Chapter 113: The Livestream Room
Zhang Qiang pressed the knife directly against Lin Huaizhi’s neck, the madness of a gambler fully exposed in this moment. “If you don’t give it to me, I’ll kill you!”
“You stabbed me with a kitchen knife back then, and now I’ll use this small knife to slit your throat! We’ll call it even!”
To Lin Huaizhi, ten million was a pittance.
He had expected Zhang Qiang to open a lion’s big mouth, but he hadn’t expected the man to ask for a mere ten million. He could have easily given the money to Zhang Qiang in exchange for some peace and quiet.
But peace was never what he wanted.
He wanted Zhang Qiang dead.
So, Lin Huaizhi tilted his chin up, allowing Zhang Qiang to bring the blade even closer. “Then go ahead and slit it right now.”
Zhang Qiang: “…”
The veins on Zhang Qiang’s forehead throbbed. The young man before him was thin; when he tilted his head back, the blood vessels in his neck were easily visible. One sharp cut and the carotid artery would rupture, leading to instant death from blood loss.
He stared at that spot, yet he couldn’t bring himself to strike.
Zhang Qiang alloyed his teeth. “What the f*ck are you looking to die for! I want money! you’ve started a company now! You’re with that man, living in such an expensive villa! I went and asked around! A single square meter there costs hundreds of thousands!”
“So you can definitely produce ten million! Just give it to me! I promise I’ll go far away! I’ll never look for you again as long as I live!”
Zhang Qiang made his promise with apparent sincerity.
Unfortunately, to Lin Huaizhi’s ears, these words were nothing but a joke. Why didn’t Zhang Qiang just kill him?
Because Zhang Qiang wanted money.
Zhang Qiang only wanted money, so killing him served no purpose; he wouldn’t get a cent if Lin Huaizhi was dead.
Despite having a knife to his throat, Lin Huaizhi felt none of the tension typical of a hostage situation. He even looked quite relaxed!
“Zhang Qiang, why on earth do you think I would give you money?”
“Forget ten million—even if it were ten thousand, a hundred, or even a single yuan, I wouldn’t give it to you! A person like you deserves to die miserably in the middle of some desolate mountain!”
Zhang Qiang panicked.
He couldn’t bring himself to slit Lin Huaizhi’s throat, but that didn’t stop him from kicking and punching. He kicked Lin Huaizhi several times and tried to grab him by the hair, but due to the height difference, he couldn’t quite succeed.
“You animal!”
“You clearly carry the blood of my Zhang family! Why the hell did you change your name! Taking the surname of that b*tch mother of yours!”
“Furthermore, you’ve been educated. Don’t you know what filial piety is? Filial piety means spending money on your old man! How was I so unlucky to father an unfilial thing like you who likes being poked by men!”
Zhang Qiang began cursing up a storm.
However, Lin Huaizhi remained unmoved.
Zhang Qiang wasn’t exactly known for his good temper. He started hitting Lin Huaizhi again, but this time, Lin Huaizhi didn’t just sit there. He began to dodge.
He also started crying out for help.
“What are you doing! Don’t come over here! Stop hitting me!”
Zhang Qiang was fuming. If Lin Huaizhi had just stood there and let him hit him, he might not have felt so vindictive. But now that Lin Huaizhi was trying to run, it reminded Zhang Qiang of the days when he used to beat and scold him at will.
Back then, Lin Huaizhi was the same way; when he was small, he would only run away like a coward whenever he was beaten.
“I’m hitting you exactly because I want to!”
Zhang Qiang chased Lin Huaizhi into the bedroom, completely unaware that the phone Lin Huaizhi had “accidentally” kicked toward the bedroom door earlier now had its camera pointed directly into the room.
He held the small knife.
Aggressively, he backed Lin Huaizhi against the bed, his eyes filled with the excitement of an impending assault.
“Zhang Yaozu, today I’m going to teach you a good lesson! I’ll let you know the consequences of betraying me!”
