Chapter 203: Someone is suspecting Xu Daming

Jia Zhangshi has an advantage that others do not possess.

Thick-skinned.

When faced with a situation, they can go all out.

When the Jia Family's vital interests suffer a fatal blow, Jia Zhangshi can even take the three words "shameless" to the extreme, completely breaking through humanity's bottom line.

Just now, they were given a 2-0 score.

They don't learn a lesson at all.

Afterwards, they busily and shamelessly rushed to cozy up to others, then shifted the topic to the death of Long Laotaitai, even blaming Long Laotaitai's death on Long Laotaitai herself, insisting that Long Laotaitai's death had nothing to do with Yi Zhonghai and that Long Laotaitai deserved to die.

"Comrade, I'm not someone who knows nothing; I know why you've come to our home. Let me tell you, Long Laotaitai definitely wasn't killed by Yi Zhonghai."

For the Jia Family's profit.

Jia Zhangshi also went all out.

The idea is very simple.

Also very pure.

Yi Zhonghai does not die.

Then the Jia Family's interests can last forever.

Afterward.

They can also regard themselves as Yi Zhonghai's lifesaver.

When everyone in the Siheyuan says that you, Yi Zhonghai, are the murderer who killed Long Laotaitai, only I, the old lady, stand firmly on your side, saying you didn't kill Long Laotaitai; this kindness means the Jia Family will have to rely on the Yi Zhonghai household for years.

"Yi Zhonghai is the Head Steward of our Siheyuan and a Level 8 Technician at Yagangchang; he's always been shrewd, so he couldn't possibly do such a muddled thing."

Beside, Qin Huairu.

Just looking at the expression of the fool.

Is Jia Zhangshi treating the public security officer in front of her like a three-year-old child?

Looking over the entire Siheyuan.

Only Shazhu's words are somewhat pleasing to hear.

Whether Long Laotaitai's death is related to Yi Zhonghai depends on the concrete investigation results of the public security comrade.

Even the public security officers dare not say that Long Laotaitai's death is unrelated to Yi Zhonghai, yet you, Jia Zhangshi, confidently claim that Yi Zhonghai did not kill Long Laotaitai.

What about the evidence?

What about witnesses?

A sudden hint of secret joy welled up in their heart.

Jia Zhangshi's tone clearly indicates she knows who is not the killer.

If they really go to jail over this matter.

Qin Huairu could then completely let herself go.

Without the constraints of Jia Zhangshi.

Who could do anything to Qin Huairu?

Stemming from selfish thoughts.

Qin Huairu chose to remain silent.

With the attitude of watching a show, they watched Jia Zhangshi's performance.

"He just hit someone, and the neighbors saw him hit someone; then he caused a death—isn't he rushing off to do underground work? A Level 8 Technician at Yagangchang couldn't be such a fool. As I, the old lady, say, Long Laotaitai brought this on herself by doing too many evil deeds; heaven couldn't stand it and took her away. She's over eighty, and she was fighting over meat with my great-grandson Bangeng; I didn't give her a good face, and we fought over vegetables several times. She got angry and even hit me with her cane."

"Just because she hit you a few times with her cane, you then publicly declared, in front of the neighbors, that you wanted her life."

The words Jia Zhangshi was about to utter instantly got stuck in her mouth.

Such a result.

This is not the result Jia Zhangshi wanted.

She wanted Yi Zhonghai to think well of her, to facilitate the Jia Family's future blood-sucking actions toward Yi Zhonghai, not to save Yi Zhonghai and sacrifice herself.

If they lose their life, what's the use of earning more money?

Jia Zhangshi is convinced that if she dies first, Qin Huairu will remarry afterward, and Jia Dongxu's portrait will be thrown into the latrine like trash.

The Jia Family's house will also take the Qin surname.

Bangeng and they will also endure a miserable life of not knowing if they'll survive from morning to evening.

For the Jia Family.

Cannot die.

Jia Zhangshi found a reason to keep living.

"Comrade, you couldn't possibly be suspecting my old lady, could you? How could you suspect my old lady? My old lady is a good person, a top-notch good person."

"Not suspicion, but after investigation and verification, you, Jia Zhangshi, have a motive, and many people in the Siheyuan have confirmed that you had conflicts with Long Laotaitai; after being hit by Long Laotaitai, you declared that you wanted her life."

"I was just talking nonsense—killing someone! That's a capital offense. My old lady is just muddle-headed; I wouldn't do something that sends myself to the netherworld. My saying I wanted Long Laotaitai's life was just me being angry and uttering a lie; Long Laotaitai truly wasn't killed by me, it was Yi Zhonghai, yes yes yes, it was Yi Zhonghai—he hit Long Laotaitai yesterday, and she died today; if it's not Yi Zhonghai's fault, whose is it?"

Life is at stake.

Jia Zhangshi, in a panic of sudden illness, seeks medical help.

No longer does she have the thought of making Yi Zhonghai think well of her.

All that fills their mind is seeking death.

As the old lady, I cannot die no matter what I say.

"Didn't you just say that Yi Zhonghai's involvement with Long Laotaitai's death is unrelated?"

