The girl whom Wang Xuan liked when he was 15, appeared in front of him.
It was the girl he had met when he first set up a stall in front of a junior high school. He had fallen for her and she agreed to clate him.
This girl was a big shame to him, because after she hacl agreecl to his confession and taken all his savings, she would always avoicl him when she went to school. He thought that something had happened to her, so he went over to ask. Then, with disgust, the girl denied she had ever agreed to his pursuit.
At that time, all the students who were there saw that scene. No one believed that a beautiful female student with excellent grades would like a mute who solcl kebabs from a stall in front of the school.
They thought the mute was causing trouble, and looked at him with disdain.
After that, the school guard was attracted by the noise. He pushed Wang Xuan and threw him out of the school, warning him to never come back and harass the students.
But at the beginning, it was clear that she was the one who came over and showed her affections first.
Since then, Wang Xuan never set up a stall in front of that school anymore, preferring to walk a little further than to see that girl again.
Who would have thought that they would meet up again? And also, because she became his biological father’s student.
The girl looked at his father with a look that he knew well. It was the look of fondness, of wanting to be Maclam Lin.
His father valuecl this girl because she was very talented. When she proposed to get married, he agreed.
So, Wang Xuan slashed the woman’s face with a knife and reconnected with his former gangster friend to drive her out of the city.
After that, he started drinking and partying every night.
He dicln't know the woman was pregnant, nor clid he expect the woman to give birth to a younger brother, a brother that was over 20 years younger than him.
20 years later, just when Wang Xuan thought he would get all of the original owner’s fortune, the woman returned with her twenty-something year old son.
Wang Xuan, who had been living a decadent and drunken life for over 20 years, was no longer the young teenager who only had red eyes when she yelled at him in school. Although he was mute, he still had some means.
It didn’t matter if the biological father favored the youngest son who had the same scientific talent as him. He killed him before he changed the name on his will.
He forged the will and drove the woman and his younger brother out of the house.
So what if the woman didn’t give up? He just hacl to fake another car accident, and she would be out of the way.
After that, he frequently targeted his orphaned younger brother.
He arranged for someone to steal his younger brother's scientific research achievements and deliberately seduce his younger brother’s girlfriend. In order to suppress the other side, he startecl to make money through illegal businesses.
The other side hacl been suppressed by him for 5 years. Until 5 years later, his younger brother macle a scientific achievement that was so beneficial to society that it catapulted him to become the glory of the nation.
All the shady things that he, the older brother, had done, were brought to light. His companies were seized, his property was confiscated, and the things he had done to kill the two people back then were also brought to light.
No one believed that he didn’t do it for the money.
It was as if his own biological father didn’t believe that he hadn’t come back for the money.
He committed the most heinous crime, and was sentenced to death.
Before he died, he askecl to watch the video his mother had recordecl back then, when she hadn’t found him.
Usually on the eve of an execution, any request from the prisoner would be granted by the guards for humanitarian reasons, so the tape was brought to him.
Wang Xuan watched it all night. The next day, at dawn, with the sounds of gunshots, his life had endecl.
Unbeknownst to him. the original owner hacl been watching him in the form of a spirit.
The original owner loved scientific research. He loved these things more than he loved anything else, even himself.
But perhaps the fact that he could no longer do research after his death. his research obsessed mincl gave him some spare time to haunt around and see his son.
In fact, he had a lot to say. For example, his youngest son was not part of his bloodline, and he simply wanted to change his will because his youngest son had a talent for scientific research. and he wanted to leave him some resources to enable him to concentrate on scientific research.
Perhaps, as a last act of fatherly affection, seeing his son condemned to death, the original owner offered his soul. He just prayed that his son could be brought home before he had become what he later became.
Give him the family he wanted and the love he craved most.
[DingI This small world mission: Protect Zhou Chuchu. Protect Wang Xuan. Current task completion: 0]
Lin Shiheng checkecl the timeline while waiting for the calculations to come in.
Wang Xuan was currently 15 years olcl. Zhou Chuchu fell ill with a fever at home because she hadn’t rested properly for several days. Lin Shiheng came home and called 120 when he found her. Because he needed someone to take care of Zhou Chuchu and he remembered the research in his laboratory, he called the old lady to ask her to help take care of his wife.
(TNote: 120 = China’s equivalent to 911 emergency number.)
This directly caused the old lady, who was already very dissatisfied with him, to blow up in anger. His son was lost, but he didn’t go looking for him. His wife was ill but he didn’t take care of her. She couldn’t believe she had raised such a person.
