Chapter 1619: The Curtain

Jiangbei.

Pingchuan Airport.

After getting off the plane, Xu Shengzhe, who was walking in front, said nothing.

When he got out of the airport, Li Dong said, "If you need help, please feel free to say hello."

Xu Shengzhe stopped in his tracks, turned around and glanced at him, with a very complicated expression, half crying and half smiling, he said, "Li Dong, tell me, if I was born in an ordinary family, wouldn't these things happen?"

Li Dong knew what he was talking about, and sighed softly: "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite."

"Yes, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite..."

Xu Shengzhe murmured, then stopped talking, and walked towards the vehicle that came to pick him up.

...

East Park.

When Li Dong returned home, he took off his coat. Shen Qian came forward and whispered, "Is Xu Shengzhe all right?"

Li Dong shook his head, then looked at Shen Qian and said, "Don't worry about these things, the due date is just a few days away, so be careful when you go in and out."

Shen Qian nodded, but Shen Xuehua at the side sighed a little: "Xu Jianghua is going too, he can barely be considered a generation of heroes, once he leaves, the group of people back then will leave almost as well."

Seeing doubts on Li Dong's face, Shen Xuehua knew what he was wondering, and explained: "Do you think Xu Jianghua is famous in Jiangbei?

You have to know what kind of era Xu Jianghua was in when he rose up.

The businessmen who can rise in that era are not the trendsetters of the era.

It is not an exaggeration to say that you are a hero!

Xu Jianghua has never memorized these crimes of speculating and taking the capitalist route.

It's not even that Xu Jianghua hasn't been in a cell before.

Moreover, Xu Jianghua still took a half-white and half-black path. Of course, many businessmen at that time actually followed this path.

It can be said that Xu Jianghua's group of people were all doing business with their heads up. In the most serious period, a group of people were pulled out for public trial and shot.

In fact, I knew Xu Jianghua many years ago.

Back then, my father, Qianqian's grandfather, was still alive, and even the Shen family was sneaky and cautious in doing business.

But Xu Jianghua from Jiangbei has a reputation that even my father has heard of, so he is considered a bold group.

At that time, Xu Jianghua was still young, not much older than us, and many people still admire him for being able to make such a big name.

I knew him when I was young.

It's a pity that he stayed in Jiangbei all his life and didn't go out.

How can it not be embarrassing to end up like this when you are getting old..."

Xu Jianghua is just in his early 70s this year, but Xu Jianghua has been working hard since he was a teenager, and it has been more than 50 years now.

In those days, doing business was extremely dangerous.

Of course, Xu Jianghua didn't start business as soon as he went out, nor did he start real estate from the very beginning.

When the prototype of Longhua was established, it was earlier than many enterprises, and it may have been thirty years in retrospect.

Before that, Xu Jianghua did all kinds of business, or it was not considered a business, so it would be more appropriate to say that he was a gangster.

But even if he runs the Dan Gang, Xu Jianghua is well-known in the industry. He is known for his boldness and blackness, which is somewhat similar to Li Dong at this time.

But Li Dong's heart is dark, that is a reference, Xu Jianghua is really dark.

At that time, it was impossible to do business without being a little darker.

Being able to survive the most difficult period and formally establish Longhua in the 1990s, Xu Jianghua has survived many more crises than Li Dong.

Such a character is not a legend, but it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a hero.

But fate is sometimes really unpredictable. When he is old, the Xu family built by Xu Jianghua has a situation where brothers are fighting against each other and father and son are fighting.

The eldest son became a vegetable, outsiders don't know who did it, Xu Jianghua didn't know?

If he didn't count, he wouldn't be paralyzed by a stroke.

As for the youngest son, in order to prove his father wrong, to prove that he is more suitable to take over than the eldest son, he has taken many risks in recent years.

Up to now, at the last moment of his life, what Xu Jianghua thinks in his heart may be difficult for outsiders to understand.

Shen Xuehua sighed, but felt that there was another character missing from the older generation.

But Li Dong felt a little emotional, even if your family is rich and famous, so what?

Xu Jianghua's wife died young, and he did not remarry after his wife's death for the sake of Longhua.

In fact, regardless of his identity, the other party is just a poor old man.

There is no wife to accompany him, and his two sons do not let him worry about it. In the end, brothers killed each other and he was seized power.

