Chaos

When Li Shu's car drove to Li's house, Li Mu was about to go out, but when he saw a car coming, he stopped and did not get in.

Li Mu saw Li Shu get off the car, and greeted him with a smile: "Madam Li? Why are you here! Unfortunately, Mr. Gong is not here."

"It's okay. I'm not looking for Mr. Gong. I'm here to talk to you. I have something to tell you." Li Shulai took Li Mu's hand.

"Tell me? What important event deserves you to come in person!" Li Mu joked with a smile.

"Things are very important, let's take a step to talk." Li Shu pulled Li Mu aside, and told the whole story and his own difficulties.

Li Mu thought for a while after listening, and said, "Mrs. Li, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that this matter is too big. I can't make up my mind. I have to discuss it with my father. Besides, such a big matter, Li Mu Can you do it by yourself?"

"I don't know. Now I can only use a dead horse as a living horse doctor. This batch of goods is very important, and I can't think of any other way at the moment." Li Shu said, took out an envelope calmly, and handed it to Li Mu .

Li Mu took the envelope dubiously, looked at it, and said, "Let me discuss it with my father. Li Kang also did not come to discuss it with us..."

"I just bumped into him when I was going to the pier, and he gave me an idea by the way, no wonder he was there."

"However, we can't settle the matter right away. Why don't you come back and sit down first, and discuss it together when your father comes back?"

"I won't go in, there are still guests coming at home."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Well then, I won't keep you any longer. I'll let you know after discussing the matter."

Master Qin saw that Li Shu had returned to the casino, and said: "Just now Citibank called and said that the money has been withdrawn from your account, I tell you to rest assured."

"Has the check been cashed?"

"No."

Li Shu sat down worried, and when Master Qin asked about the pier, Li Shu explained Li Kang's arrangement and the Li family's attitude in detail.

"Are you going to trust Li Kang?"

"I don't want to trust him and there is no other way. If I don't do this, the goods will not be able to get on the road on time. He has been at the dock for more than ten years, so he shouldn't risk my business."

"Although this method is feasible, if the General Administration of Customs finds out about this matter and the check has not been cashed, if the Li family insists that you changed the registration form and wiped yourself out, then you will not be able to protect yourself." .”

"Since Li Mu has already received the check, this matter cannot be unrelated to the Li family. As for the customs, I will take some more money to deal with it in the next few days, so there should be no problem."

Master Qin nodded, "However, Li Kang helped you so much because of his brother-in-law relationship with you?"

Li Shu sneered, "Li Kang...I almost don't know him after seeing him for a few years. He is still willing to help me, which shows that there is still some friendship, but it is not for nothing. He wants to use the old workers of the Li family. They said on the surface that they only looked at my face, but in fact they used these things to pressure me and wanted me to go back to the Li family, and Li Lu told me at the wedding that they wanted me to go back to the Li family and fight for the inheritance rights with Li Lu."

"Li Kang is also a weird person, why should he use your name to deal with his own family, or let you be the heir?"

"I don't know what he thinks in his heart. The elders of the Li family all help Mr. Da unconditionally. Li Kang just came up with an idea. Whether he can do it or not depends on Li Gong."

"Li Kang helped you to get you back to Li's house. If you don't go back, will he be against you?"

Li Shu touched the wrench in his hand and said, "Maybe not for the time being, but I can't tell in the future. He has been very smart since he was a child, but I didn't expect that his smarts and talents would be used on me one day..."

"Li Kang's position in the dock is extraordinary. If such a big event is successfully completed, it will be even more incalculable in the future. Instead of being led by the nose by Li Kang, it is better to do something to guard against him in advance."

Li Shu closed his eyes, frowned, and said in a very embarrassed voice: "But I watched him grow up after all, these are not necessarily his thoughts, what if he just wants me to go back..."

"Ms. Li, you are in the underworld business, and you know better than me the reason to put the world's sophistication behind. I can understand the relationship between you and Li Kang, but you are no longer his elder sister. If he helps you, it is for money. Fortunately, embarrassment is much more difficult to deal with. When Li Kang asks for it from you, it will be fatal if there is no way out!"

Li Shu's mind was in a state of confusion, twisting the wrench in his hands, and after solving one problem, a bigger one appeared.Li Kang is her younger brother, if there is no such thing, she would still regard him as a younger brother who respects her, but Li Kang is too smart, so smart that Li Shu is uneasy, she hopes that she is too sensitive.

