Chapter 59: Truth and Self-Defense
At this point, the case is not completely over. Shen Qingye and others split up and inquired about the deceased Li Jinguo's neighbors, drinking buddies, colleagues, etc., to collect more clues and enrich the case file.
The next day, everyone exchanged the information they had collected and went over the case from beginning to end.
"Li Jinguo has boasted to his drinking buddies many times that Ren Fangyao is getting more and more beautiful, and he must have a taste of her in the future so that she won't be given to others."
"Neighbors can also confirm that Li Jinguo had scolded Yang Xilan many times. The local police station also has records of their calls to the police. They all have some impression of this family."
"Some of Li Jinguo's female colleagues also said that Li Jinguo usually liked to tell dirty jokes and chat with them about obscene topics. He always looked at them with lustful eyes, but he never did anything. They were disgusted by him, but they couldn't do anything about him."
"At the time of the incident, someone heard Ren Fangyao's cry for help. There is witness to this."
"The forensic team also examined Li Jinguo's body. Apart from two wounds on the back of his head and chest, there were no other scars on his body. No abnormal drugs were detected in his blood. We can rule out the possibility that Yang Xilan and her daughter drugged him and then killed him."
"The owner of the vegetable market can also prove that Yang Xilan did go to buy vegetables at around 4 o'clock that day. We also detected bloodstains on the floor and in the sink of their kitchen, confirming that they belonged to Li Jinguo. From this, we can be sure that the murder weapon was washed and wiped, and only Yang Xilan's fingerprints were deliberately left on it, which is consistent with her statement that she wanted to take the blame for Ren Fangyao."
Yue Lingchuan concluded: "So, it can be confirmed that Li Jinguo did intend to violate Ren Fangyao. Yang Xilan was out at the time, and he had the key to Ren Fangyao's room. He had the time and tools to commit the crime. And someone did hear Ren Fangyao's cry for help - the fact that he committed the crime is established."
Zhou Qiming continued, "Li Jinguo is tall and strong, and it would be difficult for a girl like Ren Fangyao to kill him if he hadn't been drugged, especially from a frontal angle. But if Li Jinguo was in the state of being violated and didn't pay attention to other things, it's not impossible for Ren Fangyao to succeed in a moment of panic - so Ren Fangyao's behavior was at best self-defense."
Jiang Cheng added: "Moreover, Ren Fangyao only stabbed once, and did not continue to stab Li Jinguo after he lost his ability to move, which does not constitute excessive defense."
Wei Zhengyi also said: "Although the possibility of being killed by a single knife is somewhat low, it may just be a coincidence and cannot be used as evidence that Ren Fangyao committed intentional homicide." After all, it is possible that someone could have stabbed anywhere in a panic, so who says that the heart cannot be stabbed?
Luo Kaiyang also said: "That skirt can't be considered as any evidence. She has the freedom to wear whatever she wants. Even if it's a little strange that she suddenly wore a skirt for no reason, it doesn't mean anything."
Shen Qingye said: "If that's the case... then it can basically be determined that Ren Fangyao was acting in self-defense?"
Yue Lingchuan said: "It's just our judgment. The details will depend on what the procuratorate says."
Zhou Qiming said: "I guess the result will be similar."
Wei Zhengyi said, "Then hurry up and write all the documents and transfer the case to the procuratorate as soon as possible, so as not to delay the girl's college entrance examination."
Everyone cheered up and worked hard for two days to prepare all the materials.
On the day the case file was transferred to the procuratorate, Ren Fangyao was also transferred to the detention center.
Shen Qingye was watching her outside at the time, and Ren Fangyao stopped.
Shen Qingye said, "Just stay in the detention center for a while. As far as I know, the leaders of your school have reported it to the higher-ups, asking if they can get a special case handled in a special way and urging the procuratorate to complete the review. You shouldn't stay in there for too long."
Ren Fangyao smiled softly: "Thank you, police sister."
Shen Qingye said: "Don't thank me, I just did what I should do."
The staff next to him were already urging him, and Shen Qingye took two steps back: "Go ahead."
