When he got home and listened to the recording, Huo Cixiao was very calm, as if he already knew the outcome.
On that stormy night.
Five-year-old Huo Cixiao was awakened by a clap of thunder.
He panicked and frightened, and got out of bed, wanting to go find his mother.
I searched her room but couldn't find her.
When they finally found her mother, she was lying in a half-filled bathtub wearing a white nightgown. Her straight black hair was disheveled and wet, hanging outside the tub. Her cold, pale hands hung limply at the edge of the tub, and there was a red mark on the nail of her right index finger.
White pills were scattered on the bathroom floor.
However, several hurried footsteps soon came from outside the bedroom door. Huo Cixiao's first reaction was not to call for help, but to hide his small body in the cabinet under the sink in the washroom that connected to the bathroom.
Tears welled up in his eyes, and he tried to cover his mouth, attempting to suppress his emotions.
"The scene was cleaned up twice, leaving no evidence, even the bloodstains under the fingernails were cleaned up..." Luo Beishi couldn't imagine how Huo Cixiao had survived back then.
Five-year-old Huo Cixiao knew that calling for help was impossible; all he could do was try to protect himself from being discovered, otherwise he would also be doomed.
He was too young to be capable, and the Pei Family's involvement had already vanished without a trace. At that time, Old Master Huo was in charge of the Huo Corporation and expanding into overseas markets. He had no way of knowing what was happening at home, and by the time he rushed back, it was too late.
Huo Cixiao snapped out of his thoughts. The reason he hadn't told his wife so much was because he was afraid she would worry, but now, she still found out.
Why are you crying?
"Waaah... it hurts me so much, why didn't you say anything before..."
"I didn't want you to be sad with me, so I only mentioned the scarf. Besides, it's all in the past."
The next morning
The tape was handed over to the authorities, and Huo Cheng was formally arrested.
He never imagined that when they were plotting back then, someone had secretly hidden a tape recorder in a corner to protect themselves.
At that time Huo Cheng was very ambitious, and Pei Leilei, Huo Cixiao's mother, controlled 10% of Huo Corporation's shares and had a lot of assets. Instigated by Lin Lan, Huo Cheng decided to take over the inheritance after Pei Leilei's death. The two hit it off immediately. In order to make things more secretive, Lin Lan asked her distant cousin from her hometown to join them.
Back when sleeping pills were not restricted in their purchase, they could be bought at any ordinary clinic.
More than a decade ago, there was no network coverage and few surveillance cameras, so finding them was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Pei Leilei and Huo Cixiao had just moved into the villa, and there hadn't been time to install surveillance cameras.
The person, who already suffered from depression, was forced to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills, and the forensic report also concluded that it was a suicide by taking sleeping pills.
Many people were bribed at the time.
When Huo Cixiao grew up and was able to search for it, he discovered that the file had long been destroyed.
The Pei Family also tried their best to investigate, but due to complaints, the Pei Corporation Group was placed under surveillance and could not investigate immediately.
By the time the ban was lifted, it was too late, making the subsequent investigation of the case extremely difficult.
The only fortunate thing is that Pei Leilei had already made a will before this, leaving her entire estate to Huo Cixiao, after being diagnosed with depression.
After doing all this, Huo Cheng realized that he had done nothing for nothing, and in a fit of anger, he took Lin Lan home to live with him before Pei Leilei's seven-day mourning period was over.
Now that Luo Beishi knows all this, he truly admires Huo Cixiao's forbearance. If it were him, a beast like Huo Cheng would have been torn to pieces long ago. How could he have survived until today?
The forensic doctor who performed the autopsy on Pei Leilei had an intern who had manuscripts, and the person was found, along with audio tapes.
Ultimately, a whole string of people were implicated.
However, the subsequent appeals could only be handled by a professional lawyer, and the couple finally had some free time.
When Huo Cheng was arrested, he didn't react at first, but when he learned that he was arrested for murder, he was completely speechless.
At the moment of his arrest, Xinxin finally broke into a genuine smile and uttered a truly explosive statement, "Goodbye, A Cheng, the child isn't yours."
He was calm at first, but after hearing Xinxin's words, he became like a mad bull, trying to pounce on her and hit Xinxin, but was restrained by the detainees.
Even through the screen, Luo Beishi wanted to applaud and cheer like a seal.
It's unclear how the case will be decided, and this whole process is going to take a long time.
"Honey, hug me."
Huo Cixiao held the little dumpling in his arms, gently kissed his hair, and murmured, "Wife, you are truly my lucky baby."
Luo Beishi: "Haha, actually you're my lucky one, my money tree, my precious darling, my genius, and my joy."
Huo Cixiao:?
At this moment, Luo Beishi stopped hiding anything. He turned to him, looked at him face to face, and earnestly told him the gist of it, which was that he had a cheat code with the Villain System.
Huo Cixiao clearly hadn't expected this answer. He had always thought his wife was a goddess descended from heaven, there to save him alone. Who knew she was using a high-tech system to cheat her way into the game?
"So... Vajra Indestructibility?"
"Wow, you're really good at finding the key point, Huo Cixiao!"
Huo Cixiao looked into his eyes. "So let me be honest with you, actually I was conscious the first day you moved in..."
Luo Beishi:...
Huo Cixiao watched helplessly as the little cutie on his lap disappeared completely.
See? He knew this would happen.
It wasn't until nightfall that Huo Cixiao crawled into bed and grabbed his hand. "Wife, I was wrong. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have woken up so quickly."
Luo Beishi was so embarrassed he wanted to carry a rocket and escape from this planet. Lying on his side, he covered his face and said, "Why didn't you say so sooner... This is so embarrassing..."
Huo Cixiao suppressed a laugh, "Isn't this because I'm trying to win over my wife? That's why I'm choosing not to say anything."
Luo Beishi snorted lightly, "So what? So you were trying to cling to me when you were still in a vegetative state?"
Huo Cixiao pulled him into her arms and hummed in agreement. "Thank you for keeping me from being lonely and for making me happy. Even though I was in a vegetative state, that period was the first happy time of my life because I could feel that you were taking good care of me."
With her back to him, Luo Beishi said, her face slightly flushed, "You know everything now. I wasn't head over heels in love with you back then; I was just using you. Aren't you happy about that?"
Huo Cixiao chuckled a few more times, "Wife, you're so cute. I wish you would have made a scene back then, but during the time when you were in danger, I was constantly worried and wanted to wake up immediately to protect you, but I was powerless to do so."
Hearing this, Luo Beishi felt even more heartache. He slowly turned around and hugged the warm, faintly fragrant man, whispering, "You bad guy, you keep saying things that make my heart ache. You did it on purpose."
Huo Cixiao lowered his head and lightly pecked his lips. "My wife is the best."
Luo Beishi blushed and gently returned the greeting.