Crime

The city street scene outside the car window gradually faded away, replaced by the fresh greenery of the countryside. Occasionally, a few country houses dotted with light red roses flashed in the field of vision, and everything looked so peaceful on this land.

Kaito rested his head on the glass and looked out of the window quietly. In fact, he didn't know where he was going, at least it was about half an hour's drive away.He also didn't know what kind of mood he was in right now, the doubts he had lingered for so long finally had an answer, no matter what he said, he should feel nervous or even excited.

"Meet my family." No matter how stupid he is, it is impossible for him not to understand the meaning of this sentence, but...Kaito quietly turned his head and looked at Gakupo, who was calmly steering the steering wheel and said Say nothing.

So what are you trying to do. Kaito thought about it and closed his eyes, sleepiness came back again.

"Wake up."

I don't know how long it took, Kaito felt someone patted his face lightly, and then he opened his eyes and looked at the people around him: "Where are you?"

"You can really sleep today," Gakupo smiled helplessly, "Look out the window."

Kaito yawned and turned his head away, but was completely stunned the moment his eyes met the outside world—the emerald green land stretched far under the sky, and several white sculptures were shaded by neatly trimmed bushes. A gorgeous and exquisite tall building stands in the distance, and behind it is the door with black lacquered railings that was just opened when entering.

This is... his uncle's residence? !

Kaito looked back at Gakupo in surprise, but the other party got out of the car calmly, walked to his side and opened the door: "If you want to take a closer look, you should walk in."

Kaito opened his mouth, and felt that it was too superficial to just ask, and finally swallowed the question back.

Rather than saying it is a European-style courtyard, it is more appropriate to say it is a manor, Kaito can't help sighing silently in his heart while looking at it.In fact, it is not impossible for him to buy a manor, but what is really daunting is the high maintenance fees and taxes, which are definitely not affordable by ordinary people.

If you have money, you dare to burn it. Thinking of this, Kaito also understands how Gakupo can transfer a huge amount of money to buy out the equity, but he always thought that the former chairman of the company should be a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune. up.

"Actually, my uncle has already taken lightly on power and wealth, right and wrong," Gakupo said—as if he could see through what he was thinking, "It's just that he lives very casually and never wrongs himself. Gumi is just like him."

Passing through the exquisitely carved European-style corridor, there is a small wooden table at the end, on which are pressed a few pieces of letter paper, with a beautiful English on it, and the word "Derrick" signed on the corner of the letter paper.

This is the gentleman's name.

"Beautiful words," Kaito stopped in his tracks. "It's rare to see a letter written. Who could it be for?"

Gakupo watched and was silent for a while before speaking: "I think it should be written to my aunt."

"It's obviously the person next to me," Kaito smiled, "It's really emotional."

As he spoke, he raised his head and suddenly caught a slight change in Gakupo's complexion, although the other party quickly concealed the emotion at that moment, and smiled at him instead: "Yes."

Kaito watched Gakupo turn around and continue walking, although he was a little concerned about his expression just now, he could only follow silently without asking any more questions.

"At this time, he should be in the study." Gakupo looked at his watch, and walked through several corridors in succession with great familiarity, until he stopped in front of a European-style wooden carved door.

He looked back at Kaito who was following behind him: "Are you nervous?"

"I... neither," Kaito subconsciously raised his hand and grabbed his sleeve, "There's nothing to be nervous about."

Gakupo smiled, raised his other hand to knock on the door, and called softly, "Uncle."

Kaito watched as Gakupo opened the door, then was held back by the hand and followed inside.

The room is not very bright, but the dim light is soft and just right. The tall bookshelves on all sides are neatly filled with tomes of books, and the air is filled with the strong smell of wood paper.

The gentleman raised his head from the desk, stared at it for a while, and finally said slowly: "Have you all come?"

"They're all here." Gakupo replied.

Kaito lowered his head and looked up a little.Judging from Gumi's age, her father should be over half a century now. Derrick's face has already seen the traces of time, but it gives people the feeling of being very young and tough, and the brow reveals that only the elderly Possesses coercion and courage.

Just as the name suggests, some people are born with a leader's demeanor, coupled with the influence of a good education and the tempering of time and events, Kaito can see that Derrick is almost engraved The calmness and calmness in his bones.

But after the ups and downs in the business world in the past, this once powerful and intimidating person is now just watching him as a majestic but kind elder in his eyes.

"I seldom hear you mention it, but Gumi talks about him more often," Derrick said as he lowered his head and closed the book on the table. "How old is it?"

Seeing that Kaito hadn't recovered, Gakupo smiled and replied, "Two years behind me."

"25," Derrick raised his head, "is also an age that can withstand choices."

It was only then that Kaito realized that the other party was asking about his age, but at this moment, the two of them seemed to not care about it and switched to talking about other things—it was nothing more than the things in the previous company.

"Okay, I've become less and less concerned over the years, and now it should be your time," Derrick clasped his hands and leaned on the back of the chair, "Unlike me, you haven't reached the time when you have nothing to do with the world, Young people still need to keep practicing."

"I understand all of this," Gakupo replied, "But after this incident, Gumi surprised me. I didn't expect that she would grow so much in just a few years."

"This kid is too impatient, but he still understands things," Derrick said, looking at Kaito again, "but compared to Gumi, I think he helped you more."

Kaito was startled, but Gakupo beside him smiled and said, "Yes, but he still pretended not to let me know."

"You...know?" Kaito looked up at him in disbelief.In fact, at that time, he kept it from Gakupo, the most important thing was that he was worried that the other party might do something because of his impatience, so that he kept avoiding Gakupo in the company for a while, because he was afraid that the other party would find out his injuries.

"I know what you're worried about, but I also understand that you can't do anything too extreme, or it won't do you any good," Gakupo said, "Besides, at that time, Charles had almost pushed himself to the limit, after all It's my elder again, even if I can't bring him back, I can't push him down."

Derrick nodded, but looked at Kaito again: "What do you think?"

"I think," Kaito raised his head, "capable and measured, this is the rarest thing."

"Okay, that's it." Derrick smiled.

"Charles is very talented, but he is too ambitious. I saw this early on," Derrick said. I don't trust him, but I didn't expect that the [-]% equity that I left in the company before I left would actually come in handy now, which is more sad than fortunate."

"No matter how lamented it is, it is already in the past, and it can be regarded as the step that the company should take." Gakupo said.

"It's also the same reason, but through this incident, you have also seen how important it is for people to measure right and wrong. Too much greed will eventually destroy you," Derrick said, looking at him, "So you let The fact that Gumi took over the company completely is really unexpected to me. I always treat you and her equally, no matter who inherits it, it is the same, but I didn’t expect you to let her. This is really not something ordinary people can let go. It's worth it."

"Actually, it's selfish. After all, the position is high and the situation is dangerous, but decentralization is always beneficial to long-term development," Gakupo said with a smile, "Guess whose idea it is?"

Derrick understood a little bit from his gaze, so he also smiled, and he looked at Kaito: "Son, come here."

Kaito was stunned for a moment, but still walked up to the other party a few steps, hesitated for a while before speaking: "Mr. Derrick..."

"What are you calling me?" Derrick's tone suddenly became serious.

Not knowing what he said wrongly, Kaito raised his head in a daze, then turned around and looked at Gakupo in a daze, only to see that the other party was just smiling, so he understood something.

Kaito opened his mouth and finally called out, "Uncle."

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It seems that things about the past will be discussed in the next chapter (☆???)