Captain Lu was aloof again today.

Chapter 199 Sheng Chengcheng

The villagers who provided the information still feel lingering fear when they recall that night.

It was a rainy night.

When Zhao Laosan returned home late at night, he passed by the Hua family's old house and saw Hua Rongchang arguing with his wife from afar.

The woman, carrying her daughter and pulling her suitcase, stormed out.

Hua Rongchang chased after her from inside the house, blocked her path, and reached out to snatch the box.

"Am I not good enough to you?"

The woman gripped the lever tightly, tears welling in her eyes, her voice shrill: "So what? You've been lying to me all along! You're a liar, a murderer!"

"But my feelings for you are genuine!"

The woman gave a mocking laugh, then looked at him coldly: "Sincere? Don't tarnish that word. You're filthy, despicable, shameless, and vile; you disgust me. I never want to see you again in my life!"

Perhaps her words were too cold and ruthless, Hua Rongchang slowly loosened his grip.

Although he had his back to the gate, Zhao Laosan, who was not far away, still keenly sensed the chilling aura emanating from him.

The woman hugged her daughter tightly, then took a few steps back warily to keep her distance from him: "For Wan Jun's sake, I won't call the police. You'd better watch yourself in the future."

After saying that, she picked up her daughter and walked out.

Just took two steps.

Hua Rongchang suddenly sprang to his feet, grabbed the woman's long hair, and pulled her backward violently, dragging her to the ground.

He leaned in and grabbed the woman by the neck, shouting like a madman, "Why do you all look down on me! You all deserve to die, you all deserve to die!"

The incident happened so suddenly that by the time Zhao Laosan reacted, Hua Rongchang had already picked up a brick and smashed it over the woman's head.

Just then, Xiao Wanjun, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly burst into loud sobs.

Perhaps it was her crying that brought back the last vestiges of Hua Rongchang's reason.

The brick slipped from his hand. He awkwardly ran his fingers through his wet hair, looked at the woman who had fainted on the ground, and growled in frustration.

Immediately, he scanned the darkness with a sharp and wary look, which frightened Zhao Laosan so much that he quickly hid in the haystack.

After confirming that no one was around, Hua Rongchang carried the unconscious woman into the house.

Zhao Laosan's legs went weak; he dared not linger and hurriedly ran away.

He is still terrified.

If Xiao Wanjun's cries hadn't brought Hua Rongchang back to his senses, he probably would have witnessed a wife-murder, and the ruthless Hua Rongchang wouldn't have let him, the eyewitness, go unpunished.

He was so frightened that he didn't dare to call the police until the police came to Baimu Village to interview him, at which point he dared to tell them everything.

After that, the woman never stepped out of the Hua family mansion again.

I heard news of the woman again a year later, on the same rainy night.

The woman had a difficult childbirth and gave birth to a boy.

That boy was Hua Hengchen.

According to the doctors and nurses who delivered the babies at the home, the women were extremely thin and had dry, frizzy hair, unlike normal pregnant women at all.

Furthermore, a nurse also noticed a rusty iron chain under the bed.

The woman's physical and mental condition was so poor that she died from severe bleeding after giving birth.

Bai Rushuang frowned with pity: "During this process, even though some people had already noticed that something was wrong, not a single person called the police."

Xiao Song sighed as well: "Alas, there's nothing we can do. Baimu Village is too remote and backward. Many people are used to such things. Even if we call the police, it won't help. Besides, after the woman passed away, Hua Rongchang buried her hastily and left Baimu Village with his children. He never came back. Later, he transformed into General Manager Hua of Liyang Hotel."

"Is there any progress on the woman's identity?" Wei Qingsong asked.

Xiao Song shook his head dejectedly: "No, Hua Rongchang and she never got a marriage certificate. Even their eldest daughter, Hua Wanjun, was only registered at the age of five."

“Hua Rongchang and his wife and daughter rarely showed up in the village. Most of the time, they lived like hermits, staying in that house. The villagers knew very little about the woman. They had only occasionally heard Hua Rongchang call her ‘Chengcheng’. That was the syllable, but they didn’t know the exact character.”

Lu Jingming pondered for a moment, then decisively said, "Check the medical records of all the obstetrics and gynecology departments and maternal and child health hospitals around Baimu Village in the year Hua Wanjun was born."

"found it."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zheng Xun, who was in the corner, suddenly spoke up.

He turned the laptop around, raised an eyebrow, and gave a confident smile.

Bai Rushuang patted him excitedly: "Not bad, you're quick-witted now."

Zheng Xun, who had finally received a compliment, blushed with embarrassment.

Wei Qingsong's gaze swept between the two of them, then she lowered her eyes and chuckled softly.

Zheng Xunqing cleared his throat and read out the content on the screen: "Sheng Chengcheng, a native of Tangzhou, inherited a large sum of money after her parents died in a car accident. She then left Tangzhou and her whereabouts are unknown."

"Now it seems that when she left Tangzhou, she returned to Baimu Village with Hua Rongchang. But why did she break with Hua Rongchang and call him a liar?" Wei Qingsong pondered in a low voice.

"Did something happen in between, or did Hua Rongchang deceive her in some way from the beginning, and she discovered the truth?"

“A car accident.” Lu Jingming tapped the table lightly. “Investigate the car accident involving Sheng Chengcheng’s parents, and the circumstances under which Hua Rongchang and Sheng Chengcheng met.”

Wei Qingsong frowned slightly.

If it really is as they think, then it's no wonder that Hua Rongchang has achieved everything he has today. He is ruthless, cold-blooded, and vicious, and he is also very good at disguising himself.

With a direction for the investigation, clues were quickly obtained.

Before he became wealthy, Hua Rongchang was just a driver for the Sheng family.

In his youth, he was quite handsome, and with his intelligence, wit, and glib tongue, he quickly won the favor of Sheng's parents. It was during this time that he met Sheng Chengcheng.

After Sheng's parents passed away, he took advantage of the situation and stayed by Sheng Chengcheng's side.

Sheng Chengcheng is a gentle and innocent girl who has been too well protected by her parents and is unaware of the wickedness of people's hearts.

Former relatives and friends, seeing that she was all alone, all coveted the wealth she possessed.

Someone even broke into the Sheng family home at night and forced her to reveal the combination to her safe at knifepoint.

Hua Rongchang suddenly appeared and rescued the little white rabbit from the wolf's jaws.

Xiao Song was completely baffled: "That's it? Sheng Chengcheng fell in love with Hua Rongchang so easily? That can't be!"

"The suspension bridge effect," Wei Qingsong blurted out.

"What?" Xiao Song looked completely bewildered.

“In dangerous environments, a person’s heart rate will involuntarily increase. If they happen to encounter another person at that moment, they can easily mistake this physiological reaction for attraction to that person. This is the suspension bridge effect.” Song Guifan finished speaking calmly, then looked up at Wei Qingsong, “Advisor Wei, am I right?”

Wei Qingsong nodded calmly, his tone indifferent: "I didn't expect Officer Song to have some knowledge of psychology."

"Indeed, the reason why Sheng Chengcheng fell in love with Hua Rongchang and was willing to return to Baimu Village with him was probably because of the suspension bridge effect."

(End of this chapter)