Chapter 7: Odes of Negligence and Madness

  Long Bao is staying at the home of his maternal grandfather, De Lao, in Chang'an University Town. He has to wait a few more days before he can return to Chang'an and go back to Li Heng Group. The doctor repeatedly reminded him that he must pay attention to the blood clot in his brain, and he must get plenty of rest, not overthink things, not drink alcohol, and not eat too much spicy food.

  Long Bo is De Lao's grandson. De Lao found his daughter and her family, who had lost contact for many years. Long Bo was acquitted in the first trial and released. This series of news has spread among the teachers and students of Changhan University. Many department leaders and teachers called to congratulate De Lao. Some colleagues and former students of De Lao's planned to visit him specially to celebrate, and even arranged several dinner parties.

  Mr. Te was very polite to everyone who called to express their gratitude, and warmly received the guests who came to visit, but firmly declined all invitations. Mr. Te had never thought that Longbiao's acquittal was something worth celebrating, and he even felt that he no longer deserved the "De" in his name. To cooperate with the rescue efforts for Longbiao, he gave up what he had insisted on for a lifetime, which was once his pride, his wind-bone-like demeanor. Now he used his wind-bone to exchange for Longbiao's so-called freedom.

  After all, it's not long after the line was removed, and walking still needs to rely on crutches. Long Bao wanted to take a look at his former dormitory with the help of crutches, but Qiu Ya Shi Wei and others firmly disapproved and forced Long Bao to rest at home. Long Bao had no choice but to stay at home obediently. Wen Li stayed in school to prepare for her graduation thesis defense, while Chang Cheng and Liao Ye were also staying in school. Chang Cheng wanted to get back together with Qiu Ya again, but was scolded by Qiu Ya, which completely eliminated his idea of entangling Qiu Ya. As a result, the orders from Qiu Ya's parents' company were naturally cancelled by the Chang family enterprise.

  The costly layout has come this far, and there is no reason to stop now. The war has already started, and it's impossible to stop halfway. Everything will be done until the goal is achieved. This is true for the Iran-US war, as well as all other wars in the world. War has long broken through the narrow concept of military confrontation, deeply integrating into the forms of human conflict, including the spiritual realm of non-material existence, and even a single word, action, or glance can have some implication of gunpowder and smoke.

  War is like that, whoever is neglectful will fail, and the other side may be victorious; those who are obsessed with war have a crazy consciousness, every living being has its own understanding of the war related to itself, and has the will to survive and continue to exist, but in order to exist, there must be war, and there must be madness.

  Maybe it's true.

  On March 23rd of the 23rd year, Long Boming was to return to Chang'an tomorrow, and Xue Bingying personally came from Chang'an to pick him up.

  In the evening, Qiuya, Jing'er, Wenli, Xue Bingying and Shi Wei gathered at De Lao's home for dinner.

  When Ya and the other girls were busy cooking in the kitchen, Shi Wei found an opportunity to stick his mouth close to Long Bao's ear and whispered: "What do you mean by gathering them together? Are you trying to start a war or show off your charm? Or do you want them to play mahjong?"

  Haitao also chimed in and said: "Old Six, this is a peach blossom calamity, let's see how you deal with it!"

  Long Bao smiled but immediately looked somewhat solemn and said: "I have to make things clear with them, you understand?"

  Haitao threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray, he understood Longbiao's mind, and he didn't want Longbiao to be entangled in emotional issues either. He nodded and said: "Old Six, I support you, it's better this way, no need to hide anything anymore!" Turning his head to Shiwei, "Old Three, I'm warning you, be careful what you say next time, if you stir up trouble without considering the bigger picture, see how I'll deal with you!?"

  Shi Wei looked at the two men with a mixture of sadness and amusement. Can women really be so good at negotiating? My belly is a good proof! However, he just chuckled a few times and said, "I guarantee I won't speak up, okay?"

  ……

  Taking advantage of the spare time before washing hands for dinner, Shi Wei leaned over to Long Bao's ear and whispered: "I advise you, don't discuss things during meals, and don't discuss things after meals either. If you must talk, do it separately. This is what the book says, it's called 'individual conquest'! You're not so stupid that you don't know this, are you?"

  Long Wan smiled and didn't say yes or no.

  This meal was really dull, perhaps everyone felt a subtle atmosphere, each with their own thoughts, fiddling with chopsticks, not much happy talk, but De Lao smiled and greeted everyone to eat.

