Chapter 83 Chapter 83 Pain
The next day after Mrs. Song's ashes were buried in the cemetery, the shrill sound of sirens surrounded the Song family's manor villa, adding a bit of panic to the already lifeless place. The servants were in a commotion, and the guests who came and went were surprised and confused. A small number of people who knew the situation sat on the sidelines and watched the fight.
Overnight, the once prestigious Wu family became the Song family, and now the world has changed again.
Countless policemen rushed into the villa, and everyone present saw with their own eyes that the middle-aged man who used to have deep frowns and showed no grief over the death of his wife, now had visible fear on his face.
The police showed him an arrest warrant. "Song Rongguo, following a witness's report and our investigation, we are investigating and investigating your suspected involvement in smuggling goods and articles prohibited from import and export, bribery, and forging a financial institution's operating license. We are arresting you in accordance with the law. Come with us."
Song Rongguo's expression changed drastically, and he glanced at everyone until Song Heng gave him a reassuring look. Then his frightened expression quickly subsided, and he became the usually arrogant chairman of the Song Group again.
A young police officer tried to handcuff him, but Song Rongguo glared at him coldly, "You said I'm just a suspect. I'm involved, but I'm not dangerous. How dare you abuse your power in front of the Provincial Prosecutor? You're a municipal bureau, and you're so arrogant."
It was indeed as Song Rongguo had said, police weapons must be used legally under specific circumstances, and Song Rongguo's current situation was not suitable. The young policeman had just arrived and was unaware of Song Heng's identity. After hearing what he said, he was so scared that his hands were shaking as he held the handcuffs.
The police officer who had just presented the arrest warrant had a solemn expression on his face as he blocked the young police officer's way. He remained unmoved by Song Rongguo's aggressiveness. "Mr. Song is familiar with the legal provisions. You can discuss them with your lawyer later. Now please follow us."
Two policemen came over and tried to ask Song Rongguo to leave. Song Heng walked over and smiled faintly, "It just so happens that I have something to discuss with your Director Yang. Captain Zhang, please give me a ride. I'd be very grateful."
Captain Zhang hesitated, but didn't want to offend his superiors, so he nodded in agreement. Before leaving, Song Heng calmly looked at the expressionless man in the corner and smiled faintly, "Yu Cong, your family and the company are relying on you for the time being. Don't let me, my father... and my mother down."
The look in his eyes was clearly calm and gentle, but his tone seemed inexplicably sinister under the gaze of several pairs of eyes, as if he could see through what Song Yucong was thinking.
Song Rongguo, who had walked to the door, reacted and turned around. His eagle eyes were as sharp as blades. It looked like he wanted to eat Song Yucong alive. The hatred in his eyes seemed to be poisoned, which was completely unlike the look of a father looking at his son.
"You heartless beast! I never thought that I, Song Rongguo, who had been so wise all my life, would end up falling for an ungrateful wolf I had raised for over a decade. I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted. I should have listened to the master and drained all your blood to pay tribute to our Song family's ancestors, ensuring that our Song family's foundation would prosper for another hundred years..."
This information overload shocked everyone, their gossipy spirits flaring up. After all, witnessing the secrets of a family at the helm of a vast business empire was no easy feat. And the protagonist was surprisingly the marginalized Second Young Master of the Song family!
This second young master was known for his bad temper. Besides that, compared to his brother, who was already a rising political star at a young age, he was completely worthless. Could it be that this second young master was the one who sent his father to prison? And the idea of offering blood to ancestors sounded truly bizarre.
Everyone looked over, some were curious, some were watching the show, some were joking, some were in awe... Tao Ning had been standing behind Song Yucong and was also affected by these gazes, but he didn't care, even though the occasional glance from Song Heng in front of him made him very uncomfortable.
He was just worried that Song Yucong would feel bad.
She pulled the sleeve of the person in front of her, but was grabbed by the other person's hand. Song Yucong's palm was as cold as ever, but facing everyone's malicious inquiries, there was an indescribable power in it at this moment, which continuously flowed into Tao Ning's heart through the contact of their skin.
He felt relieved.
And the next moment, everyone heard Song Yucong's undisguised sneer. Under the glaring incandescent light, an almost ferocious smile appeared on his handsome face. His facial features were a little distorted, and the malice and hatred filled in them were clearly displayed in front of everyone.
It was as if the demon that had been suppressed for a long time finally crawled out from the Avici Hell, which was creepy.
"Song, Rong, Guo." Song Yucong's smile twisted as he spoke word by word. "For all these years, the money you stole from my grandfather made you forget that a hundred years ago, this place belonged to the shipping magnate Wu, and you—you're just a son-in-law. Hahaha, you actually said you were going to commemorate the ancestors of the Song family?"
The unbridled laughter made everyone present feel nervous, and Song Rongguo's face turned as dark as the bottom of the country, because everyone present knew that this was an embarrassment that he could not avoid in his life.
Song Yucong, however, had no intention of letting him go. He knew exactly where he was at an embarrassment, and even if it meant getting bloodied, he would tear it apart and spread it out. Song Yucong stopped laughing and said sarcastically, "If you want to pay homage to your Song ancestors, you'll probably have to take a boat or a tractor to the wilderness to loosen the soil... before you can barely see the grave. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, you're so shameless."
Everyone knew that before Song Rongguo married into the Song family, he was a penniless young man, his ancestral home in a remote village. Who would have thought that the second young master of the Song family not only had an unparalleled bad temper, but also possessed a unique knack for sarcastic remarks. Some people couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Tao Ning also found it funny, but curled her eyes and held back her laughter.
As expected, Song Rongguo was furious, calling him an ungrateful bastard and threatening to skin Song Yucong alive. Ultimately, Captain Zhang, unwilling to let the dirty work of their wealthy family delay the investigation, took Song Rongguo away. The clamor of cursing faded with the setting sun, finally returning to silence.
