The next day, Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng packed up and went out to the prison.
The prison was located on the outskirts of Shanhai City, near the mountains and forests. Except for those who were visiting relatives in prison, there were usually no people on the roads.
When he heard the prison guard say that someone had come to visit him, the first thing Sun Jian thought was that the incident had been resolved, and he immediately followed the prison guard out. However, his joy turned into anger and surprise when he saw Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng, and he was more angry than surprised.
"Are you shocked to see that I haven’t died as according to your plans?" Wang Cheng said to Sun Jian through the glass screen.
Sun Jian's pupils shrank. He thought that his scheme was foolproof, yet Wang Cheng still escaped him. Considering his father’s sensitive reputation, he couldn't admit to the incident. "What are you talking about? I don't get it."
"It doesn't matter if you don't get it. I’ll just need to check if it’s you or your father who did it. Since you are in prison, it’s not like you can do anything without someone else’s help." Wang Cheng was not surprised. When it came to Sun Jian, as long as Sun Degang was out there, he still had a chance to get out of prison.
Sun Jian's expression instantly twisted. He resentfully clenched his hands and said, "Zhou Cheng, what do you want? So what if I did it? I didn’t originally have an enmity with you, until you caused me to be where I am now. I’ve long wished to kill you, there is no other way for me to vent the hatred in my heart."
"Originally, I didn't have much of an enmity with you either," Wang Cheng said. The hatred between him and Sun Jian began with Cheng Cheng. At that time, he had just wanted to take the burden off of Cheng Cheng, he hadn’t been thinking about dealing with the Dongwang Group. Later, when he discovered that the Dongwang Group could be his stepping stone, he took advantage of the way things were going and became the largest shareholder of the Group. He did not know of it at the time, but Zhang Wu later discovered a secret during his investigation of the Sun family. He had told Wang Cheng this secret, and this secret was the cause of Wang Cheng’s cruelty towards Sun Jian.
"Then why?" Sun Jian still didn’t understand: except for that night in the bar, where exactly had he offended Wang Cheng? Even if this matter had a foregone conclusion, he still wanted to know the real reason for his imprisonment.
Wang Cheng said, "Do you remember a woman named Lin Qing?"
"Lin Qing?" Sun Jian was stunned for a few seconds. He had played with so many women that he had to think about it for a moment - but he did have an impression of Lin Qing. That woman was the only one who grew pregnant with his child, and tried to use the child to threaten him.
"It came to my mind that this woman named Lin Qing used to be my elder brother's girlfriend. My elder brother is called Wang Ning'an, I wonder if you still have any impression of him?"
At that time, Wang Ning’an had just opened a small pharmaceutical company. Sun Jian had been attracted to Lin Qing and invited her to eat at high-end restaurants several times, and gave her many precious gifts. After several of these occurrences, Lin Qing grew fascinated by him. Though he was the only one in her eyes, she was still going with Wang Ning'an for that time.
Knowing of Lin Qing’s affection towards himself, Sun Jian purposefully arranged for Wang Ning’an to see him f*cking his woman. He thought that Wang Ning’an would angrily leave, but as a result, Wang Ning’an just watched them openly from the doorway. Then, not only did he announce his breakup with Lin Qing, but he also said to Sun Jian, "Since you like this woman so much, then I’ll let you have her. You two match quite well."
Sun Jian still remembered Wang Ning'an's tone at the time. The person wearing the green hat* was clearly him. How could he say such a thing as if they should be thankful for him, in that lofty and contemptuous tone?
[T/N: being cheated on]
Sun Jian was quite angry at the time. Afterwards, he began to suppress Wang Ning'an's small company. He asked someone to pit Wang Ning'an, causing him to be hundreds of thousands of yuan in debt, and for the company to be investigated. Though the company was close to closing down for a while, fortunately, they survived.
Had it not been for Wang Cheng investigating Sun Jian and discovering these dusty past events, he would never have known about this matter. Even if these events happened long ago, Wang Cheng nonetheless imagined and worried about the difficulties and hardships his eldest brother had to overcome at the time. Though it wasn’t discussed, everyone believed that Wang Ning’an would soar to the top. However, no one knew that his back had almost been bent*.
