The trending topic about Dongfang Lie’s arrest popped up.
Lin Yuhan looked at it and took a bite of his chicken wing.
It tasted a bit bland.
He couldn’t help but glance at Yin Chen.
“Did you know about this all along?”
Yin Chen looked at him.
“Knew what?”
Lin Yuhan pointed at his phone.
“The trending topics. Did you guess they’d make the trending list?”
Otherwise, why would Yin Chen have called him over?
And why would he stay until midnight without leaving?
“Not exactly.”
Yin Chen glanced at the trending topics.
“A lot of this is just accidents and coincidences.”
He wasn’t quite that powerful.
“Oh.”
Lin Yuhan thought, that makes sense.
If Yin Chen were really that powerful, he wouldn’t even need to make things this complicated.
Why bother trending on social media? He could just take down the Dongfang Group outright, couldn’t he?
He thought about it and let out a satisfied belch.
……
He silently looked down at the wine bottle on the table, then at the skewers and the mountain of crayfish shells.
Lin Yuhan looked up. “Shouldn’t we… call it a night?”
If he kept eating like this!
He’d eat a year’s worth of food in this single meal!
Yin Chen glanced over as well.
He fell silent for a few seconds, his tone skeptical.
“I didn’t realize you could eat and drink so much.”
He and Zong Cheng had just been drinking tea.
They hadn’t eaten much of the barbecue—just a few crayfish.
As for the rest…
Yin Chen glanced at the mess on the table, then slowly let his gaze fall on Lin Yuhan’s lower abdomen.
Where on earth had Lin Yuhan stuffed all that food?
“Isn’t this the usual amount for a late-night snack?”
Lin Yuhan rolled her eyes.
“Let’s go, let’s go. Aren’t you afraid that if we don’t leave soon, the owner might jump into the sea himself to catch some seafood for you to grill?”
It wouldn’t come to that.
Yin Chen thought to himself, glancing at the crowd of customers that hadn’t thinned out at all, and hesitated suspiciously for a moment.
“Then let’s go.”
After giving it some thought, the main event had already been shown to Lin Yuhan, so it was time to leave.
Yin Chen and Zong Cheng walked Lin Yuhan downstairs together.
Lin Yuhan waved goodbye and was about to head back to his apartment when something suddenly occurred to him.
He turned his head and gave Yin Chen a suspicious look.
“By the way, did you go out of your way to call me out here just so I could watch the drama?”
Is that it?
Of course not.
The smile on Yin Chen’s face faded slightly.
He looked at Lin Yuhan.
How to put it?
Compared to when he first met him, Lin Yuhan had lost some of his timidity and caution, gaining instead a touch of boldness and recklessness.
There was a sense of liberation about him.
Yin Chen smiled faintly.
“I just wanted you to know that dumping Dongfang Wan was the right choice.”
Lin Yuhan rubbed his nose.
“Is that all?”
He chuckled, “Same goes for me.”
He looked at Zong Cheng, who was following Yin Chen around like a loyal dog, and suddenly gave him a thumbs-up.
“You’re pretty great too. Your boyfriend is this guy!”
Zong Cheng froze.
He instinctively looked at Yin Chen.
Yin Chen happened to look up at him.
“Why are you looking at me? Someone’s complimenting you.”
Saying that, he tilted his chin slightly and kissed Zong Cheng on the lips.
……
Lin Yuhan slowly lowered his thumb and turned to walk away!
He-tui! A pair of gay guys!
He climbed the stairs and opened the door to his room.
Lin Yuhan pulled out his phone and scrolled through the trending topics again.
Finally, his gaze fixed on the words someone had written about Dongfang Wan blackmailing him.
“……He’s just a scumbag. Good riddance! Believe in yourself, Lin Yuhan!”
“Shall we go?”
Having finished kissing his boyfriend, Yin Chen naturally reached out his hand.
The show was over, and Lin Yuhan had had his fill of the drama.
It was time to go back.
Zongcheng obediently took his hand.
“Mm.”
Dongfang Lie waited for the lawyer to arrive.
But he also received the unfortunate news the lawyer brought.
The fact that he had sent people to capture Old Lady Wang had already been exposed.
And his mistress, who had later gone there posing as a family member, was caught on the spot by someone there claiming to be a “good Samaritan” and detained along with her.
Combined with the young master’s testimony, the charge of threatening to kill his own nephew was, by all accounts, irrefutable.
The lawyer regretfully informed Dongfang Lie that there was nothing he could do.
Public opinion online directly caused Dongfang Group’s stock to hit the daily limit down.
Although the police hadn’t made an official announcement, countless paparazzi had already flocked to the scene, chasing the story and capitalizing on one hot topic after another.
Left with no choice, the police were forced to issue a statement.
It stated that the suspect had been arrested, but specific details would only be released once the investigation was complete.
“??? So this scandal is actually true?”
“I’m shocked! I thought those tabloids were just making stuff up! So this Oriental Group CEO really forced someone to kill his own nephew? That can’t be right, can it? He has a son of his own—why not just write a will and leave his fortune to him? Why go so far as to kill someone?”
“Don’t be so naive, buddy. Leave it to his son? What if his own nephew goes after his son? He probably figured he’d strike first to gain the upper hand, but he never expected the lowly guy he forced into it would actually have the guts to blow the whistle.”
“……The thought that people like this still exist in modern society makes me sick.”
“I thought we lived in a society governed by the rule of law? Someone tell me—am I the one who’s gone crazy, or has the world changed too fast?”
Lawyer Gao sighed as he looked at the disappointed public sentiment from netizens online.
However, this society will never truly disappoint.
Because there are always people working behind the scenes.
