"I didn't expect you to be so insightful at such a young age."
"I have to be insightful, or else I'll be played by you seniors." Chen Guang teased.
Wu Shan was stunned. "I don't think so. I feel like you're the one playing us. With your brain, it's a pity you're not in politics. "
"Huh? Did I say I'm not in politics? "Chen Guang was puzzled.
Wu Shan patted his head. "Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know? Anyone who knows the inside story knows that you, Chen Guang, are the mastermind behind Xu Lizheng's case. Who doesn't know that you, Chen Guang, are a troublemaker? Do you think we would dare to let someone like you enter politics? "
Chen Guang raised his eyebrows. "Heh! I don't believe that if I insist on taking the civil service exam, you won't let me register? "
"What are you talking about?" Wu Shan was almost speechless at him.
As the two of them were chatting, there was a sudden commotion in front of them. The crowd was in chaos.
"Xu Lizheng jumped off the building!"
On the fifth floor, Xu Lizheng was sprawled on the ground. His blood splattered all over the ground, staining it red.
Chen Guang was lying on the balcony, staring at the pile of minced meat on the ground. His ears were filled with the commotion, but his mind was empty.
He looked up at the sky and felt that the blue sky and white clouds had never been so bright.
Old Man Xu was dead.
How did he die?
Was he forced to die by me?
No, he was forced to die by himself.
The dirtier a person's heart is, the more fragile it is.
Only a righteous person can have no desires and be fearless.
Xu Lizheng was not righteous enough and had evil intentions. He spoiled his son and did not know how to discipline him.
He had done too many wrong things for his son, and he knew that he could not be forgiven.
There were too many things he didn't dare to face, so the old man chose this path in the end. He leaped and sought a quick release, just like how Ding Lu took poison years ago, and just like how Xu Lizheng jumped off a building today.
There had always been two explanations for people who committed suicide. One was that they had the greatest courage and were not afraid of death. The other was that they had the greatest cowardice and did not even dare to live.
Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for officials at Xu Lizheng's level to die even if they wanted to. At the very least, there were very few precedents of officials at his level being sentenced to death.
Of course, if he hadn't jumped off the building, he would have been the first to do so.
Covering up and harboring, hiring an assassin to kill, killing in court, especially the last one, not to mention how bad the impact was, it happened in front of everyone's eyes, it really made the defense lawyer lose the courage to defend himself.
If he was sentenced to several crimes, even if he didn't die, he would die.
As for the other person involved in the case, Xiang Guoming, the once glorious President Xiang, there was no more hope for him to live.
Once all the cases were investigated, the case of Leng Qin's family was just a minor detail. Xiang Guoming's case was much more serious and vile than this. Two hands and ten fingers wouldn't be able to solve it.
"It's over."
Leng Qin, who was beside Chen Guang, said faintly. Her voice sounded particularly tired, and there was a sense of death in it.
Chen Guang turned his head to look at her. There was no surprise in his heart that he had succeeded. He only felt that the smell of silence from this woman was almost devouring his life.
Leng Qin turned around and gave Chen Guang a smile. Her smile was so pitiful that the centipede-like scar on her face exuded a poignant beauty.
Chen Guang looked at Xu Lizheng, who had jumped off the building, and then looked at Leng Qin. He realized something and suddenly grabbed her shoulder. "Sister Leng! You … "
Leng Qin smiled again. She unscrewed the mineral water bottle in her hand and drank the remaining half in one gulp. Then she threw the bottle to the ground.
Her breathing gradually became more and more rapid, and a strange flush began to appear on her face. Within a few seconds, the blood vessels in her eyes appeared, and then densely covered her entire eyes. Her body began to tremble violently.
"No!" Chen Guang's mouth opened wider and wider. Leng Qin's symptoms made him extremely frightened.
Unexpectedly, Leng Qin was still smiling. Her smile was so relieved and free.
This might be the most beautiful smile in the world. It could be deeply engraved in people's hearts. Even if Chen Guang recalled it many years later, he could forget the sadness and pain under her smile.
"Chen Guang, thank you. Thank you for letting me know that there are still good people in this world."
Leng Qin's voice was getting lower and lower.
Tears flowed uncontrollably from Chen Guang's eyes and blurred his eyes. He wanted to bravely reach out to hold Leng Qin, but his hands were shaking so badly that he didn't even have the strength to lift them.
"Don't cry, really, don't cry for me. You don't know how happy I am to be able to reunite with my family. A soul like me can go to heaven."
Leng Qin's hand touched Chen Guang's face and touched his hot tears.
Chen Guang choked with sobs, "I should have thought of it. I should have thought of it when you didn't let me remove the mosaic! I was too stupid! "
Leng Qin's fingers were shaking more and more violently, "Don't blame yourself for me. Otherwise, I won't be able to leave in peace. I have always carried this potassium cyanide capsule with me. I have already decided. You can't stop me. In fact, I should have died in the car accident. Now, I just delayed it for a few more days because I have to leave quickly. Otherwise, I won't be able to catch up with my family. "
"Please don't be sad for me. For many years, I have never been as happy as I am now. I have to leave. You are my benefactor. It is my fault to make you sad. A good person like you must live a happier life than anyone else. Promise me, okay? Promise me. "
Chen Guang's nose was sour as if he had drunk a liter of vinegar. "I promise you."
Leng Qin turned her face away. She could no longer see anything. Her mouth was bleeding crazily. Her body gradually stopped trembling. She held onto the balcony and looked up at the dazzling sun in the sky.
The smile on her face bloomed like a peony in midsummer.
Leng Qin left. She left in front of Chen Guang. She left in front of Old Han and Guo Ming. She left in front of everyone who came out of the public trial hall.
Perhaps she would go to a country where no one could see, touch, or see her. She would reunite with her family and live a happy life.
Perhaps she would turn into a strong wintersweet, stubbornly growing on some island with birds chirping and flowers fragrant.
At this moment, in the sports bag that no one could see, the light of the Heavenly Holy Grail was flickering silently, at the same frequency as a person's heartbeat.
Leng Qin's parents finally could not control the grief in their hearts. They cried on the balcony.
Chen Guang held back his tears and buried his sadness. Because he had promised Leng Qin that he would live a happier life.
People have many ways to live. Some are brilliant, some are calm, some are depraved, and some are open-minded.
Some lives are long and some are short. Some are noble and some are lowly.
Leng Qin chose to end her life at this special moment. For her, it was the most free and easy thing to do.
Regardless of the rights and wrongs in the court, Chen Guang and the others helped Leng Qin's family take care of her funeral.
In the evening, watching the plane carrying Leng Qin's ashes fly into the sky, everyone's sorrow seemed to fade away with the roar of the plane.
Guo Ming patted Chen Guang's shoulder. "She was a brave person. She will definitely be reincarnated into a good life in her next life."
Wearing a smile, Chen Guang replied, "Who knows if there's really an afterlife. Life is so fragile. In just one day, three people have died. "
"That's why, life is short. We have to enjoy ourselves while we can." Zhuo Jingsi's words were filled with deep emotion and profound meaning.
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