Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 284 What is Gao Huiren like?
"Do you know anything about Gao Hui?" Su Miaoyi asked the woman.

She had asked many people but hadn't gotten any information. Finally, she met someone who loved to talk, and Su Miaoyi wanted to ask more questions.

The woman was stunned for a moment, then craned her neck and asked, "Who is Gao Hui?"

Su Miaoyi looked up at her.

The woman pulled her neck back and leaned her body backward.

The police officer at the local police station said, "Tian De's wife."

"Oh," the woman said, "Let's get to know each other."

How is she?

The woman pursed her lips and remained silent for a moment.

Chu Xingrou looked at her dissatisfied expression.

"The person is gone, I shouldn't say this, but I really can't bring myself to say anything nice." The woman tugged at her clothes.

Her husband, standing nearby, said, "They're a nice family too."

The woman glared at him, tilted her head, and didn't want to say anything, but quickly tilted her head back and kicked the man.

She kicked the man off the chair.

Chu Xingrou and Lu Zhishen were both startled and stood up immediately.

Lu Zhishen was nearby and quickly helped the man up.

Police officers from the local station quickly intervened to mediate: "Hey, hey, hey! Let's talk this out, let's talk this out, don't fight, don't fight, it's not that serious, it's not that serious."

The man dusted himself off and stood aside without saying a word.

The woman took a breath and said, "You traitor, all you know how to do is side with others."

The man stood in the corner, saying nothing.

The woman continued, "She's not bad? What's so good about her? Have you forgotten how she slandered me back then? How she talked such nonsense!"

Su Miaoyi looked at them.

The woman looked at Su Miaoyi, wanting to talk to her, but she was a little afraid of Su Miaoyi, so she looked at the police officers and Chu Xingrou: "Officers, you be the judges for me. Listen to what Tian Dejia's husband said about me back then."

Chu Xingrou looked at her.

The woman said, "I got pregnant at forty-seven, what does that mean? It means my husband and I are in good health. I got pregnant, gave birth, and raised the child myself. I didn't eat her rice or drink her water. And what did Tian De's husband say? He said I was shameless, shameless!"

“I had a child with my own husband. I didn’t seduce anyone else. How am I shameless? What’s wrong with me?” The woman was very agitated. “She’s been spreading rumors all over the village. At first, she said I was shameless, and then she said the child in my belly wasn’t my husband’s. She said she saw me rolling around with an old bachelor from the east end of the village on the mountain. She’s lying through her teeth.”

"Later, I miscarried and lost the baby. Tian De's wife said something else. She said that I was beaten by my husband, that I was having an affair and my husband beat me so I miscarried. She also said that I was being punished, that the baby in my belly was an illegitimate child, so I couldn't keep it, and that I deserved to miscarry."

“I’ve lived for over fifty years. I’m not very educated or knowledgeable, but I’ve lived an honest and upright life for this family. Why does she have the right to spread rumors everywhere, saying I’m shameless and that I seduce men? Because of her rumors, the whole village is talking about me like this.”

"So I went to her house and got into a fight with her, and we didn't speak to each other for many years. We didn't speak to each other until she died."

"Anyway, she's gone, so I won't say anything nasty."

As the woman spoke, she was extremely angry and let out a deep sigh: "Tian De's husband's mouth, he just talks nonsense about everything, he's always cursing and swearing, and Tian De is often scolded by her, he's treated like a grandson."

As Su Miaoyi listened to her words, she thought about the information about Gao Hui from back then.

These things are not mentioned in the materials.

It simply means that there are no enemies or people offended.

Leave the neighbor's house.

Su Miaoyi and Duan Wenrui were discussing this situation.

Duan Wenrui said, "It's all about everyday things in the village. Like, we'd talk about each other, and I'd talk about you. Except for the busy farming season, there's not much else to do all year round, so we just sit together and chat. It's all perfectly normal stuff; that's how it is in the village. If someone were to kill someone over something like this, there wouldn't be anyone left alive in the village." "Indeed," the police officer at the station agreed. "People just talk a lot, but if someone actually has a problem, they'll lend a hand. Sometimes things get heated and they'll start fighting, but they're fine afterward, and they forget about it after a while. They'll still talk and help each other out."

Su Miaoyi didn't say anything more.

It's already past ten o'clock.

Most of the villagers were already asleep.

So they plan to come back early tomorrow morning to find out more about the situation.

We need to wait until dawn to go back to the crime scene again.

We need to go check out that well.

Wan Shuang's body was sent to the city for autopsy.

Su Miaoyi and the others went to town.

Conditions in town aren't great, but it's more convenient. There are plenty of places to buy things and eat.

Had a simple meal.

They walked towards the police station.

The police station provides accommodation.

However, there were too many of them; besides Su Miaoyi and her two companions, there were also several people from the branch office.

It's too far to go back and forth to the city.

So I rented a house from a resident behind the police station.

Several people were taken to the police station.

Su Miaoyi, the other two, and Duan Wenrui went to the rented house in the back.

We rented two rooms in total.

Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou shared a room, while Lu Zhishen and Duan Wenrui shared a room.

"The conditions aren't great, we can only make do," Duan Wenrui said. "The economy here is relatively underdeveloped."

"It's alright, I have food and lodging." Lu Zhishen drank a bowl of hot soup and felt a little better.

Duan Wenrui felt a little uneasy facing the three people from Jinghai.

Although he was there to investigate a case, he was also worried that he wouldn't be able to take good care of them.

"The blankets are all new, and the toiletries are all new too." The police officer came over and talked about the things in the room, "The kettle and cups are all new, and they've already been washed."

“Okay, we’ll handle it ourselves. You should also go back and rest early, as we still have to investigate the case tomorrow,” Lu Zhishen said.

Wait until the police from the local police station leave.

The four of them sat together and talked about the case again.

Let's determine the focus of tomorrow's investigation.

After he finished speaking, Lu Zhishen asked, "Are all the villagers surnamed Tian?"

“Everyone used to be surnamed Tian. Now there are some people with different surnames, but not many.” Duan Wenrui was quite familiar with Yanjing Village because he handled a case here three years ago.

"Quite a few people have gone out too, haven't they?" Lu Zhishen asked.

"Yes. Some go out to study, but most go out to work. Here, especially in rural areas, educational resources are not keeping up, so very few can go out to study. In the village, they just farm and grow fruit trees. Only by going out can they make money," Duan Wenrui said. "Now, most of those left in the village are older people. The young people have all gone out to work and buy houses."

(End of this chapter)