  Long Bao put his legs on the stool and ate with a slant, Qiu Ya frequently serving him dishes. Xue Bingying glared at Long Bao and Qiu Ya with growing resentment. Finally, she started to struggle. She saw her push the piece of beef in her bowl onto the table and said, "What's going on?! This dish is so spicy!"

  "Mom, it's really a crisis! No way, I have to settle this! Shi Wei immediately smiled and said: "Hehe, this beef is best stir-fried with chili peppers, but if you don't like spicy food, try Jing Er's Jiangsu-style sweet dish, it tastes great too! You can use your Cantonese tongue to change flavors, haha!"

  Xue Bingying saw Shi Wei's appearance and was annoyed, saying: "Can you change your tone at will? Do you think I can be like some people, this doesn't work, change that, and change until it's all mixed up!"

  "This is already a strong signal! Shi Wei cursed secretly, damn it, what are you dragging on! However, he still smiled and said: "Ying Jie sister, you Cantonese people like light flavors, so you can eat more light dishes, look, there's clear stewed chicken, eggplant in soy sauce, and vinegar-braised potato shreds, haha!"

  Xue Bingying looked at Long Bao's completely nonchalant expression and suddenly became angry, turning to Shi Wei and saying: "Who is your sister?! You'd better not call her that randomly. You're all taking food from the bowl with your own chopsticks, not using public chopsticks, you don't even have a bit of common sense about hygiene."

  Everyone's face immediately turned awkward, Jing'er hastily stood up and said: "Sorry, Miss Xue, it was our negligence, I'll go cook some dishes right away." Du Ci endured for a moment before following her.

  Everyone was at a loss for words, Haitao glared at Shi Wei fiercely and then turned to his girlfriend Bao Bei Fen and said: "You go help out too, make a few more light dishes."

  Long Bao felt that Xue Bingying was being unreasonable and making a fuss, he knew that Xue Bingying was just looking for an excuse to vent her anger at him. He also knew that Xue Bingying's trip from Guangdong to Changhan City today was not just about picking him and De Lao up to return to Li Heng Group. When you can't cut off the chaos, you'll be affected by it - this was what his grandfather, De Lao, had warned him about over the past two days, and he knew what his grandfather meant.

  Long Bao Ke was taken aback by the words, he looked at Qiu Ya, Jing Er, Wen Li and this Xue Bingying, feeling a particularly vexing knot in his heart, indeed Old Man said it right, if this knot wasn't untied, it would absolutely not do.

  The meal was finally finished, and a few diligent girls quickly cleaned up the table, made tea for everyone, put out fruit and snacks, and temporarily dissipated the previously gloomy atmosphere amidst the bustle.

  Shi Wei anxiously waited for Long Bao's opening remarks, he had already designed hundreds of possible scenarios in his mind, waiting for the truth to be verified.

  Long Bao looked at everyone, then looked at his grandfather. His grandfather nodded to him, and he chuckled twice, saying: "The things that need to be done have all been taken care of, today I want to tell you a few things. The first thing is that Grandfather and I have already decided to settle down in Guangdong, we'll leave the day after tomorrow, and everyone is welcome to visit my home at any time."

  "This is something everyone knows, and you all are waiting for me to say the second thing. I'll continue: 'The second thing is that our chairman has decided to establish Liheng Investment Company, and I will serve as its general manager. The doors of Liheng Group, especially those of Liheng Investment Company, will always be open to you all. Except for Shi Wei, I welcome everyone else to join us, haha.'"

  Bao Li Shiwei didn't shout, instead he just smiled secretly. Long Bao continued: "The third thing is that my grandfather also supports me to build a reservoir and repair the road in our hometown. Hai Tao Shiwei, you are both studying water conservancy engineering, I think can't you unite with several classmates to make this reservoir your graduation design?"

  Shi Wei immediately expressed his opinion and shouted: "Oh, you lazy thief, do you want us to help you with your own affairs? And what are you going to do?"

  Long Bao laughed and said, "Third brother, how much money does it take to do engineering? Our county is poor, even if you make a report and get the project approved, they won't allocate much funds for you. Who can I rely on if not myself? I have to keep going to investment companies and go to the global financial market to raise funds for the project, right?"

  Shi Wei's eyes stared straight at Long Bao, and he suddenly said: "What good can I get? Help you achieve such a great merit?"

