& You deserve to be killed! You are a cunning man who manipulates power and commit fraud. You deserve to be killed! You are greedy and you kill people and silence them. You deserve to be killed even more!
What is a grandmaster? Regardless of becoming a demon or a hero, in Huqiu's heart, only warriors who defy the rules of the imperial power and the world are worthy of being a grandmaster. Otherwise, what is the point of practicing such high kung fu? Even if there are people like Wu Dingyi who have higher kung fu than
Huqiu is twice as big as Huqiu. Without this aura of looking down on the authority of the world, it is just a grandmaster's ability but no grandmaster's soul. In this regard, the three great masters of Zhongnanhai in the past should be headed by Zhang Yongbao! Dong Zhaofeng has a noble character.
He has amazing talents and is enviable throughout his life. He also has three unique skills in medicine, food, and martial arts. He cannot be regarded as a simple martial artist.
What is a chivalrous person? Since ancient times, chivalrous people have used martial arts to break the ban, act chivalrously, and draw swords when encountering injustices on the road. At the beginning, Huqiu refused to recognize his ancestors and return to the clan. In addition to his parents' reasons, he was also nostalgic for the people who laughed proudly in the world and were free to grudge and grudge freely.
I feel that this is the reason. A knight-errant, riding a purple horse, free and unrestrained. This is the soul of Huqiu's master.
What will happen to those who bring harm to the country and the people? There is only one word for killing! So Li Huqiu returned to Longcheng. Now the whole Shanxi Province is turbulent and the grass and trees are all in war. The Longcheng police have been attracted by the Q7 and have come to Pingcheng to set up a gang. Every intersection will strictly check those who leave the city.
There seemed to be less strict requirements for those entering the city. Li Huqiu was lying on a large truck transporting coal. Where could a dignified Chinese thief king live in some passes? He sneaked into the city easily.
Qiao Baoshan has many residences in Longcheng. The information collected by Xie Hongjun said that Qiao Baoshan usually lived at the home of his mistress named Qi Bingxin in Donghu Jingsheng Community. Li Huqiu returned to Longcheng and stayed there for two days.
Outside the villa, Qiao Baoshan was nowhere to be seen. The thief king, who had always acted eclectically, decided to think of some solutions.
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Qiao Baoshan was so sad and angry, so angry that he couldn't contain his anger! At first he said that whoever kills my son, I will kill his whole family! Later, a well-informed person told him that the young man who claimed to be Li Huqiu was probably the one who killed your son.
He was the grandson of Li Housheng, so he hurried back to his hometown and found his father Qiao Dingbo, who had retired for many years. In recent years, he often privately called him an old fool. It was so bold to kill the whole family. If the other party was not the Li family, but
It's an ordinary family, or the other party is a second- or third-rate wealthy family whose power and status are one or two lower than that of Li Housheng and his son. His words are very likely to become reality. But now, all he can do is look like a bastard.
He came to ask Mr. Qiao for advice like an unweaned child.
When Qiao Dingbo first heard about Qiao Yunlong's death, his body swayed, his eyebrows were slightly raised, his lips trembled, his old eyes suddenly turned red, and he finally managed to survive by holding on to the mahogany crutch. He looked at his son who was the most useless person at his knees, and asked: "What's this?"
Can't you solve the problem?" Qiao Baoshan said: "The other party's name is Li Huqiu, and according to reliable information, he is the grandson of Mr. Li from the central government who lives in the world." Observing Qiao Dingbo's face quietly, Qiao Dingbo's face was as dark as water, and the corners of his lips were trembling.
His brows were furrowed and never opened, and the sadness and anger in his eyes seemed to encourage Qiao Baoshan to continue speaking. He continued: "You always taught me to take the overall situation into consideration, so I didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of bringing disaster to the whole family."
Bang, Qiao Baoshan was slapped hard on the face, Qiao Dingbo said angrily: "Coward! Li Housheng's grandson is his biological son, could it be that Qiao Dingbo's grandson was raised by others?" He pointed his trembling finger on the tip of Qiao Baoshan's nose,
"Yunlong was brought up by me personally, and now he ends up with two parts of his body. How did you become the father? Don't you understand that a prince who commits a crime is guilty of the same crime as the common people?" Qiao Baoshan stood motionless and asked respectfully:
"What my father is reprimanding is, what do you think I should do? You know, this kind of thing is beyond my ability."
