This high-rise apartment looked grand, but its geographical location was not very good. If one were to calculate according to the golden line of real estate from Charter Square, the location of the apartment was still very far away from the line. Every inch of land was far from the golden line. Therefore, when the seventh young master of the Li family generously gave it to Xu Le, he did not forcefully refuse.
The small-eyed man knew that the other party was making a long-term investment. Last year, he had spent tens of millions on the other party. Even if he was not a businessman, he knew that it would be very unprofessional to refuse the other party's sincere request for a follow-up investment when there was no return on the investment and the market was on the rise.
A property that was worth the Seventh Young Master of the Li family's generosity could not be expensive, but it could not be tasteless. It was just like the other penthouse that was full of oil paintings. The lower six floors of the high-rise apartment was the members' club. It had all kinds of facilities, and from the quality of the service staff and the details of the interior, one could tell that it was a very good place.
In order to pass the time, Xu Le sat down in the bar on the lower floor of the apartment. He ordered a glass of unknown liquor and added nine ice cubes. After the taste of the liquor had been diluted by the ice water, he began to take small sips. At the same time, he turned on the ultra-thin screen on his phone and began to seriously study some of the military courses in the First Military Academy.
The place where he sat was very remote and the light was dim. He wore a military uniform without epaulets and looked very ordinary. Naturally, there were no proud and lonely women who came to disturb him.
To be Jian Shui'er's bodyguard? This was definitely not a real mission given to him by the Ministry of Defense. In order to protect himself and the members of the Iron Seventh Division on the front line in the West Woods in the future, or perhaps because he was shocked by the commanding ability of the officers of the Iron Seventh Division during the two military exercises on his graduation day, Xu Le began to seriously study everything related to the battlefield. He did not really expect to become a qualified commander in the future, but at least he would not be so clueless as to where the planned retreat route was after being surrounded by the enemy.
Xu Le had always been very serious and silent when he was practicing and studying. He was fully immersed in the text data or the burning and trembling lines. But today, for some reason, he could not calm down as he stared at the teaching materials on his phone's ultra-thin screen. He kept thinking about what was happening in the penthouse at this time.
What could happen in an hour? What could happen in an hour? If it was to look at each other speechlessly, choking and tearing a thousand lines, it would only be a moment of silence between a man and a woman, and then it would be over. If it was to talk about the future, one hour would not be enough to begin. If it was to stand side by side in front of the bed, looking at the child's face, talking and smiling sweetly, talking about which part of the child was like you and which part of the child was like me, how long would it take?
What if Zou Liuhuo suddenly wanted to perform a biological excretion in front of his biological father? Perhaps his young parents would have to deal with this matter in a flurry and waste all their time.
Thinking of this, Xu Le couldn't help but laugh happily, but his smile immediately disappeared. From the cold mask that Zou Yu wore along the way and the words that he said earlier, he could clearly infer that the above story would not happen in the one hour in the penthouse, let alone play out the passionate scene that he had hoped for.
At the end of the day, Mr. Shi and Zou Yu were just at the right place at the right time. Golden wind and rain met for one night, but they bore the wrong fruit. At most, this young man and woman were not familiar with each other at all. They had only seen each other a few times, so it could only be said that they had an occasional one-night relationship. It didn't even reach the level of sexual intimacy.
Xu Le lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the wine glass in his hand, feeling the coldness coming from it. He thought with some confusion, "Did I make a mistake when I accompanied Yuzi to give birth to the child?" How could this absurd and complicated relationship be sorted out? It should be known that not every love song had a happy ending. This kind of plot only existed in TV series, and it was even more impossible for it to be as easy as the scriptwriter wrote it, which could lead to something like love.
However, when he thought of Zou Liuhuo's cute yawning and drooling in his arms, Xu Le's heart settled down. He thought to himself, "As parents, how can you let a little life be responsible for you if you don't take good care of your own safety? You deserve all the trouble." Thinking of this, he felt relieved and even felt a sense of justice, although he knew that this sense of justice was actually very shameless.
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An hour later, the black car left the apartment building. The military vehicle driven by Liu Jiao carried a few men from the seventh team and followed the car from a distance to protect the safety of the people in the car.
Zou Yu didn't sit in the passenger seat. Instead, she sat quietly in the back with Zou Liuhuo in her arms. The seat belt was tightly fastened on her body, and the red scarf around her neck was folded up like a ball of flame.
"I'm going to study at the National Shanglin University." After a long time, Zou Yu broke the silence. Looking at the side of Xu Le's face, she said calmly, "You know the rules of Linhai University Town. You have to sign up in the winter."
Xu Le's hands on the steering wheel slightly stiffened. He could hear many meanings from these words. Shanglin University was a famous institution more than ten kilometers away from Ewha University. If Zou Yu wanted to continue her studies, it naturally meant that the previous conversation didn't go well.
