Chapter 121

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Lin Mo really wanted to get his mental health under control.

But his body wouldn’t obey him.

After only two or three hours of sleep, at the faintest hint of dawn, he woke up.

In that time, he’d even had two nightmares.

Upon waking, Lin Mo looked at the camera placed on the dashboard for a while.

He discovered that around 4 a.m., a car had left from the direction of house

number 139.

It must have been Chen Kainan!

Turning off the camera, Lin Mo drove away, planning to grab some breakfast.

He arrived at a breakfast stall and bought a few buns and a cup of soy milk.

But he couldn’t eat much before he felt nauseous.

For the past ten days or so, Lin Mo’s diet had been irregular, sometimes going a day or two without eating anything.

His body was gradually starting to act up.

Lin Mo fought back the nausea, forcing himself to finish all the buns.

Then he gulped down the cup of soy milk in one go.

Gasp after gasp of air followed.

Yet, just from eating a few buns and a cup of soy milk, cold sweat covered his forehead.

Looking at himself in the rearview mirror… Lin Mo was somewhat startled.

The hair at his temples had grayed, resembling that of a man in his fifties or sixties.

His hair was a mess, his beard unkempt.

He looked ghastly pale, with flaking lips and bloodshot eyes.

“It’s almost over!”

Lin Mo stared at his own reflection in the rearview mirror.

Tonight, all of this would reach its conclusion.

After tonight, he could return to a normal life!

Earning money, investing, doing business, seizing opportunities, being with family, sharing laughter, seeing the smiles of loved ones every day…

“Tonight,”

“Success is the only option, failure is not!”

In Lin Mo’s bloodshot eyes, determination was absolute!

That day, Lin Mo wasn’t idle either.

He made a lot of preparations.

He went to the barber, got a haircut, and even had a full-body massage.

He dyed his hair back to its original color.

He seemed to regain vitality.

After all that, he called Li Jinwen.

He talked with his wife for a long time.

He also spent a long time talking with his daughter.

He had conversations with his mother and sister as well.

His father had woken up, but was too weak to speak.

After the video call with his family,

Lin Mo cried.

Alone in his car, he wept bitterly.

But after crying, he became even more resolute, even more sharp!

His family was waiting for him to return,

Tonight, he must win!

However, despite being determined to win, Lin Mo also prepared for the worst.

He opened his email.

He wrote many emails.

These were letters for his wife and daughter, set to be sent out a few days later.

If anything unexpected happened to him, then in a few days, Li Jinwen s inbox would receive these letters, or rather, his last will and testament.

In these emails, Lin Mo entrusted Li Jinwen with many things and instructed her on what she should do next.

He warned Li Jinwen that their adversary was terrifying and that she must not go to the police, or else his death would be in vain.

To take the family back to their hometown and live well.

The child in her belly, to be named Lin Ping’an regardless of gender, meaning

‘safe and sound.’

Zhang Yihua’s investment would bring enormous returns, enough for a lifetime for the family.

Then there were the apologies to Li Jinwen.

He was sorry he could not keep his promise to grow old together, to spend the rest of their lives with each other.

If there were an afterlife, he would surely marry her again.

The letters to his daughter were the most numerous.

For her 10th birthday, her 20th birthday, getting into college, wedding congratulations, her 30th birthday, her 40th birthday… he wrote nine letters in total.

The person Lin Mo was most concerned about was actually his daughter.

In the email, he told Li Jinwen to wait until his daughter’s birthday each time before giving them to her.

And he asked Li Jinwen to take good care of his daughter on his behalf.

For the better part of the day, Lin Mo spent it composing these messages.

In that time, his tears would dry only to start flowing again.

Of course, he wanted to return alive.

But if he faced a situation where he had to stake his life, he wouldn t hesitate for a moment!

He had made so many efforts just to ensure the safety of his family!

No matter what, he had to ensure the safety of his family!

Night.

Around 10 p.m.

Having made all the preparations, Lin Mo once again arrived near house number 139.

After parking his car, he tried to avoid surveillance and found a very secluded spot in the village with no cameras around and dense wiring.

He had scouted this location earlier in the day.

Rural transformers providing unidirectional power means that rural transformers supply electricity in single phase, which involves powering with one line while the other does not supply power, keeping electricity consumption in check.

This method of power supply has many drawbacks.

Unstable power quality, safety hazards, unsuitability for widespread use are among various issues…

However, single-phase power has an irresistible advantage: it’s cheap, not just in terms of power consumption but also significantly reduces the cost of power line construction.

Its biggest downside is the ease of short-circuiting, and one line failure can lead to widespread outages.

This is the reason why rural areas frequently experience power outages.

Because of the many lines, a problem with just one external power line can trigger a chain reaction.

“Huff…”

The night wind was a bit cold; Lin Mo tightened his clothes, climbed onto the nearby low wall, and then put on his 38ov-specific plastic insulated gloves. He pushed aside the already near-corroded insulation, revealing the blackened copper wire underneath.

Then Lin Mo did the same with another wire nearby, exposing the copper as well.

He jumped down from the low wall, attached stones to both ends of the coarse iron wire he had prepared in advance, took a deep breath, and threw it at the power lines..