Chapter 5 There is something called reins
By 10 o'clock in the evening, Li Heng Supermarket would close, and only the small shop next door would be open until 1 am. Shi Wei would often go to ask one or two employees responsible for selling goods about Du Ci's latest situation on that day. Du Ci's mother knew this, and Du Ci also knew it. Du Ci's parents and Shi Wei's parents had advised Du Ci to forgive Shi Wei and give him another chance to reform, and many friends had also advised her, but Du Ci was stubborn and refused to budge, the reason being that Shi Wei had really hurt her heart.
It was the evening of June 16, 2007, past eleven o'clock. Long Bao and Shi Wei were sitting on the lawn of the group, drinking beer and talking about some theories of enterprise management, just like in college. Suddenly, Du Ci's mother called Shi Wei to report that Xiao Jiao San Shi Heng had a high fever and asked Shi Wei to hurry back and take a look. Shi Wei threw down a sentence "I'm going home!" and ran away. Long Bao sat stupidly for a while before getting up and walking towards the bedroom set up in the headquarters, followed closely by Meng Yuan and others.
Sitting in front of the desk, opening the heavily protected computer, Long Bao logs into the network. Jing'er always leaves him a message every day. Today, Jing'er's message is: Morality and ethics are the ropes suspended between the instinctual heart and the spiritual heart. Below the rope lies an abyss of ignorance.
Long Wan rubbed his temples with his hands, pondered for a moment, and replied: Moral ethics are changing, the root of this change lies in its ambiguous governance value. For individuals, the moral ethics that influence him actually control his destiny.
After finishing speaking, Long Bao poured himself a glass of wine, staring at Jing Er's photo on the computer, and slowly sipped it. Jing Er, are you doing well in Germany? I heard from the person responsible for protecting you that you rarely smile, every day is either reading or reading, and you sleep less than five hours a day. Are you worried about me? Don't worry, I'm listening to you, I take my medicine on time every day, I also guarantee six hours of sleep every day, I exercise too, I've recovered, I really have recovered...
While Longbiao was deep in thought, Shi Wei called: "Old Six, you're not asleep yet?" Longbiao replied: "Not asleep. What, do you want to drink again? Today we can't drink anymore, or it'll exceed the limit."
"My god, I was so scared! Xiao Duan had a fever, but fortunately it's nothing serious. Hehe, Du Cui was a bit nicer to me today, didn't scowl at me again. But she still suspects that you and I are sneaking around outside, no matter how much I swear on my life, she just won't believe me, sigh!"
Long Bao fell silent, Shi Wei had once said that to some extent he was the model for his own mistakes, and indeed he was wrong. In terms of emotions, he had always been muddled and unclear, doing many things he shouldn't have done, resulting in an event that left him helpless. If not for Jing'er's persuasion, he would have made a big deal out of it. Everything is up to fate, fate is the knot of destiny, listen to heaven and obey. If one continues to distance themselves from others and act alone, they will only hurt more people. The world is not something you can do as you please, after being overly extreme and stubborn, choosing to submit to the idea of fate may not be a bad thing.
Du Cui's voice came out of the phone: "Chairman Long, you and Shi Wei are whispering again. Are you planning to go to some secret place for a romantic getaway? If you're going, go far away, don't make me sick here!"
Women, after getting married and having children, don't they all become so unreasonable? Shi Wei has already said "I regret it" hundreds or thousands of times in his conversations with Du Ci, but she still won't forgive him. Long Bao replied bitterly: "Du Ci, you're Shi Heng's mom, Shi Wei is Shi Heng's dad, you two have loved each other until now and gotten married and had a child, it wasn't easy, Shi Wei has already reformed, how could he make the same mistake again? Is it really that hard to forgive?"
"Who are you to say this to me, you're not even qualified to talk to me!" Du Ci was still visibly angry on the phone. "You don't want Autumn Leaf or Jing Er, but you've had a child with Ouyang and started a family. Why don't you take care of your own home instead of hanging out with that deadbeat every day? Ouyang calls me every day crying, I'm telling you, if a pregnant woman cries too much, the child will definitely be born with a gloomy face, a complete idiot! Have some conscience, don't be a big shot and still act like a moron! (Shi Wei saw Du Ci getting more and more agitated and prepared to grab the phone back from her. Du Ci's anger flared up even more as she shouted at him) Shi Wei get out of here, I don't want to see you!"