[T/N: being pressured by the environment around him to live a life of servitude, compliance, or inferiority]
Wang Cheng didn't know how his elder brother had overcome those barriers at that time, but now that he knew of this matter, he vowed to never let Sun Jian go.
Originally, it would not be an exaggeration for Sun Jian to be sentenced to death for the crimes he commited, but Wang Cheng did not want to let him die so easily. In the end, his ruling became a life sentence, leaving Sun Jian a faint hope.
"Now you finally know why I wanted to knock you down." Wang Cheng said lightly: "Don't worry, the pain that you had inflicted on my elder brother, I will serve back to you twicefold.”
Sun Jian didn't expect that something from the past that had been so insignificant to him would cause Wang Cheng to drag him down to this point. The more he thought about it, the more he felt unreconciled. He was just a country bumpkin, how could such a person cause him to be imprisoned? He was really unwilling to stay like this.
"Are you expecting your father, Sun Degang, to save you from prison?" Wang Cheng suddenly asked.
Sun Jian stared at Wang Cheng with wide eyes.
Wang Cheng maliciously said: "No need to wait. Your father will soon be unable to protect himself, and the Sun family will also soon be overthrown. You won’t even want to be released from prison."
After achieving their purpose in coming, Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng left the prison. The air inside was no better than the air outside, it was all circulating the same air.
Chu Yifeng pulled Wang Cheng's arm, "How come you hadn’t told me about this matter?"
Wang Cheng froze. He had gotten too excited when he spoke inside, and forgot that Chu Yifeng still didn't know about it. He turned around and laughed dryly, "At that time, I just wanted to get rid of Sun Jian, and Zhang Wu also happened to have a lot of evidence related to Sun Jian's murder, so the incident was resolved very quickly. I was quite busy afterwards, and my heart knot was resolved, so I also forgot about this matter. Since this was from long ago, it felt meaningless to bring it up now. Zhang Wu is still waiting for us, so let's go do business first."
Chu Yifeng saw through his awkward topic-changing technique at a glance. In fact, he didn't care about this matter that much, Wang Cheng could handle it himself. He just wanted to see Wang Cheng’s nervous reaction.
After Zhang Wu received the new evidence, he began to make arrangements. At this time, Sun Degang was still in the dark about it all, thinking that his side had the initiative up until now. He didn't know that he had already taken a step into their trap.
The imprisoned Sun Jian became very uneasy after meeting Wang Cheng. He believed that Wang Cheng had the ability to perform what he threatened. Since Wang Cheng was able to lay out a plan ahead of time, he was definitely well-prepared to act on it. He wanted to inform his father of this, but bribing the prison guards until the message reached him was no longer possible, because he wasn’t sure if Wang Cheng had taken care of them. And he didn’t want to take the risk. In this way, he can only wait for his father to find someone to contact him.
What was Sun Degang doing at this time?
It had been revealed that someone was hired to kill Wang Cheng, so the police were currently investigating the matter. Sun Degang was involved in this matter at such a sensitive time, and was afraid of attracting any more attention. He had also heard that Wang Cheng had visited his son, and grew worried that his son was ambushed long ago. All in all, he didn't dare act rashly.
In this way, one desperately wanted to see his father, while the other was anxiously watching for a trap, so the two’s paths failed to cross. Until things came to light.
Several senior executives who were in cahoots with Sun Degang were exposed to stealing and selling company secrets to other companies. Zhang Wu reported them to the police, and then sued them.
Due to the clear evidence, the several senior executives not only faced huge debts, but also faced the chance of going to jail. They begged Sun Degang for help, but Sun Degang wasn’t even able to protect himself. Others believed that he was doing just fine, but the person who had planned all this in the dark was actually taking out his men, one by one.
According to the evidence, those senior executives sold the company's secrets to a small company that had been registered for less than a month, called Guohua. No one believed that a small company could be able to take on such a large stolen order list with no one directing the whole scheme behind the scenes.
