The expression on Wen Jie's face shifted and she took a step back involuntarily.
"What is the truth behind this that you are willing to be insulted and abused just to cover it up?" Gu Juexi asked heavily.
"Juexi, revealing the truth doesn't always mean that you are amending the injustice. Sometimes when you stubbornly go after the truth, you might end up receiving an unimaginably hurtful answer." Wen Jie gripped her son's arms tightly, her voice raspy.
"Mom, Auntie Mao knew the truth but she blamed it all on Gu Tianmu. Do you know why? She expected me to probe into this and find the answer myself."
"It is because she was told by someone who has no idea about what really happened!" Wen Jie became enraged out of a sudden, as if she had been provoked to a point where she had lost all her patience.
"And you, the only person who knows the whole truth, would rather conceal it instead?" Gu Juexi rebutted.
