Chapter 31: A broken canoe with only a broken oar cannot sail far

Lu Quanlai watched coldly as Jiang Ma was subdued by the police and slowly handed over the surveillance video.

Immediately following.

Everyone saw the whole process of what happened.

In the surveillance video, Jiang Xuan and Jiang Man had a heated argument over the presence of a sugar glider.

"Have you ever respected me in any way since I was little? I'm human too. I get hurt too!"

Jiang Xuan's face was ferocious: "Little bitch, what do you think of the look in my eyes?"

A heavy slap landed on Jiang Man's face.

Jiang Xuan shook his numb hands, and with a wave of his arm, he swept everything on the table to the ground, including the cage where the sugar glider was. Then, he lifted the struggling sugar glider high up, trying to vent his anger.

Jiang Man fell to the ground, laughing so hard it sent chills down one's spine. "I've already used your phone to send a message to Brother Lu, telling him to ask him to help take care of Xuerong. If anything happens to Xuerong, I think Brother Lu, with his intelligence, would definitely be able to spot the clues. So, my dear brother, I urge you to think twice before you act."

Jiang Ma gracefully held the coffee cup and glanced at Jiang Man, not disguising the disdain and dissatisfaction in her eyes. "Don't you think about yourself? You're so dirty, how could Lu Quanlai possibly put his heart in you? If he wants to find a woman of equal status, he'll look for a marriage alliance."

Jiang Man grinned the whole time, and looked at Jiang Ma with the same care as if she was caring for an idiot: "I have your blood flowing in my body, I am dirty, and you, as a mother, are not much better."

(One hundred words are omitted here.)

"Bitch!"

Soon, the deep red color tangled the black hair into a knot.

Jiang Man was unconscious, grabbing Jiang Xuan's trouser legs tightly, and finally spat at him.

Jiang Xuan's eyes were bloodshot and he was breathing heavily. After a long while, he realized something was wrong. He sniffed Jiang Man's breath and his pupils dilated.

Mother Jiang didn't care.

Jiang Xuan wiped his face and quickly thought of a solution.

The video is clear at this point.

Lu Quanlai's fist struck Jiang Xuan like lightning. Several police officers suppressed their anger and reached out to stop him belatedly.

The people in the live broadcast room were so angry that their blood froze.

[Beast!]

[She's still so young!?]

[A-Man must have done something he shouldn't have done before, which is why he got beaten.]

[Victim blaming? This ridiculous idea is quite outrageous even in the explosive world.]

[It was just an accidental death caused by domestic violence. In the video, Jiang Xuan was clearly provoked by Jiang Man, but he didn't intend to kill. Moreover, he looks like he has a mental illness, and it's normal for him to lose control of his emotions. Jiang Man shouldn't have provoked him.]

Saw this outrageous comment.

Bai Shao's brows knitted together, her eyes cold and grim. "Even tofu has a brain, but you don't. Where were you hiding when humans were evolving? You can say anything. I've seen toilets, but I've never seen a toilet in someone's mouth."

Jiang Man reminded her of her first pet.

Because she was not talkative, she became an outcast in the orphanage's small group, and even the pets were not protected. From then on, she learned how to put on armor.

Like Jiang Man.

But she always felt like this was a plan that had been made long ago.

Jiang Xuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes innocent, and he smiled like a madman.

"Aren't people like this born to vent our anger?"

"Why does everyone in the Jiang family have mental illnesses, but she doesn't? She's so out of place. As her brother, of course I have to help her integrate into the group."

"But she's not crazy!"

"We are the only ones who are crazy!"

"By the way, do you know why she got the tattoo? She didn't want it, but if she didn't, it wouldn't cover up the bruises, and other people would see it. You see, I'm so concerned about her."

"So what if you catch us? We have a mental illness diagnosis. In the end, you still have to let us go."

Lu Quanlai clenched his hands into fists, as if he wanted to crush his anger in his palms. He didn't know when he turned off the live broadcast, but he knew that his mood was as heavy as the weather.

Standing amid the sound of sirens, Lu Quanlai saw Jiang Man being carried out on a stretcher, but he didn't have the courage to lift the white cloth.

Lu Quan came to crack Jiang Man's computer and saw an email that he had not had time to send to him.

What caught my eye was a black and white picture of a tall, eerie figure.

:

Ever since I can remember, my breath has been filled with the smell of disinfectant.

On the day of the funeral, I fell into a warm embrace and smelled a unique pine scent.

I was so hungry that I passed out. When I woke up, the scent of pine surrounded me and there was a bowl of hot ginger tea.

The tea is too hot.

It burned my eyes red.

But the stomach and heart were full.

I like the scent of pine, so that I can stay connected without attracting the attention of the Slender Shadow. (I'm sorry, I used the scent of pine as a springboard for my revenge on the Slender Shadow...)

It’s my fault that I have never seen happiness. I always thought that if I watered the dead tree with all my heart, it would sprout next spring. But an empty heart can never be warmed up. I misjudged my expectations.

In the river called suffering, a canoe with only a broken oar cannot sail far.

Then let the boat capsize.

…

There were no words of grievance in the will, but it was filled with tears.

The girl dragged the entire Jiang family into the water with herself.

Lu Quanlai looked at Jiang Xuan coldly. He shouldn't let the girl's efforts go to waste.

Jiang Xuan's hands were handcuffed. Before getting into the police car, he met the deep and sharp eyes. His gaze then fell on the laptop, and he recognized it belonged to Jiang Man.

Sudden.

Jiang Xuan realized a possibility and instantly lost control of his expression: "She deliberately sought death? Is she seeking revenge?"

Jiang's mother couldn't believe it: "Impossible, she is most afraid of pain, she has always longed for our love, how could she!?"

Lu Quanlai looked at his former friend with his dark eyes fixedly: "Go and apologize to her."

The madness of the Jiang family was locked by the car door, just like their fate, it would come to an abrupt end.

The next evening.

The sky was gray and the water droplets condensed in the air did not disperse in the breeze. A light mist lingered in the cemetery, as if covered with a layer of gauze.

Bai Shao put down a bouquet of lilies.

"Thank you for coming to see her off."

A deep voice came from the side.

Bai Shao raised her eyes and looked over.

The sugar glider hung its head and sobbed: [Master Aman.]

Lu Quanlai held the sugar glider in one hand and said softly, "She should be happy."

Su Xixi's tone was soaked with tears: "But this idea is too extreme. If we had met A-Man earlier, maybe we could have stopped her."

She found that she was similar to Jiang Man. Fortunately, she still had her grandmother and Bai Shao.

Bai Shao shook her head.

He looked as if he didn't agree.

Lu Quanlai noticed Bai Shao's disapproval, and a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes: "You haven't read her suicide note, how can you guess..."

Bai Shao let out a long breath: "Her life has been defined by tragedy. She is too smart to know that she can't get over it. She will not let the tragedy repeat itself again and again."

The Jiang family rubbed the flowers into the soil and crushed them. Even if they could barely piece together the shape of the flowers, the cracks could not be repaired, and sadness was already lurking nearby.

The ticking clock witnessed Jiang Man's life and laid the long foreshadowing for her departure. What she left behind was the echo of her beating heart and a sugar glider that flew as fast as a kite.