Police cordoned off the area, and a crowd gathered in the stairwell. A girl of about eighteen or nineteen, dressed in thin clothes, huddled in a corner of the stairwell, shivering.
After the police had conducted a general investigation of the scene, Tian Tian said tremblingly, "Be careful, my sister has syphilis."
Police: ? ? ?
Two hours later at the police station, Tian Tian was questioned repeatedly by the interrogator.
"I didn't kill anyone. She's my cousin. How many times do I have to tell you? She was banging on my door in the middle of the night when she accidentally tripped and slipped, ruining her baby."
If I had known, if I had known sooner, I would never have ignored her.
Interrogator: "Why didn't you open the door when the deceased knocked in the middle of the night?"
Tian Tian grabbed her hair as if she was about to collapse, "My sister was diagnosed with syphilis. Knowing that the child couldn't be saved, she has become somewhat mentally unstable, especially at night."
I didn't open the door because I was afraid she might hurt me in a moment of irrationality. How many times do I have to tell her?
The interrogation room door opened, and a veteran police officer brought in newly discovered information, whispering a few words in the interrogator's ear.
Interrogator: "According to the investigation, the deceased died at the residence of a gay man surnamed Gu. Why were you sisters living in the home of a gay man with whom you had no connection?"
"Here it comes," a dark, unreadable light flashed in Tian Tian's eyes. "Ruan Xianxian said that these days, the punishment for illicit relationships between men and women is very severe."
However, the law applies to the vast majority of people, but absolutely not to a small minority.
Even if Gu Zhengchi and Ruan Baozhu weren't caught in bed, he could come up with a million reasons to explain it. And even if they were caught, the Gu family could protect him.
The major undertaking of reforming ordinary people might seem significant to the Gu family, but even something as trivial as a fart could seem like a bigger deal.
Once you're at the bureau, never try to implicate Gu Zhengchi. The house is in his name, the accident happened at his home, and he's harboring a wanted criminal. Gu Zhengchi can't escape this situation.
Of course, he wouldn't be in much trouble since he wasn't directly involved. Rather than implicating Gu Zhengchi and having the other party kill him, it's better to clear him of any involvement from the start.
There's a specific way to pick it.
Then, Tian Tian suddenly looked up, her face pale, "No, this has nothing to do with Brother Gu. The child in my sister's belly is my brother-in-law's."
Brother Gu kindly took us sisters in; don't slander a good person.
The police officers exchanged glances, and one of them smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, lady. The autopsy report proves that your sister suffered a miscarriage and massive bleeding, it wasn't homicide."
Can you tell us about Brother Gu that you mentioned?
Tian Tian nodded hesitantly, each sentence making excuses for Brother Gu, but unintentionally revealing a lot of crucial information.
So Gu Zhengchi was taken away from the Gu family, still in a daze.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the day when wives return to their parents' home, all the aunts and uncles of the Gu family were there. The old Gu family house, which was usually filled with children's laughter, became completely silent after the people were taken away.
When the family's old man Gu's already poor mental state was further aggravated.
Gu Zhengchi's mother, the mistress, knelt at the old man's feet with tears streaming down her face, repeatedly crying out for justice and begging the old man to save his only grandson.
"Oh!" a beautiful woman in her early forties interjected, "The only grandson? Do you really think our Chengxuan is dead?"
Harboring a wanted criminal and getting a married woman pregnant—tsk tsk tsk, they say you have to look at the mother of the horse before buying it, and you have to look at the mother's character before buying the grandson. Indeed, like mother, like son.
The speaker was the eldest daughter of the Gu family, and also the aunt of both Zheng Chi and Cheng Xuan. Logically, both their legitimate and illegitimate children were her nephews, but Gu Cheng Xuan was someone she had raised single-handedly.
In previous years, Chengxuan took the initiative to give his military merits to his younger brother for the sake of the Gu family. Otherwise, how could a mere illegitimate child want to enter the Gu family?
"Eldest sister," Gu's mother sobbed, "Grandpa only had this one direct descendant, complete and whole. No matter who his birth mother was, he has our father's blood flowing in his veins."
Are you indirectly criticizing our father for being a corrupt leader?
"You..." Aunt Gu, with her fiery temper, suddenly stood up to strike, but was stopped by the old man's shout, "Enough!"
His cloudy eyes flashed with a sharp, cold light.
"Seduce married women and keep mistresses outside, and keep two at that. Good, good, good. You've inherited all of your parents' excellent genes!"
They really picked out the 'good points' of you two!
Standing nearby, Mr. Gu looked up and down at the sky and the ground. What man would spend his whole life with a haggard, worn-out wife? Have you ever seen a cat that doesn't steal fish?
He didn't think his son had done anything wrong; he just thought he was young and dishonest.
Just as Gu's father was thinking, he heard the old man roar in his ear. He didn't hear what his wife said, but he saw his father was furious.
He stomped his cane with a deafening thud, his old face ashen, as if he were about to pass out at any moment.
Father Gu rolled his eyes. "Dad, why are you getting so worked up? He's our only grandson. Even if he says something really harsh, do you really think we'll just ignore him?"
In fact, he had more than one illegitimate child, but apart from his eldest son who was rendered useless, only this one inherited the Gu family's Air Force genes.
Bring him back and make him behave for a while. What are you going to do, put him back?
The old man froze, his heart filled with sorrow. He had married three wives in his life, but his first wife had left him with no children; all the children were born to his second wife.
During those war-torn years, the men of the Gu family were duty-bound to defend the borders. All the daughters survived, but only two of the sons survived.
The eldest son, though not particularly talented, was obsessed with women, and he admitted to bearing some responsibility for that. The youngest son had been sent to Russia for an exchange program a few years ago and had since disappeared without a trace, his fate unknown.
The once-great Gu family had been reduced to relying solely on an illegitimate son to maintain its reputation; the old man was filled with unspeakable sorrow.
But he couldn't just ignore it. Just as he was about to wave his hand and have someone get the person out first, the phone next to him suddenly rang.
The old man, annoyed, casually picked up the phone.
A weak yet gentle and refined voice came from the opposite side.
"Grandpa, I'm back in Beijing. I'm in the hospital now. I've had two surgeries on both legs, and there's a high chance I'll recover."
Clang—
It was the sound of a phone falling to the ground. The old man was trembling all over and it took him three tries to pick up the receiver.
The entire Gu family compound was so large you could hear a pin drop. The father and grandfather were so excited they could barely hold their things. Had something terrible happened to Zheng Chi, who had just been taken away?
Everyone held their breath, but the most nervous was Gu's mother.
Despite his fear, he felt a sense of relief, because he knew that even if Gu Zhengchi hadn't gone that far, and even if he had actually committed murder and arson, as long as he hadn't betrayed the country, the Gu family could still protect him.
The old man's lips were trembling. "Child, say it again."
Gu Chengxuan chuckled on the other end of the phone, "I dare not tell my family until I am absolutely certain, for fear of giving you hope only to be disappointed again."
Now that the surgery was successful, I can finally say, "Grandpa, my legs are almost fully recovered."
"Good, good, good!" Two cloudy tears streamed down his face. In that instant, the frail old man seemed to be revitalized.
After hanging up the phone, he called his whole family to make the announcement.
"Chengxuan's legs have healed and he's in the hospital for observation. We're going now to pick up Xuan'er, to bring back the future head of the Gu family!"
Upon hearing this, Gu's mother collapsed to the ground like a rat whose tendons had been pulled out, hissing, "Impossible! There is absolutely no chance that Gu Chengxuan's legs will recover."
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