After collecting Lin's father's ashes, the group went to the cemetery.
With the help of the neighbors, Lin's father was buried next to Lin's grandfather and grandmother.
After everyone finished their work, they left on their own.
Only the Lin siblings remained kneeling before their father's grave, unwilling to leave for a long time.
Ni Fang didn't want to waste her time here.
"Alright, your father is dead, what's the point of kneeling? Go home now."
"Mom, you should go back first. I'm leaving soon, and I don't know when I'll be back. I want to stay a little longer, and Yuanyuan wants to stay too."
Ni Fang scoffed at her filial piety and turned away without a second thought.
Uncle Liu, who had been with them the whole time, couldn't bear it any longer. "Child, your father knows how you feel. Get up quickly. Your father will feel sorry for you if you kneel for too long."
Lin Wei remained motionless.
Uncle Liu also squatted down next to her, trying to pull her up.
At this moment, Lin Wei looked at Uncle Liu with sincere eyes and asked the question that had been weighing on her mind for a long time.
“I didn’t want to ask, but without a definite answer, I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave in peace. Uncle Liu, my father’s death wasn’t an accident. You should know that, right?”
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Uncle Liu was startled and lost his footing, falling to the ground.
But based on this reaction, her guess was undoubtedly correct.
Lin Wei patted Lin Yuan's head and said softly, "Yuan Yuan, go over there and pull some weeds for Grandpa and Grandma."
Lin Yuan glanced at her worriedly, then at Uncle Liu, and called out anxiously, "Sister."
"It's alright. You can't hear what your sister and Uncle Liu are saying right now, but you'll definitely find out later. Go ahead."
As if he had made up his mind, Lin Yuan got up and went to his grandfather's grave, which was the furthest away, to pull up weeds.
Lin Wei quickly helped Uncle Liu up from the ground. Her expression was exactly the same as before, as if she had only asked an unimportant question.
"Uncle Liu, there's no one around here. Tell me anything you know."
"You... how could you..." Uncle Liu's lips turned white, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Since you won't tell me, let me tell you what I saw first."
"First of all, the time of death doesn't match up. From the time my dad had the accident to when I arrived there, it was only 20 minutes. My dad died too quickly, and his body even showed signs of rigor mortis."
"Rigidity usually occurs within 1-3 hours after death. However, people who experience rigidity within 10-30 minutes after death are generally the elderly, children, or people who are physically weak and have underdeveloped muscles. But my father did not fall into any of these four categories."
"Secondly, there was too little blood. How could someone fall from the 8th floor while still alive only have so little blood? Even the location and position of the wound were wrong. My dad's condition was clearly as if he had been beaten to death beforehand, and his body had already stiffened before he was pushed off the 8th floor."
"Finally, I remember you have a nephew who works at the local police station, right? One of the police officers who went to the construction site to investigate the case that day happened to be surnamed Liu. Although you didn't greet each other, you look so alike. Besides, this nephew often comes to your house to visit you. I think it would be hard not to recognize him."
“They didn’t say that before we went to the 8th floor. After Engineer Li said something to them, they changed their story. You noticed something strange about my father’s situation. In order to prevent you from getting involved, he would definitely remind you not to meddle in other people’s business. But you feel sorry for my brother and me, so you will definitely ask for the reason.”
Lin Wei looked at Uncle Liu and pleaded, "Uncle Liu, I won't harm you or your nephew, because I know that Yuan Yuan and I are too busy to fight them. I won't be foolish enough to put us in such a dangerous situation, otherwise my father will not be able to rest in peace."
"But Uncle Liu, I just want to know the truth. My father died so unjustly, so unjustly."
Seeing Lin Wei with tears streaming down her face, Uncle Liu covered his face in anguish. "Child, go, go. It's better that you're gone. No one can rest easy here. But about your father... I can't tell you."
"Uncle Liu," Lin Wei called out again, "Is it because of my mother?"
Uncle Liu looked at Lin Wei in shock again, his voice choked with emotion several times, "You knew? You actually knew?"
"I won't alert them until I have the ability to deal with them."
Wiping away his tears, Uncle Liu composed himself and asked, "When did you discover that your mother and...?"
"You're involved with Xiao Yuanbing? Uncle Liu, actually I didn't find out, I just had a guess in my mind and asked him out earlier."
Uncle Liu was taken aback, then sighed, "So how did you find out?"
"On the day Xiao Yuanbing delivered the pension, there were so many people in the room. My mother was at the very back of the crowd, but Xiao Yuanbing managed to walk through everyone and hand the pension to her. My father had only been working with Xiao Yuanbing for a few days, and my mother had never been to the construction site, so she had no chance to meet him. Therefore, there is only one possibility: these two had known each other for a long time."
“That’s right. Before I took on this project, I accidentally saw your mother getting very close to a man, but I didn’t know Xiao Yuanbing at the time. Well, it’s not good to meddle in these kinds of things, so I didn’t mention it.”
"Later, after we took on the project, I found out that the man was actually Boss Xiao. You know, my uncle has a whole family to support, and he can't be without a job, so I didn't mention it. Besides, I thought that Xiao Yuanbing was from out of town, and he might leave after the project was finished. Moreover, your mother is not young, so maybe it's just a passing fancy."
“Until the day your dad had the accident, he would leave with me every day, but that day he left alone first. When I got to the construction site, your dad was already working on the 8th floor. I called out to your dad and asked him why he didn’t call me, but he just waved to me and didn’t respond.”
“I didn’t think much of it at the time, but not long after, your dad had an accident. It was so scary when your dad fell that no one dared to move. Only I went up to check. Your dad stopped breathing as soon as he fell, and his body was already stiff. I knew something was wrong.”
“You’re wrong about one thing. It wasn’t my nephew who contacted me; it was me who contacted my nephew. He told me not to meddle in other people’s business. As for the person who threatened him, it was Engineer Li, and the boss behind Engineer Li is none other than Xiao Yuanbing.”
"This is also my fault. These are clearly two different people, but I didn't think much of it because their clothes looked the same."
Lin Wei took a deep breath and replied, "It's not your fault. The workers on the construction site all wear safety helmets, and the distance between the 8th floor and the 1st floor is too far. Everyone recognizes people by their clothes, so it's not surprising that they made a mistake."
Uncle Liu was a little worried. "Girl, it's definitely them who did this, but I don't know why. But you can't do anything about it. You can't fight them right now."
“I know, Uncle. A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years. Just because I can’t do anything to them now doesn’t mean I can’t do anything to them in the future.”
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