Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 406: Killing with a Heart-Piercing Blow

Chapter 406: Chapter 406: Killing with a Heart-Piercing Blow

"He Qingyan and Sun Xinghai actually both come from Yunlong Town," Zhong Xiaonan said.

"Were they childhood friends?" Shen Siyuan was somewhat surprised.

"Not exactly, He Qingyan only settled in Yunlong Town with her parents when she was in high school."

"At that time, Sun Xinghai had two very good friends, one named Yu Sumei and the other Luo Peng. The three of them grew up together."

"Among them, Sun Xinghai had the best grades and was the bookworm type from an early age, whereas Luo Peng was a playboy, smoking, drinking, fighting—he did it all during school, and his files had lots of records..."

Zhong Xiaonan hadn’t finished speaking, but Shen Siyuan already had a faint hunch in his heart, guessing it was likely a melodramatic love polygon.

However, he didn’t interject and waited for Zhong Xiaonan to continue.

"Though the three of them grew up together, the families of Sun Xinghai and Yu Sumei had connections dating back to the previous generation, so those two were truly childhood sweethearts."

"Their families even joked about arranging a childhood engagement, but no specific arrangement was made. Therefore, Sun Xinghai always had special feelings for Yu Sumei, but Yu Sumei didn’t like him, thinking Sun Xinghai’s personality was too weak, instead preferring Luo Peng from the same town..."

"However, Luo Peng didn’t like Yu Sumei, but since Yu Sumei was pretty, Luo Peng didn’t refuse either, so the two started dating in middle school. Although Sun Xinghai also liked Yu Sumei, he chose to silently withdraw until they were in high school and Luo Peng met He Qingyan..."

"Luo Peng fell head over heels for He Qingyan and pursued her wildly. In her bid to salvage the relationship, Yu Sumei gave herself to Luo Peng. Teenagers are like wild beasts, especially since Yu Sumei was quite beautiful..."

Zhong Xiaonan said this, his eyes gleaming with an inexplicable meaning, while Taozi turned his head and looked at Shen Siyuan as if to say, "If it were you, would you refuse?"

In fact, Shen Siyuan figured that if it were his teenage years, he probably wouldn’t refuse either, nine times out of ten.

"But even so, it was useless; it didn’t win back Luo Peng’s heart. Luo Peng still only liked He Qingyan, and at that moment, Yu Sumei discovered she was pregnant. Somehow, this got out and caused quite a stir. Ultimately, Yu Sumei couldn’t bear the stress, and jumped off a building, bringing this matter to an end..."

"Luo Peng transferred schools because of this, while Sun Xinghai and He Qingyan stayed behind, but they had little interaction before, and so many years passed like that..."

"After graduating from university, Sun Xinghai got into the judiciary system and slowly became a judge at the Yuxiu District People’s Court..."

"Sun Xinghai was conscientious at his job and performed excellently. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be a very talented figure in the judicial system..."

At this point, Zhong Xiaonan’s tone carried a bit of regret.

"A few years ago, Sun Xinghai took on an assault case, and the defendant was Luo Peng..."

Fate is miraculous at times, and Luo Peng was naturally delighted to see Sun Xinghai. This way, based on past relationships, Sun Xinghai might be lenient in his judgment.

But upon seeing Luo Peng, old hatreds were stirred in Sun Xinghai, and what shocked him even more was Luo Peng’s girlfriend was He Qingyan.

He hadn’t expected, after all these years, Luo Peng had actually won over He Qingyan.

If it weren’t for Luo Peng’s crime, the two might have been married by now.

But this only made Sun Xinghai hate Luo Peng even more.

However, he didn’t meddle with Luo Peng’s trial; he sentenced Luo Peng to four years according to the law.

But Luo Peng, unaware, thought Sun Xinghai had already helped him and was full of gratitude. After entering prison, he entrusted He Qingyan to Sun Xinghai.

With Luo Peng in prison, He Qingyan’s life became hard, especially since she was pregnant at the time. Thus, Sun Xinghai persuaded her to give birth, and for the sake of registering the child, he even took the initiative to get a marriage certificate with He Qingyan.

Sun Xinghai was actually an exceptionally outstanding person, gentle and refined in temperament, and gentle and delicate in nature.

From He Qingyan’s pregnancy to her postpartum period, Sun Xinghai personally took care of her, treating both children as his own. He was entirely different from Luo Peng in personality, and much more outstanding than Luo Peng.

This kind of man gave He Qingyan a stronger sense of security, making her feel he was more worthy of entrusting her life to. Gradually, He Qingyan genuinely fell for Sun Xinghai, thus turning a sham into reality and naturally ending up together.

At first, because it was all fake, He Qingyan often took her children to visit Luo Peng in prison.

But once He Qingyan developed feelings for another, she naturally wanted nothing more to do with Luo Peng, severing all contact with him, and only thinking of living well with Sun Xinghai.

But she hadn’t expected that Sun Xinghai’s approach to her was all about avenging Luo Peng.

So just before Luo Peng was about to be released, He Qingyan and her two daughters met with a car accident, severing all ties with this world.

Upon Luo Peng’s release and learning about this, he completely broke down, having endured suffering in prison, holding onto a glimmer of hope despite He Qingyan not visiting with the children. After all, they had adorable twin daughters, children were the strongest bond.

He believed that with sincerity, he could win He Qingyan back.

But unexpectedly, upon release, hope was snatched away, without even a final goodbye.

Luo Peng truly, deeply loved He Qingyan; otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to win her back years after high school graduation.

With his beloved gone, his children gone, Luo Peng became utterly despondent, turning irritable and aggressive, and developed a drinking habit. Just a little over a year after his release, he wound up back inside several times, each time pulled out by Sun Xinghai.

Sun Xinghai needed to see him suffer daily, watch him completely fall apart.

After hearing the whole story, Shen Siyuan remained silent for a long time, while Taozi huddled tightly beside Shen Siyuan, face full of conflict.

After a while, Shen Siyuan said in amazement, "You guys are impressive, managing to investigate this so thoroughly so quickly."

"Because we met Yu Sumei, and learned this from her. Otherwise, only Sun Xinghai would know these matters so clearly."

"Yu Sumei?"

Upon hearing, Shen Siyuan wasn’t surprised, feeling it was not strange for Yu Sumei to linger in the Mortal World.

Thinking back to what Xiao Yue said last night, Sun Xinghai’s friend should be Luo Peng.

Killing both physically and mentally - truly, scholars have their own brilliance.

But did He Qingyan really not know all this was orchestrated by Sun Xinghai?

If that were the case, he could only say Sun Xinghai’s scheming was truly deep.

It wasn’t just that He Qingyan didn’t show any abnormalities before her death; even after her death, not a hint of anomaly was shown before others.

Or maybe, He Qingyan knew the whole time.

PS: That’s it~