Chapter Twenty-Four: A Painful Decision

  Looking at Liu Chong's trembling body, Guo Yining continued: "When your mother told you to send the woman you love to someone else's bed, were you opposed in your heart? But thinking of your wrongly deceased brother, did you still agree with this absurd practice?"

  Kuo Yining put down the pen in his hand on the table, leaned back in his chair and continued: "When you told Yang Liu about this matter, what was her reaction? I guess she wouldn't agree so easily. She also had a falling out with you, but in the end, because of her love for you, she agreed to help you take revenge, right?"

  When Guo Yining saw Liu Chong was about to lose his temper, he knew his approach was correct, so he continued to provoke him, "But did you ever think that the mother you trusted would betray Yangliu? On that day, when you asked Yangliu to pick you up at the airport, wasn't it because you wanted to get rid of her?"

  "But you never thought that Yang Liu had already been targeted by Liu Hua, and at the time, you were scared and didn't dare to acknowledge Yang Liu. Instead, you pulled Liu Hua away quickly and left Yang Liu alone at the airport. This was also your last meeting with her. Do you remember the look in Yang Liu's eyes when she looked at you? That gaze is something you'll never forget for the rest of your life, right?"

  Liu Chong could no longer bear it, frantically pounding his own head, "Don't say anymore, please don't say anymore, I was wrong to Yang Liu, I'm a scoundrel, I was wrong to her."

  Seeing Liu Chong's psychological defenses collapse, Guo Yining slapped the table with a loud bang and arched her body towards Liu Chong, shouting: "How could you wrong her? It was you who failed to live up to her feelings for you, it was you who step by step drove her to despair!"

  Liu Chong held his head in his hands, in great pain, "It's my fault, I killed Yang Liu, I killed her!"

  "How did you kill her?" Guo Yining slowly sat down, staring at Liu Chong in front of him.

  "Every time I send her to Liu Jianjun, I want to die. I love her, I really love her, and she loves me too. I don't want her to get hurt anymore, I want to take her away."

  Liu Chong really intended to take Yang Liu away and no longer care about the matter of revenge, "but my mother discovered my idea, so she told Liu Hao about the existence of Yang Liu. When I found out about this, I hurried back, but it was too late, she had been discovered by Liu Hao."

  Guo Yining recalled what Wu Hui had said to him earlier. If Liu Chong spoke up, it must be because of Yang Liu. "Didn't you send Liu Hao back home? How did he end up at De Xin apartment and take Yang Liu away?"

  I sent Liu Hua home and drove to the airport immediately, but I didn't see Yang Liu at all. Thinking that she might have returned to De Xin apartment, I wasn't worried about being known by Liu Jianjun, so I drove frantically to Yang Liu's residence. Liu Chong knew that Liu Hua must have left shortly after he did and found Yang Liu one step ahead of him. He regretted not going to De Xin apartment immediately instead of the airport.

  "On the way, I made many calls to Yang Liu, all of which were unanswered. I thought she was angry with me, but it turned out that at that time she had already been caught by Liu Hua."

  "After that, didn't you ask where Liu Hua took Yang Liu?"

  "I remembered Wu's mother's determination at that time, and Liu Chong had a great resentment in his heart. 'I certainly asked, how could I not ask, but she didn't tell me, she said she didn't know, but I knew, she must have known where Yang Liu was. I knelt down to beg her, but no matter how I begged, she wouldn't tell me.'"

  Liu Chong was thirty years old, but in Guo Yining's eyes, he was like a child, without any autonomy, and everything was arranged by Wu Ma. "Then you just gave up looking?"

  "No, how could I? I thought of all the places Liu Huan might go to, but I couldn't find him anywhere. It wasn't until he came back the next day that I knew everything was over, and I would never see Yang Liu again."

  Yang Liu lost his life because of the revenge, and Guo Yining thought that Liu Chong would find Liu Hao or Liu Jianjun to fight to the death. "Then why do you still stay by Liu Jianjun's side?"

  Actually, Liu Chong had thought of killing Liu Jianjun and Liu Hao to avenge Liu Kai and Yang Liu, but Wu Ma disagreed. She said that not only should they die, but also be disgraced, "Yang Liu is already dead, I want to see Liu Hao punished by law, I want to see Liu Jianjun fall from power, this way Yang Liu won't have died in vain."

  Guo Yining felt a little sorry for Liu Chong, who had lived in the shadow of his brother's death for so many years. He finally found someone he loved, but was killed by his own biological mother. He had thought about resisting, but gave up because of Wu Ma.

  Guo Yining had seen too many cases of people killing out of hatred, and he also understood why Wu Ma and Liu Chong did what they did. Still, he wanted to say something: "Liu Jianjun will get the punishment he deserves for his crime, but if you two had sent the evidence of Liu Jianjun's murder to the police earlier, you wouldn't have ended up like this today."

