Chapter 878: Xiao Long's Complaints

"Xiao Long, your dad and Yang Tao's matter, absolutely don't tell your mom; if she finds out she'll definitely get angry and harm her health." I was arranging Xiao Long on the phone.

"Grandpa, I understand."

My dad is already over forty, yet he pays no attention to the impact.

I really can't stand some things.

That Yang Tao seems to do it on purpose; as long as I follow them while they go shopping together...

She immediately acts coquettish in front of my dad.

My dad coaxes her just like he would a child,

Watching it makes me feel sick,

Anyway, they go shopping, and I don't follow them.

Sometimes I just sleep in the hotel,

Grandpa, everything here in Xianggang—food, lodging, supplies—is so expensive,

It's more than ten times as expensive as back home,

And the hotel space is too small.

Before, when I watched movies, I longed for Xianggang greatly,

When will I be able to go to Xianggang and take a look,

But after arriving, I found this place has no meaning at all,

It's not even as comfortable as living in Zaocheng,

"So many people crowded together, and they still look down on us." Xiao Long complained on the phone.

"Xiao Long, has the Xianggang dream been shattered?" I laughed.

"Grandpa, don't laugh,"

"It's really shattered."

"The Xianggang of my childhood was truly a paradise in a dream,"

"stars, skyscrapers, gourmet food, luxury cars, and so on,"

"but upon arriving here and taking a look,"

"aside from some places being skyscrapers, the rest are all dilapidated,"

"and their living environment is really cramped."

"Perhaps it's because land prices here are high,"

"a whole family lives in a room of forty or fifty square meters—just thinking about it is uncomfortable."

"But these Xianggang people, however, look down on us,"

"they consider themselves superior and put on airs."

"Their service attitude is terrible,"

"Yesterday I went to the mall to buy a watch for Fang Rui, asked that service attendant, and even after shouting several times they wouldn't bother to respond."

"Moreover, they secretly cursed us as poor ghosts; actually, I can understand what they say,"

"I had specially studied it before,"

"in their eyes we are still the poor lot of the past,"

"Our development over these years has already made some places hardly different from Xianggang,"

"We are no longer the past us at all,"

"while they remain stuck in the past."

"Their way of thinking is still that of a past colony,"

"letting foreigners colonize them is very happy,"

"even happier than us,"

"it's truly incomprehensible,"

"Are these people's brains made of shit? Can't they see our development over these years?"

"Can't they see our open embrace embracing the world?"

"Their thinking is problematic,"

"If they continue like this,"

"their cognition will surely run into trouble." Xiao Long told me on the phone about what he saw and heard in Xianggang.

"As for what Xiao Long said, I of course understand it in my heart,"

"In the past era, Xianggang people represented a certain concept,"

"it was the concept of the wealthy, of fashion, of trends,"

"it was the object of our worship."

"Our steps of chasing after these years are exactly them."

"We are striving to develop, our economy advancing rapidly,"

"our income gradually increasing,"

"as our income rises, our inner sense of pride also spontaneously arises,"

"that is, we can now look at the world eye to eye, no longer needing to crane our necks to look at others,"

"When we can look at the world eye to eye,"

"you will discover that all beauty is something fabricated by film, television, and literature,"

"Their life is actually not much different from ours, right?"

"I feel that in some places they are even not as good as we are."

So many people crowded in the narrow space,

really like worms, scrambling and fighting for survival,

They've been scrambling for decades, yet we surpassed them,

their mindset will change.

Of course, other factors are mixed in here, so we won't go into detail.

"Xiao Long, how should we talk about these things,

they simply don't want to look,

they dare not look; after looking, their mindset collapses.

Forget it, let's not talk about them.

Regarding your father's matter, you should follow along; don't let that Yang Tao confuse you.

"Do they go out every day? \" I asked.

"They go out every day, and these past two days they've gotten hooked on gambling,

Xianggang is very close to Big Bay,

they take a boat to Big Bay to gamble, of course just playing small.

I've advised him, my father, to not go gambling,

but he simply won't listen to me,

he says it's all Yang Tao putting up the money, mainly to have my father accompany her in play.

Sigh, I think,

my father is beyond help.

It's over,

"I really don't know what to say about him. \" Xiao Long sighed.

Hearing Xiao Long's sigh,

I feel Xiao Long is very disappointed with Li Ming,

yeah, Xiao Long isn't a child anymore, he's over twenty,

he's an adult, capable of his own thinking.

When he sees his father like this, he feels very angry inside,

his relationship with Yang Tao is unclear, and he also avoids Xiao Long,

this leaves Xiao Long wondering what to think.

This Li Ming makes me wonder what to say; as a father he should act like one.

The child has grown up, and he has always regarded you as his role model,

he dislikes most when his father behaves improperly,

that is the collapse of his inner idol.

Li Ming does the opposite; the consequence of doing so will surely bring backlash.

As for Yang Tao taking Li Ming to the casino, I haven't thought much about it,

Yang Tao is just a woman who loves to play,

and here she's heavily restricted, but once outside she's free and can play to her heart's content.

But I'm only slightly worried,

that the casino is a place where all sorts of people mingle,

they might have other schemes here.

Hopefully it's just my guess.

I told Xiao Long: "Xiao Long, you too, don't keep holed up in the hotel.

you can follow them to the casino to have a look,

see what they're playing. How big are the wins and losses?"

"I don't want to go, I don't like gambling; I'm in the hotel, I'm afraid Tian Shi might suddenly need me for something, so I can go help him directly.

Uncle, is this matter really so complicated?

We've been here for several days already,

"I feel like there's not a clue at all. \" Xiao Long worried.

Xiao Long's worry also lets me faintly sense something,

I also feel awkward asking Tian Shi,

knowing that the person helping in the middle is his friend, and a life‑and‑death friend at that,

such a friend wouldn't run into trouble, would he?

Actually, what I want to tell Tian Shi is, when it comes to money, there's really no such thing as friends,

because when faced with profit, people become extremely greedy.

Things one wouldn't normally consider, because the temptation is too great, end up being done at the expense of friendship.

Know that Zhou Jie has a huge sum of money,

not just tens of millions, but several billion,

this amount worries me most, lest someone be tempted.

I'm also anxious in my heart,

but this anxiety, I can't intervene; if I meddle too much,

it would make Tian Shi and Zhu Sheng lose face.

After all, they brought people to Xianggang.

Ding Li, meanwhile, still hasn't replied to me.

If it really can't be done, I'll take a moment to ask Ding Li what the situation is.

It really makes one anxious.

"Xiao Long, you don't need to worry about anything; Tian Shi and Zhu Sheng are by your side,

whatever they have, they'll definitely take care of you. Don't overthink it either; Xiao Long, be extra careful out there." I instructed Xiao Long.

"Sir, I won't talk with you any longer; Tian Shi's call came in," Xiao Long said.

"Alright, Xiao Long, what's the matter? Let's communicate promptly," I said, then hung up.

After hanging up Xiao Long's call,

I found Ding Li's phone, thought for a moment, and tried dialing.

But after dialing, I heard the sound of it being turned off.

I can't get in touch with Ding Li.

What on earth is going on?