Chaos

Chapter 23

Li Shu opened the door and walked into a ward, but there was no one on the bed. She looked around the ward environment a few times, walked to the window, and looked out sideways.

"You are here." Li Gong's voice came from behind the screen, Li Shu quickly turned around, and then saw Li Gong coming out wearing a hospital gown.

Li Shu looked Li Gong up and down several times, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Li Gong sat down and said, "Yes, but I was not shot."

"The person in the car is not you, is it? Then what did you ask me to do?"

Li Gong smiled and said, "Do you think I asked you to say the last words?"

"Mr. Gong, if you have nothing to say to me, then I have other matters, so I won't accompany you."

"I called you here to tell you something you should know."

"If it's about the Li family, then I'd better not know about it!" Li Shu said and turned to leave.

"You don't want to know what happened to the contract 20 years ago?"

Li Shu paused suddenly, stood still, and pretended to say calmly: "It's not important anymore." Then he took another step.

"That's Li Lu, who forced me to write it." Li Gong's tone was calm, but there was helpless sadness in his eyes.

Li Shu turned around, and said doubtfully, "Li Lu?"

Li Gong nodded and continued: "That morning, he got up earlier than you and came to the study. I thought he had something to ask me, but he suddenly took out a gun and put it on my head, letting me Write something, he read it, I wrote, 'Li Nan, a descendant of the Li family, is arrogant, extravagant and dissipated, with little talent and learning, and it is difficult to take on a big job. Let Li Lu, the eldest brother's second son, be the first heir', the gun is loaded, and if I don't write it, he will shot."

Li Shu listened calmly, and asked again: "Why did he do this?"

"He wanted to be the heir. He killed Li Shang. He thought that no one would know. He had already learned how to use the gun the second time he took it. He aimed at Li Shang. It was not an accident at all. He pointed the gun at him When I was looking at my head, I asked him why he didn't just kill you, but he didn't speak."

Shock, regret and helplessness mixed together, filling every gap in Li Shu's heart.

"Li Kang and I had a quarrel and never came back. This morning, Wu Mohan's father brought the bullet that hit her in the body. There was only one wet gun outside the church, which belonged to Li Lu. The warhead brought by Wu’s father is not that gun. The size of the warhead seems to be a new type of mini gun. You should have heard that the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River have suddenly upgraded their ammunition. They are American products. But none of us have ever dealt with Americans."

Li Shu didn't answer, but asked instead: "How is Wu Mohan?"

"Already awake, not saying anything. Wu's father said that the bullet was shot from Wu Mohan's right rib, and did not hurt the aorta or heart. Li Lu was lying on Wu Mohan's right side. I suspect that Wu Mohan's shot was Li Lu's. I beat it."

Li Shu lowered his eyes.The two were silent for a while.

Li Gong took a deep breath and said, "When your father fell down in front of me, he had only one breath left. He begged me to help him take care of you. After so many years, I often think that if I hadn't he Block the gun, the one who died was me, what would it be like now... At that time, he was only your age, just at the age when he should be in high spirits, if your father was still alive, he would definitely not have come to this point, definitely not... ..." Li Gong slowly lowered his head.

Li Shu noticed for the first time that Mr. Gong's hair was already gray, and he was much thinner than a few months ago, his haggard face was full of wrinkles.She felt a little sad. Mr. Gong had indeed kept his promise and was trying his best to help him raise his elder brother's children, but the world was unpredictable, and no one would have thought that 30 years later, there would be nothing.

Li Shu turned around, walked outside, and stopped when he reached the door.

"On behalf of my father, thank you, Second Uncle."

In the ward, Wu Mohan looked at the tree outside, listening to it rustling in the wind, and ignored people who came.

Li Shu sent the nurse away and sat beside the hospital bed.

"Miss Wu, I'm Li Shu. You don't have to look back, just listen to me. Li Lu is the third child of his father, Mr. Heng. He has lived in the same room with his elder brother since he was born. He likes it. Things, my brother also likes them, but he can't steal them from my brother, my mother doesn't care, and my father doesn't know, his jealousy and violence are like a seed, which has germinated and grown wildly since then. For decades, he has never refused Let yourself go, don't tolerate a little bit of betrayal, and don't give yourself a chance to soften your heart. However, God has mercy on him and let him meet you. This is the first time he is willing to give up his life for one person. You know Lu's marksmanship. Don't just say that his arm is injured, even if only one finger is left to move, he can kill him with one shot. If this shot was really shot by Lu, I don't know under what circumstances he had to To shoot this one, but I think he wants you to live. He loves you."

