Composite (I)
Li Ao died, carrying the charge of murder! But the world's abuse and condemnation of him did not stop, but intensified, and unsurprisingly, affected his children!
Asahirou and the others didn't take it to heart. They weren't the type to worry about anything or anyone that wasn't worth it! What made them so upset was that they still couldn't clear their father's name! Let him rest in peace!
Finding the real murderer who murdered Tang Zhen's family was the only thing they had to do next! Zhao Rirou stood in front of her father's tombstone, while Li Kexiao squatted on the hillside not far away, smoking a cigarette. Both of them swore secretly.
Hua Chuyu is out of danger, but he hasn't woken up yet. It's impossible to wait for him to wake up before handling Li Ao's funeral, so Li Kexiao and Chao Rirou have no choice but to bury their father first!
Asahirou placed her father next to her mother, and Li Kexiao had no objection to this.
The funeral was simple and no one was notified except themselves. I believe my father didn't like to be disturbed by outsiders.
"Brother can't come because of something, but please rest assured, he will definitely come!" Asahirou was still saying something when a coat was suddenly draped over her shoulders. When she turned around, she saw a gorgeous and charming face, but the smile and caring expression on the other person's face were gentle and sincere.
This woman was brought back from the US by Li Kexiao, but she wasn't American. She was from China, named Yilin. From what she'd initially learned, she was his first love, possibly the one who ruined Xiaoying's marriage! In stark contrast to Xiaoying's pure, delicate beauty, this woman was incredibly alluring, possessing a seductive allure without even needing to do anything. It was as if she was born to seduce men! Perhaps her words were harsh, but she was essentially what a stunner looked like!
So at the beginning she didn't have a good impression of her and was always indifferent to her, but now after getting along with her, she found that her personality seemed to be inconsistent with her appearance. This woman was unexpectedly dignified, steady, gentle and honest... Of course, maybe she has extraordinary acting skills.
"It's very windy here and you're wearing too little. Be careful not to catch a cold!" Yilin considerately took off his coat and handed it to her.
"Thank you, I'm not cold." Asahiro returned her coat to her with a faint smile. Although the smile was barely visible, it was the first time she had shown her friendliness.
At this time, a very unexpected person came from a distance. Although Chao Rirou had only seen him once, she had already remembered him firmly in her heart and recognized him as Yue Lanxiu's master at a glance.
After burning incense, Jingming said he had something to say to her, so the two of them walked to a deserted place.
"How is your brother now?"
"The doctor said he's out of danger, but he hasn't woken up yet."
"That's good!"
"Thank you for your generosity and for letting bygones be bygones! My father wanted to kill you before, and you still came to see him. I really don't know what to say. Thank you is not enough to express my gratitude! I should have said these two words to you a long time ago. I am still standing here thanks to you! Thank you so much!" Zhao Rirou bowed to him sincerely to express her gratitude. "If you need me in anything, just tell me. I will do my best to help you!"
Jing Ming kept waving his hands, "No, no, no, I'm just doing my job! You're a good kid for being grateful! But you don't need to do anything for me. I'm a police officer. Although I'm retired, I still do my job as a police officer. Being a doctor has always been my side job, so I get paid. Don't think you owe me anything! You pay your taxes. My salary comes from your taxes, so it's my duty to do things for you!"
Asahi smiled softly, as if you saw something beautiful and couldn't help but smile happily from the bottom of your heart.
"I can understand a father's extreme actions in order to avenge his child. Moreover, the person who caused this disaster for me was not him, but Yan Mingchi! He is the culprit!"
Hearing this, Zhao Rirou frowned and couldn't help but ask herself, was Yan Mingchi really the culprit? "I heard that Yan Mingchi fell off a cliff, so is he really dead?"
Jing Ming stopped, his face serious, and said to her face to face, "This is what I came here to tell you today. The police have found Yan Mingchi's body!" Although he said this, his expression was still heavy. "I think theoretically he should be dead!"
"In fact, there's a very real possibility that he could be resurrected in someone else's body!" Chao Rirou continued. While this was abstruse, Yan Mingchi himself was a mysterious person, and having personally experienced this more than once, she felt the possibility was quite high. "So, you must be extremely careful and never let your guard down!" If Yan Mingchi were to resurrect, they would all be the targets of his vengeance!
Jing Ming nodded and smiled with satisfaction, "This is what I wanted to tell you, and it's what Xiu repeatedly told me to convey to you!"
Jingming clearly saw a strange flash of emotion in her eyes when he mentioned Yue Lanxiu, the kind of emotion she only showed towards someone she cared about. There was no hatred, not even a hint of anger, only the involuntary reaction to the person she loved.
"He also asked me to investigate the Tang Zhen family murder case because he believes that Li Ao, your father, is not the murderer!"
