"When children grow up, they have their own ideas. We must learn to respect them and learn to let go."
"It is a blessing in disguise that he can live peacefully until now. The rest is really unimportant."
"Dad, we are clear."
Huo's father and mother nodded in unison. In fact, they had been mentally prepared since the moment they knew the child was still alive.
"It's good that you know it."
The old man said: "The fourth brother's family has also contributed a lot to this matter. Let's invite them all over this Sunday and then we can have a lively reunion dinner."
"I know, Dad."
"But Beijing has been cracking down hard lately, so Lao Si might be quite busy. I don't know if he will have time until the last day. I'll give him a call and ask him then."
Huo Xu had a good idea and he would call her on Sunday afternoon.
At that time, if Lao Si said he had time tomorrow, then he really had time.
But who would have thought that on Thursday night, as soon as Huo Xu arrived at the gate of the old house, he saw the figure of Huo Laosi.
Seeing the smile on his face, Huo Yu understood and asked a question.
"Has the outcome of the case been announced?"
In this day and age, as long as the evidence in a case is solid, the verdict is quick.
During a crackdown like now, it is normal to be arrested in the morning and shot the next day.
Sure enough, Uncle Huo smiled and nodded after hearing this.
"Well, let's go back first."
When he got home, he didn't keep anyone in suspense and directly took out several verdicts from his briefcase.
Mr. Yan Sanye was directly sentenced to death by the court because of multiple crimes including trafficking in multiple women and children, gang fighting, and violent beatings of others.
The brothers Yang Zhiqi and Yang Zhiqiang only participated in child trafficking once.
After investigation, the public security department found that the amount of deposits in their names was far from consistent with the actual wages they received.
Later, when they followed this clue, they discovered that Yang Zhiqi often took advantage of the night shift to steal scrap metal from the factory.
Afterwards, his younger brother Yang Zhiqiang took it to resell it on the black market.
In the end, the court sentenced the two to death for crimes including child trafficking, speculation, and theft of public property.
The evidence against these three people is solid and there is nothing much to say. Once the verdict is issued, it will be executed within a week.
Next was Mrs. Tian. Because her crime was relatively minor, she took the initiative to report Yang Zhiqi and was finally sentenced to one year of reform through labor.
Originally, Dong Lihua and Su Shanshan had nothing to do with this.
But the two of them insisted on using violence to prevent the police from handling the case, and they were caught up in this crackdown, just like Mrs. Tian, and were sentenced to one year of labor reform.
Even though they were only sentenced to one year, they were all formal employees of the unit.
Once you are punished, it is hard to say whether you can keep your job after you are released.
Among these people, Yang Tingtao is the most troublesome one.
Firstly, he was only nine years old when he committed the crime, and secondly, he did not directly participate in the subsequent trafficking.
Therefore, even with Huo Tingzhou's testimony, he could only be treated as an accomplice.
Finally, the court sentenced him to twenty years in prison after trial.
Although he was not sentenced to death, the Huo family was very satisfied with the result.
For someone like Yang Tingtao who has been used to a good life, 20 years of forced labor is actually no different from taking his life.
Just when the Huo family felt very happy, Fourth Uncle Huo suddenly coughed a few times.
"Third niece, can you please do me a favor?"
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