vstars Chapter 426 Have you ever had a nightmare?
Chapter 426 Have you ever had a nightmare?
That evening, Han Guodong and Shen Ruyan arrived at the Han family home as promised. Without Han Ming and others getting in the way, the marriage negotiations between Han Xi and Xu Fangli went exceptionally smoothly.
Shen Ruyan had someone choose two auspicious days early on, and after the Xu family had no objections, the date was set.
The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, with two dates: February 14th and March 26th.
The Xu family chose February 14th to hold a departure banquet for Fang Li in Haicheng.
The Han family then set March 26th as the date for their formal wedding.
With more than a month to go before February 14th, Fang Yun and Xu Tingfeng had no plans to leave again after returning, and Cheng Xian would also temporarily not go back to the army with Xu Tingsheng. They would take full responsibility for the banquet.
Xingli Films has just been established, and the integration of the two companies is not a simple matter. It involves not only personnel adjustments but also the setting of the next strategic goals, all of which require Fang Li, the founder, to go back and take charge.
The day after the date was set, Fang Li and her group returned to the capital.
Han Xi applied for a flight and took a private jet. The plane landed at the Capital Airport that night.
Jiang Bei and Lin Mo were already waiting downstairs with their men. As soon as the group got off the plane, Han Xi arranged for Lin Mo to take Han Guodong and Shen Ruyan back to their old house.
As soon as the two drove away, the police officers who were waiting nearby came over.
"Mr. Han, your father has presented new evidence regarding the car accident from many years ago, and we may need you to go to the police station in person to assist us with the investigation."
Fang Li held Han Xi's hand tightly, and the two got into the car, which was driven by Jiang Bei, following the police car to the police station.
In the car.
After hesitating for a long time, Fang Li finally asked the question that had been bothering her: "Does that car video you mentioned really exist?"
"......"
Their hands were clasped together and placed on Han Xi's lap.
Fang Li sensed it; Han Xi's fingers twitched slightly.
"No."
Han Xi's voice was calm: "I lied to him."
Although he didn't witness the car accident firsthand, he later saw how horrific it was when he reviewed the case files.
The two vehicles collided head-on on a highway in the suburbs. Liu Qian's SUV crashed into the embankment and overturned in the ditch.
My aunt, who was driving a car, was hit and thrown into the air, rolling several times before landing upside down on the road.
When the accident happened, my father and mother were already going through a divorce. My father hadn't been home for a long time, and my mother was depressed and numbed herself with work all day.
Han Xi was still young at the time, but he knew about it even before his mother.
Grandpa was worried that Mom wouldn't be able to handle it, so he kept it a secret.
My father and third uncle arrived at the scene immediately, and the two of them handled all the funeral arrangements.
Han Xi was somewhat skeptical when he first heard the news.
Because in his heart, his aunt was the most unique person in the whole family.
Sometimes, it even surpassed the status of Shen Ruyan and Han Ming in his heart.
His aunt was involved in most of his childhood.
His first time eating fast food, his first time going to an amusement park, his first time going to the children's palace, his first time going to the aquarium... many of his firsts were given to him by his aunt.
Han Xi disliked crying since he was a child. He even once thought that he might be born with a defect, and that tear glands did not exist in him.
It wasn't until he secretly went to the police station without his family's knowledge that he saw his aunt's body.
For the first time, tears welled up in his eyes uncontrollably.
Although Han Xi was young at that time, a voice inexplicably told her that her aunt could not have died so suddenly, there must be something wrong.
This thought had been growing in his mind.
It wasn't until he went abroad to study, earned his first pot of gold, and developed his network and influence that things changed.
He began to reinvestigate the car accident from that year.
Han Xi wasn't entirely sure either; those doubts were just thoughts, perhaps a self-deceiving lie he made up because he didn't want to believe the truth when he was a child.
But he never expected that he would actually find something just by trying to look it up.
The interrogation room door opened, and Han Xi walked in.
Han Ming sat in a chair, his hands handcuffed. In just two days, he had aged considerably.
Upon seeing Han Xi, Han Ming's eyes blazed with overwhelming hatred.
They didn't seem like father and son at all; they seemed like blood enemies.
Han Xi sat down in the chair opposite Han Ming, his long legs gently crossed, his hands resting on his knees, quietly watching Han Ming.
Han Ming gritted his teeth: "You're sending your own father to prison, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning!"
Han Xi remained unmoved and said calmly, "You personally killed my aunt. Have you had any nightmares about it all these years?"
"..." Han Ming clenched his fist tightly. "It wasn't me! I didn't kill anyone!"
“Father, that’s not what you said back at the hotel.”
"You dare mention hotels!"
Han Ming's eyes were bloodshot, and hatred bulged from them: "You clearly didn't have a video, yet you lied to me and secretly recorded it! Han Ming, I'm your father!"
“That’s true, I know, Father doesn’t need to keep repeating it.”
Han Ming appeared completely calm and said, "If I could, I would wish we had no relationship. Unfortunately, I have half of your blood in me, which is the biggest regret of my life."
"Although my mother hates you, she often tells me not to let the failed relationship between you affect the unbreakable bond between us as father and son."
"..." Han Ming's expression froze for a moment.
Han Xi finally forced a smile: "I used to just listen and think that it shouldn't be like this, but later, seeing your hypocritical face hurt my mother and me time and time again, I realized that what my mother said wasn't necessarily all right."
"The bond between father and son is indeed precious, but strangely, there is nothing like that between you and me."
Fang Li and the police stood in the observation room next door.
Looking at the man's cold and indifferent face, Fang Li felt a pang of pain in her heart.
This is his armor. Over the years, he has protected himself layer by layer, and now he is finally impervious to swords and spears.
But she could always see that a little Han Xi was hidden in his heart, sitting in that corner, silently shedding tears.
"You heartless bastard! If I had known this would happen, I should have strangled you the moment you were born!"
"...You could have."
"You're just like your mother, both ruthless and cruel! I just fell in love with a woman, and she forced me into this situation, drove me to the brink of despair..."
Han Ming roared, then suddenly clutched his head and began to wail.
"I didn't plan to divorce her. I was just being pressured by her. I just wanted to find a place to relax. It was Xiaoqian who comforted me and put my mind at ease..."