Chapter 76 Hou Xin's Past

After binding to the system, Wen Yue slowly developed the skill of chatting with two minds at the same time, but she didn't use it often because she was afraid that the news she received would be too surprising and she would forget to distinguish whether it was her inner voice or her mouth, which would arouse suspicion.

So if it wasn't a particularly urgent message, she would let the system wait until no one was around before telling her.

But Wen Yue came to see Hou Xin, not only to know about the past, but also to break his mental defenses and get him to talk.

As for how to break his psychological defenses, you have to know his past, so when she saw Hou Xin eating the melon and the system couldn't help but talk, Wen Yue not only didn't interrupt, but also chatted with it.

In the process of chatting with the system, Wen Yue didn't use the skill of two minds at the same time, but just looked at Hou Xin with an unfathomable expression.

People like Hou Xin who tie their heads to their waists are not necessarily really stupid. If they were stupid, he would not have been able to gather such a group of brothers and get their recognition to become the boss.

But it is not to say that he is extremely smart. If his IQ is really that high, he can make a fortune in any business and would not fall to the level of being a kidnapper.

Hou Xin should be a person who is a little scheming and clever. Such people may be easily influenced by their personality and cannot make money, but they have a high self-esteem, so they are easy to go astray.

And after going astray, he can quickly gain a place in the group with his scheming and cleverness.

At the same time, people like him are fine if they don't do bad things. Once they go astray, it is difficult for legal morality to become his shackles.

Therefore, it is useless to yell at such a person directly, "You killed my brother." He has no conscience and will not feel guilty. Your yelling will only speed up his seeing through your cards.

If Wen Yue said nothing and just looked at him calmly, he would be suspicious by nature and could not control his imagination.

The more he imagined, the more panicked he became.

As soon as the system said in Wen Yue's mind that Hou Xin and Xu Meifeng had dated, Hou Xin, who was sitting in front of Wen Yue, could not help but push the table and yelled, "You stinky bitch, just say what you want to say, what are you looking for?" Hou Xin

is 55 years old this year. It is hard to tell whether he has lived a good life in the past 20 years, but he looks fat and strong, with one eyebrow broken, looking a little fierce.

But it was difficult for him to be aggressive at this moment, after all, he was wearing a silver bracelet on his hand, and as soon as he finished shouting, he was warned by the policeman standing behind him.

Hou Xin did not dare to get angry at the police, so he could only hold back his anger and say, "I want to go back..."

Fearing that he would be taken away by the police after he finished speaking, Wen Yue quickly interrupted him and said, "You are lying! Not only do you know me and Wen Kai, you also know Xu Meifeng!"

Hou Xin's expression froze for a moment: "I don't know who you are talking about."

After that, he stood up and wanted the police to take him back, but before he turned around, he heard Wen Yue firmly say, "You are lying again. Not only do you know Xu Meifeng, but you also have a deep connection with her. My brother was kidnapped 22 years ago. You and her conspired together."

Hou Xin turned around abruptly, glared at Wen Yue and said, "I have already said that I don't know any Xu Meifeng!"

"You don't know Xu Meifeng, so why are you so nervous? Don't want to implicate her, afraid of being associated with her?" Wen Yue clapped expressionlessly, but her tone was exaggerated, "Wow, so touching, you like her so much, you can do this for her!"

Hou Xin's breathing became heavier, and he was about to lose control of his emotions. The police standing behind him saw it and intervened to take him back.

Because of the police's intervention, Hou Xin calmed down a little, but when he turned around, he still said stubbornly: "I don't care what you say, I don't know you."

Wen Yue was unmoved, looking at his back and sneered: "True can't be false, false can't be true, whether you and Xu Meifeng are related or not, you can only know after someone checks it out."

Hou Xin heard this, his movements paused for a moment, and then he quickly calmed down and followed the police away.

After leaving the visiting room, Superintendent Lu came over and asked indirectly who Xu Meifeng was.

