Chapter 175: Jinjiang First Launch

The old woman's awakening scared everyone. Shen Yang was so scared that he let go of the phone and hit the old woman's face. The old woman's cheeks immediately turned red. He quickly picked up the phone and said to the old woman in surprise: "Mom, why did you wake up? Didn't the doctor say you had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage? When did you wake up?"

The old man snorted and looked at Shen Yang coldly: "Thanks to your filial piety, you carried me here. I woke up as soon as I smelled the bitter taste of the Chinese medicine. Why are you making such a big fuss? Are you going to help me set up a mourning hall in the clinic?"

Shen Yang lowered his head in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Mom, that's not what I meant. You are blessed with a long life and will definitely live a long life. I'm just worried that you might harm your health by taking Chinese medicine indiscriminately, so I came to the clinic to seek justice for you."

"You don't need to seek justice for me!" The old man stretched out his hand and sat up on the bed. "You clearly know how I fell down. It was all because of your sister. As long as you can catch the murderer, it will be considered as seeking justice for me. What does it have to do with the clinic?"

Seeing the old lady's attitude, Shen Yang stopped being stubborn and honestly admitted his mistake: "Mom, I'm sorry, I was just pretending to be smart. I was wrong."

The old lady glanced at Bai Mian and said, "What's the point of apologizing to me? You just offended the people in the clinic. Apologize to them!"

After hearing this, Shen Yang turned around respectfully and bowed to Bai Mian: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble just now."

Seeing this scene, Xia Mang and Lu Xue both knew what was going on. This man obeyed his mother's words, but judging from his actions just now, he was not a filial person. This meant that he had something to ask of his mother. Although the old lady looked weak, she was not weak at all.

The gray-clothed aunt hurried forward to announce the good news: "Oh, old lady, you are awake. This is really a double blessing! Now your daughter is well, and you are awake too. It's really good news!"

The old lady nodded, without a trace of joy on her face: "It's a good thing, but some people are about to face a disaster."

The gray-clothed aunt continued, "You are talking about the murderer, right? He deserves it. It is only natural that a murderer must pay for his life. He attempted to kill someone, and now he has been caught. He should be sentenced to at least 20 years in prison!"

The old lady curled her lips and said nothing. Everyone felt a little strange. Only the gray-clothed aunt was still talking enthusiastically: "Hurry up and call Shen Jing. She doesn't know you're awake yet!"

The old lady showed a hint of sarcasm in her mouth: "No hurry, we will meet sooner or later anyway, I think I should go to the police station first."

The gray-clothed lady thought for a moment and said, "That's right. You witnessed the murderer's crime process at the time, so you must know a lot of details. The police are now interrogating the murderer at the police station. You can give them additional clues if you go there."

The old lady smiled again, propped herself up and walked off the bed, turned around and was about to walk out of the store. As she walked, she kept muttering, "Yes, I know a lot of clues..."

While they were talking, Shen Yang stood there for a long time and didn't dare to interrupt. Now seeing the old lady was about to leave, he hesitated and wanted to follow her: "Mom, I'll go to the police station with you."

The old lady waved her hand to stop him: "No need, just stay here, son, we are mother and son, this time I am asking you, just listen to me."

Everyone was confused by what she said, but Shen Yang immediately understood the deeper meaning of the old lady's words. He gritted his teeth, but finally did not follow her.

As soon as the old lady stepped out of the door, he immediately picked up his phone and wanted to send a message to someone. Bai Mian winked at Xia Mang, and Xia Mang rushed forward and snatched his phone away.

"What are you doing?" Shen Yang was furious.

Xia Mang didn't say anything and hid behind Bai Mian. Bai Mian called out to the old man at the door: "If you leave here today, you will never come back."

The old lady turned around slowly and asked: "Why do you say that?"

Bai Mian said word by word: "On the way to the police station, you will die in a car accident."

The old woman's face turned pale, and she immediately understood what Bai Mian meant. She hesitated for a moment, turned around and sat back on the bed: "You'd better not be talking nonsense. If you can explain the whole story, I will believe you a little bit."

Bai Mian raised his eyebrows: "Okay, then I'll start from the beginning."

She looked at the gray-robed aunt and recounted the case: "The story begins with you getting to know a mother and daughter who lived across the street. They looked weird, as if they were hiding from someone. Then a murder occurred and someone took a photo of the bloody scene, so you and the general public thought the girl must be dead. The police searched the scene but did not catch the murderer. In the end, you said you saw the ghost of the victim."

The gray-clothed aunt corrected, "No, no, I thought it was a ghost. It was all a misunderstanding. Now I know for sure that Shen Jing is not dead. What I saw late at night these days was Shen Jing herself! But it's really strange. I don't understand why she was so seriously injured at that time and is now healed all of a sudden."

