Chapter 264: Browsing the Bookstore

Li Xuewu screwed the cap on the fountain pen and handed it to Li Shu, who was reaching out to grab it.

Li Shu imitated her eldest uncle's appearance, clutching the fountain pen and drawing on the draft paper, babbling something, with drool flowing onto the draft paper.

Li Xuewen didn't like being disturbed when reading or writing, so Zhao Yafang would rather hold a book and sit on the kang to read than go grab the desk with Li Xuewen.

Li Xuecai and Li Xue didn't dare to make a scene when their eldest brother was reading or writing.

In the whole family, only Li Shu was an exception; she didn't care if you were reading or writing, she would cry if she wanted to cry, laugh if she wanted to laugh, and no one could control her.

"Ya, ya, ya!"

Li Shu gestured at Li Xuewu with the fountain pen, and Li Xuewu nodded with a smile: "Yeah, yeah, you grabbed your eldest uncle's pen, you write."

Watching Li Shu play with the fountain pen again, Li Xuewu asked his eldest brother Xuewen: "Is the house all tidied up?"

Li Xuewen leaned back in his chair, quite satisfied, and said: "All tidied up. Your sister-in-law went to buy curtains, and I went with grandfather to buy furniture. That place you mentioned is really not bad, it's just a bit far from the school; it took more than two hours even by horse-drawn carriage."

Li Xuewu went into the room to find scissors to help Li Shu trim her nails. At first, Li Shu wouldn't let him, but it was only when Li Xuewen teased her from the side that she let him trim them.

"Go visit Li Congyun's office more often, and remember to visit during festivals. You interact with him a lot, sometimes I don't think of it."

"Yeah, I know."

After Li Xuewen agreed, his sister-in-law Zhao Yafang walked in wiping her hands.

Seeing the two brothers working together to trim Li Shu's nails, especially the look Li Xuewen gave Li Shu, Zhao Yafang had an idea.

"Xuewu, he's the principal after all, it's not good for us to trouble him."

Li Xuewu looked up and smiled at his sister-in-law, saying: "If you think he's the principal, he will treat you with the principal's identity. If you think he's an uncle, he has to treat you with an uncle's identity."

After finishing with his sister-in-law, he said to Li Xuewen: "My relationship with him is okay, but we don't interact much usually; I interact more with your Security Division. I don't need this relationship, but you can use it, but I'll make it clear to you."

Li Xuewu let go of Li Shu's right hand after trimming, switched the fountain pen from her left hand to her right, and changed Li Shu's direction to start trimming the nails on her left hand.

"Although you are a bit of an official now, don't participate in those activities. Just do your teaching tasks well, don't express opinions on various occasions, and be particular about methods when dealing with students. Don't talk to them about ideological things."

"Xuewu, is something wrong?"

His sister-in-law's sensitivity was stronger than his eldest brother's; she had already heard that something was wrong with Li Xuewu's words.

Li Xuewu didn't look up and said: "Sister-in-law, you are both science majors, just do your teaching work well. Don't go to the liberal arts side, don't go to salons or gatherings. You don't need to ask for the specific reasons, just watch slowly and you'll know."

Li Xuewen frowned and looked at Li Xuewu without speaking; obviously, he hadn't expected things to be so serious.

Zhao Yafang leaned over and asked while teasing Li Shu: "Are you talking about the things in the newspaper? It has nothing to do with us, right?"

Li Xuewu shook his head and said: "The people in your school are the most cultured group of people. Do you think it has nothing to do with you?"

Li Xuewen and Zhao Yafang stopped speaking, each thinking about their own things.

"You can't go to Old Sun's tea party anymore," Zhao Yafang said to Li Xuewen.

Li Xuewen was silent for a moment and replied: "We are just purely discussing academics, we didn't discuss other things."

Zhao Yafang glared at Li Xuewen and said: "Old Sun's wife is from the School of Liberal Arts, and it's not just people from your School of Physics who go there. Who knows what you're saying behind closed doors? You're not allowed to go."

Li Xuewen nodded, then looked at Li Xuewu and said: "Do we need to move back?"

Seeing Li Xuewen ask this, Zhao Yafang also looked over.

Li Xuewu thought for a while and said: "It seems fine for now, but it's more appropriate to live at home. You should hurry up and have a child."

