The recording ended there.
After listening to it, Gu Yun did not look particularly angry. Instead, he was unusually calm.
Li Xingzhu had been silently listening to the recordings beside him, watching Gu Yun's reaction all the while. He knew the truth revealed by these recordings was cruel to Gu Yun, but Gu Yun had to hear them.
Without knowing the truth, they could not fight back against the people who had hurt them and would remain in the dark.
He could not protect Gu Yun forever. There would come a day when he could not stay by his side, so Gu Yun had to be capable of protecting himself.
The fire that woman had hired someone to set all those years ago had nearly burned Gu Yun to death in that room. If he had arrived just a little later that day, Gu Yun really would have...
It was then that Li Xingzhu realized there was more to the incident than met the eye. He had been investigating it in secret ever since and had even found the person who had set the fire.
But the man was extremely cunning. Li Xingzhu had lain in wait for ages before finally catching him. Even then, the man was tight-lipped. Only after a round of threats and inducements did he finally reveal the name of the person who had ordered him to do it.
His account was far from complete, however. He only said that a middle-aged man had come to see him in person and told him that all he had to do was set a fire. In return, he would receive a generous payout, enough to keep him comfortably fed and clothed for the rest of his life.
Having finally gotten an answer, Li Xingzhu handed the man over