The relationship between Li Hanmin and Li Chenglong was originally at odds. This time, because of a small conflict, the two quarreled again in the office.
"You are so selfish. You only consider your own interests and completely ignore the overall interests of the company!" Li Hanmin said angrily.
"I have
Ji Zhong found an empty cup from the kitchen of the restaurant, filled it with wine, and sprinkled the wine on the ground. Then he lit two more cigarettes, put one into the empty wine cup and let it burn, and the other I smoked one myself.
In fact, he rarely smokes. He usually only smokes one or two cigarettes when necessary for socializing at work or gathering with friends.
But now Li Chenglong heard what he said about the old principal's instructions to him before retiring, and the dual care of his younger brother and the old leader finally made him unable to bear it anymore, and he lay on the table and burst into tears.
Twenty minutes ago, Ji Zhong saw Li Chenglong's mood swings for the first time. He thought it would be difficult, but he didn't expect to see Li Chenglong's emotional breakdown so soon.
But he could also understand Li Chenglong's mood.
The old principal treated both of them very well when he was in office. For Li Chenglong, he stayed with him almost every day and taught him step by step how to deal with the problems he encountered at work, the difficulties he encountered in life, and how to manage the school. Be able to do it well.
It can be said that without the personal training of the old principal, with Li Chenglong's background and ability at the time, it would be pretty good to be a department leader in the school, let alone a vice principal.
As for Ji Zhong, the old principal knows Ji Zhong’s ability. He doesn’t need to cultivate and teach him too much. He only needs to give Ji Zhong enough time and greater freedom. Ji Zhong will naturally do things beautifully and make the school a better place. The popularity can also be brought up.
In this way, one of Li Chenglong and Jizhong focuses on the inside and the other on the outside. The perfect combination.
The current situation is exactly what the old principal envisioned. Li Chenglong is in charge of the leadership work in the school. Whether it is the arrangement of students or the management of faculty and staff, he has done everything in an orderly manner, making the school more prosperous for more than 20 years. No major problems have arisen.
Jizhong is also responsible for the school's external exchange activities. On behalf of the school, he often attends various academic exchange activities and goes to the capital to hold working meetings of the Ministry of Education.
Coupled with Jizhong's personal charm and the popularity he has accumulated over the years, the two characters "Jizhong" are now the signature of Jiangning University.
Today's Jiangda cannot do without either of them.
After Ji Zhong finished smoking three cigarettes, Li Chenglong finally released all his emotions. He took out a piece of paper and wiped the tears on his face, and said with some embarrassment: "After so many years, I thought I had done a good job in cultivating myself. There will be no more tears. I didn’t expect that I still couldn’t hold it back today, and it’s still in front of you. This time I’m so embarrassed.”
Ji Zhong handed him a cigarette: "What's the point? We've been old friends for so many years, so there's nothing to be ashamed of."
Li Chenglong lit the cigarette, took a puff and shook his head: "As the saying goes, a man never sheds tears easily."
"There is another sentence after this sentence, a man will not shed tears easily, but he has not reached the sad point." Ji Zhong sighed: "There are too many sad things tonight. To be honest, I couldn't shed even one or two. If you shed tears, you will feel that you are too cold-blooded."
"You are a saint, and emotional stability is inevitable."
"What a bullshit saint, others say so, Lao Li hurt me like this, right?" Ji Zhong laughed and scolded: "Too much emotional stability is more like a kind of emotional indifference.
To be honest, I don’t actually like this kind of myself. Instead, I feel that I cannot empathize with others on many things. I just do what I think I should do according to some established principles. "
Li Chenglong raised his head, slowly blew out a smoke ring, and looked at the moon in the sky, "I've known you for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen you curse.
In fact, I quite envy you for your emotional stability and your ability to remain calm and calm about anything.
I can't do that. I'm too impatient and have a bad temper. When something happens, I can easily get grumpy and get angry for no reason.
Later, I will regret why I didn't control my temper at that time, and think that I must pay attention to it next time. But when the next time comes, the regrets from the last time will be completely forgotten, and the curse should be cursed. "
Ji Zhong laughed loudly and said: "That's why the old principal arranged for me, a slow guy, to help you. We match up well, one is fast and the other is slow, so that we can get things done well."
