Chapter 1364

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Fine, fine, fine, I don't want to argue with you all."

Wang Erhai compromised in the end; he didn't want to make the family relations too stiff, so he took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility:

"Zhou Zhihao was hired by me, I indeed bear responsibility. Later I'll have him dismissed, and as for the remaining balance of the banquet, I'll settle it for you. I know you don't have much money either."

Wang Zhangtian, Zhao Lifen, and even Wang Yaohua — all three of their complexions eased somewhat upon hearing Wang Erhai say this.

However, at this moment, Du Xiaojuan suddenly stepped forward and raised an opinion:

"The money Erhai uses to settle the banquet balance — just deduct it from the 50,000 yuan our Dashan lent you!"

With her saying this, Zhang Yueran, as Wang Erhai's wife, also hurriedly chimed in agreement:

"Right, right, right, deduct it from Big Brother's 50,000 yuan. That saves the trouble of you not only having to pay back Big Brother's money later, but also having to pay back our money!"

Wang Zhangtian, Zhao Lifen, and Wang Yaohua — the family of three — all turned black in the face.

They hated Du Xiaojuan to death.

This woman calculated so meticulously, she pinned everything down dead tight!

With words like these, was there any family affection left to speak of?

"Du Xiaojuan, we're talking with Dashan and Erhai. An outsider like you — do you have the standing to interject?"

Wang Zhangtian was huffing with anger, using his elder status to pressure Du Xiaojuan.

Du Xiaojuan, however, didn't fear it in the slightest:

"I married Wang Dashan, so I'm a member of this big family. How do I not have the standing to interject?"

Wang Dashan hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over at this point:

"Alright, alright, everyone stop talking. This affair has become quite shameful enough. If our whole big family keeps arguing here, it'll be even more shameful!"

Wang Dashan said to Wang Zhangtian:

"Uncle, I'll cover the banquet's remaining balance. Let's leave it at that. Everyone say a few words less!"

Du Xiaojuan immediately got angry:

"Wang Dashan, what are you saying? Have you been living too well, to the point you've developed the delusion that earning money is easy?"

Wang Dashan turned his head to look at Du Xiaojuan:

"At home I listen to you. Outside, give me some face. Can you do that?"

Du Xiaojuan didn't say anything more.

Because she knew, Wang Dashan cared most about face.

If she argued with him now and stripped him of this decision-making power, their marital relationship would deteriorate further.

So Du Xiaojuan said coldly in one sentence:

"Just this once. No next time!"

Then she turned and walked away.

Wang Dashan shouted at Du Xiaojuan's retreating back:

"Where are you going!"

Du Xiaojuan threw down a sentence without even turning her head:

"I'm going to settle the bill!"

Du Xiaojuan's meaning was very clear: the exact amount of the banquet's remaining balance wasn't for Wang Zhangtian's family to decide. She had to go to the front desk to ask the specific figure, then pay the hotel face-to-face!

Wang Dashan's brows furrowed slightly, somewhat displeased.

But turning his head back, he still put on a smiling face for Wang Zhangtian and the others:

"Uncle, Aunt, Cousin, sorry you had to see that. My wife — she just has this rotten temper!"

And right at this moment, a commotion suddenly came from outside the hotel.

"Dead person! Dead person!"

"Someone jumped off the building!"

"Looks like it's the bride!"

Everyone at the scene rushed toward the hotel's main entrance to see what was happening.

The Wang family people also hurriedly ran out.

Arriving outside, they discovered it was shockingly Li Yuncui!

At this moment, Li Yuncui lay in a pool of blood on the ground!

Her head was smashed flat!

Bright red bloodstains stained the white wedding dress she wore crimson!

"Ah!! Daughter!"

Luo Jiaxin squeezed through the crowd, ran to Li Yuncui's corpse, and burst into wailing sobs.

Li Zhenxing was also shocked and horrified, his whole body trembling.

None of them could have imagined that just a short while ago they only went to plead for Wang Yaohua, just walked away for a bit, and their daughter would run to the hotel's top floor and then leap down.