Li Xuewen and Zhao Yafang looked at each other; they hadn't expected Li Xuewu to say this.

Deciding not to have children for now was a decision made by both of them because they were both teachers at the school and it was their first year on the job, which was the learning stage of teaching, so they wanted to put more energy into teaching.

"Are you saying I should prepare......?"

Li Xuewu put away the scissors, let his eldest brother watch Li Shu, and went to put the scissors away himself.

When he came back, he picked up Li Shu and said to his sister-in-law: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

After saying this, he left his eldest brother and sister-in-law looking at each other, and continued to walk around the room holding Li Shu.

Li Shu was quite polite; knowing the fountain pen wasn't her father's, she turned around and threw the fountain pen directly at her eldest uncle.

"Oh, my ancestor."

Zhao Yafang was quick-handed and caught the fountain pen that was about to fall to the ground, calling her ancestor in her mouth.

"Hahahaha."

Li Xuewu tickled Li Shu and smiled: "Your eldest uncle only has this one fountain pen. If you break it, see if your eldest uncle hits you."

"Hehehe," Li Xuewen's mind was very sharp; knowing that the matter was already settled, he didn't think too much about it. He looked at Li Xuewu and said: "It's fine, her father has money. If she breaks the pen he gave me, I'll let her father buy me a new one."

Li Xuewu pursed his lips and said: "Dream on. Her father is almost too poor to open the pot."

"Brother, the pot in your room isn't unable to be opened, it's almost rusted shut."

Li Xuecai teased his second brother and also mentioned Li Xuewu's laziness.

Li Xuewu glared at Li Xuecai, but seeing this silly boy packing his schoolbag as if he were going out, he asked: "Got a program?"

Li Xuecai looked at Li Shun sitting in the hall and winked at Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. I won't tell Mom and Dad. Is it Ji Yuxiu you're meeting?"

"Hahahaha," Li Xue was laughing happily now.

At first, Li Xue and Ji Yuxiu were good friends, but her third brother had "ulterior motives," and now Li Xue didn't dare to disturb her third brother's actions.

"Second brother! You!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Li Xuewu nodded continuously and said: "I know, I'll keep it a secret for you."

Li Xuecai saw Li Shun looking at him and explained anxiously: "There's a new movie at the Dahuah Cinema today. I want to go see it, and she wants to go too. It's not an intentional meeting."

"It's fine, even if it's intentional, it's fine. Holding hands is also fine."

"Hahaha," seeing Li Xuewu tease Li Xuecai until his face turned red, Li Xue and Zhao Yafang were even more amused.

If Li Xuecai couldn't beat his second brother, he would have had the heart to rush up and strangle him right now.

"Go early and come back early. It's chaotic on the street now, get home before dark. You're not allowed to fight with people."

Li Shun gave this instruction, then lowered his head to drink tea and didn't look at Li Xuecai anymore.

As if he had received an imperial decree, Li Xuecai jumped two feet high in excitement, agreed, made a face at Li Xuewu, and ran out the door.

Watching Li Xuecai push Li Xuewen's bicycle out of the second gate, Liu Yin turned back and asked Li Xuewu: "What kind of family is this girl you're talking about?"

Seeing his mother say this, Li Xuewu really thought about it.

But instantly he felt something was wrong. Both had the surname Ji, one said she had an older brother, one said she had a younger sister, and their parents were both from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Damn! Was he stupid?

This Ji Yuxiu wasn't just Ji Weidong's younger sister!

Li Xuewu held Li Shu and was stunned for a long while. It was only when Li Shu saw her father wasn't walking and swung her little hand to slap Li Xuewu that he was awakened.

"Getting bold, daring to hit your dad? Haven't been beaten enough? Have you ever seen a fist as big as a sand pot?"

Li Xuewu poked Li Shu's little belly with his fist, making Li Shu giggle.

After teasing his daughter, seeing his mother and father looking at him, Li Xuewu smiled and explained: "I just remembered, she's the younger sister of a friend of mine. I know both of them. Their parents are both officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the girl is an internal staff member at our street station."

Li Shun didn't say anything because there wasn't even a shadow of a relationship yet.

So he just didn't restrict Li Xuecai's interactions, but held a wait-and-see attitude toward further developments.

