Then, recalling her daughter's smile, she also forced a stiff smile.
She turned around.
She bowed deeply to all the rescue workers present: "Thank you for coming to rescue my daughter. I'm sorry, I don't want to see her suffer anymore."
"Although we couldn't save her life, we have saved her soul. She'll be happy..."
"I understand her. She will thank you all."
As her words trailed off,
Linlin's Mother covered her mouth and suddenly burst into uncontrollable sobs.
Everyone around her had tears in their eyes. They wanted to console Linlin's Mother and tell her not to grieve, but found that they couldn't utter a single word.
At that moment, Gu Sang didn't know whether to grieve or feel relieved at Linlin's liberation.
She reached out and supported the loudly wailing Linlin's Mother: "Auntie, you are the greatest mother I've ever seen. From now on, I will be like a half-daughter to you in place of Linlin."
Chen Yun also walked over crying: "And me too, Auntie."
Linlin's Mother looked up, hugging Gu Sang and Chen Yun tightly and nodding emotionally: "Okay, okay, I won't cry anymore. I respect Linlin's choice, woo woo woo."
Three firefighters stood aside, lips pursed tightly.
Their eyes reddened as they lowered their heads.
Two of them patted the youngest one on the shoulder, as if saying: Don't blame yourself, although you couldn't save her life, you saved her soul...
At that very moment, down below the company building,
A series of shrill screams rang out.
"Ahh!!!! Someone's died!"
"Linlin, she... she actually jumped off the building! Linlin, it's not my fault, don't come haunt me tonight."
"Linlin, I... I only posted your information online, it wasn't me who made those harassing calls to your home. You've got the wrong person, go find the manager, he's the one who deceived you."
"How is this possible...? To jump off a building just for this small matter, it's not like you were the only one cheated on!"
Chaos reigned down below.
Linlin's coworkers at the company, one by one, collapsed limply to the ground, trembling uncontrollably. Some harshly scolded her for jumping over such a trivial matter.
Others shrieked confessions to Linlin.
They were truly terrified!
They never thought Linlin would actually commit suicide.
And to commit suicide by jumping off the company rooftop, who would dare come to the office anymore!
He Linpeng, the manager who deceived Linlin, stood in the corner. Seeing Linlin's shattered body, her eyes stared blankly in his direction, unblinking even in death.
He Linpeng felt his stomach churn and began to tremble, leaning against the wall as he started vomiting: "Urgh... urgh!!"
"It was just over a measly twenty thousand yuan? You're insane!"
"The money was spent by you anyway. It's the modern age, who talks about spending a man's money when dating? Constantly wanting milk tea, a gold digger, but still pretending to be so pure. What innocent girl would accept gifts worth hundreds from her boyfriend? If you weren't a gold digger, why would I have dated you?"
"I only did what every man would do when picking up girls - pretending to be single. It's your own stupidity that you couldn't resist. You deserved to be deceived. Your own weakness led to this, blame yourself!"
"It has nothing to do with me!"
"Yes, nothing to do with me..."
He Linpeng swallowed hard, his legs wobbling as he fled the scene.
But the image of Linlin in her final moments was burned into his mind, unable to be erased no matter how hard he tried to shut his eyes - that gruesome, bloodied scene.
The ancient people watching the livestream fell into an unusual silence.
Linlin's death wish, He Linpeng's shifting of blame and excuses, her mother's heartbroken acceptance - all of it rang an alarm bell for the ancients.
In that moment, they understood the destructive power of rumors.
So that's how it is.
What's done is done.
The damage is done, so what if her name is cleared someday in the future?
Would clearing her name undo everything, allow her to live normally again?
No!
It wouldn't!
They may appear unaffected on the surface, but in the depths of night, they too would recall their past suffering and anguish, burying their heads in sobs.
An ancient woman wept bitterly: "My sister was also slandered, but for the sake of our family's reputation, my father had to marry her off to that beast. Yet not even three months later, my sister died."
"Woo woo woo..."
"This is how my sister was driven to death. Sister, I used to blame you for being so rash as to seek death, for being ungrateful for our parents' nurturing, for disgracing our family's efforts in raising you. I thought you wronged everyone. But I never considered how painful your life must have been."
"My poor daughter! Mother doesn't blame you anymore. It was my failure to protect you properly. I should have torn out the tongues of those wicked people, instead of scolding you as base and promiscuous, falsely accusing you of seducing others. Even after your death, I still blamed you for being unfilial. Mother truly did not know how much you suffered, Mother didn't know!"
"It was my mistake, but you can never come back now."
"..."
Gu Sang turned off the distressing livestream, and together with Chen Yun, they sent the wailing, unconscious Linlin's Mother to the hospital.
Although the mother respected Linlin's choice,
The anguish of losing a daughter could not be erased by any choice – if there was even a sliver of opportunity, the mother would have preferred her daughter to be alive.
The two girls stood outside the emergency room doors.
Chen Yun sat on a chair, suddenly resolving with firm determination: "I've decided to study law. I will use the law to punish those hidden venomous scum on the internet."
"The internet is not a lawless place. Hiding behind a keyboard, they think they can spread malicious rumors about victims at will."
"The scum who deceived Linlin deserves to die! The original wife who dared not confront her own husband but instead went to Linlin's workplace to beat her is equally culpable!"
"Linlin's coworkers who leaked her address, phone number, and posted her nude videos online are also murderers!"
"In this lifetime, I will use the law to make sure they are brought to justice!"
In this smoke-filled tragedy, no one was truly innocent.
The original wife was pitiful, but wasn't the wronged Linlin just as pitiful? Why not investigate properly? Why not confront the scumbag husband instead?
And why?
After beating the innocent Linlin, she still reconciled with the scum husband as if nothing had happened.
Three years later, she even printed out all the transaction records to force Linlin to repay the money!
This is simply inhuman!
The most disgusting thing is that such examples are very common in real life. Just search online and you can find numerous real cases!
Gu Sang opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but the voice that came out was hoarse: "If this can become your motivation, I support you!"
"Those people, they should be punished by law!"
Although this incident was painful for Chen Yun and Linlin's Mother, they felt relieved after the pain.
This was the result that Lin Lin wanted. She really couldn't hold on anymore.
Although in the later ages, life and thinking in many aspects were comparable to heaven compared to ancient times.
There are still many people living in an oppressive and painful way, because the suffering of each era is different. Mental suffering is far more painful than physical suffering!
