"Yuanyuan." As soon as Zhen Tian saw her, she abandoned her mother, sat down next to her, and held her hand tightly.
"Why are you here?" Yuan Yuan turned to look at her, then turned away and continued speaking to the police: "They've had many conflicts with my parents over money, and recently they've been threatening me and blocking my way with money. Isn't that enough? What more do you want to bring them back?"
“We can bring both of them back to the police station for questioning, but without evidence, we cannot convict them based solely on their testimony.”
Zhen Tian listened silently for a while.
"Are you talking about the two people we called the police before?" She opened her mouth wide in surprise; it turned out to be Yuan Yuan's brother.
"right."
Like Zhen Tian, Ye Qingyan, Shao Junli, and Yang Feiguang all took leave. They all had the same idea: they originally wanted to come to the police station to ask the police officer they met yesterday about Yuan Yuan's situation, but they didn't expect to run into Yuan Yuan and Zhen Tian here.
“Those two men did threaten Yuan Yuan many times. We went to the police station with her twice to report them.” Ye Qingyan gritted her teeth after learning that the two men were Yuan Yuan’s brothers: “If we hadn’t discovered them last time, the knives they were carrying would have done more than just stab my friend in the stomach. Your police station should have a record of this.”
"Is what you're saying true?" the police asked for confirmation.
“It’s true, we can all attest to it.” Yang Feiguang and Shao Junli nodded.
"Go and investigate," the policeman instructed his subordinate.
"Why didn't you tell your parents about this?" Lu Ti became more and more frightened as she listened. What if something bad happened?
"We didn't expect things to be this serious, Auntie. We're sorry." Shao Junli pursed her lips.
"Don't apologize to your auntie. She was just worried about you. Next time something like this happens, be sure to tell your parents immediately, okay?"
After the children nodded, Lu Ti said to the police, "Please take good care of this child..."
She couldn't bear to look at Yuan Yuan, who looked much more haggard and stronger overnight: "She's so pitiful."
"Don't worry."
Before the query results were available, a police officer jogged over and whispered a few words in the ear of the officer conducting the inquiry.
As soon as he finished speaking, the policeman frowned: "How could he be missing? Apply for an arrest warrant and launch a citywide search."
After the police officer finished speaking, he turned to Yuan Yuan with a grim expression and said, "The two people you mentioned have disappeared. We will intensify our search efforts. They are now more likely to be suspects."
"We must catch them." Yuan Yuan clenched her fists.
Just then, Yuan Yuan's aunt returned, and Lu Ti offered a few words of comfort: "What are your plans for this child in the future?"
"I don't know either," Yuan Yuan's aunt said, wiping away tears. "I'm all alone. My youngest sister is the most successful one in the family. She has a good job and found a good man. She's doing well now. None of us in the family are very educated. We earn a little money by working odd jobs. If it weren't for my youngest sister's frequent help over the years, we might have had a much harder time."
"But look at me, I'm all alone, and I have to take care of my parents at home. I want to take care of Yuanyuan, but I'm powerless to do so."
Lu Ti sighed, but didn't forget to take a closer look at Yuan Yuan's aunt.
Her appearance and demeanor were very similar to what she described, so it didn't seem like an excuse.
“Yuan Yuan is only in high school. I really can’t afford to support her for so many years to come,” Yuan Yuan’s aunt said anxiously.
Lu Ti offered a few more words of comfort. She had an idea in mind, but she needed to go back and discuss it with her husband and daughter.
Yuan Yuan seemed to have returned to her previous calm demeanor.
As everyone gathered around to comfort her, she said, "You don't need to do this, I'm fine now."
If everyone hadn't witnessed firsthand how heartbroken Yuan Yuan was yesterday, they probably would have thought she wasn't close to her parents. Otherwise, how could she have remained so calm?
Because the death was not natural, an autopsy is necessary to determine the true cause of death.
Although it is tragic, Yuan Yuan's parents did indeed die from multiple stab wounds, wounds that even an experienced forensic doctor could feel the resentment in each cut.
But all of this is simply because of money.
On the fourth day after the incident, the police returned the bodies to the family. Yuan Yuan and her aunt, accompanied by a group of friends, cremated their parents' bodies and sent them to the cemetery.
When it all ended, Yuan Yuan stood by the roadside, watching the endless stream of cars, the flashing traffic lights, and the crowds of people on the road, some laughing, some angry, and some grieving. She suddenly felt lost and directionless.
The next moment, she stood on the roof of her own building, looking down at the empty neighborhood and the distant blue sky. For a fleeting instant, she also thought about it.
That's it. Let's just leave it at that.
Is there any point in her living?
The autumn wind was chilly, and a gentle breeze blew in her face. The moment the cool wind entered her body, she seemed to wake up.
"Heh..." she laughed self-deprecatingly.
She can't die. She hasn't seen those two scumbags get the punishment they deserve. How can she die?
She turned and went home. She unearthed all the evidence that would allow her to brutally kill those two beasts in court.
We always feel it's difficult, but actually time flies by and things are resolved quite smoothly.
Yuan Yuan's two older brothers were arrested within a few days of using the cash and bank cards they had taken from Yuan Yuan's home.
Perhaps due to inexperience, or perhaps due to stupidity, the police spotted the two individuals on surveillance footage from a convenience store outside the residential complex. Their clothing and gait were identical to those of the criminals captured on camera inside the complex.
They had no way to argue their case.
A month later, the First People's Court of H City held a hearing on the case.
Zhen Tian and the others sat in the audience below, while Yuan Yuan, as the plaintiff, stood in the courtroom, his slender figure exuding an air of endless desolation.
"Your Honor, these are the documents proving my parents adopted two children thirteen years ago. They contain all the paperwork and evidence of the money my parents spent supporting their education over the years..."
Yuan Yuan enunciated each word very clearly, which made her lawyer quite silent.
Zhen Tian and Ye Qingyan sat below, tears streaming down their faces.
They never imagined that their best friend had experienced and was experiencing something like this.
“Your Honor, since my parents adopted the two of them, they have never wronged them in the slightest. They have always treated both of us equally. They have given us the same best things, and they will do whatever they ask if it is within their power.”
“They told me privately that because my two older brothers were adopted when they were just old enough to remember things, I had to be very careful with them and not say anything that might hurt their feelings. They told me to treat them like my own brothers.”
"..."
"I don't know if my parents, who are now alive in heaven, regret it, but I do."
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