"Weian, what happened?" Song Qingyun held Xia Weian's hand. She could feel the coldness of his fingertips.

"Old Mrs. Xia is dead." Xia Weian said in a low voice.

Song Qingyun exclaimed softly, "What? How could it be?"

Song Qingyun widened her eyes and quickly covered her mouth. In her previous life, she remembered that Old Mrs. Xia lived to be over eighty years old before she died of natural causes. How could she die so early in this life?

"He was stabbed to death by the man from the Revolutionary Committee." Xia Weian said in a low voice.

Song Qingyun looked shocked.

Xia Weian explained it briefly.

"This Xiao Jiang was also sent here by someone from Shanghai. They asked him to kill Old Lady Xia and Old Man Xia."

"Why kill them? They are just ordinary old men and women from the countryside, but people from Shanghai want to kill them. Why?" Song Qingyun couldn't understand.

Xia Weian couldn't figure it out either, and he sighed.

"The body is on the way back to our village. We don't know when it will be discovered. The police may come tonight. Let's go to bed early after dinner."

"Okay." Song Qingyun nodded.

She knew that Xia Weian was feeling upset, after all, the people who wanted to kill Old Madam Xia were Xia Weian's biological parents.

But Xia Weian didn't show his emotions too much. He ate his rice in big mouthfuls and put down his chopsticks only after finishing two bowls of rice.

Song Qingyun took the dishes and went to wash them, and Xia Weian got up and helped clean up the kitchen.

The couple returned to the room.

Xia Ruokui has already helped her younger sisters finish their homework and washed them up. Now the little girls have all gone to bed and are ready to go to sleep.

Song Qingyun looked in every room, helped them turn off the lights, and then returned to his own room.

Song Qingyun and Xia Weian closed the door and entered the space together.

Lying on the bed, Song Qingyun held Xia Weian's hand tightly, comforting him silently.

Xia Weian turned over and hugged Song Qingyun, "I'm fine, I just need some time to digest my emotions."

Song Qingyun nodded and said, "I'll accompany you. If you have anything you want to say, just tell me. If you don't want to say anything, I'll just accompany you quietly."

Xia Weian lowered his head and kissed Song Qingyun's forehead, "Sister Yun, thanks to you."

Song Qingyun smiled, and the two of them stopped talking and soon fell asleep.

The night passed peacefully, and in the morning both of them woke up early and made breakfast as usual.

Xia Weian went to the brigade headquarters to drive a tractor and take the children to school, while Song Qingyun was busy at home.

In the morning, people from the cooperative just arrived at Song Qingyun's house.

Wang Meihua was talking to Song Qingyun when she saw Shen Weidong coming over with a few police officers.

"Shen Ju."

"Sister-in-law, I have something to trouble you with." Shen Weidong said in a gentle voice.

“Ju Shen, you said, it’s not a bother.”

"Are you dealing with something now?" Shen Weidong looked at the people standing in front of Song Qingyun.

"They are all from our cooperative. Today they are going up the mountain to pick herbs. I just need to give them a few words and everything will be fine."

“Okay, I’ll wait for you for a while.” Shen Weidong said.

Wang Meihua heard Song Qingyun call this Shen Ju, and seeing Shen Weidong was an official, she immediately became a little nervous, "Sister Qingyun, we will leave first and not delay your business."

"Okay, be careful going up the mountain."

"I understand." Wang Meihua responded and led everyone up the mountain.

After walking a long way, everyone started to talk in low voices.

“Director Shen, who is wearing a public security uniform, is he the director?”

“That should be the case, otherwise why would Sister Qingyun call him Shen Ju!”

"That's amazing! I wonder how Sister Qingyun knows so many important people!"

"Aren't they all people Third Brother knows?"

"Who knows? Anyway, Sister Qingyun's family is different now, very different from ours."

"Since leaving the old Xia family, Third Brother's family has been on the rise. However, the old Xia family has heard that Xia Ziheng caused a big fuss at home because of school, and almost strangled Xia Zichen to death."

"Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. I live next door to his house. We heard the noise in the middle of the night, but the door was closed so we couldn't go in to see what was going on."

"Everyone in the Xia family is selfish."

Everyone was talking and walking up the mountain.

In the courtyard, Song Qingyun invited Shen Weidong into the courtyard and moved a stool for him. Several other police officers stood at the gate of the courtyard.

"Ju Shen, what's the matter? Tell me."

Song Qingyun is now mentally prepared.

She knew that Director Shen came to her house, and it must be because Mrs. Xia’s body was found.

Yesterday, Old Lady Xia brought people to report her and Xia Weian. It was no secret, and they would definitely come find them.

"Sister-in-law, this is what happened. We received a report this morning that your mother-in-law was murdered."

"My mother-in-law was killed?" Song Qingyun widened his eyes in shock, his face turned pale instantly, as if he was terrified.

"Sister-in-law, don't be afraid. We are just going through the motions. I heard that she reported your family yesterday?"

Song Qingyun nodded. "She insisted that there were some contraband items in our house, so she brought people from the Revolutionary Committee over. They searched our house and dug up the outer wall, but they found nothing. Then she was taken away by the Revolutionary Committee."

"How could she be killed? Was it someone from the Revolutionary Committee who killed her?" Song Qingyun asked in a low voice.

“It looks like a robbery and murder.” Shen Weidong said in a low voice.

Song Qingyun quickly covered his mouth and said, "I said the wrong thing."

“It’s okay, just say it in front of me, but don’t say such things in front of outsiders.” Shen Weidong reminded.

Song Qingyun nodded nervously, "I understand, Director Shen."

"Don't worry, where's Wei'an?" Shen Weidong asked.

"He's sent the children to school and will be back soon." Song Qingyun replied.

"I'll go to Lao Xia's house first and come back to find Wei'an later."

"Okay." Song Qingyun nodded.

Shen Weidong left.

Song Qingyun watched his back as he left and thought that the children at home knew that Xia Weian had left yesterday, so he had to find a suitable reason for Xia Weian to go out.

When Xia Weian comes back, the two of them will discuss it and come to a consensus.

The old house of the Xia family.

The Xia family was stunned when they saw the body of Old Lady Xia being sent back!

"mother!"

"mother!"

Both Xia Jianguo and Xia Zhiqiang were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground with weak legs and feet.

Zhao Meilan and Tian Guihua are also useless.

The few younger children left at home could only cry.

Old man Xia fell to the ground, looking at the old lady who was sleeping next to him yesterday, now lying on the door with a pale face.

Old man Xia was so emotional that he opened his mouth and yelled at the police officer twice. Without saying anything else, he fell backwards.

Both Xia Jianguo and Xia Zhiqiang were terrified.

Team leader Wang Yousheng and village party secretary Huang Dewang both rushed over and saw the Xia family in chaos in the yard, and they hurried forward.