He was in great pain, as if a thousand arrows were piercing his heart.

When Xu Ronghua told him to leave quickly yesterday, saying she had other plans, he should have guessed it.

There are other arrangements; what else could be done after someone has been killed?

First, she took the blame and turned herself in.

Second, they destroyed the body to cover up the evidence.

The second option is simply impossible and has no chance of being implemented. The area where they live is so densely populated that it's like an anthill.

Even if people are walking around all the time, let alone moving a corpse, even going out empty-handed would attract attention. If you disguise yourself, moving things would be even more impossible.

The body couldn't be moved out, so it had to be left inside to rot and stink, and eventually they would still be caught.

Fu Yan was still an official, so even if he didn't go to work for a day, let alone wait a few days until he started to stink, someone would come looking for him.

So the only possibility is the first one: taking the blame, since there were only the two of them at the crime scene anyway.

Fu Tingshen was in extreme pain. He couldn't understand why things had developed to this point, why Fu Yan would find women outside, raise illegitimate children, and even kill his mother.

If he hadn't done these things, he wouldn't have killed him, Xu Ronghua wouldn't have had to take the blame for him, and he wouldn't be so trembling with fear and walking on thin ice now.

Although they felt great sympathy for Fu Tingshen, his suspicion had not been ruled out, so the police continued to question him according to procedure.

"Comrade Fu Tingshen, you went home yesterday, didn't you?"

Fu Tingshen kept his head down and said in a low voice, "Yes, I went home around noon, had lunch with my parents, took a shower, changed my clothes, and left. I was fine when I left. It's all my fault. If I hadn't left, things would have been fine......"

As he spoke, he began to choke up again. Li Xi sat beside him, tenderly handing him tissues and comforting him.

In reality, her heart was already in turmoil, something that had never happened in her previous life.

Why? How could Fu Yan have died?

Recalling Fu Tingshen's strange behavior when he returned yesterday, and combining it with what the police said about Xu Ronghua killing Fu Yan, she had a bold guess in her mind.

Her face remained expressionless, but her back was already soaked with sweat.

No, we absolutely cannot let Fu Tingshen be arrested. Since someone has already confessed to the crime, we absolutely cannot let Fu Tingshen be implicated as well.

"Ting Shen, you still have me."

The police officer had noticed Li Xi earlier, so he asked, "May I ask who you are?"

Li Xi looked worried: "I am his wife, Li Xi."

The policeman nodded to her. "Hello, Ms. Li, did you go home yesterday?"

Li Xi shook her head. "No, I only found out later that my husband had gone home."

"Really? Comrade Fu, can you tell us why you went home alone? Because it seems like you went back suddenly."

Fu Tingshen remained silent, seemingly going through a fierce internal struggle.

In reality, he was weighing the pros and cons. Xu Ronghua had only made a phone call to ask him to return, but the police could trace that call, and the operator might remember the content of the call, so he felt it was better to tell the truth himself.

"My mom called me back."

The two policemen exchanged a glance. There were three possibilities: Xu Ronghua was the killer, Fu Tingshen was the killer, or the two of them conspired to kill each other.

"Could you please tell me the reason?"

“My dad is having an affair, and he has a son who is a few months younger than me. My mom called me crying yesterday and asked me to come home. When I got home, we had a huge fight. Later, my dad promised that he wouldn't bring that son into the house, and that was the end of it.”

However, it was still a sad thing. I barely ate anything before going back to school.

Li Xi picked up the conversation: "So that's how it is. I was wondering why you hugged me without saying a word when you came back yesterday. Why didn't you tell me?"

Fu Tingshen simply shook his head.

With no new information to ask, the police officer packed up his notebook and prepared to leave, but Fu Tingshen stopped him: "Can I...can I see my mother?"

"certainly."

At this moment, Xu Ronghua is recounting the time, place, and motive for killing Fu Yan.

“Xu Ronghua, you said you killed Fu Yan because he had a woman outside and had an illegitimate child. But in the eyes of the neighbors, he was a good husband.”

The words "good husband" pierced Xu Ronghua's heart like a sharp sword. She tried to get up, pounding her hands on the table as if trying to shatter this cruel reality.

"What a load of rubbish! He's always putting on a show in front of others. He's a good husband, but what have I suffered all these years?" Her eyes were filled with hatred.

"Xu Ronghua, calm down."

She sat locked up, filled with grief and indignation. "He's a good husband? Hahaha, what a joke! What kind of good husband, after his wife discovers he has an illegitimate child, doesn't offer a single explanation and tells his wife to just endure it? I said I was going to report him, and he tried to kill me."

If I don't kill him, he will surely kill me. See the marks on my neck? He strangled me, hahahahaha! He made a wrong move and finally died at the hands of the wife he despised. So satisfying, hahahahahaha!

He spoke with gusto, but tears streamed down his face.

"You mean, he's also planning to kill you?"

"Of course, what he values ​​most is his position. Don't you all know what kind of person he is? If I report him, I will definitely be punished." Her eyes were mocking.

"No one can compare to his position. I can't compare, my son can't compare, and even his illegitimate child is just a pawn in his game."

When Fu Tingshen arrived, the interrogation had just ended. He went inside, and there were only the two of them, but they both knew that someone was listening to their conversation.

Fu Tingshen choked up, his voice filled with deep sorrow: "Mom, why? Everything was fine yesterday."

Xu Ronghua said calmly, "I don't want to anymore. You'd better take care of yourself from now on."

Fu Tingshen cried even harder. He wasn't acting; he was genuinely heartbroken. He always felt that his life shouldn't be like this, but in reality, his family was truly destroyed.

The authorities already knew about this, and Fu Yan's actions were made public. He was even punished after his death.

Fu Tingshen stepped into the house again. The house was still in the same state as when the police left it last time. Xu Ronghua had cleaned it very well, and you could not tell that it had been a crime scene before.

Li Xigen was at the back, somewhat reluctant to go in; she felt it was unlucky to be in a place where people had died.

And it was somewhat chilling. Fu Tingshen hadn't been arrested, but she knew all too well that Fu Tingshen was the murderer.

The mother and son joined forces to kill Fu Yan.