Chapter 49
It’s Cui Tingting.
Luo Jingyao pursed her lips as expected, but she was not at all disturbed by this expected result.
Cui Tingting walked very quickly. Although she looked around from time to time, she was obviously preoccupied with something and was a little absent-minded, so she didn't notice the figure following her closely.
Finally, after a few minutes, the woman came to the red brick house of Zhou's family behind the greenhouse, took two steps forward and knocked on the glass window.
At that time, Zhou Hong was wiping the body of her bedridden mother in the house. When she looked up, she saw the distorted human face pasted outside the window.
She was startled, but remained calm and spoke softly to the person on the bed. Then she put the basin aside and walked out slowly.
Cui Tingting stepped forward and was about to say something, but unexpectedly Zhou Hong walked past her without even looking at her and went straight into the distance.
Helplessly, she could only follow the other person, taking one step forward and one step back. The two of them finally stopped in a small forest not far from the red brick house.
There are dense branches here, and a few scattered graves nearby. Usually, few people come here.
"Are you crazy?!" Zhou Hong turned around and spoke first, accusing him: "We agreed not to contact each other no matter what happens. What if the police find out?!"
"Why were you released? What did you say to the police?" Cui Tingting was already righteous, and she started questioning as soon as she opened her mouth.
Zhou Hong frowned, "I didn't say anything! The police said it was your mother who confessed. I denied it, but they didn't believe it at all!"
"You're such a scheming bastard, Zhou Hong! You're such a calculating bastard!" Cui Tingting laughed out loud in anger, "So after all this trouble, our Cui family ended up helping you? Back then..."
"That's enough!" Zhou Hong interrupted her, sternly scolding her, "Some things are better not said casually. The situation is still unclear. How do you know this isn't just some police manipulation? Once everything is settled, I'll give you an explanation!"
Obviously, she is still very cautious.
Luo Jingyao, who was eavesdropping behind a thick tree trunk, now had a new understanding of Zhou Hong. No wonder Lin Jiafan described her as "smart". Now it seems that he was absolutely right.
Taking a deep breath, she steadied her right hand that was holding the phone.
Unfortunately, Cui Tingting's emotions were already on the verge of losing control: "Wait? You're telling me to wait now? Are you really hoping my mom gets the death penalty?"
"Even if Aunt He admitted to killing Cui Da, it was to save me from Cui Da's violation. She will not be sentenced to death for manslaughter!" Zhou Hong said in a serious tone.
"I don't care whether she sentences you to death or not, you should be the one going to jail!" Cui Tingting roared, and because she was too excited, her originally fair face turned liver red.
Zhou Hong tried to stop her from saying the next words, but unfortunately failed.
"You were the one who came to me in the first place. It was you who suggested killing Cui Da, and you even promised me that it would be no problem. And what happened?" the woman screamed hysterically. "Now, you can't even think of getting a penny. Go ahead and dream on!"
Finally, Zhou Hong was a little angry at her unreasonable behavior. She smiled coldly and said, "Don't make yourself sound so innocent. You also want your good brother to disappear from this world, don't you? Otherwise, why would you agree to my words?"
"If Aunt He hadn't noticed something was wrong with you, you idiot, and hadn't followed you to the back mountain, our plan would have worked!"
What Zhou Hong said was indeed true. If He Mei had not left her blood on the murder weapon, even if the police found the first crime scene, they would not be able to prove anything. If Zhou Hong insisted that it was only her and Cui Da at the time of the crime, the police would be helpless.
"I went to great lengths to bribe Fatty Wang and have him help transport Cui Da's body, just to leave behind a strong witness to prove that I was the murderer."
"Then, with his help, I moved Cui Da's body into the small kitchen of the ancestral hall. This not only escalated the incident but also left behind a lot of evidence. Later, I had Fatty Wang extract information about the police operation from the village director so I could escape early. All of this was done to deepen the police's suspicion of me!"
"In the end, everything was ruined by Aunt He's clever attempt to protect you. And now you still have the nerve to blame me?"
Cui Tingting was stunned by her output. She opened her mouth again and again but couldn't utter a word.
After panting heavily for a long time, Cui Tingting suddenly screamed and rushed over: "Bitch! Bitch! It's all your fault, it's all your fault!"
Zhou Hong also let out a quick scream and was knocked to the ground by the oncoming person without any preparation. The two people were immediately entangled with each other.
You slap me, and I pull your hair, and the sharp sound of explosions never stops.
Luo Jingyao, who was standing behind the tree, widened her eyes in shock, her body stirring, and she hesitated whether to step forward to stop it.
Unexpectedly, before she could finish her hesitation, a burst of hurried and messy footsteps came from not far away. In just a few breaths, Lin Jiafan appeared with a group of people.
The first thing to do, of course, was to separate the two people rolling on the ground.
After Zhou Hong successfully stood up, she immediately hid behind a policeman, lowered her head slightly, and looked at Cui Tingting, who was still crazy opposite her, with fear.
