Chapter 194: It’s Actually a Matter of Luck

Li Kewei felt that his luck this year was extremely bad. He went to a nightclub to drink and find a girl, something he had done countless times before, but this time he was drugged, leading him straight down the criminal path of causing an accident while driving, reckless driving, and seriously injuring others.

Even after he was locked up in the detention center, he still felt like he was dreaming.

Then, his dream was brutally shattered. On the first night, among the dozen or so people in the same cell, three of them dragged him to the toilet in the middle of the night, stuffed his mouth with a dirty sock, and beat him mercilessly. Finally, they pushed his head into the toilet bowl, almost choking him to death several times.

He didn’t know how much toilet water he had drunk, but that night was the most painful torment he had ever experienced in his life.

The three men didn’t say a word throughout the entire process, their coordination was skillful, and it was obviously not the first time they had done this.

Li Kewei begged for mercy several times to no avail. They only let him go after he almost passed out several times.

But at this point, Li Kewei felt that he had already lost half his life.

That night, he was so cold and trembling that he couldn’t sleep, nor did he dare to.

During the cell inspection the next day, the bloodshot-eyed Li Kewei immediately cried for help and reported the incident, identifying the three men. Of course, the three inmates denied it, but even so, they were put in solitary confinement and punished. Justice was finally served.

Li Kewei also applied to be transferred to another cell and was approved.

However, in this new iron cage, he was tortured again at night, and the methods were even more cruel than the previous night. He cried out to heaven and earth, but no one answered. He fainted from the pain several times, only to be quickly woken up again.

The next day during the cell inspection, Li Kewei, feeling like he had come back from hell, once again sought help and reported the incident. These three new inmates were also punished, but he was also starved for a day as a consequence.

However, he finally succeeded in applying for another cell change.

This was his third night here, and this night completely caused him lifelong physical and mental trauma. It was another three new, tall and burly inmates. He was dragged to the toilet again and tortured.

After it was over, the three villains left with satisfaction, leaving him alone in the toilet to cry. Several times he thought of ending it all, but in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to do it because he was afraid of the pain.

On the new day, the tormented and ravaged Li Kewei once again reported and accused the three new inmates. Of course, these three villains also denied it with innocent faces. This time, the prison authorities did not accept his accusation and report, and of course, they did not punish his three new inmates.

After the cell inspection was over and the iron cage returned to calm, the leading inmate came over with a grin and teased him, “You served me very well last night. Let me give you a heads-up, you’ve offended someone you shouldn’t have. I think you should just accept your fate. Do whatever you’re told to do. Otherwise, you’re just asking for trouble. Understand?”

Li Kewei’s eyes were red as he asked in a trembling voice, “Who… who told you to do this to me?”

The villain chuckled and shook his head, “We don’t know, and even if we did, we definitely wouldn’t tell you. We’re just doing a job for money, so don’t blame us. Just blame yourself for offending someone.”

“Is it Guo Mengyao? And that Chen Feng?” Li Kewei gritted his teeth as he said these two names. He especially spat out the name of the adulterer, Chen Feng, through clenched teeth.

The villain was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, “Looks like you already know, don’t you? Why are you still asking me?”

In fact, this villain really didn’t know who was paying them to do this. He had only received the task through a middleman. However, seeing Li Kewei so clearly state two names, he thought Li Kewei already knew, so he just said it casually.

And so, a not-so-beautiful misunderstanding occurred.

Li Kewei thought the villain had indirectly confirmed his suspicion. His heart was instantly filled with deep-seated hatred for Chen Feng and Guo Mengyao, but also with deep-seated fear.

He guessed that the one who had bribed these prisoners to torture and torment him was probably the adulterer, Chen Feng.

After all, Guo Mengyao was his wife. Even if they had little affection for each other now, Guo Mengyao wouldn’t be so ruthless, if only for the sake of their daughter.

Only Chen Feng, his wife’s adulterous lover, would have the motive and hatred to be so ruthless to him.

But when he thought about how the other party could contact and bribe prisoners in several different cells to deal with him, it went without saying that the other party was a major villain, and also a person with money and power.

He was now imprisoned, and he had no powerful relatives or friends outside. He couldn’t resist at all.

The only way to get out of this predicament was to submit to the adulterous couple, Guo Mengyao and Chen Feng. Their ultimate goal was just to get him to divorce Guo Mengyao sooner, preferably with him getting a smaller share of her assets, or even none at all.

