Not long after Ergouzi left, someone knocked on the door again.
This time, it was An Hongdou who went over to open the door.
However, the person outside the door was beyond her expectations.
"Why are you here?"
An Hongdou looked at Zhao Xiaoyue. Her face was pale, with bruises at the corners of her eyes and mouth, and scratches on her neck. Although she was young, the veins on her neck were clearly visible. She was wearing loose clothes, which made her look particularly thin.
"I... just want to remind you to be careful... be careful..."
She looked a little unwell, and spoke haltingly, without finishing her sentence. Suddenly she turned around and left.
An Hongdou looked at her dazed appearance and always felt that something was weird.
Back in the yard, she asked An Changyue, "Changyue, have you ever heard about Zhao Xiaoyue when you were in the village?"
"I've heard of her, but she hasn't been out for a long time. I heard from Aunt San that the neighbors next to the Zhao family said Zhao Xiaoyue was beaten every day. Her screams could be heard from their house every day, and Aunt Zhao didn't allow anyone to go to their house." The Aunt Zhao mentioned by An Changyue was Ma Cuilian. "Aunt, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." An Hongdou shook her head, motioning for her to go play by herself.
Late at night, An Hongdou suddenly opened her eyes and sat up.
The violent movement woke up Shen Xiangzhi as well, and he asked her, “What’s wrong?”
"Let's go out and take a look." After saying that, An Hongdou turned over, got out of bed, put on her shoes and left.
Shen Xiangzhi still couldn't figure out what was going on. If she hadn't spoken, she would have thought she was sleepwalking because of this sudden movement.
Helpless, he could only stand up as well.
An Hongdou did not go through the door, but jumped out directly over the wall.
Shen Xiangzhi followed out and happened to see this scene, and he had a premonition that something was about to happen.
As he expected, when he came out, he saw An Hongdou standing there, with a man lying on the ground in front of him. There was a pile of firewood against the back wall, and a small pot next to it. Shen Xiangzhi went forward and picked it up and smelled it, and it was filled with kerosene.
Shen Xiangzhi clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes met the man on the ground, with a strong coldness.
This person actually wanted to set fire!
Looking at the location, if a fire breaks out, it will happen to be their main room.
Shen Xiangzhi turned around and said, "He wanted to set fire to our house. This matter cannot be concealed. I will tie him up and go find my second uncle."
At this time, Shen Xiangzhi couldn't help but start to worry, could it be that his identity in the black market was exposed?
Otherwise, who would have such a big grudge against their family?
An Hongdou nodded and reminded him, "Interrogate him carefully. He is probably from Xiaoli Village."
"How do you know?" Shen Xiangzhi wondered.
If he is from Xiaolizhuang, then he is probably related to Wang Meng and Li Facai.
However, Li Facai is still in prison. How could Wang Meng, a woman, be so bold as to hire someone to set fire to their house?
An Hongdou then told about the conversation she heard between Wang Meng and Ma Cuilian when she was following her during the day.
Later, when I saw Wang Meng leaving with his family, I thought the matter was over, but I didn't expect that they would take action at night.
Fortunately, she was on guard and used her special powers to keep an eye on her surroundings, otherwise, her house would probably have been lost.
Shen Xiangzhi tied the man up, and suddenly stopped halfway, thought about it, and suddenly raised a sly smile at the corner of his lips.
There was a drainage ditch next to him, so he pulled the man down and kicked him directly into the ditch.
Li Laicai was kicked into the water and woke up instantly.
However, he almost lost his life due to choking on water.
Just when he thought he was about to drown, a big hand suddenly grabbed his collar and pulled him out with one force.
"Thank...thank you." He was not clear about the current situation and just thought that the other party had saved him.
Looking at his funny appearance, Shen Xiangzhi laughed out loud, "Are you clear-headed?"
Li Laicai then realized something was wrong. He wiped the water off his face and looked up at Shen Xiangzhi.
First impression: this young man is really handsome.
That's right, that look seemed to have some malicious intent.
"You are..." Li Laicai asked confusedly.
Shen Xiangzhi squatted down and asked him, "Don't you know me?"
Li Laicai shook his head. When Shen Xiangzhi went to push the bicycle, he chose to call the police directly. He also got the bicycle back from the police. Li Laicai really didn't know him.
"Since you don't know me, who asked you to burn down my house?" Shen Xiangzhi asked him.
“You…you are Chen Xiangzhi?” It was only after their eldest brother was arrested that they went to the police station to inquire and found out that the owner of the lost bicycle was Chen Xiangzhi.
Shen Xiangzhi raised his eyebrows, the meaning was self-evident.
Li Laicai lost his temper all of a sudden. "What...what do you want?"
He also saw his sister-in-law being beaten so badly, and his eldest brother was arrested. He felt that Shen Xiangzhi was being unreasonable and bullying too much, so he wanted to come over and teach them a lesson.
He originally planned to light the fire and run away. It was late at night and no one would find him. Even if there were suspicions, they could not do anything to him as long as there was no evidence that he did it.
However, he didn't expect that he would be caught before the fire was even lit.
Thinking of his elder brother who was still in jail, Li Laicai felt cold all over. "Brother, I... I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have had such bad intentions to burn your house. Please just ignore me. I promise that I will never come to your village again, and I will never let my family cause trouble for you again. How about that?"
"Not so good." Shen Xiangzhi looked at him with a half-smile, "If you do something bad, you have to pay the price. It's impossible to get away with it. If you are really scared, I can give you a trick to reduce your crime. How about it?"
"You...what do you want me to do?" The fact that Li Laicai dared to commit arson showed that he was definitely not an honest man, but he was also not stupid. When Shen Xiangzhi said this, he had a hunch.
"I don't ask you to do anything, I just ask you to tell the truth." Shen Xiangzhi patted his rough face threateningly, "You should know that what you did today, if successful, it would be a crime of murder. If you want to reduce your guilt now, you must have someone to share it with you."
Li Laicai thought for a moment and immediately said, "It was my sister-in-law. She brought her family to your house today and had two teeth knocked out. She was not satisfied after returning home, so she asked me to burn down your house to teach you a lesson."
It is a selfish thing to rather let a friend die than to let myself die. After Li Laicai was arrested, he naturally just wanted to get away with it. As for what happened to Wang Meng, he would have to wait until he was fine first before thinking about this problem.
"No, you forgot one thing. Your sister-in-law was also bewitched..."
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