Epiphanies of Rebirth Chapter 75 (Part 2)
Translated by Pure
Chapter 75.2 Lin Runsheng cried so hard, his words began to sound incoherent. Amidst his hiccups, he stammered, "I just—don’t—feel—happy—"
Shi Nanxing received a call when he was leaving for the airport. After he was informed by the other person, he rolled his eyes unhappily and sneered, "He’s the veteran here! Yet he can’t even succeed at such a simple task?!"
The local gangster who cooperated with him was also puzzled, "It's really crazy. There were never any accidents when we used this trick before. Lao Ma wanted to do it on the road, but there was a woman sitting in Lin Jingzhe’s car today. He didn't dare to get an unknown personnel involved. It was only after the woman got out of the car that he ran over the car, but I reckoned that Lao Ma was really drunk, and thought that Lin Jingzhe was still in the car. Who had expected him to have gotten out of the car earlier, alas what a pity."
Shi Nanxing cussed out loud and glanced at the watch on his wrist. Although he was extremely dissatisfied, he could only accept the reality. "He got off easy."
After a moment, Shi Nanxing started to feel somewhat uneasy. "Your person has been arrested right? He won’t out my name right?"
"Rest assured!" The other party was extremely confident. "It's not the first time that Lao Ma has been doing this. As long as he insists that he had been overdrinking, no one can do anything to him. Moreover, no one has died now, so he will be sentenced to two or three years at most. As long as the money is there, he’ll squat happily. I’ve already set everything up. After a while, the people from the Municipal Bureau will pick him up, and everything will be handled according to the legal process. No one can find any faults in this case."
Shi Nanxing hung up the phone with a gloomy face. He looked at the passing trees outside the car window and let out a string of profanities. When it rains it f*cking pours. Nothing ever goes right, even killing Lin Jingzhe ended up in failure.
Even more so, he actually wanted to end Xiao Chi; since he didn't plan to return to China anyway, Shi Nanxing thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to let loose one last time. However, after weighing this action, he sensibly dismissed the idea. After all, he didn't want to challenge and experience the power of the Xiao Family couple.
Even so, the anger accumulated in his chest had to be vented, otherwise he would probably continue brooding even if he set foot on another land.
Lin Jingzhe was simply the most suitable candidate. They shared equally deep grievances, but he did not have a sizable backing or family like Xiao Chi's. Although he had been Fang Family’s bootlicker for a while, Elder Fang had retired for many years and was at a frail age. His influence was no longer like the past, Shi Family may not necessarily be any way inferior to them.
That bastard messed up the smuggling business that he had been building up for many years. Even if it was unintentionally done, Lin Jingzhe still became the most powerful gun that the Fang Family used to pierce straight into his heart.
Moreover, while in Yan City, he hindered multiple affairs related to Dominion Properties. If it weren't for him, Qi Kai wouldn't have fallen into such an impoverished state, unable to even afford a small amount of tens of millions! What's even more exasperating was that that person even colluded with Xiao Chi to cheat him out of 10% of April Wind Square’s shares! F*cking hell! Whenever he thought back to the time when he found out that he had been played, Shi Nanxing tossed and turned sleeplessly at night.
Killing Lin Jingzhe can be regarded as relieving his grudge. While venting his anger, he could also disturb Xiao Chi a bit as well.
Xiao Chi deliberately blocked the photos he sent to Xiao Family because he was worried that his perverted hobbies would be made public. Therefore, after Lin Jingzhe's accident, he had only two possibilities to deal with this trauma.
One was to retaliate wildly and try to find out the inside story. However, one careless slip and the Xiao Family will find out, then their family will inevitably fall into a mess.
The other possibility was to protect himself wisely, to grit his teeth and swallow this loss for the sake of his image. Although Shi Nanxing found this option comparatively boring, it was enough to make the Xiao Chi grieve for life.
To hell, all his planning had been wrecked by an unreliable driver. What's more irksome was that Shi Nanxing had already settled the payment, which was quite a big sum for him at the moment; having to swallow a double loss made him endlessly vexed.
He had wanted to use the news of Lin Jingzhe's death parting gift, but now it was all in vain.
This regrettable episode caused his mood to plummet all the way to the airport. During this ride, Shi Nanxing even answered a phone call from Qi Kai. The latter had asked him what he was doing now, and he replied that he was still at home.
However the truth was far from clear, as the magnificent building of Yan City’s International Airport was already visible from afar.
