97: Send them all to prison!

Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

The mysterious force controlling Zheng Ziyang's brain receded like a tide.

Zheng Ziyang shuddered violently, and his eyes gradually regained their clarity.

He looked around.

He saw his father, Zheng Wei, with a face as ashen as death, slumped on the ground.

He saw his First Aunt, Zheng Yun, her eyes bloodshot, looking as if she wanted to swallow him whole.

He saw his grandfather, spitting blood and collapsed in his wheelchair, his eyes filled with despair.

And then there were the police officers, looking at him as if he were a dead man.

Memories flooded back like a tide.

Every sentence and every word he had just spoken replayed in his mind.

Boom!!!

Zheng Ziyang felt as if the sky had collapsed.

"No... no..."

He crawled toward Old Master Zheng on his hands and knees, trembling, his face instantly covered in snot and tears.

"Grandpa! Grandpa, let me explain!!"

"That wasn't true! I made it all up!"

"I was possessed just now! Really! My mind wasn't clear, I was talking nonsense!"

"How could I kill my cousin? How could I poison you? It's all fake!!"

Zheng Ziyang even turned to look at Lin Chuan, grabbing at Lin Chuan's pant legs like a dog.

"It was you! You did something to me, didn't you? You used some kind of hallucinogen on me!"

"You made me have a psychotic break, didn't you? It's all fucking you, you damn thing!!"

Lin Chuan wore a smile and took a step back.

"Young Master Zheng."

"What kind of psychosis allows you to describe the details of a crime so clearly?"

"Fifteen years ago, covering thin snow over an ice hole—you could even make up a detail like that?"

"Your psychosis has quite the rigorous logic."

Chu Jiaojiao, who had been holding the camera the whole time, snorted coldly:

"Exactly! And you said your dad embezzled thirty million and falsified the accounts—is that something you can just make up?"

"As soon as the police check the books, won't everything be exposed?"

"I... I..."

Zheng Ziyang was tongue-tied, unable to defend himself.

Those were facts!

As long as they followed those clues, the evidence would be as solid as a mountain!

"You beast!!"

Old Master Zheng caught his breath and, using all his strength, smashed his cane hard against Zheng Ziyang's head.

Thud!

Blood flowed freely.

But Zheng Ziyang didn't even dare to wipe it away.

"Even now, you still want to deny it?!"

"You heartless thing!!"

Old Master Zheng pointed tremblingly at the police officer, Old Liu.

"Arrest him!!"

"Arrest both of these beasts for me!!"

"Don't talk about expelling them from the family! That would be letting them off too easy!!"

"A life for a life! Debts must be paid! It is the natural order of things!!"

"I, Zheng Guoqiang, have never done anything against my conscience in my life. I never expected that in the end, I would have to personally send my son and grandson to the execution ground!"

"Arrest them!!! Deal with them strictly!!"

This was truly sacrificing one's family for justice!

How could Old Liu dare to delay?

This was a major case involving murder, poisoning, and massive embezzlement!

And the Old Master himself had given the order!

"Cuff them!!"

Several police officers swarmed forward.

The cold handcuffs were now truly locked onto the wrists of Zheng Ziyang and Zheng Wei.

"Dad!! Save me, Dad!! I don't want to die!!"

"Grandpa!! I'm your biological grandson!! Spare me this once!!"

The father and son, Zheng Wei and Zheng Ziyang, were dragged into the police car, wailing.

The sound was as shrill as a pig being slaughtered.

It wasn't until the police car's red and blue lights faded into the distance that the cries gradually vanished.

At the entrance of the Zheng residence.

Only a dead silence and a mess on the ground remained.

Zheng Yun clung to the wheelchair, having already cried herself into a mess.

"My son, Mom is sorry. I previously thought about smoothing over your relationship with that beast Zheng Ziyang and having you spend more time with him. I didn't expect that I was instead sending you into the tiger's mouth."

Old Master Zheng was also shedding old tears. He seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, his spirit completely drained.

Lin Chuan stood to the side and lit a cigarette.

Watching this tragic scene, the pleasure of revenge in his heart slowly faded.

In its place was a deep sense of sorrow and anger.

"This is the world of the elite!"

"For that bit of family property, for that position."

"They can even strike at their own father, brothers, and nephews."

Lin Chuan blew out a smoke ring, his gaze becoming somewhat distant.

Wasn't the tragedy of the Zheng Family before him a reflection of his own past life?

In his previous life, Lin Chuan had started from scratch, rising to power and becoming the richest man in the Northeast.

But he had no children.

This became his greatest heartache.

Later, he adopted the child of an old comrade.

That old comrade had died taking a bullet for him, so he treated the boy as his own adopted son.

