Chapter 208: Perhaps he was playing tricks to avoid suspicion, after all, he has a wife...
The world fell on the Li sisters, and the younger sister actually committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks!
My mother has passed away, and I don’t know where my father is recuperating. Who will protect them in the future?
I stood there in a daze for a moment, not knowing what to do.
Xiao Sun noticed the letter in Li Xiaorui's hand and asked curiously, "Is this from Zhao Pingyang?"
"Ah, it seems so." Li Xiaorui handed the letter to Xiao Sun, "Do you want to see it?"
"Take a look." Xiao Sun didn't want to pry into other people's privacy, but these were the remains of the deceased and might provide some clues.
After opening it, he couldn't help but frown: "We need to take this letter away."
Li Xiaorui didn't know what was written inside, but since the police needed it, she took it away.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiaohua rushed over and said, "Wait!"
After she finished reading, she stumbled and fell onto the bed. How could this be? How could this be? The letter was indeed written in Zhao Pingyang's handwriting. He didn't love her, but he wanted her and the child to be killed?
She didn't believe it, she didn't believe it! He was so good to her, he was the one who did the laundry and cooking, how could he hurt her like this?
It must be fake, fake! Li Xiaohua cried heartbreakingly, not in the mood to claim her sister's body.
In the end, Li Xiaorui had no choice but to follow him to the railway. The bloody corpse was wearing Xiaomei's clothes. Next to it was a bloody canvas bag containing a family photo and a suicide note.
So what's the point? She must be their sister.
She didn't even know how to handle her sister and mother's funeral, and could only follow the police's instructions and go to the funeral home to handle it.
Both cremation and burial cost money. Li Xiaorui didn't dare to go and see off the bodies of her two relatives, so she had to hold Xiao Sun's arm, stuff the money into his hands, and ask him for help.
Xiao Sun was speechless. What kind of waste did Li Man raise? She loved her daughter for sure, but wasn't this kind of doting harmful in the end?
After the cremation, Li Xiaorui took the two jars of ashes back home.
Xiao Meng looked at her back and still felt that this was a bit strange: "How could it be such a coincidence that Li Xiaobei committed suicide just when we were about to arrest her?"
"The suicide note said she couldn't bear her mother's death and was heartbroken and desperate." Xiao Sun sighed, "Let's go to Uncle Zhao Pingyang's house to verify it."
In the afternoon, the two returned to Yang Shuming to report the situation. "Zhao Pingyang's cousin's characteristics completely match those of the woman who hit Li Xiaohua. She's less than 1.5 meters tall, thin, and has dry, gray hair. But she has an alibi. Everyone in the village can prove that she was working in the fields that day and had never been to the city."
Yang Shuming sighed silently. "The power of clans in rural areas is very strong. It's not ruled out that an entire family helped them perjure themselves. After all, they also helped conceal Zhao Pingyang's identity. Where is he? Did they bring him back?"
"Yes, we brought Uncle Zhao Pingyang and his entire family, including his mother." Xiao Sun was very tired today. If it weren't for the militia's help, he wouldn't have been able to take this group of people away.
Yang Shuming nodded: "I'll conduct the trial. You two have worked hard, go back and rest."
At the end of the interrogation, basically everything matched up, except for the blonde woman who refused to confess.
Yang Shuming asked Li Xiaohua and Li Xiaorui to come over and identify the murderer, but they just shook their heads and said that the situation was too sudden and they didn't see clearly.
In the end, we could only give the woman the benefit of the doubt and let her go.
When he came back to eat at noon, there was no smile on Yang Shuming's face. His brows were furrowed the whole time and he didn't even eat a few bites of food. He always felt that some details were missed in this case.
He could only ask Qi Changxiao: "Can that thing of yours tell whether Li Xiaobei is dead or not?"
Qi Changxiao shook his head: "I need to see her in person. Has her body been cremated?"
"It's been cremated. It's too hot to keep it at the funeral home." Yang Shuming put down his chopsticks. "But I still feel like something's not right."
"Is it possible that this yellow-haired woman is an impersonator? Wasn't the woman wearing a headscarf at the time? In fact, as long as you find a woman with yellow hair, cut a piece of her hair and put it under your own hair, and wrap it with a silk scarf, you can also create the effect of yellow hair." Yao Zhizhi stood up, found a silk scarf, and since she didn't have any yellow hair in her hand, she went outside the yard and pulled back a handful of dog tails.
She briefly demonstrated her disguise skills: "You guys also said that Xiao Xu had blond hair, and that he resigned after the incident. Don't you think it's a coincidence?"
"You mean, Xiao Xu is also an accomplice?" Yang Shuming is not a woman after all, and she never thought that she could disguise herself like this.
Yao Zhizhi nodded. "Let's not talk about the body lying on the railway tracks. Li Xiaohua's miscarriage might not have been caused by Zhao Pingyang's cousin. Brother-in-law, you were right to let her go. The biggest question now is whether Li Xiaobei really committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks."
"The body was covered in blood and flesh, so we could only take a few photos as evidence. Her sister also went there and confirmed that it was her." Yang Shuming felt a little better. As long as the bad guys were not released by mistake and the good guys were not wrongly accused, it would be fine.
Yao Zhizhi knew he had a strong sense of responsibility and comforted him, "Whether Li Xiaobei is truly dead or has escaped, at least there are no major issues with the other aspects of this case. Zhao Pingyang's mother and uncle are not innocent, and they have not arrested the wrong people."
