Chapter 21: Linked Illnesses

  "He's lying!" A voice suddenly burst forth, like a bomb exploding in an instant, splashing the calm space with a thousand waves of water.

  Ren Sheng vaguely remembers that he was a very impressive and stout fat man, and when he parted ways with Shao Qi, he met him alone.

  He could only watch silently as the man viciously told the police, "This morning, I only saw him running hastily by himself. I thought he must have witnessed my mother being killed and ran away in fear."

  He suddenly felt like he was being crushed by a mountain, and his entire body's sense of powerlessness instantly overwhelmed everything about him. He couldn't help himself.

  Looking at Shao Qi, he still had that calm and unruffled demeanor, as if he didn't care about being misunderstood.

  "So why did you run?" the police officer asked with a frown.

  "At that time, she herself was lying on the ground, shouting and yelling that we hit her. We were afraid of being framed by her, so we ran away!" Ren Sheng replied.

  "You mean you didn't see her die?"

  "Police comrades, can't believe them, my mom must have been killed by them, they had a grudge before, except for them, no one else would take action." The fat man's expression was fierce, his face full of anger.

  "Calm down, victim's family!" The police officer's tone was calm and soothing, but his eyes were fixed on Ren Sheng: "Did you two have a grudge before?" His language was as usual, calm and collected, handling the situation with routine professionalism.

  "I didn't see her die, in fact you guys didn't say it, I also didn't know she was killed by someone, as for the past festival, it was before..." Ren Sheng answered carefully, every detail was accurate.

  "Have you and Ren Zheng ever been separated?" the police asked.

  "Yes, I fainted and fell to the ground during that time." Ren Sheng thought for a moment before answering honestly.

  "Fainted?"

  The lawyer hastily asked him: "Is there anyone who can testify?"

  "Yes!" Xiao Qi let out a soft sigh, "No one saw."

  "There are fingerprints on the murder weapon and bloodstains of the deceased on your hands, all evidence is against you." The lawyer looked at him with a worried expression.

  Although he wasn't entirely sure if he had really killed someone, after all kids of this age are prone to acting on impulse, but still, as the classmate and best friend of his son, and a kid he liked very much, emotionally and rationally, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

  Shao Qi smiled and looked at him, stood up and bowed: "Uncle Cheng, I know this time things are troublesome, but thank you anyway!"

  "It's nothing, you're a classmate of mine from the past, I'll definitely help you think of a way." The middle-aged man hastily reached out to support him, secretly letting out a sigh.

  This thing is really frustrating.....

  "My son, what should I do?" Finally left with only the two of them, Lin Yu held Shaoyi's head in her arms, just like when he was a child, and tears flowed out uncontrollably.

  Tears streaming down his face, Shao Qi felt like his skin was on fire. He looked at his mother and finally spoke up.

  "Mom!" He raised his hand and gently pressed down on the graying temples of his mother, and Shao Qi said calmly: "I saw Yan Fei again, they won't let us go."

  It doesn't need to be said how clear it is, anyway, for his mother, Yan Fei has become a synonym for the disaster he encountered back then!

  "Them!" Her mother's tears flowed even more fiercely, and in her dark, shining eyes was unhidden hatred.

  "I've become like this, I can only be like this!"

  There's bitterness that can't be expressed, staying in that unfamiliar city, feeling that the people around me have also become quite unfamiliar.

  It seems that her brothers also knew something. In this not-so-big house, she could feel that everyone's attitude towards her was no longer as friendly and enthusiastic as before.

  To them, she is now just transparent air, without any sense of existence at all.

  She had no choice but to live her life with caution, as if she was walking on thin ice. Unlike before when she was half-dependent and half-independent, now she desperately hoped that she could quickly get familiar with the city and leave this place behind, becoming self-reliant and strong.

  She knew that the estrangement with her aunt had already formed.

  It's probably impossible to explain, she can't rely on her aunt anymore. From her aunt's silence, not letting her go to school as promised at the beginning, if she still holds any hope, then she is really a fool.

  She was secretly planning, quietly looking for a job, intending to formally bid farewell and leave once she found one. However, she had no social experience at all and was really too young, didn't even know the way out, let alone finding a job.

  That day, she saw a newspaper in the living room and took it back to her room to slowly look at the recruitment ads on it.

  At this time, the sound of unlocking suddenly rang out. Yan knew that her aunt was back from work. Her body stiffened for a moment, but in the end, she still didn't plan to go out and greet her.

  With the generation gap, Auntie already didn't like herself, and her family environment wasn't particularly good either. Naturally, seeing this idle person now made her even more uncomfortable. However, it seemed that Auntie didn't mind seeing her; she slowly walked into his room with a tone that carried a hint of coldness and anger, mixed with a bit of awkwardness.

  "There's nothing for you to do at home, and it's not a good idea to just idle around. Starting tomorrow, you'll come with me to the factory to work. At least for a month, we can earn almost 2,000 yuan."

  "Ah, okay!" Although somewhat unexpected, Xiang Yan was still quite happy. After all, it wasn't a lot of money, but at least there was hope now? Maybe she could save up enough tuition and continue her studies!

  …

  But reality once again cruelly told her that she was thinking too much.

  Just at midnight, a black shadow suddenly rushed into her room. The person lifted up her quilt and began to grope her all over.

  Xiang Yan, who was having a good dream, was suddenly awakened and saw the black shadow touching her chest. From the faint outline, she already knew the identity of the person. She struggled while scolding: "Second Brother, you can't do this, if you continue, I'll call Auntie."

  The newcomer didn't seem to intend to stop, humming and muttering: "You have the ability to shout, what's with the pretence, you're not even picky about my middle-aged dad, how could I be worse than him?"

  As he spoke, his hand went down to her lower body, wanting to take off her pants.

  She was greatly shocked in Yan Xin's heart, and before she had time to be afraid and disappointed, she took advantage of the man's inattention and instinctively picked up the water bottle on the bedside table and smashed it onto the man's head.

  Watching the man's motionless body, Xiang was so frightened that she almost forgot to breathe. She quietly felt his nose and found out that he had only fainted. She lay weakly on the ground, thinking about her dark future.

  No, she can't stay here anymore, no matter what.

  Go, must go, this was the only phrase left in her mind, under the guidance of a single emotion, she took out her luggage and left in a hurry...