Lima syndrome

Just as Bai Zhiyan had expected, the police soon came to his door, asked him a lot of questions, and searched Bai's house, but of course they returned empty-handed in the end. Bai Zhengren didn't even go home, so how could he have hidden all the evidence of his crimes at home?

Three days passed and there was no news from Bai Zhengren, and Bai Jitai had not come back either. Even the phone calls he usually insisted on making had not come.

Originally, Bai Zhiyan thought that the matter would temporarily come to a standstill with Bai Zhengren's disappearance, but Bai Jiying sent him a text message at this time to tell him a new news. An eyewitness said that he had seen Bai Zhengren in an abandoned unfinished building, and now Ji Chengxun and the police were rushing there.

If Bai Zhengren was a fugitive, why would he go to such a place? Was there evidence there that had to be destroyed?

Bai Zhiyan wanted to go out and find out what was going on, but now he could only be locked up in the Bai family and wait for news from the outside world.

Until the afternoon, Bai Zhiyan looked out the window bored. It was snowing outside. The outside world was covered by a heavy snowfall, and white snowflakes were falling.

The snow was heavy like cotton wool, the sky and the earth were pure white, and a thin layer of frost condensed on the windows, which was crystal clear and exuded a cold breath.

Bai Zhiyan blew out a breath gently, and watched the heat form a white mist on the glass. He couldn't help but raise his hand to paint on it.

"what are you doing?"

Suddenly a low voice sounded from behind him, and Bai Zhiyan turned around sharply to meet Bai Jita's sharp eyes.

"I didn't do anything." Bai Zhiyan wiped it a few more times and wiped off the small piece of white mist.

"Why are you standing in front of the window? Are you cold?" Bai Jitai wanted to see what he wrote on the glass, but now there was only a small wet mark left.

"It's not cold." Bai Zhiyan avoided his sight and walked into the hall and sat on the sofa.

Bai Jitai ignored his cold attitude and followed him leisurely, "Did the police come? What did they ask you?"

"He came here and asked me where Bai Zhengren was, but how would I know?"

"Any more?"

“They also searched the home but found nothing.”

"Why don't you ask me what I've been doing these days?" Bai Jitai walked over to Bai Zhiyan and sat down, stretching out his long arm and putting it around his shoulders.

"I saw it." Bai Zhiyan pointed at the TV in front of him, "I saw everything you did recently."

"Do you feel relieved to see Bai Zhengren become like this?"

He gently stroked Bai Zhiyan's hair with his fingers, and his tone was teasing, showing no respect for the father who raised him for many years.

"I don't know how to answer you. I can only tell you that I'm not in a bad mood right now."

"It's okay, you'll feel better."

As he spoke, Bai Jitai turned on the TV in front of the two of them. The news channel was now broadcasting live the location where the police rushed to and found Bai Zhengren's whereabouts, which was in an unfinished building in the suburbs.

The camera kept shaking, but Bai Zhiyan still saw Ji Chengxun in the crowd at a glance. His body trembled and he clenched his fists unconsciously.

He quietly put his hands behind his back and turned his phone to silent mode.

"What do you mean by showing me this?"

Bai Jitai did not answer but asked him, "Do you think they will find our 'father' here?"

He deliberately emphasized the word "father", and Bai Zhiyan always had a bad feeling.

"Someone come quickly, someone come quickly——"

At this time, the shouting sound on TV drew Bai Zhiyan's attention back. He looked up and saw that when the police arrived at the unfinished building, the surrounding area had turned into ruins.

This piece of ruins was obviously formed just recently, because there was no one living around, and no one noticed that an entire building was almost completely burned down.

Everyone worked together to search and finally found a safe in a corner with suspicious powder around it.

Looking at the grayish-white powder, Bai Zhiyan seemed to know what it was.

"That... is that Bai Zhengren?" He pointed at the close-up on the screen and slowly turned to look at Bai Jita.

"Who knows? Maybe."

Bai Jitai's indifferent attitude confirmed Bai Zhiyan's guess that Bai Zhengren was not missing but dead.

The safe that was discovered was opened immediately, and there were only a few pieces of paper and a letter inside.

The pieces of paper contained the personal information of all the people who had been sexually exploited by Bai Zhengren, which was twice as many as the number of people who had reported it before. Another piece of paper was also filled with words, and the entire paper was filled with records of how he tricked young artists into selling their bodies.