"I'm muddle-headed, I spoke falsely—it was Yi Zhonghai; arrest him, not me—I was just fighting over meat with Long Laotaitai."

In order to clear themselves of suspicion.

Jia Zhangshi, heedless, clearly expressed her own thoughts.

What are the police thinking?

Qin Huairu didn't know; she only knew she was utterly stunned by Jia Zhangshi's miraculous maneuver.

The police were right there.

Again, it's a major matter involving a life.

You, Jia Zhangshi, actually still have the nerve to scheme against Yi Zhonghai.

……

Hou Yuan.

Long Laotaitai's room.

After the two police entered the room.

Based on experience, they began a meticulous investigation.

Of course.

The first to bear the brunt.

Namely, the corpse of Long Laotaitai.

The older police officer was still alright, able to remain calm.

After all, he's seen too many such scenes; some accident scenes even had bodies flying apart.

The younger comrade, named Liu Jianguo, had just arrived at the station less than seven days ago, a newcomer among newcomers; because he had just started work, he was eager to handle a big case.

Heard that a death had occurred inside the Red Star Courtyard.

Volunteered to take the task.

Following his master into the room, he inspected the corpse of Long Laotaitai.

Still young, Liu Jianguo, upon seeing the corpse of Long Laotaitai, immediately felt his stomach churn violently.

The old deaf lady, dying with eyes not closed, gave Liu Jianguo the utmost shock, stimulating him.

Then he heard a "wah".

Liu Jianguo's cheeks instantly bulged; while clenching his teeth, his empty hands moved front and back over his mouth, he forcefully covered his mouth.

His steps moved quickly.

He hurriedly walked toward the door.

He had just rushed out of the door.

The stuff in his mouth then burst through the triple barrier of teeth, lips, and hands; under the retching force, with the mouth as origin, it sprayed like a fountain onto the ground.

A comrade, five or six years older than Liu Jianguo, who had just finished recording Xu Damiao's statement.

Seeing this.

First he shook his head, then immediately nodded.

He said to the continuously vomiting Liu Jianguo:

"Jianguo, how are you?"

Liu Jianguo, while vomiting profusely, waved his palm at the speaker, looking miserable, unclear and...

"You're a bit stronger than me; when I just graduated, upon entering and smelling the indoor odor, I vomited on the spot; you, however, managed to hold out until outside."

He handed the record in his hand to Liu Jianguo.

"Want to switch? You ask the neighbors of the courtyard, I'll go inside with my master to inspect the scene."

Liu Jianguo, suppressing his nausea, refused his companion's good intention.

"This is my post; even if I vomit bile, I must go in."

He stepped forward.

He entered the room.

Immediately followed by the scene of him rushing out again to vomit.

He still couldn't control his emotions.

Also, the old deaf lady's death state was too miserable.

Liu Jianguo had already tried to imagine the murder scene as best he could, but he still underestimated some things; his imagination, before the fact of the old deaf lady's gruesome death, was worthless, crushed to dust.

Couldn't figure it out.

Also couldn't ponder it through.

What a deep hatred and grudge it must take for that killer to be so ruthless!

He completely treated the old deaf lady like livestock.

Nor could he imagine what miserable torment the ancestors of the great courtyard endured before death.

Perhaps only vomiting could ease Liu Jianguo's unwillingness.

……

Hou Yuan.

There were many households.

These people, behind glass, secretly glanced at Liu Jianguo, each imagining.

Even the uniformed Liu Jianguo was scared like this, showing how miserable the old deaf lady's death was.

Yi Zhonghai.

You bastard, you've committed a great sin.

If the old deaf lady hadn't been hit by you, Yi Zhonghai, she wouldn't have died so horribly.

Someone died inside the courtyard.

It is essentially an unlucky, ill-omened thing.

The Long Laotaitai who died was still someone who died with unresolved grievances; her death might have been a killing, which further stirred the neighbors inside the courtyard to endless resentment.

Yesterday they were violently beaten by Yi Zhonghai; regardless of whether it was related to Yi Zhonghai, it's all Yi Zhonghai's fault.

The neighbors were convinced that Yi Zhonghai harbored the intention to kill Long Laotaitai; this notion stems from such thinking.

Hate Yi Zhonghai.

Also despise Long Laotaitai.

A dead person.

It polluted the feng shui inside the Siheyuan in a short time.

For a period of time to come.

Whenever the Siheyuan is mentioned, people will fiercely look down on it.

Thus.

What should the people of the Siheyuan do now? Some have reached the age for marriages and funerals.

Although it is an age of materialism.

But some things should be attended to; it still needs to be attended to.

The Long Laotaitai who died with her eyes open, in the eyes of some people, this is just holding back a breath and not leaving; if something unexpected really happened, the Siheyuan would no longer be a Siheyuan.

Everyone came up with ideas.

Some thought about maybe staying at relatives' place for a few days, waiting for the Long Laotaitai's matter to be completely settled before returning to live in the Siheyuan; others considered moving to a different Dayuan, after all the house isn't theirs, spending the same money, why should they suffer?

