Actually, Huo Jialan's treatment of Song Jinning over the years was an exaggeration to call it "abuse," but she had definitely neglected and intentionally delayed treatment.
But Gu Nianzhi's words seemed to confirm that Huo Jialan had "abused" Song Jinning.
Huo Jialan's eyes scanned the living room. Seeing the shocked expressions on some of the guests' faces, she panicked. She could no longer pretend to be weak and shouted, "How did I abuse her? Tell me clearly! I … "
"Fine, fine. You're not the star of the show today. Let's talk about it later." Gu Nianzhi waved her hand and swatted at Huo Jialan like she was swatting a fly. Huo Jialan was so angry she almost fainted again.
Her face instantly turned white, and even her red lips lost their color. She looked even more pitiful.
Song Jinning gently patted Gu Nianzhi's hand and smiled at her. She turned to look at Huo Jialan and said, "I can let go of what happened before. But Jialan, where did you get those letters? Did you really get them from your mother? Do you really not want to pursue the matter of your mother's death? "
Huo Jialan calmed down and looked at Song Jinning strangely. She said softly, "Miss Song, my mother did commit suicide because of you. There's no doubt about that. You don't have to try to reopen the case."
"Really?" Song Jinning looked at her calmly, "Jialan, I'll ask you again. Where did you get those letters?"
"You really want to know?" Huo Jialan rolled her eyes, "Of course I got them from my mother."
Gu Nianzhi pressed, "When did you find them? Do you remember the exact time? "
"Of course I remember. Although it's been ten years, I still remember what happened that day." Huo Jialan was furious. "That day, I came home from school and went to my mother's room to talk to her. When I opened the door, I saw her lying stiffly at the head of the bed. Her body was already cold, and beside her hand were these disgusting love letters! Tell me, if it wasn't for her seduction, why would my mother commit suicide?! "
Huo Jialan extended her arm and pointed at Song Jinning's nose.
Gu Nianzhi pushed her arm away and asked calmly, "So you saw those letters right after your mother passed away?"
"Yes."
"And you immediately went public?"
"Of course, why should I cover for her? She had to bear the consequences of her dirty deeds. So what if she was crazy? Luckily, my second uncle was smart and didn't fall for her lies. He immediately filed for a divorce. "Huo Jialan was finally able to speak fluently. She had regained her usual arrogant demeanor.
Gu Nianzhi smiled. She had been waiting for Huo Jialan to speak. If Huo Jialan had continued to pretend to be weak and quiet, it would have been difficult to uncover the truth about the incident all those years ago.
So she asked calmly, "Did your mother ever mention these letters to you when she was alive?"
Huo Jialan hesitated for a moment. Her eyes flashed, and she didn't know where to look.
"Answer me. Did your mother ever mention these letters to you when she was alive? You just have to answer yes or no. "Gu Nianzhi persisted. She had always had the spirit to get to the bottom of things.
"… No." Huo Jialan was silent for a moment. She felt that it would be more appropriate to say no.
If she said yes, who knew how many weird questions Gu Nianzhi would ask?
"Then did your mother ever leave you a suicide note? You just have to answer yes or no. "Gu Nianzhi was already acting like she was interrogating a defendant in court.
Huo Jialan had unknowingly been led by the nose by Gu Nianzhi. She paused and shook her head. "No."
"That's strange. Since your mother never mentioned these love letters to you when she was alive, and she didn't leave you a suicide note when she passed away, how did you determine that these letters were your mother's belongings? And that they were the cause of your mother's suicide? " Gu Nianzhi made the final decision. She had perfectly separated the love letters that tarnished Huo Guanyuan and Song Jinning's reputations from the cause of Huo Jialan's mother's suicide.
Huo Jialan glared at Gu Nianzhi. She was confused by Gu Nianzhi's words.
It was obvious. The letters were right next to her mother's hand!
Why did Gu Nianzhi make it sound like the two had nothing to do with each other?!
What had gone wrong?!
Bai Jinyi looked on coldly from the side. She spoke up to help Huo Jialan out. "You don't know, but Jialan's mother, Xinxue, was a very kind woman. She kept quiet after Huo Guanyuan's death for the sake of Song Jinning's reputation. She endured it for six years without saying a word. In the end, she couldn't take it anymore and committed suicide. She didn't reveal these love letters to anyone until her death.
Jialan chose to reveal them in the end because she had lost too much. If you blame her for this, then you're being too selfish and vicious. Are you saying that only your lives are important, but her parents' lives aren't?! "
Bai Jinyi's words were not completely unreasonable.
People in the living room had already begun to nod in agreement. They felt that this was a perfect explanation for why Luo Xinxue had kept these love letters a secret for six years.
Gu Nianzhi quietly waited for the whispers in the living room to die down. She raised her voice. "That's right, this is an explanation. But it's a very far-fetched, erroneous, and misleading explanation."
"How is it far-fetched? What's more, it's full of mistakes and changing concepts? " Huo Jialan had unwittingly moved to stand beside Bai Jinyi. "That's the reason. Don't try to please my eldest cousin brother by fawning over his mother."
"Don't judge others by your own standards. You didn't even investigate your own mother's death. You only think about pleasing outsiders and torturing your own people. " As soon as Gu Nianzhi said this, Huo Jialan regretted it so much that she wanted to bite her tongue off. Gu Nianzhi's words were especially harsh when Huo Jialan mentioned Huo Shaoheng.
