salt by salt

A week later, Lin Ya called me, and she asked straight to the point: "How sure are you?"

I just finished the meeting—meaning that I acted as a smiling mascot in the conference room, and expressed my satisfaction with Ye Zhifan's decision.Going back to the office and sitting down, the seat turned to the side of the floor-to-ceiling windows: "What are you asking about?"

"Everything." She snorted softly, "Don't say anything that you can make me escape. Junyan, it's easy to get on a pirate ship and difficult to get off. From past experience, you are not a qualified businessman, so I don't worry."

I understand Lin Ya's thoughts very well. After all, I have always been emotional and have no credibility.After thinking about it for a while, I said, "50.00%."

"That's okay, more than I thought."

"If you join Miss Lin, this ratio will increase."

Hu Ru gently knocked on the door and whispered in my ear that another arrangement for the afternoon was coming soon.

I waved my hand to signal her to go out and wait for a while, and continued to say to Lin Ya: "I know what you are worried about, no matter how perfect the plan is, it can't stand being disturbed by such an unreliable factor like me."

She giggled on the other side of the phone: "I didn't say that."

"I remember what you told me before, but if you can borrow a knife, don't participate in it yourself. It's not only cheap, but also more likely to be splashed with blood." I glanced at my watch, "Now I stand up and do it myself, what will happen? Come with me, why don't you willingly participate?"

"Yang Chen's own company is booming, so he can take care of himself without taking over his father's burden." Lin Ya suddenly changed the topic, "Song Cheng has made a lot of moves after entering the capital circle. He has a strong background and is more high-profile. There is nothing wrong with it, but I don't believe you don't know about such an obvious change."

"Also, the Xu family is already your mother's voice. Not long ago, she dismissed all your brother's positions on the board of directors. This happened to coincide with the timing of your return."

I had known about it for a long time, and I probably knew why—it was obvious that Andre's approach to me had angered my mother.

"In the eyes of outsiders, even if the Xu family won't be left to you, you still have a big part. What do you think your two cousins ​​think?" She said softly, "Everyone wants to borrow someone else's hand. Junyan , you hate too many people, and your hatred is too obvious, so you are the best target to use."

Revenge stories in the real world are not all killing all directions, sometimes it may be a fat sheep at the mercy of others returning to the wolves after a few years away.

"It seems that our friendship for so many years is not in vain. At least you have persuaded me for so long. If we had just met, we would have hit it off." I smiled silently, "Aren't you willing to use me as a scapegoat?"

"One thing, and only one thing." I heard Lin Ya sigh quietly, "Xu Junyan, it's not worth it to get revenge on them and make yourself a target of public criticism. It's not easy for anyone in the three years you've been away. There are some things..."

I asked, "Why didn't you let Xue Keming go?"

It took a long time for her to speak, her voice was low and hoarse: "I was addicted to morphine injections for a long time. I just thought that I was careless in making friends at that time, and I didn't think much about it."

"Later, my brother checked some things, checked and checked, and found that she was instigating behind the scenes, and she originally wanted to go too far, but she didn't find the opportunity. If she succeeded, my life would have been completely ruined."

I lowered my head slightly, and the dark suit I was wearing was well-cut and elegantly styled; however, there were dirty tattoos in places that could not be seen, and there were lewd breast rings, and the wrapped body was dilapidated.

My life has long been ruined to nothing.

"Lin Ya, you think too much about everything." My tone was firm and calm, "This is a business. Only with investment can there be profits. Maybe the reward I get is worthless in your eyes, but I There's a reason for getting it."

Silence permeated the call, Hu Ru came in again to remind me, and then exited the room cautiously.

"You really have a solid eye that has never changed for thousands of years, and you have gone all the way to the dark." Lin Ya snorted lightly, and her voice returned to her usual sly and lively voice, "In that case, I won't talk nonsense anymore, I agree to cooperate, The details will be discussed next time.”

After hanging up the phone, I stood in front of the window with my hands behind my hands for a while.

