Geng Xiaoliang lowered his voice and said to Zhou Yuanyuan, "This woman looks like she's dead, but she's actually not dead. She's still hanging on. According to her neighbors, when Wang Xiaona and her husband moved into the community more than a month ago, she looked just a little sickly but could walk normally. It's only been a month, and she's become like this. The neighbors reported it to the police, saying they suspect her husband..."
"Wait." Zhou Yuanyuan frowned, stopping Geng Xiaoliang from continuing. Wang Xiaona... Wang... Xiaona? Was she the Wang Xiaona she knew?
When Zhou Yuanyuan saw the necklace on the "skeleton's" chest and the familiar jade gourd pendant on it, she suddenly understood. No wonder she felt the "skeleton" looked familiar; it was indeed the Wang Xiaona she knew. A cultivator's senses differed from those of ordinary people. While ordinary people recognized people based solely on appearance and figure, Zhou Yuanyuan relied on the uncanny senses she remembered.
When Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhao Qingshan first moved to Kyoto, Zhao Qingshan was practicing medicine at Renhe Hospital.
Wang Xiaona developed a strange illness and went to Renhe Hospital for treatment. Dr. Liu Yicheng, an orthopedic surgeon there, diagnosed her with an incurable condition. Dr. Liu, who resented Zhao Qingshan at the time, specifically directed Wang Xiaona to seek treatment from him. Wang Xiaona's desperate desire to survive was so strong that she even tracked herself down to Zhao Qingshan's home.
Xiaoyu realized that Wang Xiaona's strange illness wasn't a disease, but rather the result of an evil cultivator draining her vital energy. Without treatment, Wang Xiaona would soon die. That was Zhou Yuanyuan's first act as a cultivator. She stayed at Wang Xiaona's home late at night, extinguishing the evil cultivator's remaining spirit within her husband, Zeng Mingliang, and saving her.
At the time, Wang Xiaona offered her necklace to Zhou Yuanyuan as a reward, but Zhou Yuanyuan refused. The jade gourd pendant on Wang Xiaona's necklace wasn't just any jade; it was likely a top-grade imperial green jade imbued with spiritual energy. Wang Xiaona's body was severely damaged, and without the jade gourd to nourish her, she would have died soon.
Zhou Yuanyuan judged at the time that with the nourishment of the jade gourd, although it would be impossible for Wang Xiaona to regain her youth, it should be no problem for her to live another ten or eight years.
Counting on my fingers, it has been exactly ten years now. Has Wang Xiaona reached the end of her life? Zhou Yuanyuan felt a little sad.
Zhou Yuanyuan still has an indescribable feeling for the first ordinary person she rescued.
Geng Xiaoliang did not hide it from Zhou Yuanyuan and told her about the case in detail.
More than a month ago, Wang Xiaona and her husband rented a two-bedroom, one-living room suite in Taohua Community and moved in.
When they first moved in, the residents of the neighborhood thought Wang Xiaona and Zeng Mingliang were mother and son. After all, Wang Xiaona's health was severely damaged. Even with the jade gourd's warmth, she still had white hair and many wrinkles on her face.
Zeng Mingliang is in his prime, tall and strong, with good looks. He looks at least twenty years younger than Wang Xiaona.
Since moving into Taohua Community, Zeng Mingliang has been walking with Wang Xiaona every morning. He's very considerate, always holding Wang Xiaona's arm and occasionally noting potholes in the ground to remind her to watch her step. This unusual couple has earned the envy of many of their neighbors in Taohua Community.
Wang Xiaona’s neighbor Niu Mingfang was very envious of Wang Xiaona.
Niu Mingfang, 45, retired early from the factory due to poor health. Workers who retire due to illness often have shorter service years and receive a meager pension. Niu Mingfang can only do light work like housework each day and is unable to do any heavy work. Therefore, after completing her chores, she has more time left each day.
Because of "sharing the same suffering", Niu Mingfang would go to play with Wang Xiaona after Zeng Mingliang went to work.
As Niu Mingfang and Wang Xiaona got to know each other, she learned some of Wang Xiaona's family details. For example, she had no children, a mother-in-law who lived in Chaoyang District, and the fact that Wang Xiaona's current appearance was due to illness. In the past, Wang Xiaona was not only a teacher but also a beautiful woman.
Wang Xiaona also told Niu Mingfang that since she fell ill, Zeng Mingliang has been with her forever. If Zeng Mingliang had not taken good care of her, she would have died long ago.
Niu Mingfang herself has suffered enough from her poor health. Because of her poor health, although her husband did not openly despise her, in fact, Niu Mingfang's husband has always believed that Niu Mingfang's illness has dragged down their family. At home, not to mention being considerate, he always shouts and acts like a big boss.
Seeing Zeng Mingliang treat Wang Xiaona so well, Niu Mingfang was envious but also a little skeptical. In Niu Mingfang's opinion, a man would not be nice to a woman for no reason unless the woman could bring him help.
Not long after, Niu Mingfang saw someone claiming to be Wang Xiaona's mother-in-law arrive at Wang Xiaona's home. That day, Wang Xiaona's door was closed, and Niu Mingfang, sitting in her own home, could hear a violent argument. Finally, Niu Mingfang saw Wang Xiaona's mother-in-law leave in anger.
From that day on, Niu Mingfang never saw Wang Xiaona again. Every time Niu Mingfang knocked on the door, Wang Xiaona said she wasn't feeling well and wouldn't invite her in. Although Wang Xiaona spoke, she did so through the door, never revealing herself.
After more than ten days, Niu Mingfang still hadn't seen Wang Xiaona. Even when Niu Mingfang knocked on the door, she didn't hear Wang Xiaona's response.
Zeng Mingliang still goes to work and comes home normally every day as usual.
One day, after Zeng Mingliang got off work, Niu Mingfang told Zeng Mingliang that she wanted to visit Wang Xiaona, but Zeng Mingliang flatly refused.
Their two families were neighbors, and Niu Mingfang had been getting along well with Wang Xiaona for the past two weeks. Logically, Zeng Mingliang should have invited her in for a visit, not just refused outright. Did something happen to Wang Xiaona?
Now, Niu Mingfang could no longer suppress his curiosity.
The next day, after Zeng Mingliang went to work, Niu Mingfang quietly climbed into Zeng Mingliang's home through the window.
Seeing Wang Xiaona, who didn't look like a "human" on the bed, Niu Mingfang was so scared that she ran out of Zeng Mingliang's house.
After coming to her senses, Niu Mingfang was furious. She knew all men were bad. Wang Xiaona must have been abused by Zeng Mingliang, which was why she looked like a ghost now. She couldn't let Zeng Mingliang go. She wanted revenge for Wang Xiaona!
In this way, Niu Mingfang reported the case to the Shilitun Public Security Bureau, saying that Zeng Mingliang had abused Wang Xiaona.
When the police arrived, they saw Wang Xiaona, who looked like a "skeleton man". Although they were not as scared as Niu Mingfang, they were still very scared.
With Wang Xiaona in this state, the biggest suspect was her husband, Zeng Mingliang. As a result, Zeng Mingliang was arrested by the police as a suspect of attempted murder.
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