"Uncle Kun, actually, today I came—"
"I know why you’ve come," Sheng Kun interrupted Ye Shu, "in fact, even I don’t have any news about him. I’ve sent people to search the whole world; I wait every day, every day is filled with disappointment."
Ye Shu, "Uncle Kun, when did you last see him?"
"I can’t quite remember when it was, but I do recall he was frantically searching for you. If he wasn’t out looking, he’d just stare at his phone screen all day long, to the point where his eyes started having problems. The doctor told him to rest, but he wouldn’t listen. Later, before his eyes even recovered, he heard a rumor that you might have been spotted somewhere, and he left again—that was the last time I saw him. I clearly remember that night, it was pouring rain, and he even forgot to take his eye medicine..."
"Right, I have something for you!" said Sheng Kun as he took an envelope from the drawer and handed it to Ye Shu, "He gave this to me while he was still here, told me to pass it on to you."
"What is this?" Ye Shu urgently took the envelope, opened it, and discovered it was actually a bank card, "Uncle Kun, this is..."
Sheng Kun, "That’s the money he got from selling Entertainment New Force, it’s all on that card. He said if you ever came looking for him, to give the card to you. It’s all his savings." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ Nov3lFɪre.ɴet
"He sold the group?" Ye Shu felt an exceptionally heavy weight settle on her heart.
"Ah, I tried to persuade him, told him not to be in such a rush, said good people will be rewarded and that Ye Shu would definitely return safely, but he couldn’t wait. Waiting was a torment for him—he also said that your disappearance was because he didn’t take good care of you, so he felt very guilty."
"Uncle Kun, I can’t take this card, take it back please. Even if I did want it, I would have to wait for him to come back and give it to me personally," Ye Shu said as she handed the card back.
"No, no, no!" Sheng Kun grabbed Ye Shu’s hand, pressing the card firmly into her palm with a sorrowful expression, "That was the only thing my son ever asked me for, if I can’t do even this, as a father, how can I stand it? If by chance he’s already... his spirit in heaven would be so disappointed."
"Uncle Kun, listen to me!" Ye Shu interrupted Sheng Kun, taking out a photograph, "Someone spotted him on the top of Tianhu Mountain, his eyes just can’t see, he’s not dead!"
"What? Is this, is this really true?" Sheng Kun’s hands trembled as he took the photo, overwhelmed with emotion, he called his secretary in, "Book a flight right away, I’m going to Tianhu Mountain!"
"Uncle Kun, I am truly sorry about what happened to Sheng Shuai, I hope... you can find him—and once you do, treat him well. Also, it’s probably best not to let him come to Jin City," Ye Shu said and then turned to leave.
Her purpose in coming to Taishan Group was to tell Sheng Kun the news about Sheng Shuai so they could go look for him.
Actually, she wanted to go to Tianhu Mountain herself, but she couldn’t, nor dared to face Sheng Shuai again; she feared she might impulsively agree to be with him. However, being moved by emotion and being truly in love, despite only a single character’s separation in writing, had an insurmountable distance between them. Acting on a moment’s emotion and making a mistake would cause him even more harm.
If one were to say she owed anyone something, Ye Shu believed she had never been indebted to anyone—if there were, those debts could be repaid later. But Sheng Shuai alone, she owed him far too much...