Gong Yi looked pained, the image of Huizi kneeling on the ground, pleading desperately, flashing before his eyes. In truth, if Huizi hadn't spoken up, he might never have known the truth.
But even knowing the consequences, Keiko still chose to speak out.
"Yi, I know I deserve what I got, but Zhu'er is innocent. Please treat her well and never tell her the truth, I beg you..."
Huizi did not beg for herself; she only begged for her daughter. In fact, even if she hadn't pleaded, Gong Yi would never have harmed his own daughter.
Even Keiko was someone he couldn't bring himself to harm. During the six years she had been by his side, Keiko hadn't actually done anything to betray the Miya family. The reason she betrayed his brother was out of necessity, because Keiko's family members were being held hostage by the Hosokawa family.
Emotionally, Gong Yi couldn't bring himself to hate this woman, but rationally, he had to execute Huizi, otherwise he couldn't explain himself to his many brothers in the Green Gang.
So he killed Keiko with his own hands, killing the woman he loved most in front of his brothers.
He was determined to die, but fate played a cruel trick on him. He survived, but then suffered even greater pain when his daughter was lost.
His wife and son abandoned his daughter, Pearl, because Pearl had foreign blood. His wife hated Chinese people the most, even though she used to be sisters with Huizi and treated Pearl as her own daughter.
"It's all my fault. I've let Zhu'er down and let down so many brothers. It's all my fault!" Gong Yi felt extremely guilty.
"How is my grandmother?" Ding Ba asked.
“He’s dead. I fired the shot myself,” Gong Yi said coldly.
Ding Ba immediately became anxious, "If it weren't for her tipping you off, your whole family wouldn't have been able to escape. She saved your entire family! How could you be so heartless?"
Gong Yi's expression was cold and stern. "She is a Chinese, a spy, and she killed my best brother. I can't face my brothers if I don't kill her. She must die."
"You...you...even if my grandmother did something wrong, she can make amends. At least spare her life!"
Ding Ba's eyes reddened. Although he also hated the Chinese, Hui Zi must have had a lot of helplessness at the time. In the end, she still chose Gong Yi and was willing to sacrifice herself to protect the Gong family. This alone is enough to offset her sins!
He used to admire Gong Yi's ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness, but when that ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness were used against his grandmother, he only felt heartbroken.
Huizi sacrificed herself to save the Gong family, but how did the Gong family treat her mother in the end?
Ye Qingqing was also conflicted. From a public perspective, Gong Yi did the right thing, but from a private perspective, Huizi was really pitiful and a tragic woman, but the most pitiful one was Gong Zhu.
She was five years old and didn't know how she survived.
Lu Mo actually understood Gong Yi. In Gong Yi's position, with so many brothers under his command, he couldn't only consider personal feelings; he had to give an explanation.
If there's anyone to blame, it's that it wasn't a peaceful and prosperous era. Being born in a chaotic world means you have to endure the pain of chaos.
“Gong Zhu was only five years old at the time. She certainly couldn’t have survived on her own, and she must have had a pretty good life afterward,” Lu Mo said.
"How do you know that Zhu'er is living a good life?" Gong Yi asked, puzzled.
Lu Mo mentioned the white mink coat that had wrapped Ding Ba, saying, "Ordinary families certainly don't have mink coats. The fact that Gong Zhu could wrap her child in a mink coat shows that she was at least living a good life before the accident."
Gong Yi's expression suddenly changed, and he asked in surprise, "A white mink coat? Are you sure it's mink?"
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