Even though it was already past 2pm in the afternoon, the number of customers at 'Thai Good Food" did not seem to have decreased. Although it was probably not as busy as it was at noon. In order to thank Qiao Yin, Li ZhongCheng wanted to treat her to a meal, seeing as she could not reject him, she could only enter the restaurant with him.
Li ZhongCheng specifically asked for a private room and after ordering he smiled at Qiao Yin. His complexion looked better now compared to when he was at the Law Firm. He glanced at the television and his eyes suddenly went wide, "Judge of city X, Zhong Zheng was murdered in his home last night..."
"What?" Qiao Yin went as her hand holding her teacup suddenly stopped causing some of the boiling tea to spill on her hand. She sucked in a cold breath because of the sting and she quickly placed the cup down. Li ZhongCheng did not expect her to have such a big reaction and he quickly stood up to check her hand, "Miss Qiao, are you okay?"
"I'm alright, I'm going to run it under some cold water." She hurriedly said with a smile as she got up, she glanced at the television as she went over to the restroom in the private room. The television was replaying the news from noon so that was probably where Li ZhongCheng saw the news. She took in a deep breath and ran her reddening hand under the cool water as she recalled Xiao Yan's call from earlier. Remembering the questions he asked, she suddenly started to feel very flustered.
Even though they no longer worked together, they still had encounters with each other as lawyers going to court. Moreover, due to the case from four years ago, she had a very deep impression of Zhong Zheng. So now that Zhong Zheng has been murdered, the prime suspect would naturally be Chen Wen's son, Chen HaoXiang. This was probably the reason why Xiao Yang called her.
However, Qiao Yin felt something was wrong. During these years, she had always maintained contact with Chen HaoXiang and even though he definitely hated Zhong Zheng, he was a reasonable person. All these years he had been doing academic research to prove the irrationality of the harsh punishment for lawyers who commit perjury. Chen HaoXiang had used a lot of time and effort on it, so it's unlikely that he would suddenly change his plans and go murder Zhong Zheng.
After running her hand under the water in a daze for a while, the pain was gone. She reached into her pocket get a tissue, but then a business card fell out of her pocket and she bent over to pick it up. Looking at it, she realized it was the business card Li ZhongCheng had given her at the Law Firm.
She immediately froze.
Li Cheng.
Didn't he say his name was Li ZhongCheng?
If she was not remembering it wrong, the name Li Cheng..... it should be Li JianHui's brother.
Her brain connected the dots and Qiao Yin thought of a very scary possibility and her scalp felt numb as she glanced at the door where Li ZhongCheng was probably calmly sitting outside. She licked her dry lips as she tried to calm herself down. Half a minute later she regained her composure and walked out of the restroom with a restless expression as she sat back down.
“Mister Li, earlier you said that Judge Zhong was murdered in his home. Where did you hear that from?”
Perhaps he was startled by her serious expression because Li ZhongCheng’s smiling face slightly faltered, “I just saw it on the moving strip.”
Qiao yin nodded, knitting her brows as she took her phone from her bag, “Excuse me, I need to make a phone call. Originally, there was a case that we just picked up that was supposed to be judged by judge Zhong, now that something has happened to him, I need to contact the lawyers.”
“Go on.” Li ZhongCheng said, showing he did not mind,
She found Xiao Yang's number and quickly dialed it. It was picked up very quickly and after a five-second silence, Xiao Yang said in a low voice, “Qiao Yin?”
She pursed her lips as she showed an annoyed expression, she pretended to hang up and planed the phone facing down on the table. Li ZhongCheng had been watching her every move so when he saw this he asked, “No one picked up?”
Qiao Yin knit her brows and said, “They’re probably busy. No matter, I will call again later.”
Li ZhongCheng noticed that she was not in a good mood, thus he decided to change the topic, "The name Zhong Zheng was mentioned in the newspapers before. He was the judge that judged the case of Lawyer Chen Wen right?" He asked pausing as he placed his hand under his chin, "Is it possible that the culprit was Lawyer Chen Wen's son? I remember a while ago he was mentioned in the newspaper."