Liu Yin asked Li Xuewu about Ji Yuxiu's family situation, but Li Xuewu only heard a few words from chatting with Ji Weidong, and didn't know much about the specific situation.

"You can chat with Xuecai when he comes back, but don't say too much. They are both young, their views on emotions aren't very mature, so it's better to see if it's fate."

Liu Yin glanced at Li Xuewu and chided: "You say it so clearly, why don't you find one yourself?"

Li Xuewu bounced Li Shu, who was about to make a fuss, and said to his mother: "Do you still need to worry about me?"

"Giggle, giggle, giggle."

Because the exam was approaching, Li Xue took a book and read it on the kang in the north room, but was amused from time to time when listening to her second brother's words.

After being hit by Liu Yin, Li Xuewu walked to the north room to look at Li Xue's book, then said to his younger sister: "Take the book to my room to read. There's a desk and a chair. Isn't it tiring for your eyes to read on the kang?"

"Thank you, second brother."

Actually, Li Xue also wanted to go to the back courtyard, but was hindered by her fear of Li Xuewu, and also a bit embarrassed.

Hearing her second brother speak now, Li Xue nimbly started to get off the kang, put on her clothes, and packed her schoolbag.

"Come on, give Li Shu to me. Go do your work, why are you staying at home as a big young man all day?"

The old lady reached out for Li Shu and drove Li Xuewu away.

It wasn't that the old lady was annoyed with Li Xuewu, but rather that although the elderly were willing to have children and grandchildren around their knees every day, they were more willing to see their children and grandchildren achieve something, and didn't want to see them being useless at home.

"Got it, go ahead, go let Grandma coax you to sleep."

Li Xuewu handed Li Shu to the old lady, greeted Li Shun, and walked toward the back courtyard, changing into the woolen coat Ji Weidong had given him in the hall.

When he went out, he happened to see Li Xue walking in with her schoolbag. Li Xuewu flicked Li Xue on the forehead, causing Li Xue to chase her second brother and slap him.

When he entered the back room, he saw only Yu Li in the kitchen adding fire to the stove.

"Need water, right? Third Uncle told me, it's about to boil."

Yu Li looked up at Li Xuewu, then lowered her head to add fire.

Li Xuewu placed the white iron bucket by the side of the stove, opened the pot lid, mixed half cold water and half hot water, and carried it toward the west courtyard.

After adding water to the car and lighting the fire, he carried the iron bucket back to the back room.

"Third Uncle told you?"

Yu Li looked up at Li Xuewu in surprise, then understood what Li Xuewu meant and nodded hesitantly.

Li Xuewu looked carefully at the slap mark on Yu Li's face and frowned: "My dad is at home, go take a look. It's hard for the swelling to go down in winter."

"No need, I'm just staying to watch the house tonight."

Seeing Yu Li insist, Li Xuewu didn't say anything more and nodded as he walked out.

Everyone has their own fate.

Driving the Willys, which leaked wind on both sides, toward Dong Wenxue's house, he couldn't stand the cold on the road and stopped the car to warm up for a while.

It was already past nine when he arrived at Dong Wenxue's house.

Li Xuewu came here to sit for a while every weekend whenever he had time, because some things were better said at home.

Dong Wenxue's training didn't have classes every day, and there were no classes on Sunday, so he was waiting for Li Xuewu at home now.

"Come in quickly, it's really cold today."

Seeing Li Xuewu's car at the door, Sister-in-law Han had been waiting at the door to welcome Li Xuewu early.

Seeing Li Xuewu stamping his feet as he entered, she helped Li Xuewu hang his coat on the wall and told him to enter the room quickly.

Li Xuewu felt warm after taking off his coat, rubbed his hands, and smiled at Sister-in-law Han: "You welcomed me in vain this time, I came empty-handed, hahaha."

"Then go out."

Han Shu teased with a smile, and under Dong Wenxue's greeting, led Li Xuewu inside.

Li Xuewu took off his hat in the hall and placed it on the heater at the door, saying: "Already entered the door, don't think about driving me out, hahaha."

Just as they were joking, as they walked inside, they saw Gu Ning sitting on the sofa drinking tea, looking at Li Xuewu and Han Shu joking with a smile.

"Yo, Doctor Gu is here too," Li Xuewu greeted. Seeing him enter, Gu Ning stood up to welcome him, so he quickly waved his hand and said: "Sit, sit, sit, you sit."

