Los Angeles was just cloudy, but it never rained.

After the performance that night, Zhao Daxin gathered four junior brothers and three junior sisters together.

"Maybe you all know that the circus will leave at noon tomorrow and head to the next performance location of San Diego. I'll refund your train tickets and change them to depart at noon the day after tomorrow. You can stay in Los Angeles for one more day, and walk around and see the scenery and go shopping. It's also good." Zhao Daxin tried his best to maintain a calm expression, but his eyes showed a hint of anxiety from time to time.

Gan He asked, "Senior Brother, what about you? Are you with us?"

Luo Lie snorted and said before Zhao Daxin: "Senior Brother is not with us, he will go with the circus alone tomorrow. Humph, he must have fallen in love with that foreign girl and deliberately left the master's sister-in-law away."

Zhao Daxin rolled his eyes in anger, while Gan He laughed out loud.

Alice gave Zhao Daxin a thumbs up and praised: "Senior Brother is just tasteful."

The second senior brother Wang Tao joked: "Alice, you are so good at flattering. You have offended your master's sister-in-law and fourth senior sister completely. Haha, I'll live a good life in the future."

Alice was so scared that she stuck out her tongue and hid behind Luo Lie.

Zhao Daxin said: "Stop messing around, let's talk about business. The contract between our Peng family and the Global Circus will end by the end of August. When the contract is over, we will no longer renew our contract with Mr. Anderson. Everyone is not young anymore, so it is time to find a place to be born, get married, have two children, and live a good life. We have made some money in the Global Circus over the years, and we have a thousand or eight hundred yuan on everyone's head. It should be no problem to use this money to settle a family. As for the future source of life, Brother Bin said that he will arrange it. You have met Brother Bin and know his character. Since he has made a promise, he will definitely arrange you."

Zhao Daxin said, and rarely took out half a pack of cigarettes, took out one, and lit it in his mouth. However, he didn't know how to smoke. After taking the first sip, he started to cough. "Although we are just brothers, we have been getting along more closely than brothers after years. There is one thing I don't want to hide from you. Brother Bin assigned me a task, and this task is extremely dangerous. I have handed over the bank deposits of our Peng family to Xiaoqi. When you arrive in San Diego, if I don't go to the station to pick you up, then Xiaoqi will decide what the Peng family will do in the future."

Luo Lie's growth and progress were very fast, and his understanding and handling of many matters almost surpassed the elder brother. Therefore, Zhao Daxin wanted to hand over the burden of the Peng family leader to Luo Lie. This was not dissatisfied with other elder brothers and sisters. However, everyone's focus was not on this, but on his concerns about Zhao Daxin.

Gan He lowered his head and said nothing. As a traditional Chinese woman, since she married Zhao Daxin, she must accept every decision and arrangement made by Zhao Daxin without complaints, and interfere with her husband's affairs is by no means recommended by the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. Gan Lian held her sister's hands tightly. Before, she had always envied her sister for marrying an excellent man like her eldest brother, and the second senior brother Wang Tao, who had been pursuing her, obviously could not be compared with the eldest brother. But at this moment, Gan Lian suddenly felt sorry for her sister and secretly glad that the second senior brother Wang Tao was infiltrated into the Anliang Hall.

Wang Tao took a deep breath and said, "Senior Brother, I know I shouldn't talk too much, but I really can't help it. What kind of task must you take the risk alone? Can't we junior brothers help you with something?"

Zhao Daxin smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "If you want to say helpers, An Liangtang has many brothers, and they are all more capable than you. But no matter how many helpers are, they cannot reduce the risks. If you don't have eyebrows, who can guarantee that you are absolutely safe? Well, you don't have to worry too much. The elder brother is just afraid that if there is a chance, he will make such a plan."

Luo Lie suddenly smiled and said, "Senior Brother, you are too pessimistic. I think as long as you follow the strategy we have agreed on, you will definitely be able to arrive in San Diego safely. Look at you, this is like explaining the funeral. Is it necessary?"

