After Black Panther and his subordinates left, Gu Ying snapped her jaw shut again.

"Speak."

After closing Lin Juzhen's chin, Gu Ying simply uttered two words.

Lin Juzhen was in tears, and choked up several times before she could speak, but it was just a rambling, incoherent monologue like that of Xianglin's wife.

"Sir, I know that what happened back then was a sin I committed, but I had no choice... My husband died in the war, leaving me only a son, my son, my only family..."

“My son and I have been living together, relying on each other. We’ve never bothered anyone, and we don’t provoke anyone. I, Lin Juzhen, am a doctor, and I’ve saved countless lives. I have a clear conscience!”

"But what's the use of that?"

"I can't save my son."

"That day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the hospital gave out employee benefits. I even said I would cook him a nice meal..."

“His father has been gone for almost a year, it’s time for us to get along well.”

“I was cooking, and my son was helping me. We were chatting and laughing… when a group of police officers just barged in. They arrested my son, saying he had killed someone and was facing the death penalty…”

“My son… I watched helplessly as they arrested my son, heard them sentence him, and ordered him to be executed… If he really killed someone and committed a crime, then I can be a little more at peace with him being arrested and executed. I gave birth to a son but didn't raise him properly; it's my fault. I deserve to be alone for the rest of my life, and I deserve to be an old man who dies while my son is still alive…”

"That's right, my son was framed!"

“My son, he’s so young, only a teenager, and such an honest and obedient person, how could he possibly kill someone…”

“But everyone says he killed someone, and no one is willing to testify for him. Everyone says the same thing… I’ve tried everything, spent all my savings, and asked around everywhere… but it’s no use…”

"I couldn't save him. I knew my son was innocent, but I could only watch helplessly as he died a wrongful death..."

“I couldn’t do anything, really. At that time, I was completely helpless. I was desperate. All I could think was that if my son died, I wouldn’t live either. I was all alone, with nothing left. What was the point of living in this world? It would be better to die and end it all.”

"Later, just a few days before my son was to be executed by firing squad, I had already bought the 'medicine' and was preparing to bury him after he died and then 'commit suicide'... but then someone came looking for me."

"He said that regardless of whether my son was innocent or not, as long as I could do him a favor, he would help me save my son..."

At this point, Lin Juzhen, who had been rambling on like a broken record while tears streamed down her face, suddenly revealed a deep-seated hatred in her eyes. She gritted her teeth and continued, "It's this person, it's him! He's the one who killed my son. At first, I didn't know. I thought he was my savior. I was so grateful to him. Even if he wanted my life, I would accept it as long as he could save my son. Besides... he just wanted me to go to a small county town and become a doctor..."

“I followed his instructions and came to Qingping County to work as an obstetrician and gynecologist. In just a few months, I managed to oust the original doctors at the county hospital. That person… did indeed save my son. I don’t know what method he used… but the judge suddenly changed my son’s death sentence to a suspended death sentence…”