Chapter 351 Have Only Himself to Blame
When Yang Tao looks at Fu Zhengzheng rejoicing at a stroke of luck, he opens his mouth but swallows the words back from the tip of his tongue.
Fu Zhengzheng feels his strange expression and is about to ask when He Menghuai enters.
“Have you finished? We have to go.”
Yang Tao stands up immediately, “Yes. Drive the car here. I’ll be there soon.”
He Menghuai responds and then goes out.
Yang Tao turns around and tells Fu Zhengzheng, “Muxian is investigating the whereabouts of Yao Jun’s wife and son. Menghuai and I will investigate the quarry conflict in the west of the city and details about the gas leak in the east of the city. Let’s talk next time.”
Fu Zhengzheng nods and goes out with Yang Tao.
When Fu Zhengzheng goes back to the office, Zhang Lin has arrived. Seeing her come in, Zhang Lin asks a lot of questions. With what happened last night in her mind, she is in no mood for a chat. Zhang Lin thinks that’s because she is not well and thus looks after her warm-heartedly by pouring water for her, which makes her moved in the heart.
At the same time, in the chamber under a cement plant office in the suburbs, a man with a suit of light casual clothes is sitting on the sofa with a cup in his hand. But he doesn’t drink the tea and just stares at the cup in a daze. Tong Lean and Gu Yang are standing aside. Tong Lean looks anxious, but Gu Yang cares about nothing.
Gu Yang breaks the silence first and says lightly, “Boss, Yao Jun is dead. Others don’t know the truth. The police are suspicious of Rongsheng at most. They have no direct evidence to testify against us, so we don’t need to be so nervous.”
Tong Lean draws Gu Yang and sighs, “I thought our plan was perfect. Unexpectedly, Han Siqi would be so skilled in Kung Fu. So many men couldn’t beat him.”
Gu Yang looks regretful, “If we had known it would be so troublesome, we would have shot Han Siqi and Fu Zhengzheng to death and robbed them of the map. Now Yao Jun has been dead, but we made no progress at all.”
The man, who kept silent for quite a while, drinks up the cold tea at one go suddenly and sighs slowly, “Perhaps it’s just as an old saying goes, Man proposes, God disposes.”
Hearing that, Gu Yang feels anxious, “Boss, don’t be so pessimistic. They can’t find out anything about what happened in the south of the city and Yao Jun. They will investigate the quarry conflict and Lin Jiao at most. If they really find out something, I will shoulder all responsibilities.”
“Scarman! Don’t act rashly!” The man snaps.
“I mean if.” Gu Yang grumbles in a low voice.
The man raises his head slightly, stares at Gu Yang and then shakes his head, “If they really find out something, even if you and Old Yao shoulder the responsibilities together, they won’t believe, so don’t sacrifice in vain.”
Tong Lean breaks in quietly, “Boss, Ji Muxian and Yang Tao are in charge of the coffer case. Not only Rongsheng, they are also investigating your father’s history. I think they have suspected that you are behind us.”
The man smiles, “Don’t look down on Ji Muxian and Yang Tao. It’s normal that they begin to investigate me at this time. But I’m sure they won’t connect me with Li Xiaomeng’s case.”
Talking of Li Xiaomeng, the man’s eyes darken, but soon he manages to get rid of the dim eyes.
Gu Yang laughs complacently, “Of course. You know, Li Xiaomeng was pregnant when she died. How can the police believe that Li Xiaomeng is the lover of our boss who has irreconcilable hatred for her?”
Tong Lean plucks at Gu Yang’s clothes corner immediately, signaling him to shut up. Gu Yang then realizes he has a slip of the tongue, so he shut the mouth at once.
“No matter how the police investigate, don’t do anything. So long as it can be solved by bribery, just throw the money, no matter how much we’ll spend.”
“Yes.” Tong Lean and Gu Yang respond simultaneously.
“No matter what happens, you can’t act rashly without my instruction. When the worst comes the worst, I will arrange you to leave here.”
“Boss!” Tong Lean has a sense of foreboding.
The man waves, looks up at them and smiles, “Don’t worry. I just say that casually. We’ve mopped up everything. Now so long as we do nothing, they won’t suspect and investigate us. Other things they investigate about the company will be regarded as discipline violation at most. No matter how much we’re fined, don’t say anything against it.”
“I know.” Tong Lean nods.
“We’ll meet in a different place next time. We can’t meet here again.”
Tong Lean nods immediately, “I’ll arrange for someone to dismantle it tonight. No sign will be left.”
“Go ahead. Lay low.”
Tong Lean nods again and then steps out with Gu Yang. Walking to the door, he turns around uneasily, “Boss, Yao Jun’s wife and son…”
“Didn’t she agree that they would never return to B City and conceal their identities for the rest of the life?”
“She said so, but I’m worried…”
The man waves, “Let her alone. She isn’t stupid and should weigh it up.”
Without saying more, Tong Lean leaves with Gu Yang.
When they go up to the office, Gu Yang holds Tong Lean and asks confusedly in a low voice, “Why doesn’t our boss allow us to kill Yao Jun’s wife? The police will definitely try to find her. She is a hazard to us. Our boss wasn’t used to be so softhearted.”
