He is Lovestruck in the Revenge-Chapter 229 - 222 A Complete Makeover Cool and Suave Changling

Chapter 229: 222: A Complete Makeover, Cool and Suave Changling Returns (Second Update)

Chapter 229: 222: A Complete Makeover, Cool and Suave Changling Returns (Second Update)

Lawyer Yuan entered.

Shen Ru glanced behind Lawyer Yuan.

Lawyer Yuan sat down and said, “Mr. He didn’t come.” He explained, “The rules here are that no one except the lawyer is allowed to visit before the judgment of the case.”

Shen Ru bowed her head and remained silent.

Although that was the rule, if He Dongzhou wanted to come, how could the rules stop him? He didn’t come because he didn’t want to.

The night before Shen Ru turned herself in, she went to see He Dongzhou, who was at the Qin Family residence.

He stood at the top of the stairs, not coming down, merely turning on the hallway light, his gaze indifferent, neither pleased nor angry, “Scared?”

Shen Ru shook her head.

“Mr. He, are you satisfied with the current outcome?” she asked.

He Dongzhou countered, “Are you satisfied?”

She didn’t answer.

The moment she had asked him that question, she temporarily forgot the initial purpose of her visit to the Qin Family. It wasn’t to satisfy He Dongzhou; it was for her own satisfaction.

She had made a mistake, asking a question she shouldn’t have.

“During your sentence, I will help you get a reduced sentence so that you can come out as soon as possible.”

How long she had to stay in prison actually didn’t matter much to her. Anyway, she had already made a mistake, so she did not hide it any longer and looked up at He Dongzhou from her lower position, somewhat foolishly asking, “Will there be a chance to see you again in the future?”

“If it’s not necessary, it’s better not to see each other.”

He Dongzhou usually seemed amiable, but he was more ruthless than anyone.

Shen Ru was not an orphan, although she appeared to be one. She had a family; separated when she was young, they reunited later. But the good days weren’t many before her family encountered disaster.

She had a brother. Five years ago, her brother was beaten and disabled by the drunk “Qin Ke”. In the prime of his life, suddenly unable to walk properly, her brother couldn’t accept it and used a lighter to blow up a microwave in an act of suicide. The sister-in-law miscarried and remarried. The elderly parents, stricken by the grief of losing their son, passed away one after the other within half a year. She lost her brother and then her parents.

Having no attachments left, she found someone to buy a shotgun, planning to make Qin Ke taste the bitterness of losing his whole family. She chose a rainy day and waited outside the West Mountain Capital, the shotgun securely packed in a baseball bag.

She focused on the movements inside, too intent to notice someone approaching her from behind.

“You’re using this?”

She whirled around abruptly.

That was the first time she met He Dongzhou, amidst the misty drizzle. He held a green umbrella, looking nonchalant, yet standing straight-backed with distinguished poise.

He smiled, revealing a dimple, “Can this thing really kill someone?”

Shen Ru immediately reached for the shotgun in her bag.

With a deft move, he snatched the bag away, pulled out the shotgun, and loaded it with a practiced hand. Under Shen Ru’s astonished gaze, he fired at a nearby tree.

The shotgun had a silencer on it.

The bullet only embedded into the outermost layer of the tree bark.

He shook his head, somewhat regretful, “Seems like it can’t kill anyone. You might have been cheated.”

Shen Ru looked at him warily, “Who are you?”

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He placed the shotgun back into the bag and handed it to her, along with the umbrella, “Someone who can help you.”

Before the plan began, He Dongzhou asked Shen Ru to what extent she was willing to go to achieve her goal. Shen Ru said she was not afraid to die.

So, she took the initiative to seduce Qin Ke.

The original plan was different. They had only intended to make Qin Qi and Qin Ke turn against each other and use Qin Ke’s hand to expose Qin Qi’s misdeeds. But Qin Qi was even more callous and crazed than anyone thought—he actually harbored murderous intent against his own brother. When one beast wanted to kill another, there was no reason to stop it, so Shen Ru went along with the plan, “gratifying” him.

