"What are you doing?" This voice was very familiar.
Shao Peichen turned around suddenly and met Huo Tingyu who was standing behind him.
Huo Tingyu took two steps and stood beside Shao Peichen.
Shao Peichen looked at the brazier in front of him: "Nothing, just burning some paper for others."
"If I remember correctly, today is Dou Zhun's death anniversary." Huo Tingyu pointed out this issue keenly.
Shao Peichen chuckled: "Dashuai Huo has a really good memory."
"This day is very special, isn't it?" Huo Tingyu stood up straight and looked at the rising ashes.
"I just don't want to owe a favor." The firelight in the brazier reflected in Shao Peichen's eyes, which actually gave him a bit of human warmth.
"He Cheng has met you." Huo Tingyu's words were not a question, but a straightforward statement.
Shao Peichen had burned all the paper money in his hand. He stood up and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Lu Ze is looking for you, and He Cheng is looking for me. These two people really can't get along."
Hearing what Shao Peichen said, Huo Tingyu guessed what Shao Peichen was thinking: "Why, do you think these two people are not worthy of their morals?"
"De is not matched," Shao Peichen chewed carefully, "When has it ever been matched?"
He sneered: "In today's world, people rely on forming cliques and siding with others to get to the top. They are just the most ordinary military school students. If Zhonghong hadn't tried to restrict me back then, I'm afraid the two of them would never have met.
Come to me."
Shao Peichen worked for Zhu Hong many years ago. How long?
It seems that after the Shao family was wiped out, he was under Zhu Hong's command.
So, Zhu Hong can be regarded as his boss? Shao Peichen couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
Huo Tingyu raised his head and looked at the dark sky: "Yes, in the final analysis, we are all those in power in the northwest, so we can't take action directly."
"Yongzhou, what are you afraid of now?" Shao Peichen raised his eyebrows and looked at Huo Tingyu.
Huo Tingyu chuckled: "Afraid of war."
Shao Peichen was startled for a moment, then nodded: "You're right, I'm afraid of war."
"I'm going back first." Huo Tingyu took a deep look at Shao Peichen, turned around and left.
He originally thought that Shao Peichen still felt guilty about Zhu Hong, but now Huo Tingyu was very sure that Shao Peichen could not betray the agreement at that time, even if the agreement was just an expedient measure to prevent the high-level officials of the Republic of China from attacking Yongzhou.
How could Shao Peichen not know that Huo Tingyu was testing him, but after so many years, he was really too tired.
Before I knew it, my hair had turned white.
He couldn't help but chuckle, and the wrinkles on his face deepened a bit.
In a daze, Shao Peichen remembered the little girl at the sheep market who didn't cry or make trouble and looked calm.
After all these years, I still have nothing left.
Family members died for hatred; lover...is she considered his lover?
Maybe...sort of.
He said to himself in his heart.
The sky on New Year's Eve was cloudless, with only the bone-chilling wind blowing like a howl from the Gobi Desert in the west.
Maybe everyone is closed during the Chinese New Year, but there are still many restaurants that open their doors to entertain customers during the Chinese New Year.
Shao Peichen lifted up the corner of his mantle and crossed the threshold of the restaurant in front of him.
"Master, what do you want?" The waiter on the side came up and asked, bending down.
Shao Peichen said without squinting: "Give me a private room."
"How many guests are you?" Xiao'er asked, while diligently leading Shao Peichen up to the second floor.
Shao Peichen looked around while going up the stairs.
The waiter thought that Shao Peichen was scheming, but he was very discerning and didn't say anything.
It wasn't until Shao Peichen sat in the private room that he looked at Xiao'er: "Including you, Boss Zhou, there are two of them."
The waiter was stunned for a moment, unable to realize what Shao Peichen had just said.
Shao Peichen sat there motionless.
"Are you going to see our boss Zhou?" Xiao'er repeated.
Shao Peichen nodded and looked at the waiter with some displeasure: "What? Did I just say it not clearly enough?"
The waiter shook his head quickly. The man in front of him was extremely noble. He looked very angry at him, but he didn't dare to provoke him at will.
Shao Peichen noticed the waiter's expression and felt that he had not misjudged Zhou Zhaoyuan.
It is really not easy for someone to be able to open such a large restaurant in Chaiyang in such a short period of one year.
But after a short while, Zhou Zhaoyuan walked up. When he saw Shao Peichen sitting in the private room, he was stunned for a second.
"Come in and close the door." Shao Peichen's tone was unequivocal.
Zhou Zhaoyuan was obedient. For some reason, he didn't dare to have the slightest objection to Shao Peichen's instructions.
He stood opposite Shao Peichen, and there was only a table between him and Shao Peichen.
Shao Peichen looked Zhou Zhaoyuan up and down and couldn't help but nodded: "It seems that the head of the Zhou family is doing well during this time."
The hairs on Zhou Zhaoyuan's back immediately stood up, and even when he spoke, he stuttered: "I don't dare."
He thought Shao Peichen was dead.
But not only was Shao Peichen not dead, he was now sitting in front of him carelessly, looking at himself from a high position.
And under his gaze, I felt like I was naked, with nowhere to hide.
"Why, you didn't expect me to be alive?" Shao Peichen said calmly.
Zhou Zhaoyuan's body trembled: "No...no."
He tried hard to restrain himself from being afraid of Shao Peichen, but his hands kept shaking uncontrollably.
With this look, even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe him when he said he wasn't afraid.
Shao Peichen narrowed his eyes: "I spared your life before, but now..."
Zhou Zhaoyuan immediately lay on the ground, and his forehead hit the floor with a moderate sound: "My life belongs to you. If you want to take it away, then take it."
After finishing speaking, the entire private room fell into an eerie silence. Zhou Zhaoyuan lay on the ground tremblingly, not daring to straighten up. He could only look at Shao Peichen's feet cautiously.
But Shao Peichen still didn't speak, as if watching Zhou Zhaoyuan kowtow was his biggest purpose.
Zhou Zhaoyuan is extremely scared. To be honest, he has made a comeback now. If Shao Peichen really wants to take away all of this, what will his efforts during this period count?
For a moment, he thought about resisting.
Yes, resist, as long as Shao Peichen is killed here, he will disappear forever, and he can live forever.
Live without interruption.
He looked intently at the tips of Shao Peichen's shoes and touched the dagger he always carried around his waist.
Just end this nightmare.
Zhou Zhaoyuan gritted his teeth, stood up with his hands, and was about to pounce directly on Shao Peichen to give him a fatal blow.
But in the flash of lightning, Zhou Zhaoyuan and Shao Peichen met their eyes.
At that moment, he thought a lot, the Zhou family whose entire family was being executed, and the relieved smile on his father's face before he died.
With a clang, the dagger in his hand fell to the ground.