That night, Song Yucong dismissed almost all the servants in the villa with an expressionless face, and several groups of police came to take people away. Just as he said that day, he would personally send everyone in the villa to the police station.
Tao Ning asked him, "What did these people do wrong? ... How did you do it?"
Song Yucong hugged him and buried his head in Tao Ning's thin, fair collarbone. He didn't show the vicious and "successful" look he had in the villa during the day. Instead, he said in a muffled voice, "Don't ask."
Tao Ning patted his back and said, "I'm worried about you."
"...The old man deserved it. I just added fuel to the fire. As for those people..." Song Yucong snorted coldly, obviously finding it difficult to speak, but he spoke anyway. "They used to take my things and sell them. I don't like them anymore, so I'm going to settle all my old scores and send them to jail."
Tao Ning knew that "taking" was actually "stealing", so she patted his back gently again.
In fact, Song Yucong did not expect that based on what he currently has, it would take another six or seven years to bring down Song Rongguo. Before that, he could only endure the humiliation and pretend nothing happened. But God might also want to take away this beast Song Rongguo, so that someone can hand him a pillow when he is sleepy.
First, a business rival of the Wu family sent evidence of Song Rongguo's bribery. With Zhao Jingqun's help, things were going smoothly. However, bringing Song Rongguo down completely would take time, as the charges were only enough to get him off the hook. With a little backroom dealing and some backroom dealing, he could get out in a year or two.
Song Yucong wanted to endure it a little longer...but he loosened his arms, lowered his head, and the pair of clear brown eyes on his palm-sized face looked over, seemingly confused.
Unable to help but pinch the soft flesh on Tao Ning's cheek, Song Yucong thought of Zhao Jingqun behind Tao Ning. He was just a country bumpkin, but he had a wealthy cousin behind him. Even though Zhao Jingqun said he had a wife, Song Yucong felt that this matter was very strange, and he developed a strong sense of crisis.
If he had enough money, the country bumpkin would be dependent on him.
He tightened his fingers as if to vent his anger, and the man under him cried out softly, "...It hurts."
"Hmph, bear with it."
Tao Ning slapped his hand away, covering the half of her face covered with red marks, frowning and saying, "To be honest, you and the Song family have a relationship of mutual benefit and loss. If he goes to prison, it will definitely affect your family's company. If it affects you in the future, what will you do?"
Song Yucong couldn't help but pinch his soft flesh again, "You country bumpkin are quite understanding."
Tao Ning dodged his hand and said helplessly: "...I'm not stupid."
Song Yucong stopped teasing him and suddenly said out of nowhere, "Tao Ning, do you like money?"
Hearing him ask this, Tao Ning was stunned, and the tide of memory opened the floodgates and slowly flowed into the long time ago when Xu Jun said to him in the sunshine, you will have many gold bracelets in the future.
With her eyelashes drooping, Tao Ning said softly, "It's okay. I can't say whether I like it or not."
From childhood to adulthood, his adoptive parents would quarrel over money, his elder sister would quarrel with her brother-in-law over money, his second and third sisters wanted to send him to an orphanage for money, and he also needed money for medical treatment... Everyone is controlled by a thin piece of paper. From ancient times to the present, money has always been above the joys and sorrows of all living beings.
Whether you like it or not, you need it, so what else is there to say?
As a result, Song Yucong sneered and said that he had become stupid from reading too much.
Tao Ning didn't expect the young master, who had lived a comfortable life since childhood, to understand that the mountain students could only change their fate through studying. He smiled and said, "Then what would you do if you didn't study?"
Silence suddenly spread. Song Yucong turned away, his eyes blank. "I only wanted to play the piano before."
Tao Ning nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, I support it."
“…”
Song Yucong hugged him, bit the tip of his ear, gritted his teeth, and said viciously: "Don't say a word of what I said to you today."
"oh."
The two went to bed.
The Song family's farce was known to everyone in Haizhou. After Tao Ning recovered a little, she wanted to go back to school. Although Song Yucong was very unhappy, he had no choice but to go back to school with him because it really touched Tao Ning's principles.
But before leaving, Tao Ning was a little absent-minded.
Song Yucong was very annoyed by his dazed look and made some noise to attract Tao Ning's attention, just like a naive three-year-old child who just wanted all the adults' attention to be on him.
Song Yucong knocked over the snacks in the car, and Tao Ning came to his senses.
"What's wrong?"
"...It's okay." Song Yucong said stiffly with a sour face.
"Um."
Then, as expected, Tao Ning started to daydream again.
He was actually a little confused because he hadn't seen Zhao Jingqun since the public memorial day. Even if he secretly borrowed someone else's phone to call, he couldn't reach her. It was as if not only had the Song family changed drastically overnight, but Zhao Jingqun had also disappeared overnight.
At the same time, an inexplicable panic grew in her heart. Tao Ning frowned slightly, unable to understand why, and had to suppress this inexplicable emotion. She would try to contact Zhao Jingqun after she got to school.
As the vehicle entered the school gate, Song Yucong suddenly lost his temper, and his words showed his dissatisfaction with Tao Ning leaving his side. In the end, Tao Ning coaxed him for a long time and finally made him obedient. Song Yucong let him go back to the dormitory with a grunt.
Tao Ning breathed a sigh of relief. This target, Young Master Jia, was really difficult to deal with. Fortunately, he had found a way to deal with it now.
As soon as she arrived at the dormitory door, it creaked open silently, and a faint smell of disinfectant filled her nose. Tao Ning looked at the large and small luggage neatly placed on the left side, and her heart froze as if it had been stabbed.
"Xu Jun...are you leaving?"
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