Chapter 40 Chapter 40 "After all, he is free."...
Su Ting thought of Zhou Xubai, still serving his sentence in prison, and his face turned pale. He said, "If I had the chance to start over, I would never let Zhou Xubai hit the brakes and would adopt you home. Ye Xiuming, I've said I won't do anything the law forbids me to do, but our emotional connection is broken."
This unpleasant parting really made Ye Xiuming sigh for a few days. Although he was in Su Ting's house, he felt redundant. This feeling of being redundant reached its peak after Su Ting brought Pei Xingyao home again.
Pei Xingyao actually brought a gift for Ye Xiuming this time, a street scene Lego set worth thousands of pieces. Ye Xiuming had built enough of this thing when he was six years old. In addition, he had a bad impression of Pei Xingyao, so his expression was stiff when he took it, and he almost rolled his eyes.
Pei Xingyao sensed the subtle relationship between Su Ting and Ye Xiuming, and as if trying to smooth things over, she said to Su Ting, "Why don't we take Xiuming to the amusement park?"
Su Ting replied coldly: "No need, he doesn't like it."
"Then we..."
"Xingyao, let's go to my room." Su Ting said suddenly, his fingers already hooked on Pei Xingyao's specially matched belt. Ye Xiuming was stunned in the ambiguous atmosphere, watching Pei Xingyao being led in by Su Ting step by step.
Ye Xiuming could only chew his teeth and swallow it. Su Ting was an adult with the right to choose. Since he chose to join that bad guy in excluding him, he should endure it unconditionally.
But, what other reasons did Su Ting have for punishing himself in this way? There must be some blind spots in his cognition.
Relying on his memory, Ye Xiuming dialed the number he hadn't dialed for a long time - Zhongxiang.
That was Ye Huaian's right-hand man. Ye Xiuming didn't know whether he would be involved in his father's case, but he subconsciously asked him for help.
“Beep…beep…”
After what felt like a century, the call was connected. Zhong Xiang lowered his voice and asked, "Who are you?"
"Uncle Zhong, it's me."
"Ye Xiuming?! You're still alive?" Zhong Xiang was surprised and delighted. "Where are you now? I'll come pick you up!"
"Everyone is struggling to protect themselves, why would you pick me up?" From Zhong Xiang's words "You are still alive", Ye Xiuming understood that Ye Huaian had abandoned him and didn't really want him to go back alive. Thinking of this, he let go of his unilateral loss of contact.
Zhong Xiang's situation is indeed a bit overwhelming. The procuratorate has been investigating him one after another, trying to prove Ye Huaian's crimes. And there is Secretary Zheng Li. That family is the one that is not easy to mess with. They can't wait to eat all the Ye family members alive.
They are no longer a community of interests, but a relationship of shared responsibility where one move can affect the entire body.
Zhong Xiang suddenly remembered that he must not let Zheng know Ye Xiuming's whereabouts, otherwise Ye Huaian in prison would have no choice but to die to atone for his crime. He understood this truth, otherwise Ye Huaian would not have been so stupid as to abandon Ye Xiuming.
"But Xiuming, where are you now?" Zhong Xiang said, "You can rest assured to tell me. I won't tell anyone else."
"Uncle Zhong, I want you to do me a favor."
Zhong Xiang asked doubtfully, "What help?"
"I want you to take me to Yashishan Prison. I want to see someone."
"Yashi Mountain..." That wasn't Ye Huaian's detention center. Zhong Xiang asked, "Do you know anyone else in prison?"
"Well, he is my good friend, his name is Zhou Xubai. Can you help me?" Ye Xiuming could hardly suppress his guilt towards Zhou Xubai, and almost choked up when he mentioned this name.
Zhong Xiang: "Okay, Xiuming, I'll contact them for you right away. Don't worry, just wait for my reply. It will be quick."
Ye Huaian has a lot of connections in the political and business circles, so it is easy for him to find the prisoners in a certain prison. He soon made an appointment to meet with Ye Xiuming.
"Xiuming!" Zhong Xiang was a square-looking middle-aged man who gave people a strong sense of security. He greeted Ye Xiuming as soon as he saw him from afar. After many years, Ye Xiuming finally saw Ye Huaian in person, and a red mark appeared at the corner of his eye.
"Uncle Zhong, is my dad okay?"
"He's still holding on, hoping he can hold on." Zhong Xiang sighed, "The incident happened suddenly back then. He thought his life was in danger, so he abandoned you on the street and left you with nothing."
"But he left you a trust fund. When you turn 12, you can withdraw 5% of the principal. Of course, there are some anti-spending clauses. If the amount exceeds the 200 million limit, the trust will be forcibly terminated, and your inheritance rights may be damaged."
Ye Xiuming thought that this was definitely not what he wanted.
Zhong Xiang put a peaked cap on Ye Xiuming as a disguise, lowered the brim, and said, "Just say you're my nephew later. Don't take your cap off easily."
Ye Xiuming hadn't felt cared for for a long time. At this moment, he hugged Zhong Xiang for the first time and wiped his tears on his white shirt.
"You have to believe that your father has his reasons. Once he escapes this disaster, he will definitely take you home." Led by the prison guard, Zhong Xiang walked into the visiting room side by side with Ye Xiuming. Through the glass partition, he could see that the man had a haggard face and pale lips. He was obviously surprised to see that it was Ye Xiuming who came to visit.
Zhou Xubai was the first to pick up the phone. He pointed at the phone in front of Ye Xiuming and motioned him to pick it up. He said, "Why are you here? Where's Su Ting?"
"Little Dad doesn't want me anymore."
Zhou Xubai: "Why?"
Ye Xiuming glanced at Zhong Xiang, "Uncle Zhong, can you give us a moment?"
Zhong Xiang smiled kindly and left with a prison guard.
Ye Xiuming suppressed his humiliation and told Zhou Xubai all about how Su Ting had discovered the photos, the text on them, and more. He added, "Dad, I swear, I only got a few at school, but that was to prevent Little Dad's photos from being circulated again. I've never had such a large amount, and I wouldn't have written something as obscene as that."
Zhou Xubai couldn't believe his ears. "Why does it look so much like the photo we received from the Municipal Committee?"
"Listing Committee?"
"Oh, it was the day of the defense. You know how much the defense meant to Su Ting. You also know that when those photos appeared, Su Ting felt anxious for the first time. He even thought that the IPO would fail." Zhou Xubai said, "You were there that day... and disappeared for a few minutes."
He showed doubt: "Is it really not you?"
"Dad, I can find evidence." Ye Xiuming was most afraid that Su Ting's anger would come from nowhere, but now that he knew the crux of the matter, he would definitely be able to find his weakness.
Zhou Xubai sighed, "Actually, I know. How could it be you? Your little heart is only enough to feed yourself. There's really no reason for you to do this to Su Ting. But Su Ting must have his reasons for being upset... Maybe it's because of those words. Even if those words don't represent your true feelings, they still make Su Ting feel scared. He himself is gay, and he's so... gay. Adopting a boy is inherently taboo. Maybe he's deliberately keeping his distance."
"Dad," Ye Xiuming said, tears already gleaming in his eyes, making him look even more pitiful. "But I don't understand anything. He's so cruel."
"I told you Pei Xingyao might be the one who framed me, and he even went to the bedroom with Pei Xingyao!"
A trace of bitterness appeared on Zhou Xubai's face: "After all, he is free."
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