Chapter 181 His Suffering

After Gu Yanchi left, Chu Xu fell on the sofa.

He finally told Lin Du about all the grievances he had suffered over the years.

But he didn't feel relieved at all. He was just afraid that his momentary impulse would cause trouble for Lin Du.

Shen Zhichu walked over and tried to hold Chu Xu's hand, but he shook him off.

Shen Zhichu lowered his eyes and shook his head bitterly: "Does it have to be like this?"

Chu Xu wiped away his tears fiercely: "What?"

"Must you save the most hurtful side for me?" Shen Zhichu frowned slightly, the grievance in his eyes was particularly glaring.

Chu Xu held back and sighed deeply: "What a bullshit love, who is sincere and who is not, what's the point, in the end, it's still the one with more power who has the final say."

"Did I?" A tear rolled down Shen Zhichu's eyes, and he looked at the person in front of him in pain.

Chu Xu turned his face away, fiercely wiping away the resentment lingering in the corner of his eyes: "You have it, you always have it."

"You are free to come and go as you please in my place, and I will never interfere with you."

"If you want to leave, I will never stop you."

"Really?" Shen Zhichu frowned tightly and lowered his eyes slightly.

He raised his eyes and looked at Chu Xu again. His breathing was heavy, as if he was carrying endless loss and frustration: "So, where can I go?"

His chest was so stuffy and painful that it was difficult for him to breathe. Thinking back on the setbacks he and Shen Zhichu had gone through, Chu Xu felt really tired.

He also didn't understand why he had to live such a tiring life.

Just like Lin Du, he wanted to be free, but he didn't even have the right to die.

What did they do wrong? They did nothing wrong, so why did they have to suffer so much?

I didn't dare go home or face Lin Du.

In this prosperous city, Gu Shichi obviously has everything, but at this moment he seems particularly lonely and helpless.

He searched for the source of the pain but couldn't find it.

Gu Lianchi sat alone in the office, smoking one cigarette after another, with Lin Du's desperate look in his mind.

He loved me from the beginning to the end, but I hurt him again and again.

He slapped himself hard on the face in frustration. When he thought about how he had misunderstood Lin Du's love for him, he wanted to kill himself.

His love was so obvious and so pure, but I didn't believe him.

The phone rang, it was Lin Du.

Gu Nichi threw his phone away in panic, covering his face and struggling in pain.

He couldn't hear Lin Du's voice at all now, he couldn't...

Wen Qing hurried back and came in front of Gu Yinchi. He watched him lower his head and his hands hanging weakly, as if all his strength had been drained away.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gu, this investigation took a long time because it's been ten years and many of Mr. Lin's neighbors at the time are no longer around."

In the darkness, when Gu Lianchi heard Lin Du's name, his eyes were once again filled with tears.

Wen Qing sighed and tried to calm down: "Mr. Lin's parents are not good people. His father is an alcoholic, cruel and addicted, and so is his mother."

"I heard from the neighbors that Mr. Lin's parents wanted to... kill him since he was born."

"They would often beat Mr. Lin, beat him half to death, and then throw him into a small dark room."

"They said they could often hear Mr. Lin's painful groans coming from the small dark room."

"Sometimes they couldn't bear it and would stuff some food on Mr. Lin, but when his parents found out, they would torture him even more severely."

Gu Yanchi clenched his fists, but it seemed that this could not ease the pain in his heart.

He clutched his injured arm fiercely to ease the pain in his heart.

This might be the reason why Lin Du suffers from claustrophobia, but I locked him in a secret room and let him struggle in there for so long.

The blood flowed down his wrist, but he endured it with disdain.

"Later, Mr. Lin's mother died while giving birth to Lin Yue, and his father reunited with Shen Rong."

"But his father couldn't change his drinking and gambling habits. Whenever he was in a bad mood, he would take it out on Mr. Lin."

"Later, Mr. Lin's father died in a car accident. Shen Rong did not abandon them in order to get the full compensation."

"Shen Rong also did not treat Mr. Lin as a human being. Neighbors said that she often humiliated and beat Mr. Lin in various ways."

"Sometimes... we would even not give him any food for a few days and make him kneel at the door."

"Shen Rong's son is the same. He not only bullies Mr. Lin at home, but also joins others in bullying him at school."

Gu Anchi's breathing was trembling, so Lin Du's timid character might not be innate.

It was formed under duress.

In an environment full of bullying and humiliation, he had to lower his head and endure it all in silence.

Before, I often made fun of him for his personality, and he just lowered his head and smiled foolishly without saying a word.

When he thought of this, Gu Xinchi couldn't suppress the guilt and heartache in his heart.

His shoulders were shaking and the sound of crying came from deep in his throat. It was a silent cry and a heart-breaking despair.

His tears slid down his cheeks and fell to the ground, moistening the endless darkness.

Wen Qing sighed and continued, "Later, Shen Rong introduced Mr. Lin to the Gu family, and then she used the video in her hand to find the old man."

"The master was so angry that he punished Mr. Lin and then dumped him in the alley."

"Neighbors said they woke up in the morning and saw the alley was full of blood..."

Wen Qing clenched his fists: "That night, Mr. Lin begged Shen Rong to take Lin Yue away. He said he might not survive."

"But Shen Rong still took the money and ran away with her son, leaving behind Mr. Lin and Lin Yue who were beaten unconscious by the old man."

"After Mr. Lin fainted, he was sent to the hospital by kind people. I checked the records from that year at the hospital and found out..." Wen Qing hesitated, and took out the medical examination report from ten years ago with trembling hands, "I found out that Mr. Lin was pregnant."

Gu Nishi slowly raised his head and stared at the report in Wen Qing's hand.

Wen Qing walked over with heavy steps and gently placed the report in front of Gu Xinchi.

"Mr. Lin left the hospital a few days after being admitted, and brought Lin Yue to Beichuan to work hard. He has never returned since then."

"In Beichuan, he could only do manual labor because of his low education."

“That’s what the investigation is all about.”

When I heard Qing lower his eyes, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

Why do so many misfortunes have to be concentrated on one person, who has never felt any love since he was a child?

Gu tilted his head in dismay, tears flowing freely.

Lin Du had such good grades. If it weren't for me, he would have gone to a very good university and had a good job and a good life.

But all of this was destroyed by myself.

It destroyed him ten years ago, and it destroyed him again ten years later, and each time at the cost of losing his child.