OBS Chapter 724: The Real Sorrow; Meng Family, "Where's Your Apology?"
Chapter 724: The Real Sorrow; Meng Family, "Where's Your Apology?"
"I know he wants to help me, always has." Chang Le repeated.
Hua An Ning breathed a sigh of relief, then sighed, "Sometimes I really find it strange. How could my parents and my eldest brother, with such personalities, raise a second brother with such a personality? How could a place like the Hua family, which is always so lifeless, produce a rebellious only child like my second brother?"
She said this in a teasing tone, but both of them knew the real answer.
When Hua Xiange was young, he was considered a wild child. Apart from Wei Zi, no one cared about him or restrained him. Because he did not have the [Blood Thorn] ability, his future was destined to have nothing to do with the master of the Hua family.
This is a realistic, cruel, and jungle world.
Chang Le suddenly asked, "Have the other families arrived?"
Hua An Ning said: "The Luo family has arrived, but the Wu and Meng families haven't yet."
Chang Le said: "Then I'll go somewhere else first."
"Where are you going?" Hua An Ning got out of the car and asked, looking at Chang Le's back.
"Go and coax them." Chang Le waved his hand, and Xiao Ye immediately followed.
……
Chang Le found Hua Xiange's room with ease. When he saw Zhou Liang when he came in, he just asked if she needed anything. When he heard that she was looking for Hua Xiange, he immediately made way.
Chang Le didn't even knock on the door. When he opened it, as expected, Hua Xiange was there, hugging her legs and hanging on the horizontal bar, looking emo.
Dancers should practice their skills and cry with their legs bent. Hua Xiange said this when she was a child, when she was practicing martial arts.
Of course, Hua Xiange didn't cry at this moment, especially when she turned around and saw Chang Le, she held back the tears she had.
Chang Le sat down on a chair beside him, looked at his awkward back and said:
"My expression in the car was not accurate. What I meant was that I could handle that situation completely and you shouldn't be so impulsive. You are a public figure and your every word and action may be deeply interpreted by countless people. Doing that could ruin your career."
Hua Xiange didn't turn around.
Chang Le narrowed his eyes and continued, "After all, you take your career so seriously and equate it with the freedom you dream of. If that's the case, don't destroy it easily."
After waiting for a second without any response, Chang Le added a bombshell: "Isn't it because I almost ruined your star career and made you lose your freedom that I broke up with you back then?"
Hua Xiange suddenly retracted her legs and turned around, glaring at her angrily: "Do you think I'm completely breaking up with you because of this?!"
Chang Le wondered: "Isn't it?"
"Of course! But not all!" Hua Xiange roared, "Don't you remember the most vicious words you said to me that year?"
The most vicious words?
Chang Le thought hard and remembered.
——"Why? When a bird is tired of flying, will it seek a cage for support?"
——"With the noise of the crowd and rumors everywhere, the freedom you pursued has failed."
"That's it," Chang Le repeated the words that impressed him the most, "The freedom you were so proud of has been shattered."
Hua Xiange was so angry that her teeth chattered: "Even your tone is the same... No! It's! This! One!"
"Oh," Chang Le leaned back and spread his hands, "I don't remember that."
Hua Xiange was so angry that she sat down on the bed, panting, propped up her knees, and said aggrievedly for a long time: "It's not this, this is not what I remember most clearly."
——"Look at you, a worthless person lingering in the cage. You can't even save yourself. You are nothing but a pathetic poultry!"
"This is the only sentence I remember clearly till now." Hua Xiange looked at her with red eyes.
Chang Le is silent.
From her perspective, no matter whether it was her now, the eldest lady, the madman, or 422 who issued the task, they all believed that Hua Xiange and her rift were related to the freedom she destroyed.
But in Hua Xiange's heart, what hurts him the most is his powerlessness, his inability to protect himself and others. Pursuing freedom is also a way for him to prove himself.
