Feng Chenlu: "Mr. and Mrs. Zhou have invited officials to investigate. You need to come downstairs with me."
"Okay." Jiang Fei did not let Lu Yu and the others go with him, and followed Feng Chenlu to the 21st floor.
The door of room 2101 was wide open.
Standing at the door were a man and a woman, both in their early thirties.
On the opposite side was a soldier wearing a life jacket, who was invited by Xiao Zhou and his wife to seek justice while on patrol.
Old Mrs. Xu was standing next to Xiao Zhou and his wife, and she raised her voice anxiously: "I've told you and your wife many times that Lily hasn't left the house for more than half a month. I'm worried about her safety, so I asked Jiang Yatou to help me cut the lock on the door of room 2101."
"Lily starved to death. If you don't believe me, you can look at the trash in the house. We didn't move anything. Her body was even on the bed in the bedroom."
Mother Zhou refused to listen to Mrs. Xu's explanation and cried, grabbing the soldier's hand: "Comrade, you have to make the decision for us!"
"We left a lot of food and money for our daughter before we left, and now it's all gone. This old lady and Jiang Fei from the 22nd floor must have taken it!"
"They broke into my house and killed my poor daughter! They even let bugs and rats eat her body! They're just beasts!"
Father Zhou pulled Mother Zhou into his arms and comforted her: "Don't worry, my mother, our comrades will take care of it for us. They will ask Old Madam Xu and Jiang Fei to return the food and money to us."
The two men's eyes were full of calculation.
They had finally managed to get back from another place, and had intended to take advantage of the chaos to sell their house and use the money to take refuge in their hometown. However, they found out that their daughter had starved to death at home, and her body had become smelly and rotten.
Knowing that Old Lady Xu and Jiang Fei had been here, they took the opportunity to blame their daughter's death on each other, hoping to extort money and food.
Anyway, their daughter is a money-loser, so they will have less worries if she dies.
Seeing Feng Chenlu and Jiang Fei coming over, Zhou's mother grabbed the soldier's arm again: "Comrade! She is the murderer!"
Soldier: "Until the matter is fully investigated, please be careful with your words."
"Comrade Jiang, have you ever broken the lock on Room 2101?"
"Yes, because Grandma Xu asked me for help and wanted to check on Zhou Lili. When we went in, she was already dead."
Jiang Fei answered calmly and looked at Xiao Zhou and his wife: "You said I broke into the house and robbed it. So, tell me, what did I steal?"
Zhou's mother opened her mouth and said, "Twenty thousand in cash, a box of jewelry and rings, a bag of rice, and a lot of instant noodles and sausages."
Father Zhou: "It's been so long, you've already finished your food and spent most of your money, but I made sure you hid the jewelry."
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou deliberately did not tell Jiang Fei what the jewelry was made of, just so they could take whatever they saw when they went to Jiang Fei's house.
As expected, Jiang Fei proposed a search.
"Comrade, you can search my house to see if there's anything like what Mr. and Mrs. Zhou said. Then, have someone perform an autopsy to determine the cause of Zhou Lili's death."
"If I had killed her, Zhou Lili's body would have had external injuries other than those caused by insects and rats."
"Even if the corpse is decayed, useful clues can still be found."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhou and his wife panicked. Before they could figure out how to refuse the autopsy, Xu Qianyao came back.
Old Madam Xu seemed to have found her backbone and pulled Xu Qianyao over: "Qianyao, they are slandering me and Jiang girl."
Xu Qianyao asked the soldier: "What's going on?"
The soldier told him the whole story.
Looking at the reactions of Xiao Zhou and his wife, who looked uneasy and as if they had done something wrong, Xu Qianyao understood: "We will not let any bad guy go, nor will we wrongly accuse a good person."
"Since you insist they are the murderers and they claim they didn't do it, then ask someone to perform an autopsy."
"But I have one thing to remind you. Lincheng is in a special period right now. Everyone is working together to fight the disaster. Anyone who dares to cause trouble at this time will definitely not be let off by the authorities."
As he spoke, Xu Qianyao showed his ID.
Xiao Zhou and his wife were completely scared.
They just wanted to blackmail people and didn't want to cause a big incident and get arrested.
Mother Zhou forced a smile. "I think we must have misunderstood. My daughter suffered so much in her life. Let her rest in peace. This matter ends here. I'm sorry to bother you two. Let's go bury our daughter..."
"Wait."
Jiang Fei stopped Xiao Zhou and his wife who were about to run away: "Can a misunderstanding erase the trauma you brought to me and Grandma Xu?"
"This incident has ruined our reputation and left a huge shadow on us. Grandma Xu was almost driven sick by you."
Old Mrs. Xu immediately covered her chest: "Oh, my heart..."
Mother Zhou gritted her teeth: "Then what do you want?"
"An apology and compensation. The compensation doesn't have to be much, just according to what you just said."
Zhou's father was not happy: "You are blackmailing me!"
Jiang Fei immediately stood behind Xu Qianyao, pretending to be weak: "He wants to hit me!"
"I didn't!" Father Zhou quickly put down his hand that was pointing at Jiang Fei.
In the end, Xiao Zhou and his wife bowed to Jiang Fei and Old Mrs. Xu to apologize, and made compensation based on the existing supplies.
Since there were official people present, Jiang Fei couldn't ask for too much. She only asked for 10 packets of instant noodles and 6 bags of bread, half for her and half for Old Lady Xu.
The supplies that Xiao Zhou and his wife had brought back with great effort were gone by one third.
The two men lost more than they gained, so after giving the things away, they hid back home and closed the door tightly, fearing that Jiang Fei, the bandit, would never stop.
"Captain Xu, I'll be leaving first."
"Wait." Feng Chenlu suddenly stopped the soldier:
"I suspect 2202 is hiding guns and flamethrowers. Comrade, please help me deal with them."
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