At the last moment, he was even paralyzed in bed, and had to be taken care of when eating and drinking.

I have been holding on and refusing to leave, I'm afraid I can't let go of my eldest son.

Of course, maybe he couldn't let go of his youngest son. If he really could let go of these things, Longhua Xu Shengzhe couldn't take them away at all.

Living like this is probably extremely painful.

Thinking of this, Li Dong felt more and more feelings in his heart. Xu Jianghua may have lived a wonderful life in this life, but he was not happy, and he could not follow his old path.

...

at the same time.

Xu family.

Xu Shengzhe hurriedly walked towards the back house.

When he reached the door, Xu Shengzhe suddenly stopped.

Following him was an anxious butler. Although he was not a butler in name, he was a real one.

The old man behind him knew Xu Jianghua when he was running the Dan Gang.

At that time, there was a great famine.

Xu Jianghua, who ran the order gang, showed a rare kindness and threw a few doughnuts to the current housekeeper.

The butler of the Xu family was also considered a smart person. At that time, a few doughnuts could not live for long, so he followed Xu Jianghua all the way, running and running, and decades passed.

From the buddy who joined hands to the current housekeeper, his feelings for Xu Jianghua may be much deeper than Xu Shengzhe.

Seeing Xu Shengzhe stopped, the butler was a little anxious, his eyes were red and he said, "Azhe, what's wrong?"

Xu Shengzhe clenched his cheeks, and said after a while: "It's okay."

After finishing speaking, Xu Shengzhe walked into the room.

...

In the room, many people have already gathered at this moment.

Bai Yueqin hugged the child, standing by the bed and weeping.

Some of Longhua's entrepreneurial veterans are also here now.

In addition to these people, some old people in Jiangbei's business circle, including Ji Lanxin's father Ji Yuanzhong, were also there.

In addition, some distant relatives of the Xu family.

Xu Jianghua was not an only child, he had quite a few brothers and sisters, but almost all of them passed away one after another. But Longhua's didn't have any.

In this life, Xu Jianghua will not be cruel to his two biological sons.

At this time, these relatives also received the news and rushed over one after another.

At this moment, Xu Jianghua's complexion on the bed was as thin as paper, and he was as thin as a stick, but his eyes were still open, and his chest heaved slightly.

Seeing Xu Shengzhe coming, the others stepped out of the way.

The private doctor sitting by the bed shook his head slightly when he saw Xu Shengzhe arrived.

Xu Shengzhe's face was stiff, and he stood by the bed without saying a word.

As if knowing that his son was back, Xu Jianghua, who was originally as pale as paper, turned slightly better, his cloudy eyes rolled, his throat twitched, and he said in an inaudible voice: "Ah... Azhe..."

"I am here."

Xu Shengzhe responded, squatted down, and grabbed his father's skinny hand, his eyes were instantly reddened.

"Long... Long Hua is on the market?"

"It went public, but failed to be the first and second."

"Also... that's okay, number one, it makes people jealous..."

Xu Jianghua said a few words intermittently, then twisted his neck with difficulty, turned his head to look at his son, and panted with some difficulty: "Do you still hate?"

"I don't hate anymore..." Xu Shengzhe's eyes became redder, and he said with tears in his eyes, "I don't hate anymore, and I don't have the right to hate.

You can hand over the family business you have built to whomever you want, it is you who built it!

A few years ago, I was obsessed.

When I figured it out, it was irreversible.

That's why I was in a hurry to go public, and I was in a hurry to tell you that although it's irreversible, I won't let the Longhua name you created go down without a name. "

"This... these... are not important..."

Xu Jianghua, who has worked hard for his career all his life, said something at this time that is not important.

Because it really doesn't matter anymore.

From the moment he stepped down, from the moment his eldest son became a vegetable, he understood everything.

Things outside the body are only things outside the body after all.

Is Longhua important?

unimportant!

He knew and saw what his son wanted to prove, and what he wanted to show him, but he didn't stop him. He just watched silently, waited, and let his son prove himself.

After a pause, Xu Jianghua panted again: "Take care of the family, take care of Yueqin and the children.

Longhua, do whatever you want.

Finally, Dad, I beg you..."

