The second piece of news caught the attention of Li Xiyu and Song Yi'an. The two exchanged glances. Song Yi'an said, "Song Yunsheng has been up to a lot of tricks lately. Even though we have solid evidence, we can't afford to be careless."
Li Xiyu nodded. She had heard about Song Yi'an's strict surveillance of Song Yunsheng recently. Most of Song Yunsheng's influence in the Song Corporation had been uprooted. However, Song Yunsheng had been in the Song Corporation for so many years and had developed quite a bit of power on his own. His subordinates were now running around for him. They say a cornered rabbit will bite, let alone Song Yunsheng, who was never a docile rabbit. Now, both Song Yi'an and Li Xiyu were extremely careful when going out, fearing that what had happened before would happen again.
"We can't just sit around waiting for trouble," Li Xiyu had a premonition that Song Yunsheng wouldn't just wait for the trial obediently.
"Don't worry. He's running out of money. His so - called power is just a bunch of loose sand," Song Yi'an knew Li Xiyu's concerns. In fact, before he knew that Song Yunsheng was the ancient emperor, he thought Song Yunsheng was easy to deal with. But after learning about his true identity, he wasn't so sure. Song Yunsheng was like a venomous snake. When he was lying in wait, it always made people afraid that he would suddenly strike.
At this moment, Li Xiyu suddenly asked, "Donglin, what happened to you after I left back then?"
Li Xiyu wanted to know how Zhou Donglin had become a eunuch back then. Before, she thought such a question would touch Song Yi'an's wound, so she had never brought it up. But now it seemed that this was probably also Song Yunsheng's doing.
Song Yi'an's expression instantly became a bit embarrassed. He tried to brush it off, saying, "It's nothing. I just guarded your tomb."
Now Song Yi'an really regretted writing "Spring and Yu Collection" for no reason. Now, not only was he embarrassed, but he couldn't even gloss over some things.
"Would Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou agree to you guarding the tomb?" Zhou Donglin was the only son of the Zhou family. Even if he didn't become a high - ranking general, he would never do such a menial job as guarding a tomb.
"You know my father. He always listens to me. As long as I insisted, he wouldn't object."
"When did you leave home?"
"Not long after you had the accident. I told my father, and he agreed."
Agreed to drive him out of the house and expel him from the ancestral hall? Li Xiyu hadn't forgotten the experiences marked in the Capital Museum. She still clearly remembered that the tomb owner had no family, which was very rare in the Mu Dynasty. Even beggars had their origins. In most cases like this, it was because the person had been expelled from the family, so the family didn't allow his origin to appear in his life introduction.
And this kind of expulsion from the family must have been because the person had done something that brought great shame to the family, so the family was unwilling to accept this person.
Even if Zhou Donglin had voluntarily offered to guard her tomb back then, it definitely wouldn't have reached the point of being removed from the family register.
But... Li Xiyu suddenly had an idea. What if... what if the family knew about his physical condition at that time?
Zhou Donglin was the only son of the family. One's body and hair were gifts from one's parents, but he didn't cherish them at all. This would definitely make Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou faint from anger.
And Zhou Donglin wouldn't have done such a cruel thing to himself for no reason. There was only one person in the world who could do such a thing and force the son of the prime minister to do so.
Song Jiashe.
Looking at Song Yi'an's eager attempt to avoid the topic, Li Xiyu was almost certain. She didn't dig deeper into Song Yi'an's wounds. She smoothed the wrinkles on his clothes and saw Song Yi'an off.
However, before Song Yi'an could even leave the villa gate, he received a call from the company.
The company's website had been hacked last night, and many important documents were lost. It was almost certain that this was the work of someone within the company. Other things were okay, but the most critical one was that the tender document that the Song Corporation was going to submit for review was missing. This would directly affect whether the Song Corporation could get the land for the development in the east of the city.
Song Yi'an frowned. He calmly ordered, "I'll be at the company right away. Ask the network management department, the legal department, and the business department to come and see me."
Although Li Xiyu didn't know what had happened, looking at Song Yi'an's hasty back as he rushed out, she could probably guess that this incident must be related to Song Yunsheng, whom they had discussed in the morning.
It must be Song Yunsheng causing trouble again.
In fact, after coming to the modern era, Li Xiyu had decided to let go of the grudges from the ancient times. Even when she found out that Song Yunsheng was Song Jiashe, she had never thought about revenge. On the one hand, having died once, she cherished the chance to open her eyes again. She had already wasted her life on Song Jiashe once and didn't want to ruin her whole life because of Song Yunsheng.
But Song Yunsheng had repeatedly challenged her bottom line.
It was the same in the modern era as in the ancient times.
He was going too far.
Hatred welled up in Li Xiyu's eyes.
She thought for a while, took out her phone, found Brother Dong's number in the contacts, and dialed it.
Brother Dong didn't expect his daughter - in - law to call him. At first, he couldn't believe it. Holding the phone, he asked the people around him, "Help me take a look. Is the caller Li Xiyu?"
The big, tough - looking man leaned over, took a look, and nodded.
Only then did Brother Dong believe that he wasn't seeing things. He waved his hand and told the big man to go out.
"Get out. I'm talking to my daughter - in - law. Don't disturb me."
"Okay." The tall and imposing big man was extremely obedient to Brother Dong. He nodded submissively and went out, showing no sign of his tough - guy attitude in the underworld.
Brother Dong answered the phone, looking kind - hearted, "Xiaoyu, why do you have time to call me today?"
Li Xiyu on the other end of the phone said, "I'm wondering if you're free today. I have something to tell you."
Brother Dong was actually very busy. Now that his identity was known, old friends in the capital who wanted to catch up with him were lined up until next month. These days, he was even busier, with so many dinner parties that he couldn't keep up.
Just as he was on the phone, there was a knock on the door. It seemed that his subordinate was coming to urge him to go to the next event.
Brother Dong squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Sure, I'm free. I'm just a free man. What could I be busy with?"
He had to give his daughter - in - law face.
Li Xiyu gave Brother Dong an address, which was a relatively quiet small restaurant, convenient for talking.
Brother Dong readily agreed. After hanging up the phone, he ordered someone to take him to the restaurant immediately.
On the other side, Li Xiyu looked up at the sky.
It was gray. A feeling of an impending storm filled the air.
The weather was changing.