Xia Yun was forced to follow Zhao Huai into the house, her eyes red and she asked in fear, "What on earth do you want to do?"
Zhao Huai looked at her uneven cheeks, frowned, let go of her hand, and said calmly: "Cousin, we are relatives. Shouldn't relatives help each other? My mother is your aunt, you shouldn't stand on the side of the Xiao family!"
Xia Yun bit her lip and choked without saying a word. To her, Xiao Fengnian must be more useful than Xia Rongrong.
"What? You don't want to? Cousin, I don't have much patience." Zhao Huai's eyes flashed with ferocity, looking at the evildoer.
"What do you want me to do?" Xia Yun was frightened. She took a step back and shrank into the corner, somewhat reluctantly.
After saying this, he immediately continued, "If you want me to save your mother, then I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible. The police comrades take turns on duty to guard, and we can't get close. She replaced someone else's child, which is a crime! She will definitely go to jail. It's possible that the Xiao family helped, and it's a death sentence! Even if I have a good relationship with the Xiao family, I don't have that much power to save people."
Seeing her give in, Zhao Huai put away his fierce look and said, "I'm not that stupid to ask you to help save people."
Xia Yun frowned and looked at Zhao Huai suspiciously: "What do you mean? How can I help you?"
Zhao Huai glanced at her and said, "I want to see my mother. You can always do this, right?"
Xia Yun's face changed. Thinking of Xia Rongrong's current situation, she pursed her lips and said, "This will arouse suspicion!"
"What? Are you so afraid of being disliked by the Xiao family? Cousin, otherwise I will bring you back tonight. You just need to tell others that I begged you to do it, and you really can't stand the pleading of your relatives. I believe that considering how much Xiao Fengnian values you, he won't say anything. Are you going to refuse me for such a simple request?" Zhao Huai took a step closer with a sneer on his face.
Xia Yun took a step back and looked at Zhao Huai with some fear. She was surprised to know that he had killed someone in his previous life.
Zhao Huai has always been well-behaved and sensible, with a bright personality and never shown a dark side. But who could have thought that he would kill someone and let the Jiang family clean up his mess? She only found out about these things after she was rescued from the mountain village.
"I, I promise you." Xia Yun was really scared, so she took a deep breath and agreed.
Although she didn't want to have anything to do with the Zhao family anymore, Zhao Huai was really aggressive. If she didn't agree now, she didn't know what he would do. Besides, who knows, Xia Rongrong might be taken away tomorrow?
Perhaps seeing Xia Yun's thoughts, Zhao Huai immediately replied, "Cousin, I want to see my mother tonight."
Hearing this, Xia Yun's face changed: "Are you crazy? It's so late, what if the police suspect us of being accomplices?"
Zhao Huai looked calm: "I have something very important to ask my mother. If she is taken away tomorrow, how can I meet her? Cousin, I hope you can help me. If you don't want to be involved anymore and don't want to be relatives anymore, I respect your choice. But this is the last time. I really need you. Please, okay?"
Zhao Huai's attitude softened instantly, which made Xia Yun shudder. She said hurriedly, "No, no need. I'll help you."
Zhao Huai breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Xia Yun: "I knew that my cousin still remembered the friendship we had when we were little."
Xia Yun pulled the corners of her lips and gave a fake smile. How could she, a time traveler, have any feelings for things that happened in the past?
*
Xia Rongrong committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
When Shiye opened her eyes, she heard this news. Xiao Yue's tone was very calm, as if he was talking about something insignificant. She frowned and was a little skeptical: "Committing suicide out of fear of punishment? Is Xia Rongrong such a person? Does she have the courage?"
Xiao Yue shook his head and said, "Maybe not, but the police and forensic doctors have examined it and it is indeed suicide."
"But don't the police take turns on duty? How could they give her the opportunity to commit suicide out of fear of the crime?" Shi was also puzzled.
Xiao Yue raised his eyes and glanced at her: "Zhao Huai and Xia Yun went to see Xia Rongrong last night."
Shi's mouth twitched. In this case, if Xia Rongrong really committed suicide out of fear of punishment, that would be weird. But if there was no evidence, there was no way to say that it was Xia Yun and Zhao Huai who did it. In addition, Xia Rongrong herself was guilty, so this matter would probably be left unresolved.
But why did Zhao Huai want to kill Xia Rongrong? Was he afraid of implicating the Zhao family? Or was there another reason?
Shi also put on his clothes and took Xiao Yue to the brigade. After all, it was a matter related to Xiao Yue's life experience. The criminal suspect just died like that. It was very strange. He didn't know how the matter would be handled afterwards and what the attitude of the Tian family would be.
When they arrived at the brigade, before Shi Ye and Xiao Yue entered, they heard the wailing of the Zhao family, one louder than the other. The one who suffered the most was Zhao Huai. He held his head and cried bitterly, muttering, "It's my fault, it's all my fault, Mom, why are you so upset? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those things to you, it's all my fault!"
When Shi Ye went in, he saw the corpse covered with a white cloth and Zhao Huai, who was kneeling in front of the corpse with a bruised face and nose.
The one who beat him was none other than the Zhao family. Zhao Huai was the youngest in the Zhao family, and he had two older brothers. They cursed him, "Mom loves you the most, but you are such a piece of shit that you had to go and piss her off! Zhao Huai, can you be at peace in the future?"
The brigade became a stage for the Zhao family. As for the Tian family, they all stood aside with expressions of pity on their faces.
"Auntie!" Shiye saw Tong Muzhen, who had a cold expression on her face. She was standing at the front of the crowd while Xiao Fengnian was negotiating with the police. She stepped forward and called out softly. When Tong Muzhen saw Shiye, her expression softened slightly: "Didn't you have breakfast?"
Shi also shook his head and turned to look at Xia Rongrong's body: "What happened last night?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Xia Yun, whose eyes also had redness. She was still wearing a mask, her eyes were bloodshot, and she looked very haggard. It seemed that she had not slept all night. She didn't know what she had been through, and there was a hint of obscurity between her brows.
Tong Muzhen glanced at the crazy Zhao family members and whispered, "Zhao Huai thought Xia Rongrong had hidden money, so he came here specifically to ask for it. He was afraid that she would go to jail and lose the money. Xia Rongrong felt that the son she raised was useless, so she committed suicide in the cowshed with a sickle for cutting wheat straw. The forensic examination confirmed that it was indeed suicide, and there was no suspicion of homicide."
Shi also looked at the white cloth covering Xia Rongrong's body. It was spotted with scarlet blood and looked extremely hideous and terrifying.
She half-closed her eyes and stepped forward to lift the white cloth on Xia Rongrong's body, but was stopped by Zhao Huai. His eyes were bloodshot and he said, "What are you going to do? My mother is dead, do you still want to trample on her dignity?"
Shi also tilted his head and looked at him: "I am also a doctor, I am just checking the body, why are you so nervous?"
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