I'm only five years old, how come I've become the military region's darling?

Zhao Weiyi stood frozen in the distance, while Gao Aiqin outside the door had red-rimmed eyes.

"Officer, my dad wrote in his diary that he discovered Zhao Weiyi was smuggling drugs..."

A moment of silence fell over the air. Zhao Weiyi vehemently denied it, "Impossible!"

"Why is it impossible? Look for yourself."

Zhao Weiyi's pupils contracted sharply as he looked at the notebook handed to him. "In February 1974, I discovered that Weiyi seemed to have done something wrong. I was in great pain. He was Old Zhao's only son. What should I do? Smuggling medicinal herbs is a crime. If I cover him up, I will betray the trust of my country. But if I expose him, I will feel uneasy. I will talk to him tomorrow and see if I can persuade him to turn himself in."

In just a few lines, Zhao Weiyi's face was paler than if he had been dead for three days, completely devoid of color.

The handwriting is exactly the same; he even kept a diary?

How could this happen?

Why wasn't this diary taken out before?

Questions kept popping into Zhao Weiyi's mind, but he didn't realize that this panic had already instinctively appeared on his face.

Xing Yong looked at the diary, his brow twitching wildly. If he hadn't read the diary before, he probably would have been fooled.

But now is not the time to expose this.

He looked down at the top of the little guy's head and took a deep breath.

When it came to disciplining his child privately, he could only go along with it and sternly ask, "Did you kill Gao Weimin because he discovered you were smuggling medicinal herbs?"

Zhao Weiyi's jaw was taut, and the muscles on both sides of his cheekbones were trembling. He opened his mouth, but found that he had no idea how to explain.

Outside, Gao Aiqin lost control. "Zhao Weiyi, are you crazy? My dad was so good to you, why did you kill him? You ungrateful wretch, you bastard!"

Zhao Weiyi slammed his fist on the table and let out a sarcastic laugh.

He stared at Gao Aiqin with almost malicious eyes, "Everyone says he's a good person, but he's actually the most hypocritical and despicable villain!"

"Do you even know what kind of person he is? He's a hypocrite, a complete fraud. All his talk of being a good person and having a kind heart is just an act!"

The interrogation room fell silent, and Xing Yong's voice remained calm.

"Back then, Gao Weimin helped you drive away your bloodsucking grandparents and uncles. He also raised you and promoted you at the factory. From beginning to end, it seems he never wronged you. Why do you hate him like this?"

"Why? When did I start to hate Gao Weimin?"

Zhao Weiyi kept hearing his grandmother's words echoing in his mind: "That factory manager is only nice to you because he's guilty and ashamed. If he hadn't sent your parents out, they wouldn't have died. Who knows if he did it on purpose?" At first, he didn't take these words seriously, but later he heard that his father had lost the election for factory manager to Gao Weimin. At that time, he wondered if Gao Weimin had done it on purpose. Was he deliberately sending his father out when the weather was bad, deliberately using him to build his reputation in the factory? These thoughts slowly turned into a bone-deep hatred, gnawing at his heart little by little. Gao Weimin's kindness to him was just an act of atonement, because he was guilty.

Later, he felt disgusted by Gao Weimin. Everyone who met him praised Gao Weimin's greatness and selflessness, saying that they would disregard their own daughters for his sake. Ha, that was only because Gao Weimin himself was incapable of educating his daughters well, and he was the only one Gao Weimin could boast about.

When he goes out and introduces his son to others, he always says that his son is his proudest child. He uses him as a tool to show off his success in raising his son, making everyone think that he is a loyal and righteous person, and that he is a noble person who can be so selfless for the children of his brothers and friends.

It's so fake. If his parents were still alive, he could easily have a good job at the pharmaceutical factory, instead of having to beg and plead for mercy every time he does something, because he has no one behind him.

After listening to Zhao Weiyi's almost frantic accusations, everyone remained silent for a long time, realizing that a person's heart could be so dark.

Zhao Weiyi's hatred came out of nowhere, even seeming somewhat absurd.

What's even more disheartening is that...

A man wholeheartedly raised a child out of friendship, even neglecting his own daughter's upbringing in the process. He was proud of the child's excellence, pleased by the child's intelligence, and even willing to do everything he could to support the child. But the child he raised, supported, and valued was like a venomous snake, biting him hard after receiving all the benefits.

Was this the farmer and the snake's deliberate act?

"You killed him for that reason?"

Zhao Weiyi sneered, his smile showing no remorse but rather a sense of satisfaction. "He found out about my smuggling activities and probably wanted to talk to me. I pretended to be pitiful and lied to him that I knew. I took the wine and told him to turn himself in at dawn. Then I got him drunk and asked him about what happened back then. He cried, and he cried so hypocritically. Since he felt so bad, I took him to see my parents."

