Chapter 57 Breaking News: Every day is the Ghost Festival.
Shen Yuchuan didn't think there was anything wrong with his statement: "Well, so next time you meet him, ask him in person."
Is it so mysterious? Zhu Lan was a little puzzled, but nodded. Just as she was about to speak, her brother's phone rang. It turned out that the trial results were out.
"Wang Jinpeng was sentenced to twelve years in prison. He must also compensate you for medical expenses, lost wages, nursing care, and other expenses, totaling 130,000 yuan. However, I'm afraid the Wang family can't come up with this amount."
Not only could they not afford the compensation, they couldn't even get back the money for the loss of his suit. The online loan sharks had already ripped through the Wang family's property, and the couple probably didn't have a thousand yuan left. Wang's father used to be an electrician, earning a decent salary. But when his eyesight failed, he took a job as a security guard at an electronics factory, but that job was now closed.
Wang's mother used to do some handicrafts and cook for others, but now that Wang Jinpeng is in jail, naturally no one dares to ask her to cook.
"...It doesn't matter. I don't want their money either." She has hands and feet and will go to school soon. She doesn't want to take money from Wang's parents.
"Well, we don't want their dirty money." Shen Yuchuan naturally took his sister's words at face value. "Xiao Lan, we really won't pursue Wang Fuqiang..."
Wang Fuqiang is Zhu Lan's adoptive father. He was the one who stole her from a wild temple and adopted her secretly. However, this happened more than 25 years ago. The maximum prosecution period for the crime of trafficking in infants is 20 years. If Wang Fuqiang is to be held accountable now, it must be verified by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the procedure is indeed complicated.
Zhu Lan is a very soft-hearted person, otherwise she would not have worked as a farmhand in the Wang family for 19 years. After knowing why she was adopted by the Wang family, she let go of the last bit of her obsession with her life experience.
Perhaps without Father Wang, she would have died long ago. All her efforts in the Wang family over the years should be considered as repayment for this favor: "Well, I won't pursue it. From now on, I have nothing to do with their family."
"Then... do you want to go back to Beijing with big brother?" Shen Yuchuan asked nervously.
Jing City, of course she wants to go, but not now: "I have to go back to Zhuzhou City to prepare for the exam, and I haven't lived in the house I just bought yet."
"Okay, then I'll accompany you to Zhuzhou City."
Huh? Is that so careless?
"You...don't have a job?"
"I have already left Rongshan Group and returned the shares to them." Shen Yuchuan said this in a very relaxed tone, "Do you think I am useless?"
Zhu Lan immediately shook her head: "Of course not, you are so amazing, you independently developed and opened a cleaning company when you were in college, which is a happy life that many people can't even imagine." It's true that a full man does not know the hunger of a hungry man. If she could achieve this, she would wake up laughing in her dreams.
"Well...it's not as good as you say. It's just a very ordinary thing." At least when his father found out, he thought he was not doing his job properly and didn't even have the intention of merging his small company into the group.
Now he was actually thankful that he hadn't acquired the company, otherwise he would have really had to rely on his friends for food. "If I go back to Jing City, I'll just help out on a friend's farm. If I go to Zhuzhou with you, I can at least help you with your homework. Although I'm nowhere near as smart as our brother, high school knowledge shouldn't be a problem."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Lan was immediately excited: "Brother, what school did you graduate from?"
“USTC.”
Zhu Lan's eyes immediately widened. "I heard that HKUST's chemistry department is number one in the country. You're amazing, brother."
Shen Yuchuan chuckled. In fact, if it hadn't been ranked first, his grandfather and father wouldn't have let him go. Later, he also minored in finance, but unfortunately he didn't learn it very well. However, he did meet a partner who opened a detergent company, which was the only positive gain from his finance studies.
Since that was the case, Zhu Lan was no longer shy. She really wanted to spend more time with her elder brother. She could improve her studies and also enhance their relationship. Why not?
The brother and sister who had just met quickly bought tickets to the south and left Fujian Province soon. Before leaving, Shen Yuchuan called Bian Ling, and he learned that the other party had left Fujian Province long ago.
"He's so busy."
Shen Yuchuan thought about it and nodded vigorously. It should be normal for Nobel Prize winners to have a busy life.
But the truth is, Bian Ling left Fujian Province just because he had seen enough of the sea. He even chartered a boat accompanied by Huang Yi and Zhao Er to go sea fishing for several days. Then he was forced to return halfway because of severe seasickness. After several days of tossing and turning, he finally returned to Beijing.
