Ah~~~
Luo Jimin and Yi Zuojun exclaimed in unison, waking the mother and son who were exchanging heartfelt farewells.
"Yao'er, what's wrong with him? Who is he?" Lin Hongmei looked at Wang Tao, who was being helped to lie down on the sofa, with a strange expression. Only then did she notice the bad smell.
"Yaoyao, he's alright, just a little weak. I'll help him correct his misaligned bones and regulate his internal organs. It's good that he fainted."
Little Grass's voice rang out just in time, "He's so pitiful..."
Lin Yao felt relieved and recounted Wang Tao's story. Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei listened with deep emotion, especially Lin Hongmei, whose expression was even more sorrowful as she wiped away tears.
"Yao'er, this can't be true, right? If he reported it, how come our people didn't find out about something this big?" Lin Hongmei looked up at her husband Luo Jimin with red eyes and stopped talking.
“The regulatory authorities also felt there was a problem. They sent his information to a special channel. I’ve been paying attention to it, but the investigation department hasn’t obtained any supporting documents. Xiao Weiyan is still a member of our Minhong, so I didn’t say anything…” Yi Zuojun’s voice trailed off, and he finally lowered his head.
"Investigate!" Lin Yao shouted suddenly, startling Yi Zuojun. "If any internal personnel are found to have problems, deal with them all. There will be no leniency!"
The fact that Wang Tao risked his life to come to Chengdu to report the crime, along with his miserable living conditions and injuries, spoke volumes. Lin Yao absolutely did not believe that Wang Tao was deliberately framing someone.
It's impossible that only Wang Tao reported a small county magistrate who acted like a king in the mountains. That means there's a problem within the audit department. This matter is more serious for Minhong than Wang Tao's case alone. It must be thoroughly investigated. Otherwise, if Minhong is not pure, all its ideals and goals will be illusions.
Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei looked at each other, and after a while, Luo Jimin finally spoke up: "Yao'er, what are you going to do?"
"Get reporters to follow up and report on this, treat it as a special case involving Min Hong, make the results public, and blacklist all those involved. I will handle this personally; not a single one of those blacklisted will escape. They can just wait to die from the plague!"
"Those with internal problems will be dealt with equally and their names will be made public as a warning to others." Lin Yao's expression gradually turned ferocious. "If a few people don't die, they'll still think we're cowards. This time, I'll show them what I'm capable of and see who dares to challenge Minhong's bottom line again!"
Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei were stunned, their eyes wide open, speechless.
Lin Yao's words were quite clear. Ostensibly, they meant stripping Xiao Weiyan and the other involved individuals of their memberships, including those within Minhong who had covered for them. In reality, his promise to ensure the plague's spread made it very clear: he wanted these people to die from the plague no matter what.
Lin Yao is going to take action personally!
He killed someone!
Although they were mentally prepared for many people to die across the country and even the world, that was only because Minhong and Linyao's production capacity couldn't keep up. Now, for Linyao to personally take action and ensure that those people get the plague and die is practically equivalent to Linyao actively killing people. Even if these people are in the 90% range of those who get the disease but don't die, Linyao will deprive them of that chance of survival. Their survival rate is... 0!
This is what Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei could not accept: their son was a murderer. No matter what reasons or excuses they had, they could not let go of their grief as parents.
"Yao'er... this... no!" Lin Hongmei's voice was choked with sobs as she gripped Lin Yao's hand tightly.
"Mom, don't worry, I'm not doing anything reckless. Let's wait for the results of this investigation before we talk about anything else."
Lin Yao sighed, "At this moment, I believe Wang Tao is not talking nonsense. The investigation results will be available soon. I will go to Chukou City with the people from the investigation department. Killing one bad guy is equivalent to saving countless innocent people. Those who helped destroy evidence and abused their power deserve to die even more!"
He paused, then continued, "If we can't even bear to do something this small, then all our ideals and goals are utter bullshit! There's no need to keep Minhong in this world..."
Lin Hongmei's body stiffened, then she began to tremble all over, as if she couldn't bear the cold. After a fierce internal struggle, she reluctantly accepted her son's choice, and said in a tearful voice:
"Yao'er, you must promise me that no one who isn't involved must be dealt with! Their families must not be touched!"
At this point, Lin Hongmei had lost all her strength. Still holding Lin Yao's hand, she slumped down onto the sofa next to Wang Tao, muttering listlessly, "Anyway, a lot of people are going to die. Maybe it's better to deal with a batch of these to avoid wasting our medicine and depriving good people of their chance to live..."
