Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

Chapter 470: Zhan Jinhua, who is afraid of everything

Sun Xiaohao felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment as he looked at the 50,000 yuan increase in his bank card balance.

When he returned home that afternoon, the reporter had already tried his hand at publishing a news release about Zhan Jinhua blackmailing Qin Xingzhou, which also included relevant audio.

Sun Xiaohao was very satisfied with the reporter's efficiency. He immediately showed Zhan Jinhua the news on his phone and told her that the police were looking for her.

Now people on the Internet say that this is extortion, and the amount is extremely huge. If she is really caught, she will probably not be able to get out for at least ten or eight years.

Sun Xiaohao looked anxious: "Mom, the situation is tense now. Why don't you go out and hide first? This place has been discovered by others and it's no longer safe.

I think we should leave at night. I'll find you a place to hide for a while, and you can come out after the storm has died down."

Zhan Jinhua frowned. "This is the money Qin owes me. How can this be considered extortion? Besides, there were only three of us there at the time. Who recorded the conversation?"

Zhan Jinhua was indeed nervous when she saw the news, but she hadn't completely lost her mind. There was something fishy about the source of the recording, and she had to get to the bottom of it.

Sun Xiaohao felt a little guilty when Zhan Jinhua asked him this, but he didn't show it on his face: "Did my third uncle call the police? This amount of money is not a small amount. If his family finds out, they will definitely ask where the money went.

Maybe that's why he chose to fight you to the death. Is his crime serious? Do you really have something on him?"

Zhan Jinhua's eyes evaded: "He was involved in some bad things back then, but his crimes were not serious..."

Sun Xiaohao understood immediately. It turned out that Zhan Jinhua had approached Qin Xingzhou to trick him, and there was no concrete evidence to prove that Qin Xingzhou was involved in the crime.

This wasn't the main reason why Zhan Jinhua was able to get the money so easily. The main reason was that Zhan Jinhua mentioned Qin Xingzhou's child.

After Qin Xingzhou remarried, he had two children with his second wife. The children are lively, cute and healthy, and they are Qin Xingzhou's lifeblood.

As soon as Zhan Jinhua mentioned the two children, Qin Xingzhou immediately gave in. This was because he knew Zhan Jinhua too well. If he didn't cooperate with Zhan Jinhua, there was no telling when Zhan Jinhua would harm his children.

In this way, Zhan Jinhua successfully obtained one million from Qin Xingzhou. A large part of it was Zhan Tiehua's inheritance, which also gave Qin Xingzhou a reason to comfort himself and not feel so painful when giving the money.

After figuring out the ins and outs of this matter, Sun Xiaohao hurriedly said, "Then this all makes sense. He must have figured it out now, so he exposed the family scandal. Mom, this is definitely extortion."

"And the reporters have exposed all of your identities. I think you should find time to contact your old friends and come up with a new identity..."

Zhan Jinhua thought Sun Xiaohao's words made sense. Since you had to use your ID card everywhere you went, the ones that had already been exposed wouldn't be easily usable anymore. It was absolutely necessary to get a new ID.

The two were discussing something when there was a knock on the door. Zhan Jinhua was so scared that she quickly hid in her room.

Sun Xiaohao went to open the door. It was the takeout he had just ordered, a late-night snack. He told Zhan Jinhua not to order takeout at home, in case the creditor came to visit again.

Zhan Jinhua has developed a psychological trauma about opening the door for the delivery man, and she fully agrees with what Sun Xiaohao said.

Sun Xiaohao ordered takeout, actually to test Zhan Jinhua's reaction. He took the takeout and laughed at Zhan Jinhua's closed bedroom door.

After suppressing his smile, he knocked on Zhan Jinhua's door and called her out for a midnight snack.

Zhan Jinhua was frightened twice by the knock on the door. When she opened the door, she looked out through the crack with a sneaky look. After making sure that there was no one else there except Sun Xiaohao, she walked out of the room, patting her chest.

This kind of Zhan Jinhua made Sun Xiaohao experience what it means to have a guilty conscience.

While having supper, Sun Xiaohao took advantage of Zhan Jinhua's current state of paranoia and suggested to her that she move out temporarily.

He analyzed the situation with Zhan Jinhua and said, "Mom, you see, those people were able to find their way here yesterday. Someone must have recognized you, so they tipped off those people.

