Chapter ~ 03
The Full Story of the Patricide Case
Early this morning, Wang Guangjin nervously knocked on the Wang family’s front door.
The gatekeeper who opened it looked at him with a pained expression.
“Young Master, why did you have to come back?”
Wang Guangjin was silent for a moment and did not answer the servant’s question.
He only asked: “Are Mother and Wanying at home?”
The gatekeeper thought for a moment: “Madam went out early this morning. Miss should be in the courtyard.”
Upon hearing this, Wang Guangjin headed toward his sister Wang Wanying’s courtyard.
Before he even got close, he spotted a servant standing guard at the entrance.
That was Old Man Wang’s personal attendant!
Wang Guangjin’s heart shuddered, and he had a foreboding feeling that something terrible was happening.
His face suddenly turned pale, his ears rang, and his feet felt as if they were filled with leadāhe could barely take a step forward.
The servant at the gate also spotted him and immediately called out loudly: “Young Master! You’re back!”
He was alerting the people inside.
That was the only thought in Wang Guangjin’s mind.
What that meant, he didn’t dare to imagine further.
Suddenly, the image of his mother’s tear-streaked face from last night flashed through his mind.
If he didn’t do something, all three of them would die at that beast’s hands!
Wang Guangjin suddenly felt a surge of hot blood rush to his head. Like a raging beast, he charged forward!
“Young Master, the Master is inside the courtyard discussing matters with Miss. It’s not appropriate for you to go in, Young Master!”
The servant stepped forward to block Wang Guangjin.
“Get lost!”
Wang Guangjin threw a punch at the servant’s faceāthe blow actually knocked out one of the servant’s teeth.
He strode a few steps into the courtyard and heard his sister Wanying’s cries.
“Father! Let me go! I’m your daughter!”
“Please don’t! Please, Father!”
Wang Wanying’s voice was hoarse, her tone fragmented and broken.
Wang Guangjin’s heart shattered at the sound.
He kicked the door open. Inside, Old Man Wang was pinning Wang Wanying down on the bed, half of her clothes already torn away.
She held her hands protectively over her chest, her legs kicking wildly in the air.
And Old Man Wang, pressing down on her, seemed to have lost his mindāhe hadn’t even noticed Wang Guangjin kicking the door open.
Wang Wanying spotted Wang Guangjin first.
Even while being violated by her own father, Wang Wanying hadn’t shed a tear.
But when she saw her brother kick down the door, all the pent-up grievance surged into her heart at once.
Her tears suddenly burst forth: “Brother.”
“Don’t be afraid. Brother is here.”
Wang Guangjin stepped forward, grabbed Old Man Wang by the collar, and yanked him off Wang Wanying, then threw a punch straight at his face.
Old Man Wang was dazed by the blow.
“Which bastard! Ruining my good time!”
Wang Guangjin threw another fierce punch.
This time, Old Man Wang saw who it was and flew into an even greater rage.
“Damn it! You little brat! I’m your father!”
Wang Guangjin said nothing, throwing punch after punch.
Each blow carried the humiliation of being beaten as a child, the pain of being forced to leave home for years.
But more than anything, it carried the anguish of watching his mother and sister suffer for so long.
He also hated himselfāhated his cowardice, hated himself for not coming home sooner to check on them.
Old Man Wang, now middle-aged, was no match for the tall and strong Wang Guangjin.
The servant who had taken a punch outside dared not rush in recklessly when faced with the enraged Wang Guangjin.
Old Man Wang, being pummeled by Wang Guangjin, was also overcome with fury.
On one side was the pain of being beaten; on the other, the humiliation of being struck by his own son.
The combined effect made him fix his gaze on a pair of scissors in an embroidery box nearby.
He turned his back, grabbed the scissors by the handle, and aimed the blade at Wang Guangjin’s chest.
“Brother! Watch out!”
Wang Wanying screamed.
At that moment, Wang Guangjin reacted in a way he never could have under normal circumstances.
