Chapter 1285: Unexpected! This is too ruthless!

Lin Lang walked unsteadily out of the gate of Shanghai Central Hospital.

The night wind ruffled Lin Lang's hair. He took out a Capri Long cigarette from his pocket, lit it with trembling hands, and the scarlet flame flickered in the night.

He leaned against the wall, taking one drag after another. The pungent smell of the smoke stung his eyes, but it also suppressed the churning pain in his heart.

In the time it takes to smoke a cigarette, his restless emotions gradually subsided, and the evening breeze dried the tear stains on his cheeks, leaving only a slight tightness and astringency.

Lin Lang looked up at the night sky. The crescent moon was obscured by clouds, and the dim light could not even see through.

He chuckled, a self-deprecating and callous tone in his voice.

"Oh shit!"

"Who the hell said the moon was rounder 20 years ago?"

Is it round?

"How come I didn't see a single thing?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Lang no longer hesitated. His mind sank, and his time-traveling superpower was instantly triggered.

A sharp "whoosh" exploded in my ears, and the surrounding darkness suddenly distorted, turning the streetlights and pedestrians into blurry shadows.

A dizzying, spinning sensation washes over you.

A lightning-fast pulling force enveloped Lin Lang, and everything around him became a rapidly receding blur.

However, in an instant, that feeling of upheaval vanished.

The next second, the timeline shifts to the summer of 1996 in a parallel universe.

Lin Lang staggered to his feet, and when he opened his eyes again, what he saw was that crossroads that was etched into his bones and that he even wanted to tear apart in his dreams.

His heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, a sharp pain that made it hard for him to breathe.

On this very day, not long after taking the college entrance examination, I received a phone call that said I would never see my parents again.

Every brick and tile at the intersection where the incident occurred, the roadside trees, and even the illuminated sign of the convenience store at the intersection, were exactly the same as Lin Lang remembered.

A piercing pain surged through him, but Lin Lang gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down.

He closed his eyes briefly and then opened them again, his eyes filled with unwavering resolve.

So what if it hurts?

This is a day he will eventually have to face.

This time, at least he can choose to save his mother.

As Lin Lang gazed at the familiar crossroads before him, the most heart-wrenching pain of the past instantly washed over him.

This day was the most painful and desperate day of his life, without exception.

The glaring red he saw when he arrived at the scene, and the cold corpses of his parents, brought back a flood of sorrowful memories that gripped Lin Lang's heart as if it were about to explode. Even breathing made his heart ache.

Just as the pain was about to engulf Lin Lang, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black Santana parked in the shadows beside the intersection. The car was still running, and the headlights were dim, yet they exuded an eerie aura.

The car window was half-rolled down, and the driver inside was looking up, staring with bloodshot, cloudy eyes. He had one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand was holding a half-empty bottle of liquor, which he was gulping down. The liquor was running down his chin and soaking his shirt.

Lin Lang's heart tightened, his gaze fixed on the car's license plate. Just one glance made his blood freeze, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

That's right, it's this license plate number!

It was this car, this drunk driving bastard, that caused this disaster at this intersection, killing not only Lin Lang's parents but also himself in that horrific accident!

But looking at it now, it's clear that the male driver in the Santana was not out of control due to alcohol.

He was clearly determined to go all out, sitting motionless in the car with his eyes fixed on the direction of the intersection!

How could it seem like a chance encounter?

They were clearly planning to stay here and wait!

Before Lin Lang could recover from his shock, the system notification in his mind suddenly rang out.

"Ding! Friendly reminder to the host: Chen Bin, the drunk driver who caused the deaths of your parents, is the husband of your father's mistress, Liu Xiaomei."

"Fuck!"

Lin Lang cursed under his breath, his whole body trembled violently, and he staggered in disbelief.

Lin Lang was completely dumbfounded. His shock surged into a huge wave, but when it reached his lips, all that remained was a cold, blank expression.

It turns out that the tragic deaths of Lin Lang's parents back then were not a simple accident at all!

It was certainly not a coincidence that the driver lost control due to drunk driving!

It was all because of Lin's father's shady emotional entanglements that this catastrophic disaster was brought upon Lin Lang and his mother!

Upon learning the truth, Lin Lang felt a surge of malevolence rush to his head, and his palms uncontrollably crackled with tiny sparks of electricity—a prelude to the meteorological summoning spell drawing lightning.

He stared at the black Santana with bloodshot eyes, his murderous intent surging within them. If he were to become even more reckless, thunder would gather in the clouds above and strike that vengeful bastard to death on the spot.

At this critical moment, the system's urgent voice exploded in Lin Lang's mind, carrying an undeniable warning.

"Ding! Friendly reminder to the host: Absolutely not!"

"Today, one of your parents will suffer a bloody disaster and die on the spot. Only then can the cycle of fate be closed. Otherwise, under the backlash of defying fate, both of your parents will die!"

