Deer in the forest

It will be Christmas in a few days, and the birthday of the old man of the Li family is just around the corner.

Lin Shen personally went to the border and picked two pieces of good old pit-grown jadeite, which he planned to use as a congratulatory gift.

In these years, every year on the old man's birthday, he and Li Jibai would go back to China to live for half a month, to accompany the old man, and to walk around with the commercial and political circles in Nancheng.When I go back this year, I have to stay for an extra week because Li Jibai has to do one more thing.

Lin Shen was so busy these days that Li Zhu didn't see anyone else at the airport until an hour before departure.

Lin Shen brought an oversized suitcase and asked his assistant to check it in.

"Nancheng doesn't lack anything, why do you bring so many things?" Li Zhu asked curiously.

"Mr. is used to it. No matter how many things there are in Nancheng, it may not be easy to use." Lin Shen said, "Besides, it's not as cold as here. It's cold now, so bring more clothes."

"I also have clothes at home!" Li Zhu looked at his empty hands, and wondered if Lin Shen was a mother-in-law.

"It's cold on the way from the airport to getting on the bus, and it's cold on the way from getting off to going home." Lin Shen didn't want to talk to him anymore, "Just because you're not cold doesn't mean others aren't."

Sure enough, when Li Zhu got off the plane, he was chilled by the cold wind as soon as he stepped out of the airport. He was only wearing a shirt and a thin windbreaker. Now he saw his brother wearing Lin Shen, who had just taken it out of the suitcase. The thick coat, the heart is even colder.

Christmas is approaching, and the road is jammed into a pot of porridge.

It was almost noon when we arrived at the old house, and the old man missed his grandson eagerly, so he stood on the porch and waited early.The car stopped in front of the platform on the second floor of the main building, and when Li Zhu got out of the car, he was shocked again. Now he was cold and hungry, and hated him even more.

Mr. Li's son, Li Zifeng, is nearly eighty years old, healthy and energetic.The most direct point reflected in him from the perennial battles in the market and strategizing is that he is imposing.

When Li Zhu saw him, he paused unconsciously, stepped forward cautiously to support the old man, and asked, "Did grandpa miss me?"

Li Zifeng snorted: "You still know that you came back from your brother to see me?"

Seeing that his grandpa didn't look really angry, Li Zhu put his arms around the old man and acted coquettishly, "I have learned a lot from my brother, I have always wanted to come back to see you, but I am too busy to leave. Grandpa won't blame me, will he?"

Although the old man had a straight face, there was doting in his eyes.

Turning around and seeing Li Jibai and Lin Shen, he greeted lightly and dragged Li Zhu into the house first.

Unabashedly eccentric.

Li Jibai raised his eyebrows, his expression remained unchanged, and he and Lin Shen followed behind.

The Li family's old house is very big, and their grandchildren live in the main building with the old man. Lin Shen lives with Li Jibai on the third floor, with adjacent rooms.

The birthday banquet was scheduled for a week later, and the old house was already busy inside and out.

In the first two days of coming here, both Lin Shen and Li Jibai were called to the old man's place to talk about Hongbai's situation, and they stopped calling them in the next few days.Li Jibai had nothing to do, it was rare for him to be free, so Lin Shen was free when he was free, the two of them played ball and watched movies when they had nothing to do, as if they were going on vacation.

Li Jibai's father, Li Qingxian, was still on vacation on a foreign island. Both sons came back. The old man was accompanied by someone, so he was not in a hurry. The return ticket was scheduled for the day before the birthday banquet. No one dared to say no, old man. After listening, he just waved his hand: "Let him play!"

Li Qingxian sacrificed a lot for the Li family in the early years, and he never remarried after his wife died young, playing games in the world every day is so unrestrained.Now that the son has taken over safely, the old man no longer restrains him and lets him do whatever he wants.Li Chu is like his father, but Li Jibai is more like Mr. Li.But Mr. Li loves Li Zhu alone, and he treats Li Jibai indifferently.

Fortunately, Li Jibai didn't care too much.

Before dinner that day, Lin Shen found that the kitchen in the old house was obviously busy, and it seemed that someone was coming.

