For the next seven days, Yan Liqiang was like a spectator in a cinema. He stood at the side and silently watched the series of events after his death.
He was there when Qian Su tried to retrieve his body at the Law Enforcement Office.
He was there when Shi Dafeng furiously tore up the announcement posted in the martial arts academy...
He was there when his lifeless body was reduced into ashes by the fire...
He was there to see Butcher Liu putting on an air of complacency at his pork stall...
He was also there when Old Master Lu handed over the portrait he had drawn of King Cobra to Lu Peien in the Lu Residence to burn...
He even personally followed Mother Wu to the Temple of Gratitude. He was only completely relieved when he saw Mother Wu living very comfortably there.
The sorrows of his friends and the people close to him, as well as the smug faces of the wretched, flashed before Yan Liqiang's eyes.
[1] ‘A man as straight as a bowstring often meets tragic end while a man as crooked as a hook is revered instead.’ is one of the quotes from the Book of the Later Han. The saying basically implies how an upright person is inevitably forced to flee to the other end of the world and die pathetically while a dishonest person is revered and enjoys a life of glory and splendor.