“Our boss doesn’t allow us to kill the kid actually. Perhaps he remembers his unborn baby. You know, since he knew Li Xiaomeng was pregnant when she died, he has hardly had a sound sleep. He is always afflicted by the guilt and pain of killing his own baby. It’s really…alas.” Tong Lean heaves a long sigh.
“But Yao Jun’s kid isn’t his. How can they be mentioned in the same breath? Our boss is softhearted today. I’m afraid he will harm himself in the future! No, I don’t think we can let her go.”
“Don’t talk more. Our boss always has sound plans. Now that he doesn’t allow us to kill them, it must be reasonable. What we should do now is to have the chamber dismantled.” Then Tong Lean walks out of the office.
Without saying anything, Gu Yang walks behind Tong Lean slowly and ponders his own idea.
In the chamber, the man watches Tong Lean and Gu Yang off. He doesn’t go away instantly. Instead, he takes out a heart-shaped necklace from the pocket and strokes the heart-shaped pendant. In the bright light, a slight scratch can be vaguely seen on the inner side of the pendant.
The man leans against the sofa backrest and closes his eyes with a mist of tears.
After quite a while, the man shouts in the empty chamber in a hoarse voice, “Should I regard you stupid or clever?”
A heavy sigh echoes in the air.
Yes, he is Wen Jun – Wen Jiyun’s son. He is also the mysterious man behind Li Xiaomeng that Fu Zhengzheng and Ji Muxian have been searching for.
Since he knew his father’s death, he has sworn that he will revenge for his father. He changed his appearance and concealed his identity to prepare for revenge.
When he heard that Li Ming died in the prison, he wasn’t happy at all, because he thought it’s too lucky for Li Ming to die in that way.
When he knew Li Ming had a daughter and a coffer with its key lost, his blood boiled again. He changed his vow – he would not only get the coffer but also revenge himself severely on the daughter of his enemy.
Pretending to meet her by accident, he found Li Xiaomeng in a county. Then he won her trust and love slowly and led her into his trap step by step.
When he got the coffer key brought to him by Scarman, he wanted to change his mind. But when he was hesitating, he received the call from Old Yao, who told him that Li Xiaomeng’s car had fallen off the cliff.
At that moment, he felt his mind went blank suddenly and he even didn’t know who he was. Standing in front of the hill where the coffer was located, he felt he was painful all over, including his heart and head.
It’s true that he was surprised and excited when he saw Li Xiaomeng appearing in front of him. But he came to his senses soon, because a voice repeatedly reminded him that Li Xiaomeng is Li Ming’s daughter and Li Ming murdered his father. Actually, he didn’t want to kill her. He hesitated and gave her a chance. But she was full of despair, so she would rather die than give the trap map to him. She also inveigled him to kill his baby himself.
He doesn’t know how old the baby was. It’s his kid!
He killed his dearest woman and his baby!
No wonder she kept laughing when she died. It turns out that she knew his rest of life would be afflicted by guilt and discontent. She forecasted his future and she was glad about it, so she laughed happily!
“Ah–”
Wen Jun’s head is splitting. He holds his head tightly and roars.
He doesn’t dare to sleep every night. Because as soon as he falls asleep, Li Xiaomeng will come to his dream with the baby. He always sees her kill his baby slowly with a knife. He wants to prevent her every time, but his hands and feet can’t move. The baby’s red blood splashes on his face and he can’t wipe it away. At this moment, he will struggle to tell himself that it’s only a dream, but the dream is always so vivid that he can’t help believing it and can’t come out of the dream.
Old Yao and Scarman once guarded him for a month. Each night, when they saw his forehead become sweaty, they would push him with force and wake him up from the nightmare.
Since then, he has begun to believe in Buddhism and often goes to Lingshan Nunnery to listen to the senior nun chanting scriptures. But he can’t forget the coffer anyway.
Though his wealth can’t be counted with words, he can’t explain why he is still interested in the coffer. Perhaps because what his father earned during his life is in the coffer, or his love, kid and even his life are buried in the coffer.
Anyway, he must get the coffer.
He has waited for six years and he will never give up.
Firmness flashes through Wen Jun’s eyes. He stands up slowly and puts the key back to his pocket.
He knew Ji Muxian and Yang Tao were shrewd and wouldn’t let Fu Zhengzheng take the true map at the first time. He also guessed the police wouldn’t do anything to Yao Jun before they knew the exact location of the coffer. Therefore, the key Fu Zhengzheng saw at the first time was true. He knew the police would cast a net when they met for the second time. According to his original plan, Yao Jun got the map, gave it to his men, went back to the minibus and detonated the exploder to kill himself. In this case, the police would have no clues. But he didn’t expect Han Siqi’s Kung Fu would make such great progress after only a short period of time. As a result, his men failed once and again. As Scarman said, if they had expected the result, they would have killed Han Siqi with a gun. Now, he only has to regret.
“Who are you? You can’t enter. This is the manager’s office.”
“We’re the police. We have received a report. It says there are rule-breaking operations in the factory. Please accept our check.”
Noises come from the office above the chamber and interrupt Wen Jun’s thoughts. It turns out that all sounds in the office above can be heard in the chamber. His face freezes and then he leaves immediately.