"Trash!" Qiao Dingbo thought for a moment and then snorted coldly: "The first step is to try your best to block all the ways out of Jin Province that he can take; the second step is to expand the influence through the news media to make sure everyone knows! The third step is to expand the influence through the news media!
What method was used to kill your son? Can’t you just copy it now? As for the consequences, it’s all up to me!”
Qiao Baoshan said: "I would like to ask Mr. Huo at home to help me." Qiao Dingbo nodded slightly and said: "Mr. Huo, please don't go. After all, you are old. Mr. Huo's kung fu is already better than his own. Let him lead
Several of Mr. Huo's apprentices will go with you."
When Qiao Baoshan left in a hurry, Qiao Dingbo sat firmly in the middle hall and murmured to himself: "Old leader, today is different from the past. I can still survive the death of a grandson. What about you? It seems that you only have this grandson?" Suddenly next to him,
An old man with a long beard appeared and reminded softly: "Will there be any impact on Baofeng?" Qiao Dingbo seemed to have known that the old man was always around, and said in a deep voice: "It is for Baofeng that I have to do this!
"The old man thought for a moment and understood what he meant. Qiao Baofeng and Li Yuanchao are direct competitors. Even if there was no such thing, Li Housheng would still not be polite to Qiao Baofeng if he saw the opportunity. Now that the matter has come to this, there is nothing else to do but give it a try.
Second way?
Qiao Dingbo added: "It is true that there are some risks in doing this, but if you don't have the courage to unseat the emperor, how can you have a chance to win the throne? It takes a thousand days to raise an army in one day, and the accumulation of decades depends on this one time.
The old man said: "Mr. Yang has always been close to you. There are no outstanding figures in the second generation of the Yang family. In addition, it was rumored a few years ago that the grandson of Mr. Zhang from the National People's Congress died and it seems to be related to the grandson Li Housheng. Speaking of which, Li Housheng and these
There are indeed a lot of people offended this year, so this is indeed a good opportunity!"
Qiao Dingbo said: "Now it depends on whether the second brother can succeed. I still have confidence in Mr. Xiao Huo." The old man said: "Zhenyi's Kung Fu has nearly reached the level of strength. Baoshan said that his opponent Li Huqiu is only twenty."
At a young age, it is common sense to speculate that no matter how deep your kung fu is, it is unlikely that you can surpass Zhenyi. What's more, Zhenyi and the others still have the biggest advantage. The spear formation was developed by me over the years by combining the characteristics of hot and cold weapons to deal with Dong Zhaofeng and others.
A super master like Wu Dingyi."
Qiao Dingbo looked further and said: "Taking a step back, even if Lao Er and Xiao Huo make a mistake, as long as we hold on to this matter, it will be difficult for the Li family to deal with it! What we have to do now is first
Clean up all the things that Baoshan and his son did in one step, so as not to be caught and exploited by the Li family in the future. I can only rest assured if I leave this matter to you."
The old man bowed and said, "Please rest assured."
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Qiao Baoshan received a call from Qi Bingxin and asked him to come over quickly. He said that when he was taking a shower, a man broke into the house and refused to leave, only saying that he wanted to see him. Qiao Baoshan has been searching for everything for the past two days.
He was annoyed at not seeing Li Huqiu and Fu Weiping and his daughter. He was upset. Hearing this, he couldn't help but became furious. After putting down the phone, he called for help. Mr. Huo, who was brought out from the old house, was beside him.
He looked less than forty years old, with three strands of beard, and he had the air of a famous man. He had a high status in the Qiao family, so he didn't have much scruples about what he said. Seeing that Qiao Baoshan was so angry that he was unconscious, he hurriedly persuaded: "
Second brother, wait a minute, there seems to be something fishy about this matter." Qiao Baoshan was stunned, "What's so strange?" Mr. Xiao Huo said, "Second brother, please think about it, who are the people who live in Donghu Jingsheng Community? The security there is tight.
How dare an ordinary little thief dare to mess with Tai Sui? I think this person is probably the audacious Li Huqiu!" Qiao Baoshan was shocked and couldn't believe it: "You mean he deliberately caused trouble to lure me there?
