Chapter 176 Jinjiang Debut
Xia Mang couldn't bear it any longer: "He wanted to murder you, but you still wanted to give him a chance. Are you a masochist?"
The old lady raised her cloudy eyes and looked forward tremblingly: "In that phone call, he only said he wanted to kill his sister, and didn't say he wanted to kill me. I just wanted to take a gamble and bet that he still had a trace of humanity."
Everyone was amazed. Before they could say anything, the old lady laughed at herself and said, "I know my idea is really stupid, but he is my own son after all. I still have a little fantasy in my heart, hoping that he can turn back. Maybe, this is what being a mother is like. Even if my son wants to kill someone, I will help him hide the body. It's just that he pointed the knife at my daughter this time, so I had no choice but to set up this trap."
"All of this is a trap. I started setting it up after I heard the murder call. I heard him say on the phone that he wanted to hire someone to kill Shen Jing, so I moved Shen Jing away from our original home and moved to a newly rented house. Shen Jing and I kept a low profile every day, but I knew it wouldn't work. It was only a matter of time before he found us."
"Sure enough, he went to the downstairs of Shen Jing's company and continued to stake out. He squatted down to Shen Jing and followed her all the way. He watched her enter the community. He wrote down our address and asked the murderer to make a new plan to kill us. They decided to use a knife."
"After hearing this, I bought professional stab-proof clothing and blood bags and asked Shen Jing to wear them in advance. At the agreed time, the hired brat pried open my door. I pushed the door open and pretended to have just heard the noise. Shen Jing was standing in front of the refrigerator to get something. The brat rushed over and stabbed her with a knife. Fake blood flowed out. He was also very scared, so he dropped the knife and ran away. After he ran away, Shen Jing pretended to lose too much blood and fell to the ground."
"I called the police, and they cordoned off the building. Someone broke into the corridor and took a video. The video went viral, and the public thought Shen Jing was dead. The police didn't clarify the matter, because they wanted to use this opportunity to catch the murderer."
"After the crime, the police found the murderer's hair follicles at the scene and quickly identified the murderer. After some investigation, they found that the murderer fled to the mountains after committing the crime. There are many mountains in Qingshui Town, and the mountains are continuous. It takes a lot of time to investigate. Qingshui Town has limited energy, and the police cannot use all their police force for this case, so they decided to wait and see."
"After the crime, Shen Jing was sent to the scene for examination. She had prepared in advance, so she was unharmed. However, the police did not announce this news. They made the public, including the murderer, believe that Shen Jing was dead. Then, they let Shen Jing return to the rental house, and I lay in the hospital pretending to be unconscious."
"The police arranged several people to protect Shen Jing in the rental house in advance. Shen Jing still went to work and came home every day as before. In fact, there were plainclothes officers protecting her on the road. She lived like this for several days, and gradually rumors of ghosts spread."
The gray-clothed aunt covered her mouth in surprise: "It turns out that I was not the only one who saw it. I was so scared when I saw Shen Jing coming home. Who would have thought that there was a room full of police officers hiding in her house?"
The old lady went on to say, "The police created this illusion in order to lure the murderer back. Once the murderer heard the ghost of Shen Jing appear, he would be extremely curious. The person he had killed had appeared again. Was Shen Jing dead or not? These questions would definitely linger in the murderer's mind. He would definitely come back to take a look. This was related to whether his assassination mission was completed or not, and also related to how he would be sentenced in the future."
"So the police hid in that rental house and waited. In addition to the rental house, the police were also deployed in the community and the streets in advance." At this point, the old lady looked at the aunt in gray, "You said that when you walked into the unit door, you always felt that someone was staring at you from behind. In fact, it was the police's gaze."
The gray-clothed aunt patted her chest in relief. The old lady continued, "They waited for a while, and the murderer really came. He climbed up through the pipe outside the building. Because Shen Jing usually covered her face when she was outside, the murderer couldn't tell whether this person was Shen Jing. He could only tell from the back that she looked a bit like Shen Jing. If he wanted to see her true face, the murderer had to see Shen Jing take off her mask after entering the house, so he stood on the air conditioner outside and wanted to see through the glass."
"In fact, the police noticed him as soon as he entered the community, but in order to successfully arrest him, the police patiently waited for him to climb the stairs. As soon as he climbed onto the air conditioner, the police opened the window and grabbed his arm. At this time, he had no way to retreat. If he retreated, he would fall from the building. The police took advantage of their position and dragged him back into the house. He tried to fight with the police, but was pinned to the ground by the police in a few strokes."