Long Wan heard Shi Wei hurriedly say "Lao Liu, sorry!" over the phone before hanging up. He could imagine the quarrel that would ensue between Du Ci and Shi Wei because of this call. In recent days, Shi Wei had told him a lot about their marriage, and it was just like what was written in books - for some trivial matter, Du Ci would not give in, and Shi Wei said that Du Ci's mother was the same with her father. After getting married, Du Ci's true nature was exposed.
Jing Er and Qiu Ya are her good sisters, but she betrayed them. Du Ci hates herself, it's inevitable. The key is that Du Ci wants her to fire those two employees who colluded with Shi Wei. Those two employees have always performed well, and she can't let personal feelings affect work. Du Ci dislikes her even more, and now Shi Wei is getting close to her again. So, what you said to Du Ci requires understanding. But why did you come to me to vent your frustrations? Do you still need to play tricks on me? If it weren't for the sake of the child in your womb, if it weren't for Jing Er's sake...
Alas, I'd better go see her. It's been almost six or seven days since I last went to that villa. With a big belly, she came to the headquarters to find me, which really didn't look good. The gossip among employees and subordinates has also increased. In recent days, the board of directors has become increasingly divided. Xue Bingying is simply at odds with me. Whatever I agree with, she opposes; whatever I veto, she strongly advocates for. Jiao Siwei is also silent and rarely speaks, looking unhappy...
Long Bao got up and walked out of the bedroom, Meng Yuan heard the sound and came out from the guard room next door. Long Bao said to him: "Meng Yuan, aren't you tired?" Meng Yuan nodded and said: "It's okay, Chairman Long, are you going out?" Long Bao nodded and said: "To the villa."
The dark night is still hungry, and although the lights can illuminate some land, the dark night will eventually swallow all the light, leaving only a few bright spots in sight. The same is true for the black night above this villa area, where it is impossible to see clearly the uniquely beautiful buildings, but only a messy mixture of black and white scattered about.
Ouyang's uncle and aunt were still awake, chatting with Ouyang in the living room while watching TV. As soon as they saw Longbiao arrive, they hurried over with big smiles on their faces. However, Ouyang was wearing a maternity dress and sat on the sofa with her head down.
Long Wan faintly nodded to Ouyang's uncle and aunt, walked over to Ouyang's side and sat down, saying: "It's already twelve o'clock, why aren't you sleeping? You're not sleeping, but the child needs to sleep."
Ouyang lowered her head and didn't speak, her aunt hastily explained: "No, no, she just got out of bed not long ago, had a nightmare and was afraid, so she wanted us to accompany her and chat with her."
Long Wan glanced at Ouyang's face, her eyes were slightly red and swollen, looking like she had just cried. Her nose was really the same as Jing'er's, small and straight, and her skin was also as white as snow as Jing'er's. In fact, if only talking about appearance, she was even more beautiful than Jing'er. She was a child of divorced parents at a very young age, and was raised by her mother and uncle and aunt, all these information had been investigated, her background was very clean and her experience was also very simple. Now that her mother had passed away, her uncle and aunt were brought from Taiwan to accompany her.
Mr. Ouyang's uncle and aunt were very considerate, as soon as Longbiao returned they immediately went to rest. Longbiao picked up the TV remote control, flipped through a few channels, then turned off the TV, got up from his seat, walked to the wine cabinet, poured himself a glass of wine, just about to take a sip, Ouyang who had been secretly watching him said in a low voice: "It's already so late, drinking will harm your body, don't drink anymore, okay?"
It's best not to drink before bed, that's what Jing'er had told him, and he had agreed with Jing'er. But he didn't expect Ouyang to say the same thing to him too. Long Biao felt a pang in his chest, so he put down the cup, stared at the crimson wine for a moment, forced a smile on his face, and said to Ouyang: "Alright, I'll go to the kitchen to eat something."
Ouyang heard the voice and quickly got up to head towards the kitchen, saying as he walked: "They're all asleep, I'll go cook, I've learned how to make all your favorite dishes, wait for me for a bit."
Looking at Ouyang's typical pregnant woman gait as she walks towards the kitchen, listening to her hurried yet cautious footsteps, is this really that overnight sensation, the jade-like female star? Is this really the result of being crazy for love? What exactly is love?
