Regarding Cheng Yu's question, Xu Dong frowned slightly, then coughed twice, picked up the coffee cup, and took a sip of coffee.
"Uh... Mr. Cheng, I first need to make sure that what you are referring to in your family means..."
"I plan to go to the Northeast later today."
"Northeast? What do you want to do when you go to Northeast?"
Seeing that Xu Dong didn't seem to understand at all, Cheng Yu said again: "Didn't we just talk about the origin of our two families?"
"Oh, you're talking about that. But what does this have to do with your going to the Northeast? I do know that your grandfather worked and lived in the Northeast for a period of time, but didn't he come back in the 1960s?"
Cheng Yu frowned slightly, mainly because Xu Dong's behavior made him feel that Xu Dong really didn't know that Cheng Guangnian had a sister.
Xu Dong looked at Cheng Yu and said, "I only found out about our family's affairs when I went to Qianjin."
Cheng Yu raised his head and looked at Xu Dong.
Xu Dong explained: "I just knew that my mother knew your family before. We belonged to the same street and the same neighborhood committee. Our two families were also old neighbors.
When I graduated with my master's degree, I originally contacted an employer, but my mother asked me to work for the Cheng Group, saying that Director Cheng was an old neighbor of ours.
Until last year, Director Cheng asked me to be the CEO of Qianjin and gave me 3% of the shares.
I went back and told my mother, and she laughed and joked that Director Cheng was keeping his mouth shut.
Then I learned that my mother had just graduated from junior high school and was assigned to help in the neighborhood committee. She happened to meet your grandfather who had returned from the Northeast.
And your grandfather didn’t know how old my mother was at that time, and he tried to pursue her."
Cheng Yu frowned and said, "Is this how your mother said that Lao Cheng gave you shares to keep your mouth shut?"
Xu Dong quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, that's a joke. My mother said that your grandfather knew that she was only fifteen years old at the time, so he never tried to find her again. Mr. Cheng, my mother's joke was just a joke.
Tell me at home, even my dad doesn’t know. Don’t take it personally.”
Cheng Yu felt something was wrong, but didn't say much. He just smiled and said, "It's okay, I know it's a joke. Didn't your mother ever say that my grandfather was a little bit arrogant and unreliable?"
Xu Dong waved his hand again: "That's true. My mother didn't comment on your grandfather. She just said that your grandfather came to see her several times. She was still young at the time and was so panicked that she didn't dare to talk to your grandfather at all.
Later, I asked the director of the neighborhood committee to talk to him and told him that my mother was only fifteen years old and your grandfather had never been to the neighborhood committee again."
Cheng Yu nodded slowly, making judgment on Xu Dong's words in his mind.
In fact, he has a better way to verify all this, such as exchanging it for a hypnosis spell in the system mall.
But he didn't want to use these at this time. If it was later confirmed that Xu Dong was related to this matter, it wouldn't be too late to use these methods again.
"My grandfather did a lot of ridiculous things like this when he was young. They say he was not a good person in the Northeast. If the street hadn't wanted to set a model of people going to the mountains and rural areas, our family would have hated him because of his character.
Not good."
Xu Dong nodded and said: "My mother also said this, saying that your grandfather joined the team supporting the three eastern provinces, but for some unknown reason, the others had come back long ago, but your grandfather
I stayed there for twelve years.
After I came back, I just happened to catch up with that incident, and the street also wanted to look for typical people.
So, this honor fell on your grandfather.
My mother also said that if your grandfather hadn’t done what he did back then, he wouldn’t have had a stable life, and maybe Director Cheng wouldn’t have been able to create such a big industry with his bare hands.”
"Yes, all of this was done wrongly. If any link is slightly wrong, the outcome of our family may be different. Maybe my dad will not be lying unconscious in the hospital bed now."
Xu Dong seemed to be emotionally infected, lowered his head and sighed slightly.
After a conversation, Cheng Yu basically had no more judgment about Xu Dong.
Although I remain suspicious of his slight dodge when speaking, I can't see any more flaws.
At least judging from Xu Dong's performance, it seems that he really doesn't know the fact that Cheng Qingsong has a daughter in the Northeast.
From this point of view, Xu Dong's mother was quite strict.
However, it is also possible that Xu Dong is a tight-lipped person, and even at this moment, he is never willing to speak out his mother's speculation as fact.
After all, although Xu Dong's mother had already made a judgment about Cheng Yu's aunt's identity when she saw Cheng Yu's aunt coming to find Cheng Qingsong, she had no evidence after all.