Mr. Xiao Huo nodded heavily and said: "That's right! It's 80% true. We'd rather believe that it's true, so we might as well take advantage of it."
Hunters and prey, who is the hunter? Who is the real leisurely person between the subject in the landscape and the guest watching the scenery?
In Villa B in Area B of Donghu Jingsheng Community. With her hair still wet and only a bath towel wrapped around her body, Qi Bing, who looked like a mature woman in her thirties but still had the charm of a woman in her thirties, was afraid to put down the phone. Her eyes were full of
With a look of panic, he tried his best not to look at the familiar head on the coffee table. He stumbled and said to the man on the sofa: "I called, I called him, he said he would be here soon."
Li Huqiu hummed and motioned for the woman to sit down and talk. Qi Bingxin sat down opposite the King of Thieves as instructed. The man in front of her had his eyes half-opened and half-closed. He didn't seem to look at her, but she seemed to feel naked.
There was no secret in front of this man. She tried her best to stabilize her emotions and her heartbeat. She held her chest with her hands and closed her legs in a pretentious manner. She warned in a cautious tone: "Qiao Baoshan will be here soon. If you don't leave, wait for him."
Once you're here, it'll be too late to leave."
Li Huqiu seemed unaware and smiled calmly, "It's okay, I'm here to give him a gift. Don't reach out to hit the smiling man. Hasn't he been looking for this thing?" As he said that, he pointed at Qiao Yunlong's dead body on the coffee table.
He suddenly asked, "Are you familiar with him?"
Qi Bing let out a sigh of relief, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and shook his head repeatedly: "I'm not very familiar with him, I just know that he is Mr. Qiao's son." Li Huqiu leaned back lazily and said in a funny way.
: "You recognize this dead man with such a twitching character at a glance, but you still say you are not familiar with him? But whether you are familiar with him or not has nothing to do with me. In fact, I just want to ask you a few questions, and I hope you will answer honestly.
Don't be as cunning as you were just now, you can probably tell that I'm very hard to deceive."
"Where has Qiao Baoshan been these days?"
****Qi Bingxin was silent for a while and said timidly: "When he left last time, he said angrily that he was going to the old house to talk to the old man and borrow the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals to take you in."
"Yes." The Thief King smiled and nodded to encourage her to tell her who the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals were. Qi Bingxin was infected by his smile, and she calmed down slightly, then said: "The old man is Qiao Dingbo, Mr. Qiao. I heard Qiao Baoshan talk about Mr. Qiao.
There is a Mr. Huo next to me, who seems to be a descendant of Huo Diange, the head of Puyi's personal bodyguard during the Northern Manchu period. It is said that his kung fu is like that of a god, and his words are miraculous. They also talked about Mr. Huo's son. The Qiao family calls him Xiao.
Mr. Huo, he has practiced kung fu like a god, that's all I know." She still held her plump breasts with her hands as she spoke. Although her two white legs were no longer as slender and delicate as when she was a girl, they were still pretty good.
Straight and round, always tightly together, it seems that she is worried that the man opposite will suddenly become animalistic. But that posture is more like reminding the thief king that she is a woman, not bad looking, and not wearing clothes. It is a pity that she does not know thieves.
All the women the king read were beautiful and fragrant, so how could the people who once lived in the sea be tempted in front of a small pond like her?
Li Huqiu suddenly said: "Auntie Qi, women of your age should pay more attention to taking care of themselves, otherwise it will be too easy to reveal their secrets when they pretend to be young. As the director of the Longcheng City Committee's Reception Office, you are used to seeing big scenes in your official career.
My dear, I'm pretending to be so cautious. Also, I want to tell you that my mother is in good health and she cares about me, so I never lack maternal love. So please stop using it against middle-aged and elderly men.
That kind of thing looks really disgusting."
Qi Bingxin stood up suddenly, her face flushed, and ran back to the bedroom holding a bath towel. Li Huqiu looked at her back with a smile. Xiao Luoyan once said to him that a woman's youth does not lie in the wrinkles on her face and the sagging skin.
Is there any man willing to pamper her like his first love? In Li Huqiu's opinion, this woman is already old both physically and mentally. She has an affair with Qiao Baoshan and his son. It is conceivable what position she holds in Qiao Baoshan's heart.
