Lin Qian felt that her entire life was simply a joke.
She had plotted for more than ten years, but not only did she get back at the wrong person, but she also caused her own family to be ruined. The real culprits of her father's death were called by her first and second uncle, using money to support them for several years.
Now, she had finally made up her mind to end it all, but as soon as she had done so, she was told that she was pregnant.
It could be said that she was being careless. Recently, she had been busy preparing for what would happen after she turned herself in, so her period had been pushed back by half a month without her realizing it.
Lin Qian carefully placed her hands on her abdomen, where she and Qiao Mingyu's child were.
She had only wanted revenge before and had never thought about her children, but she actually liked them a lot, especially hers and Qiao Mingyu's children.
How much she loved Qiao Mingyu, was how much she cherished the child in her womb. However …
The child had come at the wrong time. Or rather, she had come too late to know that she was pregnant.
It had only been half a day since she had turned herself in. If she had known she was pregnant half a day earlier, she would never have turned herself in.
For the sake of her child, she would rather abandon her own conscience and live to atone for her sins in hell than allow her child to be named as' the murderer's child 'as soon as he was born.
The heavens had seemingly punished her, but now that she had turned herself in, it was time for her to find out.
And now, it was too late.
After she and Qiao Mingyu's child was born, they would be tied to the word "murderer" their entire lives.
When he was young, he would be mocked by his playmates, and perhaps even bullied in school for that. When he grew up, he would inevitably be hurt and discriminated against whenever people learned that he had a murderer's mother, regardless of work or love.
Not to mention how much pain and suffering a child would suffer in the process of growing up, even if he could grow up safely, it was very likely that he would suffer from a lack of maternal love which would lead to a defect in his personality. It would be difficult for him to make intimate friends with others, and he would also not be able to maintain a close relationship with others for a long period of time.
Rather than give birth to a child that would make him suffer and lead a miserable and discriminated life, she would rather he never be born.
Lin Qian thought about the worst possibility in her heart, and in the end, the look in her eyes slowly turned from painful to resolute. She turned her head to the policewoman beside her and said, "Regarding my pregnancy, can you keep it a secret from my family and Qiao Mingyu? I don't want this child. "
After the policewoman sensed that the other party was crying, she quietly stayed at the side and did not speak anymore. After hearing Lin Qian ask her about it, she finally replied: "Being pregnant is your personal secret, if you don't want others to know about it, of course we can hide it for you. But are you sure you want to kill this child? "
When she first heard about Lin Qian's pregnancy, she was slightly angry in her heart. This was because Lin Qian might get reprimanded by the court for being pregnant.
But now, when she suddenly heard Lin Qian say that she did not want this child anymore, she actually could not bear it anymore.
Although Lin Qian was guilty of heinous crimes, the child in her womb was a pure and innocent life, and he had the right to be born into this world.
The female officer did not hold back and tried to persuade Lin Qian: "I see that your family isn't short of money. It's fine if you give your child to your family to be raised. Furthermore, I guess that you have already known about the punishment you will receive. You will no longer be able to accompany your mother in the future, so if you can keep your child by her side, it will be a form of comfort to her. "
"Comfort?" Lin Qian smiled bitterly and shook her head, "But this is too cruel to a child. Not only is he unable to have a complete family from the moment he was born, he will also have to carry the title of 'Murderer's Child' for his entire life. This is too cruel to him."
The policewoman said, "You don't want the child to be affected by you, so you can send him to the orphanage after he is born …"
As she spoke of the orphanage, she suddenly thought of the recent reports about it.
The report revealed a lot of secrets about the orphanage. If there was no foster home, the children wouldn't be able to live a good life in the orphanage. After all, children are the most vulnerable without their parents around to protect them.
Thinking about it, the policewoman sighed, and stopped herself from continuing to persuade Lin Qian. She said, "Rest well. If you still insist on beating this child when you wake up tomorrow morning, I will arrange things for you after reporting to our captain."
"Thank you." Lin Qian thanked her softly and reluctantly touched her stomach.
Although she didn't want to part with it, this was the best decision.
However, even though Lin Qian had made the best decision, she was still unable to harden her heart when she carried it out. In the end, she still kept the child, but from the time she was pregnant to the time she gave birth to the child and the child was sent away, she didn't let any of her relatives or friends know about the child's existence …
Of course, this was all in the future.