With Xu Dong's steady personality, it is normal for him not to make any deeper speculations or speak out.
No matter what, Xu Dong's performance today can be regarded as a continuation of his usual performance, and it did not cause any more doubts in Cheng Yu.
"It delayed you from meeting your old classmate." Cheng Yu stood up as he spoke, "Has the ticket been changed?"
Xu Dong smiled and said: "I asked the driver to back out. I don't know what you want from me and when it will be over. I thought I would buy a new ticket after it is over. Anyway, we are going to the Imperial Capital and there are many trains."
"Okay, then just ask the driver to buy another ticket for you. I'll leave first too. I have to go back and pack. I'm going to Northeast China in the afternoon."
"Why are you going to the Northeast?"
"I don't know what's wrong with my grandpa during this time. He keeps mumbling a word. I checked it and it seems to be the name of the village where he used to stay in the Northeast. So, I want to go check it out for my grandpa.
.My dad is already lying there, and my grandpa has suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for so many years, so I think he has fulfilled his filial piety.”
Xu Dong nodded repeatedly and said: "Hey, Mr. Cheng, I'm sorry. If you could have communicated with Director Cheng like this earlier, you and your son would not have ended up like this. At least you wouldn't have too many regrets."
After saying that, Cheng Yu turned around and walked out of the office. Xu Dong looked at Cheng Yu's back. In fact, he had already disappeared, but he still didn't look back for a long time.
Cheng Yu went downstairs and drove back to Wu Dong's courtyard.
Du Xiaoyu was watching TV at home, and Cheng Yu told her that he was going on a business trip, but he didn't tell Du Xiaoyu exactly where he was going.
Du Xiaoyu didn't ask any questions and just helped him pack his things.
Cheng Yu took the time to send Lao Bian a WeChat message and asked him if there was anything going on there.
Lao Bian quickly replied and said that he had sent someone to keep an eye on Lao Dapeng.
Through side inquiries, it has basically been confirmed that Lao Dapeng has indeed lived in that apartment. Lao Bian's subordinates also specifically checked the electricity meter of that household and found that it used more than 200 kilowatt hours of electricity a month.
However, after Lao Bian's people went there, they did not see Lao Dapeng coming in or out. If anything happens, they will keep in touch with Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu read it and replied: "I have booked a flight to Harbin for a while. When I get there in the afternoon, I will rent a car and go to that county-level city."
Lao Bian: Do you plan to meet Lao Dapeng’s parents today? Or do you plan to stay in their inn first as an ordinary tourist?
Cheng Yu replied: Moving in, my Wudong household registration is easy to be questioned, and there is no suitable excuse to contact them directly. I plan to live in the city now and see if I can find out anything. I checked online.
I visited an inn in that county-level city, and the only inn owner was Lao. The inn was quite large. So I guessed that Lao Dapeng and his family were somewhat well-known in that county-level city. Maybe I could find out something.
Lao Bian: Then be careful. If you have any problems, call the police directly. When you see the police, just tell them about your relationship with me and ask them to contact the Provincial Public Security Department.
Cheng Yu: Okay. Don’t worry.
Du Xiaoyu also helped Cheng Yu pack his luggage. After taking it out, he said, "Why do you say that wind is like rain? You have a business trip today and you didn't tell me when you came back last night."
Cheng Yu smiled and said, "I just decided today. Don't worry, I'll be back in three or two days."
Du Xiaoyu knew that if Cheng Yu wanted to say where he was going, he would have said it himself.
Since he kept silent, Du Xiaoyu didn't want to ask any more questions.
"Okay, don't worry. I'll go see Uncle Cheng every day."
Cheng Yu nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's okay. If anything happens, I'll call you."
Cheng Yu looked at the time and said, "Then I'll leave. It's almost time."
Du Xiaoyu said: "Airport or high-speed rail station? How about I take you there."
Cheng Yu didn't want to tell Du Xiaoyu his whereabouts, so he didn't tell her, but if she was asked to take him to the airport, the journey would take so long, and it would be a bit embarrassing not to explain clearly. But let's face it, there are too many things involved here.
Cheng Yu really couldn't explain it clearly to Du Xiaoyu for a while.
"No need, I called a special car. Mainly because today is Sunday, I'm too lazy to ask Master Sun to come over."
Du Xiaoyu didn't say much, nodded and sent him out the door.
