Yu Lingxiao immediately packed his belongings.
There wasn't much to pack, just some personal items. He had already arranged for a forged identity with a passport, which he could use to leave the country.
He walked into the living room and saw Yu Wendong calmly sipping tea, which ignited his anger.
Yu Wendong said faintly, "Dad, please sit down and have some tea. It's getting late. If you leave now, you might encounter unexpected accidents like traffic collisions on the road."
"What exactly do you know?" Yu Lingxiao was shocked.
He had almost been swayed by Zhou Linghui just now. If things went south, no one would want to be dragged down with Yu Lingxiao. The simplest and most direct solution would be for Yu Lingxiao to die in an accident.
For a moment.
Yu Lingxiao hesitated.
"I don't know anything. I only know that I should be a law-abiding citizen," Yu Wendong said.
Looking at the deep night sky outside the living room's floor-to-ceiling windows, Yu Lingxiao ultimately didn't take his heavy steps. He seemed to age instantly.
He knew.
He had lost this time, completely defeated by Chen Jin Zhao.
He sat on the sofa, still pondering countermeasures.
It was at this moment that piercing police sirens echoed from outside the Yu family estate, causing Yu Lingxiao's face to change drastically.
He stood up, wanting to escape, but found nowhere to go.
Yu Lingxiao looked down at Yu Wendong—his third son, whom he had overlooked—and said with a complex tone, "I can't see through you anymore. We are father and son, and you aren't going to help me?"
Yu Wendong remained silent.
The footsteps outside grew louder. Chen Jin Zhao, Tao Qiyue, and Yu Mengzhi soon appeared in the living room, plunging Yu Lingxiao into utter despair.
Tao Qiyue presented her police badge and said to Yu Lingxiao, "Yu Lingxiao, you are suspected of over a dozen cases of hiring assassins. Please come with us for an investigation. If you are innocent, we will not wrong you."
"Do you have anything to say?"
Yu Lingxiao looked at Tao Qiyue with complex emotions.
This girl, who was supposed to be his grandson-in-law, had ultimately become the grave digger of the Yu family.
He wondered how Tao Zixing would face this.
"May I… say a few words to them?" Yu Lingxiao asked calmly. The 'them' he referred to were Chen Jin Zhao and Yu Mengzhi.
Tao Qiyue frowned.
Before she could speak, Chen Jin Zhao gave her a reassuring look. Tao Qiyue nodded, "Alright, I'll give you ten minutes. After ten minutes, you must come back to the city bureau for an investigation."
Tao Qiyue turned and left the living room.
Yu Mengzhi was surprised that her father, who had been absent for a long time, would appear in such a situation. Moreover, Yu Wendong's expression was calm, showing no surprise at the unfolding events.
Chen Jin Zhao also noticed him.
Just a calm glance was enough for Chen Jin Zhao to guess that Yu Wendong was no ordinary person.
Seemingly timid and honest, but actually a deeply hidden old fox?
Things were becoming increasingly perplexing.
Yu Lingxiao broke the silence in the living room, his voice hoarse as he asked, "Mengzhi, do you really want to push things to this extreme? I am your grandfather, how can you try to kill your grandfather for an outsider?"
Yu Mengzhi snapped back to attention. Hearing Yu Lingxiao's words, she couldn't help but let out a mournful smile. "Grandpa, don't you find it ridiculous when you say that? You've always treated me as a tool for marriage alliances. In your eyes, I'm just a bargaining chip. All the warmth I felt growing up was fake, you made me feel so hypocritical."
"I..."
Yu Lingxiao clearly wanted to say something more.
Yu Mengzhi's voice turned cold, "I trusted you time and time again, only to be met with your deception! Last time you claimed to have Alzheimer's, but I discovered the medical records were forged."
"I've truly had enough!"
"But I'm just a tool, so forgiveness isn't really a question. Even if I were to forgive you, those who died by your hand, those whose families you ruined, will never forgive you."
Yu Wendong looked at his daughter in surprise.
This girl had grown up.
Once family ties could no longer bind Yu Mengzhi, she would become even stronger, which was exactly what Yu Wendong wanted to see.
Yu Lingxiao couldn't believe these cold, heartless words came from his obedient granddaughter. He suddenly became despondent, having toiled for the family for decades, only to end up abandoned by everyone.
Was it worth it?
His heart trembled, and a deep regret arose.
But Yu Lingxiao also knew that everything had been set in motion the day he entered the business world, it was only a matter of time.
Yet, he was unwilling to accept it!
The Yu family had not yet ascended to the ranks of influential families!
He turned his head abruptly to look at Chen Jin Zhao, gritting his teeth and saying, "Chen Jin Zhao, this is all your fault! If it weren't for you, my Yu family would be living well. You have ruined our Yu family! Yu Mengzhi, if you don't want to become a sinner of the family, then don't be with Chen Jin Zhao. It's him who has shattered our Yu family and destroyed our kinship."
Before Chen Jin Zhao could speak, Yu Mengzhi said with disappointment, "Grandpa, don't you understand yet?"
"The fault is yours!"
"You brewed this disaster."
"Even without Chen Jin Zhao, someone else would have overthrown the Yu family. As the saying goes—those who do many unrighteous things will surely perish by their own hand."
Instead of blaming others, it's better to reflect on oneself.
Yu Lingxiao was speechless.
At this moment.
Yu Bota, Yu Zhengzhi, and Yu Huaixuan, Yu Huaiqing, and others arrived in the living room, all alerted by the commotion.
Upon learning the circumstances, Yu Zhengzhi hurriedly said to Yu Lingxiao, "Dad, how could you be so foolish? These things should not be done! What will happen to the Yu family if you go to jail?"
"You should quickly write a will, otherwise our Yu family will be even more divided."
Normally, Yu Bota would have objected.
But now, with the situation so dire, if Yu Lingxiao didn't distribute the family assets, his subordinates would surely tear each other apart. Yu Bota also wanted to get a share.
"Yes, Dad, why don't you just make a verbal distribution first?" Yu Bota suggested.
Yu Huaixuan also stepped forward, urging Yu Lingxiao to distribute the family assets as soon as possible to avoid bloodshed within the family.
"You, you really can't wait for me to die!" Yu Lingxiao roared in anger.
His chest heaved violently, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He said tragically, "What family assets are there to distribute? Whoever has the ability can take all the hundreds of billions of assets. I have no objections!"
Yu Lingxiao had completely lost hope in his family.
Yet, he was unaware that the root of the disaster had been sown by his own hands from the very beginning.
"Whoever can help me escape will inherit my hundreds of billions of assets. Do any of you have that capability?" Yu Lingxiao glared at everyone, but no one dared to take on the task.
Yu Lingxiao sighed to the heavens.
"Disaster strikes from within!"
"I raised the Yu family with my own hands, and I buried the Yu family with my own hands."