He raised Li Wenbin like his own biological son, sending him abroad to study, teaching him business, and giving him a great deal of power.

He truly intended to pass the empire he had built to this adopted son.

And then there was his wife, Zhou Xingcai.

She was the eldest daughter of the Zhou Family from the Imperial Capital, the campus belle of his university days, and the goddess he once yearned for.

Back then, after he had achieved some success, he finally got his wish and ended up with Zhou Xingcai.

Lin Chuan was truly good to her, giving her whatever she wanted.

But what was the result?

Lin Chuan closed his eyes, and that tragic scene resurfaced in his mind.

It was a rainy night.

He was traveling on the highway.

Suddenly, the brakes failed.

Immediately after, a heavy truck came charging toward him in the wrong lane like a steel monster, slamming violently into his vehicle.

Boom!!!

The world spun.

Inside the deformed car, he was covered in blood, on the verge of death.

In the hospital room.

Li Wenbin and Zhou Xingcai arrived together.

There was no sadness on their faces, only triumph and greed.

He clearly remembered the words Li Wenbin spoke:

"Old man, stop holding on."

"Don't blame Godmother; she's been with me for a long time."

"Go on your way in peace. I'll take good care of your money and your woman for you."

At that moment.

Lin Chuan's heart hurt ten thousand times more than the injuries on his body!

Betrayed by the son he treated as his own!

Murdered by the wife who shared his bed!

That kind of hatred was etched into his soul!

Phew!

Lin Chuan opened his eyes and crushed his cigarette butt.

Deep within his eyes, a heart-palpitating killing intent flashed.

In this life, he had been reborn.

Not only did he bring six hundred billion in assets, but he also had a system.

Those who owed him, those who harmed him.

He wouldn't let a single one of them go!

"The Zhou Family of the Imperial Capital!"

"And that ungrateful wolf Li Wenbin—he should have been born by now."

"Zhou Xingcai, you bitch!"

"Just you wait."

"Wait for me to accumulate strength."

"Wait until I've made this Northeast base as solid as iron, until I've built this commercial empire."

"I will personally go to the Imperial Capital."

"And destroy you all!"

Lin Chuan's fists clenched until they cracked.

The Zheng Family's situation served as a warning to him.

Toward enemies, especially the kind of wolves that can't be tamed, there must be absolutely no trace of soft-heartedness!

They must be pulled out by the roots!

"Divine Doctor Lin!"

A weak call pulled Lin Chuan back from his memories.

Old Master Zheng wiped his tears, forced himself up, and cupped his hands toward Lin Chuan.

"I've let you see something shameful."

"It is a misfortune for our family that such a scandal has occurred."

"Today, it's all thanks to you!"

"If you hadn't come and forced them to show their hands,"

"I'm afraid I would have been kept in the dark until death, drinking that poisonous soup every day, only to die in confusion at the hands of those two beasts!"

"You haven't just saved my life; you've saved our Zheng Family!!"

As Old Master Zheng spoke, he actually tried to perform a formal bow to Lin Chuan again.

Lin Chuan quickly stepped forward and supported the old man.

"Old Zheng, you're overstating it."

"This was all fate."

"Good and evil are rewarded in the end. Those two committed many evils, and the Heavens just used my hand to collect them."

Lin Chuan glanced at Zheng Yun, who was still sobbing nearby.

"Family Head Zheng, please accept my condolences."

"Though your son's matter is a tragedy, now that the true culprit has been caught, his soul in heaven can rest in peace."

"The priority now is to cure the Old Master's illness."

"Only when the Old Master's health is robust can the Zheng Family remain stable, preventing outsiders from laughing at you or even taking advantage of the situation."

These words were perfectly spoken, offering comfort while pointing out the key issue.

Zheng Yun took a deep breath and wiped her tears.

The vigorous and resolute powerful woman was back.

Only in her eyes, there was now an added measure of admiration for Lin Chuan.

"Divine Doctor Lin is right!"

"Dad still relies on your treatment!"

"From today on, you are the greatest benefactor of our Zheng Family!"

"As long as you can cure my father, from now on, the entire Zheng Family will follow your lead!"

"Whatever instructions you have, as long as the Zheng Family can do it, we will not hesitate!"

This was a true heart-to-heart!

This was also the result Lin Chuan wanted.

After this battle.

Although the Zheng Family had lost two male members, they had also removed a tumor.

The remaining Zheng Yun and Old Master Zheng would be Lin Chuan's most solid allies!

With the Zheng Family's protection in official circles, combined with the Chu Family's underground influence,

In Harbin, or even the entire Heilongjiang Province,

Who else could block the Lin Family's progress?

"Good."

Lin Chuan nodded, not being overly modest.

"Since Old Zheng trusts me, then let's begin."