Then, Zhou Dafu shouted angrily, "What did you say?"

Ah Li and Shen Zhiyuan walked out together.

When Ahri saw a person with the words "Female Lead" above her head, which were shining with golden light, she raised her hand to shield her eyes.

Shen Zhiyuan mistakenly thought that Ah Li had just come out and was not used to the bright sun, so he stepped forward and blocked a large area of ​​light in front of Ah Li, asking, "Are you still uncomfortable?"

Ahri shook her head and said, "I'm fine."

The female lead, Ling Xing, continued, "I strongly suspect that you poisoned Mu Bai!"

"I will bring you to justice!"

Zhou Dafu pointed at the person and said, "Who exactly are you? You're spouting nonsense. What's your relationship with Mu Bai? Are you two in cahoots?"

“I am Ling Xing, the daughter of Constable Ling. I am not with that man.”

Lingxing's father was a constable, and she admired him since she was a child. She wanted to become a good constable like him.

That day, she passed by the mortuary and heard someone say, "What a pity, such a good person is gone just like that."

"Yes, this person was perfectly fine when he entered the Zhou residence earlier."

"Who knows if he offended someone? This person seems like an honest guy."

"Alright, alright, this is none of our business. Let's leave the person here and wait for someone to come and claim them."

After Ling Xing and the others left, he went into the mortuary and examined Mu Bai, who had just been carried in.

Ling Xing even stabbed Mu Bai in the throat with a silver needle, causing him to be poisoned.

Was he poisoned?

Ling Xing then checked other parts of Mu Bai's body and found obvious bruises on Mu Bai's arm, which were marks of being forcibly grabbed.

Ling Xing checked again, and everything else was fine.

What a Zhou family! She'd like to see what kind of place it was, daring to treat human life so lightly!

So, Ling Xing came to him.

Ah Li thought to herself, when the original owner died, Ling Xing also wanted to find out the truth, but what was the result?

As a result, nothing was found.

She also received the remaining money that originally belonged to the Zhou family, but instead of handing it over, she kept it for herself.

In her own words: Consider this as compensation for her hard work.

Zhou Dafu added, "I reported to the government long ago that this person wanted to poison me, and I even found evidence that he bought poison."

Ling Xing said, "Words are meaningless. You've poisoned people to death, so you're the ones who decide right and wrong!"

"So, what do you want to do?" Ahri stepped forward.

"I……"

Ling Xing planned to send the person to the yamen (government office) and have them tortured; he was sure they would confess then.

Looking at Ling Xing's expression, Ah Li knew what she was thinking. She said, "You said you wanted evidence, my Wangcai is the evidence. It was also poisoned, and it was the exact same poison as Mu Bai."

"Furthermore, Mu Bai's relatives have also testified that Mu Bai did indeed discuss with them the idea of ​​poisoning my father and seizing the Zhou family's assets. Their testimonies have already been signed and are at the yamen."

"You paid them to say those things!"

"Do you have any evidence?" Ahri approached Ling Xing step by step.

Looking at Ah Li, Ling Xing recalled how Ah Li used to follow Qin Tianming around. She was just like that, annoying, irritating, and incredibly bothersome.

Ling Xing shouted, "Then do you dare to say you didn't poison Mu Bai?"

Ah Li smiled, returned to Zhou Dafu's side, and asked, "What if it were my father and me who were poisoned to death today? What would you do then?"

Shen Zhiyuan suddenly hugged Ah Li tightly, "Don't talk nonsense."

Chow Tai Fook was also standing nearby, saying, "Pah, pah, pah, children say the darndest things."

Ling Xing looked at Ah Li and murmured, "Aren't you doing just fine now?"

"Yes, it's precisely because we're still alive and well that we're being accused of being murderers and evil people by those who don't know the truth."

Ah Li's voice wasn't loud, but Ling Xing felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer.

After that, Ling Xing didn't know how she left the Zhou residence.

That night, she had a dream.

In the dream, the dead person was Zhou Dafu. After Mu Bai poisoned him, he hid the body and pretended to be worried about Zhou Dafu in front of outsiders, even helping to search for him everywhere.

In private, however, he secretly took Zhou Dafu's private seal, sold off the Zhou family's assets, and ran away with all the money.

At that time, no one doubted Mu Bai, because he was personally taken back by Zhou Dafu.

Everyone thought he was the prospective son-in-law that Chow Tai Fook had brought back.

What follows is that Zhou Li was almost humiliated, but after being rescued, he jumped off the bridge not long after.

Ling Xing sat up in bed, covered in sweat. "It was a dream, wasn't it?"

But no one answered her.

On the other side, Ahri was on the verge of tears. All she had said was, what if she and her father were the ones who were poisoned?

Little did she know that Shen Zhiyuan would react so strongly. He carried her back to the courtyard, closed the door, and began the relentless punishment.

"Will you dare to speak so recklessly next time?"

Shen Zhiyuan was terrified and furious at Ah Li, who dared to say anything outrageous.

Ahri couldn't answer at all; her throat seemed to be filled with jumbled notes. Every time she tried to speak, she could only utter a series of broken, hoarse, and strained sounds.

Shen Zhiyuan didn't stop moving, and Ah Li was like a small boat swaying in the waves, only able to let the merciless waves rise and fall.

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