Chapter 260: This Family Doesn’t Need Me Anymore
Si Heng looked at Li Cuiying’s hunched back, his dark eyes narrowed, “She didn’t tell the truth.”
“Should we bring her back to continue the interrogation?” He Lewei asked.
Si Heng shook his head, “We’ll interrogate her son tomorrow.”
Li Cuiying’s son was more seriously injured and remained in the hospital.
Si Heng then continued to interrogate the fake pregnant woman, the shirt woman, and the glasses boy. The answers from these three human traffickers were similar.
They met Li Cuiying in the park. At that time, Li Cuiying was worried that her son had no woman to vent his frustrations, so the fake pregnant woman and the shirt woman offered to help solve her son’s physiological problems.
They said they would charge twenty thousand yuan, and Li Cuiying readily agreed.
“How many times did you cooperate in total?” Si Heng asked.
Fake Pregnant Woman: “F-four times…”
Shirt Woman: “Twice.”
Glasses Boy: “Just this one time.”
Li Cuiying said three times, and neither party told the truth.
They interrogated Li Cuiying’s spouse, Zhang Qunxiong, who said he couldn’t remember clearly, saying it was at least eight times, if not ten.
Si Heng’s deep dark eyes stared at the old man in the wheelchair, and he asked with a half-smile, “Your surname is Zhang, so why is your son’s surname Li?”
“He’s not my son,” Zhang Qunxiong lowered his head and explained, “He’s Cuiying’s son. When Cuiying and I got married, Li He was already five years old.”
He reached out and touched his atrophied and deformed legs, saying with a bitter smile, “These legs of mine became like this because of Li He.”
“Because of him?” He Lewei asked, “Can you tell me the specifics?”
Zhang Qunxiong said calmly, “In the tenth year of my marriage to Cuiying, he pushed me from the rooftop on the fourth floor.”
He Lewei immediately frowned, “Why would he do that?”
How old was Li He at that time? To be capable of such a cruel act…
“I asked him,” Zhang Qunxiong’s eyes dimmed, “He said he had grown up and this family no longer needed me.”
He Lewei: “…”
That statement was chillingly profound.
Zhang Qunxiong continued, “I didn’t die, and Li He couldn’t stand to see me alive. He always wanted to kill me. Cuiying knelt down and begged him to spare me…”
“Do you hate him then?” Si Heng’s eyes held scrutiny; he wasn’t sure if Zhang Qunxiong was lying.
“How could I not hate him!” Zhang Qunxiong’s face was full of pain, “He’s the reason I became crippled in my thirties and have had to sit in a wheelchair my entire life!”
Si Heng: “Whose idea was it to trick those young girls into coming to your house?”
Zhang Qunxiong shook his head, indicating he was unaware, “I was never present when they spoke between mother and son.”
He paused for a moment, then said, “They initially planned to keep this from me. I discovered it by accident. At the time, I advised Cuiying not to do this, but she told me not to interfere.”
Si Heng glanced at him indifferently, and after a while asked, “Your family’s economic conditions don’t seem good. How did Li Cuiying get the money to pay the criminals?”
Zhang Qunxiong explained expressionlessly, “This house was originally lived in only by Cuiying and me. Li He moved out after graduating from high school. But two years ago, I heard there was some accident with his work, and he moved back in with Cuiying and me.”
“You still haven’t answered my question about the money,” Si Heng reminded him gently.
Zhang Qunxiong frowned, “I don’t know the specifics. I only heard Cuiying say that Li He made money online.”
He provided a lot of information, but its authenticity was yet to be verified.
After interrogating Zhang Qunxiong, Si Heng went to the conference room to find Jiang Yuan, only to see her asleep on the conference table.
He tread lightly and slowly walked to her side.
Jiang Yuan had very fair skin, long eyelashes, a delicate nose, and slightly pursed ruby-red lips.
A German Shepherd sat beside her, tilting its head and looking at him curiously.
After an unknown amount of time, Si Heng reached out and patted Jiang Yuan’s shoulder, calling softly, “Jiang Yuan.”
Her eyelashes, like butterfly wings, trembled slightly. Jiang Yuan drowsily opened her eyes and looked at him, “Si Heng, what time is it?”
“It’s almost three o’clock,” Si Heng said softly, “I’ll take you back.”
“No need,” Jiang Yuan yawned and stood up, “I drove myself.”
“Aren’t you sleepy?”
“It’s okay, I just dozed off for a bit. I’m awake now.”
Si Heng nodded when he heard her say that, “Okay, be careful on the road.”
Jiang Yuan returned to East Bank Villa with the German Shepherd. Probably because they smelled the scent of other animals, all the animals in the house woke up.
“Wow, so many brothers and friends here?” The German Shepherd exclaimed, the whole dog becoming excited, “This is absolutely amazing!”
Jiang Yuan didn’t expect everyone to be awake either and raised her eyebrows slightly, “Why aren’t you all sleeping?”
Seeing a German Shepherd standing beside Jiang Yuan, Blueberry’s first thought was unhappiness. Another one here to compete for favor!
But the next second, it remembered what Jiang Yuan had said the day before yesterday: it was the boss of this family and had to set a good example.
Blueberry came in front of Jiang Yuan and exclaimed in surprise, “Yuan Yuan, is this a new partner?”
“Yes,” Jiang Yuan looked at it and said with a smile, “Blueberry, this is Overlord, our new family member.”
“So that’s how it is,” Blueberry nodded and meowed obediently, “I understand.”
Jiang Yuan introduced Overlord to the other little friends and then said to Blueberry, “You introduce the family friends to Overlord. I’m a bit sleepy and need to go to bed first.”
“Okay, Yuan Yuan,” Blueberry’s fluffy little face was full of seriousness, “I guarantee I’ll complete the mission.”
Yuan Yuan has such high hopes for me, I absolutely cannot disappoint her!
Blueberry watched Jiang Yuan’s figure disappear, then turned to Overlord, “Hello Overlord, I’m Blueberry.”
“Hello!” Overlord grinned, “Nice to meet you!”
Blueberry continued, “I’m the boss of this house. Let me introduce you to the little friends here.”
Although Overlord was a stray dog, he was very polite, “Thank you, I’ll trouble you!”
Blueberry introduced Overlord to all the friends in the house. When preparing to go to sleep, it suddenly remembered that Yuan Yuan hadn’t prepared a room for Overlord just now.
It frowned and thought for a moment, then meowed hesitantly, “You can share my kennel tonight. Tomorrow Yuan Yuan will prepare a house for you, okay?”
“Will it disturb you?” Overlord felt a bit embarrassed, “I can just find a place to sleep anywhere.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Blueberry wanted to be a good boss and take on the responsibility, “Just follow me.”
Since it said so, Overlord smiled, “Then I won’t be polite.”
“Don’t be polite,” Blueberry said, “We’re all friends here.”
Jiang Yuan woke up after a nap and realized she hadn’t prepared a room for Overlord last night.
“Where did Overlord sleep last night?” She patted her forehead in annoyance, “I forgot to prepare a room for it.”
Blueberry came to her, puffed out its little chest, and said proudly, “Yuan Yuan, last night I let Overlord share my kennel.”
