It wasn't fear but guilt.
He had never done anything bad in his two lives. After Xiong Haizhou's death, he felt uneasy and paid close attention to the Xiong family. However, as time passed, he gradually forgot about it.
Xiong Haizhou was the only child in the Xiong family. Without a son, his daughter-in-law remarried. Naturally, he couldn't let his daughter-in-law take his grandson away. Otherwise, the family line would be broken. The daughter-in-law could remarry but the child couldn't be taken away.
Therefore, Xiong Liwen had always been raised by the Xiong couple. He inherited Xiong Haizhou's talent in studies and applied for a full scholarship to Harvard before he even graduated from high school.
Now that he suddenly heard news about the Xiong family, Li He had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Pinsong smiled sheepishly. "I didn't mean anything by it. It's just that this kid suddenly came to the company to apply for a job yesterday and gave me a shock."
"Pan Hai?" Li He asked.
Pinsong nodded. "Yes."
Li He asked, "What's that kid's major in?"
Pinsong said, "Law Doctorate."
Li He smiled. "Is this kid doing this on purpose?"
Pinsong said, "This kid is really thoughtful. If he didn't have the intention to take revenge, why would he come to Pan Hai to apply for a job? The key is that his major is very suspicious. Should I make the first move? If he dares to go abroad, I'll kill him in minutes. "
Li He waved his hand. "Let him be. What can a little brat do? If he really doesn't know what's good for him, I'll have a clear conscience when I teach him a lesson. I won't have to worry so much."
Pinsong smiled. "You're right. It's mainly because of what happened to his father that I'm traumatized."
He was born in an alley. Fighting and causing trouble were common. He was a ruthless person who often gouged people until they bled. However, it was the first time in his life that he had killed someone.
Li He smiled. "Let's not talk about this anymore. I believe that if he's smart, he won't do something stupid."
After laughing, he didn't take it to heart.
An elephant does not worry about the retaliation of ants.
As usual, he was sitting on the steps in front of the company, basking in the sun. He was no different from a passerby. To those who didn't know him, he looked like an unsuccessful man facing a mid-life crisis.
Not far away, a young man stood at the bottom of the steps and looked at him.
He also saw the young man, tall, square face, wearing a black long-sleeved pullover, jeans, and white basketball shoes. He had been watching him for half an hour.
He waved at the young man, who walked over with a smile.
Song Gu, who had been silent all this while, raised his guard.
Li He said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to have grown up so much."
"You know me?" The young man's curiosity was aroused.
Li He smiled and said, "You look very much like your father. You are carved from the same mold. When he was in his twenties, he looked about the same. He was very handsome."
If he was not mistaken, the young man was Xiong Haizhou's son, Xiong Liwen.
"Thank you for the compliment." The smile on Xiong Liwen's face gradually disappeared.
Li He said, "It's not a compliment. To be honest, it's good that you are so successful at such a young age. Your father's spirit in heaven will be very comforted."
This sentence was from the bottom of his heart.
"He should be very comforted that I'm still alive and well, unlike him, who lost his life at such a young age." He met Li He's gaze and did not avoid it.
Li He said, "If you have any understanding of China's business history, you won't find it strange at all."
"Winner takes all? In ancient times, failure wouldn't have cost one's life. I didn't expect to lose one's life in this era. "Xiong Liwen stood in front of Li He, not moving an inch.
Li He could feel his resentment and even understood a little. After all, in the eyes of the other party, he had killed his father. It was already good enough that he did not use a knife on the spot.
He took the cigar from Song Gu and handed one to him. Seeing that Song Gu did not take it, he lit it himself and smiled. "Your father is not a bad person. He has been favored by the heavens since he was young. His life was smooth sailing and he could not tolerate failure. When he encountered obstacles, he could not overcome them. The only thing he could do was to hide and escape.
He is probably different from us peasants from the countryside. As for us, as long as we don't starve to death and can take a breather, the rest is nothing. "
Xiong Liwen said, "So even though you have so many sins, you still call yourselves heroes in the wilderness to absolve yourselves?"
Li He said with a smile, "A bumpkin is a good bumpkin, but I'm not a bumpkin. Like your father, I'm a scholar. As for heroes, I'm definitely not one. I've always been very realistic. I'm not as impulsive as heroes."
Xiong Liwen snorted coldly and said plainly, "The benefit of studying is probably that people like you learn how to avoid the law and how to cover up your crimes."
Li He sighed and said, "I'm very sorry about what happened to your father. Really, it comes from the bottom of my heart."
Xiong Liwen said, "You're a big shot. Killing a small character like me is as easy as killing an ant. So, should I thank you for talking so much to me?"
Li He said, "It's great that you can understand this."
He turned around and said, "Alright, young man, I hope you're well. Every generation has its own helplessness and hesitation. The matters of the previous generation are not something a young man like you can understand."
"What if I want to understand?" He did not back down at all.
"What do you want to know?" Li He raised his head.
"When you sleep at night, do you feel uneasy with your conscience?" He looked at Li He and enunciated each word clearly.
"Sigh." Li He stood up and patted his thigh. He walked two steps forward and clasped his hands behind his back. "Otherwise, why would I talk so much to you? There's an old saying that the business world is like a battlefield. In the past, I only thought that it was a description of cruelty. I never thought that people would really die.
Later on, after seeing many people who went bankrupt and jumped off buildings, I finally understood the true meaning of this saying.
If you want to, you can also find the newspaper of the year your father got into trouble. The real estate market of Qiongdao was full of victims and blood flowed like rivers. People jumped off buildings and hung themselves every day.
I think that even without me, your father would not have survived that year. "
"Are you trying to excuse yourself?"
Li He shook his head and said, "Think whatever you want. I just want you to be well. You're young and have a bright future ahead of you. Don't get stuck in the quagmire of the past. It won't do you any good."
After saying that, he got into his car.
Since then, he had never seen Xiong Liwen again. It was said that he had returned to America.
Li Yi had been back for half a month. Every day, she would either go out to play or stay at home.
She would lie on the sofa, peeling oranges and watching boring soap operas.
He Fang said, "What's so good about lousy Korean dramas? There's no end to them every day."
"Yeah." Li He nodded in agreement. "It's good to read more."
"You're a terrible old man. You're very bad." Li Yi threw a piece of orange into her mouth and said angrily, "Nonsense about being educated and reading will make you more elegant. Look, I'm going to lose my hair from reading so much."
After saying that, she deliberately looked at her father.
In her family, her father was the one who read the most.
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