Chapter 156 A person's death cannot erase their debts
"Xiao Hua, what are you doing standing over there like that?" Wang Yafei was standing ten meters away from the railing, being pulled by Chen Zhenzhu.
Wang Xihua gripped the concrete railing with one hand, turned her head and stared intently at Wang Yafei: "How did you get arrested?"
Wang Yafei said, "Now is not the time to say that. Get down quickly."
As she was about to step forward, Wang Xihua said, "Don't come any closer."
Wang Yafei's voice was full of pleading: "Xiaohua, please don't jump. If you die, I won't be able to live either."
Wang Xihua's voice was as gentle as it was in the telepathic recording, but his first words made all four teams present realize that he was the "death listener" who had turned Liancheng upside down.
“We are the people who understand each other best in this world, and the people who love each other most purely in this world.” Wang Xihua spread out her other arm, feeling the biting cold wind blowing from all directions: “You live on for me.”
"No!" Wang Yafei struggled to get closer, crying, "How can I live if you die!"
Wang Xihua held out her wrist and said, "Don't cry. We've all died three times already, why are you afraid of living?"
Wang Yafei clutched her left wrist, pleading, "I know things aren't what we think. Don't die! She—look, she's Shen Zhenzhu, I told you, a very capable police officer. We admitted to doing it, but we didn't—"
“I did it all.” Wang Xihua interrupted Wang Yafei, knowing that his death today might save Wang Yafei’s future.
He walked past Wang Yafei, ignoring her pleading gaze, and said to Shen Zhenzhu behind her, "I did it all. I coerced her into cooperating with me, otherwise I would have carried out random killings. I actually hate her. If it weren't for her, I would have been able to enter the Wang Group openly and honestly, and I wouldn't be being talked about behind my back."
Wang Yafei said in unbearable pain, "Don't say anymore."
"Do you think I'm stupid enough?" Shen Zhenzhu beckoned to Wang Xihua and said, "Come down. If you jump like this, Wang Yafei will bear all the consequences. Are you willing for her to suffer everything?"
Wang Xihua frowned as he looked at Chen Zhenzhu, seemingly trying to see through her. However, more and more people appeared on the rooftop, and when he looked down at the parking lot, he saw a group of protesters heading towards the building.
He then turned his gaze to Shen Zhenzhu, saying without a trace of sadness or joy, "I'll say it again, I orchestrated this whole thing. Wang Yafei was forced to cooperate. I killed the person, I contacted the radio station, and I disposed of the body. Wang Yafei, tell me what you did?"
Before Wang Yafei could speak, Wang Xihua quickly said, "You were coerced by me!"
Wang Yafei covered her face, tears slipping through her fingers: "Please, come down... don't leave me alone in this world."
Wang Xihua's eyes were full of reluctance. He looked at Wang Yafei with heartache, sniffed, and stubbornly raised his head to look at the sky.
They cherished each other carefully, yet they didn't have a single beautiful memory of each other.
A few seconds later, he suddenly bent down and scattered all the leaflets at his feet into the air: "I did all of this, and I will take full responsibility for the consequences."
When Shen Zhenzhu saw that he was about to jump off the building, she immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and contacted Wu Zhongguo and the others downstairs.
Lu Ye tried to rush forward from behind her, but Wang Xihua raised her hand to stop him and said to Shen Zhenzhu, "Shen Zhenzhu, tell me, will justice die?"
“Justice…” Shen Zhenzhu said with difficulty, “Justice will not die.”
"Hahaha. Did you hear that? Yafei, I won't die." Wang Xihua laughed as tears streamed down her face: "But I was wrong, I made a huge mistake."
"What mistake?" Wang Yafei asked.
“Restraints,” Wang Xihua said. “Any force needs restraint. Without restraint, a force will deviate from its course, like it is today, and head towards an outcome beyond our control. The law forces everyone to stay on track and does not allow for mistakes.”
