Chapter 301: The Three Wang Sisters

On the slope of Immortal Ridge, the scorching sun baked the leaders until they were sweating profusely.

Everyone was waiting for Lin Dongfan.

So far, Gao Peng still didn't know that Director Huang of the Jinling Sub-bureau had already released Lin Dongfan and Yang Qing without charge; his mind was full of plots to do away with Lin Dongfan.

In short, they had to pin a murder charge on Lin Dongfan and make him die with a false accusation, not let him clear his name at his grave.

He thought it over for a while.

Gao Peng asked Lin Yuzhi for instructions: "General Lin, I drank too much water just now; I need to go to the restroom."

"Hmm."

Lin Yuzhi nodded in assent.

Gao Peng's urgent need to urinate was a pretense; he really wanted to get out of Lin Yuzhi's sight. He walked to a secluded spot and immediately pulled out his phone to make a call.

He ordered Wang Minjuan: "Lin Dongfan should be on the road now; find a way to deal with him—I don't want to see him."

The implication was that they wanted Lin Dongfan dead midway.

"Understood."

At that moment, Wang Minjuan was in a hotel, staying in the presidential suite.

After hanging up, she turned her gaze to her third sister, Wang Minlei, who was watching TV: "I have to go out to handle something; stay here and behave yourself."

Wang Minlei sat on the sofa, deaf to everything, her eyes glued to the TV.

She showed no reaction at all.

This stubborn attitude made Wang Minjuan's face flush slightly with anger: "For an online friend, you actually treat me like this—how long are you going to keep acting up?"

Wang Minlei still ignored her, just watching TV.

The next second.

The remote in her hand was snatched by Wang Minjuan, who turned off the TV, then pointed at the door and shouted: "If you want to be like your second sister and refuse to acknowledge me as your sister, then get out!"

Wang Minlei remained silent, saying nothing.

But this time she didn't stay seated.

She got up and walked away.

To a teenager, that would be rebellion; in Wang Minlei's case, it's stubbornness! She wanted to prove with her actions that she had self-respect and wasn't a doll to be pushed around.

She had taken just two steps.

Wang Minjuan suddenly bellowed: "Just like your second sister, you're being despicable!" Before her words finished, a sharp slap rang out—a backhand that sent Wang Minlei flying onto the sofa.

Although her cheeks burned,

Wang Minlei didn't utter a sound, nor did she shed a tear.

She merely stared at Wang Minjuan with resentful anger: "You already have more money than you could spend in a lifetime; if you're afraid of prison, you could leave this country and go elsewhere. But you refuse to go, insisting on staying here to play with an old man twenty-odd years your senior. The truly despicable one is you—disgusting!"

"Am I disgusting?"

Between anger and a bitter laugh, Wang Minjuan very much wanted to smash Wang Minlei's skull with a single palm.

But she didn't do it.

In her eyes, even a glimmer of sorrowful indignation appeared.

She anguishedly countered Wang Minlei:

"To support this family, I started mixing in society at fourteen.

Back when we three sisters had nothing to eat, I stole and robbed. You all ate happily—why didn't you call me disgusting then?

To earn money for your schooling, I worked as a hostess at a KTV, where a dozen hooligans harassed me!

I injured someone and ended up in prison; everything you ate and used at home, all the expenses, were paid with my life—why didn't you call me disgusting then?

To give you a carefree life, after prison I cozied up to high officials.

I slept with them!

Every penny you and your second sister spent on college came from me swallowing my pride! I bought you cars and houses, letting you live a life above others!

Now that your wings have grown, you call me disgusting?

Wang Minlei!

I originally thought you had more conscience than your second sister, but you're just another white-eyed wolf! I, Wang Minjuan, may be lowly, but I never burn the bridge after crossing the river!

Even if Gao Peng is an old man, he saved my life—I must feel grateful.

This is my principle in life!

Someone like you, who gives the side-eye, what right do you have to look down on me?

If you weren't my own sister, even dying ten thousand times today wouldn't appease the hatred in my heart! Killing trash like you would be nothing more than a flick of my wrist!

The further she went, the angrier Wang Minjuan's voice became.

The tears in her eyes grew ever fuller; eventually she couldn't hold them back, and they slid uncontrollably down her face—she hadn't been this broken even when she was arrested and imprisoned years ago.

Wang Minlei, scolded, dared not lift her head, remaining silent.

"I see it now: those who only reach out to eat will never know the cook's hardship." Wang Minjuan turned her head aside and wiped away a tear.

She added, indignant: "Get lost—just like your second sister, draw a line with me, stay far away from now on, and pretend I'm not your sister!"

"Sis, sorry…" Wang Minlei whispered her apology: "I know raising us wasn't easy for you, but you can't keep making the same mistake. Gao Peng, to protect himself, would even kill his own sister—such a person isn't worth your gratitude. When he protected you before, it was purely to use you—that's a fact."

"I don't need your apology, nor your lessons—get out at once!" Wang Minjuan turned her back on Wang Minlei, apparently really not wanting to see her again.

Wang Minlei pleaded: "Sis, I just spoke without thinking—can you forgive me once? As long as you don't lay a hand on Lin Dongfan, you can tell me to do anything, and from now on I'll obey you completely."

"Lin Dongfan! Again Lin Dongfan!" Wang Minjuan snapped around, glaring at Wang Minlei: "You're holding back your anger just to apologize to me—it's all for Lin Dongfan! He already has a wife—are you stupid?"

"His having a wife is his business; my liking him is mine." Wang Minlei frowned and muttered: "Those two things are unrelated."

Wang Minjuan was so angry she swallowed her tears: "According to you, am I being vulgar?"

"If Jia Baoyu married Xue Baochai, does that mean Lin Daiyu can't like Jia Baoyu? Liking someone isn't something I can control." Wang Minlei declared confidently to her elder sister: "But rest assured, I definitely won't end up like Lin Daiyu, despairing to death; I'll live well and live to a ripe old age, growing old with you."

Forget it, I don't have such Along life.

Wang Minjuan's anger came and went quickly; after hearing a couple of warm words, a satisfied smile bloomed on her face.

Seeing her elder sister smile, Wang Minning rushed over and began to shake and act cute: "Sis, can you indulge me just once more? Release Lin Dongfan, I really like him."

Pack up your things.

What for?

Go abroad with me.

No, you first release Lin Dongfan.

You're really stupid—Lin Dongfan is already free; his background is solid, even Gao Peng can't touch him, so you don't need to worry about this.

He's been released?

In an instant, Wang Minning's eyes lit up, awaiting an affirmative answer.

Wang Minjuan helplessly shook her head, turned and went back to her room to pack her luggage: "He's been released; just now Gao Peng called and told me to intercept him halfway. For your sake, sis, I'll let him off this time. We can't stay in this country any longer—I estimate Gao Peng won't hold out much longer either—let's go abroad with me right now, let's leave immediately."