"You beg me?"
Li Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked down at him: "Now that things have come to this, what can you do to beg me?"
The cold winter wind whistled through the building and through the corridors. Li Mingge's hair was a little messy. In just a few months, most of it had turned white.
He no longer had the demeanor of a superior in the past. Even though he was still dressed in a suit and tie, in such a situation, it looked more like a ridiculous and shaky disguise.
He seemed to have made a great decision and said with difficulty: "As long as you promise, I can let Zhao Jizhe go."
"You're using this to negotiate with me?" Li Xuan shook his head as if he had heard something funny. "Do you think he's important to me? Mr. Li, you really think too much. For me, there are only three types of people in this world: strangers, acquaintances..."
His eyes unconsciously swept over the flowers that Sheng Min kept in the rough ceramic vase on the wooden cabinet next to him, but he quickly retracted his gaze: "You and Zhao Jizhe are both strangers. You don't understand me, and I don't understand either. I don't want to know what's in your minds."
He said in a steady tone, "So you don't have to let Zhao Jizhe go, let alone tell me or use this as a bargaining chip. He and I are no longer connected. As for Mr. Li's great powers, if you can sentence him to death by slow slicing to vent your anger, I will only sincerely praise his ability."
These words made Li Mingge's face pale. Wrinkles trembled on his old face, and even his voice lost its momentum: "I can give you all my money and my company, I..."
"I don't care."
Li Xuan did not hesitate: "Money is not that important to me, and other people's money is even less worth mentioning... You don't have to look so unbelieving."
He paused slightly, without any expression of annoyance: "Yes, because you have more money than me, you were able to suppress me in the past, and I did suffer a loss. It's just that you have accumulated more time than me, but is this an advantage? I don't think so."
"If I want money, I can earn as much as I want. These are useless to me. Please go back." Li Xuan took a step back. "No need to kneel here. I won't feel the pleasure of revenge. It doesn't make any difference to me whether you kneel here or stand here."
From the beginning to the end, Li Xuan behaved extremely calmly, like a dagger or sword with a cold glow. He always hurt people openly and had no intention of taking the opportunity to humiliate anyone, and he would never do anything to add insult to injury.
He took a step back and stretched out his hand to close the door, but Li Mingge pressed his palm against the door frame to block it. Half of his face was revealed through the crack in the door, and he looked depressed.
Li Xuan said coldly: "Don't waste your energy on me, you are right, you have money, you can always find someone willing, or you can try with your own first."
"How do you know I don't have it?!" Li Mingge stood up, his joints making a harsh sound, and gritted his teeth, "I tried, I tried a long time ago, I went to get a matching model at the beginning, but it didn't work... Do you think I would come to you for help unless it was absolutely necessary? She doesn't have that much time left. I am willing to spend all my wealth in exchange for her health, as long as someone can save her... But there is no time and no so many opportunities for me to find and try... The doctor said that if the operation is not performed as soon as possible, she may not survive this month..."
His voice lowered as he spoke, as if he didn't want to say it, but had to.
"If you can't, then how do you know I can? Because I can match your son?" Li Xuan said calmly, "I know you are anxious, but there is no need to rush to seek medical treatment. They are only half-matched with each other, so it will be the same for me."
"Only bone marrow has such high requirements for leukocyte antigens. Now..." Li Mingge said anxiously.
"Yes." Li Xuan pulled the corner of his mouth, "So you know..., that's not what you said back then."
Li Mingge looked at Li Xuan's cold face. At that moment, he seemed to see the thin and stubborn boy many years ago... He was hit hard: "It's my fault, it's all my fault, I was wrong, I shouldn't... But what did she do wrong?"
"Then what did Li Xuan do wrong?!" Sheng Min couldn't listen any longer, so he crossed the entrance and rushed over to stand in front of Li Xuan.
"Why did you get up?" Li Xuan was also stunned, and his expression quickly changed. He held Sheng Min's shoulders and said, "It's okay, you go in first."
"What do you mean nothing happened? What does it mean something happened?" Sheng Min opened his hand. "Why should I go in? I'm going in and you have to listen to his nonsense?!"
"Sheng Min..."
"Just shut up."
He turned to look at Li Mingge, his heart heaving, trying his best to suppress his anger, his Adam's apple moving: "Mr. Li, I'm sorry about what happened to your wife, but this has nothing to do with Li Xuan. You are not welcome here, please leave immediately."
He went straight to close the door without paying attention to Li Mingge's hand holding the door. Li Mingge was stunned, but he didn't care about his dignity at all and quickly grabbed Li Xuan's clothes.
"You promised, Li Xuan..." He shouted anxiously, as if grabbing the last straw, "You agreed to have the operation with him at that time, and, and you promised to take care of his mother for him... This was originally what you promised to give. He didn't use it, you gave it to his mother..."
Li Xuan's face was slightly stiff, and this brief moment was captured by Sheng Min. He could no longer control his anger.
"Get out of here!" Su Bai's face turned red with anger. She said to Li Mingge, "He agreed? What did he agree to? When did he agree to it? You're going to remember it for the rest of your life? The law has a statute of limitations. What crime did Li Xuan commit that warrants you to harass him like this?"
Li Mingge was suddenly interrupted by him, and a little embarrassed and annoyed appeared on his face: "This matter has nothing to do with you, I am with Li Xuan..."