Downstairs, the long traffic flows one after another without leaving any gaps.These cars have different styles and colors, and the people sitting in them have different destinations, but they are following closely at the moment, driving on the planned road.

Like a domino that grows endlessly, as long as it falls one by one, the final goal will be knocked down one day.

I have to go to another appointment later, and the driver has been waiting downstairs for a long time.The car I'm sitting in now merges into the traffic flow, and from a height, it's just an inconspicuous drop of ink.

But I am not the target, but the first card.

Xu Yucheng took a step forward, every step was extremely difficult, but he tried his best to walk steadily and calmly.A middle-aged woman who was helping at the side pushed the wheelchair over, but he waved his hand and refused, and then walked back and forth two more times before sitting down.

"Xiao Yan, you've lost weight."

Something has become strange between us, maybe I am standing now, and Xu Yucheng is sitting.I looked down at his face, he raised his head and smiled at me, his forehead was sweating slightly, his smile was still like a ray of spring breeze.

This wind is too weak to touch my dead soul.

I said, "Brother Yucheng."

There are mirrors on all four sides of the recovery room, as if countless us meet here.The woman left the room and closed the door. I half-kneeled in front of Xu Yucheng, trying to find the feeling of looking up at him countless times.

His slender fingers brushed my cheek, his eyes are still beautiful peach eyes, but once a person is frustrated, his temperament and appearance will change.

I think we haven't seen each other for a long time, so I noticed that the curve of Xu Yucheng's lips is no longer soft, and the lingering gloom is lingering between the handsome eyebrows and eyes.

"I've been waiting for today since I knew you came back. I've been waiting for a long time." He withdrew his fingers, glanced at the gifts that Hu Ru had brought before, and couldn't help but smile, "Xiaoyan has grown up and knows that visiting patients can't be empty-handed." It's a pity that I can't eat so much by myself, so take it back and don't waste it."

I couldn't help asking: "Do you usually live here alone?"

"There is a part-time worker who helps me recover, the one you just met, Sister Wu."

Xu Yucheng smiled slightly: "She comes here for four or six hours a day, and takes care of my diet by the way. The assistant comes once every three days. After all, I'm still in Xu's position, so it's not good to do nothing."

My eyes stayed on his thin legs, and he said indifferently: "It's a comminuted fracture, and it's lucky that the spine was not injured."

I knew the pain of not being able to walk, so I closed my eyes and whispered, "...I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault to say something stupid." Xu Yucheng patted my head, "If Xiao Yan hadn't stopped you at that time, I'm afraid I'd be lying on the ground now."

If I hadn't expressed my desire to leave the Xu family as soon as possible, Andre would not have taken a risky move to intensify the conflict and find someone to instigate Xu Yuzhong to do such a thing.

I suppressed my guilt and chatted with him about the recent situation of my relatives.My uncle's health has been going from good to bad. Because the two sons and brothers fought against each other, and the favorite little sister took the opportunity to seize power, he was stimulated so that his condition relapsed and he had to undergo several major operations.

The second son is disabled, and the elder son's behavior is getting more and more absurd. I don't know if he really wants to do it or is forced to do so. After negotiating with his mother once, the uncle completely let go of it.

In the past few years, my mother has been vigorous and resolute, and has promptly eliminated many moths in the family business. The Xu family has regained its vitality in her hands. The old man saw it and gradually gave up competing with his mother.Because of his compromise, the reunion banquet at the main house last year was full of fun.

The most despondent is probably my second aunt, who has no shame in fetching water from the bamboo basket, and has no face to go back to Xu's house for the New Year.

"Actually, sister-in-law treats me very well. Mrs. Xu will discuss some problems with me and pay attention to my ideas. On the contrary, it is Xu Yuzhong who jumps up and down in the company all day, which has become a joke. After my sister-in-law gives you Mrs. Xu, I can help you." You might be busy."

When Xu Yucheng said these things with a calm demeanor, it took me a few seconds to realize that the sister-in-law he was talking about was his mother.The mood is indescribably complicated. He who was once ambitious now looks very contented, so absurd that I can't laugh.

