Chapter 674: The Devil’s Control
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
For many years, Ye Lun couldn’t free himself from Cui Ming’s control. Not only was he his money-making machine, but he also had to help him out in his criminal activities, like selling drugs. The motive of Cui Ming was clear to see. He wanted to make sure Ye Lun would be unable to leave his side. The moment Ye Lun got involved in criminal activities, he would stay a criminal, forever.
This was a sad story.
Everyone would gasp in disbelief that Ye Lun, the hot, young celebrity was just a puppet cultivated by a criminal organization.
The seed of vengeance had long since taken root in Ye Lun’s heart when he was young. All these years, it grew to become a strong, big tree when he became a young adult.
Ye Lun didn’t choose the orthodox path of going to the police although he wanted to get rid of Cui Ming.
He had felt that there was too much at stake for him to go to the police. The moment he exposed all the things he had helped Cui Ming with, all these years of hard work in the s...o...b..z industry, his fame, his riches and more, would be gone like a burst bubble. What would be left waiting for him was either life imprisonment or even a death sentence.
He did not want to die.
He didn’t want to lose everything.
Hence, he chose something more acceptable to him but extreme – fight evil with evil.
Once, when he went overseas for a shoot, he got to know people from the overseas triad, Heaven’s Wrath.
Prior to that, this overseas triad, Heaven’s Wrath, had been trying to get their presence established in the country by making contact with Cui Ming a few times. Although Cui Ming was an unscrupulous leader of the Dark Clan, he turned them down flatly on their offer. He felt that what he did was purely for the sake of vengeance and justice. But if he were to join hands with a foreign triad, he felt that he would be no different from a traitor.
Ye Lun knew about all that as well. He quickly had an idea of how he could exact revenge and reached an agreement with Heaven’s Wrath—
He was hurt and he wanted Cui Ming to hurt even more. Therefore, although he had reached an agreement with Heaven’s Wrath, he continued to help Cui Ming carry out his plans; helped him with money laundering and committing crimes. During this process, Heaven’s Wrath gave Ye Lun a piece of important news – Cui Ming’s daughter was still alive and was at Nanmu.
Ye Lun had no idea how Heaven’s Wrath got that piece of information but he was excited about it.
For that was Cui Ming’s weak spot.
His intuition told him that his chance to exact revenge had arrived.
Ye Lun found an opportunity to tell Cui Ming about Abdul’s hotpot restaurant was famous and lived up to its reputation for serving good food that it would be a pity not to try it.
Hence, Cui Ming and Lima’s encounter was actually planned. Although the film crew of ‘The Grey List’ had to go Nanmu for shooting, Ye Lun was the one who had a major part in letting Cui Ming meet Lima.
An Ying even told them that Ye Lun’s favorite book was actually “The Grey List”. He adored the author of “The Grey List” and admired the antagonist – the talented criminal, Qin Shu. He was filled with enthusiasm when he was chosen to cast as Qin Shu. That character fanned the flames of vengeance within him to a greater height.
In fact, he was on par with Qin Shu.
Under Cui Ming’s nose, he was able to plan everything out perfectly… Cui Ming grew feelings for Lima then learnt of the fact that she was actually his long lost daughter…
Huff!
Xiang Wan felt tense when she thought of all these.
“This Ye Lun is just like Qin Shu. He’s talented in such stuff.”
“Yeah.” Bai Muchuan added, “There’s one more thing. Do you still remember the recording which mentioned Cui Ming found out that Lima’s his daughter?”
Xiang Wan was curious. “What about it?”
“Cui Ming did not find out by accident about the birthmark on Lima’s head,” replied Bai Muchuan, “someone had deliberately reminded Cui Ming that he and Lima resembled each other. Lima’s nose resembled his and they teased that she was fated to be his little lover… Only then he was alerted and used the opportunity to check for the birthmark on Lima’s head while he washed her hair…”
Good grief!
This Ye Lun.
Xiang Wan thought about the fact that she had been spending the past few days with him and she felt gooseb.u.mps all over.
“He finally did it. He managed to make Cui Ming overwhelmed by sorrow.”
Bai Muchuan shook his head. “This is not enough. He wanted Cui Ming to die without dignity…”
He paused for a moment and continued. “Do you still remember that Cui Ming’s robe was stained with seminal fluids?”
Xiang Wan nodded her head. She had some thoughts about what Bai Muchuan was going to say.
Sure enough, her thoughts were confirmed by Bai Muchuan. “At the beginning, we had thought that it was a clue deliberately provided to guide us in the direction of solving the case. Although we are not exactly wrong, there was another reason for it – Lima was involved with both Ye Lun and Yu Ning. Since Lima collected all those stuff, Ye Lun must have used it to humiliate Cui Ming before he died. He had left these traces on Cui Ming so he could not die in peace…”
“Yes, but Ye Lun left his DNA on the robe…” Xiang Wan paused for a moment. “Why did he want to get himself involved and arouse the police’s suspicions?”
“He’s not worried at all,” explained Bai Muchuan, “don’t forget that he had a scapegoat. Besides, this move could confuse the police… Why would a criminal want to expose himself?”
Xiang Wan: “Right. I feel gooseb.u.mps just by listening…”
She furrowed her eyebrows and thought of another problem.
“Cui Ming’s dead. Ye Lun got his revenge. Why did he not stop then?”
“He couldn’t stop. Firstly, he had to fulfil his part of the deal with Heaven’s Wrath. Secondly…” Bai Muchuan frowned. “He also has other enemies to deal with as well.”
“Other enemies?” Xiang Wan was perplexed.
“Yes. He wanted to destroy those who caused his family to be torn apart. He wanted them to be as miserable as he was…”
Bai Muchuan suddenly stopped.
“Why did you stop?” Xiang Wan wore a puzzled look.
Bai Muchuan pursed his lips. He seemed to be at a loss of how to reply to her.
Xiang Wan noticed that his reaction and expression seemed strange.
At that moment, Cheng Zheng, who sat on his chair and leaned against the wall like a statue, suddenly said something.
“Ye Lun’s life changed because Wei Gang went to prison. The reason why Wei Gang went to prison was because of what Feng Min and gang did to the female students. As for why these evil deeds in the Special School got exposed and learnt of by the public was because Bai Muchuan fled the school and informed the police. As for Xie Wanwan, she was the only female student willing to testify in court…”
They were his enemies.
Cheng Zheng spoke in a peaceful, calm tone.
Nonetheless, Xiang Wan could sensitively feel his guilt and regret.
People like Cheng Zheng are good at concealing their emotions and wouldn’t reveal their weaknesses easily.
To him, this matter was something that he might not be able to get over for life.
Xiang Wan now learnt of the entire truth.
“Yes, that was what happened.” Bai Muchuan spoke up after a long time. Before he spoke, he took a deep look at Cheng Zheng, his emotions almost spilling out of his eyes. However, the latter didn’t meet his line of sight. “I was the one who exposed the whole thing. Xie Wanwan is the one who helped me to escape that school—”
He suddenly reached out to hold Xiang Wan’s hand. His warm gaze fell on her face.
… That seemed as though he wanted some support and understanding, as well as worried that she might misunderstand something.
“It’s especially difficult to escape from that school.”