Chapter 868

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"How come Xiao He hasn't come down yet?"

By a little past six in the evening, Yao Aina had already finished cooking dinner.

She was feeding her grandson, then said to Zhang Zhongtian:

"You go call Xiao He down to eat."

Zhang Zhongtian also felt something was off.

An inexplicable feeling rose in his heart.

"Alright alright, I'll go call her right now!"

So he hurriedly turned around and went upstairs.

Arriving at Li Xiaohe's bedroom door, he knocked on the door:

"Xiao He, time to come down for dinner."

But there was no response from inside the room.

"Xiao He! We've finished cooking dinner, come out and eat. No matter what, you have to eat, don't starve yourself."

There was still no reaction from inside the room.

By now Zhang Zhongtian had a bad premonition.

He hurriedly knocked on the door with more force:

"Xiao He, Xiao He, can you hear me?"

He banged on the bedroom door with loud "bangs," but still no response came from Li Xiaohe inside.

"Could something have happened?"

Zhang Zhongtian's face turned grave; he hurriedly turned and went downstairs to fetch the bedroom key.

Then he returned to the second floor and hurriedly went to open the bedroom door.

The moment the door was pushed open, he saw the scene he least wanted to see!

He saw Li Xiaohe hanged dead in front of the wardrobe!

Her whole body hung vertically limp, her neck drooping.

This room's ceiling had no place whatsoever to hang a rope.

The noose was only hooked onto the wardrobe door; the wardrobe wasn't tall, and Li Xiaohe's feet could fully reach the floor.

So rather than saying Li Xiaohe hanged herself to death, it's more accurate to say she strangled herself to death alive.

In this situation, as long as she didn't want to die, she only had to relax her strength slightly and she wouldn't have died.

Yet she still died.

One can see how desperate she was, how strong her death wish!

Seeing the scene before him, Zhang Zhongtian was instantly stunned dumb:

"Xiao He!"

He rushed forward and took Li Xiaohe down from the rope.

He discovered Li Xiaohe's body was already cold and stiff.

There was no longer any possibility of saving her!

"Xiao He ah, how could you be so foolish, doing this — how am I supposed to give your parents an explanation!!"

Zhang Zhongtian collapsed into wailing.

Yao Aina downstairs heard the commotion.

She hurriedly hugged the child and ran upstairs.

The moment she entered, she saw Li Xiaohe, already dead beyond doubt.

On Li Xiaohe's face still lingered an expression of agonized ferocity.

This not only gave Yao Aina a fright.

Even the grandson she held in her arms was instantly scared into bawling.

Zhang Zhongtian dialed 110 to report to the police.

The police came to understand the situation.

They quickly ruled out criminal suspicion and confirmed it as suicide.

When this matter reached Zhang Zhiqiang's ears, Zhang Zhiqiang was in the middle of doing intimate things with Ma Xiaolin.

"What??"

Zhang Zhiqiang simply couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"You hurry back right now." Zhang Zhongtian let out a sigh.

But Zhang Zhiqiang said:

"I just got back to Dongguan; it's late at night, there's no transport, how am I supposed to go back?"

Hearing this, Zhang Zhongtian flew into a rage:

"You hurry back! This is an order, not a negotiation!"

Zhang Zhiqiang knew his father was truly furious this time.

So he said:

"Alright then, I'll go take a look now, see if there's still a ride back."

Zhang Zhiqiang hung up the phone, his heart a mix of five flavors.

He hurriedly put on his clothes and said to Ma Xiaolin:

"I have to go back."

Ma Xiaolin was unwilling:

"Didn't you just go back? Why do you have to leave again? Besides, you have to go to work tomorrow!"

Zhang Zhiqiang said while putting on his clothes:

"My wife is dead."

"What?"

Hearing this, Ma Xiaolin was also stunned.

"My wife is dead!"

Zhang Zhiqiang repeated it once more.

Then he hurriedly put on his shoes and walked out of the rental house with quick steps.

Ma Xiaolin sat dazed on the bed alone.

She never would have thought that going back to his hometown with Zhang Zhiqiang once would actually stir up such a disaster!

No matter what, that was a living human life.

If the other party's family members blame her, wouldn't she also have to bear part of the responsibility?

