Chapter 123: People Gone, the Building Empty

You see, do you want to pick some substantial ones to take part in?

No need, just cancel them all! Xiao Ming waved his hand without any hesitation.

……

That evening, Xiao Ming personally cooked many delicious dishes.

For this family dinner, Xiao Ming had Xiao Yunzhe bring his future daughter-in-law as well, plus Xie Lingyu and Xiao Yuchun's close friend Lin Xiao Xiao!

Lin Xiao Xiao had actually come to play with Xiao Yuchun, but she happened to run into their family dinner; Xiao Yuchun treated Lin Xiao Xiao as her own sister and immediately invited her to stay for the meal!

Seeing Xiao Ming not object, Lin Xiao Xiao's heart blossomed with joy; she thought, being able to attend their family dinner means she's gotten one step closer to Xiao Ming!

"Uncle, you're so great! Uncle, you're simply handsome to the point of disbelief!" Lin Xiao Xiao muttered dreamily.

At that moment, Xiao Ming walked out of the kitchen carrying dishes; beside him was a very beautiful woman with an exceptional aura, also carrying dishes, walking ahead and behind him!

The two stood together, and they looked quite well-matched!

Lin Xiao Xiao saw this, and her excited heart instantly turned cold!

Xiao Yuchun had already told her that Xiao Ming had a red‑petal confidante; the woman before her eyes was obviously her biggest rival, Xie Lingyu, without a doubt!

"Tch!", Lin Xiao Xiao snorted disdainfully, her heart full of hostility toward Xie Lingyu.

Xie Lingyu could sense her hostility, but she basically didn't take it to heart.

Because in her view, Lin Xiao Xiao posed no threat at all, and Xiao Ming would never fall for such a naive little girl.

Xiao Ming also sensed the strange atmosphere, let out a helpless sigh, and wondered, what is this all about?

Fortunately, both Xie Lingyu and Lin Xiao Xiao were relatively restrained, so nothing unpleasant happened.

"Yuchun, Uncle, I still have some things to do, I'll head back first."

While eating, Lin Xiao Xiao saw Xiao Ming and Xie Lingyu's affectionate scene, stimulated, she looked at the table full of delicious dishes, lost her appetite, and after the meal she promptly made an excuse to leave the Xiao family.

"Dad, shall we have the family driver send Xiao Xiao back?" Xiao Yuchun suggested.

Xiao Ming didn't think much and simply nodded; it was perfectly natural for his daughter to send her good friend home when she went home.

After sending Lin Xiao Xiao off, Xiao Ming summoned Xiao Yunzhe and his three siblings to the living room; Xiao Yunzhe's girlfriend Jing Shu also came over.

"Yunzhe, I asked you to look for your little grandfather; have you made the arrangements?" Xiao Ming asked Xiao Yunzhe.

"Mm-hmm, I've already asked the company for leave; these two days I plan to head to your hometown, Yun City, to find my little grandfather back."

Xiao Ming nodded, seeing the kids all bewildered looking at him, he let out a slight sigh and said, "Right, aren't you all curious about my background?"

"Mm-hmm, Dad, tell us."

The several kids all nodded.

"This matter, speaking of it takes a long time." Xiao Ming shook his head helplessly: "I, when I was very young, my parents said they were going out to work, and from then on there was no news; I also have an uncle, when my parents left, they entrusted me to him, and I have lived with him ever since."

"My uncle is a fine person, just his thinking is too conservative."

"Back then we often had nothing to eat after a meal; later life gradually improved a bit, and by the time I was fifteen or sixteen, the family conditions were just a little better; he's an old stubborn, always saying he hopes I stay home, farm honestly, get a wife and have three or five kids, and that would be enough."

Bringing this up, Xiao Ming's tone was rather helpless.

He is, after all, a reborn person; in his previous life he had seen quite a bit of the world, so he wouldn't accept his uncle's arrangement to just live a plain life; after he finally came of age, he wanted to go to Meng City to make his way.

After the uncle found out about this, he disagreed with everything, saying there's too much right and wrong in the city.

Seeing Xiao Ming's firm attitude, he actually directly tied him up and locked him away.

Xiao Ming really had no way; no matter what, the uncle wouldn't agree, so he could only pretend to give up. After another ten or so days, the uncle gradually believed him. One time, the uncle went out to work in the fields, left him at home to cook, and he seized the chance to steal twenty dollars from the uncle and went to Meng City.

His business career thus began from then.

After two or three years, Xiao Ming had gained some ability, and he wanted to go back and talk to his uncle, to bring the uncle's family into the city.

Unexpectedly, when he returned and looked, the place was already deserted—people gone, building empty.

He was furious at that moment.

The uncle actually sold the family house to someone else; they didn't know where they went, heard that he took the whole family to the big city.

Xiao Ming was seething; that house was left by his parents, the only thing the elderly couple left behind, yet he had only been away two or three years, and the uncle just said he'd sell it and sold it.

He left in anger, and from then on had no contact with the uncle.

Time really flies; in the blink of an eye, his three children are already over twenty.

In this world, besides these few children and his uncle, he has no other blood relatives; perhaps as he aged, his mindset changed greatly, and the anger from back when the uncle sold his parents' house has long since vanished.

All that remains is longing.

"Yunzhe, when you go, you must be careful and find your little grandfather; only then can we truly reunite as a family." Xiao Ming said, handing Xiao Yunzhe a business card with the name Xiang Jiangtao printed on it.

"Xiang Jiangtao? Dad, who is he? Imperial Glory Group, what a mighty name." Xiao Yunzhe took the card, glanced at it, and asked casually.

"Mighty? This company is ours." Xiao Ming lifted his eyelids and said calmly.

That sentence left several kids dumbfounded, especially Xiao Yunzhe, who is a finance prodigy; he had previously looked into this company, which is a mighty name in the local market, its market value only slightly shy of Minghui Group.

Unexpectedly, that turned out to be his father's property as well.

Xiao Ming shrugged helplessly; having money isn't his fault.

Furthermore, this is just the tip of the iceberg; his assets are far more numerous, and if he tried to tally them up, he himself couldn't figure it out—one could talk for three days and three nights and still not finish.

"Alright, let's leave it at that; go rest in your room, we'll set out early tomorrow."

"Dad, are you tired? Let me massage your shoulders." Xiao Yuchun came behind Xiao Ming and attentively began to knead his shoulders.

Xiao Yunzhe, meanwhile, took his girlfriend back to his bedroom.

All along the way, Geng Jing Shu wore a thoughtful expression; upon entering, she simply stood by the door.