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On the morning of the second day, the news of Lin Qian surrendering had already spread throughout the entire city.
The moment Lin Xi heard it, she stared blankly for a long time. She did not expect that the final outcome of this matter would actually be like this.
She painstakingly searched for evidence that Lin Qian could kill her, but to no avail.
Before Lin Qian turned herself in, he even called her and reminded her not to forget about the deal between them. She also reminded her that when she brought Hu Yunrong back from the mental hospital, she would definitely receive something that could drive Hu Yuefei away.
At that time, Lin Xi did not hear anything unusual from Lin Qian's words, she did not expect that the phone call would become their final farewell.
However, Lin Xi didn't feel any pleasure from taking revenge for her great vengeance. When she thought back to the past life of the four of them, and looked again at the present situation where they had collapsed, she felt a deep sense of exhaustion and sadness.
When Lin Qian surrendered, the one who was affected the most was naturally the Lin's.
Ever since Lin Quansheng had fainted, the Lin's had been in a state of chaos. Now, the current CEO had been caught trying to kill someone, and when the market opened that morning, the Lin's's share price immediately began to plummet, and before long it stopped falling.
Fortunately, Lin Qian had already made preparations before she turned herself in, and had transferred the company's affairs to him in advance. Furthermore, she had appointed a new CEO, so she wouldn't be flustered at all.
On the other side, the police were skeptical about Lin Qian's confession, but the case had to be supported by evidence, so the task force was split into two. One team was responsible for investigating Lin Xi's death, while the other was responsible for investigating the truth behind Lin Quansheng's coma.
The police had a lot of convenience in obtaining this information, thus, in the evening of the same day, they contacted Lin Quansheng who was far away abroad.
Considering that the topic that they were going to ask was more sensitive, in order to take care of the victim's emotions, the task force even arranged for a female police officer to talk to Lin Quansheng on the phone.
"Hello Mr. Lin, I am a criminal police officer in Z city of the country," The female police officer reported her family name first, then said, "I would like to know about the cause of death of your daughter Lin Xi, as well as the things that happened before and after you fainted, is it convenient for you?"
Lin Quansheng who had just picked up the phone was startled: "What did you say just now? Who died? "
Lin Quansheng had just finished recuperating and was returning to his own sickroom.
His recovery had been somewhat effective, and now he was able to stand on his own support. He was about to get up from the wheelchair and lie down on the bed, but just as he got up from the wheelchair, he heard his phone ring.
It was a domestic call. He hesitated and pressed the answer button. The other party claimed to be a domestic police officer, but she actually said that Lin Xi was dead.
Lin Quansheng thought that he might have heard wrongly, how could Lin Xi die? She was clearly filming in the desert right now!
However, the other party's next words shattered his only hope, "Mr. Lin, regarding the death of your daughter Lin Xi, we are very sorry, but we …"
After that, the person on the other side of the phone said something that Lin Quansheng couldn't hear at all. His ears started buzzing, but his mind kept playing back and forth clearly, saying "Your daughter Lin Xi's death …"
After Lin Quansheng woke up, he knew that there was something that Bai Nianxi was hiding from him. He had guessed that there might be something happening to Lin's or his family, but he never thought that it was Lin Xi who died!
She had just gotten married and her life had just begun, how could she die!
The next moment, all the sounds returned to his eardrums.
He lost his balance and was about to fall to the ground, but luckily, he was stopped by a nearby nurse. The nurse saw that he was pale and short of breath, so she called the doctor.
The policewoman heard the panic in front, as if something had happened to Lin Quansheng. She had no choice but to stop her questions.
Fortunately, after the doctor's inspection, he confirmed that Lin Quansheng was alright, and then sent him back to his sickbed, where he arranged for him to absorb oxygen.
Lin Quansheng's entire body was in a daze. After an unknown amount of time, the rumbling in his ears finally died down and he could once again hear the sounds around him.
He lay on the bed in a daze for a while, then he sent out the nurse in the ward, took out his cell phone, and called the number in the country just now.
When the call connected, the female police officer on the other side asked with concern: "Mr. Lin, are you alright?"
