719 A Million Times for You 81 (1/2)

”Hubby, don't hold it against yourself. My family and I don't blame you at all. Look how much those netizens support you. They're all expressing their approval of your decision after the news was released.”

Tuoba Gucheng's initial annoyance turned into greater fury upon hearing her words. Unable to tolerate the sight of her, he said coldly, ”I'd like to get some rest. Get out.”

”Hubby…”

”Get out!” he barked, breaking out of his usual composure. Lin Shishi had no choice but to leave and stop bothering him.

——

”Young… Young Sir…” Fan Shixin called out softly, almost inaudibly.

Jin Qingyan did not respond.

His silence had invoked a newly-found fear in Fan Shixin. Jin Qingyan had already been diagnosed with depression due to the divorce and had had to rely on sleeping pills to sleep every night. This time, he lay on the couch and stared blankly at the ceiling above after watching the video of An Xiaoning's execution.

Fan Shixin would feel less worried if he actually tried to vent his frustration by smashing objects onto the ground or drowning his sorrows in alcohol.

Fan Shixin squatted down beside the couch and said in a gentle and delicate voice, ”Young Sir, you haven't had your dinner yet. Why don't you have something to eat before I accompany you to see Little Sir?”

Jin Qingyan turned to face him and muttered, ”Shixin…”

”Yes, Young Sir? Feel free to speak your mind. I'm all ears. Don't bottle up your feelings.”

”It's not real, is it?”

Fan Shixin felt a lump in his throat and remained quiet instead, for he did not know if it would be appropriate to answer.

”It can't be real. Tell me it's not real. Shixin, continue to investigate on it…”

”Young Sir, it's real. I've watched the video too. The person in it is indeed Ms. An, and the voice belongs to her as well. Pei Yi rejected your billion-dollar offer, just so he could terrorize our nation and give us a huge warning. Otherwise, why would he have chosen to kill her instead of taking the money? It doesn't make sense to do that… Ms. An's last words could mean two things. One could be that she said it to Young Sir, and the other could be that she was directing it to her biological mother. Clearly, she knew that she didn't have much time left to live when the video was being filmed. The video wasn't circulated online, so I guess their main purpose was just to send it to us. I reckon the Autumn Palace must've received it too. Should we send the Gu family a copy of the video too?” said Fan Shixin, who shared his analysis of the situation.

”Go ahead,” Jin Qingyan answered feebly. Time seemed to crawl by that day, and it felt as if it was the end of the world for him.

He felt like there was a ton of weight on his chest that hindered him from breathing.

Fan Shixin then instructed Xiao Huang to forward the video to the Gu family.

”Chief, hurry and come to the entrance. Mr. and Mrs. Long have gotten into a brawl at the main gate,” Xiao Bai reported frantically.

”What's going on?” Fan Shixin hurriedly scrambled out of the door.

”I think Mrs. Long wanted to look for Ms. An, but Mr. Long tried to stop her so they just…”

Fan Shixin stepped out of the door to see that the couple were tugging at each other's sleeves under the street lamp. Mei Yangyang appeared to be very agitated and began getting physical with Long Tianze, who was merely trying to defend himself from her attack.

”Mrs. Long, you don't have to go anymore.”

Mei Yangyang paused in her actions and asked, ”What… do you mean?”

”Come in with me, I have something to show you both.”

Mei Yangyang glanced at her husband, after which the two of them entered the house together with Fan Shixin.

Fan Shixin showed them the video of An Xiaoning's execution.

Before the video even ended, Mei Yangyang lost control of her emotions and fell to the ground. ”I don't believe that it's real!” she cried, bawling loudly.

”We hate to believe it too, but it's real.” Fan Shixin took a deep breath and said, ”Young Sir has already tried to negotiate with the leader of the DK Organization and offered to pay a ransom of one billion dollars. However, the leader rejected his offer. Young Sir was still trying to come up with another solution when she was executed so soon.”

”Where's Qingyan?” Long Tianze asked.