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"Brother Niu, how come I haven't heard you mention your son before?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"Ah, it's a long story."

And so, Niu Xingwang recounted the story of his son.

His wife, Liu Cuiqin, also came over and sat beside him, unable to stop the tears from falling.

His son had been relatively intelligent since he was young. Although not the absolute best, he was still among the top students. When it came time to apply to university, Niu Xingwang wanted him to study a management-related major so he could take over his business in the future. However, his son had no interest in his business at all and even considered him a typical nouveau riche.

Niu Xingwang couldn't win the argument, so he didn't interfere forcefully and gave him the freedom to choose.

But Niu Xingwang never imagined that he would choose medical school. Because from childhood, he had never shown any interest in medicine.

Niu Xingwang couldn't understand it at all and even had a big fight with his son over it.

Niu Xingwang's view was that the medical profession was just too tiring. On call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with no fixed days off. The family wasn't short of money, so why choose such a strenuous profession?

His son said a lot about different directions and different majors, but Niu Xingwang really didn't remember any of it.

Later, when his son graduated, he was directly recruited internally and chose to stay in Kyoto for work.

Niu Xingwang never knew what kind of work he did, only that it was a classified industry. The only thing he knew was that the place he worked was called Shanggong.

But he didn't know what kind of unit Shanggong was, nor had he ever heard of it.

Since then, his son had only occasionally called home to let them know he was safe, but other than that, he had never come back.

"Shanggong?" Dongfang Chen said in surprise.

"Mr. Dongfang, have you heard of it?" Niu Xingwang asked.

"Oh, it's like this. When I graduated from university, I almost went there too," Dongfang Chen said.

"Really? Then what does this Shanggong do?" Niu Xingwang asked.

"Shanggong isn't the real name. The place is actually called the China Industrial Research Institute, abbreviated as Huagong Institute or Gongyan Institute. However, because it involves many confidential research projects, they usually use a different name," Dongfang Chen explained.

"So that's how it is. I was wondering why I had never heard of such a unit," Niu Xingwang said, looking at his wife.

"Then what happened afterwards? Why did your son become like this?" Dongfang Chen asked.

Although Dongfang Chen had heard of Shanggong, it was only in passing. He had chosen to give it up at the time and had never heard anything about it since.

"Ah, in the first half of last year, we suddenly received a notice saying that there had been a serious safety accident at my son's workplace, and he had unfortunately died. When we received this news, we felt like the sky had fallen," Niu Xiangwang said sadly.

It was clear that even now, he felt extremely heartbroken whenever he mentioned this matter.

"Since that time, she cries every time I mention our son. Later, I simply stopped mentioning him," Niu Xingwang said, looking at his wife.

"In that case, the so-called safety accident may have hidden secrets behind it. Otherwise, since your son is still alive, there would be no need to hide it from you," Dongfang Chen analyzed.

"It seems that's the case," Niu Xingwang agreed.

"Now that the people from the Gongyan Institute have come looking for you, it means they have already set their sights on you," Dongfang Chen continued.

"Then what should we do next?" Niu Xingwang asked.

He was very conflicted inside. The Huatong Chamber of Commerce was not his personal property, and he had no right to give away shares. But on the other hand, his son was still in their hands. If he didn't agree to their conditions, his son's life would probably be in danger.

It was clear that they wanted to use this to threaten Niu Xingwang and force him to compromise.

"Agree to them tomorrow, and then we'll wait and see what happens," Dongfang Chen said.

"Agree to them?" Niu Xingwang exclaimed in shock.

"Don't worry, don't you know how Huatong Chamber of Commerce works? It's not something they can interfere with just because they want to. If we keep them out, we'll have to put in effort to investigate. It's better to let them in, which will give us a buffer in time and allow us to obtain more information, killing two birds with one stone," Dongfang Chen explained.

Niu Xingwang nodded.

As for whether it would be like letting a wolf into the house, Niu Xingwang wasn't worried. He couldn't say for other places, but in Binjiang, there was really no one who could threaten Dongfang Chen.

Although this was done with a purpose, Niu Xingwang was sincerely grateful to Dongfang Chen for being willing to give up shares to find a way to save his son.

And so, just as Niu Xingwang and his wife reached the door, Liu Cuiqin turned around, quickly walked up to Dongfang Chen, and prepared to kneel down.

Dongfang Chen quickly stepped forward to help her up.

"Sister Liu, what are you doing!" Dongfang Chen said annoyed.

"Mr. Dongfang, I don't know how to thank you," Liu Cuiqin cried again, tears streaming down her face.

This was what it meant to love one's child deeply.

In Liu Cuiqin's heart, her son was everything to her.

She just instinctively wanted to express her inner gratitude in this way.

"That's simple. Just make more delicious food for everyone in the future!" Dongfang Chen said with a smile.

Liu Cuiqin was also amused and nodded silently, wiped her tears, and left with Niu Xingwang.