It was because she, the sister whom Hua Xiange failed to protect, spoke out her own words about his powerlessness, which hit him in the deepest part of his pain and guilt, and he completely collapsed.
"Sorry." Chang Le thought about it and this was the only thing he could say.
Hua Xiange didn't want her to apologize: "Who asked you to apologize? What you said is not completely wrong. Besides, I already cursed back. I have cursed you in similar ways before."
Chang Le:?
"When?" She couldn't remember.
Hua Xiange hummed twice and said nothing.
Of course you don’t remember that I scolded you behind your back!
"Thank you." Chang Le suddenly said again.
Hua Xiange looked at her in some surprise.
Chang Le repeated: "I said, thank you, whether it's the second brother in the past or the Hua Xiange now."
Hua Xiange pursed her lips, held her breath, and turned her head away.
Chang Le shook his head helplessly: "You cry slowly, I'm going to get busy."
"Who are you talking about crying?" Hua Xiange rolled her eyes, and tears came out. She yawned hurriedly to cover them up.
Chang Le laughed, turned and left.
After walking out of the main building, she stopped and looked back at the familiar place.
This place holds her most chaotic, complicated and confused time.
Before she recovered all her memories, she hated the Hua family because she knew that she was kept in the dark because they sealed her memory because she was unable to see Fu Guang for the last time.
But now, standing at the end of the long river of memory of more than three hundred years, when looking back, compared to hatred, it would be more appropriate to say indifference.
No sadness or joy, just indifference and distance, it's all in the past.
The only thing that made me feel resentful was that I had missed the last chance to see Fu Guang because of them.
But then again, it was not the Hua family's decision, it was the district that didn't want her to go back; and even if she returned to District 9 in time, she might not be able to see Fu Guang who was trapped in the no-man's land.
Fate plays tricks on us and God has no mercy on us.
Chang Le laughed lightly as if in self-mockery, turned around and left, the hem of his clothes drawing an arc in the wind, shaking off the old scent of flowers.
Xiao Ye, who was guarding the door, followed her to the reception room.
At this moment, people from each family have arrived.
Chang Le noticed that the people who came to the Meng family were the Meng couple and Meng Danruo's brother. Mrs. Meng had obviously been instructed. She looked up at her and then lowered her head without saying a word.
Chang Le walked over, and Xiao Ye pulled out a chair for her before sitting down herself.
Seeing this scene, everyone except Hua Lihan's expression changed slightly.
Because Gu Lianghan told him, Hua Lihan was the only one who knew that Fu Jiu and Chang Le were the same person. But other people didn't know, so in their eyes, the mysterious new leader of the Dragon Clan was particularly caring for Chang Le.
The people from the Luo family and the Wu family looked at each other and each had their own plans.
After the negotiations began, there were no major changes between the Hua family's proposals and those previously discussed. Lunling Group and the laboratory are indeed the leaders in Middle-earth exotic plant medicines, and they are of great help in the implementation of the plan.
As for the Luo and Wu families, the Luo family's unique heirloom [Holy Water] can help preserve the vitality of the medicinal properties, in exchange for cooperation.
The Wu family lacked a competitive advantage and simply gave up on investing in the technology, instead requesting access to drugs in the future.
There are no problems with these, Chen Wu has made good records and modifications.
Finally, it was the Meng family. The Meng family actually had a very obvious advantage. Therefore, the head of the Meng family seemed to have forgotten all the past grudges. He spoke eloquently and appeared extremely confident.
When he said, "We are willing to provide you with the most sophisticated research equipment in exchange for technology investment three years later," Chang Le interrupted him and said, "Stop."
This was very impolite. The face of the head of the Meng family changed, but when he saw that Fu Jiu didn't say anything, he endured his temper and waited for her to speak.
"Before cooperating, let's settle the old accounts first."
Chang Le said calmly, "Mrs. Meng wrongly accused me of being a criminal and spread rumors everywhere. I am now innocent, and she agreed to make a public apology."
"It's been several months. Where's your apology?"