Zhou Hongsong, Bai Yulong, and Li Xiangdong reached the fork in the road where they were about to part ways. Zhou Hongsong patted Li Xiangdong hard on the back and said, "Straighten your back!"
Li Xiangdong then realized that he was hunched over.
Bai Yulong threw the cigarette butt, which was almost burning his mouth, onto the ground and stubbed it out with his foot. "We'll wait for you at home. We'll be back as soon as we're done!"
"I know!"
…………
Chen Yigan's office light was still on, and he was carefully looking at the materials in his hand about Xu Zhonghou's unprovoked assault.
After a long while, he put down the thick notebook, picked up the strong tea that Gao had brewed, and took a sip.
He thought he would have to go to the victim's place tomorrow to inquire about the situation. Although the suspect was brain dead, the Dongfang City Mental Hospital also bore responsibility, and there would be subsequent civil compensation and administrative accountability...
Li Xiangdong lingered at the entrance of the Public Security Bureau for a long time before suddenly deciding not to go in.
Some things are better left unsaid than said.
He went through the events of the day carefully from beginning to end, and he was certain that he had not left any obvious evidence.
Even if someone suspects you, you can't provide any solid evidence to prove anything.
He can just say he doesn't remember, and then what can anyone do to him...
Screw it, go home and sleep!
Thinking of this, Li Xiangdong started to walk home when he was suddenly patted on the shoulder.
Ouch!
Li Xiangdong was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. When he turned around, he saw that it was Chen Yigan.
"You're pacing around the door like a millstone, going round and round!"
How did you know?
"What do you take my police station for?!"
Li Xiangdong smiled, "I was just wondering how my father's case was going, but then I thought, it's already past get off work hours, I'm sorry to bother you..."
"Come on, you're beating around the bush when you talk to me!"
Chen Yi picked up his bag and said, "Let's go home and talk!"
It was already past nine o'clock at night. Chen Yi's family was used to him leaving early and returning late, so they didn't wait for him and turned off the lights and went to sleep early.
The two went directly to the side room, pulled the light cord, and the dim yellow light came on.
Chen Yi dared to let Li Xiangdong start the fire, while he rolled up his sleeves to scrub the pot, pour in oil, sautéed scallions, and cooked half a pot of noodle soup.
The two of them each had a bowl, and neither of them spoke as they sat facing each other, slurping their noodles.
Once he felt a little better, Chen Yi dared to sip his noodle soup slowly, his expression unchanged as he asked Li Xiangdong, "Why were you so impulsive?"
Li Xiangdong stopped hiding it and said, "Xu Zhonghou isn't really mentally ill!"
One sentence made Chen Yigan's face turn serious, "Are you sure? He has a diagnosis certificate from a mental hospital!"
Li Xiangdong nodded with absolute certainty, "I am 200% certain that he is using a certificate of mental illness to escape legal punishment."
Chen Yi frowned and said, "Now there's no way to prove it! But why did he come to kill your father? Also, how did he escape from the mental hospital? In other words, who released him? There's more to this..."
He took a deep breath. Was this really an accident?
Li Xiangdong directly answered his question, "I have a guess."
"you say!"
"Xu Zhonghou is cruel and reckless. He killed his old neighbor across the hall over a minor argument, which shows how ruthless and cruel he is."
"But after he was arrested by the police, he was afraid of the impending legal punishment."
"Perhaps he had heard about this before, or perhaps someone gave him some pointers. In any case, he learned that it is not illegal to kill someone when a mental illness is raging, because mentally ill people are criminally incapable. If they kill someone, at most they will be locked up in a mental hospital for compulsory treatment."
"Uncle Chen, this kind of thing happens quite often, doesn't it?"
Chen Yi dared not remain silent; this situation was indeed quite common.
In particular, some wealthy or powerful people use this method to escape punishment after committing a crime.
Li Xiangdong continued, "So, for whatever reason, Xu Zhonghou became a mentally ill person who could kill without breaking the law."
"Uncle Chen, if someone instigates a mentally ill person to target my family, I cannot bear the consequences."
He has parents, an older sister, brothers, sisters, and nieces at home. Li Xiangdong would not be able to accept anything happening to any of them.
If Xu Zhonghou isn't eliminated, he'll be like a wolf lurking in the darkness, ready to emerge and kill his family at any moment.
Chen Yigan said, "Perhaps this was an accident..."
Li Xiangdong shook his head. "Impossible!"
"As far as I know, Pan Dachun's son, Pan Jixian, has a close friend named Wang Shuli. Wang Shuli's aunt is the director of the Department of Psychiatry at Dongfang City Mental Hospital."
Chen Yi's eyes were sharp as knives. "When did you find out so much?"
“From the time Hu Shusong died in prison.”
Chen Yi dared not remain silent.
Finally, he patted Li Xiangdong on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much, go back and get some rest."
Li Xiangdong gave a forced smile, got up and walked out, and Chen Yi saw him off.
As they reached the door, Chen Yigan suddenly said, "Is there any more wolf bone wine? My father-in-law's rheumatism has gotten worse again, and he still needs to drink it!"
Li Xiangdong scratched his head and smiled, "Yes, there are many more!"
Chen Yi dared to curse him, "Then why do you only give me such a small bottle every time! You're so stingy!"
Li Xiangdong chuckled, "I was just worried you might be overdoing it!"
Chen Yi dared to raise his foot to kick him, but Li Xiangdong immediately slipped away. After running two or three meters, he turned back and said, "I'll deliver it directly to the old man in a couple of days. I need to let the old man know how I've done it!"
"Get out of here!"
...
As the night breeze blew by, the smile on Li Xiangdong's lips faded.
Chen Yigan invited him to stay for noodles today and even asked him for something, which put his mind at ease, since Chen Yigan had never asked him for anything before.
He voiced his suspicions today in advance, partly to give Chen Yigan an explanation, and partly in the hope of drawing Chen Yigan's attention.
Why did he immediately want to kill this madman as soon as he heard his name was Xu Zhonghou?
The reason lies in the past life.
It's a long story. In his previous life, the matter of him asking Tie Tou Lao Wu Zhou Hongsong to mediate was related to this Xu Zhonghou!
Xu Zhonghou was very famous throughout Zhao Province at the time, and was known as "Crazy Xu".
He had a gang of over fifty men under his command, who were said to be mentally unstable and not very bright. But when these men fought, they were fearless and killed or maimed quite a few people.
Xu Fengzi's office has no calligraphy or paintings, no photos. In the very center is a bright mirror frame with his mental illness diagnosis certificate embedded inside!
Li Xiangdong was preparing to enter the real estate industry and wanted to acquire a piece of land.
But soon he was targeted by Xu Fengzi. To be precise, it was Zhou Yuyu and his two children who were targeted by Xu Fengzi.
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