Chapter 1: Are you sick?

  When Tang Chong finished making the call to report the crime, Bai Su asked suspiciously: "Will the police come? They dare to open a casino in this place, they must have greased the wheels of all parties involved ----"

  "They'll come." Tang Chong said with a smile. "Their casino is set up in this broken-down restaurant, the environment is terrible and the scale is not big at all, it proves that they either lack funds or don't have enough backing----if they really had a powerful background, they would directly open the casino in a five-star hotel. No need to be so secretive. It's like they're always on guard against police bursting in for a search."

  "Besides, if I only reported their gambling activities, they might not take it seriously. But if I report their illegal possession of firearms, drug trafficking and money laundering... no matter which leader in the police department receives this report, they will definitely take it seriously."

  "Is 'drug trafficking and money laundering' another hat you're trying to pin on them?" Bai Su's eyes were blazing as she stared at Tang Chong. She knew this guy always assumed the worst about others, and didn't mind using some underhanded tactics against people he didn't like.

  "True or false, who can tell the difference?" Tang Chong did not deny it. "If they only report gatherings for gambling and illegal possession of firearms, I wouldn't have to take action."

  He glanced around and said, "Let's leave this place first. Your identity is a bit sensitive, it's not good if you're seen by others."

  "You guys walk slowly, I'll go get the car." De Shu quickly ran forward.

  "De Shu was the driver of our orphanage before. Later, the orphanage was demolished and the compensation money was nowhere to be found, so the orphanage was never rebuilt-----I accidentally discovered that he was driving a black car, so I recruited him under the company's name. Anyway, we also need a reliable person as a driver. Li Shu used to cook at the orphanage. At that time, I thought her dishes were the most delicious in the world."

  "Of course, I still think so now. Every time I eat the dishes she cooks, I can always recall the days when I was in the orphanage. It's also because I've been remembering the hardships and despair of that time, that's why I've been thinking, no matter what, I owe my foster parents, I want to work hard to repay them." Bai Su briefly introduced De Shu and the nanny who rarely spoke but worked diligently in Zi Yuan to Tang Chong.

  Everyone used to think that De Shu and Li Sao were Ba Su's old family members, but today he just found out that this "old family" actually referred to an orphanage.

  After this incident, the relationship between the two became much closer. Bai Su's biggest background and origin had already been seen through by Tang Chong, so there was no need to hide other things.

  De Shu drove the car over, Tang Chong and Bai Su got on, then stopped at the intersection of the street opposite the restaurant.

  It wasn't until several police cars came speeding over with their sirens blaring that Tang Chong said to De Shu, "De Shu, let's head back."

  "Are you no longer concerned about the outcome?" asked Bai Su.

  "Don't look." Tang Zhong shook his head.

  "Why?"

  "If I'm not mistaken, someone will definitely tip off Little Hu Zi, and by the time the police rush in, the people inside may have already escaped. These police probably can only seal off an empty venue and arrest a few unimportant people."

  "Now that you know, why bother reporting it?" asked Bai Suo.

  "I said I did it to save your cheap old man, do you believe me?" Tang Chong said with a smile.

  "I don't believe it." Bai Su shook her head. She knew that Tang Chong must have hated his foster father extremely. She could tell from how resolutely he had pulled her away. Now he said he reported the incident to save him, but no matter what, Bai Su would not believe it.

  "I don't believe it either." Tang Zhong looked far away towards the entrance of the restaurant and saw someone rushing out quickly from inside. He knew that the casino must have received the news in advance and was evacuating the gamblers inside. "He's seen my face."

  Bai Su was taken aback and stared at Tang Chong with a look of astonishment on her face.

  This was originally supposed to be her job responsibility, but because of her adoptive father's meddling, her sensitivity had greatly decreased.

  However, in such a harsh environment, he was spinning cards with Little Hu Zi on the one hand, and thinking of ways to shift his attention and snatch the gun from his hand on the other - now that he had just come out, he was already thinking so deeply.

  Is this the kind of reaction and behavior a university student should have?

  "He looked at my face. And then saw us together-----I'm worried he'll associate something." Tang Zhong said. "In that case, I'll keep him busy. Busy to the point of having no time to think."

  "This is my fault." Bai Su said apologetically.

  "Indeed." Tang nodded heavily. "However, whoever encounters such a top-notch father will have their mood turn violent."

  "Alas. If he didn't gamble, he would be a good person----at first my foster mother kept advising him, but he wouldn't listen. After my foster mother fell ill and passed away, he became even more extreme. Except for a small house, almost everything in the family that could be sold has been sold by him."

  "Things must have been tough for you back then?" Tang Chong said with a pained expression as he looked at Bai Su's radiant face.

