Dou Wan and Wei Dabao each held one of Xue Guixiang's hands. Dou Wan's eyes were red as she spoke, "Sister-in-law, thanks to your brother-in-law for saving my life, otherwise I would be in trouble now... Don't worry, we will do our best to save him. I believe Xiao Zhou will be fine."
Wei Dabao also nodded: "I heard that Xiao Zhou was raised by my sister-in-law. An elder sister-in-law is like a mother, and Xiao Zhou is like her child. I know my sister-in-law is very upset. I would like to thank Xiao Zhou for saving my life on behalf of my second brother!"
Xue Guixiang couldn't say anything, her tears kept streaming down her face and she couldn't stop them.
She remembered that when she first married into the Zhou family, her parents-in-law had passed away long ago, and the two brothers depended on each other for survival. At that time, her brother-in-law was only a child of ten years old. He was dressed in rags in the middle of winter. His dry little face was red from the cold, and his dirty little hands were full of frostbite. He still secretly ate ice from the water tank, chewing the ice with a crunching sound, and felt a stinging sensation from the cold.
Xue Guixiang couldn't bear to see him suffer from the cold, so the next day after the wedding, she used her own cotton-padded jacket to make him a set of clothes. When her brother-in-law put on this warm clothes, he was happy for a long time.
The brother-in-law was naughty and mischievous outside, and he always got into trouble. He was often scolded by Zhou Zhuo's father for this.
Once, he stole a few sweet potatoes from someone else's cellar. When he was discovered, he was beaten so badly that his body was covered in bruises.
But he couldn't bear to eat the sweet potatoes he stole, so he roasted them and gave them to Xue Guixiang. From that moment on, Xue Guixiang raised her brother-in-law as her own child.
So many years passed in a flash, and Zhou Zhuo's father had passed away for many years. The relationship between the uncle and sister-in-law became deeper. Seeing that Zhou Xilai could serve the family, their lives became more comfortable than before. However, he committed a crime and was arrested and imprisoned for five years. When he was released, he was nearly 30 years old.
Xue Guixiang had no other hopes but that he would be a good person, marry a wife and live a good life in the future. Unexpectedly, such a thing happened again. She felt that her brother-in-law had a miserable life.
Thinking of her brother-in-law in the operating room, whose life or death was uncertain, Xue Guixiang couldn't help but shed tears.
There was a coldness in Zhou Zhuo's eyes. He didn't expect that he was still a step too late and was preempted by the thief.
Lin Qingqing comforted her mother-in-law for a while, and suddenly remembered something. She remembered that in the early 1990s of her previous life, there was a major case that shocked the whole country. The deputy mayor of a certain city was dissatisfied with his superiors, so he hired someone to assassinate the mayor in charge. The deputy mayor took the opportunity to lobby and became the acting mayor. Soon he was promoted to mayor.
Due to the limited detection technology at the time, the deputy mayor hired someone to commit the crime, but the murderer escaped. The police's multiple investigations were fruitless, and the case became an unsolved case.
The deputy mayor who was promoted to mayor was doing very well in this position, made many political achievements, and was set as an advanced role model. He could have put a perfect end to his political career before retiring.
Who would have thought that three years later, when everyone was about to forget about the case, the former deputy mayor's secretary suddenly stood up and testified against the real murderer. The evidence was overwhelming, and the deputy mayor was finally brought to justice and sentenced to death.
Lin Qingqing was young at the time and didn't care about the case, but the teacher used this case as an example in class.
That's why she had some recollection of it. She only remembered that the murderer's surname was Liang, and the murdered mayor's surname was Wei... She shuddered at the thought.
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