Wang Yafei's voice trembled as she reached out her hand and said, "Then let's admit our mistakes. We won't leave. We'll both stay. No matter what others say about you and me, we'll still support and encourage each other."
Wang Xihua looked down at the approaching crowd below, their protests growing louder. He made up his mind, stretched out his hand, and said, "Come here."
Shen Zhenzhu held Wang Yafei tightly: "You can't go over there."
Wang Yafei screamed frantically, "Let me go! I need to get over here!"
Wang Xihua said to Shen Zhenzhu, "I'll just say one sentence to her, and we'll go with you."
Shen Zhenzhu had already seen the death in his eyes; sending Wang Yafei over now would not end well. But Wang Yafei struggled frantically, turning to kneel before Shen Zhenzhu.
Shen Zhenzhu, supporting her arm, shouted, "Stand up! Stand up!"
Wang Xihua said, "Please, let me hug him."
Wu Zhongguo's voice came through Chen Zhenzhu's walkie-talkie: "Director Liu called and asked us to cooperate with Wang Xihua's request. The fire brigade is ready."
Helpless, Shen Zhenzhu let go of Wang Yafei's hand and followed closely behind her, wary of Wang Xihua's next move.
Wang Xihua finally waited for Wang Yafei, and he opened his arms to tightly embrace her as she rushed up to hug him.
Wang Yafei clutched his clothes tightly, crying and shouting, "Don't jump! If you jump, I'll jump too!"
Wang Xihua stroked her back, feeling the warmth of her desire, and whispered, "If Qian Hui sees this again, she'll think of those dirty things again."
“No, we are different. We did nothing despicable.” Wang Yafei cupped Wang Xihua’s face and said, choking back tears, “We know each other’s feelings. Our parents and our blood ties have betrayed us, but we will never betray each other. Even if we can’t take that step, our souls are each other’s only one.”
"What do they mean by this?" Lu Ye asked Xiao Bai in a low voice from behind, while remaining wary.
Xiao Bai, holding the sleeping baby, said, "I'm not quite sure either. It's not like family affection, not like romantic love, it feels like something on a higher level."
“Perhaps they are soulmates,” Shen Zhenzhu said softly. “Their bodies have not crossed any boundaries, but their souls are highly compatible and deeply understand each other, feeling an unprecedented resonance and sense of belonging.”
She was unaware of the immense trauma they had endured during their formative years, but it was clear that each other's names were deeply ingrained in their very being. Even Wang Xihua was willing to die carrying all the crimes and secrets to protect Wang Yafei.
Shen Zhenzhu slowly moved forward, making a hand gesture while they were still embracing, thus surrounding Lu Ye and Zhao Qiqi.
“We must have made a promise before we were born, to meet in this life to be each other’s life lessons, to be companions through life’s hardships.” Wang Xihua wiped away Wang Yafei’s tears and gently pushed her away: “My lesson is coming to an end, Yafei. Thank you for making me no longer lonely, thank you for letting me appreciate the secret garden deep in your heart. You are my light, I am your shadow. Now the sun has risen, and the shadow must leave.”
"No...no, I won't let you go." Wang Yafei was on the verge of collapse, trying to grab Wang Xihua's arm, but he pried it off.
Wang Xihua took another half step towards the edge, clinging to the railing with only two fingers, swaying precariously in the howling wind.
As he moved around, the firefighters downstairs also moved the inflatable cushion.
"Wang Xihua, don't be impulsive." Shen Zhenzhu took a step forward, her body slightly lowered, ready to charge forward at any moment.
Wang Yafei suddenly stood up, determined to rush to Wang Xihua's side and leave with him. In a flash, Wang Xihua shoved her away and shouted, "Chen Zhenzhu!"
Shen Zhenzhu suddenly leaped up and grabbed Wang Yafei's shoulders tightly with both hands!
"No—!!" Wang Yafei was pushed away by him, watching helplessly as Wang Xihua loosened his grip...
"Yafi, live on."
Time seemed to move very slowly. Wang Xihua saw Chen Zhenzhu grab Wang Yafei, take two steps on the edge of the rooftop, and then smile and shout one last time: "—Justice will never die!"