  Just came out of the orphanage, thought that from now on can live a life with family and hot meals. Didn't expect that the foster mother got sick and died early, the foster father is a gambler ---- this is indeed not an easy thing for a young girl.

  "The poor man's children have to take care of the household early." Bai Su pursed her lips and smiled lightly. "I still often think about it now, back then I rode a Phoenix-brand bicycle with a big trunk tied behind it, stuffed with cotton, and went to the ice cream factory to wholesale ice cabinets to rural areas tens of miles away to sell - on my first day doing business, I earned more than 7 yuan. The owner of the ice cabinet factory said that's even more than many adults."

  "What was once a difficult thing becomes a beautiful memory after achieving success." Tang Chong said with a smile. "Is that how you feel?"

  "It's almost there," said Bai Su. Tang Chong sat across from her, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally falling on the position of her chest, making her feel a bit guilty and somewhat shy. With both hands clasped over her chest, she wished she could press those two swollen and slightly excessive lumps of flesh back in some more. "Although I'm not yet successful or famous, I have everything I want. I'm not a very greedy woman."

  "Have you ever been to an orphanage? Do you know how the children live there? Of course, when guests come, it's the brightest moment for the kids. Clean and tidy, new clothes, hot meals, and meticulous care----but usually, the orphanage is gloomy and eerie. No matter how hot the summer is, it still feels cold. The most memorable scene in my mind is a group of healthy or disabled children lying in the yard, sunbathing in tattered clothes. We were all so small, with dirty little faces. Snot dripping into our mouths, empty eyes, and expressionless faces. We knew nothing and thought nothing, like a bunch of little zombies-----so now I'm very easily satisfied. No matter what, my life now is heavenly compared to back then."

  Silence.

  Tang Chong didn't expect that such a beautiful and excellent Bai Su would have such a miserable childhood. Compared to her experience, being treated strictly by the eldest house was so much happiness.

  "You said, who are your biological parents? Will it be like in the TV shows, years later, a pair of returned overseas Chinese or a wealthy couple coming back to find you?"

  Bai Su was amused by Tang Chong's absurd speculation, and her worries dissipated as she laughed and said: "Why not? Maybe there was a working-class or peasant couple who already had a daughter and really wanted a son. When they found out the second child was also a girl, they heartlessly abandoned her because it would be a burden on their family. The story of overseas Chinese and the richest Chinese person searching for their relatives only happens in movies, what I'm saying is real life."

  "People always think on the bright side." Tang Zhong said comfortingly. "Maybe they just accidentally lost you."

  "I hope so." Bai Su sighed softly. "Thinking this way will make me feel a little less wronged."

  "Have you ever thought of looking for them?" Tang Zhong asked.

  "Find them? Why?" Bai Su retorted. "It was they who abandoned me, and now I'm supposed to take the initiative to find them? That's just too unfair for me."

  "It's also good to let them come find you. It will make you feel a bit more comfortable in your heart." Tang Chong said with a smile. "Even if they do come, don't pay attention to them. When they offer you a check, tear it up and throw it in their face, crying out 'I don't want your money, I want your love! You abandoned me for so many years, do you think this little bit of money can buy me off?' Wait until they issue a second check or transfer all their property to your name before reluctantly accepting. Then pretend to be moved by the meal they prepared or the clothes they bought back, and hug them while crying 'I miss you guys so much! Where have you been all these years?! Ahhh...'"

  Tang Chong wiped his eyes and said: "You're making me want to cry."

  Bai Su laughed so hard she fell backwards and forwards, even forgetting to hold onto her chest.

  After a long while, he fiercely stared at Tang Chong and scolded: "You poor mouth."

  Pausing for a moment, Bai Su continued: "Tang Chong, how do you know so much? You're so cunning, it makes me feel like I've wasted my life all these years. Before meeting you, I always thought I was exceptionally outstanding."

  "It's not like I've lived in vain." Tang Zhong casually glanced at her chest area, thinking that if it weren't for the accumulation of so many years, it wouldn't have grown so big.

  "Where are you looking?" Bai Suhong's face turned red with annoyance. This guy is getting more and more out of line.

  "Is what he said true?" Tang Zhong asked.

  "What's real?" Bai Su asked in confusion. This question made her feel utterly perplexed.

  "He said that just by looking at the few moves you've shown, he knew you could do all sorts of poses ----- I think it's impossible, right?" Tang Chong asked her with a curious expression.

  Bai Su was so angry she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

  But she knew that if she showed weakness or shyness at this time, he would completely overwhelm her.

  Counterattack!

  We must counterattack!

  "It's true." She spread her legs and said in a seductive voice: "Don't believe me? Try it."

  (PS: Casting red votes can accumulate moral character. It's true. Old Liu took a loud shout and said: Don't believe it, try it.)