Deer in the forest

Chapter 65 Extra Story 3 The Bet

I saw Wei Qidong again at a small party.They are all people in the circle, and it is inevitable to run into each other.

Wei Qidong appeared very suddenly. After all, he had been missing for more than half a year without any news. Many people even thought that the Wei family was about to change hands.Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back, he would make a drastic rectification, and soon suppressed his elder brother's actions, and Wei's status as the head of the family was basically secured.

He knew it was Li Jibai's fault. When he went to that small island to look for Lin Shen, he was tricked by Li Jibai and made him stay in that shitty place for more than half a year before he was found by his confidant. , quietly took back to the capital.

As soon as he came back, he was busy fighting for power and profit. Internal troubles made him burnt out. Foreign troubles, he can't care about revenge at the moment, at least not yet.So when he saw Li Jibai, the two chatted happily with each other, like old friends reunited after a long absence.

Many people gathered around and exchanged warm greetings, you come and go, and some good people asked where they had been in the past six months. Wei Qidong only said lightly that he went abroad, showing with his actions and smiles that he was not kidnapped or sent down, of course It is not so easy to die.

Li Jibai took a glass of sparkling water and went to the balcony to breathe.

He doesn't drink alcohol now, he doesn't drink at all, and no one can persuade him.Originally, Lin Shen was going to come to today's party, but when Li Jibai received the news on the way, the car turned around and sent Lin Shen home again.

He will never let Lin Shen see Wei Qidong again.

"Don't make trouble." Lin Shen warned him, "I'll wait for you at home, come back early."

"Don't do anything, go back soon." Li Jibai pinched his face, kissed his cheek and the corner of his mouth, and told him to send a message when he got home.

If you don't do anything, you will waste the beauty of today's good day.It is his life creed that revenge must be done.

"He was willing to bring you out, why, this time he took it seriously?"

An indiscriminate voice came from the other side of the balcony. A tall man in a suit lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and sprayed the smoke ring on the face of a shorter boy in front of him.

It's Wei Rufeng, the eldest brother who has been fighting with Wei Qidong since birth.Half-brother, Wei Qidong is only two years older than Wei Qidong, but he is suppressed by his younger brother everywhere.

Look, this is what a large Shura field was discovered.Li Jibai drank the sparkling water in his hand in one gulp, then quietly hid in the dark again.

Wei Rufeng's height, figure and imposing manner are extremely oppressive.The boy was blocked by him, so he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but his breath was already unstable.

"I'm going back." The voice was like a gnat.

"I heard that you were the one who saved him on that island, and you lived together for more than half a year? No wonder, my younger brother has spent half his life wandering around in the flowers, so why has he been with you for such a long time without getting tired of him? It turned out to be a life-saving grace." Not wanting to let him go, she turned a deaf ear to his words, even pulled the boy's arm that was about to turn around, and sneered, "Have you met my father!"

The posture changed slightly, and now I can see the boy's appearance clearly.

He is not tall, thin and looks like he is about 20 years old or even younger. He has a round face, which is different from his slender body, but his facial features are fleshy, and his eyes are full of water. Retreat after the festival, not daring to raise your eyes.

What a cute little pity.

Has Wei Qidong's taste changed?He has always liked that kind of cool and cool, but after being trapped for more than half a year, he actually started to enjoy it.

But when he thought of the cold and beautiful, Li Jibai's face darkened, Ah Shen was too cold and beautiful, which was why Wei Qidong missed him for so long.

The boy was grabbed by the wrist, and when he struggled, Wei Rufeng let go, which was quite graceful.

"Mr. Wei, I'm going back..." The boy raised his voice a little, protesting insignificantly.

Wei Rufeng laughed, and the voice in his chest seemed to have ulterior motives: "What are you afraid of, I don't eat people. If you can't stay with my brother, you can come to me—"

The rest of the words were interrupted by the sudden opening of the door, Wei Qidong walked in, and glanced at the two people who were very close, with neither anger nor anger visible on his face.

Wei Rufeng moved a little away, and nodded at the other party as a greeting.Before leaving, he glanced at the boy clinging to the wall again, and smiled meaningfully.

After Wei Rufeng left, Wei Qidong didn't speak for a long time, and the boy still stood stiffly.

Even Li Jibai, who was hiding in the dark, could feel the nervousness and bewilderment of the boy a few meters away.

"Don't run around alone in the future," Wei Qidong said, he doesn't need to pretend to be in an environment without people, and he doesn't need to suppress his anger. "And don't get along with people alone in such an environment."