Wen Yue did not hide it and said, "Xu Meifeng is my father's third wife."

Superintendent Lu's eyes flashed with surprise. He was busy with work and didn't care much about gossip. In addition, Xu Meifeng had not appeared in Hong Kong in recent years, so he didn't know what the third wife of the Wen family was called.

He also quickly thought that if it was true as Wen Yue said, Hou Xin and Xu Meifeng had a deep relationship, maybe Wen Kai's kidnapping was really related to them.

Thinking of the Zhou family case, it seemed to be an ordinary kidnapping case on the surface, but it was actually a murder for hire.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, it's not easy to get along with the rich!

Superintendent Lu had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He asked calmly: "Can I ask why you think Hou Xin and..."

The relationship in the Wen family is complicated. It is not appropriate to call Xu Meifeng Mrs. Wen, but it is not right to call her Third Mrs. directly. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Is it related to Ms. Xu?"

"Because on the day my brother was kidnapped, my dad was supposed to pick him up from school, but my dad got a call from Xu Meifeng on the way. She said she was about to give birth. My dad had no choice but to arrange two bodyguards to pick her up." Wen Yue finished her words concisely and asked, "Don't you think it's too coincidental?"

"It's a bit of a coincidence, but..." It's too much of a stretch to say that Hou Xin and Xu Meifeng are related.

Wen Yue did not force Superintendent Lu to believe what she said, because before meeting Hou Xin, she was not sure that the matter was related to Xu Meifeng.

She told Superintendent Lu these things because he had a good relationship with Wen Rongsheng.

Although Wen Rongsheng asked her to call him after the visit yesterday to tell him the result, after knowing the truth, Wen Yue did not intend to tell Wen Rongsheng all these things all at once.

She planned to have a good talk with the system after returning, thoroughly understand what happened at the time, and then combine the evidence to guide Wen Rongsheng to "find" the truth himself. If

Wen Rongsheng was told the truth directly, he would only be in pain for a few days, and the process of discovering the truth was like cutting meat with a soft knife. Each cut may not be heavy, but the process is enough to wear people out.

He must suffer psychological torture for a few days.

Moreover, facing a conceited and suspicious person like Wen Rongsheng, he will only believe the truth he has found out. If Wen Yue directly lays out the truth in front of him, he might even think that she is deliberately targeting Xu Meifeng.

Although she has evidence in her hands and is not afraid that Wen Rongsheng will not believe it, she certainly will not go far if there is a better way.

When Wen Rongsheng finds out the whole truth, she will expose the fact that Xu Meifeng drugged Wen Jiadong, letting Wen Rongsheng know that it was the woman he had favored for decades who caused his old Wen family to be extinct.

During this period, she can think carefully about how to retaliate against Xu Meifeng, and how to force Wen Jiaxin to take action after exposing the matter of Wen Jiadong in advance and getting her out of the game.

On the other hand, since Wen Yue didn't intend to tell Wen Rongsheng these things in person, it was necessary to tell Superintendent Lu that Hou Xin and Xu Meifeng had a serious relationship.

Wen Rongsheng would definitely call Superintendent Lu to inquire about the specific situation if he couldn't get anything out of her.

If Superintendent Lu told Wen Rongsheng what she said, even if she and the third wife were naturally opposed to each other, Wen Rongsheng would definitely be suspicious and ask someone to investigate Xu Meifeng even if he believed in Xu Meifeng.

At that time, Wen Yue would send the evidence to Wen Rongsheng bit by bit as a mysterious person to help him find out the truth.

It didn't matter if Superintendent Lu was unwilling to tell Wen Rongsheng these things. At most, she would go through some trouble to send a letter as a mysterious person to remind Wen Rongsheng.

Because of the media's publicity, the mysterious man has been very popular these days. Since Wen Rongsheng has been paying attention to Zhou Mingtang's case, he should have heard about it.

