"Why?"

The water shadow was stunned. Her pride in her bones would not let her pass such a place, not to mention that her adoptive father still cared so much.

"No why."

The old man shook his head and said, "just don't go there in the future. And from now on, don't tell anyone you've been to that place. "

"Adoptive father, I don't understand..."

The water shadow stood up. Just halfway through her words, the old man's eyes suddenly got up, like a knife, so that she didn't dare to look directly.

Out of awe of the old man, the water shadow instinctively sat down and bit his lips tightly.

The old man seemed to be frightened by her, sighed gently and said, "Alas, Shuishui, I know why you have come here less and less in recent years, because you can't bear to watch me grow old quickly."

The water shadow sipped at the corners of his mouth and didn't speak.

The old man guessed her mind. What else could she say?

"Do you know why I age so fast?"

The old man's voice became kind again.

"I don't know. I just remember that you were like a 50-year-old four years ago."

The water shadow raised his head. When he finished this sentence, he suddenly realized something. In his watery eyes, he quickly looked frightened.

The old man stared at her and nodded slowly after a while.

The 73 year old man, as Shui Ying said, was like a 50 year old four years ago, but after that summer, he grew old almost at an exaggerated speed.

Water shadow always thought that it was the old man's trouble, so he urged him to move to the small lake in the wild, stay away from the noisy downtown and get closer to nature -- maybe this can delay his aging.

The old man did not refuse the filial piety of the water shadow and moved to the small lake.

But the speed of aging has never stopped.

Until then, she suddenly understood something from the old man's words.

He bit his lower lip hard, and the water shadow said hoarsely, "no, it's impossible. How can there be magic that makes you old? You... You've been there! "

The old man smiled and didn't answer.

Sometimes, not talking is default.

Water shadow wanted to know why the old man never told her that he had been to that place and what strange things he had encountered to grow old so quickly.

But since the old man didn't say it, she didn't dare to ask.

He is her adoptive father, but he has another position that she also fears.

"Tell me more about the square."

After the old man personally supplied water and the shadow was full of water, he turned off the topic.

"He, what does he have to say?"

The water shadow still couldn't get out of some kind of shock and said casually: "originally, I suspected that he was stealing saints... But later, various signs showed that he was far from qualified to be called stealing saints. At most, he was an adoptive father with some little origin -- what are you laughing at?"

After inadvertently finding a meaningful smile on the old man's face, the water shadow panicked for no reason. Like a child who lied and was seen through by adults, he quickly lowered his head: "adoptive father, I didn't lie to you -- well, I admit, I lied to you. The probability of stealing saints is higher than 80 percent. "

The old man asked slowly, "what are you going to do?"

"He will die."

The water shadow thought for a while and then said, "I've been sending someone to spy on him these days. At any time, it can end his life. Whether he steals the saint or not... I'd rather kill 800 people by mistake than leave one person alone. I still remember your teachings. "

The old man laughed: "hehe, if you don't have a good reason, don't kill him."

"Why?"

The water raised his head puzzled.

The old man looked at the lake and cut off the topic: "water, how long has he sacrificed?"

"He --"

The water's dark face turned a little white and closed his mouth.

The man the old man said was naturally the man she had a crush on before.

How long has he died?

Of course, water shadow remembers very clearly, because over the years, after opening her eyes every day, she will silently calculate how long he has sacrificed.

The old man sighed gently: "anyway, some people and some things, it's time to put it down. When people live, they always have to look forward, not always immersed in pain. "

The water shadow was silent for a long time before he said low, "I can't let go."

"You can't let go because you don't want to accept anyone except him."

"No one can take his place in my heart. What I regret now is why I didn't say to him when he was alive, "I like him."

The water shadow turned and looked at the lake.

The sun didn't know when it set. On the lake, there was only a layer of golden red residual glow.

"Someone will be able to replace him, and I believe that person has appeared."

The old man said, slowly stood up and walked to the thatched house with his hands on his back.

