False evidence

Chapter 368 Witness

The moment the bride price was mentioned, the other party's arrogance immediately diminished by seven-tenths.

Jiang Yazhen's sister-in-law, that young woman dressed in a flamboyant manner, continued to shout:
"It's not about the money now, it's that the Lu family drove someone to their death!"

"Then I'll give my life for you!"

A shout suddenly came from above.

Looking up, I saw a man standing on the edge of the roof.

"Oops!"

Gao He was truly anxious. He pushed aside the people in front of him, looked up, and shouted, "Lu Ming, don't be impulsive! We'll help you solve whatever it is."

Jiang Yazhen's sister-in-law suddenly shouted in a shrill voice, "Hey Lu, who are you trying to scare? If you've got the guts, jump! Otherwise, you're not a son of a mother!"

"Bastard!"

Gao He shouted, "Anyone who causes trouble again, handcuff them!"

His words were already quite harsh, and those who had been joining in the commotion dared not utter a sound. But the woman continued to shout, urging the man upstairs to jump.

Lin Dan took out handcuffs, and she started cursing while reaching out to scratch Lin Dan's face. Even Jiang Yazhen's younger brother couldn't stop her.

I really wanted to kick her, but instinctively I chose to save her first.

I asked Erpang to keep an eye on things downstairs while I ran into the house with the monkey and ran up the stairs to the roof.

An elderly man wearing an apron was standing in the rain, stamping his feet and begging the man not to do anything foolish.

However, the man's emotions had clearly collapsed.

The woman's shrill shouts came from below again, and the man yelled and lunged out of the building with his arms outstretched.

I lunged forward and barely managed to grab his legs.

With the help of the monkey and the old man, they finally managed to pull the man up.

The man collapsed to the ground, bursting into uncontrollable sobs.

I looked downstairs and couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Although the self-built building is only three stories high, if someone is determined to die and falls headfirst into it, the chances of survival are not high.

Monkey and I, along with two police officers who arrived later, carried the man downstairs.

At this point, apart from the couple who had been shouting the loudest being put into a police car, the rest of the people who had gathered scattered like birds and beasts when they realized that someone had almost died.

Gao He walked in with a gloomy face and ordered Lin Dan to take the couple back to the police station.

Zhai Yutian told me that the man who attempted suicide by jumping off the building was Lu Ming, who had broken off his engagement.

The old man in the apron is Lu Ming's father.

Old Lu wiped his eyes and sighed:
"What sins has our family committed? Is this some kind of living hell?!"

Although Lu Ming was rescued, he was still in a daze, and murmured upon hearing this:
"I gave my life for her family. Once I'm dead, all will be well..."

Old Lu punched him hard on the shoulder, and tears streamed down his face again:

"Don't talk nonsense! You're trying to kill me and your mother!"

That's just how people are. No matter how wronged they feel, if there's no one to confide in, they just swallow it all down. But once they have someone to talk to, they can't stop pouring out their grievances.

This is pretty much what Zhai Yutian said before.

When the marriage was being discussed, the bride's parents directly asked for a dowry of 200,000 yuan, in addition to the "five gold items" (gold jewelry) and a new car worth no less than 100,000 yuan.

Mr. and Mrs. Lu were honest people, and for the sake of their son's lifelong happiness, they gritted their teeth and agreed.

Unexpectedly, on the wedding day, the bride's family suddenly demanded a higher price, otherwise they would not allow their daughter to leave the house.

To prepare for the wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Lu spent all their savings, and they had nowhere to borrow money.

Lu Ming was generally honest, but even a clay Buddha has some temper, and he eventually lost his temper. The marriage was off, but the woman refused to return the betrothal gifts and even brought a group of people to her house and drove away the new car registered under Jiang Yazhen's name.

Lu Ming reported the incident to the police. Ultimately, the police recommended that the matter be handled through legal proceedings.

Before the lawsuit even started, the Jiang family began causing trouble again. They resorted to all sorts of tantrums and disruptive behavior, even going to Lu Ming's workplace multiple times to sabotage his job in the city.

It was quite a coincidence that after the New Year, when Lu Ming hired a lawyer to file a lawsuit, he unexpectedly discovered that the lawyer's assistant was his first love from college.

While it can't be said that the two rekindled their old flame, their conversations did hint at a possible reconciliation.

Just last week, the court summoned both parties for preliminary negotiation and mediation.

Lu Ming, being young and still harboring resentment, and having failed to mediate, told Jiang Yazhen in front of her that he had a new girlfriend.

Although it was done out of spite, it wasn't entirely untrue.

But unexpectedly, news of Jiang Yazhen jumping off a building came a few days later.

Old Lu choked up as he recounted that on the very day the Jiang family came to their door demanding an explanation, his wife suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized. Lu Ming also became mentally unstable. Left with no other option, they had their high school senior daughter take leave from school to care for his wife at the hospital.

"Isn't this fucking extortion?!"

The monkey shook his head repeatedly, "Two hundred thousand yuan in betrothal gifts, plus a car, isn't enough. Are they marrying off their daughter or selling her?"

Erpang also said angrily, "If you ask me, the reason they're making such a big fuss is that they want to embezzle the money and the car."

Zhai Yutian nodded: "You've hit the nail on the head!"

Gao hesitated several times before finally shaking his head.

After a while, he still said:

"Jiang Yazhen's body went missing from the funeral home early this morning."

He was just going through the motions to ask for clues, but as soon as he said it, Lao Lu and Lu Ming both shuddered and their expressions changed.

Gao He, with his sharp eyes, immediately straightened up and asked in a deep voice:

"Do you know where the body is?"

Old Lu hurriedly waved his hands: "I don't know, I don't know!"

Lu Ming murmured, "That really is Ya Zhen..."

Gao He asked, "You've met Jiang Yazhen? When did that happen?"

Lu Ming had calmed down a bit by now, and under Gao He's piercing gaze, he slowly said something.

Upon hearing that Jiang Yazhen had jumped to her death, Lu Ming couldn't sleep for the past two days, feeling that he was the one who had caused Jiang Yazhen's death.

I didn't sleep a wink last night, and around midnight, I suddenly had the urge to go see Jiang Yazhen.

The Jiang family members can't go during the day. To see Jiang Yazhen one last time, one can only wait until dawn, when the funeral home just opens.

Old Lu knew his son's temperament and was afraid he might do something rash, so he kept a close eye on him.

Upon learning of Lu Ming's idea, Old Lu said, "Ya Zhen is a good girl. Go see her and put your mind at ease."

So the father and son immediately drove their family's small truck to the funeral home.

Funeral homes naturally don't open that early.

The father and son huddled in the car, waiting for dawn to take a look inside.

But after a short while, a woman emerged from the bamboo grove on the left side of the funeral home!
It's still quite cool in the early morning and evening this time of year.

The woman was only wearing a thin dress.

Lu Ming was stunned because the woman looked exactly like Jiang Yazhen.

Moreover, he remembered very clearly that he had given this pink dress to Jiang Yazhen last summer!

(End of this chapter)