Chapter 320: No Crime in Failing to Save the Dying

The sudden appearance of Li Meng's mother not only surprised Bai Mo and her aunt, but even the two police officers were somewhat taken aback.

Their original intention had been to communicate with Bai Mo first; Li Meng's mother must have followed them here.

"Young lady, I am Li Meng's mother," Li Meng's mother said, her eye sockets red and swollen, yet her attitude was very gentle. "She was murdered and died a tragic death, suffering twelve stab wounds. Please, for the sake of an old woman burying her own child, tell me what happened at that time, will you?"

"Auntie, I want to thank you," Bai Mo knew the woman opposite her was acting. As Li Meng's mother, she must hate her to death for being alive while Li Meng was dead, but for now, she could only play along with Li Meng's mother.

Bai Mo got out of bed and knelt down. "You gave birth to a good daughter. She saved my life. From now on, I will treat you like my own mother, show you filial piety, and provide for you in your old age."

Everyone in the hospital room was stunned.

Li Meng's mother felt a jolt in her heart; she immediately realized this was an overly clever girl.

Although her daughter was dead, she only had that one daughter in this life, and she would not let anyone replace her.

This kneeling had directly defined her daughter's death as an act of saving a life.

"You really are a good child, but Mengmeng died too tragically. I truly cannot accept it. What exactly happened that night?"

Bai Mo pursed her lips, then recounted the events of yesterday in a calm and unhurried manner.

It was exactly the same as what was said in the police statement.

"Auntie wants to ask you," Li Meng's mother asked, suppressing her patience to address the doubts in her own mind from the night before, "You said you ordered takeout, so why was it Mengmeng who opened the door to get it?"

"Because I was applying a facial mask in the room at the time and didn't have time. Mengmeng heard the knocking and went to open the door. She was always so helpful."

Li Meng's mother stared into her eyes. "The statement says that when you heard the sounds outside, you wanted to open the door but found it wouldn't open?"

"Yes, Auntie. We had only just moved into this apartment not long ago, so we didn't know much about many things, such as the situation where the door lock suddenly wouldn't open."

"Had this situation happened before?"

"No." Bai Mo repeated, emphasizing again, "We only just moved in."

Li Meng's mother felt she was not telling the truth, but Bai Mo was the only eyewitness at the crime scene—no, actually, there was one more.

That was the damned murderer who stabbed her daughter, Kong Nuo.

She forced a smile at Bai Mo. "Good child, you rest well for now. Auntie will come to see you another day."

After saying this, she left.

Bai Mo could be considered to have let out a sigh of relief; it seemed Li Meng's mother believed her story.

That was right, she was also a victim. The door lock had broken at the time, and if the police had arrived a moment later, she might have been killed by that pervert Kong Nuo as well.

Such a vicious incident had a very negative impact at Huai Da.

Among them, the one who felt most fortunate was Xiao Hang. That man really was a lunatic; the knife in his hand wasn't just for scaring people.

If he hadn't broken up with Bai Mo, he might have also fallen victim to his murderous hands.

Actually, if Bai Mo hadn't hurled abuse at him later—never mind the compensation for the cheongsam and the tea—he had intended to warn Bai Mo that Kong Nuo carried a knife.

But she just had to call him not a man.

It was just a pity for the innocent Li Meng, who died in vain just like that.

"Oh my god! It's terrifying!" Jiang Siyu had been lingering in fear ever since she heard about the incident.

After returning home from school, she immediately grabbed Jiang Yue's arm. "Fortunately, fortunately Mom made us move in time."

If they had been across the hall back then, there was no guarantee that Bai Mo wouldn't have set her sights on them.

A photo of the crime scene was still circulating on the school's bulletin board.

There were blood spatters everywhere on the white wall, and there was a section on the floor marked with red thread by a helpful alumnus; everyone said that was where the body lay.

In short, for a time, everyone was in a state of panic.

Jiang Siyu called Si Rong to shower her with praise for her wisdom.

