Chapter 305
Chapter 305
Under Song Xiaotian’s brutal intimidation, Lin Jinhua confessed everything.
From beginning to end, Du Yunting had been plotting against us and laying a trap.
To save his son, Lin Jinhua had become the knife in Du Yunting’s hand.
Lin Jinhua sent the men who tried to kill Anning and me in Xujia Village. He also arranged Pan Xiaorou’s kidnapping.
According to Du Yunting’s instructions, even if they could not eliminate us during Pan Xiaorou’s kidnapping, they were still supposed to kill her.
He refused to spare Pan Xiaorou because she was now the chairwoman of Jiangling Group. During the incident involving Tao Xiaoyu, she had also thwarted Du Yunting. Jiangling Group had become far more powerful than Weihai Group, so Du Yunting wanted to eliminate Pan Xiaorou as a business rival.
Unfortunately for him, he miscalculated again.
The previous night, Anning unexpectedly broke the trap with two bricks, saving Pan Xiaorou and all of us.
Du Yunting then devised a new plan on the spot. Lin Jinhua would move us to the villa and order Lin Yin to poison us there.
But Lin Jinhua never imagined that his and Du Yunting’s plan would be exposed because of his own daughter.
Lin Yin was still a young woman and could not bring herself to be so cruel. Driven by her conscience, she deliberately allowed me to see the list for the Seven Deaths for Life Exchange.
That was how we had arrived at this scene.
Song Xiaotian grabbed Lin Jinhua with both hands and hauled him upright. Without expression, he ordered, “Call Du Yunting and find a way to lure him here. Don’t play any tricks. Your status means nothing to me.”
All Lin Jinhua’s arrogance had vanished. He looked at Song Xiaotian with a complicated expression. “If I do that, no one will be able to save my son. My son is still young, only a child. If you had met him, you wouldn’t want to watch such a little boy die in agony from his illness.”
Song Xiaotian suddenly laughed, apparently finding it ridiculous that Lin Jinhua could still say such a thing.
Then his face turned cold. “You can’t even save your own life, yet you’re still thinking about your son. Take out your phone and call.”
Seeing that Song Xiaotian’s tone permitted no refusal, Lin Jinhua took out his phone. After hesitating, he asked, “What should I say?”
Song Xiaotian thought for a moment. “If your original plan had succeeded, we would all be poisoned by now, and you’ve already seen our bodies. Wouldn’t Du Yunting come to confirm whether we’re dead?”
Lin Jinhua nodded. “I understand.”
Song Xiaotian warned him, “Du Yunting is cunning. Don’t let him hear anything wrong in your voice. Find a way to lure him here and improvise as needed.”
“We want Du Yunting’s life. We can’t be bothered holding your actions against you. But if you continue opposing us in this matter, I won’t mind stabbing you to death.”
Lin Jinhua knew when to submit. He drew a breath, calmed himself, and immediately called Du Yunting.
A man who had weathered great storms was indeed different. Once the call connected, he quickly brought his emotions under complete control.
“Yunting, good news! I’ve taken care of everything you asked!”
“Really?”
With the call on speaker, we heard excitement in Du Yunting’s voice. “How many?”
Lin Jinhua laughed. “Five. But Pan Xiaorou has already left Lincheng. I’m sorry. I truly couldn’t do anything about her.”
We could even hear Du Yunting breathing rapidly and pacing back and forth over the phone.
“Really? Song Xiaotian is dead too?” he hurriedly confirmed with Lin Jinhua.
Lin Jinhua said, “Would I joke about something like this? I spent a great deal of effort carrying out your request. Fortunately, my daughter Lin Yin poisoned their food. Otherwise, there truly would have been no way to kill them.”
“If you don’t believe me, come and see for yourself.”
Every one of us grew tense.
If Du Yunting agreed to come, we would take that animal’s life today no matter what. We would grind his bones to dust and scatter his ashes. We would destroy even his soul!
But events did not proceed as smoothly as we hoped.
Du Yunting burst into laughter. “Good, excellent! Old Lin, I admire you! Unfortunately, I’m no longer in Lincheng. I returned to Lanjiang City to handle something.”
His words caught us completely off guard.
He had gone back!
“What?”
Lin Jinhua was also unprepared, but he reacted quickly. “You… you went back? Then what about my son…”
Du Yunting replied, “Don’t worry, Old Lin. I returned to Lanjiang City to prepare the life exchange for your son. In today’s society, you can’t simply kill seven people. If anything goes wrong, it will cause enormous trouble.”
“Do this. The people I brought to Lincheng are still there. I sent them to your construction site. You’ve invested a great deal in that project, and you helped me enormously, so I’ve done my best to resolve the troubles I can.”
“I’ll send someone over immediately to help dispose of those bodies. Why don’t you wait at the villa?”
Seventh Master typed something on his phone and showed it to Lin Jinhua.
He wanted Lin Jinhua to stall for time and prevent Du Yunting from sending anyone over yet.
Since Du Yunting was no longer in Lincheng, we could do nothing to him. But the people he brought remained at the construction site. Those people might not be Du Yunting’s own men, but members of The Organization.
After reading Seventh Master’s message, Lin Jinhua hurriedly said, “All right, no problem. But wait a little before sending them. I just received news from the hospital that my son’s condition has worsened. I need to go there immediately.”
Du Yunting hesitated, then said, “All right. Go see the child first. Call me if anything happens.”
The call ended.
Lin Jinhua looked at us helplessly. “He’s already left Lincheng.”
Song Xiaotian’s face darkened. “He returned without telling you in advance? Did the two of you set up some kind of code?”
Lin Jinhua became annoyed. “He didn’t tell me. I’ve already done exactly what you asked. What else do you want?”
Song Xiaotian looked at me, then Seventh Master. “What do we do now? Luring Du Yunting back to Lincheng is impossible. He’ll soon discover that we aren’t dead.”
At this point, I truly did not know what to do.
We could go to the construction site and capture the people Du Yunting had brought, but we would not catch Du Yunting.
And what would capturing those people accomplish?
Besides, we had come to Lincheng because Lin Jinhua hired us to resolve the wronged spirits of the Luo Mansion.
But the entire situation had been a trap laid for us. Why should we continue risking our lives at the construction site?
Seventh Master thought for a moment. “We’ll go to the site. Right now. Bring Lin Jinhua with us.”