Chapter 14 The Shen family is finished, Shen Zhichu kneels down
Shen Zhichu felt as if he was struck by lightning, his whole body was shaking, and there seemed to be a thorn stuck in his throat, which he could neither swallow nor spit out, and it was stuck there and bleeding.
In the courtroom, the entire gallery was filled with people. All the relatives who had been unable to gather together before were here on this day. There were all kinds of expressions on their faces. Shen Zhichu took a quick look and only saw ridicule.
When Shen Xiuli, who was sitting in the front, saw Shen Zhichu come in, his eyes were fierce and full of resentment. He stood up, rushed over and slapped Shen Zhichu in the face.
This slap was so powerful that Shen Zhichu turned his head to the side, his right ear buzzing, and his mind had already flown away.
"Chen Zhichu, where have you been for the past four days? How dare you come here now! You're the one who killed my dad! Not only did you kill my mom, you also wanted to kill my dad!"
The sound of a slap attracted the attention of everyone present, and dozens of eyes were staring at Shen Zhichu, leaving her nowhere to hide.
Shen Zhichu felt that the eyes looking at her had turned into knives that were going to peel off her skin and tear her bones.
Chen Xiuli's eyes were bloodshot, and his face was ferocious as he roared loudly, "You bitch, money-loser, and jinx! Mom shouldn't have given birth to you. Even if she had, I would have asked Dad to drown you alive! Chen Zhichu, you stole everything from me!"
Each word was more vicious than the last. Shen Zhichu's mind went blank, his eyes lost focus, and everything was shaking, finally fixed on Shen Xiuli's ferocious face.
Seeing that the other party's slap was about to fall again, Li Jingshen took Shen Zhichu's waist and dodged backwards: "Will you compensate me if I break it?"
Li Jingshen had a smile on his face, which was originally a gentle expression, but it looked very gloomy when it appeared on his face.
Shen Xiuli is a person who is soft-hearted and afraid of hardship. He has the courage to hit Shen Zhichu but dares not to provoke Li Jingshen.
He glared at Shen Zhichu with hatred, as if the person in front of him was not his own sister, but his enemy.
Li Jingshen dragged the bewildered Shen Zhichu to sit in the front row, where the view was good and the sound was clear. Shen Zhichu clenched her hands tightly, her nails digging into the flesh, the pain reaching her heart. She knew this was just the beginning.
The judges took their seats one after another, and Shen Changnan was escorted in. When he saw Shen Zhichu, hope suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he shouted desperately: "Zhichu, my daughter, you must save me, Dad is wronged, I was deceived..."
The judge slammed the gavel solemnly: "Silence!"
The scene suddenly became quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the judge flipping papers on the table.
Shen Zhichu had no idea what happened or what was said afterwards. It was as if her soul had left her body. She stared blankly at Shen Changnan.
Is this her father?
Right?
But why did she feel so strange?
Shen Changnan lowered his head and shaved his hair into a buzz cut, but Shen Zhichu could still see some white hair mixed in and his wrinkles were deeper. Only then did Shen Zhichu really feel that this father she had been with for 24 years was really old.
When the verdict came out, Shen Changnan burst into tears in the courtroom. Shen Zhichu tugged at Li Jingshen's sleeve in a trance and asked, "What's the verdict?"
"Didn't you hear?" Li Jingshen suddenly leaned close to Shen Zhichu's ear and whispered, "Your father is finished. He lost his life and not only has to pay the money but also be shot."
No...it won't be like this. She doesn't believe Li Jingshen, but why is her father crying?
"Why?" After being married to Li Jingshen for four years, she thought most about why. Why didn't he love her? Why didn't he come home to eat the food she cooked? Why didn't he remember her?
"Why so many whys?" Li Jingshen leaned back in his chair, a playful smile on his face, as if he had just watched a good movie and felt extremely satisfied.
"Did you do anything about my dad?"
He is quite smart. He guessed the key point without knowing what happened.
Li Jingshen sneered, "Did I force him to sign the agreement? Did I ask him to invest three million? Your father wasn't wronged at all. The ones who were wronged were the seven people who died. He lost one life for seven, and he made a profit."
"Come to think of it, if you hadn't transferred the three million to him, he really wouldn't have been able to sign the contract."
"After all, it was you who indirectly harmed your own father. Your brother is right."
His voice seemed to be chilling, entering her ears and freezing her internal organs. Shen Zhichu's eyes became redder and redder, as if they were about to bleed.
I placed my hands on my knees and clenched them tightly together, but they were still so cold and my whole body was trembling.
