Abused Female Lead And Beautiful Villainess (Quick Transmigration)

Chapter 107. Being a Substitute? The Hurts-Body-and-Soul Kind (Final)



Li Zhan arrived alone, ushered into the villa by Yao Shanqing’s men. He immediately spotted Shen Wan and Dong Zheng with guns pointed at their heads. His expression remained unchanged, but his hands at his sides unconsciously clenched into tight fists. He had been careless; to a ruthless person like Yao Shanqing, family members were fair game.

“Auntie, are you alright?” Li Zhan tried to keep his voice calm. He glanced at Shen Wan, who was huddled in Dong Zheng’s arms, looking terrified and clinging tightly to his aunt. He didn’t know how to describe his feelings at that moment.

Having chosen to come here, he had prepared for the worst.

The day he received that mysterious text message, he thought briefly before arranging for the item to be stolen back, almost without hesitation. The haul was even larger than he had imagined. With these things in the hands of the police, Yao Shanqing had virtually no chance of recovery.

He had also uncovered some truths from the past, but at this moment, Yao Shanqing had called him, saying his only relative had been taken. Without any hesitation, he agreed to come alone.

“Did you bring the item?” Yao Shanqing’s voice was urgent. If he wasn’t afraid Li Zhan might have a trick up his sleeve, he might have rushed forward to reclaim his possessions.

Even though he knew Li Zhan had come alone, he didn’t dare to gamble. This Li Zhan brat was even more troublesome than he had imagined. If he had known the other would grow to become such a threat today, he should have spared no effort to kill the boy back then. That way, he wouldn’t be in this predicament now. Unfortunately, that incident had almost brought him down, and he didn’t dare to act rashly again, fearing evidence might be found.

But it was too late for regrets. Luckily, there was still Dong Zheng, whom Li Zhan cared about. How he had killed this boy’s parents years ago, he would do the same to him today. This time, no one would escape!

Only by cutting the grass and digging up the roots could one be at ease.

Yao Shanqing glanced at Dong Zheng and Shen Wan, who was circling Dong Zheng’s waist and looking particularly frightened, and sneered. At the same time, he hissed, feeling his face was very uncomfortable, as if it had been slapped hard. When his expression changed even slightly, that swollen pain would appear.

But he had already checked earlier. When this was over, he’d better call a doctor to examine him. Thinking of his age, he was a bit worried about having a stroke.

Li Zhan didn’t move, but said, “I’ve already brought the item. If you want it, release my aunt… and Chairman Shen first.” Seeing Yao Shanqing’s unwillingness, Li Zhan smiled and said, “What’s wrong? Is Elder Yao afraid of me alone? This is Elder Yao’s territory, all the people here are yours. Surely you’re not afraid I’ll run away?”

“If I release them, you’ll hand over the item to me?”

“Of course. Auntie is my most important relative,” Li Zhan said these words while looking seriously at Dong Zheng, his eyes flickering. But he could no longer protect his most important relative. Once in Yao Shanqing’s hands, hoping to get out was nothing but a daydream. “As long as Auntie can live, I’m willing to pay any price. Elder Yao should know this, right?”

Unfortunately, Yao Shanqing had never intended to let his aunt go, or him.

So, he hadn’t brought anything with him.

He had just obtained that item, checked it once, and then received Yao Shanqing’s call. The other party had reacted very quickly; he had almost no preparation. During this time, he had been competing with Yao Shanqing. Based on past cases, he had no confidence in getting his aunt out, even if he sacrificed his own life.

Over the years, countless people had been killed by Yao Shanqing, including ordinary innocent people, law enforcement officers trying to bring him down, and innumerable informants. Anyone caught by him met a terrible end, dying in extremely miserable ways.

Dong Zheng knew Li Zhan all too well. Seeing the look he gave her, she understood that they probably couldn’t leave today.

She hugged Shen Wan tightly, shaking her head slightly at Li Zhan, her eyes clearly saying: If you knew coming here meant death, why did you come?

Li Zhan’s eyes reddened. He couldn’t stand by and wait for news of his only relative’s death. He had already experienced this twice many years ago.

