"Ling Yue, what's wrong?"
I frowned and went over to support her.
Ling Yue also frowned. She didn't say a word and sat on the sofa. Then she drank cup after cup of water.
Chrysanthemum Daohana looked at me and didn't say anything.
Finally, Ling Xue opened her mouth and asked, "Sis, what happened?"
"Nothing."
Ling Yue said coolly and continued to drink water.
However, Ling Xue squatted down and flipped Ling Yue's skirt up. Ling Yue's knees were stained with blood and her socks were stained red.
Ling Xue and I panicked. "What's going on?!"
Ling Yue looked at us and bit her lips. She said softly, "Nothing, really nothing. You don't have to be nervous."
At this time, another person came out of the car downstairs. It was Old Wang of the Suzhou branch of Bluestar.
Old Wang walked in and looked at Ling Yue with pity. Then he said, "Scholar, Ling Xue, the president has decided to disband Xue Yue Studio..."
I stilled. "What do you mean?"
"Nothing."
Old Wang coughed and said, "Last night, Snow Moon collapsed. I don't know what you did, but Ling Tian is very angry. He feels... there is no need for Xue Yue Studio to continue existing. Also, he feels that a game is a game. You, Ling Xue, and Ling Yue should leave Spirit of Grief."
"Uncle Wang, and then?" I asked.
Old Wang grimaced. "There is no then. Ling Tian gave you two choices. One, leave Xue Yue Studio and Suzhou. Two, go abroad with Ling Xue!"
Ling Xue widened her eyes and shouted angrily, "Why?!
Snow Moon hadn't really fallen yet. What was the point of removing it just like that?
Also, what was the first choice?
Let the Scholar leave Suzhou alone and have nothing to do with us anymore? "
"Something like that."
Old Wang paused and said, "Ling Tian is a businessman. He only cares about profits and the happiness of you and your sister. These days, he has decided to cut the Gordian knot. Scholar, you can choose to leave or stay, but Xue Yue Studio must be dissolved. Ling Yue must live in Bluestar Company in the future."
Ling Xue gritted her teeth and said, "No!"
Lao Wang furrowed his eyebrows. "Ling Xue, don't be willful. Did you not see Ling Yue's injuries?
She knelt outside the CEO's door for a whole day and begged but to no avail. Do you want to anger your father too? "
Ling Xue's eyes were filled with anger. She said word by word, "When you see the benefits in front of you, you keep Xue Yue Studio. When you don't see it, you immediately cancel Xue Yue Studio. What kind of father are you?
"Ling Xue!
Don't spout nonsense! "
A voice came from outside the door. I saw Ling Tian slowly walking up the stairs. His face was green with anger as he walked in front of us. He glanced at Ling Xue and said coldly, "You've grown up?
You don't even listen to your father anymore? "
Ling Xue lowered her head and didn't say anything.
Ling Tian scoffed and said calmly, "One year is enough. The few of you should return to reality. Do you want to live in that virtual space for the rest of your lives?
Bluestar's Suzhou Branch has already made a loss. Ling Yue is responsible for this. What about you, Ling Xue?
How long has it been since you went to school? "
Ling Tian shook his head, "All of you are too immature."
As he said that, Ling Tian looked at me and said emotionlessly, "Scholar, you are poison, poison to my two daughters. For their future, I hope that you leave Suzhou. No matter where you go, I will give you a sum of money for you to develop. My only request is that you leave Ling Xue and Ling Yue. Three years?"
I stood up and looked at Ling Tian. I said calmly, "Three years?
A sum of money?
Uncle Ling, what do you treat me as?
I love Ling Xue and I can give her both material and spiritual happiness. I don't need your charity and I don't need your warning or advice.
Perhaps what you're doing is right. We're all too young, and we don't know where the future lies. But … if you've been young before, please don't insult us when we're young. "
Ling Tian nodded his head and said, "Go, no matter which city you choose, I will support you."
… …
I didn't get angry and I wasn't willing to get angry unnecessarily. Maybe it was because we were too happy in Xue Yue Studio. Sadness would come one day.
People say that people have two hearts. One is happy while the other is sad. Don't laugh too loudly, otherwise, you will wake up the sadness next to you.
Now, perhaps it's really time for us to end our happiness.
