Chapter 2447: Another Me 16

At the villa gate.

Jin Chen leaned against the main gate, looking outside.

The bodyguards he hired stood in a line, tightly guarding the villa entrance.

Li Fendou was at the police station; Li Donglai was taken away by the police for questioning, and only after confirming that this exam score had no suspicion of plagiarism was he just released. Li Qiang shrank behind him, completely lacking his usual domineering demeanor, like a frightened mouse.

Qiu Juan stood at the door, her hair disheveled, hysterical toward the lawyer in a suit before her.

"What right do you have! This is my home! What right do you have to kick me out!"

The lawyer, in a crisp suit, pushed his glasses and said, "Ms. Qiu, according to legal regulations and the information on the property deed, the owner of this villa is Mr. Li Chi. You are merely a tenant, not the owner."

Jin Chen listened, hearing this he snorted, "You've occupied the magpie's nest for too long, really taking yourself as the master."

"Whose name is on the property deed, don't you know?"

Qiu Juan's face turned livid, her lips trembling, yet she could find no words to rebut.

She of course knew that the property deed clearly bore Li Si's name, and later… later it should have been Li Chi's.

The lawyer timely added, in a businesslike tone, "If you continue to unreasonably pester and refuse to move out, then the handling of your husband Li Fendou's case in the detention center will be affected."

"His possible sentence could be increased, and you yourself may also bear corresponding legal responsibility for obstructing execution, etc."

Qiu Juan's arrogant aura vanished instantly, leaving only panic in her eyes.

She opened her mouth, but could only manage, "I… I'll take my own things and leave!"

The lawyer nodded, "Okay."

"But limited to your personal clothing and private belongings. All fixed assets, valuables in the villa, and the portion of Li Si's estate illegally occupied by Mr. Li Fendou must be inventoried, sealed, and returned to Mr. Li Chi."

Qiu Juan glared hatefully at Jin Chen, grabbed the still-trembling Li Qiang, turned and rushed into the villa to pack up that pitiful bit of belongings.

Li Donglai stood there, dazed and unable to take in anything anymore.

Jin Chen's gaze fell on him, suddenly recalling something, he turned and took the computer from a bodyguard's hand.

He walked up to Li Donglai, the screen lit up—it was the login page of the college entrance exam score inquiry system.

"Don't rush to move," Jin Chen handed him the computer, a smile playing on his lips, "You academic ace, check your scores. This is what you earned by your own ability."

Li Donglai's body jerked violently.

He dared not look.

For three years, he had stolen Li Chi's scores too easily, to the point that he almost forgot… forgot that his stomach basically contained not a drop of ink.

Several thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning.

Li Donglai suddenly froze, wondering why, on several important major exams, whenever he was about to slip up, Li Chi just happened to help him muddle through?

Li Chi could have easily exposed him!

He had no reason to help himself!

Unless…

Li Donglai jerked his head up, voice trembling, "Is it you! Right?"

"You deliberately let me change my scores, you deliberately made me think I was really capable! You… you deliberately made me lose my way, that's why I did so poorly this time!"

This question was utterly absurd, even the solemn lawyer beside him couldn't help but frown, thinking this person must be crazy.

Jin Chen, however, laughed.

He leaned in close to Li Donglai's ear, his voice lowered to a whisper only the two of them could hear.

What made Li Donglai's spine tingle even more was that he seemed to hear two overlapping voices at the same time.

"Yeah, idiot."

Li Donglai felt as if struck by lightning.

It turned out… it turned out that long before that second personality appeared, Li Chi had been hiding such a terrifying scheme.

He was like a jumping clown, step by step walking toward the abyss under the other's icy gaze.

Qiu Juan came out dragging two bulging woven sacks, tears still on her face; seeing Li Donglai still standing there, she immediately shrieked.

"Donglai! Quickly check your scores! You surely did great! Hurry and show them! Let them know how promising our Donglai is!"

She still dreamed of Li Donglai getting into a prestigious school and receiving a generous scholarship, fantasizing that this money could become their last lifeline.

Li Donglai's face turned ashen, his body trembling uncontrollably.

Under Qiu Juan's urging, he took the computer with trembling hands and stiffly entered his exam ticket number and ID number.

The page switched.

The score on the screen was horrendously low, lower than even the worst cutoff for vocational colleges.

"Congratulations, Mr. Li Chi."

The lawyer, while checking Li Chi's scores, spoke up at the right moment: "Your scores have been protected and hidden; you are among the top fifty in the province."

The comparison was stark, the contrast brutal.

"Impossible! How could this be!"

Qiu Juan lunged forward; the moment she saw the screen clearly, her eyeballs almost popped out.

She grabbed Li Donglai's collar in one fist, shaking him wildly, "What are you doing? How could you score like this! Ah! My money! My hope!"

"It's all over! It's all over!"

Qiu Juan's vision went black, her body went limp and she fainted on the ground.

Li Qiang screamed in fright and threw himself onto Qiu Juan.

Just then, Li Donglai's phone in his pocket began to vibrate frantically.

He, like a puppet, mechanically answered.

The speakerphone voice sounded.

"Is this Li Donglai? This is the city bureau. Your father Li Fendou suddenly vomited blood while in detention, his condition critical; he has been urgently sent to the City First Hospital for emergency treatment. Please have family members go to the hospital as soon as possible."

The phone slipped from Lai Donglai's hand and crashed to the ground.

His last support also collapsed, his eyes hollow as he stared at his unconscious mother and wailing younger brother, plunging completely into despair.

It's over, everything is over.

No one knows how long it has been.

The piercing siren of the ambulance drew near from afar.

Zhou Shuo hurried over, his face grim, helping the medical staff lift the unconscious Qiu Juan onto the ambulance.

Lai Qiang choked with sobs as he followed and climbed up.

Before Zhou Shuo closed the car door, his gaze complex as he looked toward Jin Chen, who stood by the door, coldly observing.

He moved his lips, finally saying only, "Lai Chi, you……have changed a lot."

Jin Chen lifted his eyelids to look at him, "Do we know each other well? Don't bother me."

Zhou Shuo gave Jin Chen a deep look, then turned and boarded the ambulance.

The clamor faded away.

The lawyer confirmed the follow-up handover matters and also left with the documents.

The Villa's Main Gate slowly shut, instantly becoming empty and quiet.

Here finally became tranquil, and finally……belonged solely to Lai Chi.

Jin Chen walked up to the second floor with light steps.

At the end of the hallway there was a room, the door ajar; he pushed it open and entered.

This room contained a large floor-to-ceiling mirror, the sunset's gold-red light slanting through the window and shining in.

Jin Chen walked to the mirror and stopped.

The mirror reflected Lai Chi's face, bearing a soft contour characteristic of youth, yet his gaze was unruly and hid a sharp edge.

He looked at the person in the mirror, as if he were looking at Lai Chi.

Jin Chen spoke, his voice exceptionally gentle, "Little Chi, congratulations on your new beginning."

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 47!】