Chapter 1

"Father, Mother, I can finally avenge you two!" In the old residence of the Bao family in Sanjia Alley, Zhongtian City, Bao Feiyang bowed three times to the portraits of his deceased parents, then stood up, his expression a mix of grief and the thrill of impending revenge. He clenched his fists and said, "This time, I will make the Lu family taste the bitterness of losing everything!"

His thoughts drifted back to over a decade ago:

In May 1992, just as Bao Feiyang was about to graduate from university, a mysterious disaster suddenly befell his family. His uncle, Bao Guoqiang, was framed by his political rival, Lu Zhongcheng, and lost his candidacy for mayor of Zhongtian City, with Lu Zhongcheng taking his place. After Lu Zhongcheng became mayor, he did not let Bao Guoqiang off the hook, fabricating charges to frame him and send him to prison.

Bao Feiyang's father, Bao Guosheng, was a professor at Zhongtian University of Technology. He offended Lu Zhongcheng by accompanying his aunt, Xue Hanmei, to Lu Zhongcheng's office to question him. Under Lu Zhongcheng's instructions, his son, Lu Weiguo, approached the leadership of Zhongtian University of Technology. Subsequently, despite knowing that Bao Guosheng had heart disease and was unsuitable for work in high-altitude areas, the university leadership forcibly assigned him to a Tibetan aid mission. Less than a month after arriving in the highlands, Bao Guosheng died in the hospital from acute altitude sickness.

Upon hearing the news of her husband's death, Bao Feiyang's mother, Zhou Xiaofang, fell ill on the spot. She lost her appetite and, in just a few days, a woman in her forties aged to look like a woman in her sixties. After suffering on her sickbed for two months, Zhou Xiaofang passed away, filled with endless grief.

When Zhou Xiaofang died, Bao Feiyang had just graduated from university. After burying his mother's ashes with his father, he left the heart-wrenching city of Zhongtian and moved south to Guangdong Province. After more than a decade of hard work, Bao Feiyang achieved success in his career, becoming the owner of a large ceramic chemical company in Yuehai City, with a net worth of several billion. However, his wealth did not bring him happiness. The tragic fate of his parents always lingered in his mind, and his greatest wish was to bring down Lu Zhongcheng and seek justice for his parents. But by then, Lu Zhongcheng had become the vice governor of Zhongjiang Province. Even with his billions, Bao Feiyang knew it was almost impossible to bring down a vice governor.

Fortunately, justice was served, albeit belatedly. A year ago, Lu Zhongcheng was arrested for massive corruption, and the crimes he committed in framing Bao Guoqiang were also revealed. But what good was delayed justice? After more than a decade in prison, Bao Guoqiang, once a promising political star, had become a slow-witted, dying old man. Although his wrongful conviction was overturned, he had no chance of a comeback after losing the most precious years of his life. Bao Feiyang's deceased parents, of course, could not be brought back to life. Moreover, while Lu Zhongcheng was in prison, his son, Lu Weiguo, who had relentlessly framed the Bao family, continued to live a luxurious life as one of the four prominent young men of Zhongtian. How could Bao Feiyang accept this?

Finally, an opportunity arose. Three months ago, Bao Feiyang learned that Lu Weiguo had entered the ceramic raw materials market, becoming the agent for a popular Italian red ceramic pigment. Coincidentally, Bao Feiyang had been researching a substitute for this Italian pigment for years and had just succeeded. His new pigment cost only half as much as the Italian product and was 70% more effective.

Seeing this golden opportunity, how could Bao Feiyang let it slip away? He did not rush to produce the new pigment but instead spread rumors that several ceramic companies were interested in the domestic agency rights for the Italian pigment. He also collaborated with several peers in the ceramic industry in Yuehai City to conduct a field inspection in Italy.

The ceramic industry in Yuehai City was a leader in the national ceramic industry. Upon hearing the news, Lu Weiguo, fearing that the agency rights would be snatched by large companies in Yuehai City, cobbled together over five billion yuan and secured the mainland agency rights for the Italian pigment by purchasing five thousand tons in one go.

Seeing Lu Weiguo spend over five billion yuan to bring back five thousand tons of the Italian pigment from Italy, Bao Feiyang almost burst out laughing. Once his new pigment hit the market, the value of Lu Weiguo's five thousand tons of Italian pigment would plummet. If he could sell them for one billion yuan, he would be lucky.

