King of Capital: From Unemployment to the Pinnacle of Life

The footsteps quickly reached my door...

The door was locked. The person outside knocked gently: "Xiao Cheng! Xiao Cheng, are you there?"

I recognized it; it was Song Hualin's voice.

"Fifth Sister... what are you doing?"

I feigned laziness and impatience, saying, "It's so late, aren't you going to sleep?"

"What's so late? It's already dawn!"

Outside the door, Song Hualin said anxiously, "Xiao Cheng! I've investigated... Mom really does suspect you're Dad's illegitimate son! Open the door quickly!"

Upon hearing her say that, my nerves tightened instantly. I gave Hongman a look, and she quickly got up, put on her pajamas, and hid behind the curtains...

"Fifth Sister! Wait a minute!"

I put on my underwear and vest, got up, walked to the door, and opened it.

As soon as the door opened, Song Hualin looked at me intently, then... she sniffed the air and asked, "Is there a woman in the house?"

"Uh...no!"

I forced a nonchalant smile: "Fifth Sister, what are you talking about? How could there be a woman in my room?"

"snort!"

Song Hualin crossed her arms and swayed her hips as she entered the house. She sniffed hard again, frowning, and said, "This house... reeks of men and women having sex! And you say there isn't any! Xiao Cheng... I don't care about your private life, but what I need to tell you is important, and no one else can hear it!"

"Oh, Fifth Sister! Please have a seat!"

I brought her a chair, gestured for her to sit down, then took out a cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and sat down facing her...

"Fifth Sister... um, one of my lovers just came by, but he's already left, so don't worry!"

I exhaled a puff of smoke, trying to mask the feminine scent in the room...

"Oh, Cheng!"

Song Hualin also took out a women's cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and said, "My mother...is sending my fourth sister to investigate you!"

"What? Send Fourth Brother to investigate me?" I was completely bewildered.

"Yes! I've already talked to my fourth sister... My mom asked her to take a hair follicle from your head and compare it with my dad's DNA!"

Song Hualin pondered for a moment and said, "Actually... from the moment you first came to our house, my mother started to suspect you! Because you look so much like my father when he was young! Even... subconscious actions and expressions... my father always likes to lick the corner of his mouth, and look at you... don't you have that habit too? Also, when my father is anxious, he sometimes stutters, and you have that problem too, so... my mother highly suspects that you are my father's illegitimate child! My father secretly brought you back... just thinking of letting you get a share of the family fortune!"

Upon hearing this, a chill ran down my spine!

And then I remembered... the look in Yin Mei's eyes, the expression on her face, when she asked me to try on clothes for Song Guolong...

Damn! I knew it!

This is how you live your life!

Never underestimate other people... What you can think of, others can think of too!

I should have known my own limitations long ago!

"Then... then why did your mom still try to match me up with my older sister?" I asked in shock.

"Let's test the waters!"

Song Hualin took a light drag on her cigarette: "My mother is a very calculating person... She wants you to slip up on your own. If you were my father's son, you definitely wouldn't agree... But everything depends on the DNA test results!"

"Tsk!"

I frowned, clicked my tongue, took another deep drag on my cigarette, and tried my best to empathize with Yin Mei's thoughts!

That old guy... he's incredibly slippery!

We tried to fool her, but... she saw right through us!

"In the evening..."

Song Hualin said, "Didn't you leave first? You said you were going to prepare food for my eldest sister... My third sister cuddled with Mom for a while, then she was scolded and kicked out, and then... Mom suddenly did a 180-degree change in her attitude towards me! She said that as long as I realize my mistakes and can change, I'll be her good daughter, and she even hugged me..."

"Hmm! And then..." I asked, frowning.

"Then......"

Song Hualin pondered for a moment and said, "The situation is basically as we predicted last night... She said that since you're an outsider, and now that you've been appointed as the vice president of the resort... she'll have to be careful and asked me to keep an eye on you! Then... I asked her, as a starting point, why she's so good to you and trusts you so much. Is it because you can cure her illness?"

"And then what did your mom say?"

"My mom said...that's a small matter!"

Song Hualin took another drag of her cigarette, then stubbed it out and said, "So what if you can treat patients? Being able to treat patients... only proves you're a good doctor, it doesn't prove anything else... She frankly told me she suspects you might be my father's child!"

"Your mom said that to you directly?" I looked at her in shock.

"Um!"

Song Hualin nodded: "So... everything she did to you was a test! To lower your guard, and then slowly verify... She said she'd already arranged for my fourth sister to do it, but lately she's been busy with business and hasn't had time to come see you! My mom said... I should be as obedient and submissive as possible to you, and then try to get information out of you... Xiao Cheng! My mom is indeed... cunning and calculating! We all underestimated her!"