The dishes were served, two meat and one vegetable dish. One was stir-fried white pepper beef, another was sautéed four seasons beans, and the last was stir-fried wild boar meat. Long Bao chewed on these hometown flavors, swallowing them one by one. Ouyang asked cautiously, "Is it not cooked well?"
Long Bao took a glance at her, then picked up his chopsticks and scooped some beef into his bowl. He nodded and said, "It's well-cooked." After that, he sped up his eating pace and finished the bowl in one go.
After dinner, Long Bao went to the bathroom to take a shower. The water was too hot and he thought he was in the ocean, but it was just the bathroom. When he opened the door, Ouyang was standing at the entrance waiting for him. Long Bao slightly furrowed his brow and said: "Why aren't you sleeping yet? What are you doing standing here?"
Ouyang hugged her own belly with both hands, laughing hard at him: "Come and feel it, he's not sleeping yet, he's moving in my belly, kicking me!"
Her belly was round and bulging, completely losing the slender waist she had before. Her face was dotted with some spots that were said to be pregnancy marks. This Ouyang, dressed in maternity clothes, was completely unable to overlap with the Ouyang on the screen. What kind of smile did her face have at this moment? Long Bing stood there, looking at Ouyang's hands holding her belly, looking at the floral pattern on Ouyang's maternity dress, and fell silent.
Ouyang moved his body, with both hands holding onto his arm, and leaned his head on his shoulder, saying in a low voice filled with sadness, hope, and worry: "Will you sleep with me tonight? I had a nightmare, I'm so scared, so scared......"
Although Ou Yang moved into the villa, Long Bao every time he came back was sleeping alone in the guest room or study, never once sharing a bed with her, let alone having any romantic feelings. Upon hearing this, Long Bao's teeth clenched involuntarily, and he replied lightly: "Alright."
Long Bao hugged her tightly to his chest, remembering what Jing'er had told him about being considerate and gentle with pregnant women, no matter how wrong they were. Ouyang pressed her body as close to Long Bao's as possible, seeming cold and yearning for some warmth from him. She spoke softly to Long Bao about the growth of the child in her belly, telling him that the child was very clever, if she patted her belly once, the child would move once, and if she patted it twice, it would move twice.
Children? Children. There are many orphans in the orphanage, all of whom are abandoned children without parental care, only cared for by the aunties and volunteers at the orphanage. I am an orphan myself, after my parents died, I relied on Grandpa Qi to survive, the fate of an orphan is miserable, it's miserable. Jing'er was right, even if I didn't want this child, I couldn't let him become a child without a father or abandoned by his parents, he is the 65th generation descendant of the Long family, a pitiful descendant.
Ouyang grasped Long Bao's hand and placed it on her belly, saying softly: "He is your son, the doctor said he is a boy, you have a son now, you are going to be a dad too."
Dad? My dad has long been dead, and now I'm going to be a dad too? Why did I end up having a child with her? Is the arrival of this child in this relationship and situation sad or happy?
Ouyang's body was burning with desire, she breathed out like an orchid, her palms slid across Long Bao's chest, her hands gradually moved to his waist and abdomen, her soft **leaned against Long Bao's ribcage, she also gently kissed Long Bao's skin, from time to time letting out gentle nasal sighs. If it were a few months ago, Long Bao would have been unable to resist this beauty's temptation, but at this moment he didn't have the slightest desire, he was thinking about some theoretical fragments in his mind.
That theory says that sexual behavior has three major functions: one is the function of pleasure, two is the function of healthy development, and three is the function of reproduction. It is said to have a pleasurable function because sexual behavior can stimulate the body to produce dopamine, which makes the brain feel pleasant and makes it frequently issue the mysterious command "do it again". It is said to have a healthy development function, as the flesh does not allow morality and spirit to brutally suppress sexual desire, and refusal of expression has physical health consequences. Jing'er also told him that St. Augustine linked Adam and Eve's original sin with the inability to control lust and spiritual desires, and his theory had a profound impact on Christian doctrine.
