After leaving the police station, Liu Aimei rushed home.
But downstairs, he saw Old Lady Liu.
Old Mrs. Liu looked more than ten years older these past few days; her hair had turned even whiter, her figure was hunched, and she looked at Liu Aimei with a nervous expression.
Liu Aimei's face darkened. "What are you doing here?"
Old Lady Liu's eyes were red and she looked at Liu Aimei as if she was about to cry. She held Liu Aimei's hand tightly.
"Aimei, did you see it that day? Mom has her reasons. Let's go upstairs and talk, don't talk here."
Liu Aimei's face turned ashen, and she yanked Liu Laoniang away.
"I have nothing to say to you, you can leave." With that, Liu Aimei turned to go upstairs.
Old Lady Liu refused and followed behind Liu Aimei.
Once you get to the third floor, you have to squeeze in even more.
Liu Aimei held the door shut with all her might.
"I didn't tell the police anything. If you keep causing trouble and the police start watching you, it's all your own fault!"
Old Lady Liu's face turned deathly pale, and she swayed.
“Aimei, it was all his fault that I forced myself to this. Mom just doesn’t want our family to fall apart. You are the one I love the most.”
Liu Aimei no longer believes what her mother-in-law says.
Her face was mocking. "Love me the most? You've done so much for Xiong Jing, even... never mind, I won't believe you. The police found my place so quickly, did they think they couldn't find you? If you know what's good for you, you'd better leave now."
The police haven't arrested her yet.
Go far away, go to another place.
With tears streaming down her face, Old Lady Liu grabbed Liu Aimei's hand and was about to kneel down.
“Aimei, the police are already watching you anyway, so why don’t you just admit that you did it? Don’t worry, Mom will take good care of Yanyan and Lele, and also your and Tong Hongyun’s child, Mom will go see them often… Ah ah—”
Hearing what Liu Laoniang said, Liu Aimei couldn't help but shed tears. Unable to bear it any longer, she couldn't push Liu Laoniang away, so she kicked her in the shoulder.
Old Lady Liu fell on the stair railing, screamed, and crawled on her knees to Liu Aimei.
"Aimei, Mom gave birth to you, fed you, and clothed you. Please consider this your way of repaying Mom. I beg you."
Liu Aimei heard the sound of her own heart breaking; she hadn't been this heartbroken even when Tong Hongyun abandoned her.
"Why don't you go find Xiong Jing? Go find her! She's your daughter too. Why are you looking for me? You've done so much for her; she should be the one to repay you!"
Old Mrs. Liu wept bitterly, "She's never had a mother since she was little, and now she's raising a child on her own. Aimei, please help me, please help me..."
Liu Aimei gave her one last look.
"Impossible. There's a reason for every wrong, and I can't help you."
"I love plum blossoms! I love plum blossoms!"
After saying that, Liu Aimei slammed the door shut.
With a bang—
Old Lady Liu was still banging on the door outside.
After a long while, the upstairs neighbors couldn't take it anymore and came down to yell at Old Lady Liu, at which point Old Lady Liu finally left.
Inside the room, Liu Aimei kept wiping away tears.
For the past few nights, she's been dreaming that Zhao Qiang is chasing her and beating her for not saving him.
Liu Aimei was trembling.
She had done more than enough; it was her mother who was ungrateful…
Liu Aimei broke down in tears again.
After Old Lady Liu left, she returned to the Liu family home, appearing dazed and confused. The entire Chengxiang community knew about the murder case.
In the morning, the police went to the Liu family to inquire about Liu Aimei. Everyone was talking about how the murder was related to Liu Aimei, and there were even rumors that the man was another of Liu Aimei's lovers.
Even Liu Qiangdao couldn't stand it anymore and started cursing at the people outside.
Normally, no matter how much trouble Liu Aimei causes, it's just a moral failing, and no one can stop her from talking about it. But now it's a murder case!
How could Liu Aimei possibly kill someone?
Li Xia had something on her mind, and she had stayed in her room ever since the body was discovered.
She thought that Old Lady Liu had gone out to talk business with Zhao Qiang that day, but she never expected that Old Lady Liu would be so bold as to kill someone.
Liu Aimei is very likely still an eyewitness...
Li Xia looked out the glass window and saw Old Lady Liu enter the yard like a lost soul. She also saw Old Lady Xiong stopping her and talking to her. Xiong Jing was holding Zhuang Chenghao and comforting him. Old Man Liu was silently smoking under the eaves. Outside, Liu Qiangdao was still arguing with someone...
Li Xia thought to herself with a cold sarcasm.
It's true that she dislikes Liu Aimei.
But objectively speaking, Liu's mother borrowed money from Liu Aimei for Xiong Jing, which indirectly led to Liu Aimei's divorce from Song Guomin. Now she even killed someone for Xiong Jing, and everyone outside is criticizing Liu Aimei.
Liu Qiangdao angrily slammed the gate of the Liu family's house. He cursed in the yard and went back into the house to find Li Xia looking at the bankbook.
"Why did you take out your bankbook?"
Li Xia: "Let's count how much money we have left."
"Why are you looking at that thing? We haven't been paid yet. We'll deposit it when we've collected enough." Liu Qiangdao became angrier the more he thought about it. "What does that dead person have to do with us?"
By evening, the police had come to the door again.
The forensic doctor cleaned the deceased's face, which had multiple marks from shovel cuts, and reconstructed the deceased's appearance. They then questioned the deceased in Chengxiang Community.
Several people said he looked familiar, as if they had seen Old Lady Liu talking to him before.
"Officers, who are you looking for?"
"Who is He Shuqiong? Has anyone seen you in contact with the deceased? He came to the Liu family to look for you a few times."
Old Man Liu frowned and glared at Old Woman Liu. Seeing her frozen in place, his heart tightened.
"He Shuqiong, I'm asking you a question!"
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