"Yes." Du Qing agreed with Fang Yan's words. "If we do it ourselves, at least the situation will be under control. We design the plot and we choose the actors. The story is what we want."
Fang Yan looked at the receding lights outside the window and said softly, "From now on, Qingyun can finally travel light, and Brother Du can sleep well."
Du Qing shook his head and said, "If you give up, you must gain. If you gain, you must give up. I personally sent my brothers who were destined to die together out there. I am afraid that I will have to wake up from nightmares again and again in the future. They will not forgive me, and I cannot forgive myself either."
"Life is helpless. We can only try to be more open-minded." Fang Yan patted Du Qing's shoulder and said, "Stop by the roadside."
Ga-----
The car stopped by the roadside. Fang Yan got out and waved at the car, and the car started again.
Du Qing sat alone in the back of the car, his face as gloomy as the sky outside.
Li Ya stared at Du Qing's face through the rearview mirror. At this time, Du Qing made her feel very strange.
Du Qing finally came back to his senses from his deep thoughts, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, then opened the car window a crack, letting the fishy night wind blow on his face, and said, "Ask whatever you want to ask."
"Master Thirteen is a good man, isn't he?" Li Ya asked.
"He is my best brother." Du Qing said solemnly. "I only saved him once, and he gave me a life."
"Did you two discuss this? Did you two deliberately instigate those brothers to rebel?" Li Ya's voice rose a little.
She had complaints in her heart and anger in her heart.
Those involved in the gunfight were all their old brothers, brothers who had been with them through thick and thin.
Even if they were real brothers, how much could they sacrifice for each other? However, their brothers were willing to die for their eldest brother.
Du Qing took a deep puff of the cigarette, letting the smoke pass through his lungs and then out of his nostrils. Only then did he feel a little better.
He looked at Li Ya's excited face and said, "You should have heard the conversation between Fang Yan and I just now."
"I don't understand." Li Ya said with red eyes: "Uncle, do we have to do this? Do we have to let them kill each other? Do we have to kick them out?"
"This is the best choice, and the only choice." Du Qing's voice was a little hoarse, and he said: "Most of those who were eliminated this time are old brothers who fought with me in the past. Do I feel good about making such a choice? However, if we don't do this, the entire Qingyun will suffer a devastating disaster-----"
"Just because some people caused a few incidents? Just because the media condemned it?"
"Li Ya, you are too emotional." Du Qing said softly: "I am as sad as you, but my choice will not be wrong-----"
"Uncle, I know your choice is right. How could it be wrong? You debuted in your teens and have been in the underworld for decades - what kind of storms have you not experienced? What kind of conspiracy can deceive you? I know that uncle is very powerful, and you have always been my idol, the most charming man in my mind. However, what I find hard to accept is that those people who were still brothers with us yesterday were thrown into the trash can by you in the blink of an eye like garbage? You are not that kind of person -"
Du Qing took another puff and flicked the half-smoked cigarette in his hand out through the gap in the window.
"Qingyun's predecessor was Qinghong. You know what Qinghong does better than I do." Du Qing said in a deep voice. "Qinghong already existed before I took over. How many dirty and evil things did Qinghong do at that time? How much blood and how many lives did Qinghong have?"
"But you didn't do those things. You never did those things after taking over Qinghong-----" Li Ya retorted.
"Yes." Du Qing nodded. "You know about this, and Thirteen also knows about this. But do people outside know about this? Do they know that those things in the past had nothing to do with me? Even if they know that those things had nothing to do with me, are they willing to believe it? That was Qinghong's original sin. After I took over and became the leader of Qinghong, it became the original sin I carry."
"If there is a conflict between the two sides, if we have a conflict of interest with them, will they be willing to let go of such a good attack point? It is a target, our most fatal weakness - if they want, they can stab us at any time and kill us. We have no room to fight back."