Han Shu walked to Gu Ning's side, pulled her to sit, and pointed at Li Xuewu, who was busy making tea for himself, saying: "You should learn from Li Xuewu, don't be polite when you come here."

"Yes," Gu Ning looked at Li Xuewu, who was rummaging through the tea cabinet for tea leaves, and responded with a smile.

Li Xuewu found the good-tasting tea leaves he drank in the teacher's office and made a cup for himself.

He walked over holding the teacup and said: "Still saying learn from me, didn't see Han Laoshi driving me out at the door, you'd better be a bit polite."

"Hahaha," Dong Wenxue patted Li Xuewu, who was sitting beside him, and said: "Then don't come empty-handed next time."

Li Xuewu said to Gu Ning: "Did you hear that? This is for you, telling you to bring things next time."

"Talking about you, why are you dragging Aunt Xiao Ning into it?"

Han Shu chided Li Xuewu with a smile, then asked: "What do you want to eat at noon? I'll make it for you."

She asked Li Xuewu and then looked at Gu Ning.

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Anything is fine, I'm not picky."

Gu Ning also held her teacup and smiled: "Anything is fine."

"Alright, you two are both easy to host."

Han Shu stood up with a smile and walked to the kitchen. Seeing Li Xuewu pouring water into Dong Wenxue's teacup, Gu Ning followed, leaving the living room to the two.

"How is it? Can you hold on?"

Li Xuewu naturally knew what the teacher was asking, and wasn't surprised by the teacher's source of information. If he didn't even know this, then being a deputy director would be meaningless.

"Hehe, just wait and watch the good show."

Li Xuewu said this, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said: "Just focus on your studies, this time I'll take a good look at what kind of god is sitting in this temple."

"Hehe," Dong Wenxue smiled, looking at his confident student, knowing that this kid hadn't exerted his strength yet, just holding back something bad.

"I heard Secretary Yang went to investigate you."

He asked this, and as if inadvertently, asked again: "Did Deputy Factory Li Suo ask?"

Li Xuewu glanced at Dong Wenxue and said: "Playing dumb with me, but it's okay, at least he didn't kick me while I was down."

Dong Wenxue drank some tea, squinted at Li Xuewu and said: "Do you know who reported you?"

Li Xuewu lowered his head and turned the teacup lid, saying: "I know."

After replying, he immediately chuckled: "Did you figure it out?"

Dong Wenxue hung his eyes and looked at Li Xuewu, helplessly saying: "Aren't you afraid of playing with fire? Now they are using your own strategy against you."

Li Xuewu smiled confidently and said: "That depends on whether they know what my strategy is. They might have already fallen into my strategy within a strategy."

Dong Wenxue knew Li Xuewu couldn't just use one routine, and sighed: "It's also that we, teacher and student, were anxious, making you have to take risks."

Li Xuewu comforted: "It's not as serious as you say. This time it's an opportunity. Just wait and see, hold the line for me, and I'll go to the front and kill them clean."

"Hahahaha," Dong Wenxue patted Li Xuewu quite happily, then squinted and said: "This Deputy Factory Li Suo......"

"Hehe," Li Xuewu chuckled twice, then said to Dong Wenxue: "Old Li is okay, nothing more than wanting too much. The more such people are, the easier they are to get along with."

Dong Wenxue looked at Li Xuewu and said: "You've really got his pulse."

"Got what pulse?" Han Shu walked out of the kitchen with Gu Ning, asking as she walked.

Li Xuewu smiled and teased: "Asking about my medical studies. Is the food ready?"

Han Shu wiped her hands and said: "What time is it? Thawed the meat you brought last time, we're eating meat at noon."

Sitting on the sofa with Gu Ning, Han Shu looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Not busy today, right? Go out and walk around with Aunt Xiao Ning in a while."

"No need, Sister Han, it's quite good to sit at home."

Before Li Xuewu could answer, Gu Ning refused first.

Li Xuewu looked at Han Laoshi and smiled: "Have things to do in the evening, have to go back in the afternoon, but there's time after eating."

After explaining to Han Shu, he said to Gu Ning: "I'll take you to the bookstore in a while, I want to buy books too."

