Chapter 85 The Heretic Lord
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There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line. Wen Yiran answered with silence, he didn't know when the two of them had started sleeping together.
During the month Wen Yining was hospitalized, from the moment she checked into the hospital, Shen Yueze could be seen wandering around the ward. He even knew where her underwear was, making it seem like they were living together.
Wen Yiran felt from that time on that her sister had made a mistake. Breaking up with Chen Jiabai was nothing, she could find someone else.
The mistake was getting involved with that playboy Shen Yueze.
But this younger sister has always been opinionated and rebellious at heart. She is not a good girl at all. As he expected, she got into trouble in just over a month.
“He’s not answering our calls. You guys, try calling him too, and see if any of you can get in touch with him.”
"Okay, I'll go to your place first. Ye Qingchi is someone he often hangs out with. I'll ask him about it later."
After Chen Jiabai got into the car, he drove very fast, ignoring his mother's questions. His brows were slightly furrowed, his thoughts were in turmoil, and he was recalling the bits and pieces of the past few days. He remembered the men's jacket that Wen Yining was wearing, the unfamiliar Chanel bag, bracelet, and necklace. She didn't have a job, and with her two brothers' income, it was almost impossible for them to have spare money to buy so many luxury items.
And the Richard the Black Knight in the ward, one of only 75 pieces made worldwide.
There are very few people in the entire capital who own this watch.
Perhaps he should have realized it from the beginning. It wasn't surprising that Wen Yining took a liking to Shen Yueze, but what surprised him was Shen Yueze himself...
With so many girls around him openly and subtly showing their affection, there's no need for him to contact his ex-girlfriend.
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Around 5 PM, when they arrived at the police station near the film set, Shi Yuheng and Wen Yiran had been there for a while. They both looked tired and their spirits were low. The atmosphere was awkward and somber. They sat in their chairs, fiddling with their phones, and didn't speak to each other.
Shi Yuheng saw him get up and said, "You must be Chen Jiabai. You need to get someone to investigate right away. Wen Yining's brother thinks her disappearance is related to me and the film crew. Damn it, he wants me to take responsibility and hand her over. If I hadn't called the police, he would have thought I sold Wen Yining out."
Wen Yiran stood up and questioned with reason and evidence, "You guys aren't making any serious movies; you also have dinner parties and drinking parties on a regular basis."
"She attended the drinking party voluntarily; we didn't make any demands. Besides, her company arranged many more such events."
Shi Yuheng was not as tall as Wen Yiran, but his aura was not weak. He pointed at him with his finger and said, "Let me emphasize this to you again, I am not a porn actor. Not all movies with sex scenes are porn movies."
The two were arguing so loudly in Chen Jiabai's ear that it gave him a headache. He couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted, "Alright, you two shut up. The reason isn't important now. Let's find Wen Yining first, in case there's danger."
Shi Yuheng hummed in agreement. "Her brother imagined this place to be some kind of brothel. He has no idea that I haven't slept well for several days. The crew has been trying to contact her every day, and they've even asked all the girls in her dorm. They all said they've never seen her before."
Chen Jiabai had his father's subordinate call the local police station chief. The chief immediately knew whose son he was and said he would fully cooperate to find the person.
The technical reconnaissance team located the two individuals, and Wen Yining's phone was last seen on the highway.
Shen Yueze left the city. The two of them were not together, but they were not far apart.
Given Shen Yueze's status, and not wanting to make a scene, Chen Jiabai carefully explained to the station chief, "We all know this person. There must be some misunderstanding. We can handle it ourselves. You don't need to send officers."
Even if her father found out, he wouldn't allow it to escalate.
Shi Yuheng disagreed, saying, "Let them go together. We don't know what the situation is like there. How do you know it's just Shen Yueze alone?"
"There are plenty of cases like this where they take people to remote mountains and forests and then have sex with them. Shen Yueze is a pretty lewd guy to begin with. What hasn't he done? The richer a man is, the less moral he has."
Chen Jiabai remained silent for a few seconds, unable to imagine Wen Yining sleeping in the same bed as his good brother.
