"You vented all your resentment towards my father, your dissatisfaction with life, and your sense of injustice towards fate on me."
“I was only five years old that year. I will keep these traumas for the rest of my life. You must remember that the reason I became like this, the reason I act like a madman, is all thanks to you.”
Chen Roujin pushed Bai Yingyun away. Bai Yingyun knelt by the bedside, tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry, it's Mom who's sorry."
"Don't apologize to me. I feel disgusted just looking at you. Get out." Chen Roujin said with a look of utter disgust.
Bai Yingyun wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and left the ward.
Chen Hao glanced at Chen Roujin, already used to her crazy behavior.
"Put on some clothes, who are you going to show those scars to?"
Chen Roujin put on her clothes and sneered, "Are you content to be beaten up like this by a bastard?"
"I'm not willing to give up." Chen Hao gritted his teeth: "But the experts I invited won't be able to arrive in Yanjing for a few more days, so I'll endure it for a few more days."
"But don't worry, I won't stand it for long, and that brat Ye Xingchen won't be smug for long either. I'll send him to hell."
"Hehe, is revenge all you see?" Chen Roujin laughed.
"What else would we do?" Chen Hao asked, bewildered.
"The old man has been valuing Chen Liang a lot lately. He's entrusted several new projects for the Chen family to Chen Liang. Don't you sense anything unusual?" Chen Roujin said as if she were looking at an idiot.
"So what? His father is incompetent, so the position of family head is definitely going to be mine." Chen Hao said indifferently.
“His father may not be good enough, but his abilities are no less than his father’s,” Chen Roujin said. “Dad is getting old, and the future of the Chen family is to be handed over to you.”
"But look at you, what's the difference between you and a piece of trash? Don't you understand why the old man did this?"
"I..." Chen Hao suddenly understood the reason, and his face turned ugly.
“Chen Liang is young. The old man has to consider the future of the Chen family. What will happen to our family if he hands over the position of family head to Chen Liang when he is old and in his seventies?” Chen Roujin snorted: “All you do is drink, race cars and play with women. When will you grow up?”
"Then what should we do?" Chen Hao said with some distress, "I admit that I am not capable enough."
“The old man hasn’t completely given up on you. He arranged for you to marry into the Li family just to give you a helping hand,” Chen Roujin said. “But you can’t stay hopeless forever. You have to show him your value.”
"What can I do?" Chen Hao gritted his teeth as he mentioned this: "That bitch Li Yijin keeps saying that Ye Xingchen is her husband."
"So, you're giving up?" Chen Roujin sneered. "You've done plenty of things by forcing yourself on someone else, why don't you dare to do it with Li Yijin?"
"I..." Chen Hao was slightly taken aback; what this crazy woman said seemed to make sense.
It was a rare few days of peace and quiet, but early that morning, Bai Zilin came knocking on the door.
Seeing this woman approach, Ye Xingchen felt a headache coming on, because her coming to his door could not be good.
"Ye Xingchen, I need your help with something," Bai Zilin said.
"Report things you can't handle, and someone will take care of them for you. I'm not a policeman. You keep asking me for help without giving me any compensation. Are you treating me like free labor?" Ye Xingchen said, somewhat speechless.
"You're not short of money, why do you need subsidies? The situation is urgent, come with me quickly." Without saying another word, Bai Zilin pulled Ye Xingchen into the police car.
Ye Xingchen was both amused and exasperated. Being picked up and dropped off by police cars every day was something else entirely; he couldn't possibly accept such a privilege.
Upon arriving at the scene, Ye Xingchen realized that the situation was quite serious.
This is a suburb far from the city center. Because of the pollution caused by chemical plants in previous years, almost all the residents here have moved away.
There was only an abandoned school, where a kind, honest, middle-aged man who collected scraps lived.
But now dozens of bodies have been found inside the school.
The bedroom, kitchen, cellar, and abandoned classroom were visited by hundreds of police officers, along with numerous police dogs.
"This is a big case," Ye Xingchen said. "Has the murderer been caught?"
“All the evidence points to the middle-aged man who collects recyclables; his name is Wang Deyou,” Bai Zilin replied. “He has been taken to the police station for further investigation.”
"All signs point to this being a simple murder case." Ye Xingchen looked around. "Even if you called me here, I wouldn't be of much help. Although I'm skilled, I can't solve cases as well as you guys."
“I feel something’s not right, there’s something fishy going on.” Bai Zilin shook her head and said, “That’s why I called you over.”
"You just felt something was wrong, so you called me over?" Ye Xingchen was taken aback. He smiled wryly and said, "Couldn't you have called me after you had a concrete situation? Please, everyone is busy."
“I think this place is very strange. If I wait until something really happens before calling you, it will probably be too late,” Bai Zilin said stubbornly.
"Okay, you're right, so what's the situation now?" Ye Xingchen asked.
"Not yet. Wait another hour. Once all the bodies here have been found, I'll send you back," Bai Zilin replied.
Just then, several police dogs started barking wildly at a pile of dried corn kernels.
"Something's wrong." Bai Zilin reacted immediately and turned to rush over there.
A corn stack had been dug up, revealing a cellar entrance. Several police dogs barked at the entrance, but they dared not approach.
"Something's not right here. Get your men to come down quickly." Ye Xingchen's expression changed slightly after just one glance, and he shouted at Bai Zilin.
Two police officers were about to pry open the cellar entrance, but upon hearing Ye Xingchen's shout, Bai Zilin immediately yelled, "Stop! Stop! Don't open it!"
"Captain, what's wrong?" several officers asked, puzzled.
“This is a seal.” Ye Xingchen stepped forward and looked at a huge blood-red symbol drawn on the cellar entrance: “If you break the seal, the things inside will come out, and the consequences will be severe.”
"Step back and set up a cordon," Bai Zilin instructed.
The police officers knew who Ye Xingchen was, so they quickly stepped back and put up a cordon around the area.
"Call for help," Ye Xingchen said. "There's something dangerous inside."
"Officer Bai, from now on, I'll be in charge of this area." Just then, a policeman rushed over with a group of people.
"Li Tianqi?" Bai Zilin was slightly taken aback, then said unhappily, "The Municipal Bureau has already taken over this area, why are you interfering?"
"Your superiors have ordered you to withdraw immediately, you should receive a call from your bureau chief soon." Li Tianqi waved his hand.
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