Chapter 1327: I Only Want You (25)
As soon as she finished speaking, she finally stopped shaking her head and let out the words that she had been keeping to herself. An Xiaoning tried to placate her feelings and said, “Calm down, tell me slowly. I have the time to listen to you. You have no idea how tricky your case is. There are no clues or evidence, that’s why it has been left unresolved for so many years. Fortunately, you haven’t reincarnated yet. Otherwise, it’s going to take a much longer time to be solved.”
“I… I… finally got to witness this day. I really didn’t expect that a police officer could see me. Not to mention, you’re even the daughter of the president. I’m sure you can definitely solve this case. I’m so over the moon. The person who killed me is none other than my wicked mother-in-law!”
An Xiaoning and Fan s.h.i.+xin were flabbergasted.
It had never crossed An Xiaoning’s mind that the victim would be killed by her mother-in-law.
Such murders usually arose from conflicts in everyday life.
“Your mother-in-law? Why did she kill you?”
“All because of her son…”
It turned out that the victim did get along rather well with her mother-in-law at first. However, their relations.h.i.+p took a turn for the worse afterward because of her husband.
Her husband was the catalyst of their conflicts. Whenever she argued with her husband, he would tell on her to his mother and rant about all of the victim’s flaws and shortcomings. On the other hand, the victim was a thrifty woman who constantly reminded her husband not to spend lavishly. Whenever her husband ran out of money, he had no choice but to borrow some from his mother, who often took pity on him. Hence, the victim and her mother-in-law frequently quarreled because of her husband. They then got a divorce and stopped arguing. Everyone else simply thought that it was because their relations.h.i.+p had improved.
The victim thought so too. However, the murder arose because the victim’s husband bought some pork from the market in a bid to make some dumplings.
Two decades ago, pork dumplings were an expensive delicacy that could only be enjoyed during festive occasions.
The victim’s husband had bought just enough pork for the family of three, thus leaving his mother out. However, his mother heard about it from someone else and flew into a rage. She then called the victim over to the house and they had a conflict afterward.
The victim said, “So what if we didn’t give you any dumplings?” Her words had greatly infuriated her mother-in-law.
The victim died at 32 years old when her mother-in-law was in her fifties.
Although the victim was young, she could not defend herself against the unexpected attack.
She had never dared to imagine that her mother-in-law would actually kill her.
By the time her mother-in-law had slashed her on the neck, she could no longer retaliate.
It wasn’t until she died that she realized the souls of humans could leave their bodies. Just as she was trying to speak, she was taken away by the grim reapers.
However, a hiccup occurred when she was being brought to the netherworld, thus allowing her to escape successfully.
She once hid in a corner and refused to go anywhere, for fear that the grim reapers would catch her.
To her surprise, she discovered that her husband, son, and mother-in-law had already moved away when she returned to look for them in a bid to scare her mother-in-law.
Hence, she never returned to the house again.
“Do you know that the village has been renamed to ‘Widows’ Village’?”
“Yes, but it has nothing to do with me. I didn’t do it,” she said, shaking her head.
An Xiaoning asked, “Does it really have nothing to do with you? After all, you’ve become a spirit now. If you admit that you were the culprit, I can help you with your case in exchange.”
“It really wasn’t me, but I might know the reason.”
“What was the reason?”
“I’ll tell you when my case is closed.”
“Does it have something to do with the water reservoir?”
“You know about it?”
“I’ll definitely look into it.”
While on their way back, Fan s.h.i.+xin noticed that An Xiaoning had been remaining silent throughout the journey. He asked, “Young Madam, why do you still look so upset even though we already found out who the culprit is? Are you troubled because we don’t have any concrete evidence?”
“No. That old woman is still alive, isn’t she? As long as she’s alive, we can get the evidence easily. I can always hypnotize her. I just find that woman really pitiful to have married such a foolish man. She ended up losing her life. You see, it’s a blessing to have brains.”
The two of them left the house, after which they removed their muddy boots and rinsed their feet with water.
“By the way, are we leaving tomorrow?”
“Yes, to get this case settled. However, we’ll still have to return afterward. Once we close the case, we should continue investigating the other problem and solve everything before leaving the village proper.”
“Okay, sure.”
After was.h.i.+ng her feet, she lay down on the bed. She then grabbed her mobile phone from the charger to see that she had received eight missed calls from Jin Qingyan.
Thinking that he must have called because of something urgent, she hurriedly returned his call. As soon as the call went through, he asked eagerly, “Why did you take so long to call me back?”
“I went out at night and only returned just now. I just saw your missed calls.”
“Okay… where are you guys now?” Jin Qingyan asked while leaning against the couch.
“We rented a room in the village.”
Upon hearing her words, Jin Qingyan sat up straight and asked, “A room? You and s.h.i.+xin are sharing a room?”
An Xiaoning explained, “Of course. The lady who rented the room to us doesn’t know that he’s staying here. She suggested that s.h.i.+xin stay away from the village because he’s a man. However, s.h.i.+xin has to be with me at all times, doesn’t he?”
“Don’t tell me you’re sharing the same bed too…”
“Ahem… there’s only one large bed here. However, s.h.i.+xin and I lie down in opposite directions and we use separate blankets. I can’t possibly make him sleep on the ground.”
Although Jin Qingyan was slightly uncomfortable with the idea, he did not object to it since Fan s.h.i.+xin was the person he could trust the most. He said, “I hope you can leave that d.a.m.ned place soon.”
“Okay, I’ll try my best to go back as soon as possible.”
“It’s always the most comfortable at home. The temperatures are getting colder. If you’re at home, you can at least soak in the hot spring. But when you’re there…”
“I can soak my feet in water.”
“Whatever you say. I miss you.”
An Xiaoning burst into laughter and said, “It’s only been a few days since we parted. Okay, I gotta go now. Zu Dong is calling me.”