[Rebirth to the Future] Diplomacy

Li Xuyan turned his head to look at Rong Pei who greeted him personally.

The last time we met, Rong Pei was still a young boy. Of course, the word green doesn't seem to be related to Rong Pei forever.At that time Rong Pei was quite mature, Li Xuyan originally didn't like this kind of person, but Gu Qingyuan liked him and told him to take care of him.

At that time, as long as Gu Qingyuan said a word, he would do anything, so he taught Rong Pei everything he had learned.During this process, he found that Rong Pei's receptive ability was very strong, and his thinking was extremely meticulous, and he would gradually discuss some special cases with Rong Pei.If Rong Pei's physical fitness wasn't up to standard, Li Xuyan would have wanted to compete with Gu Qingyuan for his students.

To some extent, Rong Pei was once one of the witnesses of his friendship with Gu Qingyuan.Rong Pei is Gu Qingyuan's student, he is actually very similar to Gu Qingyuan in his bones, Li Xuyan's eyes became very sharp, and he glanced at Rong Pei coldly.

If there hadn't been that accident, if he hadn't come back alive from that accident—even if—he didn't know all about it after he came back, Gu Qingyuan would always be his best friend in his heart, and he would always say anything Gu Qingyuan said. listen.

It's a pity that he clearly remembers when he was sent to take over a special forces regiment full of thorns, and he became one with the thorns step by step, and worked hard to train his soldiers to be one of the best elites in the empire. Happiness and joy are incomprehensible to others.

As a result, he offended his immediate superior, and the entire regiment was sent to carry out the "death mission".Li Xuyan is a soldier, originally he would not feel resentful because of the difficulty of the mission, but what made him angry was that after they returned from the mission with their seriously injured bodies, they were told that after this mission they could only sign a non-disclosure agreement and quit the military. Can no longer get ahead!

The other party also said hypocritically: "As for Major General Li, the organization will naturally have new arrangements."

That afternoon, Li Xuyan gritted his teeth and sent off his first batch of soldiers. He was about to go to his friends to complain, but he accidentally discovered the name Li Xuyan had signed on the mission letter.

So that meeting turned into a questioning of the teacher.

Gu Qingyuan did not deny that he had signed the contract, and also admitted that he knew what would happen to them when he returned from the mission.

Li Xuyan was full of anger and hatred, slammed the door and left.

Later, Gu Qingyuan's cousin Gu Yun came back to join Li Xuyan, and slowly helped Li Xuyan see the real Gu Qingyuan.Gu Qingyuan's ability to get to this point proves that he is the most successful politician. He has a very stable approval rate and excellent political performance. At the same time, he has a wide range of friends and has some friendship with everyone.

This is the image that Gu Qingyuan puts in front of the public, and it is also the appearance that Gu Qingyuan shows him.The real Gu Qingyuan does have some kind of friendship with anyone, including his old boss who obliterated the efforts of so many people because of personal grievances, and many shameless politicians who ignore others for their own interests and selfish desires - Gu Qingyuan is one of them The outstanding ones have long been familiar with how to whitewash the peace and how to cover up their own scandals, and they do it more beautifully than anyone else.

Li Xuyan was ashamed of treating Gu Qingyuan as a close friend. He had made up his mind a long time ago: he must stand higher than Gu Qingyuan. At that time, he would mercilessly tear apart the ugliness that the empire concealed and did not want others to see. , for a thorough cleaning.

Li Xuyan vowed to wake up Gu Qingyuan who had forgotten his original intention.

Li Xuyan knew that before he had the strength to realize all that, he didn't have the capital to play ruthless at all.Therefore, for Rong Pei, who is almost in the same line as Gu Qingyuan in every aspect, Li Xuyan's expression became extremely calm except for the cold gaze at the beginning: "I haven't seen you for a few years, you and Jing Ting are already adults."

That tone of self-proclaimed elder made Rong Pei pause slightly.

It was this feeling again, this feeling he was very familiar with, like someone poking the softest part of his heart lightly with a knife. The force was definitely not heavy, but it made people feel very uncomfortable.