Long Bao knew that Ouyang now wanted to have sex with him, or rather, Ouyang thought he was a healthy and strong man, she wanted him to vent his sexuality on her. But he had no feeling for Ouyang's caress, and even he was questioning himself in confusion: Why did I make the mistake of having sex with her? This mistaken sex brought wrong pleasure to the flesh, but why did this pleasure have to give birth to a wrong child? Is giving birth the purpose of sex, or is pleasure the purpose? For himself, which one is the temptation and which one is the defense line of sex? Now that he had completely lost that kind of torture for himself, what was it that sealed his genetic instinct again?
What's the difference between Ou Yang and those women? He never found that feeling he had with Jing Er in them, every time he was done with them, he would drink a lot of wine, when he was drunk, he would miss Jing Er. Yes, yes, only Jing Er, yes, finally deeply understood Plato's words - through the power of love (non-**), the souls of two lovers gaze at and reflect each other, pushing each other closer to truth.
But where is the soul of one's beloved? And where is one's own soul, after all? In Germany? Beside the quiet daughter in Germany?
Long Bao gently removed Ouyang's hand, sat up and leaned against the bed, and said in a light tone: "I'll smoke a cigarette." He immediately got up to get his cigarettes lit one, sat back on the bed and started smoking.
Ouyang was very sensitive to smoke and looked at Long Bao's cloud-like smoke, saying in a low voice: "I'll get you a cup of tea, okay?"
Tea? Jing'er also knows how to make tea. Long Bao shook his head, paused for a while and said: "Ouyang, many people pity you, do you know that?"
"What a pity?" Ouyang Nai was puzzled by Long Bao's sudden question. "What a pity about what?"
"They say you deliberately got pregnant with this child, saying it's for my money. I find it hard to believe, because looking at your development trend, in just a few years or decades, you can quickly become rich with just film pay and advertising income, and still be worshiped by fans. But you'd rather give up all that glorious future, what do you say you're doing this for? Isn't it a pity?" Long Bao spoke in a light tone, exhaling thick smoke rings from his mouth.
Ouyang's face turned pale, these words were the second time Long Bao asked her, she looked down at the quilt with a low voice and said: "I fell in love with you four years ago, I cut out all the reports about you, do you still remember the scene when you dated me? So many people wanted to pursue me, but I gave everything to you, was I just a woman who didn't keep her chastity in your heart? I know you don't have feelings for me, but I love you and only want to be with you.
"You won't know, after we were together that day, I told my good friend about our thing, didn't expect her to tell her cousin, and her cousin is ***, she has a past with you, she told me to do it this way,"
She sobbed quietly, "Longbiao, all these years I was completely immersed in my fantasies about you, and in a moment of confusion, I did what I did. Afterwards, you indeed ignored me, but I ended up having your child."
"Child, after knowing your indifference, I also thought of getting rid of the child and pretending that nothing had happened, restarting my own career. But when I think that this is your child, I would rather give up everything. I just want to be with you, I want to use the child to tell you how deeply I love you. But I was wrong..."
She lifted her head, with tears in her eyes, looking at Longbiao. "You won't marry me, you just want to play with me, now you're only keeping me because of the child, you think this child is not yours, and as soon as he's born, you'll do a paternity test, and no matter what the result is, you'll eventually drive me away, I know, I know..."
She bowed her head deeply again, letting tears flow down, and muttered: "I know you suspect me of using the child to blackmail you, you hate me for using the child to force you to take me in. Longbiao, why would I come to blackmail you? Why do you think this child is not yours? If it's not yours, how could I possibly come and tell you? Am I giving up everything just to come and blackmail you? All I wanted was to give birth to a child for you, but in your eyes, I've become such a bad woman?"
Long Bao was speechless, this is another version of Qiu Ya's promise, his own promise had caused unimaginable harm to Qiu Ya, now his mistake has become a factual promise for Ouyang who is like Qiu Ya. Indeed, with her simple and pure experience and background, she is a very gentle and innocent girl, but because of this inexplicable love, she used her uniform to control her heart. What can be done? Jing Er said so bitterly to comfort herself, alas!
"Ouyang sobbed: "I've thought it through, no matter how much I try to move you, you won't love me. I'll give birth to the child alone and raise him myself. I can take care of him. Tomorrow, I'll leave. After all, my mom also raised me by herself in the past. I can bring up this child that his father doesn't want... Waaahhh... Waaahhh..."
Long Bao let out a long sigh, reached out to stroke Ouyang's hair, patted her back, and softened his voice, saying: "Alright, don't worry, this child won't be fatherless, I'll make sure you live a happy life, stop crying, go to sleep!"
