Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 562: Five hundred fifty-seven at least there is still humanity

Chapter 562: Five hundred fifty-seven at least there is still humanity

Gu Chen swept a glance over the more than ten people.

He quickly picked up on something.

Firstly, one girl was so immersed in her sketchpad she didn’t even dare glance at Gu Chen out of the corner of her eye.

"Didn’t we already resolve Shi Tianming’s issue? How he got injured, none of us know," the young man said to Gu Chen.

"Resolved? The man is still lying in the hospital. We think this matter isn’t so simple, that’s why we came to do a thorough investigation to find out what really happened."

"Were you with Shi Tianming that day at the dance hall? Are you the person involved?"

Gu Chen directly countered the young man with a question.

Faced with Gu Chen’s question, the young man immediately shook his head, wanting to quickly disassociate himself from the matter.

At this moment, all of the employees fell silent.

Seeing their demeanor, Gu Chen knew he could not get much out of them by asking one by one.

So, he walked straight over to the girl who seemed guilty.

When he approached her, Gu Chen directly asked, "The female colleague Shi Tianming mentioned should be you, right?"

After he asked this, the paintbrush in the girl’s hand dropped to the floor.

Seeing her nervous look, Gu Chen knew he hadn’t guessed wrong.

"While Shi Tianming was in the hospital, he even entrusted me to ask if you got hurt that day. Seeing you’re alright, I think that should put his mind at ease."

Gu Chen said this to her.

He didn’t press the girl further, but rather spoke a comforting word.

After he finished speaking, the girl struggled to keep her composure.

"I, I don’t know anything," she replied mechanically to Gu Chen’s question.

"It’s okay, would it be possible to step out for a chat? Just to ask you a few small questions, you needn’t be nervous."

Gu Chen continued to speak very kindly, not appearing to come after her to settle accounts.

The girl nodded after hearing this and then stood up to follow Gu Chen outside.

Once outside, the girl still seemed somewhat distracted.

It was then that Gu Chen spoke up.

"Have they threatened you?" he asked.

Upon hearing this, the girl became tense and shook her head quickly.

"Did you take money from them?"

After this question, the girl became agitated, "Of course not, how could I possibly take their money?"

"Then why won’t you come forward to testify for him?"

After Gu Chen finished speaking, the girl immediately wilted.

"I don’t know anything," she still repeated the same line.

"Do you know about Shi Tianming’s family situation? His family can’t afford such a huge expense.

His father got into an accident and was hospitalized a few years back, forcing them to sell their home and land.

Now it’s only him and his mother left at home, and his mother is sixty this year, gasping for breath at every few steps."

Gu Chen didn’t rush to interrogate, instead, he laid out Shi Tianming’s circumstances.

After hearing this, guilt swept across her face, but she still shook her head desperately, as if trying to convince herself.

Gu Chen pressed on, "He needs your help now, he’s in a desperate situation.

He stood up for you and rescued you.

Why are you now pushing him into a pit, unwilling to give him a hand?"

Gu Chen’s psychological tactics were effective, making the girl’s eyes moisten after just a few words.

"I, I want to help him, but I can’t," the girl shook her head.

She cried, feeling very remorseful inside.

"I’m sorry, there’s nothing I can do. Once I make money in the future, I will compensate him," she said.

As she spoke, she stopped cooperating with Gu Chen and went back inside.

Seeing this, Gu Chen already had a rough idea in his mind.

It seemed that it wasn’t about money; she must have been coerced, so she had reservations in her heart.

But what exactly she was coerced with, that was still unknown.

However, Gu Chen was already very happy inside, as he had at least found a breakthrough.

If this girl wasn’t a cold-blooded creature, then things would be much easier to deal with.

He had thought of two methods before he came.

If this girl still had humanity in her, then he would resolve it bit by bit.

But if this girl had been bought with money, he also had another way.

Now, all he needed to do was figure out what kind of coercion the girl had experienced.

Gu Chen went back, as he still had to hurry and simmer herbal medicine.

After returning home, Gu Chen waited for the herbal medicine while calling Old Yuan on the home phone.

This matter could only trouble Old Yuan.

Apart from him, no one else could help.

Upon hearing the situation, Old Yuan didn’t waste a single word over the phone and directly agreed to help.

After the herbal medicine was ready, Gu Chen delivered it to the Wei Family.

As evening approached, Gu Chen finally received a message from Old Yuan.

The girl’s name was Wu Tianxia, and she had an older sister named Wu Tianjiao.

Wu Tianjiao was currently an intern teacher at a school and hadn’t yet gained tenure.

Their family situation was actually quite simple; their parents were retired and now lived off their retirement pension.

So, the breakthrough lay with her sister Wu Tianjiao.

And Gu Chen quickly guessed what the reason might be.

Wu Tianjiao had graduated from university, and in this day and age, becoming a teacher wasn’t a problem.

From internship to tenure was like going through a process.

It was estimated that it wouldn’t take long for her to successfully gain tenure.

The coercion by those people must have used her sister’s quest for tenure as a condition.

With a clue, Gu Chen had a plan.

After he had delivered the herbal medicine to the Wei Family.

He went to Wu Tianjiao’s school to take a look.

It was a very average middle school, nothing special.

Among the many schools in Chuan City, this middle school definitely wasn’t the one with the best treatment.

He wasn’t acquainted with anyone from the school, but could Old Yuan not know, and even if Old Yuan didn’t, wouldn’t Wu Dazhu have connections?

Wu Dazhu worked at a bank and met all kinds of people every day.

Moreover, even if Wu Dazhu couldn’t help, Wei Tianfu surely would have a way.

However, Gu Chen didn’t want to solve everything through Wei Tianfu.

So, he first communicated with Old Yuan.

"Teacher’s tenure? I’m not too familiar with that matter, but I do know a friend who donated a library to a school before. I’ll go ask for you," Old Yuan said.

"Thank you, I really appreciate it," Gu Chen replied.

Soon, there was news from Old Yuan’s side.

The next day.

Gu Chen received a positive response from Old Yuan.

The matter could be handled, there was a way.

However, he would have to donate something to the school.

Gu Chen thought this was completely acceptable; after all, it was for the students, like doing public welfare.

He quickly went to Shi Tianming’s workplace again to find Wu Tianxia.

When Wu Tianxia saw Gu Chen, her eyes still avoided his.