Lu Ye and Zhao Qiqi rushed out from the side, but only a second later, Wang Xihua had already disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Xiao Hua!! Ahh—let me go with you, Xiao Hua!!" Wang Yafei struggled to jump off the building with him, but Shen Zhenzhu held her and forcefully pushed her to the ground.
Exclamations came from downstairs, followed a few seconds later by a loud thud.
"Medicine... Wang Yafei's medicine."
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Qian Hui was driven out of Liujin Garden. Just as rumored, the radicals who arrested her asked anyone they knew about "Mrs. Wang," and someone gave them her address.
Qian Hui couldn't get through to Wang Jieyong on the phone. Her son wasn't home, and she couldn't find Wang Jieyong. She paced back and forth at home, feeling restless.
There used to be neighbors who would freeload at her house, but someone must have heard the news, and their gazes towards her changed from envy and respect to mockery and ridicule.
"Turns out she was just an imposter, a mistress pretending to be someone else. What are you pretending for!"
"The thought of eating the food she gave me makes me feel nauseous."
"Hypocrite, ptooey!"
"Qian Hui, come with us." The radicals split into two groups, one going to Liujin Garden and the other to Haoxian Villa, both hoping to capture Wang Jieyong and become heroes in everyone's eyes.
"What are you doing—uh-uh—help! Help!" Qian Hui was dragged out of the bathroom where she was hiding by her hair.
She was splashed with dirty water, and countless hands stripped her down to her underwear. A group of people pushed and shoved her into the small garden.
"Old Zhang, Old Li...please save me, please save me!" Qian Hui looked at her former neighbors with pleading eyes.
"Hey, don't focus on us, we're here to arrest her too."
"Pah, shameless whore! I thought you were the real Mrs. Wang, but you're a fake! You shameless hussy!"
"Let me tell you, she's always putting on a show, she's really good at pretending. We have to teach her a lesson..."
Qian Hui listened incredulously as they berated her louder and louder. She was pushed out of her house and shoved into a car, screaming frantically, "What are you doing? Where are you taking me?!"
“Didn’t you want to see your son?” one of them said with a sneer. “We’ll take you to see him right now.”
Qian Hui traveled all the way from Liujin Garden to the outer ring road of Wang's Enterprise office building, thinking that she could find Wang Xihua as long as she got to Wang's Enterprise.
As soon as she saw Wang Xihua, she knew she was saved. Wang Xihua was so sensible and intelligent; she would never let them hurt her.
Qian Hui, clutching her chest, trembled as she got out of the car. Desperate to see Wang Xihua, she was shoved and paraded through the streets by the enraged protesters. A sign around her neck proclaiming her Wang Jieyong's mistress hung from her neck, and she was spat on, pelted with filth, and cursed by countless people.
The carefully maintained vanity and dignity vanished, and were truthfully recorded in the flashes of light and in the memories of countless people.
She struggled forward, placing all her hopes on Wang Xihua amidst her breakdown and sanity.
Having finally arrived at the Wang Corporation office building, she suddenly heard someone scream. Immediately afterward, a person fell from the sky, crashing in front of her, away from the inflatable cushion, their intestines and brains splattering everywhere.
"Why would someone jump off a building?" Qian Hui thought coldly. "Don't stop me from seeing my son."
Someone shoved her hard from behind, and Qian Hui fell to the ground. After facing the deceased for a few seconds, she let out a terrifying scream: "Xiao, Xiao, Xiao Hua—Ahhhhh—!!"
Shen Zhenzhu forcibly dragged the distraught Wang Yafei downstairs. Three policemen wielding batons approached them in the stairwell.
Shen Zhenzhu and her group brushed past the other party. Three seconds later, Shen Zhenzhu suddenly unleashed a powerful force, turned around, and kicked one of them hard onto the stairs: "Protect Wang Yafei!"
