Chapter 332 I Will Support You
So far, three people have died in this case: Li Youqiang, Zheng Guangming, and Bai Xiuxiu.
According to the clues and speculations currently available, none of the three deceased were completely innocent.
Zheng Guangming, the wealthy nouveau riche, appears to be glamorous on the surface, but is actually filthy inside.
Although Bai Xiu Xiu's identity is currently unknown, it is obvious that she is not a good person.
No, it can even be said that none of the main people involved in the case are good people.
Fu Daqing, Jiang Wei, Huang Yanli and Zheng Tianlan in front of him, each has his own evil, and none of them is a good person.
This really opened Zhou Yi's eyes. Anyuan City is really full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.
Zhou Yi pointed at Zheng Tianlan and said, "Even if you didn't call the police at the time because you wanted to see Zheng Guangming die and wanted Bai Xiuxiu and her accomplices to kill him, why didn't you call the police afterwards? According to what you said, you learned the 'truth' from Huang Yanli on March 17th. It's been over a month now. Tell me, why didn't you call the police?"
"I……"
"Not only did you and Huang Yanli not report it to the police, you also deliberately fabricated the illusion that Zheng Guangming was on an overseas inspection trip. Even when we came to see you today, you lied to us by saying Zheng Guangming had suffered a broken bone and injured himself abroad."
Zhou Yi slammed the table and shouted angrily, "You guys did this because there was no kidnapping or murder at all. Did you and Huang Yanli conspire to kill Zheng Guangming?"
"Conspiracy?" Zheng Tianlan was visibly stunned, then he shouted anxiously, "No, I...how could I possibly kill my father? I wouldn't dare to do that even if you killed me."
"Then explain why you didn't call the police? Why did you create the illusion that Zheng Guangming was going abroad for an inspection?"
Zheng Tianlan was so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks, but he never said a word, as if he had some huge secret that he couldn't tell.
"Oh, since you won't say anything, let me tell you." Zhou Yi asked coldly, "Did you come up with the name Zheng Tianyu, or did Huang Yanli?"
When Zheng Tianlan heard this, he looked at Zhou Yi in disbelief, his mouth wide open.
"You took it, didn't you? I noticed today that there are quite a few books on your office bookshelf, and they're not very neatly arranged. This means you often look through them. I guess you really like reading."
The police officer in charge of taking the statement found Zhou Yi's words a bit strange and couldn't tell how they were related to the case. After hesitating for a moment, he still wrote down the words.
"Zheng Tianlan, Zheng Tianyu, what nice names."
"Lantian produces jade, have you ever heard of this idiom?" Zhou Yi asked with a smile.
Zheng Tianlan shook his head stiffly, but the expression on his face could no longer be hidden.
"Never heard of it? That's impossible. You're not educated enough. Let me explain it to you. The idiom 'Lantian gives birth to jade' is used to describe a virtuous father giving birth to a virtuous son."
"I don't know how educated Zheng Guangming is, but if he knew this idiom, do you think he would still name his two sons Tianlan and Tianyu?"
Zheng Tianlan's face turned pale and he stood there in a daze.
Zhou Yi sneered, "Don't mention it, you're quite cultured. You must have read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms quite often."
Zheng Tianyu's name was on the household registration file, but Zhou Yi hadn't paid much attention to it when he looked at the information before, because what could a child have to do with the case?
It wasn't until the uneducated child ran out of Huang Yanli's parents' house that Zhou Yi began to have some doubts.
Zhou Yi seemed to be asking a question unintentionally, but in fact he was asking it intentionally.
Who named the child?
Huang Yanli’s answer is also very interesting.
She didn't say it was Zheng Guangming who named it.
She didn't say it was her husband who named it.
Instead, he replied that the child’s father named it.
This answer gave Zhou Yi some inspiration.
It reminded him of a rather interesting idiom.
And began to re-examine the relationship between Huang Yanli and Zheng Tianlan.
After all, someone had some hidden thoughts behind Zheng Tianyu's name.
And now, Zheng Tianlan's reaction also confirmed Zhou Yi's guess.
Zhou Yi said: "Zheng Tianyu is not your brother, but the son born to you and Huang Yanli, right?"
Zheng Tianlan's eyes were red as he nodded slowly.
The policeman who was taking the statement nearby couldn't help but curl his lips. This is big news. If it weren't for his job, he really wanted to go out and chat with someone about it.
The home of the most famous local rich man is so messy, it's really eye-opening.
But sooner or later the whole Anyuan City will know about this. This level of gossip is enough for the people of Anyuan to talk about for several years.
Zhou Yi said calmly: "Tell me in detail about your relationship with Huang Yanli."
Zheng Tianlan suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Lili was originally my woman! It was my dad who raped her! It was my dad who took her away!"
A raging fire burned in the cowardly Zheng Tianlan's eyes.
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Zheng Tianlan said that he and Huang Yanli were high school classmates, and he had a crush on Huang Yanli when they were in high school.
