Lu Manyue sighed and returned to the workshop worriedly.

Originally, there was a 40-minute break after loading the materials, but she could only load 50 kilograms at a time, so she couldn't rest for too long.

Wei Dingbang didn't come yet. Lu Manyue felt relieved, but also a little disappointed.

At noon, when work was over, everyone went to the cafeteria chatting and laughing, while Lu Manyue dragged her heavy steps towards home.

She walked very slowly, stopping every few steps to catch her breath.

My legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead. A distance that usually takes me more than ten minutes to walk took me more than half an hour.

When going upstairs, he held on to the wall and moved up step by step.

As soon as she came back, she opened the stove and looked at the fire. When she found that new coal briquettes were added, she breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm really afraid that the coal briquettes will be out when I come back, and then it will be a lot of effort to relight them.

"Wei Dingbang, I want to eat some noodle dumplings for lunch. Can you make them for me?" She called as she walked into the house.

No one in the house answered.

Lu Dashan fell asleep on his bed.

Lu Manyue didn't find Wei Dingbang, and there was no rice, noodles or oil at home. She was a little confused. Wei Dingbang had clearly promised in the morning to buy some things, so why didn't he buy anything?

She walked to Lu Dashan's bed with difficulty and patted him gently.

Lu Dashan slowly woke up and yawned. He saw a face covered with blisters. He was startled and stepped back.

"Dad, it's me." Lu Manyue said.

"Man Yue, what's wrong with your face? Why is it so burned? Daddy will get you some medicine... Hey, where's the medicine..." Lu Dashan's eyes suddenly turned red with heartache.

"It's okay, I've applied aloe vera. Dad, where is Wei Dingbang?" Lu Manyue asked.

Lu Dashan paused while searching under the mat and hesitated for a moment. Not wanting to make Lu Manyue worry, he lied, "He went back to his hometown for something."

Wei Dingbang said that he would be back soon, and he would explain to Man Yue when he came back.

There was nothing to eat or drink at home. Lu Manyue thought about it and went to Aunt Wang's house to borrow a bowl of cornmeal. She made a few steamed corn cakes and shared them with Lu Dashan.

After dinner, she wanted to go into the house and lie down.

Lu Dashan asked her if she was bullied in the workshop, and she shook her head.

She can't lose this job, so she has to hold on.

She was so tired that she fell asleep soon after lying down.

She turned over dazedly and hugged the other pillow as if it were Wei Dingbang. "Wei Dingbang... I'm really tired. Wei Dingbang... It's okay. I can do it."

Wei Dingbang sat in the interrogation room with his arms folded and his long legs hanging down.

Sitting opposite was a row of police officers, and behind them sat two female comrades who were responsible for taking notes.

The police were on high alert, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Wei Dingbang acted as if nothing had happened. There were no handcuffs on his hands or shackles on his feet. He looked quite relaxed.

It’s not that the police didn’t want to handcuff him, it’s that they simply couldn’t do anything about him.

"Just ask me questions. I'm not a convicted criminal. Is it legal to put handcuffs on me?" Wei Dingbang stopped the man with just one sentence.

Most people are afraid of the police, so their momentum is weakened.

Not only was this guy not afraid, he also had solid arguments and was very familiar with the current laws. He argued for a long time and managed to leave the other person stunned.

"Someone reported you for armed assault!"

"That's not true."

"Many people at the steel mill testified that they saw you shoot!"

"What shot? Where's the gun? Who did it hit? Where's the person who was hit?"

"Wei Dingbang, be honest. If you confess, you will be treated leniently. If you resist, you will be treated severely!" Someone couldn't help but slammed the table and stood up.

Wei Dingbang scratched his ears calmly, "Is it a big deal just because the noise is loud? Have you finished the interrogation? If you're done, I'll leave."

Wei Dingbang stood up and was about to leave.

"Sit down! You can't leave until things are explained clearly!"

A man ran into the interrogation room and whispered something in the ear of the person leading the interrogation.

The man immediately pulled out his handcuffs and stood up, "We found the victim, arrest him immediately!"

Wei Dingbang was stunned. What victim? He just killed a bird yesterday. How could there be a victim?

The muzzle of the gun was pointed at him.

Wei Dingbang frowned and looked at the police, "Where did the victim come from? Are you sure I was the one who injured him?"

"Cuff him first! This man is dangerous, he must be controlled first!"

"He's still quibbling after all this. We must not let him go. If he causes any more casualties, we will have served the people in vain!"

Wei Dingbang sat back in confusion, "Don't be nervous, be careful not to make it a false case, it won't hurt to be cautious in everything."

Soon, Wei Dingbang knew the identity of the victim.

Yang Heping, the idiot brother of Yang Jianqiang who works in the boiler room of the steel plant.

It was said that he was shot in the chest and was found lying behind a wall in the steel plant's office area.

Everyone in the steel plant said that Wei Dingbang had fired a gun, and this man was shot and wounded, losing too much blood and falling into a coma. According to Yang Jianqiang, his brother had some brain problems and was always running around. He accidentally ran away without looking at the man, and by the time he was found, he was almost dying.

Someone saw him lying behind the wall of the factory office area and peeking yesterday, and he was shot in the back.

"What else do you have to say? We have the witnesses and the victim."

"Have you examined the victim's wounds? What gun shot him? Have you seen my gun?

Witnesses, material evidence, and the victim, all the evidence must form a complete chain of evidence to convict me. You can't just pull someone who was shot and say that I was the one who shot him." Wei Dingbang remained calm and expressionless.

"You won't cry until you see the coffin!"

"Go search the Lu family and find the gun!"

"Examine the victim's injuries and determine the murder weapon and trajectory."

"Question the witnesses from the steel plant again to make sure their statements match."

"He is crazy, but some of his words are not wrong. When handling a case, evidence is important. The evidence must be relevant and can be closed."

The police discussed for a while and then went out on their own.

Wei Dingbang was the only one left in the interrogation room.

The steel door was two inches thick, the walls of the interrogation room were also thickened, and the windows were welded shut with cast iron.

No one can escape from such an interrogation room.

So there is no need for guarding.

Wei Dingbang stood at the window, squinting his eyes at the two policemen smoking in the yard.

Two police officers were talking about the case while smoking.

Wei Dingbang looked up at the sky again.

It was already noon and Lu Manyue should go home for lunch, but he hadn't even had time to buy rice, flour and oil.

She was afraid that she would be very disappointed if she couldn't even handle such a small matter.

He pounded hard on the cast-iron window bars.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the police entered the interrogation room again and threw a gun in front of Wei Dingbang.

"The gun has been found, the victim has woken up, and the witnesses' statements are consistent. Wei Dingbang, what else do you have to say now?"