Chapter 5 Haunted House

The nuns were all incredibly loud, and the police chief, worried that the scene would be captured by reporters, had no choice but to invite them to his office.

But the group refused and kept arguing for them to release the people.

The police chief was completely overwhelmed by the group of nuns when he caught a glimpse of a figure striding in through the door.

His eyes lit up. "Ji Jingtong! Didn't your Major Crimes Unit just arrest a suspect related to the Five-Faced Female Corpse case?!"

Recognizing that it was the head of the Major Crimes Unit, He Lihua quickly ran over.

Faced with this young, promising, good-looking, and capable team leader, her attitude made a 180-degree turn, and she became much more polite instantly.

“Team Leader Ji, my husband Jia Chengzhen is not the murderer! His passing by the crime scene was an accident, he didn’t go there to kill anyone!”

Ji Jingtong frowned. "Jiacheng? Zhou Jiacheng?"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's my husband, Zhou Jiacheng!"

Ji Jingtong's expression turned grim for a moment. "I'm sorry, I just sent someone to investigate and it's clear that your husband is indeed not the murderer. Please wait a moment while I bring him out."

As they watched his tall figure disappear down the stairs, the nuns all spontaneously decided to act as matchmakers.

"Team Leader Ji is handsome and capable; he's a perfect match for my niece!"

"Your niece has been divorced three times already, so just forget about it! If you ask me, Team Leader Ji would be a perfect match for my daughter who works at a foreign company!"

"Oh dear, a good relationship between a young couple requires common ground! I have a relative whose daughter is also a police officer, and she and Team Leader Ji are a match made in heaven!"

...

Ji Jingtong strode back to the Major Crimes Unit office. Upon seeing him return, the previously listless team members all stirred.

"Officer!"

The voices were perfectly synchronized.

Ji Jingtong ignored them, glanced around the office, and frowned. "Where's Shen Xiuhe?"

Sensing an impending storm, the young policeman closest to him said timidly, "Inspector Shen is in the interrogation room..."

Ji Jingtong immediately went to the interrogation room, where the short and honest Zhou Jiacheng was being interrogated.

The man opposite him, Shen Xiu, looked like a god of death, staring at him as if he wanted to devour him. Zhou Jiacheng was almost scared to tears.

"What are you crying for, you grown man!" Shen Xiu slammed his fist on the table, his roar echoing throughout the interrogation room. "I'm asking you, what were you doing at the crime scene that night! Answer me honestly!"

"Officer, I...I really didn't kill anyone...I'm not the murderer..."

Zhou Jiacheng was trembling, almost scared to death.

Shen Xiuhe was about to shout when Ji Jingtong pushed open the interrogation room door and walked in. He glanced at Zhou Jiacheng, who was almost crying from fright, and said coldly, "He's not the murderer. Release him immediately."

Shen Xiu disagreed, raising his chin high. "He was at the crime scene when the victim died, and he can't even explain what he did in the past. Why should we let him go when he's such a strong suspect!"

He was the first to find out who was at the crime scene that day, and the first to arrest them and bring them back to the police station, not so that Ji Jingtong could steal his credit.

Ji Jingtong gave him a cold look. "I found out. He was at the crime scene that day looking for his ex-wife to help her with her funeral arrangements. He had no time or motive to commit the crime."

“Moreover,” he glanced at Shen Xiuhe with a warning look in his eyes, “his wife has already brought people to cause trouble. If you don’t want to make the police station’s already bad image even worse, you’d better release him now.”

Shen Xiu and Junxiu's faces were so gloomy they looked like they were about to drip water, while Zhou Jiacheng slumped into his chair.

It's over.

His wife found out he went to see his ex-wife, he's finished!

"stand up!"

After a long, silent standoff, Shen Xiu and Ji Jingtong angrily grabbed Zhou Jiacheng, who was slumped in a chair, their fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

"You have a perfectly good family but you don't go looking for your ex-wife. You don't even tell the truth when the police contact you. You're really causing us trouble!"

He grabbed Zhou Jiacheng by the collar and dragged him out. Zhou Jiacheng sat down on the ground and refused to leave the interrogation room no matter what.

"Officer! I beg you, officer! Don't hand me over!"

He hugged Shen Xiuhe's leg, almost crying.

"My wife is both a brain and a muscle. If she finds out I went to see my ex-wife, she'll definitely kill me!"

"Please, officer!" he pleaded, his eyes brimming with tears. "Please, don't hand me over!"

"If we don't hand you over, our police station will be overwhelmed by those reporters!"

With a dark expression, Shen Xiu grabbed the man without a word and dragged him out of the interrogation room.

Downstairs, He Lihua was still leading a group of nuns to pester the police chief.

Seeing her husband being led out by the police, He Lihua rushed towards him, crying, "You bastard! If it weren't for the master reminding me to help you, you would have been spending your whole life in jail!"

Zhou Jiacheng: "???"

His wife not only didn't scold him, but she actually came to his aid!

"Wife," he stammered guiltily, "I...that..."

“Jiacheng, we all know!” the nuns chimed in. “You went to see your ex-wife that day! Oh dear, the police have come knocking on our door. You have to tell the truth!”

"That's right, you and your ex-wife have nothing going on, what can she do to you? Luckily, Ahua met the master, otherwise you would have been tortured during interrogation!"

Shen Xiuhe, who was about to leave, was speechless.

“Master,” he turned his head, his eyes dark, “you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want. Torture and forced confessions are illegal, and our police station will not do such a thing!”