Seeing Han Shu look at her, Gu Ning nodded while drinking tea.

"Then let's eat early, you can browse for a while longer."

Han Shu said this with a smile, settling the matter, then changed the subject and chatted about Li Xuewu's studies.

When they left Dong Wenxue's house, it was Sister-in-law Han and Dong Wenxue who saw them to the door.

Watching the two young people who were a good match get into the car a bit uncomfortably, Han Shu even gave Li Xuewu a wink, then instructed Li Xuewu to send Gu Ning home.

Li Xuewu drove the jeep out, glanced at Gu Ning sitting on the side with his peripheral vision, then focused on the front.

Gu Ning also glanced at Li Xuewu with her peripheral vision, and the two sat quietly in the jeep toward the bookstore.

Li Xuewu chose the Xinhua Bookstore at Beixinqiao because it was close to Andingmen, making it convenient to send Gu Ning home later.

The car he was driving was really not convenient for wandering around in winter, so he chose a familiar bookstore near his home, saving the trouble of looking.

At the street corner, Li Xuewu parked the car in a sheltered place, fearing the car would freeze later.

Gu Ning was still wearing that blue military coat and military cotton hat, and didn't feel too cold after being in the car for a while.

Seeing Li Xuewu park the car, she followed Li Xuewu out of the car.

The Beixinqiao Xinhua Bookstore was originally a bookstore that had been renovated. It was a two-story building with several lampshades hanging on the roof, obviously open for a long time at night.

It was reasonable; who would browse a bookstore in broad daylight if it wasn't a rest day or after work?

Entering the door, he saw there weren't many people inside, each looking for the books they wanted on the shelves.

The current situation in the Four Nine Cities was still dominated by Xinhua Bookstore, with no other bookstores at all.

Unless it was the kind of old book and newspaper stall in Dong'an Market, but what was sold there were old books and periodicals.

The sales clerks here were quite polite, giving Gu Ning and Li Xuewu each a cardboard bookmark to mark their place when looking for books on the shelves; if they didn't want them, they had to put the books back in their original places.

Li Xuewu came here to browse, so when Gu Ning walked toward literature and art, Li Xuewu followed.

Actually, books in this period in the country weren't lacking; such bookstores generally sold over ten thousand types of books or periodicals.

It's worth mentioning that books didn't need coupons at this time, and you could buy as many as you wanted, but the price wasn't cheap.

Generally speaking, the price of a novel was equivalent to the price of a jin of pork.

Scientific magazines or technical books were relatively cheaper.

Seeing Gu Ning stop at the imported book shelf, looking at original and translated versions of various world classics.

Li Xuewu whispered something to Gu Ning, then went to the humanities and philosophy shelf to look.

He really needed this kind of book to arm his mind now. In his previous life, he had only read a few glances at philosophy books during school or in scattered time, and hadn't systematically studied philosophy.

But in his current position and location, he had to learn some philosophy.

Not to show off, just to avoid stepping on mines and making mistakes.

Ren Jiyu's "History of Chinese Philosophy," Yang Guorong's "History of Ancient Chinese Thought," "Critique of the Gotha Program," "The Civil War in France," "Materialism and Empirio-criticism," "Anti-Dühring," "The State and Revolution," "The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State," as well as "On Practice," "On Contradiction," "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People," and "Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?"

Li Xuewu held the selected books directly in his hands, like Li Tianwang holding a pagoda, making people coming to look for books stare sideways.

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to these people's gazes at all, but picked and chose, stacking the selected books on his hands.

It wasn't until the patrolling sales clerk saw it that she helped Li Xuewu find a rope, tied the books together, and carried them to the counter for Li Xuewu.

Because there was another set of books to buy, Li Xuewu didn't follow to the counter.

The red-covered "Art of Slaughtering Dragons" was still easy to find. He picked up a set and was about to leave, but turned back and took another set before walking toward Gu Ning.

When he reached the aisle where Gu Ning was, he heard Gu Ning talking to someone.

Although Li Xuewu wasn't a "gentleman" who cared about "not looking, not listening to what is improper."

But since he had walked here, if he stood still and waited for them to finish, he would be suspected of eavesdropping.

So Li Xuewu carried the two bundles of books and bypassed the shelf, pretending not to know, preparing to walk into the aisle.

