Chapter 43 (1/2)

We're one chapter from the half way point in this story, which feels like a lot and yet still very little.

Listening to Tang Ming, that girl is Tang Wenjing's primary school cla.s.smate. After graduation, she came to Jincheng with her family, during which time they broke off contact.

It wasn't until two months ago that Tang Wenjing learned from his friend that there had been a change in the girl's family recently and that she might have to move again, so he wanted to take the opportunity of partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion to meet the girl.

Of course, this is a private affair between Tang Wenjing and female student. Tang Ming can't tell Shen Yu too much, but after between the lines in Tang Ming's words, Shen Yu had a good idea of the whole story.

Perhaps it was Shen Yu's illusion, but the girl Tang Wenjing's heart misses gives him a sense of familiarity, as if he had heard this somewhere before.

Unfortunately, Shen Yu scratched his head and couldn't recall anything.

It was just a conjecture that took root and sprouted quietly in his mind.

The more Shen Yu thought about it, the more he affirmed the possibility of that conjecture. He hesitated for a moment and decided to ask for the girl's name.

Tang Ming, who usually looked a little grim was surprised. Then he scratched his head and pushed Shen Yu's question aside. “I don't know much about this,” said the man. “He doesn't talk to anyone else about what's on his mind. Even his purpose in coming to Jincheng is something I learned from his friend.”

“I see. It doesn't really matter; I was just curious.” Shen Yu said in turn.

He knew that Tang Ming was lying, but it's not like he can put a knife to Tang Ming's neck and force him to say the girl's name.

Forget it.

It probably wasn't important.

Although the original female lead moved to Jincheng from C city when she graduated from elementary school, there are too many people who meet these requirements, besides, there are only two pieces of information about the girl.

Shen Yu consoled himself secretly, but when he thought of the male lead who had already appeared, his relaxed mind inevitably became heavy again.

Anyway, it's always good to pay more attention…

Since Tang Ming indirectly avoided Shen Yu's questions, the atmosphere between them had gradually become delicate.

Although Shen Yu never talked about the girl again, Tang Ming found out later that he had disclosed too much personal information to a stranger, so he made an excuse to slip away before the end of the compet.i.tion.

In the end, Tang Ming quickly disappeared.

Shen Yu didn't know whether to cry or laugh, thinking that Tang Ming had said all that should be said and all that shouldn't have been said. What's the use of slipping away now?

Uncle Zhang seemed to be aware of Shen Yu's thoughts and sighed, “I didn't expect that there were such simple people in the Tang family.”

Hearing this, Shen Yu made a strange expression and turned to Uncle Zhang: “Do you know him?”

“No.” Uncle Zhang shook his head and then added, “But if I'm not mistaken, he should be a descendant of the Tang family in C city.”

Shen Yu was a bit dazed: “Which Tang family?”

Uncle Zhang looked at Shen Yu meaningfully: “The Tang family where Tang Li's father once lived.”

Seeing that Shen Yu had either been thinking for a long time and didn't seem to understand anything, Zhang Shu patiently explained, “The Tang family in C City is equivalent to the Shen family in S City, with a large family and a great career. They are the local emperor in the south. However, young master is the only seedling of the Shen family, while there are many descendants of the Tang family. There's seven or eight so-called heirs.”

“…” Shen Yu was suddenly very glad that the old man Shen had not went out to have a few illegitimate children.

“Tang Li's grandfather was originally from C city and had the right of inheritance in Tang family. Unfortunately, in order to marry Tang Li's grandmother, he had to cut off his relations.h.i.+p with Tang family and came to S city. He then founded Dawan Group from scratch.”

After that, Uncle Zhang suddenly remembered something and added with a complicated expression, “You may not know this, but the new company that acquired Dawan Group had some shares in the Tang family's company. Maybe it was really the Tang family who acquired the company.”

Uncle Zhang did not speak ambiguously, and Shen Yu understood his implications in an instant.

“You mean…” Shen Yu breathed hard and even his heart beat faster. He grasped the arm of the wheelchair subconsciously and squeezed out a sentence from his throat. “It's not accidental that Tang Li's parents went bankrupt?”

Uncle Zhang answered, “It's just my guess. As for the specific situation, it still needs to be investigated.”

As a housekeeper, he has limited abilities. The reason why he knows about things outside his work is that some friends had vaguely disclosed a little after they learned that Mr. Tang Li was taken in by his family's young master.

After listening to Uncle Zhang's words, Shen Yu was a little out of breath.

In fact, he was not at all that clear about Tang Li's entanglement with the Tang family in the novel. He only remembered that Tang Li had entered into a big family with the same surname as Tang. He also succeeded in gaining a firm foothold within the family. In the later period, he used all the rights of the family to deal with his rivals.

Shen Yu always thought that Tang Li had won the recognition of the family by strength, but unexpectedly it was by blood…

No wonder the people of that family were so miserable. Many died, were injured, or were sent directly to the mental hospital by Tang Li's men.

At that time, the commentary area of the original novel had exploded, and angry readers kept writing several paragraphs to denounce Tang Li.

Readers all think that the author wrote Tang Li to be to vicious. The Tang family was kind enough to take him in, but he in turn took their revenge and treated the Tang family as a sword to deal with his rivals, so that the Tang family, which once had infinite potential, broke apart overnight.

This kind of person is better off just rolling away!