Ran Manman said this and closed her eyes tightly. "I originally wanted a divorce, but the day after I filed for divorce, my parents' store was inspected three times."
"From the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, the Health Bureau, and the Fire Department." Ran Manman's eyes showed pain.
Her family runs a restaurant. Her parents started out by setting up stalls in the 1980s. After years of hard work, they bought two shops and turned them into a humble chain of stores.
She had a younger brother, but her parents didn't discriminate against boys. She had everything she wanted since she was little. Her parents never said a harsh word to her, and her brother always defended her. When she married Wei Liang, the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy cried like a child.
In her parents' hearts, her family's shop was second only to her and her siblings. The Wei family's move against her parents' shop undoubtedly grasped her lifeblood. She couldn't let her parents' shop suffer because of her.
Ran Manman sneered, "I thought I'd have to endure this sick Wei family for a long time, but I didn't expect Wei Rongzhen to die not long after that incident. People outside said he had a sudden heart attack, but only his family knew that Wei Rongzhen died from a woman's belly. Otherwise, how could Xing Yueya be so angry that she had a stroke?"
Wei Rongzhen had Xing Yueya, the mad dog, charging ahead, and because of Xing Yueya's connections, he kept himself clean in front of the people he knew. But what was the truth? Wei Rongzhen had been keeping connections outside ever since he left the military, and that never stopped.
Most of these people were young, many of them high school and college students. At home, there was Wei Yu. As for Xing Yueya, she spent her days either beating up a mistress or on her way to do so.
She couldn't beat Wei Yu all the time outside, but it was different at home, so she tortured Wei Yu in different ways. As long as Wei Yu was uncomfortable, she would feel relieved.
These two perverted characters, Ran Manman would curse them in her heart every time she thought of these things.
At the end of her speech, Ran Manman laughed, but soon her smile became forced.
Because she remembered that before Wei Rongzhen died, Wei Yu came back once, and a few days later, Wei Rongzhen died.
She glanced at Wu Dongyan and buried the situation in her heart. Wei Yu's life was already difficult enough, and she couldn't let her life get any worse.
"Thank you Ms. Ran for your cooperation." After Wu Dongyan understood this part of the situation and knew Wei Yu's true situation, she thanked Ran Manman and closed her notebook.
Ran Manman went out before Wu Dongyan, and she sincerely hoped that Wei Yu could run away.
Wei Liang looked at her with a dark face. Ran Manman no longer cared. She didn't care about Xing Yueya's life or death at all. She even prayed in her heart that Xing Yueya would die faster.
Her main purpose in following Wei Liang out today was to see how Xing Yueya died.
Ran Manman rolled her eyes at Wei Liang and left. Wei Liang's face turned black and red, and he ran out as well. Lin Shuyue made a phone call gesture to Wu Dongyan and followed him out.
It wasn't raining outside, but a north wind had picked up, making it even colder. Chinese New Year was still more than half a month away, but the festive atmosphere seemed to be already there, with some families already hanging up red lanterns.
Wei Liang caught up with Ran Manman at the door of a house with red lanterns hanging behind the Public Security Bureau.
"Manman, what did you tell the police?" Wei Liang grabbed Ran Manman's hand.
Ran Manman couldn't leave now. She shook Wei Liang's hand away with all her strength: "Just tell them what I know. What else can I say?"
Wei Liang looked at Ran Manman, and the impatience on Ran Manman's face deeply hurt him. They were in a free love relationship, and Wei Liang had thought that he and Ran Manman would love each other forever. Who would have thought that the man who loved her with all his heart and eyes in the past would now always be met with impatience when talking to her.
"Manman, why have you changed?" Wei Liang was very sad. He looked at Ran Manman with heartbroken eyes.
If Ran Manman had seen Wei Liang with this expression ten years ago, she would have felt distressed. If it had been eight years ago, she would have gone up to him and comforted him. If it had been five years ago, she would have promised to always be by his side and help him through all the difficulties.
If it were three years ago, she would have denounced Wei Liang's hypocrisy and wished him dead. But now, she can calmly watch Wei Liang make all kinds of expressions.
There's a saying that goes, "From love comes sorrow, from love comes fear, from love comes hatred."
Her love for Wei Liang was evident when Wei Liang opened the door for Xing Yueya, when he carried her daughter to Wei Rongzhen despite her objections, and when she saw him, as a vested interest, pretending to know nothing and condescendingly criticizing Wei Yu for not going home and not contacting her parents and relatives.
That face makes people feel extremely disgusted just by looking at it.
In response to Wei Liang's claim that she had changed, Ran Manman admitted it very straightforwardly: "Yes, I have changed. If I don't change, I will be tortured to death by your family."
"Wei Liang, let me ask you, do you really have no idea what Wei Yu has suffered at home?" Ran Manman has wanted to ask this question for many years.
