Chapter 995: Game Over
After Guan Lei’s death, there was a prolonged delay in his funeral arrangements, leaving people in speculation. However, what intrigued them even more was whether the Guan family would completely vanish from the political and military circles of Huaguo in the wake of this incident.
Just then, Meng Yu, who had just been acquitted, suddenly took to a public platform to provide an explanation regarding the matter.
Meng Yu: [I did not voluntarily confess to a crime I didn’t commit. As an illegitimate child of the Guan family, my identity is awkward. My mother was manipulated by the Gu family and forced to bear me with Guan Yi. Yes, the Gu family used my mother to set up Guan Yi, leading to my existence. My mother felt guilty afterward and hid for over a decade. The Gu family used the revelation of my mother’s identity to threaten me, making me confess to the crime as the illegitimate child of the Guan family, thereby solidifying the accusation of the Guan family’s treason. So, I was acting under the instructions of the Gu family!]
Meng Yu even posted various pieces of evidence regarding the connection between his mother and the Gu family.
This statement not only alleviated the suspicions about Guan Yi’s integrity but also directly implicated the Gu family.
And in that moment, the person who initially confessed, as it turns out, was not the real perpetrator after all. Instead, he was just a scapegoat sent by the Gu family to replace Meng Yu.
The exposure of the surveillance footage from the night the poison was switched indirectly corroborated Meng Yu’s assertion that he was coerced by the Gu family. After all, why else would the Gu family go to such lengths to protect Meng Yu?
In no time, the Gu family found themselves in the whirlwind of public condemnation. They were accused of using despicable means, and even the Liu family, whom the Gu family supported, came under scrutiny.