Zhao Daxin glared at him and said, "You're just talking too much! Xiaoqi, please listen to me. You can make fun of me and deceive me again and again. It doesn't matter, but..." Zhao Daxin said, and his face gradually became serious: "But, this time you'd better be obedient, otherwise, the eldest brother must serve you by family law and even expel you from the master!"

Luo Lie responded with a squinted eye and a curl of his lips.

"Okay, I've said everything I should say. It's getting late, so everyone should do whatever they should do." Zhao Daxin stood up, stretched, as if he had taken off the burden on his body.

Luo Lie secretly pinched Alice beside him, then turned a wink again. Alice understood it and said to Zhao Daxin when her senior brother and sister were leaving: "Senior Brother, I want Nuoli to accompany me out for a walk, okay?"

Zhao Daxin seemed too lazy to speak, but just waved his hand.

After walking out of the hotel, Alice was still worried about the eldest brother and couldn't help asking: "Nuoli, do you think the eldest brother is really dangerous?"

Luo Lie shrugged his shoulders and said, "There is a fable in China, I'll tell you. A long time ago, China was divided into many small countries, one of which was called Qi. At Qi, there was a man who was very brave and a little nervous. He was always worried that the sky would fall and suffocate himself to death."

Alice giggled after hearing this, “Isn’t this man stupid? How could the sky fall?”

Luo Lie said: "Yes, others advised him so, but he said that the sky may not collapse, but what about the sun, moon and stars in the sky? Wouldn't they fall?"

Alice smiled even more happily and said, "It seems that this person is really stupid."

Luo Lie sighed and said, "Senior Brother is a bit like this Qi people who are worried that the sky will fall all day long."

Alice tilted her head for a while and said, "Nuoli, that person cannot be compared with the eldest brother. He is worried that the sky will fall because of ignorance, but the danger that the eldest brother is worried about is real."

Luo Lie said: "Alice, you should look at this issue from a different perspective. In Jinshan Anliangtang, Brother Bin is the sky. I am not saying that Brother Bin cannot collapse, but I want to say that even if Brother Bin falls, he will not suffocate his brother to death. In my opinion, the task facing the eldest brother is not so dangerous. It is really the eldest brother who is worried about it."

Alice shook her head and said, "I don't understand what you said, I'm still worried about my senior brother."

Luo Lie sighed lightly and said, "I am also worried about him, but the time is not right, so I can do nothing."

When he arrived at the back garden of the hotel, Alice scattered Cairo's hand and ran to a flower bush on the side of the road. He looked over and smelled the fragrance of flowers, and his expression was very intoxicating.

Luo Lie picked one casually, inserted it on Alice's head, and smiled and said, "Oh? Is the girl in front of me the legendary flower fairy?"

Alice didn't understand how sacred the flower fairy was, but judging from Luo Lie's expression, it must be nothing bad to say, so she giggled and said, "Nuoli, you destroyed the life of a flower with your own hands, you are simply a cruel executioner."

Luo Lie said: "No, Alice, you are wrong. For flowers, in their limited life, they can be praised by people, and then they reflect their greatest value. Just like human beings, living for a long time is not great, and having no amount of wealth is not great. True greatness is how much meaningful dedication you make to the world and how much valuable things you leave for future generations."

Alice looked at Luo Lie in a daze and sighed: "Nuoli, you know so many truths."

Luo Lie smiled embarrassedly and said, "This principle is not something I thought of, it was told by others." Luo Lie was not modest. The first half of this sentence was indeed Luo Lie's own thoughts, but the second half was what he heard from the guest sent by Dong Biao. Luo Lie had not been with him for a long time, just on the way from the theater to the hotel. However, the guest's few words had already shocked Luo Lie's heart.

"Nuoli, you asked me out not just to tell me these reasons." Alice picked the flowers on her head and placed them under her nose to smell the fragrance of flowers.

Luo Lie nodded and said, "Of course, what I want to tell you is Father Simon's business."

Alice said: "Didn't you say what you should say during the day?"