Seeing that the boy didn't respond, he asked impatiently, "Do you understand?"

"Well," the boy nodded and whispered, "Got it."

After a long time, so long that Li Jibai almost fell asleep, Wei Qidong's deep voice sounded again, "Did he touch you?"

The boy was a little dazed and shook his head.

Wei Qidong didn't speak, but looked at him with a look of "You better tell the truth, I've seen it all".

If pulling him just now was considered "moving", then it was indeed moving.So the boy nodded again, and said in a good voice: "I want to leave, but he won't let me. He grabbed my wrist, but he let go soon."

Li Jibai couldn't help laughing secretly, this kid is too honest.

The honest child suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Wei Qidong's hand, shook it twice, and coaxed people: "I was wrong, don't be angry, I shouldn't run to the balcony alone to breathe. There are too many people inside, I'm...I'm a little uncomfortable."

Wei Qidong's face was a little more relaxed, and his tone was not as aggressive as before. He raised his wrist and glanced at his watch: "I'll ask Wei Xuan to take you to rest for a while, and we'll go together when it's over."

When the two left, a smile flashed across Wei Qidong's face in the bright field of vision, except for Li Jibai who was hiding in the dark, no one saw it.

Maybe even Wei Qidong himself didn't realize it.

In the second half, the regular business entertainment entered the stage of free play, and most of the people who stayed were acquaintances in the circle, so they had a good time.

Wei Qidong checked that the time was almost up, and when he was about to leave, he was stopped by someone.

He raised his eyebrows, and looked at Li Jibai who was in full swing in front of him.There was no one around, and the two of them didn't have to pretend to be happy.

"I have the real financial statements of your brother's southern company." Li Jibai didn't beat around the bush, he wanted to go home early to sleep with Ah Shen.

Wei Qidong's face was still calm, the old fox's concentration was enough, but he couldn't scare Li Jibai.

"I know you are looking, and you can find it out." Li Jibai's old god is there, "but it takes time. And you, what you need most now is time."

The company in the south is Wei Rufeng's hole card, and it is also the reliance for him to turn around.That company's financial situation was full of loopholes, and Wei Qidong knew that as long as he made a fuss about it, his brother would be completely hopeless.

But Li Jibai is right, the investigation will take time, at least two months.There are too many variables in two months, Wei Qidong can't afford to wait.

"So? What's the condition?" Wei Qidong asked.

"It's very simple," Li Jibai said slowly, "The boy next to you is nice, I like him very much. He will follow me tonight, and I will ask him to bring the documents back tomorrow morning."

Wei Qidong turned cold, turned around and left.

"Or—" Li Jibai's moderate voice came from behind, stopping him from leaving, "If you don't want to, we can gamble."

Wei Qidong hesitated for a moment.

Li Jibai smiled, he knew that he had already won before he even started to gamble.

"Texas Hold'em." Li Jibai chose what he and Wei Qidong are both good at, "You won, I'll give you the information, and I won—" He drew his voice with a bit of ambiguity and playfulness, "That little cutie goes home. I."

Without thinking for too long, Wei Qidong nodded.

The game started quickly and didn't take much time to end.

Both of them are masters at playing poker, but Wei Qidong was addicted to Texas Hold'em for a while when he was a teenager, and he is better at disguising and calculating.

Gradually, a few acquaintances gathered around to watch the excitement, jokingly asked what the bet was, Li Jibai smiled and did not answer, Wei Qidong kept a cold face.The tense atmosphere gradually rose, and everyone shut up wisely and concentrated on being spectators.

The croupier deals the cards, and the two start the game.

In fact, it was not as sharp as imagined. Soon, Li Jibai turned up the last two cards and faced Wei Qidong. The loss was not ugly.

"It's a pity," Li Jibai smiled warmly, showing no reluctance to lose, "I can't take my cutie with me today, so I wish you happiness."

He loosened his tie, took the overcoat handed over by the waiter, snapped his fingers at Wei Qidong, took a meaningful look at the half figure behind the pillar not far away, turned around and threw down another sentence before leaving, " The materials will be sent to your office tomorrow morning, if you still need something, you can come to me to gamble again, the gamble will last for a long time.”

Wei Qidong threw down his cards and didn't comment on Li Jibai's words.

Everyone dispersed one after another. This game was like a whim game in the whole party, no one cared about it, and no one took it seriously.

An acquaintance handed over a glass of wine and teased, "Old Wei, your skills have not diminished, and there is no suspense in winning."