Did Wei Liang know that Xing Yueya used Wei Yu as a bargaining chip to fight with those women outside? Did he know what a foul soul Wei Rongzhen had hidden under his righteous appearance?
If he knew, how could he have the nerve to stand on the moral high ground and accuse Wei Yu? If he didn't know, how stupid would he be!
Wei Liang looked up blankly. "I know. My mother treated her badly. She didn't give her food, clothes, or tuition. My mother was just a little biased towards boys, and she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. You see, although she wasn't particularly nice to Wei Yu, she didn't let her freeze or starve to death."
"My dad paid Wei Yu's tuition fees privately. Even if my mom wasn't nice to her, my dad was okay with her, right? And me, even though I was young and naive and my mom wasn't very nice to her, I made up for it later."
"I've given her part of my pocket money since high school!" Wei Liang was really sad. He felt that Wei Yu was too cruel. His mother Xing Yueya had wronged Wei Yu, but they were good to her.
Ran Manman laughed: "Your father is a beast in human skin. He gave her money. I'm afraid what your father wants to do most is to find a house to hide Wei Yu and not let anyone see her, right?"
"Besides, there's no need to talk about the money you gave Wei Yu. She's already repaid you."
Ran Manman was too lazy to say anything more to Wei Liang. She said, "I didn't divorce you before because your father was so powerful. I filed for divorce, but your mother used her connections to mess with my family. Now that your father is gone and your mother is gone, there's no one who can threaten my family anymore. So, let's get a divorce."
Wei Liang was shocked. He had never thought of divorcing Ran Manman. From the day he fell in love with her, he vowed to be with her until old age.
"Manman, I was wrong. We won't get divorced. You don't like my mother, and my mother is gone now. Can we live a good life as a family of three in the future?" Wei Liang chased Ran Manman forward.
As for Ran Manman's words about Wei Rongzhen wanting to lock Wei Yu up in the house and hide her from everyone, he seemed to have not heard them. Or perhaps he knew about it, but he didn't take it to heart at all.
It's easy to imagine what position Wei Yu holds in his heart. His frequent contact with Wei Yu and his frequent attempts to smooth things over were nothing but empty pretenses.
Ran Manman understood this, and her heart sank even more. Wei Liang might really not have known about Wei Rongzhen's assault on Wei Yu. He was usually very gentle, and when the two of them were together, she was the dominant one.
But that was only because Wei Liang still had feelings for her! What would happen when Wei Liang no longer had feelings for her? What would Wei Liang, with such a cold heart, do?
Ran Manman couldn't and didn't want to take the risk. She thought divorcing Wei Liang as soon as possible was the most important thing. Her parents, knowing who Wei Rongzhen was, also supported her divorce.
Ran Manman was full of confidence. She walked faster and faster, got into a taxi, and drove away. Wei Liang didn't catch up, so he stood by the roadside, watching the taxi drive away, holding his waist and catching his breath.
Lin Shuyue stood in the shadows and heard the conversation between Ran Manman and Wei Liang clearly. Because she had adhered to the bottom line at the police station and did not place button cameras on Ran Manman or Wu Dongyan, she was unaware of the conversation between Ran Manman and Wu Dongyan.
But now, from a few words of Ran Manman, she has already guessed Wei Yu's unknown difficult past.
Lin Shuyue took a deep breath and walked back.
Wu Dongyan was busy and had no time to take care of her. Lin Shuyue drove from the parking lot in the front yard of the Public Security Bureau. While waiting for the traffic light, Lin Shuyue called Li Mingfang.
It was already five o'clock in the morning. After running all night, Lin Shuyue was a little hungry and craved breakfast tea.
The weather was cold and Li Mingfang was too lazy to leave, so she stayed in Xijiang Apartment. She was sleeping soundly when she received Lin Shuyue's call. When she heard that Lin Shuyue was going to have morning tea, she immediately got up.
When Lin Shuyue arrived, she was standing at the door of the apartment wearing a very bright pink coat, black pencil pants and platform shoes.
This outfit looks ugly to Lin Shuyue, who has memories of her previous life, but now, Li Mingfang's outfit is undoubtedly at the forefront of fashion.
After Lin Shuyue opened the car and got in to put her things, Li Mingfang was still yawning: "You drive, I'll take a nap for a while."
Li Mingfang rarely gets up so early, but she still feels very sleepy.
Lin Shuyue played soothing music in the car.
They arrived at the tea restaurant very quickly. There were many cars parked on the road outside the restaurant. Lin Shuyue parked the car and Li Mingfang got out. The two of them walked into the tea restaurant together.
The tea restaurant they came to was dimly lit. There were a few fake trees placed in the room. The dining tables were divided horizontally and vertically with the fake trees as the dividing line. There were partitions between the tables to ensure the privacy of each table of guests.
Lin Shuyue and Li Mingfang found a table and sat down. Because it was early, there were not many customers.
