The sky was getting darker and darker.
A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, followed by a deafening thunder.
The weather was hot and humid, and everyone was hoping for a downpour to bring some coolness. But on this day, there was only thunder but no rain, as if the rain had been blocked.
The news of Liu Ergou hacking Xiangdong to death had spread throughout the village. At this time, Xiangdong had been sent to the hospital, along with the villager whose arm was chopped off.
Meihong seemed to be stunned. She just sat there blankly, staring at the ground in horror. She didn't say a word, but just cried silently.
Liu Ergou had long disappeared.
The police have arrived, cordoned off the crime scene, and started collecting evidence from the villagers. The police sent out to look for Liu Ergou, but they never found him.
Liu Ruonan pulled Chen Lei home at that time. This kind of excitement was not suitable for them to watch.
But when Liu Ruonan heard how things had developed to this point, she felt a little confused and uneasy. She had not originally wanted to cause any deaths, and at this moment, she even silently prayed in her heart that Xiangdong could come back alive.
In the evening, big raindrops finally fell, as if washing the blood-stained ground. However, even if the ground was washed clean by the rain, the fact that had already happened could never be undone.
Zhuang Sheng came back in the rain and was soaked when he got home.
In the past, when it rained, the villagers would go home and listen to the rain. But today was different. This incident was enough to make everyone talk about it for a while.
Those who knew about the incident gathered in groups of three or five, hiding in the baskets at the gate, listening to the rain and recounting the terrifying experience they had today.
After listening to the general information, Zhuang Sheng seemed to only know that something had happened to Xiangdong.
Looking at Liu Ruonan who looked a little dazed, Zhuang Sheng sat down next to her and looked at her with concern.
From the moment Chen Lei received the news, he felt uneasy when he saw Liu Ruonan's guilty expression. He didn't go back and sat on a stool nearby, waiting for Zhuang Sheng to return. Gao Shanshan was also nearby. The twelve-year-old girl was obviously frightened by what had happened today. She curled up in Chen Lei's arms, her eyes filled with fear.
Chen Jianmin and Gao Shu went to help. After all, they were from the same village, so any help they could provide was appreciated. They haven't returned yet.
"Brother, Xiang Tingting's father was chopped to death by Liu Ergou!" Gao Shanshan saw Zhuang Sheng coming back and rushed into his arms, as if she had just expressed her inner fear at this moment, and she hugged Zhuang Sheng and sobbed.
Zhuang Sheng gently patted Gao Shanshan's back to comfort her. Then he turned to look at Liu Ruonan and said with concern: "He is not worth your sadness."
Liu Ruonan still kept her head down and didn't say a word.
"She is not sad at all, she is blaming herself here!" Chen Lei stepped forward and said to Zhuang Sheng, then told him what happened today.
Even though Zhuang Sheng hated those two black-hearted people, it was their own fault that things had developed to this point. But even so, under the circumstances, he shouldn't have said such words.
"This matter has nothing to do with you. You are just trying to protect yourself." Zhuang Sheng comforted Liu Ruonan.
However, Liu Ruonan's heart was in a knot. She kept blaming herself: if she hadn't brought Meihong with her to Xiangdong's house; if she hadn't let Xiangdong drink the drugged wine; if she had insisted on taking Meihong away...
Then, things would never have developed to this point today.
"But no matter what, I was the one who indirectly harmed them!" Liu Ruonan's voice was hoarse, empty and without any ripples, like a ghost in the dark night, with no emotion in her eyes.
"You're wrong! Have you ever thought about what would happen if you had drunk that glass of wine?"
Zhuang Sheng reminded her that she had been blaming herself and seemed to have forgotten that the original intention of their doing this was to frame Liu Ruonan!
Liu Ruonan seemed to suddenly remember at this moment that Mei Hong was so proud that she wanted to use money to buy her body; Xiangdong persuaded her to follow Liu Dazhuang for the benefit; Xiangdong drugged the wine just to pave the way for Liu Ergou who was waiting in Liu Ruonan's room.
The final result is predictable. If she's lucky, she might just be tainted by Liu Ergou. But if she's unlucky, Liu Dazhuang might be next.
Then, her life will return to the misery of her previous life.
Liu Ruonan was in a trance and threw herself into Zhuang Sheng's arms.
"I don't want to, I don't want to go back to the past!"
Zhuang Sheng hugged Liu Ruonan tightly. Although he didn't know the meaning of her words, he just thought that she was scared and her words were incoherent.
As they were talking, Chen Jianmin and Gao Shu had already returned in the rain.
When Chen Lei saw this, he quickly stepped forward and looked at Chen Jianmin and said, "Auntie, how is Xiangdong?"
Chen Jianmin shook his head, clearly still feeling a bit of regret. Someone he had lived with for so many years suddenly died, and in such a tragic way.
"Couldn't he be saved?" Chen Lei asked.
"No, he was stabbed too many times. His neck was cut off and couldn't be reattached." Chen Jianmin couldn't help but shudder when he thought of Xiangdong's appearance before his death.
"Good death!" Chen Lei clapped his hands excitedly, with a sense of gloating.
But when Liu Ruonan heard these words, they always sounded a bit harsh.
"Dead?" Liu Ruonan clutched Zhuang Sheng's clothes tightly and looked up at Chen Jianmin, as if she couldn't believe it.
Chen Jianmin nodded.
"He's really dead!" Liu Ruonan murmured. She actually died like this. So, could she be considered an indirect murderer?
"The person who killed Xiangdong was Liu Ergou, not you!" Zhuang Sheng looked at Liu Ruonan's dazed expression, pinched her shoulders tightly to remind her and wake her up from this self-blame.
"Is anyone there?" Before everyone could come to their senses, someone shouted at the door.
Zhuang Sheng turned around and saw policemen in uniform, holding umbrellas and standing at the gate looking out.
"Hey! Police comrade, come in quickly." Chen Jianmin hurried forward to greet him.
At Chen Jianmin's invitation, the four policemen entered the gate.
"Excuse me, who is Comrade Liu Ruonan?"
"I am!" Liu Ruonan stood up, looking a little nervous. She could have created a more wonderful life for herself in her second life, but she didn't expect to experience such an accident.
Things had completely deviated from the track of her previous life. It turned out that from the moment she decided to start changing her destiny, her fate in this life had undergone earth-shaking changes.
"Little comrade, don't be nervous. We are just here to collect evidence." The police seemed to see Liu Ruonan's uneasiness. After all, she was just a little girl, and it was normal for her to feel panic when something like this happened.
Chen Jianmin asked the police to sit down and poured a cup of tea for each of them.
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