However, he also felt that Shi Yuheng's words made some sense, and a desire for revenge arose in him.
Shen Yueze is a playboy who really knows how to have fun. His father isn't a high-ranking official, so he can be as high-profile as he wants without any problems.
He spends money like water and is generous to girls. He always gets the most attention. I heard he even tried threesomes before. Wen Yining doesn't seem like the type of person who would like this kind of guy.
On the second call, he finally answered, "Who's on your end?"
“Chen Yueze,”
He called to him, his breathing heavy. "Brother Wen Yining was very worried about her safety, thinking she had been murdered. We didn't know Shi Yuheng either, and thought Wen Yining's disappearance was related to him. We only understood after we called the police."
A moment later, Wen Yining's weak voice came through.
However, it wasn't mentioned that it was forced.
After making the call and truly hearing their voices, I had no choice but to believe it. My expression was complicated, and I was overwhelmed with indescribable emotions. For a moment, I didn't want to say anything, and my desire for revenge intensified.
Shi Yuheng said, half truthfully and half falsely, "When we were filming, Shen Yueze went to the set a few times to find her, wanting to sleep with her. She didn't have that intention, so Shen Yueze took the opportunity to force himself on her. That kind of playboy likes to be rejected, that's what makes it exciting, you know what I mean."
Wen Yiran wanted to explain that this involved illegal and criminal activities, and was not a trivial matter, but she just started to speak, "They..."
He was immediately interrupted by Shi Yuheng, who winked at him, pulled his arm back, and whispered in his ear, "If you want to find your sister sooner, shut up."
Wen Yiran looked at him hesitantly, wondering what grudge the two of them had.
Labeling Shen Yueze as a criminal is a bit too serious.
There are always many rumors about directors and actresses. Could it be that Wen Yining was able to get the lead role because she was sexually harassed by the director in front of her...?
Three boys have gotten involved in this. If all three of them have something to do with Wen Yining, then things will get complicated. He knows how many temptations a girl like her will encounter. She might only set her sights on rich young men. In his memory, there aren't many guys who pursue younger girls.
However, due to my profession, I deal with women every day. Almost all the women I see who have breast augmentation surgery are beautiful, some naturally and some artificially. Only when the patients are satisfied with their faces will they start to work on other parts of their bodies.
Occasionally, he would encounter someone with a celebrity-like appearance. They would chat with him, saying that hundreds of boys at school liked her, and that once she arrived at school, many boys couldn't concentrate on their studies. During their conversation, he could sense that this girl was very charming, and he never doubted this description. This reminded him of his own sister.
He had never seen how many boys Wen Yining had provoked at school, but to be honest, he didn't want to become like that. But as things stood, things weren't as he had imagined. Shen Yueze, Chen Jiabai, and Shi Yuheng were all unwilling to back down.
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On the way there, there was a car from the police station. The station chief found him a driver. Chen Jiabai sat in the passenger seat, and Wen Yiran and Shi Yuheng were in the back.
Xia Wei called, but he was so annoyed that he didn't really want to answer and hung up. Actually, dating Xia Wei was much more interesting than dating Wen Yining.
But for some reason, seeing that Wen Yining was short of money, he still couldn't help but want to transfer money to her to make this kind of Category III film. This was something he hadn't expected. He probably just couldn't find a generous second-generation rich kid like him, otherwise he wouldn't have ended up in this situation.
Xia Wei's message popped up: "What did your mother say?"
[Is this about breaking up with you? But I remember you saying she wasn't satisfied with any of your girlfriends.]
That's true. Before Wen Yining, she had two other relationships, but they were short-lived, only a few months. She didn't think much about the future, and even then, Liang Jing unintentionally revealed her dissatisfaction.
He typed, "My mom doesn't really care about a girl's family background, as long as she has a stable and respectable job. Don't overthink it, I'll find you a job later."
【Where are you now? 】
There's no need to cause a misunderstanding. Just reply, "I came to see Shen Yueze, but I won't be going home tonight. Don't wait for me."
