Qilin Jue [Tomb Raiders Notes]

The air is filled with the smell of ancient dust, and it can be grayed out when you walk lightly.The old wooden pillar corridor looks like a relic tunnel, remote and vicissitudes.

This old house standing in the courtyard can vaguely see the magnificence of that year.

Pushing open the door of a room on the second floor, the dust immediately rushed in, and the light shone through, cloudily.

The furnishings in the house remained unchanged, as they were in memory.There was a thick layer of dust on the table, chairs and floor.

Huo Xiuxiu stood outside the door, looking at the familiar scene for a long time, and finally walked in, leaving a series of shallow footprints.

And Xie Yuchen, who was outside the door, was staring at a room on the other side.

He kept clenching and loosening his hands, and finally, he walked over slowly.

I thought a lot in my heart, but I couldn't get a clue, and it seemed that I didn't think about anything, and it was blank.

There was a faint scratch on the closed door lock.

Xie Yuchen looked at the scratch and smiled slightly.This is what was left during the fight when the man saw through his disguise back then.

Push open the door and walk in.Just like when I walked in, I immediately saw the man standing alone on the side, his eyes seemed to be forever indifferent, and his surroundings seemed to be forever shrouded in a layer of silence and alienation.

I didn't know what demon I was possessed at that time, so I just wanted to get close to him and get to know him better.Even after he saw through the disguise, he pointed at him and said, "He belongs to me."

……

Xie Yuchen just stood in the room like that, recalling absentmindedly.

"Brother Xiaohua?" Huo Xiuxiu suddenly appeared outside the door, "Someone is looking for you outside."

After sorting out his mood, Xie Yuchen turned and walked out, asking, "Who is it?"

Huo Xiuxiu shook her head, "I don't know, but he looks like your buddy."

Xie Yuchen frowned, then walked outside.Huo Xiuxiu followed behind.

"Master Hua, there's news from the fifth son." The man hurried forward to report the situation when he saw the head of the family, "Several markets in Changsha seized the goods shipped here, and the fifth son sent people to settle the conflict. Now Those people are dying to deliver."

"Take me there." After hearing this, Xie Yuchen made a decision, then turned to Huo Xiuxiu and said, "Do you want to go back or..."

"Brother Xiaohua, go, I can go back later by myself. Thank you for today!" Huo Xiuxiu smiled and said, she didn't want Xie Yuchen to delay her business because of herself.

Xie Yuchen nodded after thinking for a while, and let the buddy lead the way out of here.

"How are the five sons doing now?" Xie Yuchen got into the car and asked the driver.

"They are waiting for you to consult."

Xie Yuchen sneered, "Changsha has always confronted us tit for tat and refused to give up. Huo Xiangu restrained herself a little while she was still alive. Now that the Huo family is in turmoil, they can't wait."

Although the Huo family and the Xie family have always been in contact, they are not without conflicts. In fact, for so many years, the relationship between the two families is not as harmonious as it seems, and some small conflicts often occur secretly. In the middle, the two have never really had any disputes, and the relationship is in a very delicate balance.

Now that Huo Xiangu is gone, once the balance is broken, the situation will probably get out of hand.

Xie Yuchen also understands that the Xie family's power is actually slightly inferior to the Huo family's. If there is a real confrontation, the Huo family will definitely not suffer.The Xie family controls several lifelines, and their business has always been above the Huo family's. The Huo family is so aggressive and provocative. After all, it is coveted for a long time and wants to take it for themselves.

The Xie family was on the cusp of the storm, and any decision at such a time could not be taken lightly.Xie Yuchen has to support everything in the family, and his burden can be imagined.

When the car arrived at the place, Xie Yuchen got out of the car, and six or seven people walked out of the hall to greet him. One of the leaders, a middle-aged man, stepped forward and said together with everyone: "Master Hua."

Xie Yuchen nodded and walked in.

Sitting in the main seat, Xie Yuchen glanced at the people below and asked, "Fifth Son, what's going on."

The middle-aged man just now, that is, the fifth son, stood up and said: "A few days ago, I asked the people in Changsha to pick up the goods, but I didn't expect that the Huo family would refuse to deliver the goods at several markets!" Speaking of this, he gritted his teeth , "Obviously they got it together with us, those bastards want to take it all for themselves! Lord Hua, you say, they just ruined us like this because they are from the Huo family! I'll let the guy over there to collect the goods, There are many people on the other side, but our people are beaten, they are still so rampant!"