Li Kewei was not stupid and quickly figured out the key to the matter.

So, when Guo Mengyao suddenly came to see him with a lawyer that afternoon, looking confident and asking him to sign the divorce agreement, and not at all surprised to see his bruised and swollen face, all his original侥幸 and doubts disappeared.

The inhuman torture he had suffered for the past three days was all the fault of this adulterous couple!

Li Kewei wished he could eat his wife, Guo Mengyao, alive, but in the end, he was the fish on the chopping block. A wise man doesn’t fight a losing battle. He could bend and stretch, so he cowered.

After briefly reading the divorce agreement and seeing that it actually left him a house and five million in cash, he felt a trace of relief and gratitude.

After that, he begged Guo Mengyao to let him go and to stop others from bullying him.

Guo Mengyao naturally assumed that Chen Feng had arranged for someone in prison to use some means on him, so she readily agreed. After all, Li Kewei had signed the agreement very readily this time. Not only did he not ask for more money, but he also directly gave her custody of their daughter, without even asking for visitation rights.

Of course, by the time he got out of prison, their daughter would be a grown woman, so there would be no point in talking about visitation rights then.

It was all just such a coincidence!

Chen Feng was now used to the various coincidences that happened to him, so he was very calm and not surprised.

But Guo Mengyao was different. In her eyes, such a coincidence was almost impossible in reality.

So, she asked again, “Did you really not get someone to do his ideological work?”

“I really didn’t,” Chen Feng answered honestly, then said, “Don’t worry about it. Hasn’t he already signed the divorce agreement? You’re single again, so you don’t have to worry too much about this matter.”

“But he is my daughter’s biological father, after all, and I promised him that he wouldn’t be beaten up again… Now, doesn’t this mean I’ve broken my promise… Chen Feng, help me think of a way. Even if it’s for my daughter’s sake?”

In the end, Guo Mengyao still didn’t believe Chen Feng’s words. She thought he was deliberately trying to avoid suspicion.

And Chen Feng thought to himself, I’ve never even met your daughter, what face does she have with me? But speaking of which, he could be considered her daughter’s cheap uncle. In Guo Mengyao’s eyes, he might even be her daughter’s cheap stepfather in the future, her junior, so she did have some face.

Moreover, he had already established a very impressive persona in her mind. If he didn’t agree to this, it would make him seem narrow-minded, as if he was being ruthless to his love rival.

Sure enough, lying is not easy, especially for a braggart who doesn’t want his bluff to be called. There was a whole series of systematic engineering to be done later.

“Alright. I’ll think of a way.”

In the end, Chen Feng could only agree, and then hoped that his “Emperor of Europe” attribute would work its magic again.

“That’s good.” Seeing Chen Feng agree, Guo Mengyao was immediately relieved. No matter what, she was still a woman. She had once been in love with Li Kewei, and seeing his desolate and miserable state in prison now, she couldn’t help but feel a little pity.

“Chen Feng, I really thank you so much this time. How should I repay you?”

After finishing the serious business, Guo Mengyao started flirting with Chen Feng.

Chen Feng played along and said, “Then you can repay me with your body.”

“You’re annoying! That doesn’t count.”

“Then you can just unlock a few more new skills. I just discovered last time that your knowledge is quite rich.”

“You’re so annoying, can’t you say something serious?”

“Something serious…”

Just as Chen Feng was about to say something, his head suddenly spun, his body swayed, and he sat down on the bed with a thud. Then he felt liquid flowing from his nose. He subconsciously reached up to touch it, and saw his hand covered in blood…

A nosebleed, and his head was dizzy. Was the brain cancer acting up?!

Chen Feng’s heart suddenly accelerated, or rather, it had already been accelerating.

Chen Feng was panicking. He felt the Grim Reaper’s scythe on his neck.

After being diagnosed with a terminal illness and getting divorced, his life had been getting better and better. Beautiful women came one after another, and his spiritual, material, and physical enjoyment were all much better than before.

And now, his head was dizzy, his nose was bleeding, and his terminal illness was acting up.

So next, was he waiting to drop dead on the spot?

“Chen Feng! Chen Feng! Why aren’t you talking? Hello…”

The phone had fallen onto the quilt at some point, and Guo Mengyao’s voice came from it, sounding like it was from the horizon, yet also right next to his ear.

At this moment, he certainly couldn’t be bothered to talk to her anymore.

The thumping of his heart also seemed to be ringing in his ears.

