Su Xiaong didn’t leave Lu Ping and Wu Yu’s house until six in the evening.
On the way back, Su Xiaong couldn’t help but reflect... the developnt of the situation, although dramatic and full of twists, was unexpectedly smooth.
Wu Yu’s mother and he agreed to appeal to the People’s Procuratorate, accusing certain key officials of the forr Public Security Departnt of framing Wu Yao in their official roles, causing him to carry infamy for years even after his death.
They requested a retrial on the case from fifteen years ago where Wu Yao was accused of betraying the police and people, secretly colluding with bandits.
With the cooperation and promise of Wu Yu’s mother and him, Su Xiaong’s mood was quite good.
After returning ho, she used the contact information Wu Yao gave her to reach out to him and relay the conversation she had with his wife and children in the afternoon.
Su Xiaong was happy, even though this matter was indeed rather dangerous and required burning quite a few brain cells.
While recounting to Wu Yao, the determined expression of the young man and Lu Ping’s firm posture seed to appear before her.
Xiao ng was a naturally emotional person, making her adept at storytelling, so every word she spoke while recounting was vivid and lively.
Wu Yao didn’t expect that she could successfully persuade his wife to take such a risk and file an appeal.
The result was sowhat unexpected for him, and he didn’t conceal his surprise in his tone, but he asked quite a few questions, given that Wu Rong ca by during the process.
Xiao ng answered Wu Yao’s questions, detailing the reactions and responses of his wife and children...
Eventually, Wu Yao fell completely silent...
"Are you... still listening?"
"...Yes."
Wu Yao responded mildly, "I understand, thank Mrs. Yin for personally going through this. Contact if there’s anything else, I’ll hang up now."
After just a few words, without waiting for Su Xiaong to respond, Wu Yao hung up the phone.
Su Xiaong pursed her lips, and after a long while, a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
After all, between husband and wife, there’s mutual affection.
Ti can change many affections, but those that are destined not to change will remain unchanged, no matter how much ti passes.
The choking in Wu Yao’s brief words was very clear to Su Xiaong.
Fifteen years...
Behind this seemingly simple and light number is the tangible passage of years.
How many fifteen years does one have in a lifeti?
A man at the height of his youth, faced with such misfortune, full of honor, suddenly screeching to a halt in a life that was continuously advancing upwards, taking a sharp downward turn.
Who could have foreseen that?
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On the sixth day after Xiao ng returned from London, it happened to be a Sunday, and she granted herself a rare holiday to stay at ho with her two children.
Shuangshuang and Huang Huang, seeing Su Xiaong resting at ho, ca up with the idea to go to an amusent park.
As if they had been neglected for a long ti, the siblings tried both soft and hard tactics with Su Xiaong, despite being so young, their ans were nurous.
Prince Huang was always the calm and composed one, quietly finding his most handso outfit, dressing himself up, and carrying his favorite little leather backpack, filled with unknown items, bulging...
Then, he wore it, without saying a word, and just wandered back and forth in front of Xiao ng on his own.
Su’s mother asked him why he was carrying a little bag, and he didn’t reply, just secretly glanced at Xiao ng, as if believing mother and child were so attuned, mother must understand his thoughts.
As for Shuangshuang?
She’s naturally carefree, if she has sothing on her mind, she definitely has to say it out loud.
The little girl knew all too well that family elders indulged both her and her brother, if they wanted anything, they just asked, and soone would definitely realize it for them.
She wanted her mom to accompany them to the the park to see the cartoon characters, so she started muttering beside Su Xiaong in the morning.
"Mom, Winnie is in the park... and there’s a beautiful princess, Shuangshuang likes them..."
"Mom, is Shuangshuang being good?"
"Mom, can Shuangshuang make a tiny, tiny wish?"
"Mom, Shuangshuang thinks if we go to the park to play today... Shuangshuang will be very happy..."
This willful little girl speaks whatever cos to her mind, her purpose is singular, to persuade Su Xiaong to take them to the the park to see the cartoon figures.
However...
