Chapter 107

Hua Mao’s appearance had changed a lot. His hair was shorter, and he looked like a man, but Yang Lei still recognized him at once.

Once Hua Mao saw Yang Lei, his eyes suddenly changed. He suddenly broke away from the police and rushed at Yang Lei to strike him!

This sudden change surprised everyone. The police rushed up to catch Hua Mao and drag him back. Yang Lei looked at him in shock.

“Yang Lei, I’ll fuck your mother!” Hua Mao shouted hoarsely and hysterically!

“…!” Yang Lei was confused.

“You should fucking die!! …” Hua Mao struggled and cursed, and he was forcibly taken away by the police. As Hua Mao was taken away, he turned back and stared fiercely at Yang Lei. His eyes were angry and resentful…

Yang Lei was shocked…

“We’ve interrogated him, and it doesn’t seem like it.” A policeman shook his head at Yong Ge.

“Lock him up for a while, then let him go.” Yong Ge was investigating a case and examining suspects. “This boy just got out of reeducation through labor. Let him go first and then look for clues.”

“Yong Ge, let me talk to him. I have something to ask him,” Yang Lei said.

“What happened just now? Have you beat up the guy?” Yong Ge only thought that Hua Mao had an old grudge with Yang Lei.

Yang Lei didn’t say much else. Yong Ge let him into the prison room. Behind the iron bars, Hua Mao stayed inside alone. Yang Lei closed the door.

“What do you mean?” Yang Lei looked straight at Hua Mao.

Hua Mao raised his head and saw Yang Lei come in. He stared at him coldly.

“Yang Lei, wait outside if you have guts. When I get out, I’m going to kill you,” Hua Mao said coldly.

“Speak clearly!” Yang Lei had a faint premonition. His heart was getting cold little by little.

“What I told you in the beginning, you tossed it to the back of your mind, didn’t you?” Hua Mao spoke word by word.

“I said, if you let my Da Ge down, I definitely wouldn’t let you go! Do you fucking remember?!”

“How did I let him down?”

“Go back home and ask your father!!”

Hua Mao’s roar echoed in the room.

“Let me tell you, Yang Lei, if my Da Ge didn’t speak firmly, I would have fucking killed you and your father long ago! You cost my Da Ge his life, you know?!”

Yang Lei’s head was ringing. The premonition, the guess, in his mind was approaching step by step. He felt that he was approaching something, but the closer he was, the more scared he was. Yang Lei rushed up and grabbed Hua Mao by the collar through the bars, suddenly pulling him before him.

“What on earth is going on?! Speak clearly!”

Yang Lei’s voice was trembling!

“…Wasn’t his sentence reduced back then? …Impossible! …”

If Fang Yu’s sentence had not been reduced back then, Yang Lei would not have continued his studies, and he would not have graduated peacefully. Yang Dahai knew that! Fang Yu’s sentence had indeed been reduced. Yang Lei repeatedly confirmed this back then. It definitely couldn’t be wrong! Three years ago, Fang Yu was truly released from prison. So many people saw him, and how could that be explained?

Hua Mao pushed his hand away.

“You don’t know that his sentence was increased?” Hua Mao’s eyes were mocking.

“I know! Didn’t he fight in prison, and get another year?”

“Fight? One year?”

Like he had heard some joke, Hua Mao laughed angrily and sadly.

“…One year?? …He was lying to you!!”

“…What did you say?”

Yang Lei was shocked.

“If he didn’t lie to you, could you be Young Master Yang with such peace of mind?? Fighting… If you really understood him, would you not come back and ask if this was the case?!”

“…” Yang Lei stared at him. In his mind were the words that Fang Yu said to him. Fang Yu said, I fought and caused trouble. One year was added. When I go out, I still want to be a boss… Fang Yu said, I still intend to go out and do big things. I can’t get people together for nothing. I have to stay in prison… Fang Yu said, You still have one year until you graduate. If I get out now, being alone would be boring…

“…He could have run away back then. Everything in Guangdong was arranged to pick him up. He didn’t go. He turned himself in, for what… For you! So that you could go be a college student, so that your future would not be jeopardized! …You walked away and went to college, became an officer in style, but his best years were all wasted in prison! …If it wasn’t for you, he would have gone to Guangdong back then. Could he be as pitiful as he is now?! …”

Hua Mao had a lump in his throat…

“…Yang Lei! Do you deserve him??”

