Chapter 113 The Resurrected

Hong Mei was deeply moved again, and couldn't help but call out a term she hadn't used in years: "Miss, I was prepared to face death, but unexpectedly, Chu Yuxuan actually softened at the last moment and let me go… It's quite a coincidence. He actually shot at me, but the bullet jammed. I tried begging him, saying I had elderly family to care for, and he hesitated for a moment, saying it was 'fate,' and then let me go…"

Liu Sisi sighed, looking at Hong Mei with concern and sympathy: "It really is fate… Xiaomei, it must be my father and brother's spirits protecting you."

Hong Mei nodded lightly, her gaze turning resentful as she recalled the past: "It's just that Chu Yuxuan and that Zhao Yanan got off too easily! With the sins committed by Chu Zhiqing and Zhao Yunbo, their children don't deserve to live!"

Liu Sisi snorted lightly: "Zhao Yanan is just a pretty face. Getting rid of her is as easy as pie. As for Chu Yuxuan, he has some skills, but if he harmed Ye Tianyi or Ye Yongsheng, he won't be spared. Haha, let them fight it out, the more intense the better! Actually, I hope Chu Yuxuan kills that scoundrel Ye Yongsheng!"

As soon as she finished speaking, all the smart curtains in the room suddenly began to move by themselves, slowly closing. The smart speaker on the table also eerily started playing music on its own, and at the same time, the robotic vacuum cleaner in the corner switched on and began to move erratically like a headless fly.

Hong Mei felt a chill down her spine and wondered if she was seeing things.

Liu Sisi frowned, thinking it was a glitch in the smart home system. She picked up the phone on the table and was about to call for help when the room suddenly fell silent.

The inexplicable silence was even more unsettling than the previous noise.

Liu Sisi glanced around, feeling an uneasy sensation, and when she looked down to dial, she found that her phone had inexplicably lost its signal!

In the yard, a bodyguard, bored and smoking, suddenly heard a buzzing sound from above. He looked up and vaguely saw a red dot flashing in the night sky. After a moment of recognition, he muttered, "Where did that drone come from?"

Just as he was wondering, a gun was suddenly pressed against his neck!

An hour earlier, by the side of the Jade Lake.

Hong Mei stumbled out of the villa, with Chu Yuxuan watching her from the window, keeping his eyes on her as she ran towards the community gate. Once she was out of sight, Chu Yuxuan let out a sigh of relief and lowered his head, faintly smiling.

In the meantime, Lao San stood still for a moment, then walked a few steps to Chu Zhiqing's side, seemingly intending to deal with the body. He crouched down and placed his hands on Chu Zhiqing's shoulders but didn't rush to drag him away. Instead, he mumbled, "Chairman, you were quite good to me before, except for deducting a month's salary and the year-end bonus. Uh… But how could you do such a thing? Don't you think you deserve to die? Hey, don't blame my brother. I'll burn two paper girls for you later, no, I'll burn a pile for you. Close your eyes, and…"

Just as he was saying this, Chu Zhiqing couldn't hold back his laughter, opened his eyes, and looked at Lao San, making a sudden noise.

Lao San, instinctively, shouted "fake death!" and simultaneously raised his fist, which was as large as a pot, and slammed it down onto Chu Zhiqing's face!

"Phew!" Chu Zhiqing took a sharp breath. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, turning his head to the side and shouting, "Don't, don't, don't! I'm not dead! You fool!"

"Lao San!" Chu Yuxuan, watching the clumsy fellow shatter the floor tiles with a single punch, broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly said, "It's fake. It was all just for Hong Mei's benefit."

Lao San: ???

"So, you think my CPU is resistant to burning, huh?"

Xiao Qing appeared much calmer. Although she was startled when Chu Yuxuan fired the gun earlier, being an experienced shooter, she quickly realized it was blank ammunition just by looking at the gunshots on Chu Zhiqing's body. Moreover, the blood, though realistic, didn't have a smell, so she concluded that her young master was just acting.