Sure enough, it was Uncle Li Jibai's family who came.Unlike the old house located on the outskirts of the city, Li Qingluo and his two sons live in a villa area in the city center.Li Qingluo came back to the old house once a month, and went back after dinner.

At the dinner table, Mr. Li sat at the head seat, Li Qingluo sat on his right, and next to him were Li Linzhou and Li Jiangmu.Li Jibai and Li Zhu sat on the left hand side of the old man.The dinner was fairly peaceful, and the family didn't discuss any business matters, so it was considered relaxed.

It's just that Li Jiangmu couldn't sit still, kept checking his phone and sending messages.He has done a lot of absurd things recently, and even went to the open sea to hold a three-day and three-night promiscuous party. The second generation of wealthy families, celebrity models, and many peripheral girls gathered on the cruise ship. It was Li Qingluo who made the headlines, and it was Li Qingluo who finally suppressed the news.

There are too many ridiculous things about Li Jiangmu. When Mr. Li sees this grandson, his nose is not his nose and his eyes are not his eyes.

"Your father doesn't care about you, but I can handle it. If you continue to make these messy things, you don't want any of the Li family's things." When Li Jiangmu picked up his mobile phone for the fourth time to send a message, Li Zifeng Putting the chopsticks on the table heavily, there was a clang and crisp sound.

Li Jiangmu immediately put down his phone and curled his lips.

Li Qingluo turned his head and glared at Li Jiangmu, and quickly comforted the old man: "Dad, don't be angry with him. He knows he made a mistake this time and won't do it again. Linzhou and I will keep an eye on him in the future, don't worry. "

Mr. Li reprimanded under his anger: "Look at what you are now, learn from you, Brother Bai, who can support the entire Hongbai at the age of 27, and now the overseas business is still expanding. And Ah Zhu, who just graduated Just go to Hongbai to help, and it’s very good now. I don’t ask you to help your father and Linzhou take on more work that you hope to be able to do, at least stop doing those ridiculous things, the Li family’s reputation has been ruined by you.”

The Li family's dinner has always been like this, as long as Li Jiangmu is there, no matter how harmonious it is at first, it will eventually become Li Jiangmu's personal criticism meeting.

Li Qingluo's face was full of embarrassment from his son's disappointment, Li Linzhou didn't speak, and Li Jiangmu hung his head in disbelief.

The atmosphere is so cold.

The old man was so angry that he didn't even eat, dropped his chopsticks and went upstairs.

Seeing this, Li Zhu hurried over to help the old man, and accompanied him to the upstairs bedroom.

Seeing this, Li Jiangmu sneered and muttered "Lick the dog". When he looked up, he saw Li Jibai looking at him expressionlessly, and then lowered his head in fright.

He is not afraid of his father, not even the old man, but he is afraid of Li Jibai alone.He had made several troubles abroad before, and even lost his life, but in the end Li Jibai came forward to settle it.He had seen Li Jibai's cold-blooded and vicious before, so he made a detour when he saw this cousin.He grew up with Li Zhu, when he was a child he often fought because he hated Li Zhu for being favored by the old man, but when he grew up, because of Li Jibai, now he doesn't dare to be arrogant when he sees Li Zhu.

We can't eat anymore, but we have to talk about things.

Li Qingluo sent his younger son away, and then said a few words of concern to Li Jibai. As an elder, he asked about everything from health to work, and then said: "Jibai, you have the big picture in mind, and Li Jibai Home, uncle is very pleased."

Li Jibai took a sip of tea, said with a smile that his uncle was too much, and then waited for him to get down to business.

Li Qingluo and his eldest son looked at each other, with embarrassment on their faces: "Uncle, I'm really embarrassed to tell you this. The exchange of air routes and suburban land is because you are at a loss, and you should take [-]% of the profit. But you I also know that there has been a lot of pressure in the past few years, and my burden will be handed over to Linzhou sooner or later. There are still many days for the two of you to cooperate in the future, so..." Li Qingluo thought about it and said, "Can you Give uncle a face, can there be a deadline for the profit cut, and after the deadline, we can do our own thing. Okay?"

Li Jibai turned the teacup around his mouth, and met Li Qingluo's pleading eyes.

"Uncle, we are all one family. Now that you have opened your mouth, I will not be sensible if I insist." He seemed to think for a while, and then said, "Three years, I will draw the profit for three years, and then I will give it all to uncle and big brother."

