Chapter 76: Die with Unclosed Eyes
"We have found sufficient evidence." Looking at Xie Dehai who was already terrified, Cao Cang signaled to Shang Lu. Shang Lu quickly took out an evidence bag at his signal, and in the evidence bag was a small recorder.
"This is the testimony of the villagers in your village. Do you want to listen to it?" Shang Lu said with a sneer, but did not give Xie Dehai and others the chance to choose. She directly turned on the recorder and spoke one sentence after another in the familiar local accent. Xie Dehai had a layer of sweat on his forehead. At this moment, he was only panicked and dejected.
"Officer... this... this is a false accusation! The villagers have always looked down on our Xie family and despised us for being poor. They... they have wronged our family!" At this point, Xie Dehai was still dreaming of exonerating himself. He didn't believe that these policemen would investigate him. It was obvious that everything had been fine all these years!
"A false accusation?" Cao Cang sneered. He looked at the three men who suddenly quieted down and changed their expressions and said, "We have found out that you set up a black casino in the village and lured one of our public officials to join you in corruption. Then you threatened and lured the public official to conceal the matter for your family for decades. Now our colleagues have collected evidence and investigated, and your accomplice has been arrested. Why are you still waiting for him to protect you as usual?"
After hearing what Cao Cang said, the Xie family was completely paralyzed. The two sons of the Xie family looked at their father in shock, while Xie Dehai was slumped in a chair with a dejected look on his face, looking at Cao Cang with a distracted gaze. He simply could not imagine that the secret of more than ten years would be revealed so easily. How could his wealth and status in the village be wiped out because of the death of that woman Xie Lingling?
This matter will not affect him at all!
That's why he came to Longhai City from Qi County so excitedly. He couldn't understand how he was suddenly implicated in the case.
"Officer, is there... any misunderstanding here?" Cao Cang and Shang Lu didn't say much. They had plenty of time to watch them collapse bit by bit, watch their masks fall off bit by bit. Finally, they heard Xie Dehai's trembling voice, and Shang Lu burst into laughter.
"Misunderstanding? That doesn't exist. Over the years, your family has been abusing Xie Lingling and her mother. You also sexually assaulted Xie Lingling while coercing her mother. Do you think that just because you are used to bullying others in a small village, you can come to Longhai City and do whatever you want?"
Yes, this family was so used to being domineering in Qi County that they had forgotten where their roots were. If it weren't for the greed and unreasonableness in their nature, if it weren't for the arrogance of his two sons, Gu Nankai and the others might not have discovered that something was wrong with their family so early.
"Tell me, how did your family coerce ." Cao Cang took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice.
At this time, the interrogation room where Wu Qingluan was located was a completely different scene. Xie Lingling's mother Li Hong was lying on the table crying loudly, which made Wu Qingluan's eyes sore.
The story begins when Wu Qingluan enters the interrogation room.
When Wu Qingluan entered the interrogation room, Li Hong was waiting restlessly in her seat. When she saw her come in, her face changed obviously. She looked at Wu Qingluan in panic. When Wu Qingluan sat down, she suddenly lowered her head and dared not look at her timidly, for fear that she would see something. But in fact, all her actions at this moment had confirmed all of Wu Qingluan's guesses.
"Auntie, don't be nervous. I'm not here to interrogate you. I'm here to help you." Seeing her like this, Wu Qingluan sighed silently , stood up, took a cup of slightly warm water and handed it to Li Hong. Li Hong subconsciously hugged the cup with both hands, the panic and fear in her eyes still did not diminish.
"Officer... I really... don't know anything..." After a long time, she finally raised her head and looked at Wu Qingluan, and said with a trembling voice.
Wu Qingluan sighed again, but stared at her steadily: "Auntie, I hope you know one thing. Xie Lingling is your daughter. She is dead. The murderer who killed her is not just one person. Don't you know? You should be very clear about the pain she suffered. Why do you still want to protect that family now?"
Li Hong's body trembled. Wu Qingluan's words were like a knife cutting into her heart. Her hands holding the cup kept tightening, her body kept shaking, and her tears could no longer be controlled and flowed down the corners of her eyes. She cried silently until her whole face turned red.
"We will help you, we will save you, and your daughter also needs her mother's redemption." Wu Qingluan did not stop her from venting her emotions, but when she had almost finished crying and had vented her emotions, she stayed by her side, stroking her back and speaking to her in comfort.
"The Xie family's affairs have been exposed, and our superiors have already rushed to Qi County to deal with it. The Xie family will not have the opportunity to hurt you again." After thinking about it, Wu Qingluan told Li Hong the fact. Li Hong did not seem to have expected this. She looked at Wu Qingluan in shock, and after a long while she said, "What you said... is it true..."
"It's true, everything is over. No one will do anything to hurt you and your daughter again." Wu Qingluan looked at her with a slight smile.
Li Hong's tearful face suddenly burst into a smile. Her rough and slightly red cheeks looked even more rosy at the moment. She looked at Wu Qingluan, loosened her hand that was holding the cup and held Wu Qingluan's hand, looking at her with her dark eyes: "Officer, I'll tell you everything! The Xie family is a devil! That family is simply not human!"
Wu Qingluan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the hatred suddenly erupting from her. This was also good. Only if this woman hardened her heart could she walk the rest of her path well.
Under Wu Qingluan's encouraging gaze, Li Hong murmured about the past.
"Lingling's biological father died of illness very early, and it was really hard for us mother and daughter to live in the village. I had no ability, so life was very difficult. Later, Xie Dehai often helped me. He was very famous in the village. He often got into trouble when he was young, but it was not a big deal. He also took good care of me. Later, he suggested that we live together. Lingling needed a home. At that time, Xie Dehai had been single for a long time, so I didn't think much about it and agreed. But I didn't expect that Xie Dehai's kindness to us mother and daughter was a conspiracy from the beginning."
As she spoke, it seemed difficult to start, and tears began to fall again. She drank a sip of water with trembling hands, and tried her best to hold back her sadness while choking and saying, "Xie Dehai...their family...the reason they are so good to us is because of our Lingling's reputation!"
Wu Qingluan had anticipated what was going to happen next. She was also angry at this family and wanted them to get the retribution they deserved. But at this moment, she still looked at Li Hong and said, "Speak out. You will feel better if you speak out."
Indeed, these secrets were like knives lying in Li Hong's heart for more than ten years, and she spent every day and night in the double pain of body and mind.
"Later, Lingling always had nightmares and sometimes cried for no apparent reason. I realized something was wrong and after repeated questioning, I found out that it was Xie Dehai, that bastard Xie Dehai! He and his two sons! They...they defiled my Lingling!"
