Stealing Your Heart Chapter 626
“I believe most people don’t know about Ning County because of how poor it is. Fifteen years ago, the
government sent a group of officials over for inspection. In order to pass the inspection, the county
magistrate asked a team of craftsmen to build a school as we didn’t have one at the time.
The kids in the vige would gather at the house of an educated girl, and she would teach us
everything she knew. We didn’t have textbooks and ckboards either, so we could only listen while
she spoke.
It’s impossible to build a school in such a short timeframe, so nobody was willing to do it. They feared it
would be dangerous for their children who would be attending that school. However, the officials didn’t
care about that… They would barge into the homes of those who refused toply and harass or beat
them up.
Having no other choice, the craftsmen did as told. The materials provided were of terrible quality, and
the building copsed halfway through construction. My father died along with four other craftsmen in
that ident.”
“Shouldn’t there be funding for the construction of schools?” the reporter asked.
“The money probably went into that man’s pockets,” the girl said with a cruel smile.
She had phrased it vaguely, but it was straightforward enough to be understood by everyone.
“How was this incident resolved back then? Did the investigators not escte the incident?”
“No, they kept it hidden from the press and covered it up with lies.”
At that point, the public had heard enough to figure out what it was all about.
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An old viger stepped forward and dered, “There was nopensation! Not only that, but they also
threatened us into silence! Anyone who dared speak up about it would have their houses demolished!”
The reporter couldn’t believe what she had just heard. This is outrageous!
The rural nature of the vigebined with theck of advanced technology back then made it
extremely easy to cover up such incidents.
The viger began crying as she spoke, “My only son was killed in that ident… When we demanded
an exnation from them, they beat us up and threatened us!”
She then rolled up her sleeves to reveal a huge scar on her arm. “See this? This was from a shovel
they beat me up with!”
The wound hadpletely healed, but theck of proper medical treatment resulted in a nasty scar
being formed.
“We’re family members of the deceased! All we ask is for the people responsible to be brought to
justice!” The olddy wiped her tears with her wrinkled and callous hands.
With such huge media coverage, the incident was quickly spread all over the news.
Theizens, too, began spreading the word online and digging up information on the official in charge
of the inspection.
Everyone wanted to find out who had done such a horrible thing.
With how advanced inte technology was, stopping the spread of information proved impossible.
The identity of the investigators, as well as the officials, was soon exposed. Theizens unleashed
their wrath in thement sections.
Why don’t these people just die? They’re practically the devil in the flesh!
How on earth did they even get to where they are today?
Someone replied to thatment: By being devoid of conscience, that’s how!
These people deserve to die in the worst way possible! Look at that poor olddy! Her children were
only 1-2 years old when it happened! She had to raise them without her husband’s support!
I know, right? I wanna chop these heartless bastards into pieces!
These monsters bullied the poor defenseless vigers! They deserve to be dismembered by four
horses like in ancient times!
With things rapidly spiraling out of control, the government had no choice but to put those officials
under protection in a safe ce. The government then dered that they would carry out a proper
investigation and punish the officials if the usations were proven to be true.
Theizens saw that and expressed their support for the investigation.
Please give these vigers the justice they deserve!
I believe our government will provide us with a satisfactory solution. If this is true, then please have
those inhumane bastards shot! This is simply uneptable!
That day was bound to be an extraordinary one as the news had caught the entire nation’s attention.
A hugemotion erupted in the Gu family household.
Even Gu Bei and his siblings were unaware of such an incident.
“Is this true?” Gu Bei asked his mother.
Mrs. Gu nodded, her face as white as sheet. “Yes…”
“How could dad do such a thing?” the fifth daughter of the Gu family asked. She couldn’t believe that
her father had actually done such a thing.
From what she knew, the man had always favored his sons over his daughters, but he had never done
anything that horrible.
“This is unbelievable!” The second daughter of the Gu family was shocked by how heartless her father
was as well.
Gu Huixin sat quietly in a corner and didn’t dare say anything. She had never thought of helping her
father out, to begin with, as she actually hated being a part of the Gu family.
“Someone must be trying to set him up. If not, they wouldn’t have exposed something from so long ago
in such detail!” Mrs. Gu kept her calm despite being shocked by the sudden exposure of her husband’s
wrongdoings.
Those vigers have appeared out of nowhere and caused a huge scene to gain sympathy with the
help of the media. Now that the entire country has heard about it, they’re pressuring the government
into taking action. There’s no way this isn’t orchestrated!
“Did dad offend anyone recently?” Gu Bei asked.
Mrs. Gu shook her head. “I’m not sure. It’smon for officials to have some conflicts every now and
then, but I doubt they’d go as far as bringing up something this old.”
“We should focus on finding a solution. Given how serious this has gotten, the punishment will be
extremely severe if they manage to prove him guilty!”
In order to appease the public, the government would surely punish the used severely.
The eldest daughter of the Gu family spoke up, “Sisters, we must figure out a way to save dad!”
“And how would we do that?” the second daughter asked.
My husband didn’t want meing over when I got the call earlier. He was so displeased with dad…
He asked me why I was his daughter in such a nasty tone! Well, if I had a choice, I wouldn’t have
chosen to be born in this patriarchal family either! I don’t want to be unfilial, but I feel no attachment to
this household! In fact, I don’t even see this as a family! Thank goodness my husband is a righteous
man like Zhou Huaihou, who doesn’t want anything to do with the Gu family…
“My husband isn’t powerful enough to be of much help. I’ve got some things to take care of at home, so
I’ll be on my way now,” the second daughter stated.
Gu Bei got mad and stopped her from leaving. “How can you abandon your father like this? Have you
no heart?”