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The Lucky Star Control Corporation in the 70s (70)
Chu Lan was not crazy, she just didn’t want to live in the prison for the rest of her life. She didn’t have the courage to wait to be released and start all over again, and resented that this life had become difficult. Chu Lan put all her hopes on “rebirth” and just wanted to rewind everything and start over, but she already had a chance and she didn’t cherish it, so who is to blame? God would not always favor a single person. The opportunity if gone once missed.
Her mother went mad after knowing that she committed suicide. Chu Lan’s mother complained that the Chu family favored sons over daughters, that her husband was foolish and incompetent, that she was not a good mother, and also angry that Chu Lan did not fight for her life. She was so angry that she went crazy and eventually spiraled into madness.
The Chu family was still anxious about Chu Xin’s charges. All their energy sapped away because of this incident. Chu Lan’s father seemed to have aged a few dozen years. He had a hunched back and regretful of his past doings, so he took Chu Lan’s mother back to the village alone and moved to a dilapidated house on the far side of the village that he roughly repaired. From then, he lived a difficult life with his crazed wife.
The rest of the Chu family was shocked, it was the first time they had lost a relative suddenly. After seeing Chu Lan’s corpse, they were suddenly enlightened. What if Chu Xin also died?
After they came out of the police station, they tried to contact Chu Xiang again, but they couldn’t get in touch with her at all. They also couldn’t find Yang Yuelan and Yin Qiuwen. Since they don’t have much knowledge, they don’t even know how to find them. If the phone call could not reach them, then there was nothing that could be done. The Chu family lost their courage.
They know that Chu Xin did not intentionally kill someone, so he might not be sentenced to death. There was a glimmer of hope, so no one dared to make a scene again. They are afraid that if they continue to make trouble, it would lead to Chu Xin’s death sentence, especially since they didn’t have any knowledge of the law. Thus, they were more fearful and once the threat was made, they no longer caused troubles.
Chu Xin’s accidental murder carries a maximum sentence of seven years. However, he burglarized a house, injured someone, and then fled. That person would not have had to die, and Chu Xin played a huge role in his death, and he also had a past record of brawling and theft. Fang Tong used Chu Xin to set an example and dealt with him severely, sentencing Chu Xin to life imprisonment for all his crimes.
The Chu family, of course, disagreed, and Fang Tong directly ordered that Chu Weiguo, who had made the most noise, be detained. After a few days of suffering inside, he came out of the detention and no longer made any fuss. When the others saw what happened to Chu Weiguo, they didn’t dare to protest anymore. However, Fang Tong showed them the way, telling them that they could appeal and find new evidence if they were unsatisfied with Chu Xin’s punishment. The Chu family now have something to do with a new ray of hope, so they are all busy working on the appeal.
Of course, they don’t know anything, and their families have no money or food to eat, so they face difficulties in making the appeal or finding evidence. But it’s their own business, and no one will sympathize with them and help them.
Chu Xiang’s cousin committed suicide in prison, and Chu Xiang’s brother was sentenced to life imprisonment. The news really set off a storm. In any era, the effect of public opinion is not to be underestimated, but this time anyone who wanted to attack Chu Xiang had no reason to do so, because Chu Xiang did not intervene in the matter, and even proposed a strict treatment.
Fang Tong also did not show any favoritism, handling of the case fairly, so there was nothing to nitpick on.
After this incident was discussed for some time, everyone basically understood Chu Xiang’s life, and they felt sorry for her and admired her. Just how determined and broad-minded she was that allowed her to grow up into a hero despite her circumstances?
Chu Xiang began to reap the praise again, and Fang Tong was also commended from the higher-ups. How much their practices were revered meant how much the Chu family people’s behavior was despised. The Chu family became the nation’s antithesis, and countless families would use them as examples when teaching their children: “If you don’t listen well again, you’ll be like the Chu family people – ignorant, incompetent and unreasonable, and finally the whole family ended up miserable.”
The Chu family became famous, and many people who have never met them were aware of them. But this was not the kind of “fame” they wanted. They will spend the rest of their lives in suffer and remorse under the eyes of everyone who looks at them differently.
When Song Yang read the newspaper report about the Chu family, he was stunned and did not respond for a long time. When his sister finished laughing, she nudged him in disbelief, “What are you doing? That Chu Lan bitch killed herself! It’s well deserved. This stain on our family is finally removed.”
Song Yang slowly raised his head to look at her, “What’s there to be happy about? If she dies, will our family’s life will be better? What does she have to do with us?”
His sister felt humiliated by his words and said angrily: “You are so dumb. She made you like this. Am I supposed to cry instead of being happy? Who caused our family to live like this? Is it not because you married this jinx? At the beginning, she called herself a lucky star and said that Chu Xiang is a fraud. Look at what we are plagued by, and look at the newspaper reporting on Chu Xiang every day. You are always the blindest one!”
She finished and ran out, leaving Song Yang sitting alone in the house and looking at Chu Lan’s picture in the newspaper again. He was blind, and he hated Chu Lan, but he couldn’t be happy to see Chu Lan dead. He was the only one left in living hell. How can he survive such a torturous day without company?
When someone from the Song family finally returned, they were horrified to find that Song Yang had also taken the same path as Chu Lan and committed suicide in his room!