I stood up, Xu Yucheng looked at the corner of the room calmly, and didn't meet my eyes.From this angle, all I could see were the deep shadows cast between his brows and eyes.

I lowered my eyelids: "I will not take over Xu's, and my mother will not hand it over to me."

Xu Yucheng smiled and shook his head: "If you don't give it to you, who will it be?"

"Of course it's Andre..." I suddenly caught something wrong, "Why do you think mom won't give it to him? Brother Yucheng, mom never liked me, don't you remember?"

He froze for a moment, opened his mouth but didn't make a sound, and finally said: "Andre is disobedient, sister-in-law is very angry with him."

This reason is a bit far-fetched. There is no overnight feud between mother and child. Compared with me who has been disgusted by her and was even declared dead, Andre is still my mother's darling no matter how rebellious she is.

How could such a thoughtful Yucheng make such a mistake?

My surprise was obvious. He was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "On the night of New Year's Eve last year, the third aunt asked my sister-in-law why Andre never came back from abroad. Learn more about the situation.”

I frowned slightly.With the shrewdness of the members of the Xu family, the fact that Andre, as the default successor, was sent to the "sanatorium" for compulsory treatment could not be concealed seamlessly - at least the third aunt could not be ignorant.

It's just that everyone knows it well and doesn't puncture this layer of window paper.

Xu Yucheng said: "Sister-in-law said in public that Andre has his father's affairs, so he can't get out of his family. The Xu family should be inherited by someone surnamed Xu, and the three juniors can work together to develop in the long run."

In our generation, apart from distant relatives in the collateral line, there are only three people in the direct lineage surnamed Xu: me, Xu Yuzhong, and Xu Yucheng.

The meaning of the words was so obvious that I was at a loss for a while: Why did my mother do this?She sent "me" to the cemetery with her own hands, why did she declare my inheritance right in front of everyone?

"...why?" I asked, "I should have died, it was my mother's funeral."

"The funeral is just a ceremony. If you want to do it, you can do as many as you want." Xu Yucheng's tone was calm, "You don't know the situation at that time. The Yang family and the Song family exerted pressure at the same time, causing a lot of trouble. I can't find you anywhere, say They don't believe it when they go out, but my sister just stabilized the Xu family's situation, and she didn't want to cause more troubles, so she did this."

He smiled, and said in a low voice, "Are you thinking, 'After I die, don't care about the flood'?"

"No." I took a deep breath, "I'm sorry."

We looked at each other for a few seconds, Xu Yucheng sighed, and there was a bit of helplessness in his smile: "You don't have to be sorry, Xiaoyan. I used to think that you were too capricious, but later I realized that this is not your fault at all, it should not be your fault. Bear the consequences. The main reason for the confrontation between the Yang family and the Song family is the conflict of interests, and those things cannot be put on the table, so you are used as a cover for the outbreak."

"I was not a good brother before. I promised to protect you but never did." He stretched out his hand, and I leaned over so that he could touch my cheek, and breathed softly on my face, "Fortunately you weren't there at that time, otherwise I really don't know how to feel sorry."

This kind of tender moment always makes people cry. I thought I would recall the pictures of us warming each other in the past, but actually I was thinking that Xu Yucheng's inability to win the Xu family was also due to his personal character flaws.

He really puts too much thought into manipulating others.

I held his hand back, too lazy to go around in circles, and took the initiative to tell the real purpose of my coming here: "Brother Yucheng, I happen to have something to tell you."

"Ok?"

"You should know that Songcheng gave me Mingde Media. I not only want a vacant position, but I don't understand anything, I don't know how to do it...I need someone who is capable enough to help, but other I can't even believe it."

Xu Yucheng looked up at me, his eyes showed the same smile as always, and a certain look that I was familiar with burst out again: "Xiaoyan, as I said, I have been waiting for you."

"I believe in Brother Yucheng, from childhood to adulthood."

I half-kneeled in front of him again, put my face on his emaciated thigh, and smiled contentedly.

The last domino was put in place.

Xu Yucheng, I have been waiting for you too.