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When Shen Yingchang saw Wen Tao's car crashing directly into the elevated highway guardrail, he almost didn't have time to slam on the brakes.

Thick smoke billowed from the front of the black sedan, while the rear half hung precariously in the air.

He pulled open the car door and sped off amidst a cacophony of horns. He saw the driver's side door open, and a figure struggled to squeeze through the crack.

As the man fell onto the elevated road, he kicked the car to gain momentum. Shen Yingchang watched helplessly as the car lost its balance before his eyes and slowly and irreversibly plummeted downwards.

Below is the traffic flow on the ground during the morning rush hour!

Shen Yingchang suddenly stepped forward and pressed himself against the railing. He saw the car that had crashed to the ground burst into flames, and a crowd of people around him were screaming in panic.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Watch out for an explosion!"

Shen Yingchang shouted at the top of his lungs, waving his arms and yelling at the people below, but his voice seemed to be drowned out. Many pedestrians took out their mobile phones to take pictures from just a few meters away.

He turned around and saw that the person who had been lying on the ground was slowly getting up.

Shen Yingchang immediately rushed forward, raised his arm and pressed it down hard behind his neck, subduing him and roaring out all the anger in his heart: "Don't move!"

Wen Lei turned his head in alarm and saw an unfamiliar face.

He struggled desperately, shouting, "What are you doing? What are you doing! Let go!"

Wen Lei only calmed down and remained silent after Wen Yunsheng's assistant rushed over after finishing the call.

Before Wen Yunsheng could even speak after hanging up the phone, Tao Chu pressed him, "What's wrong?"

"My dad was in an accident on the elevated highway."

With a loud bang, the image of the white sedan that had been struck in half by the truck flashed into Tao Chu's mind.

Her voice trembled: "Is it serious? Is...is the person alright?"

Wen Yunsheng didn't dare tell the truth in front of his mother, and only shook his head: "I don't know."

Meng Xin didn't ask a single question. She simply lowered her head, unzipped her handbag, took out a beige cardholder, and placed it under Tao Chu's hand. Then she pulled the blanket over Tao Chu's hand and gently covered him with it.

Tao Chu pressed the cardholder tightly against Meng Xin's chest, looking at her as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Meng Xin leaned down and whispered in her ear, "He said he's going to add the last bit of fire, but whether it will catch fire or not depends on the timing, so don't rush it."

After speaking, she stepped back slightly.

Tao Chu saw her eyes, brimming with tears and trying her best to hold them back. It was as if a bronze bell had been struck in her ear, making Tao Chu's mouth go numb and leaving her speechless.

Seeing that she understood, Meng Xin straightened up and turned her back, and only then did tears stream down her face.

"Mom—" Wen Yunsheng called out softly, his voice choked with emotion.

Meng Xin waved her hand and walked outside.

"Chuchu!" Tao Guohua helped Li Yuzhi squeeze into the ward, not noticing Meng Xin weeping by the door. He walked straight to Tao Chu's bed, and Tao Chu quickly stuffed her wallet inside.

Someone in the ward saw Tao Guohua, immediately took out their phone, opened a news video, compared it, and muttered, "He looks quite similar."

Tao Guohua felt uncomfortable in crowded places, always feeling like people were staring at him.

Before dawn today, he had Xu Lingling call Fei Xun to find out that Fei Xun hadn't received the email.

He then went to his mother's house, specifically to bring the old lady to visit Tao Chu, hoping someone could mediate between them. But unexpectedly, Wen Yunsheng was also there.

When Wen Yunsheng saw that Tao Chu's grandmother had also arrived, he turned to Tao Chu and said, "You talk to your family, I'm going to keep my mother company."

Tao Chu nodded.

Seeing Tao Chu's pale and weak face, Li Yuzhi shook off her son's unwanted hand, staggered to Tao Chu's bedside, and bent down to stroke Tao Chu's hair: "Chu Chu, good child, you've suffered so much..."

Tao Guohua rubbed his hands together and forced a smile: "It's good that everyone is alright. Oh, that really scared me to death! I saw blood all over the hall!"

Tao Chu didn't have the energy to say much. She just glanced at Tao Guohua, then looked at her grandmother and gave her a meaningful look.

Li Yuzhi whispered in her ear, "Your dad has already posted a video to report it. Sui Liyong contacted him and asked your dad to submit a copy of the evidence. He also revealed that he will try to contact the special task force."

Tao Chu nodded; this timing was also something she and Cen Le had planned together.

By making a scene at a crucial time, forcing Li Pengcheng and his group to take drastic measures, and then taking the opportunity to amplify public opinion so that Zhou Bingcheng's cover-up could not be completely sealed, the task force would have a chance to come to Jianglin City.