There were still three hours before boarding the plane. After leisurely downing an expensive meal, Shi Nanxing finally went to go through the formalities. While handing over his various documents, he called an old friend who was also overseas, and made an appointment for a welcome party after landing.
But amidst the cheerful and hearty laughter on the other end of the phone, the person at the counter suddenly stood up.
In the face of Shi Nanxing’s puzzled expression, the staff apologized solemnly, "I'm sorry, sir. You have been restricted from leaving the country."
"Hello? Hello?" The friend on the other end of the phone loudly yelled when their call was suddenly terminated.
Shi Nanxing cut off the phone call, looked at the staff in disbelief, took back his passport, and looked it over twice, "There must be a mistake…"
The moment he received an affirmative answer, Shi Nanxing as if he had been struck by lightning. Dumbfounded, he took two steps back. Under the inquiring eyes of other passengers, who were standing behind him in line, he hurriedly carried his luggage and hid in a secluded place.
"Mom!" He called home, "What's going on? I'm restricted from leaving the country!"
The Shi Family was also taken aback as it was also the first time they were informed of this matter. After confirming that their son was not mistaken, Mother Shi replied cautiously: "Don't fret, I'll ask what's going on right now."
Travel bans were a very extreme matter, and often only relevant personnel involved in very serious cases would receive such treatment. Shi Nanxing was indulged and used to being undisciplined and out of control; this was the first time he had faced such opposition. He never dreamed that there would be such a problem. Immediately, his mind turned to blame Sha Peng and his gang. For the first time, his face changed to obvious panic. Shi Nanxing squatted on the ground, completely helpless.
After a while, his mother asked him a puzzling question.
"Son, exactly what did you do?" Mother Shi, who had just learned the truth, nervously asked, "I heard that it was the Shen Family’s elder who personally applied for this ban. How could you offend their family?"
"The Shen Family?" Shi Nanxing's heart jumped when he heard the name, "Which Shen Family?"
"Which other Shen family is there? It's Juanying’s natal family! Besides her family, which Shen family is there in Yan City?!"
Shen Juanying's natal family? That was indeed a powerful family, albeit this answer left Shi Nanxing completely confused. He recalled all his past actions one by one, but couldn't remember when he did something that displeased the Shen family. On the contrary, he was always polite to the elders of the Shen family. Yes, every new year's day, he visited their home, no matter rain or shine. And whenever he saw Shen Juuying, he could affectionately call out to her.
Before the confusion could be sorted out, the phone in his hand rang again.
Shi Nanxing fell into deep self-doubt, and it took a few seconds for him to react and connect the call.
It was the local gangster, the same one who not long ago, was full of confidence as he ensured fool-proof follow-up. The moment the phone was connected, he no longer put on a polite front and threw a rain of accusations, "Mr. Shi! I only accepted your business for the sake of Mr. Qi, so can’t you f*cking be reasonable? Why did you provide us with forged information?!"
It took a short moment for Shi Nanxing to come to realize he had been fiercely scolded and falsely accused. He frowned immediately. "What the hell are you yappering about?!"
"I f*cking want to ask you!! Lao Ma can't be saved!!!"
When Shi Nanxing heard this, his face immediately became serious, "What's going on? Didn't you just say that the arrangements have been made? You should speak clearly!"
"What’s there to explain?!! I’m telling you, Mr. Shi, this debt is still unpaid! We were wholeheartedly doing this for you, yet you're playing tricks behind our back—" Shi Nanxing was already overwhelmed by the sudden change, but the gangster couldn’t care about Shi Nanxing's face anymore and directly cursed, "What ‘just a bumpkin, there’s nothing to be afraid of’? Why didn’t you f*cking tell me that he was Deputy Secretary Shen's son?"
Shi Nanxing’s mind blanked. "What are you talking about? Which Deputy Secretary Shen?"
"Shen Juanying!!!" The other party questioned hoarsely, "Don't tell me you don't know her!"
Shi Nanxing was even more baffled, "What are you talking about? Where did Shen Juanying get a son?"
"If she doesn't have a son, then who’s son could that surname Lin be, huh?!" The other party saw that Shi Nanxing still wanted to pretend to be stupid, so he gave up completely. In the end, he finished his words with a cruel sentence in an extremely gloomy manner, "Shen Juanying had already rushed to the Municipal Bureau in person, so you figure it out yourself. I can only blame myself for being blind and trusting you, but if it all falls into this matter... Mr. Shi, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"
The local gangster ended the conversation on his own, leaving Shi Nanxing to digest the news blankly.
Lin... Lin Jingzhe was Shen Juanying's son?
How...how is this possible?
