Volume 1: The Fierce Tiger Leaves Its Leash Chapter 36: Farewell to the Past (Part 2)

  Tongzhou is just east of the metropolitan area, after the plane landed at Capital International Airport, Ling Tianxiang and Li Minghan took a jeep, heading south along the Outer Ring Expressway.

  "Tianxiang, do you know where Wei Daming's home is?"

  "It seems like a small town called Yongshun." Ling Tianxiang glanced out at the highway, "I've only heard Wei Daming mention it once, and I'm not very clear about where it is either."

  Li Minghan didn't ask much, and immediately picked up the phone, dialed a number, and quickly gave some instructions. Ling Tianxiang looked at Li Minghan with some surprise, not knowing how Li Minghan had found out Wei Daming's detailed home address.

  "Through the household registration system of the police station, we can find out Wei Daming's home address." Li Minghan explained.

  "Li Ge, where did Dad tell me to take shelter this time?"

  "Take a break?" Li Minghan was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. "You mean you want to go on vacation? I've arranged everything, where do you want to go?"

  "Aren't you already arranged?" In front of his peers, Ling Tianxiang unexpectedly relaxed a lot.

  "The arrangements are already made, but as long as you make a request, they can be changed at any time." Li Minghan took out a cigarette. "Europe, America, Southeast Asia, or South America? You wouldn't want to go to Japan, would you?"

  "What's the point of going to Japan?" Ling Tianxiang was somewhat perplexed.

  "You don't know? Japan's service industry is the most developed in the world. Even if you're not living in Japan, you can still drop by and enjoy the exotic atmosphere. Don't tell me that after being in the army for a few years, you've lost all sense of desire, even though your unit is full of men, but it's not like you're monks."

  Ling Tianxiang couldn't help but smile, it was his first time showing a smile since waking up from his dream these past few days.

  "Has your heart been moved? Then I'll help you arrange it. Coincidentally, I have a business trip to Japan next month, and at that time, I'll take you to stroll around Ginza and let you experience what a real paradise for the senses is like."

  "Alright, Brother Li, it's been years since we last met, you've made quite some progress too."

  "Xiao Ling, you can't talk nonsense." Li Minghan also smiled, "We met six years ago, didn't we? It was about a month before you went to military school for registration, right?"

  Ling Tianxiang nodded, Li Minghan had already graduated from university at that time, and then he was always busy helping Huang Longfei with company affairs, rarely having time to meet. Moreover, after entering the military academy, Ling Tianxiang seldom returned home, and after joining the troops, it was several years before he returned home again.

  "Six years ago, you were still a big kid, I wouldn't teach you to be bad. But now that you're also a man, as a man, you should have some desires and feelings, right? Don't tell me that you didn't have any romantic relationships in college and are still like that?"

  "What's with him?" Ling Tianxiang couldn't take it anymore. In these six years, he had changed a lot, and Li Minghan had also changed a lot.

  "Does it still need to be said, have you ever been in bed with a woman?"

  Ling Tianxiang hastily shook his head, he was studying at a military academy, not a normal school.

  "Got it, now you're a hot commodity." Li Minghan burst out laughing immediately. At this time, his phone rang.

  "Answer your phone, or I'll expose your secrets!"

  "Xiao Ling, don't talk nonsense, I haven't said anything!" Li Minghan answered the phone with a smile, "Yes, it's me. Alright, got it." After hanging up the phone, Li Minghan gave some instructions to the driver in front.

  "Found it so soon?"

  "Right, I've checked. It'll take about ten minutes to get there." Li Minghan nodded, "Have you thought it through? Are you ready to go where you want to go? And do you want to go to Japan to enjoy yourself?"

  "Alright, I don't have your habit." Ling Tianxiang immediately shook his head.

  "You might regret it, once you pass this village, there won't be a store like this anymore."

  "Do you think I still can't find a girlfriend?"

  "Xiao Ling, you don't understand this? Do you think that can only be done with a girlfriend?"

  If his ears could close, Ling Tianxiang would have closed them already. Li Minghan's words were getting more and more off-topic.

  "Alright, I won't encourage you to commit a crime either. Think carefully about where you want to go and then tell me, I'll help arrange it for you."

  "Thanks, Li Ge, this time."

  "What am I thanking you for?" Li Minghan was slightly surprised, then immediately understood Ling Tianxiang's meaning. "You're referring to those donations? Those were all arranged by Director Huang, if you want to thank someone, go thank Director Huang, I'm just the one who carried it out."

  "That's thanks to you too."

  Li Minghan smiled and shook his head. "Alright, you want to thank me? Next time take me out for a good time."

  "That's settled then!" Ling Tianxiang readily agreed, although he didn't have a single penny on him at the moment.

  The jeep stopped in front of a row of small bungalows, which were originally near a lime kiln. The walls of those houses were all covered with dust. Now the lime kiln has gone bankrupt, and the people living here are either retired or unemployed workers.

  "The third house is Wei Daming's home, we are waiting for you here."

  Ling Tianxiang didn't get off the bus, and he never thought that Wei Daming's family situation would be like this. Before, after knowing that Wei Daming was from the capital, he still thought that Wei Daming's family situation was very good, but now it seems that Wei Daming's family is very poor, and even more impoverished than he had imagined.

  "Why don't you go take a look?"

  "No need, it's all in the past." The thought of guilt rose again, and Ling Tianxiang hesitated for a moment before saying to Li Minghan, "Brother Li, can you help me with something?"

  "I said, if it's something I can do, I'll definitely help you."

  "Help me send some money to Wei Daming's family, and I'll pay you back when I have the money in the future."

  "My two brothers, what are you being polite about? Don't worry, I'll take care of this in the next two days." Li Minghan readily agreed. "Don't overthink it, these are all small matters, and as long as you think it's right and should be done, President Huang and I will both support you."

  Ling Tianxiang nodded gratefully. Perhaps money couldn't truly eliminate the sorrow in Wei Daming's family, but this was at least a form of compensation, a compensation for the past.

  "Shall we go back now or stay for a while longer?"

  "Come on, Dad is still waiting for us to go back." Ling Tianxiang withdrew his gaze, "It's good to go back early and relax properly too."

  Li Minghan didn't say anything else, he patted the driver's shoulder in front of him. The jeep didn't turn around and soon drove onto the highway, heading towards home, a place that Ling Tianxiang hadn't returned to for four years.