Chapter 1055: A Life for a Life

Ye Hao could vaguely make out the sounds of someone sobbing when he returned home and he knew that Wang Lan’s parents were sobbing in his house.

He could have kicked them out of his house since he had already divorced Han Xue but he didn’t do so.

He couldn’t deny the fact that Wang Lan had worked for the Ye family for four years and that she had met her untimely end because of her work here.

It didn’t matter whether Wang Lan had gotten too greedy for her own good, or did not know where her limits were; the Ye family had to take responsibility for her death.

Wang Lan’s parents immediately approached him after he walked into the living room. They stood in front of him and seemed as though they wanted to stop him from going any further.

However, they did not curse him as they had done the previous time.

“Mr. Ye…” Wang Lan’s mother Chen Meifeng said as she tugged on his sleeve. “Please refrain from protecting your brother Ye Yi. A life for a life; he deserves to rot in hell,” she said as she bared her teeth. Her bitter hatred toward Ye Yi was clearly written on her face. Wang Lan’s father continued to wipe at his tears as he stood by her side.

They couldn’t see any point in living now that they had lost their daughter.

They were neither rich nor powerful, so this was the only way they could force the Ye family to ensure that their daughter’s case would be fairly treated in court.

Ye Hao blinked and suddenly, tears came out of his eyes.

He could understand why they were doing what they did. They had just lost their only daughter and this was a pain that was worse than death.

“Don’t worry. Ye Yi will have to pay for his crimes. The police are already extradited him, so he’s currently back in the country and is locked up in jail. No one will be able to release him,” Ye Hao said gravely.

He couldn’t bring himself to shield and forgive his brother since his brother had reaped what he had sowed. Ye Yi had committed so many crimes; his father had pulled some strings to prevent him from getting sentenced for dealing arms and drugs, but he had not learned his lesson. He had even gone so far as to commit murder, destroy the body, and also asked his men to deliberate transmit infectious diseases. He deserved to be sentenced to death for his crimes and was not worthy of sympathy.

Wang Lan’s parents hugged each other as they wailed and their wails echoed throughout the halls of the Ye mansion for a long time.

Ye Hao didn’t know how to comfort this devastated couple. Thus, he took out a cheque, scribbled 5 million dollars on it, and told Meng Lin to pass it to Wang Lan’s parents as their retirement fund.

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Xia Jingshu sat in a wheelchair and stared blankly into space in a room upstairs. The plate of food in front of her had grown cold. It had been three days since she had last eaten, so she looked like she was paralyzed.

“Is my mother still refusing to eat?” Ye Hao asked Aunty Wu who was in charge of caring for his mother.

Aunty Wu shook her head. She had tried all sorts of methods but had failed to get Madam Ye to consume any food.

Ye Hao waved her off and said, “Go downstairs and get the chefs to prepare some congee.”

His mother would die if she continued to starve herself.

Ye Hao entered the bedroom and walked right up to his mother. He crouched down and placed a hand on her shoulder.

“Mom, why don’t you get something to eat? Your health will be affected if you continue to starve yourself,” Ye Hao said as he looked at her lovingly. He saw that his mother looked very haggard; her complexion was unnaturally pale, and her eyes stared blankly at the ceiling as though they had no life left in them.

Xia Jingshu shook her head.

She wasn’t refusing to eat but she had no appetite. She couldn’t even bring herself to eat one mouthful of food.

Ye Hao’s spirits sank. His mother wasn’t the only person who had a loss of appetite recently; he found that he couldn’t bring himself to eat either. However, he still continued to force himself to eat. Unlike the rest of the residents in his house, he couldn’t afford to give in to his emotions and anguish.