Rong Pei once hoped to get affection from his father after giving up his mother's love.For this reason, he did everything perfectly and performed extremely well at all times, just to gain his father's approval, but at that time he did not think that such an approach would make his father afraid of his son.

He didn't think at that time that the harder he tried to get what he wanted, the further he pushed it away.

By the time he realized this, his heart had grown harder than steel.So he began to seize power without hesitation, and made nothing of the father he once looked up to, who he once craved for the slightest approval and attention.

The day he officially took charge of the Rong family, Tianying said to him for the second time: "You are such a cold-blooded monster."

After Rong Pei started a new life here, everything went very smoothly.

Although Rong's father is far inferior to his father in the previous life in some respects, his idea of ​​pursuing comfort and living a down-to-earth life made Rong Pei feel very at ease, trusting himself wholeheartedly and relying on his younger brother also gave Rong Pei a sense of blood The fetters of fusion.Although he didn't dare to relax completely, and didn't dare to really get into it, even if he just watched some things, his heart would gradually become peaceful. Li Xuyan had given him some care at certain stages, if Li Xuyan spoke harshly to him at this time , Rong Pei won't feel too much.But Li Xuyan just hid his emotions—and didn't hide them well, so Rong Pei felt a little regretful.

In his impression, Li Xuyan is a very real person, he can jump when he wants to, laugh when he wants to laugh, and do whatever he wants, he is the kind of person he has always liked.It's a pity that time and fate quietly killed that Li Xuyan. Now Li Xuyan standing in front of him has been able to hide his disgust and hide his emotions well. It is not too difficult to jump to the peak of the empire in one fell swoop.

But Rong Pei couldn't help but think of Li Xuyan who had no distracting thoughts in his mind and could boldly remove the documents from his teacher Gu Qingyuan's hand at any time, forcing Gu Qingyuan to drop his work and go to eat.

At that time, Li Xuyan probably would not have thought that he would become what he is now.

Compared with hypocrisy and politeness, Rong Pei's rank is far higher than that of Li Xuyan.He respectfully invited Li Xuyan into his office, and respectfully chatted with Li Xuyan about the recent situation in the west, and the tone of every sentence was sincere and sincere.

Obviously Rong Pei's performance was perfect, but Li Xuyan felt weak all over.Seeing that although the picture in front of him has matured a lot, upon closer inspection, he can still see the shadow of the precocious boy back then - this is fatal, the more upright Rong Pei's posture is, the weirder Li Xuyan feels in his heart.

He listened to Rong Pei's speech for more than ten minutes, and finally couldn't hold it anymore. He directly interrupted Rong Pei's words to express his intention: "I heard that you asked Jing Ting to participate in the election for the head of the Western Coordination Department?"

Rong Pei walked around for a long time just to wait for Li Xuyan to lose his composure, and when he heard this, he smiled and said, "I think Gao Jingting should seize the opportunity to exercise more."

Li Xuyan asked bluntly: "Aren't you afraid that he will take your place?"

Rong Pei raised his head and looked straight at Li Xuyan, with a playful tone: "Do you think that's my position?"

Hearing Rong Pei use honorifics, Li Xuyan felt a certain part of his heart was pulled hard.

He finally found out what was wrong.

When he got along with Rong Pei back then, he had never been so serious. When he was studying military theory with him, he was so lawless. Having looked at Rong Pei with other eyes, he only regarded Rong Pei as a seedling with good talent.But now when he looks at Rong Pei, he always thinks that Rong Pei is Gu Qingyuan's student, and always thinks that Rong Pei is a dirty politician like Gu Qingyuan, so when he treats Rong Pei, he will never be the same as before. A kind of elder care for the younger generation.

And Rong Pei has always been more sensitive than anyone else, and after realizing his change, he immediately changed accordingly.

Li Xuyan thought about his purpose of coming here very badly. He thought of Gu Yungui saying before leaving: "If he wants to seize the right to speak in the west, let him do it. Think about it, he still has such a father, and he will not be there at all. We need to do it, just dealing with the troubles from the capital is enough for him to burn out."

