Chapter 229 - Killing by Accident

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ding Chen was unable to move Ding Rong, so he could only receive a few hard blows. The man still wanted to continue beating him, so Ding Chen decided to go all out and stabbed the man’s abdomen with the dagger he was holding. The man’s blood splashed onto Ding Chen’s face, and he stood there in a daze…

Three people had died in that violent conflict. They were all the hooligans who had come to the Ding Family to find trouble at the start. The man who had been stabbed by Ding Chen was one of them.

In order to protect his sister, the 14-year-old Ding Chen killed someone.

He was a minor and had taken action when he was in danger, so he didn’t receive any criminal punishment. He only stayed in the detention center for half a year during the investigation.

Ding Chen’s results were originally good, but after that incident, he was forced to stop pursuing his studies.

When Ding Rong was about to give birth, Ding Chen could not stay by her side. Hence, Ding Chen handed all his money to Ding Rong and asked a police officer who took great care of him to help take care of Ding Rong, who was about to give birth. If the police officer had not discovered that Ding Rong was having a difficult labor and transferred her to the hospital in time, Ding Rong would have died from the difficult labor.

Even now, the experience that day was still a nightmare for Ding Chen. He could not forget the feeling of the deceased’s blood splattering on his face. The blood was hot and smelly. When he recalled that feeling, he only felt his entire body trembling. His throat tightened and he wanted to vomit out everything in his stomach…

After Ding Chen came out of the detention center, he, together with Ding Rong as well as Huo You who was brought back due to a mistake, depended on each other.

Ding Chen went from a good student with outstanding results and a bright future to a young murderer. His previous school tactfully rejected his request to return to school and the other schools clearly indicated that they would not recruit a student like him. Hence, Ding Chen became a hooligan who roamed the streets.

During that period of time, the country happened to be severely attacking the gangs. The gang leaders who used to be willful and arrogant were arrested and sent to prison, leaving only small fires like Ding Chen, who had never done anything wrong, behind.

Hence, Ding Chen inexplicably became the boss of this street, leading with him more than ten underlings every day.

He restrained his underlings from finding trouble for their neighbors and ended up with a good reputation instead. He was respectfully called big brother by others and spent more than ten years in a muddled state.

Ding Chen thought that he would continue to fall like this, but he did not expect that there would be a day when he could turn things around. Their child had been switched with the Huo Family’s child by mistake, and Ding Rong’s biological daughter, Huo Tian, had returned to this poor and ordinary family. She brought hope for a new life for this family.

Ding Chen turned from being a worthless hooligan to becoming one of the bosses of an emerging technology company. Even if he continued to follow the normal path of his life and got into university to find a job, he might not be able to have such a career.

When Ding Chen thought back on things late at night when all was quiet, he also felt that he no longer had any regrets in his life and that he should not fuss over the things that had happened in the past.

However, when Xi Cheng reappeared, Ding Chen realized that he had never forgotten that period of time.

He didn’t regret turning into a murderer when he was 14 years old to protect his sister. However, he hated Xi Cheng, who had brought all this suffering to them.

Ding Chen’s emotions calmed down for a long while. When he straightened up again, he saw through the rearview mirror that Huo Tian was staring at him persistently, stubbornly wanting an answer.

Ding Chen could not do anything to his niece and could only speak about this matter casually.

In the end, he pursed his lips and said, “That man is the person my sister misses and the father who gave you life. You guys can forgive him and accept him, but I can’t forgive a man who has brought so much harm to my sister and myself..”