Chapter 101

Chapter 1: Do You Admit Your Guilt? I Admit You’re a Fool!

“Me…”

If it were any other time, Zhou Bin would have roared back with insults, even dragging Xu Fang into it.

But at this moment, he chose silence, lowering his head, almost as if in a humble plea, asking, “How is your mother?”

“You have no right to know her condition! I fyour mother!” Xu Tong’s voice trembled violently, laced with a chill of relentless despair, “She waited until the very end for you to admit your wrongs, waited for you to come back… Zhou Bin, you really fing heartless! You’re a dog! What you did is truly despicable! You scum!”

“You—… Wait! What did you say?!!!!!!!”

His body suddenly stood up inside the car.

Even the pain from his head hitting the car roof seemed to have faded, as he focused solely on the news from the other end of the line.

His eyes widened in disbelief, “Tong Tong, what are you saying?!!! What’s happened to your mother?!!! What exactly…”

“Now you care? Where were you before? Zhou Bin, you don’t have the right to know! In any case, like you said, from now on, I’ll sever ties with you, never to see you again!”

Beep…

The call was abruptly cut off, leaving a dead silence in the car.

Time passed, and Zhou Bin gradually regained consciousness, his pupils tightly locked.

“Xu Fang… Xu Fang… what happened to her?”

Clearly, for decades, he had been indifferent.

Clearly, he should have no feelings left for her.

Yet in that moment, upon hearing the news, Zhou Bin finally discovered something deep within his heart.

It was as if he had suddenly lost something… something that was supposed to exist in his life.

That something he always thought he could summon at will, would quietly wait when he didn’t want it.

But now… that thing seemed to have completely distanced itself from him.

“I need to go to the hospital!”

Zhou Bin suddenly turned around, as if going mad, tossing his phone aside and starting the car with a jolt.

“Xu Fang… wait for me! I’ll be there soon!!!!”

Muttering to himself, his eyes were bloodshot.

In a frenzy, Zhou Bin had completely lost his reason, flooring the accelerator, shaking his head neurotically.

“No… it can’t be… it can’t be… it can’t be!!!!!!!!”

On the beach many years ago, a young boy had sincerely confessed to a girl, promising to love her for a lifetime and cherish her.

Back then, he was making his confession from the heart.

In a shabby rental house years ago, a newly minted mother held her child, smiling brightly as she waited for the man coming home from work.

Back then, the man also felt the warmth and happiness in his heart.

Years ago, the man had once had nothing but still had his last refuge…

He had promised to let them live a good life, to let them experience the life of the wealthy.

Eventually, on one night, a drunken man, furious at being discovered cheating, chose divorce after a cycle of domestic violence and prolonged emotional abuse.

At that time, the man’s ruthlessness was genuine.

Everything was real.

All the past jumped through Zhou Bin’s mind in that moment, like a spinning lantern racing past.

His hands had already tightly grasped the steering wheel, nearly crushing it.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

All the collisions left the car a wreck, with the front end crumpled in.

Cars on the road continuously stopped, police quickly followed, and the entire street descended into chaos.

But Zhou Bin couldn’t care less about the curses and reprimands; he couldn’t even hear them.

He staggered into the hospital, charging into the place he had vowed never to return.

Bang!

The door to the hospital room swung open, only to reveal emptiness.

“No…”

Zhou Bin took a step back, shaking his head in disbelief.

“No… no!”

“Xu Tong! Tong Tong! Where are you?”

“Where are you and your mother?!”

“I was wrong! I know I was wrong!”

“I shouldn’t have done wrong; my father shouldn’t have abandoned you!”

“Xu Fang! Tong Tong! Where are you?!!!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One by one, the doors to the hospital rooms were flung open, with countless nurses and patients startled to their feet.

Chaos erupted in the hospital, screams echoing.

Arriving security and nurses rushed over to block him, trying to subdue the rampaging Zhou Bin.

“Calm down!”

“What do you want?!”

“Calm down, don’t move!!!”

“Let go of me!” Zhou Bin roared, struggling against the grips of security, “Tell me, where’s Xu Fang?! Where’s Xu Fang?!!!!”

“Call the police! This guy’s gone mad!!!!”

“Police are on the way! This guy might be a fugitive!”

“Officer, over here!!”

The security and nurses paid little heed to his words. Numerous eyes in the hospital had turned toward him, each filled with shock, disbelief, and disdain.

Zhou Bin struggled violently, but soon he comprehended the reality.

They would never return to his side; he had pushed them away himself.

In despair, he helplessly knelt on the ground, completely losing the capacity to resist.

