Chapter 1006: Soul‑Shocking Murder

In the mine office ashtray, cigarette butts had piled up into a small hill.

After Chen Cheng hung up Wang Fugui's phone, his fingers still trembled slightly. The three words "Mayor Lin" weighed on his heart like a huge stone.

If the Sun family's affairs were exposed, the consequences would be unthinkable.

"Damn it, at this critical juncture, I actually ran into city leaders coming for an inspection! Sun Bingliang, that good-for-nothing, what damn luck did he walk into!"

Chen Cheng kicked over the nearby trash can, his face grim enough to drip water.

He dared not delay.

He grabbed the car keys and rushed out; the driver, seeing this, hurried to follow.

The car sped along the country road, kicking up dust, with only one thought in his mind: he must suppress the matter before Lin Dongfan sees Sun Bingliang!

Half an hour later.

Room 302, Inpatient Department, Jinxi County People's Hospital.

Wang Fugui was pacing anxiously in the ward.

Seeing Chen Cheng push the door and enter, he seemed to see a savior and hurried forward: "Boss Chen, you've finally come! This brat Sun Bingliang won't take oil or salt, he simply refuses to shut up……"

"Shut the fuck up!"

Chen Cheng gave him a white-eyed glare, scaring Wang Fugui into swallowing the rest of his words.

Next, Chen Cheng changed his expression.

He walked straight to Sun Bingliang's bedside and said with a smile: "Sun Bingliang, we're fellow villagers; there's no need to make things so stiff."

Sun Bingliang, leaning against the headboard, had a pale face, and the bruise at the corner of his mouth had not faded.

He glared at the smiling-but-not-sincere Chen Cheng: "Don't give me that act! You came today—could it be you want to acknowledge me as kin?"

"We're adults; don't say angry words."

Chen Cheng suppressed his inner hostility, maintaining a gentle smile: "The previous matter was my fault; I apologize. At the same time, I agree to all the terms you previously set. As long as you transfer your family's land to me, I can burn your father's loan agreement in front of you, and I'll also compensate you with one million."

At this moment, the abacus beads in Chen Cheng's mind were clacking away.

He thought money was a good thing, just fearing you little brat might have the life to take money but not the life to spend it! After the city leaders leave, I'll show you how I'll deal with you!

However……

Chen Cheng's faint gentle smile was overdone; Sun Bingliang could tell at a glance that this was a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken—no good intentions!

This Chen surname, usually striding sideways like a crab in Jinxi County, suddenly softened today.

Not to mention the somewhat educated Sun Bingliang.

Even Sun's father in the next bed, who doesn't know a single character, could see that it was surely because their family matter had attracted the city leaders' attention, putting pressure on the Chen surname.

Sun Bingliang gave a cold smile: "Chen surname, do you also have times when you're afraid?"

"You... what do you mean?" Chen Cheng feigned ignorance.

Sun Bingliang's eyes were firm, his words ringing: "Now I've changed my mind—no way will I give you my family's land! Five years ago, you had someone break my leg; this isn't something you can just think away."

"Don't give me face and then be shameless!"

Chen Cheng's pretense tore apart instantly; the smile on his face turned into a ferocious anger. He had never intended to truly compromise, and Sun Bingliang's attitude completely ignited his fury.

"Slap!"

A loud slap landed on Sun Bingliang's face, jerking his head aside, instantly reddening and swelling his cheek, and drawing blood at the corner of his mouth.

"I gave you a chance, and you don't even cherish it!"

Before Sun Bingliang could react, Chen Cheng grabbed his collar, slammed him onto the bed, and rained down punches like raindrops.

With each punch he cursed: "Always mouthy! Opposing me! Grass mud horse fucking Gobi Desert! Before I was still going easy……"

Sun Bingliang already had a disabled leg; held down on the bed, he had no strength to fight back.

Groans of pain continued.

"Squeak!"

Suddenly, the ward door was gently pushed open.

The nurse who came to change Sun Bingliang's dressing, seeing this, turned pale with fright and rushed forward to stop them: "Who let you fight in the hospital? Stop……"

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Wang Fugui hurriedly blocked the nurse, putting on a serious face: "This person is our village's professional petitioner, repeatedly feigning illness to extort money! We're educating him—what do you know? Get out!"

The nurse wanted to say more, but Wang Fugui forcibly shoved her out, and the ward door slammed shut with a bang.

"See? No one can save you today!" Chen Cheng choked Sun Bingliang's neck: "I'll ask you one last time: will you transfer the land or not? Do you understand to shut up?"

"!!!"

Sun Bingliang couldn't catch his breath, his face flushed red, yet he stubbornly glared at Chen Cheng. Suddenly he spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm and flung it hard onto Chen Cheng's face.

"You're asking to die!"

Chen Cheng went completely mad, grabbed the nearby pillow and smothered Sun Bingliang's head tightly.

"Mmm…… mmm……"

Sun Bingliang's body struggled violently, his hands instinctively grabbing, but he couldn't push Chen Cheng away.

His breathing grew ever more difficult, and his struggling weakened.

"Bingliang!"

On the neighboring bed, Sun's father, who had been unconscious, was awakened by the commotion.

Seeing his son being smothered to death, Sun's father instantly reddened with rage, struggled up from the bed and lunged at Chen Cheng: "Beast! Let go of my son……"

"Get lost!"

Chen Cheng didn't look back, driving an elbow hard into Sun's father's chest.

Sun's father, already old and injured, couldn't withstand that blow; he staggered back a few steps and fell heavily to the ground with a muffled groan.

Just as Sun's father tried to get up, Wang Fugui pounced and pressed him to the ground.

"Wang Fugui! You damned beast! What have I ever done to you? Let go of me!" The more Sun's father struggled, the tighter Wang Fugui pressed down.

He pressed Sun's father's head firmly to the head firmly to the ground and pinned his back with his right knee.

Wang Fugui said, "Old Man Sun, don't blame me for this; if anyone's to blame, it's you and your son for being clueless. Next Qingming Festival I'll burn a couple extra stacks of paper money for you, so don't hold it against me."

Before, he had still been a bit hesitant, unwilling to deal a fatal blow.

When he saw Chen Cheng determined to beat Sun Bingliang to death, Wang Fugui also panicked, realizing he was already in over his head and could only follow Chen Cheng down the same dark path.

Wang Fugui also grabbed a pillow and smothered Sun's father's head with it.

At that moment, Wang Fugui even ran through in his mind how to write the death report for the Sun father and son and how to smooth things over with the hospital leadership.

Just as the Sun father and son were struggling on the brink of death.

"Bang!!"

The tightly closed ward door was kicked open by someone.

At the same time, Lin Dongfan's angry shout rang out: "Stop!" The next second, Lin Dongfan rushed forward and kicked Wang Fugui to the ground with one foot.

Right after him, Lao Ba didn't hesitate either, rushing in and grabbing Chen Cheng's arm, pulling it back.

He knocked Chen Cheng out with a single punch to the ground.