The capital city.
Taoyuan Cemetery.
One of the cheapest cemeteries in Beijing.
Chen Yun's mother is buried here.
When Chen Yun's mother passed away, it was during Chen Yun's most impoverished period. The little money he managed to get was only enough to buy the cheapest plot in the cheapest cemetery and bury his mother simply.
Now, many years later, Chen Yun once again stepped into this cemetery.
With mixed feelings.
Accompanied by Shu Tangyin, Song Yanran, Long Pingting, and Shu Lingyue, they arrived at their mother's grave.
He had assumed that after so many years of not returning to pay his respects, his mother's grave must be desolate and overgrown.
To his surprise, his mother's grave was cleaned up very thoroughly.
The original small tombstone was replaced with a heavy marble tombstone.
The inscription reads: "Tomb of the loving mother, Song Pingting!"
The area around the cemetery has also been expanded, with bluestone floors laid out, making it look much more solemn.
There were even fresh flowers placed in front of the grave!
The flowers had not completely withered.
Who is it?
Did they renovate the mother's grave?
Who is it?
Did you recently pay respects to your mother?
Chen Yun frowned slightly, but then guessed that it must be Chen Rulong.
Because apart from Chen Rulong, even if relatives and friends come to pay their respects to their mother, it is unlikely that they will erect a new monument for her or repair her grave.
The only explanation is that Chen Rulong did it!
Chen Yun felt no emotion whatsoever, only indifference and anger.
Now that I am terminally ill and about to die, and my family and company have been taken over by others, I regret it and only now do I remember how good my mother was.
Do you think this will atone for your sins?
Why didn't you do this sooner!
You should know that a pile of ashes after death is not as good as a bowl of rice while you are alive!
Chen Yun's gaze fell on his mother's grave, his eyes filled with immense guilt. He said softly, "Mom, your unfilial son has come to see you with your wife, aunt, and Xiaoting."
Looking at her sister's grave, Song Yanran couldn't help but wipe away her tears, choking out, "My ill-fated sister! Your sister has come to see you!"
"mom!"
Long Pingting's mood was heavy ever since she stepped into this cemetery.
Now I see the tomb of the mistress.
Especially when she saw the photo of her mistress on the tombstone and remembered all the little things her mistress had done for her, she couldn't hold back any longer. She rushed over and burst into tears.
Back then, she was a skinny little girl in an orphanage whom no one wanted, and no one cared for or loved her.
Even the orphanage director disliked her, saying that she was frail and sickly and had used up all the medical allowance that the orphanage had managed to obtain.
They wished they could kick her out of the orphanage.
In her most desperate moment, when the whole world had abandoned her.
It was the matriarch, Song Pingting, who took pity on her. When she adopted a child, she noticed her at a glance and brought her back to the Chen family.
I remember that on the first day I returned home, my mistress asked me what my name was.
She shook her head, saying that she had no father or mother, no family, and no name.
Because of her sallow complexion, thinness, and poor health, the people in the orphanage called her Ugly.
The mistress then said, "It won't do to have no name. This year is the Year of the Dragon, so you'll have the surname Long! As for your given name..."
Just as the mistress was thinking about what name to give her.
Looking up at her gentle, virtuous, and elegant mistress, she couldn't help but muster the courage to ask, "Madam, may I have the same name as you, Pingting?"
These words had barely left his mouth when he was met with angry rebukes from the butler and others.
Instead, it was the mistress who stopped the housekeeper and others from their actions and asked her gently why.
She admires the mistress of the house very much and hopes to become as capable as the mistress of the house when she grows up.
The mistress smiled upon hearing this and agreed to name her Long Pingting.
From then on, she had a home, a name, and a goal to strive for and work towards throughout her life.
Then when you grow up, become as excellent as the matriarch!
She never expected that after she completed her studies and was arranged by her mistress to develop her career in Hong Kong, her mistress and the young master would encounter a major change.
The mistress and the young master were expelled from the Chen family.
Ultimately, the mistress died a miserable death amidst hunger, poverty, and disease.
The young master also ended up on the streets, with no news of him.
She was completely unaware of this, and she couldn't even make it back to see her mistress one last time when she passed away.
It became the biggest regret of her life!
Upon seeing her mistress's grave and looking at her photograph on the tombstone, she could no longer control her emotions. She hugged the tombstone and wept uncontrollably.
