Rebirth: At the beginning, the cool school beauty was caught stealing in the supermarket

Chapter 868 What kind of person do you want to become?

December 24th, that night is Christmas Eve.

Lu Yuanqiu and his two companions set off in the early hours of the morning, driving all the way from Zhucheng back to Lucheng, with Xiao Li Feibiao driving.

Having gotten up too early, Lu Yuanqiu was so sleepy that he buried his face in Bai Qingxia's chest and slept the whole way.

Little Li Feibiao is like an animal, seemingly never tired, always full of energy. A few days ago, my third sister even said that she saw Little Li Feibiao get up by doing somersaults.

Lu Yuanqiu's first reaction was surprise, followed by doubt. Little Li Feidiao was so sensitive to footsteps, how could he not have noticed that his third sister was peeping at him at the door?

So... this guy deliberately showed it to his third sister.

Abnormal!

From then on, Lu Yuanqiu discovered a characteristic of Xiao Li Feibiao: he was cold to everyone else, but he liked to tease Third Sister. He seemed to enjoy seeing Third Sister's shocked reaction every time.

It was already 7:30 when they arrived at Baixi Company. As soon as the car stopped at the gate, to their surprise, Zhang Zhisheng was already standing outside the company gate waiting. The passing employees and the security guards at the gate were obviously confused about the situation, not knowing whether they should greet him or not, so they pretended not to see him.

Lu Yuanqiu helped Bai Qingxia out of the car, and Bai Songzhe also opened the car door and shouted to Zhang Zhisheng from afar, "You can go in, they won't stop you from going in."

Zhang Zhisheng smiled and said, "It's alright. I'm no longer the owner, so I should still know my place."

"How is Dai Yidan?" Bai Songzhe asked him as he approached.

Zhang Zhisheng shook his head silently; judging from his expression, he didn't seem very optimistic.

Bai Songzhe didn't say anything, but gestured with his hand in invitation: "Let's go."

"it is good."

Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia walked behind, watching the two figures walking side by side. Suddenly, they felt a little emotional. Not long ago, when Bai Songzhe had just recovered, he regarded Zhang Zhisheng as a mortal enemy. Now, they could walk side by side with each other relatively naturally.

"Why keep Lao Wu here?" Bai Songzhe asked.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhisheng looked at him and replied, "I can't bear to kick him out. After all, he drove for me for a while back then, and his driving skills were really good. He wouldn't even spill the coffee in his cup when he turned a corner."

Bai Songzhe shook his head: "Not entirely."

He pointed to his crotch.

Zhang Zhisheng didn't quite understand at first, but he quickly remembered and laughed out loud: "Oh, you mean that time when the two of us were in the back seat, and Lao Wu was so busy looking at the pretty girl that he didn't watch where he was going that he spilled his coffee on your crotch when you made a sharp turn?"

Bai Songzhe corrected, "It was your coffee that spilled on my crotch."

"Really? That can't be right. I remember it being yours." Zhang Zhisheng frowned in thought.

Baek Song-cheol: "It's yours."

The five of them went down to the first floor and got on the elevator together. The moment the elevator doors closed, Zhang Zhisheng slapped his forehead and said, "It seems to be mine. But there was an emergency meeting that day, and you had to attend it with your crotch wet."

Bai Songzhe shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia glanced at the two people silently.

We suddenly started chatting. Will it be okay to settle the accounts later?
The elevator went straight to the top floor. The metal door opened, and Xiao Li Feibiao walked in front, opening an iron door. The four of them went in one by one and stepped onto the concrete steps to reach the rooftop.

It was a bit windy and chilly on the rooftop. The location was very high, offering a panoramic view of the entire Lucheng area.

Lu Yuanqiu took off his coat and wrapped it around Bai Qingxia. He saw that a table and two chairs had been placed in the center of the rooftop in front of him.

Zhang Zhisheng's expression became more serious.

"Just tell me, Qing, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Sit down first."

Zhang Zhisheng nodded, pulled out a chair from the table and sat down, while Bai Songzhe sat opposite him.

On the empty rooftop, the hair of all four people was blown about. Except for Xiao Li Feibiao, who was wearing hair gel in a flamboyant way. Bai Qingxia took off her coat and handed it back to Lu Yuanqiu, but was glared at by him. She then obediently put it back on.

Bai Songzhe: "When did you find out that Yu Zhimei was responsible for the car accident?"

Zhang Zhisheng responded frankly: "The 20th of this month."