  "1 million, I guarantee to give you 1 million when you get married. Also, I will provide a special account to pay for all your expenses."

  "Hey, hey, that's great, that's great! Nothing to say, Old Six, I've done this learning from Lei Feng thing!"

  Haitao's face was filled with solemnity, gazing at Longbiao's smiling face. He knew that the smile actually hinted at Longbiao's resolute intentions. Sighing softly, he said: "Old Six, it's not that I don't want to help you, but this matter involves too many parties and departments. Think about it, just considering the funding issue alone, how many relationships will be affected? Which departments will be involved? Don't waste your efforts for nothing! Under the sky, who has ever built a private reservoir? This is always a government affair! In the past, those wealthy individuals donated money to gain fame as philanthropists, donating to build schools, hospitals, send public buses, and participate in charity projects like building small bridges or temples. Their wealth far surpasses yours; they wouldn't simply give away all their money like you are doing!"

  Long Bao smiled and said, "Hehe, if it weren't for the kindness of my fellow villagers, I wouldn't have grown up successfully, let alone earned all this money. Hehe, I think this is the best way to repay them. My grandfather also told me that he won't spend a single penny on building temples or gilding Buddha statues."

  He paused for a moment, then said: "Boss, so I hope you can take the lead and plan carefully for me. This time we'll hire one or two old water conservancy experts as technical consultants, and design and construction will all be done by ourselves. Isn't it good to learn from each other?"

  Shi Wei burst out laughing: "Old Six, with our half-baked knowledge level, how can we possibly complete this unprecedented massive project? Don't make me laugh to death! Haha!"

  De Lao hastily corrected Shi Wei's madness and said seriously: "Xiao Shi, it's up to people, your water conservancy engineering department's Professor Tan is a famous water conservancy expert, I've already mentioned it to him, he'll bring you along when the time comes."

  Long Bao said to Wen Li: "Wen Li, when the time comes, I will set up a company specifically to handle this matter. If your work is still not settled, can you help me? This is for the sake of our hometown, and only you are familiar with it. Many things can't be done without you. You, Autumn Ya, and Du Ci are all students of biology. Our group is about to set up a biological company, and we also welcome you to join."

  Wen Li's emotions were complicated beyond compare, and she stammered: "I'll think about it!"

  Long Bao glanced at Qiu Ya beside him, then looked at De Lao, and again at everyone else. Suddenly his eyes met Jing Er's, causing him to flinch and hastily look away. However, they soon collided with Xue Bingying's strange gaze. This time, he steeled himself and declared, "The fourth thing is that I've decided to marry Qiu Ya as soon as she graduates this year! At that time, please come join us for our wedding banquet and eat our wedding candies!"

  Shi Wei took a look at Long Bao's determined expression on Qiu Ya's face, and then swept his eyes over the four related girls: Jing Er, Wen Li, Qiu Ya, and Xue Bingying. The show is about to begin, haha, it's going to be exciting!

  This is just a message, but this message will change their lives forever.

  Shi Wei felt that this space filled with murderous intent, shock, love, hate, madness and helplessness was frozen in an instant, he also felt that he was a bit breathless from the expressions of these girls. Just as he was tense, a small fly that had been flying from somewhere unknown circled in the air and landed on the cup in front of him.

  This is a guy full of bacteria all over his body, a great enemy that harms physical health. Shi Wei had heard from his kindergarten teacher when he was young that flies are pests and must be eliminated to eradicate the four evils and protect people's physical health! Shi Wei stretched out his right hand, ready to use the "Shaolin Golden Claw" technique to capture it in one move and sentence it to death!

  It didn't move, yeah, it's easier if it doesn't move! Shi Weiquan concentrated his mind and spirit, focusing all his energy on not letting the fly escape. He swung his palm with a calculated force and angle, and according to his estimation, there was no way the fly could get away, because he had absolute confidence! But at this moment, Du Cui secretly patted him on the back, trying to hint something to him.

  This is unexpected! The trajectory of the slap changed immediately, whoosh—bang!

  The glass was slapped onto the table by him, spilling all the water in it, splashing everywhere, and the cup flew to the ground and shattered into pieces!

  Troublemaker Shi Wei hurriedly apologized repeatedly, Du Ci secretly blamed him, De Lao quickly said it was nothing, and Hai Tao had already been angered by Shi Wei to the point of speechlessness.

