Chapter 17: The truth
De Longjun was in the security room. He understood that there was something going on and the person behind it could be Gang Lihua.
When he arrived back he found a sobbing Zan Guiying. And Gang Lihua was smiling without anyone's knowledge.
How dare you! Gang Lihua!! Do you think nobody would tear your lies?!?
"Stop your acting Gang Lihua!!" He told.
He saw every one looking at him. He saw Zan Guiying's relived expression.
He walked towards Gang Lihua.
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Everyone was looking at De Longjun and Gang Lihua.
"Why did you said that!! Son?!" De Yating asked.
"Dad, yingying didn't do anything wrong!! It was all Gang Lihua's doing!!"
Gang Lihua panicked. No! No! I have been carefull! no one knows it! There is no evidence! He must be bluffing.
"YOUNG MASTER DE!! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING!!" Gang Lihua sobbed.
"I KNOW YOU DISLIKE ME!! BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU COULD ACCUSE ME OF ANYTHING!!" she looked at grandpa De.
"You are the head of this house, patriarch. Once, you told me to call you grandpa!! I disagreed. Even the second young miss told me to call her name. But I didn't!!... Do you know why?!" She pointed her fingers at herself. " Because....sob... Because I didn't want to be greedy. I....sob..... I got afraid that what if I forgot my place?!? It could endanger our livelihood!! That's why.... I.... Always stood in my place.... Without crossing the line...."
Her parents began to sob. From her corner view she saw the changing faces of all.... To pity. It's working. She thought.
Suddenly De Longjun chuckled.
"It's true that you called grandpa patriarch, called my sister second young miss.... But it doesn't mean that you could not do a crime!!"
"Young master De. As her parents, we belive our daughter. She is a nice and sweet child. You don't have any proof, but you are still accusing her. Do you have any proof?!" Gang Lihua's parents got angry.
"What they are asking is true grandson! Where is the proof?" Grandpa De asked.
"Wait grandpa. Let him bring it." De Longjun answered. Then he called someone.
Proof!!!! THEY HAVE PROOF!! What should I do? Gang Lihua panicked.
She touched her temple and slowly closed her eyes.
"Dad!! Mom!! I feel dizzy!!" She grabbed her mother's dress and began to fall backwards.
"My daughter!!!" Mrs. Gang screamed and catched her child.
Everyone panicked. The kids screemed.
De Yating took the child and laid her in sofa.
"YOU PEOPLE ACCUSED MY KID!! AND NOW SHE FAINTED!! HUSBAND!! IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO OUR KID I WILL DIE!!! ...sob.... I will die!!"
Xi Fang caught her and made her sit in the sofa.
"Mrs. Gang. I know you love your daughter. Everyone loves their children. Eventhough it's a fact that lies are lies, crime is a crime and truth is truth."
Suddenly one of the servants brought a laptop. De Longjun opened it and showed it to everyone.
"It's a fact that our forest area doesn't have camera. It's known to every servant in our area. But nobody knows this, we have another camera in the forest area. In my treehouse."
He typed date and time in search box. In that camera they saw Zan Guiying and Gang Lihua alone. They are talking something and Gang Lihua was taking her somewhere.
Everyone gasped. And looked at Zan Guiying.
"I towd you I am tewin the twuth." She said.
Everyone began to murmur and looked at Gang family.
"Why didn't tell it before!?! Son?" De Yating asked.
"Actuall dad!! I kept it there when I was so young. Even I forgot there was a camera in there. Also the situation was so much escalating." De Longjun explained.
Oh my god!! What did our daughter do!! Gan Lihua's parents panicked.
"What is this Mr and Mrs Gang?!? How could you explain it?" Grandpa De asked.
"Please accept our apology!! Patriarch!!" They kneeled in the floor. "Please spare our daughter!! We would do anything!! Look at her she fainted!! Please patriarch!! Please!!" They put their heads in the floor.
"Before that, let me show you something!!"
De Longjun took a flower from the vase and ticked Gang Lihua in her nose.
Gang Lihua who was faking her sickness and screeming in her mind, sneezed. And woke up.
"WHAT!!" Everyone looked at Gang Lihua.
"Actually!! She was acting!!" De showed a video from his phone, in where Gang Lihua looking backwards for a safe place before falling.
"You are a good actress Gang Lihua!! But it doesn't mean you can out smart me!!" De Longjun laughed.
Gang Lihua looked at her parents. They were shocked and perplexed by their daughter's acting. And looked broken.
"Dad.... Mom...." She called them slowly.
"Wait Gang Lihua!! There is also something you should see.* De Longjun showed another video. In that it's seen that Gang Lihua breaking all the antiques.
Xi Fang looked at Gang Lihua angrily.
