Chapter 274

Zhang Yingdi was not very educated, and the pretense of ghosts and gods, which seemed absurd to others, was surprisingly effective on her.

"Old Mother, you've gone, so just go. Let us off!" She hid under the quilt, shivering and begging for mercy desperately.

"The justice you owe me, if you can't pay it back in the human world, then come with me to the underworld to pay it back." Zhong Kui's hoarse voice even carried an accent, as if she were truly possessed by Luo Yongmei.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!" Zhang Yingdi grabbed Qi Fei's hand as if grabbing a straw for survival. "Tianbao didn't mean it. He was just reversing to unload cargo like usual. Who knew Old Mother would be squatting behind Tianbao's car that day? It was an accident! But the video says that in this situation, even if Tianbao ran over his own grandmother, he would still be arrested. We only have one seedling in our family; we had no choice!"

Seeing that Zhang Yingdi had relented, Qi Fei said sternly: "Start from the beginning."

Stimulated by fear, Zhang Yingdi actually had more strength than before. She leaned against the hospital bed, crying and saying: "Originally, Old Mother was in the countryside. At the end of last year, Tianbao's baby was born, and we were too busy with business to look after it. After the New Year, we let Old Mother come to Nancheng with us. Usually, we were busy outside, and Old Mother and my daughter-in-law would look after the child in the inner room."

"If it weren't for the fact that my daughter-in-law had taken the child back to her maiden home during that time, Old Mother wouldn't have had an accident."

"Why?" Qi Fei asked.

Zhang Yingdi stole a glance at Zhong Kui. Seeing Zhong Kui staring at her with a sinister gaze, she hurriedly withdrew her eyes and answered Qi Fei's question tremblingly: "The baby was too young to be left alone, so it usually stayed in the inner room and didn't come out. On the day of the accident, the baby wasn't there, and Old Mother was idle, so she ran to the wasteland outside to dig wild vegetables. My Tianbao unloads cargo there every day; who would have thought Old Mother would be on the wasteland that day." As she spoke, she wiped away tears with grievance.

"What was the reason for not agreeing to perform surgery on Luo Yongmei after sending her to the hospital?"

"Don't you already know..." Zhang Yingdi muttered.

"We still need you to tell us." Qi Fei said with a straight face.

"Old Mother, she..." Zhang Yingdi subconsciously turned around to face away from Zhong Kui. "She was just stubborn. I asked her several times if she could just say she fell herself, but she kept her eyes closed and wouldn't nod. That was her own grandson. She's just like that, very selfish..."

"Just because she refused to cooperate with you in covering for Sheng Tianbao, you planned to let her die through passive treatment?" Qi Fei found it unbelievable.

However, such a thought seemed so natural to Zhang Yingdi: "Old Mother was already 85 years old; she wouldn't have lived much longer anyway. But Tianbao still has a long life ahead! If he went to jail, his life would be ruined!"

"Don't avoid the question. Was it your intentional passive treatment that led to Luo Yongmei's death?" Qi Fei's volume increased involuntarily.

Zhang Yingdi patted her chest and said urgently: "This was all my idea; it has nothing to do with Tianbao. I'm the one who killed Old Mother. If you want to arrest someone, arrest me!"

At this moment, Zhong Kui had already walked to the bedside. Seeing her expression, Qi Fei knew something was wrong.

Unfortunately, it was too late to stop her.

Sure enough, like a goddess of vengeance, Zhong Kui revealed the cruelest fact: "We can't arrest Sheng Tianbao even if we wanted to; he's already dead."

Zhang Yingdi was stunned for a moment, then immediately denied it: "You're lying to me. Tianbao is as strong as an ox. I'm fine, how could he be dead?"

"Our preliminary judgment is some kind of gas poisoning. You and your husband, Sheng Dazhi, were rescued, but Sheng Tianbao might have inhaled more toxic gas because he was young and had a vigorous metabolism." Qi Fei explained, already sensing that a storm was about to arrive.

Zhang Yingdi knelt on the bed with disheveled hair and began to pull at Qi Fei's clothes, begging: "I beg you, Officer, let me see my son. He must still be alive. Tell me, my Tianbao is still alive!"

Every time he faced this situation, Qi Fei felt a huge sense of powerlessness and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Soon, because of her extreme agitation, Zhang Yingdi began to retch and convulse. The medical staff hurriedly came over for emergency treatment and asked Qi Fei and Zhong Kui to leave the ward.

"This is what she deserves; you are not allowed to lecture me." As soon as they left the ward, Zhong Kui preempted him.

Qi Fei sighed helplessly: "We still don't know if Sheng Tianbao's death has anything to do with Luo Yongmei. Actually, if Luo Yongmei hadn't died and had been rescued, this situation would have been considered at our discretion; he might not necessarily have gone to jail. Luo Yongmei's death is the problem. It's too ignorant."

"Why are you arguing with someone who relies on short videos to get information?" Zhong Kui said coldly.

"By the way, have you met Luo Yongmei? How did you learn to act so convincingly just now?" Qi Fei suddenly thought of this and couldn't help but be curious.

"Shanqiu showed me those short videos of Zhang Yingdi accusing Dr. Li. That gossip-monger curiously flipped through Zhang Yingdi's previous videos, which were all about daily life, and of course, her mother-in-law Luo Yongmei would appear in them."

"So that's how it is."

"It's normal that Zhang Yingdi couldn't think of it. Did your brain get water in it last time at the culvert? You couldn't think of it either." Zhong Kui reached out and tapped Qi Fei's temple, mocking him.

Qi Fei looked at Zhong Kui with a smile.

"You're even smiling when I'm scolding you?" Zhong Kui raised an eyebrow.

"I haven't heard you mock me for a long time; I really missed it." Qi Fei grinned.

Just as they were talking, Qi Fei's phone rang. After hearing what was said on the other end, he frowned: "Who is Huang Ruifen?"

Wu Shanqiu's raised voice leaked from the phone: "Brother Fei, what kind of memory do you have? Huang Ruifen is Sheng Tianbao's wife. Didn't they say he had a wife and an eight-month-old son?"

"Oh, oh, right." Qi Fei suddenly realized, "Is Huang Ruifen missing?"

"It was Huang Ruifen's family who reported it to the police, saying they haven't been able to contact Huang Ruifen for the past two days."

"Didn't Huang Ruifen go back to her hometown? Shouldn't their hometown have received the report? Why did they find us in Nancheng?"

"Brother Fei, her family said Huang Ruifen has always been in Nancheng and has never gone back."

"Hmm?" Qi Fei's heart tightened. He remembered that he had tried to contact Huang Ruifen on the day of the Sheng family's accident but couldn't reach her, and he immediately felt that there was something suspicious about this matter.

"Huang Ruifen's family is on their way to Nancheng and is estimated to arrive at the police station in two hours." Wu Shanqiu said on the other end of the phone.

Two honest-looking men arrived at the police station. Judging by their appearance and age, they were likely father and son.

"My name is Huang Xuewen, and this is my son, Huang Ruixiang." The older one introduced himself with a heavy accent.

The son looked quite old, but he was even more shy than his old father and couldn't say a word to the police.

"The Sheng family said Huang Ruifen went back to her maiden home a month ago. Didn't you see her?" Qi Fei asked.

"Afen said she has always been in Nancheng. It was only three days ago that we suddenly couldn't contact her. We tried to find Tianbao, but he didn't answer the phone either. We were worried, so we came to report it." Huang Xuewen said anxiously.