The next day, Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng packed up and went out to the prison.
The prison was located on the outskirts of Shanhai City, near the mountains and forests. Except for those who were visiting relatives in prison, there were usually no people on the roads.
When he heard the prison guard say that someone had come to visit him, the first thing Sun Jian thought was that the incident had been resolved, and he immediately followed the prison guard out. However, his joy turned into anger and surprise when he saw Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng, and he was more angry than surprised.
"Are you shocked to see that I havenāt died as according to your plans?" Wang Cheng said to Sun Jian through the glass screen.
Sun Jian's pupils shrank. He thought that his scheme was foolproof, yet Wang Cheng still escaped him. Considering his fatherās sensitive reputation, he couldn't admit to the incident. "What are you talking about? I don't get it."
"It doesn't matter if you don't get it. Iāll just need to check if itās you or your father who did it. Since you are in prison, itās not like you can do anything without someone elseās help." Wang Cheng was not surprised. When it came to Sun Jian, as long as Sun Degang was out there, he still had a chance to get out of prison.
Sun Jian's expression instantly twisted. He resentfully clenched his hands and said, "Zhou Cheng, what do you want? So what if I did it? I didnāt originally have an enmity with you, until you caused me to be where I am now. Iāve long wished to kill you, there is no other way for me to vent the hatred in my heart."
"Originally, I didn't have much of an enmity with you either," Wang Cheng said. The hatred between him and Sun Jian began with Cheng Cheng. At that time, he had just wanted to take the burden off of Cheng Cheng, he hadnāt been thinking about dealing with the Dongwang Group. Later, when he discovered that the Dongwang Group could be his stepping stone, he took advantage of the way things were going and became the largest shareholder of the Group. He did not know of it at the time, but Zhang Wu later discovered a secret during his investigation of the Sun family. He had told Wang Cheng this secret, and this secret was the cause of Wang Chengās cruelty towards Sun Jian.
"Then why?" Sun Jian still didnāt understand: except for that night in the bar, where exactly had he offended Wang Cheng? Even if this matter had a foregone conclusion, he still wanted to know the real reason for his imprisonment. \nWang Cheng said, "Do you remember a woman named Lin Qing?"
"Lin Qing?" Sun Jian was stunned for a few seconds. He had played with so many women that he had to think about it for a moment ā but he did have an impression of Lin Qing. That woman was the only one who grew pregnant with his child, and tried to use the child to threaten him.
"It came to my mind that this woman named Lin Qing used to be my elder brother's girlfriend. My elder brother is called Wang Ning'an, I wonder if you still have any impression of him?"
At that time, Wang Ningāan had just opened a small pharmaceutical company. Sun Jian had been attracted to Lin Qing and invited her to eat at high-end restaurants several times, and gave her many precious gifts. After several of these occurrences, Lin Qing grew fascinated by him. Though he was the only one in her eyes, she was still going with Wang Ning'an for that time.
Knowing of Lin Qingās affection towards himself, Sun Jian purposefully arranged for Wang Ningāan to see him f*cking his woman. He thought that Wang Ningāan would angrily leave, but as a result, Wang Ningāan just watched them openly from the doorway. Then, not only did he announce his breakup with Lin Qing, but he also said to Sun Jian, "Since you like this woman so much, then Iāll let you have her. You two match quite well."
Sun Jian still remembered Wang Ning'an's tone at the time. The person wearing the green hat* was clearly him. How could he say such a thing as if they should be thankful for him, in that lofty and contemptuous tone?
[T/N: being cheated on]
Sun Jian was quite angry at the time. Afterwards, he began to suppress Wang Ning'an's small company. He asked someone to pit Wang Ning'an, causing him to be hundreds of thousands of yuan in debt, and for the company to be investigated. Though the company was close to closing down for a while, fortunately, they survived.
