Chapter 1187: Family and Friends
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Tian Long naturally did not regard Yang Ming as a child. He was also a well-informed person. He also heard about the subtle relations.h.i.+p between Yang Ming, Bao Sanli, and Hou Zhenhan. Moreover, last time at the Immortal Resort, Tian Long also saw the mature and cold-blooded side of Yang Ming, so Tian Long always regarded Yang Ming as a worthy opponent.
Tian Long would try his best to avoid a t.i.t-for-tat with such a person. What he wanted was only Donghai’s territory! In fact, he really had no greed for Song Jiang.
If it were not for the boss behind-the-scenes asking him to involve Song Jiang, Tian Long would not take the initiative to touch Song Jiang. However, Tian Long also understood that if not for the support of the behind-the-scenes boss, he would not be able to turn all the gang members into his own confidants in this short period of one year.
It was undeniable that money was the boss. As long as you have money, you can do a lot of things, such as buying people’s loyalty. Although Tian Long could get more money after he was in the upper position, it was difficult for him to achieve great things without the support of large sums of money in the early stages.
The boss behind-the-scenes was the constant source of funds, and Tian Long also saw with his own eyes how powerful the people around the boss were.
Tian Long initially wanted to abandon his benefactor upon achieving his goal. Since he was already in the upper position, he didn’t have to worry about the boss behind-the-scenes. However, after seeing the might of the people around him, he dismissed the idea.
Tian Long sighed slightly. It seemed that this time, he had to go against Yang Ming. The matters in Song Jiang couldn’t rely solely on the Sui Family. However, catching Yang Ming was a bit difficult.
The car slowly entered an abandoned salvage station on the outskirts of the city where Sun Hongjun and Sun San were under house arrest. Sun Jie looked at the unfamiliar place with some doubts and asked Tian Long, who was nearby, “Uncle Tian, where is this? How come I have never been here before?”
“It is a safe place. It naturally is impossible for everyone else to know, right?” Tian Long smiled, looked at Sun Jie lovingly, touched his chin and said, “This place was originally a salvage station, but I haven’t used it for many years, so very few people know about it. This is a very safe place!”
“I see!” Sun Jie nodded. “Being safe is good. I am worried about the safety of my father and Uncle San. I don’t know how they are.”
“Me too…” Tian Long looked at the handbag in Sun Jie’s hand and said, “Miss, can you lend me your phone? Mine has no battery left.”
“Sure.” Sun Jie did not suspect anything. She took the phone directly from her bag and handed it to Tian Long. “Here it is, Uncle Tian.”
Tian Long took Sun Jie’s mobile phone. After a glance, he didn’t dial but put it into his pocket. Sun Jie was baffled as she looked at Tian Long. “Uncle Tian? What are you doing? Why aren’t you calling?”
“I just don’t want you to call.” Tian Long smiled and said faintly, “Miss, I am sorry…”
“What do you mean?” Sun Jie was stunned and looked at Tian Long suspiciously.
Tian Long shook his hand slightly. Two black-s.h.i.+rted macho men approached Sun Jie from the left and right. Tian Long waved at them again and said, “Miss, please. I don’t want them to use force.”
“You…” Sun Jie frowned and suddenly understood everything. “Tian Long, it was you!”
” Hehe , yes, it’s me. Miss, you react pretty fast.” Tian Long said, unimpressed, “However, it is too late for you to figure out this time. Mr. Sun and Third Brother are waiting inside for you. Please walk yourself…”
After that, Tian Long made a “please” gesture, and his gaze turned to the two black-s.h.i.+rted macho men around Sun Jie.
Sun Jie looked at Tian Long and looked at the two people around her. She snorted and walked into the room at the side. In this situation, Sun Jie also had no intention to resist.
The two black-s.h.i.+rted macho men were obviously not weak. Sun Jie was a girl too. She was obviously unable to go against them. Sun Jie did not want them to make a move and walked directly into the room.
Tian Long also tried not to make a move on Sun Jie. After all, she was his junior. Although he was ambitious, he wanted to safe keep his reputation. Acting on a junior made him feel ashamed.
At the moment, Sun Jie probably understood this. Tian Long borrowed her mobile phone just now because he just wanted to collect her mobile phone. However, Tian Long was not willing to rob in a violent manner, but he let her voluntarily hand it over.
Seeing her father and Sun San sitting on the bed and on the sofa, Sun Jie was speechless. All the core characters of the Sun Family were gathered here. The behind-the-scenes person who did all this was Tian Long. A person who the Sun Family trusted the most.
