After hearing this, Wu Zhengliang's face showed no expression. He just smiled faintly when Commander-in-Chief Qi looked at him, but did not say a word.
"I've worked with your father for so many years, and I know him a bit. I still don't believe a single thing about what happened back then, but after all these years, he still refuses to explain. I don't know what he's trying to do."
"If he has nothing to say, of course he won't explain, because he feels guilty." Wu Zhengliang sneered.
"Liangzi, after what happened back then, I know you hated that family and everyone in it. You left home at the age of six to go with your master. Do you know how many times your father cried in front of me?"
Commander-in-Chief Qi lit a cigarette and continued, "You don't know, every time I see him all alone, I feel pity for him! What's the use of being in a high position, no matter how capable he is, he doesn't even have anyone to talk to. If he didn't have a son like you, I don't know if he could have held on, maybe?" As he spoke, Commander-in-Chief Qi's eyes actually became moist.
"Liangzi, don't be angry with your father. Go back and see him when you have time. His greatest wish in this life is that you can forgive him and go home to reunite with him and his father. People don't know what will happen tomorrow, and they are in a hurry. Don't wait until the person is gone to regret it. By then, it will be too late to say anything." After saying this, Commander-in-Chief Qi sighed, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"Okay, you can go back too. I won't keep you here for dinner. Anyway, you don't like what I say as an old man, and you make me feel uncomfortable for no reason." Commander-in-Chief Qi waved his hand and started to drive people away.
Seeing that he was being disliked, Wu Zhengliang was not angry. He stood up and said goodbye before leaving the commander-in-chief's office.
After Wu Zhengliang left, Qi Huairen immediately called the boss's personal number. "Hey, Lao Qi, how come you have time to call me today? What's the matter? If you have something to say, please tell me quickly. I'm busy right now."
"Tsk, you heartless man, you've wasted all my efforts. I tried my best to persuade your son to recognize you and your father and go home to reunite with him. I didn't even have lunch and hurried to call you to report the situation, and this is your attitude! Forget it, I won't disturb you from work, you go on with your work!" Qi Huairen pretended to hang up the phone, and the person on the other end immediately got angry.
"Hey, Lao Qi, you're deliberately keeping me in suspense, aren't you? Did Zhengliang go to your place today? What did you two say?"
"You're not busy anymore? If you're not busy, I'll tell you something. Today, I've suffered a great loss so that you and your son can reconcile. I've pretended to be melancholy and played deep. In order to make your son believe how lonely, isolated, and pitiful you are, I even squeezed out tears.
I thought I had to act more realistically, because maybe that brat would feel sorry for me and come back to see you!
But who knew that when I told him you were crying in front of me, he didn't react at all. I was so angry that I just waved my hand and sent him away. "Qi Huairen said.
The person on the other end of the phone was furious: "Look at you, you can cry if you want, just cry by yourself, it's fine, why did you bring me into this? Aren't you deliberately trying to smear my image?"
"Is my son more important, or my image? I've put on a show for you, and you're still talking about my image? Besides, is everything I said a lie? Tell me how many times you've cried in front of me? If it were me, my son had ignored me for more than 20 years, so I wouldn't even cry. I would do anything for him to come back to me!" Qi Huairen shouted into the phone.
"Yes, yes, you're right. I'll thank you someday. Please calm down first. When he left, didn't he say when he would come back to visit?"
"Speak? What are you talking about? Your son is just as stubborn as you are. He's always going down the same path. If he could be persuaded so easily, then what would I have to do with him? Wouldn't he have gone home and reunited with you and your son long ago?"
The person on the other end of the phone was expecting this result, but the soft sigh made the listener feel extremely uncomfortable.
"However, I saw that his expression was somewhat softened when he was leaving. Maybe if I persuade him a couple more times he will really change his mind?" Qi Huairen said after thinking about Wu Zhengliang's expression at that time.
"Hey, don't try to comfort me. Just like you said, if he was really that easy to persuade, he wouldn't have refused to forgive me for all these years."
"Mr. Long, I really didn't comfort you this time. I see that his expression is indeed different from before. If he is really willing to go back to see you, you two father and son must have a good talk. Don't keep some things to yourself. Tell him the truth, maybe he will forgive you. At worst, the situation will not be worse than it is now!" Qi Huairen said.
Seeing that the person on the other end remained silent, Qi Huairen grew anxious. "Mr. Long, can you please stop dwelling on your trivial matters? I raised Zhengliang as my successor. Even now, his household registration is still under the name of his master at Shaolin Temple. You don't want your son's future to be affected by his unclear family background, do you?"
This is not an exaggeration. There are many people vying for this position, and anything may be brought up at that time.
There was silence for a long time, so long that Qi Huairen thought Long Xiangtian would never speak again, when a "hmm" sound came from the other end of the phone.
Qi Huairen breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, I've disturbed you long enough today. I'm hanging up first. Let's find a chance to have a drink together some other time." After hanging up the phone, Qi Huairen's expression immediately improved, completely different from the expression he had when he called just now.
"I just don't believe it. When it comes to your son's future, you're really going to stick to your own way!" After saying that, Commander-in-Chief Qi actually laughed.
"Secretary Lin, Secretary Lin, where is my lunch? It's already so late and my stomach is growling with hunger. Why hasn't anyone come in to bring me food?" The shouting was so loud that it didn't sound like someone who was hungry at all.
Wu Zhengliang left Commander-in-Chief Qi's office and drove quickly towards the highway intersection.
He didn't care where this road led to, he just drove straight ahead. The road ahead was long and the sky was high. If only this road had no end, he could keep going forward, forward, forward...
He didn't know how long he had been walking, but he finally felt a little tired, so he parked the car on the side of the road, got out, took out a cigarette, and lit it...
The things that happened in his childhood were what he least wanted to think about.
Because at that time he lost the most important person in his life, and this person could not be replaced by anyone.
Unlike other children, who at the age of six could only play in the mud and play house, he had already learned how to deal with people, how to handle things, and how to analyze facts. Yes, he was different from others because he was born into such a powerful family, and those were things he had to learn.
twenty three
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