The first was his father’s death. He was younger then, only three years old, still confused about everything. With his mother by his side, the impact wasn’t too great. Now he only remembered his mother seemed very sad, and he could recall her devastated, desperate, and hateful appearance. The second time was his mother’s death. He finally understood many things. He went to the morgue to see her one last time. The body was a bloody mess, unrecognizable as the person he knew. Only a bracelet on the blood-stained wrist was familiar to him.

“I’m a bit cold.”

As Li Zhan was lost in memories and Dong Zheng’s mood sank, Shen Wan’s voice broke through their sorrow.

“Hold tighter.” Shen Wan squeezed Dong Zheng’s waist. “Zheng Zheng, are we about to die?”

Dong Zheng wanted to say no, that they could get out. But in the end, she couldn’t say it. Now, they had almost no hope of survival.

Li Zhan glanced at Shen Wan with complex emotions. “Chairman Shen, if you’re cold, dress warmer. Don’t sacrifice warmth for style. No matter what you wear, even if you wrap yourself up like a dumpling, Auntie will still like you.” He glanced at Shen Wan’s feet. “Don’t go bare-legged in high heels for beauty in such cold, windy weather.”

“Zheng Zheng, I’ve always had one regret.”

Dong Zheng asked, “What regret? Tell me.”

“We haven’t gotten married yet,” Shen Wan said pitifully, her little eyes glancing at Li Zhan, making him uncomfortable. Even at this moment, this woman was still causing trouble. “And our nephew hasn’t called me aunt-in-law once. If he could call me aunt-in-law once, my life would be complete.”

Li Zhan was nearly angered to death. At a time like this, she was still trying to take advantage of him!

“Ah Zhan, why don’t you call Wan Wan aunt-in-law?” At this final moment, to fulfill Shen Wan’s regret, Dong Zheng had to ask Li Zhan, although the timing seemed inappropriate.

Li Zhan gritted his teeth, glaring at Shen Wan. “Dream on.”

“Zheng Zheng, I’ll die with regrets.”

Li Zhan maintained a stiff face. If he called her that, he’d be the one dying with regrets! No way! This woman who stole his aunt was dreaming if she thought he’d call her aunt-in-law.

“You all seem to be chatting quite happily. So, are you ready to hand over the item?” Yao Shanqing’s face darkened. The reason he hadn’t killed these three people directly was that he hadn’t gotten the location of the item from Li Zhan’s mouth.

He believed that with Li Zhan’s intelligence, he wouldn’t have brought the item with him.

“Release them, I’ll stay. Once they’re safe, I’ll give you the item.”

Yao Shanqing laughed, “Li Zhan, do you take me for a fool?” As he said this, Yao Shanqing was already furious with embarrassment.

He looked at the time, then at Li Zhan’s calm demeanor, and had a bad feeling. “I’ll give you ten minutes to consider. If you don’t give me an answer in ten minutes, you’ll face the consequences.”

If Li Zhan still didn’t respond after ten minutes, he would kill all three of them without hesitation. The item had been stolen, and he was prepared to flee at any time.

Li Zhan remained silent, and Dong Zheng didn’t speak either. Shen Wan, however, loosened her grip a bit and whispered to Li Zhan, “You should know I have some skills and I’m quite strong.”

“What are you trying to say?” He had already had people hand the item over to the police. Yao Shanqing couldn’t escape, but unfortunately, the three of them might fall here. Li Zhan wasn’t afraid, just regretful that he couldn’t protect his aunt.

Shen Wan continued whispering, “If it really comes to that, perhaps I could escape with Zheng Zheng. There’s a slim chance.”

Li Zhan’s heart tightened. He didn’t believe it.

This place was Yao Shanqing’s territory, very far from the city.

The other side had many people, countless real weapons, and unknown trump cards. He didn’t have high hopes for Shen Wan.

But if there was even a slim chance, he was willing to gamble. “What’s your condition?” This was Li Zhan’s instinctive question; he had formed this mode of thinking.

Shen Wan whispered, “Call me aunt-in-law once, and I’ll risk my life to get Zheng Zheng out.”