Li Chenglong nodded, filled the two glasses, and raised the glasses to Ji Zhong: "Old Ji, after finishing this glass of wine, starting from tomorrow, I will fully cooperate with you in my work.
To be honest, we are not young anymore. In the past, I was too narrow-minded. In a few years, we will reach retirement age, and all these things will be left to young people.
It's better to finish the remaining few years together and let us retire. "
"What is narrow-minded or not? It's just human nature. Sometimes I see you, Lao Li, deliberately going against me, and I get very angry. But I am the principal, and I can't say it on the surface, otherwise I won't be able to do my job. Done." Ji Zhong also raised his glass: "To be honest, we should have sat down and drank this drink together a long time ago, but we never had the chance.
It's a good thing that we can sit together and explain this matter clearly today. Come on, let's do it! "
"It's not easy. Mr. Ji and Principal Li are finally able to shake hands and make peace."
Looking at the scene in front of him, Su Ran couldn't help but feel a little moved, "It's just that I always feel like something is missing."
"One person is missing." Zhang Ziqing reminded him.
This sentence woke Su Ran up, and Su Ran suddenly reacted: "That's right! In Li Hanmin's story, there were three people here that night, and now two people have appeared, and Mr. Ji and Li The principal has already spoken out and will definitely not take action again, which means..."
Thinking of this, Su Ran had a very bad idea in his mind.
Just when Su Ran was doubting whether this idea was true, the door of the restaurant was suddenly pushed open by someone from the outside, and a black figure staggered in.
Before Li Chenglong and Jizhong had a chance to drink the wine in their glasses, they both turned around and looked over. Li Hanmin was drunkenly falling on the chair at the door, looking over here with his face flushed.
"Hanmin, why are you here?" Jizhong and Li Chenglong were stunned for a moment.
Li Hanmin panted heavily, his eyes wandering back and forth between the two of them, and after a while he laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay, Li Chenglong, Ji Zhong, it turns out that you two are in the same group.
There are two people, one is a good person and the other is a bad person. I am the only one who is kept in the dark. Do you think you can control me like this?
On the surface, you pretend to be with me. The two of you fight with each other, but behind the scenes, we drink and chat together, and we are brothers. Hahahaha, I am so stupid that I was deceived by you two for so long! "
"Beast, what are you talking about?" When Li Chenglong saw this, he immediately forgot what he had said to stay calm in the future, and his temper suddenly rose.
"Old Li, he drank too much. These are all drunken gibberish. Don't be angry. Let me talk to him." Ji Zhong quickly stopped Li Chenglong.
"You don't need to pretend to be a good person! Why the hell are you acting in front of me? You two old idiots! Hypocrites!"
Ji Zhong said bad!
Sure enough, after listening to Li Hanmin's words, Li Chenglong, who had just been pushed down by Jizhong, stood up, picked up the bottle and walked towards Li Hanmin.
"Beast! See for yourself what you are saying! Even if you are dissatisfied with me, you are so disrespectful to Mr. Ji! Thanks to Mr. Ji for saving you twice, you should let that Chen Hao directly Kill you!"
Li Hanmin sneered and walked up to Li Chenglong without fear, "Come on, old man, let's see if you can beat me to death today!"
Li Hanmin's attitude made Li Chenglong even more angry. He raised the bottle and smashed it on Li Hanmin's head.
Li Hanmin was young after all, so he reached out and grabbed the bottle and pressed it against the wall. The bottle broke instantly, leaving only a section of the bottle with broken glass, which looked extremely dangerous.
When Ji Zhong saw that something was wrong and the wine bottle had turned into an extremely dangerous object, he quickly left his seat and went to try to dissuade him.
"You have all drunk too much. You are too impulsive now. Put down the bottle quickly. The three of us can sit together and talk clearly about anything we have to say first."
"Old Ji, don't worry about this. This is a household matter between me and this beast. Let me fix it properly."
"Old man, aren't you two in the same group? Come on, come together if you can! I'll see what you two can do to me."
Ji Zhong's dissuasion did not stop the two of them. Instead, the fight turned into a scuffle between the three of them. Although Ji Zhong always wanted to separate the two, it seemed as if they had some deep grudge every time they separated. Rushed together.
