Chapter 109
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Chapter 109 This Isn’t Even the Worst
Song Yili lay on the hospital bed, his eyes lifeless.
Since regaining consciousness after surgery, he had maintained this expression, regardless of who called to him or cared for him, not a single muscle in his face showed any change.
Of course, even if Song Yili’s expression did change, no one would be able to see it because his face was completely covered in bandages—due to Su Rui’s violent stomping, which had caused his face to scrape against the asphalt, tearing his skin open and leaving him bloody.
For this type of injury, doctors didn’t have many options, they could only carefully stitch up the wounds on his face. But this would leave scars, and now that Song Yili was already in his twenties, his skin’s natural regeneration process would make it almost impossible to cover up such injuries later—after all, there were dozens of stitches crisscrossing his face.
With half his face covered in scars, how could this young master of the Tianxiang Group show himself in public? Perhaps his only option would be plastic surgery in South Korea!
Song Yili stared at the ceiling, his eyes devoid of life, but suddenly, he felt a rush of blood rising, and when he opened his mouth, a large mouthful of fresh blood sprayed onto the hospital bed!
Su Rui’s kick had been as heavy as a thousand pounds, striking his abdomen violently and causing severe internal bleeding in his abdominal cavity!
But that wasn’t even the worst of it. As Song Yili’s blood-spitting motion pulled at the wounds on his back, a tearing pain made him cry out involuntarily!
What? How did he get wounds on his back?
Su Rui’s final heavy punch had, through Song Yili’s skin, completely destroyed his right kidney, shattering all the internal tissue!
This was truly a case of “hitting the cow through the mountain”! There were no visible external injuries, but inside, everything had been utterly destroyed!
With one kidney completely shattered, urine from the kidney had spilled throughout the abdominal cavity, and both the renal artery and vein had suffered varying degrees of damage!
There was absolutely no alternative—the doctors had to perform surgery to remove the kidney. Otherwise, if they had delayed even a little longer, Song Yili’s life might not have been saved!
Due to severe abdominal fluid accumulation, Song Yili still had three tubes inserted into his stomach, continuously draining the accumulated fluid!
The human body has two kidneys, and even after removing one, the other can continue to function and even be stimulated to work harder. So Su Rui had shown some mercy—if he had destroyed Song Yili’s other kidney as well, then the Tianxiang Group’s young master would have needed to wait for his father to donate one of his kidneys for a transplant!
After a kidney transplant, to prevent the body from rejecting the organ, one must take immunosuppressive drugs for a long period, which also causes extreme damage to the body.
If Song Yili dared to cause trouble again, Su Rui would definitely not stop at destroying his remaining kidney—perhaps he would eliminate Song Yili entirely.
Song Yili tried to clench his fist, but his body couldn’t muster any strength. He couldn’t even complete such a simple action as making a fist!
The surgery had severely weakened him!
Song Yili coughed up another large mouthful of blood, and a special nurse immediately came to help clean him up.
Beside Song Yili stood a middle-aged man who appeared to be about fifty years old, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with facial features somewhat similar to Song Yili’s.
He was Song Yili’s father and the chairman of the Tianxiang Group—Song Tianxiang!
Next to Song Tianxiang stood a wealthy-looking woman who was wiping away tears.
Without a doubt, this was Song Tianxiang’s wife and Song Yili’s mother—Hu Qinghuan.
Hu Qinghuan looked at her son’s miserable condition, wanting to approach but not daring to, afraid of hurting him. Since regaining consciousness, Song Yili had already vomited blood several times!
They say a son is flesh from his mother’s body—when a son is injured, the mother feels the pain in her heart. When Hu Qinghuan learned how serious Song Yili’s injuries were, she had fainted on the spot.
“Tianxiang, you must do something. Our child was struck by external force and ended up like this—one kidney completely destroyed! How heavy must that hand have been, how cruel that heart? Tianxiang, you must avenge our son!”
Hu Qinghuan shook Song Tianxiang’s arm. She had repeated these words countless times throughout the morning, but they had no effect whatsoever.
Song Tianxiang had remained silent from beginning to end, his face grim.
“Tianxiang, is he still your son? Why can’t you say something? How can you be so heartless as a father?” Hu Qinghuan, unable to bear her husband’s attitude, began pounding his chest with her arms.
“Enough!” Song Tianxiang pushed his wife away angrily. “You’ve been crying and shouting all morning, when will you stop?”
“What do you mean when will I stop? He’s your son, and he’s my son too. How can I feel good seeing him beaten like this?” Hu Qinghuan’s eyes were swollen from crying.
Song Tianxiang was truly annoyed: “You stay at home all day and know nothing, but I know that this ‘good son’ of ours has done plenty of ‘good deeds’! The severe injuries he suffered today are entirely his own doing!”
