Chapter 454: Pitiful people must have something hateful about them!

Zheng Canghai used money to bribe Huang Hai, creating an accident at the fishing village construction site that killed a coworker, causing the entire project to be ordered to halt by Guo Lichun.

The key breakthrough in this matter lies with the Huang family.

After Chen Shaokang was beaten, Lin Dongfan did not continue sending people to the Huang family to find Huang Hai for evidence of money paid for murder, but the Huang family affair remained under Lin Dongfan's control.

The eldest of the Huang family, Huang Hai, is detained in the detention center.

The second son of the Huang family, Huang Tao, has been missing for several days.

The old lady Huang also cannot sit still.

Yesterday, she went to the Ocean and Fisheries Bureau to find Huang Tao's superior—Han Zhang—and asked Han Zhang: "Did you assign my son to dangerous work? Why can't I get in touch with him all the time?"

Han Zhang also had a bad expression.

Han Zhang angrily retorted to Huang Aunt on the spot: "Who assigned him dangerous work? He just doesn't want to work anymore, and you're still coming to me for people? What nonsense! He's absconding from his post, unjustifiably absent!"

The harsh words struck her heart, leaving Huang Aunt in tears.

She ran, lost and confused, to the Mazu Temple to pray for blessings, asking Mazu to protect her son. If Mazu is effective, she would probably sigh—pitiful people must have something hateful about them!

Now, whether it's Huang Aunt or people from the unit, no one knows that Huang Tao has already been secretly detained by the Provincial Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Lin Dongfan is waiting for an opportunity.

Waiting for Huang Aunt to shift from anxious psychology to desperate psychology! Once a person falls into despair, all that's needed is to throw out a little hope, and they can be easily manipulated.

That day soon descended upon reality.

After going to the Mazu Temple to pray, the old lady Huang fell ill in bed a few days later, no longer rendering lard or selling lard, lying in bed unable to get up.

Huang Tao's wife—Miao Cuicui—also did not go to visit the old lady.

Miao Cuicui directly treated her husband as dead, taking her daughter to work elsewhere to support herself. She ignored both Huang Tao's disappearance and the old lady's illness.

All hatred accumulates day by day.

The Huang family values males over females; years ago they forced the elder sister-in-law to jump into the sea with her infant daughter, an event that left a major psychological scar in Miao Cuicui's heart.

The suffering the elder sister-in-law endured in life, Miao Cuicui feels deeply.

Because her first child was also a daughter, just like the elder sister-in-law who jumped to her death, in the Huang family she is also an unloved, ill-fated person.

Her first child was delivered by cesarean section.

Postpartum recovery was not ideal; the doctor said she cannot become pregnant within three years, otherwise uterine enlargement could cause the scar to rupture, leading to massive intra-abdominal bleeding and life-threatening danger.

Yet the Huang family ignores this, constantly urging her to have a second child.

Because she refuses to have a second child, Huang Tao often beat her when he was at home. Every time she took off her clothes to bathe, she dared not look in the mirror, seeing her bruised all over, she could not help but tear up.

Lin Dongfan has long known all these messy affairs of the Huang family inside out.

He expected that Huang Aunt would eventually fall into despair.

This morning, the person in charge of surveillance, Xie Xiaofeng, ran over to report to Lin Dongfan: "Brother Fan, Old Lady Huang is about to pass; last night a neighbor brought her a bowl of porridge, but she didn't eat it."

"This is a heart ailment."

"I know."

"Come, let's go feel her pulse."

Lin Dongfan personally led the team straight to the Huang family.

The entourage numbered over a dozen, besides his personal bodyguard Lao Ba, there was also the Security Department head Xie Xiaofeng, and ten security personnel.

Before Lin Dongfan arrived at the Huang family.

Xie Xiaofeng had already sent people ahead to clear the area; inside and outside the Huang family courtyard, people stood guard and patrolled, idle persons prohibited from approaching, the security level comparable to that of the US President visiting a slum.

As soon as Lin Dongfan got out of the car, the village women began to wag their tongues.

"Is this the Fan Zong who likes to send ships? What a grand display."

"Yes, that's him."

"After the boss of the Hai Long Hui, Cai Lao Ban, was killed, I guess this Fan Zong is also afraid, going out with so many bodyguards; rich people value their lives more than anything."

"What is he coming to the Huang family for?"

"I think Huang Aunt is in trouble this time; her son operating a crane killed someone, causing Fan Zong's construction site to be ordered to stop work, heard the loss is several hundred million."