He grabbed Old Man Wang’s right hand, which held the scissors, and with a single forceful twist, redirected the bladeāoriginally aimed at his own chestāin another direction.
Old Man Wang’s neck.
Blood gushed out like a fountain, instantly spurting everywhere. Wang Guangjin’s face and chest were covered in the warm, wet sensation.
Old Man Wang was dead.
The servant fled in terror.
Wang Guangjin collapsed to the ground, sitting there in a daze for a long time.
He suddenly let out a long breath, wiped the blood from his face, and smiled at Wang Wanying with a reassuring look.
“From now on, Wanying and Mother don’t have to live in fear anymore.”
Wang Wanying wept uncontrollably, ran over, and tried to help Wang Guangjin up.
“Brother! Get up! Go! Run as far as you can! Today, you never came back to the Wang house!”
Wang Guangjin understood his sister’s intent and shook his head at her.
He wanted to reach out and pat her head, but seeing his hands covered in bloodstains, he lowered them.
“The servant saw me. I can’t get away.”
Hearing this, Wang Wanying stood up.
“Rightāthe servant. As long as he keeps his mouth shut, no one will know what happened today. I’ll go find him. I’ll go find him!”
Seeing Wang Wanying’s frantic expression, Wang Guangjin felt a sense of satisfaction deep inside. *This* was family.
He still reached out and grabbed her hem.
“Don’t go. One man takes responsibility for his own actions. Your brother isn’t afraid.”
“But you’ll die!” Wang Wanying screamed at the top of her lungs.
Wang Guangjin laughed loudly: “Then it was worth it!”
“Ying’er! Ying’er! What happened?!”
Madam Wang’s voice arrived before she did. She had just returned home, and the front courtyard was already in chaos.
When she walked in and saw the blood everywhere, her son collapsed on the ground, and her daughter weeping nearby with disheveled hair and torn clothesā
What more was there to understand?
Madam Wang suddenly found it hard to breathe, her hands and feet going numb.
She beat her chest and wailed: “Beast! You beast!”
Then she turned to Wang Guangjin on the ground: “I told you not to come back! This den of wolvesāyour sister and I were enough! Why did you come back!”
Wang Guangjin smiled at Madam Wang: “I came back to protect you and Wanying.”
Madam Wang’s eyes instantly reddened. She didn’t know what to say.
Wang Guangjin pushed himself up from the ground, his expression resolute: “Mother, I’m going to the county office to turn myself in.”
Madam Wang shoved him violently: “Go! Just go!”
Wang Guangjin smiled and shook his head.
“Everyone in the household probably knows by now, Mother. I can’t get away.”
Before Madam Wang could respond, he continued: “From now on, no one will bully you and Wanying anymore. Grandfather and grandmother passed early, so you’ll have to manage the household well from now on.”
“Choose a good husband for Wanyingānot… not someone like him.”
“Wanying, when we get to the county office, don’t say a word.”
Madam Wang and Wang Wanying wept bitterly, unable to speak, shaking their heads over and over.
With that, Wang Guangjin straightened his clothes and headed for the door.
Both Madam Wang and Wang Wanying rushed forward, each grabbing one of his sleeves.
Wang Guangjin wore a smile on his face as he brushed away his mother and sister’s hands.
He stepped back, dropped to both knees, and kowtowed to Madam Wang.
“To have been your sonāJin’er has no regrets in this life! Mother, your son is leaving!”
Then he rose and strode out the door, walking calmly to his death.
Madam Wang and Wang Wanying followed behind him the whole way.
They didn’t know what to do, didn’t know what they *could* do.
He had killed someoneāand it seemed a life had to be paid for with a life.
The three of them drew immediate attention as they made their way to the county office.
The normally quiet little county town was thrown into an uproar.
“Isn’t that Madam Wang and Miss Wang? Who’s that man in front of them? He’s covered in blood!”
“He looks like the Wang family’s son who’s been studying abroadāah! He killed someone!”
“He killed someone! He killed someone!”
As soon as the news broke, it spread through every street and alley of Tong’an County.
