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Xiao Yan's figure disappeared around the corner, while Song Lubai squatted down under the courtyard wall diagonally opposite, keeping watch.
A young man, who was peeking around, made eye contact with her.
The man looked a bit older than her, probably in his early twenties.
After their eyes met, the man beckoned to her.
Song Lubai looked around to make sure it was someone calling her, then walked closer.
"Did you need something from me?"
The man looked at her armband. "You're from the neighborhood committee, right? I saw you go into Shen Lingyu's house just now. How is Shen Lingyu?"
There was undisguised concern in the other person's eyes.
Song Lubai remembered that the daughter-in-law of that old woman Li was named Shen Lingyu.
She was certain that the other person was not Shen Lingyu's husband, Hu Xiaoqing.
Why are you so concerned about someone else's wife?
Her gaze was too direct, so Zhao Lujun quickly waved his hand, "Don't misunderstand, Shen Lingyu gets beaten every day, and she was beaten again yesterday. I didn't see her go out today, I'm afraid something happened to her."
Song Lubai circled around him, deliberately going behind him to look at his back. She remembered that it seemed to be him who had gone to the office to report him earlier that day.
“We went in just now but didn’t see Shen Lingyu. My companion has already gone to the police station to find the police.”
Zhao Lujun nodded: "That's good, that's good."
Song Lubai couldn't help but ask, "What's your relationship? She's already married."
Zhao Lujun said with a stern face, "Don't make wild guesses. It will damage her reputation. Her life is already hard enough. If I wasn't worried about her life being difficult, I would have gone in and beaten up that family long ago."
Song Lubai stared at him without saying a word.
Zhao Lujun glanced at her again. "You look unfamiliar. I've never seen you before. You must be new here. You probably don't know Shen Lingyu."
Song Lubai: "Is she very famous?"
Zhao Lujun lowered his voice: "In the past, Daqian Street, Houqian Street and Yuhua Street were almost all her family's. She had a bad class background, and she has had a very difficult life in the past few years since her parents passed away."
Miss Big Capitalist, this is not just a matter of bad ingredients, it's extremely bad!
“Don’t discriminate against her because of her bad class background. Her family is actually very kind. They used to help my family when we didn’t have enough to eat. You can’t judge a person by their class background, and you can’t be without conscience. There were many people who received help from her family in the past, but now that she’s not doing well, no one is helping her at all. They’re afraid of getting involved with her.”
Song Lubai: "She's not having a good life. You should advise her to get a divorce. Anyway, she doesn't have any children."
Zhao Lujun stared at her in astonishment.
He never expected a woman who didn't look married to say such a thing.
Since ancient times, it has been said that it is better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage.
No matter how life goes, no one will easily have the thought of divorce; life has to go on no matter what.
He had never thought of this before.
He only knew that Sister Lingyu was having a hard time, and he wanted to help her but had no way to do so.
"How can you make it sound so easy?"
Song Lubai: "So what do you want?"
If life is truly unbearable, then don't continue it. No one gets married to live a miserable life.
Xiao Yan arrived quickly with a male police officer.
The door was knocked on again, and Granny Li's cursing voice came from inside once more.
Hearing that the police had arrived, Granny Li opened the door much faster than before.
After opening the door, she didn't forget to glare at Song Lubai and Xiao Yan, and then adopted the attitude of a law-abiding citizen to ask the police what was going on.
When the door opened, Xiao Yan saw that the door to the small house in the yard was already open.
Xiao Yan walked quickly to the door of the small house. "Where are the chickens inside?"
The hut was filled with junk and there was no living creature inside.
Granny Li rolled her eyes: "They ran away as soon as the door opened."
All three knew that the old woman was talking nonsense.
The police officer asked, "Where is your daughter-in-law, Shen Lingyu?"
Granny Li glanced sideways: "What? What do you want with her?"
Xiao Yan blurted out, "Someone reported that there were sounds of beatings coming from your house. We came to your house today but didn't see your daughter-in-law. Did you beat her to death?"
This wasn't the first or second time the daughter-in-law of this family had been beaten; anyone from the neighborhood committee who had patrolled the area knew about it.
However, this is a family matter after all, and they shouldn't interfere. Besides, Shen Lingyu's family background is too bad, and no one can make decisions for her, for fear of getting into trouble. But if someone dies, they have no choice but to intervene.
Old Mrs. Li couldn't help but curse, "Who's the one with no money who's always watching my family's affairs? They're just bored and have nothing better to do."
The policeman's expression hardened: "What nonsense are you spouting? Where is he? Is he still alive?"
Granny Li immediately fell silent, reluctantly pointing to the main room: "She's asleep in bed. She's sick, very sickly, and sleeping soundly."
Song Lubai and the other person followed the police officers into the house.
Lying on the bed in the inner room was a woman with a bruised and swollen face, thin cheeks, and obvious malnutrition.
Her eyes were tightly closed, swollen and bruised, her mouth was swollen, and her forehead was covered with dried, dark blood clots.
The police checked the person's breathing and confirmed that he was still alive.
Song Lubai felt a slight sense of relief.
The police officer couldn't help but reprimand her, saying, "This is your daughter-in-law. How can you beat her like this? Your own daughter is getting married and being beaten like this by her in-laws. Don't you feel bad?"
Old Mrs. Li glared at her and said, "What? Can't we discipline our disobedient daughter-in-law? With her background, if it weren't for our family's kindness in taking her in and marrying her, she might not even be alive now! Feel sorry for her? What's your relationship with her that you feel sorry for her? I was wondering why she's been so restless lately. Is that person outside you?"
The police officer instantly turned red-faced and stammered, "What nonsense are you spouting? I came here because someone reported that someone in your family might have been murdered..."
The police officer was surprised that Granny Li dared to smear him and regretted making the trip.
The police officer was testifying, while Granny Li stood by, beaming with pride.
Song Lubai's hands were itching; she wanted to slap that old hag a few times.
"You, Li Erya, how dare you slander the people's police! The police serve the people and solve their problems; they are not people you can slander with your foul mouth."
"Comrade He, don't talk to her so much. She's deliberately slandering you. She's trying to prevent the police from interfering in her family's affairs. She's malicious. If you try to prove your innocence, you'll fall into her trap. She's slandering the people's police. If you don't let her know this time that it's wrong, she'll use the same method to drive away the police who come to her house to investigate next time."
Now that things had come to this point, He Shun finally realized what was happening.
He can't let this slander go unpunished.
He Shunsu's face hardened. "You've set a bad precedent by slandering the police. If you succeed this time, you'll use the same method to slander other police officers who come to your house next time. Li Erya, come back with me."
Although we can't do anything to this old woman, making her write a self-criticism will have a deterrent effect.
Once someone has been to the police station, leaving her there for a few hours afterward is enough to teach this old woman a lesson.
He Shun calmed down, and the aura of his police uniform subtly intensified.
This time, it was Granny Li's turn to be incredulous.
In the past, this trick always worked when someone interfered in her family's affairs, scaring the men into silence. Why didn't it work this time?
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