Chapter 56 (1/1)
Chapter 56: A Great Mistake Made in a Moment of Weakness
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Shao Jiaying forced a hed, “Maybe this is all destiny! In order to get her revenge and chop off rave! Maybe this was Heaven’s will!”
“Oh…” Hearing this, Zhao Yu suddenly understood The person who had planted the blade for Li Dan was not Shao Jiaying, but Shao Jiaying’s father!!
“Eighteen years ago before the finals, ere rehearsing in Second Middle School’srecalled, “My practice slot had been arranged for three o’clock in the afternoon, and I had already finished practicing; however, that night,in the hall and told me to stay in the hotel by myself while he went back to the ht that heio with hily refused! My father had seldo tone, so I knew not to follow him I could only wait in the hotel since he had not allowedto retrieve an iteht when my father finally returned to the hotel His face was extreht I asked him many questions, like what had he lost? Had he found it? Why had he came back so late? But he did not answer any of ain that I must do well in the coh I knew that soht with my father, I did not think about it tooabout piano during the finals I performed above my usual standard and achieved third place! It was only when the results had been posted that I discovered that Li Dan’s nareat reputation even before the co into the cootten into the finals, but I wondered why her name wasn’t on the list
“I started to inquire, and I remember very clearly that Luo Meina’s ht before the final competition, and that she had been hospitalized! But she didn’t knohat had really happened
“Until then, I still hadn’t realized that there was anything wrong, and I even felt lucky that Li Dan had withdrawn frootten into the top three However…soone to the washrooht been able to live with peace of mind my entire life!
“When I ca with so co torn and dirty clothes She seeed a lot since the last ti to the person and see curious, I stood behind them and listened I overheard that Li Dan had withdrawn from the competition because someone had planted a blade in the piano, and Li Dan had cut her finger! Hearing that, I suddenly thought of ely, and had said he needed to go back to Second Middle School to retrieve soer had been cut I was confident that my father was the culprit!
“I don’t even kno I accepted the award on that day I felt that everything in front oftook a deep sigh, “If things had stopped there, perhaps I could have convincedto do with Li Dan’s injury, and that everything was just a coincidence, but reality is cruel When ere packing our luggage in the hotel before returning home, a box fell out of my father’s backpack It was an entire box of art blades!!”
By that point, Shao Jiaying had already broken down in tears “It was a professional type of art blade, strong and sharp If placed within the keyboard, not only would it not be discovered, but it would cause serious injuries!” After a long pause, Shao Jiaying continued, “No one in our family practiced art, and that type of art blade was very expensive, so it was iht with ht After I asked hiain, my father finally admitted…admitted what he had done to Li Dan!
“I remember that I almost went crazy! Really crazy! The pain and pressure that I had suffered ht not have been any less than Li Dan’s! I felt that I was so ridiculous, so absurd, to have gotten third place through such an immoral method What kind of self-respect could I have after that?
“My father was also terrified He even got down on his knees and beggedsobbed, “My parents were divorced, andcare of me He did not find another partner because of me He did all he could to let me learn piano, and soht But such a loving father actually coivable criht of the decision I had to make I didn’t knohat to do about Li Dan, but I didn’t want o to jail! Finally I entered university with tremendous pain, then went abroad after that After that corieved, “Whenever I saw a piano, I would think of Li Dan! Her finger, and the bloodstains on the piano!”
Zhao Yu listened attentively, surprised by the twists and turns of Shao Jiaying’s story Li Dan’s and Shao Jiaying’s father were so alike! Both of thehters; however, Shao Jiaying’s father had chosen a foolish and extre this series of unfortunate events to occur
“Heaven has eyes!” Shao Jiaying said as she wiped her tears with her handkerchief, “Maybe karo, my father became paralysed after he fell down the stairs at home and injured his lower back! Within the next two years, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and passed away shortly after that! On his deathbed, he could not even speak, but I knew that otten what he had done to Li Dan! He had been filled with rereat mistake had been made in a moment of weakness!
Faced with the truth, Zhao Yu could not help but sigh Maybe if Zhao Yu had been more cautious in his old life, he would not have been fraically
“Officer Zhao!” Shao Jiaying stopped sobbing and said, “I feel much better now that I’ve told the truth! I thinkbut lacked the courage” She continued, “How about this, I’ll hire the best lawyers to defend Li Dan and fight for a better ending! As for Li Dan’s e for the best people to take care of her! I know that money is not the issue between Li Dan and I, and I don’t expect her to forgive us I only hope that this incident will not cause anythis, Zhao Yu slu both relieved and weary Although the Lost Hand Case had finally come to an end, it would forever be i