My biological father suddenly had a heart attack and was about to make a will to leave his estate to his illegitimate son. I rushed over in tears and tore up the will at once.
“There’s no need for this between father and son! Dad, even if you become a vegetable, I’ll still serve you tea and water!”
The doctors and nurses were touched by my filial piety and praised me for being so dutiful one after another.
My father was so furious that his eyes were wide open, but I pinned him firmly on the hospital bed. He was so angry that he directly fell into a coma and his condition became critical. He was rushed into the operating room urgently.
When the nanny got the news and hurriedly brought the cheap illegitimate younger brother over –
I had already signed the consent form for giving up treatment with tears in my eyes and quickly sent my father to the crematorium, turning him into a handful of ashes.
They couldn’t believe it and exploded on the spot.
I just smiled and said,
“Oh, why did the old man die without making a will? He was burned so thoroughly that not even a single hair for a paternity test was left.
“Now only I can inherit all the estate.”
1
I had known for a long time that my father had an illegitimate son outside.
If it weren’t for this, my mother wouldn’t have died.
They had struggled for most of their lives and finally made some achievements in their careers.
My father then proposed to hire a nanny. Firstly, it would be convenient to take care of the family, and secondly, she could also look after me.
But after the nanny arrived at home, I felt that she looked particularly familiar.
At night, I secretly went to my father’s study and, sure enough, found a photo from his collection of books.
It seemed that I remembered correctly. When I was a child, I liked to tear up books for fun, and my parents just let me do it.
But when I just touched this book at that time, my father snatched it away from me on the spot.
A photo dropped from it, and I just took a glance at it and remembered it.
Later, seeing that he treasured that photo so much, I sneaked in and looked at it several times.
After being caught by my father, I was beaten up badly and he threatened me, asking me to pretend that I hadn’t seen it.
As days passed by, my father probably thought that I had already forgotten about this matter.
But I clearly remembered that this nanny was exactly the woman in the photo.
I secretly told my mother about it, but she just smiled and comforted me, saying that it was okay.
But that night, I clearly heard them quarreling.
The nanny was temporarily dismissed.
However, about half a month later, I don’t know whether my mother compromised or was forced by my father, but the nanny appeared again.
When my mother was at home, she still knew how to restrain herself.
Once my mother was not at home, she behaved as if there was no one else around and did whatever she wanted at home.
As for what my father called “looking after me”, it was completely non-existent.
Another half a year passed.
One morning, my mother suddenly coughed up blood. After going to the hospital for an examination, she was found to have a serious illness.
She didn’t even have time to tell me anything before passing away.
At that time, I thought that it must be my father and the vicious nanny who set up a trap and killed my mother.
However, I was too young at that time and powerless to resist. I could only cry bitterly at the funeral but couldn’t do anything.
But the seed of hatred had been planted.
2
My father got promoted, made a fortune and lost his wife. In a few years, he earned tens of millions or even more.
When I grew up, I sensed many times that my father had the intention of helping the nanny take the place of my mother.
But considering that the influence of the company was getting bigger and bigger, and on my grandfather’s side, although there was nothing else, there were many people who could make a fuss.
He was afraid that a scandal would affect his making money, so he didn’t dare to act rashly.
He just dismissed the nanny on the surface but secretly rented a house for her outside.
I even knew where the house was located.
Usually, most of the time, I was the only one at home, guarding that huge empty villa.
My father would go to the mistress’s side and reunite with his so-called family in his heart and enjoy family happiness.
At the beginning, he still regarded me as his son.
He would take my feelings into account and ask me about my well-being from time to time.
But as time went by, as the family business grew bigger, he became colder and colder towards me.
Whether it was my transition from primary school to junior high school or from junior high school to senior high school, he didn’t care at all and didn’t even ask.
I could even feel that if it weren’t for fearing that my grandfather’s people would come to make a fuss, he would have driven me out of the house without hesitation.
But I had no other way but to endure and wait for the right opportunity.
Soon, that opportunity really came.
Today, when my father came home to look for some documents, he suddenly fell to the ground and a bottle of quick-acting heart-relief pills fell out of his pocket.
Seeing this situation, I guessed that he probably had overworked and had problems with his heart.
I didn’t know whether it was because of work fatigue or something else in bed.
Without thinking too much, I quickly ran over, kicked away his medicine bottle, squatted down halfway and asked with concern, “Dad, what’s wrong with you?”
My father was trembling and desperately reached out for the medicine bottle.
I pulled his hand back hard, pretended to be ignorant and continued to ask him what was wrong, “Dad, speak up, Dad. Tell me quickly what you want to do!”
My father glared at me with red eyes, his lips trembling, but he couldn’t say a word.
I guessed that at that moment, he had the heart to kill me.
But I was kind-hearted. How could I intentionally kill someone?
After he fell into a coma because he glared at me too hard, I called him for more than ten minutes but couldn’t wake him up. Then I hurriedly dialed the emergency number.
After the ambulance staff came, they asked me, “Did the patient have any previous illnesses?!”
“I don’t know. My father is too busy and hardly comes home once in eight hundred years!”
I answered while helping to carry him, crying bitterly.
After arriving at the hospital, the doctor gave first aid.
Then, with a regretful look on his face, he informed me to consider whether to have an operation or not, because even if there was an operation, the success rate was less than 10%.