"How dare he say another word to you today if I don't nod?!" Sheng Min reached out and pushed Li Mingge away. "Mr. Li, you are old, I will save your face. If the security guards come, it will be embarrassing."
Without waiting for Li Mingge to speak again, he got close to his face and slammed the door shut.
An anxious knock on the door followed, accompanied by Li Mingge's voice. Sheng Min had a cold face and said nothing. Because of anger, his heart was still beating, and his fingertips forgot to release the door. After three or four minutes, the sound outside the door finally disappeared, but it didn't mean it wouldn't ring a second time.
"What did you promise?" Sheng Min pursed her lips and looked at Li Xuan.
His anger just now was almost as bad as the temper he had after the car accident that day. Li Xuan really didn't expect Sheng Min to react so strongly, and he was a little at a loss.
Before she knew how to start, she noticed his feet resting on the carpet, so she reached out, picked him up, and put him on the sofa in two steps.
The series of movements were smooth and flowing, and before Sheng Min could react, he had already sat down on the sofa.
Li Xuan went to the bedroom to get his slippers, half-knelt down and put them on for him: "It's so cold, why don't you wear shoes?"
"What does Li Mingge want you to do?" Sheng Min just asked, his voice a little stiff.
Li Xuan held his fair ankle and said, "Don't be angry. Li Mingge is not worthy of your anger."
He kept looking down at the floor while he spoke, and only looked up when he didn't hear Sheng Min's voice for a while. Sheng Min still had the same cold expression as before, but his hands were shaking violently.
"What's wrong?" Li Xuan had no choice but to sigh secretly, then stood up and sat beside him, holding his hands. "Weren't you so powerful just now?"
"Answer my question first."
"You're letting me talk now?"
He deliberately made the atmosphere relaxed, but Sheng Min ignored him, looked at him for a long time, and held his palm: "Do you want to say something?"
"Not really." Li Xuan stroked the back of his hand and smiled softly, somewhat helpless but also indulgent, "But you need to know, right? ... ... Haven't you already guessed it?"
"I hope I'm wrong..." Under his gentle gaze, Sheng Min's anger gradually died down and turned into a feeling of grievance. "Why? Why do they treat you like this?"
Li Xuan stretched out his hands and hugged him: "Sheng Min, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything. But can you give me some time? Let me think about where to start."
Sheng Min hugged his back: "Then tell me first, no matter what you agreed to in the past, it is invalid. You will not agree to Li Mingge's request."
"Of course I won't." Li Xuan tilted his head and kissed his hair. "I had already rejected him before you came. Don't worry."
They leaned against each other in a quiet and intimate hug for a long time before Li Xuan let go of him and stood up, but the next second, Sheng Min grabbed his hand and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Make breakfast, what do you want to eat?"
"I don't want to eat anything." Sheng Min asked stubbornly, "Then what? Where are you going?"
"Then?" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, "Going to the company, aren't you going to the theater too?"
Sheng Min looked at him uneasily and hesitated for a moment: "Don't go today, I'm not going anywhere, I want you to stay at home with me."
He shook Li Xuan's hand: "Okay?"
There was no trace of the ferocious look he had when facing Li Mingge just now.
Li Xuan understood that what happened today had a huge impact on Sheng Min, and his answer just now was not enough to comfort him. His heart softened and he nodded: "Okay."
He took out his cell phone and sent a message to Chu Tianheng in front of Sheng Min, arranging the work: "Is it okay? ... ... But there are still some things I need to deal with today. I won't go out. I'll be in the study. Can you come over and look at the script?"
Sheng Min hummed softly, "Okay."
So I didn't go anywhere and stayed in the study all day.
Li Xuan has been writing the program for the new game and has also answered several work calls in the middle, but Sheng Min knows that he is not as focused as he appears. There are a few moments when his fingertips are tapping on the keyboard, but his eyes are not sure where to go.
The sun sets, the moon rises, and it gets dark again. After another phone call, Li Xuan finally turns off his computer.
"Do you want to read the script again?" He asked before Sheng Min could speak. Seeing Sheng Min shaking his head, he seemed to think for a moment, "Then do you want to take a walk?"
The cemetery is particularly desolate in winter, especially at night.
The door was closed, so Li Xuan led him around half of the garden and found a wall without broken glass. He supported himself and jumped over it, then handed his hand to Sheng Min, saying in a relaxed tone, "Come."
It was the first time in Sheng Min's life that he climbed over a wall, and it was in a place like this, but he didn't feel uneasy following Li Xuan.
But Li Xuan didn't seem to be very familiar with this place. The two of them walked around among the rows of tombstones.
The stars hung in the gray sky, and occasionally one or two distant crows' cries could be heard from the woods covered with hoarfrost nearby.
Finally, Li Xuan stopped and said, "We're here."
The cemetery was built in a grand manner, but there was not a single bouquet of flowers, which formed a sharp contrast with the people sleeping next to it.
Li Xuan stood there for a moment before taking Sheng Min forward and gently said to him, "Don't be afraid."
Sheng Min had already roughly guessed the identity of the tomb owner, but the moment he saw the tombstone clearly in the moonlight, he understood the meaning of this sentence.
On the marble tombstone, in cold and sharp font, it was engraved: Tomb of Beloved Son Li Xuan.