Had it not been for Wang Cheng investigating Sun Jian and discovering these dusty past events, he would never have known about this matter. Even if these events happened long ago, Wang Cheng nonetheless imagined and worried about the difficulties and hardships his eldest brother had to overcome at the time. Though it wasnāt discussed, everyone believed that Wang Ningāan would soar to the top. However, no one knew that his back had almost been bent*.\n[T/N: being pressured by the environment around him to live a life of servitude, compliance, or inferiority]
Wang Cheng didn't know how his elder brother had overcome those barriers at that time, but now that he knew of this matter, he vowed to never let Sun Jian go.
Originally, it would not be an exaggeration for Sun Jian to be sentenced to death for the crimes he commited, but Wang Cheng did not want to let him die so easily. In the end, his ruling became a life sentence, leaving Sun Jian a faint hope.
"Now you finally know why I wanted to knock you down." Wang Cheng said lightly: "Don't worry, the pain that you had inflicted on my elder brother, I will serve back to you twicefold.ā
Sun Jian didn't expect that something from the past that had been so insignificant to him would cause Wang Cheng to drag him down to this point. The more he thought about it, the more he felt unreconciled. He was just a country bumpkin, how could such a person cause him to be imprisoned? He was really unwilling to stay like this.
"Are you expecting your father, Sun Degang, to save you from prison?" Wang Cheng suddenly asked.
Sun Jian stared at Wang Cheng with wide eyes.
Wang Cheng maliciously said: "No need to wait. Your father will soon be unable to protect himself, and the Sun family will also soon be overthrown. You wonāt even want to be released from prison."
After achieving their purpose in coming, Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng left the prison. The air inside was no better than the air outside, it was all circulating the same air.
Chu Yifeng pulled Wang Cheng's arm, "How come you hadnāt told me about this matter?"
\nAccording to the evidence, those senior executives sold the company's secrets to a small company that had been registered for less than a month, called Guohua. No one believed that a small company could be able to take on such a large stolen order list with no one directing the whole scheme behind the scenes.
The share price of the Dongwang Group went down due to these incidents. Some people spread rumors that the current Dongwang Group was useless, even though it had received the help of the Eimer Group. They said that in fact, it already had many internal shortfalls and would go bankrupt at any time. Some people who heard these rumors threw out the stock they owned one after another.
And then someone exposed shocking news about the sold information.
The behind-the-scenes owner of Guohua was actually Sun Degang, the second-largest shareholder of the Dongwang Group. He had actually been using his power to hollow out his company little by little ā such an act was contemptuous.
Local newspapers spewed this new information everywhere. Though their drama had settled down during the Lunar New Year less than half a year ago, Dongwang Group once again occupied the headlines of the newspaper. Journalists crowded outside the Sun mansion every day to interview Sun Degang. However, Sun Degang never came forward. It didnāt take long for the reporters to finally receive the big news they had been waiting for.
The police suddenly came to the Sun house and arrested Sun Degang for intentional homicide.
It turned out that the man who attempted to kill Wang Cheng, called Chen Sheng, was a coach at a martial arts gym. He had a wife and children and lived a happy life. However, a car accident happened a month ago, in which his wife had died. Although his son had not died, his brain was severely injured and he required surgery. However, the cost of the operation was extremely high. When Chen Sheng was at his most desperate point, Sun Degang's people found him and told him that if he killed Wang Cheng, heād be given a sum of money. Otherwise, he could only wait until his son died.
Chen Sheng agreed to this matter for his son, but he knew that murder was against the law, so he entrusted his son to his only sister. He planned to kill Wang Cheng at the cost of them dying together. Unexpectedly, he had failed.
After the police persuaded Chen Sheng to tell them the incident for the sake of his son, he finally confessed. The police followed the trail and discovered that Sun Degang was the one behind the scenes.
By the time Wang Cheng received a call from Zhang Wu, the dust had settled. The Sun family had fallen apart, with both the Sun Jian father and son in jail, and the Dongwang Group truly Wang Cheng's possession.