Anxiang

Chapter 12

After a while, Uncle Qi said again: "I have received news that something happened on the boat he came back from. Go and find out for me!"

Pippi froze for a moment, then nodded again.

Uncle Qi leaned on the back seat, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and said nothing more.

Pippi looked at him in the rearview mirror, unconvinced and helpless.

While tidying up, the second sister said to Cheng Yuan: "A Yuan, you just came back, let Lida take you around the island to get acquainted with the situation on Jinchan Island."

Lida looked at Cheng Yuan with a smile, and the two walked out together.

Lida said in the car: "You may remember that Jinchan Island has belonged to the Cheng family since the first generation of Mr. Cheng. After so many years, except for a short period of occupation by the Japanese, the ownership has never changed. The villa just now It is the main gathering place of your Cheng family on the island..."

Cheng Yuan interrupted her and asked, "Wait a minute, Lida. I want to know, how did he die?"

Lida was taken aback, "Who? Are you talking about Mr. Cheng?"

Cheng Yuan nodded.

Lida thought for a while and said, "Mr. Cheng was diagnosed with kidney failure two months ago. Seventh Uncle and Second Sister specially invited American doctors for consultation and adopted conservative kidney dialysis therapy, but they did not expect that Mr. Cheng's body was immune." The ability is very low, and as a result, the failure of the whole body's organs soon appeared, so it is exhausting to recover."

"Has he been in poor health?" No matter what, Cheng Ren is his father after all, and the blood of the Cheng family flows in his body.

"No...my father came last year, and they played golf for two days. My father said they couldn't beat Mr. Cheng!"

Cheng Yuan was silent, turning his head to look out the window.The dream he had for 16 years may be over.Seeing his father lying there peacefully during the day, his hatred for 16 years has disappeared.

Cheng's Office Building is the most eye-catching building on Jinchan Island.An extraordinary office building under the tropical scenery.The brand made of fine steel at the door: Cheng's Group, shining brightly in the sun, these are all made by successive generations of Mr. Cheng.

The limousine team came to a stop, and the bodyguard got out of the car to escort the second sister and Cheng Yuan out of the car.

In the distance, lawyer Qin also got out of the car and greeted Cheng Yuan.

Cheng Yuan walked into the building surrounded by bodyguards.Cheng Yuan joked: "Are you always guarded like this when you go out?"

The second sister said: "No, all the bodyguards here only protect one person, and that is the future Mr. Cheng!"

Cheng Yuan stopped in front of the elevator, looked around, and said with a sarcastic smile: "It seems that the future Mr. Cheng is not easy to be!"

The second sister said earnestly: "It's good that you know, otherwise father won't hide you in the United States for 16 years!"

Cheng Yuan changed his expression and said, "That is to say, if Mr. Cheng does not die, I will not come back from the United States for a day?"

The second sister was stunned, she had never thought about this question, and she didn't know how to answer Cheng Yuan's question.The elevator door opened, Cheng Yuan walked in, turned around and stood still, looking at the second sister who was still in a daze as if nothing had happened.

The second sister regained her composure and hastily followed in.

All the directors have arrived, and the chairman's seat is vacant, waiting for the new Mr. Cheng to take it.

Cheng Yuan stepped into the venue, stood next to the chairman's seat and did not sit down.Lawyer Qin led his assistant into the door from the other side and sat down.

Seeing Cheng Yuan, the directors began to discuss in a low voice: "Ah, he really looks like Mr. Cheng when he was young."

"Yeah, it's too young, 22 years old, three years younger than my son!"

"I have been waiting in the United States for more than ten years, so you can't speak English well?"

Uncle Seven clapped his hands, and presided over, "Everyone be quiet, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Cheng Yuan, Mr. Cheng's son, a graduate of Harvard University in the United States!"

The directors applauded.

Uncle Qi motioned to Lawyer Qin, "Lawyer Qin!"

Lawyer Tan was about to stand up and speak, but Cheng Yuanli waved his hand under the rostrum to stop him: "Please wait a moment, I have something to say!"

