"I just feel sorry for the baby in your belly," Lu Yuan said.
He looked at Qin Manman's belly, shook his head and clicked his tongue twice, looking regretful.
"It's really pitiful, even worse than what I went through. This child wasn't even born yet, and his parents didn't love him. He was born under such circumstances, and it's uncertain whether he'll even survive."
Qin Manman felt a chill run down her spine, but she remained defiant.
"Stop exaggerating. Lu Guoqing is the child's father. He said he would take the child away and raise him properly."
"Ha, you actually believe what he said." Lu Yuan sneered.
“You should know Lu Guoqing’s personality. He can abandon Xiaoqin and Xiaojun without hesitation, twice. Do you really think he will treat you, a child, well? You are too naive.”
"Now that he can pin all the blame on you and make you go to jail for him, he'll remember this incident whenever he sees the child you gave birth to. Do you think he won't be annoyed and thus dislike the child?"
"He could abandon Xiaoqin and Xiaojun, who are both his own flesh and blood, so why wouldn't he abandon this one?"
"Believe it or not, today he can make you take all the blame for his own sake, and tomorrow he can abandon your child for his own comfortable life without any burden."
Lu Yuan's series of words threw Qin Manman into a panic. She shook her head repeatedly, "No, he needs a son to support him in his old age."
But no matter how you look at it, those words sound unconvincing.
"Why doesn't he just ask Xiaojun for help with his retirement?"
Lu Yuan decided to completely shatter her psychological defenses.
“Xiaojun is an adult now, and a college student. He’s bound to be successful in the future. Why not rely on our promising eldest son instead of a baby with an uncertain future to support us in our old age?”
"He's not young anymore. He can expect Xiaojun to be able to enjoy his retirement in a few years, but he'll have to spend 20 years raising the baby with all his energy and money."
What will happen when we grow up is unknown, and whether we can really rely on them is also unknown.
Do you think Lu Guoqing, having such a promising and capable son, will properly raise the unborn child in your womb, whose future is uncertain?
Qin Manman fell silent.
Lu Yuan continued, "Okay, even if he could, how can you be sure the baby in your belly is a boy and not a girl?"
At this point, Qin Manman completely broke down, clutching her head and sobbing.
"No, the baby in my belly is a son, not a daughter."
"What if it's a girl?" Lu Yuan shattered her fantasy.
"Impossible. Even if it were his daughter, Lu Guoqing wouldn't abandon her."
Lu Yuan scoffed, "Heh, if you're going to think like that, I can't help you, but it's extremely irresponsible of you to the baby in your belly."
He slowly rose, placed his hands on the interrogation table, and looked down at her.
"Instead of placing all your hopes on others, you should rely on yourself. Those who resist will be punished severely, while those who confess will be treated leniently. If you are an accomplice, you won't get a long sentence, and if you behave well, you can get out early."
"Think it over carefully. It's more reassuring to raise your child yourself than to entrust him to anyone else."
After saying that, he left the interrogation room without hesitation.
Qin Manman sat there motionless for a long time, then suddenly shouted towards the door of the interrogation room.
"Officer, confess, I'll confess everything."
With Qin Manman's testimony, and corroboration from Guo Conglin and his two henchmen, Lu Guoqing's crime of stealing the research and development of new drugs was finally confirmed.
Gao Weishan has already reported that the medicine was to be donated to the country free of charge. In other words, he didn't steal personal property, but rather something belonging to the collective that could bring huge benefits and commercial value to the country.
Lu Yuan didn't need to say much about this case; the higher-ups took it very seriously. Even though Lu Guoqing was a Hong Kong businessman, he absolutely could not be tolerated.
Thus, Lu Guoqing was sentenced to prison. In addition, the case of stealing the child was brought up again. He was punished for multiple crimes and was sent to a farm for labor reform, with a sentence of life imprisonment.
However, this time they didn't go to the nearest farm in their area, but to the far northwest.
This departure may be the last time I return in this lifetime.
"I want to see Lu Yuan."
Before going to the farm, Lu Guoqing made a request.
Fearing the police officers might disagree, he added, "It concerns matters from back then."
What happened back then?
What happened back then?
Lu Yuan frowned and thought for a moment, wondering what else there was to say about what happened back then.
He wasn't curious at all, and felt there was no need to see him again.
However, he did ask Lu Xiaojun and Lu Xiaoqin.
"Do you want to go and meet them?"
Lu Xiaojun remained silent. Lu Xiaoqin thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, let's meet then."
Just for the sake of those last few thousand dollars.
However, it seemed that neither side was having a good time. When the siblings came out of the police station, thunderous roars erupted from inside, and the siblings' faces were gloomy, not only because of sadness, but also because of anger.
"What's wrong?"
When the two returned home, Lu Yuan casually asked a question upon seeing the situation.
Neither the siblings knew how to explain, and seeing their predicament, Lu Yuan didn't press them.
"If you don't want to talk about it, you don't have to."
Lu Xiaoqin hurriedly said, "It's not that I don't want to talk about it, it's that I'm too ashamed to talk about it. He even wants us to plead with you to let him go. He also said that he did nothing wrong, and that if he hadn't brought you back back then, you would have died long ago."
"What do you mean by that?"
"That's pure nonsense," Lu Xiaojun retorted angrily.
“I have already found out what happened back then from him. It was because they favored sons and preferred sons that they switched you with their own daughter while Aunt Xiao was unconscious.”
Later, fearing exposure, he prepared to leave. However, just before leaving, his wife couldn't bear to part with their own child and took the baby with her as well.
"What about the mother and daughter?" Lu Yuan was curious about this.
Lu Xiaojun and Lu Xiaoqin's expressions immediately turned strange, and they fell silent.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
The siblings shook their heads in unison, "It's nothing."
Lu Yuan didn't believe it at all. "I'll give you another chance. I just want to hear the truth."
Helpless, Lu Xiaoqin stammered, "He said... you ate that mother and daughter."
"I ate it?" Lu Yuan's eyes widened.
"How could that be? Who would eat people, especially since I was just a newborn baby at the time!"
"That's why I said he's talking complete nonsense," Lu Xiaojun said indignantly.
"How did he explain it?" Lu Yuan pressed.
The siblings fell silent again.
"Stop taking so long to say anything, just tell us what he said."
Lu Xiaoqin went all out and said quickly, "I heard that his wife didn't have any breast milk and there was nothing else to eat, so you and her daughter were crying out in hunger."
"His wife cut her wrists so you could suck her blood. Who knew she wouldn't control her strength and would bleed to death."
"Later, when he couldn't take care of the two children and couldn't find food, he cut off his own daughter's arm so you could suck her blood. The child died within two days."
"Because of this, he insisted that the two of them were eaten by you."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
