Chapter 1 Long Flight

During the long flight, Pei Shi Yu fell into a deep sleep, while I only slept for a few hours.

I saw her tidy her top after waking up, her eyes inadvertently glancing towards me before noticing that I was wide awake. She asked curiously, "Haven't you been sleeping?"

"With such a big thing happening, how can I sleep?" I replied, staring at her steadily.

"Who are you worried about?"

"What do you think?"

Pei Shi Yu didn't ask further. A smart person like her could definitely understand the importance and complexity of the matter.

Upon arrival, I drove her directly to her apartment building. When taking out the luggage, she stood beside me, and I asked expectantly, "When can we meet?"

"What's the reason for meeting?" Pei Shi Yu asked, reaching for her suitcase.

"Both psychological and physiological." I answered frankly.

"Deal with it yourself."

"Don't be such a killjoy. I won't go looking for other women."

"Not moved."

Pei Shi Yu directly pulled her suitcase and walked inside, not even turning her head. I watched her arrogant back, reluctant to look away. The high heels made her figure even more upright. Just as she was about to turn around, she finally looked back at a bend and stopped. I immediately raised my right hand and waved at her. She didn't linger any longer and disappeared from my sight.

After getting into the car, I first dialed Xiao Wu's number. Surprisingly, it went through, and he answered quickly, saying, "Brother Lin, I've been calling you, but your phone was always off. Have you arrived yet?"

"Just arrived. Where are you?"

"I'm at my place. The police said I need to cooperate with the investigation at any time."

"That's how it should be. I'll come see you now. Send me the address."

"Let's meet outside, my place is too shabby."

"Okay, let's just meet near your place. It's more convenient for me to drive."

"I have a car too."

I had indeed forgotten that I had given the car to Xiao Wu, but I still said decisively, "Let's just meet downstairs at your place, we'll discuss it when we meet."

"Alright then."

I turned around and headed straight for the address Xiao Wu sent me. The traffic was unusually smooth on the way. The place he lived was in a suburban area, probably because the rent was relatively cheap there.

As soon as the navigation ended, I saw Xiao Wu. He looked a bit more listless than before, his head buried in his jacket, standing on the side of the road waiting for me. I gently honked the horn, because Xiao Wu hadn't seen the new car yet.

I saw him looking in the direction of the horn, and when he saw me sitting in the driver's seat, he strode over. He first sized up the car from the outside, and the expression on his face seemed a bit incredulous.

I lowered the car window and said loudly, "Get in first."

"Did you buy it or borrow it?" The first thing Xiao Wu asked after getting in.

"Would you believe me if I said I bought it? What time is it, and you're still interested in my car?"

"I don't care anymore. Chen Biao is deliberately trying to frame me. I'll just go through some twists and turns, and the truth will eventually come out. If it was A Cheng and Xiao Hei who did it, then they're really bastards, always calling me brother."

"They were probably bought off by Chen Biao. How's Lin Hai doing now?"

"Haven't seen him today. Think about it yourself on the day of the incident, Lin Yang was his darling. He brought him along hoping he would be successful, who would have thought he would lose his life."

"I don't want to add fuel to the fire, but actually, Lin Yang's personality isn't suitable for following Lin Hai's path at all."

"Lin Hai doesn't think so, he's always been planning to let Lin Yang open up the situation and be the boss himself. Now he's dragged me into it too, Wen Wen is so worried."

"If you didn't collude with any forces, you can still get away, but if it's a carefully designed conspiracy, you can be controlled in minutes."

"Indeed, maybe my every move is being watched by them now, and I can't escape."

Xiao Wu's reminder made me start to care about this issue. I fully believed that this was possible. Realizing this, I immediately made a decision: "Should we go see Lin Hai?"

"What for?" Xiao Wu looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"To understand the whole process of what happened."

"Lin Yang was killed in a hidden place. There's no surveillance and few people pass by where it happened. That day, I heard Lin Hai say that he seemed to have received a strange phone call that lured him over, and they attacked him directly."

I moved the car into a parking space and turned off the engine. I hadn't had a proper cigarette since I went abroad. Being with Xiao Wu made my nicotine cravings come back all at once. I made a smoking gesture and asked him, "Do you have any cigarettes?"

"I do."

Xiao Wu took out a pack of good cigarettes from his pocket and put them directly in my hand, saying, "I specially bought them at the police station this morning, but I didn't use them, so you can have them."

"I thought you were living in a doghouse, smoking top-grade cigarettes."

"I'm saving money now, Wen Wen said we need to save money to buy a house."

I lit a cigarette and took a puff before replying, "You've found a good woman. If this thing passes, stay with Wen Wen, you can get a chef's certificate, and Wen Wen can work in the restaurant at any time."

"You're a supervisor in the restaurant?" Xiao Wu seemed to have understood my current situation.

"My mom found me. She owns the restaurant, and I'll be managing it in the future. You can stay by my side from now on, and don't deal with those shady people anymore."

"That matter can't be rushed now. I have a feeling that it must be related to A Cheng and the others, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence that Lin Yang just had an accident and they went to another place? Besides, with our work, there's no chance for us to go to another place."

"The logic is there, but everything needs evidence. You go down first, I'll go find Lin Hai and see how things are on his side."

My sudden change in attitude was probably related to what I said to Pei Shi Yu. Like she said, Lin Yang was still my brother, whether we were close or not, at least I had to be true to my conscience. My grandmother in heaven definitely wouldn't want me to be a cold-blooded person either. Instead of persuading Lin Hai, it was better to understand this principle first.

Amidst Xiao Wu's disapproving gaze, I drove away directly. The surrounding environment wasn't very good, mixed with a bit of chaos, and it was also the most suitable place for outsiders to settle down, after all, life wasn't easy.

Lin Hai's house, if it weren't for my memory, I would have completely forgotten where he lived in my subconscious. Although I wasn't sure if they had moved, I still wanted to go and investigate, because that place used to be the most upscale residential area, and more than ten years would only make it a prime location.

When I was halfway there, Pei Shi Yu took the initiative to send me a message: "What are you doing?"

"Just came back from Xiao Wu's place." I stopped the car and replied.

"I just heard my dad talking about Lin Yang's matter."

If Pei Shi Yu hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have remembered that Pei Xiang Long mentioned wanting to take back that project when he was delivering food to him, so he should know the whole process of the matter.

"Is your dad at home?"

"Yes."

"How about I go over and find you now?"

Pei Shi Yu asked with high vigilance: "What for?"

The place where I parked my car happened to be an intersection, and the sound of a horn came from behind, so I quickly drove away.