Hearing that Li Jiaofeng was here, Shen Qing frowned unhappily: "Why did she come to see me? What is my relationship with her? I won't see her."

If other members of the Shen family were to come after him shamelessly, Shen Qing would have to devote some energy to dealing with them. But no matter who comes, it is not Li Jiaofeng's turn to visit her, so how can she have the face to do that?

Miao Yu was also stunned. His mind had been in a mess since he heard what Li Jiaofeng said. Who killed Shen Zhang in the first place? Didn’t Shen Zhang run out to play in the water and drowned? Not to mention that there are children drowning while playing in the water in this village every year, but there are always one or two such cases every two or three years in several nearby villages, so it's nothing new. But since Li Jiaofeng said so, he didn't dare to conceal it privately, so he could only reply: "That woman said that Shen Zhang was murdered by someone, and asked if you wanted to know who murdered him..."

Shen Qing stood there in a daze, feeling a thunderous explosion in his ears that made his brain go blank. There was a sound of tables and chairs being overturned in the room, and Miao stumbled out: "Who is it? Who did she say it was? Let her in!"

Seeing Miao's expression, Shen Qing immediately understood that Miao might have suspected Shen Zhang's death for a long time. He quickly supported Miao and thought for a moment: "Don't let her into our house. Find an empty room in the workshop and let her stay there first. We will come later."

Miao Yu quickly agreed and turned to do it. Shen Qing then asked Miao: "Mother, what's going on?"

Miao's tears fell down, and she choked up as she told Shen Qing about her doubts about her previous miscarriage, as well as her suspicions about Li Jiaofeng's fall later: "I just thought that someone was harming me that time, but I didn't expect that even the death of Xiao Zhangzi..." Although Miao was also very sad about the loss of the unborn child, it was not as painful as the loss of the child she had raised to six or seven years old, who played happily on her lap every day!

"Not necessarily. Maybe Li Jiaofeng is up to something and is just talking nonsense." Shen Qing wanted to comfort Miao, but she didn't know if this could be considered comfort. Did Shen Zhang die accidentally or was murdered? Finding the truth would make Miao, as a mother, feel relieved. "Let's go over there first and hear what Li Jiaofeng has to say."

Although Miao and Li Jiaofeng have a deep connection, they have actually only met a few times. This is the first time they have had such close face-to-face contact. Li Jiaofeng was placed in an empty room by Miao Yu with her child in her arms. She was extremely anxious. When Shen Qing and Miao came in, she pretended to kneel down and said, "Shen Qing, please save your brother. After all, he has half of your blood!"

Shen Qing glanced at her with disgust and asked Miao Yu to hold her back: "Let's talk about the matter first."

However, the child in her arms did not look well, and Miao was afraid that the child was lost. Li Jiaofeng was so hurt that she refused to say anything and quietly tugged at Shen Qing's sleeve. Shen Qing suppressed his annoyance, poured a bowl of spiritual spring water, and added a little honey to it: "Give the child some to drink."

While feeding water, Li Jiaofeng sobbed, "Can we get a doctor to check on the child..."

"Are you done yet? If you want to talk, go away!" Shen Qing's face darkened. "You don't really think that a piece of news from ten years ago can control me. Something happened to you at Old Shen's house tonight, right? As long as I want to find out something, I can find it out. It just takes more effort."

Li Jiaofeng shuddered. She actually had this thought in mind. As a mother, she was sure that Miao would want to know the cause of Shen Zhang's death. It would be great if she could use this information to force Shen Qing to hire a doctor for her child, and even better, cure the child's illness completely... But now that Shen Qing had exposed her secret, Li Jiaofeng was very disappointed. Fortunately, the child in her arms had recovered a little, his crying became louder, and his face was no longer purple, but gradually turned rosy. Li Jiaofeng breathed a sigh of relief and then talked about what happened at Old Shen's house before. She was shocked and scared, and she was so angry that her back teeth were about to bleed.

Shen Xiaojuan was sold today. Although her child was saved, Li Jiaofeng was not very comfortable. This discomfort did not come from her sympathy for Shen Xiaojuan or Zhao Aiye, but from a strong sense of crisis: the old Shen's house was such an inhumane place. They can abandon Shen Qing and Shen Xiaojuan, so if something happens one day, she and her child may also be abandoned.

This really made her unhappy. Shen Zhigao didn't have the same idea as her. He took the money and happily went to the county town to get medicine for the child. Soon, Old Lady Shen started shouting in the yard, asking Li Jiaofeng to come out and wash the baby's diapers herself.

"You're too lazy to move all day, and the diapers are piled there for everyone to see? It's your own child, and you expect me to wash it for you?" Mrs. Shen cursed. After selling Shen Xiaojuan today, she felt refreshed. Looking at Shen Zhiwei and Zhao Aiye kneeling on the ground, she felt that the authority of the family was back in her hands. These undisciplined daughters-in-law need to be taught a lesson so that they know who is the boss and who has the final say!

"Because of your unlucky belly, the baby you gave birth to is sickly, and I even sold the second son's daughter. I have done you enough for myself! If you have any conscience and are still a human being, you shouldn't have taken Qiao from me!"

Li Jiaofeng had gotten used to hearing Old Lady Shen's scolding. Since the birth of the child, Shen Zhigao has not been as protective of her as before. He often asks her to be more filial to Shen's mother and help her with more housework. If she dared to pretend not to hear, Old Lady Shen would keep scolding her. She was fine, but the child would cry when woken up, and he was weak to begin with, so Li Jiaofeng couldn't bear to let him go.

"Mom, I'll be right there. Please stop scolding me. I'll come after I put the child to sleep." Li Jiaofeng said hurriedly. Hearing her surrender, Old Lady Shen became more and more proud like a victorious rooster: "I'll be sitting at the door of the kitchen. I don't think you dare not come!"

