bullyxtreme Chapter 523 Keeping a Canary in Captivity (2)
Chapter 523 Keeping a Canary in Captivity (2)
Realizing that her husband had become addicted to gambling and was heavily in debt, Yan Zhen angrily presented the evidence to Gao Shenghan and confronted him directly.
Looking at the evidence, Gao Shenghan hugged Yan Zhen's leg and wept bitterly, repeatedly promising that he would quit gambling and turn over a new leaf.
The two had been married for many years and had a child together. Yan Zhen had feelings for Gao Shenghan, and she chose to give her husband a chance and pay off his debts.
To prove his determination to quit gambling, Gao Shenghan stayed home for more than half a year, focusing on spending time with his wife and children. Occasionally, he would take his children out for a trip and report his location to Yan Zhen in real time.
Yan Zhen observed his actions and gradually regained his trust in him.
Two years passed peacefully. Although Gao Shenghan had achieved nothing in his career, he became the standard "good man" in the eyes of Yan's parents and Yan Zhen. He and Yan Zhen moved to the old Yan family house and lived with his parents-in-law, focusing their lives on their family.
He is filial to his parents-in-law, considerate to his wife, and personally and responsibly involved in his son's education.
Initially, Yan's parents were not very satisfied with him, but they gradually accepted this mediocre son-in-law.
Yan Zhen became pregnant with her second child when she was thirty-five years old.
The whole family was overjoyed and looked forward to the arrival of the child. However, in the fourth month after the pregnancy was discovered, Yan Zhen accidentally slipped and fell in the bathroom, resulting in a miscarriage.
Yan Zhen stayed in the hospital for a week after this miscarriage.
After being discharged from the hospital and returning home, Gao Shenghan became even more gentle and considerate towards her, showing concern for her well-being and urging her to take her medicine and take care of her health every day.
Despite her husband's meticulous care, Yan Zhen's health deteriorated.
She couldn't sleep all night, felt depressed, had a poor appetite, couldn't muster any energy for anything, and became irritable, easily angered, and prone to overthinking.
After the doctor's diagnosis, she was told that she had suffered from hormonal imbalance and depression after her miscarriage.
Then came hospitalization, medication, and treatment.
After six months of treatment with no improvement, Yan Zhen became more sensitive. She, who used to speak softly, began to argue with Gao Shenghan constantly.
Yan Zhen would regret it after every argument.
She regretted arguing in front of the children, regretted treating her husband that way, and regretted making her parents worry.
Yan's parents also felt that since their daughter had such an illness, their son-in-law, as their daughter's husband, had to endure much more pain and pressure than they had.
To compensate Gao Shenghan, Yan's parents continuously gifted him various movable and immovable properties.
On Yan Zhen's 36th birthday, Gao Shenghan took her out to relax at a seaside resort hotel in Hangzhou.
That evening, Yan Zhen drank some alcohol, and the two argued again over a trivial matter.
Halfway through the argument, Gao Shenghan said helplessly, "I'll go out first, calm down, and I'll come back later."
After Gao Shenghan left, Yan Zhen felt increasingly dizzy and fell asleep on the sofa.
When she woke up again, she found herself lying in an unfamiliar room with a strange man lying next to her.
Before she could react, Gao Shenghan rushed in with Yan's parents.
Upon seeing this, Yan's parents were furious, while Gao Shenghan's face turned ashen.
Despite Yan Zhen's repeated explanations that she did not know this man and had absolutely no relationship with him, Gao Shenghan simply refused to believe her.
She was convinced that Yan Zhen had slept with a young man casually after arguing with her, in order to get revenge on him.
Despite his anger, Gao Shenghan did not file for divorce and continued to treat Yan Zhen and the child with the same patience as always.
Seeing Gao Shenghan's grievances, Yan's parents gave him a large sum of money as compensation and to appease him.
Yan Zhen, however, could no longer bear to burden her parents. She calmly drafted a property division agreement and filed for divorce from Gao Shenghan.
After reading the property division agreement, Gao Shenghan did not agree immediately, but said he needed to think about it.
That evening, Gao Shenghan, as usual, took the medicine and urged Yan Zhen to take it.
After taking her medicine, Yan Zhen felt extremely dizzy when she went to bed. In the middle of the night, she vaguely realized that someone had picked her up.
She opened her eyes groggily and found that Gao Shenghan had carried her to the balcony and placed her on the railing.
Yan Zhen's gaze fell on Gao Shenghan's gloved hands, and he instinctively sensed danger.
She looked up and met Gao Shenghan's eyes, those eyes that were usually so gentle and tolerant of her, but now they were icy cold and devoid of any warmth.
"You shouldn't have brought up divorce," Gao Shenghan said in a low voice. "Since you want to kick me out of the game, I have no choice but to send you away first."
After he finished speaking, he pushed the defenseless Yan Zhen off the fifth-floor balcony, killing him instantly.
Given her prior history of depression and the fact that Yan Zhen had been taking medication and was extremely emotionally unstable, her death was ruled a suicide.
But perhaps out of a mother's intuition, Yan's mother harbored doubts about her daughter's death.
She kept it a secret from her husband and son-in-law, spent a lot of money to investigate, and soon discovered a suspicious point—the young man Yan Zhen had "cheated" with at the hotel not long ago was an actor who was not very famous.
Before the affair occurred, he was suspected of being blacklisted as retaliation for refusing to accept unspoken rules.
After the affair, he disappeared without a trace, neither alive nor dead.
Using this as a starting point, Yan's mother conducted an in-depth investigation into Gao Shenghan.
However, Gao Shenghan was usually cautious, and before Yan Ma could find any substantial evidence, she had alerted Gao Shenghan by making a hasty decision.
Gao Shenghan, having gone this far, decided to set a trap and drove the Yan family—including Yan Zhen's younger brother Yan Heng—off a cliff.
The three members of the Yan family died on the spot. Gao Shenghan was saved by the airbag and spent two years in bed before recovering. He then naturally inherited all of the Yan family's business.
……
After reading the walkthrough, Yan Zhen dressed himself neatly.
She glanced back at the man who was still fast asleep on the bed, and combined with the information from the online guide, she roughly knew which stage they were in.
I reckon that in another three to five minutes, Gao Shenghan and Yan's parents will rush in to "catch them in the act".
This guy is unlucky too.
After a moment's thought, Yan Zhen quickly devised a strategy to deal with the situation.
She walked over and patted the man's face: "Hey! Hey!"
The man was probably also drugged, because Yan Zhen patted him several times but he showed no signs of waking up.
She used a bit more force, slapping the man's face four times, turning it red.
The man winced in pain, frowned, and slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes were glazed over, and it took him a while to make out the situation.
Seeing himself lying naked on the bed with a strange woman standing in front of him, the man was stunned at first, then as if he were on fire, he grabbed the blanket and covered himself up.
"Who...who are you? What did you do to me?"
Yan Zhen chuckled at his reaction: "What do you think?"
man:"……"
He looked at Yan Zhen with suspicion, then at the clothes scattered on the floor, and finally, somewhat uncertainly, lifted the blanket a little to look at his lower body.
"Stop looking." Yan Zhen picked up the clothes from the floor and threw them on the bed. "Get dressed and come out. Someone might come in and catch you cheating."