Chapter 232 Xu Le's Confession
Zhou Qi's case eventually became a big deal. The Zhou family used their connections to find the victim, who had no power or influence. They were certain that the victim was after money, so they acted condescendingly towards the victim.
Especially Zhou's parents, seeing that their son Zhou Qi suffered such a great loss, naturally blamed all the mistakes on the victim. They did not say bad words to the victim, which was already what they could tolerate. Zhou Qi was able to do such a thing, which was more or less influenced by his family environment and he flattered the powerful and bullied the weak.
In the Zhou family's view, as long as the money is paid, the victim should happily accept the settlement. As for dignity, in the Zhou family's mind, poor people don't have such things.
Unfortunately, the Zhou family does not know now that the victim they are facing now is not as weak as it seems. When Gong Chen’s people found the victim, they promised him that they would hire the best lawyer to fight the lawsuit for the victim free of charge.
The Zhou family's attitude deeply irritated the victim. These rich people did not treat ordinary people as human beings at all. They clearly did something wrong, but they were still arrogant. She had to lick her wounds secretly and dared not look at other people's eyes. This was too unfair.
In the end, Zhou's father and mother were kicked out of the house by the victim. Looking at the closed door, the second elder of the Zhou family turned red with anger, and Zhou's mother kept scolding the victim for being uncultured.
The two elders of the Zhou family returned home with a sigh of relief, feeling that the money had not been paid in full. They planned to negotiate with the victim the next day, but they did not expect that the Zhou family would become famous in City A that night.
The victim became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. Why could the bad guys live so freely? So she mustered up the courage to expose her experience and the attitude of the Zhou family on her Weibo, without any concealment and naming them by name.
This kind of thing is a sensitive topic in itself. Gong Chen's people helped to buy traffic, and the news spread quickly. That night, acquaintances called and sent WeChat messages to ask about the Zhou family's situation.
The two elders of the Zhou family did not expect that the victim would be so ruthless. After receiving calls from relatives and friends, Zhou's father explained one by one that his son Zhou Qi was being blackmailed and the other party did this just for money. It was not known whether the people on the other end of the phone believed it for real or not, and they comforted the two elders in a very official way.
As for Wang Jianwei, he was frowned when he saw the hotel staff forwarded this Weibo post, because the victim's Weibo post clearly stated that the incident happened at the Universal Hotel, and some netizens left messages below saying that they had also encountered such a thing at the Universal Hotel.
The comments on Weibo are rising rapidly. Netizens generally support the blogger and suggest that the blogger should not compromise and must make sure Zhou Qi is punished. Some individuals mentioned the responsibility that the hotel should bear.
Wang Jianwei had a bad feeling. Judging from the popularity of this Weibo post, the Universal Hotel might be involved later.
"Jia Jia, you should quickly persuade your parents not to be reluctant to spend the money and ask this woman to delete her Weibo post. If things get out of hand, none of us will end up well." Wang Jianwei handed the phone to Zhou Jia Jia and said angrily.
He is now like an ant on a hot pan. If the matter gets out of hand, his job as a hotel manager will be over. With such a big mistake, no company will dare to hire him in the future.
At this time, the couple still thought that things were just as Zhou's father and mother said, because the price had not been negotiated.
"I understand. My parents are old and they don't do things decisively now." Zhou Jiajia frowned slightly, with a hint of impatience in her tone.
She blamed her family a little, which had implicated her husband and made it difficult for her to speak with confidence in front of Wang Jianwei.
Even though things have gotten to this point, the Zhou family has not realized the seriousness of the situation and is still blaming the victim for being ungrateful, making things worse and causing them trouble.
It was not until the next day that the lawyer hired by the Zhou family went to understand the case. The police received more reports. The number of victims had increased from one person yesterday to five today, and the number was still rising. Some of these victims were persuaded by people arranged by Gong Chen, and some came to report the case after seeing the Weibo and finding that they were not the only victims.
Zhou Qi's defense lawyer did not expect this situation. The two elders of the Zhou family asked him to bail Zhou Qi out first. In this situation, Zhou Qi might never be able to get out for the rest of his life. The two elders of the Zhao family are so careless. People without legal awareness are really scary.
After learning about the situation, the defense lawyer immediately told Zhou's family the seriousness of the incident. When Zhou's mother heard that her son might not be able to get out, she felt dizzy and almost fell down. Zhou's father was also anxious and asked the defense lawyer to rescue Zhou Qi at all costs.