Wei Qidong let out a cold snort in his chest. When he was studying abroad, he rarely met opponents in playing cards. It was very difficult for Li Jibai to win.He has confidence in himself and knows what Li Jibai is thinking, but he doesn't care.

So when he turned around and saw Jiang Xiaoxi standing stupidly behind the colonnade, he still didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him.

He walked over as usual, said: "Let's go." Then he went to pull Jiang Xiaoxi's hand as usual.

But was thrown away.

The usually soft and cowardly child's face was as white as paper, as if he saw some scary monster, his teeth stuttered, and he said something unbelievable: "You... If you lose..."

Wei Qidong cursed secretly in his heart, but didn't show it on his face.

"It's just a game, take it for real."

"I heard it... I saw it too, you lost, I'm going to go with him..." Jiang Xiaoxi tightly grasped the hem of his clothes with both hands, and the expensive newly-made dress was torn crumpled by him.He rarely looked at Wei Qidong's round eyes with stubbornness and anger, and asked, "Isn't it?"

Wei Qidong took a deep breath, took a step forward, and walked out holding Jiang Xiaoxi's forearm with one hand.

"Let go..." Jiang Xiaoxi was still concerned about Wei Qidong's identity and face at this time, fearing that it would be unsightly to make a scene, so he didn't even dare to protest too loudly.

Just like that, he was half dragged and half pulled into the car.

The driver left, and there were only the two of them in the car. The atmosphere was oppressive and tense.

"That material is very important," Wei Qidong said, as an explanation, "and I won't lose."

He was sitting in the driver's seat, his chin and side face were drawn into a sharp line, and his eyes showed irritability and impatience, "Few people take this kind of gambling seriously, it's just a game."

"So...no one cares, and you don't care, what's the bet." Jiang Xiaoxi bit his lip, and after a while, his blood was as red as blood. , it seems that it will not attract other people's attention.

Before today, he still loved this person, and I'm afraid he will also in the future.The only difference is that he is scared.

Hiding behind the colonnade, he clearly heard that Wei Qidong agreed to the bet. From shock to disbelief, to bewilderment, he didn't recover until the end of the bet.

Only Wei Qidong nodded in agreement without hesitation in front of him, so easy and so indifferent.

In Wei Qidong's world, even games are scary.

"I said, I won't lose." The speed of the car was fast, showing the driver's emotions, "What are you making a fuss about?"

"What if... what if?" There is no absolute winning or losing in gambling. Jiang Xiaoxi doesn't know how to play poker, but he also knows the most simple principles.

"No chance!" Wei Qidong suddenly raised his voice, slammed the steering wheel, and the car body swayed at extreme speed.

Jiang Xiaoxi was silenced by his roar.

They didn't speak a word until they got off the bus.

It was night, and Jiang Xiaoxi quickly finished washing and lay down. He was languid, his face was still pale, as if he was overly frightened, and he seemed to have no interest in anything. He slept on his side in a corner of the bed, shrunk into a small round bun .

Wei Qidong couldn't sleep.

Can't tell what it feels like, but something is getting out of control.Jiang Xiaoxi is a piece of soft meat, so soft that people forget that he actually has a shell. Once he senses danger, he wraps himself tightly.No matter how hard you coax it, the shell will no longer be easily opened.

It's all right.Wei Qidong wasn't speaking out of anger, nor was he boasting.He is confident in his skills and the possibility of losing is very small.Even if he loses, he will never let Li Jibai take Jiang Xiaoxi away, that is his own treasure, and no one can touch it.

If you lose, you lose. He doesn't believe that Li Jibai can still snatch people on the spot.Anyway, he had already offended that person thoroughly, so it wasn't a bad thing.

Why didn't he know Li Jibai's intentions.

On the surface, he seems to have won, but in fact, as long as he agrees to the bet, he will lose—lost Jiang Xiaoxi's unconditional love and trust in him.

It's just that at this time, he still only had the Wei family and the outcome in his eyes, and he also thought that the time was still long, and there was nothing he couldn't make up for.

In the end, Jiang Xiaoxi's non-resistance was regarded as a compromise.

After Li Jibai finished talking about what he did tonight, he was full of enthusiasm and spit.He also had to let Wei Qidong taste it, to regret the original taste.

"Honey, don't you want to comment?" Li Jibai pulled away Lin Shen's eyelids, which were fighting up and down, seeking approval.

Lin Shen snorted "childish", rolled over and continued to sleep.

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Wei Qidong and Jiang Xiaoxi in the new article "Canggou" next door, welcome to watch!