The police sealed off the entire Jiang family home.
Especially Jiang Pengyue's bedroom.
The news that Jiang She had murdered his aunt spread throughout Haicheng, shocking the entire city's upper echelons and causing all the women working as maids in the homes of high-ranking officials to take leave overnight and leave en masse.
When the mayor received the news, he summoned Jiang Mingda to his office and gave him a severe scolding.
He roared, "What's wrong with you? Are you possessed? First, there was Jiang Jiuhe, who committed murder and embezzlement, and now there's Jiang She, who killed my aunt. When will this mess in the Jiang family ever end?"
Jiang Mingda kept wiping away sweat.
Since the incident, he has apologized so much that his lips have gone numb, and he has never stood up straight. When faced with a reprimand from his direct supervisor, he only keeps saying, "It's my fault, I failed to raise my son properly..."
The mayor slammed his fist on the table.
He said coldly, "You are my most capable assistant. When something like this happens, you should know the procedures. You should also find out how the information was leaked. Don't let the people around you sell you out and then make money for you."
Yes, yes.
Jiang Mingda broke out in a cold sweat.
He also realized that something was wrong.
The accident happened in the middle of the night, and apart from Xu Manzhi and Yan Lin, there was no one else in the Jiang family. How come the news spread so widely in just one night?
The situation is completely out of control.
He was terrified, but also harbored a deep-seated resentment.
As soon as he left the mayor's office, he initiated emergency procedures to completely suppress the news, prohibiting any reports from newspapers, radio stations, or television stations.
Reporters tried to approach the police several times, but were refused each time.
At this point, Jiang She was sent to the detention center and reunited with his third brother, Jiang Jiuhe.
Jiang Jiuhe was lying in bed when he saw his second brother and was completely stunned.
His eyes widened as he shouted, "How did you get in here? I haven't even left yet, and you're already in shackles. You wouldn't have committed murder too... Who, who did you kill? Was it that slut Xu Manzhi?"
Except for Xu Manzhi.
He couldn't imagine who his second brother would harbor resentment towards.
Jiang She wanted to explain and tell his third brother the truth about his disability, but with two murderers in one police station at the same time, Director Wang was also at his wit's end. He directly ordered the prison guards to separate them and strictly prohibited them from trying to extract confessions from each other.
"Ahhh, I need to see Xu Manzhi! She ordered me to kill him! She's an accomplice—"
Xu Manzhi was tearing her nails in the backyard of the Jiang family's house.
She gnawed on nine fingers, with only her little finger left.
When the police were about to summon her for questioning, Zhou Xiangqun arrived neither too early nor too late, and hurriedly said to Chief Wang beside him, "I can be her guarantor, no matter what she did—"
Xu Manzhi is such a simple and innocent girl.
What bad intentions could he possibly have?
It's all the fault of the Jiang family.
Jiang Pengyue, who was sitting in the courtyard, also heard these words. Her hand holding the bamboo basket trembled involuntarily, and she felt completely unwell.
Xu Manzhi stood up and patted the dust off her backside.
She walked over to Jiang Pengyue and whispered, "Sister, I haven't been sleeping well lately. I keep hearing someone knocking on the walls, and I don't know what's going on."
Jiang Pengyue felt a pang of panic.
She forced herself to remain calm and said, "Oh, really? Why don't I go with you to see Second Brother? He's been acting strangely lately, always seeming distracted. Maybe he likes Xiaoxian, and after being rejected by her, he's harboring resentment..."
"I see."
Xu Manzhi pondered.
With an "I understand" look on her face, she took Jiang Pengyue's arm and said to the police, "I'll go with my sister. After all, the case happened in her room, so she knows more about it than I do..."
Director Wang felt that she was absolutely right.
The reason we didn't summon Jiang Pengyue before was because she was the darling of the Jiang family, and we were afraid that involving her too much would complicate the case. But it's a different story now that she has turned herself in.
When Jiang She saw Xu Manzhi, he was about to become angry.
But the next second, Jiang Pengyue was seen wiping away tears, sobbing, "Second brother, I know you like Xiaoxian, but I never thought that love could turn into hatred. She has always loved eldest brother. You shouldn't have laid a hand on her. I wanted to persuade you that night, but... it was wrong. I'm so sorry, second brother..."
She cried and cried, and Jiang She's heart softened.
But when he looked up, he saw Xu Manzhi biting her nails, and he jumped up in anger, only to be pinned down by two policemen.
Xu Manzhi said impatiently, "Second brother, I once said that forced love is never sweet. You've fallen for a girl you shouldn't have, and she'll suffer the consequences."
Boom!
At that moment, Jiang She understood.
From beginning to end, Xu Manzhi's target was not the Jiang family, but her younger sister Yueyue.
He wanted to roar, to tear Xu Manzhi's mouth apart.
But he couldn't.
Not only could he not, but he also had to go along with his younger sister's words and admit that he loved Xiaoxian but could not have her, which was why he had to kill her...
At that moment, he felt a chill run through his body.
A wave of despondency washed over me.
After a long pause, he pleaded with Director Wang, "I'll confess everything, I'll tell you everything, I just beg Director Wang to give me a chance, I want to speak to her alone for a couple of minutes."
Jiang She nodded at Xu Manzhi.
Director Wang nodded in agreement.
This is a murder case, and the victim has also died. The family is making a huge fuss, so the sooner the case is closed, the better.
After everyone left, Jiang She stared at Xu Manzhi without moving and pleaded, "Please let Yueyue go... I will stop anything."
Let bygones be bygones.
"Oh--"
Xu Manzhi could smell the foul odor in the air and, without even listening closely, knew how tightly the people at the door were pressing their ears together.
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