Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Li Xiao lit the cigar in his mouth, took a puff, and looked at Xiang Haigui, who had a confused look on his face, with a smile.

"Oh, you're back. It's not easy. It's almost 5 o'clock. How can you be so busy as such a high-ranking official?"

Xiang Haigui was so surprised when he saw a tall stranger coming into his house that he almost screamed out loud.

Li Xiao raised his finger and made a hushing gesture.

"Keep your voice down. Your wife and son are asleep. Believe me, you don't want to wake them up now. Sit down and let's talk."

Although Xiang Haigui is panicked now, he is certainly not an ordinary person to have reached this position. How could he possibly listen to the words of the stranger in front of him?

He quickly ran to a tea table by the window, opened the drawer, and took out a pistol.

He pointed the gun at Li Xiao and yelled, "Who are you?"

There was a fierce look in his eyes. He felt extremely humiliated that a stranger had broken into his home. His wife and son were sleeping peacefully upstairs. If this man wanted to do something, the consequences would be disastrous.

Thinking of this, Xiang Haigui's finger unconsciously pulled the trigger, and he was about to kill the man in front of him.

Li Xiao laughed again, exhaled a puff of smoke, pointed out the window and said, "You are really not a good husband. Are you going to kill someone at home? It will scare your wife and son.

Look out the window, are you sure you want to kill me?"

Xiang Haigui's eyelids were twitching wildly. The man in front of him was too calm. He saw clearly the man's physique, which was a bit too strong, but the white hair on his head showed that he was a very old man. This contrast caused him tremendous pressure.

As if possessed by a ghost, he slightly turned his body so that the muzzle of his gun could point at Li Xiao. At the same time, he could see the scene outside the window with the corner of his eye. The next second, he was so scared that his soul flew out of his body.

The street outside the villa was crowded with people in suits. They wore the same black suits, top hats, red ties around their necks, and held a cigarette in their mouths. The cigarette butts flickered, making the dark street appear like a galaxy of light spots. At a glance, there were more than a thousand people.

Xiang Haigui was so frightened that his pistol fell to the ground. His legs began to tremble and he swallowed as he looked at the smiling old man in front of him.

Li Xiao pointed at the sofa in front of him, and Xiang Haigui sat down on it tremblingly.

At this time, his heart was in a mess. The group of people outside could tear down his house. He realized that his life was completely in the hands of the white-haired old man in front of him.

Xiang Haigui wanted to say something, but Li Xiao spoke first.

"sorry."

Xiang Haigui was confused. Why was he apologizing?

Li Xiao took one last puff of his cigarette, put out the cigar in the ashtray, and looked directly at the middle-aged man who was curled up on the sofa in fear.

"It's my fault. I planned to do business properly before I came here. I didn't want to use those Aza's tricks, so I didn't show them to you in advance. As a result, you made a mistake in judgment and thought that Julong Company was something you could control at will. This is indeed my fault.

I should have killed a few big shots to warn you before I came here to build the factory. Look how unhappy we are now."

With a thud, Xiang Haigui fell to his knees on the ground. His voice was trembling and his face was twisted into a chrysanthemum because of fear.

"No, no, no... Sir, no... no... it's not your fault. It's... it's... I'm too greedy. I deserve to die! I'll slap you in the face!"

He slapped himself hard, and after a few slaps, his face looked like a pig's head.

But Li Xiao opposite him still didn't say anything. He just crossed his legs, arms folded, and looked at him coldly.

Xiang Haigui was panicking. Was he going to die like this after working so hard to get to where he was today? He was unwilling to accept this!

Suddenly, there was a crisp clicking sound from the second floor, followed by lights coming on at the stairs on the second floor, and then the sound of light footsteps slowly approaching.

"Lao Xiang? Is that you, Lao Xiang?"

A woman's voice came from the second floor. Xiang Haigui's face changed and he immediately shouted to the second floor: "It's me! Go back to sleep! I'll be up soon!"

The woman on the second floor did not stop after hearing his voice, but wanted to continue going downstairs to check.

Xiang Haigui was extremely panicked. He didn't want his wife to see him kneeling down to a stranger, nor did he want his wife to see a stranger's face. He felt that this was a very, very dangerous thing!

When the woman's feet reached the stairs, he yelled up with a distorted expression: "I told you to go back to bed first! You bitch don't listen to your man, right? If you don't listen, go back to your mother's house!"

The woman stopped and hesitated on the stairs for a long time. Then she walked back in the direction she came from. The footsteps disappeared and the lights were turned off.

Xiang Haigui breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Li Xiao, and banged his head hard on the ground as if he had made up his mind.

"I'm sorry! I didn't recognize the great man! From now on, Julong Company will never be harassed in Chongqing, Julong Company will not have to pay any taxes, and no one will interfere with the development of Julong Company."

This guy kept kowtowing, hoping that his statement would get a response from the other party, but for a long time, the old man on the sofa opposite did not make any answer.

Xiang Haigui was almost in despair. He had thought about using a pistol to hijack the man in front of him, but he didn't know what status this man held, and whether the people outside would be threatened by him.

From his perspective as a person in a high position of power, a leader would definitely not take risks himself. The white-haired old man in front of him was probably just a team leader. If he dared to do anything out of line, the people outside would rush in and tear him to pieces.

After an unknown amount of time of silence, the white-haired old man opposite spoke.

"Xiang Haigui, right? Actually, you didn't cause me much damage. To be honest, there's no need to kill you for such a small grudge."

Xiang Haigui's face lit up with joy, and he looked up at Li Xiao with hope.

"but……"

Xiang Haigui became nervous again.

“But I have to make sure you understand our strength and that you won’t do anything stupid after I let you go.

After all, you are a senior official. Being in a high position, you sometimes become too superstitious about power, which may make you do some stupid things.

For example, as soon as I leave, you send your entire family to the army, and then send people to raid the Dragon Company. In this case, I will have to kill you and the army that is protecting you, which is very troublesome.

So I am very hesitant now. Should I let you go or kill you now and then face Liu Xiang's investigation? I am weighing which one is more convenient. "