"You child, how could you have run away from home for so many years over a trivial matter!"
"Running away from home wasnāt a trivial matter; it had to do with my sisterās death."
The courtyard was eerily quiet.
The assistant and the doctor were too scared to speak, thinking, are you back with a bomb? Determined not to stop until someone gets hurt.
"By the way, if your granddaughter isnāt rescued, the consequences will be more serious."
"Rescue, of course. Rescue her immediately." The old man ordered, "Prepare the car, Iām heading into town."
"Old leader, you havenāt been back for fifteen years."
"What? Iāve been gone fifteen years, so they all think Iām dead?"
"No, no..." The assistant wiped sweat nervously.
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Today is the day of the sentencing, the speed of the case completion broke records. Many who had been hiding behind the scenes cameāmembers of the Su Family, Hai Family, Shen Family, as well as those from National Security University, the union, the Rescue Association, the Research Institute... Big figures rarely seen were dazzlingly present.
After all, todayās sentencing concerns the victory or defeat of their respective camps.
Of course, they needed to know the outcome immediately.
Oh! Qin Shuang represented the Qin Family, too, having come. In the hallway, she encountered Qin Yue walking alongside Principal Feng and received a fierce glare from her younger brother. But she laughed heartily.
The one dreaming of seducing her younger brother would be punished today; she had to witness it firsthand.
The family section was packed. Sheng Ning sat at the front; a simple turn of her head, and she could see Hai Yunfeng and Hai Shen together. And the annoying Song Yongchun; this personās character was truly vile, it was puzzling why the Hai Family tolerated him repeatedly.
The trial was scheduled to start at ten in the morning, yet everyone had already arrived before it.
However, just before the trial, a uniformed staff member approached the chief prosecutor and whispered a few words. The prosecutor showed a stunned expression, quickly tidied the documents before him, and stood up.
"Due to insufficient evidence, the trial is postponed." Then he left swiftly through the special passageway with a group of staff.
The front erupted, Xu Qigang thought about his sister-in-law and mother-in-lawās reactions, intuitively sensing the sudden change was related to them.
"What happened? Whatās this?"
"No idea!"
"This is simply unheard of."
Someone stopped Zhao Changqi and others, demanding, "What do you mean by insufficient evidence? When did you detectives start doing things so hastily?"
"How would I know? Iām just a grassroots employee."
Seeing Zhao Changqiās expression, someone almost couldnāt help but laugh.
Hai Yunfeng stood up, bent down and said to the person beside him, "Go check it out, see who has such capabilities!"
"Yes!" The confidential secretary swiftly left.
The trial postponed, actually, Hai Shen sighed a breath of relief, anyway, he was unwilling deep down to see that daughter go to prison. But considering the familyās perspective, he must remain calm and not let emotions interfere.
This time, the Hai Family canāt lose! If they really did, it would indeed become a joke. Between family honor and personal feelings, he would choose family honor without hesitation.
They were born into such families, bearing far more than ordinary people from youth, far from the imagined freedom and whims. Sometimes, he truly envied Meng Ping, but his freedom was exchanged with Meng Fanās life.