The whole process went smoothly, except for a small variable: at some point, Shen Ru’s purpose shifted from seeking revenge to wanting to please He Dongzhou. But this wasn’t really a variance; He Dongzhou’s gaze upon her was no different from looking at a chess piece on a board.

*****

Shen Ru’s identity had no issues upon investigation. Additionally, the police found the blood of the victim from the Junlin Club on the clothing discovered at the Qin Family’s residence.

Another piece of decisive evidence was added to convict Qin Qi.

Lawyer Jin’s advice to him was to turn himself in, express remorse, and seek leniency in sentencing.

Qin Qi, his eyes bloodshot with anger, bellowed, “I will never admit to any crime!”

“You want to make a defense of innocence?”

“I am innocent,” Qin Qi did not trust anyone, including the lawyer he had hired, steadfastly denying any wrongdoing from the beginning.

Lawyer Jin did not urge further, adopting an attitude of compliance, “If that’s what you insist on, then it’s up to you.”

Qin Qi said in a low voice, “Have my daughter come over, I want to see her.”

“You mean Miss Wen?”

Qin Qi looked desperate, “Have her come see me, or you go find her, she must have a way to help me.”

“How do you want her to help you?”

Qin Qi had thought a lot during these days inside, and currently, there was only one way to save himself, “Have her go to Xie Shang, as long as the Xie Family steps in, any issue can be resolved.”

Lawyer Jin laughed.

Still dreaming.

“Miss Wen has two messages for you,” Lawyer Jin conveyed in a voice audible only to them both, “The DNA test was forged.”

Qin Qi was shocked, “She, she…”

“Another thing,” Lawyer Jin relayed verbatim, “Take care of yourself, and repent sincerely.”

Qin Qi realized then that Lawyer Jin was also a lawyer for KE.

It was over.

It was completely over.

Initially, at Wen Yuan’s grave, Wen Changling had intentionally asked Qin Qi if he was her father. Under those circumstances, Qin Qi had no choice but to claim her as his own to stabilize her, and then play the caring father.

In the end, it turned out to be raising a tiger for trouble.

Two days later, Qin Qi confessed to his crime, admitting that he had premeditated the murder. When the criminal detectives asked if Liu Wenhua was involved, he denied it, saying that Liu Wenhua was not aware.

“I feel that Liu Wenhua must have been involved; otherwise, how could the timing be so precise?” This was Zhang Qian’s intuition.

In order to investigate the case, Guo Dan hadn’t even had the time to wash her face properly these days, her face covered with a facial mask, “If Qin Qi’s denial stands, it’s going to be hard to convict Liu Wenhua as well. It makes sense for Qin Qi to exclude Liu Wenhua; after all, they have a daughter, and there’s an elderly mother at home to take care of.”

Zhang Qian was doubtful, “Could a person like Qin Qi still have any humanity?”

“People are very complex.”

Humans are complex; even a beast weighs pros and cons.

Monday, eight in the morning, the working crowd looked listless. Being happy about going to work is impossible, impossible in this lifetime, working is always misery.

Normally sullen, Liu Xiaomeng suddenly became animated, exclaiming, “Wow!”

Her colleague Ge Lulu asked, “What’s up?”

“Look ahead.”

Ge Lulu looked forward and her eyes widened, “That’s really bold.”

Liu Xiaomeng couldn’t help but keep gazing, “So cool.”

Everyone in the elevator was looking at Wen Changling, who had cut her hair, a mullet with bangs at the ear, dyed silver-white.

Taking in the entire domestic tech industry, it would probably be hard to find anyone trendier than her. She wore a down jacket that extended to her calves, both wide and thick, and yet this style could not conceal the proportion of her figure, no jewelry worn, the only metallic element on her body being the zipper pulls on her boots, in the shape of fish bones, antique bronze in color.

Beautiful indeed, but also rather unconventional, Flamboyant and daring to the point of making people disregard her gender, noticing only the expression in her eyes, a mix of docility and wickedness, contradictory, soft yet firm, indolent and rebellious.