Lin Disheng was just a shameless scoundrel. Previously, he had arranged with the people from Qijiang to take money to bring down Jiang Nan’an. Whether the job was done well or not was another matter, but Qijiang itself had run into big trouble first. Now they could barely protect themselves, how could they still care about their agreement with Lin Disheng?
For verbal agreements without signed contracts, even if they were denied, Lin Disheng had no recourse. But would he take this loss?
He had been brought all the way from Xiaoer Shi village to Shanghai, and his son had become a famous movie star. He wouldn’t rest until he got some money out of this.
Since the big boss he was dealing with had been arrested, and the promised money couldn’t be collected, he would accept his bad luck and admit there was nothing he could do about it.
But even if this path was blocked, wasn’t it perfectly reasonable for a father to ask his son for some living expenses?
With this mindset, Lin Disheng approached the manager who had previously contacted him.
He didn’t understand what a manager was, but since this woman could find him for the dog spawn, it meant she was definitely in the same boat as the dog spawn, so finding her couldn’t be wrong.
In any case, he couldn’t leave empty-handed this time. He needed to get a large sum to return to the village in glory, otherwise he would be laughed at. As for who gave the money, it didn’t matter at all.
That dog spawn now lived in such a nice place; letting a little slip through his fingers shouldn’t be difficult. If he was really that stingy, then Lin Disheng would make a scene. After all, someone with nothing to lose isn’t afraid of those who have something to lose. If the dead dog spawn wouldn’t even support his own father, there was no need to preserve his reputation or face.
Things indeed went as Lin Disheng expected. After he made his demand, that dog spawn was indeed scared, and obediently arranged a meeting place, waiting for his grand arrival.
The restaurant the dog spawn chose was in a small Western-style building, looking quite high-end. He really was living the good life if he could afford to come to such places.
As Lin Disheng went there, he felt increasingly displeased.
His seed, his son, they came from the same place, so why did this dog spawn have such good fortune?
He, as the father, hadn’t even enjoyed any blessings yet. Was it that all the good luck from their ancestors’ graves was being taken by this cheap spawn?
Lin Disheng ground his teeth in secret.
Since his demand was accepted so readily, it seemed he had asked for too little.
He would have to increase the amount later.
Lin Disheng calculated the figures in his mind as he entered with his hands in his pockets. He was led to a private room by the waiter inside and began waiting with his legs crossed.
He originally thought that dog spawn wouldn’t dare to meet him in person, and probably would just send someone to deliver the money.
But to his surprise, soon the door of the private room opened again, and two young men walked in. One of them had a face that seemed very familiar to him.
Was this face like that of the small child who used to kneel trembling at his feet? Not really.
If anything, the face he saw now looked more like that woman.
The first time he saw that woman, she was just like this-clean and fresh, extremely proud, looking at him as if looking at a pile of garbage.
But so what? Once in his hands, didn’t she have to stay and serve him obediently?
Lin Disheng’s gaze and smile were uncomfortably strange.
Jiang Nan’an had thought he was prepared to face him, but some things cannot be forgotten overnight. When he met those eyes, he still involuntarily felt his hands and feet turn cold, even trembling.
He sat in the chair, unconsciously curling his fingers, his emotions like damp vines, gradually climbing and binding him.
But soon, Yan Jie beside him noticed his emotions and held his hand under the table.
Yan Jie’s body temperature was always slightly higher than his, always warm and reassuring.
“You dare to come yourself, Dog’er.”
Lin Disheng took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one with a plastic lighter, and put it in his mouth:
“Why did you bring a man? Where’s that woman who contacted me before? Her voice sounded nice on the phone, she probably doesn’t look bad either, right?”
“Stop saying disrespectful things, Mr. Lin. We didn’t come here today to listen to your nonsense.”
Yan Jie interrupted him, speaking coldly.
“Oh?” Only then did Lin Disheng properly look at Yan Jie:
“Dog’er brought a bodyguard, huh? That’s being distant, isn’t it? Bringing a bodyguard to see your own father, what’s this? Could your father harm you? Tell me, now that you’re all grown up, can your father still kick you in the corner like when you were little? Your father has to rely on you to live well now, right?”
“Don’t call me that.” Jiang Nan’an frowned, a trace of disgust appearing in his eyes.
“It’s the name your father gave you, why can’t I call you that? Or is it that now that you’ve made it big, you don’t recognize me as your father anymore?”