"I promise!" Lin Yao immediately made a promise. "However, their family members must not become members of the Minhong Association. I will deal with any problems they may have, but I will not implicate them in this case. Those who deserve to die will die. I think Xiao Weiyan's wife and children are probably not without problems, so I will not be polite. Generally speaking, these kinds of children are prone to having a whole litter of bad babies. There are not many clean ones."
Lin Hongmei nodded slowly, somewhat numbly, without saying a word. She still didn't want to see her son kill ordinary people indiscriminately, even if it was through the plague that people died. She was still very sad, after all, she was Lin Yao's mother.
"Yao'er, aren't you busy dealing with Jiang Liu? How come you have time to personally manage things here?"
Luo Jimin had not expressed his opinion. Deep down, he supported his son's attitude, but he was also worried that his son would become a murderous maniac. He did not yet understand the matter of cultivation. He had vaguely heard about willpower and state of mind from the Yi family members who were protecting him, and that was what he cared about.
In these turbulent times, Lin Yao's safety is now related to the lives of hundreds of millions of compatriots across the country, and even to the safety of all mankind. Luo Jimin no longer cares about the lives of a few dozen, or even hundreds or thousands of people; he cares more about the overall situation.
"Dad, it's alright." Lin Yao's expression softened considerably, and his father's attitude made him feel very gratified. "It's been confirmed. Jiang Liu has a two-year dormancy period. During this time, we can fully prepare for battle. As long as we can prevent those plagues, there shouldn't be any large-scale dangerous events involving 'poisonous people' for the time being. You can rest assured."
Luo Jimin nodded, a hint of relief appearing on his serious face. His son had grown up and become successful, and as a father, he felt proud.
Wang Tao slowly opened his eyes. What came into view was a bright, white ceiling with a round ceiling light and a simple plaster ceiling.
"Ah~" Wang Tao exclaimed softly, his first thought was that he was dreaming. Such a clean and bright place was not a place where he could sleep on the ground.
He straightened up abruptly from the soft sofa and saw several people with concerned faces. Only then did he remember what had happened before he fainted. He realized that he had hit the jackpot and his suffering was over.
"You're awake? Don't be nervous, we will definitely give you justice." Lin Hongmei spoke first. She was as young as her son, but her background was different and filled with suffering. Wang Tao, who now looked like a beggar, had touched the softest spot in her heart. It was as if her own child had been treated unfairly, and she had the idea of protecting him.
How are your parents?
Upon hearing Lin Hongmei's question, Wang Tao immediately burst into tears, suppressing his sobs as he choked out, "I don't know..."
“Because of Cui’er’s situation, we sold everything in the house. My parents used to make a living by farming, but now the fields are abandoned because people come to cause trouble every few days, warning, insulting and beating us. My parents have been hiding with distant relatives, but no one dares to take them in because both families’ relatives are in Shantang County. In our area, Xiao Weiyan is like a local tyrant. If he gives the word, even making a living is difficult. But we have nowhere to go!”
As he spoke, Wang Tao burst into tears, and after a while, he managed to suppress his sobs and continued, "Our whole family has had our bones broken, not just once. We would get beaten again as soon as we recovered, especially during the spring planting and summer harvest season. We would be beaten even more often, and we couldn't farm the land. We couldn't even lease it out to others, and no one dared to take it. We sold everything we could, and often had to dig up wild vegetables to fill our stomachs. We are really suffering..."
"The phone is long gone. I don't know if they're alive or dead now. I even sneaked out of Chengdu because someone was watching me..."
Lin Hongmei finally raised her eyebrows, and her breathing became heavy. She really didn't expect that there were such tyrannical people under the sky of the Republic. They had done all kinds of bad things and wanted to kill them all. Such people deserved to die!
"Yao'er, hurry to Shantang County and save the person first."
Lin Hongmei gritted her teeth as she arranged work for her son, Lin Yao, when she suddenly remembered something. "Oh no, let's call the security team there right away and find someone to protect him first. We'll settle the score later!"
Without hesitation, Luo Jimin immediately dialed the phone number of Hu Zi, the head of the security team in Chengdu, to find out whether the head of the security team at Minhong Hospital in Shantang County was trustworthy. If he was sure that the person was of good character, he would immediately arrange for the head to personally go to Wang Tao's parents and bring them to live with the security team.
"Dad, give me the computer, I need to look up some information." Lin Yao suddenly pushed past his father, Luo Jimin. He wanted to go online to check a map to see where Shantang County was located in Chengdu. If the distance was within 500 kilometers, Wang Tao's description might be able to help Xiaocao find the poor old couple.
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