Long Bao wiped away the tears on Ouyang's face, laid her body flat on the bed, and said a few more comforting words before closing his own eyes. He discovered that he had a fatal weakness - he was afraid of tears. People often say that good men shed blood but not tears, and he was extremely afraid of shedding tears himself, yet he had cried several times already. Moreover, he was also extremely afraid of girls crying in front of him, but many girls had cried for his sake, and these tears were like sulfuric acid, burning not the skin, but the heart, and the soul.
In late July 2007, Long Bowen finally agreed to take Shi Wei on a hunting trip to the African savannah. Several other wealthy individuals also joined them on the private jet flight to Cape Town, South Africa, where several more were waiting for them.
Shi Wei was visibly excited, the place he had always wanted to go in his life was the African savannah. Before, he could only appreciate the peculiar scenery and the magnificent animal migration scenes through TV, the bloody scenes of lions, leopards hunting wildebeests, antelopes, now all this would soon become a tangible reality before his eyes!
In Cape Town, there was a diamond merchant named Vic who was an excellent hunter. He had gone hunting with these wealthy men several times before. Now, the others were in his home drinking and talking about their hunting experiences. Shi Wei was admiring the ferocious beast skulls hanging on the wall, which recorded the legendary hunting exploits of this hunter. When the hunter learned that Shi Wei was a good friend of Long Bao's, he became very enthusiastic and patiently answered Shi Wei's curious questions about each skull. Long Bao was also by his side.
Shi Wei carefully stroked the lion's head, combing its black and yellow mane with his hands, touching its white teeth, and asked in a hissing tone: "Mr. Vic, how did you hunt this lion?"
Vic stared at the lion, somewhat absent-minded. After a while, he actually knelt down and deeply kissed the lion's head, saying in a low voice: "I didn't kill it, I killed its wife." He pointed to the female lion next to the male lion and said, "To be strict, it wasn't me who killed her either. I just ended her suffering with bullets... That was eight years ago when my safe was stolen by thieves who took away a batch of diamonds. I lost tens of millions of dollars, and my wife and I were about to divorce due to this. I was feeling very depressed, so I took my son hunting, hoping that the vast and beautiful scenery could dispel my worries.
I drove my off-road vehicle with the music blasting at its loudest, speeding along, stopping occasionally, I don't know how far we'd gone. The next day at noon, I hunted and killed a gazelle on the grasslands, then we drove to a small river and stopped the car, planning to take a bath and roast the gazelle. As soon as I got out of the car, I discovered that not far from the riverbank were two wild oxen drinking water. Just as I thought about getting back in the car to get my gun, my son suddenly whispered 'Dad, lions, lions!'
I suddenly looked up and saw two lions running out from the woods, one male and one female. The male lion's thick mane stood upright, majestic and powerful like an emperor. It was clear that the two lions had spotted us. The male lion even tilted its head to stare at me. I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten to load bullets, and there was only one bullet left in the gun. Even if I took out the gun for defense, I could only kill one of them. If we enraged them, my son and I would surely die in the lions' mouths!
"My only hope was to remain calm, have my son crouch down and pray that God would not let them make us their prey but instead go after the two buffalo that were drinking water."
He seemed to recall a few parts of the fear, hard-swallowing, and continued: "Fortunately, their goal is the wild buffalo. This is a rare scene, although dangerous, I and my son are reluctant to leave, so we hold our breath and watch them approach the wild buffalo with the help of the grass cover. Just as they were only ten meters away from the wild buffalo, the wild buffalo also discovered the danger, immediately roaring, two heads of wild buffalo pointed their thick and sharp horns at the lions. You know that lions are the natural enemies of wild buffalo.
The male lion pounced on the larger wild buffalo, while the female lion pounced on the smaller one. A fierce battle ensued! The large buffalo was bitten by the male lion on its belly and let out a loud cry. The small buffalo charged at the male lion in a frenzy, but the female lion tried to rescue it, only to be gored by the large buffalo's horns, which pierced her abdomen, causing her to fall to the ground rolling in agony. Enraged, the male lion attacked the smaller buffalo, killing it quickly. However, the female lion had already been disembowelled by the larger buffalo and lay on the ground, writhing in pain and wailing. The male lion let out a mournful roar as he engaged in a fierce battle with the large buffalo, eventually killing it too.