"Mr. Zhou, I will do my best, but the situation is not good now. You have to be mentally prepared. I don't know if there will be more victims." The defense lawyer said tactfully.
Zhou Qi's defense lawyer suggested that Zhou's father contact the first victim first and delete the Weibo post, as the public opinion impact is very negative now. Then he should contact the new victim who reported the case and settle the case privately. In this situation, Zhou Qi has no chance of winning in court, as the other party has the hotel's surveillance video.
In the girls' dormitory of University A, Xu Le saw a Weibo post about Zhou Qi. The content written by the victim was very similar to what she had experienced in her dream. The image of Zhou Qi also vaguely appeared in her mind.
But her dream did not include the scene where Zhou Qi was exposed on the entire Internet. Not only this time, but many other things were different from her dream.
Xu Le sometimes feels like she has a mental breakdown. The person in her dreams is not Xu Le, but her idol Qian Muchue. Her life as Qian Muchue in her dreams is very miserable.
However, in reality she is Xu Le, and there is also a person named Qian Muchue. Many of this person's past experiences are the same as those in her dream. Her parents are not kind, she grew up with her grandmother, and went to University A.
But there is a difference. In the dream, she was pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, was expelled from school, threatened by her biological father, and forced by her agent Zhu Yang. In the end, she had no way out. But in reality, Qian Muchue had both a son and a daughter, a successful career, and a very good husband.
Xu Le told herself that it was a dream and not to take it seriously, but her heart still ached because the life in the dream was too unfortunate, with too much resentment, despair and hatred, which made it impossible for her to calm down and live Xu Le's life.
But in real life, she is not Qian Muchue, and she has no way to change Qian Muchue's life. Therefore, she hopes that Qian Muchue in reality can be safe and sound, and everything goes smoothly. Only when she sees that Qian Muchue in reality is living well, can Xu Le's negative emotions be relieved.
Xu Le cares more about Qian Muchue's life than she does herself. When she sees Qian Muchue being slandered by her biological father Qian Yifeng, she is even more excited than Qian Muchue herself. She actively defends Qian Muchue online and fights against those black fans.
When she did these things, she always had a sense of self-salvation.
Her feelings towards Qian Muchue were different from those of ordinary fans and idols. To her, that was another self. Who could not love herself? Xu Le knew that her thoughts were crazy, so she kept it in her heart and dared not confide in anyone.
But now, when she saw Zhou Qi's turmoil, Xu Le wanted to talk to Qian Muchue. She felt that in this world, Qian Muchue should be the only one who could understand her.
On the other side, Qian Muchue originally planned to return to City B immediately after the anniversary celebration of University A, but because of Zhou Qi's matter, they were delayed for a day. It was during this day of delay that Qian Muchue received a text message from Xu Le, who wanted to ask her out for a meeting.
Qian Muchue originally didn't want to keep the appointment, but Xu Le mentioned her crazy dream in the text message, saying that Qian Muchue in her dream was different from now, just an unknown little artist, and her agent was Zhu Yang, who was full of scandals.
After seeing this text message, Qian Muchue had a guess, which allowed her to connect some things that she couldn't understand.
Who brought misfortune to Zhu Yang and Qiao Yan, who went to the village to look for grandma a few years ago, and the fan on Weibo who knew very well about the relationship between herself and Qian Yifeng and his wife.
To be honest, with such speculation, Qian Muchue didn't know what attitude to take towards Xu Le. Although she had all the memories of the original owner, she and Xu Le could only be said to be strangers.
"What's wrong? What are you thinking about?" Gong Chen asked with concern when he saw Qian Muchue was uneasy.
"It's okay. I made an appointment with my junior schoolmate Xu Le from yesterday. I was thinking about her." Qian Muchue replied with a smile.
"That fan of yours is a bit strange. He goes early and comes back early." Gong Chen said implicitly. He didn't know if it was because of the aura, but he didn't want his wife to have contact with that fan. He rarely had such emotions.
"Okay, I understand." Qian Muchue responded, but she thought in her heart that Gong Chen was very sensitive.
Xu Le arrived early in a private room of a teahouse. She was a little confused, nervous but also looking forward to Qian Muchue's arrival. She was thinking about what to say so that the other party would believe that she was not talking nonsense.