"How do you want to guard against him?" Li Shu stood up and began to walk around the office.

"At the wharf, Li Kang often used the excuse of giving money to meet talented poor people, porters, carters, and even rogue beggars, but these people are loyal to him, so I'm afraid it's not easy to spend money to buy them off. But we can arrange people to pretend to be Staff officers in distress stay with Li Kang."

"Li Kang has his own way of distinguishing between real and fake poor people, and he can't hide this little trick from him. What's more, if he can stay with Li Kang, unless he can't see Li Lu all the time, otherwise, he will send it directly to the tiger's mouth." Li Shubian As he spoke, he walked to the phoenix ornament carved in red topaz, and touched its wings.

"What can you do?"

Li Shu withdrew his hand and said, "Lu Ning."

At noon, the doctors in the backyard of Renshou Hall also stopped for a meal.After Li Kang waited for the last person to leave, he went into the house. An old man with braided hair was resting on a chair with his eyes closed. He had a mustache and his fingers were slightly deformed.

"Mr. Liang?" Li Kang moved a stool and sat next to him.

"Huh?" The old man narrowed his eyes, "Li Kang?"

The old man is He Ma's husband. Because Liang Shu smoked opium and refused to change after repeated admonitions, He Ma did not agree to let him fend for himself, and he had been separated from her for five or six years.In the newly opened medical center of Renshoutang, I taught acupuncture and massage to young doctors and some foreigners who came to learn.

"Hey! It's me!" Li Kang agreed with a smile.

"Why are you here?" The old man closed his eyes again, and asked impatiently, "If Liang Shu wants to see me, tell him not to see me, and don't give him any money! Touching that big cigarette will kill you for the rest of your life. Even if it's over, the gods can't save him! Your family is still engaged in this kind of business, do you know how many people have been entrapped!"

Li Kang only listened to the old man's reprimand, neither explaining nor getting angry, he still looked at him with a smile, and finally said: "I didn't come here for Liang Shu's business."

"Why is that?" The old man squinted at him, his annoyance still lingering.

"Didn't you always want to know whether massage and acupuncture can solve the sequelae of gunshot wound?"

The old man's eyes eased a little, and he responded, "You know?"

"How would I know! Most of the gunshot wounded in Shanghai don't survive the next day. You can't always find someone to experiment with, can't you? I met one who injured his leg and is lying in the hospital now. There is a lot of rain in summer, and I often cry and hurt..."

"Is the medicine pack on?" the old man asked impatiently.

"No, the doctors in the hospital only know about surgery, and don't know anything about herbs." Li Kang agreed with a smile.

"Or you can say that all the doctors in the hospital are quack doctors! What's the use of taking pictures of joint diseases! According to their treatment method, my hands would have been useless long ago!" The old man shook his deformed hands, spitting star Fei said, thought for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "Does that person want to be treated?"

At this time, a young pharmacist came to urge Mr. Liang to eat.

"Eat, eat, eat! What to eat! Didn't you see that I was talking about business!" The old man barked his teeth and claws at the pharmacist.

Li Kang waited for the old man to finish yelling, then smiled and said softly to the pharmacist: "You eat first, Mr. Liang will go later!"

After the little pharmacist left, the old man asked, "How bad is his wound? Did he hurt any bones? Can he walk now?"

Li Kang shook his head with a smile, and said: "I don't understand, I don't understand, I just asked me if the Chinese doctor can make him feel better."

The old man squinted, "Then, does he know me?"

"I don't know, foreigner."

"Foreigners? No wonder, foreigners know nothing! A few knives, nothing will happen!"

"That's that, that's that!" Li Kang responded to the old man with a smile.

When Li Shu came back, Lu Ning and the old lady were chatting enthusiastically.

"Sister Nan!" Lu Ning was very happy to see Li Shu, "We just talked about you!"

"You're back!" the old lady laughed.

"Hey! You're back, mother! What are you talking about about me?" Li Shu smiled and walked over to hold Lu Ning and the old lady.

