Chapter 1132: Flowing Water Eastward

Half an hour later.

A privately modified Boeing 747 took off from Yanjing Airport.

This aircraft, of the same model as the U. S. President's Air Force One, if configured with a typical three-class cabin layout, could carry a maximum of 467 passengers when fully loaded.

However, now, on the entire aircraft, aside from the crew, there was only one passenger, and that passenger was Su Shoudao.

From Yanjing to Queensland, Australia, the flight distance is approximately 9000 kilometers.

For such a long route, ordinary small and medium-sized private aircraft simply cannot fly non-stop.

Only large aircraft like the 747, with a range exceeding ten thousand kilometers, can accomplish non-stop flight.

At this moment, Su Shoudao on the plane was in an extremely gloomy mood.

Looking out the window, the brightly lit nightscape of Yanjing grew increasingly distant, and his mood grew heavier and heavier.

Just as the plane had taken off less than twenty minutes ago, someone sent a set of photos to the email inboxes of major media reporters in Yanjing.

This set of photos was secretly taken from a distance, capturing Su Shoudao's entire process of rushing to the airport, going through security, and boarding the plane.

Because it was nighttime, the photos were somewhat blurry and had some noise, but the photographer had done just enough to allow one to immediately recognize the person in the photos as Su Shoudao.

Besides sending these photos to the reporters, the sneak photographer also leaked a piece of gossip to them, the message stating:

"The truth about the Su Ruoli incident is that Su Lao Ye Zi did not participate in the whole affair; colluding with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and betraying Su Ruoli was actually Su Ruoli's biological father, Su Shoudao!"

The other party also said: "Su Shoudao wants Su Ruoli to die precisely because he does not want the fact that Su Ruoli is his illegitimate daughter to be exposed! He wants this secret to sink forever into the sea!"

Furthermore, the other party dropped another bombshell, claiming: "After the truth came out, Su Shoudao's original wife, Du Haiqing, immediately returned to her maiden home and firmly insisted on divorcing Su Shoudao, and Su Shoudao's reason for leaving Yanjing overnight and heading to Australia was actually because he feared his own role as the mastermind would be exposed! So he fled overnight to avoid the wind, letting his father Su Chengfeng stay in Yanjing to take the blame for him."

Upon receiving this clue, the media immediately treated it as explosive news and consequently began broadcasting it one after another at the first opportunity!

As soon as the news appeared, it immediately triggered a public opinion uproar!

Previously, the statement from Japan's National Security Agency was that the Su family patriarch, Su Chengfeng, had betrayed Su Ruoli.

However, compared to that, for domestic netizens, the version that Su Shoudao betrayed Su Ruoli is somewhat more credible.

The reasons are as follows.

First, Su Ruoli is Su Shoudao's illegitimate daughter; Su Shoudao needs to uphold his reputation, his persona, and his marriage, so he naturally does not want to see Su Ruoli's identity exposed, thus he has a fundamental motive to kill Su Ruoli to silence her.

Second, the order to exterminate the Matsumoto family in Japan was issued by Su Shoudao; this shows that Su Shoudao's methods are extremely cruel and vicious, utterly inhumane, so the claim that he wants to kill Su Ruoli to silence her is all the more plausible.

Third, Su Shoudao must have a guilty conscience; otherwise, he could not have, without hesitation, launched his journey to Australia to flee that very night after the incident—this flight proves he absolutely has serious problems!

As the news reports continued to spread, Su Shoudao instantly became, in the hearts of the nation's people, a beast worse than an animal.

It was he who ordered the killing of dozens of members of the Matsumoto family, up and down; it was he who personally pushed his own biological daughter into a fire pit; it was he who, at the first moment after the incident, tucked his tail between his legs and fled in disgrace!

Consequently, a wave of denunciation against Su Shoudao surged across the internet!

However, at this moment, Su Shoudao was still on the plane, completely unaware of all this happening behind him.

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Meanwhile, in the study of Su Lao Ye Zi, Su Chengfeng.

Su Shoude obsequiously held up a tablet computer, presenting the media reports and netizen comments one by one to Su Chengfeng, smiling and saying: "Dad, this way, no one will again blame Su Ruoli's matter on your old self."

Su Lao Ye Zi nodded in satisfaction, and at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The older one gets, the more one actually cherishes one's reputation, especially someone like Su Lao Ye Zi.

He has been wise all his life, and even serves as the struggle goal and life idol for countless people.

Seeing that he is approaching retirement age, if he truly were to capsize in the gutter over the Su Ruoli matter, then his lifetime of fame would also be tarnished in his twilight years.

Therefore, deep in his heart, he extremely desires to be able to toss this black pot away, and the cleaner the toss, the better.

However, before this, he had never figured out what method he should use to completely toss the pot.

After all, his own actions were exposed by Japan's National Security Agency, and everything they exposed were facts; he himself truly has a hundred mouths but cannot defend himself, and moreover, he simply cannot refute it at all.

But he never expected that the brain of his second son, Su Shoude, would actually be this brilliant!

He himself had originally planned to first send his eldest son, Su Shoudao, off to Australia, and then dump the entire blame for the Matsumoto family extermination onto his eldest son, Su Shoudao.

As for colluding with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to betray Su Ruoli, the old man himself had not even thought he could really dump that blame.

But Su Shoude's maneuver this time was truly beautifully executed!

He had someone secretly photograph Su Shoudao boarding the plane, then anonymously sent a manuscript to the media.

Immediately afterward, he successfully dumped all the black pots onto Su Shoudao!

This move of his, "Zhuo Shui Yin," is simply textbook-worthy!

In it, the clue chain is clear, the story logic complete; although most of it is fabricated, it yet appears reasonable and evidence-based, making it convincing.

Su Lao Ye Zi is delighted in his heart, after all, his lifetime of fame has finally been completely preserved, which is more important than anything else.

He does not want to, at his age, still end up with a body full of infamy, and after death, also be despised by people.

So now, he is truly in a joyful, relaxed mood beyond compare.

However, he also cannot directly open his mouth to praise Su Shoude, so he instead said somewhat emotionally: "Ai! This matter, will wrong Shoudao!"

Upon hearing this, Su Shoude hurriedly followed with a sigh: "Yeah, Dad, this matter, big brother indeed is going to suffer some injustice……"

Speaking, he shifted his tone, and earnestly said: "Dad! However, speaking of this, in our Su family, anyone's face can be lost, except your old self's face cannot be lost!"

"Your old self, is the Su family's midstream pillar, is the mainstay of us seven siblings, is the eternal ancestor emperor in the family genealogies of all descendants of our Su family in their hearts; your life, absolutely cannot leave behind a blemish like Su Ruoli!"

"Therefore, for your lifetime of fame, for your glorious image, big brother sharing your worries, that is also deserved!"

Su Shoude's this remark directly hit Su Chengfeng's heart!

He could no longer suppress the joy deep in his heart; while stroking his beard, he said with a smile: "Shoude, you are absolutely right! Today this matter, you made a great contribution, I will naturally remember it in my heart!"