As for the letter, the police opened it directly under the camera and found out it was Bai Zhengren's confession.

It was filled with confessions of the crimes he had committed, and some of the words seemed to have been wetted by tears and blurred into a mass of black ink. The entire article was his heart-wrenching confession, and the last sentence also said that he would pay with his death.

Will Bai Zhengren confess his sins? Or even die to atone for his sins?

How is this possible! Even if Bai Zhiyan were to live ten times, he would never believe that Bai Zhengren would be such a person.

Everyone on TV was in shock. The dedicated host was still reporting seriously, but Bai Zhiyan was no longer in the mood to listen. He turned to look at Bai Jita, who had a happy face.

"Did you do it?"

"What do you mean?" Bai Jitai asked knowingly.

"The death of Bai Zhengren."

"So what if it is, and so what if it isn't."

He reached out and pulled Bai Zhiyan over to sit next to him, "Are you feeling better now?"

Bai Zhiyan looked at his smiling face and didn't know how to answer. He was in a very complicated mood. He was neither happy nor sad about Bai Zhengren's death. Even when he saw his ashes on TV just now, he felt nothing. He thought he would be happy, but he couldn't laugh.

"answer me."

"I don't know." Bai Zhiyan lowered his head and bit his lip.

"Don't bite." Bai Jitai held his face, pressed his lips with his fingers, and freed his broken lower lip from under his teeth.

"My dear, guess what I saw when I went to the lawyer's office to get the Bai Zhengren estate distribution document?"

He changed the topic so quickly that Bai Zhiyan didn't have time to think about the meaning of his words. He saw him take out an opened envelope and a brown paper bag from a handbag on the side.

Bai Jitai picked up the letter and held it in front of his eyes. "What do you think this is?"

"How would I know?" Bai Zhiyan was already annoyed by his suspenseful words, so he simply turned his head away and didn't look at him.

"You'll be interested."

Bai Jitai took out the letter and turned his face away. "It clearly states that I am not Bai Zhengren's biological son."

Upon hearing this, Bai Zhiyan's body stiffened. It turned out that this was the letter he sent anonymously to Bai Zhengren after discussing with Ji Chengxun. How did it end up in Bai Jitae's hands?

"So you..." Bai Zhiyan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his voice trembled a little.

"I'm really not."

After Bai Jitai finished speaking, the hall fell into silence. Bai Zhiyan opened and closed his mouth but couldn't utter a word.

He actually admitted it just like that.

"I didn't intend for Bai Zhengren to die so hastily, but because of this thing, he had to disappear immediately."

Bai Zhiyan's pupils trembled. He actually contributed to Bai Zhengren's murder.

He was shaking with anxiety and wanted to escape from here. Now he felt difficulty breathing when he looked at Bai Jitai's face.

"Are you scared, Bai Zhiyan?" Bai Jitai did not give him a chance to escape and tightly grasped his arms, imprisoning him under his shadow.

"Who do you think sent this letter to him?"

His low and hoarse voice sounded like a demon from hell. Bai Zhiyan didn't dare to look at him or answer him. He lowered his head to avoid his gaze.

"What are you afraid of?" Bai Jitai stroked his soft head with a smile, "I thought you had become braver these days."

Bai Zhiyan's face became paler and paler. He tried hard to suppress the fear in his heart. "No matter who it is, Bai Zhengren is dead."

Bai Jitai chuckled and slowly leaned closer to his ear, "You are right, he is dead, and we are the only ones here from now on."

Bai Zhiyan didn't know how to answer, nor did he dare to continue biting his lips, so he could only continue looking at the floor under his feet.

"You know what? I've been waiting for this day for a long time. From now on, everything Bai Zhengren has will belong to me." Bai Jitai's voice revealed an irrepressible excitement.

The snow was still falling outside, and the whole world seemed to be covered in white.

After struggling for an unknown amount of time, Bai Zhiyan finally asked, "If you tell me your life story, aren't you afraid that I might leak it?"

"So what if you know? Who can you tell? Bai Jiying or the Bai family's business rival?"

Bai Jitai raised his hand and stroked Bai Zhiyan's cheek. He curved his brows, and his eyes, which were always filled with hostility, now showed tenderness that could not be concealed.

