Father is a villainous Buddhist disciple? He'll just be beaten into the light of the righteous

The owners of the Sunset Toy Store are an elderly couple. The husband's name is Lu Guoqing and the wife's name is Fan Cuifang. They are both 58 years old.

This shop has been open for twenty years. The couple is a good person and has never done anything illegal or criminal; they are both honest people.

They have a son, but I heard that he went out to work a few years ago and hasn't come back. His name is Lu Ning.

Based on the information, there seems to be nothing wrong with this couple.

Shen Ji frowned and looked at the couple's interpersonal relationships again, but the information did not show that the two elders had any relationship with Su Qian, and the two sides had no contact at all.

As for Sun Huai and Bian Yong... Shen Ji read line by line, his bright eyes suddenly stopping on a line of text.

Four years ago, Sun Huai came here with a group of people, claiming to be Lu Ning's creditors. They said that Lu Ning had borrowed money from them and had not paid it back, and now he had disappeared.

Lu Guoqing and Fan Cuifang were quite frightened, but they also seemed unable to contact their son.

Afterwards, the two elderly people wanted to help their son pay off the debt, but Sun Huai refused, saying that whoever owes the debt should pay it back, and there was no need to force the two elderly people.

[And since then, Lu Ning has never returned to this home.] Si Jiu, sipping her coffee with relish, added: [Sun Huai has never come back either.]

The elderly couple reported the case to the police. These documents were... cough, I mean, statements from neighbors that I secretly obtained from the local police station.

Shen Ji tapped his fingers lightly on Si Jiu's small table: "Four years ago?" He chuckled. "That's quite an auspicious date."

It all seems to have started with that game four years ago.

[Hey, can you recover the CCTV footage from the Sunset Toy Store area over the past four years?]

[Four years ago, that probably wouldn't have been possible.] If it weren't for the access restrictions, he could have used the data department's database to search, but now he doesn't have that permission and can only rely on his own technical skills to search.

But even with his advanced skills, he couldn't recover surveillance video from four years ago.

However, I can hack into and send you the videos from this past month.

Shen Ji didn't have high hopes; having this much time was already quite good. He nodded: "Alright, then give it to me."

Sijiu acted quickly, hacking all the videos in just a few minutes. Shen Ji opened the folder and almost fainted: [How come there are so many??]

I've hacked into all the surveillance footage from within a three-kilometer radius of the Sunset Toy Store. The area can be expanded if you require.

Shen Ji narrowed his eyes: "Then expand to a five-kilometer radius, and send all the hacked videos to the police station."

Yoshikawa: [...]

Are you really not afraid of exhausting the oxen that plow the fields?

Shen Ji snorted: "[They outnumber us and are professionals. My dad's right. I'm just a three-year-old kid, why should I worry about so much?]"

【Oh dear, I'm going back to get my beauty sleep.】

[Yay! You did a great job!]

Once the police station finds a usable video, they should send it to me.

Yoshikawa: [...]

Shen Ji's consciousness flashed, and he darted out of the system space.

Although he did a lot of things in the system space, it was only a moment in the real world. Shen Ji raised his eyes again and looked at Shen Jiyuan, who was deep in thought and seemed to be in deep meditation.

He sighed, then pinched the other man's thigh hard with his thumb and forefinger. "Dad! Snap out of it!"

The sudden, sharp pain jolted Shen Jiyuan's mind, which had been immersed in darkness, causing him to flinch and gasp for breath.

Without thinking, he slapped Shen Ji on the butt. "Damn it! Why did you pinch me?"

Shen Jiyuan gritted his teeth and rubbed the flesh on his thigh that Shen Ji had pinched painfully. "That brat is so young, but he has a lot of strength. Damn it!"

That really hurts.

Shen Ji crossed his arms and said irritably, "If I don't pinch you, you'll ascend to immortality!"

Shen Jiyuan said irritably, "I'm thinking about something!"

"You're a crazy, domineering CEO, just focus on making money and being crazy. Why think about all this?" Shen Ji said seriously in his lecturing tone. "Is that something you should be worrying about?"

"Wouldn't it be better to leave this to the police?"

Shen Jiyuan was so angry he laughed. "Do you want to get beaten up?"

"All you ever do is beat me up." Shen Ji pouted. "A child without a mother is like a blade of grass. Sigh, poor baby~"

Shen Jiyuan coldly turned his face away, "Don't even try, there's no way I'm letting you go to Qingfeng County."

"Fine, I won't go then," Shen Ji scoffed. "But Dad, don't you think all of this... is a bit off?"

Shen Jiyuan snorted, "I think you're the one who's the most suspicious. Stop talking nonsense. When the next semester starts, you'll be going to kindergarten!"

"So you won't have nothing to do all day."

Shen Ji: "..."

Heavenly Bodhisattva, he doesn't want to go to school with a bunch of little brats.

Shen Ji's face fell. "I'm just concerned about you! You're biting the hand that feeds you, not recognizing a kind heart!"

"Heh." Shen Jiyuan scoffed, "If you care about me, stop making your father angry. He'll get a heart attack from your anger sooner or later."

Shen Ji frowned and said, "But I just feel like something's not right, Dad. Haven't you ever thought about why all of this seems to have something to do with you?"

Shen Jiyuan remained unmoved. "Really? I didn't sense anything."

"Four years ago you took over the Shen Group, four years ago someone tried to pull you into that 'high society game,' four years ago you and my mother had a one-night stand and I was born, four years ago Su Qian and Lu Nian both appeared at that banquet..."

"Four years later, my mother suddenly died, and the murderer has still not been found; four years later, my mother sent you a message, telling you that she had another son; four years later, Fiery Pepper reappeared..."

"Dad, haven't you ever wondered why Mom sent you a message before she died?"

Shen Jiyuan was taken aback, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

Shen Ji said that he had thought about it, but he still couldn't figure it out.

Shen Ji's eyes flashed, and he leaned closer to Shen Jiyuan, continuing, "If Mom knew she was in danger, she could send you a message asking Dad to bring me home, so... why didn't she just ask you for help directly?"

"My mother sent me to you because she knew you were capable of protecting and taking care of me."

"If that's the case, then you must also be able to protect Mom."

"But she didn't come looking for you, Dad..." Shen Ji said seriously, "Don't you find that strange?"

Shen Jiyuan lowered his eyes to look at him, his deep gaze fixed on his bright eyes for a long time, so long that Shen Ji felt a little uncomfortable. Only then did he look away and snort, "Then tell me, what's so strange?"

Shen Ji said softly, "Don't you think that Mom seems... like she's preparing to die?"