Chapter 12 She wasn't jealous, she wasn't jealous, she wasn't jealous at all... How could she treat others like this...?
The Gu family members involved in the case were imprisoned in a dark dungeon, where even during the day, only a few rays of sunlight could penetrate.
As soon as you step inside, you can smell the musty odor that perpetually lingers in the dark, damp dungeon.
Before Li Chengyi arrived, his men had already interrogated all the prisoners.
Those who know the inside story never speak out, while the rest have no idea who the ledger and their superiors are.
The most likely people to know the inside story are probably the Gu family father and son.
However, the two men's testimonies on this matter were remarkably consistent.
He claimed to know nothing when asked, and repeatedly cried out that he was innocent!
Lin Yanshu was led by Li Chengyi to the entrance of the dungeon.
She followed behind Li Chengyi.
As soon as she stepped into the dungeon, she felt the gazes from all sides, full of inquiry.
The further you go in, the stronger the smell of blood becomes.
From time to time, prisoners being interrogated are subjected to torture.
Li Chengyi stepped in front of Lin Yanshu to shield her; he didn't want her to see these things, and even more so, he didn't want her to know.
He is a cruel and ruthless person in private.
Lin Yanshu glanced at the prison cell where the interrogation was taking place.
She glanced at him briefly, then her view was blocked by Li Chengyi's back. Li Chengyi gripped her wrist and strode inside.
"The Gu family members are locked up in front."
Gu Shuyun was locked in a single cell. His prison uniform was covered with whip marks, and his hair was disheveled and half-disheveled. He looked extremely disheveled and had lost all of his former elegance and nobility.
Lin Yanshu cast her gaze at him, her eyes filled with a hint of pity.
Gu Shuyun noticed her gaze. Not wanting Lin Yanshu to see him in such a disheveled state, he turned his face away, trying to ignore Lin Yanshu's presence.
Lin Yanshu understood: Gu Shuyun's body was covered with both new and old injuries. The tendons that had been severed earlier had not healed properly.
Lin Yanshu turned her head, her big eyes looking innocently at Li Chengyi, and gestured to him in sign language:
"May I come in?"
Li Chengyi nodded.
"Can I... treat his wounds?"
Li Chengyi clenched his fist, then nodded helplessly.
He couldn't change Lin Yanshu's true nature. That's just how she is; she adheres to the path of medicine, even if the person in front of her is her enemy.
Lin Yanshu was initially a little apprehensive, but after receiving Li Chengyi's tacit approval, Lin Yanshu smiled and her eyes curved into crescents.
Lin Yanshu unlocked the door and went inside, standing in front of Gu Shuyun.
Seeing that the man dared not look directly at her, she squatted down and reached out to grasp Gu Shuyun's wrist.
The warmth of the woman's fingertips reached Gu Shuyun's skin, causing Gu Shuyun to tremble involuntarily and move behind the wall.
Lin Yanshu saw all of this.
As a doctor, she couldn't bear to see the injured patients in such a state.
Besides, she and Gu Shuyun were practically friends.
Despite what he did, Lin Yanshu only hoped that he would receive the punishment he deserved, not torture.
Lin Yanshu forcefully examined Gu Shuyun's wounds. She took out the medicine box that Li Chengyi had sent to her, gently wiped away the dirt from the wounds, and applied the medicine.
The technique was skillful and light.
Gu Shuyun felt the pain of his wound being touched and the coolness of the medicine. He looked at Lin Yanshu with regret in his eyes.
He didn't expect that Lin Yanshu would come to treat his injuries in person.
He thought that he had treated her so badly, and she should hate him and take revenge on him.
After seeing that the wound on her hand had been properly treated, Lin Yanshu looked up at Gu Shuyun.
Gu Shuyun's apologetic gaze met Lin Yanshu's eyes.
Lin Yanshu used sign language:
"Your chest wound needs treatment. Take off your clothes."
After Gu Shuyun understood what she meant, his face visibly flushed red.
He gently raised his hand and explained:
"My tendons were severed, so I can't exert any force."
Lin Yanshu understood, and she took action herself.
The woman's slender hands peeled away the layers of filthy prison clothes, revealing hideous scars beneath.
The man's tanned muscles contrasted sharply with the woman's pale fingers.
Gu Shuyun looked down and her chest tightened involuntarily.
He was very... nervous.
Even though Lin Yanshu had applied the medicine in the same way before.
Lin Yanshu, however, seemed completely oblivious, calmly peeling off the cumbersome prison uniform.
Li Chengyi stood outside the prison, taking in the man's reaction.
He watched as Lin Yanshu took such good care of another man, just as she had for him.
For some reason, Li Chengyi felt a pang of jealousy.
She was jealous that even in her current state, Gu Shuyun was still being taken care of by Lin Yanshu.
He gave a cold snort with a forced smile, thinking, "That Gu fellow is truly a dissolute playboy."
In such a situation, one should still die beneath the peony blossoms, for even as a ghost, one will be romantic.
Oh………
He took a step as if possessed, walked between the two, squatted down, and stared at them with a gloomy, cold expression.
"Let me do it, don't get your hands dirty."
Gu Shuyun looked at Li Chengyi with fear and disgust in her eyes, and her body involuntarily moved away from Li Chengyi.
Li Chengyi forcefully grabbed his collar, yanked Gu Shuyun's clothes aside, and awkwardly applied medicine to Gu Shuyun's clothes.
Gu Shuyun winced in pain and cried out:
"You... did it on purpose..."
Lin Yanshu frowned involuntarily at Li Chengyi's somewhat rough actions, slapped his arm, and stared at him intently.
Li Chengyi turned to look at Lin Yanshu, feeling inexplicably guilty.
