Chapter 123: Identity Exposed (Part 3)
Jiang Sheng was trembling all over. “Stop, stop. That’s not me. That’s not me.”
Wei Shilai and the others were shocked. What did she mean by he was not Jiang Sheng but Jiang Bing?
Liu Sanniang did not stop. She went on exposing his identity. “You’re the youngest son in the family. You’re not unique. Your parents didn’t abandon you, but they’re waiting for you to die. The entire family is waiting for you to die. You’re so weak that you can’t even hold a bowl properly. The sisters in the family don’t play with you. They laugh at you for being a lousy child.”
“You don’t talk much because if you open your mouth, the wind will blow and you’ll get sick. Every day you live is a torture. You watch them run and eat and laugh. You envy them like crazy. You want to have a healthy body, but you can’t anymore because you were born without one. You never went out and were almost non-existent. Your mother and father wait for you to die. Your relatives never ask about you. Your death is what people expect.”
“That year, a rich family moved in. Before they came over, they built a house. You heard from your parents that this family was rich. They have a son called Jiang Sheng. He’s the only son. He’s been smart since he was young because his parents were knowledgeable. Ever since Jiang Sheng moved in, you can hear him reading every morning.”
“In your heart, you want to become Jiang Sheng. Every day, you’re thinking how good it would be if you were Jiang Sheng. Your spiritual senses are getting stronger and stronger. One day, when you wake up, you realize that the house is different and your body is no longer weak. When you look at your hand, it’s not bony, but fair and fleshy. When you look in the mirror in fear, you see an unfamiliar face. When you run out, you no longer fall and break your leg. Most surprisingly, you hear someone call you Jiang Sheng.”
“You became Jiang Sheng. You were overjoyed, but you were afraid that someone would find out this secret. You climbed over the wall and went back to your dark room. Looking at yourself lying on the bed, you heard yourself saying in a panic. “Who are you? Why are you exactly the same as me?” You told the real Jiang Sheng that your bodies had been swapped. From then on, you would study well in Jiang Sheng’s place and get married, while Jiang Sheng would wait for death in your body.”
“The real Jiang Sheng died not long after. As for you, you lived for ten years with this healthy body. You thought that you could live a good life, but you didn’t expect the Jiang family to go broke. You were resentful. You weren’t cut out to study and didn’t get the life you wanted. Many years later, you were drunk and didn’t wake up. Only then did you realize that you had a strange power. You could create dreams and turn into the person in your dreams. You became Song Yu, Tang Song, Li Sangui, Zhang Yao, and Wen Qinghua.”
Liu Sanniang had already let go of Jiang Bing’s hand.
Officer Zhou came back to his senses and asked. “Why did he kill Yan Lan?”
Why did he have to kill someone when he could just enjoy his life. If Yan Lan didn’t die, her servant girl wouldn’t report the case to the government. If the government didn’t receive the case, they wouldn’t investigate it. If they didn’t investigate it, he wouldn’t be caught.
Liu Sanniang looked at Jiang Bing lying flat on the floor. “Just as I guessed, Yan Lan tested his love towards her by telling him that she was pregnant, which made him want to kill her.”
Yan Lan was a courtesan and a woman of the world. After Song Yu appeared in his life, she wanted to run away with him.
She loved Song Yu, and Song Yu kept saying that he loved her as well. However, sometimes, when one loved too deeply, they would become paranoid. Yan Lan tested Song Yu, pretending to be pregnant.
At that time, Jiang Bing was afraid that his identity would be discovered, so he created a dream for Yan Lan to make her turn hopeless and kill herself.
The bawd wanted to settle this matter quietly but the servant girl, Xiao Zhu, who wanted to be free, reported the case, and that was the beginning of everything.
When the truth was revealed, everyone was shocked. No one expected someone like Jiang Bing to exist in this world.
Liu Sanniang said to Wei Shilai, “Sir, he no longer has any special ability.”
Wei Shilai looked at Jiang Bing. “Miss Liu, thank you.”
If not for Liu Sanniang, they would not have known that Jiang Bing was the real culprit.
Liu Sanniang was a little tired. “It’s what I should do.”
Jiang Bing slowly regained his senses. He looked at Liu Sanniang with hatred and cursed her with the most vicious words. “You don’t know anything. You ruined my life. I curse you. I curse you to die a horrible death and die without descendants!”
When Lin Zheng heard Jiang Bing’s vicious curse, he immediately strode forward, tore off the cloth covering Jiang Bing’s eyes, and punched him twice. There was no need to be afraid of Jiang Bing. Lin Zheng grabbed Jiang Bing’s collar and said, “You’re the one who doesn’t care about the law and kills people wantonly. You will be punished for your evil acts!”
Jiang Bing was punched twice and he curled up in pain.
After a while, he laughed sinisterly. “Hahahaha. I will be punished for my evil acts. Hahaha, how funny is that?”
No one cared about what Jiang Bing said because he was not worthy of sympathy at all. Not only did he not cherish his life after becoming Jiang Sheng, but he also killed someone.
If he lived a good life, who would discover his true identity? He had the healthy body which he always prayed for. He could read and do things that he didn’t dare to think about in the past. However, he wasn’t grateful and wanted more.
It was infuriating.
Lin Zheng gritted his teeth and said, “You’re just reaping what you sow. You took someone else’s identity, but you were not satisfied with it. The real Jiang Sheng was innocent. No one knew that he was Jiang Sheng even after he died. What right do you have to think that you’re innocent?”
Jiang Bing fell silent. He did not bother listening to Lin Zheng. Instead, he looked at Liu Sanniang resentfully. If she had not interfered, he would not have ended up like this.
Wei Shilai looked at Jiang Bing. “It’s good that his ability is stripped away. He will pay the price for what he has done and receive his punishment.”
As if having gone mad, Jiang Bing shouted with bloodshot eyes. “I won’t give up. I’m different from others. I will definitely regain that power again. After that, I will turn the world upside down.”