I cried and said that I must have the operation and begged him to save my father!
If he really couldn’t be saved…
Then just let it be. I definitely wouldn’t make trouble in the hospital and wouldn’t cause any trouble for the hospital.
After signing the operation consent form, I turned around and went back to the ward.
But I saw that my father had actually woken up and was tremblingly holding a pen and paper to write something.
I quickly ran over to take a look and found that he was actually writing a will.
The content was probably to leave all the estate to the nanny’s illegitimate son.
Anyway, it had nothing to do with me.
I was overjoyed.
Great!
It seemed that he hadn’t even had time to make a will before this!
I immediately stepped forward, snatched the will that he had finally finished writing, and tore it into pieces.
Then I suddenly threw myself on my father and cried loudly.
“Dad! There’s no need to talk about this between father and son! I’m your only son. Why make a will!
“Even if you become a vegetable, I’ll still serve you tea and water! Dad, you must hold on!”
While crying, I quietly pressed towards the part close to his heart without leaving a trace.
The nurses beside were wiping their tears while praising me for being filial, being deeply touched.
But only from my angle could I see that my father was so furious that his eyes were wide open and he was constantly struggling.
But Dad…
You’re old.
You can’t compete with me anymore.
Within half a minute, he was so angry that he directly fainted.
The machine beside made a “beep beep beep” alarm sound.
The doctor rushed in, simply checked his pupil reaction, and immediately announced that his condition was critical and he must have an operation immediately.
I quickly raised both my hands and feet in approval and watched my father being rushed into the operating room.
After a difficult two hours.
The doctor hurriedly walked out of the operating room and told me with a serious expression that the operation was successful.
I almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.
Damn it! I encountered a 10% success rate?
But soon, the doctor used a series of medical terms that I couldn’t understand to explain to me, “Even if he survives, he can only rely on a ventilator in the ICU to hang on to his life, and the probability of brain death is extremely high.”
I immediately burst into excited tears.
The doctor thought that I was overly sad and quickly comforted me.
I shook my head, bit my teeth and held back my smile: “My father is most afraid of suffering. Since you said so, doctor, don’t treat him anymore. I have to let my father go comfortably.”
Then, with a sad look on my face, I signed the consent form for giving up treatment and personally pulled out my father’s breathing tube.
After a while, he was covered with a white cloth.
I quickly asked the doctor to issue a death certificate and personally sent him to the crematorium.
Thanks to my money power, I even opened the SVIP green channel of the crematorium.
Within an hour, I successfully turned my father into ashes and put him in a “shoe box” – well, I didn’t want to buy a box that cost ten thousand yuan each. He didn’t deserve it.
He didn’t want to live in the big villa, right? Then he can live in a small cubicle in the future.
I couldn’t help sighing.
It’s so good to have money.
3
When I walked out holding the “shoe box”, oh no, the urn, a group of staff from the funeral service units rushed forward eagerly.
They probably thought that my father was a rich man and believed that they could make a lot of money from me.
Little did they know that I threw the urn into the trunk and drove away quickly.
Why hold a funeral?
It’s just a waste of money.
My mother taught me that thrift is a virtue.
After getting the death certificate, I immediately contacted the company’s lawyer. After promising him a benefit fee of one million yuan, he was even more afraid of causing more trouble than I was and expedited the handling of the inheritance for me.
Well, I have to say that my father’s estate was really a lot!
Personal cash assets were 80 million yuan!
One villa!
He also had a quite profitable company under his name.
And he had invested in two promising enterprises.
I had never seen so much money in my life.
When my mother was around, I didn’t have to worry about food and clothing, and my mother gave me my pocket money.
After my mother left, I basically just managed not to starve to death.
Because no one took care of me.
Although I lived in a big empty villa, sometimes I didn’t even have enough to eat.
Unless my father came back and couldn’t bear to see me like that, he would give me some money.
But after deducting the tuition fees, that money was only enough to buy instant noodles.
On the surface, I was a rich second generation, but in fact, I lived a worse life than a left-behind child.
Now it’s okay. I’ve become an overnight millionaire!
I quickly went to have a long-awaited big meal to celebrate my father’s simple burial!
After eating and drinking to my heart’s content, I returned to the villa.
Only to see the nanny Zhang Kaifeng and her son Zhang Kaiding blocking the door and pacing back and forth anxiously.
When they saw me, they stared at me and ran over.
“Where’s your father?!”
I pursed my lips and tried hard for a long time, but couldn’t shed any tears.
After all, now that my net worth exceeded a hundred million yuan, I was just happy besides being happy.
“My father passed away. He had a sudden heart attack.”
Zhang Kaifeng was as shocked as if struck by lightning and immediately staggered, almost falling down.
Her son immediately supported her, but also murmured with dull eyes, “Dad… Mom, I don’t have a dad anymore!”
I quickly walked around them and entered the villa, directly closing the big door.
After Zhang Kaifeng and her son regained their composure, they quickly came over and knocked on the door.
“Open the door. Where’s your father’s body? Give it to us quickly!”
I didn’t even open the door and casually replied, “Oh, I forgot. He’s still in the trunk!”
After saying that, I pressed the car key in the direction of the window.
The trunk popped open, and a cheap urn was squeezed together with a pile of broken toolboxes.
Zhang Kaifeng and her son couldn’t believe it and exploded on the spot:
“Why was he directly cremated? Ah! Why was he cremated?!!
