After Nanxing's case was adjudicated, his accomplices were also sentenced one after another, and they all received their due punishment. This roundup operation almost wiped out everyone who helped Nanxing.
Rumors were flying all over the internet, but no one paid any more attention to Nanxing anymore.
As time goes by, everyone will gradually forget about it.
Duan Ye and Luo Qingyuan moved back to Moon Bay. Although Ms. Zhao no longer helps them take care of the children, there are many nannies in the house, and Housekeeper Yang is also Luo Qingyuan's capable assistant, so it is not difficult for them to take care of the children while working.
Friday passed uneventfully.
Duan Ye had just dropped his child off when he took a taxi to the company building.
Just as he was about to swipe his employee ID to go in, he saw Xie Congjing constantly pacing around the front desk.
They hadn't seen each other since the last court hearing, so Duan Ye was momentarily stunned when he saw her now.
Everyone knows about Nan Hao's passing. Duan Sheng took leave to attend the funeral on Wednesday, as they had been friends for many years and Duan Sheng wanted to see him off on his final journey. The rest of the Duan family did not attend.
Duan Ye saw Xie Congjing, and Xie Congjing naturally saw him too.
So she ran over in a few quick steps, and to Duan Ye's astonishment, she slid down and knelt in front of him.
With people coming and going around him, Duan Ye's face immediately turned ashen.
Xie Congjing: "Xiao Ye, please save Nan Xing. You and she grew up together since childhood. You can't just throw away your brother-sister relationship of so many years."
People around him were whispering among themselves. Duan Ye had no choice but to squat down and say, "Aunt Xie, please get up."
Xie Congjing: "If you don't agree, Auntie won't get up."
"Ono, I'm at my wit's end. I don't beg you to rescue her, I just beg you to save her life. She's in the prime of her life..."
Duan Ye forcefully pulled Xie Congjing up from the ground: "Aunt Xie, what you're doing is really damaging the company's image."
The front desk staff have been glancing this way frequently.
Xie Congjing bowed and apologized, "Xiao Ye, Auntie didn't want this to happen, but your uncle is gone, and I'm the only one holding this family together. If Nanxing is gone too..."
Duan Ye pulled Xie Congjing to the coffee shop next to the company.
Faced with Nanxing's question, he solemnly told Xie Congjing, "Aunt Xie, if it were anything else, I would definitely help you if I could, after all, you and my mother have been friends for so many years. But Nanxing broke the law, she killed someone, and we cannot turn a blind eye."
"She already knows she was wrong, she will change, she was just temporarily blinded by greed..."
Duan Ye closed his eyes briefly: "Auntie Xie..."
Xie Congjing interrupted him: "She's being sentenced to death today."
"At 10 a.m. this morning, I will be escorted to the execution ground."
Duan Ye's voice abruptly stopped.
The weather isn't good today; it's May, and the rainy season is approaching.
During the few minutes he didn't reply, a light drizzle started falling outside.
Duan Ye told his boss he would be a few minutes late, as something urgent had come up.
Overwhelmed with grief, Xie Congjing wept intermittently.
Sitting opposite Xie Congjing, Duan Ye could see that her hair was already gray.
Old people are always like this; they can't bear to part with the children they've raised for decades.
But when Duan Ye thought about the suffering the victims endured, his heart ached as if it were being stabbed with a knife.
Xie Congjing: "Nanxing was a very good child. She was sensible and had good grades. Even when she was sick and had a fever of 39 degrees Celsius, she endured it without saying anything. If you hadn't found out, we really wouldn't have known she was so silly."
“She has never caused us any trouble since she was little. Yes, although she is not my biological daughter, over the years, she has been like a daughter to me.”
"How could I, as a mother, bear to watch my own daughter die..."
"Only you, only you can save her."
"It's my fault as her mother. I didn't notice something was wrong with her sooner, which led her to make these mistakes. I really was wrong..."
Duan Ye sighed: "Aunt Xie, the person she has wronged has never been me."
"They are the dead."
"Did you know? The driver who took Grandma Luo to school back then was disabled for life because of that car accident."
"The drivers hired by the Luo family are all ordinary people. That driver is forty-five years old this year, and he has two children in college, but he can no longer drive."
"Then tell me, what did they do wrong? Also, my ex-girlfriend Ye Nuan was driven to depression by the incident, and she even attempted suicide by jumping off a building. But at that time, I was blinded by my own ignorance and hated her so much. Her parents never came to claim her body before they died. Who is to blame for that?"
Xie Congjing felt a lump in her throat.
This was the first time Duan Ye had mentioned her in recent years.
He was in a daze, so dazed that it felt like those things were just yesterday.
But in the blink of an eye, many years have passed.
"If Shen Niannian's driver had still been in the car during that bombing, what do you think would have happened?"
"Just because they are ordinary people, does that mean they deserve it?"
“I cannot forgive Nanxing on behalf of the victims.”
Duan Ye gave a bitter laugh and added, "And I will never forgive her."
Xie Congjing still wanted to kneel down.
Duan Ye said, "I can't accept an elder kneeling to a junior, but if it's for Nanxing's sake, then kneeling here for a lifetime won't do any good."
After saying that, Duan Ye turned to leave.
Xie Congjing cried bitterly.
Perhaps he was thinking of Nan Yue and his brother-in-law who worked at the hospital.
Duan Ye looked at Xie Congjing again: "Aunt Xie, you have more than one daughter. Cousin Yueyue is so smart and outstanding, and both of your children have good grades. How come you, as her mother and grandmother, can't see that?"
After saying that, Duan Ye walked out of the coffee shop.
The rain seemed to be getting heavier, so he ran straight back to the company.
Even through the glass, he could still see Xie Congjing's pitiful appearance, trembling all over as she cried.
When faced with tragedy, people inevitably feel nostalgic.
Duan Ye just didn't understand. Pei Shuai was a good doctor, and Nan Yue was a bank employee. Both were truly good jobs. So why did Xie Congjing only ever see Nan Xing?
Duan Ye didn't linger. His experiences over the past few years had taught him that the greatest blessing was to mind your own business and take care of yourself and your family.
The clock quickly struck ten in the morning.
Nanxing was taken to the execution ground.
The surroundings were very solemn. She had wanted to take one last look at the sun before it set, but there was no sun today, nor were there any people she knew.
They don't even have any fans anymore.
Looking back on her life, she really left nothing behind.
Nanxing was forced to kneel on the ground, and a blindfold was put over her eyes.
Darkness instantly engulfed her.
She could remain calm when there was light, but now that it was pitch black and the cold wind was blowing, she was really uncomfortable.
Suddenly, she seemed to see Ye Nuan.
She smiled and called her, "Sister Nanxing..."
Nanxing felt a chill run down his spine.
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