"No, this is too dangerous. Someone will definitely get hurt if this continues!" Su Ran frowned, "Can you secretly separate the three of them?"
Zhang Ziqing shook his head and said in a low voice, "It's too late."
That's too late? What's the meaning?
Su Ran turned around and realized that Zhang Ziqing had changed into a solemn black suit and a black tie, and was holding a bouquet of white daisies in his hand.
This outfit looks like you're attending someone's funeral.
"ah!"
"Lao Ji!"
Before Zhang Ziqing could answer Su Ran's question, two exclamations came from the three people fighting in front.
The two voices were very familiar to Su Ran, and she looked over with some hesitation.
The first sound came from Ji Zhong. He was still arguing just now, but now he was sitting on the ground against the wall with a face full of pain.
Half of the wine bottle was now stuck in his chest, blood was flowing rapidly down the wound, and his clothes were soon dyed red.
The other voice came from Li Chenglong, who was now mostly sober. When he saw Ji Zhong who had been accidentally injured, he didn't care about anything else and rushed over to check Ji Zhong's injuries.
However, due to the size and sharpness of the cut on the wine bottle, it happened to hit Ji Zhong's heart. At this time, Ji Zhong could not speak a word, and blood continued to flow from his mouth.
"Lao Ji, how are you?! Just hold on! I'll take you to the hospital right now! You must not die!"
Li Chenglong said in a panic, reaching out to pick up Ji Zhong who was sitting on the ground and take him to the hospital.
But just as Li Chenglong stretched out his hand, Ji Zhong's trembling hand had already grabbed his arm. Li Chenglong looked up, but Ji Zhong just patted his hand, shook his head at him, and then closed his eyes.
"Old Ji!!!" Li Chenglong shouted sadly, but when Ji Zhong closed his eyes, the hand that had been holding him tightly just now let go, and his chest rose and fell rapidly due to lack of oxygen. It also gradually calmed down.
Li Chenglong knelt down next to Ji Zhong and stared blankly at Ji Zhong. He couldn't react for a long time. He couldn't believe that the person he was drinking and chatting with more than ten minutes ago had now turned into a corpse. A cold corpse.
Behind the two of them, Li Hanmin, who had lost consciousness due to drinking too much, coupled with the crazy consciousness generated by the accumulation of hatred and grievance, accidentally inserted half of the wine bottle into Ji Zhong's body, was also Because of the scene in front of him, he woke up from his drunken state and collapsed on the ground not knowing what to do. Moreover, just like in the afternoon, a pool of transparent liquid slowly flowed out between his legs.
"Mr. Ji, he just... left?" Su Ran also couldn't believe it.
Although she had a bad premonition when she saw Li Hanmin breaking in from outside, she didn't expect it to happen so quickly and suddenly.
This outstanding educator of the last century had just let Su Ran appreciate the brilliance of his humanity, and he fell in front of her so quickly.
Many times death is so fast that people cannot react, and they are not even ready to say goodbye. One second they were talking loudly, and the next second this person died in front of you.
The quiet scene lasted for a long time, so long that the moonlight had moved from the east window to the west window, and so long that the cold wind blew open the door of the restaurant from outside.
"Close the door." Li Chenglong broke the silence, his voice full of exhaustion.
"Ah?" Li Hanmin was still slumped on the ground, unable to react at all when he heard Li Chenglong's words.
"Close the door!" Li Chenglong said again, his voice rising a lot.
At this time, Li Hanmin no longer had the arrogance he had just now. After being frightened by Li Chenglong, he shuddered, got up in a hurry from the ground, ran to the gate and looked around for a long time. After making sure no one was around, he closed the restaurant door.
"Uncle, what should I do... I didn't do this on purpose. Uncle, you saw it too. I drank too much at the time. Mr. Ji... Mr. Ji insisted on coming to start a fight. I How could I really hit you?" Li Hanmin quickly explained in a panic after he came back.
Although he was full of hatred for Li Chenglong and Jizhong at the time, he really had no intention of doing anything to them. He just wanted to scare them to increase his prestige.
