Chapter 191 Past
Hua Jianli saw what the master was thinking. She came to Qin Changge and whispered, "Since everything started because of Yaji, we might as well use her to lure Wudong out..."

Qin Changge nodded. "In that case, we will reopen the trial tomorrow morning. Now, take the man away."

……

"Sir." The master wanted to say something, but was stopped by Qin Changge, "I will make the decision on this matter."

Afterwards, Hua Jianli found Qin Changge and said, "Sir, how about my trick of luring the snake out of its hole?"

Qin Changge was very satisfied with her performance and said that she would definitely have a bright future following them.

Hua Jianli took the opportunity to ask for a raise with a playful smile, but was ruthlessly rejected by Qin Changge, "No!"

Hua Jianli stomped his feet in anger, you bastard.

Yaji was taken to the prison. She knew her father was also there. For more than ten years, they had never spoken a word to each other, and now they didn't know what to say.

"Miss Yaji, come in!" The officer opened the cell door in front of Yaji and motioned him to go in.

Next to him, Old Liu was lying on the door excitedly. He watched him walk into the cell with his own eyes. "Officer, I have confessed my crime. I was the one who killed Zhang Suwan and poisoned Wang Xian and others. If you want to imprison or kill someone, just look for me. It has nothing to do with other people..."

Old Liu banged on the prison door frantically, with such force that he seemed to want to break it. The guard next to him just glared at him coldly and said, "Ya Ji has already pleaded guilty. Whether she has anything to do with the case or not, we have to wait for Lord Qin to make the decision."

Old Liu seemed to be unable to hear what the bailiff said. He just kept saying that he had killed the man. A huge sadness enveloped him. He was in pain and full of hatred.

Hua Jianli came in later and said, "Liu Gen, do you have anything to say..."

"What can I say... All this is caused by me. It's because of me that he has suffered all the pain in the world." Liu Gen's voice was hoarse, his eyes fixed on a certain spot on the wall, as if he could see the appearance of his son next door through the wall.

For more than ten years, there has not been a day that he has not regretted his decision.

Since coming in, Yaji has been curled up in the corner, hugging her knees and not saying a word.

Hua Jianli stood quietly in front of the two cells. She could see Yaji and Liu Gen, but the father and son could not see each other.

Old Liu's head portrait seems to be talking to himself, or narrating something, his expression seems to be reminiscing, or confessing...

"My family was very poor back then, and he got married when he was thirty. We had a child. When his mother gave birth to him, she almost died because the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck. After he was finally born, his mother almost died from heavy bleeding. When I held this hard-earned child in my arms, my heart softened. Our Liu family, which had been a single-line family for nine generations, finally had an heir..."

He loved his child so much that he did everything by himself, including bathing him, changing his diapers, washing his diapers, and dressing him... The couple raised him with great difficulty.

What he remembered most vividly was that year when it snowed heavily. He came back from the city and saw a small figure standing at the east end of the village from afar. It was not until he walked closer that he saw that the little guy's head and body were covered with snow. His not-so-thick cotton coat made him look particularly thin. His little face was red from the cold, and his big eyes were staring at him eagerly. In his hand was a frog he had woven with dogtail grass before he left. Now it had weathered into a yellow dry stalk, but he still held it tightly in his palm.

The father and son stared at each other for a while before he squatted down and called out, "Baoer."

The child suddenly pouted and started crying.

That was the first time he felt how important he was to his child.

The days passed in poverty.

One day, Li Erlai, who worked as a farmhand in another place, returned to the village. He was Liu Gen's childhood friend. Both of them were children from poor families, so they naturally had a good relationship.

Li Erlai's real name is Li Tun, the second child in the family. He was named Li Erlai because he had a fist-sized area on his head without hair. As soon as Li Erlai came back, he would go to Liu Gen to drink, and from time to time he would buy some roast chicken and visit Liu Gen's house, just like many years ago.

Seeing that he was generous, Liu Gen asked him about how to make money. Li Erlai said that he had learned how to do business from others and had earned some money. He would take Liu Gen out to try his luck when he had the chance.

Of course Liu Gen was willing, and after a few visits, he became closer to Li Erlai.

Finally, the day came when Li Erlai told Liu Gen that his opportunity had come. He asked Liu Gen to pack up and follow him to make a fortune.

Get rich?

Hua Jianli once heard a saying that if a friend you haven't contacted for a long time contacts you, he is either trying to cheat you out of your money or your life.

As expected, Liu Gen said, "When I followed him there, I realized that it was not a place for business, but a casino..."

He was about to leave at that time, but Li Erlai grabbed him and within one night, he was able to live a life of luxury.

He couldn't resist, so he just watched from the side. It didn't matter that he watched, Li Erlai won a lot of silver in a short time.

Er Lai gave him a few copper coins and asked him to try, saying that if he won, it would be his, and if he lost, it would be his.

Originally he was planning to play only once, but who knew that he could not stop and won a lot in one night.

When he got home, he didn't say that he won it in the casino, he only said that it was the reward he got from working with Li Erlai.

For three consecutive days, he went to the city with Li Erlai to gamble, and he won some money every time.

This made him taste the sweetness. On the fourth day, Li Erlai did not come to look for him. He was very nervous. Finally, unable to bear the turmoil in his heart, he went out alone. It was this trip that changed his life.

This time, he lost a lot of money. Not only did he lose all the money he had won in the previous few days, he also owed the gambling house one hundred taels. The gambling house gave him three days to pay off the debt, otherwise his wife would pay it off.

From then on, he lived an even harder life. Li Erlai came twice. He was no longer as kind as before, and his words were more sarcastic, saying that he was a gambler. He also spoke ill of him in front of his wife, saying that he was a hopeless person...

He said that he would harm them one day...

It wasn't until someone from the gambling house came that his wife found out what he had done?
"Looking at those two pairs of helpless and pitiful eyes, I felt useless for the first time..."

The child is so young and the wife is so weak, they regard themselves as the pillars of the family, but they are incompetent and let them go hungry meal after meal.

But when they saw his wife's old face and well-behaved and pretty children, they suddenly changed their minds.

They said the women were too old and they wanted children.

He will always remember the scene at that time. Li Erlai said, "Bao'er is a boy after all. It's better for him to follow them. He doesn't have to suffer with you and your wife..."

Baoer hugged his thighs and asked him to save her, but he was too cowardly to know what to do. No matter how the child's mother begged, he could only let others take his child away...

Not long after, his wife also left, saying she was going to look for her son. Later, she was found dead on a hilltop...

And he became completely alone.


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