Who is the man the old man said?

Water shadow knows.

But she didn't believe it and said loudly, "No. Adoptive father, you're wrong. I'll never like him like that. He's glib and arrogant... He's a little gangster! "

"How can a little gangster deserve your daughter me?"

The water shadow also stood up and said more loudly.

What she left was the impression of debauchery.

But in her bones, she is quite traditional, especially for men.

The only man she ever loved was a man with a rigorous style, free from speech and laughter, and a cold face like a knife cutting an axe. How can that bastard Fang Yuan compare?

Especially, he also suspected that she was dirty with her adoptive father!

If it weren't for his saving sister Shui, would she help him hide this sentence?

The old man who came to the door of the thatched house turned back and looked at the shadow of the water, smiled and whispered, "but I didn't tell you that the man is square."

The water shadow was stunned, then his face turned red, stamped his feet, covered his face with his hands and shouted in a low voice, "adoptive father, don't take such a tease!"

After the old man said that the man had appeared, the water shadow immediately thought of the surrounding area.

This is enough to show that the guy has occupied a very important position in sister Shui's mind, which means that she has considered this problem, whether it is wishful thinking or serious.

"Ha ha."

The old man smiled again and said slowly, "water, there are two things to tell you."

The water shadow put down his hand covering his face and looked up at him.

"First of all, from tonight on, you will no longer be the top leader of the wind. Lao Du will take over your position."

The old man spoke in an understated tone, as if he were saying a trivial thing.

However, this sentence officially lifted the leadership of water shadow.

Like an electric shock, the water shadow trembled: "what, what?"

She never dreamed that the old man would dismiss her from her post with a light sentence.

Water shadow asked herself, she has been the boss of the wind for many years, her performance can be said to be quite excellent, and her work is better than that of previous bosses.

Not long ago, it was discovered that there was a dark world in Lop Nur. He was about to shake off his arms and work hard, but he was dismissed from his post.

She had long regarded the wind as her home and Lao Du and others as her family. Now she was suddenly expelled from her family. She suddenly had a loss and fear that she had never had before.

Just as he didn't care what the water shadow was like, the old man didn't explain at all. He began to say his second decision: "in view of your excellent performance in the wind these years, from tomorrow, you will be the president of Qixin group, you can control 37% of the shares, and you can also decide the future direction of the group, or even bankruptcy."

According to water shadow, Qixin group was founded by the old man when she first became the boss of the wind seven years ago. In total, there are three parties to inject capital, including 30 local shares, 33 military shares, and the remaining 37% shares, which are controlled by the old man's reputation.

Now, the old man has transferred the 37% shares directly to her name.

As he said, she is the president of Qixin group and has the supreme power to control the group.

Like other diversified companies, Qixin group openly operates high-profit businesses such as hotels, clubs and real estate, but in fact its main business is still doing business with the military.

As long as it is the materials needed by the military, including technicians, Qixin group can provide them.

And more importantly, the relationship between the two sides is equal. No matter what good things Qixin group has, it must give priority to the military, and what the military needs, it must first be purchased through Qixin group.

Fools also know that the most profitable business in the world is related to the military.

So Qixin group has been established for more than seven years. Even the shadow of water doesn't know how huge it is.

But it is certain that Qixin group is stronger than any of the top 500 enterprises.

Once the president of water shadow is exposed to the public eye, she will become the queen of all business bosses and eager to curry favor with each other -- it can be seen that although the old man removed her post, she gave her a broader sky.

Such a great fortune fell from the sky, but the water shadow was not rare. He just shook his head: "I, I don't want it! I just want you to take your life back -- please, please! "

The old man didn't look at her again and closed the door after entering the house.

The water shadow flopped down on his knees and held his head up straight.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the moon gradually rose to the top of her head. The white frost in the field was silent, and the eyebrow hair covered with water shadow turned her into a white man.

But she was still motionless, like a statue.