To please others? It's better to please yourself.

Many concerned citizens followed Liu Qing and Qian Xing to the police station, where they saw a male corpse lying on the ground, his body swollen, his limbs bent, and his abdomen bulging.

The two men were too timid to approach. Finally, urged by the police, they went over and lifted the white cloth covering the deceased's face, their hands trembling so badly they could barely lift it.

With a final, ruthless act, they ripped off the cloth, revealing Chen Qingshan's face. No longer able to deceive themselves, the two embraced the corpse and wept bitterly.

Even veteran police officers who had witnessed such scenes many times were moved, but the necessary questioning procedures still had to be followed.

"Family members, please calm down. Are you now certain that the deceased is Chen Qingshan?"

The two nodded. "Yes, it's him."

"Our examination revealed that the deceased drowned after falling into the water while poisoned."

"Poisoning? Who killed my son?" Qian Xing was about to go crazy after hearing this.

"What did the deceased eat today?"

"Eggs, six poached eggs," Liu Qing replied immediately. "I cooked them myself before going to work."

"Did you kill my son?" Qian Xing stared at Liu Qing with bloodshot eyes, ready to bite him to death the next second.

Liu Qing panicked: "No, officer, fried eggs can be poisonous too? Qingshan eats them every day!"

"The fried egg itself isn't poisonous; what's poisonous is something added to it."

"Add something? Add what?" Liu Qing panicked and his mind went blank for a moment.

"Don't panic, think about it carefully."

"Qingshan loves poached eggs in sweet soup, but there was no sugar in the jar that day. So I just added a little and then went to work."

"Saccharin, they even added saccharin. The kid said it wasn't sweet enough, so I gave him a packet of saccharin. We still have a lot left at home." Qian Xing also remembered.

"Who bought the saccharin?"

"I... I asked someone to buy it for me." Qian Xing looked blankly at the investigators. "Could there be a problem with the saccharin?"

"Yes! To be precise, eggs should not be heated with saccharin, as this will produce glycosylated lysine, which is what we commonly call arsenic."

"Arsenic?" I may not know about other things, but most people have heard of arsenic.

"What Chen Qingshan ate wouldn't have been fatal; it would have only caused symptoms like nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and bloating. He could have been saved if he had sought medical attention promptly. However, he accidentally fell into the water while struggling after being poisoned, which led to his drowning."

After the police officer finished speaking, he looked at Qian Xing with sympathy.

After hearing this, Qian Xing was completely stunned. She couldn't accept that she was the one who had caused her son's death.

Liu Qing could only wipe away his tears and ask the neighbors to help Qian Xing up, and Chen Qingshan carried her back.

"Xing'er, we need to send Qingshan off with dignity!"

"Yes, I have to take care of my son!" Qian Xing struggled to get up after hearing this.

Everyone who knew about it along the way said the Chen family was doomed.

"Qingshan loves sweet egg soup, but white sugar is so hard to find these days. I bought him saccharin, but who knew that eating it with eggs could cause poisoning! I didn't know, I really didn't know..." Qian Xing was now somewhat deranged.

Qian Xing couldn't be relied on for this funeral; Liu Qing was the one who took care of everything.

The next day, when they were preparing to carry the coffin out, the young men almost couldn't lift it.

The crowd erupted in a clamor. What was going on? Couldn't they leave the house?

The people helping to carry the coffin were also terrified. They had heard of coffins being unable to leave the house, but this was the first time they had ever encountered such a situation.

Although feudal superstition is now prohibited, most ordinary people still believe in it. Given the series of events that happened to the Chen family, who wouldn't wonder, "Did they attract some evil spirits?"

Today, if you encounter a situation where you can't even lift a coffin, who wouldn't feel uneasy?

As if he had just thought of something, Liu Qing turned around and rushed into Qian Xing's room.

"What happened? Why did they run away?"

"Did he go looking for Qian Xing?"

"By the way, our son is leaving soon, why isn't Qian Xing coming out to see him off?"

Just then, Liu Qing walked over step by step, his face contorted with grief. Pointing to the coffin, he said, "Qian Xing couldn't bear to leave Qingshan, so she went with him!"

"My God!" The commotion from the crowd grew even louder.

Some people had already rushed to the police station to find the officers. The police arrived quickly, shouting, "Open the coffin!"

Upon opening the coffin, they found Qian Xing lying next to Chen Qingshan, who was holding his son. No wonder it was so heavy; how could two people weigh the same as one?

An examination revealed that Qian Xing had climbed into the coffin herself after drinking pesticide.

"But where did the pesticide come from?" The police officer took a pesticide bottle out of the coffin.

"Isn't this the one I lost last time?" Li Lanhua exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone looked at Li Lanhua, waiting for her to explain. "My family is from Sunzhuang, which is far from our city. Last month, we only got a permit to buy pesticides because we were recognized as an advanced production brigade. It was too late to go back that day, so I stayed here for the night."

"Yes, yes, that's right! Her older brother from her maternal family and the village head came in an oxcart."

"I saw it too~" "That's right."

Many of the neighbors remembered that they had indeed seen him before.

Seeing this, Li Lanhua continued, "Qian Xing and I are close and often see each other. That day, Qian Xing came to talk to me. I was busy cooking at the time, and she left after a while. My older brother and the others later discovered that a bottle of pesticide was missing from the corner of the wall."

"I suspected Qian Xing took it, so I went to find her. But she denied it. We even had a fight, and she insisted that my older brother had remembered wrong. We didn't speak to each other for several days!" Li Lanhua licked her lips.

"I haven't spoken for more than half a month."

"It was only after Qian Xing gave Lan Hua half a pound of melon seeds that the two reconciled."

"Yes, Qian Xing was wearing a newly made blue plaid jacket that day."

The crowd chattered amongst themselves.

"Is there anything else you haven't said?" The police officer asked, looking at Li Lanhua, who seemed hesitant to speak.

Li Lanhua took a deep breath: "I didn't believe her at the time, but she swore to God that if she had taken it, she would have drunk it."

Those around gasped in shock; they'd really drunk it!

"We'll investigate further and wait for further notice!" After understanding the situation, the police officers immediately confiscated the bottle and began their investigation and evidence collection.

Five days later, the conclusion was reached: Qian Xing committed suicide.

In the blink of an eye, the Chen family has been destroyed and its members have perished; this perfectly describes the current state of the Chen family.

Liu Qing asked someone to help him buy another coffin, and the neighbors helped carry it out of the city. This time, however, they carried two coffins, Qian Xing in front and Chen Qingshan behind.

Thirty years ago, the Chen brothers buried the Liu family members; thirty years later, Liu Qing also saw off the Chen family members.

On the seventh day after their deaths, Liu Qing made a special trip to pay his respects, carefully wiping each tombstone with a clean cloth.

Over the years, caution had become ingrained in his bones. Even though he had now taken his revenge, Liu Qing never uttered a word about it, even when she was all alone in the desolate wilderness.

With her eyes red from crying, she leaned against her husband's tombstone, whispering words of longing.

By the time she returned, it was already dark.

Not long after Liu Qinggang left, a plainclothes policeman climbed down from a large tree not far from her.

Xiangxiu returned from the farm, received her graduation certificate, and went straight to work at the steel mill. These two steel mill jobs were originally bought by the Chen brothers with money from the Liu family. Now, after many twists and turns, they've returned to Liu Qing and her daughter.