Dong Bin, pulling his suitcase, rushed to the coffee shop at the high-speed rail station, internally complaining about how troublesome Xu Xinyi was. If he was late for his high-speed train to Yangliu County because of meeting her, his father might get so angry he wouldn't give him this opportunity for experience.
As soon as he entered the coffee shop, he saw a man wearing a hat and mask approaching.
"You're Dong Bin, right? Xu Xinyi sent me. She told me to take you to get the money."
Dong Bin looked at the man a few more times, finding him somewhat familiar. However, since he was in a hurry, he didn't ask any further questions and followed the man.
The man led him out of the coffee shop and towards the stairwell of the emergency exit.
Dong Bin complained as they walked, "Where exactly did Xu Xinyi want to meet? She could have just transferred the money on the spot, and I would delete the photos then and there! Why make such a simple thing so mysterious? I still have to rush..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Dong Bin suddenly saw the man turn around. He couldn't clearly see what the man pulled out before rushing towards him.
Dong Bin instinctively raised his suitcase to block, only to realize the man was holding a knife.
Seeing his attack fail, the man thrust the knife at Dong Bin again.
Dong Bin instinctively blocked with his arm, and a sharp pain shot through him. a large gash appeared on his right arm, and blood immediately poured out.
Before he could even figure out what was happening, the man in front of him raised his knife and charged again. Dong Bin hastily retreated, but tripped over his suitcase on the ground and fell.
At the critical moment, the door to the emergency stairwell was burst open from the outside.
Dong Bin saw several people rush in at once, instantly subduing the man who had attacked him.
From the moment Dong Bin was attacked to the police subduing the assailant, it took about a minute. But Dong Bin felt like a long time had passed. He sat on the ground, still reeling. Dazed, he was taken by the police to have his wound bandaged, and then brought back to the police station to give a statement.
"Do you know Sun Liang?" the police officer asked.
"No!" Dong Bin had no impression of the name.
"Then why did he want to kill you?" The police officer then showed him a photo of Sun Liang's unmasked face, taken moments ago.
"Wait, the person who tried to kill me was him?" Dong Bin suddenly remembered that the man had said Xu Xinyi had sent him, so he quickly relayed this information to the police.
After looking closely at the photo again, Dong Bin realized that this man seemed to be the lover who had come out of the hotel with Xu Xinyi.
"Why did Xu Xinyi want to kill you? Do you have any past grievances with her?"
Dong Bin naturally wasn't going to honestly confess that he had extorted her. He just told the police about their relationship and speculated, "Maybe it's because if I die, all my father's money will go to her?"
"Okay, we will summon Xu Xinyi. Please also keep your phone line open at all times, Mr. Dong. We may need to contact you for further investigation."
"Okay, no problem. Thank you, officer."
As he walked out of the police station after making his statement, Dong Bin suddenly remembered he had missed his high-speed train and quickly called his father, Dong Zhenhua.
After hearing an explanation, Xiao Wenqiang said, "It's good that you're okay. I'll handle the rest. You take a rest and then buy a bus ticket to Yangliu County."
Thinking for a moment, she continued in Dong Zhenhua's tone, "The agreement I have with you hasn't changed. Work hard! When you get there, just contact your Uncle Wang. He was the one mainly responsible for that piece of land before."
Dong Bin was a little confused because he noticed his father didn't seem as angry or shocked as he had expected.
"Okay, goodbye!" After hanging up, Dong Bin felt a bit disappointed. He felt his father didn't care about him as much as before. Hearing he was injured hadn't seemed to worry him much.
However, at this moment, Dong Bin's hatred for Xu Xinyi consumed most of his thoughts. He thought viciously: Good for you, Xu Xinyi, you actually tried to kill me! I'll go badmouth you right away!
Angrily, Dong Bin sent all the incriminating photos he had taken of Xu Xinyi to Dong Zhenhua, adding a subtly manipulative sentence: "Dad, I accidentally took these photos once. Does this woman look like our stepmother?"
Dong Bin was waiting for his father to erupt in anger, but to his surprise, he only received a reply: "Adult matters, children shouldn't interfere. I'll handle it."
Meanwhile, the police were interrogating Sun Liang.
Sun Liang had been very quiet since his arrest, keeping his head down and not saying a word.
It wasn't until he was in the interrogation room that the police asked him why he was holding a knife to kill. He replied, "I didn't kill anyone. I just saw this man and felt annoyed, so I wanted to teach him a lesson."
"What annoyed you about him? We received a report that someone heard you on the phone saying you were going to kill someone at the coffee shop."
"Impossible, I didn't say that on the phone!"
"Then what did you say on the phone?"
"I said..." Sun Liang suddenly realized, "I didn't make any calls. It was just an impulse. Officer, I was wrong. Since I haven't committed any serious offenses, can you forgive me?"
Just then, there was a knock on the interrogation room door. One of the officers walked over, opened it, and brought in a document from outside. After reading it for a moment, he slammed his hand on the table and roared, "You're still lying now? Dong Bin said you were sent by Xu Xinyi to kill him, right?"
Startled by the sudden outburst, Sun Liang looked at the officer in front of him and finally said timidly, "I was wrong, officer. I'll tell you everything..."
Xu Xinyi was a bit stunned when she opened the door and saw police officers standing outside. However, by the time she arrived at the police station, she had calmed down. She had been thinking about how to distance herself on the way, but to her surprise, the first question the police asked made her freeze.
"Xu Xinyi, Sun Liang has now admitted that he was instructed by you to kill Dong Bin. What do you have to say about this?"
"He said I ordered him to kill someone? Impossible!" Xu Xinyi couldn't believe her ears.
"Sun Liang stated that you have been providing financial support for his mother's medical treatment for years. Now you are using this as leverage to force him to help you kill Dong Bin."
Xu Xinyi's eyes widened as she argued, "Nonsense! Sun Liang wanted to kill Dong Bin himself, it has nothing to do with me! He's lying!"
"We checked your bank records. You have indeed transferred a lot of money to him over the years. Moreover, Sun Liang said he has no enmity with Dong Bin and no reason to kill him. You told him that Dong Bin's existence would affect your relationship with your husband, so you coerced him into killing him!"
"No, he's making it up!" Xu Xinyi became increasingly distressed, tears starting to well up.
"Then why do you say he wanted to kill Dong Bin?"
"Because..." Xu Xinyi was about to say something when she suddenly came to her senses. "I don't know what you're talking about. Anyway, this has nothing to do with me. You are trying to induce a confession!"