Chapter 87
Xu Xiaohe believes that this is a miracle of love and peace jointly exported by Jingdezhen ceramic people. Represented by Wang Yi, a well-known media person, a number of media magazines have been on the news offensive for many days, and public opinion has fermented to a fever pitch. Gu Yan mentioned in her real-name report that she was a mediocre designer who was nearly forty years old and did not work hard, and throughout her youth, she relied on the side door to run to the splendid future she thought was faster, until she finally had nothing.
She said it was her retribution.
This report is audio, not video. During the five-minute conversation, her voice was always cold.
"Five years ago, I was a victim in a pig slaughtering plate in a ceramic pen, and I lost my husband who loved me very much. Over the years, every time I dreamed back at midnight, I felt very embarrassed, very tormented, and an indescribable sense of guilt swept over me. I couldn't stop thinking, what was it that brought me into the abyss? It's supposed to be greedy, right? If it weren't for greed, how could I fall into the fame and fortune of killing pigs? How could she fall into the same trap again after losing her husband? β
"When I was young, I couldn't see a lot of things clearly, thinking that universal values must be correct, and people just want to succeed, and if they don't succeed, they will be looked down upon, so I rushed forward desperately. Everyone else can, why can't I? If someone else has it, why can't I? But I ignored one point, when I came to this cannibalistic society as an ordinary child of an ordinary family, I first failed to understand that an ordinary person is likely to remain an ordinary person all his life, and only when the effort is greater than the desire, I will become no longer ordinary and mediocre little by little, but obviously I don't understand this. The first thing I see is always the desire of the flower world. β
"I'm not a good designer either, and frankly, I don't really understand what ceramics are, I just do some design mechanically, package the product as beautiful and gorgeous as possible, and then let the fools who don't understand it pay for it too. I remember a senior who once said that he wanted us to look at our careers with love in any industry. He doesn't see it as a part-time job, he believes that even mechanical actions without much sense of accomplishment can get warmth from a healthy, loving, happy attitude, and he says that emotions can be transmitted and infected, and they can bring strength. He hopes that at every stage of life, he will eventually return to his own contentment. I couldn't understand it, though I kept it in my heart. β
She said of Zhu Rong, "We have always maintained a relationship that is not morally impermissible. I know that he has a wife, and he also said that he will not divorce, his wife is a sick man, and when she dies, the Magnolia Mansion will become his asset. Over the years, he has used his position as the president of the Chunyuan Porcelain Association to bribe upwards, transfer benefits downwards, abuse power for personal gain, carry out illegal activities, and defraud many people of their hard-earned money. β
There are ordinary people like her, who suffer unpredictable harm in order to achieve the success of ordinary people.
"I always suspected that he had something to do with the pig killing plate back then, but I didn't dare to ask, and I didn't dare to track it down. I'm afraid that I'm the only one who will eventually collapse. β
She talked about each case in detail, and finally she said, "I know that I have done a lot of mistakes, and I can't turn back, and I don't have the courage to stand up and correct him. Anyway, I wasn't born to be a righteous person, and no one has ever passed on any loving and warm emotions to me. I was so mediocre, so mediocre that I couldn't get rid of the worldly desires and temptations, and I decided countless times, not to be great. It seems that if I think so, I can live. It's just that when I accidentally discovered that I had a new life in my belly, I changed my mind. If he was born under such a premise, I would never be a good mother, would I? β
Gu Yan has no evidence, but her bravery has made many people who have been deceived stand up.
Netizens were excited.
"It's so filthy, those maggots deserve to go to hell."
"I don't know why, I think she's pitiful, and it's hard to listen to."
"I have decided countless times not to be great," she said. When I was a child, I also wanted to be a great person and make some contributions to this society, but in the end I became the person I hated the most. β
"There are hundreds of large and small porcelain associations in Jingdezhen, and I don't know which ones are formal and which ones are not, and the strange thing is that no matter which porcelain association you enter, they all look at people with their nostrils. Can this environment change a little? Can't we solicit public opinion and set up mass organizations to carry out supervision? β
"I think that control is only an auxiliary means, or we have to solve the problem from the root, raise awareness, do more cultural publicity, and let more ceramic people come together."
"I can see that Jingdezhen ceramics are now a plate of loose sand, all of which are waste."
"You can't think of it that way, maybe teaching experiments are a good start."
"What if it's the beginning of another nightmare?"
"Can it be worse than now?"
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Cheng Yubai received a reply from Wang Yu on the way back to the city. She said, "Yibai, I know that it is self-deception to believe that he will reform himself, but if I don't save him once, I will have a guilty conscience." Can you forget the last conversation we had? Although Aunt Wang is dying, there is still a little fire in her heart, take it to Magnolia Mansion, thank you for being white. β
When this message was sent, Zhu Rong was outside the door. Wang Yu did not see him, and never saw him again. Only then did Zhu Rong realize that if Wang Yu wanted to do something, he couldn't control her.
He suddenly felt a pang of sadness. This sadness became more and more obvious when he went to beg Gao Wen. Gao Wen didn't avoid him, just looked him up and down with an unfamiliar gaze.
"I thought you were at least single."
