bodyguard against fate

Chapter 56 Reunion: A Smile Resolves All Enmity

This German Shepherd weighs over 70 pounds, while Lao Zheng only weighs a little over 100 pounds. According to He Xiuli, when the German Shepherd struggled to run forward, He Yong couldn't hold it back at all. Instead, it was like being led by a dog. But He Yong insisted that if you're going to raise a dog, you have to raise a big one. What kind of dog is a small dog? It's a pet.

After feeding the dog dinner, He Yong took him out for a walk nearby, and they unexpectedly encountered a man burning paper money by the roadside, Old Zheng. Old Zheng was chanting as he burned the paper money.

"Xiao Liang, I'm so sorry, I couldn't give you a complete family. You and your mother go first, and I'll come find you in a few years. I'll burn some money for you first, and buy you a big house over there—"

While the two men and the dog were locked in a standoff, He Yong was unsure whether he should let the dog bite him.

"You dare to come again?"

"I tied you up for less than two hours, but you imprisoned me for twenty years. Shouldn't I hate you more?" Old Zheng said, dusting himself off after burning the last stack of paper money.

"You hired someone to kill my daughter!"

"It wasn't me."

Do you think I'd believe that?

"If it were me, Xiuli wouldn't be alive today," Old Zheng said confidently.

It turns out that when He Xiuli was stabbed, Lao Zheng was less than 100 meters away from her. Lao Zheng thought that seeing his enemy's daughter in trouble would give him a sense of revenge, but he didn't feel that at all. Instead, he saw Feng Weida protecting He Xiuli with his body, which gave him a false sense of security.

"Xiao Liang!"

Perhaps from the very beginning, certain qualities about Feng Weida reminded him of Xiao Liang; if Xiao Liang were alive, he'd be about this age. He'd even considered marrying Xiao Liang to He Xiuli when he grew up, making his children in-laws with He Yong. Unfortunately, fate had other plans.

Old Zheng still can't forget the scene of Xiao Liang covered in blood before he left. The scene before him seems to bring him back to that time. He has blamed himself more than once, thinking that if he had gone to pick up Xiao Liang, perhaps the car accident would not have happened.

Why did they call number 356?

"They weren't wearing uniforms!"

"Blood, blood..."

The mental patients were quite frightened by the scene before them and started talking all at once.

"They're going to kill Number 356! Fight them!"

It was Old Zheng who shouted this, and he was the first to rush forward. Inspired by him, the other mental patients also joined the battle, and in the end, they saved Feng Weida and He Xiuli.

Hanging out with mentally ill people doesn't necessarily make you mentally ill; it might even save your life in a critical moment.

Afterwards, Old Zheng left without a word, concealing his merit and fame, for he had more important things to do.

After witnessing this bloody scene, Lao Zheng began to deeply reflect on himself. Killing and revenge solve nothing; they are merely emotional outbursts. From the day he entered the mental hospital, his twenty-year-old self had already died. Now, he was living again with a different identity. Why cling to past grievances? A person should always look forward, even in death!

So, relying on his memory, Lao Zheng went through many twists and turns and finally found the big brother who led him into the real estate industry twenty years ago.

"He jumped off a building. This year marks the tenth anniversary of his death," said the gang leader's family.

Why did you commit suicide?

"The real estate bubble combined with financial leverage caused it to collapse."

In that instant, Lao Zheng seemed to see his original fate.

Whether He Yong saved me or harmed me, it seems there is now an answer.

Old Zheng sneaked back to the mental hospital and apologized to Director Gao. After Old Zheng's friendly greetings, Director Gao revealed He Yong's address.

What are you doing here?

Of course, He Yong was unaware of all this. He only knew that Lao Zheng was a fugitive murder suspect, and that it was definitely not just bad luck that Lao Zheng was staking out him here in the middle of the night.

"I've come to thank you. Let's wipe the slate clean of our past grievances!" Old Zheng said.

He Yong didn't believe it: "You were live-streaming yourself saying you wanted to kill me just two days ago, and now you're thanking me?"

"Whether you believe me or not is fine. Actually, I shouldn't thank you," Old Zheng said. "If I could trade ten years of wealth for twenty years in a mental hospital, I'd still be willing to do it. Even losing ten years of my life would be worth it!"

"So you still want revenge?"

"No, I'm talking about cooperation."

"Cooperation? Do you even know you're a fugitive? What right do you have to talk about cooperation?"

"I can turn myself in, as long as you agree to my conditions."

"What are the conditions?" He Yong had no intention of agreeing at all.

"Didn't your daughter say she would compensate me? I don't want a penny, but this money should go to Xiao Liang."

"Xiao Liang...wasn't he dead?" He Yong looked at the ashes on the ground. Are the memories of mental patients really that bad? They're even worse than goldfish.

"Xiao Liang is still alive... just in a different way."

He Yong was a little scared. What kind of other way was it? A ghost? It seemed that Old Zheng's mental illness hadn't been cured yet. Let the dogs bite him!

Just then, a van sped up and stopped beside the two of them. Four or five burly men got out of the van, and the leader was Wu Renxing!

"Dad, are you walking the dog?"

What seemed like an ordinary greeting now sounded particularly jarring. He Yong was surprised not only that old and new grudges had come tonight as if by prior arrangement, but also that his daughter's secret residence was completely open to everyone.

"How did you know about this place?" He Yong asked.

Wu Renxing said smugly, "Leping is only so big. The person who cooks for your family is my seventh uncle's second cousin's wife. Didn't expect that, did you?"

This is truly impossible to guard against; even background checks can't reveal this background. It seems to be fate.

He Yong knew that seeing him with so many people meant trouble.

"Why did you bring so many people?"

"What are you doing? I've been a slave to the He family for twenty years, and you just kick me to the curb like this? That's not fair! Today I'm taking back what's mine!"

"We don't have anything of yours in our house!"

"Whether or not I get to do it is up to me! Brothers, let's go!"

Despite Hei Bei's best efforts, the two old men were no match for four or five strong adults. In no time, He Yong and Lao Zheng were tied up and thrown into the bread cart, while Hei Bei disappeared without a trace.

Having learned from Feng Weida's previous escape, this time Brother Qiang specifically assigned Skinny to keep an eye on the two in the car, while the others headed straight for the villa.

The villa's walls weren't high, practically nonexistent in front of the group. The sound of barking dogs came from outside, and two bodyguards came out. Qiang Ge finally had a chance to prove his strength; the two bodyguards were also tied up, the only consequence being that Fatty suffered minor injuries.

"Where is the lady of the house?" Wu Renxing asked.

"Second...second floor..."

These two incompetent bodyguards were just trying to make a living. Who would be as foolish as Feng Weida to actually do it? After being captured, he immediately became a puppet soldier and led the enemy troops.

Who else is on the second floor?

"There was also a man, I think his surname was Feng—"

Well, Wu Renxing is jealous. I've only been gone a few days, and you've already hooked up with Feng Weida and accused me of cheating. I think you're just like Jiang Xue!