"Hehe …" Shao Jiaying let out a bitter laugh, then looked up at the sky and sighed, "Maybe this is karma! Li Dan, in order to take revenge on me, cut off my hand, and dug up my father's grave! Perhaps, this is the deliberate arrangement of the Heavens! "
"Oh …"
Hearing this, Zhao Yu immediately understood. The person who had placed the blade in Li Dan's grave was not Shao Jiaying, but Shao Jiaying's father!
"Eighteen years ago, before the finals, we practiced at the Second High School's music hall according to the rules." Shao Jiaying recalled, "My practice time was around three in the afternoon, and I had already finished long ago. But in the evening, my father suddenly said that he had left something in the hall, and wanted me to wait in the hotel while he went to find it!
"At the time, I saw my father's panicked expression and thought that he had lost something important. I was also worried, and wanted to go with him, but he refused!
"My father rarely spoke to me so forcefully, so I had a deep impression of him. Since he wouldn't let me go, I could only wait in the hotel.
"I was just looking for something, but I waited for a long time, but my father never came back. It wasn't until eleven o 'clock that my father finally returned to the hotel.
"But my father's face was very pale, and he looked very uneasy. I asked him many things, like what did he lose? Did he find it? Why did he come back so late? "But he did not answer a single word, and only muttered," I have to compete well tomorrow, compete well! "
"At the time, I was also very slow. Even though I saw that my father was not right, I did not think much of it, and continued to participate in the finals.
"During the finals, my mind was on the piano. Not only did I finish the competition seriously, but I also performed extremely well, and unexpectedly made it into the top three, winning third place in the competition!
"Later, when the scores were posted, I was shocked to find that Li Dan's name was not on the list of winners in the finals!
"Before the competition, Li Dan was already very famous. She was one of the favorites to win the competition! She had clearly made it into the finals, but why was her name not on the list?
"After that, I started asking around. I remember very clearly that it was Luo Meina's mother who told me that something had happened to Li Dan the night before the finals, and she was already hospitalized! However, she did not know what had happened.
"Until then, I didn't notice anything wrong. I was even glad that Li Dan had withdrawn from the competition. Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't have been able to get into the top three!
"But … it's quite a coincidence! If I hadn't gone to the toilet before the award ceremony because I was nervous, I would have been able to live in peace for the rest of my life!
"At that time, when I came back from the toilet, I saw Li Dan's mother arguing with the organizing committee. Li Dan's mother's hair was unkempt, and her clothes were dirty and torn. She seemed to have aged a lot. With tears in her eyes, she repeatedly bowed to the people from the organizing committee, as if she was begging for something.
"I was curious, so I stood behind them and listened to their conversation. At that time, I finally found out that Li Dan's withdrawal from the competition was caused by a blade stuck in the piano, and that one of her fingers had been cut off! "
"After hearing this news, I suddenly thought of my father. He said he wanted to go back to Second High to look for something, and that strange night happened to be when Li Dan's finger was cut off. It was such a coincidence that I couldn't help but link the culprit to my father!
"That day, I don't even know how I stood on the stage to receive the award. I felt like everything in front of me was an illusion! My father kept telling me to smile, but I … how could I smile?
"Sigh!" Shao Jiaying let out a long sigh. "If things had stopped like that, I might have had a sliver of hope that Li Dan's incident had nothing to do with my father, and that everything was just a coincidence. But reality is cruel. When we packed our luggage in the hotel and were about to go home, a box fell out of my father's backpack. It was … it was … a whole box of designer blades!! "
At this point, Shao Jiaying's eyes were filled with tears, and she was sobbing uncontrollably.
"It was a very professional designer blade. It was sharp and sturdy. If it was stuck in the piano keys, not only would it be undetectable, it would also cause great damage!" After a while, Shao Jiaying continued, "Our family didn't study art, and this kind of designer blade was very expensive. It was impossible for our family to have such a thing! So … that day, in the hotel, my father and I had a huge argument. Finally, under my constant questioning, my father … admitted … admitted everything he had done to Li Dan! "
"I remember that I was about to go crazy at that time! I was really going crazy! The pain and pressure I had to endure were no less than Li Dan's! I felt that I was so ridiculous, so preposterous. I actually used such a cruel and immoral method to get third place. What face did I have left? "
"My father was also terrified. That day, he even knelt down in front of me and begged me not to spread the news! Sob sob … "Shao Jiaying was sobbing uncontrollably." My parents divorced very early. Ever since I could remember, my father was the one who took care of me. Because of me, he never had a partner in his life. For me to learn piano, he gave everything he had. Sometimes, he had to work three jobs a day, and he didn't even rest at night … "
"However, such a loving father had committed such an unforgivable crime with his own hands! At that time, I almost broke down. I was conflicted. I didn't want anything to happen to Li Dan, but I also didn't want my father to go to jail! Under that kind of torment, I finally went to university, then found a way to go abroad.
"Ever since that year's piano competition, I never touched the piano again!" Shao Jiaying said sadly. "Whenever I see a piano, I think of Li Dan! I think of her fingers! I think of the blood stains on the piano! "
Zhao Yu listened attentively. He had never imagined that the events of that year would be so complicated. How similar was Li Dan's father to Shao Jiaying's father? They had both given up everything for their beloved daughter. But Shao Jiaying's father had chosen an unwise and extreme method, which led to a series of tragedies!
"God's eyes are clear!" Shao Jiaying wiped her tears with her own handkerchief and said, "Perhaps there really is karma in the unseen world!
"Eight years ago, my father fell down the stairs of his house and broke his lumbar spine. He was paralyzed! Less than two years later, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and passed away soon after!
"Before he died, he could not even speak. But I know very well that my father could not let go of Li Dan's matter even after he died! His heart was filled with guilt and self-blame, and he could not forgive himself for the rest of his life! "
One wrong move had led to a huge mistake!
Facing the truth of the matter, Zhao Yu could not help but sigh. If he had been more cautious when considering the problem, he would not have been framed and died so tragically.
"Police Officer Zhao!" Shao Jiaying stopped sobbing and said, "Now that I've told you the truth, I feel much better! I think my father probably had the same intention, but just didn't have the courage.
"How about this, I'll hire the best team of lawyers to defend Li Dan and fight for a good result!"
"As for Li Dan's mother, you don't have to worry. I'll arrange for a team to take care of her!
"I know, between me and Li Dan, it's not about money. I don't pray for Li Dan to forgive us, but I hope that this matter doesn't develop in a bad direction! "
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