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After leaving the police station, Wen Yue went directly to Lirong Department Store.

On the way, she called Yi Huai and told him that she had ended the visit.

Although her tone was calm and she didn't sound sad, Yi Huai still asked with concern on the other end of the phone: "What's the result? Did you find out anything?"

Wen Yue said vaguely: "We got some information. We need to find someone to check it out."

"Is Hou Xinzhen related to Zhao Zikun?"

"Yes."

Yi Huai was silent for a moment and asked: "Do you know who to find?"

"I know how to find someone. You don't have to worry about it," Wen Yue paused and said, "I will tell you the result after everything is checked out."

"Okay, feel free to find me if you have any questions."

"Yes."

After talking about the visit, Yi Huai asked Wen Yue where she was going now. When he learned that she was going back to work, he was surprised and completely believed that she was fine, so he asked her out for dinner in the evening.

Wen Yue agreed and hung up the phone.

Because she knew she could meet Hou Xin in the morning one day in advance, Wen Yue asked her assistant to postpone important work in the morning. So after returning to the company, she did not rush to work, but pulled the system out to continue chatting.

This time, Wen Yue did not have a long-winded Q&A with the system, but directly asked the system to tell the story of Hou Xin and Xu Meifeng from the beginning.

After the system agreed, the first sentence it said surprised Wen Yue.

Hou Xin and Xu Meifeng are not just dating, they can be considered childhood sweethearts.

The two were elementary school classmates, but went to different schools in middle school. Xu Meifeng's family was poor, and her parents valued boys over girls. Seeing that her grades were average, they were only willing to support her to finish middle school.

Hou Xin did have the opportunity to study, but his academic performance was average, and it was a waste of money to continue to go to school. Moreover, he started hanging out in society in middle school, hanging out with a group of gangsters, and his mind was wild, so he dropped out of school before finishing middle school.

After graduating from middle school, Xu Meifeng was introduced by an elder sister in the village who had worked outside for several years and entered a factory as a female worker.

Although the salary in the factory was good, it was very hard, and the working hours were long, but they also had to work in shifts. Xu Meifeng worked for half a year, and she couldn't stand it anymore and left the factory, and found a job in an ice cream parlor in Kowloon.

It was also there that Xu Meifeng and Hou Xin met again.

Hou Xin stayed in his hometown for two years after dropping out of school, but people tend to go to high places and water flows to low places, especially young people, who are more easily attracted to prosperous cities.

Besides, Hong Kong is not very big. It doesn't take a long time to get from their relatively backward hometown to the prosperous Hong Kong Island and Kowloon by car. When they were studying, they had no money and it was difficult for them to go out. But after they had money, few young people could resist the temptation and always wanted to go to these prosperous areas. After

this visit, they could no longer stand the ordinary life in their hometown.

Hou Xin was one of those who could no longer stand the ordinary hometown after seeing the prosperity outside.

However, Hou Xin had little education and had been hanging out in society since he was thirteen or fourteen years old. It was difficult for him to find a solid job in Kowloon, so he soon joined a small gang and followed the boss to collect protection fees every day.

Hong Kong was in chaos in the 1960s. Ordinary people who wanted to run a shop had to pay various taxes and endure the British police and gangs' extortion in the name of protection fees. It can be said that they were surviving in the cracks.

The ice house where Xu Meifeng first worked was not large, so it was inevitable that these people would come to her every now and then. After she went to work there, because she was young and beautiful, she was often molested by those who came to her house to ask for protection fees.

Xu Meifeng and Hou Xin met under such circumstances.

Xu Meifeng was the weak party, and Hou Xin was an accomplice who followed the boss to do the tiger's work.

But during this period, Hou Xin recognized Xu Meifeng and told his boss that she was his girlfriend.

Because he followed the then boss and helped to come up with many ideas, the man valued him and was willing to give him face, so he let Xu Meifeng go.