Ren Fangyao walked forward, and when she was about to go downstairs, she couldn't help but look back and glance at Shen Qingye.
The weather outside was just right, the sun was shining brightly, casting a hazy shadow on the other side.
She didn't know whether this thoughtful policewoman had guessed something. She just looked at her for a while before slowly turning her head away.
On the way to the car, Ren Fangyao suddenly remembered the New Year's Eve.
Ever since her mother remarried Li Jinguo, Ren Fangyao no longer had any expectations for the Chinese New Year.
Li Jinguo has three brothers and his parents are still alive. Every Chinese New Year, the whole family gets together. To her, that kind of occasion meant noise, weirdness, and her mother had to serve the whole family.
They despised her for not being able to speak, for eating and drinking for free, and for being a hen that couldn't lay eggs. She had to endure bullying from her peers and accusations from her elders without any resistance.
But it was clearly Li Jinguo’s own alcoholism and poor health that caused my mother to lose the baby even when she was pregnant; it was clearly him who beat and kicked my mother at every turn, causing her to have multiple miscarriages, and he didn’t even let her go to the hospital, but just casually bought some anti-inflammatory drugs at the small clinic downstairs, causing my mother to have poor health for so many years, unable to do even the slightest bit of heavy work, and not even daring to mention divorce; it was clear that she received a school scholarship to go to high school, and he didn’t spend a penny of her money—
It was obvious that he owed them, so why did they become parasites sucking the blood of the Li family in their eyes?
Ren Fangyao originally thought that she had gotten used to it. She thought this was the last time. After she finished the college entrance examination, she would apply for college without telling Li Jinguo and go to a place he didn't know. Then she would be able to free her mother.
But all the fantasies were shattered that day.
On the second day of the first lunar month, Li Jinguo's sister Li Jinhua returned to her parents' home. She has a son who is also in his senior year of high school this year, but his grades are not that good. He just doesn't like Ren Fangyao, whose grades are always among the top in the grade. On that day, no one knew where she got the ranking of the city joint entrance examination. After she came, she exaggerated in front of Li Jinguo how good her grades were, saying that their family was going to have a college student, and that Ren Fangyao must not forget his family when he became successful in the future.
Ren Fangyao had no expression on his face and just lowered his head to eat. Li Jinhua became more dissatisfied upon seeing this, and said sarcastically that he had forgotten that Ren Fangyao was not a member of the Li family, and his surname was Ren. Even if he became successful in the future, it would have nothing to do with them. He also said that looking at her current state, she might become an ungrateful person in the future, and might run away with her mother one day, so that these poor relatives would never be able to find her again...
At that time, Li Jinguo's face was extremely ugly. He just said, "Why should a girl go to college? What's the point of going to college?" Going to college is also a bargain for other men. I have done my best to support her until she graduates from high school. She still wants to let her go to college? Just dream on!
Ren Fangyao's mind went blank at that moment. At that moment, she seemed to realize that she would never be able to get rid of Li Jinguo in her entire life.
After Li Jinhua returned home that night, Li Jinguo drank too much and locked the mother and daughter in the room and beat them up. He grabbed her hair and asked her why she didn't say anything, and whether she really wanted to just walk away. The mother was crying and trying to persuade him, but he slapped her aside. He said, "Don't even think about getting rid of me. Don't even think about running away in this life. If you run away, I will break your legs!" No matter where you run to, I can catch you back! divorce? Don’t even think about divorce! While I am alive, you have to stay with me. When I die, you have to be buried with me!
Ren Fangyao's face was numb at the time, but he didn't feel any pain at all.
She looked at her mother who was crying and begging him, looked at the furious Li Jinguo, listened to his words, and suddenly felt how ridiculous she was to have thought that she could be free by just staying away from him.
Li Jinguo will not let them go.
Ren Fangyao had never understood this matter so clearly.
The only way for her and her mother to be truly free is if... Li Jinguo dies.
The sound of the car door closing brought her back to her senses. Ren Fangyao leaned against the window, looking at the green grass by the roadside. Suddenly she discovered that among the green there were tiny yellow flowers dotted around.
She realized later that spring had come.
Spring is coming...
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