Chapter 182 Who says there's no evidence?
It was lunchtime, and the young wives and elderly women in the residential compound were sitting at the door.
While chatting about this and that, they busied themselves preparing lunch.
"Look, look! The police are coming!" someone exclaimed.
Following the direction the man was pointing, they saw police officers escorting an elderly woman toward the regimental commander's building.
"Whose family is that military dependent?" The question came from a young woman who had just come to live with the military this year.
She had only been in the family compound for less than a month when she saw this and couldn't help but ask a question out of curiosity.
In the end, it was Aunt Xu who cleared up her confusion: "That person is Deputy Regiment Commander Lei's mother."
"That's true."
Another older woman also recognized the person, but she was somewhat puzzled.
"What has Granny Lei done to deserve this huge commotion?"
As soon as these words were spoken, someone clicked their tongue a few times, "Don't you know?"
"What do you know?" Everyone looked at Granny Qian with curiosity.
Granny Qian was known as the know-it-all in the family compound; there was nothing she didn't know.
“Come here, come here, I have something to tell you.”
Granny Qian waved her hand, and once everyone's faces were close together, she lowered her voice and spoke.
“I saw her holding a child at the entrance of the family compound, crying and making a scene while pulling on Officer Xu. Later, Deputy Regiment Commander Lei also came.”
"I didn't hear what they said, but Deputy Regiment Commander Lei kowtowed to his mother three times with a loud thud."
"Did you kowtow?"
"Of course! Deputy Regiment Commander Lei almost scraped his forehead."
"Later, the police came and took them all away."
Just as everyone was listening with great interest, a woman asked in confusion.
"It's not that serious over something like this. I saw that Deputy Regiment Commander Lei's mother is still handcuffed."
"You wouldn't know this, would you?" Granny Qian said, her voice brimming with excitement.
Even she herself didn't expect that when she came back from shopping in town that day, she would run into Aunt Lei again.
At that time, Aunt Lei was crying and sobbing at the entrance of the police station, and Granny Qian went over to join in the fun.
Unexpectedly, she actually heard a shocking piece of gossip!
She told her family about it when she got home that day, but her son was afraid of getting into trouble.
She was sternly warned several times not to tell anyone.
God knows how much Aunt Qian has been holding it in these past few days!
Now that the police have brought the person over, Aunt Qian has nothing to worry about anymore.
"Do you remember the conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law five years ago?"
"How could I not remember!"
Back then, this matter caused quite a stir in the family compound. Everyone who heard about it couldn't help but say that even an upright official can't settle family disputes.
Seeing the curious looks on the faces of the newly arrived young women, the older woman who had been talking to them said a few more words.
"Five years ago, Deputy Regiment Commander Lei's wife miscarried at home. One side said that her mother-in-law pushed her on purpose, while the other side said that the daughter-in-law slipped and fell."
"Because of this, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are at each other's throats, and Director Pan has come to mediate countless times!"
ah?
Is that true?!
The newly arrived young wives looked at each other, their eyes instantly igniting with gossip.
"Auntie, was it a fall or a push?"
The old woman pursed her lips. "Who knows? Everyone has their own version of events, but nobody has any evidence."
At this moment, Granny Qian smiled calmly and said, "There was no evidence before, but it's hard to say now."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked over.
Judging from this, Granny Qian must know something.
"Oh, if you know, just tell me already, why are you keeping me in suspense?"
At this moment, Granny Qian patted her trouser leg and said, "This matter cannot be explained in a few words. Let's go and see for ourselves."
The others looked at each other after hearing this.
In the end, they all followed.
By this time, the area near Deputy Regiment Commander Lei's house was already crowded with military dependents who wanted to watch the spectacle.
Upon seeing the police officers approaching, the crowd spontaneously stepped aside, making way for them.
Aunt Lei remained calm throughout the journey, but the moment she stepped into the courtyard, she suddenly clutched her chest and collapsed to the ground.
When she looked up again, her eyes were already brimming with tears.
This sudden turn of events left the police officers completely bewildered.
Could this old lady's ancestors have been opera singers?
Why do tears come so suddenly?
Xu Mingjuan was already used to this.
She glanced at Hu Meili and said helplessly, "Just wait, she's about to put on a big show..."
Before she could finish speaking, Aunt Lei looked over with red eyes.
"Second brother, you're an officer now! You've made something of yourself! You've even married a city girl! Are you going to forget your roots?"
