Ji Yanchen didn't take the gold either?

He must be hiding!!

Her mind was buzzing, and memories of her previous life surged wildly. Ji Yanchen had indeed taken gold from the ancestral home, and more than once!

He must have already moved the gold!

"Comrade, please come with us to the interrogation room."

The police officer's tone left no room for refusal, and Li Xiaorou's heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst out of her chest.

She knew that running away now would only make things worse, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow them into the interrogation room.

The room was small, with only a table and two chairs. On the wall was a sign that read, "Confess and you will be treated leniently; resist and you will be punished severely."

The police pointed to the chair opposite and began their routine questioning about what had happened.

“I…I went to the back mountain to gather herbs last night. When I passed by the Ji family ancestral home, I saw Ji Yanchen secretly tear off the seal and go in…When he came out, he was carrying a heavy cloth bag. It must be gold!”

Li Xiaorou sat down stiffly, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes. She swallowed hard, her mind racing.

"Tell me clearly first, what's your name, which family in Liushugou Village are you from, and why are you gathering herbs at night?"

The police officer frowned. His first question was to ask her to specify her name.

Li Xiaorou's breath hitched.

Oh no, this excuse doesn't seem to hold water at all.

“I…I…my name is Zhang Xiaohua, I’m Zhang Guifen’s niece at the foot of the back mountain…I’m going to Liushugou Village to visit…my aunt…”

"Then... my aunt... she got sick, so I went to dig up some medicinal herbs for her. Some herbs only grow well at night..."

She stammered, cold sweat beading on her forehead.

"Alright... It's good to be filial, but you can't just arbitrarily accuse Comrade Ji without verifying the facts!"

“According to our investigation, Comrade Ji did not leave the village at all last night, and his neighbors can testify to this.”

The police officer frowned, opened the notebook in his hand, and found that the entry matched. The family at the foot of the back mountain was indeed named Zhang Guifen, and she was a frail middle-aged woman.

Li Xiaorou's mind exploded with a bang.

How could this be? Ji Yanchen actually has an alibi?!

Li Xiaorou's lips trembled. She knew she had nowhere to retreat. She could either insist that the gold existed, but she couldn't produce any evidence.

"Officer! I... I might have mistaken you for someone else!"

"It was dark last night, I only saw him go in and come out, I didn't see what he took!"

“I did something wrong, but I didn’t do it on purpose! My aunt told me that he was a bad element in the village, so I figured he must have done something bad!”

"Isn't this what high-ranking leaders always say: 'Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free'? I really didn't mean to!"

She suddenly changed her mind, tears streaming down her face, her shoulders trembling, her voice choked with sobs, and she collapsed to the ground, howling.

Her performance was nothing short of perfect; even her voice conveyed genuine remorse.

"Comrade, falsely accusing someone is illegal. Considering this is your first offense, we'll only issue a warning this time, but if it happens again..."

The police officer sighed and closed his notebook.

"No way! Absolutely not!"

"I already know I was wrong!"

Li Xiaorou quickly waved her hand, tears still streaming down her face.

"Okay, you can go now."

The police officer sighed and waved his hand.

When Li Xiaorou walked out of the police station, her legs were still weak.

She was so close, so very close, to being accused of false accusation!

She took a few deep breaths, forcing herself to calm down.

Where did the gold go?

There's no gold in Ji Yanchen's home or ancestral home. Could it be that she was reborn and changed these things that should have happened? Did the gold never exist in the first place?