"Daughter, Dad failed you!"

Li Zhenxing ran over, knelt before Li Yuncui's corpse.

Luo Jiaxin shoved Li Zhenxing away hard, screaming at the top of her voice:

"Get lost! If it weren't for you owing debts everywhere, how would this family have ended up like this!"

Li Zhenxing knelt on the ground in a sorry state, fiercely slapping his own face with his hands, one slap on the left, one slap on the right, crying his heart out.

Wang Xiaohua, seeing this scene, also had a face full of astonishment.

Li Yuncui's death state reminded him of his late wife Li Jianjia's death state.

Both died by jumping from a building, both had their heads smashed flat.

Gu Wenqing, witnessing this shocking scene, received a violent sensory stimulation.

She couldn't help but feel nausea and retch.

She hurriedly turned around and ran away, going to the green space to vomit.

And in the crowd, there was still one person trembling with fear.

That person was Zhou Zhihao.

Although he had left the wedding banquet hall, he hadn't gone far.

He was hiding outside, originally thinking to watch how Li Yuncui and Wang Yaohua's wedding would end.

He never expected that what he would see was Li Yuncui jumping to her death.

At this time, Wang Erhai spotted Zhou Zhihao squeezed in the crowd.

He immediately flew into a rage:

"Zhou Zhihao, get out here!"

If Li Yuncui hadn't jumped to her death, Wang Erhai would at most have just fired Zhou Zhihao, and wouldn't have done anything to him.

But now Li Yuncui was dead, he must be arrested and made to bear a certain responsibility!

Zhou Zhihao turned around wanting to escape.

At this moment, Wang Dashan leaped forward in pursuit, and in a few quick moves, caught him and brought him back.

"That video at the wedding banquet, was it you who released it!"

Wang Dashan also hated evil like an enemy; grabbing Zhou Zhihao, he brought him back and also issued an interrogation.

Zhou Zhihao had long been trembling with fear:

"I also never thought it would turn out like this..."

He wanted to defend himself, but it was pale and powerless.

To be exact, it wasn't that he hadn't thought it would turn out like this.

It was that from the very bottom, he had never thought there would be any consequences at all.

The ugliness in his heart completely dominated his actions, to the point of making him commit all sorts of absurd behaviors.

Wang Yaohua walked over and fiercely gave Zhou Zhihao a punch.

"Yun Cui was killed by you! You must take responsibility!"

Wang Yaohua's this punch, besides venting his inner anger, also carried the suspicion of shifting responsibility.

After all, this wedding banquet was hosted by him; if he couldn't shift the responsibility away, then he might have to bear the primary responsibility.

Zhou Zhihao's face was full of bewilderment, his mind empty and blank.

He didn't refute anything.

Soon, the ambulance arrived.

They directly covered Li Yuncui with blue cloth.

Pronounced dead on the spot, there wasn't even an opportunity for rescue.

After a while longer, the police also arrived.

The police detained all relevant personnel for questioning and investigation.

This matter blew up big.

As a major shareholder of Lixin Grand Hotel, Niu Chunsheng was also startled and came over.

He actively cooperated with the police investigation, handling coordination on all sides.

Not until the next day did the police give the final result.

Li Yuncui's death, homicide excluded.

And the sordid affair between Li Yuncui and Zhou Zhihao also surfaced under the police's interrogation of Zhou Zhihao.

That deformed romance destroyed Li Yuncui, and also destroyed Zhou Zhihao.

Li Yuncui's death, although Zhou Zhihao wasn't the murderer, he definitely had to bear responsibility; after all, his playing that short video at the wedding banquet was an important reason causing Li Yuncui's suicide.

"Zhou Zhihao, I'll kill you!"

Li Zhenxing, seeing Zhou Zhihao at the police station, was extremely agitated, shouting that he would kill Zhou Zhihao.

If not for several people holding him down, he probably really would have rushed up and perished together with Zhou Zhihao!