There was no other way, Li Jiaofeng had to coax the child and then went to wash the diapers. It was still a little cold at the moment, and she wanted to use some hot water, but Old Lady Shen scolded her for being delicate, and she got scolded again for not getting what she wanted. After coming out of the kitchen, Li Jiaofeng suddenly felt that something was wrong with her room.

There was a shadowy shadow at the window, as if there was someone inside. But Shen Zhigao went to the county town to get medicine, so how could there be someone in the room?

Li Jiaofeng's heart instantly rose to her throat. She remembered the time she slipped, Miao's miscarriage and Shen Zhang's death. When she had just given birth, she didn't dare to leave her child for even a step, and she felt that everyone in the family had a scary face. At this moment, she no longer cared about Old Lady Shen's yelling and cursing, and rushed back to her room in two or three steps. Sure enough, she saw a man bending over, covering the child's face with a quilt, and was about to suffocate the child to death!

Li Jiaofeng let out a shrill scream. It was the sound that Shen Qing and Miao heard in the house at the beginning.

"Then we started fighting... He had a knife on him and wanted to stab me. Your father..." Li Jiaofeng looked at Shen Qing's dark face and stammered, "... Shen Zhigao was not at home, and I couldn't beat him at all. I was almost killed by him. I finally ran away with the child..."

"So, who is that person?" Miao asked in a trembling voice.

"It was Shen Zhiwei!" Li Jiaofeng's teeth itched with hatred when she mentioned him: "It's really a barking dog that bites! I... Sister Miao, I won't hide it from you! I guessed before I came in that you and your child were harmed by someone. But I only thought it was Zhao Aiye who did it. After entering the room, it was also Zhao Aiye who was on guard, but I didn't expect it to be Shen Zhiwei, the silent one!"

She suddenly stood up, holding the child and kneeling down to Miao: "Sister Miao, I was blinded by greed in the past. No matter how bad it is, it is all my fault. Now I am getting my retribution... But this child is innocent. He will be harmed just like your child. I don't know where to go when Shen Zhigao is not at home. I am really afraid that his family will kill us both. I have no choice but to come to you for protection..."

"I really can't stay in Old Shen's house any longer. It's not a place for human beings. I deserve whatever happened to me, but please save the child. This is Qingge'er's younger brother. Qingge'er has a big family now, but he is a boy after all. It's inconvenient to do anything without a man in the family. We dare not ask for anything, but we ask Qingge'er to give this child a bowl of rice for the sake of blood, and let him be a puppet for Qingge'er as described in the opera..."

Li Jiaofeng is a clever person, and what she said now is the truth. She really regrets it! She knew that Shen Qing was a hard-hearted person, but Miao was easier to talk to, so she could only use the child to try to arouse some sympathy from Miao. For the sake of her own child, she kowtowed to Miao and admitted her guilt!

Miao's face was now covered with tears and she was choking with sobs and unable to speak. Shen Qing was not moved at all by Li Jiaofeng's behavior: "You have other options. You can also go to the village chief. Such a big thing has happened. If you don't go to the village chief to make a decision, what can I do?" She just wanted to use this information to exchange for some benefits. But the news was not clear enough: "You talked for a long time, but you only talked about how Shen Zhiwei harmed your child. How can you prove that Shen Zhang was also harmed by him? This is different from what you said when you wanted to see me."

"Can the village chief protect me? The village chief and Shen Zhigao and Shen Zhiwei grew up together..." Li Jiaofeng certainly wanted to get some benefits from Shen Qing, or even give her and her child a way to survive. She stammered, "I... this... if he can harm my child, he can harm Shen Zhang too. Shen Zhang must have been harmed by him!"

Shen Qing knew in his heart that Li Jiaofeng's guess was correct. But this matter cannot be discussed in this way. They do not have any evidence at all regarding Shen Zhang's death. Fortunately, the villagers probably don't understand that evidence is needed for everything, so he might as well give it a try. It would be best if he could get the words out of Shen Zhiwei himself.

If not, think of another way. Shen Zhiwei was able to fake Shen Zhang's death as an accident. After so many years in the business, couldn't Shen Qing do it?

"Xiaoyu, go to the village chief's house and ask him to go to Old Shen's house." Shen Qing said.

Miao Yu quickly agreed, and then asked: "Brother, do you need me to make another trip and call my father and uncle?" If you want to discuss things in this village, you need numbers! He had just been listening for a while. It was a foregone conclusion that Shen Zhiwei wanted to kill Shen Qiang, but it was harder to say about Shen Zhang's death. In this case, it depended on who had more family members and who was more powerful so that the village chief would take that person into consideration when deciding the case!

However, Shen Qing shook his head: "Don't bother your father and the others. It's late at night, so don't bother." Today, Shen Qing no longer needs to rely on others for power.

He turned to look at Li Jiaofeng and directly exposed Li Jiaofeng's thoughts: "You want to use this child to rely on me, this is impossible. I don't even recognize Shen Zhigao, and this child has nothing to do with me. But if you cooperate with me and prove Shen Zhiwei's matter, I may be able to reward you with a way out. This way out is not based on any kind of affection, and you should not imagine that I will have any affection for this child, just in exchange for your work for me."

Li Jiaofeng gritted her teeth. This was quite a far cry from what she expected. But now she has no other choice. She will never be able to go back to the Shen family, and she dare not go back. She can only take it one step at a time. After a while, he nodded and said, "Okay!"

Shen Qing stood up and dusted off his clothes: "Let's go to Old Shen's house and meet this Shen Zhiwei who hides himself so well."