Shi Xiaonian still wanted to argue with Gong Ou, but Gong Ou had already tore open the letter in his hand, took out the letter paper and opened it, his face darkened.
She knew that it was not appropriate for her to argue with Gong Ou about the child's name at this time.
She sat there and looked at Gong Ou. Gong Ou's eyes passed over the lines of text, and his thin lips slowly raised a cold smile, "Interesting."
"What's wrong?"
Shi Xiaonian asked worriedly.
"They proposed negotiations, that is... reconciliation." Gong Ou sneered and put the letter in his hand on the table.
Shi Xiaonian was stunned for a moment, "Reconciliation again? Why does it sound so full of conspiracy?"
They all fought to this extent. The Gong family suffered a lot, NE was also dragged down, and the Lancaster family suffered even more serious losses. They lost manpower, the mining industry leaders, and internal struggles for power. Even George was so angry that he was treating his illness. , is it because we have suffered too many losses and have begun to recognize the reality
But according to the ruthless attitude of the other party before, he should be determined not to give up.
"Do you also understand the conspiracy?"
Gong Ou looked at Shi Xiaonian with a half-smile.
“…”
Why can't she understand
Shi Xiaonian stood up and took a look at the letter. It had the Lancaster family crest printed on it. The paper was thick and delicate.
After reading the text above, Shi Xiaonian looked at Gong Ou with some worry, "He wants you to bring bits, and the conditions are up to you."
The text was written very tactfully, but in the end it only meant this. It sounded like a huge concession and compromise, but it asked for bits.
"Um."
Gong Ou nodded, reached out and picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip.
"We can't go. That family has never regarded Bit as one of its own. How could it suddenly make such a big concession? It must be to let Bit go back to study Mr. Palace." The fight was like that last time. Why didn't he know about it along the way? The thing is, Mr. Palace disappeared, and I couldn’t find it no matter how I looked for it. It was possible that he was placed somewhere and was taken back by Lancaster.
"It doesn't look like it." Feng De stood aside and looked at the words on the letter and said, "Their intention to retreat is very obvious, and they also hinted that they can offer several major mining industries, which is also fatal to Lancaster. The loss of our own property should be more important than the destruction of NE, right?"
When Shi Xiaonian listened, she looked at Gong Ou and saw that he looked indifferent. She couldn't help but become a little anxious, "That proves that they have ulterior motives. There must be a trap. Maybe someone has already laid an ambush and is waiting for us to go. "
"It says that the location can be decided temporarily by us, and they can't set up defenses in advance."
Feng De said again.
Shi Xiaonian frowned tightly and looked at Gong Ou, "Gong Ou, you won't bring the bits there for trading, will you?"
"Why not?" Gong Ou said with disapproval, "It's a good deal for me to exchange their people for their property and surrender."
“…”
Shi Xiaonian stayed there for a moment, unable to accept it. Suddenly, as if she felt something, she turned her head and saw Bit standing next to a pillar not far away.
He was wearing a clean white shirt, and he looked young and fresh. He just stood there, his face completely dull, and his blue eyes expressionless.
bits…
Shi Xiaonian looked at him worriedly, and then looked at Gong Ou, "Gong Ou, Lancaster has suffered so many losses. It is impossible for Lancaster to surrender easily. Don't believe it."
Gong Ou looked at her across the table and said nothing.
"Really." Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Shi Xiaonian became even more anxious, "Bit has always been unpopular with the family, but he helped me this time. If I let him go back, he might be beaten. No, maybe. He will definitely be beaten by him. He is only 16 years old!"
Bit stood by the pillar, looking at them without saying a word, his hands clenched at his sides and his lips pursed tightly.
Gong Ou looked at the anxiety on Shi Xiaonian's face and was not jealous. After a while, he said coldly, "Do you now regard Shi Xiaonian as your safe haven?"
After saying that, Gong Ou turned his head sharply and accurately captured Bit's direction.
Bit stood there, his face turned pale. He slowly walked out from the pillar, turned his eyes to look at Shi Xiaonian, and then looked at Gong Ou, "When I came to you for help, I knew I couldn't return to the family. ”
"Yes, you can only rely on me to survive now." Gong Ou's words were realistic and mean.
When Xiaonian wanted to speak, Bit had already spoken, "But at least I saved your wife. I don't need you to be grateful, but can you let me go?"
"If you leave, I will lose a lot." Gong Ou leaned back, his eyes full of domineering gestures.
Hearing this, Bit clenched his fists and said, "I advise you not to be so naive. They can't really surrender to you for me. Like Shi Xiaonian said, they will set a trap to harm you, so it's better not to go."
"A three-year-old kid teaching me how to do things?"
Gong Ou looked at him funny, with a hint of disdain in his tone.
"Gong Ou..." Shi Xiaonian couldn't stand it any longer, walked to Bit and stood next to him, reached out and patted his arm, and said gently, "I'll talk, you go back to your room and rest, trust me."