The moment the plane landed in Beijing, Huang Yi and Zhao Er both showed smiles that were comparable to "surviving a disaster."
Really, they had been training in the army for three months, but they were not as tired as they were in this month. Who could understand the hellish difficulty of taking care of a fragile scientist? The key is that this person... really can't be treated roughly. Sometimes the two of them even suspected that Bian Shen was playing a trick on them.
But... even if it's just acting, just go along with it.
After all, people are so capable, so what's wrong with having some unique personal interests and hobbies? There's nothing wrong with that.
Ever since the Nobel Prize winners were announced, Xie Yanwen has been in pain again. He is a rather vain person, and watching someone being dismissive of it is even more painful than losing a 30 million order.
"If you feel uncomfortable, take more medicine. There will always be one that is right for you."
After returning, Bian Ling rested for three days and then went to the orthopedic inpatient department of the Military Medical University. The clinical bionic prosthetic limb installation had been completed and most people were already undergoing rehabilitation. He had a meal with Director Liu and then came back. As soon as he came back, he saw the unlucky guy named Xie.
"There is no medicine to cure this disease, only you——"
Professor Bian was quite cold and ruthless: "There's no hope. Just wait to die."
"You can't just stand by and watch someone die."
"Since we've known each other for a while, I can give you one of the urns I bought."
Xie Yanwen retreated strategically: "Ber, when did you buy it? Why did you buy this thing? Huang Yi, why didn't you stop it?"
Huang Yi smiled a slightly tired smile. What could she do? Could she and Zhao Er still lay a perfect net? Online shopping in modern society was still too comprehensive.
Besides, I just like to buy some crematorium-related products :).
"You don't even want it for free, Lawyer Xie. You're so hard to communicate with."
This is what it means to blame someone else. Xie Yanwen lay on the carpet with a look of indifference on his face. It must be said that the carpet in this house is really comfortable: "Then give me two carpets."
"No, unless you share with me the real story of President Wen chasing his wife."
Xie Yanwen became excited when he talked about this. "The hospital's rehabilitation area now allows one family member to accompany patients. He goes there on time every day, even more punctual than punching a clock in for work. There's another male family member with him, whose girlfriend is also in rehab there. They're on great terms now. It's like they only see the new couple laughing and the old couple crying. They don't even care about me, their former dining companion, anymore."
When Bian Ling heard this, he said, "Oh, this is my fault. If I had known, I wouldn't have made a bionic prosthesis."
...Then you are really good at solving the problem from the source.
Xie Yanwen completely gave up resistance: "Godfather, are you really not going to accept the award?"
"No, I've already told you that you can pretend to be me and go receive the award. I will never expose you."
He was not so vain. Xie Yanwen tried his best to persuade him, saying that the organizers understood that it was not easy for Professor Bian to travel, so they accepted the award ceremony through a virtual video, and it would be enough for him to just give a speech online.
"Virtual image?"
"Yes, and you can also customize the appearance of the skin. I'll just talk to someone about it."
"Can it be a ghost? A ghost is fine too, I'm not picky."
"...We're not attending a Halloween party, are we?"
"So what? As long as there's a ghost in my heart, every day is the Ghost Festival. Oh, and I don't celebrate Western festivals."
...The Ghost Festival is not in December.
[Host, Lawyer Xie has visibly aged three years since entering this room.]
Bian Ling yawned. The hot summer was over and the weather in Jing City had finally cooled down. He had been planning to fly directly to Lucheng, but Lucheng was still stuffy and hot. Anyway, it was not time to sleep for good yet, so he might as well stay in Jing City.
Xie Yanwen was indeed a bit annoying. After thinking about it, he offered his own conditions: "Do me a favor and I'll go claim the prize."
Xie Yanwen just made a big gesture of "sitting up in shock from a dying illness": "What's the matter?"
“Look up a resort.”
Huang Yi was quick to act. The location of the wild temple was quickly identified, and it was now a large resort. Over 25 years later, the resort had changed hands several times, and not even a brick of the wild temple could be found, leaving no clues.
Huang Yi also asked someone to investigate the resort. The composition was very complicated, and the time span was too long. It was impossible to find out who the original owner of the mountain was, nor did anyone know who advocated the construction of the resort.
