Song Ning followed Zheng Gaoyi into the prison. Zheng Gaoyi pointed to the cell not far away and said, "You go ahead, I won't go."

Song Ning slowly walked over and, through the cell door, saw that Zhang Shi was no different from yesterday. Because she confessed quickly, she hadn't suffered much.

She was the first prisoner in the Tianxiang County government jail. Everyone knew about her relationship with Song Ning and took care of her.

"You were looking for me?"

Upon hearing the sound, a crack suddenly appeared on Zhang's previously expressionless face. She walked to the prison door and knelt down with a thud.

Song Ning quickly moved to the side and said calmly, "Just say what you want to say."

Zhang raised her head, hesitating to speak: "Er Ya, after I leave, can you... can you still treat Rui'er the same as before? What happened before was done by Li Guixiang and me, it has nothing to do with him."

Zhang gave a bitter smile: "I know that my current predicament is my retribution, but Rui'er is a good child."

Song Ning understood. This was because she was afraid that she would treat Song Rui badly in the future. Once she left, Song Rui would be completely without any family in this world.

Zhang and Li Guixiang were malicious, thinking she was that kind of person too?

"If you can't let go of your cousin, why do such a thing?"

Zhang laughed and said, "As you probably know, since I came here, Li Guixiang and Chen have been bullying me even more. In order for everyone to live peacefully, I originally didn't want to pay any attention to them."

"I can bear being bullied... but Li Guixiang shouldn't have tried to take advantage of my son!" As she spoke, her eyes reddened and her expression turned fierce.

"Rui'er finally has a stable life, and in the future he will be able to get married, have children, and have his own home, but Li Guixiang actually wants to destroy all of this!"

"I failed to protect my daughter, and I can't let my son be ruined by that vicious woman. She should have died long ago; she should have died with Song Erhai!"

Li Guixiang and her son, surnamed Chen, were both supported by Song Rui, who regularly brought them food and daily necessities, so they lacked nothing.

Aside from money, Song Rui bought almost everything for him.

Li Guixiang was still healthy, and Chen was able to go out and earn some money. Song Rui would persuade the two of them to go out and earn money, but Li Guixiang was used to being served in the Song family, so why would she go out and suffer this hardship?

After a while, he asked Song Rui for money, but Song Rui refused. So, when Song Rui wasn't around, he went to find Zhang Shi.

I heard that Song Rui has found a girl he likes in the county, and all the money he's saved up is for getting married in the future.

Zhang refused, but Li Guixiang somehow found out about the girl who was close to Song Rui and went to the girl's house.

Li Guixiang threatened that if Song Rui didn't give her all the money, she wouldn't let her and her son have an easy time.

These are all things that happened when Song Ning was in Yuanzhou City.

After that, that family forbade their daughter from associating with Song Rui.

What kind of good person could have a grandmother like that?

"You don't know yet, do you? Song Erhai was killed by his own mother and brothers." Zhang's voice rang out softly.

What? Song Ning frowned slightly and stood there stunned.

"We escaped death, and we didn't have much left. Song Erhai was already a cripple, and we had to take turns carrying him on the way."

But there was no food along the way, and Li Guixiang and Song Sanhai felt he was a burden. So, in the middle of the night, while he was asleep, they picked up a large rock and crushed him to death.

At this point, Zhang's expression became somewhat deranged: "How do you think we survived? We survived by selling my Sanya and Song Erhai's corpses, and Li Guixiang and Chen even tried to harm my son!"

Song Ning never expected there was such a long story behind it.

No wonder Zhang wanted to kill Li Guixiang. If she could be so cruel to her own son, how could she possibly show any mercy to her grandson?

"Li Guixiang is Rui'er's biological mother. Unless she dies, Rui'er will never have a good life!"

Zhang collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her face, laughing and crying at the same time: "Li Guixiang was a scourge. Now that she's dead, my Rui'er can finally live a good life..."

It took Song Ning a while to process the news. She looked at Zhang Shi on the ground and asked, "But what will happen to my cousin if you do this?"

Zhang stopped crying, her voice light and airy: "It's better this way. Even if I live, I'll be a disgrace to him. If I die, he'll have no regrets..."

Not long after Song Ning was released from prison, Zhang, who was inside, signed the document.

Murderers must pay with their lives, especially when the murderer is one's own mother-in-law. In this era, such a person would be executed.

Yesterday's scene clearly showed that Zhang was definitely not going to make it.

Seeing that Song Ning remained silent when she came out, Zheng Gaoyi asked, "Are you alright?"

Song Ning shook her head: "It's nothing."

Zhang is indeed a hateful person, but she went to such lengths for her son. I must say, Song Ning looks at her with new respect today.

Just as they reached the prison gate, someone came to report that Song Rui had arrived and wanted to see Zhang.

"Let's go ask first. If Zhang is willing, let him have a meeting."

But when the bailiffs came out of the jail, they shook their heads; Zhang was nowhere to be found.

When Song Ning came out, Song Rui was still at the entrance of the county government office. Upon seeing her, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Er Ya, have you seen my mother?"

"I saw him."

"What did she say?"

"She just wants us to take good care of you. She doesn't regret killing Li Guixiang, and she wants you not to be sad, that everything will pass."

Since she was definitely going to be sad, Song Ning didn't want to say anything comforting.

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