Revenge from the Shadows, The Sleeping Wife - Chapter 22

Their sentences were handed down a month later.

Besides the information Liang Chen gave me, I submitted all the materials I had found to the police.

Including the description of the Chinese herbal medicine sample that had been drugged and sent for testing earlier.

There were also many recordings and photos.

In the end, Gu Yan and Hu Feier were convicted of intentional injury, illegal transfer of assets, and embezzlement, and sentenced to ten years in prison.

Liang Chen, though not directly involved, had participated indirectly and deliberately concealed their crimes, and was sentenced to five years in prison.

In just three months, it felt as if I had lived a lifetime.

Some kindly reminded me to be careful of their deliberate revenge after release.

After all, their reputations were ruined, and there was a huge fine to pay upon release.

It was inevitable that they might become desperate and do something extreme.

I had anticipated these things, so after the verdict, I sold the company.

I contacted an agency to arrange immigration procedures for my whole family.

I didn’t tell anyone where I was going, cutting off all contact with my home country.

First, I truly didn’t want to stay in this place any longer.

Second, although it’s a society ruled by law, I still needed to be responsible for my family’s safety after they got out.

Perhaps heaven was really helping me.

Not long after arriving in Finland, I received a message from Officer Chen.

He said that in prison, Gu Yan had taken advantage of the guards’ inattention and secretly hid a dagger.

During a group activity, he stabbed Liang Chen several times with the dagger.

Liang Chen fought back, and in the scuffle, Gu Yan lost his footing and fell.

The back of his head struck a stone on the ground; he lost too much blood, and despite rescue efforts, he died.

Liang Chen, having been stabbed several times, lost consciousness.

Although he was saved, he was very likely to become a vegetative state.

Since the verdict, Hu Feier had been acting insane in prison, always talking to herself.

She claimed she had many, many houses in Munich.

Finally, Officer Chen sent me a photo.

It was a glass jar, filled with colorful candies.

It was the very jar Liang Chen had given me that day in the park.

There was a note on it, the handwriting trembling and shaky.

It read: [I don’t blame you. All of this is my own doing. But I truly love you. Can I see you one last time?]

I couldn’t describe how I felt at that moment.

I just inexplicably remembered a saying.

Every choice we make in life shapes the circumstances of our existence.

Perhaps if Liang Chen hadn’t been suppressed by Hu Feier’s long-term PUA, his life would have been different?

But then again, if I hadn’t played my part in this drama.

If I hadn’t performed warmth and affirmation in front of him.

Would he still have tried to seduce me and destroy me as part of their plan?

The answer is unknown, and of course, it doesn’t matter.

But what I am certain of is that a person’s fundamental character does not change because of the people they meet.

No matter how justified the reason, if someone tries to hurt others, then at their core, they are rotten.

I refused Officer Chen.

I sent him one last message: [Thank you, Officer Chen. From now on, you don’t need to inform me about their affairs.]

A minute later, he replied: [Alright. The world is vast-may everything go well for you from now on.]

I turned off my phone screen.

Let out a long breath.

Yes, the world is vast; yesterday’s rain can’t reach me today.

Their lives are utterly ruined.

But for me, who has been torn down and rebuilt, everything is a new beginning.

(The End)