"According to me, this Fan Zong is just plain stupid."

"Nobody is more stupid than you; they have hundreds of billions in net worth, what do you have? A skinny salted fish mocking a deep blue whale— the whale glancing at you once counts as a loss."

"I may not have his money, but I am not his stupid."

"Shut up, you're not worthy to compare with Fan Zong."

"How can we not compare? Everyone in the city knows the Zheng father and son have money, power, and backing. He's an outsider, just came up and tried to seize the Zheng father and son's turf; could a smart person do such a stupid thing?"

"If the Zheng father and son were really as formidable as you say, why don't they just kill Fan Zong? I spit!"

……

The onlooking village women grew heated, pulling and pulling until they split into two factions.

The older faction believes Fan Zong is a clueless idiot; the younger faction of village women are loyal hardcore fans of Fan Zong.

Mainly because Fan Zong has a hobby of sending ships.

These young village women, holding youthful capital, have some small fantasies in their hearts, imagining themselves becoming the next fortunate one favored by Fan Zong.

They want to get close and greet Lin Dongfan.

But they cannot break through the bodyguards' cordon.

Lin Dongfan's attention is clearly not on them; he walks straight ahead without glancing sideways, directly entering the Huang family courtyard.

Just as he reached the door, he heard the old lady Huang's wheezing cough.

In the dark, damp room, a moldy smell emanated, along with an indescribable old-person odor; the old lady Huang lay on the bed wheezing and coughing nonstop.

After not seeing her for a few days, she has already become skin and bones.

On the chair beside the bed sat a bowl of porridge, already spoiled, with a layer of thin mud-like scum on top.

Lin Dongfan, as soon as he entered the door, was irritated by these complex smells to the point of intolerance; instinctively he waved his hand to fan, and ordered his subordinates to open the window.

As soon as the window opened, a breeze blew in, and the pungent smell lessened a bit.

Xie Xiaofeng stepped forward to say: "Aunt Huang, our Chief Fan sees you've come; can you still sit up?"

Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!!!!..

Upon hearing the two words 'Chief Fan', Old Lady Huang coughed even more severely.

Her wrinkled, clumsy hand tightly covered her chest, yet she couldn't suppress it; she coughed so badly she couldn't catch her breath, as if she might die at any moment.

After the coughing stopped.

She weakly scolded: "You people…… none of you are good! Get out…… my son didn't take Zheng Canghai's money, nor did he kill anyone……"

All of this was within Lin Dongfan's expectations.

In the world of the extremely wicked mother-in-law, everyone in the world is bad; only she and her son are good—a very peculiar notion.

Lin Dongfan replied calmly: "I know where Huang Tao is; I can take you to see him."

"What did you say?"

The originally dying Old Man Huang suddenly burst forth with terrifying vital spirit, comparable to an enhanced version of the brief rally before death.

She actually managed to sit up by sheer force.

His eyes gleamed with spirit as he stared straight at Lin Dongfan, who stood by the bed: "My little Tao hasn't died; do you really know where he is?"

Lin Dongfan, too lazy to waste words, directly took out his phone and played a recording.

From the phone came Huang Tao's voice: "Mom, I've run into some trouble here; I might not be able to return for several years. Don't tell my wife about this; if she knows I can't return, she'll definitely run away. Furthermore……"

Halfway through the recording, Lin Dongfan directly pressed the pause button.

Old Lady Huang's eyes flashed with anger: "My son's words aren't finished yet; why did you pause? Keep playing, I want to hear it all."

"It looks like your illness is half cured." Lin Dongfan smiled: "Listening to the recording is boring; I can take you to see him, on the condition that you cooperate with me."

"What do you want me to cooperate with you on?" Old Lady Huang anxiously said: "My eldest son really didn't kill anyone; in that construction site incident, he didn't do it intentionally……"

"Your mind is quite clear, not at all confused."

Lin Dongfan smiled faintly, and Old Lady Huang immediately shut her mouth, showing a regretful expression.

Lin Dongfan added: "Old lady, you need to think things through. If you don't cooperate with me, not only will your eldest son go to jail, but you won't even get to see your second son again."

"I…… I want to see my second son first……" Old Lady Huang was still thinking about bargaining.

Considering her, she is indeed a key witness.

In order to prevent her from dying at Zheng Sanshui's hands, Lin Dongfan set up a plan: "As long as you follow me, these things won't be a problem."