They are resentful, and just taking the money may not make them feel better. Maybe someone will expose where we live now on the Internet.

By then, I don't know how many people will come to harass us. I see there's a lot of information about you online, and they're not familiar with me yet. I'll stay here temporarily, so it's convenient for me to go to work.

Tomorrow I'll go through the agency and find you a safer and more secluded house. You can move in and stay there for a while. Is that okay?"

Zhan Jinhua sighed. Although she was reluctant, there seemed to be no better way.

Now her face has been completely exposed. With the popularity of smartphones, the number of Internet users has increased dramatically. If she goes out like this, many people will definitely recognize her.

That night, Zhan Jinhua couldn't sleep well and kept one ear perked up to listen to the noise outside.

Sun Xiaohao got up in the middle of the night, and Zhan Jinhua was startled. She hid in the quilt and didn't dare to make a sound.

Sun Xiaohao went to work as usual the next day. Before leaving, he asked Zhan Jinhua to lock the door and cooked some instant noodles for himself if he was hungry.

Sun Xiaohao didn't abandon her at this time, but was worried that she would be hungry at home. Zhan Jinhua was really touched.

But when had Sun Xiaohao ever truly had good intentions towards Zhan Jinhua? He immediately hired a few people, disguised as messengers of justice, and went to bang on the door of the rental house in broad daylight, cursing at Zhan Jinhua through the door.

Zhan Jinhua's heart was in her throat the whole day, and she didn't dare to relax at all.

A group of people went there in the morning, but nothing happened around noon. Zhan Jinhua thought the matter was over for the time being.

Unexpectedly, another group of people came in the afternoon and did the same thing. After five o'clock, those people left again.

It was already past six when Sun Xiaohao got home from get off work. The door was locked, so he knocked and spoke to Zhan Jinhua through the door, asking her to open the door.

Zhan Jinhua saw Sun Xiaohao through the peephole, and after confirming again and again that there was no one else there, she quickly opened the door, pulled Sun Xiaohao in, and then immediately closed and locked the door.

Sun Xiaohao brought a bowl of fried noodles to Zhan Jinhua in the evening and placed it directly on the coffee table, asking Zhan Jinhua to eat first.

Before Zhan Jinhua had taken a few bites of her meal, the noisy knocking on the door and shouting rang out again.

Zhan Jinhua felt that this matter had really gotten out of hand, otherwise wouldn't waves of people take turns scolding her?

She knew that the things she had done were not the work of a good person. So when faced with the public's extreme reaction, Zhan Jinhua did not suspect anything, but simply believed that her illegal actions had aroused public anger.

In the end, she finished her meal in fear while hiding in her bedroom.

After waiting until there was no more movement outside, Sun Xiaohao pushed open the door of Zhan Jinhua's bedroom, took out a key, and said to Zhan Jinhua, "Mom, I think you should move sooner rather than later. This is the house I booked with the agent during the day. I paid a deposit and asked them to give me the key first. I still have the balance of 10,000 yuan to pay. As you know, I haven't been working for a long time, and my pockets are cleaner than my face..."

This matter concerns her own life and death. Zhan Jinhua changed her usual stingy image and directly gave Sun Xiaohao 20,000 yuan: "Rent the house first.

Take the time to buy me some instant rice noodles, vermicelli noodles, etc., and some snacks with a long shelf life. Oh, and some mineral water and drinks, you can secretly send them to me when no one is around..."

Sun Xiaohao sneered in his heart. Even at this time, Zhan Jinhua still arranged her life so clearly.

He readily agreed, and quickly helped Zhan Jinhua pack her luggage, and instructed Zhan Jinhua to put on a hat and mask and be fully armed.

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, after confirming that there was no one outside the door, the mother and daughter sneaked out of the rental house.

After taking the elevator downstairs, Sun Xiaohao stopped a night taxi on the roadside. The two put their luggage in the trunk and then got in the car. Sun Xiaohao told the driver an address.

The driver thought the two passengers were acting suspiciously, carrying such large suitcases. Looking at their attire, he felt uneasy. He thought the scene looked like they were going to dispose of a body.

Sun Xiaohao noticed the driver's concerns and took the initiative to open the trunk for the driver to check, reassuring him that there were some clothes and daily necessities inside. The driver then dispelled some of his concerns.

