Chapter 315
Chapter 315
Lin Jinhua was already dead when we found him.
His body lay outside the hotel. We did not know how he died, but judging by the condition of the corpse, blood and cerebrospinal fluid had flowed from his ears, nose, and mouth. It resembled death from a high fall.
His neck was broken too. He appeared to have landed headfirst.
The sight of Lin Jinhua’s corpse left all of us stunned.
We had never intended to harm him. We only wanted to teach him a lesson. But now…
Song Xiaotian sighed, removed his shirt, wrapped it around his hand, and touched Lin Jinhua’s head.
Then he said, “He probably died from a fall. Someone pushed him from above, though I don’t know which floor. Since he landed on his head, even a fall from the second floor could have killed him.”
I had yet to recover from the shock and did not speak.
Meng Yifan exclaimed, “None of us pushed him, and we never intended to kill him. Who did it?”
Given Lin Jinhua’s social status alone, we would never have dared touch him.
Seventh Master said, “Three of Du Yunting’s men died inside the ghost realm. Xiaotian and I witnessed their deaths. Add the one we knocked unconscious at the entrance and the one who used invisibility, and that makes five. Three remained alive. Did one of those three leave the ghost realm and push Lin Jinhua?”
I quickly shook my head. “Anning and I killed another one inside. Later, while searching for Meng Yifan, we found another corpse. That brings the total to seven, so only one person survived.”
Song Xiaotian said, “More precisely, two survived. The one we knocked unconscious at the entrance may have awakened and returned.”
To confirm that only six had died, we hurried back into the hotel and carefully searched for the six corpses.
We found them before long. None bore any external injuries. They looked as though they had fallen asleep.
If a medical examiner autopsied them, there would be only one conclusion: sudden cardiac arrest.
Apart from those six corpses, we found no others.
So one of the two survivors must have pushed Lin Jinhua to his death.
“But why would Du Yunting order Lin Jinhua killed?”
Seventh Master’s face was grim with confusion. “There was no need to kill him. Lin Jinhua was a Lincheng businessman, and their commercial interests didn’t conflict greatly.”
Meng Yifan said, “That man is a lunatic. Didn’t he kill Xiang Kai with his own hands?”
Song Xiaotian shook his head, sharing Seventh Master’s view. “Du Yunting already suffered once after killing Xiang Kai. He’s keeping a low profile now. Unless Lin Jinhua had an unavoidable reason to die, he wouldn’t issue that order casually.”
So who had pushed Lin Jinhua from the building?
My expression changed as I suddenly remembered something. “Lin Yin is still waiting outside. If the man we knocked out woke up, wouldn’t she be in danger?”
Seventh Master panicked too. “Then call her immediately!”
I hurriedly took out my phone and dialed Lin Yin.
She answered quickly, her anxious voice coming through. “Chen Mo, how are all of you? How is my dad?”
Hearing her voice made me breathe a sigh of relief, but my heart soon grew heavy.
What burdened me was not Lin Jinhua’s death itself, but how I would face Lin Yin now that he was gone.
“Lin Yin, it’s safe inside. Come in…”
“Where’s my dad? Tell me where he is!”
“Your dad is gone…”
The instant I said it, a piercing wail came through the phone, and then the call ended.
My heart churned with unease and indescribable discomfort. “How did this happen…”
“He’s already dead. Sighing won’t change anything. Face it.” Seventh Master led us out of the hotel.
In the distance, Lin Yin came running.
The sight of Lin Jinhua’s body nearly shattered her. Wailing, she threw herself beside him and screamed through her tears.
I truly regretted bringing Lin Jinhua inside.
I did not regret it because he had died, but because… we had caused Lin Yin to lose a family member.
After crying for a while, Lin Yin suddenly charged at me. She slapped me across the face, then struck and scratched me repeatedly. “Murderers! You’re murderers! Give me back my dad! Give him back!”
Anning quickly stepped between us and shoved Lin Yin away. “We didn’t kill your father!”
“You did! It was you!” Lin Yin’s eyes were bloodshot. She already regarded us as the enemies who had murdered her father.
Song Xiaotian approached and tried to calm her. “Miss Lin, it really wasn’t us. I swear, from beginning to end, we never wanted his life. We only intended to teach him a lesson. One of Du Yunting’s men pushed him from the building.”
Suppressing her grief, Lin Yin glared at Song Xiaotian with venom before becoming agitated again. “Didn’t I beg you not to bring him inside? Didn’t I beg you? Were you the ones who took him in there?”
Song Xiaotian lowered his head and did not dare answer.
Meng Yifan said, “Miss Lin, this may be the wrong time to say it, but think carefully. Your father wanted us dead. He wanted every one of us dead. Look at Seventh Master. Your father caused his injuries.”
“But we truly didn’t want his life. When danger appeared inside, I even took him into hiding. We only wanted to teach him a lesson so he wouldn’t harm people so casually in the future.”
“None of us wanted this to happen. We’re truly sorry. Please accept our condolences.”
Lin Yin froze, her body swaying.
I stepped forward to support her, but she threw off my hand.
“Get out! All of you, get out! Get out!”
We stood frozen, unsure what to do.
Seventh Master came over and pushed each of us away. “Go. Everyone, leave.”
He truly led us away.
After leaving the construction site, he brought us across the road and stopped opposite the gate.
“Her father just died. Are we really leaving her alone?” Meng Yifan asked.
Seventh Master sighed. “What can we do? She doesn’t want to see us. And there are several corpses inside the site. We can’t explain those deaths or Lin Jinhua’s.”
“If Lin Yin makes an issue of this, we’ll be in enormous trouble.”
Song Xiaotian was taking out a cigarette when it suddenly fell from his fingers.
“She wants to skin us alive right now. Of course she’ll make an issue of it…”
“She won’t.”
Seventh Master shook his head. “She already told us to leave, which means she has no intention of using this against us. She truly likes Chen Mo.”