  Wen Li suddenly felt as if she had been struck by a thunderbolt on a clear day, making her whole body tremble. All along, she had been trying to forget that night on Bear Mountain, but every time she fell asleep at night, the scene of that cool summer evening would appear in her dreams - Old Man Qi's dying wish, the shy hug, and the sweet touch. She used to think she loved Zheng Xue, and thought she only felt a sisterly affection for Long Bao, a naive and ignorant feeling as a young girl. But if it was really like that, did she need to feel like she had been struck by thunder on a clear day?

  Jing'er felt as if a sharp sword had suddenly pierced her gentle heart, and at the same time, she felt like the collapse of a mountain was burying her deep in the riverbank of the Zijiang River. She remembered that riverbank, where Longbiao had said he used to play with water guns when he was young. And that winding road leading up to Longbiao's old house on Xiongshan Mountain suddenly broke off into thin air, now resembling a deep and bottomless gorge, the other end of which was hidden in the dark mist, invisible and seemingly impossible to cross!

  In the depths of Jing'er's mind, a blank space appeared, yet she vaguely saw this scene: The withered trees on Xiongshan Mountain were struck by lightning and ignited, the flames suddenly splashing onto the already parched yellow grass, instantly igniting a spreading wildfire. Thick smoke billowed, shrouding the entire sky, and not a single human figure or flying creature was seen!

  Xue Bingying seemed to be suddenly drenched from head to toe with a pail of foul-smelling water, a kind of indescribable suffering and humiliation that made her want to sweep everything in front of her to the ground. She couldn't bear to look at anything, and was extremely annoyed by anyone making any noise. Looking at the water stain on her sleeve splashed out from Shi Wei's teacup, she was driven by her anger to shout in a sharp, piercing voice: "You old mother! What are you doing?! You're going to die!"

  Shi Wei knew something was wrong, so he forced a smile and waved his right hand in a gesture of apology, saying "Sorry, sorry! sRRy, sRRy!"

  If it's long, the time in between didn't exceed two minutes; if it's short, then those people involved absolutely felt that time had stopped at that moment.

  Xue Bingying looked at Qiu Ya's emotional face, and the flames of jealousy burned through every cell in her body. In her impression, no boy had ever dared to humiliate her like this. Long Boming clearly knew she was here to show off her love, but still deliberately made himself look so unimpressive. She wouldn't let it go, she would take a chance and fight back. She absolutely wouldn't be like those two girls who only knew how to retreat in defeat. Even if she couldn't get what she wanted, she wouldn't let Qiu Ya feel so comfortable. Suddenly, she felt a voice calling out to her, reminding her: "Make them disgusted, make him disgusted, make this pair of dog-like lovers disgusted! Make this gutless and shameless stinky man disgusted!"

  Xue Bingying let out a cold hum from her nose, and bit down on her silver teeth as she said: "Dragon surname, do you still consider yourself a man? You played me, deceived me, and then just threw me away like this without any explanation to marry another woman. What did you take me for?"

  Under everyone's astonished gaze, she pointed her finger at Long Biao's face and scolded: "Do you take me for a chicken or a prostitute standing on the street?"

  Long Bao felt that she was simply unreasonable and instinctively retorted: "What are you talking about? What kind of joke is this, you've been deceived?"

  Xue Bingying thought she had reason to be angry, her finger continued to point and scold: "Are you asking me to tell everything that happened that night without leaving out a single detail? Are you admitting it? Have you forgotten what happened between us on the hotel bed that night?"

  This seems to have driven Long Bao into a dead end, at least that's what everyone present thought. Especially Shi Wei, he didn't believe Long Bao could keep his chastity intact from the start. As far as he knew, Long Bao was a man with strong masculine instincts, how could he possibly not do anything? It was ridiculous for this sly guy to claim he was still a virgin! This was simply an insult to Shi Wei's intelligence!

  Shi Wei was secretly delighted, mom, the good show has finally arrived! Wonderful! Ten times more wonderful than expected! Cool!

  Long Bao was made extremely embarrassed by Xue Bingying, he was full of grievances and couldn't explain himself. He thought to himself that although he had stopped at the critical moment, after all, it was him who touched her first. How could he possibly say in front of so many people that he only touched her after taking off his top clothes, and then hugged and touched Xue Bingying, who also took off her top clothes, but didn't have any intimate relationship? Moreover, wasn't it himself who restrained and stopped the behavior abruptly?

  Who would believe it! It's also impossible to explain to Xiaoye about Qiuya!