Wu Mohan's eyelashes trembled, and he closed his eyes gently, tears streaming down the pillow.

"That's the way things are in the world. If you gain something, you lose it. I'm leaving, Miss Wu, take care of your health."

In front of Wu Mohan's eyes, the image of Li Lu raising his gun and pointing it at himself appeared again, his hand as steady as usual, almost without thinking.Did he not have the strength to lift it up to head height, or even to heart height?The words brought by Li Shu made her suddenly feel helpless, "love" changed from worthless to life-for-life, her hard thinking and unwillingness all turned into grief in an instant, and she finally remembered that she wanted to hate those people Take away her true love, and feel fortunate and unfortunate to understand the weight of this love.

When Li Shu walked out of the ward, heart-piercing cries came from behind him.

"Madam Li, you are looking for me."

In the study of Li's house, Cheng Yu heard Li Kang coming, got up and closed the book, met Li Kang face to face, then closed the door and went out.

Seeing Li Shu's complexion was not very good, Li Kang felt a little uneasy in his heart, looked at Li Shu cautiously, and waited for her to speak.

"Why did you kill Li Lu?" Li Shu asked straight to the point.

Li Kang was startled first, smiled awkwardly, and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about..."

Li Shu pursed his lips, as if hiding a lot of unspoken words, just waiting for Li Kang to say it himself.

Seeing Li Shu's appearance, Li Kang seemed to have no need to hide any more, and said, "You know everything?"

Li Shu said with a cold face, "So it's really you?"

"It was me, but I just hit him and didn't intend to kill him."

"Suicide? Li Kang, don't think I'm stupid. Li Lu is dead. You don't want to kill him. Could it be that he's tired of living and wants you to watch him die?"

Li Kang suddenly felt a little sorry that Li Shu still thought of Li Lu so simply, he smiled and said: "Sister Nan, let alone how he died, who is Li Lu, don't you really know? He regards power as life, and whoever blocks his way to be the heir will be killed. He has already come to you, if he is still alive, you will be in danger, don't forget the fate of big brother!"

Li Shu was a little surprised, she thought that Li Kang killed Li Lu more to protect herself, but she could hear Li Kang's intention to protect her from his words.Li Shu's heart suddenly became tense. Could it be that she really wanted to turn against him as she least wanted to see...

"You originally said that Li Lu was not worthy of being the heir. Now that Li Lu is dead, you are going to take over. Be a good gentleman."

Li Kang was taken aback, and asked cautiously and unexpectedly: "Don't you want to... come back and get back the inheritance that should belong to you?"

Li Shu avoided Li Kang's eyes and said, "I never said I would go back to the Li family. Now to the Li family, I am already an outsider, and I shouldn't be involved in housework."

"But," Li Kang still had a glimmer of hope, "Sister, I don't want to be the heir, you should be the eldest wife of the Li family. No one knows about that piece of paper, it's just a piece of waste paper! It's over, it's over. No one remembers why you left, you can come back!"

"No one remembers?" Li Shu suddenly changed his face. The outside world still doesn't know whether Li Gong is dead or alive. How did Li Kang know that he must be dead?

"Li Kang, I'm asking you, and you answer truthfully. It's Li Gong who doesn't agree with me going back, and you are so murderous, right?" Li Shu's gaze seemed to burn him out.

Li Kang was stunned, all his wishful thinking was just wishful thinking after all.He suddenly felt that he was a joke, a joke that he had deceived himself into believing.

Li Kang smiled sadly: "Yes."

Li Shu couldn't believe that this was the smart, forbearing and kind-hearted Li Kang she knew. He hated Li Lu so much, and after killing Li Lu, he ridiculously became the second Li Lu himself.

"Li Kang, it's a done deal. It doesn't matter whether anyone knows about that piece of paper. Everyone has to look forward. Now that we have reached this point, we can only move forward. You should go back to Li's house as soon as possible and do a good job." Prepare to take over, and be a big gentleman who can convince everyone."

Li Kang raised his head to look at Li Shu, with a little trace of his past in his eyes, and said, "Sister Nan, don't you understand? All I did was to let you come back. Li Lu , Li Gong, only they can't tolerate you, they are gone, you can come back..."

Li Kang's trembling voice was almost begging Li Shu, even if it was just a word of affirmation, it would be good.

Li Shu actually wanted to thank Li Kang for everything he had done for her, but the price was too heavy, not to mention that she would not return, even if she really had room to return to Li's house, she couldn't bear such a bloody torment. A gift of power that the still beating heart digs out to itself.

"Kang, all of this is my own choice, and it has nothing to do with them. You are now the first heir of the Li family, so please do what the heir should do."

