"Shouldn't you leave with nothing after cheating on me?" Liang Zichen glanced at the woman, his eyes filled with disdain.
"Officer, how can you talk like that? Who's cheating?" After hearing Liang Zichen's words, the woman's voice gradually faded.
“This doesn’t count as cheating,” the woman continued to explain. “If anyone cheated, it was that damn guy who cheated first. I caught him in bed with someone else.” Anger resurfaced on the woman’s face, and she visibly gritted her teeth as she spoke.
"So you used this to threaten him? And then you cheated on him, and Xiao Lin found out, and you ended up in a stalemate over marital property, which has dragged on until now?" Based on the woman's description, Liang Zichen finally figured out the entanglement between the woman and Xiao Lin.
After listening to Liang Zichen's words, the woman brought the cigarette to her lips again. She took a drag, glanced at Liang Zichen, and then nodded.
Wang Shen had been listening to the conversation between Liang Zichen and the woman. Based on the woman's words, Wang Shen felt she wasn't a scheming person. Furthermore, since the woman's relationship with Xiao Lin had already broken down, why was she still willing to help Xiao Lin give false testimony?
Wang Shen finally put down his pen, looked up at the woman, and asked, "We don't want to get involved in your family dispute. Now we have a question that needs your answer." After saying that, Wang Shen paused briefly to observe the woman's reaction.
The woman was much more sensible than before, and nodded slightly after hearing Wang Shen's words.
"According to Xiao Lin, he stayed at home until the early hours of three days ago?" Wang Shen asked briefly, then waited for the woman's reply.
Upon hearing Wang Shen's question, the woman thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I can't remember."
Hearing this answer, Liang Zichen was about to get angry again. At this moment, Wang Shen stopped him in time. Wang Shen looked at the woman and continued to remind her, "Think about it again. He called you the next morning to confirm this."
After Wang Shen's reminder, the woman slapped her head and said, "Yes, yes, that's right. He did sleep at home the night before."
"Are you sure?" Wang Shenwei frowned slightly and asked again.
“Yes, he sleeps right next to me, how could I not be sure?” The woman glanced at Wang Shen, unable to understand what kind of answer he wanted.
Looking at the woman's facial expression, Wang Shen thought for a moment and then asked, "Didn't you two break up? Why are you still sleeping together?"
Wang Shen asked very directly, because he felt there was no need to beat around the bush anymore. His daughter didn't seem particularly offended by the question. The woman said calmly, "We're still husband and wife, and the house is in his name. What can I do? Kick him out? Besides, I was exhausted that day; I couldn't care less about anything else."
The woman took another drag of her cigarette, then looked at the nearly burnt-out butt and tossed it into the ashtray.
Does Xiao Lin still come home often?
The woman glanced at Wang Shen and shook her head. "He won't be coming back often anymore. I don't even see him once a month." The woman smiled and shook her head again.
Upon hearing the woman's answer, Wang Shen fell into a brief moment of contemplation. Why did Xiao Lin choose to return to this house on the night Han Lin committed suicide? Was it all a coincidence, or was it something Xiao Lin had planned beforehand?
If all of this was arranged by Xiao Lin in advance, then Xiao Lin's purpose was... Thinking of this, Wang Shen looked up at the woman again.
Why did Xiao Lin come back that night? Did he mention a reason?
"No," the woman shook her head. "I also felt something was off that night, so I asked him why he came back, but he just mumbled something and didn't say anything. So I stopped asking and just let it go." The woman seemed quite nonchalant.
“I remember you just said you were very tired that day, right?” Wang Shen caught every detail in the woman’s words.
The woman nodded.
"Why are you so tired?" Wang Shen asked the woman again.
Hearing this, the woman had a slightly skeptical thought and was about to get angry. However, after glancing at Wang Shen's serious expression, she dismissed her doubts. The woman shrugged and replied, "I stayed home all day that day, and I got up very late. Normally, I stay up until the early hours of the morning before going to sleep. But that day, for some reason, I was just very tired and wanted to sleep."
Hearing the woman's words, Wang Shen frowned, an idea popping into his head. Following up on the woman's question, Wang Shen asked, "What did Xiao Lin do at home that night?"
The woman thought for a moment and said, "He didn't do anything. But he was definitely different that day, like he had a change of heart."
"Changed gender?"
"Yes, that night when he came home, he bought a lot of food and drinks, and most of them were things I like to eat. He hasn't been this nice to me in a long time." The woman's tone became slightly sad as she said this.
"Don't you think I'm ridiculous? That such a small thing makes me feel like he's good to me?" The woman looked at Wang Shen, then at Liang Zichen, and asked with a self-deprecating tone.
Wang Shen shook his head, but then turned the question back to the case. "Xiao Lin bought a lot of your favorite dishes that day?" Wang Shen repeated doubtfully, then continued, "Did you eat them?"
"Of course I ate it. That bastard rarely treats me well, why wouldn't I eat it?" The woman spoke bluntly and directly, her words seemingly carrying resentment towards Xiao Lin.
After saying that, the woman's expression changed again. "Later, I thought about it and finally understood that bastard's real purpose. He probably wanted to use this opportunity to show me goodwill so he could talk to me about the terms of the divorce. He dreamed that I would be fooled after he tricked me into having a couple of drinks."
Wang Shen frowned and pressed on, "You drank alcohol that night? Were you drunk afterwards?"
The woman hesitated for a moment after hearing Wang Shen's words, then nodded silently.
"Then how can you be so sure that Xiao Lin slept next to you that day?" Liang Zichen looked at the woman in surprise after hearing her answer and couldn't help but say this.
Hearing Liang Zichen's words, the woman glanced at him, clearly disdainful of his question. She retorted confidently, "He was still beside me when I wasn't asleep. Besides, where could he have gone so late?"
Liang Zichen stared at the woman, his mouth slightly agape, speechless. At this moment, Wang Shen coughed softly twice and said, "After that night, did Xiao Lin ever come back?"
As soon as Wang Shenggang finished speaking, the woman seemed to become agitated again. "Just thinking about it makes me angry. I've been trying to find him to resolve the divorce, but I just can't find him."
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