King of Capital: From Unemployment to the Pinnacle of Life

I've never been a good liar!

The immense psychological pressure was simply too much for me to bear...

So, I decided to take a gamble!

Sister Gambling, Song Huayang, is a completely good person and would never betray me!

However, after a moment of shock, Song Huayang's swollen, red eyes flashed with an even deeper sadness and disappointment, and tears streamed down her face like a broken string of pearls...

"Xiao Cheng..."

Song Huayang choked up and said, "If you want to reject me... just say it openly. Don't come up with such a lame excuse. I'm not the kind of woman who clings on relentlessly. I know my place!"

"Big sister!"

I knelt down before her again, raised my face, and said sincerely, "I didn't lie to you! If you don't believe me, take me for a kinship test tomorrow! I really am your brother... I, I..."

At this point, I choked up: "My mother was also killed by your mother, Yin Mei!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Song Huayang shuddered violently as if he had been electrocuted, his eyes widened in shock!

"Xiao Cheng! Don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense!"

I protested, "Big sister... I didn't want to talk about these things! But I saw how pitifully you were deceived, and I couldn't bear it! The grudges of the previous generation are the grudges of the previous generation! But you are, after all, my own sister, my family! Blood is thicker than water! I... I don't want you to be so sad, so I've decided not to hide it anymore, I'm going to tell you the whole truth!"

I paused for a moment and continued, "My mother was Qiao Yunshu back then. You should have heard of her, right? Even my second sister has heard of her... You should have been a teenager back then... You should know what happened in the family!"

I told everything I knew without holding back!

This includes Song Guolong's scheme to have Lin Lan infiltrate the Xu family as a "spy"...

"Big sister...I..."

At this point, I couldn't control my emotions any longer, and tears streamed down my face. "Actually... I came back not to fight you for the inheritance, but to find out what really happened back then. Also... my adoptive parents are still in Dad's hands, and I... I'm not at ease with them! Once I've found out the truth, I'll leave... and never bother you again..."

My older sister stared at me, completely frozen, only her eyes trembling...

A moment later, she knelt down and gently hugged me: "Xiao Cheng... are you really my brother?"

"Um!"

I nodded vigorously: "Really! Sis... If you don't believe me, we'll get a bloodline test done tomorrow!"

My older sister hugged me tighter and tighter, her voice becoming more choked with emotion: "Good brother... I believe you! Thank you for telling me all this!"

"sister......."

I wiped away my tears, sniffled, and looked up at her sincerely: "Sister, please! Don't tell your mother about this, I, I..."

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"I understand!"

Song Huayang helped me to my feet and pulled me to sit on the sofa...

"Xiao Cheng!"

Song Huayang wiped away her tears, her expression regaining its composure and seriousness. Holding my hand, she said earnestly, "I won't tell her... I'll help you investigate!"

"Really? Sis!"

I stared at Song Huayang in shock, never expecting... that she would actually help me investigate my own mother.

"Um!"

Song Huayang nodded seriously: "But Xiao Cheng... can you promise your sister something?"

"Sister, you tell me!"

I looked at her excitedly and nodded vigorously: "Don't just say one, I'll agree to ten thousand!"

"Good little brother!"

Tears welled up in Song Huayang's eyes again. She wiped them away and said, "I will investigate what happened back then for you. I'll do whatever I can! I will absolutely not cover it up for her! But... no matter what the outcome, I beg you, please let her go... She, she is, after all, my mother!"

At this point, Song Huayang's whole body trembled and she burst into tears again...

"sister!"

My heart felt as if it were being tightly gripped by a hand...

Yes!

Although Song Huayang and I share the same father, we are siblings!

But some things are irreconcilable, and can only be confronted head-on!

She is Yin Mei's daughter, and she must protect Yin Mei no matter what...

And I am Qiao Yunshu's son!

I must avenge my mother...

If I find out that... it was indeed Yin Mei who killed my mother back then, and I still let her go, would I still be human?

Am I still worthy of being called a son?

"younger brother!"

Song Huayang hugged me tightly, sobbing sadly, "I know it's selfish of me to say this... but... look at her now, paralyzed on one side, confined to a wheelchair every day, and with diabetes, she won't live much longer, you could even say her life is worse than death... just consider her... already punished! Xiao Cheng, sob! My dear brother!"

Song Huayang continued, crying, "If you promise me, I'll... give you all the shares I own! It'll be compensation, okay? Xiao Cheng... Waaah!"

My heart was pounding, but my mind was completely blank...