“Lin Tianyi, you bastard! He’s not only your father but also my man and my son’s biological father!!
“How dare you cremate him directly without our consent!
“Open the door. The things inside were promised to us by your father long ago… At least half of it should belong to my son!”
I smiled sarcastically and said,
“Oh, why did the old man die without making a will? He was burned so thoroughly that not even a single hair for a paternity test was left.
“Now only I can inherit all the estate.
“Listen carefully, it’s all of it!”
Zhang Kaifeng and her son went crazy when they heard this and started banging on the door.
“Lin Tianyi, you son of a bitch! So you knew he was going to die long ago! Open the door! Open the door quickly! Give us the money back!”
I found it noisy, so I called the security guards and directly drove them away.
After that, I put the villa up for sale online.
Such a big house, one person can’t hold it down. There’s no popularity.
It’s also not auspicious.
Sell it.
Sell it and then buy a big flat in Tomson Riviera!
4
The next day, the people from the real estate agency came first.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Kaifeng and her son actually barged in.
“Lin Tianyi, what are you doing? What do you want to do?!”
She grabbed my clothes and asked loudly.
She looked as if I was selling her house.
“I tell you, Lin Tianyi, my son is also your father’s son. You have no right to sell the house!
“Even if you sell it, half of the money belongs to my son!”
“You bastard Lin Tianyi, did you kill my father? Say it!!”
Zhang Kaifeng went crazy asking me for the property.
Her son behaved as if I had made him lose his father and was about to rush up to hit me.
The people from the real estate agency were panicked. With such a commotion, they didn’t know whether they should look at the house or not.
I smiled and waved my hand: “Hey, brothers from the real estate agency, don’t worry. There’s definitely no dispute about this house. Wait, I’ll ask someone to help me.”
When Zhang Kaifeng’s son saw that I was going to call for backup, he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs:
“Stop pretending. It’s as if I don’t have anyone in society. Just you wait. I’ll beat the shit out of you today!”
Then he took out his phone to call for people and asked them to bring weapons.
The people from the real estate agency were even more panicked and all wanted to leave.
Until the sound of police sirens got closer and closer –
The hearts of the people from the real estate agency settled down, while Zhang Kaifeng’s son was dumbfounded.
He immediately panicked and wanted to call to tip off his people.
I was quick and snatched his phone and threw it on the ground. His phone was immediately broken.
“Lin Tianyi, what are you doing!”
I smiled and said, “It’s just a mobile phone. I’ve just inherited tens of millions of yuan in inheritance. Wait, I’ll compensate you with a new one later.”
5
After the police came in, they asked who had called the police.
I raised my hand and walked out.
At this time, Zhang Kaifeng and her son already wanted to slip away, or rather, they wanted to go out to stop those helpers who were about to arrive.
I immediately jumped up and pointed at them, shouting:
“Police officers, quickly control them. They want to break into the house and commit assault!”
Swift as lightning, upon hearing this, two police officers immediately stopped Zhang Kaifeng and her son.
They quickly explained: “Police officers, it’s not what he said. He’s slandering us!”
But before the police officers could ask questions, suddenly more than a dozen big men rushed into the villa.
Holding steel pipes and machetes in their hands, they looked at the police in astonishment.
Well, now it was impossible to explain clearly.
The police officers quickly took action, caught several of them, and a few ran away.
Zhang Kaifeng saw that the situation had gotten out of hand and quickly came over to ask me to explain.
“Lin Tianyi, quickly explain clearly. We just came to ask for the inheritance, not to make trouble!”
I spread my hands and said, “They all came with weapons. If the police officers hadn’t been here today, I couldn’t imagine what the consequences would be!”
“Police officers, I will pursue this matter to the end.”
“Lin Tianyi, you… you bastard! You’re talking nonsense!!”
Zhang Kaifeng and the illegitimate son were taken away for investigation while struggling.
The people from the real estate agency looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
I smiled and said:
“Let’s go. Let’s look at the house. I guarantee there’s no dispute. I’ll show you the property ownership certificate.”
6
I put the house up for sale online at 5 million yuan lower than the market price.
Soon, a buyer came to look at the house and was quite satisfied.
He asked me if I could make it cheaper, like 4.5 million yuan.
I didn’t think twice and agreed immediately.
The main idea was to get rid of it quickly and get the money smoothly.
After getting the money, I immediately bought a fully decorated big flat with the full payment, moved in with my luggage, and happily moved in.
Also on that day, Zhang Kaifeng and her son were released.
Counting it, they had been detained for three days.
The first thing they did after getting out was to look for me, searching everywhere for me.
Even the new homeowner called me, saying that there were always people harassing him and asking me to come out and solve the problem.
My reply was very simple:
“You’re the owner of the house now. If they come to make trouble, just call the police and have them arrested!”
Unexpectedly, the homeowner didn’t call the police, but Zhang Kaifeng did.
7
That day, the homeowner called me, saying that Zhang Kaifeng had accused him of illegal transactions and illegal appropriation of property, and asked me to go there quickly.
When I heard this, I thought it was a big deal. I had to go and watch the fun.
So I rushed over.
When I got there, I saw Zhang Kaifeng pulling her son and making a scene:
“Our family’s Lin Hai’s house. After he passed away, his bastard son sold it at a low price!
