Across from the interrogation table was a lifeless woman with a sallow complexion and wrinkles appearing prematurely at the corners of her eyes. She was wearing a gray, tattered cotton-padded jacket with seven or eight patches on it. She was clearly still in her prime, but seemed to have already entered the twilight years of her life.
The prisoners who came here either cursed or cried for mercy, but this woman kept her head down from beginning to end, only nodding and shaking her head occasionally in response, and her quiet cooperation was too much.
Yan Li didn't care either.
As the second-in-command of the Gui City Criminal Branch, he handles thousands, if not tens of thousands, of cases every year. His heart has long been tempered into a hard, smelly stone that is not easily shaken.
What's more, this is a murderer who killed an entire family, a total of six lives.
Yan Li thought of the Mid-Autumn Festival a year ago. When he rushed to the scene after receiving the report, he couldn't help but feel shocked when he saw six burnt-out bodies dragged out of the ruins.
This is a rare major criminal case in recent years.
But thinking about the customs of Heyang County, I felt that such a thing was inevitable. Especially in the southeast corner of Sangjiadang, nestled in the mountains, it had no contact with the outside world and was as poor as before the liberation. Every household relied on buying wives.
After the incident, the men of Sangjiadang stood up in righteous indignation, saying that the daughter-in-law they had bought was a born ungrateful person. She had run away five or six times, had her legs broken, and still ran away with the smugglers. She was a complete failure to support the family. A few gossipy women raged that the daughter-in-law was a seductive vixen, confident that something bad would happen sooner or later. They all became wise after the event.
The nationwide wanted man was wanted for a year, and I don't know how a lame woman concealed her identity and hid for a whole year. She was only brought to justice now after turning herself in - the entire Gui City police station has become a laughing stock in the industry.
"You've been on the run for nearly a year. Why did you suddenly think of turning yourself in?"
Jiang Xi looked up at him.
Only then did Yan Li realize that the woman had a pair of sparkling eyes. Even though there was a scar the size of a bowl under her eyes, and even though there was a pool of stagnant water under the sparkling eyes, one could still feel the charm of the past, which made people want to stop and take a look.
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