By then, she figures she'll be labeled a vicious homewrecker, and even if she isn't drowned in saliva, she'll be attacked by all kinds of vicious words until she sheds a layer of skin.

No good, better run for it!

Thinking this, Ma Xiaolin hurriedly stood up.

Packed her clothes and luggage, and moved out of the rental house that very night.

As for Zhang Zhiqiang, she wasn't going to bother with him.

Directly blocked all of Zhang Zhiqiang's contact information.

With such a big thing happening, she knew it was impossible for Zhang Zhiqiang to marry her, and besides, Zhang Zhiqiang's parents wouldn't agree either.

So it's better to withdraw quickly.

By the time Zhang Zhiqiang returned to Shangou Village, it was already ten o'clock at night, nearly eleven.

Seeing Zhang Zhiqiang, Yao Aina was very angry, very agitated, cursing up a storm:

"You bastard, do you know you caused a death! How did I give birth to such a heartless beast!"

Yao Aina held Zhang Jiajun, who kept crying for his mother.

The crying echoed in the living room, making the atmosphere even more oppressive.

Zhang Zhiqiang hung his head, unable to speak.

Yao Aina viciously kicked Zhang Zhiqiang's leg:

"With something like this happening, how do you expect us to answer to Xiao He's parents!"

Zhang Zhiqiang still hung his head:

"Mom, I was wrong."

It was Zhang Zhongtian who, after his angry emotions passed, quickly regained his reason.

"Alright alright, stop arguing, the most important thing now is to solve the problem, not argue."

Zhang Zhongtian smoked, his brows knitted with worry.

This matter before him was too thorny.

If handled badly, it would be a big deal.

How to placate Li Xiaohe's parents?

If not placated well, they absolutely won't let it rest.

Once this spreads, it will definitely cause bad influence.

And this influence might directly cause him to lose his Village Committee Secretary's official hat!

"Zhang Zhiqiang, you go right now and kowtow apologize to Xiao He's body!"

Zhang Zhongtian smoked for a long while before saying this sentence.

"Dad, I don't want to go, I'm afraid..."

Zhang Zhiqiang stammered, saying this sentence.

This was the honest truth.

Ordinary people have a fear of dead bodies.

Let alone Zhang Zhiqiang, who has to face the body of the person he indirectly caused to die.

He was really afraid Li Xiaohe would suddenly spring up, clamp her hands around his neck, and demand his life.

"Don't be afraid, I'll go with you! You made a mistake, you have to apologize!"

Zhang Zhongtian sternly rebuked.

Zhang Zhiqiang could only compromise in the end.

Li Xiaohe's body was currently placed in a side room on the first floor inside.

Zhang Zhiqiang went in, saw Li Xiaohe's body, covered with a sheet, couldn't see the head or face, only a pair of feet wearing shoes.

"Xiao He, sorry, I was wrong..."

Zhang Zhiqiang knelt down and kowtowed three loud knocks to Li Xiaohe's body.

Finished offering incense, he fled as if escaping, running out.

Zhang Zhongtian called Zhang Zhiqiang and Yao Aina to the Living Room, the family of three, and began to discuss countermeasures.

"Fortunately the Police Station side has an acquaintance, so they didn't let them notify Xiao He's parents at the first moment, however, tomorrow we must notify Xiao He's parents, this matter absolutely cannot be concealed forever, so we now must unify our story."

Zhang Zhongtian glanced at Zhang Zhiqiang: "Especially you this stinking brat, you must absolutely not say the wrong words to me!"

Zhang Zhiqiang lowered his head: "Dad, what do you want me to do?"

At this moment he finally knew he was wrong, so he became obedient and compliant.

Zhang Zhongtian then said:

"First, you never had any other women outside, this matter you must cover up tightly, otherwise Xiao He's parents absolutely will not let you off."

Zhang Zhiqiang nodded: "Okay okay, I definitely won't say."

Zhang Zhongtian continued:

"Second, Xiao He's cause of death is Depression, just say that ever since having children she has been unhappy all along, always suffering from Insomnia unable to sleep."

"Third, tomorrow when Xiao He's parents arrive, you must personally go welcome them, upon seeing them immediately kneel down to them, then fiercely slap your own ears, as fiercely as possible slap as fiercely as possible, say that you only focused on working outside, didn't take good care of Xiao He, it's your fault, you must express great guilt, understand?"