Chapter 179 - 177: Returning to Its Rightful Owner
Yu Zhen Guo snorted coldly and turned to Yu Hongqian.
Taking the hint, Yu Hongqian played the video he had received from Zheng Qichuan’s team.
Ivan watched the video of his son, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time, ramming his head against the wall like a madman, and turned to his assistant in shock.
’Impossible! How could my son commit suicide?!’
"I don’t believe it! Jiang Li... who is Jiang Li? She must be the one who killed my son."
Hearing Ivan’s words, Yu Zhen Guo rolled his eyes, speechless. "Count Ivan, you need evidence to back that up.
The reason your son was calling out Jiang Li’s name was because of his own guilty conscience. Even without Jiang Li,
after your son committed such a horrifying massacre, we would never have let him go!"
Yu Zhen Guo’s presence was overwhelmingly authoritative. He fixed Ivan with a deadly serious gaze. "If you have the guts, take this to the United Nations!"
’Over twenty lives were lost, and he expects me to let that bastard Ji Yan go? Pfft, in his dreams. Death is getting off easy for him!’
Ivan’s expression turned ugly. He had come this time intending to take Ji Yan back home.
He never expected his son to cause such a massive incident.
If this were to be escalated, he wasn’t confident he could handle the fallout. After all, this wasn’t a matter of one or two lives that could be easily suppressed.
Yu Zhen Guo gave Yu Hongqian a subtle look, signaling him to go make the necessary arrangements.
’To handle this properly, they had to blow it wide open and maximize its impact. That way, not even God himself could save that animal when the time came.’
Yu Hongqian turned and left to make the arrangements.
"I need to see my son now!" Ivan demanded, looking at Yu Zhen Guo. He had to at least make sure his son’s life was saved first. As for what came next, he would figure it out then.
’He refused to believe that with all his influence, he couldn’t even save one person.’
Yu Zhen Guo saw Ivan relax slightly and knew at once that he was already plotting something.
He snorted coldly, then turned to lead Ivan and his people to the hospital. ’It’d be for the best if the bastard just died!’
When Jiang Li woke up, she stared blankly at the ceiling, unable to process anything for a long time.
’She didn’t even know if Ji Yan was actually dead or not.’
She sat up and remained that way until dawn.
"KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Miss Jiang, the Old Master wishes to see you."
Jiang Li rubbed her sore eyes. As she got out of bed, she felt a wave of dizziness.
When she came out and went downstairs, she saw Yu Hongqian—still in the same clothes as yesterday—along with Lu Xingye and a few others already waiting for her.
"Ji Yan is dead."
Yu Hongqian looked at Jiang Li. In truth, they also found the circumstances of Ji Yan’s death to be extremely strange.
Right before he died, Ji Yan was still threatening the police, demanding they take him out of there. For him to suddenly commit suicide by ramming his head into a wall right after killing someone was indeed suspicious.
Yu Hongqian looked at Jiang Li. He’d had someone look into her background.
Her story sounded incredible, but if she was truly involved, they wouldn’t press the matter.
Yu Hongqian had the butler prepare some breakfast, then took the group to the police station.
When Jiang Li arrived, she saw an angry-looking foreign man and a woman with a cold, indifferent expression standing near Ji Yan’s body.
The moment she entered, both of them shot her a look as sharp as a knife.
With Yu Hongqian and Zheng Qichuan standing by her side, Ivan’s people didn’t dare make any rash moves.
Yu Hongqian handed the surveillance footage copied from the house, along with footage from the surrounding area, to the relevant experts.
"Duke Ivan, your son’s death was a suicide. If you don’t believe it, you can have your own people perform an assessment."
Yu Hongqian said, his expression unchanging as he looked at Ivan and his wife.
Ivan’s face was so grim he was speechless. ’The man is dead now,’ he thought, ’what’s the use of arguing about these things?’
’All he’d wanted was a son. Since that son was now dead, there was no point in making an ugly scene over a corpse.’
Having made up his mind, Ivan said something in English to the assistant behind him. The assistant nodded and went to handle the negotiations.
