die is not me, I will not die. If I don't die, it will be another person who deserves to die and be exposed in the wilderness. As for you, you recognized the wrong person... I am not the person you cherish. You hate me, but you cherish Lao Fu. It is he who forces me to take this path because the eldest house needs a suitable heir. That person is not me and will never be me. I am just a pawn he uses, a victim who will disappear after a few steps."

William took a deep breath, and after hearing what I said, he seemed to be unable to calm down for a long time. It was very difficult for him to react: "Shishi, I don't understand why you hate him so much?"

I laughed out loud, covered my mouth and turned my back, tears falling heavily on the back of my hand. I never dared to think that William would criticize me like this today. Should I also ask him why he hated Lao Fu so much before? When a person dies, does his wrongdoings go away? When I really thought he was dead, I cried bitterly, and I forgave him for all the injustices he had done to me, but what happened?

I was really about to collapse. I tried my best to maintain it, and he worked harder and added me in as a tonic for defense. In return, he told me that even my awareness of his being alive was part of the plan. I was grateful that he came up with such a good idea. As long as I stayed in bed, we could all live well.

It was just as ridiculous as when William began to say that Jiang Yinan was his beloved son after his death. He did save Jiang Yinan at first, but among all the sufferings that Jiang Yinan endured in the later period, which one was not laid by him and became deeply rooted and flourished at the best time of his life? His life was finally freed at the moment of his death.

The instigator of this incident is my father, who should have been kind and supportive. I can only blame him but cannot take revenge. How can I not hate him?

William was slow to move for a long time, as if he really understood my difficulties. He pushed his wheelchair closer and patted me gently. I quickly calmed down and moved away, continuing to walk slowly beside him.

He sighed behind me, "You were wrong. I haven't identified with him since the fire. I understand you. You should hate him. In the filthy Fu family, he was not blinded by power and desire, but by hatred. In fact, the eldest house is not the most important. He wants to fight for his reputation, for the eldest wife and his mother, a poor person who should not have died tragically in the Fu family. He thought that he could get something in return by winning a family fortune and getting what he should have gotten. But the dead will never come back. Who is he trying to show off to by using any means? What's more, his allies were originally enemies brought out of his blood, Fu Mingtang, Fu Mingyan, and me. We are all like that. What's the point of being soft-hearted and having brotherhood with enemies? But he expected to get family concern, so he started with a few of us. I found it ridiculous from then on, but that was what I wanted, so I fell into it and wanted to rely on him wholeheartedly, but in the end..."

"In the end, hatred was greater than you. He was blocked on the road to pursuing hatred, and decisively abandoned you, the only one in the Fu family at that time who had no power of your own and no protection from your mother." I turned around and carefully examined the scar on William's face for the first time. It was so glaring that I was heartbroken. "He couldn't beat Grandpa alone, so he rescued the second uncle to help him, took the youngest uncle away so that the third wife would owe him a favor, and chose to be his undercover for the sake of his son's life. Not long after, Grandpa was paralyzed, and after I was born, Grandpa died. Now hatred is back, what do you think he will do this time?"

William smiled and shook his head: "Silly girl, there is nothing he can do, he is dead."