Chapter 317
There’s something about this woman that’s not easy!
She was clearly flustered just now, but she quickly calmed down again.
Calm and not only that, but her mind was also turning very quickly, in just a few dozen seconds she had thought of a reason why she didn’t have a red mole, and that reason was so reasonable that it didn’t make anyone think anything was wrong at all.
Can such an excessively intelligent person really be controlled by Rongshu and Cheng Huai?
To know that once such a person backfires, the consequences are absolutely unthinkable!
Thinking about it, Fu Jingting took out his mobile phone and walked towards the lift while dialing a*sistant Zhang’s number.
“Mr. Fu.” a*sistant Zhang’s voice came through.
Fu Jingting pursed his lips and said in a cold voice, “You find someone to secretly monitor Li Zhaodi, once she makes any unusual move, immediately inform me.”
He absolutely could not let this kind of person threaten Rong Shu.
Once this kind of person dared to move in a way that she shouldn’t, he would immediately strangle her in the cradle.
Although a*sistant Zhang did not know the reason for Fu Jingting to do so, he still nodded and answered, “I understand Mr. Fu, are there any other orders?”
“No.” Fu Jingting hung up the phone.
On the other hand, Rong Shu drove to the court.
Li Chuan and Lu Qi were already waiting for her at the entrance of the courthouse, and when they saw her get out of the car, they both walked over.
“Sister.”
“Baby!”
Rongshu closed the car door, “How long have you guys been here?”
“Been here for a while, but it’s not time yet, so I can’t go in yet, so I can only wait outside.” Li Chuan handed her a cup of milk tea that he had bought a long time ago and returned it.
Rongshu took the milk tea, “Thank you, Xiaochuan.”
“You’re welcome.” Li Chuan smiled gently.
Lu Qi pointed across the room, “Baby, those reporters are watching you.”
Rongshu sipped her milk tea and looked in the direction he pointed, a group of reporters were over there taking pictures of her.
She thought, if it weren’t for the armed police stationed outside the courthouse, all these reporters would have rushed through.
After all, this court hearing was directly related to Gu Manyin’s downfall, and these reporters all wanted to know how she was feeling at the moment.
“Sis, ignore them, it affects the mood.” Li Chuan said as he lightly swept a group of those reporters.
Rongshu gave a hint, “Of course I won’t pay attention to them, but you, aren’t you afraid that they will recognize you?”
Although he was wearing a hat and mask, his outstanding height and figure were enough to attract attention, as long as they looked at him a few times, they wouldn’t necessarily not recognize him.
Li Chuan shrugged his shoulders, “I don’t care if they recognise him.”
“It will affect your career.” Rongshu said.
Li Chuan’s eyes darkened, “It doesn’t matter, this career, it won’t necessarily continue.”
“What do you mean?” Rong Shu and Lu Qi looked at each other first, then looked at him at the same time.
“Kid, you’re not planning to quit the circle, are you?” Lu Qi put his hand on Li Chuan’s shoulder.
Li Chuan’s shoulders shook, shaking his hand off, and smiled at Rong Shu, “There’s this idea, but it’s still under consideration.”
“Why would you have such an idea?” Rong Shu frowned, “Isn’t it your dream to become the world’s top male model? Xiaochuan, did something happen?”
How else could he explain that he wanted to give up his dream?
Li Chuan’s gaze flickered, “No, I just feel a bit tired and want to rest for a while.”
“Is that so?” Rongshu narrowed her eyes, obviously somewhat unconvinced.
Li Chuan smiled and waved his hand, “Alright sis, let’s not talk about that, the door is open, let’s go in.”
Rongshu turned her head to look at the courthouse door behind her and found that it was indeed open, and nodded, “Good, let’s go in.”
The three of them entered the courthouse, and some of the people who had been given places to observe the court, also went in.
Shortly after they went in, Gu Yaotian and his wife also arrived.
Rong Shu met eyes with Gu Yaotian and his wife, looking at the hateful and cold eyes of Gu Yaotian and his wife, not only was she not afraid, but she even hooked her lips and laughed, making Gu Yaotian and his wife angry enough.