Li Jingshen seemed not to notice her pain. He ambiguously hooked his arm around her shoulders and pulled her into his arms. He touched the slap mark on her face and said, "Chen Zhichu, you can beg me. I have a little evidence here. Although it won't do anything, it can help your father spend the rest of his life in prison and not die in a week. Do you want to consider it?"
He was pushing her.
Shen Zhichu bit her lower lip and looked at him with a pale face. She once imagined that Li Jingshen would treat her gently, even if it was insincere, but she didn't expect that this day would make her so disgusted and nauseous.
She didn't believe that this matter had nothing to do with Li Jingshen. The document Shen Changnan gave her was a real estate investment, so why did it become a coal mine now?
And... Li Jingshen brought her to court today, clearly to humiliate her!
She didn't understand why Li Jingshen hated her so much.
Even though she had forced him to marry her, she had also paid the same price. Now she had thought it through and wanted to let him go free, and could even give Shen's to him. However, he took advantage of her love and tolerance for him to send her into hell again and again!
Shen Zhichu was still the stubborn Shen Zhichu. How could the pride in his bones be shattered by just a few words from him?
Li Jingshen's eyes darkened, "It seems you don't want this opportunity anymore."
Shen Changnan was taken away in a daze, and the staff in the court also left one after another. The huge space was filled with noise, but Shen Zhichu seemed to be deaf and could not hear anything.
Shen Changnan was finished. The Shen family lost seven lives at once, which was enough to bankrupt them. Many people who worked in the Shen family or owned shares and profited from them could not accept such an outcome.
They vented all their resentment on Shen Zhichu alone, calling her a useless bitch and a jinx who would bring down the entire Shen family.
The four days that Shen Zhichu disappeared became the reason for being attacked. People believed that the current situation was caused by her ignoring her father and pursuing love affairs with other men.
The one who hurt her the most was her brother Shen Xiuli. Those ugly curses were like a rope strangling her heart. Shen Zhichu covered her chest and leaned forward.
Li Jingshen didn't notice anything unusual about her. When he dragged Shen Zhichu out, the outside was already surrounded by reporters. When they saw Li Jingshen and Shen Zhichu coming out, they immediately rushed over with microphones in hand.
Li Jingshen stood at the door and called Zhao Qian to ask him to send someone over.
After hanging up the call, he glanced at the woman next to him and saw that she was looking straight in one direction.
He followed her gaze and saw Shen Changnan being escorted into a police car. His back was hunched, and he looked like an old dog.
"Look, it's only been two days and your dad has grown old. Can you really bear to let him die?"
Shen Zhichu's eyelashes were stained with moisture. She blinked and murmured to herself, "Then what do you want me to do?" She didn't believe that her words could make Li Jingshen let her father go. She knew her own weight.
Li Jingshen looked at the crowd of reporters and fell into deep thought. He wanted to cut off the things on Shen Zhichu bit by bit.
The first one is Shen.
The second is her relatives.
The third is her pride and dignity.
If these are destroyed, Shen Zhichu, who has no roots, will be like a dodder, relying only on others and having no ability to survive.
And all that Li Jingshen did was just to satisfy his perverted and paranoid desires. He wanted to better control Shen Zhichu so that she would not dare to go against him like before and make a fuss about divorcing him.
Li Jingshen suddenly caught his attention. With a cold smile on his face, he pointed at the group of reporters and said, "If you kneel in front of them for half an hour, I will save your father from the death penalty."
"As long as I kneel here for half an hour, will you let my dad live?" Shen Zhichu said expressionlessly.
Li Jingshen was a little surprised. He had thought that Shen Zhichu would make a fuss after he made this request. After all, the eldest daughter of the Shen family valued her pride more than anything else.
Li Jingshen slightly restrained the smile on his lips: "Yes."
"Okay, I'll kneel."
Shen Zhichu was about to leave after he finished speaking when Li Jingshen grabbed Shen Zhichu's arm, half-closed his eyes, hiding the emotions in his eyes.
"Chen Zhichu, your father treats you as a money-making tool but calls you a money-loser and a bitch. He even says he should have strangled you to death when he gave birth to you. He's such a scumbag. Even if you save him, he won't even look at you anymore. Are you really willing to give up your pride and kneel down to save him?"
Shen Zhichu looked at the hand holding her arm and murmured, "But what can I do? He is my father, my relative, and he even held me in his arms when I was a child..."
Thinking of this, Shen Zhichu pushed him away, straightened his back and walked towards the crowd.
Shen Zhichu, who once wore an expensive custom-made dress, has now lost all its splendor, and her thin figure gradually becomes transparent in front of the camera flash.
What is pride? Can it be exchanged for a life?
Her eyes were lifeless, as if the darkness had swallowed up all hope, taken away her soul, and destroyed her life support.
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