“Look carefully. This is also Lin Hai’s biological son! Such a big thing as selling the house didn’t even get his younger brother’s consent. It’s clearly illegal!”
“And it’s been so long, but my son hasn’t seen a single cent. As a co-heir, how dare Lin Tianyi swallow it all by himself!”
“Brother, you’re finally here. Hurry up and see what’s going on. I bought this house for 4.5 million yuan. Don’t let it harm me!”
The homeowner saw me coming and ran over as if he had found a savior.
Zhang Kaifeng and her son also quickly followed, about to come over and pull me.
“Lin Tianyi, you damned guy, where’s the money! Where’s the money that belongs to us!”
The police officer sternly shouted: “Everyone be quiet. Speak one by one!”
Then, the police officer turned to ask me why I didn’t inform my younger brother when selling the house.
I was stunned.
“What younger brother? There’s always been only me in our family.
“Here, I’ve even brought the household register.
“The head of the household is my father, who has passed away and had his account cancelled. My mother also passed away ten years ago. Now I’m the head of the household.”
The police officer took a look and immediately frowned as he looked at Zhang Kaifeng and her son.
They quickly explained:
“My son is really Lin Hai’s biological son. Don’t believe it, just look!”
He took out a photo, which was a paternity photo of my father and Zhang Kaiding.
You have to admit, the two of them really did look alike.
The police officer asked: “Then what’s your relationship with Lin Tianyi?”
“He… he’s the son born to Lin Hai and his ex-wife. We have nothing to do with each other.”
“Nonsense! There’s no such thing as an ex-wife! My parents never divorced until they died.”
“No, it’s not about divorce procedures or anything like that!! Although there were no formalities, I’m the legitimate wife!!”
Zhang Kaifeng was so anxious that she was incoherent.
The Qing Dynasty has been over for so many years.
Even the so-called legitimate wife popped up.
Suddenly, she seemed to think of something and suddenly pointed at me.
“Lin Hai must have been killed by him. After killing him, he was in a hurry to cremate the body to destroy the evidence!
“He even said a few days ago that Lin Hai didn’t leave a will before he died and was burned to ashes, not even leaving a single hair for a paternity test!
“Police officers, you must believe what I said. My son has lost his father. It’s so pitiful! This property must have half of it belonging to him!”
The police officer was a bit impatient when listening and said: “Don’t make malicious speculations without solid evidence.”
“This house has already completed the transfer of ownership and is now protected by law. If you come to pester again, we’ll handle it according to the regulations.
“If you have any more objections, I suggest you go to court and sue.”
When Zhang Kaifeng heard this, she directly sat on the ground and wailed.
“There’s no justice! A real biological son is being bullied like this!”
A group of people were watching beside.
Taking advantage of this gap, I walked to the homeowner’s side and whispered: “Next time they come, just call the police. Once they’re arrested and put in jail, it’ll be okay. Don’t worry. There’s definitely no dispute. Do you know why I gave you a discount of 500,000 yuan on this house? You should understand this little trouble. You won’t lose out with 500,000 yuan.”
Seeing the new homeowner nod, I drove away directly in my newly bought Maserati under the murderous gazes of Zhang Kaifeng and her son.
8
The next day, on a whim, I decided to go to my late father’s company to take a look.
As a result, I found that Zhang Kaifeng and her son didn’t get any advantage from me and had actually come to make trouble at the company.
“Don’t you guys want to work anymore! Lin Hai is dead. This is his biological son! He’s here to inherit the company!
“Moreover, he’s already a department manager himself. Don’t you recognize him?!”
I’ve heard that in order to pave the way for his illegitimate son, my father had taken him to work in the company.
At that time, I couldn’t even afford to eat, but the illegitimate son had already become a department manager with a monthly salary of tens of thousands of yuan.
But unfortunately, no matter how much my father doted on him, he didn’t dare to tell the employees directly that this was his son.
After all, many people knew that there was only me, the only son in my family.
And I had even been to the company before. Although I went there to ask my father for money, I had shown my face.
Most people in the company recognized me.
“Stop making trouble here. Our boss has only one son, named Lin Tianyi.”
“Where did you pop up from? You’re talking nonsense!”
“Zhang Kaiding, I warn you. If you keep fooling around, I’ll fire you, the department manager, right away!”
The general manager was filled with righteous indignation.
Not only did he not believe the identities of this mother and son, but he didn’t even believe that my father had died.
Zhang Kaifeng, however, was unrelenting: “Lin Tianyi doesn’t know where he’s gone to enjoy himself. You should quickly assist my son to become the chairman. Otherwise, I’ll fire you!”
“Oh, let’s see who it is, making a fuss in my company.”
I walked over leisurely in casual clothes.
Everyone from the company’s senior management was shocked and looked at each other in astonishment.
Their expressions seemed to say: “The young boss is here. Could it be that the boss is really dead?!”
I didn’t hide anything either and directly showed them the death certificate.
Then I said: “Starting from today, I’m the highest manager of this company. Your jobs remain the same, and your year-end bonuses will be doubled. Now go back to work.”
Their shocked expressions hadn’t disappeared yet when joy appeared on their faces.
Seeing that I was serious, they didn’t dare to say much and just responded and prepared to leave.
But Zhang Kaifeng blocked them and wouldn’t let them go.