The old lady only had one son, who died in a car accident with his wife back then, leaving only two daughters. The eldest granddaughter was a teacher, divorced, and lived with a pair of twin daughters. The youngest granddaughter, whose only child was lost, had such a heartless husband. Even though she was still in good health, when she found out that her granddaughter was in a feverish coma and that her grandson-in-law, who was supposed to be with her, had to rush back for the sake of that stupicl laboratory, she almost lost her breath.
She had her mind set on questioning the other party, but she was caught off guard by the words Lin Shiheng had saicl.
The old lady. though educated and literate. had no academic qualifications, and hadn’t studied for so many years. She didn’t know what Lin Shiheng was actually doing, and only knew he was doing some sort of research. He would spend his days in the lab, ignoring the things at home.
He had a large salary, but what was the point of having money when he couldn’t find his son?
Originally, she made up her mind to persuade her granddaughter to divorce the guy. To get married was to find someone to live with. How could a man live on his own in a laboratory while the woman had been living alone for so many years?
These thoughts were half dispelled by Lin Shiheng’s words that seemed to have a hidden meaning. The remaining half was completely dispelled when she saw her granddaughter leaning on the hospital becl, her pale face staring blankly at the picture of her son in her hands.
“Chu Chu, you haven’t eaten yet, have you? Grandma brought you something to eat."
Grandma Lin sighed and asked her great granddaughter to place the thermos box she had been carrying on the table. She reached out her hand to open the box and take out the meal inside.
“Here, I’ve even made you some soup. Have some soup to warm up your stomach before you eat. This is a balanced mix of meat and vegetables. Look at your poor complexion.”
Zhou Chuchu had already lowered the picture in her hands and revealed a pale smile to her grandmother, "Why are you here, Grandma? I just had a slight fever. It’s nothing."
“Just a slight fever? How could it be nothing? You faintedi!”
Grandma Lin sternly said, “You too. it’s been 10 years. Do you know how long that is? Even if you’re in a hurry to find the child, you still need to take care of your health and rest. This time, it’s too risky. If something happens to you, who’s going to look for the child?"
She was about to say, Lin Shiheng? You might as well dreamf, but then her mind suddenly remembered what her grandson-in-law had just said to her and she hesitantly swallowecl it.
The smile on Zhou Chuchu’s face fell bitterly as she shook her head, knowing that she had worriecl the olcl lady. With no intention of arguing, she obediently said, “I won’t let it happen again."
“Why are Si Si and Nian Nian here? Isn’t Elcler Sister on a holiclay today?"
“Ah, she has some remedial classes at school. You know, the students have to take the midterm exams, and their teachers have to work extra hours to do the remedial work. She doesn’t want to worry about Si Si and Nian Nian, so she sent them to my place.”
After explaining, Grandma Lin saw that Zhou Chuchu’s eyes were looking towards the door, and a sour feeling ran through her heart.
This silly girl, even after holding out alone for so long, how come she still had such faith in Lin Shiheng.
But she couldn’t say anything to upset her. After all, the child had been raised too delicately by her and believed whatever people said. She believed in her words the most. When she was at her home, Grandma Lin kept saying that Shiheng was such a good boy. How could Chu Chu not hear it?
What’s more, when Lin Shiheng wasn’t so obsessed with scientific research, he was very good to Chu Chu.
“Okay, stop looking. He’s probably back at work. I really woncler what he’s up to all day."
Zhou Chuchu’s eyes looked bleak for a moment, but she dicln't want her beloved grandmother to be sad. She could only force herself to explain, “He still has to earn money, and I haven’t been able to think about earning money all these years. If it weren’t for him, the family would have collapsed long ago."
Even if it collapsed, it collapsed because he had lost the child.
Grandma Lin was very angry when she thought about that, but she didn’t want her granddaughter to be upset, so she simply dismissed it.
“Okay, okay. Drink some soup now."
On the other end. Lin Shiheng watched the results of the calculations come out. He quickly got up, turned around with his notebook and left.
While walking, he called, ”Hey, Old Qiu, I have a new idea here. I’ll send it to you. and you can submit it to the higher-ups as soon as possible."
With that, he hung up the phone, typed out a text message and sent it.
Zhou Chuchu was sipping her soup when she suddenly heard a text message notification. She placecl the soup down and leaned sideways to get her phone to read it.
With a tap. it appeared to be a message from Lin Shiheng.
[The results of my research over the past 10 years will be out soon. Get some rest and I’ll give you a pleasant surprise when you’re clischarged from the hospital.]
Pleasant surprise?
Zhou Chuchu’s hand tightenecl on her phone. her heart was somehow beating a little faster.
What could it be?