Seeing her younger son enter the kitchen, Tian Jing asked, “Why aren’t you in the living room keeping Qiong Yu company?”
“Mom.”
Li Weixin stood beside his father, watching his father’s chopping movements. “Yaoyao said I became a bachelor of the Li family because I don’t know how to cook.”
“I asked Qiong Yu if men who can cook make her feel more secure, and she nodded. Do you think it’s too late for me to start learning now?”
“It’s not too late.”
Tian Jing encouraged her younger son. “Ask your father to teach you. Learn a little every day, and being able to cook some home-style dishes is enough.”
“Practice makes perfect. In the future, as soon as you get ingredients, you’ll know exactly how to arrange them.”
Li Weixin’s lack of confidence was dispelled by his mother’s words. “Well, I believe in myself, and I believe in my two excellent teachers, Mom and Dad.”
…
Half a month later, Zhou Yulin, who was accompanying Zhou Yufei in the hospital, was arrested.
Facing the police, Zhou Yulin’s mental defenses were always fragile. He confessed the reason for killing Zheng Xiuyue.
After the transcript was compiled, the police frowned at Zhou Yulin’s statement, “Ministry of Public Security called Zheng Xiuyue.”
They retrieved Zheng Xiuyue’s call records before her death, but there was no call from the Ministry of Public Security at all.
According to the time Zhou Yulin recalled in his statement, the police searched Zheng Xiuyue’s call records again. During that time period, the call records were completely blank.
Either Zhou Yulin was lying, or someone had deleted the call records. This person was not to be underestimated, as they could even delete backend records from the telecommunications company.
Of course, there was also a possibility: a confidential phone number.
The police submitted the transcript and the case report to the director. After reading the report, the director waved his subordinates away. “You can go. This case will be put aside for now, and I will transfer it upwards.”
The two subordinates breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that it could be handed over. They had been investigating this case for a long time. If it weren't for the semen found in the deceased’s body that could still be tested for DNA, it would have been another cold case.
Who would have thought Zheng Xiuyue’s private life was so chaotic? Who would have thought Song Yinyu would directly give his wife a lover? Who would have thought Zhou Yulin would have a life on his hands at the age of 17?
…
Zhou Yufei, with her face bandaged, went to find Song Yinyu, begging him to help her save her brother.
Song Yinyu calmly refused. “He has already confessed his guilt.”
“Brother did it to avenge me!” Zhou Yufei cried sadly. “It was Zheng Xiuyue who ordered someone to disfigure me.”
“Avenge?”
Song Yinyu sneered. “China is a society ruled by law. Can ordinary citizens resort to violence in private?”
Although Song Yinyu appeared calm on the surface, he was ecstatic inside. He never expected that keeping Zhou Yulin by his side would have helped him so much.
Zheng Xiuyue was dead, and he could get rid of this old and ugly woman without falling out with the Zheng family.
Zheng Xiuyue was dead, and he was Zheng Xiuyue’s legal heir. The Sheng Song Group would return to his hands. Even if it was only in his hands for a few minutes, his father could take back the Sheng Song Group.
Therefore, not only must he not save Zhou Yulin, but he must also step on him a few times and deal with this woman in front of him.
“Yufei, Yulin killed my wife, and our relationship ends here.”
“For your sake, I won’t avenge Xiuyue, but I cannot be with the sister of the killer of my wife.”
Zhou Yufei’s eyes widened in panic. “Yu Gege, what do you mean?”
“Exactly what it sounds like.”
Song Yinyu looked at her coldly. “Don’t pretend you don’t understand. You and your brother followed me for what purpose, you and I both know.”
“Since you want to latch onto me, you should listen to me about everything.”
“Just for a small matter, Zhou Yulin could take action and kill the person in charge of my Sheng Song Group. How dare I keep people like you around? Perhaps one day, I’ll be inexplicably killed by him too.”
“A small matter?”
Zhou Yufei looked at Song Yinyu in disbelief. “Is disfigurement a small matter?”
“Isn’t it?”
Song Yinyu retorted, “Didn’t you also disfigure Xuanxuan casually?”
