Shen Liangping's pupils dilated, as if he understood something.
From the beginning, Chen Jinzhao had no intention of letting Shen Liangping act in the hospital. He deliberately exposed many flaws to lure Shen Liangping in, making Shen Liangping believe he had control of the situation.
Simply put, Chen Jinzhao had predicted Shen Liangping's prediction.
"So from the start, you bet I would take the bait and act according to your plan?" Shen Liangping gasped for air, realizing that Chen Jinzhao was not only terrifying in combat but also matched him in strategy.
He was truly a prodigy.
Chen Jinzhao remained silent, indicating his agreement.
Shen Liangping, still unconvinced, asked again, "Then how did you know I would act tonight? If your judgment was wrong, then Mo Chengkun would be dead, which contradicts your original intention."
"Have you forgotten someone?" Chen Jinzhao asked with a smile.
"Who?" Shen Liangping instinctively asked.
Before Chen Jinzhao could answer, Shen Liangping guessed and exclaimed, "Young Miss! You've been in contact with the Young Miss all along and deliberately had her reveal Mo Chengkun's address to me, haven't you?"
Chen Jinzhao smiled, "You are very intelligent."
Shen Liangping suddenly understood everything. It made sense that he encountered Chen Jinzhao at the group's entrance at nine o'clock in the evening; they must have just finished discussing matters then.
The reason for not using their phones was that their phones might be monitored by the Yu family.
"Impossible..."
"How could the Young Miss do such a thing? Why would she betray the Yu family?" Shen Liangping's mind was on the verge of collapse. He had accounted for everyone, only to overlook Yu Mengzhi.
Actually.
Chen Jinzhao himself hadn't expected things to go so smoothly.
This was primarily because Yu Mengzhi also believed Shen Liangping was a ruthless killer, as she had realized that night when she questioned him in the back garden.
That was why Yu Mengzhi cooperated with Chen Jinzhao.
Shen Liangping burst into laughter, "I see, when we met at the group's entrance, you were warning me not to play with fire, weren't you?"
"Alas..."
"I failed to understand your hidden meaning and persisted in my foolish course."
Recalling it now, Chen Jinzhao's words were all urging Shen Liangping to turn back. Shen Liangping let out a bitter laugh, "For me, I am already in darkness, there is no shore to return to. My current predicament is entirely my own doing!"
Chen Jinzhao noticed Shen Liangping's agitated state and the possibility of him acting rashly. He frowned and advised, "Don't say there's no way. Paths are forged by those who walk them. As long as you confess the Yu family's criminal activities, I can guarantee you a lighter sentence."
"No!"
Shen Liangping interrupted Chen Jinzhao.
He knew too much about the Yu family. If he were imprisoned, Yu Lingxiao would surely kill his son.
Therefore...
From the moment Chen Jinzhao appeared before him, Shen Liangping's fate was sealed.
Shen Liangping pulled a gun from his pocket and fired as fast as he could. Chen Jinzhao immediately pushed Mo Chengkun aside. However, Chen Jinzhao misjudged Shen Liangping's target. By the time he realized what was happening, the two men in raincoats beside him had fallen into a pool of blood. Chen Jinzhao immediately looked at Shen Liangping, who was smiling and pressing the gun to his own temple.
He was going to commit suicide!
Chen Jinzhao signaled Mo Chengkun to retreat into the room to hide. Shen Liangping said to Chen Jinzhao, "Don't waste your efforts. When you appeared before me, the ending was already decided."
"If you want to know what secrets of the Yu family I know, then I can only apologize."
"I don't know anything."
Bang!
Another gunshot echoed.
Shen Liangping committed suicide, falling lifelessly into the blood.
Chen Jinzhao's brow furrowed, and he stared blankly at Shen Liangping's corpse.
The clues had ended with Shen Liangping. There was no hope of uncovering any dirt on the Yu family. If nothing unexpected happened, Yu Lingxiao must have already made contingency plans.
For Chen Jinzhao, this operation could not be considered a success.
Mo Chengkun walked out of the room. His face turned slightly pale when he saw the three corpses on the ground. Chen Jinzhao asked, "Uncle Mo, do you have any cigarettes?"
"Yes!"
*Clack!*
Both men lit a cigarette.
Mo Chengkun's fingers, holding the cigarette, trembled slightly. After wiping his face, he said, "Damn, that was intense. Little Chen, I can tell you're no ordinary person. What do we do with these people now?"
Mo Chengkun was already utterly in awe of Chen Jinzhao.
Chen Jinzhao flicked the ash from his cigarette, nonchalantly saying, "I've walked out of piles of dead bodies before. This is just a minor scene. However, this operation was a failure."
After saying that, Chen Jinzhao sent a text message to Tao Qiyue, asking her to come and clean up the mess.
Tao Qiyue only now understood Chen Jinzhao's plan and said with some lingering fear, "This plan is too risky. I'll tell you more when I get there. Even if Shen Liangping is dead, I'll still use his identity to get something from the Yu family!"
After hanging up the phone.
Chen Jinzhao sent another text message to Yu Mengzhi, informing her of what had happened.
At the Yu Family Estate.
Yu Mengzhi, dressed in her pajamas, sat at her desk in her room, awaiting news from Chen Jinzhao.
Her phone rang. Yu Mengzhi jolted and immediately checked the message.
The text message was long. After reading it, Yu Mengzhi's brow furrowed, her emotions a complex mix of anger and disappointment. The thing she least wanted to see had happened: Shen Liangping was indeed a bad person!
Attacking Mo Chengkun in the middle of the night!
Was this something a human would do? What made Yu Mengzhi even more agitated was that Shen Liangping had always followed her grandfather's orders. Could it be that her grandfather was the mastermind behind all of this?
What had surfaced so far was merely the tip of the iceberg.
For the first time, Yu Mengzhi felt an intense sense of revulsion towards the Yu family, compelling her to escape.
Even.
She wanted to confront her grandfather and question him, why was Shen Liangping like this?
This impulse was eventually suppressed.
Now, Yu Mengzhi only wanted to know what countermeasures the Yu family would take.
At this moment.
Urgent footsteps could be heard from outside the room. Yu Mengzhi pressed her ear to the door, listening intently. She vaguely heard her eldest and second uncles being summoned by her grandfather to a late-night meeting in the study.
This further solidified Yu Mengzhi's suspicion that Shen Liangping's actions were surely instigated by the Yu family.
Yu Mengzhi lay in bed, her eyes gradually becoming vacant.
She realized that the Yu family in reality might be built upon bloody bones, not the seemingly perfect and beautiful Yu family she had imagined. A deep sense of confusion enveloped her, unsure of her future path or how she would face the Yu family.
In the darkness, Yu Mengzhi fumbled for her phone and called Chen Jinzhao.
"The number you have dialed is switched off."