Although it's not certain that everything is set in stone, having at least a chance to pry open a crack under Zhou Bingcheng's thumb is already extremely difficult.

They just hadn't expected Li Yue's madness to be so out of control, and Cen Le collapsed before him.

The anesthetic injected into Tao Chu had almost completely worn off, leaving dozens of deep and shallow wounds all over his body, making even breathing painful.

She looked at Tao Guohua and mustered the strength to say, "Dad, do you need to check the elevator surveillance footage..."

"Hey, how could I not have thought of that? Before I went to pick up your grandma today, I made a special trip to the property management office, only to find out that the elevator surveillance cameras were broken—how could they act so quickly?!"

Tao Chu vaguely remembered that Shen Yingchang seemed to be next to her before she completely lost consciousness, but why did she see Wen Yunsheng and Aunt Meng Xin the first thing she saw when she woke up?

Just then, Wen Yunsheng returned in a wheelchair, and she asked, "Have you... seen Shen Yingchang?"

"He's the one who called the ambulance to bring you to the hospital. When your surgery was halfway through, I was worried something might happen at home, so he went to keep an eye on things for me. He should be at the accident scene now—what, do you need him?"

As Wen Yunsheng spoke, he took out his phone to make a call. When Tao Chu heard that Shen Yingchang had been working hard for Wen Tao, she became even more certain that "HP" was Wen Tao.

She said softly, "Ask Shen Yingchang if he has obtained the elevator surveillance footage."

Wen Yunsheng looked up at her: "I got it. I also have a copy here."

Tao Chu's eyes lit up, and she immediately looked at her grandmother.

Li Yuzhi immediately understood: "Does it mean to post it online?"

Tao Guohua breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that the evidence was preserved. He never expected that Tao Chu had a backup plan.

But the next second, Tao Guohua noticed that his mother and daughter were both looking at him, and he immediately became tongue-tied:

"W-what? I...you guys don't want me to send it again, do you?"

"Don't you understand the importance of capitalizing on existing popularity?" Li Yuzhi retorted.

Having just learned of his father's words, Wen Yunsheng understood that this was a crucial moment for piling firewood and building a fire. Suppressing his grief, he offered a suggestion:

“My dad was in an accident on his way to a meeting.” He paused and continued, seeing the surprised expressions on his grandmother’s and Tao Guohua’s faces. “Uncle Tao filed a formal complaint against my dad last night. Tao Chu was attacked with a knife in the elevator as soon as he left the house. My dad was in a car accident this morning. These three things together are enough to prove that someone is trying to kill him to cover it up.”

"And Cen Le, and my mother!" Tao Chu shouted, leaning forward despite the excruciating pain, afraid that they would be forgotten.

Tao Guohua suddenly felt a great responsibility, his face full of difficulty: "This... so many things, how can I explain them all by myself?"

There was a moment of silence in the room.

"I'll do it," Tao Chu said softly. "Even if my voice is weak now, I will tell these things myself."

After all, only she knows the ins and outs of these past ten years.

Ten years ago, Cen Le's father sacrificed his life while trying to save a hero, and Li Pengcheng accused him of murder.

After losing her father at a young age, Cen Le became depressed and indulgent until her classmate Tao Chu reached out to her and pulled her out of the mire.

After reviewing the case, Xu Weirong discovered clues and, together with Zou Ming, uncovered Zhou Bingcheng, Li Pengcheng's backer.

During the process of collecting evidence, the two were discovered to have used Wen Tao to fabricate an affair, which led to their reputations being ruined.

Wen Tao was quickly promoted, while Xu Weirong and Zou Mingyuan went to Wanghu, but they maintained contact and never gave up searching for evidence.

However, the powerful and influential Li Pengcheng, who had deep roots in Jianglin, channeled a continuous stream of money and power through his casinos, cruise ships, and real estate.

They tied countless grasshoppers to this ever-thickening rope.

The grasshoppers were of different sizes and occupied different positions, but the only thing they had in common was that Zhou Bingcheng had a handle on them.

Money, power, sex... Once you get on Zhou Bingcheng's ship, few can get off cleanly.

If anyone even slightly touched this rope, Zhou Bingcheng would instruct the corresponding grasshoppers to drive them away, intimidate them, silence them, or even kill them.

People like Xu Weirong and Zou Ming, who were aiming to cut the rope, naturally couldn't escape their clutches.

The car accident on the highway claimed the lives of Xu Weirong and Zou Ming, and shattered Tao Chu's seemingly peaceful life.

When she returned to Jianglin, it was like a deer blindly wandering into a dark forest, paying a heavy price of blood and tears to gain the possibility of facing the enemy head-on.

Even if it meant death, she couldn't let go of this opportunity that brought her closest to uprooting them completely.