"What have I been doing all these years? I'm trying my best to fade the traces of Qing and Hong, I'm bleaching Qingyun, I want Qingyun to be a clean, modern company that no one can find fault with - I want us to be able to go out openly, we can accept interviews from anyone we want, we can accept invitations from anyone we want, we can be proud of every achievement we make, we can celebrate with abandon, -"
"But can we do this? Xiaoya, Qinghong is my starting point and a part of me. But Qingyun is my everything and my future - I won't allow anything to happen to him. I won't allow the business empire I built brick by brick to collapse overnight - that kind of blow is too heavy for me to bear."
"We can discuss with them, we can communicate with them-----"
"Is it useful to discuss? Is it useful to communicate?" Du Qing shook his head. "When I closed those black businesses, what a huge backlash I encountered? One time my car exploded and I almost lost my life - do you remember? When I transferred those gray businesses out, how did they resist me? What crazy things did they do down there?"
"Because those businesses are so profitable, these benefits are enough to make them crazy and willing to sacrifice everything. Those people can only rely on this to live, and have nothing else - how do you discuss with them? How do you communicate with them? Is discussion useful? Is communication useful? Without sufficient compensation, and unable to come up with equal or more profitable business - are they willing to accept a settlement? Li Ya, you have also talked to some of them, have they accepted your resettlement plan?"
"--------"
"There were undercurrents going on, and I saw all of this. I wasn't in a hurry at the time because I had the overall situation in my hands, and I had a large number of brothers supporting me. Besides, I had never been able to make up my mind to clean it up."
"You waited until Du Chun got into trouble before making up your mind?"
"That's right. Du Chun was the trigger that made me make up my mind." Du Qing said without hesitation: "Since they threw Du Chun out as a test, it proves that they already have the idea and plan to eradicate us completely - I know too well what kind of person that man is. If he wants to, he can easily push us into the abyss and smash us to pieces, so that we can never get up again."
"So you have deliberately marginalized Master Thirteen over the years, making them think that Master Thirteen is in the same group with them. They gathered around Master Thirteen and united around him. Through Master Thirteen's eyes and mouth, you know everything those betrayers say and do. They are a group of loaches that have been put into the pot of water for a long time. The reason they are still jumping and rolling is because you haven't lit a fire outside. Now the time has come, and you let Master Thirteen suddenly throw a big fire, and they will all be roasted. There is no possibility of escape."
Du Qing sighed softly and said with infinite sadness: "Xiao Ya, I have no children. You also know Du Chun's situation. He is not capable enough to control Qingyun Group. From now on, Qingyun Group can only be entrusted to you. It's okay while I'm alive, but if I'm gone, or when I'm too old to take care of them, with your kind-hearted character, how can you be a match for those people? They will tear you alive."
“-------” Li Ya remained silent.
She knew that her uncle was telling the truth. He had told her more than once to prepare herself and be ready to take over Qingyun.
Because he had no other choice except himself.
Li Ya also knew that everything her uncle did was for Qingyun, a Qingyun who could go into battle lightly and a Qingyun who could be controlled freely.
It’s just that this feeling is really uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
Perhaps, this is the man's world.
"The Thirteenth Master------"
"Shisan is willing to stand up for me and you-----" Du Qing said softly. "He watched you grow up, he treats you like his own daughter-----he will stand up and take responsibility for everything."
Li Ya's eyes turned red, and she asked, "Thirteenth Master -- where is he?"
"He surrendered himself." Du Qing said, "The call I received just now was from him. He has arranged everything."
"------"
"Do you think the truth is too cruel?" Du Qing smiled silently. "I think it's cruel too."
"Those incidents -- those various looting and smashing incidents that happened against Qinghong, were they also orchestrated by you and Master Thirteen?"
"Those aren't them." Du Qing shook his head. "Those were done by others. They just started, and we immediately cooperated to complete the scene - they must be very satisfied, right?"
"Master Tiger-----Master Tiger won't save you either?"
Du Qing did not answer Li Ya's question, but looked at her with deep eyes, which contained endless things.
Li Ya then understood that Master Hu had also been abandoned.
This is a game of Three Kingdoms, some are loyal ministers, some are undercovers, some are traitors, and some are lords-----and Du Qing and Fang Yan are the manipulators of this game. (To be continued)