Chapter 1330: Committing Suicide Out of Fear of Crime
Cheng Zhiyuan didn't say anything.
He knew that whatever he said at this time would be nonsense.
The two of them walked slowly on the path, making the sound of the wind seem particularly quiet.
"We all avoided something together during that call,"
Cheng Yuqing calmed down and continued to recall. At this point, she looked up at Cheng Zhiyuan and asked,
"Do you still remember what happened with the Gu family?"
"A little bit. After all, the incident was known throughout the country."
"Then do you know who invited Gu Shuo and his family to the procuratorate when the news was broadcast that year?"
Cheng Zhiyuan looked back at her, raised his eyebrows in surprise,
"Could it be, Grandpa?"
Cheng Yuqing nodded slightly, with a bitter look on his face.
"We both avoided the issue during that phone call. If he hadn't seen that scene on TV, perhaps he would have used that last phone call to seek my help or ask his father's opinion."
"But that video was too explicit, so explicit that we didn't even want to face it."
The soles of my shoes suddenly stepped on a path covered with fallen leaves, making a creaking sound in the night.
"You probably don't know that Gu Shuo and Gu Xin were actually your grandfather's students."
"You know, many children from aristocratic families had the experience of joining the army back then. When the Gu brothers joined, your grandfather happened to be the instructor himself."
"Back then, they were disciplined by your grandfather a lot, but on weekends, they would always bring some rare things to visit him at the Cheng family's house. They were very respectful in their words and truly treated him as a teacher."
"So sometimes I really want to know what my father, your grandfather, felt when he personally sent his students to their deaths. Did he feel pain, guilt, or regret afterwards?"
The street light illuminated the woman's expression, which appeared somewhat cold in Cheng Zhiyuan's pupils.
Cheng Zhiyuan looked away, lowered his head and asked as he walked,
"Is this the reason why Gu Xin wanted to kidnap me or even kill me?"
"How can this alone be enough?"
She curled her lips, raised her eyebrows and looked at Cheng Zhiyuan.
"You probably don't remember that when Gu Xin and the Gu family's only son were missing abroad, Gu Shuo and his wife committed suicide in the detention center out of fear of punishment, and even cruelly took their own daughter with them to be buried with them."
She placed particular emphasis on the words "suicide out of fear of punishment", which were full of sharp irony.
"If it weren't for this, how could you force the usually steady Gu Xin to risk returning to China, and even kidnap you in public, hoping to destroy you?"
"Gu Xin died in that kidnapping. What about the last member of the Gu family?"
"Are you talking about Gu Chuyan?"
Cheng Yuqing's brows were indifferent.
"What could a boy who should have been in high school have to endure? He couldn't continue his studies, couldn't live where he once lived, and his uncle, his only support, died. Within a week, his body was found on the streets of Washington, reportedly killed by a bullet during a gang shootout."
Cheng Yuqing smiled.
"The pride of the imperial capital, who was once no less famous than you, ended up dying like a homeless person in a foreign country, and died from such a ridiculous cause. Isn't that ridiculous?"
"Did the Procuratorate personally send someone to collect the body? Are you sure it was Gu Chuyan?"
"Yes, it was your father who led the team there personally."
Cheng Yuqing replied calmly.
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