Baoshan was just using her. If there was a chance to eliminate Li Huqiu, the second master of the Qiao family probably wouldn't mind blowing up the villa and letting this woman be buried with him.
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On a winter night, with the waning moon and dawn, the earth was bathed in cold makeup. The world was unkind and frost sealed everything, but Qiao Baoshan's heart was colder than the world outside the car. He sat quietly in the car and watched Mr. Huo and others quietly approach the villa.
Each of these people held a grenade in their hands. Li Huqiu really guessed that if the problem could be solved in a simpler way, Qiao Baoshan really wouldn't mind letting Qi Bingxin, his most suitable lover for many years, come with him.
Buried with him. For middle-aged men, that sensitive and soft woman was really a rare thing. He lit a cigarette and showed a trace of regret on his face.
Suddenly he heard someone say to him: "I'll give you a gift." He subconsciously turned his head and saw a dead head appearing outside the car window. It was his son Qiao Yunlong. He made a sound, and was shocked and hurt.
, his face changed miserably, and he was heartbroken. Before he could react, the car door opened, and a young man squeezed in with a smile. He first stretched out his hand and pressed lightly on the driver's neck. Qiao Baoshan looked at the driver slumped down and was frightened.
When he was about to shout, he heard the young man next to him ask: "You don't like the gift I gave you?" As he said that, the young man put Qiao Yunlong's head in his arms. Qiao Baoshan was shocked and gurgled in his throat.
, what he wanted to shout was swallowed instantly, and he asked in a trembling voice: "You, what do you want?"
The young man introduced himself: "I am Li Huqiu." The first explosion came from the villa. Li Huqiu looked at the fire there and praised sincerely: "He is indeed the native emperor of Jin Province who kills without blinking an eye." Qiao Baoshan
His face trembled and he said: "This is not what I meant, this ****" was finally speechless. Li Huqiu smiled and said: "It's okay, the winner is a prince and the loser is a thief. What we are playing is a life-and-death game.
No matter what you do, it's not too much." Qiao Baoshan was in shock at the moment, but he also knew that it was useless to be afraid. He forced himself to calm down and said: "You should be very aware of the consequences of killing me." Li Huqiu took out a handful.
Qiao Baoshan stared at his fingertips and continued: "The incident of you killing Yunlong has been reported in the newspapers and on TV, but with your old man's ability, there may not be a chance to save it, but if you
Kill me****”
"You think that if I kill you, I will poke a big hole in the sky. Li Housheng is not Nuwa and can't mend the sky. So, if I know how to weigh the pros and cons, I can't kill you with one knife?" Li Huqiu looked at Qiao with a smile.
Baoshan, "Unfortunately, I have different opinions from you." This smiling face looks so natural and warm, but how can the eyes be so chilling? Qiao Baoshan felt from Li Huqiu's eyes that he was colder than before.
The chill was even more severe. He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and asked with a forced smile: "What do you think?" Explosions were heard one after another in the villa. Qiao Baoshan felt regretful now. He only regretted that he had told the Longcheng police in advance.
I said hello and said that no matter how much noise there is, there is no need to be there within an hour.
"You are not humble." Li Huqiu put the knife between his buttocks on Qiao Baoshan's neck and said, "It's a pity that you never understood one thing, that is, Li Huqiu is Li Huqiu, and Li Housheng is Li Housheng.
, I have paid back double what I owe him. He will not care what I do, just as I am too lazy to care about what he does. Regardless of the relationship with his ancestors and grandchildren, I am just a warrior. A warrior acts according to his own emotions.
The pros and cons you are considering are nothing to me!" He paused, glanced outside the car, and continued: "So you were wrong from the beginning. The reason why I killed you father and son had nothing to do with politics.
, just because of a promise that is nothing to you!"
After Li Huqiu said the last word, he wiped the knife on Qiao Baoshan's throat, and blood burst out. No matter how much unwillingness Qiao Baoshan had in his eyes, he could not save his life. He once gambled heavily in Macao and caroused in Las Vegas.
He went to the Bernabeu to watch football, went to New York to watch the Super Bowl, went skiing in Nordic Europe, went fishing in the South China Sea, and enjoyed all the glory in the world. He had always been arrogant, aloof, and despised other people's lives. It was not until the moment of his death that he realized that he was just an ordinary person.
