Chapter 359: Chapter 359: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes is Actually Him_1
“It was Song Shixiong who instigated it! I owed more than a million in gambling debts and loan sharks were after my life everywhere. I had no choice. Song Shixiong promised me that after the deed was done, he would transfer a million to my account.”

“Did you get the million he promised you afterwards?”

“No! After it was done, he only gave me money twice, fifty thousand one time, and a hundred thousand another. Then he threatened me, told me not to look for him again or he’d call the cops on me. Later on, he disappeared, and I couldn’t even find him anymore.”

As the trial progressed to this point, I couldn’t sit still any longer.

I suddenly stood up.

Wenya pulled me back down to sit.

At that moment, a thought unexpectedly surfaced in my mind, and it was that Gu Yuanzhou must have instructed Damaha to say this.

Gu Yuanzhou’s greatest skill was slinging mud at others.

But then, upon second thought, something didn’t feel right.

Wasn’t Gu Yuanzhou already dead?

Not only was he dead, but all his wealth had dissipated too. There was no way he could instruct anyone to do anything anymore.

The judge continued the interrogation at this point,

“According to the information we have, the deceased Song Yun was Song Shixiong’s biological niece. How could he possibly hire someone to kill his own kin?”

After contemplating for a moment, Damaha said,

“I don’t know the circumstances at that time, but I heard later on that he owed a lot of money, and that there was an investment project that could have turned his fortunes around. He originally planned that after his niece’s death, he could inherit a portion of her wealth.”

Hearing this infuriated me.

I refused to believe it.

And I couldn’t accept it.

How could my own uncle possibly want me dead?

The trial was adjourned at this point because a new suspect had emerged.

The police needed to apprehend the criminal.

As I walked out of the courthouse, I didn’t say a word.

Wenya followed closely behind me,

“Ayun, Ayun! Are you okay?”

From afar, Su Peisheng stood at the door, communicating with a few police officers, seemingly concerned about the progress of the case.

I quickly descended the steps, with Wenya keeping pace beside me.

“Ayun, if you’re feeling troubled, can you talk to me about it?”

I stopped and looked at Wenya,

“Do you think… I’m an idiot?”

“Ayun, I won’t allow you to talk about yourself like that!”

“Ha, but I am… How could I have never known that my own uncle wanted me dead?”

“Ayun, maybe Damaha is lying. Su Peisheng said, we should wait until the police arrest Song Shixiong to decide! Nothing is certain right now.”

I shook my head, kept shaking my head.

“You don’t have to console me! The day I went to the Song Family, I overheard it. Song Shixiong himself admitted, he indirectly caused my mother’s death for money. My mother was his biological sister, and if he could lay a hand on his own sister, let alone me, his niece related by blood but one step removed!”

“Ayun, don’t panic yet, maybe there’s still a chance for things to change?”

“Chance? What chance? In hindsight, it’s clear. When I was young, Song Shixiong spent a fortune to cultivate me. He once intended for me to marry into a wealthy family, to ally through marriage and bring him benefits. Moreover, after my death, he repeatedly demanded compensation from Gu Yuanzhou. He never cared about my well-being, all he wanted was money.”

I shook my head and laughed bitterly,

“In fact, I should have realized it from the beginning, but unfortunately, I was too foolish. All this time, I hated Gu Yuanzhou with such hatred that it blinded me; I didn’t realize that my true enemy was Song Shixiong…”

No one can understand my rage.

No one can comprehend my heartache.

If Song Shixiong was the one plotting my murder?

Then… that would mean that Gu Yuanzhou was wronged.

The thought was even more distressing.

I grabbed Wenya’s shoulders,

“Wenya, Gu Yuanzhou died in vain, it was me who killed him! I was the one who killed him.”

At that moment, I was enveloped in a profound sense of regret.

My world was enveloped in darkness.

If that were truly the case, when I went over things, what exactly had I done?

I was about to be driven insane by my own thoughts.

Wenya held onto my arm tightly,

“Ayun, calm down. Even if Gu Yuanzhou didn’t kill you, but…”

Wenya searched her heart, trying to find the faults Gu Yuanzhou had committed.

But after thinking for a long time, she finally spoke,

“But, he still had an affair! A man who cheats is trash, and trash deserves to die.”

I fell silent for a moment,

“Ye Mengyan said that Gu Yuanzhou had never laid a hand on her.”

Wenya chuckled lightly,

“That’s a lie! If he hadn’t touched her, would he have been so nice to Ye Mengyan? Taking care of her mother, buying her this and that. Don’t forget, he spent so much money on her, and he almost made Ye Mengyan the spokesperson for Zhenyi Company. He did so many things for Ye Mengyan. Do you think he’s a fool?”

I stopped in my tracks, looking at the distant scenery as I fell into deep thought.

Yes!

I had almost forgotten about Gu Yuanzhou’s feelings for Ye Mengyan.

He had, at least, kept her a secret from me for several years, satisfying her material needs.

I’m certain that Gu Yuanzhou was a very practical and wise man. How could he have been so generous to a woman without reason?

“Ayun, don’t think too much about it. What’s done is done, let’s not dwell on the past anymore,”

“Oh, okay!”

Even though I had agreed with Wenya, the thoughts in my heart never ceased.

I often woke up in the middle of the night, dreaming that Gu Yuanzhou was standing beside my bed.

He looked at me, his deep eyes filled with pain.

He kept asking me in a low voice,

Ayun, do you really want me to die?

I would wake up from the dream, my back drenched in cold sweat.

When I awoke, only the pale moonlight spilled through the window.

The bedroom was empty, no one else was there.

All of this indicated that the experience was just a dream.

I covered my face with my hands and got up to walk over to the window.

Looking out at the pitch-black night, I knew clearly that Gu Yuanzhou would never come again.

Never!

A sense of despair spread wantonly at the bottom of my heart,

submerging my entire being.

It was truly suffocating.

The night stretched on endlessly, so long that I thought dawn would never come.

The next morning.

I was out of sorts. While making coffee, I accidentally scalded my hand.

My phone started to ring. I glanced at it and saw it was a call from Song Zexi.

On the phone, Song Zexi’s voice was forlorn, desperate, and pain-stricken,

“Last night, the police took my dad away!”

“Huh? What happened?”

“I really didn’t expect it, he actually hired someone to kill Ayun! How could I have such a beast for a father?”

“Did he confess?”

“Yes! This morning the police came again, they searched the whole house, and they found the evidence!”

My heart sank, and my grip on the phone began to falter.