The case trended on social media multiple times, and the local police faced pressure from all sides.
Especially the online public opinion—they were so eager to find clues that they’d split a second into ten, their minds hyper-focused, refusing to let any detail slip by.
To their surprise,
it didn’t take them long.
The irrefutable evidence that Dongfang Lie’s two personal bodyguards had gone to the hospital to try to take Old Lady Wang away was overwhelming.
And the young master also presented his recording, proving that Dongfang Lie had indeed told him to arrange for the drugging.
With this two-pronged attack, Dongfang Lie’s lawyer’s efforts to pull strings behind the scenes were to no avail.
Dongfang Lie was soon convicted of attempted murder.
What left the police speechless, however, was that Dongfang Feng was also charged with attempted murder.
Evidence found on the young master’s phone showed that Mr. Dongfang Feng had apparently mistakenly believed Dongfang Wan was trying to poison him, leading him to decide to take action against Dongfang Wan—which also constituted attempted murder.
As for Dongfang Wan…
The police had originally believed he was the only innocent person in the whole affair.
But then…
Following the trail, they uncovered another piece of evidence—that Dongfang Wan had planned to murder his second uncle’s mistress.
And that mistress was carrying his second uncle’s child.
For a moment, every police officer involved in the case was stunned.
Someone couldn’t help but mutter under their breath.
“I’ve been a cop for twenty years, and this is fucking unbelievable. This family is rotten to the core…”
After verifying the evidence repeatedly and confirming that everything was in order with no oversights, the police decided to reveal the truth.
In an instant, netizens who had been waking up every day just to catch a glimpse of the truth were left speechless.
“Holy cow… So this is a multi-directional murder case where the second uncle killed his nephew, his own son tried to kill the nephew, and the nephew tried to kill the second uncle’s other son? I suddenly feel like my brain capacity is just a tiny bit too small for this…”
“Me too… I never would’ve guessed that what started as a small scandal would turn into such a massive one!”
“Am I the only one worried about that young man? Given his situation, will he be sentenced too?”
“+1 for that concern. Anyway, the truth has come out here, and the police officers really worked hard! So could you please tell us what’s going to happen to the young man?”
The young man who’s been the focus of netizens’ attention went on to apply heavy makeup.
Wearing a simple white shirt and ripped jeans, he posted a Weibo message.
“Although I was coerced, I did indeed almost become a murderer, and I will face the legal consequences I deserve. Also, thank you to all the anonymous netizens who donated to my mother’s medical treatment without my knowledge. My mother’s surgery has been scheduled, and in the future, I will definitely get a proper job to take care of her. Thank you, everyone!”
Netizens glanced at the boy in the photo, whose clean-cut features made him look exceptionally innocent, and fell silent for a second.
“Holy crap! That Dongfang Wan guy actually coerced such a cute boy?”
“Gross!”
After feeling a moment of discomfort, they immediately replied.
“It’s okay! Your mom will be fine! “Young man, once you’re out, start fresh and turn over a new leaf!”
“Yeah, yeah, once you’re out, forget the past! Things will be better from now on!”
“Damn!”
Reading the comments, Yin Chen called Lawyer Gao.
“Have you made arrangements for his mother?”
Lawyer Gao was scrolling through Weibo and nodded upon hearing this.
“It’s all set. Mrs. Wang actually hit it off really well with Brian. I helped her rent a place right across the hall from Brian’s. She can move in as soon as her surgery is over.”
He hadn’t expected that Mr. Yin’s decision to send Brian to protect Mrs. Wang would actually land Brian a new little—or rather, elderly—partner to practice his English with.
“That’s for the best,” Lawyer Gao mused.
Now, at least, Brian wouldn’t be focusing all his attention on just one person, would he?
He should spread his attention around, right?
“Is that so? Then Brian must be pretty happy.”
Yin Chen pictured the scene and thought Brian would likely be overjoyed.
After thinking for a moment, Yin Chen asked again.
“What about Dongfang Lie’s little mistress?”
He’d actually been curious about that for quite some time.
Hadn’t Dongfang Lie already been diagnosed as infertile?
What exactly was the deal with that little mistress?
“Well…”
When it came to this, Lawyer Gao’s tone was quite peculiar.
“She’s actually been released. As soon as she got out, she went to the hospital to have the baby aborted. Plus, she quickly sold the apartment Dongfang Lie bought for her at a low price, and she flew out yesterday.”
Oh, really?
Yin Chen fell silent.
So that means…
Regardless of whether it was Dongfang Lie’s biological child or not…
It’s all gone now?
How tragic.
Yin Chen thought, his face expressionless.
“By the way, Mr. Yin, are you interested in the Dongfang Group?”
Attorney Gao pushed up his glasses, unable to contain his curiosity.
Although the Dongfang family’s downfall was entirely of their own making,
without Mr. Yin’s orchestration and instigation, the Dongfang family wouldn’t have fallen apart so quickly.
So then?
Is Mr. Yin interested in the Dongfang Group?
Upon hearing this, Yin Chen asked back, somewhat puzzled.
“Do you think I’m short on that kind of money?”
That kind?
Kind?
For the first time, Attorney Gao gained a rough understanding of Mr. Yin’s net worth.
If the Oriental Group is considered “that kind”…
Alright 🙂
Maybe next year I should just jack up the price and charge Mr. Yin two… zero one million a year in service fees.
Lawyer Gao thought, without much ambition.
Speaking of money, Yin Chen let out a heavy sigh.
Lately, Zong Cheng seems to be working like crazy to make money, doesn’t he?
You know what!
He’s actually slept in a bed for two nights in a row!
Oh, the horror!