It was rare for Wu Qingling to stay in the Wu Mansion and not go anywhere. From the morning when Wu Yuan left for business, he sat in the pavilion in the backyard. He didn't move anywhere until Wu Yuan came back from his business trip in the afternoon. He didn't even eat. He only ate some pastries and drank a little water.
After Wu Yuan left for work, he did not go to the study as usual. Instead, he had the food placed in the pavilion, where the father and son seemed to want to eat and chat.
After serving the food, the servants stayed far away and did not dare to approach, especially Master Wu's livid face, which made them not even look up. Even the old housekeeper did the same. After greeting the servants, he left quickly. The entire small garden where the pavilion is located contains only the Wu family and his son.
After everyone had left, Wu Yuan poured his son a glass of wine, looked at a deep well in the flower bed not far from the pavilion, and asked, "How is it? Are you back yet?"
Wu Qingling shook his head. He had been watching since dawn in the morning and still hadn't seen Chu Hongyi, who had gone out yesterday afternoon, come back.
"Father, do you think something happened to Chu Hongyi?" Wu Qingling's voice clearly revealed some anxiety. This is rarely seen in him who always goes smoothly.
Wu Qingling couldn't help but not be anxious. Yesterday afternoon, Chu Hongyi, who was finally persuaded, left the Wu Mansion. The purpose of her trip was to follow Zhang Yan first to see if there was a suitable opportunity to kill him. Make it look like some kind of accidental death, and that will put an end to the trouble once and for all. Then we will deal with the people related to Zhang Yan and some of the tailwinds of the design.
In Wu Yuan's words, it is necessary to "clean it up as soon as possible." Wu Qingling also felt a sense of urgency from his father's words, and it seemed that there was something he didn't know about weighing on his father's shoulders. In fact, this can be seen from the fact that his father forced Chu Hongyi to take action. Because this is different from the strategy against Zhang Yan that his father said before.
But what I thought was a sure thing turned out to be unexpected. Chu Hongyi, who was supposed to come back in the middle of the night, did not come back all night, and even the next day was almost over and she was nowhere to be seen.
This is unusual. And thinking about the consequences, Wu Qingling became restless. You must know that Chu Hongyi was asked to go here by their father and son. If something goes wrong now, the little thoughts of their father and son will definitely not be hidden. Once they are pursued by the "king", it will be no joke.
Although Wu Qingling only met the "King" a few years ago, he was deeply impressed, and his fear and awe of the "King" have never diminished even now.
Wu Yuan picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in one gulp. Then he looked at his son and motioned for the other person to talk while eating.
"No need to guess. If you haven't returned yet, something must have happened."
"Isn't it really related to that Zhang Yan?"
"It's hard to say." Wu Yuan did not finish his words. There seems to be other ideas.
Wu Qingling became a little anxious when he heard this, and quickly asked: "Why is it difficult to tell? Father, this matter has nothing to do with us. If anything happened to Tang Niu and Chu Hongyi, it has something to do with Zhang Yan, or maybe it is Zhang Yan who is blamed If we take it personally, then at least we will be less guilty in front of the "King", and we may even be exempted from guilt..."
But before Wu Qingling finished speaking, she was interrupted by Wu Yuan with a wave of his hand, frowning, and not letting him continue.
"I told you, your cleverness must be used in the right place, otherwise it will not be clever but stupid. In addition, when something happens, you can't always panic and worry about the consequences, but think about how to avoid them before the consequences come out. ." Wu Yuan said, eating the rice in small bites without stopping with the chopsticks in his hand.
Seeing her father like this, Wu Qingling took a deep breath, picked up the bowl and chopsticks in front of her and started eating. He was really hungry, so he imitated his father's example and tried to calm down as soon as possible.
The father and son ate in silence during the meal. After three bowls of rice, Wu Qingling put down the bowl and chopsticks, while Wu Yuan opposite him was full after only eating one bowl, drinking tea and waiting for him.
Wu Yuan was very satisfied with his son's silence. Regardless of whether he really calmed down or not, at least it was obvious that his son was trying hard to calm down, which was a good start. When the limelight is over, Wu Yuan will prepare to throw his son into the big dye vat of his career.
Of course, we have to pass this level now.
"We in the Wu family are born different from most people. This special physique has brought us a lot of troubles and also brought us many opportunities.
They say we are the Holy Body. Haha, Qingling, do you think we are the Holy Body? "
Wu Qingling thought for a while, then nodded and said, "It should be so, otherwise how could others not have it?"
Thinking back to the past, Wu Qingling was often frightened when he could see those "spirits". That was because he was still young and was more resistant to his ability. Only when I grew up later did I realize that this was actually the lifeblood of the family, and I also accepted the "holy body" mentioned by the "spirit". Be different and feel superior.
"Bullshit Holy Body." Wu Yuan took a sip of wine, with a rare look of disdain on his face. Seeing the surprised expression on his son's face, he continued: "There are thousands of changes in the world. Although our Wu family's bloodline is amazing, it is just one of these thousands of changes. How can it be a holy body? Can it go to heaven or earth? It's just next to it. Bragging is just to wash your and my brains. You can use it to feel comfortable, but you can't really believe it.
In fact, the word "mutual benefit" is more appropriate. You've been fooling around outside for so many years, you should be able to understand what I'm saying, right? "
Although the content of the words had a big impact on Wu Qingling, he had seen the world, so he could understand the meaning of his father's words without using his brain. So he nodded repeatedly.
Wu Yuan continued: "Since it is "mutual benefit", don't put your own position on the other side. Our Wu family has our own ability to stand on our own, and we are not the servants of the "king". Even those sad "spirits" We have always been regarded as this, but we need to be clear about the distance in our hearts, and don't really put ourselves into practice.
So there is no need to be afraid.
But things can't be dealt with or diverted by clever tricks. It needs to be watertight. "
"My child is stupid, please ask your father to teach me!" Wu Qingling asked for advice while refilling her father's cup of hot tea. He suddenly understood that perhaps this was his father waiting for him to teach him a key lesson for the Wu family to survive in the world. If it hadn't been for this sudden incident, I don't know how long this lesson would have been postponed.
Wu Yuan took a sip of tea and said seriously: "The facts are the facts, and there is no need to deliberately transfer it to Zhang Yan. Chu Hongyi has already had an accident, just like Tang Niu. So who can know that we asked her to go? "
"But father, if we hadn't asked her to find Zhang Yan, she would..."
Wu Yuan interrupted his son again and said, "Remember, we did not ask her to find Zhang Yan, but she herself was in Langyuan City to explore the cause of Tang Niu's disappearance."