But at that time, she was the beautiful class beauty and had a lot of suitors.
I am just an ordinary-looking, average-educated, introverted person, and have no sense of existence at all.
Zheng Tianlan said that the family's conditions were average at that time and his father had not yet started the breeding business.
So even though he had a crush on Huang Yanli, he never expressed it and always kept this feeling in his heart.
Zhou Yi understood that Huang Yanli was Zheng Tianlan's white moonlight.
And it is the white moonlight that you can never get.
This is absolutely lethal to Zheng Tianlan, who is introverted and cowardly.
Later, after graduating from high school, everyone went their separate ways.
In 1986, Zheng Guangming saw a report in a newspaper about a poor household in a certain place who became a chicken farming tycoon through breeding business.
This gave Zheng Guangming inspiration, so when he reached middle age, he resolutely decided to use all his savings to start a business.
Then I made my first pot of gold, and my business grew bigger and bigger.
But Zheng Tianlan did not become more confident because his family became rich, because he was already an adult when his family became rich, and he was even working as a worker in a factory at that time. Later, Zheng Guangming asked him to resign and go home to help.
At this time, his personality had already been formed, and he would not become arrogant just because he was rich.
However, once people have money, even if they don't create it themselves, some people will appear around them and surround them like wolves smelling blood.
Zheng Tianlan has such a group of friends who call him "big brother" and take him around to play, but in fact they just eat and drink his food.
He calls you "big brother" to your face and praises you to the sky, but calls you an idiot behind your back.
One day in 1990, the gears of fate for this family began to turn.
Zheng Tianlan was dragged to a dance hall by this group of friends, where he met again a figure who had once haunted his dreams, Huang Yanli.
Life is so realistic and ironic. The cold and aloof goddess Bai Yueguang in school now sells alcohol in a short skirt in order to make a living and make money, and shuttles between the hot gazes and wandering eyes of men.
When Huang Yanli came to their seats with a few bottles of wine to promote the drinks and called out to all the bosses, Zheng Tianlan recognized her at a glance.
Zheng Tianlan stood up and asked excitedly and puzzledly, "Do you work here?"
Under the flickering lights of the dance hall, Huang Yanli wore a professional smile on her face: "I'm working here part-time, old classmate, can you and your friends support me?"
The surrounding friends started to make a fuss. Zheng Tianlan got excited and took out all the money he had. He said to Huang Yanli, "I will buy all the wine you sell today. If you can't finish it, I will buy it for everyone."
Huang Yanli stared at the stack of hundred-yuan bills in Zheng Tianlan's hand for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled and leaned close to Zheng Tianlan's ear and whispered, "See you at the door when I get off work."
After saying that, he kissed Zheng Tianlan on the face.
For Zheng Tianlan, this was like dropping a nuclear bomb in his heart.
His heart was pounding all night.
After sending his friends away, he waited at the door of the dance hall for an hour with no money in his pocket before he saw Huang Yanli coming out.
But now she was completely different from the one just now. She was wearing simple and plain clothes, without exposing her arms or legs, and the lipstick on her lips was gone.
She had her hair tied in a ponytail, and when she saw Zheng Tianlan, she smiled and ran over quickly.
In Zheng Tianlan's eyes, she is still the girl who wore school uniform and had a ponytail in high school.
Even though it was late at night, she was glowing white.
"Let's go, old classmates." Huang Yanli said with a smile.
Zheng Tianlan asked blankly: "Where... where are we going?"
"I'll treat you to a midnight snack. We haven't seen each other for so many years. Let's catch up." As she said that, Huang Yanli very naturally took his hand and walked forward.
Zheng Tianlan's mind was buzzing and blank.
Suddenly, Huang Yanli said wait a minute, then took out a handkerchief from her bag and helped him wipe off the lipstick marks she had left on his face.
She wiped it very carefully and seriously, and the faint fragrance from her body penetrated Zheng Tianlan's nose. Zheng Tianlan felt his heart beating in his chest.
Like thunder in August.
Then, Huang Yanli took him to a food stall, ordered two of the cheapest fried rice, and the two sat face to face on low stools to chat.
Zheng Tianlan said that he never knew that Huang Yanli was so talkative.
She told him that things hadn't been going well for her since graduating from high school. She went to work in a factory and was nearly raped by the foreman. She'd changed jobs several times since, but nothing had gone right. So now she was working part-time selling beer at night and taking accounting classes during the day, aiming to get a certification.
Then he talked about his family situation. His parents were in poor health and could only make money by growing watermelons. He wanted to find a good job to relieve the pressure on his family.
As he spoke, he was moved to tears.
When Huang Yanli cried, Zheng Tianlan felt as if his heart was stabbed by a knife and it hurt so much.
He grabbed Huang Yanli's hand and said seriously, "Don't sell alcohol in the dance hall anymore."
Huang Yanli said pitifully, "If I don't sell wine, what will I eat? Are you going to support me?"
Zheng Tianlan didn't hesitate for a second and blurted out, "I'll support you! I'll support you!"
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