"I'm a widow who raised you brothers and sisters single-handedly, do you know how hard it was for me?"
"What have I done to offend you so much that you two hate me so much!"
"For the sake of this woman, you disown your own mother and now you want to send me to jail!"
"Second brother, have you lost your conscience?"
"If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have preferred to kill myself when your father died."
These words sparked a flurry of discussion among the crowd.
Some people advised Aunt Lei to be more open-minded, while others sighed.
"Every family has its own troubles. It must have been really tough for her, a widow, to raise so many children."
"That's right, how can a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law not bicker?"
"Besides, there are no bad parents in the world! No matter how bad a mother is, she is still the one who gave birth to him and raised him."
"Just say a few words, how can we actually send someone in?"
As they spoke, the group looked at Deputy Regiment Commander Lei with reproachful expressions.
"We're all family, so let's be forgiving and not make things so ugly."
"Auntie, you can't say that."
Many of the military dependents present had a good relationship with Xu Mingjuan, and they were immediately displeased upon hearing this.
Hu Meili was the first to speak, "It's true that arguments and bickering between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are common, but who would push someone down the stairs during an argument?"
“Mingjuan was already more than six months pregnant at that time. If she hadn’t been lucky, she and her unborn child might have died!”
"That's right, when Officer Xu was sent to the hospital, he was barely breathing."
This time, the person who spoke up was a pregnant military dependent whose family situation was similar to that of the Lei family.
Her mother-in-law was a widow, and their relationship wasn't very good.
Most importantly, her man wasn't as conscientious as Deputy Regiment Commander Lei.
If she can no longer have children, he will find a reason to divorce her within two years at most.
Thinking this through, she mustered her courage and said, "A country has its laws, and a family has its rules. This matter must be thoroughly investigated, otherwise, if others follow suit, what will become of us?"
"Comrade Hu, you should speak from your conscience."
Aunt Lei said, "I know you and Juan'er are good friends, and your relationship is like sisters, but you can't just lie through your teeth."
"I'm asking you, which eye of yours saw me push her?"
"I didn't see it with my own eyes, but..."
"You haven't seen it with your own eyes, so what are you yelling about?"
Aunt Lei looked over without batting an eye, her eyes carrying a hint of mockery.
“I know you are a military family member and your husband is a high-ranking officer, but you accused me of pushing people without any evidence, and even said that I harmed this person and that person.”
"If the military doesn't give me an explanation for this, I'll smash my head against your front door and die tomorrow!"
"Who said there's no evidence?" Just then, Jiang Si's voice rang out from outside the crowd.
Seeing Jiang Si approaching, Hu Meili and Xu Mingjuan were too lazy to argue with that old hag and went straight to greet her.
They originally wanted to ask how it was going.
Seeing that Jiang Si's face was pale and completely bloodless, he was startled.
"Si Meizi, what's wrong?"
Only when I touched her did I realize that her hands were also ice-cold.
"fine."
Jiang Si shook her head, giving them a reassuring look.
"Are you really alright?"
Jiang Si smiled and nodded firmly, "It's really nothing."
Seeing this, Hu Meili and Xu Mingjuan breathed a sigh of relief.
When He Ping came over to inform them that there was a problem with the model, they all thought it was all over.
Not only did they feel it was all over, but even Jiang Si was sweating bullets.
Because shortly after Huo Tingzhou notified the police officers, she was surprised to discover...
The silicone of that era was not pure enough, so the film formation time was much slower than she had imagined.
In this situation, you either have to wait.
Alternatively, you could place the model in a low-temperature environment to accelerate its cooling.
The military has its own cold storage rooms, but the temperature inside is as low as below zero.
Upon discovering the problem, Jiang Si immediately put on her military overcoat and took the model to the cold storage room.
Wearing a military overcoat wasn't cold, but the various smells mixed together in the cold storage room made one's scalp tingle.
If Huo Tingzhou hadn't been with her, she could have easily entered the spatial dimension.
But with Huo Tingzhou around, she had no choice but to endure the hardship.
And so, Jiang Si gritted her teeth and stayed inside for half an hour.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly in the end.
Having suffered so much, Jiang Si would feel aggrieved if she didn't beat this old woman to death.
Just then, the police officer looked over and asked, "Comrade Jiang, may we begin the reenactment of the case now?"
Jiang Si nodded, "Of course!"
After saying that, the group hurried up to the second floor.
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