"Probably not." Qiao Yin responded, shaking her head as she exercised her stiff fingers under the table, "Since Chen Wen's incident is already garnering a lot of attention, there is no need for him to commit any murders." She thought for a second and then added, "Besides, two days ago we were still in contact. His emotions seemed stable and he even asked me to help him find the file for the case Chen Wen was handling for some information."
"He wanted to see the file?" Li ZhongCheng asked, furrowing his brows.
"Yes. Earlier when we were leaving the Law Firm Lawyer Zhang was helping me look for it." She said tucking a stray lock of hair behind her ear, she lightly smiled showing a bit of regret, "Chen Wen's last case was a criminal case, a truly a sad one. His client had been accused murderer of a man and a woman, he was then sentenced to death and immediately executed. Chen Wen had always felt regret over it, now that he has passed, Chen HaoXiang wanted to find the family member of the client to apologize on behalf of his father."
After listening to this, Li ZhongCheng sat quietly for a bit before suddenly asking, "Miss Qiao, did you read my business card?"
Qiao Yin knit eyebrows tightened and she went, "hm?" As if she did not properly hear him.
"You read my business card." Li ZhongCheng said, this was all the confirmation he needed. He raised his head and blankly returned her stare, "You know I am Li JunHui's brother."
Xiao Yang heard this sentence over the phone as he exited the Law firm holding the file he had just retrieved from Lawyer Zhang. He rushed to his vehicle and said to Yan Cong over the radio, " Restaurant 'Thai Good Food' on Mei Qi Road. Go there quietly, he is with the boss of the Law Firm, Qiao Yin. He might use her as a hostage."
He suddenly heard the sound of something breaking through his Bluetooth earpiece. Then he heard Qiao Yin scream!
Li Cheng's angry deep voice carried over, "When did you look at it? In the Law Firm? You were acting the entire time?!"
"No, I just saw it." Qiao Yin responded in a shaking voice. It was most likely that she was being threatened by him with some weapon. But she seemed to be doing her best to stay calm, the words she spoke were still clear, "What I said just now was also not a lie. If Chen HaoXiang knew you were returning, he would have definitely gone to find you right away."
"Bullsh*t! He already died last night!" Li Cheng suddenly roared, "Do you know what he said when he saw my face? 'Please let me go!' 'Don't kill me!' It seems he only f**king knew how to say those two sentences!"
At this time, a knock came from the door of the private room and after a short period of silence, Xiao Yang heard a gunshot, followed by a distant scream, and then it seemed like the entire restaurant exploded with people running and screaming with gunshots ringing out. With Li Cheng's roaring becoming more distant, 'Get out! Every single one of you GET OUT!!"
Xiao Yang drove as fast as possible towards the restaurant as he spoke into the intercom to report the situation to Yan Cong, "Li Cheng opened fire in the restaurant. It's unclear if there are any casualties, call the ambulance and get there as soon as possible."
At this time, 'Thai Good Food' had already been emptied out, with the table and chairs knocked to the ground. Li Cheng's arm was locked around Qiao Yin's throat as they stood in front of the cash register with the gun aimed at Qiao Yin's head. At the entrance of the private room was the body of a waiter, who had just been doing his job coming over to serve their meal when he was killed in one shot by the mentally unstable Li Cheng.
Outside the restaurant, police sirens rang out as Qiao Yin, the hostage stood on her tiptoes, not daring to move. Originally, Li Cheng had used a yellow switchblade to threaten her so she never expected that he would have a gun on him. Now that he had chased all the other customers out of the restaurant, there were only two possible plans he could have in mind; either he will kill her and then commit suicide or he would use her as a hostage to escape.