Xie Yuchen frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "After Huo Xiangu's death, no one has dealt with us between the Huo family and us. The Xie family is passive, so they will naturally take advantage of this to attack."

"Master Hua, you can't forget about it like this!" Several people started shouting with righteous indignation.

"Yes, Lord Hua, the brothers in Changsha are waiting for you to speak." The fifth son also said.

"This batch of goods was jointly obtained by Huo Xiangu when she was with us, and now they have occupied them, so of course we can't just let it go." A trace of cruelty flashed in the depths of his eyes, and Xie Yuchen's words were cold and emotionless, "Go prepare Now, I'm going to Changsha."

The Xie Yuchen at this moment is not the Xie Yuhua who is unique on the stage, but the Xie family young master who wears a mask of indifference and does things ruthlessly.

Everyone nodded and retreated one by one.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Xie Yuchen arrived in Changsha, and then went to a hall of his own.

"Master Hua!" Seeing the head of the family coming, everyone hurried out to greet him.

"Is nothing wrong?" Xie Yuchen asked.

"No, I'm waiting for Master Hua to make a decision." The middle-aged man who spoke had a serious expression, with a calmness after a long time, obviously the leader of this hall.

Xie Yuchen walked in without saying a word.

"Master Hua, what should I do now?" someone asked.

"Yeah, we can't let them be so defiant!" Another person echoed.

"Why do you think they insisted on withholding this batch of goods?" Xie Yuchen, sitting at the head seat, asked after listening to them.

With this question, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, all they thought was that those people were just giving off power.

Xie Yuchen listened to their discussion in silence. At this moment, Tangkou took the lead and said solemnly: "It should be for Master Hua to weigh his choices."

The lobby was quiet, and everyone else was very puzzled.

Xie Yuchen raised his eyebrows and asked, "How?"

The leader thought for a moment, and said: "The Huo family ordered this incident, and the purpose is not to disown us or anything. Although our power is not as good as the Huo family's, we should not be underestimated. If we really want to fight, no one will be good. In the past, in order to take care of the two families for a long time, Huo Xiangu told Master Hua a comprehensive method..." He paused and looked at Xie Yuchen.

"Go on." Xie Yuchen said, he knew what the next words were, so there was no need to hide them.

"... Huo Xiangu once wanted you, Master Hua, to marry the Huo family. As long as you marry her granddaughter, Miss Huo, the Huo family will not be so difficult. Now that Huo Xiangu has passed away, the connection between the Xie family and the Huo family is also broken. Well, the Huo family was also afraid that they would not be able to hold back the understanding family anymore, so they repeatedly provoked, just wanting Master Hua to weigh the pros and cons, whether they want to confront each other from now on, or join hands..."

Speaking of this, the others finally understand that the real purpose of those people is to let their head of the family marry Miss Huo's family!

Xie Yuchen looked at the crowd expressionlessly.He naturally knew what the purpose of the Huo family was. Huo Xiangu once wanted him to marry Huo Xiuxiu in order to have a long-lasting peace between the two parties.At that time, I said I would consider it, but I didn't have that idea.

Now the situation has become like this again. If you don't want the worst ending, you have to marry the Huo family.

He is Xie Yuchen, the head of the Xie family, and for the sake of the family, he seems to have to do this.

but……

"You go down first." Xie Yuchen beckoned.

Everyone nodded and retreated one by one.

After everyone left, Xie Yuchen's cold mask instantly shattered. He closed his eyes and leaned back against the back of the chair.

He felt a little tired, not exhausted, but mentally and psychologically tired.

After so many years of fighting, he was overwhelmed by the family responsibilities he had to bear every day.But what can he do, he is the head of the Xie family, and the responsibilities of this identity do not allow him to stand still and make any mistakes that should not be made.

But when he is alone, he is just an ordinary person who can be happy and sad. No matter how ruthless he is in front of others, when he is alone, he will always reveal his truest feelings.

But my former self rarely felt sad and tired like now.

What made me what I am now?The former Xie Yuchen, no matter what, would quickly throw away those emotions that shouldn't be there, because he was Xie Yuchen.

What...had changed him so much?

It seems...from meeting that person, from seeing that person's indifferent eyes for the first time, from seeing that person's own heart throbbing uncontrollably, from...that person's leaving and eyes always After I have no news from myself, I can no longer be as calm as I used to be indifferent to everything.

What made him change?

It was the man named Zhang Qiling!Allow yourself to be so.It was his indifferent eyes that made him so embarrassed!