Chapter 280: Ten Years In Prison
Elsewhere, four hours earlier.
Nan Province’s upper-class circles have recently been like a boiling pot, with the once powerful and prominent Liang family, the good shows are endless.
Liang Wenfei severed ties with Shen Lichuan, whom she had painstakingly acquired, and quickly married Liu Qingsong, the son of the former provincial department director.
When the director was investigated and removed from his post, Liu Qingsong’s situation was no longer hidden. It was openly discussed within their social circle and widely known to outsiders.
Liang Wenfei’s marriage has a much larger background story. Liang Zhengping is still in charge at Liang’s, and people in their circle dare not openly discuss it, but they all mention Liancheng at gatherings.
Mentioning that she found her biological parents, her father is a top tycoon in Singapore, and her maternal family is old money from Hong Kong.
“The Lin family’s businesses have been heavily involved in international shipping in recent years and have no connection with the Liang family. While the business world is said to be an open field, there are barriers between industries. Liang Zhengping, that old fox, used to appear refined, but he was actually very arrogant. Why did he bow down so quickly this time? Even if the Lin family is joined by the Mo family, he doesn’t need to tear his face apart and lick them like this.”
Yao Nianci, who was invited, stopped in her tracks and, through the crack of the slightly ajar door, saw her usual sycophantic followers dealing cards and making sarcastic remarks.
“Hai Ying, you’re Yao Nianci’s best friend. Did the Liang family really treat their adopted daughter badly before?”
Yao Nianci tightened her grip on her handbag, her expression as gloomy as water.
“I don’t know,” Hai Ying threw out a “gang” card. “I only encountered her once, last year, when Mo Liancheng and Liu Qingsong were on a blind date, and she was there.”
“Ah, I heard about that too,” another madam covered her mouth and whispered, “Back then, who in our circle didn’t know Liu Qingsong had AIDS? It’s truly wicked. It’s no wonder the Lin family is seeking revenge like this.”
“And Liang Chaosu—”
The madam’s voice became even quieter. “I heard he fell out with Liang Zhengping. It all started from then. After the He Jinian incident, even people within Liang’s have to pick sides now. My old Wei wants me to probe for information to see how far these two father and son have gone.”
“A break-up is certain,” the last madam of the four, dealing cards, said. “My husband’s position is related. He said Liang Chaosu will return to the country after the new year and that he has been reviewing a lot of case files at the adopted daughter’s company. In fact, he’s investigating Zhou Dazhi, Liang Zhengping’s old secretary.”
Yao Nianci’s pupils contracted, and she turned and rushed downstairs.
Returning to the Liang residence, she burst into Liang Zhengping’s study. Without pausing to catch her breath, she blurted out rapidly, “He’s returned after the new year to investigate Zhou Dazhi. You previously—”
“I know.”
Liang Zhengping took off his reading glasses and stood up to calm her. “Su Chenghuai has already returned for this reason.”
After he returned to the country, the Qi Province authorities had consistently disagreed with him meeting Zhou Dazhi, which he had anticipated.
Liang Chaosu was someone he had personally nurtured since childhood, and his actions, to some extent, bore his shadow.
With a special notification and such strict concealment, he was bound to find leverage against him from Zhou Dazhi.
He was confident that Zhou Dazhi would not reveal a single word about Iceland before the outcome was decided.
Based on this, only the past accumulated commercial crimes, which, if added up, would still warrant a life sentence, remained.
Yao Nianci trembled uncontrollably. “What do we do? What do we do? Is he going to send all of us to prison? He—”
“Don’t be afraid,” Liang Zhengping helped her sit down, his palm resting on her lower abdomen. “Nianci, you need to go to Hong Kong now.”
Yao Nianci’s heart was filled with dread, and all she saw were blurry shadows of vast, turbulent seas. She repeated blankly, “What do I need to go to Hong Kong for?”
“I investigated their movements after returning to the country. During the time Professor Wang was hospitalized, they had a significant period of reconciliation, and Bai Ying was present. The development was so abrupt. Based on my understanding of them, he gave Mo Liancheng something that could control him.”
“Something that could control him?”
“Yes,” Liang Zhengping wasn’t very confident himself.
Bai Yixian had cultivated himself into an immortal. After the kidnapping incident in Hong Kong, he sent Bai Ying to Europe via private jet. He had no way to extract information and no time to verify it.
The only thing he was sure of was that with the miscarriage of the illegitimate child in Iceland, Mo Liancheng would have no future development with him in this life.
However, this life-for-a-life exchange was too impactful. Lin Xianzi’s reply only mentioned Liang Wenfei, indicating that Mo Liancheng was wavering.
While there were ruthless tycoons among women, Mo Liancheng had been a model idealist since childhood.
Such a person has a high sense of morality, benevolence, righteousness, respect for life. Even if she didn’t love Liang Chaosu, this would offset her hatred.
“Europe has issued a final deadline. Lin Xianzi must appear for review by noon tomorrow, and she will definitely board a plane to leave tonight,” Liang Zhengping explained, breaking it down, crushing it, teaching her bit by bit.
“This trip will tie you up for a month. For us, and for him, we must set a plan of action. And Mo Liancheng, since childhood, has not been someone who hesitates. She has a sixty percent chance of giving an answer on whether to retaliate and whom to retaliate against.”
Yao Nianci agreed, “So?”
“So, if she decides to let go of grudges, she will return the fatal thing to him tonight.”
Yao Nianci tilted her head. “Then, should I go to Hong Kong to ask for this thing?”
Liang Zhengping’s palm warmed her lower abdomen. “Nianci, Mo Liancheng is not what she used to be. She will no longer consider your past kindness. Let alone asking for it, even if you kowt and admit your mistakes, and say all the nice things, she might not even see you.”
Yao Nianci gasped, choked.
“Go to his hospital,” Liang Zhengping’s expression was as cold as a ghost. “Have Feifei keep Xiao Da occupied. We’ll gamble that Mo Liancheng will send Lin family members to deliver this thing and won’t go herself. You intercept it.”
Yao Nianci panicked. “But Lin Xianzi knows our relationship clearly. Her people won’t give the thing to me.”
“They will,” Liang Zhengping, having been tempered for most of his life, understood human hearts perfectly.
“Her daughter is an idealist. She has been fighting with Mo Shicheng for so long, no matter how pure her nature, she is now ruthless. Given Mo Liancheng’s miscarriage and permanent infertility, she wishes Liang Chaosu would die without a burial place.”
“It doesn’t matter who gets this thing at the hospital. What’s important is that she fully respects her daughter’s wishes and makes this trip on her behalf, thus leaving behind the shadows of the past.”
Yao Nianci understood. “I’ll book my flight immediately.”
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“It’s his own fault that he’s ended up like this.”
Lin Xianzi’s eyes were red and swollen, her heart filled with grief and hatred. She hugged Liancheng tightly, yet it felt as if countless cuts had opened all over her body, festering into bloody wounds.
Her strength, soul, confidence, and self-restraint were draining away.
The extreme pain engulfed her, turning her into nothingness.
A mother, a mom.
There would never be anyone more derelict in her duties than her in this world.
Liancheng was also trembling all over. “I took revenge later. The stab to my heart, Bai Ying asked the doctor for me. Although he survived, his lifespan was reduced. He is still taking medication, which affects him even more. This gunshot—”
“You sent people to deliver the recording to him. Ten years in prison, he paid it back with double his lifespan.”
Lin Xianzi remained silent.
She knew Liang Chaosu had been injured in the heart. The speculation she heard from Nan Province all pointed to a father-son conflict. Liang Zhengping’s accidental fatal blow led to him accepting exile at sea.