As she spoke, Shen Zhenzhu suddenly bent over, and Lu Ye behind her clenched his fist and slammed it into another person's face, then used his elbow to slam the last person into the wall!
Wang Yafei had no idea what was happening; she was already overwhelmed by immense pain and collapsed in the corner.
Xiao Bai immediately grabbed Wang Yafei and said, "They're not police officers, get downstairs quickly!"
Seeing that Wang Yafei hadn't gotten up yet, Xiaobai said, "Wang Xihua died protecting you, but they still don't intend to let you go. Are you planning to let Wang Xihua die in vain?!"
Wang Yafei opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word. She struggled to cling to Xiaobai's arm, and was helped away from the scene by Xiaobai.
Zhao Qiqi protected them from behind.
Shen Zhenzhu and Lu Ye joined forces and got into a fight with the three opponents.
Seeing that Wang Yafei was being protected, the three opponents didn't linger and planned to leave. However, they underestimated Shen Zhenzhu, who was dressed in an unremarkable police uniform.
The notorious "Little Hammer" from the city's major crimes unit, feeling ignored after they targeted Lu Ye, added fuel to the fire and launched a fierce attack.
"Take him alive!" The stairwell was small and enclosed, making it easy for guns to discharge accidentally and cause injury. Chen Zhenzhu was incredibly agile, darting up and down, leaving her opponent helpless.
Knowing that Wang Xihua was on the top floor, they rushed over. Not only did they know that Wang Xihua was one of the murderers, but after learning that he had jumped off the building, they also turned their attention to Wang Yafei.
Shen Zhenzhu was convinced that they were the ones behind the scenes, and she and Lu Ye used brute force to suppress the three of them.
"Damn it, how could this be?!" The three of them, their hands still cuffed together, were being chased downstairs by Chen Zhenzhu, who was kicking and shoving them. They were still wondering how they could be so badly beaten by a female police officer.
Lu Ye rubbed his fists as he walked downstairs, realizing something was amiss. Perhaps these people were the SAS's main target.
When they got downstairs, sure enough, they saw SAS personnel searching around for the fleeing "radicals".
Shen Zhenzhu spotted Qian Hui wandering alone in front of the parking lot, looking disheveled and wrapped in a military overcoat, lingering outside the police line.
Qian Hui muttered to herself, "Where did Xiao Hua go again? He must have been seduced by Wang Yafei again... My Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua... Wang Yafei, I hate you, Wang Yafei, where are you..."
Wang Yafei stood before Qian Hui, holding the baby, but Qian Hui no longer recognized her. Qian Hui aimlessly grabbed at one hurried stranger after another, asking, "Wang Yafei, where did Wang Yafei go? Did she seduce my son again...?"
"Get out of the way, you lunatic!"
"It's her, a filthy thing!"
Upon seeing Chen Zhenzhu approach, Wang Yafei took a large amount of medication to calm herself down. Her eyes were vacant and flat as she said, "Look, they... they think we're dirty just because they're dirty. We love each other deeply, but we haven't taken that step because we're different from them. We're human, not beasts."
"Sister Pearl, the SAS men are taking the three of them away." Lu Ye was still holding onto the gang of thugs, making it clear that he would never hand them over unless Pearl released them.
Shen Zhenzhu turned around and saw the tall, fully armed figure. Her eyebrows curved into a smile: "Tsk tsk, SAS? Are you their leader?"
The other person nodded but did not speak.
Shen Zhenzhu didn't make things difficult for him, and tilted her head slightly. Lu Ye readily handed the three people over to the other party.
Zhao Qiqi bent down slightly and whispered in Shen Zhenzhu's ear, "Can I trust you?"
Shen Zhenzhu said with a forced smile, "If you can't trust anyone, then there's no one you can trust. Humph, let's go back to the team."
The dignified deputy team leader of the SAS was not angry when a junior section chief "tsk tsk". The corners of his lips curved up under his mask, and he raised his hand to signal the armed squad behind him to make way.
The section chief thought he was a promising young man.