“You dare to call yourself a father?”
Hearing this, Yan Jie couldn’t help but sneer.
“What’s this? If I’m not worthy, are you? Which young punk dares to talk to me like this?” Lin Disheng slammed the table, his volume instantly rising.
“You’re nothing!”
Yan Jie was already furious seeing Lin Disheng’s disgusting behavior, and hearing him speak to Jiang Nan’an like this made his anger flare up:
“If I speak to you civilly, you’d better listen carefully! I’m treating you like a person, but you insist on acting like a dog barking wildly. He came here today to give you face, not to be insulted by you or to reminisce about the past while you boast about your pathetic achievements. If you keep speaking to him in such a filthy manner, I’ll…”
“Enough, Yan Jie, stop arguing.”
Jiang Nan’an calmly interrupted Yan Jie’s words.
He gently squeezed Yan Jie’s hand, raised his eyes to look at Lin Disheng across from them, and took a deep breath:
“Tell me, what exactly do you want?”
“See, now that’s a smart person.” Lin Disheng, with the cigarette in his mouth, smiled with satisfaction.
He held up five fingers:
“Five million!”
Yan Jie raised an eyebrow slightly:
“If I remember correctly, three days ago the number you quoted was eight hundred thousand.”
“That was when I didn’t understand the market! This kid is doing so well now, just his apartment alone is worth more than that, right? I gave birth to him and raised him, gave him life, and now that he’s doing well, spending a little money to show filial respect to his own father-isn’t that the natural order of things?”
Lin Disheng swung his legs, looking quite pleased.
Jiang Nan’an’s tone remained relatively calm:
“I hope you understand one thing: legally, I have no relationship with you anymore. I have no obligation to support you. I shouldn’t give you a single penny.”
“Go to hell, don’t talk to me about the law. Just tell me, aren’t you my seed, aren’t you my own son?! Even a blood test couldn’t deny it! A son giving money to his father is the natural order! If you don’t want to give it, fine, then I’ll continue to expose you, let everyone see what kind of person you are! Don’t think that wearing nice clothes can change your worthless bones! And you, damn it, stop looking at me like that. What, you brought this kid to back you up? Go ahead and hit me if you dare! Come on! You find someone to beat your own father, you’ll come to no good end!”
Perhaps feeling uncomfortable under Yan Jie’s gaze, Lin Disheng suddenly exploded, jumping up from his chair and starting to curse.
But Jiang Nan’an looked away, ignoring him, and Yan Jie didn’t continue to argue either. Instead, he inexplicably smiled at him, his tone so gentle it hardly seemed like the same person:
“Calm down, Mr. Lin. So you’re saying that if we give you money, you’ll stop harassing and troubling Jiang Nan’an, and from now on you’ll have no relationship with him at all. Is that right?”
“You wish! Even if you give me money, he’s still my own son, he has to support me for life!”
The scar at the corner of Lin Disheng’s eye twitched, revealing an even more greedy and vicious expression:
“That woman who contacted me before mentioned some requirements, like me apologizing online or something? That’s fine too. As long as you pay enough, I’ll post whatever you want me to post. For people like you, the kid’s reputation must be more important than anything, right? Spending a little money to solve a problem-aren’t you willing?”
Yan Jie smiled and nodded without speaking.
He lowered his eyes, stopped the recording pen in his hand, and placed it on the table:
“What you just did is called extortion, Mr. Lin Disheng. You won’t get the money. Want someone to rely on and support you in your later years? Count on the state-three meals on time plus the edification of labor and knowledge. It’s really too good for you to enjoy such a good life.”
“You, what do you mean?”
Lin Disheng hadn’t yet processed what was happening; he was still trapped in his own thought pattern:
“Bullshit! How is asking my son for money extortion?! Just wait, I’ll continue to expose online…”
“Knock, knock, knock-”
A knock on the door of the private room interrupted Lin Disheng’s words.
Then, several unfamiliar men walked in. The leader scanned the three people present with his gaze, finally stopping on Lin Disheng.
He took out his credentials from his pocket, opened them to reveal a police badge:
“Lin Disheng, right? You’re suspected of trafficking women, illegal detention, child abuse, and extortion. Come with us.”
Lin Disheng was stunned.
