Rebirth: Professional Substitute

Chapter 113 - YanMingXiu's Promise to His Father

ZhouXiang received a text message from YanMingXiu in the evening informing him that he had to leave for a business trip at the last minute. It was quite urgent and he was already on a plane ready to take off. He would call him tomorrow and tell him to go to bed first.

ZhouXiang stared at the phone's screen for a long time, then automatically slid his fingers over the keys to respond with one word, 'okay.'

Then he turned off his phone.

After ZhouXiang took a shower, it was already 11pm when he laid on the bed. The home is dark. Besides him, there is no one else breathing deeply. It was too quiet. All the ideal conditions for sleeping are there but he couldn't sleep at all.

It seems that ever since he had awakened in his body till now, it had been more than eight months but there was not a day that goes by when he could just fall asleep without thinking or worrying about something. He thought to himself, although he had earned a few years being reborn again, he had so many worries that on the contrary, would have shortened his life.

He really wanted to cast all these troubling matters aside, to not think and be bothered by it anymore. But he knew that this dark cloud had been floating above his head. Whether or not he cast it away, he will have to face it sooner or later.

Finally, ZhouXiang can't lay down anymore so he got up from the bed and sat in the living room without turning on the lights. He started to smoke in succession. In the beginning, he was more awake the more he smoked. But later on, he became more and more dazed. Finally, he fell asleep on the sofa.

The next morning, he was awakened by sound of the phone ringing. He didn't react at first and then suddenly awakened to realize that it was the sound of the home's phone. Since he had moved back home, this phone had never rang. He had completely forgotten that it even existed.

He climbed to the other side of the sofa and picked up the phone, "Hello?"

"ZhouXiang?" CaiWei's voice came from the other line with a hint of excitement.

"Wei Ge? Why didn't you call my cell phone?"

"Your cell phone is turned off."

"Ohh." ZhouXiang only now remembered.

"I haven't called this number in a long time. I was guessing the number and surprisingly I still remembered."

ZhouXiang is a little moved, "You use to dial it all the time."

"Not true, hey, now is not the time to talk about this. Tell you some gossip news, guaranteed to make you thrilled."

"What gossip?"

"I accompanied President Wang to dinner with some guests last night and heard that WangYuDong and his dad seemed to be in some trouble. Some people said that they were doing illegal fundraising. The people who got cheated exposed this. And now, it's said that there is judicial involvement with evidence being collected as we speak."

ZhouXiang immediately woke up, "Illegal fundraising? Isn't his old man very wealthy?" WangYuDong's old man has at least two listed companies as well as shares in large energy companies overseas. And even WangYuDong's himself, his own business has always been doing well. Why would they need to raise funds illegally?"

"The wealthier, the greater the risk. When we make mistakes in our jobs, the most we lose is our wages. When they run into problems with their businesses, they could easily lose tens to hundreds of millions. The international climate is not good in the last two years. They must have been affected. Oh, hey, I think back luck will befall on this surname Wang this time. The few people who had dinner with President Wang yesterday wouldn't talk indiscriminately if they're not sure."