Cheng Yu walked out of the community. He called for a special car that had been waiting for a long time. After getting on the car, he went straight to the airport.
After getting on the plane, Cheng Yu asked the stewardess for a glass of orange juice. After drinking it, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
During this time, the flight attendant came over and asked him quietly if he needed a blanket. Cheng Yu was too lazy to say anything and didn't answer.
As a result, the flight attendant carefully put a blanket on Cheng Yu, and then Cheng Yu really fell asleep. He didn't wake up until the plane was about to land and hovering over Harbin.
After waking up, Cheng Yu felt a little hungry, but when he saw that the plane was about to land, he didn't ask the flight attendant for a meal.
Landing soon, Cheng Yu got off the plane. The first thing he did was to find a small restaurant at the airport for a meal.
While eating, he opened several car rental apps, compared them, found a car rental company with a reasonable price, and ordered an SUV worth around 300,000 yuan.
It won't appear too ostentatious, nor will it make people feel too shabby. After all, the main purpose of these two days is to inquire about the situation of the aunt's family. If the car he drives is too cheap, it is easy for others to misunderstand that he has other agendas.
After eating, Cheng Yu booked a room for himself in that county-level city.
There was only one five-star hotel in that county-level city, so Cheng Yu would not wrong himself, especially during the mission. There was no use being stingy, so he booked a suite in that hotel.
Not long after, the phone rang and the car rental company told him that the car had been delivered.
Cheng Yu went to pick up the car, and the other party told him that the place to return the car was still the airport, and told him that if he wanted to return the car, he must confirm it before nine o'clock the night before. Cheng Yu agreed one by one.
After driving the car and adjusting the navigation, Cheng Yu went straight to City A, the county-level city where Lao Dapeng's home was located.
Cheng Yu drove for nearly two hours, covering a hundred kilometers.
After finding the hotel he had booked and checking in, Cheng Yu found it was almost dinner time and the sky was getting slightly dark.
Cheng Yu strolled out, found a small restaurant with local characteristics, ordered two dishes, a bottle of beer, and ate slowly.
The restaurant's business was average. There were only two tables except for Cheng Yu, and the food was very simple. A plate of dumplings and two taels of wine. After eating, they left. Soon, Cheng Yu was the only customer left in the restaurant.
Cheng Yu finished a bottle of beer and reached out to call the landlady. The landlady was sitting at the counter eating melon seeds. When she heard the call, she brought another bottle of beer over.
"Big brother is not a local, right?"
When handing the beer to Cheng Yu, the landlady asked with a smile.
Cheng Yu nodded and said, "My accent is quite different from yours, right?"
The landlady also smiled and said, "You're from the south? Why did you come to this little shabby place like ours?"
“When traveling by car, it’s up to you wherever the car goes.”
The landlady sat down opposite Cheng Yu in a familiar manner, curled her lips and said, "Are you alone? That's quite lonely, isn't it?"
Cheng Yu originally didn't plan to inquire about anything at the small restaurant. He thought that his aunt's inn should be quite famous in the local area. He would probably be able to ask a lot of things when he returned to the hotel and asked the front desk soon.
But since the landlady took the initiative to talk to her, Cheng Yu didn't mind asking her.
"Loneliness is not something to talk about. I just want to relax when I am bored."
"Then you should come in winter. In this hot weather, our place is not much different from the south. Winter is different. There is snow everywhere. You probably won't see so much snow in the south. Especially in Harbin, the ice sculptures
Do you know?"
Cheng Yu laughed, poured a glass of beer, and said, "I'm afraid of the cold. And isn't this relaxing? I can't wait until winter to feel bored again."
"Looking at you, you are the rich master of the family. Do you have a place to live?"
“It’s just a hotel not far away.”
"Do you find it exciting to come to our small place?"
Cheng Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just arrived. But I heard that you have a pretty famous resort here? It's like the resort opened by Zhao Benshan in Country Love."
The landlady was very excited when she heard this and said, "That's not a good place. Let me tell you, that place is much more grand than the resort in Lao Zhao's TV series."
Supposedly, we live in a remote and remote area, what kind of scenery can we see?
His family's business was not very good before, but thanks to country love, good guy, it became popular all of a sudden.
Some people also say that Lao Zhao obtained the scenery at his home.
Where is this all from? The scene with Zhao was filmed in Liaoning. This is Longjiang, and we are so old. It’s hundreds of kilometers away!
But let me tell you, this thing is well publicized.
