Chapter 271
Lingwu stopped calling Ye Lan "Pandi" and, after asking about her current name, considered the complicated procedures and asked if she wanted to change her name.
She is not the eldest daughter of the Ye family, but Ye Lan.
It wasn't Zhang Pandi who was the one in Wanyue Village who had high hopes for a younger brother.
It is a name that belongs to her.
She said, "The clouds have parted."
Do not say that floating clouds will always obscure the sun, for there will always be a time when the clouds part and the fog dissipates.
Give some time to those who are still moving forward with a solitary lamp in the darkness of ruin, give some time to that broken and ugly era. Take it slow, persevere, and one day the clouds will part and the sun will shine through.
Yun Kai looked at Ling Wu without saying much, because she knew that Xiao Wu must understand what she meant.
As expected, Ling Wu didn't ask any more questions. Just like she had done years ago when she stood in the secret base looking at a group of girls below the stage, she nodded with approval in her eyes.
It is precisely because this country has never lacked people who light the way forward with a solitary lamp that it has been able to catch up with and even surpass other countries in a very short period of time.
Even if she hadn't come, the country would still have prospered, only the road would have been a little more difficult.
The trip to Lujiang City was very fruitful.
Not only did they meet two childhood friends, but they also thoroughly cleaned away the filth around them.
However, what surprised Ling Wu the most was the man that Jiang Qian brought that day.
That was Guan Zhao, Guan Lingwu's biological father.
Sitting in front of the one-way glass, Ling Wu could see Guan Zhao, but Guan Zhao could not see Ling Wu.
He was sitting in the interrogation room, his hands firmly locked to the table, a far cry from the confident and successful businessman Guan Lingwu remembered.
In just a few days, his hair was shaved off, his suit was replaced with prison clothes, and he looked much older than when he was first arrested, with anxiety and fear in his eyes.
When questioned, his hands were still trembling uncontrollably, and his voice was shaky. He wished he could tell everything he knew and pray for a reduced sentence.
However, those who sell out their country, illegally possess weapons, or attempt to split the motherland will all face the death penalty, no matter how many times their sentences are reduced.
Lingwu didn't bring Song Chunhua today.
Although the old lady is quite optimistic now and wouldn't get really angry even if she saw Guan Zhao, Ling Wu didn't want her to recall painful memories from the past.
After all, Guan Zhao is not only associated with Guan Lingwu, but also with the old woman who lost her son to her father.
Lingwu got up and, as she was leaving, she saw an elderly couple at the gate. The two looked very wealthy and were dressed in gold and silver. The old woman also had a designer handbag slung over her arm.
Their faces were very similar to Guan Zhao's. As soon as they entered the gate, they cried and wailed, saying that their son had been wronged.
After some people tried to explain Guan Zhao's crimes, the two continued to do as they pleased, and then no one paid any more attention to them.
Seeing that no one paid any attention to Guan's mother after she had been crying for a long time, she was overjoyed to see Ling Wu, who was surrounded by admirers, and walked quickly towards Ling Wu while still crying.
Although she felt that Ling Wu had no say in the matter, she took advantage of any opportunity she could get her hands on.
Having spent most of her life doing farm work, she strained her hands, trying to hold onto Ling Wu tightly and plead their innocence.
Wiping away her tears, Guan's mother said, "You have to stand up for us! My son has always been obedient and sensible since he was little. You must have arrested the wrong person!"
Unfortunately, before Ling Wu could speak, Jiang Qian and Dong Liang, who were beside her, each pulled the two elders of the Guan family away.
The others, who had previously ignored the parents of this traitor, immediately stepped forward, took the two from Jiang Qian and Qin Dong, and lifted them up.
"If you continue to act like a rogue and disrupt the order of the government, you'll be arrested!" someone shouted.
But Guan's father, who had just maintained his dignity, was now being held like a prisoner and couldn't hear this advice at all.
He stared at Ling Wu as if he had discovered the truth. Suppressing his guess about Ling Wu's age, he loudly questioned, "You're the person in charge, right? What are you doing? My son does so many good deeds every year, and you don't even bother to check! You people who eat the government's food don't do anything useful, and you even use all the money to hire people to put on airs!"
"Let me go!" he shouted, but his plump body, grown up over the years, couldn't break free no matter how hard he struggled. His face was flushed and pale with anger. "You don't do anything useful, yet you bully us ordinary people. I'm going to find the media right now!"
Before Ling Wu could speak, someone chuckled.
The person in front of me is a world-renowned PhD, so why would he need to put on airs? It would be more accurate to say that PhDs are the pride of their Chinese nation.
Besides, Guan Zhao's actions were capital offenses; how could they arrest someone without thoroughly investigating the matter?
Besides, who's the one acting like a scoundrel right from the start? Who's bullying whom here?
The person who was getting resentful as he thought about it was stopped by Ling Wu shaking her head.
A flicker of hesitation crossed his face, which then turned into excitement.
Who knows?! The professor looked at him!
After stopping the person who was about to speak passionately, Ling Wu looked at Guan's parents. The two of them were equally plump and fair-skinned, and their clothes were obviously expensive even without looking at the brand.
Especially when compared to the old woman in Guan Lingwu's memory, the two of them are obviously much younger, which shows how comfortable their lives are.
Unfortunately, Guan Lingwu used to think that this elderly couple was also pitiful.
Lingwu looked at Guan's father and said, "Then you should go. You'd better hurry, because these people will be executed in a few days."
Guan's mother felt dizzy and her father's face was ashen; he looked like he could collapse at any moment.
Seeing this, Lingwu reminded them, "If you faint here, we will call an ambulance for you two, but that will waste a lot of time, and you might not even be able to see each other one last time."
Her tone was calm and unhurried, even carrying the gentleness characteristic of her voice.
The two elders of the Guan family didn't know what the others were thinking. All they knew was that they now wished they could forget the refined manners they had learned over the years and just wanted to be themselves again in Wanyue Village, cursing and swearing.
But when they met Ling Wu's gaze, they couldn't help but shrink back, completely forgetting the curses that were on the tip of their tongues.
Finally, out of consideration for his reputation, Guan's father stammered, "You...you all just wait!"
His son is rich, very rich. Those media outlets are greedy and will definitely expose them!
Lingwu could tell what Guan's father meant, and she gently reminded him, "Yes, but all of Guan Zhao's funds and properties have been frozen, so please don't go to the wrong place when you get home."
"You!" Father Guan raised his hand to point at Ling Wu, but in the end, under the gaze of Qin Dong and the others, he lowered his hand tremblingly.
For a fleeting moment, he even felt that if he actually pointed his finger at her today, his hand would be crippled the moment he stepped out of that door.
Lingwu stood there, watching the two people leave without a care in etiquette, and once again felt that it was a good thing she hadn't brought her grandmother along.
Otherwise, if the two of them were to fall to the ground after being scolded by the old lady, an ambulance would have to be called to help.
This is somewhat of a waste of public resources.
The two moved quickly, and because the matter was kept under wraps, it became a headline story on major news outlets the next day.
—[A prominent philanthropist is imprisoned; are there other hidden reasons behind this?]
However, the newspapers didn't dare to openly get involved in politics; they only said that Guan Zhao was wronged and subtly mentioned that a powerful figure was suppressing the matter.
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