Chapter 243 Liberation
"They're all dead?"
“They’re all dead, even the newborn babies are dead.”
Li San Niang simply couldn't accept it. Yesterday, before she and Qiu Xiang left, they made a special trip to see Xiang Niang. Although she was weak, she was definitely not in a state of imminent death.
Li San Niang walked up to the constable and asked in great fear, "How come they're all dead?"
No, that's not right! I just delivered that baby yesterday, and I managed to save him.
Before I left, I took Xiangniang's pulse. Although she was weak, she certainly wouldn't have died in one night!
The constable turned around and winked at his two colleagues. The three of them were even more certain of their own thoughts about the truth of the murder case because of Li San Niang's behavior.
"So, this female doctor is the last person to see the Zhou family. Please tell us in detail what happened at the Zhou family yesterday?"
After passing the consultation tables of the four doctors in the clinic, the group arrived at the room where Doctor Gao was located and sat down one by one.
Li San Niang then recounted in detail to the three constables everything that had happened, from when Zhou Lang went to the clinic for help until she finished delivering Xiang Niang's baby and ran to the neighborhood official for help.
"That's how it is. I was planning to take the medicine kit to the back street around noon to check on Xiangniang and the child."
I never imagined something like this would happen!
Li San Niang truly never expected that the person she had spoken to just yesterday would be separated from her by life and death in just one night.
"But did a bad guy break in?"
As soon as Li San Niang asked the question, she herself began to doubt it.
Yesterday I saw that the Zhou family only had such a small house, what wealth could they possibly have that would be worth stealing?
Even if it's theft, there's no need to kill someone! Especially not the whole family!
And they even killed infants who were only one day old!
The constable did not answer Li San Niang's question, but stood up and bowed to Doctor Gao and Li San Niang with clasped hands.
"Thank you for your cooperation in informing us. We need to verify with the ward office again. If necessary, we will come to see Dr. Li again later. Goodbye."
Li San Niang could only nod and, together with Doctor Gao, saw the constable out of the clinic.
Doctor Gao turned to Li San Niang and comforted her, "Doctor Li, don't worry, it shouldn't affect you. If the constables come again, I will definitely listen in."
Li San Niang bowed to Doctor Gao and then returned to her consultation seat.
Tang Mingyue, who was at the next consultation table, was curious about what the constable had brought. Li Sanniang felt there was nothing wrong with talking about it, so she told Tang Mingyue about Xiangniang's situation.
"This...sigh, it's mostly just a tragedy."
Li San Niang had a guess in her heart, but she really didn't want to admit that this guess might be the truth.
In one morning, I saw three young women with irregular menstruation, a woman brought her son to see me for diarrhea, and another woman, who must have heard about Li San Niang's treatment of burns, also came to see Li San Niang.
Actually, the person's wound was already slowly healing, but they just wanted to check it again to put their mind at ease.
Li San Niang then carefully explained how to care for burn wounds and prescribed a suitable ointment that she had prepared herself in her clinic. Only then did the man thank her and leave, satisfied.
Finally, noon arrived, and Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang hurried to the back street.
But when they arrived at the small gate they had visited the day before, they found two official seals affixed to it.
Li San Niang also keenly smelled the bloody odor emanating from inside the house.
Qiu Xiang lowered her head and said to Li San Niang, "San Niangzi, how about I jump up and climb over the wall to take a look?"
Li San Niang quickly shook her head: "No, no, the officials have already intervened, we mustn't go."
As Li San Niang was speaking, she saw the door of a family next to the Zhou family open, and a hunchbacked old woman stood there.
The old woman wasn't blind; she naturally saw Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang whispering to each other in front of the Zhou family's gate.
"Whom does the young lady come looking for?"
Li San Niang approached the old woman and said that she was the doctor who delivered the baby yesterday, and that she had learned that the entire Zhou family of four had died.
"I just wanted to come and see what was going on."
The old woman stood by the door, head bowed, sighing: "Alas, what a tragedy, all of this is a tragedy."
If Xiangniang had no other way to survive, why would she do such a thing?
In the end, it was the Zhou family who wronged her!
She had nowhere else to run and no other choice, which is why she did such a thing.
"Alas, karma, it's all karma."
Li San Niang was stunned; it really was just as she had guessed!
"Grandma, did the constables say it was indeed Xiangniang? She... Xiangniang killed Zhou Lang, his mother, and the baby?"
Seeing Li San Niang's expression, the old woman knew that she couldn't believe this human tragedy.
The old woman patted Li San Niang's forearm twice and said slowly, "Alas, it is so. The constables just left, and the body was just carried out. Please accept my condolences."
Perhaps that's what Xiangniang wanted; death would be a relief.
May she be reborn into a better family in her next life, as a wealthy woman.
Dejected, Li San Niang went to the street with Qiu Xiang and ate a bowl of tasteless soup noodles. She felt empty inside.
"Qiu Xiang, tell me, if I had just stolen Xiang Niang away yesterday, wouldn't this whole mess have been avoided?"
When Qiu Xiang saw Li San Niang's question, she knew that Li San Niang was stuck in a rut.
"Third Sister, who can predict the future?"
"Yes, who can predict the future?"
Li San Niang felt regret, sadness, and heartache. She felt that she had been too busy with too many things recently, but had not truly put the matter of helping Nv Niang into practice.
Back at the clinic, Li San Niang took out the planning chart she had written earlier from her medical kit, stared at the "Women's Assistance Association" written on it, and pondered how to make this business bigger and better, and how to keep it running smoothly.
"Qiu Xiang, I'd like to see Mr. Ke Bu. Could you help me make contact with him?"
Qiu Xiang didn't know why she was about to see the gentleman, but she still nodded: "I'll contact him later."
But the guild is currently dealing with the Temple Gate matter, as Third Sister knows. She suspects the Master is busy with this and may not have time to see her immediately.
"No problem, it's good to be able to see you."
After finishing her work that afternoon, Li San Niang got into the carriage driven by Shi Jiu to go home. She then told Shi Jiu about the deaths of Xiang Niang's entire family of four.
After waiting for a while, Li San Niang still hadn't received a reply from Shi Jiu, which was unusual.
You know, ever since Nineteen came to Li San Niang's side, her personality has become much more lively than Qiu Xiang's.
She is a very considerate and eloquent person, looks young, and has a sweet tongue. Now, she is more favored by Li's mother and sister-in-law than Qiu Xiang, who has been there for quite some time.
So, Nineteen, who used to chat with Li San Niang about all sorts of unpleasant things on the way home, is now completely silent.
That would be a huge problem.
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