Soul Patch

Chapter 135 Who's at the Door?

Jia Nan confessed to the crime of poisoning and killing someone. The police eventually filed charges against him for intentional homicide. When sentencing, the prosecutor's office took into account that the rescue was timely and the victim was not in danger, so it was at most considered an attempted intentional homicide, and sentenced him to three years in prison.

When Jia Song heard about Jia Nan's situation, he flew back specifically for that.

After receiving the first-instance judgment, he hired a well-known lawyer in M ​​City at a high salary to appeal to the Intermediate People's Court.

The final judgment sentenced Jia Nan to three years in prison with a one-year suspended sentence.

After returning from the court, Jia Lin drove his Porsche Cayenne back to Hanlin City Villa with Jia Nan. From afar, they saw a familiar figure standing at the villa's entrance.

Jia Lin felt a chill run down his spine, and his face changed instantly, as if he had seen a ghost.

The first time he saw Wenjie in front of the police station, he felt this sense of intimidation.

He really is someone who is easily swayed by others' generosity. The thing he fears most in his life is Wen Tianyi asking him for his property. And Wen Jie looks exactly like his father.

Every time Jia Lin saw Wenjie, he felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

He turned to look at Jia Nan and whispered, "Should we turn around and leave?"

Jia Nan glanced at Jia Lin casually and said sarcastically, "If you want to leave, then leave. I have something to discuss with Wenjie."

Upon hearing this, Jia Lin panicked and said anxiously, "You...you finally got your sentence commuted to probation, don't be impulsive again. Wenjie was also seriously harmed by you last time; he spent the entire litigation period in the hospital..."

"I know! Stop nagging!"

Jia Nan got out of the car and slammed the door shut with a bang.

Jia Lin neither said he would get out of the car nor drive away; he simply sat in the driver's seat and watched Jia Nan walk toward Wen Jie.

He first saw Wenjie in a photo in Wen Tianyi's wallet.

Wen Tianyi pointed to the boy in the photo, nestled in his mother's arms, and said affectionately, "This is my son, Wenjie. Isn't he adorable?"

Jia Lin glanced at the photo. The boy in the photo was thin and small, and looked to be only five or six years old.

He chuckled and said, "You seem to miss home quite a bit."

"Yes, I want to take some time to go back and visit them."

"I haven't made a name for myself yet, and people will look down on me if I go back. I'm not going back."

Those words still seemed to echo in his ears, but when he saw Wen Tianyi again, they were already separated by death.

The body of Wen Tianyi was discovered by the property management of the rental apartment. Jia Lin tried calling Wen Tianyi's phone repeatedly but no one answered, so he called the property management of the community instead.

When the property management staff pried open the door, they found Wen Tianyi covered in blood and lifeless.

The police were called immediately. After the police investigated the scene, they were carrying Wen Tianyi's body into the police car when his family arrived.

It was a simple rural woman with a thin boy.

The boy was as thin as in the photo, perhaps even thinner, and the woman next to him was crying her heart out.

Even from a great distance, it's heartbreaking.

The boy was so frightened by what he saw that he let the police take him away.

Jia Lin hid in the car, which was parked on the side of the road outside the residential area.

A row of cars were parked on the side of the road, and his car was parked in the middle, so that it would not attract anyone's attention at all.

When asked why he didn't go over to comfort Wen Tianyi's wife and children, he didn't give a definite answer.

Afterwards, he thought about it repeatedly, and perhaps he was afraid of having contact with the widow and her child.

He... was afraid of being soft-hearted.

He was too eager to get ahead. His business had just started to pick up, and he was completely focused on his career, thinking only about how to make the company profitable quickly.

But Wen Tianyi suddenly ran into trouble. If the mother and son were to decide on the money he had invested, the woman would definitely withdraw her investment and take the money back to her hometown to deposit in the bank for her son's food, clothing, and education.

If he withdraws his funds at this critical juncture, the company simply won't be able to function.

So he gritted his teeth and drove straight back to the company. Wen Tianyi's investment didn't have any legal documents, only an agreement drafted by the two of them.

Jia Lin ran to Wen Tianyi's office, took the agreement out of the safe, and tore it up in a few seconds.

The safe contained the company's official seal, qualifications, and some cash; both of them knew the password.

When the police came to him, he used a prepared explanation to get away with it.

I heard that Wen Tianyi was killed by a desperate criminal, who confessed to the crime, and the case was closed.

He met Wen Tianyi in N City. When Wen Tianyi talked about his hometown, Jia Lin was secretly surprised to find that they were from the same hometown.

However, he did not tell Wen Tianyi about this. He fabricated a family background of being businessmen for generations, which is how he persuaded Wen Tianyi to partner with him.

After Wen Tianyi's death, Jia Lin ran the company on his own. In just three to five years, the company's assets had increased exponentially, and the company had transformed into one of the leading private enterprises in N City.

He gradually forgot about Wen Tianyi.

During this time, he did not return to his hometown, fearing that he would run into Wen Tianyi's wife and son, and he did not know how to face them.

Everyone has a conscience, but you can't use it as money.

In public and in private, people see that he is generous and wealthy, and they will respectfully call him President Jia.

When he upholds his conscience and adheres to moral principles, who respects him?

What can we do when we live in this cruel and realistic society?

Even when he goes back to prepare for a better life with his wife and children, doesn't he need money to take care of everything?

Wenjie, who was standing at the entrance of the villa, glanced at Jia Lin, and Jia Lin trembled again.

Wenjie's every move is strikingly similar to Wen Tianyi's!

Jia Lin patted his chest, trying to relax.

Jia Nan slowly walked up to Wen Jie, and the two looked at each other.

Wenjie angrily grabbed Jia Nan's arm and twisted it forcefully, causing Jia Nan's arm to obediently bend 180 degrees and lie behind her back.

He bent his arm and braced himself, naturally restraining Jia Nan's other arm as well, and pulled it behind his back.

Who was that person at the door that day?

Wenjie spoke in a cold tone, as if he wouldn't give up until he got some answers today.

"Your father!"

Jia Nan turned her head to look at Wen Jie.

Unfortunately, given his position, he could only catch a glimpse of Wenjie's profile out of the corner of his eye. He could only say to Wenjie, "Wenjie, let me go. I have something to tell you."

"My father! What happened to my father? Tell me! Tell me now!"

Wenjie panicked, veins bulging on his forehead, wishing he could crush the bones in Jia Nan's wrist.

Whenever he recalls what happened that night, he loses his mind, goes mad, and feels a kind of annihilation-like pain in his heart.

The more this happened, the more he wanted to know what had happened that night!

“Last time you said…you understand childhood without a father…” Jia Nan lowered her eyes and whispered, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Jia Lin walking towards them.

"Jia Lin, stop right there!" Jia Nan shouted, then whispered to Wen Jie, "Let me go, let's go inside and talk."

"Wenjie, let go of Jia Nan!"

Seeing that his son had been taken advantage of and was restrained by Wenjie, Jia Lin hesitated for a long time before finally getting out of the car.

Wenjie, his face gloomy, reluctantly released his grip on Jia Nan's arm.

The two entered the villa one after the other.

(End of this chapter)