Xi Caiqin widened her eyes in disbelief and collapsed on the ground:
"Be safe...but I...I'm also thinking about your future. Your father...he's always been proud of you! You're the mainstay of the art troupe. So many people envy our family..."
"Proud of me? He just needs a perfect daughter to show off!"
Her voice suddenly choked:
"He never wanted me... He wanted me to be your tool to gain face and climb up the social ladder!"
The visiting room fell into a suffocating silence. Xi Caiqin looked at her crazy daughter in front of her and felt extremely heartbroken. Were they wrong?
Was it wrong from the beginning?
But she just wanted her daughter to marry someone better. Her Ping An was so outstanding, and only Fu Hanzhou could match her. But in the end, how did things turn out like this?
She clung to the iron bars with trembling hands, looking at Gu Ping'an distressedly, trying to remain calm, but still unable to hide the heartbreak in her tone:
"Safe! I've found your father's old comrades and used all my connections! I'll definitely be able to get you out!"
Xi Caiqin's voice was filled with tears, and her saliva splashed on the iron bars.
"There's also Commander Fu, your Aunt Xu, and many old leaders... Please don't..."
Gu Pingan suddenly picked up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground and put them to his throat, sneering:
"Save me? Are you saving the Gu family's reputation? Fu Qixun will only say that I deserved it!"
Gu Pingan stared at his mother's broken nails and laughed at himself, his laughter like a rusty knife:
"How many places did you kneel on to get your hands like this?"
The sound of heavy military boots came from the corridor, and every step seemed to step on Xi Caiqin's heart.
Gu Ping'an's body suddenly tensed up.
Gu Zhenhua walked in, took out a document from his briefcase, and stuffed it through the gap in the iron bars. The words "Statement of Severing Relations" on the brown paper bag made Xi Caiqin scream:
"You're crazy! You actually took it out. She's your own daughter!"
Gu Zhenhua's eyes swept across Gu Ping'an's bloody nails and fell on the new bruises on her face. His Adam's apple moved:
"Next month, your cousin will be demobilized and resettled, and your aunt's son has just been promoted. The Gu family's reputation cannot be tarnished by a murderer. Sign this; it's the only way to save the Gu family."
As he said this, he subconsciously adjusted the collar of his military uniform, as if this could cover up the trembling in his voice.
Xi Caiqin suddenly rushed towards the document, but was grabbed by Gu Ping'an.
When she saw the contents of the paper clearly, she suddenly burst into a crazy laugh, and the laughter echoed between the cold walls:
"So the only time you came to see me was to get me to sign?"
The sound of paper tearing was particularly clear. Gu Pingan stared at the gold star on his father's epaulettes, his voice choked with sobs:
"So in your eyes, I'm not even worth these empty reputations. How ironic! I tried my best to be your 'perfect daughter,' committing murder and arson, scheming and plotting, but in the end, I was just a bargaining chip for your face... Now that I'm a murderer, you're so eager to throw me away."
She threw the torn paper hard on the iron bars:
"Get lost! I don't have a father like you!"
Gu Zhenhua's expression changed, his Adam's apple rolled a few times, but he didn't say anything.
"Ping'an, Mom will go and beg again..."
Xi Caiqin's voice was like a candle in the wind. Her outstretched hand froze in mid-air, and her fingertips were still stained with blood from being scratched by the porcelain shards.
“That’s enough!”
Gu Ping'an took a few steps back, trembling all over, tears rolling down his face uncontrollably. He looked up at the window on the high wall in confusion:
"When Lin Zhao died, I didn't want to live anymore. The one you've all loved was never me. I'm tired, really tired..."
She slowly slid down to the ground and curled up into a small ball:
"I finally understand now. Only Lin Zhao treated me like a human being. Haha... But I desperately squandered his love and threw away the only warmth in my life..."
She laughed so hard her whole body trembled. She picked up a piece of broken porcelain and carved Lin Zhao's name on her palm, letting the blood drip down the scratch:
"I thought I was chasing love, but in fact I was always running away from this home... Only Lin Zhao gave me freedom. I was so stupid, so stupid... Zhao... I'm coming to accompany you now..."
She raised her head and her eyes fell on the white hair at her mother's temples, her eyes calm:
"I wish you had never loved me!"
"Ping An...you are trying to tear my heart out..."
Xi Caiqin burst into tears:
"Ping'an, it was my fault. I won't give up. I love you..."
"Visiting time is up."
The prison guard suddenly walked in.
Gu Zhenhua and his wife froze in place, watching Gu Ping'an being dragged away by the prison guards, their throats feeling like they had a rusty shrapnel stuck in them.
Gu Ping'an didn't cry or make a fuss, and didn't even look back at them.
The bloodstains she left meandered on the wall and gradually merged with the word "Lin Zhao". A pearl had fallen from Xi Caiqin's plum blossom brooch at some point, and it shone coldly on the ground, like a tear that no one saw.
The footsteps gradually faded away, mixed with Xi Caiqin's collapsed cries, penetrating through layers of walls, like a tangled ball of yarn, tightening the air of the cell.
At this time, Gu Zhenhua finally understood that once some cracks are torn, they can never be healed.
From the very beginning, he was extremely wrong!
**
The smell of disinfectant in the ward became increasingly pungent, and the regular ticking of the monitor filled my eardrums.
Several days have passed and Fu Hanzhou is still in a coma.
Medical conditions were limited at that time, and Qin Ying had done everything she could, but Fu Hanzhou still did not wake up.
Another day passed, and the sound of the evening news broadcast by the Snowflake radio, a unique product of 1980, came from the corridor. The noise of electricity and the alarms of instruments intertwined into a sharp buzz.
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