After that, Hou Xin, under the pretext of helping Xu Meifeng, went to the ice cream parlor where she worked every now and then to find her and launched a passionate pursuit of her.

So in the spring of the second year, they were together.

In the first two years of being together, they had a good relationship, but as time went by, conflicts gradually arose between the two.

At that time, Hong Kong gangs were rampant, and it was common for factions to fight for territory and shed blood. Hou Xin was used to this kind of life and never thought of changing.

But Xu Meifeng didn't want to be so worried all the time. As she got older, she began to yearn for a stable family, especially after she became pregnant.

Yes, Xu Meifeng was pregnant with a child, but the child was not well conceived and became stillborn.

After Xu Meifeng had a miscarriage, Hou Xin finally decided to turn over a new leaf, return to his family and work hard, and the relationship between the two gradually became harmonious. But the good times did not last long. After only half a year, Hou Xin returned to his old ways and started hanging out with his bad friends again.

The relationship between the two was once again in jeopardy.

It was also around that time that Xu Meifeng changed her job and continued to work as a waiter, but in a larger restaurant in Central. The people she could usually come into contact with were no longer the lower class of society like Hou Xin, but many white-collar elites.

It was also in that restaurant that Xu Meifeng met Wen Rongsheng.

In order to hook up with Wen Rongsheng, Xu Meifeng concealed the fact that she had a boyfriend. As soon as the relationship between the two of them started to show some signs of progress, she dumped Hou Xin, cut off ties with him, and moved into the house that Wen Rongsheng prepared for her.

The breakup came too suddenly. When Hou Xin reacted, he found that he could not contact Xu Meifeng.

Hou Xin tried to find Xu Meifeng, her colleagues, and even went back to his hometown to find Xu Meifeng's parents, but he got no information.

It was not until two years later that he accidentally saw a newspaper at a friend's place. It published gossip about the Wen family and used a lot of space to introduce how Wen Rongsheng met his wife and his mistresses.

Because the report was attached with Xu Meifeng's photo, Hou Xin recognized her at a glance. After reading the introduction in the newspaper, he realized that he had been cheated on.

Hou Xin was of course angry, so he tried every means to contact Xu Meifeng.

Before meeting Xu Meifeng, Hou Xin was full of anger, but after meeting her and she cried, he softened his heart and wanted to renew their old relationship.

Of course Xu Meifeng was unwilling, but she was afraid that he would say something in front of Wen Rongsheng, so she cried and said that she was pregnant and was going to be a mother, and asked him to let her go for the sake of the child she had aborted, and she was willing to spend money to buy him to shut up.

Hou Xin had feelings for Xu Meifeng, and after hearing this, he softened a little and agreed to forget it. But after taking the money back, he couldn't help but drink to drown his sorrows when he thought of the past.

A brother who was drinking with him at the time said after hearing his story that women worship money, and if he had money now, he would see if Xu Meifeng would change her mind and be with him. After

sobering up, Hou Xin forgot many of the things he said when he was drunk, but he always remembered this sentence, and then slowly an idea emerged - he wanted to become a rich man.

Although the 1970s was a boom period for Hong Kong, it doesn't mean that a pig can take off. It still depends on personal ability.

Hou Xin couldn't work hard, nor did he have the ability to start a business to make money, so he could only take crooked ways.

So when Zhao Zikun knew that he wanted to make money, he took the initiative to find him.

Zhao Zikun and Hou Xin knew each other for a long time. Thirty-seven years ago, after kidnapping three wealthy people, he retired from the underworld, changed his name and lived an ordinary life.

Hou Xin didn't know the process of Zhao Zikun changing his name and surname. He only knew that although his facial features were blurred on the old wanted warrant, he could see that he was very thin. When Hou Xin met Zhao Zikun, he weighed a little more than his height, and his face was twice as big as when he was young. He could no longer see the appearance of his youth.

It is estimated that because of this, he can hide in the market, even if there are people coming and going in the ice house, no one can connect him with Zhao Zikun.