Just as he reached the entrance of the aisle, he saw a man and a woman standing sideways beside Gu Ning talking about something. Li Xuewu looked carefully and recognized who these two were.

One was Gu Ning's classmate, also a former good friend, Tong Yan, who had given Li Xuewu the wrong medicine.

The other was the young man who had wanted to fork him at the roast duck restaurant.

These two didn't know Li Xuewu had walked over at first, but seeing Gu Ning's eyes looking out, they also looked behind them.

At this look, both were stunned and stood there.

Was it such a coincidence today?

Li Xuewu squinted and walked forward two steps, blocking the aisle behind him.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing Wei Guo looked at Li Xuewu approaching and asked, his voice trembling.

Li Xuewu didn't bother with these two at all, just looked at Gu Ning.

Tong Yan, who thought he was going to take revenge, grabbed Seeing Wei Guo's arm with trembling hands, and then said to Gu Ning: "Gu Ning, let's go, let's go to my house and chat."

Gu Ning didn't speak, but frowned and looked at Tong Yan, then said: "No, I have things to do at home, I have to go back in a while."

Seeing Wei Guo saw Li Xuewu didn't make any other moves, turned his face to Gu Ning and said: "Aunt Xiao Ning, you haven't been in touch with us for a while. Everyone is here today, let's go gather."

"No, I really have things to do today, let's gather another day."

Gu Ning said this and bypassed Seeing Wei Guo to walk toward Li Xuewu, which surprised Seeing Wei Guo and the other person.

Just now they didn't know Gu Ning was with Li Xuewu, and seeing Gu Ning alone, they came to greet her, not expecting to meet the madman from before.

Seeing Gu Ning walk toward Li Xuewu, they didn't know what was going on.

But seeing Gu Ning say to Li Xuewu, "There's nothing to see here, let's go to the history section to see,"

Only then did they understand Gu Ning was with Li Xuewu.

This was really unexpected for Tong Yan, because she knew Li Xuewu's general information—just a platoon leader—how did he get together with Gu Ning?

Li Xuewu turned around and let Gu Ning go first, his eyes still staring at the two standing there.

"Aunt Xiao Ning," Tong Yan called out. Seeing Gu Ning turn back, she glanced at Li Xuewu vaguely, then hesitated and asked: "You and him......?"

This question made not only Gu Ning frown, but Seeing Wei Guo also looked at Li Xuewu with a frown.

Gu Ning looked up at Li Xuewu, who was still looking over there, and then said to the two: "I still have books to find, you guys go play."

After saying this, she went to the history section on the second floor.

Li Xuewu walked to the counter, paid for the two bundles of books in his hands, took the invoice, and went to the second floor, leaving the books at the counter to be picked up later.

Seeing Wei Guo took Tong Yan and stood by the shelf, watching Li Xuewu go upstairs before hurrying away.

Perhaps she really didn't take Seeing Wei Guo and Tong Yan seriously, Gu Ning started browsing again on the second floor.

Sometimes when she met one she liked, she would insert a bookmark and pull the book out to read for a while.

Li Xuewu looked for books he could read nearby. Li Xuewu had some reading volume on history, thanks to the time-killing in later generations and the stick education Li Shun gave his predecessor.

He picked and chose Fan Wenlan's "General History of China" and a facsimile of "Dream Pool Essays."

These two books weren't for learning, but for killing time on the kang.

During the long time Li Xuewu was picking books, Gu Ning only picked one "Chu Ci Tong Shi."

When Li Xuewu took Gu Ning, who had picked her books, downstairs, he asked softly: "Don't want to pick a few more?"

Gu Ning glanced at Li Xuewu and said: "My work is quite busy, I have little time to read, so it takes a long time to read a book, so just buy one each time I browse the bookstore."

Li Xuewu nodded. When checking out, Gu Ning wanted to pay herself, and Li Xuewu didn't insist.

But when preparing to go out, Gu Ning looked at the two large bundles of books in Li Xuewu's hands and couldn't help but be a bit surprised.

"You want to read so many books?"

Li Xuewu smiled, buttoned his hat tightly, and said: "Work needs it."

Gu Ning nodded and helped Li Xuewu push the door open, letting Li Xuewu, who was carrying the books, go first.

When Li Xuewu went out, he saw two jeeps parked across the street, with two people standing beside the cars.