I'd like to ask about Shi Yuheng and his crew. "What have you directed before? You're not a new director, are you?"
Shi Yuheng glanced at him sideways, too lazy to pay attention to the two of them. There were plenty of people like him who looked down on him with prejudice, so there was no need to explain. Time would prove them right.
His attitude was cold. "What's your relationship with Wen Yining?"
"Ex-boyfriend".
Shi Yuheng chuckled and said, "That's really interesting."
They're still completely in the dark; it seems Shen Yueze has hidden himself very well.
Ignoring his sarcasm, Chen Jiabai leaned back, her mind constantly on edge, staring at the screen, slowly scrolling through the messages she had sent earlier.
I haven't received a single reply from her since three days ago. "By the way, she called me the day she disappeared, but hung up as soon as I answered. According to her phone's location, she should have been on the highway at that time. When I called back, no one answered."
"Shen Yueze probably threw it away."
Shi Yuheng suddenly remembered something else. The two of them had done it once in the villa rented by the film crew. They cleaned it up afterwards, but with so many people around, it got out quickly and spread like wildfire. Such gossip is nothing new in the chaotic film crew.
Shen Yueze is clearly a maverick.
Shi Yuheng remembered that at the police station, the station chief, who was in his forties or fifties, was very respectful to Chen Jiabai, a young man in his twenties. He guessed that Chen Jiabai was probably a second-generation official, and that his father held a high position in the public security system.
I casually asked, "What does his family do? Are they government officials? You two seem to be good friends, childhood buddies?"
But there are too many second-generation rich kids in Beijing, which is the center of power.
Shi Yuheng is thirty years old. In their era, such talents were rampant. He has kept a low profile in the past two years, but even during the years when his power was at its zenith, he could not change his arrogant nature.
Chen Jiabai replied perfunctorily, "We've been childhood friends." They've known each other for seven or eight years.
He then complained that the driver in the driver's seat was driving too slowly, saying, "Stop up ahead and let me drive."
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It was past eleven o'clock when we arrived at the designated location.
There were no streetlights in the forest, and the moonlight was dim. Even with the headlights on, visibility was limited. Chen Jiabai was getting anxious and didn't slow down. The person next to him, worried about safety, reminded him, "Slow down, don't drive so fast. The road is so narrow, it's a one-way street, only one car can pass at a time."
Just a few minutes after saying that, the car crashed into a tree on the side of the road while turning. All four people in the car were startled. Shi Yuheng wasn't wearing a seatbelt, and his head hit the seat in front of him. He cursed in pain, "Damn it! I told you to slow down, but you didn't listen. What did you hit? Is the car okay? Can we still drive?"
The two got out of the car to check it out. There was a dent in the car body. Without wasting any time, they got back into the driver's seat and continued to follow the navigation without saying a word or slowing down.
The gate to the villa's courtyard was unlocked, and a black Land Rover was parked nearby. Many people own this car, as do the G-Class; it's practically a must-have in the second-generation car community.
I glanced at the license plate number; it wasn't Shen Yueze's birthday.
The curtains on the villa's floor-to-ceiling windows were drawn tightly, allowing the light inside to shimmer faintly.
Chen Jiabai stood at the door with a complicated expression, trying to call the person inside, but the phone was switched off.
Looking back, the police car hadn't arrived yet; they had to wait for them to unlock the door.
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Wen Yining tried to snatch his phone, but he always beat her to it, throwing it on the ground, kicking it under the sofa, or letting it slide against the wall, out of her reach.
Wen Yining tried to reach it a few times, then angrily threw the remote control at him, "Didn't you hear where they were just now? There were unfamiliar voices, they were obviously at the police station. It's not like they can't find our location, they'll be here in a bit."
Shen Yueze sat calmly, completely ignoring her helplessness, and said in a cold tone, "I've had enough of playing along with you. It's quite boring. Let Chen Jiabai come and take a look. There are traces of what we did everywhere in this house. Oh, right, isn't Shi Yuheng here too? Let him come in and have a look as well."
