Watching public opinion swing almost entirely toward supporting and praising Anping City, some people, Yao Xin among them, seethed with anger and resentment. Still refusing to give up, some continued writing and publishing snide articles, while others traveled great distances from across the country to Autumn Sun Township in Anping, Liaodong, and found the home of criminal suspect Sun Mouwei.
Zhang Shuang, a reporter from Penfire News, introduced herself to Sun Mouwei's parents, then asked in a leading tone, "Regarding the case in which Guan Mousheng killed your son, the Anping City police and prosecutors determined that Guan Mousheng was acting courageously to help others and in lawful self-defense, and therefore bore no criminal liability. Do you accept that outcome?"
Sun Mouwei's mother was about to speak, but her husband, Sun Danian, shot her a fierce glare. She could only turn away resentfully and shut her mouth.
Sun Danian looked at Zhang Shuang and answered without expression, "The Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate explained everything very clearly. We also watched the surveillance footage from the time. My son did harass that young woman first, and he was the first to hit someone and the first to stab someone. He brought this outcome on himself. We're also to blame as his parents for failing to raise him properly!"
That answer left Zhang Shuang both surprised and dissatisfied.
Wait, aren't you supposed to stand by your family, right or wrong? You don't side with outsiders. The person who was killed was your son! Now they've decided his death counts for nothing, and you don't have a single complaint?
"Mr. Sun, ma'am, are you saying you fully accept the findings of the police and prosecutors? In other words, you have no objections concerning your son's death and don't intend to assert any