Rarely affectionate

Chapter 59 Little Trouble

Lang Bai actually lived in Rossthorne's house, and he lived in a stable and peaceful way.

In fact, he didn't worry about making a living.Classmate Ike is a real "busy with nothing to do". Hearing that Lang Bai failed to seize power, he was trapped at Rose Thorne's house, so he repeatedly came to pester him with documents, official duties and homework.Fortunately, Lang Bai didn't have that thought, otherwise it would be perfectly possible to kill Ike and replace him in one fell swoop.

Not only Ike Tijuana, but most of the students who had made friends with him in Skull and Bones came to the door one after another, expressing their willingness to start a joint venture company, and Lang Bai would be responsible for the operation.Identity is not a problem. Naturally, the classmates of the Xungui family are willing to include Lang Bai in the genealogy of their own branch. As long as he is willing to change his surname, he will naturally have a good background; money is not a problem, and everyone is not Master who is short of money, let alone stabbing for friends and brothers?

Rose Thorne went to seek Lang Bai's opinion, but was politely declined without exception.

Yes, he has a reason, the injury has not healed, his identity is not visible, and he has not yet stepped out of the shadow of the Yuan family... and so on.But Roththorn suspected that none of that was what Lang Bai really had in mind.He suspected Lang Bai, and he hadn't forgotten the Yuan family in Hong Kong.

That's right, I can't forget it if it were me, after all, it is such a rare wealth and power in the world - Ross Thorn thought with a sneer.Besides, look at that Yuan Cheng, who was able to give up his two sons in one go for the sake of power, killed several cousins ​​and exiled a lot of blood relatives. My son is so sad!Within a few days of his youngest son's death, news came from Hong Kong that Yuan Cheng had suffered a severe blow, and even couldn't afford to get sick, and refused medical treatment and wanted to die!It's not just that Lang Bai didn't give up on Yuan's family?His father obviously still misses his younger son!

Ross Thorne has a strong sense of crisis, and when he discovered this, he began to brainwash Lang Bai intentionally or unintentionally.

For example, when he read the news to Lang Bai, he would pretend to be inadvertent and tell him what occasion your father attended, and what important person he met; or when he was gossiping with Lang Bai, he would Speaking of what news your elder brother made in Taiwan, which lady did you meet...

There are all kinds of things, some are true, some are speculative, and some are made up by Rose Thorne and Ike together with a few other friends.This is purely to tell Lang Bai that your father and the others are still living well without you, your eldest brother is also going smoothly in Taiwan and has not received any punishment at all, the Yuan family will be the same with you or without you!What are you going back for?

Ike was still a bit resistant to this kind of nonsense, but Rose Thorne convinced him with one sentence: "Chinese people are very filial. After Lang Bai recovers from his injury, he might go back to Hong Kong to see his father. You Are you willing to watch him be killed by his father again? How about we let him give up now, maybe he decides to stay in the United States in the future, and then let him wholeheartedly assist our cause, wouldn't it be a good thing to have the best of both worlds?"

When Ike heard it, it was indeed the truth!Rossthorne was right!So every day, he happily came to Rose Thorne's house and coaxed Lang Bai like a three-year-old child.

Ross Thorne's actions, even if he deliberately concealed them, he still couldn't hide them from several important elders in his family.In fact, not long after Lang Bai was able to get out of bed and walk around, an uncle came to "please" Rose Thorne to send Lang Bai back to Yuan's house, and his attitude was reasonable: "We all know you have yours." My friend, of course he was not easy to move when he was seriously injured, but now he can get out of bed, I think you should send him back to your home as soon as possible? Although we are friends, but after all, he has a foreign surname and always stays at our home What is this called?"

Ross Thorne was noncommittal, just doing Tai Chi with a smile: "I know everything my uncle said."

The uncle was in a hurry: "If you know, you should arrange a time to send him away! It's not that the elders in the family don't allow you to make friends, but that your friend is too dangerous! He tried to murder his brother and father in Hong Kong, trying to seize the family Power, and almost succeeded, can this kind of person's mind and means be simple? If you keep him in our family and trust him like this, who knows if he will suddenly bite you back one day?!"

Rose Thorne said lightly: "It's really just a day to deal with it." He also added in his heart, when the time comes, I will be very happy to deal with it myself, and I will definitely not pretend to be someone else!

"Why are you so disobedient! Will there be time to deal with it?" Uncle was angry, "Besides, he is a well-known figure in the Yuan family in Hong Kong. What crime did he commit? Murder his brother! Murder his biological father! He fell to the bottom of the sea! If you take him in, you won't be afraid to offend Yuan Cheng? Do you think your strength can compete with Yuan Cheng's? Are you kidding me!"

Rosethorn fell silent, but still said nothing, with an extremely unhappy expression on his face.Seeing that the uncle couldn't persuade him, he could only go back angrily.

Sure enough, not long after, when Rossthorne was going back to his home, he received news that his mother wanted to "talk" to him.