“Don’t go. Make it clear. This company belongs to Lin Hai. My son is Lin Hai’s illegitimate son!”
Goodness! She just exposed herself on the spot.
All the senior management members had expressions like they were watching a show.
Zhang Kaifeng continued chattering non-stop:
“I’ve known Lin Hai since we were children. We were childhood sweethearts! Later, after he got married, we lost contact.
“After he became rich, he came to find me again and had a child with me, Zhang Kaiding, who is now your department manager and will be the future chairman!”
Clap! Clap! Clap!
Facing the shocked gazes of the senior management, I smiled and applauded, “Nice story. Keep going.”
“I’m not making up a story. What I said is the truth!”
I cleared my throat and turned to explain to the senior management:
“She used to be our nanny. She’s gone crazy. After my mother passed away, she always fantasized about being the mistress of the house.
“This child was born by her and a motorcycle mechanic in the countryside. He has nothing to do with my father.
“Alright, that’s enough of the gossip. Everyone, go back to work.”
I can make up stories too, and I’m even better at it than you!
Zhang Kaifeng’s face was so ugly that it was as if she had eaten something bitter. She was so anxious that she stamped her feet.
“None of you believe me, right? I tell you, the house we’re living in now was bought by Lin Hai!
“He would go to my place to live every day, and there are many of his daily necessities there!”
When it came to daily necessities, Zhang Kaifeng was stunned.
Her eyes suddenly widened, and the corners of her mouth rose crazily.
“Lin Tianyi, do you think that by quickly cremating the body, I can’t prove the paternity relationship anymore?
“In that house of mine, there are plenty of your father’s hairs!”
9
Zhang Kaifeng seemed to find a way out of a desperate situation and laughed heartily.
I waved my hand and said, “Call the security guards to drive them out. If anyone carelessly lets them in again next time, don’t come to work anymore.”
“What about this Zhang Kaiding? He’s the manager of the R&D department.”
“Fire him right away. What’s the point of having him in R&D?”
“Yes, Mr. Lin.”
Zhang Kaiding glared at me, gnashing his teeth: “Lin Tianyi, you bastard!”
His mother had just found a breakthrough and was excited at this moment.
She comforted her son beside her: “Don’t be afraid, son. Let’s go home quickly, get the evidence and go for a paternity test! All of your father’s property will be yours in the future!
“And these people, we’ll fire them all when the time comes! All of them!!”
Zhang Kaiding nodded vigorously, with excitement and ferocity on his face: “Okay, just you wait!”
After saying that, the two of them left.
After they left, I immediately contacted my lawyer and asked him to help me check how many assets my father had outside.
I wanted to take them all back!
Two days later, I got feedback and confirmed that my father had indeed bought a house and a car for Zhang Kaifeng and them.
The name on the house’s ownership certificate was Zhang Kaiding, and the car was also registered under Zhang Kaiding’s name.
In that case, it’s not surprising that there were my father’s items left in the house.
On the same afternoon, I received a summons from the court.
Zhang Kaifeng and her son had sued me, accusing me of illegally appropriating the inheritance.
On the day of the court hearing, Zhang Kaifeng had a ruddy complexion.
“Son, look carefully. See how Mom helps you take back everything that belongs to you today!
“Some people have never been favored since childhood and will never be able to turn over a new leaf in their lives. They don’t deserve any good things!”
Her son nodded vigorously: “Mom, after we take back the company, I’ll immediately fire those people who bullied us! Especially the security guards who drove us away!”
I watched them calmly without showing any emotion.
I chuckled and walked into the court.
Today, I’ll make sure you don’t even have a place to live!
10
After the court session began, the plaintiff’s lawyer presented evidence step by step. First, he took out a series of documents proving the relationship between Zhang Kaifeng and my father, including chat records, group photos, and train tickets for their trips together.
“Your Honor, these are the documentary proofs that Ms. Zhang and Lin Hai had an extramarital relationship.”
Then he took out a newly issued paternity test report.
“Since Lin Hai has passed away and the defendant Lin Tianyi maliciously had the body cremated quickly, making it impossible to follow the normal paternity test procedures, with the permission of the parties involved, our side extracted Lin Hai’s hair from the house where he used to live.
“This proof is sufficient to confirm that Lin Hai and Zhang Kaiding have a paternity relationship.
“Therefore, our side requests to check and freeze all of Lin Hai’s estate and, in accordance with the inheritance law, allocate half of it to our client.”
“Does the defendant have any objections to the evidence provided by the plaintiff?”
The judge asked.
“Yes.”
I nodded, not even letting my lawyer speak.
“I know that my father did have an improper relationship with her.”
“I object! The defendant is maliciously slandering my client!”
“The objection is overruled. The defendant may continue.”
I stared at the plaintiff’s lawyer with a sneer.
“Knowing that someone is married and still living with them, do you know what this is?”
“What the defendant said is not true. My client only started living with Lin Hai after his wife passed away!”
“Was the child born after they started living together?”
I asked in return.
The lawyer hemmed and hawed for a long time. “I object! This topic has nothing to do with this case!”
“The objection is overruled. The plaintiff’s lawyer is requested to answer the question directly.”
11
My lawyer then spoke up: “Your Honor, Zhang Kaiding is already in his early twenties, while Lin Hai’s wife passed away only ten years ago…”
The plaintiff’s lawyer stammered. It seemed that he was just a second-rate lawyer: “Yes, it should have been born before they started living together.