I don't know whether I should agree to Song Huayang's request.

Seeing that I remained silent, Song Huayang continued, sobbing, "Xiao Cheng, I understand you! The hatred for killing your mother is irreconcilable! But... you are also a son of the Song family! You are the only legitimate heir of the Song family, and your eldest sister will protect you and help you..."

"sister!"

I interrupted her: "I don't want a single penny from you, and I don't want to be the heir to the Song family... I just want to find out the truth... I don't want to live my whole life in a daze..."

"I'll help you find out the truth!"

Song Huayang hugged me tightly: "I won't show favoritism, but I just beg you to let her go... Waaah!"

"Okay, fine..."

When I said "okay," it felt like a thousand needles were piercing my heart! Tears streamed down my face uncontrollably!

My birth mother's image keeps flashing through my mind... I don't know why I made this decision!

I feel so sorry for my mother!

However, faced with my older sister's desperate pleas, I really... didn't know what to choose!

"Xiao Cheng!"

Song Huayang excitedly cupped my face in his hands, his eyes brimming with tears, and said, "I will make it up to you with ten times the love! People say that an elder sister is like a mother! My dear brother, everything I have from now on is yours!"

"No......"

I shook my head with a bitter smile: "I still stand by what I said... I came back only to find out the truth! I don't want my mother to die without knowing why... I don't want anything else!"

"Silly child!"

Song Huayang hugged me tightly, choking back tears, and said, "You're my own brother! I have no other hope or expectation left in this life... you're all I have left! I'll love you like a mother would, please believe me?"

I can certainly understand Song Huayang's feelings...

She tried to make up for what fate had done to me with the "motherly love" of an elder sister!

All I want is for her to get married soon and live a normal life, instead of living forever in Yin Mei's shadow and under her control!

Although Song Huazhao and Song Huayao's antics today greatly weakened Yin Mei's "control."

But Song Huayang was too deeply poisoned by filial piety... she was still firmly controlled.

"Sis, if you really care about me and love me, please promise me one thing, okay?" I looked at her earnestly.

"you say!"

Song Huayang held my hand tightly: "Don't just say one, even ten thousand, I'll agree to it!"

"Sis! I don't want you to be a 'brother-supporting demon'!"

I sniffled and said, "I only need you to do two things for me. First, help me find out the truth about my mother's car accident back then. Second... Sister, you should get married soon! You should live a normal life; you can't keep living in your mother's shadow!"

"Ugh!"

Hearing this, Song Huayang sighed sadly and helplessly, "Sister wants to too... but you don't know, Mom transferred all her shares to me. If I get married, then... sigh!"

She gave a self-deprecating bitter laugh: "I'm already this old, I don't think about these things anymore, little brother... Now that you've returned to the Song family, the Song family has an heir, and I'm completely content."

"No!"

I insisted, "Big sister! You absolutely must get married! I'm begging you! If you don't agree, I won't agree either! I've already made a bet with Dad that I'll marry you off in six months!"

Upon hearing what I said, Song Huayang looked at me with shock, his lips trembling slightly...

"Sis! Even though you're 16 years older than me, I'm your brother, not your son... Don't be a 'brother-supporting demon'! You should have your own life!"

"But sister, I can't be unfilial! Waaah!"

Song Huayang hugged me and cried.

"Sister! You don't understand the true meaning of filial piety at all!"

I said earnestly, "Mencius said there are three unfilial acts, but you only remember one: 'Having no offspring is the greatest'! Actually, the greatest unfilial act is to blindly obey and lead one's parents astray! When parents are wrong, instead of helping them correct their mistakes, you blindly obey them, causing them to suffer a bad reputation. This is the greatest unfilial act!"

I paused for a moment and continued, "It's just that later generations, like the crooked monks who misread the scriptures, said things like filial piety is everything, and that obeying one's parents is right. That's a misinterpretation of Mencius's meaning... Sister! You're just flattering the wicked!"

"To meet with your evil?" Song Huayang looked horrified.

"That's right!"

I said seriously, "It is a small crime to follow the evil of one's parents, but a great crime to follow the evil of one's parents! If your parents do bad things and you follow along, that is still a small crime. But if your parents do bad things and you think they are doing the right thing, that is a great crime!"

"Waaaaah!"

Song Huayang covered her face and burst into tears again: "I don't think she did the right thing! I had no choice, I didn't want to see her sad!"

"But... don't you think about what outsiders are saying about her?"

I continued to persuade her, "People all treat her like she's crazy!"

I had barely finished speaking when the study door was suddenly pushed open...