The share price of the Dongwang Group went down due to these incidents. Some people spread rumors that the current Dongwang Group was useless, even though it had received the help of the Eimer Group. They said that in fact, it already had many internal shortfalls and would go bankrupt at any time. Some people who heard these rumors threw out the stock they owned one after another.
And then someone exposed shocking news about the sold information.
The behind-the-scenes owner of Guohua was actually Sun Degang, the second-largest shareholder of the Dongwang Group. He had actually been using his power to hollow out his company little by little - such an act was contemptuous.
Local newspapers spewed this new information everywhere. Though their drama had settled down during the Lunar New Year less than half a year ago, Dongwang Group once again occupied the headlines of the newspaper. Journalists crowded outside the Sun mansion every day to interview Sun Degang. However, Sun Degang never came forward. It didn’t take long for the reporters to finally receive the big news they had been waiting for.
The police suddenly came to the Sun house and arrested Sun Degang for intentional homicide.
It turned out that the man who attempted to kill Wang Cheng, called Chen Sheng, was a coach at a martial arts gym. He had a wife and children and lived a happy life. However, a car accident happened a month ago, in which his wife had died. Although his son had not died, his brain was severely injured and he required surgery. However, the cost of the operation was extremely high. When Chen Sheng was at his most desperate point, Sun Degang's people found him and told him that if he killed Wang Cheng, he’d be given a sum of money. Otherwise, he could only wait until his son died.
Chen Sheng agreed to this matter for his son, but he knew that murder was against the law, so he entrusted his son to his only sister. He planned to kill Wang Cheng at the cost of them dying together. Unexpectedly, he had failed.
After the police persuaded Chen Sheng to tell them the incident for the sake of his son, he finally confessed. The police followed the trail and discovered that Sun Degang was the one behind the scenes.
By the time Wang Cheng received a call from Zhang Wu, the dust had settled. The Sun family had fallen apart, with both the Sun Jian father and son in jail, and the Dongwang Group truly Wang Cheng's possession.
The next day, Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng packed up and went out to the prison.
The prison was located on the outskirts of Shanhai City, near the mountains and forests. Except for those who were visiting relatives in prison, there were usually no people on the roads.
When he heard the prison guard say that someone had come to visit him, the first thing Sun Jian thought was that the incident had been resolved, and he immediately followed the prison guard out. However, his joy turned into anger and surprise when he saw Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng, and he was more angry than surprised.
"Are you shocked to see that I haven’t died as according to your plans?" Wang Cheng said to Sun Jian through the glass screen.
Sun Jian's pupils shrank. He thought that his scheme was foolproof, yet Wang Cheng still escaped him. Considering his father’s sensitive reputation, he couldn't admit to the incident. "What are you talking about? I don't get it."
"It doesn't matter if you don't get it. I’ll just need to check if it’s you or your father who did it. Since you are in prison, it’s not like you can do anything without someone else’s help." Wang Cheng was not surprised. When it came to Sun Jian, as long as Sun Degang was out there, he still had a chance to get out of prison.
Sun Jian's expression instantly twisted. He resentfully clenched his hands and said, "Zhou Cheng, what do you want? So what if I did it? I didn’t originally have an enmity with you, until you caused me to be where I am now. I’ve long wished to kill you, there is no other way for me to vent the hatred in my heart."
"Originally, I didn't have much of an enmity with you either," Wang Cheng said. The hatred between him and Sun Jian began with Cheng Cheng. At that time, he had just wanted to take the burden off of Cheng Cheng, he hadn’t been thinking about dealing with the Dongwang Group. Later, when he discovered that the Dongwang Group could be his stepping stone, he took advantage of the way things were going and became the largest shareholder of the Group. He did not know of it at the time, but Zhang Wu later discovered a secret during his investigation of the Sun family. He had told Wang Cheng this secret, and this secret was the cause of Wang Cheng’s cruelty towards Sun Jian.
"Then why?" Sun Jian still didn’t understand: except for that night in the bar, where exactly had he offended Wang Cheng? Even if this matter had a foregone conclusion, he still wanted to know the real reason for his imprisonment.
