Bai Jie collected the bowl of noodles and took it into the kitchen. When she came out again, her brother had disappeared.
Bai Jie hadn't reacted yet. She looked at Fang Yan and smiled, saying, "Brother Fang Yan, are you in Yanjing for something? Our school is having a party tomorrow night. Do you want to go and see-----"
Fang Yan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I don't have time."
"Are you busy recently?"
"Yeah." Fang Yan smiled and nodded, saying, "Busy getting married."
"Ah?" the girl exclaimed.
She was still a student, and the world she could touch was just the school and this small noodle shop. No one told her about the earth-shaking events like Fang Yan stepping into the Water Overflow Realm or Fang Yan defeating the Dragon Hard Life. And these two events were obviously only known to people of a certain class. Bai Jie was just the daughter of a noodle shop owner. She didn't know the source of those heavy news.
Grandpa Long hadn't come to their noodle shop to eat noodles recently, so she had no way of finding out any information about Fang Yan. Therefore, when the girl heard that Fang Yan was getting married, she had such a big reaction.
Seeing Fang Yan looking at her with doubtful eyes, Bai Jie also knew that her emotions were fluctuating too much. She blushed and explained, "Brother Fang Yan, you are getting married? When is it going to happen? Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"
"It's been a while." Fang Yan said with a smile. "The wedding will be in the next two days."
After a pause, Fang Yan looked at Bai Jie's fair and tender face and said, "I won't send you a special invitation. I'll have someone pick you up when the time comes. You can come and join in the fun."
"Okay. I will definitely go to Brother Fang Yan's wedding." Bai Jie's voice was a little flustered, and her emotions were a little complicated. "I'm just worried that we still have classes on that day, and it's not convenient to ask for leave now----"
Fang Yan smiled and said, "I'll ask for leave for you."
"Brother Fang Yan-----" Bai Jie's nose was slightly sour. In order to change the subject, she looked around and asked, "Where is my brother? Where did he go?"
Fang Yan looked at Bai Jie and did not answer her question.
Bai Jie's face turned pale instantly, and she said, "My brother -- is he gone again?"
"Yes." Fang Yan nodded heavily, looked at Bai Jie and said, "Your brother still has very important things to do. He ate the sour noodle soup leaves you made, so now he is full of courage and motivation. When he left, he told me to take good care of you."
"Brother-----" Bai Jie chased out to the old street. The street was covered in white, and there was no trace of that familiar and warm figure.
"Brother-----" Bai Jie shouted loudly standing in the middle of the long street.
The cold wind was howling and the snowflakes were flying.
Her voice was blown away by the cold wind and frozen by the snow, turning into an inaudible hum.
"Brother-----" She squatted on the extremely gorgeous white carpet, holding her head with her hands and crying loudly.
There was no end in sight for the long white blanket, just as no one knew when this snowstorm would end.
Fang Yan stood at the door of the noodle shop, looking at the sad Bai Jie but didn't know how to comfort her.
"Brother Fang Yan-----" Bai Jie looked at Fang Yan with tears in her eyes and said, "My brother-----will he never come back?"
"Why do you think so?"
"The last time he left, he told me he would be back soon. This time he said nothing - nothing, proving that he dared not say anything -"
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After Mr. Jiang Xifu came back from the Qin family, he gathered all the family members in his study for a small meeting.
The meeting was over after half an hour, but many of the direct descendants of the generals who came out looked unhappy.
Apparently, the meeting went well but it did not satisfy these people.
Then, old man Jiang Xifu locked himself in his room and refused everyone's request to go in and talk to him again.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the old butler beside Jiang Xifu pushed the door and entered Jiang Xifu's study.
"Bai Xiu has turned himself in at the police station." The old butler stood respectfully in front of Jiang Xifu, watching his master, whom he had served for decades, lying there with eyes wide open, like a dying patient waiting for the last moment. He had lived a glorious life and achieved infinite possibilities. But he did not expect to lose miserably in his old age. He once had a huge amount of energy in his body, which the old butler believed could destroy the world. But now, it is being drained away bit by bit, and he will eventually become an old man who is truly no different from other old men.
"I asked someone about it. He has information about Master Junling and Master Junxing -- as well as a lot of information about our generals. This information is fatal, and directly points out that we have close ties with such a terrorist organization --"
The old butler spoke seriously, but old man Jiang Xifu just blinked his eyes.