Luo Lie sighed: "But, things have changed. Brother, please let us stay for one more day. Then Father Simon will not see us when he gets on the train."

Alice giggled, "So what? He disappeared for fifteen years when he said he was gone, but we just staggered the journey with him, and Mr. Anderson would tell him what happened, Nori, I don't think it was unfair to him."

Luo Lie nodded and said, "Okay, since you have decided, I respect your opinion. In fact, what I really want to tell you is that at noon tomorrow, I will still secretly take the same train with my senior brother."

Alice was stunned suddenly, then smiled and said, "I knew that my Nuoli was the real man, and he would not leave his senior brother alone to face the danger."

Luo Lie said: "I'm really happy to get your understanding and support, but I want to remind you, Alice, this is a secret. You have to promise me that you won't tell anyone else."

Alice proudly raised her head and said, "Of course! I will keep the secret for you!"

At dawn, some raindrops floated, not very tight, and after dawn, they just wet the ground. After breakfast, Zhao Daxin sent a group of junior brothers and sisters to go shopping. "Let's go out for a walk, look at your sad faces, as if you want to send me off." Zhao Daxin said as he pushed his junior brothers and sisters out. When he put his hand on Gan He's shoulder, Zhao Daxin forced a smile and said, "Don't cry, it's unlucky!"

Gan He turned his head to look at Zhao Daxin and choked up and said, "Senior Brother, the child is about to be born in three months. You can name the child."

Luo Liezhe said: "I'll do it!"

Alice mocked behind her, "What can you do with her senior brother's child?"

Luo Lie ignored Alice and continued: "Anliangtang's eight-character advice on punishing evil and promoting good and eliminating violence and peaceful good is not enough. I think the slogan of expelling the Tartars and restoring China proposed by Mr. Sun is loud enough. As a brother of Anliangtang, he should have some responsibility. Therefore, the child's name is Zhenhua, and he will definitely become a pillar of the revitalization of China in the future!"

Zhao Daxin smiled and said, "What if it was a girl? How awkward to give such a name!"

Luo Lie said: "If it were a girl, I would replace the word "Zheng" with "Zheng" with "Zheng" with "Zheng" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zhenghua" with "Zheng

Zhao Daxin stroked Gan He's belly and said, "I think the name he named is pretty good. Okay, let's just do it. If it's a boy, it's Zhenhua, it's a girl, it's Zhenhua."

Gan He nodded, tried his best to endure the sadness and uneasiness in his heart, forced a smile, and greeted Zhao Daxin: "Senior Brother, then we're going."

After noon, Zhao Daxin packed up the gift, ate something briefly, and boarded the train with the circus team. When he arrived at the cabin where his shop was located, a strange man led a foreigner to push the door in. "Brother Daxin, I am Brother Biao's subordinate, my surname is Lu, and my name is Wendong. Oh, by the way, this is the guest we are escorting, you can call him Mr. Sun."

Zhao Daxin stood up and shook hands with Mr. Sun first, and greeted: "Mr. Sun, this is the second time we have met. We have to do it. We have to pretend to be a foreigner. I really feel wronged."

Mr. Sun said: "You have been thinking hard about my safety. How dare Sun say the word "wrongful"? However, it is quite boring to not speak for two consecutive days."

Lu Wendong smiled and said, "Now Mr. Sun can speak as much as he wants. This carriage is full of our people." Zhao Wendong said, and looked at the cabin by the way, then asked, "Brother Daxin, where is your junior brother? Brother Biao said, he should be with us?"

Zhao Daxin replied: "I didn't let him get on the train, so I bought him the train ticket for tomorrow."

Lu Wendong frowned and said, "Does Brother Biao know?"

Zhao Daxin asked back: "Do you have to get Brother Biao's consent?"

Lu Wendong explained: "Brother Daxin, I don't mean that, I mean..."

Zhao Daxin took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, interrupting Lu Wendong's explanation, and said, "Luo Lie is the successor selected by Brother Bin. I don't want him to be regarded as a target. If Brother Biao is unhappy, he can go and complain to Brother Bin. What kind of punishment should it be? I, Zhao Daxin, admit it."

