"Don't leave." Song Xiaojia immediately scolded, "This whole situation started because of you, so you must stay here with me, or else..."

"Alright, alright!" Lin Chuan hurriedly nodded and said, "Consider me afraid of you."

"Hehe..." Song Xiaojia grabbed Lin Chuan's hand and said, "I'll tell you, this is the first time I've bent the law for personal gain. Sigh, I don't even know if this is right or wrong, but it feels like I'm not doing anything wrong in my heart."

"You're definitely not wrong." Lin Chuan laughed and said, "Zhou Bin wasn't a good person to begin with. As for Brother Liu Kai, maybe he died a bit unjustly. Just consider him unlucky. Who told him to be so greedy? I hate that kind of person the most."

"Haha..." Song Xiaojia burst into laughter, "Never seen someone talk so righteously after committing murder. So shameless."

"Who's shameless?" Lin Chuan said seriously, "Yesterday afternoon, who was it that kept shouting 'Give it to me, give it to me!'?"

"Ah!" Song Xiaojia's face turned red as soon as she heard this, she quickly covered Lin Chuan's mouth and angrily said, "You bastard, do you want the whole world to know? Are you crazy?"

The two of them engaged in playful banter in the hospital room.

..............

Brother Liu Kai died, so the accusations against Yang Zi naturally couldn't stand. Although the Jiangbei City Public Security Bureau took over, they had no evidence and no witness. Plus, with Yang Zi's background and status, they could only release her for the time being. Meanwhile, the bureau was trying hard to find a new breakthrough, but no progress was made.

In the afternoon of the next day, Lawyer Li and a group from Liu Group hurried to the police station to pick up Yang Zi.

Yang Zi was not mistreated during her time there. On the contrary, she was well taken care of. The lower-level police officers didn't dare do anything to her and always met her various needs. Technically, using a phone or watching TV is not allowed during detention. However, in Yang Zi's holding cell, not only was her phone left operational, but they also arranged for a TV and a laptop to meet her needs.

"Chairman Yang, welcome home." The secretary quickly said.

"Hmm!" Yang Zi walked out spotless.

The secretary quickly said, "Chairman Yang, everyone has arranged a welcome banquet for you, what do you think..."

"Thank you all for your kindness." Yang Zi smiled and said, "Let's go."

"Get ready, set off the firecrackers." The secretary quickly shouted.

Behind, a man in Liu Group's uniform quickly started setting off firecrackers. A long string of firecrackers was already laid at the police station entrance, and more than ten luxury cars lined up at the door. Once Yang Zi got in the car, others followed suit. Then, the firecrackers behind immediately started going off.

Crackle, crackle...

The firecrackers exploded, scattering red scraps all over the ground.

"That Yang Zi is really something."

"No kidding, Liu Group must be worth over a billion."

"Sigh, this woman is truly remarkable. Originally, I thought after Liu Shaoqi died, she'd surely ruin things, but she didn't miss a beat."

A bunch of gossip-loving policemen chuckled with curiosity.

At the Golden Shield Hotel, Liu Group rented an entire floor to hold the welcome banquet. Yang Zi was happy, but her mind was constantly on one person. That person was Lin Chuan.

At this moment, Lawyer Li leaned over to Yang Zi's ear.

"Chairman Yang, this whole matter depends entirely on Lin Chuan," Lawyer Li said.

"Hmm, I roughly know." Yang Zi nodded.

"However, it has also brought some trouble to Lin Chuan." Lawyer Li frowned.

"What trouble?" Yang Zi asked.

"Seems... the police are already suspecting Lin Chuan." Lawyer Li said.

"No worries, since Lin Chuan decided to do it, it will surely be flawless, I believe in Lin Chuan." Yang Zi squinted, revealing a cold gleam beneath her stunning face.

"Yes, yes!" Lawyer Li nodded.

After the welcome banquet, Yang Zi drove away alone.

............

At around four in the afternoon, Song Xiaojia had been crazy in the room all day. Plus, she didn't rest well the day before, so she quickly fell asleep. Lin Chuan tucked her in and then took his coat and left the hospital room.

At five in the afternoon, Lin Chuan was at the doorway playing cards with a few brothers, playing a game called "Bomb."

A couple of them set up a broken table, nailed a few chairs out of wood. Although only four were playing, more than a dozen people gathered around to watch. The group was playing fiercely.

"A pair of twos." One of the lackeys immediately said.

At this time, another person spoke up, "Four threes."

"Damn, five fives!" The lackey on the right shouted angrily, seeming as if he were crazy on the battlefield.

Lin Chuan quietly said, "Pass!"