"The Minister of Defense's daughter gave birth to a child out of wedlock and still hasn't gotten married after so long. This matter is indeed somewhat absurd and laughable." Zou Yu said lightly, "I told you before that I won't thank you for taking the blame for me, because this was your bad idea to begin with."
Xu Le didn't know what to say.
Zou Yu laughed self-deprecatingly. Her face was like a frosty peony blooming in the night. "But at least you helped me break a lot of things. In the future, if I can really find what I need, I do need to thank you … You don't have to worry about anything. At least now, the people outside see you as Liuhuo's father. In the future, the more outstanding you become in the military, the less people will dare to gossip about you … Father's side will also be slightly better."
Xu Le could hear the determination and firmness in the girl's words. Just as he was about to open his mouth to say something, Zou Yu stopped him. She lowered her head to look at the child in her arms and said calmly, "You hope that I can marry Shi Qinghai, but you should give up. This has nothing to do with his identity as a spy, and also has nothing to do with his family background. I just don't like this kind of playboy."
"Playboy is an accurate description." Xu Le smiled bitterly as he thought to himself.
Zou Yu retracted her gaze from the child. The sweetness in her eyes instantly turned into a trace of frustration and coldness. She looked out of the window at the rapidly receding capital's night scene and didn't say anything for a long time. This girl's hazy first love, or the individual recognition under the collective consciousness, was that of the most unfathomable young master in the Federation. She had grown up in her adolescence under the guidance of a certain madam. Although behind the backs of the elders, she would often pretend to be cold, arrogant, and rebellious with that unruly elder brother. In the end, even she herself couldn't tell whether it was a kind of acting, or whether she was originally such a cold and cruel person …
But after all, her vision was much broader than the average girl in the Federation. Even if it couldn't compare to the galaxy above the human's head, it was still more open and honest. Once the shackles above her head were broken, it would be very difficult for her to be bound by certain worldly things, even if those traditions were extremely powerful. For example, marriage, love, and these seemingly beautiful words.
Zou Yu's gratitude to Xu Le was above this.
Her family background, that father of hers who had been calm and steady for many years, might have been able to bind her, but it just so happened that it was forcefully pushed back by the shattered piece of celadon between her fingers and the smear of blush flowing down her cheeks.
"Life isn't a game of house. If you really want to walk your own path, you have to be ruthless enough. Ruthless to others, and also ruthless to yourself."
Zou Yu thought of the past, unexpectedly giving birth to an aura of vicissitudes that a young woman shouldn't have. She sighed softly and said to Xu Le in front of her, "You are a good person, but in this world, wanting to be a good person is the most difficult path. In the future, you have to be even more ruthless. As long as you are ruthless enough, who dares to stand in your way? "
If there really was no path to walk in the future, it would just be letting go of both hands and leaping into the abyss of death in search of peace, tranquility, cleanliness, and perhaps some happiness. Was that so? Xu Le fell into silent contemplation.
For some reason, Zou Yu felt very angry every time she saw him in silence. She pursed her red lips and said, "Don't make yourself into a fool. Think about why the old man in Feicheng City and Mr. President promoted you so highly … Although I can't tell, you have to be careful when you go to the front line. Otherwise, who knows when someone will shoot you in the back."
Xu Le didn't explain that his next task was to be a bodyguard. He said with a smile, "Be careful when you go to Lin Hai. Don't be as hot-tempered as before. You have to know that Mr. Shi and I are not in Lin Hai right now, so there is no one to control your temper. I don't like to see you bully others."
Zou Yu didn't say anything. She sneered, but there wasn't too much coldness in her voice. Instead, there was a bit of reluctance and regret between friends.
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Late that night, Xu Le and Shi Qinghai planned to get drunk. After sobering up, they planned to be cool again. They were drunk for 17 hours in a row before they gradually sobered up. The two brothers didn't have much to say to each other after reuniting from a disaster. However, when the twilight shone on the glass of the apartment, Shi Qinghai narrowed his peach blossom eyes and looked at the burning clouds in the sky. He said somewhat absentmindedly, "Some clouds look like George Carlin, and some clouds look like pirates."
"I may run into space pirates in a few days." Xu Le rubbed his face with a hot towel and looked at the details of the task he just received on his encrypted phone. He shook his head and said, "Do you want to go with me?"
Shi Qinghai stretched himself exaggeratedly and paused for a moment before saying, "No, I'm going to find the organization."
At this time, Xu Le's phone rang again. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the message on the screen. He suddenly said, "Your organization is holding a banquet tonight."
A girl who liked to wear black-rimmed glasses should also be at the banquet. Thinking of this, Xu Le was silent for a long time.
Time flowed like water, washing away the traces of the bitterness and heartache of his youth. However, just like the famous vinegar pickled eggplant in the West Woods, the rinsed skin didn't have much of a taste, but the inside was still so sour that it made people want to cry.
(Out of the three chapters today, this chapter is the most satisfying one. Good night, comrades, I won't canvass for votes today. Although it was destroyed, hehe.)
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