Lin Yanshu took the medicine from his hand and gestured to him:
"You're too clumsy, give it to me."
Li Chengyi was so angry at Lin Yanshu that the veins on his forehead bulged. How could he be stupid?!
It's clearly this rich kid who's being too dramatic! He can't even handle this little injury.
Lin Yanshu carefully wrapped the bandage around Gu Shuyun's neck.
Li Chengyi took the initiative to straighten Gu Shuyun's prison clothes and wrapped them up tightly.
Lin Yanshu glanced at Li Chengyi:
I'd like to speak with him alone for a few minutes.
Li Chengyi stared wide-eyed at Lin Yanshu, his face cold as he puffed out his cheeks. Without a word, he left the prison and stood behind the wall, listening to the sounds inside.
After Li Chengyi left, Lin Yanshu turned to look at Gu Shuyun, her eyes filled with pity and anger at his lack of ambition.
"Young Master Gu, you shouldn't be like this."
Gu Shuyun knew what Lin Yanshu was talking about, and he gave a self-deprecating laugh:
"I'm just unwilling, unwilling that you were taken away by someone else."
Lin Yanshu shook his head:
"A relationship forcibly taken will eventually fall apart. I don't like you."
"Of all things in this world, only love cannot be forced."
Gu Shuyun looked up at Lin Yanshu, her heart filled with unwavering devotion:
"But you'll like him, and you'll like me too!"
Lin Yanshu frowned. Him? Did he mean Li Chengyi?
She gestured in sign language to explain:
I don't like him.
Gu Shuyun's eyes lit up, and she tentatively asked:
"You don't like him? You have no romantic feelings for him at all?"
Lin Yanshu nodded heavily.
Gu Shuyun then laughed.
Although Li Chengyi couldn't see Lin Yanshu's gestures, he knew what they were saying.
She doesn't like him.
Ha... saying one thing and meaning another.
No one knew that Li Chengyi's fists were clenched tightly under his sleeves, leaving red marks on his palms.
Lin Yanshu sighed. She wanted to persuade him to turn back from his wrong path.
Her memory of Gu Shuyun was still from two years ago when she found him on the mountain.
The boy was unruly yet still had a naive appearance.
She knelt down and gently patted Gu Shuyun's head, her expression tender:
"Gu Shuyun, I've always considered you a friend."
"I thought you were just a mischievous and unruly young man, but also a good person with great ambitions."
Lin Yanshu stared intently at Gu Shuyun, her eyes burning with passion yet filled with disappointment:
"But you are enjoying the people's hard-earned money and getting involved in the grain depot corruption case. Gu Shuyun, you have disappointed me too much."
Lin Yanshu recalled that two years ago, when she picked Gu Shuyun up from the mountain, the boy often said proudly:
"I will definitely hold a high position in the future to relieve the people's suffering. Yanshu, do you want to come with me?"
"At that time, you will receive treatment at the clinic, and I will adjudicate cases at the yamen."
Gu Shuyun stared at Lin Yanshu with trembling eyes, witnessing Lin Yanshu's transformation from normalcy to disgust towards him.
It turns out that in her heart, I used to be a good person.
It turns out I was terribly wrong.
Lin Yanshu paused, then typed out the last sentence in disappointment:
"Gu Shuyun, you have let yourself down the most."
Looking at Lin Yanshu's words, Gu Shuyun fell into deep thought.
Just as Lin Yanshu was about to leave, Gu Shuyun braced himself and grabbed the hem of Lin Yanshu's clothes.
Looking at Lin Yanshu's indifferent expression, he resignedly said:
"I confess."
"I don't know who my father's contact is, but he has been corresponding with a high-ranking official in the capital."
“He always told me that he wasn’t embezzling, but was acting on the emperor’s orders. My father never told me anything more.”
Lin Yanshu turned around and looked down at Gu Shuyun:
Where are the ledgers?
Gu Shuyun shook his head:
“I don’t know, but my father showed it to me. If you need, I can write it down for you.”
Lin Yanshu nodded and walked out. She turned and walked towards Li Chengyi, smiling at him.
Li Chengyi felt inexplicably annoyed.
Despite the severe torture, Gu Shuyun revealed not a single detail.
Lin Yanshu, in just a few words, got to the heart of the matter.
Li Chengyi followed behind her, looking at Lin Yanshu's back with resentment.
Lin Yanshu felt a chill run down her spine. Only after they left the cell did Li Chengyi slowly speak:
"You really know how to use your beauty to your advantage, Lin Yanshu."
Lin Yanshu turned around and gave Li Chengyi an innocent wink.
Why is Ah Zhao speaking so unpleasantly? She's just addressing the root cause, treating the symptoms based on syndrome differentiation.
"I was just helping Young Master Gu rediscover his conscience."
Li Chengyi snorted coldly.
Men? They are the most heartless creatures in the world. Where do they get so much conscience?
"Where do these people get so much conscience!"
Lin Yanshu found Li Chengyi strange; he spoke in a very sharp and sarcastic manner.
She shook her head in confusion, which Li Chengyi saw as a complete provocation.
Lin Yanshu actually contradicted him because of a prisoner.
She said she didn't like him, so she must like this guy surnamed Gu. Thinking of this, Li Chengyi couldn't help but snort and strode forward, leaving Lin Yanshu behind.
Lin Yanshu stared at Li Chengyi's retreating figure, bewildered, and blinked.
Why did Li Chengyi suddenly get angry? Isn't it good that the case is progressing?
She shook her head.
A man's heart is truly unfathomable.
A note from the author:
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Li Chengyi: I'm so angry! Doesn't my wife understand that all men in the world are heartless scoundrels? She can only use her beauty on me!!!
Lin Yanshu: Why is he always angry? Men are so hard to understand.
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