Chapter 94 Guilty Feelings
He has made up his mind and will not change it.
Shen Cuifen grew anxious, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
She quickly turned to the police, her voice urgent.
"Officer, you must listen to me clearly! My dad is old and sometimes confused. He doesn't speak sensibly, so please don't believe him! If you don't believe me, just ask anyone in our village. They can all testify—my dad hasn't left the village at all these past few days. How could he possibly have committed murder? That's simply a fantasy!"
"The real problem is my mother-in-law, Li Fangfang!"
Shen Cuifen's voice suddenly rose, filled with grievance and anger.
“She’s not clear-headed herself, she’s always thinking wildly and making up stories about me! This false police report was aimed at me, she just wanted to use this opportunity to frame me and kick me out of this house! If you don’t believe me, you can check her call records and see if she’s already contacted someone to conspire with her! Check the village’s surveillance footage and see if any strangers came in or went out that day! Everything I’m saying is the truth, please investigate!”
Yang Zhi held his forehead, his brows furrowed.
My temples were throbbing, and my head was throbbing terribly.
He stared at the group of people in front of him, feeling a surge of irritation.
What is all this nonsense?
Having worked as a grassroots police officer for twenty years, this was the first time he had encountered such a bizarre case of "people vying to go to jail."
The more I listen, the more confused I get; the more I try to understand, the more chaotic it becomes.
"When we police handle cases, we focus on evidence and facts!"
Yang Zhi's face was grim.
"We need to see him alive or dead. You keep saying Lu Jianguo was murdered, but where is his body? Is it even on the grave? There's not even a trace of it. How can we open a case or investigate based on your family's shouting and arguing? This isn't a competition of who shouts the loudest or who can act the most convincingly!"
He paused, looked around, and his stern gaze swept over Shen Xuelin, Shen Cuifen, and Li Fangfang.
"What's going on with your whole family? Why are you all so eager to confess? Is going to jail some kind of good thing? Why are you all rushing to the police station?"
"Oh! I understand! I understand everything!"
Li Fangfang's eyes widened suddenly, filled with resentment and indignation.
Her finger trembled as she pointed at Shen Xuelin's family, her voice hoarse.
“You Shen family have been in cahoots all along! You’re all in cahoots! You’ve been plotting to kill my son, Jianguo! Otherwise, why would you all jump out to take the blame as soon as he disappeared? This is all a conspiracy! Officer, you have to do justice for me! Arrest this whole family of scoundrels, put them in jail, or better yet, execute them! Make them pay for my son’s life! A life for a life, it’s only fair!”
She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her face streaked with tears and snot, her chest heaving violently.
In Li Fangfang's mind, Lu Jianguo was no longer just missing, but 100% dead.
The murderer is right among these people.
Yang Zhi's head throbbed and his temples throbbed with pain.
He slammed his hand on the table.
"Shut up! I'm asking you a question, not putting on a melodramatic show!"
He suppressed his anger and spoke through gritted teeth.
"You talk a big game, saying your son was murdered, but where's the body? Where's the evidence? There's not a trace, no bloodstains, no belongings, no witnesses. What makes you so sure he's dead? Just because you're spouting nonsense? You might as well say he was kidnapped, or that he ran away. Do you believe me?"
Yang Zhi stared at Li Fangfang with a sharp look in his eyes.
"Then explain yourself clearly, why did Shen Cuifen kill him? She was just a daughter-in-law, and she never seemed to have any major conflicts with Jianguo. Why would she suddenly kill him? What was her motive? What was she after? Money? Fame? Or some romantic entanglement? Give me a clear answer! Stop crying and say something useful!"
Li Fangfang was stunned by the barrage of questions, and her breath caught in her throat.
Her lips trembled, and her eyes darted around.
Suddenly remembering something, he spoke abruptly, his tone resolute.
"What else could it be? It's because twenty years ago, she seduced my son and disgraced my family! Back then, Jianguo was young and naive, and she tricked him into sleeping with her! But later he came to his senses and dumped her, and she has held a grudge ever since, so she's been waiting for this opportunity to take revenge!"
Before she could finish speaking, she sensed a sudden change in the atmosphere.
The Shen family members all glared at her, their gazes like knives piercing her face.
Li Fangfang's heart skipped a beat, and cold sweat broke out.
Realizing that he had let something slip and revealed a secret he shouldn't have, he understood.
She swallowed hard, her voice trembling as she changed her story: "It was...it was Jianguo who accidentally slept with her! Yes, it was an accident! A confused night! But she's held a grudge ever since, for twenty years! That's why she took the opportunity to kill my son! It was definitely her! If you don't believe me, go ask the old folks in the village, everyone knows about that mess from back then!"
Initially, the police thought the case might be a misunderstanding.
At most, it's just arguments and disputes within the family.
In other words, it's a chain reaction triggered by a quarrel between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and the husband's disappearance.
Upon hearing this, the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Yang Zhi suddenly raised his head, his eyes revealing inquiry and scrutiny, and his tone suddenly rose.
"Wait! What did you just say? Twenty years ago? Shen Cuifen and Lu Jianguo...slept together? What exactly happened? Explain yourself! Is it true or false? Did this really happen? You two."
He pointed to Shen Xuelin and Shen Cuifen.
"Don't just stand there! Do you know what happened back then? If you don't explain yourself clearly now, no one is leaving this police station!"
This startled Li Fangfang.
Her body trembled violently, her legs went weak, and she almost collapsed to the ground.
He hurriedly reached out and grabbed the corner of the wall to steady himself.
Cold sweat trickled down her forehead, soaking the hair at her temples.
Li Fangfang then suddenly realized that she had made a big mistake by blurting out those words.
Those standing in front of me are all police officers, public officials who enforce the law.
Once they find out that their son was a rapist.
Then the nature of this matter will immediately undergo a dramatic change.
The police will not take her accusations seriously.
Instead, they might investigate her son's past, potentially implicating the entire family.
Li Fangfang's face was deathly pale, and her lips trembled slightly.
My throat felt like it was blocked; I wanted to explain, but I didn't know where to begin.
She stood in the courtyard, twisting the hem of her clothes helplessly with her hands, her gaze darting away, not daring to look directly at anyone.
He looks guilty.
Finally, Shen Cuifen straightened her back, took a deep breath, and slowly stood up.
She recounted the long-buried story from twenty years ago in detail, from beginning to end.
She didn't shy away from any detail or every experience.
She recounted the insults Lu Jianguo had inflicted on her years ago.
It recounts the humiliation and silence the Shen family endured for this.
In front of so many people, he reopened that wound that has yet to heal.
The pain was like having a handful of coarse salt rubbed into an already festering wound.
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