"That's ridiculous! What happened to the accounts later? And what about Zhang Chenggong?"

Zhao Weiyi raised his thin, cool eyelids. "At the time, I wanted to deal with Gao Aiqin, but her husband, Qin Dahai, secretly found evidence of my smuggling and threatened me to work for him. I didn't want to be exposed, so I gave him a large sum of money and left. Zhang Chenggong deserved to die. I found out that he secretly smoked opium on the day of the incident, so I threatened him to help me transport medicinal herbs. Unfortunately, he was lucky and died of illness."

No one expected that Qin Dahai had a copy of this case.

Gao Aiqin was stunned when she found out about this.

Suddenly, I remembered Qin Dahai's calm and aloof demeanor when he got divorced, saying, "Gao Aiqin, one day you'll come begging to me."

So that's what he meant?

No wonder he divorced so readily back then; he probably thought he would make exorbitant demands because of this. But life is unpredictable; Qin Dahai never imagined he would die.

The case was solved quickly; the smuggling tip-off unexpectedly uncovered a long-standing cold case.

Zhao Weiyi was convicted of intentional homicide and smuggling and sentenced to death with immediate execution, and deprived of his political rights for life.

Hou Jinhua was convicted of forgery and sentenced to five years in prison.

Zhang Chenggong, who died and was awarded the title of martyr, was stripped of his honorary title and all his awards were revoked.

Meanwhile, Su Mei, who was at the hospital, was shocked when she saw Gao Aiqin.

"Comrade Su Mei, I've come to thank you for reporting me."

Su Mei felt as if a huge rock was lodged in her chest. She wanted to curse him out, but she couldn't lose her composure in front of her love rival.

"I know you like Fu Chen. He told me that you two are just ordinary friends. By the way, besides thanking you for your report, I also came to give you this."

Gao Aiqin pulled out a handwritten invitation from her bag. "This is my wedding invitation to Comrade Fu Chen. Thank you for your help this time. Not only was my father's case solved, but I also received national funding thanks to the new prescription. Soon our factory will be officially upgraded to a national key pharmaceutical factory."

"Comrade Su, thank you very much. This money is a small token of my appreciation. I heard you're going to do some reforms. If you come back and have the opportunity, I'll introduce you to a job."

Every word Gao Aiqin uttered felt like a knife to Su Mei's heart. Bitch! Bitch! She's just here to show off. A defeated opponent from a past life, she's only got good luck, and she thinks she can rise to the top with her prescription?

Su Mei gritted her teeth, her eyes dark and brooding as she watched Gao Aiqin's graceful departure. She was determined not to let the other party succeed.

marry?

That would only work if they could actually get married.

She had originally planned to come back after the baby was stable, but not now. She wanted to take Fu Chen with her; only with him by her side could she feel at ease.

Outside the door, Gao Aiqin hadn't gone far when she saw Ruan Xiaochun sitting on a stool, swinging her short legs. The little girl looked innocent and naive, and you couldn't tell at all that she was so good at solving cases.

Thinking about the phone call I received yesterday, "If I help you find the murderer who killed your father, could you also do Xiaochun a favor?"

Gao Aiqin thought it was some kind of busy matter, but she didn't expect it to be this matter today.

She walked straight up to the little girl. Xiao Chun looked up at Gao Aiqin, her dark eyes filled with excitement. "All done?"

Gao Aiqin's heart softened slightly. "Yes, I also gave her a wedding invitation."

Xiaochun tilted her head blankly and asked, "Huh?"

Gao Aiqin smiled slyly, "Didn't you want me to provoke her? The wedding invitation is exciting enough, isn't it? You'll be there, won't you?"

Xiaochun nervously swallowed. "Is it okay?"

"Yes, of course. I'll be waiting for you then."

Xiaochun smiled involuntarily as she looked at the wedding invitation in her hand. Gao Aiqin was truly a wonderful person. She flipped through the date and location on it, and it was exactly the day before Su Mei was to go for her renovation, which meant tomorrow.

Gao Aiqin provoked Su Mei so much today, Su Mei is sure to go crazy.

Why not add fuel to the fire yourself?

Xiaochun jumped off the stool, grabbed the divorce agreement she had prepared in her bag, and headed towards Su Mei's room. She saw Su Mei sitting on the bed with a gloomy face, and her expression turned cold when she saw Ruan Xiaochun come in.

Xiaochun didn't say much, and went straight to the point, taking out the divorce agreement. "Sign this, and once the documents are approved, you and my father will have nothing to do with each other anymore."

Su Mei suddenly let out a cold laugh, looking at Ruan Xiaochun with a sinister gaze, "Come out with me, I have a secret to tell you."