Chapter 288 is a bit strange [11]
Li Chu continued, "I started learning to do chores when I was three or four years old. I would stand on a stool to learn how to cook. If I didn't do it well, I would be beaten. I did all the chores at home and in the fields."
"Not only did I have to do chores at my own house, but I also had to do chores at my uncle's house. If I dared to refuse, my uncle and aunt would have my dad beat me and wouldn't let me eat."
“You keep calling me a bastard, a worthless piece of trash, a worthless weed.”
“My cousin bullied me and made me crawl on the ground like a dog. When I refused, my aunt kicked me to the ground, and I hit my forehead and it bled.”
"My cousin splashed boiling water on my face, and I almost went blind. My aunt scolded me for not watching where I was going and said I deserved it."
“My aunt even encouraged my father to sell me to an old bachelor.”
"I remember all of that!"
Li Chu said these things not in the hope that Li Youcai and the others would realize their mistakes.
People like them will never realize they're wrong.
They would only be angry, feeling that Li Chu shouldn't have resisted.
Li Chu said all this to Shen Wangqing.
She hoped that Shen Wangqing would sympathize with her more, and that he might be able to help her more when she went to the capital.
When Li Youcai and his men heard what Li Chu said, they became even angrier and hurled even more vulgar insults.
Although it was a dialect that was difficult to understand, Shen Wangqing's expression grew colder and more somber as he listened.
He must have been angry, but the corners of his lips were turned up in a smile.
Shen Wangqing turned around and went over to the police captain, and said something to him.
The captain quickly arrived and instructed the police officers who were holding Li Youfu and Li Youcai to take them to the Li family home, saying they needed to identify the scene.
Shen Wangqing sent his two bodyguards with him.
The village was noisy and chaotic, so no one heard or paid attention to the muffled groans and whimpers emanating from the Li family.
Only Li Chu heard this, and her eyes flickered.
When Li Youfu and Li Youcai were brought out again, they had become much more obedient.
They didn't show anything on their faces, but they walked with a hunched back and a limp.
When they saw Li Chu, their expressions were somewhat ferocious, but they could no longer utter a curse.
Li Chu pretended to know nothing and asked Shen Wangqing beside her, "What's wrong with them?"
Shen Wangqing smiled and replied, "It's nothing, they probably realized their mistake."
Li Chu blinked, of course she didn't believe it.
A group of police officers first handcuffed the villagers and led them down the mountain, while some stayed behind.
Achu led the police and forensic doctors to the place in the village where the baby girl was buried.
It was a very large and deep pit; I don't know if it was dug by humans or formed naturally.
Those baby girls were less buried and more carelessly discarded.
The baby girl who had been killed was simply thrown into the pit, and that was it.
The villagers don't usually come here.
Over the years, the 'sinkhole' has been buried by the mud and sand washed down by rain, which buries some of the remains, but some are still exposed.
Therefore, looking down from the pit, you can see many small skeletons.
There were even corpses that weren't completely skeletalized.
The forensic doctor went down with his tools and, after cleaning the surface, discovered many more skeletons beneath the soil, seemingly an endless stream of remains.
When all the skeletons were brought up from the 'sinkhole', the sheer number of them was both terrifying and infuriating!
After a quick check, it turned out they were all newborn babies!
"This is horrible! These villagers are so hateful! How could they do such a thing?!"
Afterwards, Li Chu led them to dig up the remains of the abducted women who had been beaten to death, including Li Xiaoxiao's.
Although Li Xiaoxiao was not beaten to death, her leg bone was broken, and there were many obvious signs of broken and healed bones in her body, indicating that she had suffered years of violence before her death.
That evening, several helicopters appeared on this remote and impoverished mountain.
We chose to come on foot because we were afraid of disturbing the villagers.
Now that the person has been arrested, there's nothing to fear.
Li Chu and Shen Wangqing took a helicopter down the mountain and then went to the county.
The county police station was overcrowded because there were just too many villagers!
Moreover, these villagers are uneducated and unreasonable, which greatly increases the difficulty of the work.
Later, the police had them identify each other, saying that as long as they hadn't broken the law, they could be released.
For a time, it was noisy and bustling, even more lively than a market day.
Li Chu had a chance to meet Li Youfu and the others alone, which she offered herself, as she wanted to speak with them privately.
Shen Wangqing took Li Chu to see the captain of the action team, and after obtaining permission, they waited in an interrogation room.
Soon, Li Youfu was brought in first.
He was placed in an interrogation chair, facing Li Chu.
Li Youfu still couldn't accept the fact that he had been arrested by the police. He had forgotten about being beaten up by Shen Wangqing's bodyguard earlier and was now cursing at Li Chu.
"You ungrateful wretch! If I had known you would harm me, I should have strangled you when you were born!"
"I kept you here and raised you to adulthood! Is this how you repay your own father?!"
Only Li Chu and Li Youfu were in the interrogation room. She didn't bother to pretend and her face was expressionless.
Li Chu, who had never been to a police station before, was unaware that the captain of the action team and Shen Wangqing were standing on the mirror-like side of the interrogation room.
They could also hear sounds from the interrogation room.
When Shen Wangqing saw Li Chu's expressionless face, she felt that something was a little strange.
I can't explain it.
Soon, Shen Wangqing realized what was strange.
Upon hearing Li Youfu's angry curses, Li Chu curled her lips into a mocking smile:
"Indeed, you should have strangled me when I was born, just like you strangled my sisters."
"If you didn't strangle me, then you're the one who will die."
Her tone was calm, yet tinged with a hint of madness.
Li Youfu was stunned.
Then Li Chu continued, "You know what? I originally wanted to kill you myself, like you broke Mom's leg, gouged out her eyes, and locked her in the woodshed, torturing you slowly until you died."
“But no, I’m still young, I don’t want to commit crimes because of scum like you.”
"Therefore, you should be punished by law, and the law should sentence you to death."
Li Youfu's lips trembled: "You...you...I didn't commit a crime! What crime did I commit!"
Li Chu: "There are many crimes, including trafficking in women, illegal imprisonment, and intentional homicide... If you are convicted of multiple crimes, you will not escape the death penalty."
Seeing that Li Youfu's lips were pale, Li Chu changed the subject: "However, I heard that one can make amends for their mistakes."
"It means that as long as you actively confess what you have done and identify the crimes of other people in the village, you can get a reduced sentence."
Li Chu's words seemed to give Li Youfu a glimmer of hope.
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