The woman over there was still struggling and cursing: "Bitch! Smelly whore! Murderer!"
"Officer Lin! I want to report it! It's her. Everything was planned by her. My mother didn't kill anyone!" Seeing that her struggle was futile, Cui Tingting could only turn her head and look at Lin Jiafan beside her as if for help, with a desperate attitude of wanting to vent her anger.
"She was the one who approached me first, bewitched me, and instigated me, so I agreed to kill Cui Da with her. Now she wants to get away with it safely. Bah! No way!"
"Oh?" Lin Jiafan didn't say whether he believed it or not.
"It's true, everything I said is true, Officer Lin, please believe me!" Cui Tingting was eager to prove it, and confessed everything at once: "Zhou Hong knew that my greenhouse was going to be relocated, so she came to me and said she wanted to cooperate with me. If I could give her 500,000 yuan after the project was completed, she would take the blame for Cui Da's murder on my behalf."
"Come on, who are you trying to fool? Cui Da is your brother. Can she kill you just because she says so?" Pang Guang couldn't help but complain.
Hearing this, Cui Tingting's face froze. "I don't have a brother like that. He's been a troublemaker since he was a kid. My parents work hard to make money, but he's out having fun. Every time he gets into trouble, my parents have to help him out. He even spent all my college tuition, so I had to find a way out on my own."
"Of course, I don't like to talk about the past, but they absolutely shouldn't have... Do you know how much money the relocation of my greenhouse would have cost? Over 20 million! But my parents decided to give most of it to Cui Da for his business."
"Him? In business?" Cui Tingting laughed sarcastically. "I can foresee it. He'll quickly lose all his money, then coax my parents into giving him the rest to squander."
Lin Jiafan's eyes revealed a hint of understanding: "So you agree to Zhou Hong's proposal?"
"Yes, she was responsible for leading Cui Da to the back mountain. I took the opportunity to knock him unconscious, and then I didn't have to worry about anything. After the task was completed, I gave her 500,000 yuan in one lump sum." Cui Tingting covered her face with regret and started crying.
"Zhou Hong said that as long as she insisted that Cui Da wanted to assault her, the police would determine it was excessive self-defense and the sentence would not be long. I believed her."
"I didn't expect my mom to be involved in this matter, Officer Lin. My mom was just trying to protect me. She really didn't kill anyone! It was Zhou Hong. It was all Zhou Hong who did it!"
For a moment, all eyes at the scene were focused on the figure who had his head down and looked particularly timid.
Zhou Hong first looked at Cui Tingting with a hurt expression, then nodded, then quickly shook her head: "Tingting, the reason I agreed to take the blame for you was to thank you for saving me from Cui Da's men. Although you killed someone, I am willing to take this responsibility."
"So I understand Aunt He's desire to protect you, but you can't spit blood at me! 500,000, isn't that ridiculous? Who would risk a life for such a small sum?"
"Since you're so ruthless, I have something to say." Zhou Hong said this, turning to look at Lin Jiafan: "Officer Lin, I buried the clothes Cui Tingting was wearing when she killed Cui Da in my family's contracted land. You can go look for them."
"You...?!" Cui Tingting's face changed instantly when she heard that, and she looked terrified and incredulous.
She seemed to realize that this was a complete conspiracy and Zhou Hong had never been after the five hundred thousand from the beginning.
At the same time, the two women's eyes met in mid-air, and Cui Tingting clearly saw a hint of mockery in Zhou Hong's eyes.
idiot.
I have evidence but you don't.
She understood Zhou Hong's facial expression and was immediately stimulated to go crazy again. With red eyes, she was about to rush forward, but unfortunately she was restrained by the police on both sides, and her efforts were doomed to be in vain.
Seeing this, Lin Jiafan waved his hand to signal his colleagues to take the person away first, and then turned his attention back to Zhou Hong, who had an innocent look on her face.
"Ms. Zhou, even if you didn't kill the person, you will still be held legally responsible for illegally disposing of the body," he reminded her gravely. He then asked, "Ms. Zhou, what do you think of Ms. Cui's accusations?"
Zhou Hong blinked blankly, her words filled with trust in the police: "Officer Lin, you said before that everything must be based on evidence. I believe the police can give me a fair result."
Lin Jiafan laughed out loud at these words: "Since Miss Zhou had already decided to take the blame for Cui Tingting after the incident, why did she deliberately misinterpret the method of murder when she knew the cause of Cui Da's death?"
If her confession had not been found to have problems, the case might have been closed and the subsequent events would not have been involved.
"I don't understand what Officer Lin means. I'm just an ordinary person, I get scared too. It's normal to say the wrong thing, right?" Zhou Hong raised her eyelids, her eyes sparkling. "You say I did it on purpose, so you have to provide evidence, right?"
Before Lin Jiafan could respond, a clear female voice suddenly rang out from behind a tree trunk not far away: "Are you referring to this?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Jingyao appeared in front of everyone and shook the phone in her hand.
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