Li Meifen was so nervous that she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.
"That...that..."
Her eyes kept flickering. She wanted to look up at Song Yongfu but didn't dare. At thirty years old, she stood at the gate of the courtyard like a child, at a loss for what to do.
It was only then that she realized that her sudden visit had been too abrupt.
"I……"
"Are these dumplings?"
Niu Fangfang suddenly spoke up, standing up from her stool: "These dumplings smell so good, are they for us?"
Her words directly eased the embarrassment of Li Meifen's abrupt visit.
Li Meifen looked up and saw Niu Fangfang walking over with a smile.
"Comrade..."
"Big sister, would you mind coming in and sitting down for a bit? We have something we'd like to ask you." These were the words of Lu Huaijiao.
Lu Huaijiao had a smile on her face when she said this.
His innocent smile greatly eased Li Meifen's embarrassment. Li Meifen looked up at Song Yongfu, waiting for his answer.
Song Yongfu was at least in his forties. Although he hadn't had many relationships, he was aware of Li Meifen's feelings for him.
He had only helped her a few times before, yet she had secretly remembered him for so long. Song Yongfu didn't know what to say.
However, before the other party brought it up, he naturally couldn't speak first and just treated them as ordinary neighbors.
He nodded slightly.
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Comrade Li. I was so busy talking to you two that I forgot to ask if you had eaten." Song Yongfu was telling the truth.
He really forgot.
There was also a hint of guilt in his words.
"It's alright, it's alright, didn't my older sister bring them over?" Niu Fangfang was very easygoing and directly took the dumplings from Li Meifen's hands. Song Yongfu also got up and went to the kitchen to get a bowl.
On the first day after Xu Xiuyun passed away, Song Yongfu, for the first time in a long time, ate dumplings at this house.
I ate with two young women.
After eating dumplings, Li Meifen was about to clear away the dishes and wash them, but Song Yongfu didn't let her do it.
After thinking about it, Li Meifen realized that it was indeed inappropriate.
After all, this isn't her home. If she were to go into someone's kitchen to wash dishes or something, it would definitely attract criticism.
But if she did nothing and just watched Song Yongfu wash the dishes, she couldn't sit still.
"Sister Meifen, would you like to come with us to the inner room?" Lu Huaijiao suggested.
She was planning to go to the room where Xu Xiuyun hanged herself, and the reason she asked Li Meifen to come along was that she wanted to ask her some more questions.
Song Yongfu rarely lived in this place; he spent most of his time in the factory dormitory. But Li Meifen was different. Her home was diagonally opposite Song's, and she had lived in this alley for over ten years. Sometimes, the information she gave was more useful than what Song Yongfu gave.
Lu Huaijiao didn't know why she was worrying about something that only the police were concerned about, but she just felt that this matter had to be clarified.
Very important.
Xu Xiuyun's death was crucial.
The reason for asking Li Meifen beforehand was that we were going into a room where someone had just died, and we were afraid she might have reservations. If she didn't like it, then we wouldn't go in.
But it's clear that Li Meifen doesn't care about that, and she's not afraid of dead people.
She was truly unafraid.
Back when she first married into the Liu family to bring good fortune, her sickly husband died before they could consummate their marriage. After his death, she personally took care of changing his clothes and cleaning his body.
Over the years, she has helped out when elderly people in the alley pass away, and she also handled the funeral arrangements for her parents-in-law. Having seen so many dead people, she is naturally no longer afraid.
To make a long story short, since Li Meifen wasn't afraid, Lu Huaijiao let Li Meifen go into Xu Xiuyun's room with her.
Niu Fangfang was told to wait outside.
"What's wrong, Jiaojiao? I'm not afraid."
Niu Fangfang was assigned to work outside, and she was extremely unhappy about it.
Lu Huaijiao smiled and pinched her cheek: "You go outside and see if anyone with ill intentions comes over. Meifen and I will go in."
Knowing that there were still tasks to be done outside, Niu Fangfang stayed behind reluctantly.
Lu Huaijiao and the others entered the room.
As soon as I entered, I felt a chill hit me. It wasn't dark yet, but the coldness felt like the middle of the night or just before dawn.
It was extremely cold and damp.
Lu Huaijiao's lips twitched slightly.
Speaking to the empty room, he said, "We're here to find the real culprit for you. If you're watching from heaven, tell me the clues."
She doesn't believe in ghosts or gods.
He opened his mouth to say these words, probably to reassure Li Meifen behind him.
When Li Meifen wasn't in Song Yongfu's presence, she lost her bashfulness and became incredibly cheerful. Hearing Lu Huaijiao's words, she hesitated for a moment before asking, "Comrade Lu, are you suspecting she was murdered?"
Lu Huaijiao nodded.
"It's just suspicion, there's no evidence whatsoever." She then turned to Li Meifen and asked, "You're neighbors. Based on your understanding of Xu Xiuyun, do you think she would choose suicide?"
"Probably not."
"Oh? What do you mean?"
Lu Huaijiao became interested.
You've definitely asked the right person.
Li Meifen thought for a moment and then spoke up: "She doesn't only have Zhao Guofu as her lover. She has other lovers. Moreover, I feel that between Zhao Guofu and another man, she loves that other man more than Zhao Guofu."
"You have another lover?"
This reminded Lu Huaijiao of something from last year, or maybe sometime ago, when she unexpectedly encountered the principal of Gu Changzheng's school with Xu Xiuyun...
Could it be that Xu Xiuyun's other lover is Liu Aiguo?
So, is Xu Xiuyun's death related to Liu Aiguo this time?
Lu Huaijiao was lost in thought when a gust of wind suddenly blew by, causing the mosquito net in the room to sway and a piece of paper to fall from it.
Is this really true? Is Xu Xiuyun's spirit in heaven?
Li Meifen was startled by this situation.
Looking at Lu Huaijiao again, I saw her frown, walk to the bedside, and pick up the paper.
A sheet of paper filled with writing.
Judging from the ink, it wasn't written for very long. The beautiful, delicate calligraphy made Lu Huaijiao narrow her eyes slightly even before she read the content.
Xu Xiuyun publicly states that she has a junior high school education.
However, this delicate small regular script requires considerable skill to write.
In other words, Xu Xiuyun hid her true educational background from others. So what was she planning to do?
She thought of the recent uproar in the city about arresting traitors.
Is Xu Xiuyun a traitor?
As soon as Lu Huaijiao thought about it, she immediately felt something was wrong.
She quickly scanned the letter in her hand. It was left by Xu Xiuyun. It didn't quite look like a suicide note. To be more precise, it was the best evidence that she wouldn't commit suicide.
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