After learning that Rong Pei intended to let Gao Jingting participate in the election, Gu Yungui immediately asked him to come over to see if he could dispel Rong Pei's idea.

Gu Yungui wanted to use his previous arrangements to push Rong Pei into a predicament and cut off an important arm of Gu Qingyuan.

Thinking of his unreasonable reason for coming here, Li Xuyan's heart constricted as if he lacked oxygen when he met Rong Pei's gaze.Looking at everything Rong Pei has done, although there are many bad things, it is still good overall.

This is the younger generation he was very optimistic about.

Could it be that just because he wanted to surpass Gu Qingyuan, he unscrupulously broke the wings of this junior, causing him to fall hard before he could take off?

If you don't make stumbling blocks in these places, don't you start before the opponent's people grow up, and you don't have the confidence to move towards your goal at all?

More importantly, if I do that, how is it different from those people I hate?

After struggling again and again in Li Xuyan's heart, he suddenly raised his hand and patted Rong Pei's shoulder: "Be prepared." After speaking, he got up and left without warning.

Rong Pei watched the office door close, and sat back in his seat calmly.

In fact, a fine layer of sweat dripped down his spine.

The conversation with Li Xuyan just now contained countless undercurrents. In order to take the opportunity to figure out Li Xuyan's intention and follow the trend to guide Li Xuyan's emotions, he must control the expression and tone of every sentence to the best.

He knew that he had succeeded, but he didn't feel much happiness in his heart.

It is naturally a good thing to temporarily bring back Li Xuyan's memories and temporarily ease the relationship between them, but how long can this method last?Rong Pei himself has no idea.

He closed his eyes, thinking about what to do next.

Only then did Gao Jingting get out of the rest room. Seeing that Rong Pei was contemplating, he didn't bother him, but just stood quietly and looked at Rong Pei.

After Rong Pei opened his eyes and looked at him, Gao Jingting said: "I checked with someone, and in the past two years, there is a person who advises my uncle, named Gu Yungui."

Rong Pei frowned.

He is not unfamiliar with the name Gu Yungui. This person is the cousin of his teacher Gu Qingyuan. He has been relying on a wheelchair for many years due to his inability to walk on both feet. Changed, often appearing in public places, always with a smile on his face that makes people feel like a spring breeze.

However, Gu Yungui always harbored inexplicable hatred towards Gu Qingyuan.

Rong Pei asked Gu Qingyuan why, and Gu Qingyuan showed a rare disgust on his face: "It's not enough for some people to be delusional for a lifetime, and it's not enough to teach their sons to be delusional; it's not enough to kill people, and they want to grab what others left behind." Simple. A few words, revealed the secrets of the Gu family in the capital that they never told the outside world.

The information that Rong Pei can get is not much, but unfolding what he knows one by one, the facts are ready to emerge: Gu Yungui's department and his teacher's department have irreconcilable conflicts, it can be said that they hate each other.

What Gu Qingyuan said "killed people" most likely refers to Gu Qingyuan's father who died young; while "what is left behind" refers to the things that Gu Qingyuan took over after returning from his study tour and worked hard for five or six years before he really stabilized. heir position.

If things are really as I guessed, then the indifference of my teacher when he mentioned Li Xuyan has the best explanation: Li Xuyan regards Gu Yun as a confidant, obviously completely abandoning their friendship with each other.

Facing an old friend who is destined to become an enemy, Gu Qingyuan will no longer miss the old friendship.

Rong Pei said: "Their grievances are beyond our control. For us, improving ourselves as soon as possible is the most important thing to do."

Gao Jingting nodded: "Of course I know." While talking, he put his hands on the back of the chair behind Rong Pei, and carefully kissed Rong Pei's lips.The scorching breath sprayed on the end of Rong Pei's nose, as if they connected each other's breath together.

After he had had enough of Rong Pei's lips and tongue, he backed away extremely reluctantly: "A Pei, this is the opportunity you gave me, and I will definitely show you the results. According to the agreement, when we all arrive in the capital On that day, we will get married, shall we?"

Rong Pei was silent for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Okay."

Gao Jingting's heart was in full bloom at this moment, overflowing with spring.