To Love You Again

827  The Diary

"I am Prosecutor Hu, the person in charge of this case. Two months ago, Ming Zhi Yi's men attacked the Victory Banquet and the XX Tang building which resulted in sixty-eight deaths and over a hundred people injured. Ming Zhi Yi had successfully kidnapped-"

The tall and handsome Prosecutor Huo Dian stood in front of everyone as he presented Ming Zhi Yi's case.

Prosecutor Huo Dian already had a good reputation in the industry. His name becomes more reputable after Xiao Mei's case. He was the most trusted prosecutor in this case and the person who cooperated with the source- mainly Xiong Zhi's team.

As the most trusted prosecutor, the Supreme Court decided that he would take this case. For an important case like this, a prosecutor with a big name should be the one who would present it to the public.

As Prosecutor Huo Dian started his opening statement, the onlooker's eyes were not on his handsome face but on the wheelchaired man.

Earlier, when the main character appeared, the lively hall filled with whispers regarding the incident suddenly turned quiet. It was even quieter than the time when the Judges appeared.

They watched with wide eyes as Ming Zhi Yi was seating on the wheelchair. Someone had to push him forward. Amidst the loud shatter of cameras and its lightning, the still silence was overwhelming the no one dared to speak.

Most people in the room had met the once-powerful Ming Zhi Yi. The man who could make people tremble by his presence was now paralyzed. His striking appearance had waned. If he was not wearing the prison uniform, no one would associate this sorry-looking man to Ming Zhi Yi.

"-charges of First and Second- Degree Murder, Kidnapping, Possessing and Using of Illegal Firearms, Drug Cultivation, and Manufacturing, Drug Distribution..."

Ming Zhi Yi's crimes list goes on. His crimes were not any less than a terrorist leader.

"...Embezzlement, Identity Theft, Destroying Evidence, Extortion with threats, Falsification of documents..."

The crime list was so long that the people had lost count.

Some people who were not aware of Ming Zhi Yi's other crimes were stunned.

The prosecutor even mentioned bribery and extortion of power with some authorities.

There was nothing new about Ming Zhi Yi's involvement in drugs and the underground world, but to think that he also had his branches on the top and even in the government made the quiet audience gasp in disbelief. When Prosecutor Huo finished the list, they exclaimed loudly.

"Heavens! Some greedy officials are accomplices of Ming Zhi Yi?! No wonder Ming Zhi Yi could do these crimes without fear!"

"Those bastards are servants of money and power. Since this confidential information is mentioned in this case, those people might be under investigation without them knowing. They are surely panicking right now."

Outside the TV screen, the people who had once been in cahoots with Ming Zhi Yi was also watching the live trial with a nervous heart. When the Prosecutor stated Ming Zhi Yi's extortion of power through bribery with officials and authorities, the people involved paled.

As the people guessed, if this was mentioned in public, the national police must be on their heels right now. It would be only a matter of time before their connections with Ming Zhi Yi were exposed. Even if they cut off their connections with Ming Zhi Yi before, there would be traces left.

The officials involved shuddered. Not only their careers would end, but they would surely be dragged down together with Ming Zhi Yi while facing the public's wrath!

They immediately contacted their personnel. Some of them had an inclination of what was about to happen and already made preparations in advance to hide abroad.

However, they just had finished their phone calls when the door was forcibly opened. The national police had arrested them with a warrant in hand.

On the live trial, the people involved were not mentioned specifically. However, the national police had a list of people. They timed it perfectly and catch the people on the list on that same day.

On that day, the world outside the court was in chaos. The streets were filled with police cars running to and fro. The people inside the court were not aware of the domino the case had made. Their attention was on the people at the front.

The examination of evidence was still going through. Many of the witnesses who were threatened by Ming Zhi Yi before such as Doctor James came up and testified. Their testimony made the public look at Ming Zhi Yi with more disgust and apprehension.

Who would kidnap an already disabled child and switched him with another child? Not to mention he trained the other child to be a monster like him.

The subject of their aversion just remained still. He acted like the world around him had nothing to do with him. He ignored the people's disgusted eyes and the prosecutor's words.

He just remained seated with an expressionless face. His head was slightly lowered and his eyes looked a bit blank. However, the hand on his side remained fisted.

"The next evidence was a diary written personally by the deceased wife of the defendant-" Ming Zhi Yi who pretended that everything around him did not exist, turned stiff. His head that did not move ever since he came here looked up at the screen where the diary of his deceased wife was shown.

The handwriting was extremely familiar. That old notebook that he personally gifted to her twenty years ago was there. Prosecutor Han raised the old notebook in a plastic bag that Ming Zhi Yi had searched for many years. The reason why Ming Zhi Yi chose to lock up Lu Yin Ze was to get this diary.

After Lu Fanrong died, Ming Zhi Yi looked over her things. He knew that Lu Fanrong had a habit of writing a few words about her daily life. They might be some hint of how Lu Fanrong learned his connections in the underworld market.

That diary needed to be disposed of.

 However, he wasn't able to find the diary. Lu Fanrong treated it so preciously when she was alive, she would never lose it. She must have hidden it in some place he did not know.

Ming Zhi Yi bet that Lu Fanrong hides it with Lu Yin Ze.

And his guess was proven true.

Ming Zhi Yi's pair of blank eyes stared at each letter on the screen. Prosecutor was still presenting the evidence and summarizing the content of the diary in which Lu Fanrong found out Ming Zhi Yi's connection to the underground market.

But those did not matter to Ming Zhi Yi.

He read the content which was dated sixteen years ago. Prosecutor Huo's voice disappeared together with the background. 'Fool...I wasn't cheating on you.'

09:02

In front of Ming Zhi Yi, only the letters existed.

He remembered that date. It was three months before he found out that Lu Fanrong had been keeping tabs on him.

[My husband is definitely cheating on me...]

[He always sneak out at midnight and came back before morning. Did he think I would not notice? Is he visiting a woman every night? Is that why he always wanted to sleep alone?]

These letters...these words...they contained Lu Fanrong's tone and her meddling character.

[Did he....not like me anymore? What was there to not like about me?]

Ming Zhi Yi opened his mouth. He wanted to answer but no voice came out.

'Fool...I wasn't cheating on you.'

'I was...'

[I followed him yesterday night. I thought....I thought I would find where he hid his mistress but...it's a place full of men. Does he have some hobbies I don't know about?! Oh good lord. We have two sons. I hope I was wrong.]

Ming Zhi Yi was stunned. His eyes turned wide.

His deceased wife...have that kind of thoughts?

She was really...foolish and naive.

[I was wrong. I don't know if I should be relieved or more disturbed. I don't know what is going on. I am afraid to ask. If I confronted him, would he leave me? I want him by my side. But I don't like what he is doing. What should I do?]

Ming Zhi Yi stared at those letters. Somewhere part of him that he hid deeply was surging and struggling. His heart that he thought had died beat painfully.

His dark eyes glowed menacingly. He closed his eyes and did not dare to read the rest.

He knew what happened that day. Despite controlling that surging emotion, he could not help but rebuked the woman inside.

'You should not have asked me that day....'

'You should have played ignorant...'

Ming Zhi Yi tasted the bitter iron in his mouth. He swallowed his own blood as he forced down whatever emotion was resurging.

Whatever it was, it all happened ages ago. There's no need to revisit it. Or be emotional about it.

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