Wen Yining closed her eyes speechlessly, smoothed her messy long hair, and knelt on the carpet with her limbs weak. She tried to pick up her phone but couldn't. She was a little tired from arguing, but he could still stir up her emotions with just a casual remark. She had to admit that she rarely met a guy like this, or rather, she had never met one before.
Is it because it's so special that she finds it so addictive?
She was distracted for a few seconds, then calmed down, her heartbeat slowed, and she looked up at him. He was still leisurely eating watermelon, having cut it in half and put two spoons inside. She was truly impressed by him.
After a moment of silence, her heart ached, and a bitter feeling welled up inside her. With a blank expression, she said what she had been holding back all along, "Shen Yueze, if you don't agree, then let's not contact each other anymore."
What she really wanted to say was: break up, cut ties, and stop caring about her.
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But it seems he should be the one to bring it up. She felt that, given his personality, he would be the one to bring it up first. Indeed, she wouldn't be at a disadvantage, but she felt very tired, overwhelmed by inexplicable bittersweet emotions.
Next time I'm dating, I can't date someone who's so popular with the opposite sex. But it's not wrong for others to like him or covet him.
His reaction was rather indifferent: "You can't get back together with him."
She looked dejected and sat back down on the sofa. "I know, I won't date any more guys you know."
This is the truth.
In the silence, the knocking on the door was particularly jarring, and he got up to open it.
Wen Yining remembered that she was still naked, so she found one of his jackets on the sofa, put it on, zipped it up, and wore shorts underneath. The bruises on her knees couldn't be hidden, and there was no time to change into long pants.
The sounds outside were familiar yet chaotic; having not seen any outsiders for a long time, I was somewhat disoriented.
Chen Jiabai asked knowingly, "Wen Yining is in there too?"
He neither answered nor stopped the group.
She stood still as Chen Jiabai burst in, quickly scanning the room. Shi Yuheng and Wen Yiran followed him in.
Shen Yueze had one hand in his pocket, his upper body bare, his waist slender, with several noticeable scratches from girls. He wore casual pants with the drawstring undone, swaying as he walked slowly. He looked quite calm and lazy, like a homeowner waiting for some guests.
He said, "Is it really necessary for so many people to come?"
Even though Chen Jiabai saw it with his own eyes, he still repeatedly checked the relationship between the two. The coffee table had couple cups, a silver ring, cosmetics, half a watermelon, an opened box of baby condoms... The sofa was littered with clothes, cushions and blankets were on the carpet, and the trash can was full of toilet paper, which was too glaring.
It's not hard to imagine how decadent and dissolute their lives were in the villa...
Perhaps because she was mentally prepared, she remained relatively calm on the surface. "Shi Yuheng called the police and said you were raped."
"..."
Wen Yining's mind went blank for a moment. She organized her thoughts and looked at him hesitantly, as if they had placed her in the position of a victim.
Shi Yuheng grasped her bony shoulders and asked with concern, "Have you been here with him these past few days? He won't let you leave?"
She nodded, then shook her head, and continued to stare at Shen Yueze with a blank and helpless expression, and a hint of confusion. He, on the other hand, nonchalantly sat back on the sofa, crossed his legs, and lit a cigarette with a cold expression, looking like a playboy watching a show.
"Just tell them the truth."
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After a moment of silence, plainclothes police officers entered. When Wen Yining saw that one of them was holding handcuffs, she realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately explained, "I did it voluntarily; I didn't call the police."
The other person asked, "Then why do you have so many bruises on your body? How did you get this on your neck? Did he choke you? Was it sexual violence? Don't be afraid, just say it."
"We were both acting voluntarily; there was no threat or coercion involved."
Ignoring the presence of a group of outsiders, she grabbed the other person's arm and explained, "It's normal to have wounds. He didn't cause them. How can you arrest someone without any evidence?"
The man explained to her, "Actually, in situations like your room with many signs of a struggle, we can collect a lot of physical evidence. Rape is different from other crimes; we don't need videos or too much evidence. The girl's testimony plays a crucial role. By the way, your previous chat logs are also useful..."
