Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

The next day.

After Qin Jingru went to the steel rolling mill, Wang Feng locked the door and prepared to go to No. 28 Courtyard.

As Wang Feng pushed his bicycle into the front yard, he saw two police officers, led by three middle-aged women, walking towards the central courtyard.

These two police officers were the same ones who frequently visited the compound before; one was middle-aged and the other was young. They were quite familiar with compound number 95.

Seeing this, Wang Feng stopped rushing to No. 28 Courtyard and followed behind the police, ready to see what was going on.

If he guessed correctly, the two policemen were probably looking for Sha Zhu, since everyone in the compound knew that Sha Zhu had a grudge against Xu Damao.

really.

Wang Feng followed the police to the Intermediate People's Court, where he saw the police knocking on Sha Zhu's door.

"Knock knock knock".

"Comrade He Yuzhu, He Yuzhu, are you home? We are police officers from Nanluoguxiang Police Station. We have something to ask you."

When the people in the courtyard saw the police coming to look for Sha Zhu, they assumed that Sha Zhu had done something wrong again, and they all came to Sha Zhu's house to see what was going on.

The police knocked on the door for quite a while before Sha Zhu finally opened it.

"Officers, is there something you need from me?" Sha Zhu asked.

When the police saw He Yuzhu, he was disheveled and had eye discharge, clearly indicating that he had just woken up and hadn't even had time to wash up.

"Comrade He Yuzhu, did you just get up? Don't you have to go to work?"

Sha Zhu nodded and said, "I made a mistake a while ago and was fired from the factory. I haven't found a job yet."

"Comrade He Yuzhu, what mistake did you make? Were you fired from the factory?" the young policeman asked.

Hearing the police's questions, Sha Zhu's face turned somewhat ugly. After all, being caught stealing and then being expelled from the police station didn't sound good.

"Officers, what do you want with me? Just say it. This is my private matter, I don't need to answer you, do I?"

The young police officer said in a deep voice, "This matter is also related to the reason we came to you. Please cooperate and answer our questions."

Before Sha Zhu could speak, Jia Zhangshi interjected, "Officer, Sha Zhu... no, He Yuzhu was caught red-handed stealing meat from the factory and was fired."

Upon hearing this, the police officer asked He Yuzhu, "Comrade He Yuzhu, is that so?"

Sha Zhu glanced at Jia Zhangshi with bloodshot eyes, almost startling her.

Immediately, Sha Zhu nodded in apology with a gloomy expression.

"Comrade He Yuzhu, where were you from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. yesterday? What were you doing?" the young policeman asked again.

These two police officers have just gone to Xiehe Hospital and spoken with Xu Damao to learn more about the case. Xu Damao did not say that He Yuzhu was the suspect.

However, having visited No. 95 Courtyard so many times, they were very clear about the feud between He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, which is why they came to ask them routinely, since He Yuzhu had a strong motive for committing the crime.

Just as the police asked Sha Zhu that question, Wang Feng activated his spiritual sense to observe Sha Zhu's facial expressions and the frequency of his heartbeat.

Wang Feng clearly saw that Sha Zhu trembled and his heart was beating very fast.

It's pretty much confirmed now that Xu Damao's kidney was stabbed by Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu hesitated for only a second before saying, "I slept until 11 a.m., had lunch at home, and saw that we were out of vegetables. Around 1 p.m., I went to the Chaoyang Vegetable Market to buy some vegetables. The lady selling vegetables at the market can vouch for that."

The young policeman frowned, finished taking notes, and then asked, "So, when you were still in the courtyard from eight in the morning to one in the afternoon, did anyone provide testimony for you?"

Sha Zhu shook his head: "No, most of the people in our compound had gone to work at that time, so there were relatively few people in the compound. I slept until 11 o'clock before getting up. After I finished lunch, I went out to buy groceries. Most of the people in the compound were eating at home at that time, so no one saw me. However, when I came back from buying groceries around 2 p.m., Auntie San and Aunt Wu both saw me."

"Officer, I did see Sha Zhu come back with vegetables around 2 PM," the third auntie said.

"Officer, I saw it yesterday too," Aunt Wu also chimed in to corroborate Sha Zhu's statement.

The two police officers exchanged a glance. As it stands, He Yuzhu is still a suspect. Xu Damao and He Yuzhu have a major grudge against each other. He Yuzhu has the motive. After all, from morning until after 1 p.m., no one has been able to prove that He Yuzhu was not present. He has plenty of time to go outside the city to commit the crime.

However, they have no evidence, and they cannot directly arrest He Yuzhu and take him to the police station.

"Alright, Comrade He Yuzhu, thank you for your cooperation."

After saying that, the two police officers left.

The people in the courtyard thought that Sha Zhu had done something bad again, but when they asked him a few questions and found that there was no good show to watch, they all dispersed.

Wang Feng glanced at Sha Zhu, then pushed his bicycle to No. 28 courtyard.

He had no intention of implicating Sha Zhu, after all, he had no evidence, and besides, this was a matter between Xu Damao and Sha Zhu, which he didn't want to get involved in. He wanted to see what would happen if Sha Zhu and Xu Damao continued to fight like this.

After everyone left, Sha Zhu closed the door, sat on the bed, and his heart was pounding.

Unexpectedly, Xu Damao still suspected him. Fortunately, he wore a hood this time and did not leave any evidence. Otherwise, even if he killed Xu Damao, he would have to pay with his life.

It seems that Xu Damao is definitely not dead. He hasn't seen Li Sumei since last night, so she must have gone to the hospital to take care of Xu Damao.

Thinking of this, Sha Zhu's face darkened. He hadn't been able to kill Xu Damao even with such a good opportunity. It would be even more difficult to kill him in the future.

......

Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Xu Damao lay on the hospital bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Xu Fugui sighed with a gloomy face and said, "Da Mao, I didn't think things through before I reported it to the police. Luckily, you didn't tell the police directly that you suspected Sha Zhu was impersonating a robber to kill you. But now that the police are investigating, we probably won't be able to take action against Sha Zhu anytime soon."

Xu Damao remained expressionless, revealing neither joy nor sorrow. After a long silence, he finally spoke softly:

"It's alright. I just had surgery anyway, and this injury won't heal anytime soon. Let Shazhu live a few more days, it's fine."

Xu Fugui nodded. "Dad, spend more money this time and find some tough guys. Don't do it like the last time you called. They promised to cripple Sha Zhu's manhood and both his hands, but they just crippled Sha Zhu and ran away. This time, either don't do it, or..."

At this point, Xu Fugui made a throat-slitting gesture.

Xu Damao said in a deep voice, "Dad, when you go to find them, remember to wear a hood. Even if those desperate criminals are caught, it won't implicate us."

"Don't worry, you can trust your dad to handle things."