"You just couldn't bear to let this fake leave, so you acquiesced to her actions. You've been turning a blind eye all these years, and now you think you can erase everything with a simple 'I don't know'? You're dreaming."
Gu Aiguo was speechless after his son spoke to him. He saw right through him and knew that he had made mistakes all these years.
He had once liked Chen Shuqing, but she was too gentle and did things too methodically. It was easy to see what she was up to, and the monotonous daily routine made him a little irritated. Just then, Chen Shuling appeared and broke this pattern.
With her, he felt that every day was new and fresh, and the things that happened every day were no longer the same.
She always had a lot of little temper tantrums, which made him feel that life had become more colorful.
He lost himself in those days, and even wished that the old Chen Shuqing would never appear again.
Gu Huanian looked at his silent father, his heart filled with resentment and disappointment.
“Do you know? All these years, Mom has been waiting for you. She firmly believed that you would come to save her, but you didn’t…” His voice trembled slightly.
The thought of his mother enduring physical and psychological torment alone in that place all these years made his heart ache terribly.
He mentioned it casually when he told her about being switched at birth that day. She thought Gu Aiguo would find out quickly, since Chen Shuling's height and personality were completely different from hers. But she waited year after year, until she was completely disappointed.
Although she said it casually, he could still hear the bitterness in her words.
Gu Aiguo raised his head, his eyes filled with pain.
"I know I've wronged you and our child, but it's too late to say anything now. Those things are in the past, and I will try my best to make up for my mistakes..."
"Make amends? How are you going to make amends? Can you give my mother back the youth and health she lost?" Gu Huanian interrupted his father.
Gu Aiguo fell silent again; he couldn't answer the question.
Gu Huanian didn't stay at the hospital any longer and rode his bicycle to the police station.
He knows someone in the Beijing Public Security Bureau; they're his high school classmates.
He went directly to that person.
The man was somewhat puzzled when he saw Gu Huanian at the police station.
Why are you here?
Gu Huanian smiled and said, "I came to ask if you received an arrest mission from the Southern Province yesterday? A woman named Chen Shuling. I wanted to ask if she has been caught?"
How did you know about this?
Gu Huanian briefly explained the situation; "Has she been caught yet?"
"We caught him, do you want to go see him?"
Gu Huanian nodded; "Take me to see it!"
The man led Gu Huanian to the place where Chen Shuling was being held.
Upon seeing him, Chen Shuling immediately exclaimed excitedly, "Huanian, did you come to save me?"
Gu Huanian sat down opposite her; "Save you? You're overthinking it. Someone like you should be in jail, eating prison food for the rest of your life to atone for your sins."
"Huanian, what did you say? Get me out of here right now, I don't want to stay here for even a minute longer."
Gu Huanian said coldly, "If you don't want to stay here, then why did you lock my mother in the cellar in the first place? Now it's your turn to taste what it's like to be locked up."
"So you really do know everything."
Chen Shuling also realized that Gu Huanian's attitude towards her had changed drastically during this period, which she should have expected.
“Your mother wronged me first. If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have married that man. I don’t think I did anything wrong. If God gave me another chance, I would still do the same thing.”
Gu Huanian suddenly stood up, looking at her coldly, and said, "You really are incorrigible. The reason you married that abusive man was not caused by my mother, but by your mother."
“I know! Of course I can’t let them get away with this. They’re wrong, and your mother is wrong too. Her mistake was not taking me with her when she ran away. How could I possibly marry such a man in her place? It’s all her fault. If she had taken me with her back then, none of this would have happened. She brought it on herself.”
And what about her parents who favored sons over daughters? How could she possibly let them get away with it? All these years, she's been giving money to her good-for-nothing brother and secretly luring him into gambling. Isn't it all in an effort to raise a good son for them?
When they grow old, they will be able to experience the joy of their son squandering their family fortune.
“You’re being completely unreasonable. My mother has never wronged you. The reason she didn’t take you with her was because you were with your parents and she couldn’t take care of you. That’s why she ran away alone.”
"Hahahaha... You think I'd believe this nonsense? If she really wanted to help me, why didn't she ever think of checking on me after all these years? She knows what kind of people my parents are, yet she left me behind. She's selfish; she doesn't want me to have a good life."
Gu Huanian didn't continue talking to her; it was pointless. Chen Shuling would only ever live in her own self-perceived world.
Now that these matters have come to an end, he has to return to Lijiatun.
After several days by train, Gu Huanian finally arrived at Lijiatun.
He had already stood in front of Su Li's courtyard gate, but suddenly hesitated to knock on the door.
As if by telepathy, Chen Shujing opened the door from the inside.
Her eyes instantly reddened upon seeing Gu Huanian.
Tears started streaming down her face uncontrollably. Gu Huanian quickly stepped forward and hugged her. "Mom!"
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