The directors fell silent, Uncle Seven looked at Second Sister suspiciously, even a little uneasy.The second sister frowned and sat down beside Cheng Yuan.Everyone didn't know what Cheng Yuan was going to say.

Cheng Yuan was the only one left on the field alone. He scanned the venue and said, "First of all, I would like to thank everyone for coming from afar to attend the upcoming funeral of my biological father, Mr. Cheng Ren. Sent to the United States. I thought I was estranged from my family, but when I came back this time, I felt the love and friendship from all the parents. I was very moved. Everyone attending this meeting today, I know that I want to implement Mr. Cheng’s entrustment and elect a new Mr. Cheng to be in charge It is a big responsibility for the group. Cheng has been away from home for a long time, and he doesn’t know much about the family business; he also likes a free life and is unwilling to accept any imposed responsibilities. Therefore, Cheng Yuan urges everyone in the Cheng family to re-elect another Mr. Cheng , thank you guys! I probably can't wait until the funeral to go back to NYC because it's always been my dream and my career!"

Cheng Yuan gave a shallow salute to the field, turned around and left, turned to the bodyguard at the door and said, "Please don't follow me anymore, go and protect the real Mr. Cheng!"

Everyone watched Cheng Yuan leave with dumbstruck eyes, and looked at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't come back to their senses for a while.

After a while, the directors broke the silence and asked Uncle Seven, "Uncle Seven, what is this?"

The second sister's lips trembled, her expression was serious, she didn't expect Cheng Yuan to do this, she was very annoyed, she got up and chased him out.

There was a lot of noise in the arena, and Qishu and I sat there unmoved, which seemed a little unexpected.

The board broke up unhappy.

15.behind the glitz

Cheng Yuan left the venue and came to his father's mourning hall again.The coffin lid has been closed, and Cheng Yuan is staring at the portrait on the mourning hall.Suddenly there was a giggle behind him.Cheng Yuan turned around in horror, and saw his eldest sister suddenly appearing behind him like a ghost.

The eldest sister pointed at the portrait and said frantically: "You really look like him, exactly the same! Hahahaha!" After laughing, the eldest sister suddenly became angry and said through gritted teeth: "I hate him, and I hate you too. I hate everything from the Cheng family. People, especially men. The men of the Cheng family don’t have a good thing. They only know blood, and their hands are covered with blood, and they will die badly. You too, and you will die like him, hahahaha! "

Cheng Yuan looked at the eldest sister in shock, he already sensed that the Cheng family had some dark secrets, he asked, "Why?"

The eldest sister made a gesture of swallowing a gun, and said absentmindedly: "Because he killed my husband! Just like that, bang, it's full of blood!"

The second sister and Pippi rushed in, and the second sister said sharply, "Who told the eldest sister to come down? Pippi!"

Pippi ran over, trying to drag the eldest sister away, but the eldest sister shouted hoarsely: "Let go of me, you coward, avenge your father, kill them, kill the Cheng family, kill Mr. Cheng!"

The second sister stood in the distance watching everything in the mourning hall until the eldest sister and Pippi disappeared, then came over and said calmly to Cheng Yuan: "Come with me!"

The two came to Cheng Ren's former bedroom.The second sister was still so calm, even though she was so angry that she was about to explode when she learned about Cheng Yuan's position just now.She said slowly: "I was very angry when I saw you announcing your departure like that, but I figured it out along the way. You have been away from the Cheng family for 16 years, and your father suddenly imposed such a heavy burden on you, and Cheng Everything at home is still unknown to you, and it is really difficult for you. In fact, Dad wanted to tell you personally. He has been looking forward to it since the day he got sick. He hoped that he would get better and let Cheng Overcome the difficulties in his hands; when he feels that he can't do it, he persists. He wants to survive until you come home. He wants to hand over all the power and responsibility to Mr. Cheng, the fourth generation of the Cheng family. Because he I know that in the minds of the Nanyang Chinese, and in the entire overseas Chinese world, Mr. Cheng is a pivotal figure, and has even become a myth. He can’t think of any reason for you not to continue writing this myth, and he can’t think of you I will categorically reject this responsibility!" The second sister became more and more excited as she spoke, and she questioned Cheng Yuan sternly in the last few sentences.