She had already guessed that Lin Quansheng might not know about the changes in his family after he woke up, which was why she was so excited when she heard about Lin Xi's death.
Lin Quansheng took a deep breath and said, "I can still hold on. Can you tell me everything about when I was unconscious?"
The policewoman hesitated for a moment, but still told everything that had happened in the country to Lin Quansheng.
Although she felt guilty about notifying a patient who was still recovering, the case had to be investigated.
The policewoman roughly told him about the matter of Lin Quansheng being unconscious. Surprisingly, she found that Lin Quansheng was still relatively calm after hearing everything, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
From a certain point of view, Lin Qian's personality was greatly influenced by her, and she was very similar to Lin Quansheng, especially in the face of danger and pain. The more serious the situation, the more calm they would be, or at least, they would be able to show.
After a while, Lin Quansheng asked again, "What do you want to learn from me?" His voice was deeper and huskier than before, as if trying to control his emotions.
The policewoman sighed sympathetically in her heart, and said, "When Lin Qian turned herself in, she said that she had replaced you with a medicine to treat cerebral hemorrhage, which caused you to suddenly fall unconscious.
"We have now found that within the past year, she has personally or on behalf of an assistant, bought several drugs for the treatment of kidney failure. This medicine looks very similar to the drugs you normally use for the treatment of cerebral hemorrhage, but the former has strict requirements for the dosage and the side effects are very large. If you take the medicine according to the dosage of the latter, not only will it worsen your illness, it might also cause a series of complications.
"So, I would like to ask you, before you passed out, did you notice anything wrong with the medicine you were taking?"
Lin Quansheng was silent for a while longer before replying, "No, for the past two years, I have been taking medicine to control my illness almost every day. I am very familiar with those pills and I am very cautious. I don't know why Lin Qian went to the pharmacy to buy medicine to treat renal failure, but I am sure that no one has tampered with my medicine before. "
He spoke with complete certainty, denying directly and straightforwardly that Lin Qian had tried to kill him.
The female officer was shocked by his affirmation. She said: "Mr. Lin, please think about it carefully, I know that you may not be able to accept Lin Qian doing this to you, but …"
"She never took my medicine." Lin Quansheng interrupted her and said, "The matter of her turning himself in may not be true. I already said it, my coma has nothing to do with her, it's just ordinary brain hemorrhage, you guys don't have to worry about me being unconscious, you guys can go and investigate why she killed Lin Xi. "
"But Mr. Lin …"
The female officer on the other side wanted to say something, but Lin Quansheng interrupted her: "Let's do it this way, I've already told you all what I need to say, I'm already very tired today."
With that, he hung up.
He closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, there was a faint glimmer of water in his eyes.
Lin Quansheng had just lied.
Actually, before he had fainted, he had already felt that something was wrong with Lin Qian.
At the beginning, when he was taking his physical examination, he found that his body's index was not normal. Then, he realized that the medicine he used to control his brain hemorrhage was secretly tampered with.
He was always very careful with his medicine. There weren't many people who could stealthily replace his medicine, unless they were close friends of hers …
Then, he realized that something was amiss with Lin Qian.
He had also checked the purchase records mentioned by the policewoman earlier. However, he could not believe that the person who he had always doted on as his own daughter, a person who was as precious as a pearl, would treat him like this.
At that time, after thinking about it, he still didn't reveal anything. He did not expose Lin Qian, nor did he question her, he only privately changed his will. He was reluctant to do anything to Lin Qian, but after what had happened, he couldn't possibly love her without a grudge.
He originally thought that as long as he didn't pursue this matter further, this matter would come to an end. However, what he didn't expect was that this matter was only the beginning …
After listening to the female officer's story, it was as if someone had forcefully dug out a piece of his heart. It was extremely painful, but the pain had gradually turned into numbness.
It was true that Lin Qian was at fault, but she was also deceived and misled by others. Although he hated her in her heart, he had always treated Lin Qian as her own daughter, and she was the same as Lin Xi, his own daughter. In the end, he couldn't bear to, so she lied about changing the medicine.
Lin Qian didn't have to be responsible for harming him, but she had to get the punishment for harming Lin Xi. Because of his love for her, he could forgive Lin Qian for her actions but he could not forgive her for Lin Xi.