“But this doesn’t conflict with inheritance. We’ve already done the paternity test.”
I smiled.
My lawyer, who earns a million yuan a year, also smiled:
“How can you prove that the hair you sent for the test is that of the deceased Lin Hai?”
I exaggerated my expression and pretended to suddenly realize something. “Oh, right. Whoever makes a claim shall bear the burden of proof. Even if the hair belongs to Zhang Kaiding’s biological father, how can you prove that it’s my father Lin Hai’s? Just because you say so?”
Zhang Kaifeng, her son, and their lawyer were all dumbfounded.
The second-rate lawyer on their side got a bit anxious. “Your Honor, our client can guarantee that the sample sent was indeed Lin Hai’s!”
Zhang Kaifeng shouted: “That’s right, Your Honor! I dare to swear that the hair is Lin Hai’s! Please believe us!”
The judge tapped his gavel. “Silence.”
Then he looked at the documents for a while and asked me: “Mr. Lin Hai has been cremated, right?”
Before I could answer, Zhang Kaifeng took over: “Yes, he was maliciously cremated by him. He was taken to the crematorium right after coming out of the operating room!
“Also, I have his signature on the consent form for giving up treatment!”
They seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and excitedly held up the proof of my signature on the consent form for giving up treatment.
“As his biological son, he didn’t even give his father a chance to receive treatment. I seriously suspect that he had a motive for murder, deliberately trying to kill Lin Hai in order to usurp the property!
“Besides, up to now, Lin Hai’s urn is still in the trunk of his car!
“We Chinese people attach great importance to being laid to rest in peace. Is there such a son as him?”
Zhang Kaifeng bombarded me with accusations.
Her expression was so ferocious that if it weren’t for being in the courtroom, she probably would have gone on a rampage right on the spot.
On the contrary, I remained calm and composed.
My lawyer also counterattacked very calmly: “Your Honor, if the plaintiff continues to make personal attacks on my client, our side will reserve the right to pursue legal action.”
“I’m not making personal attacks. The relationship between him and his father was already bad, and my suspicions are well-founded!”
“Your Honor, please allow me to make a statement.”
I faced Zhang Kaifeng’s testimony head-on.
“It’s true that my relationship with my father wasn’t good, but does what the plaintiff said have anything to do with my inheritance?
“Our family’s business was built with my mother’s dowry and was jointly built by my mother and father. As their only son, why can’t I inherit it?!”
“Besides, the direct reason why our father-son relationship deteriorated to this point is her!
“She knew that my father was married but still got involved, destroying the harmony of our family. My mother was driven to death by them!
“In the ten years since my mother passed away, they have always maintained an improper relationship.
“With such a father, why should I have a good relationship with him?”
Knock! Knock! Knock!
The judge tapped his gavel.
“The court acknowledges that giving up treatment is the defendant’s right.
“In addition, the plaintiff’s paternity test proof indeed fails to effectively prove the paternity relationship and is therefore invalid.”
Zhang Kaifeng’s body went limp and she almost collapsed onto the chair.
The plaintiff’s lawyer suddenly stood up. “We request to conduct a paternity test with the defendant. If it proves that there is a blood relationship, then it can be determined that Zhang Kaiding is Lin Hai’s biological son!”
Hearing this, I burst out laughing.
“Not to mention whether I’m willing to do a paternity test with him. Even if I were willing, my father’s generation had three brothers. Who can say that he is my father’s son and not my uncle’s?
“To put it another way, what if I don’t have a blood relationship with my father either? What if I was picked up from the garbage dump? If you want to prove that you are my father’s son, you still have to do a paternity test with him.
“Oh, of course, even if I don’t have a blood relationship with my father, I’m still his only legal heir.”
The lawyer almost spat out blood when he heard this. “Absurd!”
Zhang Kaifeng got extremely excited and stood up directly, about to rush towards me.
After being sternly stopped by the judge, she still pointed at me and cursed: “Lin Tianyi, you bastard! I was living with your father, not your uncles!”
“Don’t get excited. The law relies on evidence, not on your tantrums. Do you dare to say that there’s no such possibility?”
“You bastard, damned Lin Tianyi!!”
“Silence!”
The judge saw that the situation was about to get out of control and tapped his gavel several times in a row.
“Do the plaintiff and the defendant have anything else to state?”
I nudged my lawyer’s arm, and the lawyer immediately understood and took out a document.
“Your Honor, my client requests to recover his father’s external assets.
“Including the house and car of the plaintiff Zhang Kaiding.”
“The house and car are in my son’s name. On what basis are you taking them back?!”
Zhang Kaifeng was extremely angry.
The lawyer continued in a calm and unhurried tone: “Our side has evidence showing that the payer was Lin Hai, and the original owner was also Lin Hai.
“However, half a year after the transaction, the owner was changed to Zhang Kaiding.”
“That was Lin Hai who voluntarily asked to transfer the ownership to my son!”
“The plaintiff is requested to remain silent and wait until the defendant finishes his statement before speaking! Do not disrupt the order of the court!”
“The defendant’s lawyer, please continue.”
The lawyer took out another transcript document.
“After our investigation, for both the house and the car, Lin Hai was not present during the two transfers of ownership. Zhang Kaifeng carried Lin Hai’s identity documents to handle these matters.