Li Xuewu squinted, didn't pay attention, carried the books toward the jeep at the door, and put the books in the back seat.

When Gu Ning went out, she was stunned for a moment, then pretended not to see and walked toward Li Xuewu's side.

The back door of the jeep across the street was opened, and Weimin, whom Li Xuewu had seen later that day, got out of the car, shook the woolen coat on his body, and walked toward this side.

"Aunt Xiao Ning."

Weimin called Gu Ning, then took two quick steps across the street and intercepted Gu Ning in front of the jeep.

"Haven't been in touch for a long time, you wouldn't still care about what happened last time, right?"

Gu Ning looked at the suave Weimin and said: "No, I've been busy lately. Also, I told you last time, it's better to call me Gu Ning."

After saying this, Gu Ning prepared to bypass Weimin and get in the car, but was intercepted by Weimin with a wrong step.

"Alright, haven't been in touch before, you're busy, but you're not busy today, right? Let's go, let's go to Tong Yan's house to chat. There's a gathering on the second floor of Dongfeng in the evening, let's go join the fun."

Li Xuewu unbuttoned his coat, jumped off the driver's seat, walked toward the front, and watched Gu Ning's reaction.

Gu Ning frowned and said: "No, I have things to do at home today, I'm going back now."

As she spoke, she prepared to bypass Weimin again.

"Gu Ning, you wouldn't be so disrespectful, right?"

Seeing that the conversation wasn't going well, the two across the street walked over.

The leader, Seeing Wei Guo, said even more dissatisfied: "We're all in the same courtyard, my brother came to invite you personally, and you're just leaving like this?"

Seeing Weimin still wanting to move his steps to intercept Gu Ning, Li Xuewu frowned and patted Weimin on the shoulder.

"Your mother's......"

Weimin had long seen Li Xuewu get off the car. Seeing this little platoon leader intercepting him now, he turned his head and was about to curse.

"Bang~"

Li Xuewu swung his fist and hit Weimin directly in the face, hitting the remaining words in Weimin's mouth back into his stomach.

Li Xuewu, who didn't forgive people, didn't wait for Weimin's body to stand steady. Before others around him could react, he stepped forward, grabbed the back of Weimin's head, pulled it back, and pressed Weimin directly toward the front cover of the Willys.

"Bang~"

How hard was the front machine cover of this Willys? Let's put it this way: if a big rock hit it, it would only be a small dent.

Now that it had been hit by Seeing Wei Guo's head, it only made a "bang" sound.

Li Xuewu couldn't see how Weimin's face was, but he could see a red mark left on the front cover of the Willys.

"Damn!"

The two who walked over had already reacted. Seeing Li Xuewu make a move, they both drew the weapons in their hands and prepared to rush forward.

Li Xuewu gritted his teeth, dragged the person in his hand to block in front of him, then took out the gun from his bosom and pointed it at the two people holding forks and guns opposite.

"Let go of my brother!"

"Put down the gun."

Seeing Wei Guo took out the pistol he had prepared from his waist and pointed it at Li Xuewu, shouting at Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu was calm, dragged Weimin back two steps, created distance for the gun in his hand, and then pointed at the two people, saying: "Put down the gun, and squat on the ground."

"Li Xuewu."

Li Xuewu heard Gu Ning call him, so he turned his head to look at the somewhat stunned Gu Ning.

"I'll go to the bookstore to call."

When Gu Ning turned back, she had already discovered Li Xuewu had made a move. She wanted to stop it but it was too late. Thinking of the Wei family, Gu Ning proposed to go into the bookstore to call.

At this moment, people in the bookstore and on the street also found something wrong and avoided this side one after another.

Li Xuewu grinned at Gu Ning and said: "No need, reinforcements will arrive in a while."

After finishing speaking, he dragged Weimin's collar and knocked his head against the car door frame, causing another round of shouting from the two opposite.

"Do you think I don't dare to shoot?" Seeing Wei Guo pointed at Li Xuewu and shouted sternly.

Li Xuewu didn't bother with Seeing Wei Guo's shouting at all, pointed the gun muzzle and said again: "Second warning, put down the weapon, squat on the ground."

