Chapter 609: Life and Death
Li Weiming's hands were shaking when he called Ye Wanxi.
Just ten minutes ago, he was sighing in his bedroom, worrying about his older brother's safety while he was away, and he was also going on a hunger strike.
That day, after he caused a scene at home because of Ye Wanxi's words, his stubborn old father locked him in the house.
Their cell phones were also confiscated, completely cutting off their contact with the outside world.
Wen Jue had come once after receiving a call from Ye Wanxi asking about him, but he was sent away by Li Weiming's parents after only a short time.
When Li Weiming found out, he was furious and began a childish hunger strike.
What Li Weiming didn't know was that his hunger strike made his parents feel that their son was too naive and had been brainwashed by those skilled pyramid scheme operators.
Li Weiming went on a hunger strike several times without success and was almost in despair.
Just then, her parents suddenly rushed in, looking flustered, with their phones in their hands.
"Weiming, your brother...your brother he..."
Li Weiming, who had been lying lifeless in bed, sat bolt upright upon hearing this, almost as if he were on his deathbed. He cried out, "My brother? Something happened to my brother? How is he? Is he in danger? Is he injured? How serious is it?"
Li Weiming's exclamation actually calmed the two elders down a bit.
Mrs. Li hurriedly handed her phone to her son: "It's your brother's video call."
Li Weiming hurriedly took the phone and saw that the man on the other end looked fine, but his face was as pale as the male ghost he had seen before.
"Brother, are you alright? You look terrible."
"I'm fine, I'm fine..." Li Juexing was still somewhat dazed from the shock, and his answers to questions were always a beat slow.
Li Weiming was usually close to his brother, so he immediately noticed that something was wrong with him and frowned, asking, "What's wrong? What happened? Where are you now?"
"I...I'm in the hospital right now."
"The hospital?" Li Weiming's voice rose again. "You're injured? Where are you injured?"
"No... I'm not injured, I was just a little frightened, so I came to get checked out just in case."
Li Weiming breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that he was unharmed, then asked with a stern face, "What exactly happened?"
Having narrowly escaped death, Li Juexing felt as if he had found a pillar of support upon seeing his family. He immediately began to recount the thrilling events that had recently transpired.
Li Juexing had a lot of business to attend to on this trip, and he went to many places. Around four or five in the morning, Li Juexing was still in the car, with his driver Uncle Wang, who had been traveling with him for the past few days, heading to the tea plantation of his next business partner.
The Li family prospered through tea. In recent years, Mr. Li has consciously begun to delegate authority to his eldest son, intending to train him for another two years. Once the son is familiar with the company's operations, he will retire and enjoy his retirement, taking his wife to travel around.
Li Juexing is also known for his strict self-discipline, and he does almost everything himself.
Tea is inherently delicate; different climates, soils, and even rainfall conditions can result in slightly different flavors in the tea leaves grown from them.
The number of cooperation orders that Li Juexing is about to sign is quite large. Just to be on the safe side, he still wants to go and see the quality of the tea and their finished products in person before making a decision.
The past few days of travel had left Li Juexing feeling exhausted, and his complexion was not good.
Uncle Wang was an elder in the Li family. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he watched Li Juexing grow up, and seeing this, he felt somewhat sorry for him.
"Young Master, we're still a bit far from our destination. If you're sleepy, you can take a nap first. I'll wake you up when we're almost there."
Li Juexing was indeed a bit tired. Leaning back in the back seat, he asked, "How much longer until we get there?"
"It should take another hour or two. There are many mountain roads here. Although there are not many cars at night, the roads are quite winding and there are not many lights on the mountain, so it is not suitable to drive too fast."
Upon hearing this, Li Juexing subconsciously glanced outside and found that it was pitch black all around, with only the faint shadows of some receding trees visible by the roadside.
To be honest, it's actually a little creepy late at night.
Li Juexing watched for a while, then suddenly realized something and chuckled, "I wonder how that kid Xiaoming is doing now?"
"Second Young Master?"
"Well, before this business trip, he was led astray by some bad friends and met a charlatan who pretended to be a swindler. He even told me not to go near mountains when I went out, or I might suffer a bloody disaster."
Having served the Li family for so many years, Uncle Wang naturally knew that the Li family wasn't particularly interested in these superstitious things. He smiled faintly and replied, "Young Master is young and naive, so he's quite easy to fool. This sounds like they're trying to scam you out of money. First, they'll tell you about some major disaster to intimidate you, and then they'll make you buy things and give them money."
Li Juexing chuckled to himself, thinking, "Isn't that right? My silly younger brother looks like someone who's easily fooled."
Judging from how convinced he was that night, he probably already bought the things.
Thinking this, Li Juexing suddenly remembered the several amulets his younger brother had given him the night he left.
Coincidentally, the jacket he's wearing today is the same one he wore that night.
He hadn't thought much about the peace charms Li Weiming had given him, and had just casually put them in his pocket. Now, when he reached into his pocket, he pulled out three or four neatly folded ones.
“This silly boy, he usually seems so shrewd, why can’t he think straight when something like this happens? Look at these talismans, they must have been tricked into buying them by that swindler. He even insisted that I take them with me when I left. When I refused, he threatened to disown me as his brother.”
Uncle Wang, listening from the front, couldn't help but chuckle: "Young Master isn't stupid, he's just confused because he cares too much about you, Eldest Young Master."
Uncle Wang's words really struck a chord with Li Juexing, and as a result, he became less resistant to these peace charms.
Just then, the car, which was traveling at a constant speed, suddenly made several unusual noises and came to a bang.
The people in the back seat also suddenly lost their balance and lurched forward.
Li Juexing was stunned. He barely managed to steady himself and was about to ask a question when he heard a loud bang. He felt dizzy and almost lost consciousness.
Upon hearing this, Li Weiming and the others' hearts jumped into their throats.
"What happened? Bro, tell me quickly, it's driving me crazy."
Li Juexing swallowed hard, his voice a little hoarse: "A rock, a solid rock about the size of a computer desk, I don't know how it happened, it rolled down the mountain and just happened to hit our car..."
"They smashed your car? Oh my god, are you and Uncle Wang alright?"
“…head.” Amidst Madam Li’s scream, Li Juexing struggled to complete the sentence, “The stone hit the front of our car and crushed it.”
The three members of the Li family: "!!!"
(End of this chapter)
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