According to their deduction, Zhu Lan was maliciously exchanged by Han Songyan. She couldn't have appeared out of thin air in the wild temple in Fujian Province, so it could only be Han Songyan who sent her there. This woman's methods were sinister. According to the fragmentary information Huang Yi had compiled, the wild temple was likely a base for "trading infants and children."
Fujian Province is a province with many temples dedicated to gods and immortals. Some of the temples have elaborate origins, while others are dedicated to mountain gods and wild immortals. Anyway, it is not surprising that any kind of temple appears in Fujian Province, just like the king's father and mother would trek for two days to go to a wild temple to worship Buddha and pray for a child. No one would think that this behavior is abnormal.
Eighteen years ago, Fujian Province cracked a major case. Human traffickers used wild temples to cover up the sale of boy children, and baby girls were raised in orphanages near the wild temples. When they grew up, they would be sent to special places. When the case broke out, it can be said that the whole country was shocked. Later, all the culprits were brought to justice, but now Huang Yi boldly speculates that there may still be people in this criminal group at large.
"What resort?"
Bian Ling turned to look at Huang Yi, who understood and said, "Yunshan Resort in Fujian Province."
Xie Yanwen knew about it; he'd even been there. "Why are you checking this out? I went there once when I was in college. I was raved about it. The wine wasn't good, and you weren't allowed into the mountains. It was just plain boring. I heard it changed owners later. I don't know what it's like now."
"I bought it and pushed it to build a cemetery. Why do you care about me?"
"...As expected of you, you can investigate it. Are you investigating the tax situation behind it or the illegal activities?" There is no other way, this is also his professional instinct.
"Anything is fine, as long as we can alert the enemy."
"What do you mean by alerting the enemy? What happened to you at this resort? Don't worry, I'll definitely help you investigate thoroughly!" Xie Yanwen patted his chest and said, "That's not right. Wouldn't it be faster and better if you asked Huang Yi and the others to handle this matter?"
"You're more suitable."
The purpose of alerting the snake is to lure it out of its hole. If the power of the country is used, the snake will only run farther and farther. Xie Yanwen is just the right person. If Shen Yuchuan were here, he would actually be a very suitable candidate.
"Okay, whatever you say is what it is. Don't forget what you promised me."
Bian Ling responded lazily. He was about to kick him out when Huang Yi received a message and suddenly said with a serious face, "God Bian, our people in Fujian Province sent a message that Wang Fuqiang is dead."
"Dead?"
[Ah? Could he have been forced to death by the debt collectors?]
"No, do you still remember Miss Zhu Lan's inexplicable invalid marriage?"
"so?"
"The Wang couple approached that family. That family was brutal and had connections with gangsters. Wang Fuqiang had been pushed to the brink of despair. The family had only wanted to scare him, but Wang Fuqiang rushed forward for money, and was stabbed. When he was taken to the hospital, Wang's mother threw a tantrum and refused to sign the critical illness notice, so he died."
[Huh? Why don't you sign? She refused to sign Zhu Lan's critical illness notice, so why is she refusing to sign her husband's too? Is she hoping the old man dies?]
"The Wang family was broke. Wang's mother thought Wang Fuqiang wasn't seriously injured and felt that signing the critical illness notice was just a way to extort money from her. She just crawled on the ground, fearing that someone would force her to sign."
Xie Yanwen, standing by, was stunned. What kind of drama was this? How could it possibly be related to Bian Ling? He wasn't sure. He needed to hear more details.
"She can't accept the news that Wang Fuqiang is dead. She's making a scene in the hospital and it's even on the news. Do you think we need to..."
News? Lawyer Xie quietly took out his phone and checked Weibo. He hadn't seen any news about the medical dispute yet, but he did see Bian Ling's hot search on Weibo's headlines.
#The incomplete jade is finally complete#
#The most advanced jade repairing technique company#
#Thanks to Bian Shen, I was able to embrace my love again#
…
When he clicked on it, he found out that it was the second batch of clinical prosthetic beneficiaries who were posting to thank God Bian. Because someone's family received too many banners, this time Bian Ling solemnly declared to Director Liu that he did not need banners, so the beneficiaries directly built a website and posted all the words of thanks on it.
Now someone has discovered this website and, with permission, directly posted it on Weibo. As expected, it has become a hot topic on Weibo again.
Xie Yanwen had already forgotten the original intention of clicking on Weibo, and happily changed into a comfortable posture to read it.
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