"Other things are easy to deal with. The mess done by Junling and Junxing is their personal business. The most fatal thing is the information in his hand. They deliberately dragged the Jiang family into the water, trying to prove that those terrorist organizations were directly supported and covered by the Jiang family. He did get some transfer data from the account in Iceland to the base. Even if we clean up the matter in Iceland in time, I am afraid that the Qin family has already collected more evidence. They came prepared and dug a trap for us to jump into. Things like this must be done without any leaks. "
"Is the general dead?" asked old man Jiang Xifu.
"It's not clear yet." The old housekeeper shook his head and said, "I sent everyone out, but there has been no response so far. Anyway, the police station didn't see Jiang Junxing, otherwise we would have received the news--"
"Dead or alive, it doesn't matter." Jiang Xifu said weakly, "The one who came to the table this time was the little princess of the Qin family. She naturally took the opponent's reaction into consideration. You can't clean up the matter in Iceland. Before they launched this attack, they had already copied all the information there."
"master-----"
"This is what the little princess told me herself." Elder Jiang Xifu said seriously, "I went to the Qin family, but I didn't see the old friend of the Qin family, nor did I see Li Xinnian. I only saw this little princess. It was this little princess who negotiated with me on behalf of the Qin family. The Qin family was obviously willing to accept the results of our negotiations."
"She is smart, but she is a girl after all, so she likes to hide her cards when playing cards and won't bet all her chips at once. They made such a big scene this time and even tried to persuade Bai Xiu to rebel. Isn't it just to defeat our general family? If we don't bow our heads this time, Jiang Junxing will never show up. How many things can a person who never shows up do behind the scenes? If that happens, our general family will never have a peaceful day."
"Master, let's do this now-----"
"Wait." Old Master Jiang Xifu knew what his old partner was going to ask. "Wait. Our chance of survival is not here. The Jiang family has no ability to save itself. The general's order is not enough, the general is not enough, and those people outside are not enough. Our chance of survival is outside, and it is on the way."
"master-----"
"Why did we lose?" Jiang Xifu suddenly asked.
"Master----" The old butler looked at his master in surprise, not understanding why he suddenly asked such a question.
"Why did we lose?" Old Master Jiang Xifu asked again, "I have been thinking about it. From last night until now - why did we lose?"
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At five o'clock in the afternoon, the tigress came back from outside covered in snow.
Also returning with the tigress was Jiang Shangxin. The girl who had run away from the Jiang family walked into the old house again.
As for what happened in between, I'm afraid neither side is willing to talk about it easily.
Along the way, Jiang Shangxin greeted every member of his family he met, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, and treated each one with great affection.
But the way those people looked at her was strange and weird, with a sharpness that was difficult to conceal.
"They are still unwilling to give in." The general thought to himself.
"Miss Shangxin, the master is still waiting for you in the study." Tigress reminded quietly beside her.
Jiang Shangxin nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's go in and see grandpa first. I haven't been back for a long time and I really miss him."
Jiang Shangxin waved to everyone, then walked into Mr. Jiang Xifu's study in a graceful manner wearing high heels.
When the tigress pushed the door open, Jiang Xifu was resting with his eyes closed.
She knocked gently on the door and whispered, "Master, Miss Shangxin is back."
The moment Jiang Xifu opened his eyes, he was stunned for a moment.
Then he finally reacted, rubbed his face, and tried to get up from the sofa, but his body fell down again weakly.
He was in a state of panic, like a drowning man who couldn't grab anything to gain leverage.
He was simply too weak and too tired.
"Grandpa-----" Jiang Shangxin hurried over, grabbed the old man's hand, and helped him up from the sofa.
"Shangxin is back----" There was a mouthful of thick phlegm in the old man's mouth, which made a rustling sound when he spoke.
"Grandpa, I'm back." Jiang Shangxin said with red eyes, "I came back to see you."
"Shangxin, the Jiang family is finished." Old man Jiang Xifu looked at Shangxin and said, "The Jiang family is finished. You have to save the Jiang family----"
"Grandpa, I'm afraid I can't save him." Jiang Shangxin said with tears in his eyes. "So many people couldn't be saved, I'm afraid I can't save them either."
Jiang Xifu smiled and shook his head, holding Jiang Shangxin's hand tightly, and said: "No one else can save the Jiang family, only you can save the Jiang family-----" (To be continued)