  Long Bao really didn't know how to deal with this thing between men and women, he was at a loss for words. Looking at his grandfather's accusing gaze, looking at Qiu Ya's heartbroken expression, looking at Shi Wei's smug face, looking at Hai Tao's anxious appearance, and looking at that precious Feng Du Ci's puzzled expression, he could only shake his head, shake his head, and whisper to Qiu Ya: "Believe me, this isn't true, this isn't true."

  Kill him and get it over with, who asked him to humiliate himself like that! Xue Bingying suddenly remembered the ** she had seen before on Long Bao's, he clearly remembered that Long Bao's left buttock had a large red mole, and immediately said in a hateful tone: "Do you want me to tell everyone about the big red mole on your butt before you'll admit it? I didn't think you were so shameless!"

  Jing'er suddenly came back to her senses, she made a great effort to control the coldness that was descending upon her, forcing her weak legs to stand up, and with great difficulty squeezed out a congratulatory smile, saying in a voice that seemed not to tremble: "Have... lovers finally become... family, congratulations... you two, Qiu Ya, Long Rui! I'll... go first, De YeYe."

  She struggled to hold back the tears that were about to burst out, gently pulled Yunli who was sitting stupidly, and choked: "Let's go."

  Wen Li followed Jing Er to the gate like a soulless zombie.

  De Lao sighed in his heart, this was inevitable. He really liked Jing Er, but he couldn't interfere with Sun's choice. He knew that this day would come sooner or later, and Long Bao really couldn't continue to entangle himself with the girls anymore. It wasn't his advice, but Long Bao might still be muddy.

  De Lao gestured to Hai Tao, Zhou Qing and the others to see them off. Hai Tao hastily stood up and stepped forward, saying in a soothing tone: "Jing Er, Wen Li, come on, I'll see you off."

  Jing'er shook her head hard, bit her lower lip tightly, and with great effort controlled her trembling hands to unlock the door. She rushed out of the room, and at that moment, big tears fell down!

  Long Bao's big red birthmark on his buttocks was something Shi Wei knew, and he couldn't help but let out a "wow" that gave Xue Bingying good evidence to support her.

  Xue Bingying stood up and walked out, throwing back a sentence: "I'll tell you, it's not that easy to take advantage of! If you want to abandon me and marry someone else, you still have to ask if I agree or not, and if the elders agree or not!"

  She walked to the door and turned back to bid farewell to De Lao. Zhou Qing hurriedly followed her, lest this young lady encounter any trouble.

  Shi Wei just nodded his head and swallowed the comforting words, now it's not his turn to speak, he was still clear about that.

  The old man stood up sternly and said to Long Bao and Qiu Ya, who had just turned from extreme joy to extreme sorrow: "You two, come in!"

  Liao Ye inadvertently saw Jing Er and Wen Li at the flower bed under the night sky, Wen Li seemed to be sobbing, he had the idea of eavesdropping, so he quietly walked over and hid behind the half-person-high flowers to listen secretly.

  Actually, Wen Li was crying very hard for no reason, and Jing Er was comforting her. Jing Er slowly recalled that Grandfather had never said that she and Long Bao were impossible, nor had he ever discouraged her from having feelings for Long Bao. What she remembered clearly was Grandfather saying to her "In stillness, one can observe the movement of things", which meant "don't think about anything, don't do anything, don't worry about anything, just focus on completing your studies first". She gradually calmed down.

  At that moment, Wenli, who was lost in thought, suddenly began to recall the historical memories of Longbiao in a daze. She unconsciously told everything to Jing'er, especially carefully describing the scene that night, Qi Grandfather's will, the heirloom passed down through generations of the Long family, and the simple warmth between Longbiao and her. She even revealed the location where she had buried the ancestral heirloom!

  Jing'er was very sympathetic, tightly hugging Wenli. She understood Wenli, after all, Wenli and Longbiao were a couple arranged by Grandfather Qi before his death. Wenli indeed had reason to be sad.

  They forgot the ancient proverb "walls have ears". Their carelessness in their sorrow revealed a shocking secret, which Liao Ye found out.

  Their negligence was caused by Longbiao's negligence, and Longbiao's negligence was due to his own emotional neglect. Longbiao's negligence resulted in the girls' loss of rationality, while the girls' negligence brought about another round of madness.

  Craziness and neglect actually both have their own rationality, it's just that the length of time for this rationality to be proven is either long or short.