"What the heir should do." This sentence was like a flame, which suddenly ignited from Li Kang's body, burning him from the inside out, and burning away all the pity and compassion that belonged to Li Kang .

"What the heir should do," Li Kang repeated mutteringly, "Inherit the family business? Glory to the ancestors? Don't be naive, Sister Nan, do you think I did this to restore the status of the Li family? What is the Li family like? I don’t care, I don’t care what happened to this home that oppressed me for 30 years! Now I can be like you, change my name and surname, and start from scratch, instead of guarding this home that sucks the bones and marrow, and live my whole life!”

Li Shu watched Li Lu's soul come back to life in Li Kang's eyes.

After a long time, Li Shu slowly opened his mouth and said, "You hate the Li family so much..."

"Yes, I hate the Li family. I hate not only Li Gong, Li Lu, but also my father. From the moment I was brought back by my father, I was accompanied only by my father's ignorance and Li Lu's bullying. I It was a plaything that my father bestowed on the third wife. She didn’t even allow me to be called ‘mother’. When Li Lu ‘said I didn’t have any pain from my own mother’, she still only cared about embroidery needles and threads. She didn’t care what I looked like at all. Have a good life. After all, I grew up and found a little fun. I dealt with ordinary people at the pier. They have no money for food or medical treatment. After today, I don’t know if there will be a tomorrow, so they cherish the people who are still alive. , and cherish every little bit of warmth and rewards, it is they who make me feel that I am not a plaything, I am a person of flesh and blood, a person who can hurt and love..."

For so many years, Li Kang has long been numb and neglected. The only thing Li family thinks about for him is his sister. He is the same as Li Lu. Warmth, like the colorful candy my sister left for me, leave a share for my sister.But it was such a feeling that he held in the apex of his heart, and was thrown to the ground by his sister.

After a while, Li Shu sighed and said in a hoarse voice: "Kang, it's the Li family's fault, thank you, you still believe me..."

Li Kang didn't speak, put away all his emotions, looked at Li Shu as if saying goodbye, and finally turned and left.

Li Shu listened to Li Kang's footsteps walking away, and slowly slumped back to the chair.

Li Kang is a hedgehog with intelligence like a sharp knife. His father gave him strategies and courage far beyond ordinary people, but the cold Li family mansion did not teach him how to put away his edge.He tried his best to help his sister get justice, not for her sister at all, but for himself, for his own obsession to repay.He didn't understand that to Li Shu, everything that happened back then was just a dead scab of the wound, the skin and flesh had healed, and it would be useless to apply medicine again.He clumsily loves his sister in his own way, but he doesn't know that his aggressive intelligence has accidentally stabbed Li Shu.

In the evening, Li Kang sat outside his guest room in the backyard of Fuyi Building and smoked, puffs of smoke wishing he could come out of his eyes and ears.

"Stop smoking," He Guanhai took two bottles of foreign wine, and sat next to Li Kang, "See how much you have smoked, take a break!"

Li Kang didn't answer, took the last puff of the cigarette, threw it on the ground and stomped it out, then turned around and took one in his mouth, and was about to strike a match when He Guanhai snatched it away.

"I know you're in a bad mood right now, but you can't just keep smoking here without saying a word, can you?"

Li Kang nodded as if he understood, and said in response, "Forget it, let's not talk about it. How is the house you asked for me?"

"That can be called a house? You are the only one who is willing to buy a yard as big as a vegetable garden! The old man saw that someone was willing to buy it, so he raised the price tenfold. "

"Then, did you buy it?"

"Can I not buy it? Mr. Kang sent me to do such a trivial matter, and I can't handle it properly. How can I mess around in front of you in the future?" He Guanhai joked with a rascal face, opened the wine and handed Li Kang a bottle, "I have already bought the house. It should be soon. Are you going to pick up the third wife?"

"She..." Li Kang's eyes darkened, "I probably don't want to come."

He Guanhai pouted and nodded, and asked in a low voice: "Are you really, you don't plan to go back to Li's house in the future?"

Li Kang smiled wryly and said, "Can I go back?" He took a sip of wine.

He Guanhai pursed his lips and touched Li Kang's wine bottle without saying anything.

"Li Kang, you have to consider the consequences when you do things in the future." He Guanhai still couldn't hold back and said, "The new building of the police station has already started to paint the walls. I will have to be there from now on. If you have something to do, go to the new site to find me. I'll go back first." .”

"Okay." Li Kang lit the cigarette snatched by He Guanhai again, ignoring the densely packed cigarette butts on the ground where there was almost no place to lay them down.