“I… was really wrong.”

Zhou Bin stared blankly at the chaotic hospital, hearing the sirens wailing, seeing all the eyes on him.

He… really had nothing left.

Not even the right to regret…

They’ve all gone… they are all gone!

“This is all my fault.” Slowly raising his head, he laughed manically, “Just like Su Zeheng said, this was my own doing. What use is it to regret now? I knew for a long time Xu Fang didn’t have much time left, but I didn’t do even a single thing a person should do in the final moments of her life. Zhou Bin, you are such a f*ing bastard!”

He poured all his money into gambling, ending up deeply in debt.

Initially wanting to toy with Wen Han, he found himself caught in his own trap; being clever backfired.

And now… the person he wanted to apologize to had already left. Even his son had completely severed ties with him, no longer in contact.

Zhou Bin finally understood, this was all a choice he had made himself.

It was his frantic gambling, his fervent pursuits, and his heartless betrayals.

Everything, with Xu Fang and Xu Tong’s disappearance, had finally become the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

The figure kneeling on the ground slowly raised his head, facing the police who had arrived to apprehend him.

Next, he would probably be going to jail, right?

“Hahahahaha… get away!”

Bang!

The motionless figure suddenly erupted into violence, and the unsuspecting security fell like dominos.

The police, sensing something amiss, changed their expressions and rushed over, but it was still too late.

“Xu Fang, Tong Tong. In this life… I owe you both!”

A roar echoed through the hospital corridor as Zhou Bin suddenly charged toward the window like a madman.

“Ah!!!!” The onlookers gasped, quickly covering their eyes in fear.

With that shout, the glass shattered with a resounding crash.

Crash—!

In the sunlight, the hospital’s tall building exploded into a crimson flower, cascading down like rain.

…

Bang—!

Almost the moment he left the car, a figure struck the vehicle below with lightning speed, triggering a deafening horn.

Wen Han froze.

Even though she had anticipated this, witnessing it shocked her, leaving her rooted to the spot.

At this moment, the hospital was in chaos, with countless discussions and footsteps echoing from all directions.

She blinked, and it took a moment before she jolted awake, glancing at the silent man beside her.

“…You won.” Leaning against the car, Su Zeheng closed his eyes, “I finally understand your plan. You wanted to steer things so that Zhou Bin would come back on his own when he had nothing left. But… by then it was already too late, so he only had one outcome.”

“…I didn’t expect Xu Fang to die as well.” Wen Han turned her head.

“But even if Xu Fang survived, Zhou Bin’s outcome would be the same.” Su Zeheng lit a cigarette, exhaling smoke, “Perhaps as you said, this kind of regret is cheap. But for some people, isn’t even cheap regret better than having nothing?”

Wen Han fell silent for a moment: “So what?”

“Is late justice still justice? But if there’s no late justice at all, wouldn’t that truly plunge us into endless darkness? Lateness isn’t what justice desires but the result of darkness. Sometimes we shouldn’t blame justice for its costs just because of the darkness it was born from.”

Su Zeheng spoke with a bitter smile, then turned to Wen Han and continued.

“If Zhou Bin wasn’t a so-called bad person, would you feel guilt… or have a soft heart?”

Wen Han raised an eyebrow: “Guilt?”

“Ultimately, he recognized his mistakes. He was willing to turn back, willing to change.”

“But he’s not a good person at all; there’s no ‘if’ in this world. I don’t believe that someone who spends most of their time doing wrong can gain forgiveness just because they acted right in the final moments and regretted it.” Wen Han took a deep breath, “And I am a witch; you seem to have forgotten about that.”

“Perhaps what you say makes sense… Regardless, you won.” Taking a deep drag on his cigarette, Su Zeheng helplessly exhaled.

Wen Han, somewhat pensive, frowned immediately, coughing as the smoke irritated her.

“Are the members of the Light Magic Society this rude?” She looked up, “Do they have no decency? Letting such a beautiful girl like me breathe secondhand smoke?”

“…Sorry, sorry.”

Su Zeheng awkwardly smiled, quickly extinguishing his cigarette.

“I have a habit of smoking while thinking; I forgot this is a public place.”

“Looks like you members of the Light Magic Society aren’t all that righteous!” Wen Han coldly swept her gaze, “Whatever!”

The purpose had been achieved; she had no reason to stay here any longer.

She turned to leave but suddenly heard Su Zeheng’s voice from behind.

“Wen Han, wait!!”

“Hmm?” Wen Han turned her head disdainfully. “What is it?”