Chapter 204 Lin Dahai's Regret

The police from the local police station came last night, and Zhou Mingying learned from them that the fire started in a room on the inside of the courtyard.

The entire compound is surrounded by walls, and there are guards on duty at night.

The police have reasonable suspicion that it was done by an insider.

As a result, all the people who participated in the calculations in the secretariat yesterday were summoned for questioning.

The receipts and stubs were destroyed, and everything delivered by the transport department was ruined.

Zhou Mingying knew that finding out who did it would be useless.

This is the second time Song Lubai has been to the disciplinary office in a short period of time.

She thought to herself that there was so much to do at the ministry. At the supply and marketing cooperative, Feng Ying could at least pick up some biscuit crumbs from time to time and didn't have to worry about customers' attitudes while at work. But at the ministry, she had to worry about being implicated from time to time.

But if we could turn back time, she would definitely still want to stay in the department.

While things were turbulent at the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhang Cui fell down the stairs in Yangcheng, Henan Province, and was hospitalized.

Ever since Lin Dahai was beaten and hospitalized, Zhang Cui has been wary of Lu Jianxi, that reckless scoundrel. She always goes to and from get off work with a companion, and she also invites others to go shopping at the department store. After all, with Lin Dahai's example as a warning, she never lets herself be alone when she is out, and she never goes to places with few people.

But you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days. When it was her turn to work the night shift, she was always alone when she returned to the tenement building before dawn.

When she reached the corner of the stairs, she was kicked in the chest and rolled down the stairs.

She hit her head on the wall and bled. When she was unconscious and unable to move, a person came down from upstairs and kicked her hard.

Lu Jianxi has stopped going to work on the construction team recently, just to vent his anger. He has been keeping an eye on Zhang Cui almost constantly.

After following Zhang Cui for so many days, he still couldn't find an opportunity to make a move.

He knew his chance had come when he saw Zhang Cui working the night shift.

Thinking that Zhang Cui had already fainted, he kicked her a few more times.

Lin Dahai had only been discharged from the hospital for a few days when Zhang Cui was sent to the hospital again.

After Zhang Cui woke up, she asked the nurse to call the police for her.

When the police arrived, she excitedly said, "Comrade, the person who blocked me on the stairs this morning was Lu Jianxi."

The police officer asked, "Did you see him?"

To be honest, Zhang Cui didn't see Lu Jianxi's face. When she collapsed to the ground in a daze, she couldn't even see the foot that was kicking her.

But her intuition told her that the person who attacked her was Lu Jianxi.

At this moment, she nodded firmly: "When I came back, it was still dark, but I was sure that the figure was him."

When the police found Lu Jianxi, he was working hard on a construction team.

"Officer, I'm innocent! I was sleeping at home all night, and came to this construction site this morning. It really has nothing to do with me. If you don't believe me, go ask my family and the neighbors."

Lu Jianxi felt a pang of regret; he regretted not being able to control his violent temper and leaving marks on Zhang Cui's body from the beating.

He hid on the stairs so that it would look like Zhang Cui had accidentally slipped and fallen, and that no one would investigate.

Having dealt with the police many times, he already knew the ins and outs of the system.

He thought Zhang Cui had fainted, but to his surprise, she saw him.

He never intended to kill anyone. If that bitch Zhang Cui died, those two bastards would fall into Lin Dahai's hands. Lin Dahai was his prey, and everything Lin Dahai owned was his.

"Officer, I'm a law-abiding citizen. Everything requires evidence. Just because she says I hit her doesn't mean I did. If I tripped and fell and said she hit me, could you arrest her?"

"Officer, she says I hit her, but what was I wearing when I hit her? If you didn't see my clothes clearly, did you see my shoes? To convict me based solely on her words is more unjust than Dou E. If this is how you handle cases, where is the law? Where is justice and fairness?"

Lu Jianxi was arrogant, and although the police officers knew he was being unreasonable, they couldn't do anything to him because they lacked concrete evidence.

As darkness fell, Lu Jianxi returned home smugly. Seeing no food on the table, he cursed, "She's still not home at this hour! She's been out having fun and hasn't even come home. I'm going to beat her to death sooner or later!"

Lin Dahai, smoking a cigarette, said, "We're out of food at home. Dongmei came back at noon and said she had to go buy some this afternoon. She's probably queuing at the department store right now. She'll be back in a little while. You should start making the porridge first."

Lu Jianxi lay sprawled on the bed, legs spread wide, saying, "I'm exhausted after a long day, I don't have the energy to cook."

Lin Dahai held back for a moment but couldn't hold back any longer. He said, "The police came to the house at noon today. Did you hit Zhang Cui? I remember you got up quite early this morning."

Lu Jianxi turned his head to the side, looking at Lin Dahai with a cold, threatening gaze.

"Uncle, don't make things up without evidence. I did say I would stand up for you, but you stopped me. I didn't hit her. I'm exhausted every day, I don't have time to deal with her."

"Uncle, what did you tell the police officers?"

Lin Dahai didn't say anything.

Lu Jianxi laughed.

If his uncle said anything detrimental to him, the police wouldn't be helpless against him.

He didn't get up early in the morning; he got up in the middle of the night to stake out the food factory's dormitory building.

After a moment of silence, Lin Dahai said again, "You haven't been working on the construction team at all lately, have you?"

Lu Jianxi rolled over. "Who told you that? That bitch Zhao Dongmei? I'll beat her to death when she gets back!"

Lin Dahai said with a stern face, "Go ahead and hit me. If you do, you'll attract the police, and then you won't be able to escape Zhang Cui's case either."

Lu Jianxi got up irritably, kicked aside the stool that was in his way, glared at Lin Dahai with his bull-like eyes, and cursed, "You old bastard, are you ever going to stop! I've worked all day and just want to rest for a while, can't you shut up for a bit?!"

Lin Dahai was stiff all over and didn't dare to breathe.

His heart pounded with nervousness, fearing that Lu Jianxi's fist would land on him at any moment.

But he couldn't just swallow his anger because of his elders' pride.

He said, blustering but cowardly, "You dare to hit me and see what happens! I'll immediately tell the police that you weren't home last night, and that you were the one who laid a hand on Zhang Cui."

Lu Jianxi really wanted to give Lin Dahai a good beating, but he hadn't finished his business yet, so he couldn't just break off relations like that.

Lu Jianxi lay back on the bed, cursing and grumbling, and said irritably, "Uncle, I didn't mean to treat you like this. I was just too agitated. That's just my personality. Don't take it to heart."

Lin Dahai breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Jianxi's murderous look just now terrified him. Even if he were strong and healthy now, let alone his leg which hadn't fully healed, he knew he was no match for Lu Jianxi.

Soon after, Lu Jianxi's snoring could be heard from inside the house. Feeling utterly pathetic, Lin Dahai leaned on his cane and left the house.

As darkness fell, he had nowhere to go. Thinking of Zhang Cui in the hospital, Lin Dahai felt a pang of regret.

At this point, without needing to verify, he already knew that the person who beat him up was not someone Zhang Cui had hired, but rather Lu Jianxi.