, as timid as a mouse and helpless. His life was so fragile in front of the light of the knife wiping his throat.
Li Huqiu got out of the car and met Mr. Huo running towards him. He was surprised when he saw the blood on his hands and asked, "Did you kill Qiao Baoshan?" Li Huqiu had been waiting for them, so be calm.
When he nodded, Mr. Xiao Huo's pupils shrank sharply. He looked at the thief king for a long time, but he couldn't see the depth of the young man in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel frightened. Of course, he knew what it meant to not be able to see the depth of the opponent when facing the enemy. He asked in a cold voice:
"Are you Li Huqiu?" Li Huqiu nodded in acquiescence and asked, "Which one are you?" Mr. Xiao Huo's people had gathered, and he had the confidence to give it a go in the face of the unfathomable king of thieves.
He nodded his head left and right and sent out a secret signal, saying: "Huo Zhenyi, a disciple of Bajiquan." Li Huqiu said: "You came just in time, I just have a few words for you to take back." Huo Zhenyi's mask was frosty, cold.
He hummed: "When we take you back, wouldn't it be better for you to be like Mr. Qiao?"
Li Huqiu laughed and said, you might as well give it a try! With a thought in his mind, he jumped up and pounced. Huo Zhenyi didn't expect that his movements were so fast. In the rush, he didn't have time to do what he wanted, so he subconsciously turned around.
He dodged. Li Huqiu pounced in the air. Without even landing his feet, he turned backhand in mid-air and grabbed Huo Zhenyi's throat with his fingers like a hook. Huo Zhenyi used his fists to parry. The thief king tried to fight quickly. His chest suddenly shook and he flicked his fingers.
Huo Zhenyi's fist hit him right in the middle, and the power of his finger to startle the dragon was not even able to break the death blow of Grand Master Long Kunyu. What's more, Huo Zhenyi was just a person. Wherever the finger struck, Huo Zhenyi's entire arm was damaged.
His bones were shattered by the blow, and his whole body flew backwards. Li Huqiu chased after him, not allowing him to fall to the ground, and grabbed his thigh. He actually used him as a weapon and swept it towards the others, but he saw in his hand
He was always carrying Huo Zhenyi, and his figure was moving back and forth like the wind. The spear array carefully arranged by these people was useless. In the blink of an eye, he had killed several people.
Seeing that the well-practiced spear array was easily broken. The remaining people raised their guns and fired without caring about Huo Zhenyi's safety. These disciples did not receive Mr. Huo's true teachings, but they just had outstanding marksmanship. Li Huqiu's figure was like lightning.
Several consecutive shots were only dodged by him by a hair's breadth. In just a moment, the remaining people were killed by him one after another. Only Huo Zhenyi was left, holding it in his hand, throwing it to the ground and saying:
"Leave you alive and go back and send a message to the Qiao family. It was Li Huqiu who killed Qiao Baoshan and his son. He has nothing to do with anyone else. He wants revenge. There are official and private roads, and you can use whatever method you want, no matter how you greet me."
It doesn’t matter, but don’t expand your revenge, otherwise I guarantee that I will kill him and leave no one alive in the Qiao family!”
On New Year's Eve, Qiao Yunlong, vice president of Heilong Group in Shanxi Province, died in Baidi Song and Dance City. On New Year's Day, Qiao Baoshan, director of Pingcheng Mining Bureau in Shanxi Province, had his throat cut in a car in Longcheng Donghu Jingsheng Community.
In addition, Gu Baidi, the owner of Baidi Song and Dance City, and the security assistant of the Black Dragon Group, a total of sixteen people died at two crime scenes. Both cases were committed by one person, and the criminal was Li Huqiu, a man from Harbin. The cause of the current case
The motive of the criminal is unknown, and the case is currently being urgently investigated by relevant departments. Two days later, this news was broadcast on the imperial TV station under the arrangement of a thoughtful person, and was arranged into a text message under the leadership of an even more thoughtful person. Because it was just a sentence
It was a short message, so it basically didn’t attract much attention.
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The capital, the red-walled courtyard, deep inside Li's residence.
"What does this little plague star want to do?" A high-pitched voice passed through the corridor and hall to the backyard. Who else could Mr. She, Li Housheng, be qualified to yell like this in this house?
