King of Capital: From Unemployment to the Pinnacle of Life

"Mom! What exactly happened? Tell me clearly!"

"My child, sob sob! Mommy loves you! Sob sob!"

......

My mom kept crying, and it was driving me crazy!

"My son! There's a secret I have to tell you today..."

On the other end of the phone, my mother sobbed, "Mom, I'm not your biological mother! Waaah!"

Upon hearing this, I was completely petrified!

It felt as if my soul had been emptied out!

"Mom...you, you? What are you talking about?"

My hands were trembling so badly I could barely hold the phone.

"Waaah! My son! I overheard today that the doctor who treated me is Song Guolong, and I realized he's here, he's here! Waaah! My son, he's your biological father!"

I felt dizzy and unsteady on my feet!

"Mom...you're lying to me, aren't you?" I felt a powerful claw gripping my throat tightly.

"No... Mom isn't lying to you! Your father and I have kept this secret for 26 years, and now it's time to tell you... Son, listen to Mom!"

On the other end of the phone, my mother cried as she said, "Your biological mother's surname is Qiao, and her name is Qiao Yunshu. Back then, I was just a nanny for Miss Qiao..."

My mother cried as she recounted what happened back then...

My birth mother was Qiao Yunshu, one of the two famous actresses surnamed Qiao who were once very popular in Jiangcheng!

Song Guolong concealed his true identity and contacted my birth mother... My birth mother also fell deeply in love with him and soon became pregnant!

Later, my birth mother learned that Song Guolong had a wife and five daughters... and immediately objected!

However, instead of causing a scene at Song Guolong's house, she chose to retire from the film industry, leave alone, and give birth to me in a northern city, intending to raise me alone...

Song Guolong searched everywhere for her but couldn't find her, but it seems that Song Guolong's first wife has received some news...

When I was six months old, my biological mother was in a car accident. She was seriously injured and died shortly after being taken to the hospital!

"My son! Waaah!"

My mother cried on the other end of the phone, saying, "Your own mother was the kindest woman in the world. Before she died, she entrusted you to me... Waaah! Later, didn't I marry your father? Your father also happened to have the surname Song, the same as Song Guolong... Waaah! My son! To prevent you from dying at his hands, your father and I quit our jobs in the city and fled back to our rural hometown. We never dared to come out again! Waaah!"

Listening to my mother's story, I felt like my brain had been emptied out by a giant vacuum tube!

My mother... is actually Qiao Yunshu from back then? Me, me...?

The image of Xu Meijuan vividly recounting those past events to me keeps replaying in my mind...

"Qiao Jingshu was Xiao Qiao, and Qiao Yunshu was Da Qiao! Later, Da Qiao was hit by a car and died..."

Oh my God!

My tears flowed uncontrollably!

It turns out my background is just like Xu Shaokun's; I'm also... an illegitimate child!

At this moment, all the logic is completely closed!

Why did Song Guolong allow Dingkun Agriculture to be renamed Dingcheng Agriculture?

Why did Song Guolong's eyes flash with anger when he saw me injured?

Why...why would Song Guolong ask for my opinion at such a high-level meeting today?

Why did Song Guolong let me sit next to him?

.......

One by one, one by one... In this world, there is no love without a reason, nor is there hatred without a reason!

I was originally...his son!

"My son!"

My mother cried on the other end of the phone, saying, "I understand that Song Guolong takes care of you! After all... he's your biological father, but... the Song family's affairs aren't decided by him, but by his wife, Yin Mei! He wants to protect you, but he can't... Waaah! My child! Leave him, secretly leave him, don't get involved with him!"

My mother paused for a moment and continued, "Son! Under my bed, there's a tin box of cookies. Go back to our hometown... take it out, and inside there's a bankbook. That's the money your birth mother left you—one million! The password is your birthday. Take it... Originally, I was planning to give it to you and Lanlan when you got married..."

At this point, my mother's voice suddenly tightened: "Son! Their people are here, I have to hang up now! I'm doing fine here... don't worry about me! Take the money, take Lanlan, and run! Run as far away as possible! Go abroad if you can, and don't worry about your mother and father anymore!"

After saying that, my mom hung up the phone!

