After thanking him, the policeman took out a notebook from his rainproof bag and started taking notes.
"Did you hear from Ms. Mei Hong that you were also at the scene?" the police asked.
"Are you talking about when Liu Ergou chopped people?" Liu Ruonan asked.
"Yes."
"No, I had already left at that time." Liu Ruonan answered truthfully. She did pull Chen Lei away at that time, and on the way home, she ran into Aunt Gu and exchanged a few words. Chen Lei even jokingly said, "Aunt Gu, there's something exciting going on at the Xiang family!"
Aunt Gu went there when she heard about the excitement, and she also called some women to go with her. They sat under a big tree not far from Xiangdong's house and chatted, waiting for the excitement. However, she never thought that what she waited for was such a big show.
Although Auntie Gu was nosy, this was the first time she had ever seen someone being attacked with a knife. There was so much blood, and such a disgusting wound. Auntie Gu fainted immediately, and after waking up, she kept vomiting.
The situation was very chaotic at that time. Some people wanted to call the police, some wanted to stop Xiangdong's bleeding, some wanted to bandage another villager who was chopped, and finally there was Aunt Gu who was afraid of blood.
"How is Meihong now?" Liu Ruonan asked the police.
The police officer looked up, paused at Liu Ruonan's expression, then lowered his head again and said, "She looked dazed, her words were unclear, and her speech was incoherent. But she kept saying that she went to Xiang Dong's house with you."
"You went with me?" Liu Ruonan sneered. Why did he ask her to go with him? Since he looked dazed and his words were inarticulate, he actually wanted to put all the blame on Liu Ruonan.
"Yes. That's what she said, and Mei Hong also said that you planned this whole thing because you were angry about your engagement with Liu Dazhuang and wanted revenge."
Hehehe! That’s really funny!
Liu Ruonan suddenly felt that her guilt and self-blame were completely self-indulgent!
"That's ridiculous!" Liu Ruonan didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Since we're collecting evidence from multiple sources, we naturally won't just believe one side of the story. Could you please describe the situation in detail?"
The police seemed very patient and were taking careful notes.
Liu Ruonan nodded and recounted the entire story, word for word. From her journey to Chen Wanglong's house to her return home with Chen Lei, she reported everything she had experienced.
After the police finished taking notes, they said to Liu Ruonan, "Try not to go out recently. We may come to collect evidence at any time. Liu Ergou is still at large and has not been caught yet. I hope you can cooperate with us."
Liu Ruonan nodded. From what the police said, she seemed to be under some suspicion, so she was strictly forbidden to go out.
The police went back after completing their investigation.
The rain was still falling, and the crackling sound was getting louder and louder.
Chen Lei went home, and Gao Shanshan went back to sleep with her parents.
Now only Liu Ruonan and Zhuang Sheng are left.
Liu Ruonan curled up on the bed with her hands around her knees, her chin resting on her knees, her eyes still staring at the bed without any expression.
"Brother Zhuang Sheng, do you think I will go to jail?"
These things were unexpected. How could Liu Ruonan have imagined that things would develop to this point? Even if Xiangdong was under the control of drugs, Meihong was not! And when she was about to go to the toilet, Meihong was only slightly drunk. If she was really drunk and unconscious and was forced by Xiangdong, then it would be understandable.
But why would Mei Hong do such a thing when she was sober?
Thinking about it this way, there seems to be only one explanation, that is, Mei Hong was willing to have a relationship with Xiangdong.
"Silly girl, how could you go to jail? You haven't done anything bad!" Zhuang Sheng sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Liu Ruonan seriously.
"But looking at her now, Meihong seems to want to put all the responsibility on me." Liu Ruonan finally raised her head and met Zhuang Sheng's eyes.
The moment she saw his eyes, Liu Ruonan suddenly felt her heart calm down. Zhuang Sheng always had this magical power to calm your noisy heart.
It was like this in the previous life, and it is still like this in this life.
"What's true can't be false, and what's false can't be true. If Meihong is determined to put the blame on you, I will definitely find a lawyer to clear your name."
Liu Ruonan lay on the bed with her eyes slightly closed, but her mind was still thinking about what happened today.
I tossed and turned, not knowing when I fell asleep. But even if I did fall asleep, it wasn't a restful sleep.
The next day.
In the early morning, birds are chirping on the branches, cicadas are playing music happily, and in the small ditch not far away, the croaking of frogs is endless.
This is a symphony of nature.
The sky seemed to have been cleansed, clear and transparent. I wonder if the complicated human heart has also been washed away by the heavy rain?
The first news Liu Ruonan received after getting up was that Liu Ergou was caught by the police!
Liu Ergou spent the entire day yesterday hiding in an abandoned brick kiln at the foot of the mountain at the village entrance. The kiln was once built by a wealthy city dweller, but it collapsed, killing several people. The owner had paid a large sum of money in compensation, and the kiln had been abandoned ever since.
Because the factory is at the foot of the mountain, many snakes, insects, rats and ants on the mountain will also appear in this brick kiln factory.
Liu Ergou hid there for a whole day and was so tired that he fell asleep on the ground at night. That night, Liu Ergou was uneasy and had nightmares. He dreamed that Xiangdong's headless ghost came to take his life.
When he woke up, he found a snake wrapped around his body. Liu Ergou was terrified, thinking that Xiangdong had transformed into a snake to seek revenge on him.
After fleeing the brick kiln in panic, they happened to encounter the police who had arrived in the village to continue their investigation. The police did not know Liu Ergou at first and had relied on the villagers' description. The police also asked the villagers to collect photos of Liu Ergou, but since the village was relatively backward at that time, few people could produce photos of Liu Ergou.
A teacher in the village liked to draw, so she drew Liu Ergou's appearance. Even so, it can only be said to be an 80% likeness, right? A complete restoration is unlikely, after all, he is an amateur self-taught painter.
But when Liu Ergou saw the police, he ran away, and there were some dried blood stains on his body. The police acted decisively and arrested Liu Ergou.
Under the police's investigation and evidence collection, Liu Ergou truthfully confessed everything that happened yesterday.
But unexpectedly, what Liu Ergou said was exactly the same as what Liu Ruonan said. However, Liu Ergou did not know that Mei Hong wanted to pay Liu Ruonan to bear a child for Liu Dazhuang.
But whatever Liu Ergou said was the same as what Liu Ruonan said.
This also cleared Liu Ruonan of suspicion.
Liu Ergou was formally arrested and thrown into prison, awaiting punishment.
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