Rose Thorne's mother, Patricia, was an Italian. She was in politics in the early years, and later in business. The whole family was known as a strong woman, and her means and courage were more than ten times that of his father.Rose Thorne's ability to secure the No.1 position in the family's generation also has a lot to do with his strong mother.

When Patricia saw her son in the office, she went up and hugged him tightly with a smile on her face: "I haven't seen you for half a year, and you still look so energetic... Would you like something to drink? Would you like some whiskey?"

Wearing a designer black professional suit, she looked very smart and attractive, and she couldn't tell that she was a woman who was nearly sixty years old.Rossthorne smiled at his mother and said, "No, I'll have to drive back—but I'd be very happy if there was some black tea."

Patricia's secretary bowed, walked out of the office, and closed the door considerately.

"Well, now let's hurry up and talk about you and your young friend. Your uncle has told me everything, and I know about your friend from some acquaintances in Hong Kong. Probably." Patricia spread her hands frankly, expressing that she didn't care about letting her son know about her investigation, "Well, I have to say, I completely agree with your uncle—that young gangster An extremely dangerous man."

Rose Thorne nodded: "I think so too."

"I'm so happy to be able to reach a consensus on this point. Now, tell me openly and honestly, why do you keep him around? What do you value in him, the power behind him? Or is it his own wit that made you win? The benefits are so great that you are reluctant to hand him over?"

Rose Thorne laughed: "Mother, I'm not a son like Ike Tijuana, I even have to ask him for homework to complete... Besides, he doesn't have power at all, he is already an official dead."

Patricia said affirmatively, "Oh", "So it's because of the deep friendship between you, so you don't want to watch your friend die? If you are worried about this, I guarantee that it won't happen. I can come forward to buy a villa and let him move there to cover up the fact that you once sheltered him. This can not only protect him from being found by the Yuan family, but also prevent Yuan Cheng from discovering that you once Covered his younger son who was treasonous. What do you think of this?"

Rosethorn frowned, obviously thinking for a long time, but still shook his head: "I... still don't want to do that."

Patricia watched her son, not missing the slightest change in expression on his face.The deep thought in her eyes gradually turned clear, and finally she coughed and asked slowly: "Then, maybe I can make a bold guess... The young master of the Yuan family is said to be very beautiful and has a very attractive personality. And in the process of getting along with him, you gradually developed feelings beyond ordinary friendship, so that you are not willing to let him leave the United States and return to Hong Kong... Do you agree with me, dear son?"

Rossthorne neither nodded nor shook his head this time, but just looked at his mother that way, smiling and saying nothing.

Patricia knew her son's temper, so she didn't force him to answer right away. Anyway, both mother and son knew the conclusion.She sighed, spread her hands and said, "I don't intend to force you to change your sexual orientation, but I ask you to think carefully about the possible consequences of this decision before making a decision. Since you choose to fall in love with someone, you must Take what he has brought to you, and I want you to treat like a man the lover you have worked so hard to choose. Tolerance and kindness are necessary, and responsibility is also a necessary good virtue. These virtues It’s not a matter of talking, your friend—let’s call it a friend—has a very complicated background, and he is not a kind and friendly person at the same time, so the trouble he caused you must be your fault Unexpected. I just hope that you can carry out the decision you made in front of me today. Even if you encounter any setbacks and difficulties in the future, don't do things that will hurt others easily. As your mother, I don't want to interfere with your falling in love with Whoever wants to sleep with whomever, I just want you to always remember to take responsibility like a real man and never regret the decisions you make. Can you do that?"

Rose Thorne said slowly: "I have never let you down, mother."

Patricia nodded: "That's good. If one day you come to me and cry and say that you have been cheated, that you want to give up and repent, I will kick you away."

The secretary knocked on the door and walked in with two cups of tea.

"Let's go after drinking tea." Patricia completely ignored her son's intention to say something, and gave the order to evict the guest: "I still have a lot of work to do, and I will wait until Easter." Let's go home and have dinner together, and I hope you look as energetic as you do now."

Ross Thorne nodded, raised his glass politely to his mother: "Yes, dear lady."

Lang Bai didn't know much about the affairs of Rose Thorn's family, and he had no interest in finding out.

In fact, the focus of his recent life has been on another thing——

Make trouble for the Yuan family.

Yuan Cheng has been under extremely strict rule for more than ten years. The entire family's iron buckets are generally impenetrable and water can't be poured in. Ordinary outsiders will never find trouble with the Yuan family.But Lang Bai lived in the center of power since he was a child, and he could easily fetch confidential and obscure materials and documents. Apart from Yuan Cheng, it is estimated that no one knew this family better than him.

In the past, he also saw some ills under Yuan Cheng's rule, but he refrained from talking about it, because even if he said it, it would be of no benefit to him.He only thought that one day he would be able to come to power, vigorously reform these ills, and win the admiration of everyone in the family, respect and bow to him, so that his mother gave birth to him to live in the world.