“Dream on, don’t try to fool me.” Li Zhan didn’t believe it. With Shen Wan’s interruption, he wasn’t afraid of death anymore. “If I call you that, but you don’t save Auntie, wouldn’t I lose out?”

Shen Wan was silent for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, “Then how about this: after I save Zheng Zheng, you call me aunt-in-law?”

Li Zhan thought Shen Wan was sometimes very foolish. Even if she could save his aunt, what were his chances of survival?

If she took his aunt out, he would have to hold off the others, and would likely die a miserable death, his body incomplete.

Seeing Shen Wan’s persistent look, Li Zhan agreed, “Fine.” He didn’t believe he could survive this crisis. This was his gamble, betting on this mysterious Shen Wan to safely get his aunt out, although it sounded like a fool’s dream.

“Li Zhan, you’ll keep your word?”

“Of course.”

Shen Wan: “188, I’m about to have a nephew soon. I wonder if this kid will be dumbfounded.”

188: It’s gone too far. This male lead is truly pitiful!

Ten minutes later.

Yao Shanqing merely glanced at Li Zhan, raised his hand, and uttered one word: “Kill.”

The surrounding bodyguards immediately drew their weapons, almost without hesitation, and fired at the three. However… they didn’t hear the familiar gunshot sounds, and the three people were still standing unharmed in their original spots, looking somewhat puzzled at these men. Dong Zheng had already hugged Shen Wan tightly, and even freed one hand to pat Li Zhan’s shoulder. Li Zhan’s tightly pressed lips and previously solemn expression were now stunned.

“What’s going on?” Yao Shanqing scolded.

All the bodyguards quickly checked and were shocked to find that their guns had no bullets.

“Boss… Boss Yao, there are no bullets in the guns.” Not only were there no bullets in the guns, but their spare magazines were also missing, and the knives hidden on their bodies seemed to have disappeared as well. This situation made everyone tremble, their backs soaked with cold sweat. It was too eerie.

If it were just one person, Yao Shanqing wouldn’t have cared, but with everyone saying the same thing, he felt uneasy. He quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and called in the people outside.

History repeated itself.

Shen Wan peeked out, seeing the pale faces of those men and Yao Shanqing’s unpleasant expression, and let go of Dong Zheng. Li Zhan, no matter how foolish, knew something was amiss.

Yao Shanqing shouted angrily, “Where are the knives? Quickly finish these three off and let’s go!”

He already sensed trouble and didn’t want to watch the three die before his eyes. He was being escorted backwards.

In that instant, Shen Wan ran over quickly. Dong Zheng tried to stop her but didn’t have the chance.

“Boss Yao, what’s the hurry?”

Shen Wan’s small frame blocked the way. Yao Shanqing snorted coldly, “Useless fools, you can’t even deal with a little girl? Hurry up and take care of her…”

“Slap!”

Shen Wan didn’t waste words and slapped Yao Shanqing’s face unceremoniously. Seeing Li Zhan about to deal with the others, she quickly said, “Good nephew, protect my Zheng Zheng well. If she loses even a hair, I’ll be unkind to you.”

Hearing this, Li Zhan, disregarding Shen Wan’s unpleasant words, shielded Dong Zheng behind him.

Shen Wan quickly slapped Yao Shanqing several times, making him cry out in pain. He seemed to understand the earlier pain now, like being slapped. Soon, Yao Shanqing’s face swelled up like a pig’s head, as Shen Wan held him by the collar.

The others didn’t dare to move, and Yao Shanqing didn’t tell them to.

“If you’re not going to act, then sit down. Yao Shanqing can’t escape the death penalty now. If you act, you’ll only hurt yourselves. It’s not worth dying for a doomed man. This old guy has one foot in the grave already, but you all have your whole lives ahead of you. Sit down, behave well in prison later, and try to get out early.”

The others really didn’t move, but some still seemed restless. Li Zhan then said, “I’ve already handed over evidence of Yao Shanqing’s drug trafficking to the police, along with the moles hidden in various places. Before I came, the police must have made arrangements. You can’t escape. Why not calm down and think about the crimes Yao Shanqing has committed? Confess honestly, reveal the crimes you’ve committed, and you might get a reduced sentence.”

