448: Chapter 437: You Must Tell Me Immediately 448: Chapter 437: You Must Tell Me Immediately “I’ll tell you a story,” Song Yun cleared his throat with two coughs and said.
“Gongye Chang, Gongye Chang, atop the southern mountain a deer lay slain, you have the meat while I have the entrails.”
“Then what?” Long Tiantian widened her eyes at Song Yun and said, “That’s it?”
“Of course, what were you expecting?” Song Yun gave her a glance and said.
“Let me explain the meaning behind this: Once upon a time in ancient days, there was a man named Gongye Chang, a rather remarkable person, who understood the language of birds since he was young.”
“One day, as he was preparing to procreate at home, suddenly a bird flew in from outside and called out to him, ‘Gongye Chang, Gongye Chang, atop the southern mountain a deer lies slain, you take it and have the meat, and I’ll have the entrails.'”
“But, you see, Gongye Chang considered himself a gentleman.
He immediately abandoned procreation with his wife, went to the southern mountain peak, and indeed found a dead deer.
Holding fast to humanitarian spirit, he buried the dead deer.”
“The bird later became quite angry, thinking, ‘You son of a gun, why didn’t you eat it and give me some?
I didn’t call you over to bury it.’ But what’s done was done; the bird went home sadder and sadder, and then devised a strategy.”
“One day, when Gongye Chang was about to procreate with his wife again, the damn bird went over and called out, ‘Gongye Chang, Gongye Chang, atop the southern mountain a deer lies slain, you have the meat while I have the entrails.’ Gongye Chang thought, ‘Holy shit, how are there dead deer every day?
Dammit, I still want to procreate!'”
“Being a rather compassionate person, he went to the southern mountain peak again, but this time, without finding a dead deer, there was a corpse instead.
Just as he was preparing to dispose of the body, a group of people suddenly emerged from all directions, accusing him of murder.
In the end, Gongye Chang couldn’t defend himself and ended up in jail.”
Hearing this, Long Tiantian snorted with laughter and pointed at Song Yun, “The original doesn’t say that, does it?”
“Nonsense, I’m just adding a touch of myth to the original,” Song Yun said irritably.
“This story shows us that being a good person doesn’t always pay off; someone might be scheming against you, and it doesn’t concern benevolence but personal interests.”
“Listening to you makes me feel a lot better,” Long Tiantian exhaled deeply.
“Spill it.
It must be one of only a few people that could depress you like this.
Is it Han Yue or Xinyue?” Song Yun said at a leisurely pace.
“Han Yue.” Long Tiantian squinted and said, “I really didn’t expect her to be Gulang’s spy.
Ha, I actually naively handed all the headquarters’ assets over to her for management.”
“How do you know it was her?”
“Do you remember the time you pinned me on the couch?” Long Tiantian said with a trace of resentment.
“After I got out, I told them about it.
Xinyue didn’t say much but Han Yue blurted out that I might as well work with Gulang.”
“She knew full well about my relationship with Gulang, but she said that anyway.
I was cautious but not really suspicious, but ever since I heard what you told me last night, I had people go through the company’s assets overnight.”
“I found some very secretive funds that had been dealing with Gulang.” Long Tiantian paused here, poured herself a cup of tea, drank it down, and continued, “So I knew, Han Yue was the spy lurking by my side.”
“Heh, that’s indeed a big blow,” Song Yun chuckled dryly.
“Things have been pretty chaotic lately.
I haven’t been able to sort out my own stuff, let alone yours.”
“No worries, I can take care of myself,” Long Tiantian stood up and said.
“Everything in Sunan is yours – should be yours.
If it fell into someone else’s hands, neither of us would face anything good.”
“It’s not ‘us’ but ‘you’; this place is just a stepping stone for me, I can leave anytime,” Song Yun smiled.
“But I do like what you said, everything in Sunan!
It can only be mine.”
Long Tiantian nodded silently and walked away.
Song Yun leaned back on the sofa and sneezed.
The more issues there are, the more bothersome they get.
He opened his phone and lay down on the sofa, drifting off to sleep before he knew it.
The sleep was actually very uncomfortable.
Whenever his arm was trapped under his body, it would hurt, and though he could bear it, sleep should be peaceful.
So this sleep was rather fitful and heavy.
After waking up, he found it was already past seven in the evening.
The little girl, Song Yuxue, was sitting across the sofa, staring blankly at him.
Song Yun sat up, rubbed his face, and smiled saying, “When did you get back?”
“Around four,” the little girl pouted, with tears welling up rapidly in her eyes, she sobbed, “I know what happened today.
Why weren’t you careful?
What if something serious had happened?”
“Alright, alright, no more crying,” Song Yun hurried forward, comforting her by wrapping an arm around her shoulders, “Your brother is capable of anything, nothing like this can take me down.”
“But you’re injured, both your arms are wounded, and it hurts so much,” the little girl said, her nose twitching.
“It’s just a minor injury; I’ll be fine after a sleep,” Song Yun patted the top of her head and said, “I know you care about your brother, but if dad wants to come back as quickly as possible, I must use Sunan as our stepping stone and trump card, ensuring dad has the resources he needs.
If dad comes back all alone, it would be much more difficult.”
“But still…”
Watching the little girl crying so hard she couldn’t even finish her sentence, Song Yun, feeling heartache, wiped the tears from Song Yuxue’s face and said, “It’s okay, everything I’m doing is for our future.”
“You’re human too; you know pain,” the little girl lowered her head, looking at Song Yun’s arms, “You must stay at home and heal properly, or else I’ll really get angry.”
“Alright, alright, I’ll listen to my little princess,” Song Yun smiled at her endearingly.
“You better go wash up for dinner, today I specially made a few dishes just for you,” Song Yuxue gently pushed Song Yun and said.
“Also, you have to tell me everything from now on; you can’t keep me in the dark like you did today.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to everything you say,” Song Yun said tenderly.
“Swear that you’ll tell me everything big that happens in the future.”
“I swear, I’ll tell our Yuxue everything about any big events first, I’ll never break my promise,” Song Yun raised three fingers and smiled.