Soul Patch

Chapter 43 Murder by Witchcraft

Huang Dongheng's car smoothly turned into Jinjiang International Community.

Jinjiang International is located in the heart of M City. The developer acquired the land at a sky-high price through bidding and hired an overseas Chinese as the chief designer at a high salary, integrating forward-looking design concepts into fashionable and lifestyle elements.

After its completion, the community was hailed as the Pearl Harbor of M City, and because of its unique landscaping, it was also known as the urban garden of M City.

Huang Dongheng's champagne-colored BMW drove among the palm and cypress trees, and amber-colored apartment buildings could be seen appearing and disappearing among the branches and leaves of the trees.

Huang Dongheng earned his first pot of gold and bought Huang Weiwei an apartment in Jinjiang International. It was a standard one-bedroom apartment, not large in size, but located in a prime location with complete commercial facilities. The layout and natural light of the apartment were also excellent. He paid the full amount after only one glance at the model apartment.

On Huang Weiwei's birthday, he simply threw the house key to her.

Huang Weiwei stared blankly at the key for a long time, unable to react.

He said with a look of disgust, "Move out of here tomorrow, don't stay here and delay my search for a girlfriend!"

Huang Weiwei then realized that Huang Dongheng had given her a house!

They chattered and cheered, as if they wanted to lift the roof off, but Huang Dongheng covered his ears and silently endured it.

"Brother, you're so outstanding, how will my future boyfriend ever have a chance to shine?" Huang Weiwei said coquettishly, shaking Huang Dongheng's arm.

"Does anyone want someone like you?" Huang Dongheng sneered.

In the blink of an eye, he had dragged Huang Weiwei into the room and slammed the door shut.

Huang Dongheng pressed Huang Weiwei down onto the pink sofa in the living room, stood in front of her, and looked down at her condescendingly: "Fire Jia Nan tomorrow!"

“No way! He’s so cool, why would I fire him?” Huang Weiwei tried to stand up, but he pushed her back down.

"You can be willful about anything, but not this!"

He said it with absolute certainty.

"No way! Not only will I not dump him, I'll pursue him and make him my boyfriend!"

"Nonsense!" He angrily placed his hand on Huang Weiwei's shoulder to prevent her from trying to stand up.

"I'm serious, I'm not kidding!"

"When have you ever been serious in a relationship? Listen to me, find someone else to date. Jia Nan won't do!" Huang Dongheng's hand touched Huang Weiwei's thin shoulder. When he pressed hard, he felt the bones in her shoulder hurting his hand. His tone softened.

"This time I'm serious. It's him, only him. No one else can meet my standards!"

Huang Weiwei's face turned red with anxiety as she stared intently at Huang Dongheng.

Huang Dongheng was stunned by Huang Weiwei's words.

Is this little brat serious this time?

If they don't take it seriously, it's fine, but if they do, then things become serious. Huang Dongheng yelled at Huang Weiwei, "That's even more unacceptable!"

"why?"

"He's a murderer!"

Huang Weiwei stared blankly at Huang Dongheng, her eyes sharp as if they could kill, and Huang Dongheng's eyes were no different.

The two stared at each other, and slowly Huang Weiwei's eyes welled up with tears. She choked out, "I don't believe it!"

Ding Dong…Ding Dong…

Doorbell rang.

They both looked towards the door at the same time.

Huang Dongheng took a step back. The knocking had calmed him down considerably. He composed himself and said as gently as possible, "I'm a lawyer. I speak with facts and won't falsely accuse anyone. You have guests... I'll be going now."

"Until things are cleared up, you...you must keep your distance from Jia Nan!"

After Huang Dongheng finished speaking, he swung his arm and walked straight towards the door. His sharp suit-clad figure became increasingly blurry in Huang Weiwei's eyes.

Huang Dongheng slammed the door open and saw a very artistic girl standing there. She was wearing a light pink forest-style linen dress and looked refreshing and artistic.

He nodded to the girl, forcing a weak smile.

"Weiwei, you..."

The girl was clearly surprised to see that it wasn't Huang Weiwei who opened the door, and she swallowed back half of what she was saying.

