"You're talking about that Brother Li. Do you know his real name? His name is Li Hua. He's unemployed and makes a living from ill-gotten gains. His younger brother, Li San, is still serving a prison sentence. His father isn't an official; he's a dung collector at the sanitation office. His mother is a seamstress at the neighborhood children's clothing factory..."
Shi Hehua couldn't bear it any longer and screamed hysterically: "Impossible, you are lying to me."
"Why would we lie to you? We have already caught your brother Li, but you don't know yet!" Liu Pei said coldly.
"Impossible, we met before I came here, you lied to me."
"Then let me tell you, No. 100 Mazi Lane, he gave you up on the spot before we even had a chance to interrogate him. Wake up, girl! Stop dreaming. You've been deceived by him. You're just a vase by his side. He's married, but divorced. He has a two-year-old son."
Shi Hehua, who was originally arrogant, became as cold as frost and lowered her head after hearing what Liu Pei said.
She even asked foolishly, "Will I be sentenced to death?"
"This is a matter for the court. I can't decide whether you live or die, but we will report every crime you've committed. I also have to tell you that your case is under a provincial time limit, and you're the last person to be apprehended."
When Shi Hehua heard this, she began to say domineeringly again: "I don't care, Wang Xiaolan, you must save me."
"No one will save you. Let's go! Hurry up, the car is waiting outside."
Liu Pei pushed Shi Hehua out of the door. She refused to move and turned around to look at Wang Xiaolan with a begging look.
Said another sentence.
"Wang Xiaolan, for the sake of our fellow villagers, save me!"
Wang Xiaolan scoffed. "Save you? I couldn't even bring myself to tell your bastard father. Don't count on me. Let me tell you an old saying: Heaven's will can be defied, but you can't escape the consequences of your own actions."
Wang Xiaolan watched Shi Hehua being taken away, feeling both pity and hate for her. She had a good life, but now she had ruined it. Now, her youth was going to be spent in prison.
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The next morning, there was a knock on the door. Wang Xiaolan thought it was Liu Feng looking for her, so she hurriedly washed up and went to open the door.
Unexpectedly, the people standing at the door were Captain Shi and his wife.
"What are you doing?" Wang Xiaolan asked in confusion.
Captain Shi got straight to the point and asked, "Did Hehua come here yesterday?"
"Yes, she was here."
"Where is she now?"
"He was taken away by the police."
When the old lady heard this, she fainted on the ground.
Wang Xiaolan immediately provided rescue.
"Captain, please take my aunt back! Her body can't stand the torture."
"I didn't ask her to come. She wanted to come on her own."
Captain Shi looked at Wang Xiaolan angrily, as if he didn't care about his wife's fainting.
"Why don't you plead for her in front of the police?"
"Why should I beg for mercy? Captain, you're not mistaken, Zhao Lihan is still in the hospital and hasn't woken up yet. We've issued several critical illness notices, and you're turning a blind eye and questioning me instead. What kind of logic is this?"
"He's going to die anyway, I can't let my daughter die with him!"
"Do you still have any humanity? You can't even tell right from wrong. You've been the director of public security for so many years, but the people in your family are human beings, but the people in other people's families are not human beings?"
"Even if you don't look at the monk's face, you should look at the Buddha's face."
"Captain, I can't stand this 'Buddha' of yours. This is not something I can control. Don't be unreasonable here. Go to the Public Security Bureau and let them explain it to you!"
Mrs. Shi, who was lying on Wang Xiaolan's bed, said, "Old man, don't blame others! It's Hehua's fault. You've been pampering her. If it weren't for you, she wouldn't have come to this. Don't you know what you've been instilling in her all day long?"
When Captain Shi saw his wife talking about him, he rushed up and slapped the old lady in the face.
Half of the old lady's face swelled up immediately.
Seeing this, Wang Xiaolan rushed forward and stood in front of Captain Shi, who was about to slap the old lady a second time, and said, "Auntie has only been discharged from the hospital for a few days, and you hit her like this? Are you a human being?"
"Why can't I hit my husband? Beating your wife is natural. What's it to you?"
The old lady touched her painful face and cried, "Doctor Wang, he is just like that. I have been beaten for decades."
"You still say that one slap didn't shut your mouth enough, do you want another one?"
As he said that, he rushed forward to hit his wife, but Wang Xiaolan blocked his way.
"Is it your business if I beat my wife?"
"Captain, I can't do anything about it. Auntie is here with me, so you're not allowed to hit her. You'd better save your energy to hit your lotus!"
"My daughter, why should I hit her?"
The old lady sitting by the bed started crying when she heard her daughter's words, "It was this damn old man who spoiled her... I, as her mother, can't say anything."
When Captain Shi heard his wife blaming him again, he became furious and rushed over and slapped her again.
Wang Xiaolan pointed outside the door angrily and said, "If you want to hit anyone again, please get out. You are not welcome here. You are here about the lotus matter. Please go to the police station and ask. Don't waste your time here."
"Wang Xiaolan, if you don't go to the police and tell them that Hehua is innocent, you won't be able to stay in the village anymore."
"Captain, your daughter's bastardhood was caused by your bastard father."
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