He looked at the police badge, then at the man, and after thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth viciously:
“Bullshit! You’re all just actors hired to scare me, aren’t you?!”
He kicked over the chair:
“Get out of my way! You two little bastards just wait, I’ll…”
“Suspect is not cooperating.”
The man gave a look to the two young police officers beside him, who then went over, efficiently seized Lin Disheng, pressed him against the dining table, and handcuffed his hands behind his back.
“Bullying ordinary people, bullying ordinary people!! Think you’re so powerful, getting police to arrest innocent citizens!!”
Unable to struggle, Lin Disheng’s face turned red, and he could only make a scene with his hoarse voice.
“Whether you’re innocent or not, the law will give you the answer. Take him away!”
Hearing their superior’s order, the two young police officers immediately took Lin Disheng by each arm and walked him out.
Like a cornered wild beast, Lin Disheng’s gaze grew increasingly venomous. Finally, as he passed by Jiang Nan’an, he fixed his eyes on him:
“…Dead spawn, you got people to arrest your own father, you ungrateful bastard, you won’t come to a good end!! Someday, you’ll end up just like your father. Wait for death, just wait for death!!!”
Hearing these words, Jiang Nan’an stiffly averted his gaze.
He looked at Lin Disheng’s ugly face, saw how his features were twisted by anger, saw the bloodshot eyes, and the scar at the corner of his eye also…
Someone blocked his view.
Yan Jie stood protectively in front of Jiang Nan’an.
“Unlike a scum like you, he is very good and will live well. I will raise him well for you, let him live completely and cleanly, so that in the future he won’t have to have his eyes dirtied or his mood disturbed by trash like you.”
Yan Jie narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled coldly:
“As for you, spend the rest of your life in prison. You’ve done so many evil deeds, you should pay some price.”
The venomous words Lin Disheng hadn’t finished got stuck in his throat.
And by the time he came to his senses, he had already been pulled out of the private room by the police. No matter how he looked back and shouted curses, he could no longer see even a corner of Jiang Nan’an’s clothes.
The private room returned to silence. Yan Jie took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, turned around and hugged Jiang Nan’an, raising his hand to stroke his hair:
“It’s okay now, you don’t need to listen to what he says, you don’t need to care about a single word he said, understand?”
Jiang Nan’an inhaled the scent of roses from him.
His heart was beating at an unusual rate, not knowing if it was because of Lin Disheng’s insults or Yan Jie’s embrace.
Jiang Nan’an gently embraced him:
“…I understand.”
After today’s events, the two needed to go to the police station to make a statement and provide evidence of Lin Disheng’s extortion. As for other matters, Qi Hong and Yu Fei were already handling them.
Yu Fei was a lawyer who had recently put aside all her other cases to focus solely on this one.
As she said, she wanted to make Lin Disheng pay the price.
The two didn’t spend too long at the police station. As soon as they pushed open the door, Jiang Nan’an heard the summer cicadas singing in the treetops.
When they left this morning, the sky was cloudy, but now the wind had scattered the heavy clouds, and sunlight poured down from the sky, falling on everything in the world, including Jiang Nan’an.
Jiang Nan’an looked up at the azure sky, somewhat lost in thought.
Yan Jie noticed this and didn’t rush him, just patiently accompanied him, then softly asked:
“What are you thinking about?”
“Nothing…”
Jiang Nan’an looked away, gently pressing his lips together in what resembled a faint smile.
After a pause, he added:
“Tomorrow is your birthday.”
“Yes, what about it? How do you want to celebrate with me?”
Yan Jie smiled at him.
“Shouldn’t you ask the birthday person about this?” Jiang Nan’an raised an eyebrow slightly.
“I want to hear your opinion.”
“…”
Jiang Nan’an fell into a brief silence, apparently thinking.
After a moment, as if making some decision, he looked up into Yan Jie’s eyes:
“Celebrate with family?”
Hearing this, Yan Jie habitually smiled and opened his mouth, about to say something, but the next second, he realized what Jiang Nan’an meant, and was stunned.
He looked at Jiang Nan’an in confusion:
“You…”
But Jiang Nan’an looked away, raising his head again to look at the gaps filled with sunlight between the layers of leaves.
“Mm.”
When he spoke, his voice was very soft, like a cautious attempt or invitation:
“…Take me to Beijing, Yan Jie.”
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Your writing style makes complex ideas so easy to digest.