Perfect Revenge
Many people chose to avoid their pain. Even if they could face it, they wouldn't go over it again and again, turning it over in their minds—let alone turn the place that had brought the entire Shang family so much suffering into an amusement park.
Hatred would be a more fitting word.
"For revenge." Teacher Pan sighed. "Only ten of the ringleaders who took part in the whole affair were executed. The others received suspended death sentences or life imprisonment for kidnapping, abuse, rape, child abuse, and human experimentation. But in the end, only ten people were actually put to death."
"Their families and relatives used their connections to pull strings. Once the public attention died down, they kept getting their sentences reduced. Some of the ones who received lighter sentences were out in just two or three years."
"There was a huge news story at the time. A criminal who raped a woman from the Shang family and got her pregnant was sentenced to five years. He got out early for good behavior, then went after the victim and her family. The victim pushed him down the stairs in self-defense, leaving him permanently paralyzed."
Xu Huo didn't need Teacher Pan to spell it out. As the perpetrators were released one after another, they and their relatives might keep harassing the Shang family's descendants without end. The Shang family members were victims themselves, and some of their descendants even shared a complicated blood connection with those people.
So many people were involved that even if the Shang family hid away in the margins of society, people would still keep them in their sights.
"The Shang family wouldn't just sit back and do nothing," he said.
"That's why the Shang family rebuilt Museum City," Teacher Pan said. "The person