These secret expectations now seem to have become a dream, and Lang Bai doesn't want to think about these sad memories anymore.He obviously doesn't have the strength to fight against Yuan Cheng now, but Lang Bai can still do it if he hinders him a little and makes him feel uncomfortable for a while.

For example, if he knew the price of the Yuan family's purchases from several important suppliers, he let people secretly spread the word on the road. As a result, several suppliers came to Yuan Cheng to protest, saying that Comrade Yuan Cheng, you are too It's not kind, you made a big deal out of it, didn't you deliberately make it hard for us to be human?We have other clients to serve!

Of course Yuan Cheng didn't admit it, but he also suspected that those people under Yuan Xiao's subordinates had deliberately tripped him up. After all, few people knew the secrets of the purchase price, and it was absolutely impossible for the supplier to reveal it by himself. Play your own brand.The people under Yuan Zou have been arrogant and domineering for a long time, and their master was relegated to Taiwan by Yuan Cheng. It is hard to say whether they bear hatred for Yuan Cheng and the Yuan family in their hearts.

Yuan Cheng originally hated those people under the crown prince's hands for not showing face to his youngest son, and forcing his youngest son to the road of no return by plotting rebellion.This moment gave him a handle, and he immediately beat and killed those people under Yuan Xiao's subordinates, implicating a large number of people, and his methods were extremely cruel and tough, causing panic for a while.

Of course Lang Bai didn't make a sound, he stayed in the United States far away to watch the jokes, and he was very relieved to see the jokes, and he ate more than half a bowl of dinner.

For another example, Lang Bai knew several secret routes that the Yuan family took when they shipped goods, and he was very familiar with the conditions of each port.He sent someone to deliberately spread the news, attracting some unruly gangs on the road to fight against the gangsters, and robbed many arms of the Yuan family on the Mexican border.

After all, the Yuan family is a giant, although the losses are not big every time, but it feels really uncomfortable to be targeted by a few small flies, which makes Yuan Cheng really annoyed.In the end, he really couldn't take it anymore, and he flew to Mexico to arrest a large number of people, and threw all the senior leaders of the Mexican branch into prison, which caused an uproar in the local area.

Of course, this couldn't hurt Yuan Cheng's foundation, but it made him extremely upset, and made him have a lot of extra things for no reason.Today, the Mexican kidnappers are causing trouble again. Tomorrow, there will be gossip about Yuan’s family on the road. The day after tomorrow, the goods will not go smoothly again... Yuan Cheng can’t rest for a day. Something will happen.

After finally pacifying the suppliers, finishing dealing with the Mexicans, and clearing up the Hong Kong tabloids who only know nonsense all day long, another accident happened suddenly.

The government suddenly sent a commissioner to ask him about the cooperation with Somali pirates to force the American Oznok Arms Company to go bankrupt.

Yuan Cheng only found it strange.When he did this back then, he was very secretive, and there were only a few people who knew the inside story in detail.Afterwards, those vicious Somali pirates were either eliminated by him or recruited by him. Even Webbock Rosethorn was killed. Who brought this matter to the top?

Seeing that his complexion was not good, the commissioner quickly patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, we all know that you have been home lately...cough cough! But no matter how sad you are, you can't be confused. Look at how emaciated you are. You look so sad and ruined too much! Recently, the Yuan family has been in trouble, right? There are people talking about it? It must be a traitor! Hurry up and check it out! Let me tell you, there are some villains who don’t know the heights of heaven and earth. Come out to make trouble when you are sad and let your guard down, this kind of thing happens everywhere, you have to be vigilant! Think about it, if your little son in heaven sees you in such pain, how he will double Are you sad? You are not letting the child go away without peace of mind!"

Yuan Cheng felt severe pain in his heart, his expression changed, and he reluctantly said after a while: "Just...don't mention this matter."

Seeing him like this, the commissioner could only sigh sympathetically and not mention it.It turned out that the higher-ups had such an idea. They wanted to pick a child who was similar in appearance and personality to that young master Yuan to adopt to Yuan Cheng. At least it would give him something to think about, so that he wouldn't mourn too much. He wanted to be with his youngest son. Walk.After all, the Yuan family's position in the Tao is very important. If Yuan Cheng falls, which family can take care of their business for the government?

But it is said that Mr. Yuan Xiaogong looks extremely outstanding, and it is really not easy to find someone who looks like him for a while.Before he found it, the commissioner couldn't bring it up to Yuan Cheng. After all, if he really couldn't find it, and let Yuan Cheng have hope, he would be severely disappointed again, and he probably couldn't bear it.

The commissioner could only pat Yuan Cheng on the shoulder: "It's useless to say anything, brother, you should check the inside of Yuan's house first, it's best to start with the people around you. Sigh, I know you're annoying, but there's nothing I can do about it." Everyone is gone, life is always going to go!"

Yuan Cheng was in so much pain that he couldn't speak for a while, and finally he could only give a low wry smile.