"After catching this man, the police took him back to the bureau for interrogation. His story has come to an end, but mine has just begun—" The old lady looked at Shen Yang lying on the ground sadly.
"I did all this just to see how he would treat me if I was in a life-or-death situation," the old lady said with tears in her eyes, "how would my son, whom I have carefully raised for more than 20 years, treat me."
"So that's why you pretended to faint," the gray-clothed aunt looked at the old lady with pity, "and then what happened?"
The old lady spread her hands and smiled: "What happened next? You saw what happened next. The doctor said I had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and needed to be hospitalized. My good son insisted on taking me out of the hospital at this time. He pushed a hospital bed all the way here and wanted to use my death to extort the last sum of money."
"I did drink the medicine prescribed by Doctor Weng a week before the incident, but it was just a tonic. I heard that Ci Xin Tang was famous, so I came to see Doctor Weng to take my pulse, that's all. Doctor Weng had nothing to do with my fainting, but my son wanted to use this to extort money!"
The old lady said, her voice became stern: "You thought I was going to die, that your sister was dead, and that you would soon inherit all the money in the family, but you were still not satisfied. You pushed me here to embarrass myself, hoping to use my illness to make a fortune. Son, when I really die, do you still want to use my body to arrange a ghost marriage?"
The old lady's voice was filled with infinite sorrow: "I set up such a big trap just to see how you would treat me in the end, but I saw this face instead. Hahahaha, I really raised a good son!"
Bai Mian tapped his chin with his fan: "You saw it clearly, so you finally decided not to be soft-hearted."
"Yes," the old lady sighed leisurely, "I haven't handed over the recording of that phone call to the police yet. The police mainly treated this as an ordinary homicide case in the early stage. Some police officers also suspected that this was a hired murder, but they had no evidence. The most crucial evidence is in my hands."
Xia Mang was shocked: "So this is what you mean by chance. If your son behaves badly when you are dying, you will hand over the evidence to the police. If your son behaves very respectfully to you, you will help him keep this secret?"
The old lady nodded heavily. Xia Mang almost wanted to curse: "Oh my god, this is too outrageous. You concealed key evidence, misled the police's investigation, and let your son go unpunished. I am so angry that I can't speak. Even if you don't hand over the phone recording, do you think the police can't investigate? Do you think the arrested murderer will not confess the truth?"
"As for the murderer, don't worry about his confession. My son has already used money to keep him quiet. When the police interrogate him, he will insist that he did it himself," said the old lady. "The police also questioned me, but I have the advantage of my age. At my age, no one dares to bother me. As long as I pretend to be dizzy and forgetful, the police can't do anything to me."
The gray-clothed aunt shook her head repeatedly: "Auntie, you are so confused. Do you think that if you don't hand over the phone recording, the police won't be able to investigate it themselves? Even someone as old as me knows that when the police are investigating, all deleted information can be restored. It's only a matter of time before they find out about this phone call. It's just that the police are busy catching the murderer and haven't investigated your son yet."
Xia Mang cursed directly: "You idiot, you are interfering with the police's investigation and endangering public safety. Idiots like you should be arrested together!"
The old lady did not refute: "Yes, I am indeed stupid. Love makes people stupid. I just wanted to take a gamble, but I lost the bet."
"You did lose the bet," Bai Mian gently shook the fan in his hand, "Just now you were going to the police station to provide clues, and your son wanted to go with you. He planned to knock you out on the way and make you disappear completely. After you refused, your son immediately picked up his phone and wanted to use the same trick again and find a car to hit you. As long as you leave here, you will have a car accident soon."
Everyone was terrified after hearing this. Shen Yang, who was pinned to the ground, never opened his mouth to defend himself from beginning to end. His eyes were blurry and he seemed to be daydreaming.
The old lady closed her eyes tiredly, then opened them again: "So, I should thank you. You saved my life. It turns out that there are such powerful people in the world. I have lived a lifetime, and today I have finally seen it. Master Bai, no wonder they call you Master, you deserve this title."
At this time, Lu Xue frowned and asked a question: "After all this talk, we know that Shen Yang is a heartless murderer, but why did he hire someone to kill his sister? His motive for the crime has not been revealed yet."
"It's probably a conflict between the children, unfair distribution or something like that," the gray-clothed aunt muttered, "families with many children love to have these kinds of conflicts."