"Well, thank you, little sister. Let's eat." Yang Shuming breathed a sigh of relief, but he still had to think of a way to find this Xiao Xu.
But the train station had no record of her buying a ticket, and no one knew where she went.
This is the only way to close the case for now.
*
Chu Lingyi and her mother were still unemployed. When they heard the radio broadcast about the recent murder case between a son-in-law and his mother-in-law, they suddenly became excited.
She turned and looked at Old Chu: "Dad! There's a job opening at the sugar factory! Can you think of a way? I want to go to work with Mom!"
Old Chu thought for a moment and said, "You can go, but forget about your mother. She's not in good health. Besides, if your brother gets married soon, won't your mother have to help take care of the child?"
"Okay, then let mom rest at home, I'll go!" Chu Lingyi was very excited.
When I went to deliver baby clothes to Zhou Juan in the afternoon, I even showed off: "I have a job now. From now on, I can only make clothes for you in the evening after get off work."
"Do you have a job?" Zhou Juan was still as gossipy as ever, and quickly pulled Chu Lingyi to sit down and asked carefully.
Soon, Zhou Juan sighed: "What are you doing there? Aren't you afraid? Three people from the Li family died in one go!"
The smile on Chu Lingyi's face disappeared instantly. She knew what Zhou Juan's subtext was, that she was afraid of ghosts, but she couldn't say these words now.
Chu Lingyi hadn't really thought about this, and Zhou Juan poured cold water on her like this, making her very unhappy, so she tried to make amends for herself: "Is it okay to go to work during the day?"
"What if you have to be on duty at night? Are you really not afraid? If you ask me, you might as well ask your father to think of a way and look for other opportunities. Something strange has happened in the sugar factory in the past two years. Director Zhao was arrested and Director Li was killed. If you really want to go, I won't stop you. Just don't come to me crying when the time comes." Zhou Juan stroked the baby's clothes, thinking that Chu Lingyi's craftsmanship was really good.
The embroidered little dragon looks vivid and lifelike with its tiger head and tiger brain.
Chu Lingyi held her breath, turned around silently, and even forgot to ask for the textbook.
As soon as she arrived downstairs at the staff dormitory, she saw Xu Wei coming back. Chu Lingyi greeted him gloomily.
Xu Wei called her, "What's wrong, Lingyi? Did you have a fight with my wife?"
"No, Teacher Xu." Chu Lingyi turned around and forced a smile. "Teacher Xu, are there any vacancies in the school? I want to find a job."
"It seems that the library is indeed short of staff. I will ask for you later." Xu Wei quickly agreed. He had a special relationship with Chu Lingze, so of course he was willing to help his old classmate's sister.
Chu Lingyi finally smiled: "Thank you, Teacher Xu, you are so kind!"
Facing the midsummer sunshine, Chu Lingyi's bright smile is particularly sweet.
Xu Wei smiled and waved his hand: "You're welcome. I'll tell you when I have news."
"Well, I really envy your lover for having such a great university teacher as her husband." Chu Lingyi's eyes were filled with admiration.
Xu Wei could only look away: "Thank you for the compliment. Have you eaten yet?"
"If I say I haven't eaten, will Teacher Xu let me stay to eat with him?" Chu Lingyi stepped up a step and stared at Xu Wei.
Xu Wei didn't look at her: "My wife and I both eat in the cafeteria. It's difficult for you to get food without your meal ticket."
"I was just kidding! Teacher Xu actually took it seriously, so cute!" Chu Lingyi smiled and patted his arm, then turned around and skipped down the stairs.
Like a happy rabbit.
Xu Wei was confused. He always felt that she was deliberately teasing him. He hoped it was an illusion.
In the dormitory, Zhou Juan was still touching the baby's clothes. Seeing Xu Wei coming back, she stood up with a smile and said, "This Chu Lingyi is really not bragging. Let's go and eat."
Xu Wei said nothing. After dinner, Zhou Juan pestered him to have a baby. He refused: "Your body needs more care. It's easy to miscarry if you get pregnant now."
"I've been well for so long." Zhou Juan was unhappy. "How long do you want me to wait?"
"Wait a little longer. Didn't the doctor say that there should be at least a half-year interval?" Xu Wei still didn't want to make trouble.
There are no good contraceptive methods these days, unless Zhou Juan gets an IUD. But she just had a miscarriage and her uterus was severely damaged, so she needs to rest and recuperate.
It’s better not to do it. This is the 100% contraceptive method.
Besides, he was not sure whether the two of them could continue to be together, so it was better not to have children for the time being.
Zhou Juan was so angry that she turned her back to him and started crying.
Xu Wei ignored him, turned his back and went to sleep.
Chu Lingyi returned home and told her father, "Teacher Xu agreed to help me find a job. I'll forget about the sugar factory for now."
Old Chu didn't think much about it and reminded them, "They're willing to help you because of your brother's kindness. If it works out, remember to send them something. I won't get involved in this matter. It's a friendship between you young people."
"I understand, Dad." Chu Lingyi was very happy. This Xu Wei was really interesting. She just smiled a little brighter, and he started to avoid her sight.
Maybe it was to avoid suspicion, after all, he had a wife, but maybe... maybe it was because he...
In short, no matter what, as long as she can go to work at the university, she will have the opportunity to verify her guess.
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