I just didn't expect that I couldn't hold back after drinking too much, so I just took the bottle and thrust it into Ji Zhong's heart.
Li Hanmin looked at Li Chenglong nervously. He knew that nothing he said now could change the fact that he had killed someone. His uncle was always strict, and he might just send him to the police station now and ask him to make amends to Jizhong. Life.
Thinking of this, Li Hanmin felt a little depressed, his eyes turned black, and he almost fainted on the spot.
"Go call the police." Li Chenglong said softly without looking at Li Hanmin.
Li Hanmin's heart trembled, and he quickly said: "Uncle, if you call the police, I will be finished. This is murder, and I will definitely be sentenced to death!"
At this point, Li Hanmin knelt down on the ground with a pop, hugged Li Chenglong's thigh, and cried bitterly: "Uncle, I beg you, I really can't call the police, just pretend you didn't see me and let me go. Come on, let me get out of here, I promise I will never come back again in this life!"
"Do you think the police won't be able to find you if you leave? With today's criminal investigation methods, not to mention that the person who died is a big shot like Ji Zhong. Even if you run to the end of the world, they can catch you!" Li Chenglong was angry road.
"Then... what should we do? Uncle, you must save me! If I die, our Li family will be extinct! My dad, my dad will be extinct, uncle!"
Li Chenglong lowered his head and took a deep look at Li Hanmin, with a look of sadness on his face.
After a while, when Li Hanmin felt that Li Chenglong must send him to the police station, Li Chenglong walked to a chair nearby and sat down, lit a cigarette and took a deep breath. After taking a sip and blowing out the smoke ring, I made a major decision in my heart.
"If you go to the police, just tell me that I killed him."
"Uncle, I...ah? What did you say?!" Li Hanmin originally thought that Li Chenglong was going to ask him to surrender again. Just when he was about to beg him again, he suddenly realized what Li Chenglong was saying. What does the second half of the sentence say?
"Just tell the police that Ji Zhong and I have always been at odds with each other. We have been dissatisfied with him for a long time. We have fought openly and secretly several times.
This time the catering company won the bid because Ji Zhong and I had different opinions. After drinking, I finally couldn't hold back the impulse I had always had. The conflict aroused and I accidentally killed Ji Zhong while drunk. "
Li Chenglong talked about the whole process calmly, as if he was just a bystander and had no involvement at all.
"But uncle, if that's the case, what will you do?" Li Hanmin asked anxiously.
Although he didn't want to die himself, he also didn't want Li Chenglong to die on his behalf. No matter what, they were still blood-related uncles and nephews. They just had some unhappiness because of their different ideas.
"I'm already this age, and I don't have many more years to live. You are the only male in our Li family. Whether the family can be passed down depends on you, so you can't die." Li Chenglong looked deeply. Xiang Li Hanmin sighed, "Ji Zhong's death is a big deal. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, the murderer is destined to die.
Back then, your father, your mother and your grandfather all entrusted you to me with confidence, hoping that I could take good care of you. If something happens to you now, then what shame would I have to see them? The entire Li family will be destroyed. On my hands! "
After Li Hanmin was stunned for a while, he lay on the ground and cried bitterly: "I'm sorry, uncle, I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong this time."
"Stand up! What a crying man looks like!" Li Chenglong shouted angrily.
Li Hanmin quickly wiped the tears on his face, stood up from the ground, and looked at Ji Zhong's body at a loss.
"Kowtow four times to Mr. Ji." Li Chenglong ordered.
Without saying a word, Li Hanmin knelt on the ground and kowtowed four times. After the last kowtow, he looked at Ji Zhong and said very sincerely: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ji, I didn't mean to kill you. I hope you have a spirit in heaven and can forgive me for my mistakes."
After Li Chenglong watched Li Hanmin do all this, he said seriously: "Hanmin, my uncle can no longer be by your side to teach and discipline you. You are finally free.
You are not entirely to blame for the consequences like this today. My way of educating you is also to blame.
It's ridiculous that I, Li Chenglong, brought out outstanding graduates one after another, but in the end I couldn't teach my nephew well.
You must keep this incident in mind. You will have to make your own way in the future. If you make another mistake, no one will be able to help you.
Remember, remember! "