  Crazy and neglectful things are all over the earth and the entire universe, just like the next key story.

  The unusual capital flow in the crude oil futures market has finally caught the attention of major investment companies and financial giants, especially when they found that several accounts they didn't know the origin of had been continuously making huge profits without any losses in the recent fluctuations. They immediately started investigating the source of this fund and found it was from Hong Kong, China!

  Long Wang's move to some extent ruined the perfect plan of some speculators, destroying their pre-constructed calculations. Their attempt to create a false impression did not achieve the desired effect, especially with regard to Jiao Rong Sen's strategic alliance. In the subsequent round of competitive bidding, in just 9 trading days, oil futures plummeted by $1 from their peak price, exactly back to the original price at the beginning of December last year!

  It's extremely difficult to secretly withdraw such a large sum of money, and now that this fund has been transferred into the US stock market again, everyone is guessing who the owner of this miraculous fund is. Jiao Rongsen also inevitably learned from his colleagues that it was actually his arch-nemesis Qian Zhengsheng, and when he thought back to some intelligence he had obtained before, he suddenly realized and couldn't help but clench his fists: How could I be so neglectful?!

  Although he also successfully earned a lot of profit, there is still a big gap with the expected five times profit. For him, this time can only be considered a small victory and cannot be said to be "fully returned". Compared to Qian Zhengsheng's return, he was simply in agony!

  That day, he decided to talk things over with Gao Ren. He wanted to make a decision. He came to Gao Ren's residence and said to the well-nourished Gao Ren: "Why didn't you calculate that Qian Zhengsheng would earn so much money?"

  Gao Ren had been harboring some discontent in his heart, still resentful about the fake female cultivators he had encountered over the past few months. Seeing Jiao Rongsen's impolite attitude, he also became impolite and retorted: "You're talking about me? How do you handle things yourself? I've already told you that fake female cultivators will disrupt my Daoist cultivation, yet your subordinates actually sent some women who practice membrane repair to me. Do you think you can deceive me?"

  These things are known to Jiao Rong Sen, and he also severely punished his subordinates. However, the requirements of the high-ranking officials were sometimes too high, requiring a girl who was not only beautiful and clean but also under the age of 18, with no physical defects. Such a virgin is really hard to find, this America is not like China, such a virgin is simply a national treasure! Moreover, it is said that now in China, it is also difficult to find a virgin who meets these conditions, but fortunately, China is poor, and spending a few hundred or thousand dollars can buy one.

  He silently cursed this troublesome old man: What's the difference, you're still messing with someone? Isn't it just putting your thing into a woman's hole? You're already in your 70s and 80s, clearly having a Lolita complex, yet you still want to give yourself the title of "cultivating the Tao"?

  "This man is not allowed to doubt his prophetic ability, he must maintain his divine authority, and refute with facts: "Didn't I predict that your enemy would be surrounded by enemies on all sides? Didn't I predict that your enemy's family would become extinct? Didn't I predict that your enemy's business group would collapse? I also told you that he had a hidden fortune, but this hidden fortune is destined to fall into someone else's hands. No matter how much money he makes, it's just using up his good fortune in advance. His life will be exhausted and his fate will be cut off, just like the last spark of a candle! What are you worried about?"

  Jiao Rong Sen's agitated heart calmed down under Gao Ren's rebuke. After a moment of thought, he began to speak out his plan: "I'm going to Hong Kong in two days and I'll directly declare war on him! You must come with me. Don't worry, there are countless beautiful women in Hong Kong, whatever kind you want, you can choose from the slender to the plump!"

  Gao Ren had already considered this matter, to be honest, he was both fearful and eager. He hesitated and said: "Hong Kong is unlucky for me, I will have a disaster in the next two years, I can only stay in this country and not leave the mountain gate to be safe. It's good to be good, but if you want to taste the best and improve my skills, you still need to go to that place. However, I once made a poisonous oath to my master and brothers that I would never set foot in China again, this...this is something that cannot be violated!"

  "What a joke! China still claims Taiwan as its territory, doesn't it? Hong Kong is just its special administrative region, after all. Wasn't it a British colony before? You calculate how old your masters and seniors are - they might have died already!"

  Gao Ren thought to himself, "My eldest martial brother is still alive, I'm sure of it. He's just having a tough time this year and can't escape the ghost gate! If I go now, I'll have to wait until he's officially dead before I can leave!"

