Chapter 93 Abandoning Revenge

Song Dan understood and immediately led the police dog forward.

They wanted Erhu to smell the piece of meat on the ground to see if it was human flesh.

He walked steadily, gripping the dog leash tightly in his left hand, and gently patting Erhu's back with his right.

The tense atmosphere was instantly broken.

The group followed Shen Cuifen to the kitchen.

Erhu lay by the door, tilting his head and staring longingly at the pot of soup.

The tongue quietly peeked out again.

A seasoned veteran policeman walked over.

Yang Zhi stared at him, then nodded after a moment, his brows relaxing slightly.

Li Fangfang, who was still crying, immediately stopped crying upon hearing these words.

She stared blankly at the old policeman, then at the bowl of soup.

His lips trembled, as if he couldn't accept the fact for a moment.

Li Fangfang suddenly stood up, her voice shrill.

Yang Zhi's eyes darkened, and his voice turned cold.

"What are you yelling about! With us here, we'll definitely find out the truth for you!"

He took a step up to Li Fangfang and looked directly into her eyes.

"We are police officers, not here to comfort you when you cry. The truth will definitely be found out."

After saying that, Yang Zhi gave his subordinate a wink.

The two police officers understood each other and stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, to ask Lu Guizhen to move aside.

Lu Guizhen turned pale and had no choice but to be led to a corner of the main room.

He pulled out a chair and made her sit down.

"Shen Cuifen, confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and you'll be punished severely! If you tell the truth, it'll save us all trouble!"

Yang Zhi turned around and stared at Shen Cuifen, his tone serious.

Yang Zhi didn't move the location; he simply interrogated her right there in the kitchen.

He always felt that Shen Cuifen was involved in this matter.

An ordinary peasant woman should not be so calm when faced with a murder scene.

Yang Zhi narrowed his eyes, alarm bells already ringing in his mind—this case was probably not so simple.

After all, she appeared calm when I entered her room.

It seems that this was expected.

Before Shen Cuifen could speak, a deep yet powerful voice suddenly came from outside.

"I killed Lu Jianguo!"

These seven words were clearly heard by everyone present.

Shen Cuifen remained calm and composed, standing there as if none of this concerned her.

Upon hearing this, her body stiffened abruptly, and all color drained from her face.

"dad?"

Shen Cuifen murmured, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible.

But it was also filled with shock and disbelief.

The crowd seemed to be propelled by some invisible force, automatically making way for each other.

Shen Xuelin walked in step by step from outside.

He stood ramrod straight, and although his hair was gray and his face was haggard, his eyes were clear and sharp.

Next to him was his mother, Song Guihua.

Shen Cuifen's eldest and second eldest brothers followed side by side behind her.

Their faces were solemn, their brows furrowed with suppressed anger.

The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law followed closely behind.

Both of them had red and swollen eyes and tear stains on their faces, clearly indicating that they had just been crying.

At the back of the line was Lu Guilin, who kept his head down and remained silent.

His lips were slightly chapped, his cheeks were slightly swollen and red, and there was a bruise on his forehead.

The clothes were wrinkled, and two buttons were missing.

It was clear that he had been severely punished at the Shen family's residence.

"Officer, it was my old man who killed him, it has nothing to do with my daughter."

Shen Xuelin stood still in front of the police, his voice calm.

As soon as Shen Cuifen saw her father, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

She tried to rush forward, but was held back by the force beneath her feet.

With trembling shoulders, he choked out, "Dad, I didn't kill anyone! Don't make false accusations, I didn't kill anyone!"

Shen Cuifen understood that Lu Guilin must have told Shen Xuelin everything that had happened at home recently.

In addition, there was the incident a few days ago when she went back to her parents' home to get sleeping pills.

Shen Xuelin must have felt that she could no longer tolerate it and finally made a move against Lu Jianguo.

Shen Xuelin looked at Shen Cuifen with a face full of guilt, his eyes red and his voice trembling slightly.

"Mulan, stop talking. Actually, I've hated that bastard Lu Jianguo for a long time!"

He paused, clenched his teeth, as if the anger he had suppressed for many years had finally found an outlet.

"We should have acted twenty years ago, we should have eliminated him. Then you wouldn't have suffered for so many years, and you wouldn't have had to wait until today to get your revenge!"

As he spoke, his voice suddenly choked up, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"It's Dad who's sorry!"

Shen Xuelin's voice was filled with regret and self-blame.

"I didn't protect you when you were young, and you've suffered a lifetime of injustice. Now you're middle-aged, and I'm still making you a widow! Officers, arrest me! I'm the one who's guilty! My daughter did nothing wrong; this has nothing to do with her!"

Upon hearing Lu Guilin rush over in a panic, shouting "Shen Cuifen killed Lu Jianguo," Shen Xuelin believed it almost immediately.

After all, Shen Cuifen was forced to marry him back then.

Lu Jianguo often abused her when he was drunk.

And what about his own son, Lu Guilin?

From childhood to adulthood, he watched his father beat his mother and sister, and instead of intervening, he sometimes even laughed and chimed in.

How could a family like that be worthy of Mulan's decades of hardship?

In addition, she went back to her parents' house to get medicine these past few days, and even bought such expensive shoes for her parents—

Those thick, fleece-lined walking shoes for seniors cost over three hundred yuan a pair.

She's usually very frugal, always picking the cheapest vegetables, so why would she suddenly be willing to spend this much money?

The elderly couple immediately felt that the child was saying his final goodbye to them.

Have you already made up your mind to take your own life?

Thinking of this, both of them felt a sharp pain in their hearts, as if cut by a knife.

If only I had asked a few more questions back then.

Even just asking, "Lanlan, is something on your mind?"

Perhaps then they will realize that something is wrong with her.

Maybe they can stop her from going back to that cannibalistic home.

Shen Xuelin was filled with remorse and punched the plum tree in the yard.

The branches swayed wildly, and pink and white petals fell one after another, like a silent snowfall, covering the ground.

He looked down at his fist, his knuckles red and swollen, with drops of blood seeping out.

But this pain is nothing compared to even a fraction of the pain in my heart.

"Old woman! If I had been ruthless enough to kill that beast back then, Mulan wouldn't be in this state today!"

Shen Xuelin recalled that twenty years ago, he had secretly gone to the Lu family's door with a kitchen knife.

He thought he might as well go all the way and kill the man who beat his daughter every day.

In the end, however, he backed down.

He was afraid of going to jail, and afraid that if someone died, his whole family would suffer retribution.

So he gave up.

The daughter was left to suffer and struggle daily in that dangerous place.

Shen Xuelin squatted on the ground, smoking one cigarette after another.

Ultimately, Shen Xuelin decided to take the blame for his daughter.

Shen Cuifen is only thirty-nine years old; she has a long life ahead of her.

Twenty years ago, her life was already ruined once.

This time, we absolutely cannot let it be destroyed again!

My daughter, Shen Cuifen, should live out her bright future like Mulan!

"Dad, it's not what you think! I didn't kill Lu Jianguo! Don't try to take the blame for nothing!"

Shen Cuifen shook her head desperately, crying so hard she couldn't breathe.

She knew what her father was going to do, but she couldn't accept it!

How could I let him go to jail for me?

To bear the stigma of murder?

But Shen Xuelin kept giving her meaningful glances, telling her to shut up.