At this moment, Bai Songzhe observed the other person's eyes and saw no signs of lying. Instead, he noticed that Zhang Zhisheng also had deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. He turned his head away and sighed slightly.

Baek Song-cheol: "Give me an explanation for what happened back then. I don't want to waste any more energy on this matter."

Zhang Zhisheng gazed at the distant red sunrise and murmured, "We probably won't cross paths again from now on, right?"

Baek Song-cheol: "Yes."

Zhang Zhisheng's gaze returned to the familiar face before him: "What if I choose to turn myself in?"

Bai Songzhe remained silent.

Zhang Zhisheng gave a helpless smile: "I don't know what to say. I'm sorry, Brother Qing. Looking at my wife and children, I don't want to turn myself in, but seeing you, Brother Qing, my desire to turn myself in has become stronger. If I had a choice, I really want to start my life over again."

Lu Yuanqiu was surprised when Bai Qingxia spoke up.

Bai Qingxia: "You can start your life over again now, and you can still choose what kind of person you want to become next."

Zhang Zhisheng cast a glance at the girl, feeling that the question sounded familiar, as if Bai Songzhe had asked him a similar question decades ago.

"Xiao Chong, what kind of person do you want to be when you grow up?"

They truly are father and daughter.

Lu Yuanqiu felt his phone vibrate. He took it out of his pocket and was surprised to see that it was Zheng Yifeng.

After answering the call, Lu Yuanqiu walked to the side.

Before he could speak, Zheng Yifeng spoke first, his tone somewhat urgent: "You're on the rooftop of Baixi Company, right?"

Lu Yuanqiu: "Yes, how did you know? Aren't you in the US?"

Zheng Yifeng: "We and the police are about to reach the elevator. Keep Zhang Zhisheng calm; he is a murderer."

Lu Yuanqiu's expression changed as he looked at Zhang Zhisheng at the table. He then glanced at Xiao Li Feibiao standing nearby. Xiao Li Feibiao frowned; from his angle, he could see several police cars appearing downstairs at the company. Zhang Zhisheng was still gazing at the sun on the horizon, its red hue fading, seemingly pondering the question, "What kind of person does he want to become?"

After a long while, Zhang Zhisheng murmured, "Is it too late?"

Baek Song-cheol: "There's still time."

Zhang Zhisheng hesitated again, his fingers tapping lightly on the table. Lu Yuanqiu stared at Bai Qingxia's back and whispered into the phone, "Who did he kill?"

"Li Yuntan, my mother."

Lu Yuanqiu gripped the phone tightly with his five fingers.

Zhang Zhisheng's gaze fell on Bai Songzhe's face, and when he saw Bai Songzhe smile at him, Zhang Zhisheng smiled as well after a moment of daze.

At that moment, he made his decision.

"Okay, Brother Qing, I'll go..."

Suddenly a shout came from the stairwell, and a group of people in uniforms filed out of the entrance.

"do not move!"

"do not move!"

The five people on the rooftop immediately turned to look. Zhang Zhisheng stood up, Lu Yuanqiu rushed forward, grabbed Bai Qingxia's hand, and stepped back, while Xiao Li Feibiao caught up and helped Bai Songzhe to his feet.

As Zhang Zhisheng stood up from his seat, he was instantly surrounded by a group of people.

Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia turned to look at the stairwell entrance, where Zheng Yifeng, whom they hadn't seen in a long time, and Su Miaomiao, who had been absent from last night's birthday party, rushed out one after the other.

Behind these two was a very handsome middle-aged man with half-gray hair.

Zhang Zhisheng remained silent with a grave expression, while Bai Songzhe exclaimed in surprise, "Old Zheng!"

Zheng Ye looked at him and replied, "Brother Song." Then he added, "Stay away from that murderer."

Upon hearing these three words, Zhang Zhisheng looked at Bai Songzhe with a complicated expression, his eyes revealing a faint sense of despair. He took a step forward, only to be met with shouts of "Stay put!"

"Can I go to the hospital to see my daughter one last time?" he pleaded.

Bai Qingxia turned to look at Lu Yuanqiu, whose expression froze. At that moment, he suddenly understood the thing his mother couldn't understand the most.

Why was Zhang Zhisheng so reluctant to tell Dai Yidan about Li Yuntan's death?

"Can...can I see my daughter one last time? I'll go with you obediently, I won't resist," Zhang Zhisheng pleaded again.

Zheng Ye walked over and said sternly, "How dare you face your daughter?!"

Zhang Zhisheng was stunned; those words seemed to be the final weapon that defeated him.

