Chapter 25
Yu Jian Yajing received elite education since childhood. With a good family background, matching IQ and EQ, and good looks, his life went according to plan, which should have all been within his calculations.
The only thing he couldn't predict was that when he was 29, he met a female lawyer who came from an independent background, fell in love with her and became her legal husband and wife.
The second was that his beloved wife died of a terrible disease four years after their marriage, leaving him with only a young daughter. In order to take care of his daughter, he resolutely gave up what should have been his lifelong career as a lawyer and became a free and easy legal writer.
But even without the halo of a famous lawyer, there was never a shortage of beautiful women who came to him on their own initiative, but none of them could actually set foot in his house.
He no longer needed love, because his love had died with his wife on the day she died.
However, those guys who smelled something were too utilitarian. They looked at Angel as if she was an admission ticket to a wealthy family. Those who Angel didn't like naturally didn't even have the qualifications to enter his house.
Masako Takahashi is an exception.
Angel said that when she saw her, she was reminded of the music box her mother gave her, and that her mother's childhood dream was also to be a dancer.
He did not expose his deceased wife. When she was a child, she never wanted to be a dancer. She just thought that dancers were dressed very beautifully, so she said she wanted to dress as beautifully as them.
Unlike other women, Takahashi Masako is very measured and decent. She never hints anything to Mitsuki Masaki, nor does she say anything inappropriate. When she is with Angel, it seems as if she really just likes this child.
She said she also has a daughter, so every time she sees Angel, she will think of her daughter when she was little.
She said her daughter also loved dancing, and they had an agreement that she must stand on the most gorgeous stage and dance for her daughter to see.
She said she didn't want her young daughter to wander around with her like a rootless duckweed. She wanted her to have a complete student life, so she entrusted her to a reliable relative for upbringing.
She said she felt guilty towards her daughter for not being able to be with her during this most important period of her growth.
She said that after she fulfilled the agreement between them, she would go back and take good care of her daughter, making up for all the companionship she had missed over the years.
......
A resume that is too perfect will arouse suspicion. However, it was Takahashi Masako's self-exposure about her debt to her daughter that made this person seem more real. Even the barrister Masaki Yuki, who is always known for his rigor, was careless and did not investigate the twists and turns in depth.
Angel likes Masako Takahashi very much.
The proposal took place after Angel's kindergarten entrance ceremony. There were no flowers, no grand ceremony, and the only witness was Angel. In a reserved high-end restaurant, he solemnly asked her if she was willing to be Angel's mother and his legal wife.
She agreed with tears in her eyes.
Before signing the marriage certificate, they signed a ten-page prenuptial agreement, which he drafted personally.
If she had no fault in the marriage, she could get about 10% of the property. Although it was a small proportion of the total property, for an ordinary person, it was a huge wealth that would be difficult to obtain in several lifetimes.
They will not have any more children, and Angel will be his only biological child.
It doesn't matter whether she was planning to have another child or not, because he went to the hospital for a vasectomy right after his wife gave birth to Angel.
Of course, there is no need to tell her this.
Because he was worried that Masako Takahashi would be different before and after marriage, he remained in the observation stage for a long time after marriage. However, seeing that she was still as nice to Angel as before, he gradually let down his guard.
As long as it is something he can do, he is willing to help.
So when Masako Takahashi asked to take her daughter back, he agreed almost without hesitation.
To him, it was just the difference of having one more mouth to feed at home. With his ability, he could definitely give the other party's daughter a good life, and Angel would also have a playmate. Why not?
Although the process of finding her daughter took some time, Masako Takahashi claimed that she had a conflict with her daughter's guardian because the other party was her ex-husband's sister and had always been unhappy that her daughter was awarded to her mother during the divorce, so she moved and hid at this time.
And he actually believed it.
Looking back now, perhaps he had unintentionally played the role of a villain.
--Will Mr. Yajing send Angel to a mental hospital like this one day?
--If she can't be the 'good kid' you imagined...
The question that Koizumi Nai asked before she left was like a curse that he couldn't get rid of.
How could he possibly send his own child to see a psychiatrist? !
