Chapter 256: Chapter 256: Joining Hands_1

Both of my cousins were actually close to me.

However, due to our similar age, I was more intimate with this younger cousin of mine.

When we were kids, he always protected me and backed me up, providing a strong support…

However, when it came to my marriage with Gu Yuanzhou, they objected strongly and we even fell out due to this.

So, when I got married, they left the country and we lost contact for many years, not even one phone call from them to me.

I even thought at one time, they would never come back.

Seeing Song Zexi now still made me happy.

But Song Zexi, he didn’t know that the person in front of him now, was his beloved younger cousin.

Only after hearing the name Song Yun, did he turn around to look at me.

“Who are you?”

“Mr. Song just returned to the country, right?”

“Yes! I just landed an hour ago!”

“I am a good friend of Song Yun! Presumably… you don’t know what happened to Song Yun, if you want to know, would you follow me?”

Upon seeing this, Song Zexi left the crowd and followed me.

In order to get away from here, I hailed a cab,

“Mr. Song, please get in the car!”

Song Zexi appeared somewhat hesitant, as he wanted to go back to Huaxin Group,

“Young lady! If you have something to say, say it here! I have urgent matters to attend to!”

But I knew that Gu Yuanzhou was nearby, and his influence must be around.

Moreover, I saw Ayu’s Range Rover parked in the middle of the parking lot just now.

Chances are, Song Zexi has now become Gu Yuanzhou’s next target, and if something happens to him, Wu Lijuan will be even less able to hang on.

“Mr. Song, I am a good friend of Song Yun’s, and she left many things to me. I would like to show them to you.”

Only then did Song Zexi get in the car with me.

“Driver, take us to Tianjiao Company, please!”

Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of the gate of Tianjiao Company.

After getting out of the car, Song Zexi took off his spectacles and looked up at the signboard of Tianjiao Company, lost in deep thought.

“Is it really here?”

“Mr. Song, now the whole city is filled with Gu Yuanzhou’s spies. If you want to know how Song Yun died, and what’s the inside story of Huaxin Group now, then follow me.”

My words moved Song Zexi, and he followed me trustingly to the eighth floor of the company.

After entering my office, I brewed a cup of tea for him.

Song Zexi looked around my office curiously, then glanced at his watch,

“You said you were friends with my cousin, how do you prove that?”

I didn’t say a word but sat down and opened the drawer.

I took out a notebook from it, tore off a piece of paper.

Then in front of Song Zexi, I folded the paper into a paper frog…and told him after I finished folding.

“Song Yun told me that you taught her how to fold this paper frog. It was when she was about three years old, you taught her…The year she was four, she almost drowned in a swimming pool, and you jumped in to save her. When she was five years old, she was bitten by neighbor’s pet dog, and you, in a fit of anger, took the dog to the river and let it run off, and the dog was never found afterwards. When she was ten, a bully picked on her, and you alone fought against a group of bullies and rescued her…When she was missing her parents and cry, you would stay by her side, telling her that you would protect her for a lifetime like her parents would.”

I couldn’t finish telling all the stories in one breath.

Song Zexi was taken aback after listening…

“However, the most interesting thing is that you had a girlfriend before. But because your girlfriend didn’t like your cousin, you broke up with her, didn’t you?”

Song Zexi was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly,

“Yes! Ayun said that girl was not suitable for me. I took her advice, girlfriends can be found again, but one can only have one cousin.”

I nodded in response.

However, the expression on Song Zexi’s face turned sad again.

“In fact, my mother kept Ayun’s death a secret from me! Being abroad, I had no opportunity to see the domestic media. I had no idea until my mother told me a few days ago. She said it was an accidental fire…”

Song Zexi choked up, his eyes twinkling with tears,

“That poor girl, she lost her parents when she was just a child. Yet, she suffered such an accident in the prime of her life, it’s truly heart-wrenching. My biggest regret is that when she married Gu Yuanzhou, I didn’t have the heart to drag her abroad. If I had done so, she might still be alive.”

Seeing the grieving man in front of me, I didn’t have the heart to tell him the truth at that moment.

If I tell him that all of this was Gu Yuanzhou’s scheme, he might be even more heartbroken.

“It’s not your fault! It was her life, she chose it, she is responsible for it.”

I said lightly.

Song Zexi was holding his tea cup, seemingly engulfed by sadness.

Next, he asked some questions about my past four years, including whether the years after the marriage were tough.

I answered honestly.

In fact, my life was always fulfilling before the fire.

Although busy, with two kids, the sense of happiness was strong.

It was only after the fire that I realized I was living in an illusion of happiness.

Half an hour later, he brought the topic back to reality,

“You called me away from Huaxin Group today, do you have something to tell me?”

“Because Song Yun had entrusted me before she died to take good care of Aunt Wu. So… I have been helping her investigate your father’s disappearance. What I want to say is, the details are probably related to Gu Yuanzhou. You just returned to the country and your foundation is not yet solid, if you confront Gu Yuanzhou directly now, you may not win. My suggestion is that you go home first and get a handle on the situation before you act.”

I knew from Song Zexi’s emotional state earlier that if I didn’t pull him away on the spot, he might clash with Gu Yuanzhou.

Seeing him gradually calming down, I felt a little relieved.

After finishing his tea, he got up,

“Thank you for taking care of my mother during this time, I am going home now to deal with related matters.”

“You’re welcome! I have a lot of information about Gu Yuanzhou here. If you feel it is useful, you can contact me at any time, I hope we can join forces.”

I walked Song Zexi out.

He nodded, and didn’t comment further on what was happening to the Song family at this moment.

He kept mentioning me…

“Sigh, my cousin, I don’t even know where she is buried now, I want to go and see her!”

“Wait a while, let’s go together after dealing with the issues at Huaxin Group!”

“Oh, I forgot to ask, how should I address you?”

“Song Xiaoyun!”

When I pronounced my name, he was stunned for a while, and before leaving, he asked for my phone number.

As he was getting into the car, he said to me,

“I am going to collect evidence against Gu Yuanzhou in the next few days, I will kick him off the Chairman’s position.”

“What kind of evidence could you possibly have?”

By then, Song Zexi had complete trust in me, he said,

“In the past, Gu Yuanzhou had helped my father do a lot of shady things. As long as I get hold of these dirty secrets, any one of them can be enough to keep Gu Yuanzhou in jail for a lifetime.”

His answer gave me a new idea. Maybe teaming up with him to deal with Gu Yuanzhou was a new way out.