Chapter 164 Battle of Fate
Jiang Peng's voice came out unexpectedly.
"Grandma! I saw it with my own eyes, it wasn't an accident!"
After calling out several times, Cormier was the first to react.
He strode over him, grabbed him by the collar, and punched him hard!
"You damn bastard! What nonsense are you spouting?!"
"Who told you to spread such alarmist rumors! What are you trying to do!"
He kept punching Jiang Peng, and soon Jiang Peng was in so much pain that he was grimacing and unable to speak.
The tall, blond, blue-eyed man had bloodshot eyes. In his view, Jiang Peng was just using the accident from back then as a bargaining chip, spouting nonsense to beg his aunt for a chance to survive.
But that was a pain he and his aunt had buried for many years; how could it be used for such purposes!
Apart from the punches, kicks, and muffled groans, the ward seemed to be shrouded in a blank silence.
Tu Yao subconsciously looked at the old man on the hospital bed.
Madam Jiang lowered her eyes, her expression calm, and suddenly, she laughed.
"...Xiao Mao, is this what you've been keeping from me?
Tu Yao was silent for a few seconds, then nodded. "Yes."
"Since it's just a guess, I don't know where your threshold is, and I dare not take the risk."
As she spoke, Tu Yao gazed at her still vigorous eyes.
The next second, she took a deep breath: "...But that was before. Now I know that you can bear it, and you are willing to bear it."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have kept it from you."
There seemed to be tears in Madam Jiang's eyes, and her withered fingers suddenly gripped the girl's palm tightly.
He looked up again, his usual coldness returning: "...Cormier, let go."
The blond, blue-eyed man was momentarily stunned. He turned around and saw the old man on the hospital bed looking at him with a solemn and dignified expression.
He said calmly, "Let him speak."
Jiang Peng was stunned and lay on the ground, but he still retained the cunning in his nature.
He was panting heavily when he tentatively asked, "...I said, could you withdraw the internal review?"
Madam Jiang's gaze remained calm: "Of course."
Jiang Peng breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly: "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything..."
For the past eighteen years, he has been tormented by that nightmare every moment.
At that moment, he felt as if he had grasped a lifeline, and also as if he had found a way to vent his emotions.
"...I was actually there that day, ma'am. I was planning to go out to sea that day too!"
Eighteen years ago, rumors circulated that Madam Chiang was preparing to clean up the remaining households within the Chiang family.
Jiang Peng, one of the remaining factions, remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was both shocked and afraid.
That day, he had someone plan the route in advance, intending to go out to sea to relax, but he bumped into Jiang Fengchun's family boarding a cruise ship to confirm the final arrangements for the full moon banquet.
He immediately felt irritated and canceled his trip.
Jiang Peng rubbed his face hard with his good hand. "I saw Feng Chun's family board the cruise ship with my own eyes!"
His tone betrayed his envy: "That's an enviable family, old lady. Your daughter has been incredibly lucky in her life."
She lacks nothing: wealth, love, family, and talent.
Cormier was still right next to him when he kicked him!
Get to the point!
Jiang Peng grunted, his eyes seeming to recall something: "...It was seven o'clock in the evening. The sea was calm, and the cruise ship was brightly lit. I was just drinking and watching from the shore."
"They stayed on the cruise ship for more than an hour. An hour later, the cruise ship suddenly set sail. I knew it must be Shen Zhuxing who was sailing it."
"But guess what happened next! After only ten minutes or so, a sudden gale swept across the sea! And then came a torrential downpour..."
"The cruise ship quickly veered off course and crashed into the reef ahead!"
Jiang Peng clenched his fist and said in a trembling voice, "...I just watched the cruise ship sink into the water little by little."
As soon as she finished speaking, Tu Yao could feel the grip on her hand tighten instantly.
But Madam Jiang remained unmoved, her eyes fixed sharply on him.
“In your description, no other people appeared from beginning to end, and the process is consistent with the official investigation results. It was all caused by natural factors. Why do you say it was not an accident?”
In an instant, Jiang Peng's expression suddenly turned strange: "No! It wasn't an accident!"
"...it is a factor that cannot be explained by human effort."
