My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 746 - 0746: Returning to the Orphanage

Chapter 746: Chapter 0746: Returning to the Orphanage

"By the way, do you know who your parents are?" Tang Ming suddenly looked up at Barmaid Tang Ming and asked.

"No idea. I’m an orphan, and I don’t know why they abandoned me."

Barmaid Tang Ming sat back down, wiping the red wine off her body with a napkin while speaking indifferently, "But I’ve already given up any expectations of my parents. I’ve grown up, and have passed the time when I most needed them by my side, it’s all the same with or without them. If they hadn’t abandoned me, I wouldn’t have had to struggle on my own and wouldn’t have taken a disreputable job like barmaid."

Tang Ming heard resentment in Barmaid Tang Ming’s tone, but he could understand her feelings. He himself lived a worry-free life with the old man and learned a lot of skills while also harboring resentment towards his parents. Let alone a woman like Barmaid Tang Ming who had struggled in society, surely she had suffered even more hardships and injustices.

"What if they had no choice but to leave you behind at that time and are now looking for you everywhere?"

Tang Ming sighed, moved by compassion in the face of such a woman who shared a similar plight.

Barmaid Tang Ming stiffened for a moment, then said rigidly, "They left me all those years ago, how could they possibly come back for me now? They’ve probably already forgotten about me. Why are you bringing this up all of a sudden?"

"Because I’ve been to the orphanage."

Tang Ming hesitated but then decided to reveal the truth, "I was investigating my own background and I happened to come across a middle-aged couple looking for their daughter Barmaid Tang Ming, whom they had left at the orphanage years ago. They said they eloped back then and their families disapproved of their union, so out of desperation, they left you at the orphanage."

"Is that really true? You’re not lying to me, are you?"

Barmaid Tang Ming’s voice started to tremble, although she claimed not to care about her parents, the news that they had their own difficulties and were now searching for her excited her despite herself.

"Why would I lie to you?"

Tang Ming smiled and wiped his hands, "I’ve had a meal at your expense, so let me do you a favor. How about I accompany you to the orphanage in a bit?"

"Go there, for what?" Barmaid Tang Ming said with some resistance.

"To find your parents, of course. I think they would be very happy to find you, or for you to see them."

Tang Ming slowly stood up, speaking with anticipation.

"Are they still at the orphanage waiting for me?" Barmaid Tang Ming became agitated.

"Not anymore, they’ve already left Songlan City, but I’m sure the head of the orphanage must have their contact details. As long as we get those, you will meet them sooner or later."

Tang Ming straightened his clothes and headed out, "It’s up to you whether you go or not, I’ll wait for you outside."

"Alright! Let’s go take a look then!" Tang Ming quickly got up and followed Tang Ming.

Afterward, the two of them drove to the orphanage.

In a white BMW on the highway from Songlan City to the provincial capital, Sun Zhuangjia held a black pill in his left hand and steered with his right, laughing nonstop.

"Tang Ming, oh Tang Ming, I’ve finally got my hands on your Detoxification Pill, this time the family will surely reward me."

Sun Zhuangjia muttered to himself with joy, his goal in orchestrating this plan was to obtain the Detoxification Pill from Tang Ming.

Capitalizing on Tang Ming’s weakness for women, Sun Zhuangjia set a trap using barmaid Tang Ming as a decoy, administering the Sun Family’s slow-acting poison to her before she met Tang Ming. His aim was to make the poison manifest precisely when she was with Tang Ming. In this case, Tang Ming would surely not stand by and watch her die; he would inevitably use the Detoxification Pill to save her.

Originally, Sun Zhuangjia planned to kidnap the barmaid Tang Ming after she had taken the Detoxification Pill and use her for a live experiment, thereby analyzing the components and formula of the pill. Unexpectedly, the surveillance reported that Tang Ming surprisingly gave barmaid Tang Ming an extra Detoxification Pill. Now that he had snatched the pill, Sun Zhuangjia felt more elated than if he had kidnapped her. He no longer saw the need for such measures, which could potentially lead to a direct conflict with Tang Ming.

With the Detoxification Pill in his possession, Sun Zhuangjia was in high spirits. He always believed that Tang Ming’s ability to win over major figures of the Poison Sect and to unite the big forces in Songlan City stemmed primarily from having the Detoxification Pill. Furthermore, the ingredients of Tang Ming Oral Liquid were likely by-products of the Detoxification Pill.

Having secured the Detoxification Pill, as long as the Sun Family could unravel its components, they could mass-produce it. By simply changing its name, the Sun Family would surely make a fortune.

Thinking of the profits generated by Tang Ming Oral Liquid, and envisaging the Sun Family garnering equal or even greater benefits in the future, Sun Zhuangjia couldn’t help but get excited.

"When I get home, I’ll ask my dad to have grandpa analyze the components of this Detoxification Pill. The Sun Family will no longer stay under the radar; it’s our time to rise."

Sun Zhuangjia carefully placed the elixir in a freezer box, then stepped on the accelerator, speeding back towards the provincial city.

In the Tianyang Orphanage, the elderly director with white hair sat in the courtyard. He pulled out his reading glasses from his pocket and stared at barmaid Tang Ming in surprise, "My goodness, it’s been years since you left, girl. I didn’t expect you to grow up so much. You must be eighteen years old by now, right?"

"Director, I’m only seventeen this year."

Barmaid Tang Ming smiled, looking somewhat apologetically at the director: "I always planned to make a name for myself before coming back to repay you and the orphanage, but over these past few years..."

"Don’t talk like that. It’s a great comfort for this old man to see the children who once cried for food grow into such graceful young women," interrupted the director, his face filled with nostalgia, "But you’ve changed so much; are you really Tang Ming?"

"Seventeen? Are you sure you’re only seventeen this year?"

Tang Ming looked at the girl in front of him, dressed and made up so maturely, all traces of the youthful energy and innocence expected of a seventeen-year-old missing. She must have been thrown into the social melting pot quite early.

"How old do you think I am?"

Barmaid Tang Ming rolled her eyes at Tang Ming and then lifted her hair and tied it on top of her head, "Director, take another look now, do you recognize me now?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that topknot is something only Tang Ming could pull off; you are Tang Ming."

The director clapped his thighs in excitement and said, "Your parents have been looking for you. It’s wonderful that you can now come back."

"I, I came back for that very reason. Did my parents leave any contact information?"

Barmaid Tang Ming looked at the director nervously.

"Yes, they have been calling frequently to ask about you since their visit."

The director immediately took out his cellphone, reminding her, "Here, here, write down their contact information. They said, as soon as you come back, they must be informed for you to go to them."