Chapter 1768 - 1364: Anxious to Return Home (Part 5)

The young man noticeably became tense, instinctively straightening his back and pulling a slightly stiff smile: "Hello, big brother, I'm Zhang Wei, Lingling's partner."

Song Heping didn't speak, just looked him up and down a few times.

The gaze wasn't fierce, not even expressive, but the pressure accumulated from walking on the edge of life and death and ruling a vast gray kingdom was inadvertently exposed.

It wasn't the authority of an official, but a more primitive, more direct aura, as if it could penetrate the surface and see into a person's heart.

Zhang Wei worked as a deputy director at the street office's social affairs department and had met some city leaders, reporting work face to face.

But now he felt more pressure than when facing any leader, his palms and forehead lightly sweating, even his smile nearly frozen.

"Mm."

Song Heping finally nodded, acknowledging the greeting, then said to his siblings, "Let's go, out first."

His brother drove a Range Rover.

After graduating from university, using the capital from Song Heping and his professional skills, he opened his office in the city and was doing quite well now.

Inside the car, the sister sat in the front passenger seat, Zhang Wei and Song Heping sat in the back seat.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the car was somewhat silent.

"Brother, why is your bag so old?"

The sister turned her head to look at him, trying to break the silence, "Didn't you say your business is big? Why dress so... plain?"

Song Heping looked down at his clothes, smiled: "Got used to it abroad, comfort is enough."

"True." The brother started the car, "Brother, are you going back to the county directly, or resting in the city first?"

"Let's go back to the city first. I've booked a hotel..."

"What hotel!" the sister interrupted, "The big apartment you bought for us, there's always a room kept for you. It's cleaned weekly."

Song Heping was stunned for a moment.

Indeed, he had bought each a large apartment over 300 square meters for his brother and sister in the city's best district, saying it was for their weddings, but also thinking it would be a place for him if he ever returned.

But he didn't expect that they really kept a room for him.

"Alright, then I'll stay at the family house."

The car left the airport, got on the highway. The scenery outside swiftly retreated: skyscrapers, construction sites, greenbelts, billboards.

The speed of domestic development shocked him.

When he left last time, there weren't so many skyscrapers and the road wasn't this wide.

"Brother, how long can you stay this time?" the brother asked.

"About half a month. Still have things over there."

"You're always busy," the sister complained, "Money can't be earned endlessly. Stay longer this time."

"I know." Song Heping looked outside the window: "I'll stay a few more days this time."

"By the way, brother, what exactly is your business?"

The brother glanced at him from the rearview mirror, "Last time you said you're doing infrastructure in Illiguo, but specifically doing what? Oil? Or..."

"A bit of everything. Infrastructure, logistics, mainly security services," Song Heping answered vaguely, "Opportunities are many after the war in Illiguo."

"Security services? Like a security company?"

"Almost."

The brother didn't ask more.

Song Heping knew his brother and sister actually had doubts.

What kind of business earns so much money, can casually take out millions to buy houses for the family?

But they chose not to ask, chose to trust the "legal business" their brother mentioned.

As for his brother-in-law Zhang Wei, he was quiet throughout, occasionally meeting Song Heping's gaze through the rearview mirror, quickly looking away, appearing somewhat respectful.

This made him feel a bit satisfied with his brother-in-law's "tactfulness."

The car entered the urban area, skyscrapers towering, traffic bustling.

The sister pointed outside the window: "Brother, look, there, that tallest building, that's the new landmark in our city. When you left last time, this wasn't even built."

"Such a big change."

Song Heping whispered emotionally.

"Yes, our country's development is fast." The brother's tone showed pride, "Brother, you've been abroad for so many years, you don't know, it's different now. Mobile payment, high-speed rail, online shopping... you have to adapt."

Song Heping smiled.

He doesn't use mobile payments...

He uses offshore banks...

Moreover, these years, he really doesn't have much concept of money...