"Xiaoting!"
Song Yanran stepped forward to comfort Long Pingting.
Long Pingting threw herself into Song Yanran's arms, and the two women embraced and cried.
Chen Yun is reserved in expressing his emotions.
Although he didn't shed tears, his inner grief was no less than that of Long Pingting and Song Yanran.
Shu Tangyin, Shu Lingyue, and the others quietly set out offerings of wine, tea, and fruit cups to accompany Chen Yun in paying respects to Chen's mother.
Just as Chen Yun and others were paying respects to Chen's mother.
Sudden!
Two Hongqi sedans arrived, along with several black Audis.
Several black Audis sped out, and a group of well-trained bodyguards in suits stepped out. These bodyguards were nimble and sharp-eyed, the elite of the elite.
The bodyguards quickly jogged over to the two Hongqi sedans and opened the doors.
An elderly man in a gray jacket and another elderly man in a black jacket got out of two Hongqi sedans.
It was actually Elder Qin and Elder Zhang!
It turned out that the two elderly people had come to Beijing for a meeting.
Upon learning that Chen Yun had returned to the capital to pay respects to his mother, the two of them came together.
The two old men had been at odds for years, but today, because of Chen Yun, they made a rare appearance together in private.
When Chen Yun saw that it was Elder Qin and Elder Zhang, he led Shu Tangyin and the others to greet them, saying, "Teacher, Elder Zhang, what brings you here?"
Old Qin smiled and said, "We heard you had returned to the capital, so we came to see you."
Old Zhang said, "I've come to offer a bouquet of flowers to your mother. She's a remarkable woman for raising such an outstanding son like you!"
Chen Yun said, "Thank you both, leaders. If my mother knew in the afterlife that you two praised her so highly, she would be very happy."
Mr. Qin and Mr. Zhang each laid a bouquet of flowers at the grave of Chen Yun's mother.
Then, Old Qin said meaningfully, "Chen Yun, the matter we told you before has been preliminarily approved by the top leader. It shouldn't be long before the official appointment notice is issued to you."
"Take care of any personal matters you have during this time, and then prepare to take on important responsibilities!"
Chen Yun was surprised.
Qin Lao, Zhang Lao, and others recommended him to serve as Grand Commander, but they thought it wouldn't be so easy for him to succeed.
I didn't expect things to be going so quickly.
He was about to speak.
At this moment, another convoy stormed into the cemetery, its massive movements drawing the attention of Chen Yun and the others.
The convoy was led by a Land Rover, followed by a fleet of minivans.
The convoy stopped.
A burly, menacing man with a shiny bald head and a face full of scars jumped out of the Land Rover.
Dozens of thugs with tattoos and carrying machetes got out of the other vans.
This bald, burly man is Huang Zhendong, a local tyrant in Beijing.
Ever since Xiao Wenwei learned that Chen Yun was going back to Beijing, she sent someone to find Huang Zhendong and offered him 30 million to help her settle things with Chen Yun.
Huang Zhendong was a well-known figure in Beijing's underground circles, and he rose to prominence through sheer ruthlessness.
He felt that with his strength, dealing with Chen Yun, the abandoned son of the Chen family, would be a piece of cake.
So he came.
At this moment, he arrived with dozens of his men.
Suddenly, he was stunned to find that Chen Yun was surrounded by a number of bodyguards in suits.
Turning to his left and right, he asked in a low voice, "Wasn't it said that this kid brought a group of family members back to pay respects to his mother? Why are there so many bodyguards around him?"
His men shook their heads, indicating they didn't know.
One of his men asked, "Brother Dong, what do we do now? Should we deal with him?"
Huang Zhendong's eyes widened, and he said fiercely, "Take it, of course we'll take it. Even with bodyguards, we still managed to take care of him. If we back down, how will we survive in the underworld?"
After saying that, he led a group of his underlings to Chen Yun and the others, looking Chen Yun up and down: "So you're the one called Chen Yun?"
Chen Yun said, "Yes, it is. What do you need?"
Huang Zhendong grinned coldly: "I'm fine, but you're in trouble. Someone paid a lot of money to make you disappear, and I'm here today to send you on your way."
Chen Yun's expression was cold: "Have you come to send me on my way, or to die?"
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