Blood kept flowing from his nose, as if it couldn’t be stopped.

Chen Feng subconsciously wiped it with his hand, and both his hands were covered in blood.

Fortunately, although his head was dizzy and ringing a little, his consciousness was still clear, and his body could still move. He quickly reached over, grabbed a pack of tissues from the bedside table, and began to wipe the flowing nosebleed.

A few minutes later, the nosebleed finally stopped. The floor was covered with blood-stained tissues.

Chen Feng’s head was still a little dizzy, but it was slightly better than before.

This finally made Chen Feng feel a little relieved. At least he wasn’t dead yet.

He had almost called for an ambulance just now, but he held back in the end. The reason was simple: it would be useless.

If he died, he died. But if he didn’t die, and his family found out about his terminal illness because of this, it would only make them worry and sad for him.

This sudden dizziness, nosebleed, and accelerated heartbeat were undoubtedly symptoms of a terminal illness. The fact that he didn’t have these symptoms before was actually a bit abnormal.

But after his divorce, these symptoms had disappeared. Why did they suddenly reappear now?

What was the reason for this change?

Chen Feng’s mind also cleared up at this point. After careful consideration, he quickly deduced the key.

That was, he had gone to Guangcheng this time and hadn’t absorbed the invisible energy from the paintings and calligraphy for three or four days in a row. After returning home, he had also occasionally missed a day of absorption.

Also, these past few days, he had been busy with Guo Mengyao’s affairs, his uncle’s affairs, and buying the shop.

In short, there were a lot of things.

And then, the scene just now happened: dizziness and a nosebleed.

Thinking of this, Chen Feng immediately went to the wardrobe and took out a painting that he hadn’t completely absorbed yet. He looked at it carefully, then quickly entered a meditative state and began to absorb it.

About an hour later, the energy of the painting was completely absorbed by Chen Feng, and he also came out of his meditative state.

Then, he miraculously discovered that all the discomfort in his body had completely disappeared.

Chen Feng was overjoyed. From this, he could deduce that absorbing the invisible energy from paintings and calligraphy was beneficial for his terminal illness. It might not be a cure, but it definitely played a role in inhibiting and delaying it to some extent.

The effect of these paintings and calligraphy was confirmed again, and their importance in Chen Feng’s mind was raised to a new level.

Before, he had only been collecting them with a “what if” mentality, plus the fact that absorbing the energy from the paintings and calligraphy did make him feel better. But now that it was finally confirmed to be effective against his terminal illness, he truly began to take it seriously.

At the same time, it also invigorated Chen Feng, because he had finally found a life-saving straw, a hope for life.

Chen Feng immediately picked up his phone and contacted the calligraphers and photographers he had added as friends before, asking them if they had any new works.

He hadn’t contacted any of them at all during his trip home for the New Year.

One reason was that he still had a lot in stock, and the other was of course related to him not taking it very seriously.

After asking around, two of them replied quickly and even sent pictures of their new works. Then, at Chen Feng’s request, they also sent videos.

His luck was very good. Chen Feng felt that two of the works met his requirements. He immediately said he wanted to buy them. After some bargaining, the two sides happily reached a deal.

Chen Feng directly transferred the full agreed price, 150,000 for one and 80,000 for the other, very readily.

The two were also very straightforward and said they would send the works to him the next morning.

Chen Feng gave them the address of Red Villa Bay in Xiuzhou. He had already decided to go back to Xiuzhou tomorrow.

He had originally considered staying for a few more days, waiting for the new car detailing shop to be renovated and officially open.

But now he was eager to go back to Xiuzhou, to absorb as much energy as possible from these paintings and photographs, to see if a miracle could happen and cure his terminal illness.

Having found hope for life, other things were naturally not very important to Chen Feng.

So, although Chen Feng had experienced a near-death feeling tonight and had a lot of nosebleeds, his mood was exceptionally good.

After finalizing the two new energy works, Chen Feng was finally in the mood to call Guo Mengyao and briefly explain, saying that his phone had fallen into the toilet earlier and he had just fixed it.

Guo Mengyao believed him and laughed happily, asking him what brand his phone was, that the quality was so good.

Chen Feng said with a smile that the brand was not important, luck was very important. Many phones advertised as waterproof still got water in them and were ruined. On the other hand, some phones that didn’t advertise their waterproof performance could still be used after being dropped in water and fished out.

It was actually a matter of luck!

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