"Does he really think so? Do you think so too?" Asahiro was quite surprised and wondered if they had any evidence.
Jingming saw her previously calm demeanor finally wavering. As Xiu had said, the most important thing for her now was to investigate the case involving her father. "Although this case is very sensational, I've never touched upon it. I think Xiu must have some evidence to suggest this! Don't worry, as long as your father is innocent, no one can wrongly accuse him!"
"Thanks!"
"Don't thank me, I didn't do anything." Jing Ming continued with shame, "In fact, I have always felt very sorry. If I hadn't been in a hurry to leave before, I would have met your father. Maybe I could have stopped him and prevented this tragedy from happening!"
Chao Rirou interrupted his self-blame, "Please don't think like that. The most fortunate thing about this incident is that you're fine. If father really hurt you, I really wouldn't be able to atone for my sin even if I died a thousand times! Besides," Chao Rirou's eyes darkened, and she continued, "someone deliberately wanted to harm me. Even without you, the tragedy would have happened in another way!"
"Do you know something?"
Asahirou shook her head. She didn't want to say anything without any evidence, and there were some things she was not sure about yet.
Seeing that she was unwilling to say more, Jing Ming stopped talking and returned to the original topic, "And Xiu, he is my apprentice. Because of his error in judgment, your brother almost lost his life. I am deeply sorry! He himself feels very guilty, so he has never thought about how to get out while staying in prison. Now, he is probably thinking about how to make it up to you. He actually had something else he wanted me to convey, but he hesitated and didn't say it in the end. Although he didn't say it, I know what he was going to say. He must hope that you don't misunderstand him, and that you can believe that he definitely didn't cheat to kill your brother!"
Chao Rirou was silent, pacing forward thoughtfully. Did she believe him? Of course she did. She had always believed in him! Would she blame him? Of course she would! Even though she might have been forced to stand in his shoes, it was hard not to be angry...
Staring at her back, Jingming couldn't guess what she was thinking, but he could see that she was a smart and thoughtful girl.
She stopped, slowly turned around, and said, "I know he's powerful, but he's not a god. He can't be perfect, and there will always be mistakes. I don't know when it started, but I've always trusted him unconditionally, and that hasn't changed! Master, please convey these words to him for me."
Jing Ming smiled. He was happy for his apprentice. No wonder his apprentice was still so attached to her even though he was in danger. A girl like her was truly worth it! "With your words, he won't feel the pain of going to jail anymore!"
"Will he really be sentenced?"
"You can't just shoot people if you're not a police officer!"
Asahirou frowned in confusion, "But as far as I know, this isn't the first time he's been involved in a police investigation and fired a gun!"
Jing Ming smiled knowingly. This girl was truly clever. "I understand what you mean. You and I are thinking the same thing! In the past, the police have always condoned this, but this time they want to convict him, and their attitude is that there's no room for compromise. What does this mean? I can only think of one possibility: maybe he offended a superior, and that superior is taking this opportunity to retaliate against him!"
There was a lot of doubt in Asahirou's eyes. It was possible that his boss was controlled by some force. As for which force, she could only think of two people at the moment!
Hua Chuyu finally woke up, and upon waking up, he regained his treasure, and April Ying returned to his side! It turned out that during his coma, it was April Ying who took care of him day and night.
It seems that these bullets were well-deserved!
But the joy didn't last long, as the news of his father's death plunged him into deep sorrow. Although he had been mentally prepared, knowing that this would be difficult for his father to go through, the regret and pain of not being able to see his father for the last time was still unbearable. The thought of not being by his father's side when he died was so painful that it was hard to breathe!
The ward was shrouded in sadness. Zhao Rirou stood at the window, Hua Chuyu sat on the bed, and Li Kexiao sat on the sofa beside them. The three of them were in a daze, thinking about their own things.
They were all thinking about the same thing: how to find the real murderer and clear their father's name!
"How much do you know about Lin Yu?" Zhao Rirou broke the silence and turned around to ask Xiang Hua Chuyu.
"Lin Yu?" Hua Chuyu looked puzzled. "Who is it?"
"Didn't father tell you?"
Hua Chuyu didn't understand what she was saying. He tried hard to recall the information about Lin Yu in his mind, but to no avail.
"What about Zhuang Yulin? What kind of person do you think he is? How much do you know about him?" Chao Rirou asked.
"Are you talking about Zhuang Yuling?" Although he was puzzled as to why she suddenly mentioned Zhuang Yuling, he still answered first, "He is very loyal. He has been working hard for us for so many years."
Li Kexiao pouted and interrupted, "You might have made a mistake! What did he do before?"
"I don't know much about his past, but I can feel that he has a secret that he cannot tell anyone. My father should also know this secret. They don't want to mention it. I think it must be a very bad past. He doesn't want to remember it at all. So why should I insist on digging into his privacy? Why are you suddenly paying attention to him? Are you suspecting that he is framing my father?" Hua Chuyu silently recited the names Zhuang Yulin and Lin Yu, and suddenly his black eyes widened, as if he understood the mystery.