She paused, then continued, "I think, on one hand, she does need you, since you can cure her illness! On the other hand... she's also planning to get rid of you! Now she can barely stand up and is much more confident... Xiao Cheng, think about it, if she really didn't suspect you and wanted to marry your older sister to you, why hasn't she mentioned your wedding date yet?"

I frowned and remained silent...

Why didn't Yin Mei mention it?

When Song Huayang and I went to see her after her second fall, she mentioned it...

On the surface, it seems like they trust me more and are more grateful to me!

However, in reality... she felt that she was almost fully recovered and could stand up for herself, and it was time to break off all ties with me!

That old woman's thoughts are truly unfathomable!

While she was in a coma due to a brain hemorrhage, and then briefly regained consciousness, she was still trying to mislead me: "What about in the next life, let me be her son..."

Thinking about it now, those words are chilling!

How cunning does a person have to be... to still be scheming in that critical moment!

Fortunately, she did suffer a brain hemorrhage and is now in the ICU.

Otherwise... I simply can't imagine how I'd get through the rest of my life.

"Xiao Cheng!"

Song Hualin looked at me earnestly and said, "My fourth sister just got back from out of town around 2 a.m.... I immediately found her and we've been talking ever since. On one hand, I'm testing the waters to see how her investigation is going; on the other hand, I'm also trying to form a so-called 'alliance' with her to monitor and investigate you together!"

"How's her investigation going?" I asked, frowning.

"Oh!"

Song Hualin sighed softly and said with a wry smile, "The investigation revealed... you lied, but not entirely!"

"What do you mean by that?"

"hehe!"

Song Hualin laughed, "Originally, my mom thought that my dad had been supporting your adoptive parents all these years... at least their living conditions weren't too bad! But my fourth sister's investigation revealed... your family is so poor they're barely making ends meet, your adoptive mother is on dialysis, has heart failure, and the family doesn't even have the money to send their child to university... My fourth sister also investigated your mom's medications; they're all cheap drugs prescribed by community hospitals, and she doesn't even have employee medical insurance... Even the cigarettes your dad smokes are the cheap kind that only cost a few dollars..."

Song Hualin's words felt like knives stabbing into my heart...

Those Song family members are truly despicable!

They even found out about my mom's medication and the cigarettes my dad smokes...

"And also..."

Song Hualin lit another cigarette, took a light puff, and said, "Fourth Sister's investigation revealed... your adoptive parents have been taken by Dad to the best hospital in the capital for kidney transplants, and they're recovering well. They're living in the villa Dad bought in the capital, with dedicated staff to take care of them... In other words, their previous lifestyle is a stark contrast to Dad's later attitude towards your family! Fourth Sister suspects... you might have just been found!"

She paused, then continued, "As for your birth mother, Fourth Sister has already guessed pretty accurately; it should be Qiao Yunshu... because your adoptive mother used to be Miss Qiao's nanny, and Miss Qiao did have a relationship with my father back then... so, it's basically confirmed that you are my father and Qiao Yunshu's child! But ultimately, everything... will depend on the DNA test results!"

After listening to Song Hualin's story... I felt suffocated and oppressed!

If you don’t know, you can’t do it yourself!

The Xu family's intelligence network is already incredibly powerful... Could the Song family be even more stupid than the Xu family?

I should have thought of this a long time ago!

"Xiao Cheng..."

Song Hualin's eyes were filled with complex emotions as she pondered, "I came to find you! I wanted to tell you all this and hear your thoughts..."

"Oh!"

I shook my head with a wry smile: "Fifth Sister... what can I possibly think? Things have come to this point... it's all completely out of control! Your mother is determined to kill me no matter what! It seems our shared goal... is impossible to achieve!"

Previously, Song Hualin and I discussed... jointly taking control of the Song family's ship!

She became my "political enemy," contradicting me and working in concert to further solidify Yin Mei's trust in me!

As for me... I was essentially one of the "Ten Attendants," effectively sidelining the "Empress Dowager Yin" and becoming her sole mouthpiece to the outside world!

Song Guolong dotes on Song Hualin the most... But she refuses to marry and stays in the Song family as the "eldest princess." My brother and I are urging her to marry off all the other sisters and get rid of them!

Then the Song family will be our domain!

But judging from the current situation... Yin Mei has completely lost trust in me, and you could even say she's just one piece of 'evidence' away from sentencing me to death!

That means my "evil alliance" with Song Hualin is effectively over!

What puzzles me is... Song Hualin is so cunning and wicked... why would she be willing to tell me the truth?

"Fifth Sister..."

I sighed dejectedly, "Looks like I'm no longer of any use to you! Your mother will kill me sooner or later! I can't help you anymore..."

"snort!"

Song Hualin grinned slightly and sneered, "I'm not willing to admit defeat!"