There were not many people in the teahouse where Xu Le met. Qian Muchue was wearing a mask and no one recognized her. Led by the waiter, Qian Muchue went to the private room where Xu Le was.
Qian Muchue finished a cup of tea. Xu Le opposite her didn't say anything except the word "senior" at the beginning. She kept drinking water. Qian Muchue could see that she was nervous.
"The tea ordered by Junior Sister Xu is very good. I will be returning to City B tomorrow. I didn't expect that I can still sit here and drink tea with Junior Sister today." Qian Muchue was hinting to Xu Le that if he didn't say it now, there would be no time later.
Sure enough, after hearing Qian Muchue's words, Xu Le finally looked up at her.
"Senior, I, I sent you a text message like that. Do you think I have a mental problem?" Xu Le asked tentatively.
Qian Muchue looked at Xu Le, who looked nervous, and gave him a reassuring smile.
"No, I'm very interested in strange things. You know, as actors, we may receive any kind of bizarre scripts." Qian Muchue said with a smile.
Qian Muchue did not intend to confess to Xu Le and said that she knew what she was going to say. Qian Muchue came to the appointment this time to want to know what Xu Le thought. After all, the relationship between the two was a bit strange.
Because of Qian Muchue's attitude, Xu Le let down his guard, mainly because she really needed someone to talk to.
"Senior sister, since a few years ago..." Xu Le chattered on and on about his dreams in the past few years. When he talked about the sad parts, Xu Le was so excited that tears flowed down his face.
Qian Muchue handed over a tissue. She knew everything Xu Le said, but she didn't interrupt. She could see that the little girl opposite needed someone to listen.
What Xu Le wanted to say had been suppressed for two lifetimes. In the space where she was Qian Muchue, she had no one to talk to.
"Xu Le, those were all dreams, don't be sad." Qian Muchue's voice was very gentle, touching Xu Le's heartstrings.
Looking at Xu Le who was out of control, Qian Muchue felt a little complicated. It was obvious that no matter in the previous life or this life, Xu Le was a weak girl who was easily trapped by bad things.
Even though Xu Le is not hurt now and has new opportunities to choose, she will still be tripped by the past and fall into a bad mood.
Qian Muchue would sympathize with her, but would not approve of her attitude. Her weakness not only hurt herself, but also hurt Qian Xiaoya and Grandma Qian. Qian Muchue would feel like a person who was very disappointed in her.
"Senior, I know this dream is ridiculous, but I still care about it and I'm sad. I can't let it go." Xu Le said sobbingly.
"Then have you figured out what to do?" Qian Muchue asked.
After hearing Qian Muchue's words, Xu Le was stunned for a moment. She didn't know what she wanted, but she just didn't want to accept it.
"I, I don't know, but I want those bad guys to be punished and I want Qian Muchue to live well." Xu Le said excitedly. The Qian Muchue she was talking about was referring to herself in her dream, and also the Qian Muchue of now.
"Well, your wish has come true, why are you still sad?" Qian Muchue asked with a smile.
Zhu Yang, who had wronged Xu Le in the past, had his career ruined and is now facing jail. Qiao Yan was also forced to quit the entertainment industry. Zhao Wan is now divorced and has children, and her career is average. As for Qian Yifeng and Zhang Shan, they can only watch Qian Muchue's wealth and prosperity, but they can't touch it, and they will never have peace in their lives.
Xu Le was stunned for a moment. Yes, these people who once owed her were now not living well as she wished, but why did she still feel uncomfortable?
"Xu Le, no matter whether this dream is true or false, it is all in the past. You are Xu Le now. If you don't let yourself go, no one can save you." Qian Muchue said this, and she would not try to persuade him anymore.
"Senior sister, do you believe what I say?" Looking at Qian Muchue's indifferent expression, Xu Le asked.
"I don't know, maybe, but now I am Qian Muchue and you are Xu Le, nothing else matters."
After hearing Qian Muchue's words, Xu Le didn't speak for a long time. She knew this truth, but she was always unwilling to do so, so she trapped herself.
"Senior, can I see you off tomorrow?" After a long silence, Xu Le looked at Qian Muchue and suddenly said.
Having expressed so much resentment and hatred, Xu Le never spoke of the guilt hidden in her heart. According to her dream, she hadn't seen that kind old man for almost twenty years, and she didn't know what the baby in the cradle looked like when he grew up.
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