As the squad moved through the crowd, Chen Zhenzhu nudged the arm of a slightly shorter SAS member in the group without apologizing, and strode confidently into the police car surrounded by them.
"Sister Pearl is indeed Sister Pearl, her aura is in no way inferior." Zhao Qiqi was completely unaware of Shen Zhenzhu's "love-hate relationship" with SAS, and was still praising her highly.
Lu Ye didn't say much along the way, frowning as he pondered.
Xiao Bai, while playing with the baby in her arms, simply shut up and remained silent.
Wu Zhongguo, being an old shrewd man, noticed that Gu Yanzheng had been absent for a long time. Suddenly, an SAS appeared out of nowhere, and Shen Zhenzhu was inexplicably cooperative. He gradually began to understand the situation.
Only Zhao Qiqi was still boasting about his sister Pearl's great achievements, completely unaware that he had returned to the Criminal Investigation Brigade with a car full of cunning schemes.
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Haoxian Villa.
Tian Yongfeng and others rushed to protect Wang Jieyong and Xu Lan.
"Your previous actions will be investigated. Now cooperate with us to go out. We will protect you. After you get in the car, we will take you to the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Brigade."
Xu Lan listened to Tian Yongfeng's words while hiding behind the curtains and constantly looking outside.
At some point, a group of more than thirty strangers gathered outside. They chanted the slogan "Justice Never Dies," and became even more excited upon learning that the "death listeners" had bravely chosen death for "justice."
"No, we'll be dead if we go out now. Didn't you see the look in their eyes? They want to eat us alive." Wang Jieyong paced back and forth in the living room, gripping a kitchen knife. He dared not take the risk.
“It will take at least an hour for reinforcements to arrive. You have no idea what the situation is like outside!” Xiao Min said urgently. “We all have weapons to protect your safety. If we don’t leave now, more and more dangerous people will gather.”
The second team's personnel are all here, just waiting for Wang Jieyong and Xu Lan to coordinate.
"We can't afford to waste any more time." Tian Yongfeng walked to the window and saw people outside starting to smash the lock on the door, and others trying to climb over from the outside.
Wang Jieyong walked over to Xu Lan and gave her a few instructions. Xu Lan quickly ran to the kitchen, stood on a chair, opened the ceiling, and took out a box.
Wang Jieyong held out his hand: "Give it to me."
Xu Lan hugged the wooden box tightly: "No."
This was the couple's secret savings, including domestic and foreign bank accounts, original share certificates, gold exchange certificates, as well as a sum of US dollars, gold and silver jewelry, ivory and jade, etc.
Wang Jieyong was afraid that such a thing would happen, so he prepared for any eventuality.
Seeing that Xu Lan refused to give it to him, Wang Jieyong's eyes darkened. But he didn't argue with Xu Lan. Instead, he told Tian Yongfeng and the others, "Let's go. I'll put on a coat."
“They’ll go even crazier when they see Wang Jieyong go out. Let’s split into two groups and pretend to be something they’re not. I’ll go first, you go last…” Tian Yongfeng finally managed to get the men out and gave Xiao Min instructions on how to make a breakthrough.
"Understood." Xiao Min called to his brothers and walked to the window to explain the situation outside.
Wang Jieyong put on his mink coat, walked to the door, and winked at Xu Lan.
Tian Yongfeng put on Wang Jieyong's coat, opened the courtyard gate, and rushed out, punching and kicking the more than thirty excited people.
As he had instructed, the operatives behind him first drew away the fire from outside, and then Xiao Min led Wang Jieyong and Xu Lan away in an emergency.
The angry crowd naturally turned their attention to Tian Yongfeng, and the other agents who came out with him were also labeled as "Wang Jieyong's lackeys," suffering insults and violence.
Tian Yongfeng drew his gun and fired a warning shot into the air: "Don't move!"
The others were initially stunned by the gunshots, then heard the sound of chains being put on the door.
