Chapter 936 - 928: Deep Despair
Carefully thinking back, apart from those major events like work, marriage, and having children, he couldn’t recall what he had actually done in these sixty-plus years. He couldn’t say it; so much time just slipped away for no reason.
Time cannot be calculated carefully, the more you calculate, the more frightening it becomes. It’s like the money you spend; every time you feel like you didn’t buy much, but a lot of money is still spent. When you calculate again, the items bought don’t match up with the money spent.
Director Qian felt he should retire. In a person’s lifetime, it can’t just be about work. At his age now, he has long exceeded the legal retirement age set by the country. Moreover, he doesn’t lack anything now; at this level of social status, it’s already very good. Money is certainly not lacking; their retirement pension alone is enough for the couple, let alone the money saved from half a working lifetime.
Their only daughter, Huanhuan, now also has a stable job; the only thing missing is a suitable boyfriend. But now, since Huanhuan isn’t that old, letting her have a few more years of freedom is fine too. Director Qian recently gained a lot of insight because no one spoke to him, and there was nothing entertaining to do.
So he slept when he was tired and sat up talking to himself when he woke, beginning to ponder some questions he’d never thought of before, about death, about life. He felt he was about to become enlightened if he continued like this, understanding the various aspects of the human world.
Finally, the court day arrived; after waiting for so many days, it was finally here. First, the plaintiff’s lawyer, representing Qian Huahua, spoke.
"Today we are definitely going to lose the case, but don’t be too upset. We will definitely have more opportunities later; at worst, we’ll keep appealing until we get the result we want. Anyway, Xiao Yifei has earned enough money to fight several lawsuits." Ren Xingyu comforted Tang Rong.
But Tang Rong seemed as if she hadn’t heard anything, she couldn’t forget Xiao Yifei’s gaze just now — it was deep despair. She didn’t understand why fate was so unfair to a good person, making him suffer such hardships, while bad people lived comfortably.
Xiao Yifei was released from the Police Department without any trouble. He felt that his life in the past few years was like filming a movie, with all kinds of bizarre things happening to him. Perhaps it really was just bad luck. Tang Rong was right; he should travel around in the coming days, picking up some good luck from elsewhere.
Xiao Yifei also roughly knew about Liu Rui’s true identity from Tang Rong. When he first heard about it, he thought his ears had deceived him. He couldn’t imagine that Liu Rui’s hidden identity would be so formidable.
Although he already knew from the first time he met Liu Rui that this person was definitely not simple, nevertheless, an identity like an underworld boss was still very distant for Xiao Yifei. He had mostly only seen those underworld characters in movies and TV shows.
In the movies, underworld characters always wear sunglasses with a big golden chain around their necks, fearing that others wouldn’t recognize them. So, no matter how he looked at Liu Rui, he couldn’t associate him with the underworld, except for that aura of unapproachability and coldness that somewhat fit.