This court session was broadcast live, which meant that the internet users could also see it.
Soon, Gu Manyin was brought up.
These days, she had been detained in the detention centre, not eating or sleeping well, and coupled with the psychological pressure, her whole body had lost many pounds.
If not for her fair skin, Rongshu would have thought she was seeing Li Zhaodi.
In short, the current Gu Manyin looked just like Li Zhaodi who had just come out of the countryside, with a malnourished look that would collapse when the wind blew.
When Mrs. Gu saw such a Gu Manyin, her heart was so distressed that she directly covered her lips and cried.
Although Gu Yaotian had hated Gu Manyin so much during this period of time, he could not hate her anymore and shook his head helplessly.
Pop!
Although the judge’s gavel struck, the trial officially began.
In fact, this trial did not have much significance, because the evidence of Gu Manyin’s murder of Rong Shu was seen by the whole world, so this trial was just a process.
Lu Qi looked at Rong Shu’s lawyer, who was arguing with Gu Manyin’s lawyer, and suddenly thought of something and said to Rong Shu, “Baby, there’s some not-so-good news that I think I should tell you.”
“What?” Rongshu looked at him.
Li Chuan probably knew what Lu Qi was going to say, and his eyes coldened, “What he’s going to say is what the lawyer said to us before you came.”
“What words exactly?” When Rongshu saw how serious they all looked, she also got serious.
Lu Qi pinched his brow, “It’s like this, when you didn’t come, I asked your lawyer, and your lawyer told us that Gu Manyin’s punishment might not be like what we thought, that she would go straight to jail, but most likely, she would only be treated with a suspended sentence.”
“A suspended sentence?” Rongshu fiercely squeezed up her palms, clearly dissatisfied with this result.
What she wanted was for Gu Manyin to go to jail, not some suspended sentence.
Lu Qi naturally knew this, which was why she said it was bad news.
“That’s right, a suspended sentence, the lawyer said, it’s true that Gu Manyin plotted to kill you, but you didn’t suffer any actual harm, so her intentional murder would be an attempted murder, and the sentence would naturally not be very severe.”
“I can’t believe this is happening!” Rongshu’s small face turned red with anger.
Lu Qi sighed, “Yes, and the lawyer also said that even if she framed you later, the result would still be the same, the main reason, is her current body, if she is sentenced, it would be an extra-prison sentence, and often the extra-prison sentence would end up being a suspended sentence, that’s why the lawyer said that Gu Manyin’s final result would be a suspended sentence.”
Rongshu bit her lips tightly and didn’t speak anymore.
A suspended sentence?
What an irony!
She was determined to send Gu Manyin to prison, and had thought that she would succeed in getting Gu Manyin in this time.
But in the end, she was told that the outcome was likely to be a suspended sentence?
What could be more disappointing than such an outcome?
For a while, Rong Shu’s mood was very heavy, and the air around her body was much more depressed.
Lu Qi and Li Chuan knew why she was like this.
In fact, they were also very discontented, but the country’s situation was such that it had only been five years since a mother had killed her own daughter, so sometimes the outcome of a trial was really not as perfect as one would expect.
As the minutes ticked by, the trial came to an end.
The result of Gu Manyin’s trial came out, and it was the same as the lawyer had said, a five-year suspended sentence.
During these five years, Gu Manyin was not allowed to leave the city and had to wear shackles and be supervised by the police at all times, and once Gu Manyin was found to have continued to do bad things, she would be sent to prison.
However, if Gu Mangyin is peaceful, she will be fine, and if she does something brave, her sentence may even be reduced.
In other words, apart from being supervised at all times, Gu Manyin is still free to live her life as she has lived it before and will continue to do so in the future, only that she cannot do anything bad.
But such a result was totally unacceptable to Rongshu, who wanted to appeal, but was prevented from doing so by her lawyer.