The original relationship between Zhao Zikun and Hou Xin was that of an ice house owner who struggled to make a living with his children, and a bad boy who followed the boss everywhere to show off and ask for protection money.

Before Zhao Zikun found Hou Xin, he never thought that this old man who looked honest and simple and had little backbone would be the famous Zhao Zikun.

Zhao Zikun also didn't expect that after he retired from the underworld and had a wife and children, he, who was used to ordinary life, would embark on this road of no return again.

The reason why he decided to return to the underworld was simple. His son suddenly became seriously ill and needed a lot of money to survive.

Although Zhao Zikun owned a shop and a house, the house prices in Hong Kong were not that high at that time, and even if they were sold, it might not be enough to pay for his son's medical expenses.

Moreover, the ice house was their family's main source of income. If they sold the shop, their family might lose their livelihood. Zhao Zikun didn't want his family to be dragged down by his son's medical expenses, so he decided to take the risk. Hou Xin

was a little hesitant at first. Although he had never walked the right path in his life, he also knew that once he took this path, he really couldn't turn back.

During the hesitation, Hou Xin went to the house where Xu Meifeng lived and waited outside, wanting to ask her if she was willing to go with him. As a result, after waiting for a long time, he saw her and Wen Rongsheng getting out of a car.

Seeing the sweet smile on Xu Meifeng's face, Hou Xin was heartbroken and decided to follow Zhao Zikun.

In the end, the two of them each recruited half of the people to form a kidnapping gang. As for the target, Zhao Zikun personally didn't care who he chose, but Hou Xin was eyeing Wen Rongsheng.

After reaching cooperation, Zhao Zikun and Hou Xin understood each other's reasons for deciding to embark on this path.

So after Hou Xin said Wen Rongsheng's name, Zhao Zikun's first reaction was to refuse. Hou Xin's choice to operate on Wen Rongsheng was obviously for revenge, and he only wanted money and didn't want to cause trouble.

Hou Xin had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and change his target to Wen Kai.

Zhao Zikun wanted to refuse, but Hou Xin said that the rich are afraid of death, and they have more bodyguards than each other, so kidnapping other people is too risky. But if he decides to kidnap Wen Kai, he can ask Xu Meifeng to help create opportunities and reduce the risk.

Zhao Zikun was suspicious and asked him if he was sure Xu Meifeng would help him? Hou Xin said mysteriously, "I have something on her."

Hou Xin mentioned two things. One was that Xu Meifeng was cheating on Wen Rongsheng when she first hooked up with him, and the other was that she was pregnant with his child.

These two things were indeed Xu Meifeng's pulse. Although she was angry, she still agreed to create opportunities for them.

Of course, it is hard to say whether Xu Meifeng's anger was genuine or fake.

Because the day before the operation, Xu Meifeng deliberately told Hou Xin that she didn't love Wen Rongsheng, and she followed him just because she coveted his wealth and status. She buried Hou Xin in the deepest part of her heart.

It's just that poor couples have many sorrows, and she really has had enough of the days of living today and not tomorrow, and she hopes he can forgive her.

Hou Xin has feelings for Xu Meifeng, so he naturally chose to forgive after hearing this.

Xu Meifeng also took the opportunity to say that she was pregnant with a boy, and maybe she would have the opportunity to inherit the Wen family in the future. If that day really came, she would definitely choose whoever she wanted to be with.

However, Wen Rongsheng has old-fashioned ideas. It is already a new era. In his heart, he still treasures the son born by his first wife and treats the sons born by other women as weeds. With Wen Kai around, her son's hope of inheriting the Wen family is slim.

Hou Xin was so excited when he heard this that he patted his chest and assured her that he would definitely help her.

After hanging up the phone, Hou Xin, who originally only wanted money and beat Wen Kai to vent his anger, changed his mind. He decided to kill Wen Kai to remove the stumbling block for the child in Xu Meifeng's belly.