Ivan glanced at the woman beside him, let out a cold snort, and strode off.
Jiang Li silently watched the scene unfold.
Half an hour later, Jiang Li saw that Ivan had released a statement on social media. In the video, he and his wife pushed all the blame onto the deceased Ji Yan.
"It was due to our negligence, and for that, we express our sincerest apologies..."
Jiang Li watched. Throughout the entire video, the couple never mentioned the families of the victims. ’They must have known what Ji Yan did,’ she thought.
Jiang Li said nothing more. The whole affair with Ji Yan had nearly driven her mad.
Jiang Li sat at the police station all morning as officers came and went.
Suddenly, a hot milk tea was pressed into her hand, and Lu Xingye and the others sat down beside her.
"It’s all over now. It’s best to just forget about it... even if the outcome wasn’t what we’d hoped for."
Jiang Li looked up at Lu Xingye and nodded.
"Yeah! Let’s go home, it’s just in time for the New Year!"
Wu Ming leaned toward Jiang Li, pulling up pictures of couplets and other festive decorations on their phone. "Jiang Li, look, what do you think of these New Year’s couplets? Aren’t they festive?"
Jiang Li’s attention was gradually diverted, and she began to earnestly discuss the New Year’s supplies with Wu Ming.
"Xiao Nian is a great cook. We’ll have him prepare a huge feast, and we can all celebrate together!"
As soon as things were more or less settled, Yu Zhen Guo hurried over to find Jiang Li.
His eyes landed excitedly on the pendant around Jiang Li’s neck.
"Child, what is your mother’s name?"
Jiang Li looked up at him. "I don’t have parents."
Yu Zhen Guo’s expression froze, a look of confusion on his face. He pointed to her neck, "Then who gave you this pendant?"
Jiang Li took off the pendant, glancing sideways at Yu Huannian.
Yu Huannian’s gaze, in turn, fell upon Yu Zhen Guo.
"You know my mother, Yu Shuzhen?"
Hearing the name Yu Shuzhen, Yu Zhen Guo nodded excitedly. "Yes, yes, that’s her name! Child, where is she now?"
Yu Zhen Guo’s gaze fell on Yu Huannian. ’Is he Shuzhen’s son?’
"Child, I’m your grandfather!" Yu Zhen Guo was so overcome with emotion that the hand resting on his cane began to tremble.
Yu Huannian instinctively looked to Jiang Li.
Jiang Li stood up to explain. "Old Commander, Aunt Yu passed away a few months ago. Xiao Nian was adopted by her."
She reluctantly held the pendant out to him. "You’re Aunt Yu’s family, so I suppose this should be returned to its rightful owner."
Jiang Li looked at the half-gray-haired Yu Zhen Guo before her. She never thought Aunt Yu’s family was from so far away.
’To think that after all these years, they had never found any news of Aunt Yu.’
Jiang Li’s train of thought came to an abrupt halt. ’Or perhaps, Aunt Yu herself had given up on the idea of reconnecting.’
’Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone to her grave without saying a single word about them.’
When Yu Zhen Guo heard that Yu Shuzhen was dead, he staggered back a step.
"My child... my poor, ill-fated child!" Yu Zhen Guo lamented, beating his chest in regret.
"Grandfather, don’t." Yu Hongqian supported Yu Zhen Guo, his own face filled with grief. He never imagined that after all this time, the news they finally received would be so devastating.
Seeing her opportunity, Jiang Li decided to strike while the iron was hot. "Aunt Yu’s death was a great injustice. If they hadn’t all been in it together, she wouldn’t have died."
Jiang Li looked toward Lu Xingye; she didn’t know the full details of the case.
Lu Xingye understood. "Old Commander, please wait a moment."
He called Zhou Tiancheng and had him send over the digital case file.
After reading the case file, Yu Zhen Guo had to be helped to a nearby seat by Yu Hongqian.
"No wonder we couldn’t find any news all these years. The whole system was rotten," Yu Hongqian said, his fists clenched in fury.