His tone suddenly softened: "Grandma, the problem... lies in that reef."
What happened to the reef?
Jiang Peng lowered his eyes. "As I just said, I originally planned to go to sea as well. The route that Shen Zhuxing deviated from was the one I originally planned to take."
“I checked the route beforehand, and there are absolutely no reefs along that route!”
He raised his head again, his voice trembling even more, "So that reef suddenly appeared out of nowhere, do you understand!"
After he finished speaking, the ward fell silent.
Jiang Peng gave a bitter smile, "...Grandma, I know you, and none of you will believe it, but that's the truth."
As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced around, then froze.
Everyone remained calm, showing no surprise whatsoever.
Jiang Peng opened his mouth: "You...aren't you all shocked?"
Madam Jiang looked at him calmly: "...Back then, I spent two whole years investigating and confirmed that apart from the external damage caused by the ship hitting the reef, there was nothing else on that cruise ship."
"In the following three years, we investigated the networks of Fengchun, Zhuxing, and even all of you, and confirmed the reasons, time and ability that prevented anyone from taking action."
"It wasn't until five years later that I truly realized it was an accident."
"But today, you keep saying that this is not an accident, so in your mind there are only unnatural factors."
Jiang Peng smiled strangely: "...As expected of an old lady, her ability to accept things is really strong."
He couldn't help but look at the other people in the ward.
"And what about you guys..."
Before he could finish speaking, Tu Yao suddenly spoke up, staring intently at him: "That's not right."
"Besides the reefs, what else did you see?"
Jiang Peng was stunned for a moment.
The next second, he avoided her gaze.
"I didn't see anything else..."
He tried to keep his tone calm: "Young lady, I know you're a bit clever, but I experienced this firsthand eighteen years ago. Do you need to tell me whether I saw anything or not?"
"Really?" Xu Chi raised an eyebrow slightly. "But a sudden reef can frighten you this much?"
"It must be something a hundred times more terrifying than the reef."
Nan Ke gripped the lighter in his pocket and said gently:
"Moreover, that thing should be something you cannot identify or confirm, which is why the idols you have brought are from all religions."
After saying that, Cormier kicked him hard again!
"I don't care if you're making this up or not. Since you've been asked to speak, then speak clearly and explicitly!"
Hatred resurfaced in Jiang Peng's eyes.
It's so unfair! The old lady has been lonely for half her life, and now that she's old, she has a group of smart young people protecting her.
He closed his eyes, as if he couldn't face that terrifying scene from back then.
After a long pause, he said in a trembling voice, "Yes...it's definitely more than that..."
"I...I also saw a pure black fog in the sky, seemingly fighting with another fog whose color was indistinguishable."
Finally, the black mist gradually shattered the opposite side...
Tu Yao suddenly spoke up: "...You mean, there was a black mist fighting with another cloud of mist, and the black mist won in the end?"
...
At this moment in Hong Kong, Bai Chumeng got off her private plane and went straight to the servants' quarters next to the manor.
"Where is Uncle Tiandao?"
The maid took the bag from her hand. "Miss, I don't know. I haven't seen him today."
"Not just today, but I haven't seen Uncle Tiandao often lately."
Bai Chumeng frowned. From Tu Chaoxi to Nan Ke, then to Lin Yue, and even Tu Yao after her amnesia, she had failed time and time again.
She needs to work with Uncle Tiandao to rethink the next steps.
"Take me to his room."
The room was on the second floor of the servants' quarters, and it was twice the size of the other servants' rooms.
Bai Chumeng pushed open the door and entered, but the room was empty and completely bare.
A simple wooden bed, a desk, a wardrobe...
Bai Chumeng scanned them one by one.
Suddenly, some faint noises came from inside the wardrobe.
Her eyes flashed, and she slowly walked over.
He slowly placed his hand on the cabinet door.
The next second, it suddenly opened!
She then saw a familiar face, staring at her with a gloomy gaze.
The butler's half-twisted body was curled up in the small wardrobe, while the other half of his body was completely enveloped in black mist!
Upon seeing what was happening before her, Bai Chumeng's pupils constricted, and she let out a scream!
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