“Therefore, our side believes that Lin Hai was unaware of the transfer of ownership, so there was no situation of gift.”
“Nonsense! How could the house be transferred without the presence of the owner?”
Zhang Kaifeng shouted angrily.
The lawyer didn’t pay attention to her and handed in the evidence without saying anything more.
The judge looked at it for a while, put the evidence aside, and asked Zhang Kaifeng: “Did you have any gift agreement at that time?”
“How could there be an agreement? We were lovers. Why would we write something like that?”
“The plaintiff is warned once. When the judge asks a question, answer it directly and don’t say irrelevant things.”
“What I said is the truth. How am I not answering directly?”
The judge’s expression changed slightly.
Then he tapped his gavel and announced an adjournment, saying that the judgment would be pronounced on another day.
My request was also required to be filed as another lawsuit.
But actually, the result was already written on his face.
12
“Your Honor, you haven’t fully understood the situation. Don’t go!”
Zhang Kaifeng felt so aggrieved. Clearly, her son was the biological son of my father, but now he couldn’t get a single cent. She was extremely aggrieved.
Even though the court had announced an adjournment, she still wouldn’t give up and insisted on chasing the judge to continue the trial.
The court even sent out judicial police to warn her that if she continued to pester, she would be taken away directly.
Only then was she scared off.
She had nowhere to vent her anger and actually grabbed her defense lawyer and cursed at him:
“How did you defend? You don’t even know how to defend. What kind of lawyer are you?”
During the scuffle, the lawyer’s face was scratched by her, and he immediately got angry.
“Let go! It’s your own fault for being a mistress. Who can you blame?”
Hahaha!
I watched the whole scene as if it were a play and burst out laughing heartily.
Just wait. When the judgment comes down, she’ll be in big trouble.
13
After leaving the court, I went to the company.
These days, I specially hired a professional manager to help me take care of all the affairs in the company.
He just called me and said that he had found some loopholes and asked me to go and take a look.
After arriving at the company, he handed me the sorted documents.
“Mr. Lin, I checked the company’s account statements and found that Zhang Kaiding, the department manager, had bad debts of more than 5 million yuan in three years.
“I asked the finance department, and they said that the previous boss, Mr. Lin, knew about this and didn’t let them investigate. But if this debt isn’t covered, many subsequent accounts won’t be able to be reconciled.”
I sneered.
Zhang Kaiding, you really deserve to die.
When my father was alive, he could still cover for you, but now that I’ve just taken over, I’ve found out about you.
“Mr. Lin, should we continue the investigation? It’s definitely embezzlement.”
“Investigate. Investigate thoroughly. Once you find out, call the police directly and arrest him without asking me.”
“Yes, Mr. Lin.”
14
Some time later, the court judgment came down.
It was judged that the illegitimate son Zhang Kaiding couldn’t prove his paternity identity, so he couldn’t enjoy the right of inheritance.
In addition, the lawsuit I filed to recover the house and car was also judged.
They needed to return half of Lin Hai’s property, that is, half of the house and half of the car.
This judgment result was within my expectation.
After all, they did live together as lovers for a long time and had a de facto marriage. It was not realistic to want to take everything back.
However, it didn’t affect my making them homeless at all.
On the same day, I took my lawyer and went to the house where they lived with the judgment.
Zhang Kaifeng and her son were like guards on the city tower, each holding a kitchen knife.
“Whoever dares to take my house, I’ll fight him to the death!
“Lin Tianyi, you damned guy, Kaiding is your half-brother after all. How could you be so cruel to torture him like this!”
“This is just the beginning.
“Aunt Kaifeng, the judgment has come down. I advise you to quickly sell the house and car and hand over the money. Otherwise, it won’t be good if you become a debtor on the blacklist.”
“I won’t give it to you. Not a single cent. I’ll appeal. I’ll appeal!”
Since she was too emotional, I didn’t pay much attention to her and just casually looked around the house.
The decoration was luxurious. This villa was at least 200 square meters.
The cabinet beside the door was filled with luxury goods.
“Lawyer Zhang, take pictures of these things. They all need to be sold and the money converted to cash for us.”
Lawyer Zhang took out his phone to take pictures, and Zhang Kaifeng and her son came over to snatch the phone.
I took the opportunity to take an old mobile phone from the cabinet.
I was very familiar with that phone. It was the one my father used a long time ago.
I wanted to take it back and see if there were any important clues in it.
I wanted to investigate the cause of my mother’s death!
After taking back what belonged to me, it wasn’t enough. I also wanted their lives!
15
After making a fuss at Zhang Kaifeng’s house for nearly half an hour, Lawyer Zhang and I left.
After going out, Lawyer Zhang said to me:
“They will definitely transfer the items in the house immediately, but now it’s not yet the time limit for appeal, and we can’t apply for seizure.”
I shook my head. “It doesn’t matter. I’ll just consider those things as charity for them.”
Hehe… Compared with the hardships they are about to face, these items are insignificant.
After leaving, I went directly to the city hospital.
I retrieved my mother’s death report and medical records.
I was shocked when I saw them. I almost gritted my teeth in anger.
My mother died of chronic poisoning.
Just as I had guessed at that time!
I asked the doctor whether the hospital would call the police when encountering such a situation during diagnosis and treatment.