“Dad, Uncle San.” Sun Jie didn’t know what to say. Indeed, there was really nothing to say at the moment. The reasons and methods for everyone to come here were almost the same. It would be difficult to leave.
“Little Jie, you are here too?” Sun Hongjun bitterly smiled a little. “Did you suffer any grievances?”
Sun Jie shook his head and said, “No, Tian Long is still a gentleman. He did not use force… but the results are still the same.”
Sun Hongjun and Sun San were relieved to hear that Sun Jie did not suffer a grievance. The result did not seem important at the moment. Justice will be tilted towards the victor, and the defeated will be treated unfairly. Now they were just prisoners, so there was no need to think too much.
With Tian Long’s att.i.tude, they should not face any life danger. Otherwise, they would not be under house arrest, but they would have long been killed by Tian Long. However, it was unknown how long the house arrest would last.
Tian Long did not say much. He commanded his men once again to lock the door of the room as he walked out with a sigh. Indeed, for the Sun Family, he had a very special feeling. Although the Sun Family was always the leader in front of him, he owed grat.i.tude and favor from Sun Hongjun. If there were no Sun Hongjun, Tian Long would not have such status today.
However, people were always unsatisfied. Even if Tian Long had all of this, he still wanted to have more. But even if he had it, Tian Long didn’t want to be judged as ungrateful, so he couldn’t bear to kill off the Sun Family.
Now, he could only temporarily put them under house arrest. As for what to do in the future, he could only decide in the future.
At present, the biggest headache for Tian Long was how to capture Yang Ming and use him to really clear the relations.h.i.+p with the boss behind-the-scenes.
Yang Ming… Tian Long finally thought of his son, Tian Donghua. Tian Donghua and Yang Ming lived in the same dormitory. If he asked Tian Donghua to make a move on Yang Ming, it should be easier…
As Tian Long thought of this, his mouth slightly smiled. He finally came up with some ideas in the end.
In the evening, Tian Long met his son, Tian Donghua.
“Donghua, you come to my study.” Tian Long stood up and called Tian Donghua who was texting on the sofa.
” Oh ? Ok, wait a moment. I need to send this message.” Tian Donghua quickly finished up the text message in his hand, and sent it to w.a.n.g Xue before he stood up and said, “Dad, what is it?”
“You come with me. We will talk about it once we are upstairs.” When Tian Long saw that his son was holding his phone at all times, he knew that his son had a girlfriend. However, Tian Long did not intend to interfere in this matter.
Previously, Tian Donghua was very hurt because of a woman. He even transferred to another school. Tian Long witnessed all of it in his eyes. Right now, seeing that Tian Donghua managed to get over this shadow, Tian Long was delighted.
The Tian Family was not short of money and social connections at the moment, so Tian Long really did not want to interfere with the kind of girlfriend his son was looking for, as long as Tian Donghua was satisfied.
Tian Donghua followed his father and went upstairs to his father’s study.
“Sit down.” Tian Long pointed to the sofa next to him and said to Tian Donghua.
Tian Donghua sat on the sofa with some doubts. For your information, his father would not allow him and Tian Dongguang to enter the study most of the time. Moreover, his father rarely spoke about anything with him in such a stern manner. This seemed to be the first time.
“Dad, you are looking for me…” Tian Donghua couldn’t help but ask.
Tian Long made a gesture to tell Tian Donghua to be patient before he spoke up, “Donghua, your relations.h.i.+p with Yang Ming is not bad, right?”
“Yeah, I am like a blood brother to him. What happened?” After listening to his father’s words, Tian Donghua was even more baffled. Did my father look for me this time to chat about my daily life? Tian Donghua naturally took his father’s words as daily chatter, or else, why would his father ask him about matters at school?
“I see.” Tian Long nodded. He was pondering his words. He didn’t know how to open his mouth. He hesitated a while. “Donghua, if there is one matter where you must make a choice. Do you think that family interests are more important or a friend’s interest?”
Tian Donghua was somewhat inexplicable from Tian Long’s words. What about family interest? What about friend’s interests? Isn’t this topic too deep?
“Dad, what are you talking about? How come I don’t understand?” Tian Donghua was really a bit baffled. Previously, it was daily chatter. With a twist on the topic, it ended up like this.
“Why you can’t understand?” Tian Long waved his hand and said each word at a time, “Do you think that family interests are important or a friend’s interests are more important? Answer me!”
“This…” Tian Donghua calmed down and carefully pondered what Tian Long said. However, he still could not figure it out, and yet he replied, “Family interests… It depends on what kind of interest… In terms of friends’ interests, it also depends on what kind of friends… Dad, what you asked is a bit too general, so I can’t answer.