Barrier of Light

Zhao Xilai stared at the necklace quietly.

According to the information from the parliament, Xiao is able to create extraordinary sealed objects... then this necklace should be from his hand. It only needs to be worn for a moment to banish a person's spirit. It is really a shocking demonic method.

After admitting all this, Zhao Qi felt more relaxed than ever before.

He smiled and said: "I have no talent, no courage, nothing. I just want to live a better life."

"This is called selfishness." Zhao Xilai said calmly, "Compared to others, you are already living a very good life."

He was born with a golden key in his mouth.

From the moment he was born, he was destined to live a life of rich food and clothing.

"Then I want to live a more selfish life." Zhao Qi snorted, his expression unchanged. He held the necklace and said lightly: "Is there any problem?"

The old man looked at his son with disappointment.

"What I did in the Freedom Auditorium... I didn't leave any evidence. All of you were in a dream, and the surveillance in the auditorium was damaged... No one will know that I did it."

Having said this, Zhao Qi raised his head and looked around.

This is a specially customized exclusive ward. Given Zhao Xilai's status, there will not be any surveillance or cameras in the room.

"Do you really think...this matter can be done seamlessly?"

The old man spoke slowly.

Zhao Qi was startled.

"After everything is over, let's go to Beizhou." Zhao Xilai slowly propped himself up and sat up. He picked up the tea cup on the bedside table and handed it to his son, indicating that the tea was cold... help him pour it out.

Zhao Qi, with evil intentions lingering between his brows, was stunned on the spot.

He subconsciously bent down, took the tea cup, then replaced his father with new tea leaves, and then brewed it with hot water. He was very skilled in this action and had practiced it hundreds of times since he was a child.

When he was younger, he would always run around bringing tea and water to his father, but his memory of that time was already blurred.

I vaguely remember that my father at that time was not so serious and cold.

"I still have a few friends in Beizhou... The Lin family has always kept their word. They will not harm you." Zhao Xilai coughed in a low voice, stretched out a hand to cover his lips, his voice became hoarse and weak, "Even if...they look down on you."

When he brought the hot tea to his father, Zhao Qi suddenly remembered what the real purpose of his trip to "visit relatives" was.

He didn't want to pretend anymore.

I don’t want to hold back anymore.

He knew that he could not hide the use of the necklace in the Liberty Hall from his father, nor from that woman... In the final analysis, he was the most unnecessary existence in this struggle, the prey at the bottom of the biological chain.

He spent the whole night convincing himself that he should live a more selfish life.

Be more selfish!

I came here...to show off to my father and...prove my "ability".

Perhaps it was the devil's temptation in his heart that played a role. There was a voice in his heart that kept repeating, asking him to vent his long-spent anger to the world and those around him who looked down on him!

Use...this necklace!

"Beizhou?"

Zhao Qi tried his best to sound cold and mocked with disdain: "Are you kidding? Who is going to what kind of place?"

Zhao Xilai took the hot tea, took a sip, and looked at his child with compassion.

No words were spoken.

it is more than words.

Zhao Qi looked at the face that ignored him, and felt that his fingers began to tremble again. At first, he thought it was nervousness, but now he realized...it was anger.

"If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't enter Beizhou."

Zhao Xilai spoke softly and said: "The fortress does not welcome cowards, nor does it welcome cowards... The question now is not whether you are willing to go to Beizhou, but whether Beizhou is willing to take you in."

"..."

Zhao Qi silently clasped his fingers together.

"You seem to want to say something."

The old man looked directly at his son and spoke slowly and slowly, "If my guess is correct, you want to angrily refute me and say that you are not a coward... If you want to prove it... use this necklace. On my neck."

Zhao Qi thought he heard wrongly and looked at the old man in disbelief.

"You came to see me today, didn't you have such an idea?" Zhao Xilai smiled and stretched out his hand, gesturing for Zhao Qi to stand closer. He gently rubbed his palm in front of his neck and said, "I am very old. I resisted with strength, you put on the necklace for me, and I fell into a deep sleep... Before long, my spirit will be exiled. To use what you just said, this is not called killing."

Zhao Qi looked at his father in a daze and subconsciously stood closer.

There was a "pop" sound!

A loud slap made him fall to the ground.

The necklace was thrown from the air and fell to the ground, making a harsh scattering sound.

Zhao Qi covered his swollen cheek, all his energy was awakened by the fierce slap.

He raised his head and looked fearfully... However, he did not see the furious look on his father's face that he had imagined.

"do you know?"

"You have nothing now...only the last bit of conscience left." The old man said softly: "Maybe it's because of timidity, or maybe it's because I protect you so well."

"From the day Nan Zhi publicly opposed the bill, I have been thinking about the things I have done and the decisions I have made over the years, which ones are right and which ones are wrong..."

These sounds reached Zhao Qi's ears vaguely.

"I have dedicated my whole life to Hua Zhi, to the building built by Lu Cheng... I don't have the talent like him. Throughout my life, I can only let Hua Zhi get here." Zhao Xilai murmured, and he looked at To my children, "Human energy is limited. If you try your best in your career, you will fail in other aspects."

Zhao Qi silently held his face and huddled in the corner.

"I have revised the last will and testament. I will deliver this building to Lu Nanzhi, and Cui Zhongcheng will cash in part of the shares and establish a trust fund exclusively for you." The old man said calmly: "If you want to withdraw it, If you want this inheritance, you will go to Beizhou honestly. If you are a man, you will stay in Beizhou Fortress for five years. If you do not become a deserter and return to Dongzhou after five years, it will prove that... you are not a coward, no A coward who deserves my legacy.”

"There is still a way before you -"

"kill me."

Zhao Xilai looked down at Zhao Qi and said coldly: "Use this necklace, or anything else you want... to let me sleep in this ward forever. If I die today, you will have nothing to do with all the inheritance. But Presumably you don’t need it anymore, because being able to do such a thing is tantamount to completely losing the last trace of conscience. In this world, people who completely abandon morality will definitely live a good life."

"bring it on."

"Make a choice."

Zhao Qi looked at the necklace that fell in front of him, and the devil's whisper in his heart sounded again. He mustered up the courage to hold the necklace, but found that he could not stand up.

All the strength was drained away.

The fire that filled his chest, the anger he thought... was not actually anger.

It's fear, it's fear, it's struggle.

He covered his head with both hands, knelt on the ground, and finally burst into tears.

The necklace was tightly grasped by him.

And then... let go again.