About half an hour later, we finally arrived at our destination, but the driver refused to drive into the residential complex.

He watched the two people get off the car, pick up their luggage, turn around and run away, as if they were running for their lives.

Zhan Jinhua didn't think much about it and followed Sun Xiaohao into the residential complex. At this time of day, only a few street lamps cast a dim light in the residential complex. There were many buildings, but almost no rooms with lights on.

Sun Xiaohao rented a small 50-square-meter apartment on the top floor for Zhan Jinhua. He said the environment was beautiful, there were fewer people, and it was safer, so Zhan Jinhua believed him.

Sun Xiaohao gave the key to Zhan Jinhua and prepared to go home. However, this place was quite remote and it was impossible to get a taxi in the middle of the night. No one on the taxi app would accept the order.

As a last resort, I had to stay in this small house with Zhan Jinhua for one night. There was no sofa in the room, only a bed.

Zhan Jinhua slept on the bed, and Sun Xiaohao had to sleep on the floor for the night.

The next morning, Sun Xiaohao got up at around five o'clock. He went downstairs and planned to try his luck outside the community.

If there are taxis, take one directly. If there are no taxis, look for a bus stop nearby.

Sun Xiaohao went downstairs and looked up at the building opposite. It was already dawn, but the windows of the building were still pitch black.

He'd told the agent that he wanted to rent an apartment that day. It didn't matter if it was a bit out of the way; the most important thing was the cheap rent. He'd rented this apartment for 5,000 yuan. The reason it was so cheap, besides being in a remote suburban area, was that it wasn't very habitable.

Anyone who is a bit superstitious would not dare to live in the house in this place because there is a mountain opposite the house, and a cemetery has been developed on the mountain.

All the houses here are small. Fifty square meters is considered a larger one. There are also houses of thirty square meters and forty square meters, but the agency currently has no houses available.

Sun Xiaohao was anxious to send Zhan Jinhua away, so he quickly booked the house.

Thinking that there was a cemetery opposite the house, Sun Xiaohao couldn't sleep well that night.

He was so anxious to decide on a house yesterday that he didn't even look closely at the neighborhood. The greenery looked nice, and it was far from the city, close to the mountains, so the air was quite fresh.

I don't know if it was just his imagination, it was just too quiet. And the windows were all pitch black, I didn't know what was going on.

He got up early that morning and couldn't see anyone in the neighborhood, let alone a ghost. He felt more and more frightened as he walked, and finally he just ran out of the neighborhood.

It was not until he walked out of the community gate that Sun Xiaohao breathed a sigh of relief.

No wonder the driver refused to take him and Zhan Jinhua last night, and even refused to enter the residential complex when they reached their destination. It turned out there was a reason.

While many breakfast stalls are already open at the entrances of other residential complexes by 5 or 6 in the morning, this one is equally quiet. The agent said the occupancy rate here is low, but I didn't expect it to be so low that even a breakfast stall isn't worth opening.

Sun Xiaohao walked for about ten minutes before finally seeing the bus stop. The sign indicated two buses heading downtown, the first leaving at 6:20. However, this wasn't the starting point, so he had no idea when the bus would return, so he could only wait aimlessly.

While waiting for the bus, he tried to book a ride on a taxi app. Perhaps it was too far from the city center, and no driver accepted the order until the bus arrived.

The bus took forty minutes to reach a place closer to Sun Xiaohao's rental house. After getting off the bus, he took a taxi home, changed his clothes, and then took another taxi to the company warehouse.

He now has two important things to do, one is to occupy Jinhua, and the other is to go to work.

The job wasn't too tiring, and it allowed him to commute around the city. Sun Xiaohao had never liked working before, but he never expected this job to enrich his life.

As he drove between the buildings, he felt a sense of familiarity with the city, as if he belonged here.

Sun Xiaohao has come to believe in fate in this life. He feels that he has an inseparable bond with this city. This is true with Yuan Jie, Sun Aimin, and Jiaojiao.

He now knew Jiaojiao's full name was Shi Xuejiao, a name he seemed to have heard many times. He might not have a future with Jiaojiao, but he would keep a close eye on Shi Xuejiao's situation. If she got a boyfriend, he would help her keep a close eye on her to prevent her from being deceived.