These words were like a bucket of ice water, poured hard into Lin Lang's heart.

The sparks in his palm instantly died down, and the surging malevolence around him froze in place, tears falling uncontrollably once more.

Lin Lang clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked; he was filled with anger and resentment.

"Oh shit!"

Lin Lang let out a suppressed roar, his voice hoarse as if it had been sanded, "Am I just supposed to watch helplessly as this damned bastard murders my parents?!"

The system's voice remained cold, but now carried an undeniable resolve: "The only feasible solution for the host is to save one of your parents beforehand. There is no other way."

Lin Lang stared intently at the Santana, his anger surging so fiercely it felt like it would burst from the top of his head. He roared inwardly, "Just because my dad slept with his wife, does that mean he's going to go crazy and plot murder for revenge?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the system notification sounded again.

"Ding! Your father did much more than just sleep with someone else's wife."

"It was an unexpected discovery by the other party that the child they had poured all their love into raising for five years was not their biological child at all."

"Holy shit!" Lin Lang exclaimed in shock.

His mind went blank for a moment, and he asked incredulously, "System, don't talk nonsense! Could it be that the child is my dad's?"

"Yes." The system's voice was completely flat, those three words, though seemingly casual, carried the weight of a mountain.

Lin Lang froze on the spot, as if struck by an invisible thunderbolt. His blood froze instantly, and he even forgot to breathe.

He felt dizzy and disoriented, as if the ground beneath his feet had been sucked away, leaving him completely bewildered.

That overwhelming despair, a chilling coldness that seemed to shake the heavens and earth, surged through Lin Lang's spine and made him gasp.

He never imagined that his father's shameful and outrageous affairs would lead to such a devastating debt.

The fact that the child they raised for five years wasn't their biological child isn't just a simple case of being cheated on; it's clearly a deep-seated hatred. No wonder Chen Bin was determined to destroy their entire family with the intention of taking them all down with him.

"Isn't this a fucking disaster!" Lin Lang cursed through gritted teeth, his voice filled with hatred and bitterness, his chest tight with unease.

"I never expected my dad to be even more skilled at it than I am!"

"Shouldn't a scumbag at least have some basic bottom line?"

"Not only did he sleep with someone's wife, but he also left behind a child, making that person suffer the consequences of his actions for five years. Isn't that just courting death?"

The more Lin Lang thought about it, the more absurd and chilling it seemed. The last vestiges of guilt and reluctance he felt towards his father were now shattered by these ridiculous events, leaving only a feeling of coldness in his heart.

"Lust is a knife hanging over one's head," this saying is absolutely true!

Lin Lang let out a self-deprecating and sorrowful laugh, his eyes full of mockery. "This is no accident at all, it's my dad's own karma!"

"Why do you have to drag my mom down with you?!"

The system replied: "Husbands and wives are bound by a shared destiny. It's perfectly normal for your father to drag your mother down with him."

Lin Lang asked in astonishment, "Then I'm a philandering scumbag too, how come I'm okay?"

The system replied: "Although the host's moral bottom line is not high, at least he does not steal other people's love, and he basically does not provoke married women. At least he has not done anything like cheating on another man and making him raise your child."

Lin Lang's head was buzzing, and he said with a sigh, "Could it be that I have a half-brother in this world?"

The system replied: "It's your younger sister."

Lin Lang was completely exasperated after hearing this, and angrily exclaimed, "This is just too damn melodramatic!"

"System, why didn't you tell me this before?"

"I'm sorry, host!"

"Before you decided to travel through time to revive your deceased parents, your father had been dead for so many years, yet there were no conditions to trigger the relevant prompts!"

The system's reply was also correct.

Just then, Lin Lang's father drove the silver Jetta sedan, the company car, with Shen Cuiping in the passenger seat, into the intersection on the way home.

Lin Lang's heart clenched instantly, and he was so nervous that his whole body was trembling.

Chen Bin suddenly slammed the bottle of liquor he was holding out of the car window, shattering it into pieces on the ground.

His eyes were bloodshot, his fierce pupils surging with a world-destroying hatred, and a ruthless grin spread across his lips as he slammed his right foot on the accelerator.

The Santana's engine roared like a beast, the exhaust pipe spewing black smoke, and the car lurched forward like a runaway bull, charging straight toward Lin's father's silver Jetta!

The moment the red light turned on, Mr. Lin slammed on the brakes and stopped at the intersection. With a beaming smile, he turned to his wife and said, "Honey, I have great news for you! I've been promoted to senior professional title in the institute!"

"That's wonderful, honey!"

"Now that you've been promoted to full professor, doesn't that mean you can compete for the position of vice dean?"

As soon as Shen Cuiping finished speaking, the black Santana sedan, carrying an overwhelming aura of ferocity, sped so fast that it was just a blur, its front pointing directly at the driver's side of the Jetta. It was clear that it intended to crush Lin's father and his seat together!