Bai Mian gestured with his fingers on his abdomen: "Because the blood you saw at that time was not the victim's own blood at all. She wore a stab-proof vest in advance and hid several blood bags under her clothes. So after the murderer stabbed her with a knife, she immediately bleed like a spring. Seeing this, the murderer thought he had succeeded in the assassination, so he dropped the knife and ran away. In fact, the murderer only stabbed her stab-proof vest, and she herself was fine." The gray-clothed aunt shook her head: "It's so complicated, how can it be like acting? Even if Shen Jing installed these on her body, but... but this is not real. The murderer wanted to kill someone, couldn't he see that his knife didn't really pierce the human body?"

Bai Mian smiled, "Because the murderer had no experience in killing people. It was his first time being hired to kill someone. Something happened at home and he needed money urgently. Someone gave him a large sum of money to kill someone, so he took the job. He learned how to pick the lock from the Internet, pried open the door opposite you, and then stabbed the victim in the chest several times in one breath. When he saw the blood gushing out, he panicked and thought the job was done, so he ran away."

Xia Mang also laughed: "It really proves the saying that this world is a huge makeshift team!"

Shen Yang felt uneasy after hearing these words. Sweat broke out on his forehead and his face showed undisguised disgust.

The gray-clothed aunt sighed, "So that's what happened! Shen Jing was just acting in front of the murderer. I was wondering how she could recover so quickly. She's like a superhero! But then again, who would want to hire someone to kill Shen Jing? Shen Jing is a good girl who goes to work every day. Who could she have offended? I think it's only the fired employee, him!"

Bai Mian shook his head. "The so-called fired employee didn't exist at all. She told you this just to fool you so you wouldn't keep asking her. In fact, the family moved here to avoid someone."

As he spoke, Bai Mian looked at Shen Yang, and everyone followed suit and looked at Shen Yang. Without Bai Mian saying anything, everyone knew who this person was. Shen Yang felt uncomfortable being stared at by them, so he just turned around and tried to leave, but the crowd immediately surrounded him, preventing him from leaving.

The gray-clothed aunt looked at Shen Yang and said, "Tsk tsk tsk, you look like a decent person, but what did you do to make your mother and sister avoid you?"

Shen Yang glared at the aunt fiercely, and the aunt dared not say anything.

Xia Mang said bravely: "Oh, I see. You must be a jerk, maybe even a criminal, so your mother and sister moved here without telling you. Your sister usually wears a mask to cover her face, and your mother dares to go out to take out the trash in the middle of the night, all because they are afraid of being recognized by you! But unfortunately, you still found them, you wrote down their address, and then hired a killer to kill them..."

Veins popped up on Shen Yang's face, and he reached out to hit Xia Mang. Fortunately, there were several retired veterans among the crowd of onlookers. They worked together to hold Shen Yang down. Shen Yang's face was pressed to the ground, but he still grinned in dissatisfaction and stared at Bai Mian and Xia Mang.

"Yes, it was Shen Yang who hired the killer." Bai Mian said.

This result was not surprising to everyone, but everyone still felt a little sad when they thought that the filial son who had just defended his mother's rights had suddenly become a suspect in hiring a murderer.

Hearing this, the old lady lowered her head heavily, as if she had been sentenced to death.

The gray-clothed aunt suddenly thought of another question: "Wait, that's still not right. Shen Yang hired a killer to kill someone, so how could Shen Jing be wearing a stab-proof vest when the killer broke into the house? Even if Shen Jing and the others had a sense of precaution, it's impossible for them to carry a blood bag with them all the time. How heavy would that be!"

"Because they already knew the time the murderer would break into the house," Bai Mian looked at Shen Yang at his feet, "They monitored Shen Yang's phone and could listen to every call he made. They heard the whole process of Shen Yang hiring a killer, including the time of entry and the weapon used, so they were prepared before the murderer entered the house."

Hearing this, Shen Yang on the ground suddenly widened his eyes and struggled hard like a dying fish.

The gray-clothed aunt had a complicated expression: "What's the point? Since they knew Shen Yang wanted to harm them, why not just call the police? Let the police arrest Shen Yang, and they will have nothing to worry about. Why buy blood bags and go through the trouble of acting out such a drama with the murderer? Isn't this a waste of time?"

Bai Mian looked at the old lady who had remained silent the whole time: "Perhaps it would be better for her to answer this question herself."

The old lady raised her head sadly: "Because, I am a mother."

No one understood what this meant. The old lady slowly said, "No matter how many mistakes my son has made, I want to give him a chance."