Jing Xing glanced coldly at Qin Chen, then took out a document from the drawer. Inside was a photo of a girl.
Qin Chen immediately collapsed onto the sofa, feeling completely drained.
"Auntie, is there anything else you'd like to say?"
"No need to say anything!"
Qin Chen mustered his last bit of courage and left.
That was a whistleblower report.
She recognized the girl in the photo; it was she who had personally resolved the matter back then. She never expected that after so long, the incident would resurface.
She had a premonition that this time she was truly doomed.
Jingxing looked at the whistleblower's materials, his heart filled with unease.
It was a gang rape case. When Tan Yu was still a minor, he and several rich young men gang raped a girl in a bar.
Back then, this case was covered up by the combined forces behind these individuals.
Now that Tan Yu has been arrested for espionage, a series of old cases have been unearthed, and this report has once again fallen into Jing Xing's hands.
Justice may be delayed, but it will never be absent.
After Jingxing submitted the material, he had no further involvement with the Tan Yu case. Out of a desire to avoid suspicion and because he felt uncomfortable being an old friend, he did not inquire about the progress of the matter until a year later, when the verdict in the Tan Yu case was announced.
He saw the trial results on the news: Tan Yu was sentenced to thirty years in prison. Qin Chen was sentenced to three years in prison for bribery and other crimes. Many others were also sentenced for the same offenses.
Tan Zhengfeng was not implicated because he was directing a military exercise at the time of the incident. Therefore, he was not sentenced. However, he retired from the army and lived a quiet and unemployed life at home.
This day.
The long-quiet Tan family's door was knocked on.
Tan Zhengfeng looked at the upright Jing Xing and remained silent for a long time.
"The promotion transfer order has come down?"
"yes!"
"It's time to go. You've probably been here for many years."
Yes! I came to see you before I left!
"An old man in his twilight years, on his deathbed, nothing to see here!"
Jingxing remained silent for a long while. The Tan family was no longer as lively as before; it looked extremely quiet. He put down the gifts and bowed.
"Uncle Tan, please take care!"
He didn't say anything more.
Debt? Guilt? It's all superfluous!
Personal feelings are insignificant in the face of national interests.
He has a clear conscience about arresting Tan Yu.
Looking at his straight and upright back, Tan Zhengfeng felt a lot of emotions.
Jingxing is very much like his father; he can walk with such grace and elegance that he creates a beautiful scene.
He didn't blame Jingxing, but he deeply regretted that one wrong step led to another.
When he married Qin Chen, Jingxing's father advised him: "Qin Chen seems cheerful, but I always feel that she is too shrewd and pleasure-seeking. You should still take a look."
At the time, he was headstrong and always thought that men conquer the world just so that women can enjoy themselves. So he married Qin Chen without any regard for the consequences. He spoiled and pampered her, which eventually led to disaster.
Did he really know nothing about what Qin Chen and Tan Yu did?
Honestly, he, with his military instincts, could have sensed something, but his high position and power made him think those were trivial matters. Out of laziness, apathy, contempt, and arrogance, he gradually led himself to where he is today.
The state, mindful of his contributions, did not put him on trial and gave him a way out.
However, he often judged himself in his heart, and the gaze of his former comrades-in-arms also judged him, making him uneasy.
He outperformed many people in his youth, but lost to his children in his old age.
Tan Zhengfeng sighed deeply, slowly closed the door, and locked himself back into silence.
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