The siblings’ soft and hard tactics couldn’t sway Su Xiaong.
"It’s too hot."
Xiao ng said to them, "It’s really too hot outside, once the weather cools down a bit, mom will take you, okay?"
The siblings, always indoors, the house’s temperature constantly adjusted to the most suitable level.
Looking through the window at the sun outside, the two little ones didn’t feel it, but upon hearing mom say it’s hot outside, they quickly replied,
"Not afraid of the heat!"
Su Xiaong didn’t want to take them out to play, partly due to the blazing sun and oppressive heat, and partly... she truly had no mood for it.
Yin Shixiu’s surgery had been moved up a day, scheduled for today, London ti at 2 p.m.
The reason Xiao ng gave herself a day off was that she knew she would be equally distracted at work.
Yin Shixiu had gone in early for all sorts of examinations.
After finishing the pre-surgery checks, he connected with Xiao ng.
Of course, they couldn’t chat in the living room, so after firmly denying the siblings’ request, Xiao ng returned to her room, telling her parents she was too tired and wanted to sleep well, asking not to be disturbed.
Su’s mother understood quite well and asked her to rest assured, saying she would take care of the siblings.
Shuangshuang and Huang Huang seed sowhat disbelieving that Su Xiaong could truly "heartlessly" refuse their request.
Shuangshuang watched Su Xiaong enter her room, standing there staring blankly for quite a while, and Bai Sixian walked over, prompting Shuangshuang to imdiately ask,
"Grandma, how could mom bear to ignore obedient Shuangshuang?"
This face filled with doubt and disbelief amused Bai Sixian endlessly.
Huang Huang, having changed his clothes and packed his bag, couldn’t sway Su Xiaong either...
The little guy silently returned to his room to change back, taking off his bag, all expressing a face of great grievances and incredulity.
Fortunately, the siblings at such a young age indeed knew how to care for their mom, and Su Xiaong’s excuse was quite effective.
Upon hearing mom was tired, they didn’t cause any more trouble.
Su Xiaong lay on the bed, wearing earphones and softly video chatting with Yin Shixiu.
In the video, Yin Shixiu looked quite spirited, speaking without much difficulty, even able to hold a cup and drink water on his own.
The man had a deeply grown stubble on his chin, and Su Xiaong mumbled,
"I wonder if in another week or two you’ll transform into an old grandpa, haha."
Yin Shixiu knew she was joking and laughed,
"Just a bit of stubble turns into an old grandpa?"
Su Xiaong propped her face up lying on the bed, looking relaxed, yet Yin Shixiu knew her best.
"The surgery risk is indeed not small, but as you said, the hardest part is already behind us, there’s no reason to co this far and not make it through."
Yin Shixiu promptly brought up the topic Su Xiaong intended to avoid.
Su Xiaong pressed her lips, even though Yin Shixiu said that, she still couldn’t relax.
She guessed that if she didn’t receive news of him coming out of the operating room today, sleeping might be impossible.
Xiao ng sighed, eventually changing the subject, telling Yin Shixiu about the matter Wu Yao requested her to undertake and what she had agreed upon with Wu Yu’s family.
"Filing the appeal, the lawyer aspect isn’t hard, but does Wu Yao truly have evidence that can completely overturn Wu Rong?"
"If he had it, he wouldn’t have dragged it on for so many years, we’ll have to find the evidence ourselves."
Yin Shixiu murmured.
Su Xiaong’s eyebrows furrowed,
"But Wu Rong is indeed ticulous, those three people Ming Xu brought back didn’t know Wu Rong’s situation, it’s impossible to use them as proof."
"Shi Shengde, who could have been utilized, is already dead..."
Yin Shixiu looked at her focused face, deep in thought, suddenly smiled.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Have you ever thought about why Wu Rong helped Shi Shengde escape from prison?"
Yin Shixiu asked, his brown-black eyes full of confidence and shrewdness.
Why did Wu Rong assist Shi Shengde’s escape...?
Su Xiaong’s eyebrows furrowed even tighter...
"Why did he help him and then kill him?"
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