Bao Feiyang had thoroughly investigated Lu Weiguo's situation: of the over five billion yuan, less than two billion was his own money, and the rest was high-interest loans. Although Lu Weiguo still bore the title of one of the four prominent young men of Zhongtian, he was now just a shell. After Lu Zhongcheng was placed under investigation, Lu Weiguo lost his influence in Zhongtian. After Lu Zhongcheng was sentenced to life in prison, Lu Weiguo became a pariah in the upper circles of Longcheng. How could a former governor's son have fallen to the point of taking high-interest loans? If the five billion yuan were reduced to just one billion, Lu Weiguo would not only lose everything but also be unable to repay the high-interest loans. Those who lent the money were ruthless and would not let Lu Weiguo off the hook. If he couldn't pay, he would be doomed!

After making his arrangements, Bao Feiyang waited patiently in Yuehai City. When he learned that Lu Weiguo had completed the customs procedures for the five thousand tons of Italian pigment and stored them in the company warehouse, he could no longer contain his excitement. He drove to the old Bao family residence in Longcheng to report the good news to his parents' spirits.

Holding a glass of wine, Bao Feiyang stood before his parents' portraits. Laughter from the neighbors' family gatherings filled the quiet courtyard and reached his ears. Bao Feiyang stood straight, gazing calmly at his parents' portraits. Since his parents' passing, this was the first time he heard the laughter of others' family reunions without feeling a void in his heart, and the first time he stood before his parents' portraits without feeling ashamed or guilty. After enduring for over a decade, he was finally going to seek justice for the Bao family and make the Lu family taste the consequences of their actions!

After gazing at his parents' portraits for a long time, Bao Feiyang made up his mind. He said to the portraits, "Father, Mother, wait for me! I will return to Yuehai and announce the production process tomorrow, and start producing the new pigment. The day when Lu Weiguo loses everything and is chased by high-interest loan sharks is not far. I will come back and report this good news to you two!"

With that, Bao Feiyang drank the wine in one gulp, carefully put away his parents' portraits, and hung them back on the wall in the living room. He then bowed deeply three times to the portraits before turning and walking out the door.

He was returning to Yuehai to arrange the production and formally take revenge on the Lu family. At this moment, Bao Feiyang should have felt a sense of satisfaction, but for some reason, tears streamed down his face, bitter and astringent, like the past decade of his life...

"Feiyang, is this all you can do for our family? Why are you crying instead of quickly going to take revenge?" A voice seemed to come from the sky. Bao Feiyang looked up and saw the full moon, bright and round, like his father's stern face. "Go back to the company and arrange the production of the new product. Your mother and I are waiting to see the Lu family lose everything and be in a desperate situation!"

"Yes, Feiyang," a star next to the moon twinkled, like his mother's kind eyes. "After avenging your parents, don't dwell on the past. I want your life to be filled with happiness and joy, not the darkness of the past..."

In that instant, Bao Feiyang seemed to understand his parents' wishes. Although it was just an illusion, if his parents were still alive, they would have said the same thing.

Right! He must quickly return to arrange the production of the new pigment, take revenge on Lu Weiguo, and then move on, living a normal life!

Bao Feiyang wiped the tears from his face, as if bidding farewell to the past fifteen years of darkness. He walked out the door with determined steps, his mind already back in Yuehai City, hundreds of kilometers away. Tomorrow, he would deploy his plans there, revealing the secret production process and delivering a fatal blow to the unsuspecting Lu Weiguo!

A Mercedes-Benz 600 was parked opposite the old Bao family residence. Seeing Bao Feiyang come out, the driver quickly jumped out of the car, opened the door, and waited for his boss to get in.

Bao Feiyang walked across the road with a light step, imagining the desperate and狼狈的样子 of Lu Weiguo when he learned about the new pigment's production. A smile of satisfaction appeared on his lips.

As he reached the middle of the road, two blinding lights suddenly shone from the left. Bao Feiyang instinctively turned his head and saw a huge dump truck roaring towards him.

"Oh no!" Bao Feiyang cried out in his mind. He tried to dodge, but it was too late. The speeding dump truck hit him hard.

Bao Feiyang's body was thrown over ten meters, flipping several times in the air before landing heavily on the ground. In the moment his soul left his body, a strange scene appeared before his eyes. He saw an Audi car parked about twenty meters away from the scene. Through the car window, Bao Feiyang could see Lu Weiguo sitting in the driver's seat, grinning maliciously. Next to him, in the passenger seat, was Xu Qiangjun, the laboratory director of Bao Feiyang's company. Only the laboratory director knew about the new pigment besides Bao Feiyang.

In that instant, Bao Feiyang understood. This was not an accident but a murder! He thought he had a sure win and was about to take revenge on Lu Weiguo and avenge his parents, but he never imagined it would end like this!

Bao Feiyang, you underestimated the darkness of human hearts and the ruthlessness of Lu Weiguo!

"I am not willing! I am so angry!"

Bao Feiyang let out a scream in his heart, and his soul turned into a vengeful spirit, drifting away into the distance.

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