Si Rong, however, was listless.

She was certain now that Bai Mo had completely inherited her Nainai; anyone who got involved with her, whether she intended it or not, would always end up in misfortune.

Bai Fu was like this, Shen Chi was like this, and now even a roommate had been indirectly killed by her.

As for the story currently circulating that her daughter mentioned—about the door lock breaking inexplicably and the girl saving Bai Mo with her own life—Si Rong didn't believe a word of it.

It was just that, as a mother herself, she felt that the girl's mother was truly too pitiful.

She hoped there would be a turn of events to get Bai Mo locked in prison, so she wouldn't be out there causing trouble for people everywhere.

It was just that Si Rong hadn't expected Lin Meixi to come looking for her.

That was three days after receiving her daughter's call. It was already dark, and Si Rong and Jiang Cheng had just finished dinner and were talking about going out for a walk to digest.

Then she saw Lin Meixi enter with a look of exhaustion.

"Si Rong, I want to beg you for something. Do you know anyone in the public security department? I hope they can investigate more thoroughly. Li Meng's death is not just my son's crime alone."

Now there was no possibility of a settlement with Li Meng's mother, who only said that a life must be paid for with a life and wanted her son to die.

Si Rong:......

"Isn't Bai Mo your daughter?"

Although she hoped Bai Mo would face the sanctions of the law, Lin Meixi's actions were still somewhat lamentable.

Her son was about to be sentenced to death, and she was thinking of dragging her daughter down with him.

"If it weren't for that little bitch, my son wouldn't have done such an extreme thing!" Lin Meixi said hatefully; she wished Bai Mo would die in her son's place!

"It's no use looking for me; I don't know anyone in the city's public security. However, I think you could talk to that girl's mother again. She probably doesn't want to let any murderer who harmed her daughter go either."

Lin Meixi was lost in thought.

Just as Si Rong had said, when Li Meng's mother saw Lin Meixi again, she wasn't as impulsive, appearing somewhat numb and dazed.

The road to seeking justice for her daughter was fraught with difficulties; it took her every ounce of effort to finally see Kong Nuo with the help of a lawyer.

She had thought Kong Nuo would now exonerate himself and tell the truth, but she hadn't expected that he would either remain silent or shield Bai Mo.

Regarding the matter of the door lock, he only said he was unclear.

If there is no other testimony, the truth will never surface.

"I am very sorry," Lin Meixi began, "Bai Mo is also my daughter."

She picked out the important details of these two children's lives from childhood to adulthood and recounted them, "My son's last time in prison was because of her, and this time is the same; she must have lied!"

"Are you trying to abandon your daughter to absolve your son of his crimes?" Mother Li found it laughable, "Although I also think Bai Mo is lying, the culprit who harmed my daughter is still your son! It is absolutely impossible for him to be absolved!"

"I know, even if it's a life sentence," Lin Meixi only hoped her son would live, and she kowtowed to Mother Li a few times, "I think the key to the matter is that lock; if we can find an expert to verify that it was locked from the inside at the time, we can prove that Bai Mo is lying!"

A lock?

Mother Li's eyes suddenly brightened, but they quickly dimmed again, "This kind of small mechanism isn't very precise, it will always have errors; can anyone give a definitive appraisal result?"

"Besides, can it be used as evidence?"

The lawyer had already analyzed this matter rationally with her; even if she could prove Bai Mo was lying through some means, she could not be sentenced for any crime.

Because first, she is not the murderer; second, this matter was not planned by her.

Even if she lied, or even deliberately locked the crying-for-help Li Meng outside the door, it is merely a moral issue.

Failing to save someone in danger is not a crime.

But why did her daughter have to die so innocently? And why is that Bai Mo still living well?

"We must try." Lin Meixi tried to persuade her.

"No need," Mother Li suddenly said; she lived for her daughter, and for her daughter, she dared to do anything, "I believe Bai Mo's words and will not pursue her responsibility anymore."