Chapter 1032 The Only Request
Song Chaoyuan didn't say anything. Looking at Zhang Bin, who was strange yet familiar in front of him, Song Chaoyuan felt filled with emotion.
Life is really unpredictable. People face countless crossroads in their lives and also make countless choices. Each fork, whether left or right, once you step out of it, you cannot turn back and it will completely change the trajectory of your life.
This is what happened to Zhang Bin. If he had not been so greedy back then, he would not have instigated Wang Jianjun and Song Chaoyuan to go their separate ways. In order to make more money, he would have also engaged in bullying and market domination. Eventually, after the incident, he fled Shanghai in a panic and headed south, thus leading to where he is today.
If it weren't for this, Zhang Bin and Wang Jianjun's life trajectories would be completely different. They might have achieved success by now, and even if they were not as successful as Li Daqi and Gu Jie, they would definitely have no worries about food and clothing.
Song Chaoyuan is a person who values relationships very much. Zhang Bin and Wang Jianjun can be said to be Song Chaoyuan's first partners. As long as they follow Song Chaoyuan, Song Chaoyuan will never treat them unfairly. This fact has long been proven.
Unfortunately, this is what wrong choices in life are like. Wang Jianjun did the wrong thing out of jealousy and momentary impulse, and ended up going to the northwest to repair the earth for many years. The best years of his life were spent there. When he came out, he had turned from a young man into a middle-aged man, and had lost everything he should have had.
After returning to society, Wang Jianjun had a very hard life. He had no house and no income, and his family avoided him. He finally found a temporary job, doing the most tiring work but getting the lowest income. It is no exaggeration to describe such a life as "endurance".
Fortunately, Li Daqi felt compassion after learning about this and secretly helped Wang Jianjun, allowing him to get a formal job and giving him the courage to start his life again.
Although this help was just a piece of cake for Song Chaoyuan and his team, it was completely different for Wang Jianjun. Now, Wang Jianjun was doing quite well in his unit. His original unit was merged into Liangyou Group a few years ago, and Wang Jianjun also became a formal employee of Liangyou Group.
As for his job, Wang Jianjun still works in the warehouse. Although the work is hard, it is steady. And the overall income is decent. When the unit was merged, Li Daqi gave them a call and gave him a small house that originally belonged to the unit. This helped Wang Jianjun solve the family problem.
A few years ago, Wang Jianjun got married. His wife was a rural woman who came to Shanghai from another place to work. Although his wife was not well educated, not pretty, and had a rural household registration from another place, it was very difficult for someone like Wang Jianjun to find a wife.
Soon after getting married, Wang Jianjun had his own child, a boy. The birth of the child gave Wang Jianjun more motivation to live a good life. He had taken the wrong path in his life, and all his hopes for the future were pinned on his child, hoping to raise him into an adult with great potential.
On the other hand, although Zhang Bin managed to escape and even went to Hong Kong to change his appearance, and later made a fortune through illegal means and became a so-called "superior man", his ending was not as good as Wang Jianjun's. Wang Jianjun restarted his life, but Zhang Bin was thrown into prison and was about to face the most severe trial. Even his beloved son was finally found to be not his own. He worked hard all his life but ended up with nothing. It was extremely sad.
"Qin Zhengguo is your friend, right?" Zhang Bin asked. Seeing Song Chaoyuan nodded, Zhang Bin smiled bitterly and said, "Tell him when you have a chance. I didn't know about your relationship back then, otherwise I wouldn't have attacked him. Yuan Chao, we are friends after all. I am not a friend anymore and I will never do such a thing. What happened back then was just a misunderstanding."
"I will bring this message to you."
"Thank you..." Zhang Bin took a puff of his cigarette, but unexpectedly he had already sucked up the cigarette butt. He threw the cigarette butt aside and turned slightly to look at the comrades behind him.
The comrade behind him took out another cigarette expressionlessly and put it into his mouth, lighting it for him again as before.
This time, Zhang Bin didn't pull out as hard as before. He took a light puff and sighed, "My life is a complete failure. My ambitions are high as the sky, but my life is thin as paper. After all the troubles, I am just a joke in the end."
"I have made a lot of money, and I thought I was successful over the years, but in the end I realized it was nothing. I have brought this upon myself."
"Yuan Chao, if I hadn't dragged Wang Jianjun to do that, would my life have been different?" Zhang Bin asked Song Chaoyuan with a wry smile. Without waiting for Song Chaoyuan to answer, he shook his head and said, "What's the point of talking about this now? The past is in the past. You walked your own path and can't blame others."
Song Chaoyuan didn't know what to say. Words of comfort were no longer useful at this time. Moreover, Zhang Bin's words were actually a way to vent his inner feelings, or perhaps a confession to his old friend Song Chaoyuan.
Luo Yang gently touched Song Chaoyuan and signaled to him with his eyes that time was running out.