But while Hou Xin had his own little plans, Zhao Zikun was also on guard against him. He had been trying to remove the black cloth wrapped around Wen Kai's eyes for the past few days, but he failed.

Until the last day, he asked Zhao Zikun to take people to get the money, and then he found an opportunity to let Wen Kai go and get rid of him.

After the matter was done, Hou Xin thought that even if he could not stay with Xu Meifeng immediately, he could still be connected with her and her child would inherit the Wen family.

As a result, after contacting Xu Meifeng, her first sentence was to let Hou Xin leave Hong Kong.

She said that in order to catch Zhao Zikun and other kidnappers, Wen Rongsheng not only donated a large sum of money for the construction of the police force, but also issued a million-dollar reward. Moreover, he not only cooperated with the police force, but also contacted several gang bosses to ask them to help investigate the identities of Hou Xin and others. If they could catch people, there would be additional rewards.

In other words, if he didn't run quickly, Hou Xin might face a joint pursuit by both the black and white forces.

Although Hou Xin thought that they were very careful and their identities should not be exposed in the process, he was naturally afraid of death after getting the million-dollar ransom money.

After receiving the tip-off from Xu Meifeng, Hou Xin quickly contacted the brothers who kidnapped Wen Kai and Zhao Zikun, and asked them to hide out.

Hou Xin was away for more than ten years, and it was already the late 1980s when he came back.

After so many years away, Hou Xin had already spent all the ransom money he had received, and he was thinking about Xu Meifeng, so he tried to contact her again. Hou Xin

was very excited after the reunion, but Xu Meifeng was struck by lightning. She originally wanted to use sweet words to stabilize him and spend money to keep him safe. As a result, Hou Xin's appetite was aroused, and he not only wanted money, but also people.

At that time, Wen Rongsheng was already the richest man in Hong Kong. As the third wife of the Wen family, Xu Meifeng was often in the newspapers. She certainly didn't want to take the risk of being connected with Hou Xin.

If her relationship with Hou Xin was known, digging up their past of dating was a small matter, but digging up the fact that Wen Kai was kidnapped and killed was a big matter.

At first, Xu Meifeng wanted to use reason to persuade Hou Xin to give up pestering her, but Hou Xin accidentally learned that the child she gave birth to was not a son at all. He suspected that she had lied to him and refused to compromise.

So it didn't take long for the two to fall out.

As a last resort, Xu Meifeng had to take her two children to England in the name of accompanying her to study.

Hou Xin was naturally unwilling to accept the news and threatened Xu Meifeng with the fact that she had instructed him to kill Wen Kai. But Xu Meifeng was not threatened by him at all, and asked him directly if he had any evidence. Without evidence, how could he prove to the police that she was involved in the kidnapping case?

Yes, they had dated, and Wen Rongsheng might hate her after knowing this, but her two daughters were enough to guarantee him a prosperous and wealthy life in the second half of his life.

But Hou Xin was different. He killed Wen Kai with his own hands. Once he was caught, Wen Rongsheng would definitely try his best to get the judge to sentence him to death. Even if he failed, he would not live long in prison.

Hou Xin was finally bluffed.

After Xu Meifeng left, Hou Xin quickly squandered the money she gave him and lived a poor life again.

He wanted to ask Xu Meifeng for money again, but found that he couldn't contact her at all, and he didn't have the money to go to England to find her. He didn't dare to threaten her by exposing the past, after all, he was afraid of death.

Hou Xin had no choice but to make a living by doing odd jobs.

For a long time, he thought he would continue to live like this, but a few months ago he met a young man by chance, and by chance he learned about the other's dark thoughts.

He felt that this was an opportunity, so he decided to try again.

If he can successfully get the money this time, he will definitely turn over a new leaf after going abroad and stop squandering, and strive to be like Zhao Zikun, to find a wife and have children, and live his own life in the future.