The scene was incredibly bloody.
Meanwhile, the phone that was currently livestreaming—the room Lin Huaizhi had opened right before returning here—had already reached the platform’s peak viewership.
Normally, a scene like this would have caused the stream to be banned immediately. But for some reason, at this critical moment, the livestream Lin Huaizhi had opened remained stubbornly active.
[Holy sh*t!!!]
[So all that news about Lin Huaizhi lately was fake! This man made it all up??]
[If I were Lin Huaizhi, and this scumbag treated my mother like that and killed her, I wouldn’t just use a kitchen knife! I’d use a machete! I’d chop him right in half!!]
[Call the police!!]
[I apologize for my previous negative comments about Lin Huaizhi. He’s not a white-eyed wolf; he’s a son of pure heart! Lin Huaizhi, hang in there! The Uncle Police are on their way!!]
The livestream room was in a frenzy.
This time, no one insulted Lin Huaizhi anymore. Everyone had learned the truth from Zhang Qiang’s own mouth. They knew that Lin Huaizhi had stabbed this man to protect his mother.
At the same time, many people online had already dug up the truth from years ago.
Lin Huaizhi had already thought of everything Chu Xiaoran mentioned and had made arrangements long ago. Zhang Qiang’s sordid past, his history with the “idiot woman,” and his frequent domestic violence against her and Lin Huaizhi were all trending.
School teachers, former neighbors, and classmates who knew about Lin Huaizhi’s past all stepped forward to testify.
Lin Huaizhi’s original name was Zhang Yaozu.
He was born in a small mountain village called Zhangjiagou. His mother, Lin Ying, had a mental disability and the intelligence of a few-year-old child. His father, Zhang Qiang, was a gambler who frequently gambled in town, often losing so much he didn’t even have underwear left.
He frequently beat Lin Ying and Zhang Yaozu.
When Zhang Yaozu was sixteen, Zhang Qiang came home after losing a bet and drinking heavily. When Lin Ying failed to cook a meal properly, he suddenly lost his temper. He started with insults, then beatings. In the face of Lin Ying’s sudden resistance, he lost his mind and picked up a nearby brick, smashing it against her head.
Ultimately, it killed her.
This was the truth revealed on social media by one of the police officers who had worked on the case back then.
The teachers all said that Zhang Yaozu had a high IQ. He had skipped two grades and was a highly valued, outstanding student at the school. Because Zhang Qiang frequently failed to pay tuition, the school waived his fees.
His living expenses were covered by school scholarships.
At that time, the clothes Zhang Yaozu wore were old and too small for him. He was often hungry; he was a very pitiful student.
His former classmates also began to speak up for him.
The truth finally came to light.
Everyone was pitying Lin Huaizhi and worrying for him. Only Huo Chen, having discovered the livestream, was racing toward Lin Huaizhi’s location.
His heart was pounding.
He finally realized why Lin Huaizhi had said he was going to this place to pick something up. He had intentionally given Zhang Qiang the chance to follow him and had intentionally let Zhang Qiang through the door.
He had even intentionally allowed Zhang Qiang to hold him hostage.
He intentionally endured Zhang Qiang’s violence, only to provoke him in the end, wanting Zhang Qiang to make a lethal move against him.
That way, he could counter-kill Zhang Qiang.
Using that dagger Lin Huaizhi had pulled from under his pillow the day Huo Chen visited him for his cold.
He wanted to kill Zhang Qiang.
Under the guise of self-defense.
Huo Chen drove incredibly fast. When he arrived at Lin Huaizhi’s place, he didn’t even wait for the elevator; he ran straight up the stairs.
By the time he entered the code and burst through the door, Zhang Qiang was already in a towering rage. He was choking Lin Huaizhi, pinning him against the bed, and the small knife was about to descend.
And Lin Huaizhi’s hand was reaching under the pillow.
He was about to draw that dagger.
“Lin Huaizhi—!!”
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