Even if Angel didn't become the child he imagined...or he didn't have any expectations for Angel to become a great person, he just hoped that her life would be safe, happy and smooth.
His family background was enough for her to live a good life even if she became an idle person.
Thinking of this, the girl's forced smile before leaving, the slightly moist red eyes, and the straight, almost stiff back, seemed like a silent accusation, accusing him of becoming an accomplice in pushing her without knowing it.
He stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the study. There was no light in the room, only the moonlight shining through the window on him.
The phone rang, a message from the private detective he had commissioned:
"Mr. Yu Jian Yajing, we have found the information you asked us to look for."
Attached to the letter was a document that recorded everything that happened to Masako Takahashi and Naka Koizumi in the United States.
When she was six years old, her parents divorced and the judge ordered Koizumi to live with her mother, and the two of them came to the United States.
Due to language barriers, Naomi Koizumi suffered severe school bullying in the United States. After the matter was brought to the attention of the school management, Masako Takahashi reached a settlement with the other party's parents.
A noteworthy detail here is that the other party's parents are members of the local dancers association. Through this incident, Masako Takahashi also became a member of the dancers association.
A year later, Masako Takahashi was invited by a British theater troupe to become a special dancer, so she left the United States alone, leaving the eight-year-old Koizumi Na at home.
The community center and the court took turns to try but failed to call back the cruel mother, and then Koizumi Na was sent to a community welfare home.
A month later, Emi Koizumi came to the United States and brought Naomi Koizumi back to Japan...
And then...that's what he knew.
"hateful!"
Yu Jian Yajing dropped the phone heavily to the ground, and the metal body made a dull sound when it hit the soft wool carpet.
It was rare for him to have such difficulty controlling his emotions.
The focus now is not on what has happened, but on what is to be done next.
That child...
"Dad, stop throwing things around!"
Angel sneaked in at some point and picked up the phone he had thrown on the ground.
Seeing his precious daughter, the gloom on Yajing's face was swept away and a smile appeared on his face. He hugged his daughter and asked, "Why are you here, Angel? Don't you usually hate Daddy's study the most?"
"Because Masako's mother said that Daddy is unhappy today, so Angel is here!"
The daughter stuck out her tongue, her round eyes showing innocence, as if she was saying, "This family will fall apart sooner or later without me."
If it were in the past, he wouldn't have thought much about it.
But now that I know so much, there is a different meaning in looking at Masako Takahashi's behavior.
She is taking advantage of her precious daughter!
Once the seeds of suspicion were planted, they would take root and sprout at lightning speed. But he remained calm on the surface and spoke to his daughter in a gentle voice:
"Yes, Dad is unhappy because he did something wrong."
"What's the matter?"
"Dad accidentally hurt sister Nana."
He simply summarized the matter without going into detail. After all, his daughter was still too young to know too much about such sinister things.
Angel nodded. "Then Dad, you have to apologize to my sister. The teacher said that if you sincerely repent and apologize, the other party will forgive you!"
He shook his head and said, "I think Nana might not want to forgive me."
"How could that be? Dad, you haven't even tried, how do you know that Nana won't forgive you? Dad, you're so self-righteous..."
As she spoke, the girl's nose moved and she sniffed him all over. Her movements were a little funny and a little cute.
He was inexplicably nervous and asked, "What's wrong?"
Could it be the smell from the cigarette I smoked outside just now?
I had already showered and changed clothes when I got back...
But the other party just answered seriously: "I was asking about the daddy smell on my father. Sister Nana said that men who are too self-righteous will exude a daddy smell..."
Hearing this, he was instantly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
What did this Koizumi Nado teach his daughter?!
She continued, "Anyway, when Nana comes back, Dad will definitely apologize to Nana. Angel will also say something nice to her and help Dad!"
As he was sighing at his daughter's thoughtfulness, he suddenly grasped the key point of her words -
"Is Nana not back yet?!"
It was already nine o'clock in the evening. She had left the psychological clinic at only ten o'clock in the morning and had not been home for almost the entire day. Where could she have gone?
Thinking of this, he had a vague sense of foreboding.
His mind was working rapidly, piecing together all the currently known information. The former top lawyer who had been dealing with various cases for many years finally found some unusual and strange things in the whole thing.