Xiao Luoyan, who was watering the flowers in the small greenhouse in the backyard, hurriedly came out with a kettle and asked: "Grandpa, who are you? Who made you so angry?" Xiao Luoyan, who is seven months pregnant, has refreshing short hair.
, with a particularly awkward belly, wearing a thick down, standing there like a big cotton ball. As soon as Li Housheng saw her, he lost all his anger, he laughed and said: "Ah, I forgot, the voice is loud, yes
Grandpa is not good, did you scare the two babies?"
Xiao Luoyan smiled sweetly, shook her head gently and said it was okay, how could your great-grandson be so timid. Li Housheng smiled and looked very proud. Xiao Chaogui came over with a bowl of soup and asked: "Who is it? Who made the old chief angry?
Is it Tiger Hill?"
"Don't mention that bastard!" Li Housheng's anger suddenly rose again, and he said: "You actually dare to say something to draw a clear line with me, isn't it just a Qiao Laoxizi? It's worth it that he doesn't even recognize his grandfather.
?Did I ask him a word when I wiped Zhang Laoer’s butt last time?”
Luo Yan hurriedly asked: "What happened to Huqiu?" Li Housheng waved his hand and said: "It's nothing wrong. Just eat well and sleep well. Others don't understand that little bastard. You are his wife."
Do you understand? Apart from his unreliable lifestyle, who else can make him suffer?"
Luo Yan pursed her lips, and immediately thought of the little fragrant fox who lived in Duobao Building. It had been more than two months since the last time she heard that she was pregnant. On the first day after entering Beijing, grandpa didn't even let him in.
He came in, and then sent him all the way to Duobaolou. He just came back without telling her. He smiled slightly and said: "Huqiu is like that. He was willing to recognize you but refused to join the Li family. It was not because he was afraid of restrictions. The family
I have only seen how powerful those aunts are these days. There is nothing they don’t worry about when it comes to food and supplies. Huqiu is a person who is used to being wild, and how can he stand the constraints of the complicated rules in the family."
Xiao Luoyan is beautiful, articulate, and her words are clear and comfortable to listen to. Li Housheng looked at her, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, now I owe Xiao Huzi's debt."
I'm afraid I won't be able to figure it out until I get to the Palace of Hell. How did the old chamber pot give birth to such a sensible girl?" Xiao Luoyan smiled lightly and lowered his head in silence. Although Xiao Chaogui was dissatisfied, he also knew that he was speaking in front of his family.
The old man would also say the same thing to the old chief, and it was his turn to say no.
"He probably feels that what he owes you and dad has already been repaid, with these two brothers in my belly." Xiao Luoyan touched her swollen belly, and then said: "And Chen Lili's belly, he will think that
He has been passed on to future generations, and he is worthy of the great kindness you and Dad gave him. He grew up in the world, is independent, and is used to being free and romantic. I think he never intended to nestle under your wings."
"This bastard!" Li Housheng muttered: "What's wrong with eating two bites of ancestral food?" He sighed slightly, then said: "This bastard is really wronging you, my child, by doing this." Xiao Luoyan shook his head gently.
, smiled calmly: "How can I be wronged? I have long thought that I will not live in vain once in my life. I have fallen in love, given birth, have a family and a career. There is someone who can make me not lack passion and romance in my life and be willing to do it at any time."
The man I gave everything to is a woman, what else do you want in this life?"
Xiao Chaogui let out a long sigh, touched Luo Yan's short hair, and said, "Child, it's your own life. How you live it, dad won't care about it from now on."
Xiao Luoyan giggled and said: "How can that be okay? Then I will become a child that no one cares about. I also hope that when I am eighty years old, you will still be nagging in my ears."
Some people are born with the ability to influence others. Xiao Luoyan is such a person. With a sweet smile and a few words, the atmosphere in the yard becomes more relaxed and harmonious. Just like that day when she ran to the mansion in Qingtian Town, she also used only a few words to make Chen
Li Huqiu showed admiration for this proud girl, which made Li Huqiu respect and care for her even more.
The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were talking, and the life secretary Duo came to report that the gatekeeper called and a young man came outside and called himself Yan Dongyang. He said that he had been entrusted by someone to see the chief and had a few words to convey.