I now understand why Lin Shuya was crying and refusing to get out of the car.
Looking at her current miserable state, the extremely gorgeous and noble lady had disappeared. Wrinkles seemed to have instantly crept all over her face. In the layers of stacked wrinkles, the ulcerated skin revealed dark red flesh. A few teeth that had fallen out of her mouth made her whole face sink in.
"Achen, it was all their seduction!"
Lin Shuya stretched out her finger and pointed at Du Peiyun. Cracks had also appeared on her arm visibly. Her fair and tender skin was like dehydrated land, cracked and curled, revealing the flesh inside. "I started to notice five years ago that my body was no longer the same as before. When I got injured, it wouldn't heal quickly. Like an ordinary person, it would take a long time... Then, I found that wrinkles also started to appear on my face... You... You know that!"
Saying that, she looked at Si Jiangchen pitifully.
"..."
Si Jiangchen remained silent, just looking at her coldly.
Lin Shuya found that Si Jiangchen no longer had the tenderness he used to have for her. Tears welled up in her red eyes. "Woohoo... I don't want to grow old. You said that we would always stay like this, but... How could I become an ugly old hag first? I... I just went to look for folk remedies! Using ginseng, using afterbirth, using formed fetuses didn't have much effect!! Then, the person who gave me the folk remedies said that there was a really powerful master who could help me!"
She felt extremely aggrieved. Crying, she pointed at Du Peiyun and said, "This guy... he told me to eat people! Achen, you know that I'm timid and never dared to do such a thing. In the end, as a compromise, he said that drinking blood would also work... You also know that I started to inject a large amount of platelets. I think drinking blood is so disgusting! It was also him... who said that doing this would only delay aging. If I wanted a permanent solution, I should look for Fang Yu. He was researching this kind of medicine!"
"Then, why didn't you just go to him?"
I couldn't help but ask. Since Lin Fangyu was Lin Shuya's so - called younger brother, there should be some connection between them. Since there was medicine, why didn't she just ask Lin Fangyu instead of looking for Sun Liren?!
"You're so stupid!"
Lin Shuya rolled her eyes at me. "Do you think I didn't ask? He nervously said that it was a virus and had already been sealed. He also asked me how I knew! That extremely dangerous thing must never be let out! What could I do? I had to go to Sun Liren. Fortunately, my younger brother was honest and really put everything in the warehouse, which allowed them to operate!!"
"Lin Shuya, the so - called operation was to let Sun Liren call the police and say that the warehouse was destroyed, so that Lin Fangyu would transfer the things, right?"
Si Jiangchen's breath finally became a bit unsteady. "Didn't you know that he was taking his wife and child to see a doctor that day?!"
"I... I heard Fang Yu say that, so I thought there was a chance. I created a small car accident. While he was busy protecting Xiaoli and Tongtong, my people could steal the medicine... Who... Who would have thought that you would also be in the car... Who would have thought that the car would explode and catch fire? This has nothing to do with me. I just wanted to create a small accident... Achen, you have to believe me! I'm also very sad about Fangyu and his wife's death!"
As Lin Shuya spoke, her voice grew louder. "It was all Du Peiyun and Sun Liren who gave me the idea! I... I really didn't expect such a result!! When the fire started, I even told them to put it out! I wanted to save people!"
"I set the fire."
Si Jiangchen's calm voice interrupted Lin Shuya's shouting.
"You...?!"
Lin Shuya stared blankly at Si Jiangchen. "A... Achen?!"
"I've been looking for evidence all these years."
Si Jiangchen sighed and said, "I always thought that after being with me for so many years, you shouldn't have become so bad. Letting Fangyu recognize you as his elder sister was the biggest mistake I made. I'm also partly to blame for harming him!"
"Why!! Why did you burn them alive?!"
Only then did Lin Shuya react. She shouted excitedly, "I said that such a small car accident couldn't possibly make the car explode and make it impossible for people to get close... Achen, this... This really can't be blamed on me!"
Her noisy voice made me feel annoyed. This woman even called me stupid. I thought she was the most stupid one!
"If you hadn't instructed people to cause the car accident, that virus wouldn't have escaped!"
I shouted out my conjecture. Did this stupid woman really think she was innocent?!
"Lin Fangyu and his wife used their bodies as containers to prevent that virus, which could turn the world into a purgatory, from escaping. Si Jiangchen had to burn them to prevent them from turning into zombies! Lin Shuya, you've committed a great sin!!"
Just thinking about that scene made me feel extremely terrified.
"Hehe... You're right. I also think this woman surnamed Lin is too stupid!"
Du Peiyun sneered and spoke. "She can't even handle such a small thing well, and she still wants to share this supreme spiritual medicine equally with me! Really..."
Before he could finish his words, Si Jiangchen took two steps forward. He was tall with long legs. In an instant, he was in front of Du Peiyun. He raised his hand and gave him two slaps, one on each side of the face!
"Clan Leader Du, it seems that you've also forgotten a lot of things!"
Si Jiangchen retracted his hand and squinted at Du Peiyun contentedly. "Lin Shuya is my elder sister. She has the ability of immortality, and I... am the one who caused this situation. The virus stored by Lin Fangyu was exactly extracted from my blood. You incited Lin Shuya to get it. Is it because the 'Unchanging Bones' of the Du family has been lost, and your side - branch bloodline wants to regain its former status among the upper class, so you can only target the Religious Bureau?!"
"Si Jiangchen!!"
No matter how patient Du Peiyun was, being slapped in front of everyone made him furious. "Don't think that just because you have a bit of money you can do whatever you want!"
"The only thing I have more than you is this bit of money! And it just so happens that I can do whatever I want!"
Si Jiangchen sneered.
I found that although Du Peiyun was very powerful and was the clan leader with countless upper - class connections, every time he faced Si Jiangchen, he would surely lose completely. Si Jiangchen was definitely his natural nemesis!
It was the same a hundred years ago, and it was still the same a hundred years later.
"Ji Chen, have the people arrived?!"
Si Jiangchen turned his head and looked at his assistant. Ji Chen had already been waiting for his boss's words. "They've arrived. People are coming!"
As he spoke, the noisy siren of the police car could be heard in the distance.
Du Peiyun sneered and said, "The police? What ability do they have to interfere with us?!"
Although the Religious Bureau was a relatively insignificant department, it held many secrets of big shots. People who sought immortality would definitely not want their real identities to be known!
How dare the police easily come to this place to arrest people?!