The lion's entire body was stained with fresh blood, and it seemed to be injured as well. It let out a low growl and walked up to the lioness lying in the pool of blood, licking her face and wounds with its tongue. The lioness could only slightly move her tail in response. The lion was extremely anxious, pacing back and forth beside the lioness, occasionally letting out heart-wrenching roars. My ten-year-old son hugged me tightly and whispered, "Dad, that male lion is crying. His wife won't make it. He's crying."
I hugged my son tightly, reluctant to leave. I even wished that the lioness would come back to life and savor the bison meat with her husband. Suddenly, I heard a loud rumbling sound coming from afar, the entire earth was trembling. Oh no, it's the bison herd, the bison herd is coming!
To know that a herd of buffalo is the most fearsome force in all Africa, nothing can stop them, not even elephants will stand in their way. I had no idea if they were coming to drink at the river or to avenge the two buffalo killed by lions, all I could do was quickly start the car and head for the trees, my son and I climbed up to watch this spectacle.
A dark herd of wild buffalo, with vengeful horns and furious iron hooves, charged at the male lion to kill him. The male lion, however, was not afraid of the fierce buffalo herd. He also had a strong desire for revenge for his seriously injured lioness. He would not leave his beloved because of fear of fighting or death. Both sides were brave warriors who avenged their loved ones without fearing death. Their powerful love supported their vengeful strength. The male lion kept circling around the lioness, letting out earth-shaking roars at the buffalo herd, and then darting in to attack them with all his might, tearing at them with his teeth. The buffalo were also furiously swinging their huge horns, trampling the ground. What a tragic and heroic scene it was!
The male lion finally succumbed to the wild buffalo herd that vowed to put it to death, and died under the countless sharp horns and iron hooves. The buffalo herd also retreated instantly like a tide, and everything quickly calmed down, calm enough to leave only the smoke of the buffalo's departure, leaving only the blood of the wild buffalo flowing on the grassland, the blood of the male lion.
Vick stroked the male lion's body with his hand, and tears welled up in his eyes as he said sorrowfully: "After my son and I were sure it was safe, we drove the car to their side. I got out of the car with a rifle, and only then did I realize that the two wild oxen were also male and female. They were fighting for survival, for love, and they would not leave each other no matter whether they lived or died. The lioness's eyes were still blinking, and I saw tears in her eyes. I knew she was in great pain, but I couldn't bear to watch her die in agony. So I raised my gun and shot her in the heart."
Shi Wei was deeply moved, and he bent down to stroke the wounds on the lion's body with Vick. Vick let out a long sigh and said: "I cut off the tail of the wild ox and sewed it together with the two lions and hung them in my bedroom as specimens. I brought back the two lions and made them into specimens, and when I told this story to my wife, we reconciled because both my wife and I felt that we had never seen such a love that was willing to die for each other. Humans have used all sorts of beautiful words and poems to praise love and express love, but love seems to be unable to stay fresh. Compared to the simple and unadorned love of animals, it's only pale and shallow. I love my wife, my wife loves me, we have a son, we are well-off, there is no threat to our survival, and all we have is just a bit of hardship in life and career. So what reason do we have to live worse than animals?"
Vick patted Shi Wei's shoulder and said, "I also swear from now on to never hunt animals with love and spirit again."
Long Bao had never heard Wei Ke tell this story before, he gazed deeply and solemnly at the two stone lions, love, death, was this the love and death of the lions?
The hunting trip was scheduled to depart at dawn on the second day. That night, Longbiao Shiwei and Meng Yuan found a hotel in Cape Town and checked in. Shiwei and Longbiao were chatting by the swimming pool, drinking beer. Shiwei looked like he had been thinking for a long time, then suddenly said to Longbiao: "Old Six, let's not go hunting tomorrow, just watch them instead."
"Why?" Long Bao smiled and said to Shi Wei, "You're always shouting about coming to hunt every day, why aren't you hunting now?"
"Hmm, haha, well," Shi Wei raised his cup and took a sip, "I've talked to Vick a lot, grandma's, animals are also living beings, they have love, friendship, sorrow, happiness, and tears just like humans. I think, if Vick wasn't afraid of offending you rich folks, he wouldn't take you hunting. So, haha, I really can't bear the thought of ending these spirited lives with a guilty gun! Or else I'd become a sinner!"