"Huo Jialan, I'm a law student. I've always spoken from the standpoint of the law."
"I'd say the same thing even if you were in court." Bai Jinyi put an arm around Huo Jialan's shoulders and pretended to be affectionate. She scolded Gu Nianzhi. "Jialan's mother committed suicide because she was too sad after reading those love letters!"
Gu Nianzhi shook her finger. "Physicist Bai, that doesn't make sense. Huo Guanyuan's wife, Luo Xinxue, didn't commit suicide when her husband died. She didn't commit suicide immediately after reading the 'love letters' her husband had with another woman. She waited six years before committing suicide … Isn't that too much time? "
Bai Jinyi was speechless.
"Also, according to Huo Jialan, Luo Xinxue kept these letters a secret. Even her only daughter didn't know about their existence before she committed suicide. May I ask how you know that Luo Xinxue saw these letters six years ago? Did she tell you about them? "
Bai Jinyi was speechless.
"Physicist Bai, may I ask how you know that Luo Xinxue received these letters six years ago?"
"I'm just making a general deduction. Since they're Huo Guanyuan's belongings, then they should have been given to her six years ago. So … "Bai Jinyi stammered.
"So in the end, it's all just your subjective deduction. There's no evidence to support it." Gu Nianzhi turned around, her eyes sweeping across the faces of the guests in the living room. "I can also make a subjective deduction and come up with another conclusion. That Luo Xinxue didn't receive these letters six years ago. Someone deliberately showed them to her six years later, and that's why she committed suicide. Or maybe they were placed on her bed after she died. So who gave these letters to her? Why would this person have Huo Guanyuan and Song Jinning's handwritten letters? Who would have the ability and motive to do so? "
Gu Nianzhi's eyes were already on Bai Jinyi's face as she spoke. She was practically pointing a finger at Bai Jinyi's face. "It's you, it's you, it's you!"
Bai Changhui's expression darkened. He said angrily, "Be careful with your words, Miss Gu. You can't just say things like that. You yourself said that you were just making assumptions. How could you be an alarmist and pin the crime of murder on my sister? "
"… But your sister blamed her subjective deduction on someone else. She made that person take the blame for ten years. Her husband betrayed her, her marriage broke up, and she was abused for ten years. Gu Nianzhi looked at Bai Changhui fearlessly. "… That person wasn't my sister!"
Bai Changhui's temper flared and he blurted out what was on his mind. "… That person wasn't my sister!"
"I see. Mr. Bai, you're already taking sides. You're not being fair, so please don't accuse me of being an alarmist. "Gu Nianzhi waved her hand dismissively at him.
Bai Changhui's face was livid, but he couldn't refute Gu Nianzhi's words.
Bai Jinyi's head buzzed and her ears were filled with a roar. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, but she bit her lip hard and didn't dare say a word.
The living room suddenly fell silent. Everyone's eyes were on Bai Jinyi and Song Jinning.
Huo Jialan felt like she had been struck by lightning. She looked at Bai Jinyi in shock, then at Gu Nianzhi. She didn't know who to believe.
Song Jinning sighed and looked at Huo Jialan with a conflicted expression. She continued, "Jialan, your mother loved you the most. Her greatest wish in life was to see you grow up, get married, have children, and have children all around you."
Song Jinning found it hard to believe that Luo Xinxue had committed suicide when Huo Jialan was still a minor.
"You're still talking?! It's all because of you! If it weren't for you, my mother wouldn't have died! " Huo Jialan was getting more and more flustered. She screamed hysterically, her face ashen. She was on the verge of passing out.
Bai Changhui quickly nodded at Huo Guanchen. "Today's incident was too sudden. You guys should sort out your own affairs first. I'll take my sister home now …"
Huo Guanchen didn't say anything. Grandfather Huo was furious, but he didn't dare say anything in front of General Ji and Speaker Long.
Gu Nianzhi panicked. How could they just let Bai Jinyi go like this?
With the Bai family's influence, Bai Jinyi would probably head straight to the airport and seek refuge abroad. She was about to stop them when she heard a commotion coming from the living room door.
Gu Nianzhi turned to look. Her eyes sparkled.
Huo Shaoheng walked in in his military uniform. Behind him were orderlies and several police officers.
A police officer walked towards Bai Jinyi with an arrest warrant in hand. "Are you Bai Jinyi? We suspect that Luo Xinxue did not commit suicide 10 years ago. She was murdered. Please come back to the police station with us to assist in the investigation. "
Bai Changhui looked up in shock. "Do you have evidence?! Who dares arrest people without evidence?! "
"Deputy Secretary-General Bai, the evidence is being gathered." Huo Shaoheng's calm, powerful voice was magnetic.
"Gather my ass! Luo Xinxue's body was cremated 10 years ago. Her ashes were buried in the cemetery. Major General Huo, where are you going to find the evidence? Or are you trying to get a confession out of her? "
Bai Jinyi couldn't believe her ears. What right did they have to arrest her?!
Where was the law?!
"Luo Xinxue's body was not cremated." Huo Shaoheng folded his hands behind his back and stood behind Gu Nianzhi and Song Jinning. His tall, imposing figure was like a mountain. "10 years ago, I asked someone to freeze Luo Xinxue's body. I was waiting for the day the case was reopened. "
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