Cui Zhizhou had graying temples, was tall and thin, and the shirt looked loose on him.
He held his wife in his arms, his eyes bloodshot, but when he looked at Yu Yao, his eyes were full of tenderness. "Child, give me a document."
Song Guoqiang felt his face burning, and gave Yu Yao an awkward smile: "Give me one too."
When Wan Guihua saw the man return, she hurried over.
"Guoqiang, don't listen to their nonsense. How could I do such a thing? It's all fake; they made it up."
Song Guoqiang ignored her explanation, took the materials and read them carefully. When he saw that the record stated, "There was no one else in the courtyard at the time. Comrade Wan Guihua, a family member, said that the child had been found and requested that the case be closed," his face instantly darkened.
"Wan Guihua, there's a red stamp from the Public Security Bureau on it. You're saying this is fabricated?" Song Guoqiang, filled with rage, pointed at Wan Guihua's nose and said, "Am I blind and deaf, or do you think I can't understand what's on this?"
"No, Guoqiang, you have to believe me, I really didn't."
Wan Guihua still refused to admit it, saying, "So many years have passed. What if the records from back then are inaccurate? Maybe someone impersonated me and said these things."
Upon hearing her words, Song Guoqiang calmed down and was about to look for Yu Yao.
Yu Yao took out a document and a group photo before he could: "This is the identification report written by the police who came to our door back then. It clearly tells us that the person in the photo is Wan Guihua. You said that the child has been found, and that there is no need for investigation. You told the police to close the case. There is no case of impersonation."
Wan Guihua realized that the photo was taken a few days ago, and her face turned pale.
Song Guoqiang's face was grim. "Wan Guihua, I married you back then because you were innocent and fertile. I never expected you to be so vicious. How have you treated us all these years? Have you lost all your conscience?"
Wan Guihua cried and said, "Guoqiang, I know I was wrong. I don't know why I said such things. I was just confused for a moment."
Song Guoqiang was so angry that his head was buzzing. "You say you were confused for a moment, but how anxious have your senior brothers and sisters-in-law been looking for their children all these years? You had countless chances, but why didn't you say anything about this?"
After scolding Wan Guihua, Song Guoqiang looked at his senior brother Cui Zhizhou and said, "Senior brother, Guihua was wrong in this matter. I didn't keep a close eye on her, so I was also wrong."
“Our Song family is willing to compensate you. Could you please consider the years we’ve spent together as master and fellow disciples and not report this to the police? After all, so many years have passed, and Yu Yao has been found. I heard she recently received the title of Advanced Military Wife. She’s an outstanding young woman. Could you…”
Cui Zhizhou interrupted him, his eyes filled with anger, "No! Guoqiang, you've seen how your sister-in-law, Huaiqing, and I have been searching for our child all these years. Look at your sister-in-law's gray hair, look at Yu Yao next to you who has been separated from us for twenty years. How can you still make this request?"
Song Guoqiang hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
I don't know when, but Wan Guihua's children all came out.
The girls wanted to say something, but Zhao Di stopped them; they were too ashamed to ask for forgiveness.
The three sons, as if they hadn't seen anything, hid behind their sisters and peeked.
But not one of her sons stood up to plead for Wan Guihua.
Looking at his three sons, and enduring the angry and disappointed gazes of Cui Houhou and Wu Wanying, Song Guoqiang spoke:
"Senior brother and sister-in-law, the children are not yet married and cannot live without their mother. Can you forgive her?"
"Whatever your request, feel free to make it. As long as it's something you've asked for, the Song family will definitely meet it."
Wu Wanying wiped away her tears, and as if meeting Song Guoqiang for the first time, she said coldly, "Comrade Song, your child is not married and cannot be without a mother. What about my child? How old is she? Does she deserve not to grow up with her parents?"
"You don't need to talk about this anymore. We will not forgive you, and we never will."
Her gaze fell on Lu Ze behind the crowd, and she said, "Wan Guihua should pay the price for everything she did back then. We don't want any compensation. Let the law decide."
Lu Ze led the police into the courtyard and stood beside Yu Yao. Like Cui Zhizhou and Wu Wanying, he looked coldly at Song Guoqiang and Wan Guihua's family.
Facing Yu Yao's gaze, Song Guoqiang lowered his head in shame, "I'm sorry!"
Knowing that all was lost, Wan Guihua slid to her knees and begged for mercy: "Senior brother and sister-in-law, I really know I was wrong, please don't arrest me. I was just confused for a moment, that's why I told the police that the child had been found, and I didn't ask the police to close the case. I was wrong, please forgive me..."
It's too late to ask for forgiveness now. She had countless opportunities to make amends, but she chose to ignore them all.
This time, Wu Wanying and Cui Zhizhou also chose to ignore her pleas for forgiveness.
The arrest of Wan Guihua caused a huge uproar in the shipyard's residential compound.
Everyone knew she was stingy and held grudges, but no one expected her to be so ruthless.
They told the police that the child had been found and even asked them to drop the case, causing Teacher Wu and Professor Cui to be separated for twenty years.
Everyone believes that she was the one who took the child back then, and now we are just waiting for Wu Huaiqing to confirm it.
Wu Wanying cried so hard she almost lost her breath, so Cui Zhizhou took her back to her room to rest.
Yu Yao sat in the living room, repeatedly reviewing the police's filing documents, but there was no joy on her face from finding the murderer.
Lu Ze walked over and sat down next to her, asking, "What's wrong?"
Yu Yao looked at him, "I always feel like something's wrong. Wan Guihua only admitted to telling the police that the child had been found, and never mentioned taking the child away. Do you think it's possible that she wasn't the one who took the child back then?"
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