The old lady spoke up, "No, I have always been very good to them. From childhood to adulthood, I will distribute all the resources to them equally and never show favoritism to anyone. His sister is also very good to him. There is no hatred between them. He wants to kill his sister just to fight for the family property. Originally, the family property should be divided equally between them. If his sister dies, then all the property will belong to him."
The gray-clothed aunt nodded: "So that's how it is, but it still doesn't make sense. His sister is dead, and you are still here. It's impossible for him to get all the family property in a short time. What is his calculation?"
The old lady's cheek twitched and a tear fell from the corner of her eye. "I originally thought he was going to spare my life. He still had me as his mother in his heart. But it wasn't until now that I realized that he wanted to get rid of both of us from the beginning, killing two birds with one stone. If my daughter was really killed in front of me, I would be too frightened and admitted to the hospital. If he gave up treatment at that time, he would be the only one left in this family. I only realized now that I was so stupid."
The people around pointed at Shen Yang and started to curse:
"You're such a spendthrift, you're obsessed with money!"
"This is definitely a mother who favors sons over daughters. She has spoiled her son to death!"
"That's right, he must have been lawless since he was a child, and when he grew up, he didn't even care about human life!"
"Oh my god, I don't even dare to have a son after seeing this."
"It's better to give birth to BBQ pork than to give birth to you!"
Facing the accusations of the crowd, Shen Yang on the ground had some reaction. He raised his head, and with red eyes, he shouted at the old lady: "No, you have never favored me at all! You are so harsh to me, and you don't treat me as your own son at all. You obviously know that I need money, I need a lot of money, but you just stopped my card. Have you ever considered whether I am alive or not? I would rather die than live! I am in this situation today because of you. Couldn't you have taken out the money from the family earlier? You are so old, what's the use of you wanting money? The money in the family should all be mine, all mine!"
Everyone could tell something was fishy. Xia Mang asked, "What about you? What's the point of you wanting money? Why does it sound like your need for money is like a bottomless pit?"
Chen Yang hung his head and stopped talking. The old lady spoke sadly, "Look at him. Can you believe it? Just four years ago, he was a high-spirited college student with excellent character and academic performance. He and his sister are not much different in age. They grew up together. I am not the kind of person who favors boys over girls. I treat them both equally and nurture them carefully. They have lived up to my expectations and always rank among the top students in their grade. Later, his sister graduated from college and worked in a very good company in China, while he chose to go abroad."
"I respected his personal choice and asked several friends to help him choose a school. In the end, he received offers from several prestigious foreign universities, and then he chose the one he liked the most. I sent him to the airport that day and watched his plane take off. I didn't even know that it would be the last time I saw him."
"After he started college, he always asked me for money every now and then. I had already given him a large sum of living expenses. Oh, I forgot to mention that my late husband was an entrepreneur. After he passed away, I inherited all his estate, so I was considered a wealthy widow. I gave him a large sum of living expenses, but he always said it was not enough and asked me for money in different ways. One moment he said he had a broken leg and needed to be hospitalized, and the next he said he wanted to start a business on campus. I didn't understand what he said, but out of trust in him, I chose to give him money every time."
"He never came back once in these four years. He always said that he was busy with his studies and didn't have time to come back. I didn't force him and just went with him."
"I finally uncovered the truth on the day of his graduation. I checked the school's official website and knew that the students were about to graduate, so I urged him to send me graduation photos. He dragged his feet for a long time before sending me a photo, but the person in the photo was dirty and thin, and he looked completely different from before. I immediately realized that something was wrong and flew abroad to find him in person."
"I went to the university where he was studying, but I couldn't find him. The school told me that there was indeed a student named Shen Yang in the school, but the system showed that he dropped out four years ago, which means that he dropped out not long after he enrolled."
"I called him like crazy, but he didn't answer. Eventually I found him on the streets of a foreign country. He was wrapped in a ragged blanket and lying with a group of homeless people. They were all in a daze, as if they were high."
"Yes, just like you think, my son took that stuff. According to him, he was just curious at first, and went to a bar with his friends. When the lights were dim, someone threw some illegal drugs into his glass. From then on, he became addicted to those illegal drugs. The more he took these things, the more addicted he became. At first, it was just small pills, then big X, and then that kind of white powder."