The doctor on duty now explained to me. The doctor who received my mother had already retired.
“Many harmful toxins can’t be identified for their specific components, and it can’t be determined which food they came from, nor can it be determined whether it was caused by humans or not. Unless it’s acute poisoning that leads to death, generally the hospital won’t take the initiative to call the police.”
I took the medical records and left, but I kept thinking on the way.
My mother died of chronic poisoning, so it definitely wasn’t caused by diet.
Because we always ate together.
It wasn’t diet, so what could it be?
Thinking about it, I suddenly had a shock.
My mother liked lipstick, and her dressing table was filled with all kinds of lipsticks I immediately called the new owner of the villa and asked him if the things in the basement were missing.
The owner sounded confused: “What? There’s a basement in your house? I haven’t officially moved in yet. The things are still there. Come and take them away quickly. They’ll be gone in two more days.”
It turned out that he just wanted to get a bargain at that time. He didn’t look carefully or listen carefully at all. He was in a hurry to complete the formalities with me just to get a good deal.
But it was a good thing for me.
After confirming that the things were still there, I quickly drove over.
16
When I got to the basement, I rummaged through the messy items. But my heart sank halfway.
There were all kinds of cosmetics, but there was no lipstick.
This further confirmed my suspicion.
It seemed that my father had cleared away the evidence right after my mother passed away!
Oh, no!
Suddenly, I remembered that on the day my mother passed away, I took a lipstick out of her pocket.
I planned to keep it as a souvenir at that time!
I quickly ran upstairs, took out a box from under the bed in my old room, and found a faded lipstick from it.
I immediately took the lipstick for identification.
The identification result came out on the same day, clearly proving that it contained a chemical toxin that could cause chronic death.
The next day, I went to someone to restore the data in the mobile phone.
As a result, I retrieved their chat records about plotting to kill my mother:
Zhang Kaifeng: [“When on earth are you going to marry me!”]
Lin Hai: [“She doesn’t agree to divorce. What can I do!”]
Zhang Kaifeng: [“You’re clearly playing with me. Not only are you reluctant to poison her, but you also plan to keep me in the dark forever!”]
Lin Hai: [“Poison? Do you want to visit me in prison!”]
Zhang Kaifeng: [“Chronic chemical toxins can’t be detected at all. Don’t you even know this?!”]
Zhang Kaifeng: [“If you have the heart, go buy the medicine and put it in their food, and kill that little brat along with them!”]
Lin Hai: [“I got it.”]
There were many more chat records like this.
Their last chat was on the day my mother passed away.
Zhang Kaifeng angrily questioned Lin Hai why my mother died but I was fine.
Lin Hai said that the child was innocent and it would be okay to leave all the property to the illegitimate son in the future and let me live.
I couldn’t stop sneering.
It turned out that at that time, I almost became one of the victims of their murder plan.
17
With this evidence, I immediately called the police to arrest them.
When Zhang Kaifeng was arrested, she was completely dumbfounded and didn’t know why she was arrested at all.
It was only when the police told her “plotting to poison” that she was shocked.
She shouted that she was wronged and claimed that the poisoning was all done by Lin Hai alone.
The police didn’t need to show her the evidence. Everything would be clear in court.
On the other side, Zhang Kaiding came to my place and knelt down, begging me to let Zhang Kaifeng go.
He said that he promised to give me half of the house and car.
He also said that since people were already dead, there was no point in investigating past matters.
Because of this sentence, I slapped him dozens of times, making his nose and mouth bleed.
He wanted to warn me of intentional injury.
However, before he could take out his phone, the police arrived.
With handcuffs on, his expression was exactly the same as his mother’s. He didn’t even realize why he was arrested.
He was told that it was for embezzlement, with an amount as high as more than 5 million yuan.
Zhang Kaiding’s legs immediately went weak.
“That was given to me by my father. It’s not embezzlement. It’s not!”
18
The case against Zhang Kaiding had conclusive evidence.
Within a month, he was sentenced.
Since there was no document to prove the gift, and Zhang Kaiding had always been an employee in the company.
With a huge amount of embezzlement, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and all his personal property was confiscated.
Half a year later, Zhang Kaifeng was also sentenced.
As the planner of the murder case, she was identified as the mastermind.
Due to the heinous means of crime and the motive of trying to poison me as well, she was sentenced to death by the court and all her personal property was confiscated.
Both Zhang Kaifeng and Zhang Kaiding were not satisfied with the judgment and appealed for the second time.
I also requested a change of the sentence.
I strongly demanded that Lin Hai, the murderer, be added to the charge.
Even if he was dead, I still wanted to convict him and make him suffer in hell!
19
Time flew by, and a year passed quickly. The final judgment of the Supreme People’s Court came down.
Lin Hai was charged with the crime of murder.
Both Zhang Kaifeng and Zhang Kaiding’s original sentences were maintained.
Today was the day when Zhang Kaifeng was executed.
I took the two judgment documents to my mother’s grave and lit them quietly.
As the two pieces of paper full of sins burned to ashes, with tears in my eyes, I placed a pure white balloonflower in front of the tombstone:
“Mom, may you rest in peace. Those who harmed us have all received the punishment they deserved.”
A gust of wind blew.
The ashes whirled around in the air for a long time and didn’t fall.
It seemed that my mother had received the message.
Hopefully, down there, you won’t let that couple off!
