Linlin raised her voice. "Are you sure?"
Dachang nodded. "She wasn't having it. She loved me and only me," he said, voice trembling. "That is why she announced our wedding personally, she was fighting for control over her life. She wanted to prove that she could make it on her own without the family money. She wanted to prove she wasn't the black sheep anymore. To show everyone that redemption could be achieved." He broke down. "She had turned her life around, we were going to be so happy together. How could this happen? I....what do I without her?" he whispered the question.
Liwu softened slightly. She had seen grief faked a thousand times, but Dachang's was raw, unpolished and painfully real.
She called an officer to escort him home because he could not stay in the precinct.
Linlin stared at the empty chair where he had been sitting and muttered, "That diamond could have paid off Dawei's debts. Just saying, he had reasons to kill her."
Liwu shrugged.