Although Luo Yang used his connections to greet Zhang Bin when he met him, sometimes rules are rules. There are time limits for meeting with serious criminals like Zhang Bin, and it is impossible to break such rules even if he has greeted him.
Song Chaoyuan understood what Luo Yang meant. He thought for a moment and said to Zhang Bin, "Do you have any other wishes? If so, just tell me. As a friend, I will definitely help you if I can."
"Wish..." Zhang Bin's mouth was bitter. Of course he had a wish, and his biggest wish was to get out of here and regain his freedom. But he knew that no matter how powerful Song Chaoyuan was, he couldn't do it, or in other words, no one could save him now.
Zhang Bin has family in Shanghai, but he had cut off contact with his family over the years. Zhang Bin's parents had passed away, and his brothers and sisters all treated Zhang Bin as if he no longer existed. And after losing their parents, those brothers and sisters didn't have much affection for Zhang Bin, to be honest. They also didn't want to suddenly receive news about Zhang Bin, especially news about a death row prisoner.
As for his home in Xiangjiang, Zhang Bin looked bewildered. He once thought that his life was perfect. Although he had experienced ups and downs, he still had a good result in the end.
Relying on his own efforts, Zhang Bin has made a name for himself in Hong Kong and has a beautiful wife and a lovely son. He can be considered content with his life.
But everything was suddenly shattered like a dream. When Zhang Bin woke up, he suddenly realized that everything was false and he still had nothing.
Zhang Bin's dream was shattered, so he launched a crazy revenge and ended up in the situation he is in today.
Zhang Bin doesn't blame anyone for this result. If he has to blame someone, he blames himself for being blind and unable to see the facts. He deserves what he gets.
Song Chaoyuan's question made Zhang Bin fall into deep thought. After a long time, he sighed and made a decision.
"Yuan Chao, for the sake of our old friendship, I beg you for one favor."
"you say……"
"My son is in Hong Kong, he is still young. If something happens to me, there will definitely be many people who will target my property. He has been spoiled since he was a child, and he is not yet an adult. I can't protect it by relying on him alone. Besides, most of my brothers in Hong Kong are from the underworld. I know what kind of people they are best."
"My request is not high, as long as my son can be protected. As for the family property, whoever wants it can take it. I just hope that my son can grow up safely and become an ordinary person when he grows up."
This request surprised Song Chaoyuan and Luo Yang. Didn't they say that Zhang Bin's son was not his blood? Why was Zhang Bin still thinking about this child at this time?
"Human nature is very strange. At first, I really hated him and wanted to kick him out of the house. But he has called me dad for more than ten years, and I have raised him as my own son since he was born. After so many years, even if I raise a puppy or a kitten, I will have feelings for him, let alone a human being. I have figured it out during these days in prison. I have nothing else to ask for now, only this wish, Yuan Chao! I know I have let you down, and there is not much meaning in saying sorry, but please help me one last time for the sake of our past friendship..."
After leaving the depressing detention center, when the heavy iron door closed behind him, Song Chaoyuan subconsciously looked back.
A door separates two different worlds. When Zhang Bin comes out of this door again, it will be the end of his life.
Song Chaoyuan sighed deeply, feeling a little uncomfortable. After all, although Zhang Bin brought this upon himself and such a result was inevitable, as a former partner, Song Chaoyuan still felt a little melancholy and emotional.
On the way back, Luo Yang and Song Yuanchao sat in the back seat. Seeing that Song Chaoyuan hadn't spoken, he couldn't help but ask Song Chaoyuan if he really wanted to help Zhang Bin.
"You know me. Since I have promised him, I will definitely do it." Song Chaoyuan said calmly.
"Yuan Chao, if it was just a child, I wouldn't say anything, but don't forget, this child could very well be Zhang Liming's!"
"So what? For this child, he doesn't even know who Zhang Liming is. Besides, Zhang Liming is Zhang Liming and the child is the child. These are two different things." Song Chaoyuan didn't care about these things, and when he agreed to Zhang Bin just now, he had already thought about how to arrange for the child.
The child definitely cannot stay in Hong Kong. Since Zhang Bin is in trouble, the family property may have been targeted by someone. If the child continues to stay in Hong Kong, something bad may happen one day. Since he has promised Zhang Bin, Song Chaoyuan will make arrangements. He will arrange for someone to send the child away as soon as possible, whether to Europe, America or other places. Once outside, he will help the child find a new identity and start a new life with the new identity.
As for how to arrange for the child, Song Chaoyuan had already thought about it. Zhang Bin told Song Chaoyuan some information. Song Chaoyuan would arrange a trust fund for the child based on the actual situation of Zhang Bin's available cash assets and some investments. This fund would be used to meet his future living needs. As for those inconvenient assets, Song Chaoyuan originally did not intend to touch them. These were left for the hungry wolves to target. The final result had nothing to do with Song Chaoyuan.