Zhou Yufei shed tears sadly. “You blame me? You still blame me?”
“Should I thank you then?”
Song Yinyu was unmoved by Zhou Yufei’s tears. “You’ve been pestering me since you were a child. If it weren’t for you, Xuanxuan and I would have had no chance at all.”
“Without Xuanxuan, without the Li family, do you think I would have gone to Kusan with my status?”
“Our target is Xuanxuan, Xuanxuan’s father, and the Li family. What are you? At best, you’re just a farm girl with a county household registration, and you’re competing with Xuanxuan for favor. Are you worthy?”
Zhou Yufei stumbled backward. She wasn’t worthy? She wasn’t worthy! She wasn’t worthy.
Since childhood, she was not worthy, not worthy of Siji Gege’s love, not worthy of playing with toys with Sister Xuanxuan, not worthy of the Li family’s attention, just because her surname was Zhou!
Now, she was still not worthy, not worthy of Yu Gege’s love. Even if she had given him everything, even if her brother was used as Zheng Xiuyue’s sex toy…
She should never have been born into this world…
Song Yinyu frowned, looking at the retreating Zhou Yufei. Seeing that Zhou Yufei was about to step back to the stairs, he wanted to stop her, but thinking of the current favorable situation, he lowered his raised hand.
Seeing his hand lower, Zhou Yufei felt a chilling coldness. She couldn’t get what she wanted, so she wouldn’t let him get rid of her cleanly.
As her body hung in the air, Zhou Yufei was not flustered at all. As she fell, she looked at Song Yinyu and saw relief and ease on his face. Her lips curved slightly. Yu Gege, don’t blame me. If I don’t plan for myself, with my current appearance, I have no future at all.
Someone below the stairs screamed.
“Ah! Someone fell down.”
“Oh dear, she’s bleeding underneath.”
Zhou Yufei had expected something when she went to find Song Yinyu, as her face was already disfigured. Therefore, she chose to talk to Song Yinyu on the stairs behind the fire door, so she could faint with peace of mind.
Song Yinyu, who was walking towards the fire door to leave, paused upon hearing the two screams. He then quickly turned back to the stairwell and took out his phone to dial…
…
Jiang Junhu and Mai Xingyang had never stopped paying attention to news from Song Yinyu’s side. So, when they received the news that Zhou Yufei had fallen down the stairs, was suspected of miscarrying, and Song Yinyu was anxiously taking her to the hospital, the two met again at the Li family’s house.
Hearing Xingyang and Junhu discussing the topic, Tian Jing frowned. Zhou Yulin was locked up, and Zhou Yufei could still orchestrate such a scene. Who was the gun in whose hand between these siblings?
Li Zhengguo picked up the black phone. “Tiantian, call Minmin and chat about these recent events.”
Tian Jing picked up her regular phone. “This is fine. These are not confidential matters.”
Li Min was very happy when her sister-in-law called and chatted with her sister-in-law about the recent happenings in Kusan.
She and her husband had raised their youngest son in Beisheng for a few years, then returned to Kusan and lived in her sister-in-law’s courtyard house.
In the courtyard house, there were traces of her mother, eldest brother, sister-in-law, younger brother, and sister-in-law. She couldn’t bear to let the courtyard house lie vacant.
While her sister-in-law was talking about things, Tian Jing listened patiently. After her sister-in-law finished, Tian Jing told her about the recent events in the Song family.
“Serves them right! It’s good that they’re dead.”
Li Min gritted her teeth. “Good and evil are eventually rewarded. They thought their little intelligence was enough to make a name for themselves in the big city. But in the end, didn’t they resort to wicked means?”
“One used wicked means to harm others, and one used wicked means to harm herself.”
“Yufei was pregnant, didn’t she know that herself? Didn’t she fall down the stairs precisely to make Song Yinyu not abandon her because of her disfigured face?”
“From beginning to end, it was all about snatching. I wonder what fate awaits her?”
After her sister-in-law finished complaining, Tian Jing said, “Go and tell Chengbin.”