Chapter 733: Chapter 734: Liu Ruyan’s Second Trial
Xia Yangyang found it odd.
She reached for her phone to check the time.
There were a few missed calls, surprisingly from Gu Qichen.
It was already three in the morning.
What is Gu Qichen calling for at this hour?
Half awake, Xia Yangyang got out of bed and called him back.
Just as she got to the door, the call connected.
Xia Yangyang said hello.
She opened the door casually.
Much to her surprise, Gu Qichen, phone in hand, was standing at the door.
Any hint of sleepiness that Xia Yangyang had, was instantly gone.
Gu Qichen walked in directly: “I’m here to watch over you, afraid you might run away.”
Xia Yangyang rolled her eyes at him, closed the door and turned around: “Where can you possibly run to.”
Gu Qichen already turned around, directly embracing Xia Yangyang by the waist: “I’ve missed you.”
Xia Yangyang speechless: “It’s been barely twenty-four hours since we separated.”
Gu Qichen came closer, kissing Xia Yangyang’s hair.
His voice was already sleepy: “Only less than twenty hours? Why did it feel like forever?”
The worst thing Xia Yangyang did today was to open the door and let Gu Qichen in.
She was already exhausted, she was about to collapse from exhaustion.
Eventually, Xia Yangyang drifted off into sleep, feeling utterly spent.
She felt Gu Qichen occasionally giving her a gentle peck on her cheeks.
Xia Yangyang slept until eight in the morning.
Upon waking up, Xia Yangyang was instantly alarmed: “I’m doomed.”
Gu Qichen was beside her, his arm draped over her waist, not letting go.
Woken up, he was rather unhappy, like a child: “Can’t we sleep a bit longer? Why are we up so early?”
Xia Yangyang replied: “The second trial of Liu Ruyan is today.”
Gu Qichen quickly got up as well, and together they headed to the court.
New evidence had been added to the case of Liu Ruyan.
It was regarding Han Cheng’s murder plan fulfillment.
Xia Yangyang did not expect that Liu Ruyan would surprisingly admit it in court.
The end result was that Liu Ruyan was sentenced to eighteen years of fixed-term imprisonment for treason.
Han Cheng, on the charge of attempted murder, was sentenced to eight years.
Xia Yangyang sat in the front row of the audience section, just steps away from Liu Ruyan.
Throughout the proceedings, Xia Yangyang could clearly see Liu Ruyan’s expressions.
However, Liu Ruyan seemed emotionless the entire time, her face clouded in a deep gloom.
Actually, Xia Yangyang knew.
Han Cheng’s murder scheme wasn’t instigated by her, Liu Ruyan wasn’t that foolish.
All this had been orchestrated by Xia Weiwei.
The clever Liu Ruyan fell victim to her own daughter’s recklessness.
Moreover, she took all the blame for Xia Weiwei.
If there’s any humanity left within her, it lies in the maternal instinct she has for Xia Weiwei.
Just before Liu Ruyan was taken away, she seemed to glance at Xia Yangyang’s direction.
That sort of look, as if all hope had been burned out of her.
There’s nothing left but an empty shell.
Xia Yangyang believed, this must be retribution for the wicked.
After leaving the court, Xia Yangyang felt a release of tension, a feeling of both laughter and tears.
It felt like the weight that had been pressing on her heart for years was suddenly lifted.
It was a feeling that could not be expressed in words.
Gu Qichen had his arm around Xia Yangyang’s shoulders: “I never thought that we’d be separated for four years because of this awful woman, eighteen years is not enough to quell the anger in my heart.”
Xia Yangyang asked: “Are you the one who made her take the blame for Xia Weiwei?”
Gu Qichen looked at Xia Yangyang: “Your parents’ two lives can’t simply be compensated with a mere eight years, by the time Liu Ruyan gets out of jail in eighteen years, she’ll become an helpless old woman, totally lost. What’s more terrifying than this? Yangyang, we’ve finally avenged your parents, I hope they can rest in peace up there.”