He had dark circles under his eyes and looked frighteningly angry. The nuns exchanged glances and quickly pulled He Lihua and Zhou Jiacheng away from the police station.

When we got home, my daughter and her younger brother were already asleep.

Hearing the door open, she quietly pushed open the bedroom door, just as her mother and father entered.

"Mommy, you brought Daddy back!"

He Lihua responded, picked up her daughter and kissed her, "Is your little brother asleep?"

"Um!"

"Then you go back to your room and watch TV first, and Mommy and Daddy can talk, okay?"

"OK!"

The little girl readily agreed, but after taking a couple of steps, she turned back and stuffed the note into her mother's hand.

"Mommy, this is the contact information that the master sister left. She said she wants to see our house!"

Holding the note, He Lihua suddenly felt a little more at ease and patted her daughter's head.

"Mommy understands, thank you Jingjing. How about Mommy takes you to KFC this weekend?"

"Okay, okay!" The little girl's eyes lit up, and she sensibly gave her parents space to talk. "Mommy, I'm going back to my room to sleep with my little brother!"

She went back to her room, closed the door, and He Lihua couldn't help but yell at her husband.

"You'd rather be arrested than tell the truth. Is your ex-wife really that important to you?!"

"Do you know how much this will affect Jingjing if you are taken away like this! What if other families think you are a murderer? How will Jingjing make friends with other children then!"

"You'd rather go to jail than tell the truth! You don't want me, Jingjing, and Xiaolong anymore, do you? Fine, get out of here right now! Get out of this house!"

Her eyes reddened with anger, and she shoved Zhou Jiacheng while cursing him. Zhou Jiacheng apologized meekly.

He Lihua didn't really intend to kick him out, but she had to teach him a lesson no matter what.

"How much money did you give your ex-wife? Where did you get so much money!" She grabbed Zhou Jiacheng's ear, gritting her teeth.

Zhou Jiacheng cried out in pain as he was being pulled, and honestly confessed, "I don't have much money left! Just two months' rent and the fees for the funeral home!"

"Where did the money come from?!"

"Well... I skimped on a little bit of the money you usually give me for groceries... Ah!!! Honey, my ears! My ears!"

He Lihua pulled his ear hard and gritted her teeth, "So you dare to hide money from others!"

"I won't dare again! I'll never dare again! I really won't dare again!" Zhou Jiacheng's face was contorted in pain. "I've spent all my money this time, I really don't have any savings left!"

He carefully explained, "My ex-wife and I really didn't have anything going on. She cheated on me and ran away abroad with someone else, taking all the family's money. I hate her so much."

"Her illness is a kind of retribution for what she's getting now. She begged me to take care of her funeral arrangements, and I softened for a moment and..."

"You took a moment of weakness and spent my money?"

Zhou Jiacheng remained silent and dared not speak.

He Lihua glared at him. "Take me to see her tomorrow. Even if she's dying, you can't be alone with her! Do you hear me!"

"Okay, okay! Wife, I'll definitely listen to you this time!" Zhou Jiacheng was overjoyed and sat down with his wife in his arms.

Only then did I have the opportunity to ask the "master" the nuns were talking about.

"Honey, what's the deal with that master?"

He Lihua briefly explained what had happened and then found the pager.

"I was so busy rambling on with you that I almost forgot to contact the master."

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Chu Ci got off the bus and, following the original owner's memories, bought the food from her grandmother's favorite restaurant and delivered it to the hospital.

As soon as she pushed open the door to the ward, she saw the landlord sitting inside, peeling an apple for her grandmother.

"Ah Qiang didn't come, but his younger brother did, saying he wanted to see you and Ah Ci. I told him you don't live here, and that fooled him."

"Sister, please don't blame me, I really can't afford to offend those people..."

The landlord turned around when he heard the noise and saw Chu Ci coming in with a lunchbox. He stopped talking abruptly.

Grandma patted her hand to show her understanding.

"You've helped me and Aci all these years, how could I blame you?"

“Auntie, it’s all my fault this time. I was greedy and took money that I shouldn’t have taken, and I even dragged Grandma into this mess.” Chu Ci put the things in her hand on the table. “It’s not your fault, so you don’t need to feel guilty.”

As she spoke, she smiled and said, "Although the location isn't ideal, I saw they have your favorite curry fish balls outside. I'll go buy some. Auntie, why don't you eat before you go?"

"No need, no need!"

The landlord repeatedly refused, feeling embarrassed, but Chu Ci still went and bought it, leaving them room to talk.

As the hospital room door closed, the landlord couldn't help but sigh, happy for Danpo.

"Danpo, I think Aci has really matured this time. You won't have to worry about her every day anymore!"

Grandma's gaze fell on the closed hospital room door. "Yes, she's really grown up this time."

While waiting for the fish balls, Chu Ci returned to her original residence. She handed her belongings to the building manager and quickly found the pager.

While waiting for the curry fish balls to be cooked, she received a message from He Lihua, who invited her to view an apartment the next day.

Upon seeing the message displayed on the pager, Chu Ci hesitated for a moment, then decided not to tell Grandma the news.

Back in the ward with curry fish balls, the three of them had dinner together. Chu Ci spent her second night in the hospital after her transmigration.

The next morning, she received a system notification that the task was completed.

When she arrived at the building following yesterday's route, He Lihua and two nuns were already waiting for her at the entrance.

"master!"

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