Wang Cheng said, "Do you remember a woman named Lin Qing?"
"Lin Qing?" Sun Jian was stunned for a few seconds. He had played with so many women that he had to think about it for a moment - but he did have an impression of Lin Qing. That woman was the only one who grew pregnant with his child, and tried to use the child to threaten him.
"It came to my mind that this woman named Lin Qing used to be my elder brother's girlfriend. My elder brother is called Wang Ning'an, I wonder if you still have any impression of him?"
At that time, Wang Ning’an had just opened a small pharmaceutical company. Sun Jian had been attracted to Lin Qing and invited her to eat at high-end restaurants several times, and gave her many precious gifts. After several of these occurrences, Lin Qing grew fascinated by him. Though he was the only one in her eyes, she was still going with Wang Ning'an for that time.
Knowing of Lin Qing’s affection towards himself, Sun Jian purposefully arranged for Wang Ning’an to see him f*cking his woman. He thought that Wang Ning’an would angrily leave, but as a result, Wang Ning’an just watched them openly from the doorway. Then, not only did he announce his breakup with Lin Qing, but he also said to Sun Jian, "Since you like this woman so much, then I’ll let you have her. You two match quite well."
Sun Jian still remembered Wang Ning'an's tone at the time. The person wearing the green hat* was clearly him. How could he say such a thing as if they should be thankful for him, in that lofty and contemptuous tone?
[T/N: being cheated on]
Sun Jian was quite angry at the time. Afterwards, he began to suppress Wang Ning'an's small company. He asked someone to pit Wang Ning'an, causing him to be hundreds of thousands of yuan in debt, and for the company to be investigated. Though the company was close to closing down for a while, fortunately, they survived.
Had it not been for Wang Cheng investigating Sun Jian and discovering these dusty past events, he would never have known about this matter. Even if these events happened long ago, Wang Cheng nonetheless imagined and worried about the difficulties and hardships his eldest brother had to overcome at the time. Though it wasn’t discussed, everyone believed that Wang Ning’an would soar to the top. However, no one knew that his back had almost been bent*.
[T/N: being pressured by the environment around him to live a life of servitude, compliance, or inferiority]
Wang Cheng didn't know how his elder brother had overcome those barriers at that time, but now that he knew of this matter, he vowed to never let Sun Jian go.
Originally, it would not be an exaggeration for Sun Jian to be sentenced to death for the crimes he commited, but Wang Cheng did not want to let him die so easily. In the end, his ruling became a life sentence, leaving Sun Jian a faint hope.
"Now you finally know why I wanted to knock you down." Wang Cheng said lightly: "Don't worry, the pain that you had inflicted on my elder brother, I will serve back to you twicefold.”
Sun Jian didn't expect that something from the past that had been so insignificant to him would cause Wang Cheng to drag him down to this point. The more he thought about it, the more he felt unreconciled. He was just a country bumpkin, how could such a person cause him to be imprisoned? He was really unwilling to stay like this.
"Are you expecting your father, Sun Degang, to save you from prison?" Wang Cheng suddenly asked.
Sun Jian stared at Wang Cheng with wide eyes.
Wang Cheng maliciously said: "No need to wait. Your father will soon be unable to protect himself, and the Sun family will also soon be overthrown. You won’t even want to be released from prison."
After achieving their purpose in coming, Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng left the prison. The air inside was no better than the air outside, it was all circulating the same air.
Chu Yifeng pulled Wang Cheng's arm, "How come you hadn’t told me about this matter?"
Wang Cheng froze. He had gotten too excited when he spoke inside, and forgot that Chu Yifeng still didn't know about it. He turned around and laughed dryly, "At that time, I just wanted to get rid of Sun Jian, and Zhang Wu also happened to have a lot of evidence related to Sun Jian's murder, so the incident was resolved very quickly. I was quite busy afterwards, and my heart knot was resolved, so I also forgot about this matter. Since this was from long ago, it felt meaningless to bring it up now. Zhang Wu is still waiting for us, so let's go do business first."