Ling Tian was very determined. He loved Ling Xue and Ling Yue so much, but he couldn't bear to watch Ling Yue kneel on the uneven ground until her knees bled. This time, he was determined. Ling Xue and I couldn't object.
In reality, we were too stubborn. No matter what, our journey will come to an end. The journey in Spirit of Grief was just a fragment of our lives.
I glanced at Ling Xue and said, "I'm leaving."
Ling Xue stared at me blankly. She hadn't recovered from her shock yet.
"Xiangxiang, go pack your clothes. We will leave in half an hour."
I told Chrysanthemum Daohana. I thought of her as my sister, so of course I wouldn't leave her alone in Suzhou.
Chrysanthemum Daohana stilled and nodded. "Oh!"
Xia Xia was stunned. "This … this can't be real, can it?
Uncle Ling, are you really going to let big brother Scholar leave?
Why is this happening? "
Ling Tian let out a long sigh and said, "I, Ling Tian, don't care about flowers in a greenhouse."
Ling Xue grew anxious. "What flowers in a greenhouse?
Scholar has been working alone in Suzhou for years. Is he a flower in a greenhouse? "
I put a hand on Ling Xue's shoulder and smiled. "Don't say anymore, Ling Xue. Since I'm leaving, let me leave with some dignity, okay?"
Ling Xue clenched her fists and didn't say anything.
Ling Yue's face was ashen, and her beautiful eyes were filled with tears. She said indifferently, "Qin Xiaotian, Zi Yue, Little Yu, you three follow me. I will arrange suitable positions for you in the company."
"Oh …"
The girls answered dumbly. This sudden change happened so fast that no one could react in time.
Maybe Ling Tian was waiting for a chance, a sudden change related to Snow Moon that would allow his two daughters to escape this quagmire.
I returned to my room and packed my clothes. I stuffed the gaming helmet into my suitcase and put away the notebook Ling Yue had given me.
Ling Xue stood quietly behind me and watched me do all this without saying a word.
When I walked out of my room, Chrysanthemum Daohana also came out with her suitcase.
Ling Tian stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with his hands behind his back. He didn't even look at me.
I gritted my teeth. Fuck, there are no saints in this world. A beautiful miss can fall from the sky, but not a father-in-law who has more money than he can spend and is easy to talk to. If I don't have any skill, what right do I have to stand in front of him?
"Let's go …"
I said to Chrysanthemum Daohana, took the suitcase from her hands and walked out the door without looking back.
Ling Xue and Ling Yue chased after me. Summer, Soundless Rain, and Zi Yue followed me all the way to the garage.
I tossed the suitcase into the trunk and turned around to look at the girls.
Suddenly, I felt like laughing, so I laughed and said, "I'm going to set sail. What's wrong? Don't you have any farewell wishes?"
Ling Xue was already crying. She opened the car door and sat down. "You can go, but you have to take me with you!"
Ling Yue smiled and shook her head. "Don't be stubborn, Snow. Let Scholar go. Trust me, this temporary separation is only for a longer time to be together …"
I nodded. "Hehe, Ling Yue is the farsighted one."
Zi Yue walked up to me with tears in her eyes. "Big brother Scholar, where are you going?"
"I don't know. Let's see when we're on the road!
Maybe we'll go on a vacation, hehe … "
Ling Yue pursed her lips. Suddenly, she walked forward and stuffed a card into my chest pocket. She whispered, "The password is my birthday. There's two hundred million in there. No matter what you do, I will support you with all my strength."
I smiled and stuffed the card back into Ling Yue's hand. "Don't worry, I have my own money. If I took your card, wouldn't I become a pretty boy?
My face isn't exactly white … "
Ling Yue burst into laughter. "I know, you're a blackface!"
"Yeah, a blackface …"
I looked up at the workshop. Under the light, Ling Tian's figure was no longer straight. He looked bleak and even hunched.
… …
I carried Ling Xue out of the car. She cried on my shoulder for a long time, asking me when I was coming back and where I was going. She even ordered me not to change my phone number or she wouldn't be able to find me.
After comforting her for a long time, I got into the car with Chrysanthemum Daohana sitting next to me. The moment I started the car, Ling Xue and Ling Yue's expressions changed at the same time. Ling Yue couldn't hold back her tears and chased after the car until she fell to the ground. Ling Xue knelt next to her sister and cried.
