Chapter 369: Chapter 369: Lin Cheng, You Have Truly Opened My Eyes
Lin Cheng: “It is…”
Huo Tingdong: “I hardly think so! You dragging your feet on not getting divorced was simply because at that time, you hadn’t completely transferred the joint assets acquired during your marriage. After all, you became successful in business after getting married, and as your business grew bigger and bigger, you couldn’t bear to part with half of your assets if you divorced then.”
Lin Cheng: “…”
Huo Tingdong with just one sentence, stripped away all his pretenses.
He was left speechless in defense.
Huo Tingdong said: “So… you drove the wife who shared weal and woe with you for so many years to leap from a building and commit suicide?”
Lin Cheng began to tremble all over: “I…”
Huo Tingdong said: “I know, you never intended to drive her to a dead end. You hoped to separate amicably without spending too much money. Who knew it would push her to jump off a building. She wanted to see Lin Qi for one last time, and while she was still alive, you called the Funeral Master to prepare her appearance in advance. After she died, you followed the Feng Shui Master’s advice and arranged a Feng Shui setup with the aim of entrapping her spirit within the Lin Family, ensuring the Lin Family’s prosperity for generations to come, while she herself would be forever barred from rebirth.”
The mask on Lin Cheng’s face cracked as if it were splintered.
He had no clue how Huo Tingdong had come to know all this!
He could not argue, because what Huo Tingdong said was all true!
Huo Tingdong, by looking in his eyes alone, knew he had guessed correctly.
He asked faintly: “Where are her mother’s ashes now?”
Lin Cheng said: “At… at the mausoleum.”
Huo Tingdong asked: “Which mausoleum?”
Lin Cheng: “It’s… the public cemetery! They’ve always been buried at the public cemetery!”
Huo Tingdong said: “Today, I will take her mother’s ashes away. Tell me where her mother is buried, I’ll arrange for the exhumation.”
Having said that, he slowly stood up, then suddenly remembered something: “Oh, right, if I open the grave and don’t see her mother’s urn, Lin Cheng, I will see your family brought to ruin.”
Lin Cheng’s lips trembled, unable to articulate a reason.
Huo Tingdong pressed: “Tell me, which public cemetery?”
Lin Cheng said: “Feng… Fenglin Mountain.”
Huo Tingdong turned to leave.
Lin Cheng immediately followed eagerly: “Mr. Huo, even if you want to exhume the grave, isn’t it troublesome to go to the cemetery in the middle of the night? Exhumations should consider auspicious dates, otherwise, a rash act could bring misfortune!”
Wealthy people, especially those in business, are particularly superstitious about such matters.
Lin Cheng couldn’t believe that Huo Tingdong would risk a nighttime visit to the cemetery to exhume a grave so late.
Huo Tingdong paused in his steps: “Are you still unwilling to tell the truth? Her mother’s ashes aren’t really in the cemetery, are they?”
Lin Cheng was choked up again.
Huo Tingdong said: “I’ll give you one last chance, where exactly are her mother’s ashes?”
Lin Cheng bowed his head, clenched his fists so tightly that he almost snapped his fingers.
Suddenly—
He dropped his hands in futility, whispering like a mosquito: “The Feng Shui Master said… since her mother committed suicide by jumping off a building, she became a Resentful Ghost, her vengeful spirit restless, ready to disturb Lin Family’s good Feng Shui. So… I set up a Feng Shui trap and sank her ashes… into an abandoned well…”
In Feng Shui, a well is considered to contain the utmost Yin energy, symbolizing an opening, its magnetic field effects are significant.
The soothsayer said that Mrs. Lin’s fate was incredibly prosperous for the Lin Family. If her spirit were trapped by such a setup, she would bless the Lin Family with everlasting prosperity. Meanwhile, she would also be unable to be reincarnated. By encaging her vengeful spirit in a well, it would then be forever contained, unable to cause more trouble.
After the Feng Shui setup, Lin Cheng lived with a clear conscience for a few years.
Therefore, he deeply believed in this assertion.
Seeing that he could no longer keep the secret, Lin Cheng hastily made a phone call. After hanging up, he said to Huo Tingdong, “Mr. Huo, I’ve sent someone to fetch the ashes. Please be patient and calm.”
Huo Tingdong sat down on the sofa again.
In the vast living room.
Zhou Qin and Lin Qianqian were sobbing and weeping with restraint.
They watched helplessly as their newly renovated luxurious home was smashed into such a mess, their hearts bleeding!
Less than half an hour later.
The person Lin Cheng dispatched returned with Lin Qi’s mother’s urn.
The man was furtive and did not dare to bring the urn through the door.
Lin Cheng walked over, glanced at the urn, and his eyes trembled uncontrollably.
More than a decade ago, Lin Cheng found an abandoned well in a desolate area on the outskirts of the city. The well no longer contained water; it was a dead well, overgrown with weeds.
The Feng Shui Master used a chain to lock the urn, affixed some talismans on it, and sank it into the well.
Years of exposure to wind, sun, and rain, the surface of the urn was covered with moss, parts of it were moldy and decaying, and weeds clung to it, impossible to clean off.
Huo Tingdong walked over, and Lin Cheng failed to hide it in time. Such a pitiable urn caught his eye.
The urn bore the name of Lin Qi’s mother: Jiang Yin.
By the name, one can imagine, Jiang Yin must have been a beautiful woman. After all, she gave birth to such a beautiful daughter; she could not have been far behind.
Yet, she met with such an end.
Things have changed, people are gone.
Huo Tingdong narrowed his eyes, turning his gaze toward Mo Ke.
Mo Ke came over, carefully placing the urn into a box he had prepared in advance.
Lin Cheng cautiously watched Huo Tingdong’s expression, hesitating to speak several times.
Huo Tingdong was aware of Lin Cheng’s anxious thoughts. He curled his lips in a half-smile and suddenly asked, “You really amaze me with your actions!”
He turned around, eyeing Lin Cheng deeply and asked, “Do you believe in Feng Shui, huh?”
Lin Cheng: “…”
Huo Tingdong continued, “Then I’m actually quite curious. Was Lin Qi’s mother truly so auspicious for the Lin Family? Proclaiming everlasting prosperity for the Lin Family through the ages? Hmmph. Tomorrow, I’ll have the Lin Family shut down.”
Lin Cheng turned pale with fright: “Don’t do that!”
He knew the power Huo Tingdong wielded!
If Huo Tingdong made his move, the Lin Family wouldn’t last two days!
If he wanted the Lin Family crushed, they would be broken and scattered by tomorrow – in one night, he would be separated from his wife and children!
“Mr. Huo, please have mercy! I was out of my mind. It’s all in the past! I regret it all too deeply! If I could go back to those days, I’d never choose this path… Her mother’s suicide by jumping off the building, I never wanted to witness that… I didn’t expect things to evolve into such a situation…”
Huo Tingdong: “She was, at the very least, your wife. You drove her to a dead end and wouldn’t let go even in death. You could actually contrive such a malicious Feng Shui setup? To ensure your own family’s eternal prosperity, you trapped your deceased wife in a desolate well, dooming her to never transcend. You’re truly ruthless.”
He had never seen such a cruel and heartless man!
A man can be ruthless and unsparing in business, merciless to his enemies; that is the mark of a true man.
But to use such treacherous methods against his own kin, it’s despicable!