Chapter 699 Too Late to Regret
"Fan Xiaoli's husband was very angry and went back to find his wife drunk. During the encounter, the Xun family matter was brought up. Perhaps Fan Xiaoli did not agree, or perhaps her husband did not care whether she agreed or not. In any case, she was reportedly beaten quite badly and was barely breathing when she was taken to the hospital. She was resuscitated for a day, but she could not be saved and died."
Li Weiming and the others were somewhat dismayed upon hearing this. Although they didn't have a good impression of Fan Xiaoli to begin with, compared to Jin Liangdi's actions, Fan Xiaoli was at most an accomplice, not deserving of death. Who could have imagined...
"Was her husband arrested?"
"They've arrested him. This is quite troublesome. The deceased's husband has financial dealings with the Xun family. Although the Xun family insists that they only wanted Fan Xiaoli's husband to help persuade Fan Xiaoli to change her mind, if we really investigate further, we can classify it as... hiring a murderer."
"Hiring a hitman..." Everyone was taken aback, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that it was a good idea.
If what Young Master Xun said is true, with so many crimes, this one more might not necessarily be an injustice to them.
"If this is classified as a heinous murder, will Fan Xiaoli's husband be punished?"
One thing at a time. Although they dislike Fan Xiaoli, she is also a victim in this matter, and there is no reason to let the perpetrators go unpunished.
Wen Jue asked this question because he had seen many cases of domestic violence resulting in death, in which people were usually detained for a period of time and then released.
Wen Yuan glanced at her younger brother and simply said, "He will receive the punishment he deserves."
The news of Fan Xiaoli's death and the arrest of the Xun family father and son were revealed at the same time, and the internet was filled with joy and celebration.
When the father and son were arrested, everyone was in unison, feeling that Heaven had eyes and that the net of justice was wide but no one could escape it.
Opinions differed regarding Fan Xiaoli's death, mainly because she went down to save Jin Liangdi after she fell into the water. Although she later participated in the smear campaign that distorted the truth, the video shows that she still had a conscience.
Most people thought the same as Li Weiming and others: they felt she was wrong, but not so wrong as to warrant death.
However, some people believe that evil is punished and good is rewarded, and this outcome may be her retribution.
But no matter what, she was just an accomplice; the mastermind, Jin Liangdi, was the real culprit.
Because of Young Master Xun's self-disclosure, some people changed their strategy and started investigating from other angles. And surprisingly, they actually found something.
Jin Liangdi was sold to a very poor country, where she had to work constantly to get enough to eat.
Jin Liangdi worked there for several years, and tried to escape many times but failed. Instead, she would be beaten severely.
Years of hard labor and beatings took their toll on her health, and she died of illness just two months ago.
Upon learning of this, everyone felt both sorry for them and relieved.
"Is this a case of the wicked being punished by the wicked?"
The evidence from the case a few years ago is conclusive. Whether Jin Liangdi's kick was a crime is another matter, and what the outcome will be for the Xun family father and son after the investigation is still undecided.
But Lu Zheyan's injustice over the years has finally been cleared.
After everything settled down, the hashtag #WeOweHimAnApology started trending online.
There were quite a few participants, but it was hard to say whether they were sincere or not. Lu Zheyan no longer cared about these things.
But just because he doesn't care doesn't mean that the living don't care.
Soon after, the media released a video of their interview with Lu Zheyan's parents. In the video, Lu's father, who was already very old, expressed his gratitude to the kind people who worked hard to clear his son's name.
She kept saying, "I knew he wasn't that kind of person, he's not that kind of person. I'm so proud to have such a son." It was heartbreaking to see, and brought tears to my eyes.
Lu's mother had passed away a few years ago due to the immense blow she suffered and her health problems, before she could live to see the justice that belonged to her son.
The once happy and harmonious family was reduced to just Lu's father, who was left all alone to guard the home.
Perhaps, more than this belated honor, he wished his son were still alive and his wife were healthy, but all of this was destined to be impossible to achieve.
The Lu family's tragic fate fueled everyone's anger and resentment towards those responsible for it.
As a result, Wen Jue and others benefited from the misfortune. People no longer stereotyped rich kids as mostly law-abiding citizens like the Xun family's children. There were also well-behaved rich kids like Wen Jue, who, apart from their relatively wealthy families, did not use their money to bribe others, did not study abroad or pursue a prestigious education, studied hard, took exams, went to university, and were kind-hearted and did not cause trouble.
Some people who previously mocked Ye Wanxi for trying to gain attention quickly deleted their comments and pretended nothing happened after several video pieces of evidence were released, but many people still took screenshots and posted them to mock them.
Many netizens who were busy taking sides in the early days but trusted the wrong people are now filled with regret and are deleting their comments and pretending to be dead.
Of all those involved, the one who regretted it the most was Cui's father.
His family's company does indeed have a competitive relationship with the Xun family. Logically speaking, since the Xun family suffered a heavy blow this time, and his family's company has Cui Yingwen as a living signboard, they should have become the biggest winner.
However, because he hastily severed ties with Cui Yingwen as soon as he got into trouble, displaying the cold-hearted businessman's face of being afraid of the Xun family and not even wanting his own son, when the Xun family collapsed, they were already struggling to protect themselves. Let alone get a share of the pie, they didn't even get a taste of it.
Official accounts from Cui Yingwen's high school and the university he was admitted to, which had not previously made public, also stepped forward to praise Cui Yingwen after everything had settled down.
Although it may seem like an attempt to ride the wave of popularity, it also indirectly slapped Cui's father in the face.
Look at this, those groups that were also attacked and insulted because of Choi Eung-moon before, didn't stand up to distance themselves from Choi Eung-moon at that time, instead kicking him when he was down, but you, as his father, are jumping around happily.
Because of this incident, the company's shareholders were quite dissatisfied with Mr. Cui. If the Cui family hadn't held a large number of shares, he would have been removed from his position as chairman long ago.
Mr. Cui did consider calling Cui Yingwen back, but firstly, he couldn't bear the loss of face, and secondly, even if he wanted to repair his father-son relationship with Cui Yingwen, Cui Yingwen didn't care.
After this incident, the boys and girls who fought side by side had become a united force, and even Cui's father couldn't do anything about things that Cui Yingwen didn't want to do.
Having tried various methods with little success, Mr. Cui was not only angry at his son's insensitivity and indifference, but also increasingly dissatisfied with Cui Yingwen's stepmother and younger brother.
This once happy family of three, which excluded Cui Yingwen, has developed cracks, and these cracks will continue to widen until arguments become more frequent and feelings become distant.
(End of this chapter)
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