The person who came with Seeing Wei Guo also felt his hot blood slowly cool down. The one caught was the eldest of the Wei family, and the one pointing the gun was the second of the Wei family. They were brothers; what kind of onion was he? Where was it worth risking his life?

Seeing Li Xuewu give a warning, the ones who were shouting just now also lowered their volume and looked at Seeing Wei Guo standing in front.

Seeing Wei Guo was also in a dilemma now. This gun was taken from home, and it was okay to put on a show, but if he really fired, it would be a matter.

Li Xuewu didn't give Seeing Wei Guo time to react. He held Weimin's collar, pointed the gun at Seeing Wei Guo and said: "Third warning, put down the weapon, hug your head and squat on the ground."

"What are you doing! Put down the gun."

Just as Li Xuewu finished speaking, two policemen ran in from the street corner, both holding large Type 54s in their hands.

After this sentence was shouted, the people here then heard the policeman who shouted say again: "Put down the gun!"

Seeing Wei Guo saw Li Xuewu unmoved, and originally wanted to continue pointing at Li Xuewu.

But now he was already pointed at by the policeman's large Type 54, so he had to throw the gun in his hand and look at Li Xuewu proudly.

"Comrade Policeman, this person is holding a gun and committing violence. I was preparing to save people."

Li Xuewu looked at the villain who complained first and threw the gun, then turned his head to look at the two policemen who approached.

This look made him smile, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Out of solitary confinement so soon?"

"Li Suo? You are?"

Good, not enemies not meeting. It's really a coincidence today.

Hearing the young policeman call Li Xuewu Li Suo, and seeing these two put down their raised guns, Seeing Wei Guo knew it was bad.

He wanted to move his feet to run back, but was seen by Li Xuewu with his peripheral vision.

"If you take another step, I'll shoot directly. Three warnings have already passed."

"You are protecting your own. I want to call."

Li Xuewu didn't bother with Seeing Wei Guo's shouting, reached out and felt the body of Weimin, who had been knocked unconscious by himself, took out a Type 54 and threw it on the ground, then used the handcuffs on his back to handcuff Weimin.

"Li Suo, it's really a coincidence."

Song Zhijian walked to Li Xuewu and looked at the person handcuffed by Li Xuewu.

Weimin was wearing a woolen coat, so Song Zhijian didn't know Weimin's identity.

Li Xuewu didn't explain, and threw the person directly into the back seat.

"A few little brats blocked the road and teased my friend, and wanted to get tough, so I subdued them."

"Oh, oh, oh, I was wondering." Old Song looked at the two who were a bit stunned opposite, and then shouted: "Squat down!"

The one who had just figured it out saw Seeing Wei Guo had been disarmed, so he stopped being stubborn and squatted down with his hands on his head.

But seeing Seeing Wei Guo still standing in place unconvinced, they all stood to the side.

"Squat down! Hug your head."

To perform in front of Li Xuewu, Xiaomi and Old Song folded the topic of solitary confinement and roared at the two.

Seeing this person look at the one blocking in front, and the one who just said protecting their own, Xiaomi walked quickly toward Seeing Wei Guo.

Seeing Wei Guo wasn't afraid of these two little policemen, and sneered: "Do you know who my father is?"

Xiaomi was also ruthless. He walked to Seeing Wei Guo's front, and before Seeing Wei Guo could reveal the answer, he directly gave a big back throw, pressed Seeing Wei Guo to the ground, and handcuffed him.

"Ask your mother who your father is!"

Xiaomi threw Seeing Wei Guo, who was dizzy, to the side and looked at the one still standing.

This person saw the scarred face holding a gun and standing, and this young one daring to make a move, glanced at Weimin, whose face was blooming, and squatted down with his head in his hands.

Xiaomi cursed and searched the body of this person, throwing the weapons found to the side.

"Damn, still a group of tough guys, not only have guns, but also this kind of bloodletting thing."

Old Song was more knowledgeable than Xiaomi. He looked at the large Type 54 at his feet, and then looked at the dress of these people, knowing these people weren't simple characters.

"Li Suo, should these people be taken to our station or sent to your station?"

Before Li Xuewu could speak, Xiaomi handcuffed the person, walked over and said: "Li Suo, hand them over to us."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said: "Still like last time? No need, help me send them to Jiaodaokou, I'm afraid you don't have the strength to handle this case." ===== CHAPTER 265 =====