  "Perhaps it was you and him who settled that old vendetta, he would have died! Just like I'm going to settle with Qian Zheng, right? Alright, I'll buy you a mountain-top mansion with good feng shui, give you a top-notch concubine from the sixth rank, and you can just stay home and enjoy yourself, how about that?"

  Gao Ren still hesitated, and Jiao Rong Sen said with a stern expression: "If I went to Hong Kong, I couldn't guarantee what you want. You need 12 virgins a year, where can I find so many? Now the crackdown on illegal immigration is so strict!"

  Gao Ren nodded again and again, after all, the temptation of a 16-year-old girl was too great. He thought of her innocent moans, her painful expression as a virgin, that white and tender **, that unopened **, his heart suddenly stirred!

  It's hard! Crazy hard!

  However, negligence is not always benevolent, and there is also a malicious existence. Behind the malicious negligence, there is a kind of madness driving it, and the consequence of malicious negligence is naturally malicious madness.

  The Iran-Iraq War is getting deeper, in the war whether it's attacking or defending, people are needed to operate weapons. To carry out the will of the ruling class, life can be neglected.

  The SRs' explosion was a lightning war of the heavens, and news about SARS spread to the public in certain provinces on February 8 through mobile phone text messages. The text message said: "Guangzhou has a deadly flu." This information was forwarded tens of thousands of times that day, and again tens of thousands of times the next day, and so on the third day. Internet forums and emails were also spreading the same information through digital currents and numbers.

  Life is a collective madness, when the air is filled with threats of death, yet the mad behavior is to cope with other people's negligence.

  In early March, a buying frenzy erupted around us, and rumors spread wildly. Citizens rushed to buy white vinegar and Isatis root, causing chaos. It was said that fumigating with vinegar is an effective way to disinfect rooms. Next, the leaders of newspapers concerned about the public distributed Isatis root to reporters, and all sorts of plants and medicines rumored to be anti-viral skyrocketed in price to a staggering level!

  Responsibility and position cannot be mentioned in the same breath. Position symbolizes the glory of power, while responsibility is just a so-called duty. So, in an individual's life, it's easy to weigh which one is heavier. Under the drive of interests, everything can be kept secret from outsiders. The old tactics and 21st-century technology coexist, classic handling and shocking shortsightedness have determined a series of disastrous chain reactions.

  A newspaper from a certain place published on January 3rd a message from the local health department: "There is no epidemic spreading locally... Coughs and fevers are caused by the cold weather." In mid-January, another city newspaper reported a message from an authoritative provincial department: "This virus has been present in Guangzhou for over a month, and effective treatment and control have been implemented. The public does not need to panic." On February 11th, the Provincial Health Department held its first press conference. It stated that between November 16th and February 9th, 35 people were infected and 5 died. But this outbreak "has been brought under control". Same phrase: no problem, nothing to worry about.

  Chinese Minister of Health Zhang Wenkang said that he can be sure that when the situation is completely clear, people will definitely come to China for tourism again. Many media also expressed successively that this "rumor of a major outbreak of atypical pneumonia in Guangdong Province, China" seems to have been deliberately fabricated by someone.

  The virus is spreading wildly, injuring medical personnel. At its peak, 9 people were infected in a certain place, and 45% of them were doctors and medical professionals. On March 5, the National People's Congress was held, and on March 9, the Ministry of Health held a meeting with hospital directors in Beijing to report SARS information and emphasize that no one is allowed to report the epidemic situation to the media. On April 2, WHO issued its first travel warning in 55 years, advising people not to go to Guangdong and Hong Kong. On April 3, Minister of Health Zhang Wenkang held a press conference, claiming that China was safe, SARS had been effectively controlled, and there were only 12 cases of SARS in Beijing.

  I warn you, it's not because of our negligence in performing our duties that this disease has spread rapidly around the world.

  First, I have to act as a person who wants to eat well, enjoy life, and hold power high above others. However, I am a government official. Think about it, this world is all about money, wherever you go, it's all about money. With just my meager civil servant salary, I have to first secure my official position, with that comes free meals, a free driver, a free car, and the enjoyment of everything for free. Then, at the right time, in the right place, I will tell you the right words.

  Don't expect me to be so perfect!

  You are neglecting, I am neglecting, everyone is neglecting. You are crazy, I am crazy, let's go crazy together! Play out the definition of neglect, record the plot, and also record the result of craziness in history books, and print the reason for neglect into people's hearts!