It took them several hours to get to the village by car. Wen Shuyue ran to the entrance with the document and said to the guard hurriedly, “Excuse me, can I see my father this time?”
“Well…” The guard was somewhat hesitant.
“Chop chop. How dare you go against your leader’s order! Mr. Wen must be transferred downtown to the police station by today. If you disobey, I’ll sue you.” Lin Lin who never had patience couldn’t hold her temper any more when the guard was hesitant to allow them to go in.
Apparently, the guard was startled by Lin Lin’s words, so he nodded and opened the gate for them.
This rural prison couldn’t smell worse. Upon entering the prison, Lin Lin couldn’t stand the smell and rushed out, leaving Wen Shuyue inside.
“I never expect anyone will come here. How rare it is!”
Someone couldn’t help saying when Wen Shuyue passed by. It also astonished Wen Shuyue that no one ever visited this prison. Was it the reason why the guard was hesitant to let visitors in?
Wen Shuyue felt sad and wondered what felonies brought these criminals to such punishment. It was so upset to live in a place which was more terrible than pigsties.
It was hard to imagine what her charming father would be like after being kept in this poorly conditioned prison. Suddenly, Wen Shuyue was hesitant to move forward, worrying that her father would feel very embarrassed to see her.
“Yue, Yueyue?”
All of a sudden, a familiar voice rang when Wen Shuyue was lost in thoughts. She felt a stimulus in her nose and tears poured down incessantly.
Upon seeing a beggar-like man with disheveled hair and a dirty face when she turned around, she cried harder.
“Dad, what happened to you? Why have you been kept in this prison?” Wen Shuyue sobbed and rushed to hold her father by the hands.
With a sigh, Wen Long hemmed and hawed but didn’t tell his daughter anything important. He just asked her to stay out of this and said he deserved this hard life as punishment of what he had done.
Daughters were always tenderhearted. Regardless of what Wen Shuyue’s father said, Wen Shuyue chose to believe that her father was innocent.
“Dad, you don’t have to worry any more. Your daughter is no longer a coward and no one can bully me. So please tell me who set you up. I’ll hold justice for you,” Wen Shuyue said, holding her father’s hands, to persuade him to speak out the truth desperately.
But Wen Long was not that strong as before and became so weak that he didn’t even have confidence to speak.
But everything Wen Shuyue said was in vain. Wen Long made no response and just asked her to be careful with her mother and not to believe her mother completely.
“Tell me. What did your father say?”
Upon seeing Wen Shuyue coming out, Lin Lin ran to her.
“Nothing,” Wen Shuyue nodded helplessly. She tried every possible way but her father said nothing about what had happened five years ago.
Wen Long must have kept many secrets from Wen Shuyue. She even suspected that he did so because he was afraid the reveal of the secrets might hurt her, since nothing else could scare him so much.
Apparently, Lin Lin also noticed that, so she comforted Wen Shuyue, “Don’t blame your father to be weak. You’re his only daughter. I’m sure he just doesn’t want you to worry about him.”
“Um. But I’ll find other ways to make him tell me everything. Let’s just wait for the transfer.” Wen Shuyue forced herself to pull herself together.
This was just the first step. If Wen Shuyue gave up now, how could she revenge herself and her father?
In a word, she had to grow strong!
Wen Shuyue spent a whole day dealing with the transfer with Lin Lin. Wen Shuyue didn’t take a breath of relief until she knew Wen Long was safely transferred downtown. Lin Lin had recommended her friend, a renown private lawyer, to Wen Shuyue, so Wen Shuyue often met the lawyer to talk about her father’s case.
Wen Shuyue had visited the police station for quite a few days. Sometimes, she even left the company during office hours, which her subordinate came across. The subordinate found it weird and talked about it with his colleagues.
“Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I’ll find more useful evidence ASAP.” When Wen Shuyue was talking to Mr. Zhang in a coffee shop, they were taken pictures.
“Great. The more, the better. So we can hold justice for Uncle Wen ASAP.” As Lin Lin’s friend, Mr. Zhang called Wen Shuyue’s father as Uncle Wen as Lin Lin did.
Wen Shuyue appreciated that Lin Lin had been with her all the time at this moment. Without Lin Lin and He Siming, Wen Shuyue couldn’t handle all these by herself.
After the meeting with Mr. Zhang, Wen Shuyue rushed back to the company. Upon reaching the office, she heard lots of rumors about herself.
“No wonder she likes to seduce CEOs. It’s because her husband is in jail. She went to the police station many times. Someone in our company saw that personally. It must be true.”
“Gosh! I never think she’s that kind of people. Do you think Mr. Gu knows about that? If he does, will he abandon her?”
“How should I know? The father of her son is a mystery and her husband is in jail. How good can that woman be? My friends laugh at me for I have such a disgusting leader.”
“Same here…”
Some of them gossiped right in front of Wen Shuyue’s face recklessly. They didn’t worry that Wen Shuyue would get mad at them or they just totally ignored her.
Being overwhelmed with grievance, Wen Shuyue tried extremely hard to remain her composure. She took a deep breath and got in the elevator when she managed to calm down.
“Miss Wen, bad news. You…”
“I know them all,” Wen Shuyue interrupted Xiaolu before Xiaolu could finish her words.
It was so insensitive of Wen Shuyue if she didn’t know everything before all employees did. Wen Shuyue just didn’t expect that the news travelled so fast, just a few days after his father’s transfer.
“It’s not about the prison thing. It’s about the new projects. Many people refuse to cooperate with our company because of the prison thing, so we’re at a great loss now. Mr. Gu is flying off the handle. He’s been looking for you everywhere,” Xiaolu said hastily.