When Yao Shanqing tried to speak, Shen Wan punched him in the mouth, making him howl in pain. Seeing this, and hearing Li Zhan’s words, the others naturally didn’t dare to act. In fact, they were a bit scared; today’s events were too strange.

An hour later, the police arrived.

Yao Shanqing and his subordinates were all arrested, while Shen Wan, Dong Zheng, and Li Zhan naturally left safely.

When Li Zhan saw Shen Wan staring at him with her round, big eyes, he finished giving his statement and, using the excuse of urgent company business, walked away with quick steps.

“Zheng Zheng, he’s not keeping his word.”

Dong Zheng stroked Shen Wan’s head with a smile. “There will be opportunities. When he comes back, he’ll definitely call you aunt-in-law.”

“Alright, I’ll wait then.”

This wait lasted for over a month without seeing him.

Shen Wan only knew that Xia Xuan had been sent to a rehabilitation center. It turned out that when she was abroad, she had been found by Yao Heng and led down a path of no return. Not only that, but her private life had been extremely chaotic, with photos of her cavorting with others being taken. In just over half a year, she had even had two abortions. All this was discovered by Li Zhan’s investigation, which explained his earlier exhausted and seemingly on the verge of collapse appearance.

At the same time, he also found out that Xia Xuan’s initial approach to him had been with certain motives, which somewhat lessened that pain. Additionally, learning that Yao Shanqing was the true culprit behind his parents’ deaths, he had no time for personal affairs. His parents had both been police informants, but unfortunately, there was a mole on this side, and they were successively killed by Yao Shanqing using brutal methods.

Now, with his great revenge achieved, the drug lord Yao Shanqing fallen, and Xia Xuan in rehab, Li Zhan had returned to being that domineering CEO, the dream marriage partner for countless women.

“Ah Zhan, you’re not coming back today either?”

“Auntie, I’m really busy lately.” Li Zhan’s eyelid twitched at the thought of Shen Wan looking at him with those bright, expectant eyes, asking him to call her aunt-in-law. That woman was too frightening.

Shen Wan snatched the phone and spoke to Li Zhan, “Zheng Zheng and I are getting married on the 8th of next month. Good nephew, you wouldn’t miss it, would you?”

Li Zhan was stunned for a few seconds, then finally said through gritted teeth, “Of course I’ll come. For such a big event, I must attend.”

“Good, aunt-in-law will be waiting for you.”

Li Zhan threw his phone aside. To hell with aunt-in-law.

On the wedding day, Li Zhan appeared at the venue with a smile.

Looking at the two women in wedding dresses, he walked up to them and first called out: “Auntie, congratulations. Be happy.”

“Mm.” Dong Zheng nodded with a smile.

Li Zhan looked at Shen Wan’s expectant gaze and finally called out, “Aunt-in-law, congratulations.”

“Good boy.” Shen Wan gave Li Zhan a big red envelope. He awkwardly said, “Thank you.”

Shen Wan was satisfied.

Dong Zheng, seeing her happy expression, knew what she was thinking.

On the day they left for their honeymoon, at the airport, Dong Zheng went to the restroom, leaving only Shen Wan and Li Zhan.

“Aunt-in-law.”

“Yes!”

“It was you, wasn’t it?” Li Zhan opened his hand, revealing a SIM card, and smiled at her. “Thank you.” Even though I don’t know who you are, thank you anyway.

“Have fun with Auntie. I’m leaving first.” Li Zhan gripped the SIM card tightly and turned to leave with a flourish.

“You little brat, of all things to learn, you pick up trash!”

Hearing Shen Wan’s muttered curse, Li Zhan’s lips curled into a smile.

“Who are you scolding?” Dong Zheng returned, playing with Shen Wan’s hand. “Who made you angry?”

“That stinky nephew.”

“Well, when I have time, I’ll scold him for you.”

“Scold him a lot. That kid, I don’t know who he learned it from, but he likes to dig through trash cans.”

Trash cans?

Dong Zheng didn’t quite understand. Did Ah Zhan have such a bad habit?

Amidst Dong Zheng’s confusion, the two boarded the plane, about to embark on a sweet journey.


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