Pang Lina looked up with disgust. "What kind of stinking beggar are you? Go play somewhere else..."
But then she saw Chen Nan.
She screamed, and the roast meat in her hand instinctively fell onto the lawn.
"Why are you here?"
Pang Lina's eyes were filled with terror, as if she had seen a ghost.
Although she and Chen Nan had only met once, the fear Chen Nan instilled in her had lingered.
It was precisely because she had been frightened that Pang Zhen had brought her here for leisure.
But...
She hadn't expected to run into Chen Nan here.
Her mother, Lü Yan, came over, asking with concern, "Darling, do you know him?"
"He's the guy who beat me yesterday!" Pang Lina said indignantly.
"What?" Lü Yan was shocked, then loudly called to her husband by the lake, "Husband, the sinner who beat our daughter is here, hurry up."
Pang Zhen hurried over. A hint of apprehension flickered in his eyes when he saw Chen Nan. "How are you still alive? Are you human or ghost?"
He had learned from Wang Kai that Chen Nan had offended Luo Tianyou, and had been told Chen Nan wouldn't see the sun today.
But he hadn't expected the other party to not only be alive, but also to appear before him.
Chen Nan glanced at the Range Rover parked in the distance and couldn't help but sigh, "Driving a million-dollar luxury car to take your wife and daughter fishing and picnicking, truly enviable, Mr. Pang!"
Pang Zhen was furious. "Chen, what do you want to say?"
Chen Nan casually picked up a skewer of roast meat and started eating. "If my information is correct, you've been working for fifteen years, but your life was very difficult for the first twelve. Even buying your current house required borrowed money for the down payment, right?"
"However, twelve years ago, your family's life underwent a drastic change."
"You moved into a high-end duplex and started driving a million-dollar Range Rover!"
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the key that tilted the scales of your inner justice?"
As he said this, he looked at the roast meat in his hand and praised it generously. "This must be grilled from premium Wagyu, right? Indeed, as expected of top-grade beef, the oil is rich in the mouth, fatty but not greasy, with distinct layers."
"There are drawbacks, though!"
"I can taste the taste of human blood in it!" His voice was cold, radiating powerful anger!
"Because your family of three's food and drink, all came from the flesh and blood of others!"
"Although you enjoy your current life, I want to know, Mr. Pang, have you ever felt a shred of remorse in the dead of night?"
"Have you lived up to your past vows?"
"Have you heard the cries of the innocent people you sentenced, including those to death?"
"People are watching, and heaven is watching. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"Aren't you afraid of those people complaining to Yama, the King of Hell?"
Pang Zhen had made too many wrong judgments, and Chen Nan's was merely the first.
From the moment Pang Zhen betrayed his inner justice, the destinies of many people were rewritten.
And Pang Zhen had accumulated a large amount of wealth in a short period.
Lü Yan was furious. "Chen, don't cause trouble here. The reason our family can live a good life is all thanks to my brother..."
Chen Nan shot her a cold glance, interrupting her directly. "You want to say that the car and the house were all provided by your brother, Lü Haiyang? Even so, if I may be so bold, what did Lü Haiyang rely on to rise? Wasn't it Mr. Pang's influence?"
"I..." Lü Yan trembled. Chen Nan's gaze was cold and ruthless, exerting immense pressure on her.
Frankly speaking, her soul was trembling at this moment.
"What exactly do you want?" Pang Zhen gritted his teeth, filled with apprehension. He didn't know how Chen Nan had obtained this information.
"You know what you've done, and I know too."
Chen Nan sighed softly. "I thought about getting rid of you without anyone noticing. You might think I'm talking nonsense, but for me, it's not difficult!"
"But in the end, I abandoned that idea. While it would be satisfying, it wouldn't wash away the injustice and stain on me!"
"I clearly acted to help others, but you convicted me of disturbing public order based on insufficient evidence, burdening me with a disgrace that can never be removed."
"You might not know."
"After I was imprisoned, our family's life underwent earth-shattering changes."
"Zhao Yuan had my parents fired and my father's legs broken."
"To pay for his medical treatment, he had to resort to high-interest loans and is now tens of thousands in debt!"
"My second sister, to allow our third brother to study, dropped out of junior high school and secretly went to work, secretly supporting our third brother through his senior year of high school."
"But due to her ignorance of the law, for a few thousand yuan, she became the legal representative of someone else's company, taking on a debt of 280 million yuan. She's now being held at the tax bureau!"
"If others don't pay the 280 million yuan in arrears, she'll spend the rest of her life in prison."
"And all of this..."
"Began after you went against your conscience and turned an act of civic duty into disturbing public order."
"Even if I were to dismember you a thousand times, it would be difficult to quell my hatred, and impossible to compensate for the harm caused to my family!"
"However, everyone has to look forward."
"So, I endured all of this."
"But!"
"Even if I can endure it, I have to consider my children, right?"
"I hope they can be successful in the future, whether it's joining the army, becoming a teacher, or applying for civil service. Whatever they like, it's fine."
"But you have killed their future!"
"Because of the stain on me, from the moment they were born into this world, they have been rejected and ridiculed!"
"No matter how hard they try, they can't change their destiny!"
"Because their father has been to prison."
"To be honest, I love children very much, but my experiences do not allow me to have offspring."
"Do you know why?"
"Because I'm afraid of seeing the disappointment in their eyes."
"I'm afraid they'll blame me for giving birth to them!"
"After all, they are innocent!"
"But because of your unfair judgment three years ago, you turned them into sinners after their birth, preventing them from choosing the lives they want!"
"Therefore."
"Even though I hate you to the bone and want to tear you to pieces, I still hope you will retrial the case from three years ago, give me back my innocence, and give my future children a chance to be human."
"Yes, this is my demand!"
"It's actually very simple. As long as you admit to the wrongful convictions you've made in the past three years and give those victims and their families an explanation, I'll spare your life!"
He forced a smile, suppressing the killing intent in his heart.
Seeing Pang Zhen about to speak, he gestured for silence and smiled. "Don't tell me how you'll do it. I'm only giving you a day and a half."
"If you haven't judged the crimes you've committed by tomorrow evening, then I will judge you myself!"
After Chen Nan left, the Pang family of three finally snapped out of their daze.
Pang Lina asked furiously, "Dad, this Chen Nan is too much! What should we do?"