"Father really didn't tell you anything?" Asahiro was a little disappointed.
"What should my father say to me?"
"Father said that Zhuang Yuling's real name was Lin Yu. He was the one who poisoned Tang Zhen's family and stole many rare treasures! But he wasn't the mastermind; he was just following orders!"
"On whose orders?" Hua Chuyu was greatly shocked. He really didn't see through Zhuang Yulin's character.
"He died before he could even finish his words!" Li Kexiao replied.
"Who else could it be? Who is manipulating Zhuang Yuling behind the scenes?" When April Sakura opened the door and came in, she saw Chao Rirou muttering to herself. The other two men had their brows furrowed tighter than the other, and were also thinking about something.
Hua Chuyu's brows relaxed as soon as he saw her, but Li Kexiao pretended to be unmoved when he saw her. He turned around inconspicuously, not wanting to see their interaction.
"I think we should just ask him directly!" Li Kexiao suggested, his eyes narrowed gloomily.
Zhao Rirou disagreed. "What if we alert the enemy? Besides, with his current power and status, how could he be so foolish as to admit to being the murderer? The person who knew his secret is no longer around. He could easily turn around and accuse us of talking nonsense! The most important thing is that we really don't have any strong evidence!"
"Take his daughter hostage and see if he admits it. There's no need for any legitimate means to deal with such a person!" Li Kexiao sneered.
"I still don't agree. I always feel that you will make things worse!" Chao Rirou didn't want to hurt innocent people, especially since Zhuang Yulin's daughter Zhuang Youya was her friend. She couldn't just ignore her at all.
Li Kexiao glared at her, unable to bear it any longer. Just as he was about to explode, he noticed Si Yueying looking at him from the corner of his eye. He couldn't help but hold back a bit and said unhappily, "Then what do you say we should do?"
April Sakura looked at Chao Rirou and knew that she had changed a lot under the influence of Yue Lanxiu and would not do anything illegal again.
"Let's see if Father has left any clues." Zhao Rirou looked at Hua Chuyu, asking for his opinion. "We've searched everywhere we know these past two days and found nothing. Maybe there are still some places we don't know about." But Hua Chuyu knew. After all, among the three of them, Hua Chuyu had spent the longest time with his father.
Hua Chuyu nodded, then asked, "Has there been any movement from Zhuang Yuling recently?"
"No, he didn't say a word of sympathy when something like this happened to his father! He must be afraid of getting into trouble, or that the matter would be traced back to him, so he's trying to avoid it!" Li Kexiao said affirmatively.
"As far as I know, he hasn't appeared in person, but one of the doctors treating you is quite skilled, and he was specifically recruited by him!" Si Yueying told Hua Chuyu the news she had received, analyzing it objectively. "Also, I heard that his daughter was also seriously injured and is in the hospital. It seems that she was injured on the same day as you. However, she hasn't woken up yet, and her condition doesn't seem good!"
"Which daughter?" Asahiro asked concernedly.
"It seems to be the eldest daughter."
Elegant? A look of worry crossed Asahiro's face, and she immediately asked, "Is it serious? Do you know which hospital she's in?"
"I don't know about this, but if you want to know, I can help you find out."
"As far as I know, you are rivals in love, yet you still care about her so much?" Li Kexiao had just opened his mouth when he received a look from Siyueying, who seemed to be blaming him for bringing up something irrelevant. He wisely changed the subject, "Speaking of this, I think of Yue Lanxiu. That guy is still in jail. Do you want to sue him?" He was asking Hua Chuyu.
"Why should I complain? If he hadn't fired those shots, I would have been shot to pieces and there would have been no way to save me!" Thinking back to the scene, Hua Chuyu felt that Yue Lanxiu's shots were actually saving him. Although he could still die, if someone else had shot him first, he would have been dead! "The doctor said that I was able to save my life because none of the shots hit a vital part. Do you think with his marksmanship, he couldn't even aim at a vital part?"
After saying that, he looked at Chao Rirou, explaining to her on behalf of Yue Lanxiu. In his heart, he didn't want any rift between them because of this matter.
"It's good to talk to someone who is smart and sensible! I thank you on behalf of that kid!" Li Kexiao was originally still worrying about how to make him understand that Yue Lanxiu's behavior was by no means a betrayal, but he didn't expect that he had already figured it out!
Chao Rirou gave Hua Chuyu a grateful smile, thinking that his relationship with Yue Lanxiu was better than she imagined, otherwise why would he trust Yue Lanxiu so much.
But they didn't want Yue Lanxiu to go to jail. I'm afraid someone might be wondering, who is that person? Him? Or him?
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