Mr. Sun smoothed out the scene: "You don't have to argue anymore. They are all for protecting me and causing conflicts between your brothers. I will be very sorry."

Lu Wendong sighed, closed his mouth, and stopped talking.

Zhao Daxin smiled and turned to Mr. Sun, "I'll make you laugh, Mr. Sun, the junior brother I mentioned just now, is less than 18 years old this year. He is too young and has insufficient experience in doing things. I am worried that he will make trouble when staying in the car, so I didn't let him get on the car. It's okay, I have made proper arrangements and told Brother Biao."

Lu Wendong muttered from the side: "Since you said that, why do you have to choke me?"

Zhao Daxin ignored Lu Wendong and continued to chat with Mr. Sun, asking: "Mr. Sun, I see your face and voice. You should be forty years old this year, right?"

Mr. Sun smiled and said, "I'm not confused the previous year, but this year is already forty-two."

Zhao Daxin followed and said, "But just looking at your face and not listening to your voice, I thought my husband was only in his thirties."

Mr. Sun said: "Maybe it was due to the complexion of my skin. When I was a teenager, I lived in Honolulu to study. The air there was moist and it was like spring all year round. I lived in class for a long time and was rarely exposed to wind and sunlight, so my skin was whiter than that of ordinary people."

Zhao Daxin asked: "Where is Mr. Sun? In my opinion, he should be a talented person in the south."

Mr. Sun smiled and said, "Brother Zhao has extraordinary eyesight! Sun is indeed from the south and his ancestral home is Zhongshan, Guangdong."

Zhao Daxin nodded and said, "No wonder, I heard that Guangdong is similar to Honolulu, and it is also like spring in all seasons."

Mr. Sun smiled and said, "It's not that the difference is not much. Sun's ancestral home is almost the same as summer."

As they were talking, the train had started before they knew it. When Zhao Daxin found out, the speed of the train had already risen. Looking at the shadow of trees and houses flashing outside the car window, Zhao Daxin couldn't help but sigh: "When will China be as advanced as others in America?"

Mr. Sun continued: "As long as 400 million Han compatriots unite, I believe that this day is not far away."

Zhao Daxin sighed: "You think, why is the Qing court so unsatisfactory? At first, I thought that Chinese people were not as smart as foreigners, but after I arrived in the United States, I realized that the foreigners were not very smart, but they were much more advanced than us. Brother Bin said, this is all because of the Qing court, which is too corrupt and too closed. Mr. Sun, what do you think?"

Mr. Sun smiled faintly and said, "You Brother Bin is right. The Qing Dynasty was indeed corrupt and closed, but this is just an appearance. If you cannot dig out the root cause..."

Just as Mr. Sun was about to unfold, a knock came from the cabin door.

The knocking sound was very rhythmic. First, three sounds were connected together, one second apart, and another four sounds were connected together.

"It's my own person!" Lu Wendong, who hadn't spoken for a long time, got up and opened the cabin door, "Are you... Brother Daxin's junior brother Luo Lie?"

Zhao Daxin was suddenly stunned and looked at Luo Lie and walked in with a smile.

"Mr. Sun, I'm very happy to see you again." After entering the door, Luo Lie ignored Zhao Daxin, who had a gloomy face and shook hands with Mr. Sun first.

Mr. Sun joked: "Young man, if you don't obey your senior brother's arrangements, you may be in trouble!"

Luo Lie made a face, turned his head, and said to Zhao Daxin with a smile: "I don't listen to you, I can't do anything about it, you know, Alice's father, Father Simon, also got on this train. I was worried that the father and daughter should not have a misunderstanding, so I wanted to come over and say hello to Father Simon. But when I got on the train, I couldn't get off."

Zhao Daxin stared at him with anger, but when facing Luo Lie's smiling face, he couldn't get angry. "Where are the few of them?" After a while, Zhao Daxin sneered and asked a question.
To be continued...