Although Lin Hongmei was reluctant to see Lin Yao leave, she knew her son must have his reasons, so she fully supported him. However, she missed him very much and wanted to stay a few more days.
"We're leaving tomorrow for Luoyang. We need to take charge there. Huang Yiren is really outrageous, spouting nonsense like that. This time, we'll make him regret it."
"Yao'er... don't kill anyone."
"Of course, I would never do anything illegal."
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May is Luoyang's traditional Peony Festival. Although the date set by the government for the Peony Festival has passed, the peonies are in full bloom at this time of year due to climate change.
The entire city was immersed in a sea of flowers. The green belts in the middle of the road, parks, gardens in residential areas, and balconies of residents were all covered with peonies of various colors and shapes.
Vibrant colors and rich colors make this ancient city even more elegant and luxurious.
Lin Yao has been in Luoyang for two days.
In the past two days, apart from occasionally going out for walks to admire the flowers and visiting famous small shops in Luoyang to eat donkey meat soup, beef soup, stinky offal soup and other snacks, Lin Yao stayed in his room, attaching his senses to the tendrils of the grass to learn about Huang Yiren's appearance and his complex network of connections.
May 21st, cloudy.
Early in the morning, Huang Yiren, using the excuse of fearing persecution, took his wife and transferred all his properties, cars, and shares in "Luo Shen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd." for a total of 73,516,000 yuan in cash. The majority of this money came from the transfer of "Luo Shen Pharmaceutical" and the proceeds from the sale of properties and stocks. He also spent more than 3 million yuan on antiques, paintings, calligraphy, and his wife's jewelry.
Subsequently, Huang Yiren asked his wife to go home and call their son, as he was leaving Luoyang to seek refuge abroad, saying he would return to China to start a new business after a period of time.
Because of the existence of "divine retribution," Huang Yiren's wife believed his words after the murders that had already infringed upon the interests of the people. She was filled with anxiety and hurriedly went home to call her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson to prepare for their escape. She didn't even notice details like the signatures required for visa applications.
Then, Huang Yiren personally went to the bank and donated all the cash he received from the sale, plus his previous bank deposits, totaling more than 125 million yuan.
There are two recipient organizations: Project Hope Charity Foundation and Minhong Charity Foundation.
When Huang Yiren's wife arrived at the airport with her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson, carrying large bags and small packages, her husband was nowhere to be seen.
With her phone switched off and all her close friends and relatives nowhere to be found, Huang's anxious wife dialed the police station, but they couldn't process her case because the disappearance hadn't lasted more than 24 hours.
The next day, Huang Yiren woke up groggily to find himself in a large bed in a villa, but his mistress was nowhere to be seen.
Feeling a bit dizzy, Huang Yiren picked up his phone from the bedside table and found it was off. When he turned it on, he received hundreds of text messages from his wife asking about him.
After returning the call, hearing his wife's inexplicable words and sobs on the other end of the line, the drowsiness he had just woken up vanished. Without even bothering to put on his pajamas, he rushed out of the villa, hailed a taxi, and went to a newsstand to buy the previous day's "Luoyang Evening News" and the current day's "Luoyang Daily".
After glancing briefly at the newspaper headline, Huang Yiren plopped down on the ground, completely stunned.
On the newspaper fluttering in the wind, the headline on the front page was written in bold, eye-catching letters:
Chairman of Luoshen Pharmaceuticals becomes the first person in China to donate all his wealth to charity!
Huang Yiren, Chairman of Luoshen Pharmaceuticals, protests Minhong Pharmaceuticals' lawsuit with concrete actions!
Huang Yiren Says No to Extortion!
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The Luoyang Daily also had a prominent headline report, but Huang Yiren didn't see it. He didn't even read the report about himself carefully; he just glanced at it before plunging into endless darkness.
It's unclear how much time has passed, but the newsstand owner didn't notice that someone had been sitting under the 1.5-meter-high window. He just wondered why no one had come to buy a newspaper for so long, or even come over to look at it.
Standing up blankly, Huang Yiren, like a walking corpse, used the remaining money in his pajamas pocket to call a taxi and return to the villa. He thought that at least this villa, which even his wife didn't know about, still belonged to him. However, when he returned to the villa, he encountered the new owner who came to collect the keys.
The villa was sold through a legitimate real estate agency, "Century 21 Real Estate," and all the paperwork was in order. The owner has now been changed to someone else.
After carefully examining the signature on the agreement, Huang Yiren confirmed that it was indeed his own. Through the explanations from the real estate agency and the new owner, Huang Yiren learned that the reason he was handing over the villa keys and all assets at this moment was entirely due to his own request yesterday. The real estate agency could even provide video evidence.
"Why did I lose a full thirty hours of memory? From the time I went to bed at home the night before last until I woke up in bed at the villa today, what exactly happened in between?"
Beneath Huang Yiren's blank gaze lay a deep sense of doubt, as well as a fear of fate.
"I'm going to get dressed. My lawyer will talk to you later." After a long while, the worldly-wise Huang Yiren recovered and walked towards the villa gate.
"Honey, come up with him. Don't let him take anything from the villa. Everything inside is ours now." The snobbish female homeowner called to her husband and followed Huang Yiren into the villa.
"Don't push your luck! I don't even know when I signed this agreement! We'll have to wait for the lawyer to negotiate with you. There's absolutely no way I'm going to sell the property and villa. Someone must be behind this!"
Huang Yiren roared at the new female homeowner, his expression extremely ferocious.
"What's impossible? Even all the peonies in Luoyang can wither overnight, so what in this world is impossible?"
The female homeowner didn't back down at all, giving Huang Yiren a disdainful look. "Don't tell me you're upset about the price and want to back out. I have a written agreement here, and it's notarized. You'll have to abide by the agreement in court. We've already transferred all the money to you. One minute you're acting like a philanthropist, donating all your wealth, and the next you want to back out. Are you crazy?!"
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On the plane, Lin Yao, pretending to be someone else, was dozing off.
"Yaoyao, there's something I forgot to tell you." Xiaocao woke Lin Yao up.
"What's up?"
"I didn't think it was fun, so I did an experiment to make all the peonies wither at the same time." The little grass's tone was a bit timid. "You can't scold me. I was just doing it for fun. I was just doing an experiment. I've never controlled so many plants at the same time before, but I didn't expect it to succeed."
"Ah~~~" Lin Yao exclaimed, causing the passengers around him to shudder, thinking they were being hijacked.
"I'm sorry, it's okay." Lin Yao apologized to the passenger next to him, and then immediately spoke to the little grass in his mind, "No wonder I was wondering why all the peonies outside the hotel were gone, leaving only petals on the ground. I thought it was some kids causing trouble, but it turns out it was you!"
"You had so much fun by yourself yesterday, but I was bored," Little Grass muttered in reply.
"I'm happy?!" Lin Yao intensified his thought. "I'm not happy at all!"
"I only weigh 135 jin, while Huang Yiren weighs 192 jin. Yesterday morning I drank about 60 jin of water to disguise myself as him. Do you think I had it easy?!"