Chu Zhiqing sat up, glaring at Lao San and extending his hand, "What are you standing there for? Help me up!"

"Oh." Lao San hurriedly helped him up, his eyes filled with curiosity, wanting to ask but not daring to speak.

Chu Zhiqing, holding his chest, looked at Chu Yuxuan and complained, "Didn't you say blank bullets don't hurt? Hmph… And you shot me three times! Was that really necessary?"

Chu Yuxuan, unfazed, replied, "Just doing it for fun. It was quite satisfying."

Chu Zhiqing's mouth twitched. After a pause, he pointed at Lao San and said, "You big idiot, holding a grudge like that? Over just one month's salary? You're still holding onto that?"

Lao San muttered, "And the bonus… Added up to twenty thousand."

Chu Zhiqing chuckled helplessly, "Doesn't your elder brother give you money?"

"That's what I earned myself…"

"Alright, alright!" Chu Zhiqing, losing his temper, said to his son, "Give him twenty thousand later, consider it a loan from me! Good grief, you almost knocked me out with that punch!"

As he spoke, Chu Zhiqing stomped on the cracked floor tiles, clicking his tongue, "Look at this, even a donkey would have been killed by that punch!"

Lao San: "Chairman, you're not a donkey."

Chu Zhiqing:…

He was a bit puzzled as to how his son had restrained himself from throttling this idiot.

"Alright, go wash up," Chu Yuxuan said, finding the situation a bit amusing and stifling a laugh. He then told Xiao Qing, "Xiao Qing, find him some fresh clothes."

"Yes, sir."

Chu Zhiqing took a deep breath and complained, "D*mn Wang Long, what's with this fake blood, sticky and disgusting… By the way, son, your marksmanship is quite good, you're very accurate."

As he spoke, he took off his coat.

Hearing this, Lao San noticed the fake blood bags and strange gadgets on Chu Zhiqing's body, and suddenly remembered seeing Wang Long's shadow at the parking lot when he went to pick him up at the airport. So it turned out that the director had prepared some props for the shoot?

Lao San scratched his head, puzzled, "Elder brother, did you suspect from the beginning that Hong Mei was problematic? Wasn't she Liu Jun's lover?"

Chu Yuxuan smiled lightly, "Hmm, you'll find out her exact identity soon… Lao San, I didn't tell you because I was afraid you'd inadvertently give it away."

Lao San said "oh" and was even more confused: "Then why put on such a big show for her? Just beat her up and make her confess."

Chu Yuxuan, always patient with his dim-witted brother, replied with a smile, "Think about it. Normally, whether I get the clues or not, I would never let Liu Jun's lover live. I would definitely kill her to keep her quiet. And Hong Mei, pretending to be Liu Jun's lover, would have expected that. She was prepared to die for the people behind her, so even if we beat her to death, she wouldn't confess."

"Initially, I only planned to put on a simple act and then use the 'grasp and release' tactic. But then I thought, if I didn't act seriously, she would definitely suspect that I had seen through her and would be on guard. It's better to turn the tables and let everything go as she wishes. The first thing she would do is report back to her master."

Lao San's eyes lit up, "So you used her to take down everyone behind her?"

Chu Yuxuan: "Smart."

Lao San grinned proudly, "I understand now! That recording was fake too, right? Old Fifth said it was real yesterday and hadn't been processed a second time. Tsk, I was completely fooled by you all…"

Chu Yuxuan's smile dimmed a bit as he said, "The recording is real."

Lao San: ???

In his big head, it seemed like two little figures were twisting themselves into knots.

At that moment, Old Fifth, who had guessed Chu Yuxuan's intentions earlier but had been hiding upstairs to avoid laughing and giving himself away, slowly came down the stairs, holding a computer. He cheerfully sat next to Chu Yuxuan and said, "Someone has picked her up."

Chu Yuxuan stood up, "Get ready, we'll set off in ten minutes!"