Rotting Land: Survive

Chapter 826: Chapter 811: Liu Yunpeng’s Self-Reflection

"Brother Huang, about the matter with Li Huiru, I misunderstood you, and because of my ignorance, I’ve made things this way for everyone. I truly apologize, please forgive me."

Huang Yong only felt that his mind was short-circuited, not reacting for a long time. Liu Yunpeng was apologizing to him, this arrogant and conceited guy actually took the initiative to bow and admit his mistake. He really doubted whether there was something wrong with his ears, if he’d heard wrong.

Huang Yong’s daze left the sincerely remorseful Liu Yunpeng a bit embarrassed. Honestly, for this child raised in a honey pot, it was his first time apologizing for his own mistakes.

You should know, since his childhood, thanks to his father’s protective halo, he was well-known in DZ County as a little tyrant, and everyone knew Liu Family’s son was powerful with a strong backing, not to be provoked.

So over time, a seed of arrogance and self-importance was sown in his young psyche.

It wasn’t until this kidnapping, when he nearly lost his life, that he deeply realized the cruelty of reality.

As for apologizing to Huang Yong, he made the decision after much deliberation, but the current situation was something he hadn’t anticipated. He lowered his head, nervously rubbing his hands, not knowing what to do.

Liu Fugui observed all this. His son’s apology was equally unexpected. Clearly, the prior behavior was not something he had advised, but entirely from his son’s heart, indicating that the factory incident truly had a great impact on his son.

Moreover, from various signs along the way, it could be seen that after this incident, his son had indeed shown some growth in dealing with people and matters. Though progress was still slow, it was enough to make Liu Fugui gratified. It seems setbacks indeed help people mature! He couldn’t help but reflect.

Since his son is willing to admit his mistake, he couldn’t let his courage and sincerity be extinguished by indifference. He quietly got up and walked to the window, standing with hands behind, coughed lightly to remind the dazed Huang Yong.

Huang Yong is such a smart person, having followed Liu Fugui for many years, he knows his actions and behavior thoroughly.

Moreover, although he wasn’t very fond of Liu Yunpeng, and didn’t think this guy’s apology could help their current predicament, he was, after all, the boss’s son. Emotionally and rationally, he had to respond perfunctorily: "No... young master, what are you saying? Why are you apologizing to us? If anyone should apologize, it’s us. Protecting you and Mr. Liu is our duty and obligation, and what did we do? Due to our dereliction, we almost cost you your life. Luckily, Xiao Yao and others arrived in time, otherwise, if you and Mr. Liu had any mishaps, how could I have the face to live on in this world? Sigh!"

Huang Yong beat his chest and stamped his feet, anyone who saw would be moved by his sincerity, not suspecting he was just acting.

The immature Liu Yunpeng was naturally among those fooled. Initially, he already felt guilty for his mistake leading to the factory incident, and now with Huang Yong earnestly taking the blame for not protecting him better, it made him even more ashamed for stubbornly leaving the factory despite being dissuaded.

"Brother Huang, please don’t say that. How can this be your fault? It’s all because I didn’t listen to advice and insisted on going out to find Li Huiru. Sigh, I was used by that damned Lei Jun! I let everyone down!"

"Sigh, young master, don’t blame yourself. We all fell under He Lei’s hand." Huang Yong shook his head in frustration, this time without pretense but truly feeling annoyed and unwilling.

He and He Lei could be said to have joined the Liu Group in the same year, their rivalry had never ceased since joining.

However, he always had a slight edge over He Lei in every aspect, suppressing the latter until his powers were almost usurped.

Frankly speaking, Huang Yong always looked down on He Lei, seeing him as nothing but a reckless brute, with strength but an idiotic intelligence.

But it was this fool, whom he looked down on, who almost took the lives of everyone here. For Huang Yong, it was undeniably a loud slap to his face.

"Huh, by the way, young master, where’s Miss Li?" Yao Ruyi blurted out while scratching his head, not knowing that this name was the last thing anyone wanted to hear at the moment.

Sure enough, the moment he asked, he sensed the odd atmosphere in the room, especially the sharp, murderous glance Huang Yong inadvertently gave him, which scared Yao Ruyi into flinching and stepping back.

"Dead! She’s dead!" Liu Yunpeng looked ashen, devoid of any color, and from a distance, he looked like a terminally ill patient, lifeless.

Huang Yong wished he could slap Yao Ruyi to the wall, this kid truly had no sense of decorum. When he and Mr. Liu were present, it was never his turn to speak, and moreover, he had to open his mouth with such a big blast, it was like intentionally pressing on a sore spot.

Recalling the misunderstanding caused by this brat’s reckless shooting earlier, Huang Yong felt even more like hitting someone.

During his captivity, Huang Yong had seen Li Huiru; the faint aching in his arm was a wound left by that damn woman stabbing him with a knife in revenge.

These things Huang Yong naturally didn’t mention to others. Even later, when meeting Yao Ruyi and others and being asked about it, he only fabricated a reason to brush them off, saying he was accidentally injured during a fight with Spring Xiu’s men while escaping.

To put it plainly, his motives were, firstly, due to pride, for being wounded by a woman wasn’t something a man could proudly admit, he didn’t want to be laughed at and unable to hold his head high.

Secondly, he wanted to conceal any entanglement between him and Li Huiru, for if this matter was uncovered, people might inevitably connect dots and suspect if he had anything to do with Li Huiru’s departure.

Especially as Liu Fugui repeatedly instructed, it must not be leaked at all.

Great, now! He thought he could use this factory incident to trivialize the matter with Li Huiru, bury it forever, but who knew it would be dragged out again by this damned Yao Ruyi for discussion.

Perhaps Liu Fugui could ignore it, but as the main handler, Huang Yong couldn’t. After lurking in society for many years, he long understood one principle, oftentimes there must be someone to take the fall.

Like when the boss commits a crime and kills someone, someone like him has to take the blame. If the Li Huiru matter is exposed, who knows what outcome awaits him.

"Young master, what are you saying? Miss Li is dead? How did this happen? Who the hell did it!" Taking preemptive action, Huang Yong feigned shock, leaning back forcefully, causing the chair to emit a piercing "creak" from the pressure.

Liu Yunpeng, like a soulless shell, lifted his head with a faint sneer and snorted a few times, then said nothing more.

Huang Yong instinctively shifted his gaze to the window, coincidentally Liu Fugui turned back, their eyes meeting, the latter shaking his head slightly with a frowned brow, indicating he should not say more.

Then Liu Fugui paced to his son’s bedside, sat down slowly, cradling Liu Yunpeng, stroking his back, he said: "Yunpeng, let the past be in the past, a man should learn to look forward, never be shackled by so-called love affairs, countless historical lessons from our ancestors have taught us the peril of beauty, understand? You should treat this incident as a lesson, son, remember, only when a man is strong enough, can he have the ability and strength to protect and control a woman, otherwise it’s all nonsense." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to recommend it, monthly tickets are a great motivation for me. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)