The sudden gas leak and explosion... Koizumi Na, whom he had spent so much effort to find, and her mysterious disappearance for over a month after losing her house, and that young policeman who was always so vigilant...
no!
We have to contact the police immediately!
*
When I woke up, I felt sore muscles all over my body, and everything I saw was dark.
This room, less than three square meters, is a simple prison cell. It doesn't even have the most basic electric light. There is only a narrow square vent above that lets in some sparse moonlight for lighting.
With the faint light, I could see everything around me clearly——
Surrounding it were rough cement walls and a tightly sealed iron door. One could see a room opposite with almost the same configuration. The air was filled with the smell of corruption and dust from years of not seeing sunlight.
I woke up with a start, and my confused mind finally remembered everything.
After a big fight with Masako Takahashi at the psychological clinic in the morning, I left alone. I didn’t want to go back to the home that didn’t belong to me at all, but when I walked to the underground garage, I became confused again.
Aunt Huimei’s whereabouts are still unknown, and I have almost no relatives in Japan. In this situation, where can I go?
So what if Aunt Emi is here... The blood relationship between Takahashi Masako and I cannot be severed no matter what. As long as she insists, Aunt Emi will have no chance of winning in court.
Not to mention that she is now with that annoying former lawyer Yajing...
There's no chance at all. Isn't that how it's played out in TV dramas? A top lawyer like him can even make a dead person look alive...
In short, the more I thought about it, the sadder I became. I felt the future was bleak. The pride and stubbornness I had just displayed upstairs vanished in an instant, and I couldn't help but burst into tears in the corner of the basement garage.
No one will hear it anyway...
Just then, a strange woman found me crying in the corner and handed me a tissue.
Maybe because she was a woman and didn't look aggressive, and she handed me a tissue so friendly, I took it without any preparation and started wiping my nose.
There was a strange smell coming from the tissue. I was wondering about it when I felt dizzy and passed out.
When I woke up again, I was locked up here.
--They will definitely try every possible means to counterattack and force Sister Huimei to show up...
--Nana, I'm afraid your situation will become even more dangerous...
I remembered what Zero had said to me, and a wave of fear washed over me. This wasn't just any kidnapper, but a vicious terrorist...
Oh, that necklace!
I felt like I had grabbed a life-saving straw and began to feel around my neck, but there was nothing there.
Gone...the necklace is gone...
Where is it? Did it accidentally fall somewhere?
I looked at the floor of the room in panic. There was nothing there. There was nothing on my body except the clothes I had on me, and I didn't even have a cell phone... I suddenly fell into despair.
They must have discovered the secret of the necklace, so they took it down in advance... If that's the case, can Zero still find himself?
At this moment, I heard chaotic footsteps and cries for mercy, coming from far away. I was so scared that I quickly shrank into the corner. Only when my back was pressed tightly against the cold and rough wall did I feel a little ridiculous sense of security.
I saw two strong men dressed in black with their heads covered pulling a person covered in blood. The person had been tortured beyond recognition and it was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman.
It seems that the target of those two people is not that person, but that person.
Perhaps because they thought I was too young to understand what they were saying, the two men began to communicate in English without restraint.
Because of extreme panic, I could only understand the general meaning.
They found that the man was afraid of death and even tried to tip off the police in exchange for his immunity, so they interrogated him to tell them who the contact police were. However, after torturing him for a whole day and night, the man refused to give up and did not reveal a single word.
"I don't think I can get any useful information out of him, but it's ridiculous. After doing so much, he suddenly feels guilty and wants to quit? Haha..."
"If that's the case, then kill him to avoid any trouble."
As soon as the words fell, a huge gunshot rang out, as if exploding in my ears.
I was so scared that I closed my eyes immediately.
After shooting the man, the two men ignored me and left the crime scene.
What was left behind was the body that was still not cold.
Only when I heard the footsteps fade away and disappear did I dare to slowly open my eyes.
What I saw was a corpse lying at the door. His blood-stained face was facing me, and his bloodshot pupils captured my terrified expression.
My stomach started to churn.
I will die.
Like this person.
But I don’t want to die!!
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