It was rare for Wu Qingling to stay in the Wu Mansion without going anywhere. From the morning after Wu Yuan left for work, he sat in the pavilion in the backyard, and until the afternoon when Wu Yuan came back from work, he did not move anywhere, even eating.
I didn’t eat, I just ate some pastries and drank some water.
After Wu Yuan left for business, 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 walked away and did not dare to approach, especially Master Wu's livid face, which made them not even raise their heads. Even the old butler did the same, and left quickly after greeting the servants.
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? You haven't come back yet?"
Wu Qingling shook his head. He had been watching since dawn in the morning and still hasn't seen Chu Hongyi come back, who went out yesterday afternoon.
"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 in a hurry. Yesterday afternoon, Chu Hongyi, who was finally persuaded, left the Wu Mansion. The purpose of this trip was to follow Zhang Yan first to see if there was a suitable opportunity to kill him or cause some kind of accidental death.
It seems that this way the trouble can be solved once and for all. Then we can deal with the people related to Zhang Yan and some of the tailwinds of the design.
In Wu Yuan's words, it was necessary to "get it clean as soon as possible." Wu Qingling also felt a sense of urgency from his father's words. It seemed that there was something he didn't know about weighing on his father's shoulders. In fact, this has never happened since.
This can be seen when his father forces Chu Hongyi to take action. Because this is different from the strategy his father said before against Zhang Yan.
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, didn't come back all night, and even the next day was almost over and she was nowhere to be seen.
This was unusual. Wu Qingling became restless when she thought of the consequences. You must know that Chu Hongyi was called by their father and son to go here. Now if something happens, their father and son's little thoughts will never be hidden. Once the "king"
When it comes to pursuing it, it’s no joke.
Although Wu Qingling only met the "King" a few years ago, she was deeply impressed, and her 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 yet." Wu Yuan did not finish his words. He seemed to have other ideas.
Wu Qingling became a little anxious when he heard this, and quickly asked: "Why is it so hard 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 it may be blamed on Zhang Yan
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, without stopping with the chopsticks in his hand, eating the rice in small bites.
When Wu Qingling saw her father like this, she took a deep breath, picked up the bowl and chopsticks in front of her and started eating. He was really hungry, so he followed his father's example and tried to calm down as soon as possible.
The father and son ate in silence throughout the meal. After three bowls of rice, Wu Qingling put down his bowl and chopsticks, while Wu Yuan opposite him was full after only eating one bowl, drinking tea and waiting for him.
Wu Yuan is very satisfied with his son's silence. Regardless of whether he has really calmed down, it is at least obvious that his son is trying hard to calm down. This is a good start. When the limelight passes, Wu Yuan will start preparing to calm down.
The son was thrown into the big vat of official career and flopped.
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 time when he could see those "spirits" in the past, Wu Qingling was often frightened. That was because he was still young and was more resistant to his own ability. Only when he grew up later did he understand that this
In fact, it is the lifeblood of the family, and it also accepts the "holy body" mentioned by the "spirit". It is different and feels superior.
"Bullshit Holy Body." Wu Yuan took a sip of wine and showed a rare look of disdain on his face. Seeing the surprised expression on his son's face, he continued: "The world is ever-changing, and although our Wu family's bloodline is amazing, it's just that.
It's just one of these thousands of changes, how can it be the Holy Body? Can it go to heaven or go to earth? It's just a boast, used to wash your and my brains. You can use it to think about yourself, but you can't really believe it.
In fact, the word "mutual benefit" is more appropriate. You have been fooling around outside for so many years, you should be able to understand what I am saying, right?"
Although the content of the words had a big impact on Wu Qingling, he was still familiar with 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 miserable "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 by clever tricks or transferred to others. They need to be watertight.”
"I'm stupid, please teach me!" Wu Qingling asked for advice while refilling her father's cup of hot tea. He suddenly understood that perhaps his father was waiting for him to teach him a key lesson for the Wu family's blood to survive in the world.
.If it weren’t 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?"
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"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."