The old lady is Li Shu's biological mother and Mr. Heng's eldest wife. Li Shu left Li's house for a long time without a place to live, so she didn't let the eldest wife follow him. She took her wife out after she had a fixed residence.Many aspects of Li Shu's temperament are influenced by his mother. When Mr. Heng had difficult things to do when he was alive, he would come to her for consultation immediately. She can always give Mr. Heng the most straightforward advice. .After Mr. Heng passed away, no one could see the eldest wife crying, but she could often be seen with red eyes, depressed for many years. Li Shu even found spilled medicine in her room. Later, Li Shu didn't dare to let her Stay by yourself for fear of doing something stupid.These years, when Li Shu came home to accompany the old lady to eat and drink medicine, the situation of the old lady is also better than before. After seeing Lu Ning, her spirit has improved a lot.

"The Li family got married, why did you leave so early, I didn't have time to see you!" Lu Ning blamed.

"Isn't this here? There are so many people at the wedding banquet, I don't feel comfortable staying here!" Li Shu changed the subject with a smile, "Where's Cheng Yu?"

"He went to the kitchen to prepare meals," the old lady replied, "This girl, she was clamoring to eat Babao chicken half an hour ago, saying that she has been in a foreign country for several years, and what she misses the most is our meals!"

"That's right, I was already in my teens when I left, and my mouth has been spoiled for a long time, how does the food outside compare with the food at home!" Li Shu smiled and patted Lu Ning's hand, "I am too busy these days , if I have time, I can take you to see the changes here!"

"No, no, no!" Lu Ning hurriedly said, "My parents and I have already found a job and a place to live, so we won't be returning to the UK. We will have plenty of time in the future, and the place is not far from here, so I can spend more time with the old lady!"

The old lady said to Li Shu with a smile: "It's really a female college student, Shu, if you look at her, she can tell witty words!"

When the last dish - Eight Treasure Chicken was served, Cheng Yu also sat down with his back to the door.

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "I taught the kitchen how to make it, I don't know if it suits your taste!"

Li Shu wiped his hands and said to Lu Ning: "Mr. Cheng's Babaoji is as famous as his opera."

The old lady put down the soup bowl and echoed, "That's right, Ning, you should eat more. Mr. Cheng's wrist injury has recurred these days, otherwise he will definitely cook himself!"

Lu Ning smiled and said: "Really! Thank you Mr. Cheng for your hard work! I never thought that I would be so lucky to visit Sister Nan!"

Cheng Yu cut a piece of meat with glutinous rice for Lu Ning, poured two spoonfuls of soup on it, and a red goji berry hung on the meat, before it was handed to Lu Ning, the aroma was already overflowing.

"Miss Ning, feel free to eat it. If she likes it, it will not be in vain for the compliments of Mrs. Fei Li and the old lady!"

Lu Ning took the bowl, took a bite, his eyes lit up, and said, "Mr. Cheng is really humble! I only heard that Mr. Cheng's opera singing is good, but I didn't expect his cooking skills to be so good!"

"Look, look, look, it looks like honey has been applied to the mouth!" The old lady smiled happily.

Li Shu looked at Lu Ning and felt that Lu Ning was indeed a little different from what he remembered.

While eating and chatting, Lu Ning suddenly mentioned Cheng Yu's retreat.

"When Mr. Cheng retired, people felt it was a pity. Mr. Cheng sang so well, and then he stopped singing. No one in Liyuan dared to sing "The Peacock Flies Southeast". I don't know how it is now, and I haven't heard it for many years. play."

Li Shu looked at Cheng Yu, saw Cheng Yu smiled and said: "The time has come, it's okay to retire after success. Now the head of the Liyuan is Xiao Yuegui, and "Eighteen Lovers" sings very well. If Miss Ning wants to Listen, I asked Liyuan to reserve two good seats, and I will listen to it in the afternoon!"

"It's true," said the old lady, "Mr. Cheng has a lot of face in Liyuan, and it's not easy to listen to the opera!"

"That's great!"

"Come on, let's eat first!" Li Shu said with a smile, "After eating, I'll ask someone to take you there!"

In the study, Li Gong folded his fingers, thinking about what Li Mu told him about Li Shu.

"Have you received the envelope?"

Li Mu took out the envelope, handed it to Li Gong, and said, "It hasn't been opened yet, waiting for your decision."

