Wang Cheng appealed the verdict again, but the court upheld the original judgment. He eventually had to accept his fate and try to get through those 35 years.
But good and evil will eventually be rewarded. Although Xia Yixin did not produce the evidence that was enough to sentence him to death, the father of the victim in a rape and murder case in which he had participated had someone drive him insane while he was in prison.
Xia Ping fled back to a foreign country overnight.
Without Xia Yixin as her cash cow, the Xia family stopped footing the bills for her. To pay off her gambling debts, Xia Ping had to buy all her clothes, mansion, and car, finally managing to patch up the hole. She bid farewell to her extravagant lifestyle, and besides, she had committed quite a few bad deeds before.
He never returned to China throughout his life.
From the moment she usurped Grandpa Xia's position and took control of the Xia family ten years ago, she had already cut off her own escape route. In fact, ten years ago, Grandpa Xia initially wanted to quietly retire with her, but Xia Ping couldn't let go of the enormous wealth. After obtaining it, she was unable to protect it and squandered it recklessly.
Xia Yixin was not so lenient with Wang Cheng's relatives who abused their power. Those who should be sentenced were sentenced, and those who should be imprisoned were imprisoned. The case involved was tried for more than a year before it was closed.
When the news media exposed the deeds of Wang's relatives, and even the thugs and ruffians they later brought with them from the entire Wang family village, they became universally reviled. Those people were imprisoned, but their wives, children, and friends all distanced themselves from them to save their own lives, and everyone received the punishment they deserved.
The victims' families also learned from the police that it was Xia Yixin who handed over the evidence. They were initially shocked, but during the trial, they learned that it was Wang Cheng and his cronies who were using the power of others to intimidate them, which lessened their hatred for the Xia Group.
As each case resulted in sentencing, the victims' families wept with joy, crying, "I knew my daughter didn't commit suicide! My daughter was killed by those beasts, sob sob sob..."
"My son can finally rest in peace!"
The belated justice not only provided them with spiritual comfort, but an organization called the "Justice Foundation" also proactively offered them a substantial amount of compensation. Those who received the compensation knew in their hearts that this money was a compensation payment from the Xia family.
The deceased are gone, and the victims' families have long since lost their resentment. They accepted the money, started new lives, and no longer hate the Xia Group. Some of them even became Xia Yixin's first supporters.
Contrary to all investors' expectations, after an initial drop, Xia's stock began to rise steadily step by step.
The Xia Family Miracle!
Ten years later, when the Xia Group became one of the top three in the world, many economic experts still talked about and studied the desperate move made by Xia Yixin, the then president of the Xia Group.
This was a shot in the arm for the Xia family, who had long been mired in corruption.
For Bai Chou, this was also a signal that he was openly turning against him.
With the economic blockade in place, the Xia family was basically fine thanks to the backing of the person above them. Basically, on the first day, when a certain unit investigated, those people left immediately in the afternoon. The banks also couldn't afford to offend them.
Bai Chou can only resort to underhanded tactics.
The Xia family's businesses in various regions suffered considerable losses, but they were all within a controllable range. Grandpa Xia no longer kept quiet and, with his help, the situation was quickly brought under control.
The assassins hired by Bai Chou started attacking occasionally, but then became more frequent, occurring every three days. Xia Yixin was forced to stop her high-profile appearances at events with Lu Yan.
With Long Wu and his team protecting them, there shouldn't be any major problems. Lu Yan is no pushover either; she has been intensifying her close-quarters combat and firearms training during this time.
Pressure can be a motivator, and she actually managed to develop some abs in one go?
This also indirectly led to her becoming increasingly calm when encountering certain things.
One night after Wang Cheng was sentenced, she suddenly heard gunshots. When she went downstairs to check, she saw Long Wu disposing of the assassin's body again, and she remained very calm.
"The people Bai Chou hired this time are quite capable; they actually managed to infiltrate the ancestral home." Xia Yixin looked at the corpse disguised as a maid and gasped slightly. She remembered that this maid had always been in charge of cleaning, and she had seen her a few times.
"How did you find her?" she asked casually.
Long Wu's expression changed slightly. "It's Young Master Lu. Tonight, this woman is trying to seduce Young Master Lu and has hidden a knife."
Seduction? She respected her as a tough woman! Xia Yixin looked at the woman who had been shot in the head by a man, and a chill ran down her spine.
Long Wu paused, then added, "Young Master Lu seems to be injured."
……What?
Xia Yixin's first reaction was that men are indeed driven by their lower instincts, and any female assassin could seduce them. But then she thought that Lu Yan was only twenty years old, younger than her, so it was understandable that he had impulses.
With the mindset of being "accomplices," she took the first-aid kit and prepared to go see him under Long Wu's "as expected, Miss is tough on the outside but soft on the inside" gaze. Of course, she even changed into formal attire, although since that night all her nightgowns had been replaced with conservative two-piece pajamas.
The door was half open.
The man inside was changing clothes, shirtless, with his blood-stained T-shirt lying to the side. He stopped before she could even get close.
"What's up?"
The man stood sideways to the doorway, his healthy, honey-colored skin exuding sexiness. His back had a particularly attractive profile, with taut and elastic latissimus dorsi muscles. From his ribs to his hips, his waist contracted rapidly, forming a stunning line. His abdomen featured eight-pack abs, a beautiful V-line, and a solidly defined V-shaped waist.
Compared to him, her abs are nothing to brag about.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she looked away. "Could you put some clothes on before we talk, you exhibitionist?"
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