Very quickly Yan Cong arrived with a group of policemen and surrounded the restaurant's front door, holding a gun, he slowly approached the front door and shouted to Li Cheng, "Li Cheng! You are now surrounded! Release the hostage immediately and surrender! If you resist you will be put down on the spot."
"Call the press over! Let them go live! Or else I will kill her!" Li Cheng shouted back, all his reason had been stamped down by his anger.
"It's of no use..." Qiao Yin said despite having trouble breathing due to Li Cheng's arm clamped around her throat. But she continued, "It's impossible for you to give Li JianHui back his innocence... He did kill those people."
Her words once again provoked Li Cheng and he used more force to push the gun to her head as he shouted next to her ear, "It's impossible! He doesn't know how to kill!"
Qiao Yin winced in pain due to the ringing his shouting caused in her ear. However she was not dissuaded by his words to his argument and she calmly continued, "At that time, Chen Wen could have only helped him to obtain a suspended death sentence at most. However, Li JianHui was not cooperative and he kept claiming that he did not murder the victims, this was the reason Chen Wen was sentenced to prison for perjury..." She took in a few deep breaths and then asked, "Do you know why Li JianHui kept claiming he was innocent all the way to his death?"
Li Cheng's head started to hurt. And as if he was going crazy, he grabbed her hair and smashed her head against the cash register. "Shut up!"
Qiao Yin's vision went dark due to the impact, she clenched her teeth and although dazed, she continued, "It was because he knew you would return... and he did not want you to live with the memory of having a murderer for a brother here..."
Yan Cong's called out from outside the restaurant again, "Li Cheng! We have already contacted the press! I will go in by myself now! Let's talk face to face regarding any other conditions you have!"
Seeing Yan Cong's figure approaching the entrance, Li Cheng glanced at Qiao Yin and then fiercely back at Yan Cong. His forehead was filled with sweat and the muscles on his face were tight, almost as if his plan was suddenly thrown into disarray. Yan Cong stopped about 5 meters away with his gun still pointing at Li Cheng as he intensely stared the opponent in the eyes, "Li Cheng, put the weapon down, release the hostage. We will allow you to get on the news."
"Unless you show me the live broadcast! Or else don't waste your time!" Li Cheng responded also pointing his gun at him, his eyes quickly glanced at the TV across from him and his face became red, "Don't try to trick me! I can see it!"
Yan Cong secretly clenched his teeth. They did contact the press and their crew, but to let this go Live at the moment was impossible, it will only lead to severe public panic.
Noticing his hesitation, Li Cheng's hold on Qiao Yin tightened, obviously already prepared for the worst possible case, "Quick!"
Qiao Yin's feet were now completely off the ground, he was choking her and her brain was already starting to lack oxygen. She looked like a fish out of the water, almost out of breath," Li Cheng... your brother left a will for you...." She said, grabbing at Li Cheng's arm, her nails digging into his skin, "There was an email... It was a voice recording, he left the will hoping that I will give it to you personally when you return... I burned it into a CD... It's at the Law Firm..."
"You're still trying to trick me?!" Li Cheng froze, before shouting at her. He also became distracted and removed his focus from Yan Cong --- Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Cong pulled the trigger!
Li Cheng immediately regained his focus and moved to dodge, however, the bullet still hit his arm and he immediately let go Qiao Yin!
Qiao Yin painfully fell to the floor and Li Cheng in his attempt to dodge also fell to the floor. Qiao Yin did not have the time to feel scared as she quickly struggled to her feet and ran towards Yan Cong. Seeing that the situation was not looking good, Li Cheng aimed his gun at Yan Cong's hand and fired! It hit and Yan Cong's gun fell out of his hand, but almost immediately he reached for his second gun, only to see Li Cheng aiming his gun at Qiao Yin!
"BANG!"
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YukkiMuch: Oh no! The gun sounded! Will Qiao Yin be ok?! She just had a frightening experience of being hostage... Do you think she was injured or killed by the gun?
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