I froze on the spot, petrified for a good ten seconds, then grabbed the wall, covered my face, and burst into tears...

Twenty-six years have passed, and scene after scene flashes through my mind like a movie...

From childhood to adulthood, I have never doubted that my parents are not my biological parents!

Because they treat me much better than Xiaojuan... They give me the first bite of meat, and I get the first new clothes. People say they favor boys over girls, but they don't care at all...

Xiaojuan, a girl, wore clothes I wore when I was little when she was in elementary school... and was laughed at by the other girls! They even wouldn't let her into the girls' restroom...

Even now, when I think back on it, it feels like my heart is being cut by a knife!

After I went to university, my parents still sent me a full amount of money every month. I was still very immature and dated at school, rented an apartment, bought a guitar, and spent all my food and other expenses on myself. I didn't act like a poor student at all...

I'm so sorry to my parents!

If Juanzi hadn't called me to tell me that her family was really broke and she didn't even want to go to university anymore, I wouldn't have known that her family's financial situation had deteriorated to this extent!

Even so... my birth mother left me with money that my elderly parents didn't touch a single penny of!

I'm saving them all for myself, so I can marry Lin Lan later...

Countless memories flooded my conscience like a tsunami, and I was so heartbroken that I slapped myself several times! Silent tears streamed down my face, and I cried like a child!

It took me a good ten minutes of intense pain to process what my mother had told me... before I finally accepted the truth.

Then, with trembling hands, I picked up my phone and opened Baidu to search for "Qiao Yunshu".

Images of my birth mother and various stills from the show immediately popped up... which gave my heart a sudden tremor!

This? This...is this my real mother?

Tears welled up in my eyes again... She was so beautiful; her eyes and nose looked just like mine!

They say a mother and child are connected at heart!

Although she is no longer here... this 'reunion' across time and space made me recognize her at a glance. This... my mother, we have an undeniable blood relationship!

This strong kinship bond is much stronger than when I first saw Duoduo's photo!

When I first saw Duoduo, to be honest... I wasn't sure if she was my daughter, because she looked too much like Lin Lan!

But when I saw my mother, I knew immediately that she was definitely my biological mother! She looks much more like me than my mother does...

My heart is erupting like a volcano once again!

Heartache, resentment, humiliation, sadness, guilt, and deep-seated hatred... all sorts of emotions intertwined like a high-temperature furnace, scorching my soul!

My own mother died when I was six months old...

That son of a bitch, Song Guolong!

You killed my mother!

I clenched my fists so hard they cracked, and pounded on the wall!

I never imagined... that Xu Shaokun, whom I looked down upon, had a background and family history that were practically a mirror image of mine!

God! Why are you playing this trick on me?

The ancients said that the two most intolerable things in the world are the hatred of having one's wife stolen and the hatred of having one's parents killed!

I never expected... that retribution would come so quickly!

I just snatched Xu Meiyun away from Xiao Bo...

Xiao Bo was both angry and resentful, and his face was covered in blood from being beaten!

And I was immediately punished!

My mom made a phone call and told me this "truth" that I found hard to bear!

What goes around comes around; retribution is inevitable!

Yin Mei... she killed my mother!

Damn it... I must gather evidence and make her get shot!

I clenched my fists and kept pounding the wall until my knuckles bled...

The hatred for killing one's mother is irreconcilable!

I can't leave, I can't escape... Aren't you playing me? Aren't you using me as a pawn?

OK!

I'm going to use your tricks and rules against you, and I'll take everything from you dirty capitalists, making you pay the price before the law!

At that moment, my mind calmed down considerably...

I think I've figured out something deeper too...

I was once amazed by Lin Lan's shamelessness!

Even though she's already dumped me... she still has the nerve to cry and say that she's never done anything to betray me!

I was speechless!

You've already started seeing someone else, and you still say you haven't wronged me?

To lie through one's teeth... How can someone be so shameless!

Now it dawned on me... This damn thing might really be a setup!

Just as my mind was buzzing, and I was carefully sorting out the threads of these complicated matters... there was a knock on the door of the storage room.

"Acheng? Are you inside?"

Lin Lan's voice came from outside the door.