Chapter 305 Li Jingshen You must admit that it is not you who lost her but she does not want you anymore
The richest man in Chengdu, the favored son of heaven, changed his appearance overnight. Li Jingshen's eyes were full of tired dark circles, his lips were chapped, and his skin was extremely pale. This winter was undoubtedly the most difficult one he had ever experienced.
It was so cold, penetrating into the bone marrow, and my whole body was numb.
Li Jingshen lowered his eyes and looked at the bracelet on his wrist. He put on the bracelet that Shen Zhichu had worn on his hand. The bracelet was a little tight and rubbed his wrist until it turned a little red.
He lowered his eyes to look at the small decorative lock on it. The lock had never been unlocked. Even if it was burned by the fire, it was still fastened there. But why didn't it fasten the person tightly?
Li Jingshen clutched the lock, and a sour feeling suddenly rose in his nose, making him feel sore and swollen.
He lowered his head, like a hedgehog, showing a self-protective state when uneasy, curled up with his back facing up, he pulled the bracelet hard, and trembled under the burden.
The driver secretly glanced at Li Jingshen in the rearview mirror and sighed softly.
The drive to the Li family's old house took two hours. The driver drove very slowly and it took two and a half hours. When they arrived, it was already half past twelve, which happened to be the time for Mr. Li to have dinner.
Li Jingshen got out of the car and looked up at the foggy sky and the mountains. An unprecedented heaviness gathered in his heart, ready to collapse at any time.
This was the place where his parents died, and now the person he loved most was gone too.
Li Jingshen went in and asked Mr. Li directly when he saw him, "Were you the one behind Shen Zhichu's death?"
Mr. Li seemed not to hear. He drank the soup calmly, tasted the dishes one by one slowly with his chopsticks, and commented from time to time.
"Xiao Li, your cooking skills have improved recently. Not bad..."
Li Jingshen had a gloomy expression. He never liked to waste time when doing things. He would not waste even a second if the problem could be solved as quickly as possible. He went straight over and with a big hand, he lifted up the dishes, bowls and chopsticks on the table and smashed them to the ground, splashing food and soup all over the floor.
The butler and servant who were serving nearby were startled. Fortunately, the old butler reacted quickly and pulled Mr. Li to hide behind him, otherwise the fallen solid wooden table would have broken his legs.
The man escaped but his clothes were damaged and were covered with oil stains. It was the first time in his life that Mr. Li looked so miserable.
And all this is thanks to his good grandson.
The hand holding the chopsticks was shaking, and Mr. Li was so angry that he threw it at Li Jingshen.
"Are you trying to kill me for a woman?"
"Is Shen Zhichu's death related to you?"
Li Jingshen's eyes were deep, like a whirlwind in the bitter winter. He always gave people a cold and indifferent impression. Even when he was angry, he would secretly make trouble and try to kill people. As furious as he was today, there were only five words to describe him: so angry that he could kill people.
Old Master Li clearly felt the murderous aura emanating from him, and the servants stood by and trembled.
Grandpa Li was used to such scenes, but this was the first time he was stared at by his grandson with a murderous look, and he found it quite amusing.
"If I say it's related to me, do you still want to kill me to avenge her?"
"I won't kill you." Li Jingshen said calmly, but his eyes were bloodshot and sinister, and the veins on his forehead were exposed. At first glance, he looked like a ferocious beast, as if he could tear the other person apart at any time.
"But I will drag the entire Li family to be buried with her!"
"Good, you're good." Old Master Li was enraged. He took the cane handed to him by the old housekeeper and slammed it into the ground. "What a love-struck man!"
Old Master Li narrowed his eyes slightly. The awe-inspiring power of being in a high position for a long time was not something that ordinary people could withstand. He looked at his grandson as if he was just recognizing him for the first time.
The Li family has never needed someone who values feelings, let alone someone who goes crazy for a woman. He didn't have much opinion of Shen Zhichu. After all, he was just a plaything.
Moreover, the news he had always received was that Li Jingshen was not good to that woman, so he didn't take it to heart. If she died, she died. There were plenty of women in this world.
But what he didn't expect was that Shen Zhichu occupied such an important position in Li Jingshen's heart that she actually came here to yell at him and blame him for her.
The so-called upbringing was probably eaten by a dog.
If he had known that this day would come, he would have killed Shen Zhichu himself without Lu Tingchuan having to do anything.
This woman is such a nuisance. If she were still alive, she would be a huge threat.
Li Jingshen didn't know what Mr. Li was thinking, but seeing his unfriendly expression, he knew that he was not thinking of anything good. After all, they had the same blood, and he knew Mr. Li better than anyone else.
"I didn't touch anyone. If you want to know the truth, I'll call Lu Tingchuan." Old Master Li said sarcastically, "But don't blame me for not warning you. Once you know the truth, you'll have to bear the consequences. Li Jingshen, you're almost thirty, and no one will pamper you. You deserve it."
If you don’t know the truth, you can live your life in confusion, but once you know it, you have to face it, no matter the outcome is good or bad.
But in fact, the most terrifying thing is that you don’t even have the qualifications to face it. The changes in things and people can only increase your sadness, and you often regret it in the long years.
Li Jingshen's body stiffened, and he turned around and walked into the reception room without hesitation.
