Cheng Cheng's Background

Lu Yeshan nodded. "He wasn't that easy to kill. Perhaps that fire was merely a smokescreen he used to slip away like a cicada shedding its shell."

After hearing that, Shen Ranxin could not help but suck in a cold breath.

If that fire back then had merely been Shen Ziqing's way of getting himself out of trouble and escaping punishment under Federation Law, then Shen Ziqing had been cold-blooded beyond measure.

Because the person who had died in that fire was Shen Ziqing's wife.

What was worse, perhaps he had not intended to let Shen Ranxin make it out alive either. If Lu Zhi had not arrived in time...

Shen Ranxin lowered his eyes and reached out to steady himself against the wall beside him.

Whenever he thought of that fire, the nerves in his mind were immediately yanked into agonizing pain. It felt as though that blaze had burned from that year all the way to the present, scorching every nerve until it radiated searing pain.

"I've gone off topic." Lu Yeshan waved a hand and looked at Shen Ranxin. "During the five years you were missing, Cheng Cheng probably did some bad things to you without your consent. I apologize on his behalf. But Lu Zhi has already taught him a lesson. If you're still angry, you can beat him up yourself."

"..." Shen Ranxin paused, lifted his eyelids, and said, "I have no interest in disciplining your son for you. But Cheng Cheng was with Shen Ziqing back then. Why was Shen Ziqing targeted by the Federation while Cheng Cheng escaped unscathed?"

Lu Yeshan chuckled quietly.

"He was underage at the time."

Shen Ranxin: "..."

"He'd been very good at exploiting loopholes for his own benefit since childhood." Lu Yeshan sighed. "Playing innocent and acting cute