He didn't say anything, but when others asked him whether it was country love, he didn't deny it.
Good guy, I’ve made a lot of money over the years.”
After looking at Cheng Yu, the landlady said again: "Brother, aren't you the one who rushed here to take advantage of his property?"
Cheng Yu smiled and said: "Not really, I was just strolling around. I heard someone introduced me to it when I was in Harbin, so I thought it wouldn't be far away so I came over to have a look. But it turned out that it was quite late when I got to your place.
I’m not too worried about driving at night, so I want to stay overnight and go see it tomorrow.”
"I'm telling you, it's not interesting. Now it's called Dahonggou Inn.
Oh my god, it’s such an inn. It’s very antique. When I went there and took a look, it was like a shabby tile-roofed house in the Northeast.
There is nothing, just hanging corns, enclosing a piece of land, and leaving two silly roe deer running around inside.
They use ginseng, wild boar and other things to deceive outsiders.
There's no such thing as wild ginseng and wild boar meat these days!
In the mountains near here, even if there are wild boars, will his family be able to eat for a few days?
All domesticated wild boars and ginseng are also wholesaled from Changbai Mountain. Good guy, let’s make pork stewed vermicelli and just rely on deception.
I advise you, don't live with him, just go and have a look. Ma Liu'er will go back in the afternoon, so it's better to live in our city and feel at ease."
Cheng Yu laughed, put down his chopsticks, and said with interest: "From your tone, it seems that you hate that family. I heard that his family's business is quite good, and his family fortune is hundreds of millions. It should be considered the same as yours."
Countless rich people, right?"
"That's right, when it comes to money, I guess no one in our city is richer than his family. But if you have money, you can't be virtuous. You said it's okay to deceive foreigners, but you also bully locals. Isn't that special?
thing?"
"Oh, according to you, his family is still the dominant one in your place?"
At this point, the landlady was a little embarrassed, spitting out the melon seed skins in her mouth, and said: "How can I say this? Let's talk about the couple who are the heads of the family, they are actually quite good.
You said that if your family is so rich, if it were anyone else, they would definitely set up some kind of company. Isn't it like that in Lao Zhao's TV series? If he sets up a bad company and becomes the chairman of the board, it won't be enough for him.
But the couple in this family, the boss of the farmhouse, is still an individual business owner, not a high-end company.
They claim to be just the shopkeeper and the proprietress.
And after so many years, the father and mother have done everything themselves...
I've never been there, but people who have been there say so.
He said that the couple even helped clear the dining table for guests.
However, they couldn't help but gave birth to a prodigal son.
That boy, let me tell you, is not a thing. He walks around the countryside and flirts with any pretty girl he sees."
When Cheng Yu heard this, he perked up. It seemed that this was Lao Dapeng.
No need to ask, the landlady recalled it herself.
"You were in the news last year. What's that guy's name? His family name is Lao. What's Lao? Oh, Dapeng!"
The landlady slammed the table.
Cheng Yu secretly thought that they were indeed matched.
"Yes, yes, my name is Lao Dapeng.
That little guy is nothing.
Last year, that kid said he was interested in a girl from a certain house in the market. Oops, he was so chased and beaten that he was so scared that the girl quit her job and didn't dare to go to work...
Oh, yes, that girl works in a food processing factory.
The food processing factory used to belong to the Lao family, but was later sold to someone else, who was somewhat related to their family.
Lao Dapeng was probably a relative. He went to the processing factory and fell in love with the girl at first sight. It turned out that the girl was a strong-willed master. No matter how rich your family is, you have to admit that I don’t want to sleep with you.
Isn’t it a kang?
Later I even quit my job.
As a result, Lao Dapeng went to someone's house to look for her. The girl's father choked him a few words, and he kicked her downstairs.
That old man is still in a wheelchair."
Cheng Yu frowned and said, "This matter is enough to be considered a criminal case, so the police won't care about it?"
"I was arrested. How could I not arrest him? He must have been arrested on the spot. But I couldn't bear to think that the man's family was rich. After using the money, I made the old man stop complaining. Wouldn't he be released again?"
"Is this okay?"
"Well, our little place is no better than your big cities in the south. Fights often end up with heads and arms cut off.
But things like this are rare. No matter how shameless a person is, he still has to be reasonable, right? Lao Dapeng, that little guy, is really nothing.
I heard that the Lao family took a lot of money from the old man’s family and threatened to kill their whole family if the case was not dropped..."