The food they ordered arrived quickly. Li Mingfang felt refreshed after drinking a cup of tea. She was concentrating on eating her fried French toast with condensed milk.
Lin Shuyue also ate a piece. It tasted very fragrant and had a strong milky flavor of condensed milk. It was a bit greasy to eat alone, but it was just right when eaten with Pu'er tea.
The two of them chatted lazily while eating. When they were halfway through their meal, four men in cotton coats came in. They were sitting at the table next to Lin Shuyue.
After ordering their meals and tea, one of the men with the mole on his face said to the other chubby man, "We're going to give Ah Long a good meal today. He got a big order yesterday afternoon and made a thousand yuan."
As soon as he finished speaking, congratulations came towards the chubby man like waves.
He waved his hands and said, "Thank you, everyone. Thank you, everyone. It's also good luck. This meal is my treat. Everyone can eat whatever you want."
This sentence made the other three men who followed him very enthusiastic, and they all started praising him one after another.
The originally quiet environment of the entire tea restaurant was broken at this moment.
Several men chatted loudly, mostly about work, but also a small amount of gossip about friends they knew each other.
When Lin Shuyue and Li Mingfang were about to finish their meal and leave, and it was getting light outside, the man who had a mole talked about the case of the hot spring resort.
From their conversation, Lin Shuyue knew that they were also nearby and had picked up the reporter who was following up on the incident.
They were well-informed. After a while, the three of them discussed with each other and quickly pieced together Wei Yu's appearance.
"Wait, the murderer you are talking about who killed her own mother has a shallow mole on her lip, short hair, and almond-shaped eyes, right?" Ah Long, who had just returned from a big order, finally interrupted.
"Yeah yeah."
Ah Long slapped his thigh and said, "That little beauty I pulled today looks just like this!"
Lin Shuyue turned her head and looked over. The three people at the next table suddenly stopped talking and laughing. Then the taxi driver who started talking said, "Ah Long, I think you should go and tell the police about the situation."
"That's what I thought. Eat quickly and we'll go after we finish eating."
The four of them ate faster, picked up their personal belongings, and went to the front desk to pay the bill. Then four taxis drove out of the tea restaurant one after the other.
Lin Shuyue looked at the last shrimp dumpling in her bowl and sighed.
As a former police officer, Lin Shuyue hopes to catch every criminal who has committed a crime, even if that criminal is a victim who has risen up in resistance. Breaking the law is breaking the law, and the law is unforgiving.
But as a reporter, she hopes to catch Wei Yu and then dig out bigger news from Wei Yu's mouth for the public to pay for.
But as a human being, Lin Shuyue hopes that Wei Yu can escape safely.
But she knew that this hope was too slim. This was because the impact of this incident was huge. When the news was distributed in the newspapers tomorrow, it would attract the attention of most people, and they would keep an eye on the police.
Under pressure from all sides, the police will do their utmost to capture Wei Yu. The chances of Wei Yu escaping are slim.
"Ah Yue, Ah Yue, what's wrong with you? You don't respond when I call you." Li Mingfang called Lin Shuyue.
Lin Shuyue came back to her senses and smiled at Li Mingfang: "It's okay, maybe I didn't sleep well last night."
"Then have a good sleep when you get home later." Li Mingfang said.
"Okay." The two paid the bill and walked out of the restaurant.
Lin Shuyue looked at the sun rising slowly from the east, and felt deeply that the world was unfair. Why didn't good people get good rewards, while bad people could either live well or die so easily!
Just like Xing Yueya and Wei Rongzhen, they should have died in torture. Only in this way can the souls of the innocent people in heaven be slightly comforted.
Instead of being like now, where the evildoers die and everything is over, she wants to let them go to the realm of reincarnation to experience what Wei Yu and the others have suffered, but there is no way.
[ Ding ~~~ There is a way, host. With only 10,000 points, the system can capture their souls and bring them to the realm of reincarnation~ ] The system appears and disappears mysteriously.
When Lin Shuyue heard the first sentence from the system, she was happy for a moment, but the second sentence brought her back to reality.
Last time, she used 3,000 points to buy a large-scale punishment talisman, but now, her points are only 5. It's a long way from 10,000 points!
The points she could get after completing a case were only three to five hundred. How long would she have to wait?
Just as Lin Shuyue was about to do this, the system said, [ This has a time limit. The time limit is 15 days. If the host fails to earn 10,000 points within 15 days, the system will not be able to capture the souls of Xing Yueya and Wei Rongzhen. ]
Lin Shuyue felt the urgency of time again. So the question was, how could she earn so many points in such a short time?
"Ah Yue, let me tell you, my mom went to the market yesterday and got robbed. They stole the only fifty cents she had left. She cursed from the moment she got home until dinner last night. Thieves are so rampant these days!"
Lin Shuyue heard Li Mingfang's words, and her eyes lit up as she listened.