Xu Shengzhe burst into tears, nodded fiercely and said: "Don't worry, I will send him to the United States for treatment, and he will stay there when he is cured.

Let him marry a wife and have children, let him carry on the family line! "

Xu Jianghua's eyes suddenly lit up, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. He held his son's hand tightly, and said with difficulty: "Okay... my son... is better than me..."

After saying this, Xu Jianghua fell silent.

In the whole room, there was no other sound except low crying.

The private doctor hurriedly stepped forward to check for a while, and then whispered to Xu Shengzhe beside the bed: "Mr. Xu...has gone."

Xu Shengzhe didn't say a word, his eyes were a little dazed, he grabbed his father's hand and remained motionless.

Ji Yuanzhong behind him sighed softly, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said softly: "Azhe, my condolences have changed.

Now, let my brother go with some peace of mind. "

Xu Shengzhe's eyes gradually recovered, and he turned his head to look at the housekeeper and said, "Uncle Cai, I will trouble you to help me with the affairs of Dad's death. I'll go out for a while and I'll be right back."

As soon as these words came out, many people looked at him.

Xu Shengzhe didn't care, let go of his father's hand, got up and walked out.

Seeing this, Bai Yueqin hurriedly said: "Azhe..."

Xu Shengzhe said in a muffled voice: "It's okay, I'll go to the hospital and pick him up.

Dad left, let him take the last ride too. "

He explained, and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone has heard about the rivalry between the Xu family father and son, and they are afraid that Xu Shengzhe will not let it go at this time, and he will not even care about his father's death.

Now that he was going to pick up Xu Rulong, no one else would stop him.

...

September 5th.

The Xu family held a farewell ceremony.

Li Dong came to condolences with several distant executives.

In the mourning hall.

Xu Shengzhe was kneeling on one side, and other relatives of the Xu family were also dressed in sackcloth and filial piety. Among the crowd, the most conspicuous one was Xu Rulong sitting in a wheelchair.

Xu Rulong is not awake, but a vegetative state does not mean a dead person. Xu Rulong opened his eyes and remained motionless. Except for himself, no one knew whether he knew or didn't know that his father had passed away.

After Li Dong worshiped, Xu Shengzhe took the Xu family back together.

At this moment, Xu Shengzhe didn't cry, but his eyes were full of exhaustion and confusion.

Seeing this, Li Dong said softly: "My condolences will change."

Xu Shengzhe shook his head, then gestured to the outside, Li Dong nodded, did not speak again, and led the people out of the mourning hall.

Once outside the door, Li Dong let the others go first, and found a place where no one was there to stay.

After waiting for a while, Xu Shengzhe came out, touched his body, then looked at Li Dong and said, "Is there any smoke?"

Li Dong didn't have a cigarette on his body now, but Li Dong still waved to the side, and then Tan Yong walked out from the corner and handed over a pack of cigarettes.

Li Dong opened the cigarette, passed one to Xu Shengzhe, took out one himself, lit it and took a puff.

Xu Shengzhe ignored him, lit the cigarette on his own, took a puff, then coughed and said: "You said, am I ridiculous?

Before leaving, the old man told me that Longhua was not important.

Do you know what he said at the end?

Take care of the family, take care of the boss, he's begging me...

In his life, he had never said a word of begging to anyone.

But he begged me, not for the first time, begging me to take good care of the boss.

You said, it's me lying in the wheelchair at this time, will the old man beg the boss? "

"Yes." Li Dong replied.

Xu Shengzhe laughed at himself: "Probably, it's kind of ridiculous.

I said to myself, it's really ridiculous.

In order to compete for Longhua, these years, I have been full of unwillingness and complaints, why bother.

Am I not reconciled to handing over the family business he has laid down to whoever gets it?

If I'm really capable, why don't I fight in the nest, just do it by myself like you, if I really want to go out on my own, I'm afraid the old man won't leave with regrets, and I'll start my own business, and he won't lack support.

In the final analysis, we, the second generation, have lost a bit of magnanimity and courage after all.

Now that people are gone, it's meaningless to mention these anymore.

But he's gone, and I have to help him fulfill his last wish.

The boss's question is a bit troublesome. Although I have some money, but I have gone to Europe and the United States, it may not be useful.

Please help me arrange this matter and send the boss there for treatment.