Hua Mao cried…

“…Impossible… Impossible! I asked the prison! …”

Yang Lei was a mess, a complete mess. The people in the prison told him that Fang Yu was only in prison for an additional year. Yong Ge and the others also said this. It was impossible for everyone to unite and lie to him!

“Don’t be so fucking naïve! Is there only one prison in the world?”

Hua Mao stared at him with red eyes.

“Everyone outside thought that he would get out after one more year in prison, and that’s right. He truly got out! …But when he didt, he knew that he still had to go in again! …Let me tell you, Yang Lei, I didn’t get the evidence. But I don’t believe that anyone else did it except your father!”

“Bang!” Yang Lei smashed his fist on the iron bars, his eyes stinging.

“…Don’t beat around the bush! Just what happened! What did my father do? Why?!”

“I promised Yong Ge to let it rot in my stomach. If you want to know, go to Li County and ask! Also, ask that son of a bitch Ding Wen!”

“…Ding Wen?” Blood suddenly rushed to Yang Lei’s brain. “…What does it have to do with him??”

“What does it have to do with him?” Hua Mao’s facial features contorted. “He caused all of the trouble!”

“Police! Police!” Hua Mao suddenly shouted, calling people in. “Tell him to scram! Scram! …”

“Hey, Xiao Lei…” Puzzled, Yong Ge stopped Yang Lei, who was going out the door with a pale face. “Why are you leaving? Didn’t you want to contact the prison about that matter?”

“…” Yang Lei didn’t reply. Under Yong Ge’s strange gaze, he walked out of the municipal bureau.

Right now, he didn’t believe anyone. He couldn’t believe anyone.

Yang Lei stood at the entrance. Traffic and people passed by him, but Yang Lei felt nothing.

Yang Lei took out his cell phone and dialed a number. His fingers could not be controlled. He pressed the wrong number twice in succession.

“Rascal, it’s been a while. What’s the matter?” Yang Datian’s cheerful voice.

“Uncle.”

“What’s wrong?” Yang Datian could tell that Yang Lei’s voice was abnormal.

“When did Fang Yu come out?” Yang Lei didn’t say a single unnecessary word.

“…” The other end of the phone was silent.

“Why do you suddenly ask this?” Yang Datian was serious.

“When?”

Yang Lei spoke word by word.

Yang Datian was silent for a moment.

“Xiao Lei…”

“Think before you speak.”

Yang Lei interrupted him.

“Since I was young, you never lied to me. I always believed you. Uncle, you know what I hate most. Don’t lie to me.”

Yang Lei’s voice didn’t sound like his own. Yang Datian didn’t speak.

“Wait until I get back.” Yang Datian wanted to hang up.

“Where is Li County?” Yang Lei suddenly said.

“…Who did you hear it from!”

“Yang Datian!”

Yang Lei roared into the phone…

“…Don’t make me hate you too!! …”

Yang Lei was in pain…

“…”

Yang Datian was distressed.

Yang Datian knew that this matter could not be concealed. Sooner or later, Yang Lei would know one day. Although concealment was not his original intention, he could not decide on some matters. He was fond of Yang Lei, but as an elder, he also had his own position and his helplessness. Yang Datian knew Yang Lei. He knew that it was only a matter of time. The problem was there, and no one could avoid it. They had to face it.

Yang Datian sighed.

“…The second prison of Li County. Go and ask.”

Yang Datian hung up the phone…

Yang Lei drove for more than four hours to a remote place.

Before that, he had not even heard of the name of the county, let alone known its location.

When Yang Lei got out of the prison, it was already night.

All around was empty and lonely. The dreariness of winter covered this cold and desolate place.

Yang Lei slowly sat down under the high electric wall behind him.

People came in and out of the prison duty room. When they saw the person who kept sitting outside without even changing his posture, they all looked at him curiously.

That person sat the whole time, without moving…