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Because her lawyer told her that even if she appealed, the second and third trial would only end up upholding the first trial’s verdict, so there was no need to appeal at all.
“I’m so angry!” Lu Qi hammered his fist on the seat.
Li Chuan didn’t say anything, lowering his head and wondering what he was thinking.
Rong Shu watched as Gu Manyin was taken down, and Gu Yaotian and his wife followed along.
Seemingly sensing Rong Shu’s sight, Gu Yaotian and his wife also turned their heads towards her, giving her a smug expression in unison.
Mrs Gu, in particular, even wanted to walk up to Rong Shu and laugh out loud.
These days, because she thought Mangyin would go to jail, she had been running up and down the country looking for help, and she didn’t know how many closed doors and blank stares she had received.
Especially from Rong Shu and Fu Jing Ting. Thinking of the way these two people had looked at her an hour or so ago, looking at her like she was a piece of trash, she was furious inside.
But luckily, now that she was relieved, it was Rong Shu who should be angry.
As she thought, Mrs Gu stroked Gu Manyin’s head and smiled happily at Rong Shu.
Rongshu squeezed her hand tightly and looked at her coldly twice before finally shifting her gaze and looking at Gu Manyin.
Gu Manyin’s head was bowed, so she could not see what expression Gu Manyin was wearing at the moment, but she mostly felt that Gu Manyin was also pleased with herself at the moment.
The Gu family left the courtroom, but Rong Shu did not leave yet, because there was still Li Fan’s trial.
The case of Li Fan’s acid throwing was even more serious than Gu Manyin’s murder of Rong Shu.
The reason is that in Gu Manyin’s murder, Rong Shu was never present throughout.
But Li Fan was different, he threw acid directly at Rong Shu, so the end result was three years in prison.
The other netizens who sent wreaths and knives were also detained and criticised.
As for the marketing numbers and media, the situation was the most serious, as their crime was not only to disinform Rong Shu, but also to break other laws, the outcome of which is unknown for the time being, as it has to be dealt with separately from this incident of Rong Shu.
Rongshu was not interested in this either, as long as she knew that these marketing agencies and media would not end well.
As she walked out of the courthouse, Rong Shu looked up at the sky, which was misty and hazy, and it was supposed to rain.
Lu Qi also followed and looked up, saying sarcastically “People say that when you come out of court and look at the sky after winning a trial, the sky must be clear, but we won but ……”
“Sister, is everything okay?” The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things.
Rong Shu pulled the corners of her mouth, barely squeezing out a smile, “It’s fine, although the result is not as I would like, but Gu Manyin won’t dare to mess around, at least in the future she will shrink her head and live her life, so this result is quite good.”
Seeing that she was only pretending to be fine, Lu Qi and Li Chuan glanced at each other and did not break her down.
After a few seconds, Lu Qi suddenly spoke, “Let’s forget about the celebration party tonight.”
Li Chuan nodded, not objecting.
Rongshu wanted to say no, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn’t say them.
Because she found that she didn’t care about the outcome that much.
If she didn’t care, why was she not even in the mood to hold a celebration feast?
The three of them walked in silence towards the parking space on the road.
Just as they reached the car, a group of reporters rushed over.
“Miss Rong, what is your opinion on the outcome of Gu Manyin’s trial?”
“Yes Miss Rong, reveal it, are you satisfied, or are you not?”
Rong Shu lowered her eyelids, her small face cold, ignoring the group of reporters.
Li Chuan and Lu Qi were even more furious.
The two of them escorted her to the car while chasing away these reporters.
After a lot of effort, they finally got into the car from the group of reporters and hurriedly drove away from the place.
On the road, Lu Qi saw the reporters who were still chasing them through the rear view mirror and slapped the steering wheel in anger, “D*mn, these reporters are really f*cking difficult, and they can’t mention which pot.”
“Come on, cut the crap.” Li Chuan looked towards the woman in the back seat who had closed her eyes and was in a depressed mood, and chided in a low voice.
Lu Qi also realised that he had said something he shouldn’t have and gave Rong Shu a look and quieted down.