I looked at the rearview mirror and felt like my heart was being cut by a knife. I abruptly stepped on the accelerator, and the car disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.
I stopped the car at the edge of the viaduct. My heart was filled with bitterness. I didn't know what all of this was for.
"Xiangxiang, let me hug you, okay?"
"Mn."
Chrysanthemum Daohana jumped into my arms and cried loudly. "Sister Bing Cha is gone, Sister Qin Yun is gone, and even we are leaving. Why?
What did we do wrong? "
I caressed Chrysanthemum Daohana's soft hair and said, "We didn't do anything wrong. The heavens let people who shouldn't have met meet meet."
Chrysanthemum Daohana cried even louder and said, "Big brother must be very sad. You'll feel better if you cry."
I shook my head. "No, I won't cry anymore. From now on, I will protect Xiangxiang, and … and I will come back. I will accompany Ling Xue for the rest of my life."
Chrysanthemum Daohana looked up at me and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, we will come back!"
I sat up straight and buckled Chrysanthemum Daohana's seatbelt. Then, I slowly drove the car onto the highway. Before I knew it, we had left Suzhou, passed through Wuxi, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang. The night was hazy, and I was a bit tired. I stopped the car at a rest stop, turned off the lights, and hugged Chrysanthemum Daohana and fell asleep.
When I woke up, it was already morning. My whole body was exhausted, but I didn't even have a place to rest. I felt incomparably bitter in my heart. It's fine if I have to suffer, but even Dao Huaxiang has to suffer with me.
"Xiangxiang, are you tired?" I asked.
Chrysanthemum Daohana rubbed her eyes. "No, but big brother, where are we going?
We have to have a destination. Otherwise, it will become a self-help tour … "
I nodded and looked at the big map on the GPS. "After Zhenjiang is the provincial capital. Xiangxiang, let's go to Nanjing, okay?"
Chrysanthemum Daohana nodded repeatedly. "Yes, I will go wherever big brother goes."
"Okay!"
Before noon, we entered Nanjing and took a big detour.
The first thing we did after entering the city was to refuel. If we didn't refuel, we would run out of gas and not be able to go anywhere.
At noon, we found a restaurant and ate to our heart's content. Then, we booked two rooms so that Chrysanthemum Daohana could have a good sleep. Since we weren't familiar with this place, we booked a room for a month. We would first use this place called "Dawn International Hotel" as our base of operations. Then, we would plan to expand.
The hotel didn't have a network cable for the game, so we couldn't get on the game. So, we went to sleep early. The rooms were 700 RMB a day during the off-season. There were two rooms for 30 days. Like this, we would lose over 40,000 RMB. Luckily, I still had over 90 million RMB in my card. If I wanted to, I could live here for the rest of my life.
At night, I tossed and turned on the bed. I had to do something. Otherwise, even if I came to Nanjing, I wouldn't have any achievements. I wouldn't be able to make Ling Tian look at me in a different light!
I also couldn't neglect the game. After all, my development was based on the game. This was my road to wealth. If I broke it, I would be like a dried up fish. I wouldn't be able to jump around for more than a few minutes.
As for business, opening a hotel or a bar was impossible. I didn't have any connections with the underworld. Opening a place like that would be suicidal. Then, I would enter the food and beverage industry. A place that was purely for eating and drinking. If that was the case, then my first choice would be to open a restaurant.
However, a restaurant must have its own signature dish. Otherwise, it wouldn't stand out.
After thinking hard for a while, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration. In the past, I had eaten "Ganquan Live Fish" with my colleagues in a place called "Ganquan County" in the province. The taste was delicious and it was one of the best in the world!
After so many years, I still had the urge to drool when I heard those four words. I wanted to bring Ling Xue and Ling Yue to try it many times. However, I was worried that the store had already closed. After all, so many years had passed. That little village store might not still exist.
However, I had already made up my mind. I don't care anymore. I'm going to open a restaurant!
… …
The next day, I spent over 2000 RMB to beg the hotel manager to help me and Chrysanthemum Daohana install a game cable for our room.
After eating breakfast, we set off to Ganquan County!