"After taking this kind of stuff, he lost interest in studying. Less than a month after the start of the school term, he decided to drop out. He didn't tell me about his withdrawal and lived as a homeless person in a foreign country for four years. During these four years, he tried every way to ask me for money, but in fact, it was all to buy those toxic things."
"When we chatted before, I asked him about his daily life, and he always used photos of his past life to fool me. It was not until I asked for his graduation photo that he reluctantly found clothes to take a photo like that, and the truth was revealed."
"When I found out the truth, my heart was broken. I blamed myself for trusting him too much. I hadn't visited him in the past four years. I thought he could still be saved. After all, he was so outstanding and won the Three Good Students Award every year. I couldn't believe he had fallen like that, so I grabbed him by force and took him back to China on a plane."
"I don't want to describe the days that followed. Anyway, he was also taking that stuff in China. I thought he wouldn't be able to buy it once he returned to China, but I don't know how he found the seller. He was like a vampire, constantly pestering me for money. If I didn't give him money, he would even beat me up."
"I tried to help him quit several times, but it didn't work. In order to help him quit drugs, I installed monitoring software on his phone so that I could monitor his every move. It was then that I heard the phone call he made to hire someone to kill someone."
"I knew I couldn't go on like this and it was time to put an end to it, so I moved and started this plan."
After the old lady finished telling this long story, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. They finally understood the old lady a little. After all, Shen Yang used to be such an outstanding person, so it was normal for the old lady to feel unwilling.
The gray-clothed aunt said sadly: "In the final analysis, everything is caused by drugs. Drugs harm people!"
The old lady nodded and said, "I really hope there will be no more drugs in this world."
As they were talking, Chen Yang on the ground had a drug addiction attack. He had been staying in the hospital to take care of his mother these days and had no time to take drugs. He was already very thirsty.
His eyes were wide open, the area around his pupils was red, while the area around the whites of his eyes had turned yellow. His cheeks were shrinking inward, his mouth was pouting hard, and his entire face was deformed.
Seeing this, the veterans were all stunned. Shen Yang took the opportunity to pull out a hand and tried to grab towards Xia Mang, roaring viciously:
"Give me the medicine - quickly! You bitch - if I wasn't being held down by someone, I would really want to kill you!"
He stared straight at Xia Mang, which made her feel creepy. Xia Mang was at a loss: "How can I have any medicine on me? Are you crazy?"
"His cell phone." Bai Mian gestured with his eyes.
Xia Mang reacted quickly and took out Chen Yang's phone from her pocket. She didn't pay much attention to it after she snatched Chen Yang's phone just now. Now after taking a closer look, she found that something was indeed wrong. The phone case of this phone was too thick.
Xia Mang hurriedly took off the phone case and found that there was a layer inside the case, which contained a small bag of white powder.
Looking at this thing, everyone in the room became nervous and someone called the police immediately.
As soon as Chen Yang saw the white powder, his eyes lit up green. He howled like a wolf, speaking nonsense incoherently, and demanded that Xia Mang give him the powder.
Of course Xia Mang would not give it to her. For safety reasons, Xia Mang immediately ran to the bathroom, locked the door, and locked herself and the medicine powder in to ensure that Chen Yang could not snatch the bag of medicine powder.
Chen Yang became more and more anxious and used all his strength, but after all, there were several veterans pressing down on him. He could not resist the strength of several people by himself and could only be pressed down and unable to move at all.
As his drug addiction was not satisfied, Shen Yang began to twitch all over. His hands and feet were shaking, and he was foaming at the mouth with long drool flowing from the corners of his mouth. He shook his head around, and the saliva was splashed everywhere.
Seeing Chen Yang's crazy look, the old lady shed tears again. Xia Mang said indignantly: "Look, a drug addict is simply a lunatic when he gets angry. He doesn't recognize his relatives. What else can you expect from him? Your plan is too risky. Although you say that you don't favor sons over daughters, I still think that you value your son more than your daughter!"
"In order to test your son's humanity, you let your daughter take a huge risk to act with you. Although you bought protective gear in advance, there may still be many unexpected situations. For example, what if the assassination time is advanced? What if the stab-proof vest is really pierced by a knife? As long as there is a little accident, your daughter may die. You only have your son in your eyes and don't take your daughter's life seriously at all!"
Everyone thought it made sense. The old lady did not argue, but asked Xia Mang a question with a smile: "What you said makes sense, but - why do you think the woman living with me is my daughter Shen Jing?"
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