Chu Yifeng saw through his awkward topic-changing technique at a glance. In fact, he didn't care about this matter that much, Wang Cheng could handle it himself. He just wanted to see Wang Cheng’s nervous reaction.
After Zhang Wu received the new evidence, he began to make arrangements. At this time, Sun Degang was still in the dark about it all, thinking that his side had the initiative up until now. He didn't know that he had already taken a step into their trap.
The imprisoned Sun Jian became very uneasy after meeting Wang Cheng. He believed that Wang Cheng had the ability to perform what he threatened. Since Wang Cheng was able to lay out a plan ahead of time, he was definitely well-prepared to act on it. He wanted to inform his father of this, but bribing the prison guards until the message reached him was no longer possible, because he wasn’t sure if Wang Cheng had taken care of them. And he didn’t want to take the risk. In this way, he can only wait for his father to find someone to contact him.
What was Sun Degang doing at this time?
It had been revealed that someone was hired to kill Wang Cheng, so the police were currently investigating the matter. Sun Degang was involved in this matter at such a sensitive time, and was afraid of attracting any more attention. He had also heard that Wang Cheng had visited his son, and grew worried that his son was ambushed long ago. All in all, he didn't dare act rashly.
In this way, one desperately wanted to see his father, while the other was anxiously watching for a trap, so the two’s paths failed to cross. Until things came to light.
Several senior executives who were in cahoots with Sun Degang were exposed to stealing and selling company secrets to other companies. Zhang Wu reported them to the police, and then sued them.
Due to the clear evidence, the several senior executives not only faced huge debts, but also faced the chance of going to jail. They begged Sun Degang for help, but Sun Degang wasn’t even able to protect himself. Others believed that he was doing just fine, but the person who had planned all this in the dark was actually taking out his men, one by one.
According to the evidence, those senior executives sold the company's secrets to a small company that had been registered for less than a month, called Guohua. No one believed that a small company could be able to take on such a large stolen order list with no one directing the whole scheme behind the scenes.
The share price of the Dongwang Group went down due to these incidents. Some people spread rumors that the current Dongwang Group was useless, even though it had received the help of the Eimer Group. They said that in fact, it already had many internal shortfalls and would go bankrupt at any time. Some people who heard these rumors threw out the stock they owned one after another.
And then someone exposed shocking news about the sold information.
The behind-the-scenes owner of Guohua was actually Sun Degang, the second-largest shareholder of the Dongwang Group. He had actually been using his power to hollow out his company little by little - such an act was contemptuous.
Local newspapers spewed this new information everywhere. Though their drama had settled down during the Lunar New Year less than half a year ago, Dongwang Group once again occupied the headlines of the newspaper. Journalists crowded outside the Sun mansion every day to interview Sun Degang. However, Sun Degang never came forward. It didn’t take long for the reporters to finally receive the big news they had been waiting for.
The police suddenly came to the Sun house and arrested Sun Degang for intentional homicide.
It turned out that the man who attempted to kill Wang Cheng, called Chen Sheng, was a coach at a martial arts gym. He had a wife and children and lived a happy life. However, a car accident happened a month ago, in which his wife had died. Although his son had not died, his brain was severely injured and he required surgery. However, the cost of the operation was extremely high. When Chen Sheng was at his most desperate point, Sun Degang's people found him and told him that if he killed Wang Cheng, he’d be given a sum of money. Otherwise, he could only wait until his son died.
Chen Sheng agreed to this matter for his son, but he knew that murder was against the law, so he entrusted his son to his only sister. He planned to kill Wang Cheng at the cost of them dying together. Unexpectedly, he had failed.
After the police persuaded Chen Sheng to tell them the incident for the sake of his son, he finally confessed. The police followed the trail and discovered that Sun Degang was the one behind the scenes.
By the time Wang Cheng received a call from Zhang Wu, the dust had settled. The Sun family had fallen apart, with both the Sun Jian father and son in jail, and the Dongwang Group truly Wang Cheng's possession.