Unexpectedly, Li Jibai agreed so readily. Li Qingluo and Li Linzhou looked at each other, both a little unexpected.

Li Qingluo didn't dare to delay, and was busy making a final decision: "Okay, it's white, thank you, uncle."

It didn't matter to Li Jibai, he deliberately made things difficult for Li Linzhou just to make his uncle beg him.Now that the goal has been achieved, Li Jibai is not talking nonsense, "In the future, I will manage some projects in Nancheng, and my uncle will also give me advice and help me."

Li Qingluo only thought that he was talking about the piece of land in the outskirts of the city, so he naturally agreed, "Sincerely, if you need uncle to come forward for anything, just say it, we are all one family."

Li Jibai was waiting for this sentence, and said: "Okay, then I will thank uncle in advance."

After Lin Shen had dinner in his room, he saw that it was still early, and went for a walk in the garden.

At the end of the corridor, there is a scenic lake, in which a pair of black swans lie cross necked, whispering.Lin Shen was leaning on the porch pillar, with a cigarette in his mouth, with a casual expression, his eyes crossed the small garden, flowing water, mountains and rocks, and stayed on the two swans, not moving for a long time.

There was a rustling sound behind him, but he didn't look back, he knew who it was.

"The pair of swans were a birthday present from Linzhou to the old man last year," came a deep and slightly vicissitudes voice behind him, "The old man is very precious."

Lin Shen turned around slowly, looked at the person coming up, and shouted respectfully: "Mr. Li."

Li Qingluo waved his hand with the kindness unique to elders on his face: "Don't be so ostentatious, you grew up in Li's family since you were a child, call me uncle just like Ji Bai." Then he looked up at the swan in the distance, and asked , "You like it too? Ask Linzhou to ship you a pair from Australia."

"Mr. Li, I just took a look. You are very kind." Lin Shen did not change the address, and said, "This is a birthday present from the young master to the old man. If you give the same thing to someone else, the old man will not be happy if he finds out. .”

Li Qingluo smiled and nodded: "That's right."

"This handover procedure and matters are all handled by you, thank you for your hard work." Li Qingluo went straight to the topic, "Both Linzhou and I thank you."

"You are polite, it is my duty."

"Speaking of which, when you just came back from Baidao, I only favored you among those children. I wanted you to follow Linzhou, but my younger brother took the lead and gave it to Jibai." Li Qingluo showed regret on his face. "If there is a chance, I still hope you can come back to China. The domestic market is huge, and people like you are also needed around Linzhou."

"Since Bai can give you, Linzhou can give you double." He threw out the bait.

Lin Shen's position was backlit, and the silhouette hidden under the moonlight was somewhat unclear, but his eyes were bright and deep.

Li Qingluo is standing under the brightly lit porch. He is no longer young, but he is still well maintained. All the Li family members have good looks, and Li Qingluo is no exception. His facial features are deep and three-dimensional, and they are more attractive after years of precipitation. With the self-confidence and superiority of the perennial superior, there is also a sense of taking everything under control in his demeanor.

Standing here right now, it seems that he is talking to the younger generation, but in fact he is somewhat arrogant and disdainful.

Lin Shen looked at him, very serious and focused, as if thinking about the other party's proposal,

He has been in the business world for so many years, and he thinks he can easily handle a junior, even if Lin Shen is Li Jibai's confidant, but human nature cannot stand the test in front of interests.

As long as the conditions are favorable, there is no fish that cannot be hooked.

After a while, Lin Shen said with a bit of embarrassment: "Mr. Li, I grew up in the Li family, and it is my lifelong obligation to do things for the Li family. If the Li family needs it, whether it is you or the young master, I will go through fire and water. But—" He showed a bit embarrassed look, "I don't want to go back to China yet. But don't worry, I will do my best for this project handover."

The expected answer.

Li Qingluo nodded with a faint smile.There is no rush to win people's hearts.The bait should be released first, and the line should be collected a little bit.

So he ordered a few words to pay attention to his body, then turned and left.

The moment Lin Shen turned around, the smile on his face closed in an instant. He stared at Li Qingluo's back, with hatred in his eyes for wanting to peel the other party's skin and bones. .