  "Liu Jianjun got off too easy for killing someone, my brother absolutely cannot die in vain. Everything he has now should be my brother's, so I want to destroy everything, only then can my brother rest in peace. At that time, I will have the face to see him." Liu Chong had been instilled with this idea by Wu Ma, so he also thought that this was the right thing to do.

  "Willow, don't you have the face to see her?" Liu Chong was thinking about how to face Liu Kai, but what about Willow, had he ever thought of her?

  "Yang Liu is a good person, I've done too many evil things, it's definitely impossible to see her again. Next life, if there is a next life, I'll be a cow or a horse to atone for this life." This was the only way Liu Chong could comfort himself about Yang Liu's situation, otherwise he wouldn't be able to survive this life.

  After so many days, the Lincheng serial murder case has finally come to an end. Unexpectedly, it also dragged out a five-year-old unsolved case in between.

  "You didn't tell Wu's mother about Liu Huan's true identity, did you?" After the case was over, Guo Yining also got a rare break, but he had nowhere to go even when resting, so he came to Wu Hui's residence to ask for a cup of coffee.

  Guo Yining heard Wu Hui's words, looked up at him and said, "I promised you, let's not tell them, otherwise Wu Ma will go crazy, this old lady is also pitiful, let's just end it here."

  Wu Hui can imagine how devastated Wu's mother must have been when she found out that Liu Hao was her own grandson, and for the sake of her son, she had ruined her own flesh and blood.

  Wu Hui added some coffee for Guo Yining, "How's Liu Hao? Has he escaped danger?"

  "Well, there's no immediate danger to his life, and the trial should be held in a few days." When Liu Hua was first shot, he still had vital signs. After emergency treatment, although he escaped the danger of death, he left extremely serious sequelae, and it is feared that he will not recover.

  However, as the murderer of a serial killing case, even if he is rescued, he will still be executed. The physical pain he has endured during this period can be considered as heaven's punishment for him.

  Wu Hui recalled the withered rose that Wang Ting had kept in her diary, a gift from Liu Kai. She must have taken it with her when she hanged herself to meet Liu Kai.

  "The case is finally over, I thought I could have a few quiet days, but who knew you guys..." Looking at the room full of people, Guo Yining, Fang You, Yang Rong and Fang You following behind Yang Rong, Wu Hui smiled wryly.

  It seems that it will never be quiet here again, they are all gathered together, and it's extremely lively.

  Yang Rong urged Zhang Qiang to tell her about Wu Hui's situation, "Zhang Qiang, can you please speak properly? If you don't, I won't bother with you anymore!"

  Although Zhang Qiang was reluctant to praise other men in front of the woman he liked, even if it was his good brother, he could still take this opportunity to talk more with Yang Rong.

  "Ah, ah, don't interrupt me now that I'm getting to the point! Let's go out for dinner and have a good chat while we eat, how about it?" Zhang Qiang never missed any opportunity to dine with Yang Rong.

  "One way or another, if you don't tell me, I'll go ask Wu Da Ge, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to tell me." Yang Rong gave Zhang Qiang a sideways glance, she knew what he was thinking, but she refused to agree.

  "Never mind, look, I've thought of it again. Let's continue, let's go on." Zhang Qiang saw that Yang Rong was going to find Wu Hui, and he couldn't agree to that.

  Fang You sat on one side listening to them talk, from time to time glancing over at Wu Hui and Guo Yining's seats.

  Since this case, Fang has been more and more eager to follow Wu Hui to learn, no matter what, he must find an opportunity to follow Wu Hui.

  Wu Hui felt Fang You's gaze and looked up to find him staring at himself, so he smiled at him.

  Fang You saw Wu Hui staring at him and quickly looked down, finding a topic to talk to Zhang Qiang about.

  Wu Hui was taken aback by Fang's reaction for a moment, then seemed to understand something and thought Fang was quite interesting.

  Everyone was talking in turns when Guo Yining's phone rang.

  Guo Yining glanced at her phone, feeling strange in her heart. She picked up the call, and Guo Yining's eyebrows furrowed.

  Wu Hui looked at Guo Yining's expression and was shocked in his heart. What's going on? There have been many more murders in Lincheng recently. Is this a coincidence or intentional human behavior?

  Then Wu Hui shook his head, thinking he was overthinking, so many years had passed, it shouldn't be him.

  "There's a case, let's go to the scene." Guo Yining said briefly, then looked at Wu Hui who was standing beside him with a thoughtful expression.

  Wu Hui looked up at Guo Yining and reluctantly put down the coffee in his hand, it seemed that this police consultant was not going to get away.

  Yang Rong and Fang You had already prepared everything and were ready to set off at any moment. Zhang Qiang looked around at everyone, wanting to say something but ultimately remaining silent.

  As the police car siren sounded, Wu Hui got into Guo Yining's car and set off.

  Zhang Qiang stood on the building looking at the disappearing police car, his originally smiling face gradually turned cold.