Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 249 - 240 Goodbye

Chapter 249: Chapter 240 Goodbye

"Tu Hengsha, the reason I came to you today and was willing to accept an interview in my real name was because I had already reached a point of no return. I’ve exposed the worst side of myself to the public, not only leaving myself no retreat but also to warn those sisters who still endure silently. Domestic violence isn’t something you can just endure and it will pass. The more you endure, the more you fuel the abuser’s arrogance. I know that among billions of families, there are many who, like me, are suffering violence. Yet, they choose to stay silent or endure for various reasons. What I want to say is that we truly don’t know what the future holds, nor do we know what consequences will follow if we choose to fight back. But whatever they are, they can’t be worse than now. If we can endure such a life, what future challenges can’t we overcome?" She seemed a bit lost, "I want to say, hang in there, Chen Qi, and hang in there, everyone."

This segment was recorded by Tu Hengsha, and Chen Qi agreed to let it be broadcast without any blurring.

"No need to blur it, this is me," Chen Qi said. "Let myself see just how bloody my wounds are when torn open, so I have more courage to keep moving forward. Also, the photos of my injuries, the videos, the ones you don’t have on hand, I can send them to you. You and Hao Ren organize them and send them out."

At the end of the interview, Tu Hengsha packed her things, hesitated for a long time, but still said, "Chen Qi, if you need any help, you can still find us."

"Okay." Chen Qi looked at her and smiled. Due to the bruises still on her face, her smile was awkward, yet candid and relaxed.

It was the first time Tu Hengsha saw Chen Qi smile like this.

Chen Qi always treated her with neither warmth nor coldness, and with everyone at the workplace, she was always aloof. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have thought only of Su Ronggui when in trouble. But at this moment, Tu Hengsha felt that the Chen Qi before her had finally shed her hard shell and was soft all over.

"Tu Hengsha." Chen Qi softly called her name, "You are a... blessed person."

Tu Hengsha originally thought she would say she was a kind person, a simple person. A blessed person? It was the first time she heard such a description, and she was slightly surprised.

"I’m sorry." Chen Qi apologized once again.

Was this ’sorry’ for loving Su Ronggui?

Tu Hengsha smiled and didn’t say anything else.

Love itself isn’t wrong, what’s wrong is often the person.

It’s the person who doesn’t know how to restrain themselves.

Loving someone is easy, restraining from loving, that’s hard.

And restraint is a higher form of love.

"Director Chen." Images of Su Ronggui flashed before her eyes, scenes of her and him resurfaced one by one, she snuggled up to his stubble, he fed her eggs, he added clothes for her, he spanked her bottom. "What’s missing in life, fate will compensate in another form. Breaking is good, without breaking, there’s no building up, I’ll still wish you well."

"Thanks, I will be okay." Chen Qi smiled, "Tu Hengsha, I never thought, that one day I would sit down and chat with you. You are good, really good, and Su Ronggui, this kid, was lucky to meet you. I bless you too!"

Chen Qi paused for a long time, her eyes glistening with tears, "Tu Hengsha, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Tu Hengsha thought that this "goodbye" was just a usual polite expression, like the "goodbye" she said to her colleagues every day when leaving the newsroom, expecting to see them again the next day, typing away in the same open space, proofreading, editing, typesetting. She didn’t expect "goodbye" to become "never see again." After that day, she never saw Chen Qi again.

A few days later, the report she and Hao Ren worked on came out, causing a huge commotion both in the office and online. But what shocked many colleagues at Chenjiang more than the uproar was that Chen Qi resigned.

Su Rongxing somehow found out about the resignation reasons and vividly announced on the editorial platform, "Do you know why Chen Qi resigned? Let me tell you, even if she didn’t resign, she couldn’t continue working! Usually pretends to be rich, wearing luxury brands every day! Her husband runs a company? We thought her husband was rich! It was all fake! All that money was illegal income! Should we say illicit income! Using her advantage as a journalist, she secretly filmed the privacy of countless celebrities and rich people, then blackmailed them for her benefit! It’s no different from extortion! Now she must feel she can’t hide it anymore, so she turned herself in. Resignation? It’s just a better-sounding excuse! As they say, one shouldn’t do wrong, shouldn’t act willfully for money, live a rich life with money, and a penniless life without it. Why go to such lengths for vanity, for material pleasure, to do what’s not supposed to be done? It’s not about not being caught, it’s about timing! Retribution may be delayed, but it will not be absent!"

Su Rongxing’s words were full of a wealthy person’s superiority, but one couldn’t deny her values were spot on. People shouldn’t act willfully for money, the so-called heaven spares no one, one has to bear the consequences of their actions.

Only then did Tu Hengsha understand, so this was the leverage Chen Qi mentioned.

Chen Qi said, in a few days everyone would know and mentioned she cut off her retreat.

Those words she couldn’t understand during the interview now had answers.

Chen Qi disappeared, but her presence on the internet didn’t decrease, with many comments under her video, showcasing a "me too" phenomenon, where both named and unnamed netizens expressed their pain in domestic violence. Hao Ren and Tu Hengsha continued to report on this issue for several consecutive issues, with typical cases from previous interviews to comprehensive analysis and commentaries, receiving an enthusiastic response.

However, this was ultimately a heavy topic. The articles’ popularity and the newfound fame of Hao Ren and Tu Hengsha didn’t bring much joy to them, instead leaving a heavy feeling in their hearts, with Tu Hengsha constantly sighing deeply for many days.

"Every time, I feel we can do so little, we can only report, raise questions, but can’t solve the problems," Tu Hengsha lamented.

"What do you want to do?" Hao Ren laughed, "Want to be Superman and save many women friends from domestic violence? Punch bad men, kick violent men? We can indeed do very little, but what we have done is already quite a lot. At least, by raising these issues, more people will pay attention, and as more people pay attention, solutions will be sought. As journalists, we have a sense of justice, a sense of right and wrong, a sense of humanity. We document the various aspects of the times, the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly, fighting with reason for light, faith, and progress, isn’t that enough?"

Tu Hengsha rolled her eyes at him, "I just made a remark, and you go on a long speech, just like Mr. Su!"

She recalled Mr. Su’s saying, even if the bright moon shines over ditches, her heart still turns toward the moon.

Of course, there was another saying, "You are my bright moonlight."

Hao Ren clicked his tongue, "Everything you say can be linked back to your Mr. Su, but I’m not your Mr. Su!"

She sighed, she really did miss Mr. Su. She had been too busy these days to spend good time with Mr. Su.