Chapter 626: Chapter 626



Your escape begins with ga ln ov els . com “I don’t think many people know about County N, it’s a relatively undeveloped area. Fifteen years ago, the government sent a group of officials to inspect the countryside. To pass the inspection, the earl magistrate sought a group of craftsmen to build a school.

At that time, we had no school in the area, the village children all learned from a sister who was educated and went home. With no books or blackboard, they depended on her knowledge, which was transmitted verbally, and they just listened.

It was impossible to build a school in such a short time, and everyone was unwilling to work under such time constraints. They felt that they were doing more harm to their own children, since, after all, a school should be a place for them to learn.

On the other hand, these officers did not care about their concerns, they were bringing their men to hit our houses and cause a scene. Thinking that these officers would make our lives miserable, they were forced to start the project.

The building materials they had were of poor quality, and the scaffolding and concrete collapsed halfway through construction. My father and four other builders died in that incident.”

The reporter continued, “Why wasn’t there a school at that time? Those at the top would have funded the institution.”

The teenager sketched a crooked smile, “I think the funds ended up in someone’s pocket.”

What he said was vague, but self-explanatory.

Everyone could tell what he was referring to.

The reporter pressed for more questions, “How was this matter handled at the time? Didn’t the inspectors resolve the matter in the papers?”

“It was already resolved. Not only did the inspector not take it to the papers, he even helped the culprit hide the truth.”

Up to that point, everyone already knew what this demonstration was about.

“How was the matter settled then, were the deceased compensated?” the reporter asked.

This time, an elderly man came to the front and said, “Since when are there compensations, and not only that, but we were forbidden to publicize this news? Anyone who opened his mouth on the matter would have had his houses torn down.”

The informant’s eyes widened when she heard the news, it was too much!

Technology was not so advanced at that time, there was no Internet. Besides, they were in the mountainous areas, which were easily hidden from view.

The elders began to shed tears, “I only had one son, and his life was taken away in that accident. I want them to take care of this matter, besides ignoring the issue, they punched and kicked us, they also threatened us with words.”

When the old woman rolled up her sleeves, on her arm was a large scar about ten centimeters long: “They did it to me with a hoe.”

Although the scar had healed, but due to improper treatment, it did not heal well and looked quite horrible.

“We are all relatives of the deceased at the time. We didn’t come here to make trouble or start an argument. Even though it has been a long time, we want justice for those who passed away.” The old woman wiped away her tears, her face was full of wrinkles and the palm of her hand was rough. No one could bear such a spectacle.

After the media publicity, the incident went viral in just two hours, and it didn’t take long for the higher-ups to take notice.

Internet users became very involved in the news and wondered who the managing officer of the inspectorate was fifteen years ago.

This was what everyone was most concerned about, even the county magistrate at the time didn’t pay much attention to it. People hated those who helped the wrongdoer even more.

Someone deliberately circulated the information about the then officer in charge through the Internet.

The net today was well established, so the news spread so fast that it caught people off guard, it was already impossible to do any cover-up.

Once people started to pick up the information about the officer, they kept digging deeper into the incident, they wanted to know about the welfare of that officer.

Everyone was more informed now, they began to show outrage.

All kinds of things were said.

“Someone like this should die already, how is this person worthy of serving the people? This is really the devil in disguise.”

“How did such a person get his position today?”

A random person replied, “This person has no guilty conscience at all!”

“These people are better off dead, that poor old man! If this happened fifteen years ago, those children were only one or two years old when they lost their father. At the same time, the woman had also lost her husband and the mother, her child. This is really tragic.”

“That’s right, I really want to kill these black-hearted bastards!”

“These people are not humans, they are demons. They oppressed the powerless and took advantage of them. They should have received the punishment of the old days, beheading with five horse-drawn carriages.”

The county officials of the time were quickly found out as well. When the matter got out of hand and spread too quickly, the higher officials rushed to calm people down temporarily. They then announced that an investigation would be conducted, and if true, the officials concerned would be severely punished.

Everyone commented one after another.

“I hope justice will be done!”

“I believe that the Government will give us a satisfactory explanation. If this were true, I hope that person is shot dead, this is detestable!”

Today was destined to be no ordinary day, this incident has aroused the attention of everyone in the nation.

The Bailey Family was also in a heated discussion on the matter.

Even the Bailey Family’s daughter and son were unaware of such events.

“Is this true or false?” asked Declan to his mother.

Mrs. Bailey’s face was ghastly, she trembled and nodded, “It is true.”

“How could father do such a thing?” without hesitation, the fifth daughter stood up. She dared not believe that her father was someone so ruthless.

They only knew that her father gave more importance to boys than girls, but he had never presented himself as such a person.

“This is unthinkable,” also the second daughter could not believe that her father would be this inhuman.

Mrs. Meyer sat in a corner without uttering a word and also made no comment. As a daughter, she had to obey her mother whenever she was called upon, but not once did she think of doing anything for her father.

It even bothered her why she had to be born into that family.

“Someone must be framing him, otherwise how come this incident from so long ago resurfaced again? It was all laid out in such detail.” Although Mrs. Bailey was horrified at the time, like a good wife she kept her composure, “With the situation already unsalvageable, someone must be behind all of this.”

Those people appeared out of nowhere and exposed the incident through the media, interviews on the spot showed how pitiful the victims were to gain sympathy from onlookers.

Now public opinion was demanding an official statement from the government and putting them under enormous pressure as the whole story unfolded, which completely threw them off balance.

It would be unfeasible for this incident to spread like wildfire if there was no mastermind.

“Did Father offend anyone?” asked Declan.

Mrs. Bailey shook her head, “I’m not too sure either, it’s inevitable to avoid conflict in officialdom. Still, as bad as it was, it wouldn’t lead someone to dig up a past like that.”

“We shouldn’t break our heads over the cause of things at this point, but we should find a solution. For a case that has been UNLEASHED, once the truth is verified, the punishment will be unquestionable.”

The authorities would take serious measures for the matter to appease the hearts of the people after such havoc.

“My sisters, our father is in trouble, we have to find some way to save him,” Athena Bailey, the eldest daughter of the family, announced to her sisters.

“What can we do?” Breenda Bailey, the second daughter in the family, returned the question.

Her husband did not agree to let her come, when she responded to his call, even saying, “How are you his daughter?” The husband was clearly unhappy with this question.

Given a choice, he would not want to be part of this patriarchal family.

It wasn’t that she was cold-hearted and didn’t care about her father, but the fact that she had not grown up in the Bailey Family, it was only natural that she didn’t feel as attached to them. Her parents paid very little attention to her and she had never experienced the warmth of kinship.

Her husband and Alan were no different, both were alpha males, and never bothered to establish a relationship with the Bailey Family.

“My husband is not a high ranking official, I don’t think we can be of much help. I’m going to take my leave, I still have some business to take care of at home,” Breenda had expressed.

Declan was furious and stopped her, “Breenda, you are still one of father’s daughters, do you have any conscience left? You don’t even care about him.”

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