Tang Shengtang's face was as ugly as it could get, his own son not even knowing this.
Was this still his son? He was an idiot!
Tang Shengtang felt like he was going to vomit blood.
This was like adding another stab to his already scarred heart!
"What are you good for? You're a complete waste," Tang Shengtang finally couldn't hold back.
All his anger erupted at this moment.
Seeing this, Tang Wei's mother stepped in front of Tang Shengtang.
"Darling! What's wrong?"
The mother protecting her son was natural.
But now, it was truly inappropriate.
"Too much indulgence spoils the child. Do you know we're finished? It's because of having a son like you. We'll be begging for food today."
He poured out all the words he had been holding back.
The woman, who finally understood what was happening, could only lower her head and sob silently.
"Alright, stop crying. We need to get out of here immediately."
Suppressing all his anger and helplessness, what he needed to do now was to avoid the coming greater storm as much as possible.
Hearing this, the woman was startled, and then almost collapsed.
She hadn't enjoyed herself enough yet. With tears in her eyes, she looked up and asked in a low voice, "Where are we going to move?"
This question stumped Tang Shengtang. For a moment, he didn't know where to go.
However, as his mind raced, he remembered a place. Before he made his fortune, he had kept an old house in Southeast City. Hardly anyone knew about that place. Although the environment was much simpler, it could at least shelter them from the wind and rain.
Thus, Tang Shengtang revealed his true thoughts to the woman.
The woman had met Tang Shengtang after he became successful. Upon hearing the description, her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"How can we go to a place like that? Is that a place for people to live?"
This wasn't being picky, as the woman had never lived in such a house.
What time was it? Still being so choosy.
Before the woman could finish speaking, Tang Shengtang interrupted her, and with a grave expression, reiterated the seriousness of the situation, "Are you going or not? If you don't, you might not even know how you died tomorrow. Will those people outside let you off?"
His words left the woman speechless.
To ruin someone's livelihood was like taking their life. Once those people outside got in, they would probably tear them to shreds.
Helplessly, though unwilling, the woman finally sided with Tang Shengtang.
Once everything was settled, Tang Shengtang turned to look at his assistant standing not far away.
This person had followed him for a long time. Although Tang Shengtang was usually despicable, he still had to acknowledge this friendship.
After looking at the man, he showed an embarrassed expression and said, "I'm sorry, I've implicated you in this. We've known each other for a while. If you feel that I, Tang Shengtang, have treated you well before, please do us a favor and take us to that place."
Besides Tang Shengtang, only he knew about that place.
Even if trouble erupted tomorrow, Tang Shengtang could at least escape.
Tang Shengtang now looked at the man in front of him with a pleading expression. He would never have done this before; a mere command was enough.
Countless people would have eagerly come to show their concern.
But now, there was no one.
The assistant looked at Tang Shengtang, hesitated, and finally agreed.
Not long after, on a dark, unknown path behind Zhouge Mountain Villa, several figures cautiously slipped into a car and then, following the winding path, left the villa.
Tang Shengtang was confident that no one knew about this place, nor had anyone seen it. But what he didn't know was that on a high ground near the dark path, someone was staring intently at the car until its headlights disappeared into the ink-like darkness around.
Only then did this person say to Lin Feng beside him, "Lin Feng, go after that car."
Lin Feng looked confused. "Lu Feng, what are you doing? Why are we chasing that car?"
Not everyone was like Tang Shengtang. Right now, weren't they looking for Tang Shengtang?
However, Lu Feng was now extremely certain that person was likely Tang Shengtang.
Earlier, when they came from the front of Zhouge Mountain Villa, the entrance of the large villa was crowded with people, but Tang Shengtang was nowhere to be seen. Lu Feng couldn't help but suggest searching the surroundings, and at that moment, he saw someone leaving the villa in a hurry. If it wasn't Tang Shengtang, who could it be?
Even if it wasn't him, the person in the car was probably inextricably linked to Tang Shengtang.
Otherwise, why would this person be running? And choosing such a secluded place?
It made one suspicious.
After listening to Lu Feng's analysis, which seemed to have some merit, Lin Feng hesitated no longer.
Right now, weren't they looking for Tang Shengtang to get some answers? He immediately got back into the car.
"Lu Feng, get in!"
Then, the car tore through the darkness and sped away.
The assistant drove Tang Shengtang and his family.
As they gradually moved away from Zhouge Mountain Villa, Tang Shengtang's wildly beating heart finally found a moment of peace.
But sitting in the car, thinking about the days to come, Tang Shengtang felt utterly uneasy, like sitting on pins and needles.
Imagine someone who always ate delicacies suddenly being told that from tomorrow onwards, they would only have three plain steamed buns a day.
That was how Tang Shengtang felt now.
Even more tragically, it was uncertain how long these steamed buns could be supplied.
As he was thinking, screech.
The sound of a car braking brought him back to reality.
Tang Shengtang looked up. In the light from the city sky, he saw an old residential building.
This was a shantytown in Southeast City.
Most of the young people with some money had moved away. It was rare for someone his age to move in now.
Looking at the peeling old paint, Tang Shengtang was filled with emotion.
He had left from here in the first place.
But who would have thought that after going in circles, he would return to this wretched place.
He paused for a moment to collect himself.
Relying on his memory, which was almost fading from the depths of his mind, Tang Shengtang went up to the seventh floor. Then, he took out the old key he had found in the utility room of Zhouge Mountain Villa and with a click, opened the dilapidated iron door.
A musty smell immediately wafted out.
Seeing everything before him, Zhang Wei was stunned. "What kind of hellhole is this?"
As he was about to utter the words that were forming in his throat, he saw the woman beside him shaking her head at him, and Tang Wei swallowed the rest of his words.