The two left the kitchen and sat down in the living room.
Xu Tingchuan lowered his eyes, his gaze drifting to some distant place.
Ni Sitian didn't urge him; she waited quietly for him to speak.
After a long silence, Xu Tingchuan sighed and said, "That man's name is Li Rui, and he has a twin brother named Li Jing. They lost their parents when they were young and were sent to an orphanage as infants."
"When they were two years old, a wealthy couple who had been childless for many years came to the orphanage to adopt a child. The adoption rules stipulated that only one child could be adopted, and they chose Li Jing to take back to Yihai City."
“At that time, Li Jing was still young. When he was first brought to the new family, he thought about his younger brother every day. But as time went on, he gradually adapted to life in the new family and naturally forgot about him. He even thought that the couple was his biological parents.”
"We grew up carefree under the care of others. We met when we were in the same high school. He was my deskmate. He was very warm, kind, sunny and cheerful. But just when life was at its best, Li Rui appeared."
"When Li Jing saw him, he immediately recognized him as his younger brother without any doubt, because they looked so alike. Then he asked his parents and got an affirmative answer."
"After that, Li Jingbian and Li Rui had frequent contact. Mu Zhi noticed that something was wrong with Li Rui, so he secretly investigated and found out some things."
"It turns out that less than two years after Li Jing left, the orphanage was in poor management and had to send the orphans to an orphanage in a neighboring county."
“Li Rui ran away during that journey and was later adopted by a gang of thieves. They trained Li Rui to steal, and that’s how his little evil was formed.”
"There are many other details during this period, but I won't go into them. Anyway, Li Rui later went to the Yunnan border and started drug trafficking. Later, somehow he ended up in Yihai City and started smuggling guns. He was only seventeen years old at the time."
"By sheer coincidence, Li Rui and Li Jing met." After telling this long story, Xu Tingchuan paused, his eyes darkening.
Ni Sitian handed him the water glass and looked at him curiously, asking, "What happened next?"
"After Li Jing and Li Rui recognized each other, seeing that Li Jing seemed to have suffered a lot in his life, he tried his best to make it up to his younger brother by buying him things and giving him money. However, people are never satisfied, and Li Rui took a liking to the wealth of Li Jing's adoptive parents. He killed Li Jing and took his place!"
Ni Sitian's eyes widened in shock, incredulous: "How could this be? That's his twin brother!"
"Heh, it was because they were twins that he had this idea." Xu Tingchuan said in a deep voice, "After he killed Li Jing, he was afraid that someone would discover the body, so he simply dismembered Li Jing and threw the body into the sea. Later, he impersonated Li Jing and returned to his adoptive parents' home. He concealed it very well and did not arouse any suspicion throughout the summer vacation."
"And then what?" Ni Sitian asked anxiously.
"Later, I discovered that he was not Li Jing. As the investigation progressed, more and more suspicious clues emerged, so I reported it to the police with Mu Zhi and the others. The police collected DNA samples for comparison and investigation, and thoroughly investigated the case." Xu Tingchuan's eyes were dark and gloomy. "Li Rui was arrested, but because he was young, his sentence was not very heavy, only fifteen years. He may have been released early because of his good behavior in prison."
"So he held a grudge because of this and sought revenge on you." Ni Sitian's face paled again. What wouldn't someone who killed even his own brother do!
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