Cheng Yuan looked up at the enraged second sister, his expression of indifference revealed again, "You are only talking about the Cheng Group in your and father's minds, the title of Mr. Cheng that you worship. This does not mean that everyone Look at Cheng’s Group and Mr. Cheng in this way. I have served as a senior financial consultant for seven listed companies on Wall Street. For today’s world made with financial technology, it is a mystical kingdom of mystery, an inexplicable ancient title, and a trickster The declining family, a heavily guarded group of directors, in my opinion, are all ridiculous, absurd and even absurd..."

The second sister was really angry, she covered her face and began to sob, the Cheng family run by her ancestors for generations is sacred and inviolable in her heart, she does not allow others to say that about the Cheng family.The second sister raised her hand and slapped her, but Cheng Yuan grabbed her. He stared at the second sister and said seriously: "Second sister, I know, your husband has passed away for seven years, and you really don't have to stay here. On the island, you should go out and find your own happiness! You don’t want to become like a big sister one day, do you?”

The second sister turned her head and was about to speak when she suddenly looked behind Cheng Yuan and scolded, "Pippi, what are you doing here? Get out!"

Cheng Yuan turned his head and saw Pippi walking in cynically.

Pippi smiled and said, "I didn't want to come in at first, but when I heard someone mentioning my mother, I had to come in. Uncle, you probably don't want to hear me call you uncle at all."

Cheng Yuanbao smiled and said nothing.Pippi went on to say: "It doesn't matter whether you are rebellious or have forgotten your ancestors, but as a nephew, I still want to remind you, after all, we have been playing since we were young." He threw a newspaper on the table after speaking.

Cheng Yuan picked up the newspaper and wrote on it: "A few days ago, a Chinese man and his girlfriend entered Malaysia as a tourist. There is marijuana..." Next to it was a photo of Wu Yue and Li Kejin.

The second sister looked at them puzzled.Pippi looked at Cheng Yuan jokingly, but at this time Cheng Yuan's expression had froze.He glanced back at Pippi, threw the newspaper on the table again, and returned to his bedroom.

Standing in front of the french window, Cheng Yuan remembered what Uncle Qi said: "In these years, your father's health is getting worse day by day, and he still insists on you continuing to receive American-style education. For this reason, he did not hesitate to part with his family, and separated his flesh and blood..."

And what Lida said to him: "It's not...my father came last year, and they played golf for two days. My father said they couldn't beat Mr. Cheng!"

He also thought of the crazy words of his elder sister: "The men of the Cheng family don't have a good thing. They only know blood, and their hands are covered with blood, and they will die badly. You too, and you will die like him. .”

What secret is the Cheng family hiding?Why are Uncle Qi and Lida's words completely opposite?One of them must have lied. He thought of Lida's innocent eyes. Lida couldn't be the one who lied, so it must be Uncle Qi. Why did Uncle Qi lie to him?Uncle Qi's half-smile expression appeared in Cheng Yuan's mind.

With so many questions, Cheng Yuan couldn't figure it out for a while. He sat down on the sofa, and the TV was broadcasting the same news as the newspaper. The scene of Wu Yue and Li Kejin struggling to be put on a black hood appeared on the screen.He didn't think the two Chinese were carrying marijuana, and if so, things got a little more complicated.If he didn't change cabins with them, he would be the one who appeared on TV now, who would put marijuana in the luxury cabin?This spearhead is obviously aimed at him, so who is it?

Cheng Yuan's mind was in a mess, he vaguely felt something, but he didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

After Cheng Yuan left, the second sister pulled Pippi and asked, "What happened? It's mysterious."