Li Gong glanced at Li Mu, there was something Li Mu couldn't understand in his eyes, and he reached out to open the envelope, but Li Mu hurriedly stopped it.

"Father! Open it to show that you accept it and agree to help her!"

Li Gong smiled and put the envelope by his hand.

Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "What do you think about this matter?"

"What do you think?" Li Gong asked back.

"I think the customs matter is not a trivial matter. We can't help you with this."

"go on."

"The customs matter is related to the higher-ups. If the blame is blamed, the entire Li family may be implicated. Li Kang is out of his mind to help her!"

"Well, what else?"

"And Li Kang! It's too much to dare to let go of you without discussing it with you. He is going to be your first gentleman! Father, you don't intend to do anything to stop him. Just let him do whatever he wants?"

Li Gong continued to ask unhurriedly: "Then why do you think he wants to 'behave'?"

"Li Kang misses the past, and still thinks that Li Shu can go back to Li's house, but she doesn't even think about it. She leaves as soon as she says, and goes back as soon as she says she wants to. Where will the Li family's face be put!"

Li Gong smiled, picked up the envelope again, looked at Li Mu's somewhat disappointed expression, put down the envelope and said, "Mu, what you said is very reasonable, but we have to help with this favor now."

"why?"

"Kang hopes she will come back. Needless to say, one day Li Shu will let him understand. As for why he has to help," Li Gong picked up the envelope and shook it, "Do you know what is inside?"

Li Mu's heart trembled, "Isn't it a letter?"

Li Gong shook his head, opened the envelope, and inside was a check for 100 million.

"You're right, opening it means you agree, but you didn't think about it. When you accepted it, you already agreed. You only thought that she might have written something to beg me, but you didn't think that she would use you to directly I accepted the money for me, which already shows that I promised her that I would exchange it for 100 million."

Li Mu changed his expression belatedly, "How could she..."

"However, Li Kang's plan is quite thorough, and it should be able to turn around. Besides, the higher-ups are short of money for the war. These tariffs are enough to support the army for a while. The front-line war is urgent. Even if it is revealed, it should not be paid for the time being. will embarrass us."

Li Mu blamed himself so much that he didn't listen to a word, and kept thinking about the moment when he took the envelope, his expression changed again and again.

Li Gong stood up and said: "Mu, you should learn some lessons. Although you have dealt with people on the road, you are still younger than Li Shu. This time you can only take risks, and next time you must not be affected by emotions." Blinded."

"Yes, father."

At night, Lu Ning talked with the old lady for a long time. After the old lady drank the medicine and fell asleep, Lu Ning closed the door and was led by the girl to her guest room. Li Shu was waiting for her inside.

"Is the old lady asleep?"

"Well, I'm asleep, the old lady is very happy today."

"I could see that she was very happy and talked a lot, she hadn't been this happy in a long time."

"There are many scriptures in the old lady's room. She said they were used for copying and recited them to me."

Li Shu nodded, "Well, those scriptures have been there for many years. After Mr. Heng passed away, she seldom talked or laughed. She copied the scriptures hundreds of times, and her eyes never stopped. But anyway, It would be nice to have something to entertain yourself."

"She misses Mr. Heng very much."

"Yes," Li Shu lowered his head, "It's lucky and a blessing to meet a true love in a lifetime. The old lady is a blessed person, and so is Mr. Heng. It's just that there is nothing perfect in this world."

Lu Ning listened carefully, thinking of his parents, Li Shu, Cheng Yu, and Li Kang.

"Ning, do you have someone you like?"

Lu Ning lowered his eyes and shook his head.

"No?" Li Shu smiled and squinted at her, "Who picked you up when you visited Li's house?"

"It's Kang. But I don't know if Kang has someone he likes." Lu Ning lowered his head and pinched his fingers.

Li Shu laughed and said: "Kong grew up with you, and we were close when we were young. The relationship must be better. He hasn't found a suitable one yet and is still single. You just tell me now, do you like Kang?"

Lu Ning pursed his lips and smiled, but did not speak.

Li Shu looked at Lu Ning's shy look, smiled and stroked her hair.

"Are you shy? Well, let me ask him for you. You know his generous temperament, he is careful, but his mouth is so stupid that he dare not say it directly even if he likes it."

"really?"

Li Shu nodded.

"People who truly love each other can't be met, and when they meet, they should be cherished."