After talking with Captain Yu, Su He's resolve strengthened, and she became even more dedicated to her work.

In the morning, I discussed the case with my colleagues, and then interrogated the two suspects separately.

Of course, the interrogation yielded no changes; the two men did not alter their statements.

In the afternoon, they went to the vicinity of the Meng family again to investigate the situation, hoping to find witnesses. Captain Yu also conducted another examination of the deceased's body.

As the saying goes, perseverance pays off. After an afternoon of investigation, they finally made progress.

So after returning, the group immediately brought Meng Qiang's wife out for questioning again.

Su He also participated in this interrogation, along with Sun Dahai and Captain Yu.

As the first people to handle the case, she and Sun Dahai were responsible for assisting Captain Yu in the interrogation.

Meng Qiang's wife is named Jiang Hong. Perhaps due to the pain of losing her husband, she looks quite haggard and appears very saddened by his passing.

But no one was fooled by her appearance.

Captain Yu asked her with a serious expression, "Comrade Jiang Hong, I'll ask you one more time, are you sure what you said before was true? Did you really go out to look for Meng Qiang when you realized he hadn't returned by midnight?"

“Yes!” Jiang Hong nodded slowly, then lowered her head again, without looking up at them the whole time.

"Lies! Even now, you're still trying to deceive the police. Li Wu already has witnesses; someone saw him take Meng Qiang home around 10 PM before leaving! So it's impossible that Meng Qiang hadn't returned by midnight!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hong finally looked up at him and then laughed, "Really? Someone saw it, so that's it..."

Her attitude confused Su He and the others. After exchanging glances, Captain Yu asked again, "You admit that you lied before? So what are you hiding? Since Meng Qiang went home at ten o'clock, why did he die at his doorstep?"

After hearing the question, Jiang Hong remained silent for a while, then looked up at them again, and laughed, her laughter growing louder and louder until she laughed until tears streamed down her face.

"Why? Hehe, yeah, you probably can't figure out why either, right?"

Because, you see, Meng Qiang isn't the honest person outsiders describe at all! He's completely different from what you all think!

The interrogators were all taken aback by these words.

Then they learned Meng Qiang's true character from Jiang Hong.

Meng Qiang was always unpopular and had low self-esteem because he was short and average-looking since childhood, and because he had an outstanding older brother and a likable younger brother.

When he reached marriageable age, the good girls in the city didn't even look at him, so he had no choice but to find a girl from the countryside named Jiang Hong.

Jiang Hong was indeed very beautiful when she was young, and she was famous in the surrounding villages. When she reached marriageable age, so many people wanted to marry her that they practically wore down her doorstep.

But she was ambitious when she was young and always wanted to find someone better, and it would be best if she could marry someone from the city.

It was around this time that she met Meng Qiang. Although Meng Qiang was not particularly handsome, he was a good person who knew how to please her. He also seemed reliable and steady, and he had a job in the city, so she fell for him.

And so the two got married.

She only realized she had misjudged him after they got married...