Zhu Rong wanted to explain something, but Gao Wen interrupted him: "It's not important anymore." I'll admit that I once had a little fantasy about you, maybe the reputation of the Gold Eater is too stinky, right? As his opponent, I thought you were an upright man. You know, I've loved watching martial arts movies since I was a child, and I love Chu Liuxiang thief the most, and everything I do is above board, but I now find that I have a bad eye for men. β
"Gao Wen, can you ...... Don't be so naΓ―ve. β
Don't you think it's ridiculous to talk to him about any principles at this time? "Is there any righteous man in this world? Are you all crazy? β
Gao Wen thinks he is very cruel, he wants a woman to be innocent and pure when he is in the wind and snow, and he wants a woman to be sophisticated and strong when he burns his eyebrows. How can a man crush a woman's innocence so easily?
She thought of Gu Yan's sentence, what does it matter if it rots like this? I wasn't born to be a righteous person anyway. It is precisely such a man who has never really given her any sincerity.
"You think I'm crazy too?"
"Isn't it? Gao Wen, I didn't come to you to talk about these boring topics. β
"So what's not boring? About your criminal behavior? β
Zhu Rong saw the ridicule in her eyes and clenched his fists. Gao Wen wanted to say that it was not sarcasm, but pitiful, but looking at Zhu Rong, she took her words back and only said, "You go, I will not back down on issues of principle." β
"Gao Wen ......"
"The above order has come down, and I will officially take over the investigation of the internal corruption of the Chunyuan Porcelain Association. The limit of what I can do for you is to try my best not to let the Porcelain Association disintegrate, so as to keep Yang Lao's hard work. β
"Can't you really help me?"
"If you want me to help you, you can only choose one of your master's hard work and yourself."
If Zhu Rong chooses the Porcelain Association, Gao Wen may look down on him for the sake of his bloody nature. It's a pity that his final answer is nothing more than to take the man's cruelty to a deeper level.
This year, the investigation hidden after Zhu Rong's arrest was carried out quietly and lasted for a long time. The whole process is not easy. Zhu Rong's connections are far beyond imagination, and Cheng Yubai knows better than anyone that Zhu Rong's arrest does not mean the end of the crime, and how to find trustworthy people in the intertwined relationship, and protect innocent people from harm and retaliation as much as possible without the detection of opponents.
He communicated with Gao Wen many times, and each time he emphasized protecting the identity of the witnesses and not affecting their lives. Later, Gao Wen asked him, "Why didn't you tell Xu Qing?" You never intended to let Zhu Rong go. Even if you don't say anything, your report materials have already been submitted to the province, haven't they? β
"I need time, she needs it, it doesn't matter who does it." In fact, he would prefer to be exposed to the sun, so the enemy hiding in the shadows will concentrate their fire on him.
But he could not take her behind him with machismo, he had neither a position nor a will to erase her. She, Zhao Qi, Lao Zhang, and many others have their own spirit.
In this world, she has her own voice.
"Can you tell me why you would risk losing the opportunity to teach in the Magnolia Mansion to punish Zhu Rong? Don't tell me it's because of justice. β
"It's really hypocritical for adults to talk about justice all day long, but I do have a bottom line that I can't break." Cheng Yubai said: "Gao Wen, if you have experienced a long time of only one person like me, you will understand how much I cherish this time with fellow travelers. β
When the fat man left Jingdezhen and there was still a light in the downtown area for him, he decided to get rid of that damn torment and humiliating fate.
"Xu Qing is also a fellow traveler?"
"She always was."
Only she was injured, which he didn't expect.
When Cheng Yubai rushed to the hospital, Xu Xiaohe was still there, took a photo with him at the door, and asked Nunu inside: "Will something happen to my old man?" β
"As far as I know, he has just hooked up with Zhu Rong, and he has only one transportation cooperation, and he has not participated in the actual operation, and the money from Zhu Rong's side has not yet reached his account, so the situation is not serious."
Xu Xiaohe breathed a sigh of relief.
Cheng Yubai nodded and entered the ward. Xu Qing lasted until the end of the live broadcast before he fainted, woke up once halfway, and now he is asleep, and the bedside lamp is still on. Cheng Yubai took off his coat and paused at the door for a while before stepping forward. After seeing her clearly, his eyes were covered with an unbearable layer of moisture.
She breathes lightly when she sleeps, and her bloodless skin takes on a sickly paleness, especially when she's so thin that she has only a handful of bones left, a paleness that can easily mobilize one's sympathy and pity.
What's more, he has more than sympathy for her.
On the way here, He Dong called him, he stared at Xu Qing, who was covered in blood in the internal surveillance, and asked him that this is what you said about returning to Zhao?
He Dongzhi sighed: "It was she who asked me not to tell you." She must know your stinky temper very well, you see, isn't that at me? But to be honest, she can bear it, she can really bear it, I have been watching her carefully, she should be in pain, but she didn't even frown. This girl has a lot of resilience. β
Xu Qing's resilience is to admit death, not to hit the south wall and not to look back. Wu Yi said before that her temperament is prone to detours, but no matter how she goes, she will always return to the right path.
But he would rather she not have that kind of resilience. This kind of resilience made his heart ache, dense, like a towering tree.
For so many days, he asked her many times about her progress, if she had any problems, if she needed help, but she never mentioned Gu Yan, did not reveal any rumors, and even if the show opened, she did not let him know her true situation. He knew that she wasn't weak, but her patience and restraint made him feel like a jerk.
He always knew she liked him. There will be times when she will be soft-hearted and unable to attack him. He took advantage of this, more than once.