"Wait a minute." The brother who just played the four threes immediately said, "I'll take it."

"Take it easy, don't get doubled." The onlookers chuckled.

At this point, this brother laughed and said, "Damn, over here, there are more than forty points. Can't pass it up, I'm taking this. If we collect enough points this round, we can turn the tables."

"That's right." Lin Chuan nodded and said, "Just play."

"Damn, six tens!" That guy tossed out his hand, four tens with two jokers.

Whoa!

The crowd watching gasped in astonishment.

The other two guys were dumbfounded, realizing he had a trump card up his sleeve all along. The group was left speechless.

With forty points in hand, that guy jumped up with a smirk.

However, the next set of cards didn't seem too promising. After a fierce battle, he managed to scrape a win. This guy walked away, but Lin Chuan was still holding a pile of cards. So, the remaining two opponents couldn't help but glance at Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan chuckled and said, "Let's go."

"Triple six," one of the opponents played a card and said, "Brother Chuan, I'm about to win."

"Not so fast," Lin Chuan laughed. Seeing the opponent was about to go, leaving just one card, Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Time for my power move? Four Aces to beat you, do you want it?"

"Brother Chuan, stop teasing us," the two laughed awkwardly, "One has a set of three, and the other has a single card. How can we beat your four Aces?"

"Don't want it, huh?" Lin Chuan snickered and said, "Three preserved eggs, want 'em?"

"No!"

"Three Kings, how about that?" Lin Chuan tossed out three more cards.

"No!"

"Three sevens, want them?" Lin Chuan threw down another three cards.

...

Finally, Lin Chuan put down two threes and said, "We won."

"Damn!" The two nearly fainted. They didn't expect Lin Chuan to have a hand full of threes. It was only thanks to the four Aces that he could play his cards. Otherwise, he would've been stuck.

"Haha, pay up, double penalty," the first guy laughed as he ran off.

The unfortunate pair had no choice but to cough up the money, losing a few hundred on the game, nearly bringing them to tears.

Just as Lin Chuan was enjoying himself, someone quickly ran over.

"Brother Chuan," a little brother hurriedly said, "someone's here to see you."

The crowd turned to look. Sure enough, a black Mercedes was parked not far away, and a graceful figure stood by the hood, a woman in a long dress. As the wind blew, the hem of her dress fluttered beautifully.

"Hey, isn't that Yang Zi from the Liu Group?" someone remarked.

"Right, it seems like her," the crowd nodded in agreement.

Lin Chuan put down his cards and said, "You guys keep playing, I have to go."

"Brother Chuan, you can't miss such a pretty girl," the crowd teased.

"You brats, what nonsense are you talking about?" Lin Chuan shot them a glare.

The group shrank back a bit. As Lin Chuan walked over, they all shouted, "Brother Chuan, you can do it. Woohoo!"

Haha...

The scene erupted in laughter.

Lin Chuan looked helpless. Yang Zi, however, watched Lin Chuan openly and said, "You sure know how to lower yourself, mingling with this construction site crew?"

"Yang Zi," Lin Chuan suddenly felt Yang Zi was coming off as a bit arrogant, so he had to say something.

"What's wrong?" Yang Zi smiled, looking at Lin Chuan with a curious glint in her eyes. She was genuinely curious about what Lin Chuan would say to her.

"I've always believed that people shouldn't be divided into classes or ranked by status," Lin Chuan said with a smile, looking at Yang Zi. "We can't choose our birth or family standing. But we can change our identity and background through our efforts. Besides, didn't you and I both start out at Changlin Factory? Even if we're somewhat successful now, why put ourselves on a pedestal and look down on others?"

"I..." Yang Zi was taken aback. She didn't expect Lin Chuan to take her offhand comment so seriously. She sighed and said, "Lin Chuan, you're overthinking it. I just said it casually."

"Your casual comment reveals your true thoughts," Lin Chuan smiled at Yang Zi and said, "Your offhand remark unintentionally lowered your elegance."

"Don't be so petty," Yang Zi said playfully, linking her arm with Lin Chuan's, "I didn't mean anything by it."

"Alright, I won't mention it," Lin Chuan laughed, "Don't want you calling me petty."

"You were already being petty," Yang Zi pouted.

"So, why are you looking for me?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Get in the car," Yang Zi gently opened the car door.

"Where to?" Lin Chuan asked curiously.

"To dinner," Yang Zi smiled and said, "It's almost dinner time, of course, I'm inviting you to dinner."

Lin Chuan hesitated a bit, then got into the car's passenger seat. Yang Zi had just been released from the police station today and probably had something to discuss, and he also happened to have some things to say to her. After getting in, Yang Zi started the car.

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