WHAT DID YOU DO!!!! WHAT DID YOU DO!! GANG LIHUA!!" Her mother screamed.
She began to wail.
"I thought my daughter was a nice and compassionate girl. I thought she was an angel!! Is this you would do to your parents!! You have been with De family for your entire years!! Is this you would do?!" Her father sobbed and kneeled in the floor.
Suddenly Gang Lihua's mother wiped her tears and caught her child. WHY DID YOU DO IT GANG LIHUA!! WHY??" She began to beat her. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOUNG MISS ZAN COULDN'T BE FOUND!! WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SHE FELL INTO ANY DANGER!!! WHERE YOU WOULD PENANCE FOR YOUR SINS?!!" Gang Lihua's mother beat her over and over.
"Daddy tew them to stwop!!" Seeing this Zan Guiying began to cry.
De Longjun beckoned some servants. They caught Mrs Gang and pulled her back.
"LET ME GO!!! LET ME GO AND BEAT HER!!" SHE HAS TO UNDERSTAND HER SINS!!" Mrs Gang cried.
" Mrs and Mr Gang!!" Grandpa De, who stood silently for the whole time, spoke.
"Don't beat your child more. She would be injured. So stop it!!"
"But what should we do?! Patriarch?? If this news get leaked outside!! What would the world think of our daughter?! How could she study?!? How could she began her own family?!"
They turned and kneeled in front of Mr and Mrs Zan and Zan Guiying. " Please spare our daughter Mr and Mrs Zan!! We only have one child!! Please!!"
Gang Lihua, who was looking at the take of events, stuck with a sudden realisation when she saw her parents kneeling in front of all people.
"I would definitely give punishment for all" Grandpa De said angrily.
Oh my god!! What have I done!! I... I hurt my parents!!! I hurt everyone. I am an idiot!!
"No!! Don't!!" She screamed.
Everybody looked at her. Prior to everyone's thoughts, she kneeled in front of Zan's.
"Please!! Don't do anything to my parents!! They simply protected me. Don't punish them because of my wrong doings! Please!!"
She turned at Zan Guiying.
"Young miss Ze. I am sorry! I was foolish and selfish!! I didn't think of my family!! I didn't think about the consequences!! I am sorry!!" She sobbed.
Zan Guiying looked at her parents expectantly.
"Patriarch De! You are the person of authority in this place. Please decide a proper punishment for her." Zan Tengfei requested.
"De Longjun! What do you think?! " Grandpa De looked at his grandson.
The Gang family looked at him pleadingly.
De Longjun took a deep breath.
"Whatever Gang Lihua done is a serious crime. She even bullied and beaten students from the school." Everyone murmured.
"I settled all of those cases because I respected Gang Lihua's parents. I thought she would change...." He stopped.
"But happened today was crossing the line. In the face of law, the crimes would be kidnapping, framing, and damaging valuable property. If something happened to yingying it could be more than a kidnapping. Sometimes even....." He didn't said the remaining words but everyone understood what he meant.
"She is kid. So we should maximum keep it under wraps.... As a punishment she and her family should leave the country...." He looked at Zan Guiying.
"And also the family should pay the money of the broken antiques to Zan Guiying."
"What!! Why?!" Xi Fang asked.
"Mom... Zan Guiying was accused of breaking these antiques. And we know that these antiques would cost a fortune. If she didn't get a high salary job, it would take upto thirty to forty years to pay it back."
De Yating nodded. "So it would keep Gang Lihua in check and it would act as a compensation." He understood.
De Longjun looked at Zan Guiying. She nodded happily.
"Thank you!! Young master De!! Thankyou everyone!" The Gang family cried happily.
Gang Lihua turned to Zan's. " I am sorry for hurting your daughter. I would definitely repay for my sins."
The Zan's nodded.
Gang Lihua looked at De Genji. But before she could say anything, De Genji ran upstairs.
Gang Lihua looked at her parents. "We should go." They said.
She looked at everyone and goes towards her car.
"Mr and Mrs De, patriarch De, we are also leaving." Suddenly Zan Tengfei said.
"Why son ? Why are you going?" Grandpa De asked.
"We should let the event settle down. For that we should go to our home. Don't worry we will arrive tomorrow." He said.
Grandpa De understood his intentions and nodded. "I will inform your father about the events today."
"Thank you!" Bo Ehuang thanked everyone.
"Shall we go my baby?!?" She asked.
"Yes!!! Zan Guiying nodded happily.
She looked at all of them and they smiled back.
She took her parents arm and walked towards their car accompanied by De family members.
"Let us meet tomorrow patriarch De!" Bo Ehuang said. They got inside the car.
De Longjun looked at the retreating car.
I will see her tomorrow. I will wait for you yingying... Please come back.