"Even if my identity is exposed, what can it do? Now that Bai Zhengren is dead, it doesn't matter whether I am his biological child or not. His inheritance distribution certificate is in my hands, and I am his only heir."

Bai Zhiyan waved his hand away and grabbed his collar, feeling a little emotional. "If that's the case, then I'm just a stranger who has no blood relationship with you. I said I won't take Bai Zhengren's property. Why do you have to trap me?"

"Tell me why? Why do you have to torture me like this!"

"So what?"

Bai Jitai sat up straight and moved closer to him, holding his hand that was holding his clothes. "Even if we are not related by blood, you are still my brother in legal terms. You can never deny this."

"Are you crazy because of lack of love, Bai Jitai! There are countless people in this world who are willing to be your brother, why do you have to find me!"

"Although I don't know anyone who would be willing to be my brother, I want to correct a mistake in what you just said."

He picked up the brown paper bag that had been placed on the coffee table, opened it, and handed Bai Zhiyan a photo.

Bai Zhiyan didn't want to answer it, but when he saw the person on it, it was actually his mother.

"How do you have a picture of my mother?"

He snatched the photo and looked at it carefully. This was what his mother looked like when she was young. Next to her was a man who looked very similar to her, smiling and putting his arm around her shoulders.

"Did your mother ever tell you that she had a twin brother?"

Bai Zhiyan was stunned for a moment when he heard his words. He remembered that when he was a child, he once asked his mother why he had never met her family.

At that time, he didn't know that his mother ran away from home and gave birth to him secretly, but he also heard her mention that her parents died early and she only had one brother. However, they rarely contacted each other after she ran away, and he had never even seen him.

"The man in the photo is my biological father."

Bai Zhiyan felt as if the blood in his body was flowing backwards. He already knew the truth that Bai Jitai was about to tell, and he didn't dare to believe it, nor did he want to believe it.

"Stop talking..."

"I recognized your mother after seeing her photo that day. Your mother's twin brother is my biological father. Bai Zhiyan, we—"

"you shut up!"

Bai Zhiyan interrupted Bai Jitai with a sharp voice. He held his head with both hands and kept shaking his head. He didn't want to listen anymore. "I don't believe it. I don't believe every word you say!"

However, Bai Jitai did not stop. He forcibly pried open his hands and held up his face. "It's useless for you to not believe it, Bai Zhiyan. We are brothers, brothers with blood ties. This is a fact that you can never change!"

Bai Zhiyan's eyes became empty. He felt that his world had completely collapsed at this moment. He could not accept this fact.

The person who killed him in his previous life turned out to be his brother, and he is still torturing himself now.

God, is this the price for my rebirth? Let me know this cruel truth, let me endure the love of a bully, let a hopelessly crazy person wait for me in hell rather than die.

Bai Jitai expected Bai Zhiyan to have this kind of reaction. Compared to Bai Zhengren, who is a beast in human form, Bai Zhiyan will definitely find it even more difficult to accept that he is his mother's bloodline.

"I know it's hard for you to believe." He took out another thing from the brown paper bag. "This is the DNA test report between you and me. The data cannot be false."

Looking at that thin piece of paper, Bai Zhiyan felt that he was no different from a death row inmate sentenced to death.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly laughed, and his laughter echoed in the empty hall, sounding particularly desolate, "Haha... it's really funny!"

Tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, but a desperate smile appeared on his face, "Why is this happening... Why on earth are you teasing me like this..."

Bai Jitai wanted to say something, but Bai Zhiyan pushed him away with all his strength and ran out the door without even putting on his shoes, looking back.

"Bai Zhiyan!"

It was still snowing outside, and Bai Zhiyan was running aimlessly in the snow. He didn't know where he was going, he just felt like his heart was torn apart, the pain was unbearable.

The cold wind whistled across his face, but he did not feel the slightest bit of coldness. At this moment, his heart had already been frozen to the extreme.

"Bai Zhiyan, what are you doing!?"

Bai Jitai chased after him, pulled Bai Zhiyan over and hugged him tightly in his arms.

Bai Zhiyan struggled in his arms, but couldn't break free.

"let me go!"

However, Bai Jitai's embrace became tighter and tighter, as if he wanted to rub him into his body.

"You are mine and will always be mine. Don't even think about leaving me, and no one can take you away from me."