CHAPTER 369: CHAPTER 152: LOSE IN THE EAST CORNER, RECOVER UNDER THE MULBERRY TREE

Life is a stage everywhere.

Every leading actor aspires to be a director.

...

Yang Bingzhong was stunned by Ren Zhong’s overwhelming grievance.

It made him somewhat unsure, so much so that he replayed the video Lin Wang just sent to his wrist watch from the beginning.

The starting scene was Ren Zhong furiously using a javelin to kill Bei Lihui.

Yang Bingzhong thought, wasn’t it you who first erupted and killed someone? What’s your accusation about?

He contemplated, "I have a video here. Although videos can also be forged, in this situation, I believe Lin Wang didn’t have the time or the need to fake it. Your argument is meaningless."

On this side, Ren Zhong, feeling extremely wronged, gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Yang, don’t you know Lin Wang yet? This person is treacherous and vicious, yet he has a good reputation. The video he sent you is definitely incomplete. What I have here is the truth!"

Lin Wang could record videos, and so could Ren Zhong, and he recorded even earlier, more thoroughly prepared, and with a more professional angle.

He was both an actor, a director, and a screenwriter.

Every line he exchanged with Lin Wang was meticulously designed.

Indeed, before dying, Lin Wang sent a distress message and video to Yang Bingzhong, but it was not complete, cutting off the beginnings and ends. It only recorded the scene after interference flares and a motorboat explosion, where the furious Ren Zhong killed Bei Lihui, followed by Lin Wang himself threatening in Yang Bingzhong’s name.

He didn’t even include Ren Zhong’s line "a life-and-death struggle," starting directly with Ren Zhong madly rushing in to instantly kill Bei Lihui with a javelin.

If Yang Bingzhong only watched Lin Wang’s video, he would think Ren Zhong was insidious, ruthless, ungrateful, and unreasonable.

But after watching Ren Zhong’s "entire" video from his perspective, the moral dynamics completely reversed.

Ren Zhong’s video was recorded much earlier and was much more comprehensive, starting from when he reported Si Mawan’s death to Lin Wang.

While Yang Bingzhong was watching, Ren Zhong was still narrating concurrently.

"At that time, I watched helplessly as Si Mawan died miserably but was powerless, feeling extremely devastated. I wanted to ask Lin Wang for help, but who knew their situation was even worse than mine? However, Lin Wang was deceiving me from then on. He said it was just hanging by a thread and that I should come back. Now I understand; he wanted me to return as bait to help him and Bei Lihui escape! How ridiculous, back then I didn’t know anything and was even hesitating and blaming myself!"

In the video, Ren Zhong was riding along the mountains.

Since the tactical helmet Ren Zhong wore also had facial recognition and pupil tracking cameras inside, Yang Bingzhong could switch to the helmet view, witnessing Ren Zhong’s ever-changing facial expressions while traveling.

Fear, hesitation, tension, guilt...

Watching this scene, Yang Bingzhong couldn’t help but sigh to himself.

Previously, he tried to snatch someone from Lin Wang’s hands but was instead rejected by Ren Zhong.

Ren Zhong’s reason was actually his gratitude for Lin Wang’s benevolence in lending him money, wanting to repay the favor.

At that time, Yang Bingzhong thought Ren Zhong had a certain rigid mindset, naively simple and laughable.

Now it seemed, his initial judgment was indeed correct.

At that moment, Ren Zhong was truly in a battle of will, weighing carefully whether to save or not!

Such personality was truly rare in Starfire Town.

Considering the previous intelligence Lin Wang submitted about Ren Zhong, Yang Bingzhong was willing to bet a hundred million that Ren Zhong was definitely once an Advanced Citizen, living in a top-tier bustling metropolis, worry-free since childhood, never having been exposed to the world of the wastelanders. Surely his social circle growing up was full of "detached from worldly matters" citizen heirs.

Only in that kind of environment could such a "good person" be shaped.

The scene fast-forwarded slightly to the part where Ren Zhong confessed to having taken Si Mawan’s money but failed to save her.

Yang Bingzhong paused and asked, "Is Si Mawan really dead?"

Ren Zhong: "Mr. Yang... this..."

"Just tell the truth."

Ren Zhong sighed, "She is indeed dead. It’s also my fault. At the time, I was scared and hesitant, looking for an excuse to refuse her. But she thought I wanted money and actually transferred money to me. After taking her money, I decisively went to save her but was a step too late. Alas."

Yang Bingzhong: "Did she say anything before she died? Do you have a video?"

Ren Zhong shook his head remotely, "The incident happened suddenly, I didn’t have the combat recording on. She did say one thing."

"What?"

"While transferring the money to me, she said she had a secret of yours, Mr. Yang, worth millions."

Yang Bingzhong: "Oh? Did she say it in the end?"

"I wasn’t interested in your secret, Mr. Yang. Besides, by then I had decided to save her and had begun heading towards her. So, she didn’t say anything more. Unfortunately, I couldn’t save her, and I could only watch her being torn to pieces by the Ruined Beast."