Chapter 316
Chapter 316
The truth about Lin Yin’s supposed feelings for me had already been revealed.
Her father had ordered her to treat us so well, which meant her apparent affection for me… had surely been an act too.
“You’re very intelligent, and your emotional intelligence isn’t low, but you still have little experience with relationships.”
Seventh Master looked at me. “Why did she hit only you just now and not the rest of us?”
I froze. “She… doesn’t know any of you as well.”
Song Xiaotian said, “The deeper the love, the deeper the hatred. That’s why she attacked you. Haven’t you heard that hitting is affection and scolding is love?”
I was speechless. “That’s far too ridiculous.”
Anning leaned closer. “Why don’t you sacrifice yourself so the rest of us don’t go to prison?”
I rose and sighed. “If it could save you, I wouldn’t mind. I’m only afraid she can’t survive my curse…”
Seventh Master said calmly, “Don’t worry. She won’t report us. And with Lin Jinhua dead, the Lin family’s businesses belong to her. Inheriting everything will keep her so busy that she won’t have time for us.”
As he spoke, Lin Yin emerged carrying Lin Jinhua’s corpse on her back.
She cried as she placed his body inside the car.
The sight left a bitter feeling in my heart. I could not escape the sense that we had wronged her.
After Lin Yin drove away, we went to the street and hailed a car.
Our belongings were still at the villa, so we had to return there first. But we were too ashamed to remain in the house. After collecting our things, we booked hotel rooms.
It was already three or four in the morning, not long before dawn.
I lay in bed exhausted, but tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
I kept wondering why Du Yunting would kill Lin Jinhua.
After suffering badly because he killed Xiang Kai, he had kept an extremely low profile.
Why had he suddenly become twisted again?
I considered the question until dawn before finally falling asleep. I did not wake until noon.
After I got up, Meng Yifan bought a plane ticket and prepared to return first.
The matter here had been resolved, so there was no reason for us to remain.
But Lin Jinhua had died so suddenly that we needed to stay for at least two more days and observe the situation. Meng Yifan did not need to wait. He was a business owner and had to return to watch his shop.
After Meng Yifan left, Song Xiaotian went out to learn what was happening with the Lin family.
Seventh Master said Lin Yin would not target us, but her father had died, so we still felt guilty and uneasy.
I had been exhausted lately. I slept again that afternoon and did not wake until dinnertime.
Too lazy to search for a restaurant, we ate casually in the hotel’s dining room.
Song Xiaotian told us the Lin family had released an obituary announcing that Lin Jinhua died of a sudden illness.
His death had already appeared across independent online media. Every scroll through our phones seemed to reveal another report.
Naturally, the internet was filled with competing explanations and conspiracy theories, fully displaying its talent for turning everything into entertainment.
But the Lin family was clearly suppressing public discussion, almost as though it feared conspiracy theories taking hold.
After listening, Seventh Master put down his chopsticks and frowned.
“Strange.”
“Given Lin Yin’s character, she couldn’t act this decisively. Less than a day has passed, yet an obituary has been released and online discussion is already being deliberately suppressed.”
I said the Lin family consisted of more than Lin Yin. Surely they had relatives.
Seventh Master shook his head. “You don’t understand. Lin Jinhua built his fortune from nothing. Before he succeeded, his relatives all looked down on him. After becoming wealthy, he cut off contact with them. The Lin family was really only the father and his two children.”
“I keep feeling that something is wrong…”
As he spoke, I suddenly noticed two men standing at the restaurant entrance.
I recognized them immediately.
They were Du Yunting’s men!
The two who had survived the previous night!
Suppressing my shock, I lowered my head and said, “The two men who survived last night are standing at the entrance. They seem to be watching us.”
Seventh Master and the others all froze.
Without showing any reaction, Song Xiaotian put down his chopsticks and said darkly, “Then don’t let them escape. They’re the killers who pushed Lin Jinhua from the building. We’ll take them to Lin Yin and clear our names.”
Song Xiaotian and I had just risen to capture them when, unexpectedly, the two men did not flee.
Instead, they walked straight toward us.
Were these bastards really arrogant enough to start a bloody fight with us inside the restaurant?
They had incredible nerve!
Song Xiaotian snapped out his short batons with one hand, ready to attack the next instant.
As the men approached, they suddenly raised both hands and hurriedly said, “Calm down. We didn’t come to cause trouble!”
Then they sat down. To demonstrate their peaceful intentions, both placed their hands flat on the table.
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
Song Xiaotian remained vigilant. He said coldly, “You still dared come here. If you didn’t come looking for trouble, did you come for dinner?”
One man was tall and thin. He smiled. “President Du sent us.”
We were startled. “Du Yunting? Why did he send you?”
“Because of Lin Jinhua’s death.”
The tall man said, “You must suspect that we killed Lin Jinhua. We need to clarify something: we did not kill him.”
I frowned. “Apart from us, only the two of you remained alive at that construction site. If you didn’t kill him, are you going to blame a ghost?”
The tall man shook his head. “You’ve forgotten one person. Apart from us, someone else was there: Lin Jinhua’s daughter, Lin Yin.”
His meaning was obvious. He was accusing Lin Yin.
“What utter bullshit!”
My emotions surged. “Lin Yin could never do such a thing. That was her father! Is this how you frame someone?”
The tall man remained calm and even sneered. “We have evidence.”
He took out his phone and showed us a video.
It had been secretly recorded from a distance at the construction site. The image zoomed in, clearly showing Lin Yin standing alone beside Lin Jinhua’s body, covering her mouth as she cried, then fleeing in panic.
The video left all of us stunned.
It was… Lin Yin…
“No. This video proves nothing!”
I argued, “It doesn’t show Lin Yin pushing Lin Jinhua from the building. What does it prove?”
The tall man replied gravely, “Stop deceiving yourself. After you tricked me outside and knocked me unconscious last night, I eventually woke. No one was at the entrance, and I didn’t know what had happened, so I went into the site.”
“Not long after entering, I saw Lin Yin push Lin Jinhua from the building.”
“How could I react fast enough? By the time I took out my phone, she had already come downstairs to check whether he was dead.”
“This video proves everything. If I’m lying about any of it, may my entire family die!”