Wang Jieyong and Xu Lan lured Tian Yongfeng and Xiao Min outside to draw fire, while they retreated back into their comfort zone. They chained the gate shut and shouted, "You guys go first, we'll wait for reinforcements!"
Tian Yongfeng was furious. While being beaten, he shouted hoarsely, "You come out here! Come out right now!"
Seeing this, the frenzied crowd, no longer threatened by guns, continued to smash and pound on the gate.
When they discovered that glass shards had been thrown onto the towering walls and that the gate was entangled with steel chains, the crowd became even more enraged!
"Old Xu, come in quickly, let's go to the basement." Wang Jieyong beckoned Xu Lan into the living room and then slammed the front door shut.
"Do they want to die?!" Tian Yongfeng threw off his coat and saw that someone had broken into his neighbor's house and was standing on the roof of the adjacent villa, planning something.
Two angry young men rushed out in front of him, trying to snatch Tian Yongfeng's pistol.
Xiao Min and the others also fought back fiercely, becoming scapegoats for Wang Jieyong and Xu Lan.
The walkie-talkie kept ringing with inquiries from the city bureau leaders. After learning that Wang Jieyong and Xu Lan were extremely uncooperative, Director Liu immediately issued an order: "Protect your own safety and act within your capabilities."
"Yes, sir!" Tian Yongfeng understood what Director Liu meant and called to the other team members: "Charge out first, but don't face them head-on!"
Xiao Min's face was already bruised, but when she saw a flash of silver light behind her teammates, she pounced on them again!
"There's a dagger!" Fortunately, Xiao Min reacted quickly, grabbing the wrist of the person stabbing with the dagger and stopping them.
Upon hearing Tian Yongfeng's order, the second team fought hard and finally broke out of the encirclement.
Before Tian Yongfeng could catch his breath, someone reported, "All the tires are punctured."
Tian Yongfeng was furious with Wang Jieyong and Xu Lan. If it weren't for the higher-ups ordering them to come and protect him, he would have quit long ago.
Just then, Tian Yongfeng shouted, "Oh no! Someone threw an alcohol bottle!"
Xiao Min looked up at the roof of the building next door and saw several young men wearing red masks continuously lighting alcohol bottles and throwing them at Wang Jieyong's villa.
Wang Jieyong's villa is decorated in a Chinese style, with expensive solid wood furniture and flooring throughout, even the stairs are made of wood.
An alcohol bottle was thrown through the broken window, instantly igniting the curtains and sofa. Wherever the alcohol flowed, it created a sea of fire.
"Old Wang, what do we do now?!" Xu Lan cried out in panic from the basement, "They set fire to the place! They want to burn us alive!"
Wang Jieyong said, "We must break through!"
Xu Lan walked up the steps, touched the door, and said, "It's probably all on fire up there, but I can already feel the temperature here."
Wang Jieyong said, "Don't be afraid, as long as you get into the yard, everything will be fine. Trust me."
Xu Lan stared at him intently, a warm feeling rising in her heart. In the end, Wang Jieyong was still by her side.
Wang Jieyong climbed the steps, walked to the basement door, and said to Xu Lan, "I'll say one, two, three, and we'll rush out together and find the police officers from earlier to protect us!"
Xu Lan was very nervous and repeatedly said, "Okay."
Wang Jieyong pushed open the basement door. Xu Lan was still hesitating when he snatched the wooden box from her and pushed her outside!
"What are you doing!" Xu Lan cried out in alarm, falling outside to face the relentless flames: "Open the door, Lao Wang, open the door!"
Xu Lan kept knocking on the basement door, but Wang Jieyong refused to open it no matter what she said.
"Silly woman, how could the basement possibly burn, it's all cement?" Wang Jieyong locked the basement door, opened the wooden box, rummaged through it, and smiled with satisfaction.
As long as he has these things, he has hope of making a comeback.
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Author's Note: Pearl: Oh? Hehe.
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See you tomorrow, there are 100 red envelopes! [Let me see]
I need some nutrient solution! The little bunny from the Mid-Autumn Festival event is so cute!
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