You have business over there, which is a little more convenient than mine. "

Li Dong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let you know when the arrangements are made."

"Well, thank you." Xu Shengzhe continued to take a puff of cigarette, and said: "Li Dong, tell me, what are we people pursuing in this life?

wealth?

Or a sense of accomplishment?

For the sake of fame and fortune, we gave up too many things, family, love, friendship...

In the end, I found out, does it really make sense?

When the old man left, don't look at the sad people around him crying, there are a few people who are really sad.

Even me, I can't tell whether it's sad or something else.

For the sake of Longhua, for the sake of status, I gave up too much, lost too much, now that Longhua is listed, I feel a little empty in my heart, tell me, have I really gone wrong all these years? "

Li Dong shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"have no idea?"

"I don't know, you are confused, and I was also confused.

But now I'm fine, I've got everything I want in terms of career, fame and fortune.

When you don't get it, you desperately crave it all.

When you get it, the desire will be infinitely weakened.

Now, to be honest, I have really seen it, and I have seen it through.

At this time, instead of fighting for my career, I would rather say that I was playing the last pass game. After passing the last pass, regardless of success or failure, I felt that I had no regrets.

And at this time, I was still young, and I could pursue everything I wanted.

I won't be old enough to leave behind regrets and regrets. "

Xu Shengzhe glanced at him, and said after a while: "You are luckier than me."

Li Dong exhaled: "Maybe, or in other words, I am luckier than most people in this world.

What about you, what's next? "

"I?"

Xu Shengzhe's eyes were once again confused for a moment, then he threw down the cigarette butt, stomped it out with his foot and said, "What else can you think about, just keep living.

Just walk as you want, how can you live without this? "

"What about her?"

Li Dongchao raised his chin not far away. Over there, Ji Lanxin was standing in the open space, looking at this side with a slight worry on his face.

Xu Shengzhe turned his head and took a look, then frowned and said, "Don't mention it now."

Li Dong didn't say much, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Next, take a good rest, we are still young, don't break yourself."

"Yeah." Xu Shengzhe nodded, thought for a while and said, "Shen Qian is about to give birth, and it's not convenient for me now, so I won't go when the baby is born.

I'll make it up when I get back a week later. "

"Just take care of yourself, and I don't need you to worry about it."

"..."

The two chatted for a while, Xu Shengzhe would continue to receive guests, Li Dong didn't waste any time, and said goodbye to Xu Shengzhe soon.

When going out, Li Dong saw Ji Lanxin again.

Ji Lanxin also saw him, but she didn't greet him, she nodded her head as a signal.

Li Dong stepped forward and said, "He's fine."

Ji Lanxin forced a smile and said: "I know, he has always wanted to be strong since he was a child, and even if something happens, he will keep it in his heart."

Li Dong asked as he walked, "How many years have you known him?"

"It's been almost twenty years." Ji Lanxin also wanted to find someone to talk to at this time, and sighed softly: "But when I was young, he was the focus of others, but I was inconspicuous at that time. I'm afraid he doesn't even remember it."

"He's married now, has a child, and you have your own business, can't you let it go?"

"Can't let it go?" Ji Lanxin shook her head and said, "It's not that I can't let it go, it's because I'm used to it.

Get used to watching him silently, get used to everything about him, everything is a habit.

And when this habit is deeply imprinted in the bottom of my heart, there is nothing to let go or not to let go.

In fact, I know where I was wrong, maybe I was wrong in not taking over Jinding.

But if I don't take over Jinding, will he notice me?

With so many women around him, will he notice the humble me?

What's more, this is also my father's family business, if I don't take it over, who will take it over? "

Li Dong said with emotion: "Suddenly I feel that you women are quite difficult."

Ji Lanxin glanced at him sideways, and said after a while: "It's not that it's difficult for a woman, it's that it's difficult to love someone.

In fact, sometimes women really don't want much, but even if it's a little bit, you men are also stingy in giving it.

In fact, you and Xu Shengzhe are both good men, but good men hurt people more. Sometimes, we would rather you are bad men, at least, the hurt is not so painful. "

"Good man?"

Li Dong laughed at himself, and continued: "Maybe, then I'll go first."

Ji Lanxin didn't speak, just watched him leave silently.

When he left, Ji Lanxin looked back, and then got into her own car.