The happiest person.

Xu Daming

Before the Long Laotaitai's death incident occurred, Xu Daming had already made plans with Lou Xiaoe to temporarily leave the Siheyuan; as this matter unfolded, they seemed too lazy to even fabricate an excuse.

A ready-made excuse.

Only an idiot would not need it.

Know the current situation.

What kind of result is this.

During the recent questioning process, Xu Daming and Lou Xiaoe, like Shazhu and Yu Li, based on a pragmatic attitude, explained yesterday's events in detail to the inquiring comrades.

Pointing the sword at Yi Zhonghai!

This is a fact acknowledged by both Lou Xiaoe and Xu Daming!

First they struck someone.

Afterwards, the person who was struck died.

You, the striker, cannot escape responsibility.

"Daming."

In Lou Xiaoe's tone.

Carrying a slight tremor.

As a woman.

She really panicked.

Say something that is not an exaggeration.

The Siheyuan had the Long Laotaitai's death incident; others don't know, anyway Lou Xiaoe doesn't even dare to go to the toilet at night.

Xu Daming knows what Lou Xiaoe is frightened of.

He touched Lou Xiaoe's slightly baby-fat cheeks.

He gave a word of comfort.

"Do you want to go home and stay for a few days? After they leave, I'll take you home."

By now.

Also can only do this.

Lou Xiaoe nodded.

Immediately, she curiously asked Xu Daming a second question.

"Daming, you say the Long Laotaitai's death, is it really related to Yi Zhonghai?"

"It should be related; yesterday Yi Zhonghai hit the Long Laotaitai, we all saw it, he hit her really hard."

Xu Daming's tone is different from Lou Xiaoe's fear.

Inside, it reveals a hint of cheerfulness.

The Long Laotaitai died.

The culprit who ruined Xu Daming's marriage died.

As the victim, Xu Daming naturally should think well of it in his heart.

Yi Zhonghai, who has always looked down on Xu Daming, because he hit the Long Laotaitai, became the biggest suspect in her death.

If it really is Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai will pay with his life.

Not Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai, for the next few years, will also have to act with his tail between his legs.

"But why are they asking us about the matter of our marriage being ruined by the Long Laotaitai?"

Xu Daming paused on the spot.

This question.

He really hasn't considered it.

It counts as being reminded by Lou Xiaoe.

Destroying marriage!

It is a major violation of human ethics.

According to those people's understanding, if Long Laotaitai were killed, anyone who had a grudge against her would have motive to kill her.

Xu Daming and his wife are also among them!

"Wife, where have you been thinking? Long Laotaitai destroyed our marriage, but we are broad-minded and don't hold it against her; the one who reported Long Laotaitai is Yi Zhonghai, not us. You should keep your mind as much as possible in your belly, have nothing to do with us, never do wrongdoing, and at midnight not fear ghosts knocking on the door."

Xu Daming was comforting Lou Xiaoe.

He is a man.

Even if there is something.

Also must resist it oneself.

……

Yan Fugui's home.

Also arguing about this matter.

Different from everyone else.

From beginning to end.

Yan Fugui has been suspecting that Xu Daming is related to Laotaitai's death.

As Jia Zhangshi said, Yi Zhonghai couldn't possibly have first beaten up the Dayuan ancestors and then sent them away.

The killer is someone else.

Who?

Xu Daming!

Motive.

Long Laotaitai destroyed Xu Daming and his wife's marriage.

How great a grudge must one have to do such a despicable thing?

Xu Daming is the type who repays grudges.

In the Siheyuan, he only gets along well with Shazhu.

He interacts relatively frequently with Yan Fugui.

Only because he often comes late, Yan Fugui feels that Xu Daming's marriage was destroyed by Long Laotaitai, yet he does not take revenge against Long Laotaitai, which is somewhat unlike Xu Daming's usual behavior.

The two families are relatively close.

Separated by a wall.

Also the time of deep night when people are quiet.

If one truly holds a grudge against Long Laotaitai, taking the opportunity when Yi Zhonghai beat up the Dayuan ancestors, kill the Dayuan ancestors, then put the feces bucket on Yi Zhonghai's head.

That is also possible.

Yi Zhonghai and Long Laotaitai are both enemies of Xu Daming.

As for why not suspect Shazhu, who also has grudges against Long Laotaitai and Yi Zhonghai.

Yan Fugui thinks Shazhu couldn't have done such a thing.

Roughly the same meaning.

Xu Daming is purely a petty person; sometimes for his own benefit or other purposes, he tends to adopt an unscrupulous attitude.

In contrast, Shazhu has a somewhat bad temper, but when doing things he has his own bottom line.

As the head chef of the Yagangchang, bringing food from the cafeteria is a rule among cooks, but Shazhu has never once brought a lunchbox.

A person with a bottom line.

Such a person would not commit such an irrational act as killing.

Moreover, Shazhu's wife is Yu Li.

As for this woman who failed to become his daughter-in-law, Yan Fugui is left only with admiration; in every way she lets countless people praise.

Having a virtuous wife brings no trouble.