“Song Tianxiang, what do you mean? How can you say our son brought this on himself? One of his kidneys was destroyed! How can you bear to say such things!”
“What do I mean? How can I not bear it? Do you know that he’s been involved with gangsters? He’s been calling the gang leader Li Yang his brother, indulging in gambling, prostitution, and all manner of vices. Instead of working hard to make the company better, he’s always looking for shortcuts. His intentions are impure, his methods are wrong!”
“How can you speak about your own son like that? He’s always been kind-hearted since childhood, how can you say his intentions are impure? Whatever he did, it was for the good of our company, for the good of our family!”
“Women know nothing! Look at how you’ve spoiled your son!” Song Tianxiang was somewhat angry: “Do you know that he secretly withdrew ten million from the company’s accounts just to invite a fugitive named Tai Longsheng to China? That man is wanted in three countries, yet Song Yili still wanted to associate with him. This is simply pushing the company into a fire pit! If the media exposed this, the consequences would be unimaginable!”
“Ten million, and he couldn’t find anything better to do with it than cause such a huge mess!”
Hu Qinghuan was stunned by her husband’s words. Clearly, for a wealthy lady who spent her days thinking about where to shop, where to travel, and holding her dog in the sunshine, things like fugitives and gangsters were too distant from her reality.
“So, ending up like this can only be described as his own doing! Am I wrong?” Song Tianxiang’s eyes were practically shooting fire as he stared at his son angrily.
“But, Tianxiang, are you just going to let the perpetrator go free? Don’t you know our son almost died? If he had died, what would I do?” Hu Qinghuan began crying loudly again.
Song Tianxiang was silent for two minutes before saying: “One thing at a time. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. I certainly won’t let those who beat my son go unpunished! They will receive the punishment they deserve! The pain they made my son experience, I will return it double!”
To build such a large pharmaceutical company single-handedly, merely operating legally wasn’t enough—it had to be complemented with some clever tactics!
Hu Qinghuan nodded while wiping her tears. In this family, she truly had no say.
“Tianxiang, have you told Xuejiao about Yili being beaten?” Hu Qinghuan suddenly asked.
“Xuejiao? Better not tell her.” Song Tianxiang thought for a moment and said, “She’s always doted on her brother since childhood. If she knew Yili was almost beaten to death, she’d probably rush back from the capital immediately. This is a crucial time for her, so it’s best not to disturb her.”
“Alright then.” Hu Qinghuan wiped away her tears and looked at Song Yili lying on the bed with vacant eyes, sighing softly: “This blow has been far too great for Yili. I hope he can recover.”
Song Tianxiang sighed: “The wrong path cannot be taken. This is playing with life. Those who don’t cherish life will not be cherished by life in return.”
With that, the founder of the Tianxiang Group turned and walked out. Hu Qinghuan watched her husband’s retreating figure, her expression conflicted.
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“Investigate this matter thoroughly for me. Find out exactly what happened. And arrange a meeting with Li Yang—I need to talk with him,” Song Tianxiang instructed his secretary, who was waiting respectfully at the door.
“Right now?” the secretary asked.
“Yes, right now,” Song Tianxiang said, then waved his hand. “Never mind, I’ll ask him myself.”
He knew that in such a situation, having his secretary approach Li Yang would be inappropriate—their status was too unequal.
Song Tianxiang dialed Li Yang’s number, adjusting his mood before the call connected.
“Hello, is this Boss Li? This is Song Tianxiang, Song Yili’s father.” Song Tianxiang hadn’t had much previous interaction with Li Yang because in his view, businessmen getting too deeply involved with underworld figures wasn’t a good thing. Although it might provide temporary protection, it would certainly become precarious later on.
Song Tianxiang was several years older than Li Yang, but since the other party was the gang leader of Ninghai, he respectfully addressed him as “Boss Li.”
On the other end of the phone, Li Yang’s anger intensified upon hearing these words.
“Song Tianxiang? I haven’t come looking for you, yet you have the nerve to call me?” Li Yang sneered.
Song Tianxiang was immediately taken aback: “Boss Li, what do you mean by that? Is there some misunderstanding between us?”
Li Yang’s voice was full of mockery and sarcasm: “Misunderstanding? There’s no misunderstanding between us.”
“The reason I’m calling is because my son Song Yili has been severely injured, and since you and he have a good relationship, I wanted to ask if you could provide me with some information about who did this.”
It would have been better not to mention Song Yili—bringing him up only made Li Yang more displeased: “Severely injured? That’s truly gratifying. This backstabbing creature getting such an outcome is exactly what he deserves!”