He knelt on the ground, feeling a knife-like pain in his heart once again. Zhang Zhisheng covered his face with his hands and sobbed uncontrollably. The police swarmed over and handcuffed him.

Lu Yuanqiu looked at Zheng Yifeng, and Zheng Yifeng was also looking at him.

The complex emotions between the two as they looked at each other were difficult to describe in words.

Bai Songzhe stared blankly at the scene of Zhang Zhisheng being taken away, completely unprepared for this outcome.

The car accident was caused by Yu Zhimei.

Li Yuntan was killed by Zhang Zhisheng.

On Christmas Eve, the lights in the chairman's office remained on for a long time.

The six people sat at different locations in the office, listening to Zheng Ye quietly recount the whole incident.

Back then, after examining Li Yuntan's body, Lao Zheng discovered that Li Yuntan's cause of death was a fatal head injury, not from being struck with a heavy object, but from hitting his head while falling.

Although this result doesn't prove anything, Lao Zheng still doesn't believe it was a simple burglary.

He went to the United States and contacted the local police, only to find that the DNA test results of the human tissue under Li Yuntan's fingernails could not be found anywhere, as if they had disappeared into thin air. The police's response was also vague, which was what really aroused his suspicion.

Moreover, by a twist of fate, because he had agreed to help Bai Songzhe collect evidence that he had been framed by Zhang Zhisheng and his wife while in the United States, Zheng Ye unexpectedly learned that during the time Li Yuntan was in trouble, Zhang Zhisheng and his wife's IP addresses were also in the United States, and their locations highly overlapped with Li Yuntan's.

This instantly gave him a new suspect in Li Yuntan's death: Yu Zhimei. Yu Zhimei had every reason to kill Li Yuntan, because of that illegitimate daughter.

So Zheng Ye returned to China to investigate Yu Zhimei. After that, Bai Ruoan had a car accident. Both Zheng Ye and Bai Songzhe suspected that Zhang Zhisheng was responsible. However, the investigation into Yu Zhimei had made new progress. That month, Yu Zhimei went to the United States. Zheng Ye was torn between staying to help Bai Songzhe investigate the car accident or continuing to follow Yu Zhimei to the United States. After careful consideration, he chose the latter.

He knew that the car accident would be impossible to investigate in China, as the Yu family controlled everything, both in the legitimate and criminal worlds. Yu Zhimei and Zhang Zhisheng were also husband and wife, so the key to solving the problem lay with Yu Zhimei.

Zheng Ye went to the United States for the second time and never returned to China.

He remained silent on how he approached Yu Zhimei in the United States and what he did after getting close to her. When Zheng Yifeng asked him why he didn't contact Ye Hui even once in between, Zheng Ye didn't explain. He only said that he was trying to collect evidence from Yu Zhimei every day.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuanqiu looked at Zheng Ye.

The only reason Zheng Ye could get close to Yu Zhimei was by using the fact that he also hated Li Yuntan for hiding the birth of an illegitimate daughter from him. In this matter, he and Yu Zhimei were both victims, and it was easy for them to find common ground.

But to be able to stay close to Yu Zhimei for ten years, even rising to a high-level position in Zhilian Company, and to have severed all contact with Ye Hui during that time... Lu Yuanqiu stared at this handsome man with half-white hair, as if he had guessed something.

Faced with his son's questioning, Zheng Ye clearly did not want to elaborate on the topic.

Lu Yuanqiu suddenly felt a little sorry for Ye Hui; she seemed to be the biggest victim.

Closer to home.

Zheng Ye later learned that the DNA test results of human tissue collected by the US police from between the fingers had been bought by Yu Zhimei at a high price. After that, he tried every day to get the test results, but unfortunately the process was extremely difficult and long. It was only during the period when Yu Zhimei was arrested and returned to China that he finally had the opportunity to get the test results.

The result shocked Zheng Ye: the human tissue found between Li Yuntan's fingers did not belong to Yu Zhimei.

Besides the test results, there was also the surveillance footage that had been lost from the apartment years ago, all of which was in Yu Zhimei's possession. Zheng Ye didn't understand why Yu Zhimei was collecting this evidence, but in any case, the surveillance footage, which was only a few seconds long, clearly showed the moment when Zhang Zhisheng pushed Li Yuntan down the stairs.

At this point, the truth is revealed.

As for what exactly happened in the apartment at that time, we are now waiting for the police to interrogate us and find out the truth of what happened back then.

(End of this chapter)