Chen Jiabai's gaze also focused on her neck, then moved down, scanning all her exposed skin. There were many pinch marks and bruises, especially on her knees, making it easy to imagine what position was used.
In her panic, Wen Yining pulled him aside to explain to them, "You guessed it all along, didn't you? Then why didn't you tell them? You could have used your family connections to get them to leave; they definitely know you."
During the phone call, she thought that only Chen Jiabai would come, and at most she would bring her older brother. She did not expect him to do this.
They quickly realized, "Are you getting revenge on us?"
Chen Jiabai remained silent for a long time, suppressing his emotions. Compared to Wen Yining, Shen Yueze disappointed him even more. "On the way here, I thought about many possibilities, but nothing is more unacceptable than the person I trust most setting me up and deceiving me."
These people were waiting for his attitude. Relying on his father's power, he deliberately said, "Go through the normal procedures for investigation. Don't worry about the fact that he is my friend."
Shen Yueze stubbed out his cigarette, offered no explanation, and made no move. He casually put on a T-shirt, his expression indifferent and unimpatient. His gaze towards her was somewhat meaningful, but he said nothing and cooperated by being handcuffed.
She had so much to say, but she was separated from it all.
She was also taken in for questioning. Once in the car, Chen Jiabai said, "He's just going in to go through the motions. Let alone rape, even if he committed murder, his family can get him out. My dad will probably find out by tomorrow at the latest and then he'll scold me."
But today, at least we can get Shen Yueze to go to the police station once.
The police chief didn't know who Shen Yueze was or whose son he was; he only knew that Chen Jiabai was the son of the deputy mayor of a municipality. With physical evidence, he could arrest whomever he wanted without any problem.
In the past, some shady business tycoons would give his father millions in cash, asking him to arbitrarily file a case and arrest businessmen they disliked, keeping them in jail for several years. In the chaotic years of the past, many people in Chen Zheng's position acted as protectors for these tycoons.
He didn't know what his father had experienced in officialdom, but he was aware of some of the unspoken rules.
Shen Yueze has no immediate family members in the public security system, so he will have to stay at the police station tonight.
Someone found a lawyer who patiently explained the law to Wen Yining.
She rested her head on her hand, wearing a loose-fitting, boyfriend-style black jacket by Shen Yueze, which made her look very thin and frail. The long sleeves concealed her hands as she slumped in the chair, seemingly oblivious to how she had ended up like this.
At first, she clearly only wanted to leave the villa to go filming. Her expression was melancholy and sad. She lowered her eyes, staring at the table. Her skin was pale, but her bare face was delicate and beautiful. Her hair was messy and fell down her back. She knew that Chen Jiabai was taking revenge on her, taking revenge on Shen Yueze, and perhaps Shi Yuheng was also interfering...
My mind is a mess. Why did he willingly let himself be taken away without saying a word? And why did he seem so relaxed...?
Going to jail should be a minor matter for him, but it was something that could have been avoided.
The lawyer, assuming she had been assaulted, softened his tone considerably. "If a woman reneges on a consensual relationship and then falsely accuses the man, the probability of him being convicted is actually quite high, and the evidentiary requirements are very low."
"..."
“You don’t need to lie and say it was voluntary. There are so many signs of a fight in the villa; it’s obvious that there was a fierce argument.”
"..."
They did argue, and he would throw things when he was angry, but he never hit her.
“A large number of rape cases are convicted based on the victim’s testimony. Tell the truth.”
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A note from the author:
1. From the internet
Shen Yueze will be released tomorrow. He could easily call his father or a relative, but he also has other motives. [laughing and crying emoji]
This chapter contains 30 red envelopes.
Shi Yuheng definitely admired and liked Ning when he asked her to act, but adult relationships are complicated. If Ning approached him first, he would accept, but he wouldn't force her. His framing of Shen Yueze was indeed motivated by his own selfish motives. [laughing and crying with facepalm]
By the way, I posted Shen Yueze's clothing style on social media~
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