"Uh... hello... hello!"

"Hello"

Huang Dongheng hurriedly replied, brushed past her, and pushed open the fire door in the corridor.

As the fire door closed, it disappeared from Yang Shanshan's sight.

Yang Shanshan hesitated before stepping into the room. Seeing Huang Weiwei sitting on the sofa, she casually closed the door and exclaimed, "Weiwei... was that man just now Jia Nan?"

Huang Weiwei did not speak.

Yang Shanshan walked over and found Huang Weiwei staring blankly at the coffee table in front of her, her face streaked with tears.

She had never seen Huang Weiwei like this before. She took Huang Weiwei's hand in her own and patted it affectionately.

"What's wrong? What happened? Did Jia Nan bully you?"

Huang Weiwei turned her head absentmindedly and stared at Yang Shanshan.

"Hey, what's wrong? Say something! That man..."

"That's my brother!"

Huang Weiwei took a tissue, wiped her snot and tears, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing, my brother just criticized me!"

"Hey!" Yang Shanshan breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought something was wrong, you scared me."

Yang Shanshan then deliberately became fierce again: "If I don't criticize you, who should I criticize? You disappeared yesterday without saying a word. Don't even mention your brother, I have to criticize you too!"

After Yang Shanshan finished speaking, she noticed that Huang Weiwei looked heartbroken. She quickly wiped Huang Weiwei's nose, patted her back, and said, "Just kidding, don't be sad! You like Jia Nan, so you should discuss a plan with me, right?"

"..."

Yang Shanshan's mention of this only made things worse. Huang Weiwei, who had just recovered a bit, looked melancholy again, as if she didn't know what to do.

She recalled the two of them climbing Mount Tai together at night. Although Jia Nan was aloof, he was very gentlemanly and always took care of her. When she couldn't climb anymore, Jia Nan would always wait for her at a short distance.

When they arrived at the popular tourist photo spot, Jia Nan even offered to take photos for her.

She asked if she could take a picture of Jia Nan, but Jia Nan did not respond.

Huang Weiwei took a five-yuan note out of her bag and handed it to Jia Nan. Jia Nan took it and looked it over. When she saw that the background of the note was indeed this scene of Mount Tai...

He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked up at Huang Weiwei and gently shook his head: "Thank you, no thanks."

How could Jia Nan, who is so gentle and quiet, be a murderer?

……

The next morning, the sun shone brightly.

Huang Dongheng drove to Dongheng Law Firm. When he arrived at the office, Bai Mengyao was inside helping him organize documents.

"Dongheng, so early. Look..." Bai Mengyao tilted her chin towards a takeout bag on the huge desk. "I brought you a McDonald's bamboo shoot porridge and sunny-side-up egg meal, plus a coffee."

"Oh, thanks!"

Huang Dongheng took his breakfast and sat down on the sofa to eat. He looked up at Bai Mengyao, who was busy at her desk, and after thinking for a moment, asked:

"Five years ago, Leading Law Firm took on a rather bizarre case, which was supposedly a murder committed using witchcraft."

Huang Dongheng had some porridge on his lips. He grabbed a napkin to wipe his mouth and said with a slight smile, "In the end, Navigator lost the case and lost face in the industry. I remember it caused quite a stir at the time, but it eventually fizzled out..."

He scooped up another spoonful of porridge and put it in his mouth, then looked up at Bai Mengyao: "Do you remember that case?"

Bai Mengyao stopped and pondered hard. After a second or two, she seemed to remember something and suddenly looked up at Huang Dongheng: "Is it the case of Wang Fan's murder?"

"Wang Fan? Maybe. Is the defendant Jia Nan?"

"I'm not quite sure, it's been so long. Why are you suddenly asking about this? I know Attorney Zhang from Leading Law Firm, I'll find his contact information and send it to you later."

Huang Dongheng ate his breakfast in silence, muttering, "Just asking casually."

Bai Mengyao narrowed her eyes slightly, focusing her gaze on Huang Dongheng. After a moment, she continued to organize the documents.

(End of this chapter)