Bit stood beside Shi Xiaonian, lowered his eyes, stood for a while and turned to leave.
Shi Xiaonian looked at him worriedly.
Biter left step by step, and Gong Ou's cold voice came, "Do you think you can be free and at ease if I let you go? In a few days, there will be more nameless corpses on the road or in the water."
"Gong Ou..."
Shi Xiaonian stopped Gong Ou from speaking so irritatingly.
Bit's body stiffened, and then he continued to walk forward in silence, until he walked out the back door. Outside the door were trees full of flowers and lush grass.
Behind the tree is a row of small, squat houses.
He walked forward and sat down on a row of long stone benches behind the tree. Several pale pear-white petals fell from the tree and slowly fell on his shoulders.
The oblique shadow on the ground made him even more alone.
Bit brushed off the flower petals on his body, and suddenly a shadow appeared on the ground. He turned his head slightly, and it was the disfigured woman who owned the house with almost zero presence.
She sat down next to him wearing an old gray robe, still wearing a big hat on her head, almost covering her entire face.
“…”
Bit sat aside, but still felt uncomfortable. Just as he was about to stand up, the woman suddenly handed over a fresh piece of cake, holding it on a paper cushion without touching the cake with both hands. This action was annoying.
Pit looked at the piece of cake and was stunned.
"For you to eat."
the woman said.
It was hard for Bit to refuse sweets, and he was extremely depressed after hearing what Miyao Ou had just said. After a moment of silence, he reached out to take the cake and put it in his mouth to take a bite.
The sweet taste melts on the tip of the tongue, with a rich fragrance.
Bit was stunned, "Did Shi Xiaonian ask you to get it?"
This is what Shi Xiaonian made. She cared about him very much. She even made him a cake when she was recovering from a serious injury. She was afraid that he would be sad and asked this woman to send it to him.
“…”
The woman sat beside him and said nothing.
"Making cakes is very labor-intensive, and she is not in good health." Bit said as he ate the cake, bite by bite, until the last bite, holding it in his hands but not eating it at all.
"Aren't you going to finish eating?" the woman asked.
Bit looked at the last piece of cake, his eyes darkened, "Do you know what a bereaved dog is?"
“…”
The woman sat next to him, her fingers trembling.
"I have been a homeless dog since I was born. I have never had a home of my own." Bit said bitterly and self-deprecatingly, "I know that Shi Xiaonian is very good to me, but what if she is good to me? She prefers Gong. Oh, I can only give you a piece of cake, she can't give me a home."
“…”
The woman sat beside him silently.
"Gong Ou is right. I was a lost dog when I was alive. I am valuable only when I am used by others. When I die, I am just an unknown corpse." Bit stared at the small piece of cake in his hand, "I don't even know that I What to live for."
As he finished speaking, his wrist was suddenly grabbed tightly by someone. It was the woman who grabbed his hand, her fingers still trembling.
Bit looked at her inexplicably. The woman quickly lowered her head, sadness lingering in her eyes. Bit stared at the scars on her face and said, "Are you pitying me?"
Oh, would even a disfigured single woman with no family sympathize with him now? How failed was his life
No wonder no one except Shi Xiaonian thinks highly of him.
There's something about him that makes people look up to him.
"Thank you for sending the cake. Don't tell Shi Xiaonian these words. I don't want her to worry." Bit pulled her hand and stood up, turning to leave.
"Do you like being with her?" the woman suddenly asked from behind him.
Her voice is nice, completely different from her scars, and not offensive at all.
Bit stood there and listened, understanding that the "she" in the woman's mouth referred to Shi Xiaonian, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "She is the only one who is sincerely good to me, but she has someone she likes more."
Shi Xiaonian was kind to him, but the most important thing in her life was Gong Ou, not him, so why should he make it difficult for her.
“…”
The woman stood there motionless watching him go away.
When Bit went back, Shi Xiaonian was persuading Gong Ou, saying that she couldn't hand him over and she wanted to protect him. He was not unmoved after hearing this.
Gong Ou sat in front of the table indifferently, saying something to Shi Xiaonian.
"Gong Ou, can you listen to me? It's impossible for Lancaster to surrender for Bit. He must have ulterior motives." Shi Xiaonian stood beside him and said, pinching his shoulders for a while and giving him a squeeze for a while. He beat his back and tried his best to be diligent.
Gong Ou played with the tablet in his hand and pointed to his right shoulder, "Punch harder here."
"Okay, okay."
Shi Xiaonian tapped his shoulder for him, kneading and squeezing it. It was very hard. He also said that after seeing Gong Ou for a long time, he still didn't respond, and couldn't help but look at the computer in his hand.
I saw that the screen was full of data, red and green.
"What are you doing?" Did you listen to her words
"Count the number of times you speak for the opposite sex, and take a look at it later if you have nothing to do." Gong Ou said quietly. (To be continued)