Pippi smiled, didn't say anything, ignored the second sister who was staying there, and went straight to Uncle Seven.Uncle Qi was carefully trimming his orchids, and Pippi said to him: "The day before yesterday, the maritime anti-drug team received an anonymous call, accusing the luxury cabin of the cruise ship of hiding marijuana. They didn't know who they were targeting, so they conducted a routine raid In the passenger cabin, marijuana was indeed found. However, for some unknown reason, Cheng Yuan changed the passenger cabin to someone else and escaped the catastrophe. Otherwise, the Chinese media in Southeast Asia today would probably be bombarded. !"

Uncle Qi didn't turn his head back, and continued to trim the orchids, and asked casually, "Who is the scapegoat?"

Pippi handed over a document in his hand and said, "It's a tourist from mainland China who has no background."

Uncle Qi took it and flipped through it and said, "It's done very well! From now on, we will arrange all the itineraries of the Cheng family, and this kind of mistake must never happen again!"

"I understand! I'm looking into that anonymous call, and I believe there will be results soon."

Uncle Qi snorted and said, "It's really a child's play to calculate the Cheng family like this!"

Pippi said: "I'm checking this anonymous call, I believe there will be results soon!"

Uncle Qi nodded and said, "Okay, but the most important thing right now is Mr. Cheng's funeral. By the way, what is that uncle of yours doing?"

Pippi shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe he is booking a return ticket online."

"Since he has been living in a safe America, don't let him know what happened here!"

Pippi glanced at Uncle Qi uneasily, the newspaper before coming here was tantamount to telling Cheng Yuan about it.

Seventh Uncle looked up at him and gave a majestic "hmm".

Pippi nodded quickly and replied: "Yes!" Then he backed out.

Cheng Yuan stayed in the room thinking about it for a long time, and felt that he couldn't think like this, he had to do something, let's start with his father first.He made a call and said to the other side: "Please find me the three doctors who came to Malaysia to consult with Cheng Ren. Yes, they must all be in major hospitals in the United States. They should be unique experts in the treatment of kidney diseases... Okay thank you!"

While talking, someone knocked on the door, Cheng Yuan put away the phone, calmed down, got up and opened the door.The second sister came in with a plate of fruit smiling, put it down, turned around and called, "Ah Yuan, come, come and eat some fruit."

Cheng Yuan said coldly: "Thank you, is there anything else?"

The second sister said with some anxiety: "A Yuan, I think we might be a little excited during the day, I want to talk to you again!"

Cheng Yuan refused: "I'm tired and want to sleep!"

The second sister held Cheng Yuan and said with a choked voice: "A Yuan, second sister, please, don't leave, don't leave the Cheng family again! Father and the old man really didn't expect him to leave, otherwise he wouldn't be indifferent You will die once you explain. Now my sister has a lot to say to you, and the Cheng family also has too many things that you need to understand. As a descendant of the Cheng family and the heir designated by your father, you must not just walk away like this! You heard my sister say..."

Cheng Yuan got up and interrupted: "You don't have to do this, you really don't have to. The Cheng family's affairs have nothing to do with me. I came back based on the few memories of my childhood. I am not Cheng Yuan now, I am It's George Whitson, my home is in California and my business is in New York!"

The second sister got up and angrily pointed at Cheng Yuan and cursed: "Bastard, you are not from the Cheng family! Dad has high hopes for you! Remember, you have not only failed the Cheng family, you have failed millions. Overseas Chinese!"

The second sister left without leaving the house. Cheng Yuan looked at the back of the second sister and was a little shocked, but he recovered quickly, turned on the computer, and looked up the English entry: acute renal failure.At this time the phone rang, Cheng Yuan picked it up, nodded to the phone and said: "Okay, help me contact them, I want to find them to verify my father's illness, because I suspect that my father Cheng Ren, like my mother back then, was tortured People murder!"

News came from the United States soon, Cheng Yuan turned on the video, and on the computer screen was an American doctor in a white coat.

The doctor said over there: "I have checked the information of the last consultation of the disease by three colleagues. The patient was indeed terminally ill at that time, and the treatment process was impeccable."

Cheng Yuan said puzzledly: "But there are indeed signs that my father died abnormally."

(End of this chapter)