None of the three of them spoke anymore, and the atmosphere in the large carriage was extraordinarily heavy.
At the Fu Group, Fu Jingting sent off his partners, came out of the meeting room and headed for his office.
a*sistant Zhang was waiting for him at the door of his office, and when he saw him coming, he spoke with a somewhat complicated expression, “Mr. Fu, Gu Manyin’s trial is over.”
A dark aura flashed in Fu Jingting’s eyes, “How many years?”
“A suspended sentence of five years.” a*sistant Zhang pushed his gla*ses and said back with some regret.
Fu Jingting’s movement of pushing the door stopped and he turned around violently, “What did you say? Five years of probation?”
“Yes, because Gu Manyin did not cause substantial harm to Miss Rong, plus the reason for Gu Manyin’s own serious physical injuries, she was given a suspended sentence, as well as one million for Miss Rong’s personal reputation, and five million to compensate for the damages to the Tiansheng Group.” a*sistant Zhang said.
Fu Jingting laughed in exasperation, “It’s actually just a suspended sentence of five years and six million in compensation!”
“It can’t be helped, the national situation is like this, I also consulted our legal department after watching the live broadcast and the answer given by the legal department side was the same.” a*sistant Zhang sighed.
Fu Jingting’s thin lips were pursed tightly.
After a moment, he suddenly narrowed his eyes dangerously, “Keep an eye on Gu Manyin and find an opportunity to set a trap for Gu Manyin.”
Since Gu Manyin couldn’t even sit in jail here.
Then he would personally take action and send her in.
a*sistant Zhang had followed Fu Jingting for so many years, once he heard Fu Jingting’s words, he understood what was going on, his gla*ses reflecting, “Mr. Fu, you want Gu Manyin to break the law during her probation?”
“That’s right.” Fu Jingting nodded his head.
A bright light erupted in a*sistant Zhang’s eyes, “I understand, I will find an opportunity to arrange it.”
Fu Jingting gave a hmph and waved his hand, “Go on.”
After a*sistant Zhang left, he took out his phone and dialed Rong Shu’s number.
He knew that Rong Shu wanted Gu Manyin to go in very much.
So with such a result now, she must be in a very difficult mood.
The phone quickly got through, and Rong Shu took it out and glanced at it, answering it, her voice breathless, “Mr. Fu, what do you want?”
She clipped the phone to her shoulder and went to press the combination lock on her flat, but due to her mood, she entered the wrong numbers several times, making her mood even more irritable.
Fu Jingting heard it and his voice softened, “I know the results of the trial.”
“Oh? So you’re here to laugh at me?” Rongshu bent down and forcibly concentrated on losing the pa*sword once more.
This time, it was finally entered correctly.
The door opened and she walked in, kicking off the shoes on her feet and not putting on her slippers, going straight into the living room barefoot and collapsing on the sofa, her body and mind full of exhaustion.
At the other end of the phone, listening to Rong Shu’s words, Fu Jingting’s eyebrows wrinkled into a Chuan character, “Laughing at you? What makes you think I’m here to laugh at you?”
“Could it be that you’re still here to care for me?” Rongshu snickered.
Fu Jingting opened his mouth and said, “Yes, I know you’re in a bad mood, so ……”
“Don’t, but pull back!” The first thing you need to do is to look at the ceiling, “I don’t need your concern, and I’m long past the point of needing your concern.”
In the past, when she needed his attention, he never showed up, and even when he did, he just ignored it.
So now, she didn’t need it either, and with so many people around her caring for her, did she still care about his concern?
Fu Jingting’s heart contracted violently, blocking uncomfortably.
He gripped the phone tightly, the guilt in his eyes unconcealed, “I’m sorry Rongshu, I ……”
“You don’t have to say sorry, it’s all in the past, do you have anything else? If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up.” Rong Shu rubbed her somewhat swollen and painful temples.
I don’t know what’s wrong, my brain is dizzy at the moment, and when I feel my forehead, it doesn’t look like I have a fever.