Old Master Li sneered and looked at his back. After a while, his old eyes blurred and the back of Li Jingshen in front of him gradually overlapped with that of his dead son, with the same loneliness.
He suddenly felt a heaviness on his shoulders and his head swayed. The old butler beside him supported him in time.
"Are you okay, old man?"
Old Master Li tightly gripped the cane in his hand. He was old and could hardly hold the cane to move around.
"It's okay." Old Master Li used the old housekeeper's strength to sit down. "Old people are useless. This world is always a world for young people. Old He, my grandson may be useless in the future."
The old butler remained silent and did not say a word. Li Jingshen was born with the expectations of Grandpa Li. He was smart since he was a child, and his personality was exactly the same as Grandpa Li back then. He was ruthless enough. In the words of the old man, he was a man who would accomplish great things.
"It's also my fault that I haven't taken care of him all these years. I hope that after this time he can move forward instead of retreating." It was a step behind. It would be fine if Shen Zhichu's death could inspire Jing Shen to seize the Li family. I'm afraid that he will really drag the Li family to perish together.
After Shen Zhichu's death, Li Jingshen became a complete madman.
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Lu Tingchuan came here as soon as he received a call from the old housekeeper. He lived nearby and arrived in just twenty minutes.
The room was heated. Lu Tingchuan took off his coat and tossed it to a servant as he walked. He glanced at his watch and beckoned to the subordinate behind him: "Give me a cigarette."
The subordinate took out a cigarette, watched Lu Tingchuan put it in his mouth, then took out a lighter and lit it for him respectfully.
Lu Tingchuan narrowed his eyes and took a deep breath of cigarette. Bluish-white smoke rose from his mouth. He raised his hand and waved, pushed open the door of the reception room and walked in through the thin smoke.
Seeing Li Jingshen sitting inside, his narrow eyes curved upwards, and he said sarcastically: "Hey, Li Jingshen, I haven't seen you for a week. How did you become like this? It seems that Shen Zhichu's death has hit you hard."
"You set that fire." It was not a question, but a confirmation.
"Are you here to investigate who set the fire? Or to demand the truth? Or to shirk responsibility?" Lu Tingchuan held a cigarette between his fingers, the flickering ash flickering from his fingertips. He leaned against the wall, leisurely gazing into Li Jingshen's red eyes, and asked sarcastically, "Li Jingshen, do you really love Chen Zhichu?"
This was not the first time someone asked him this. He used to not care and just thought of Shen Zhichu as a tool to get pregnant. Later, when she wanted a divorce, he felt uncomfortable and did not realize the special existence of Shen Zhichu. He just thought that he did not like others disobeying him, and it should not be Shen Zhichu who brought up the divorce.
He was so conceited that he thought that as long as he held the kite string in his hand, he could pull her back to him no matter how far she flew.
But he forgot that there are too many unpredictable accidents in this world, for example, a taut kite string can be broken by a strong wind.
"Li Jingshen, you are still as stubborn and conceited as ever. You are used to being selfish. You don't cherish what you get, and you regret it after losing it. To put it bluntly, you are like a dog that can't change its nature. Do you really love Chen Zhichu? No, you just regret that the woman's death can't satisfy your selfish desires."
The cigarette between his fingers had burned to the end, and the fingertips were trembling with heat. Lu Tingchuan had a cold look on his face and did not let go. He had pressed the cigarette on Shen Zhichu's body at least five or six times to feel such pain. The ashes were pressed into the wound on the flesh and turned black.
Lu Tingchuan didn't care about a former toy. He only cared about how to make Li Jingshen suffer. Killing someone is not the same as destroying their heart. Sure enough, Shen Zhichu's death did not disappoint him.
"I'm not a good person, but I'll never deny the fact that I'm a bad person. Unlike you, who are hypocritical and say you love her, you're the one who made her physically disabled and mentally ill."
"Don't you know what you did to him? Killing her father, two children, and that idiot she always liked. How are you going to repay her for those lives?"
"To be precise, it was Shen Zhichu who 'voluntarily' set the fire. She used me to exact revenge on you, completing a heroic death."
He asked quietly, "Li Jingshen, look at what you've done to her, causing her to end her life in such a tragic way?"
The heating in the room was clearly turned on very high, but Li Jingshen could not feel any warmth. He felt as if he was standing in the ice and snow outside, clenching his cold knuckles, as if his blood had frozen and turned into sharp ice spikes that twisted his internal organs and made them bleed.
He didn't want to listen to Lu Tingchuan, but his voice seemed to pierce through his soul, forcing him to face a horrifying fact that he could hardly bear.
"You know all this better than anyone. You pushed her to death step by step. You hate me for torturing Shen Zhichu and leaving over a hundred wounds on her body, but who sent her to me? You claim to be deeply affectionate and say you want to make it up to her by treating her stomach cancer. Have you forgotten who constantly drained her blood for four years, damaging her health? She died in the fire, and who caused her to be disabled and confined to a wheelchair, unable to even hide from the flames?"
Lu Tingchuan's speech speed was getting faster and faster. Looking at Li Jingshen's broken expression, his eyes became more and more sarcastic. He threw away the cigarette in his hand and approached Li Jingshen. With an unprecedented cold tone, he wiped out the last bit of light in Li Jingshen's heart.
"Li Jingshen, you have to admit that this time it's not you who lost her, but she doesn't want you anymore."
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