End of the Mu family (5)

Jiaying's parents spent the whole day searching for her, but there was no news. She had informed them that she was going to seek help from her friend, but did not name him. They had called up all her friends but no one knew about her whereabouts.

Just when they thought of filing a police complaint, the police themselves arrived at the Mu mansion, with a number of personnel. Surprised, the couple stood in the lawn in shock. They saw some media vans present there.

Detective Lui approached Mr. Mu and said, "Mr. Mu, you are under arrest for attempting to murder Mr. Sheng Liang." Detective Lui further mentioned all his rights and handcuffed him before escorting him to the police van in the presence of blinding camera flashes and countless mics being shoved at him.

Mrs. Mu ran after her husband but could not reach him. She was blocked by the media personnel. When the police vans left, the reporters turned to Mrs. Mu and asked several pricking questions. One even asked about why Jiaying was not present there. Harassed by their questions, Mrs. Mu ran into the house. Just then, their cellphones pinged. All of them received a video. They watched the video with breaking news written all over their faces. Without any delay, the bulletins rolled and the news was broadcasted.

In a matter of few hours, all the news channels were reporting on the arrest of Mr. Mu for attempt to murder and the Jiaying's scandal. The news channel still had some decency, so they blurred out the horrendous video before relaying it. But somehow the unedited high resolution copies of the video made it on the internet. It spread like wild fire.

Mrs. Mu who locked herself at home, was hounded by media, debtors and lecherous men asking for Jiaying.

Liang saw the news. He had just planned the monetary fall of the Mu family. He did not have to lift a finger for the moral aspect, someone did it before he could. Guess the Mus had bad blood with someone else as well.

Still not satisfied with everything, Liang made use of his powerful position and pushed for an early court hearing. He wanted to get over with this once and for all before meeting Jinjing. He was missing her dearly. He held himself back for almost two weeks, but since he came to know that the Mus had planned to kill her, he could not bear it anymore. He wanted to hug her, kiss her, hold her close to his heart to assure himself.

It took another week for the matter to settle.

The day when Mr. Mu was arrested, a case was filed. The next day a court order approving the auction of the Mu Mansion, reached Mrs. Mu. She was devastated. Since their downfall, she had contacted all her relatives and friends. Very few agreed to help, but the time Jiaying's scandal came to light, even they backed off. Left helpless, Mrs. Mu gathered all her jewelry, cash and other valuables at hand and hired the best lawyer to fight Mr. Mu's case, as her last resort.

They ended up losing the case. Mr. Mu was sentenced for life. Jiaying was nowhere to be found. The house got auctioned the day of the sentencing and the debtors received their share. Mrs. Mu was given time till evening to pack up her stuff.

With nowhere to go, no one to fall back on, Mrs. Mu was left in a destitute state. She could not think of any way out from the darkness. She committed suicide. The news was flashed on all channels the next day, when they found her dead in the mansion. The police had also recovered Jiaying's unclothed body from a dumpster near Mu enterprise. The autopsy revealed, she was brutally raped and died from the torture. That is how the entire Mu family turned to dust.