Chapter 47 What is the relationship between our two families?
Siming is currently encircling and suppressing the bandits who have sneaked into the city.
The bandits knew they were discovered and engaged in a gunfight with them.
He didn't notice that a sniper rifle was pointing at him in a room on a distant building.
After all, the bandits were outnumbered and soon some were killed and some were captured.
Siming asked Adjutant Qi to clean up the mess, while he stood aside, watching the injured brothers and having them sent to the hospital for treatment.
He was squatting at the stairs talking to the injured brother. For some reason, his body seemed to be gently pushed by someone and he fell to the ground.
Then he saw a sniper rifle on the opposite building, pointing at the position where he had just been.
Seeing him fall and discover himself, the man on the opposite side did not have time to aim at his head and just shot him in the chest.
"Bang"
"Bang"
Two gunshots rang out simultaneously.
Siming leaned against the stairs, still holding the pistol that was emitting smoke.
Adjutant Qi and the others were startled by the noise and ran out quickly.
Seeing the bullet hole in Siming's chest, he was so scared that he almost fainted.
It took him a long time to find his voice again: "Commander-in-chief."
Siming covered his chest and took out the tin box that Juanjuan had put in his chest pocket today.
Now there is a bullet firmly embedded in it.
"General, this?" Adjutant Qi was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.
Siming sat up straight, holding a gun in one hand and casually pointing towards the building opposite: "Go and have a look, the person should be dead."
He had no time to aim and just fired randomly.
But the pistol seemed to aim automatically, and after firing, he saw a bloody hole on the man's head.
He sat on the stairs, holding a pistol in one hand and a tin candy box that was broken by a bullet in the other: My Juanjuan saved my life.
He opened the candy box with great effort, took out a piece of intact candy, peeled off the candy wrapper and put it in his mouth.
A sweet taste slowly spread in his mouth. At that moment he thought he was dead.
After closing the candy box, he looked at the person carried out by Adjutant Qi.
Adjutant Qi walked up to him and said, "Commander-in-Chief, it's the enemy."
Siming stood up and looked at the dead man. He was not tall and his appearance did not look like that of a person from Beiyang City. He said, "Hang him somewhere conspicuous."
"Yes." Adjutant Qi said and took the person away.
Siming covered his chest which was still a little painful. Although the bullet did not penetrate the iron box, the impact did make him feel uncomfortable.
The surviving bandits were thrown into jail, and they were prepared to force the secrets of their lair out of their mouths.
He was so busy with the interrogation that he forgot the agreed time with the Liu family.
Liu Jingcheng felt very uncomfortable these two days. He was not tortured, but was taken to watch bandits being tortured every day.
Every day he cried and said that he was wrong, hoping that Sima Ming would spare his life.
Si Ming ignored him until the Si family's housekeeper called to say that someone from the Liu family had come.
He then remembered that the two-day deadline he had agreed with the Liu family was up. "Adjutant Qi, I'll leave this to you. I'll go back."
After saying that, he went out, got into the old car, and drove towards the Governor's Mansion.
The people who came this time were Old Madam Liu and Lu Qinghui. Both of them looked much more haggard and did not look as bright and beautiful as before.
Old Madam Si looked at her without saying anything, but just said a few polite words.
Old Madam Liu was anxious. She had only given birth to two children, Liu Jingcheng and Liu Ruyan. The rest were born to the concubines.
"Yuehua, we've known each other for a long time. You've watched both children grow up. How could Jingcheng do such a thing? Can you talk to the warlord?"
Madam Si looked at her and said, "You know we've known each other for a long time. We've been friends since childhood, but our relationship changed after you married into the Liu family."
"I, I have no choice. Look at all the concubines I have, and I only have these two children." Old Lady Liu began to cry as she spoke.
"The Liu family has done a lot of things to take advantage of others' misfortunes over the years, and we won't hold it against you. But you absolutely shouldn't be thinking about causing chaos in Beiyang City."
"This Beiyang City is in chaos. How will it benefit your Liu family? Do you think that anyone who comes here will be good to you?"
Old Madam Liu opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
"Madam Si, Mom has no say in the Liu family." Lu Qinghui said.
"You have no say. You can't even control your son or your husband. If you hadn't caught him red-handed, Jingcheng wouldn't be in jail. I can't control this matter, and I can't help."
Madam Si’s attitude was very tough.
"General." The butler reminded several people.
"Since Ah Ming is back, you can tell him that this is official business. I'll take my leave now." Mrs. Si said as she stood up and left the reception room.
It is true that they have been friends since childhood, but they will never let this friendship cause chaos in Beiyang City. This is the place her husband gave his life to protect.
This is also the peace that her son is trying hard to protect, and she will not allow anyone to destroy it.
Siming sat on the sofa, legs crossed as he looked at the two people opposite him: "Have you thought of how to redeem me? My time is limited, and I don't have time to waste on you guys."
"Can I..." Before Madam Liu could finish her words, she was interrupted by Sima Ming.
"No, either you offer a ransom or come identify the body. I made that very clear last time. I don't want you to waste each other's time. I don't have that much time."
"Also, you should have gone to the General Administration of Customs. I don't think they intend to take care of this matter." Siming had long seen through the Liu family's style of doing things.
"Si Ming, don't you care about the friendship between our two families?" Old Lady Liu was also a little angry. After all, Si Ming was a junior.
"Friendship? Do our two families have any friendship? It has always been your Liu family that has been making things difficult for our Si family. If A Tian opens a shop, you should open the same one."
"They clearly have food, but they claim there is none. They are unwilling to sell it to the people of Beiyang City even though it is rotting in the warehouse. Knowing there is no food, how many people in the city will die."
"You still want to use this as a threat to force me to marry your daughter? I didn't agree to solve the food problem, and you started to attack the medicinal materials."
"Tell me, what is the relationship between our two families?" Siming said in a cold tone.
Old Madam Liu was speechless after hearing what he said.
"I'll only give you ten minutes. If you haven't made up your mind, I will send Liu Jingcheng's body back home tomorrow." Si Ming said and looked at the clock in the living room.
"No need." Old Madam Liu placed a stack of land deeds in front of him.
Si Ming took the land deed from the table and handed it to the housekeeper: "Go and verify whether all the Liu family's fertile land has been transferred to the Si family's name."
The housekeeper took the title deed and went to handle the relevant procedures.
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