Long Bao was also shocked by the stories that Vic had told. He used to think of animals as just animals, never really thinking that wild animals were emotional lives too. Now his views have changed dramatically. He remembered when he was hunting in America, a wounded deer knelt down in front of him and cried, seemingly begging for mercy, but he shot it dead without feeling anything. He remembered the few wolves standing far away on the mountain, howling for their companion's death. And he especially remembered that mother lion and her cub that he had brutally killed!
I'm bloodily slaughtering wild boars, bison, and antelopes with machine guns, mercilessly destroying these lives, roasting their corpses, and upon careful reflection, I realize that I am completely seeking pleasure in the destruction of life to balance my own life. How cruel I am! My instinctual beastliness is fully revealed in hunting, and I am simply a crazy destroyer!
It's laughable that the destroyer of this life is still talking about morality with Jing'er! What is morality? Does a butcher with blood on his hands have the qualifications to discuss the moral principles of spiritual thought with a pure girl?
I have been invaded by evil! My soul has been occupied and my body has been taken over, causing me to intentionally or unintentionally want to inflict the painful factors that have been imposed on me onto others' lives! I have been cursed with a lifetime of pain, cursed with limited relationships, cursed with hardships and suffering. I am completely out of balance and unable to regulate myself properly, so I wickedly hope that others will be like me too!
Good heavens, how did I become like this! Just like Faust, I sold my soul to the devil, abandoning my heart on the road of the past, and now I'm just a soulless, heartless zombie!
Morality? Ethics? What qualifications do I have to discuss morality and ethics? Everything I've done is for a purpose, even multiple purposes, which ultimately all serve to satisfy my own desires! Morality and ethics are nothing in my eyes. Yes, since I took the position of Chairman and CEO of this group, I have regarded all human morality and ethics as nothing!
They have simply become tools in my hands, some language magic that I want to use and express! Don't blame me, it's just because the people around me are all like this, if not, I won't be able to survive, and the group won't be able to survive.
Shi Wei got a hint from Jing Er, that is, once Long Bao's expression becomes dazed, he must be woken up, and he cannot let him think wildly. Shi Wei immediately patted Long Bao lightly with his hand and said seriously to Long Bao: "Old Six, I really decided not to go hunting, just drink two cups with you in Cape Town, come on, cheers!"
After Long Bao's thoughts were interrupted, he did not respond to Shi Wei's invitation to drink together. Instead, he stared at Shi Wei's eyes for a long time and asked heavily: "Shi Wei, do you know that I have an inexplicable curse? Are you really not considering the consequences of interacting with me?"
Shi Wei stared at Long Bao for a while, then downed his drink in one gulp and refilled it before saying seriously: "Old Six, I'm telling you, my belly, hum, our whole family, the Hai Tao family, all of us have discussed this and we consider you an indispensable brother, friend, and family member! We know that your past behavior was because you were afraid of bringing harm to us, not because you really became a heartless bastard. We're convinced that you're the most emotional and righteous brother!"
Long Bao's whole body surged with a boiling feeling, he grabbed the cup and clinked it with Shi Wei, pouring the liquor down his throat!
A cold beer down the throat, a cool stimulation that spreads throughout the body, and the turmoil subsides immediately: I have ruined so many lives, my actions are completely despicable, polluting the socially recognized morality, how can I make up for so many mistakes?
Just then, Meng Yuan's mobile phone rang. He answered it and surprisingly heard Du Cui's voice: "Meng Yuan, is Shi Wei there?"
"Right, I'm chatting with Chairman Long right now, wait a minute, I'll get him to answer the phone."
Du Cui's voice on the phone was a bit hoarse: "Don't bother, tell that deadbeat to bring back a specialty from Africa called AIDS after he's done playing with your Dragon Chairman, and leave it on the supermarket shelf for sale!" She slammed down the phone.
Meng Yuan secretly smiled to himself, walked up to Shi Wei and solemnly conveyed Du Ci's specialty suggestion. Shi Wei was overjoyed, jumped up and loudly exclaimed: "Damn it! I knew my stomach was just superficially angry with me, but deep down it actually loves me to death! Now we have hope when we go back home, we have hope!" He stared at Long Bao with his small eyes and said, "Old Six, we're going back home tomorrow!"
