Seeing that Xiao Yanran was about to leave with the photographer and the others, Xu Tiannan accidentally grabbed her arm and whispered: "Sister-in-law..."
After a while, Xiao Yanran didn't look at herself, but said to the photographers: "Wait for me outside."
In the reception room, only Xu Tiannan and Xiao Yanran were left, and the atmosphere became extremely strange at this time.
Xu Tiannan: "Sister-in-law, for today's matter... you just need to make a phone call."
"Just call me Yanran."
Xiao Yanran responded expressionlessly: "So now you think of Chen Liangshan as a murderer, right?"
Xu Tiannan: "I have never said that. Don't get me wrong."
Xiao Yanran: "Some things are not misunderstandings. This may be a woman's intuition. Since the last time you brought that girl to our home, I have felt that the relationship between you and Chen Liangshan is not actually that close.
Yeah?"
Xu Tiannan explained: "I have always regarded kindness as my best brother."
"Then why did you do what you did today?"
Xu Tiannan was speechless for a moment and hesitated: "I'm afraid..."
Xiao Yanran looked directly into the other person's eyes and said, "Are you afraid that my husband is really the murderer? Are you also afraid that letting others know about the relationship between you two will affect your career?"
Xiao Yanran's words were thorny, so Xu Tiannan could only say patiently: "I'm just an ordinary teacher, how can I have a career?"
Xiao Yanran asked unceremoniously: "In other words... you always think that you are invincible, even your best friend can be beaten, right?"
Xu Tiannan sighed lightly and said, "I hope he can live a better life than anyone else."
"You don't need to worry about this, thank you."
Xiao Yanran paused and continued to ask: "Only you and Chen Liangshan know how Wu Juyang treated me last time, so why did you summon him just for this matter? Do you already recognize him in your heart?
For the murderer?"
Xu Tiannan said helplessly: "Sister-in-law, I have just said this about this matter. It is not as serious as you think. There are many kinds of summons, such as testifying..."
Xiao Yanran suddenly interrupted the other party and said: "Xu Tiannan, why have you not told me the truth until now? Do you really think I am so easy to fool? If you police officers only need to inquire about the situation or provide testimony, that is absolutely fine.
Door-to-door evidence collection. However, this kind of fanfare to bring people back to the public security bureau in a semi-forced manner is obviously using the environment here to put psychological pressure on the suspect, so that after breaking down the other party's psychological defense, he can ask some questions.
Isn’t that what you want to know?”
Xiao Yanran's words were so heartbreaking that Xu Tiannan didn't know how to answer. No matter how suspicious he was of Chen Liangshan now, he couldn't say such a thing in front of Chen Liangshan's wife due to rules and reason.
After a while, Xiao Yanran finally sighed softly and said: "I know you won't tell me anything, but I want to remind you that if you don't release her when the time is up, I will definitely tell you when the time comes.
Do it and let everyone in the city get to know you."
Xu Tiannan nodded helplessly, "I understand."
Suddenly, Wen Sibao opened the door of the reception room, and Chen Liangshan also appeared here.
"Yanran? Why are you here?"
Not only did Chen Liangshan not have a depressed expression at this time, but he asked easily as if nothing was wrong: "Is Tian Nan here too? What's wrong with you? You all have such solemn expressions?"
Xu Tiannan responded with a stiff expression: "It's nothing, Yanran was worried about you, so I came to take a look."
Xiao Yanran also stood up and walked to Chen Liangshan, asking in a low voice: "Are you okay?"
Chen Liangshan looked at Xu Tiannan with a relaxed expression and responded: "Don't worry, Yanran! This guy is here, what can happen to me? Don't worry! It's not as serious as you think, it's the case about Wu Juyang before.
You just came to me for a routine inquiry today."
After finishing speaking, Chen Liangshan took the initiative to walk up to Xu Tiannan, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, buddy, if you need anything else, just contact me at any time."
Xu Tiannan stood there silently, watching Chen Liangshan's back as he left with his wife, but for the first time, he felt so strange.
…
Night, at home.
As usual, Chen Liangshan put the two children to sleep and returned to the bedroom.
Xiao Yanran couldn't let go at this moment. After seeing her husband, she immediately asked: "Husband, I have something to ask you."
"Well, what's wrong?"
Xiao Yanran: "Why are the police looking for you today?"
"I knew you were going to ask about this."
Chen Liangshan sat calmly on his favorite rocking chair, looked at the sky outside the window, and responded after a moment: "The private detective named Wu died last night."
Xia Yanran said in surprise: "Ah? How could this happen... Why did he die suddenly? Does this matter have anything to do with you..."
"Nonsense!"
Chen Liangshan pretended to blame him as he spoke, while pulling his wife to him and explaining: "You know this, didn't I make an appointment with that guy in a coffee shop yesterday morning? So it was just a coincidence.
Here, after he was killed that night, the police found me based on that person’s itinerary, and called me over to make a record.”
Xiao Yanran: "What happened in the cafe?"
Chen Liangshan pretended to reminisce and said: "Well... what else could it be? It's just that he asked you for money, and the two of us were haggling at that time as if we were buying groceries, and in the end we didn't reach a conclusion.
, and then I left."
Xiao Yanran: "Really...is this all there is?"
Chen Liangshan smiled and hugged his wife into his arms, comforting her in a low voice: "Okay, don't always think about the bad side of things. We really don't need to always think about these things that have nothing to do with us."
Xiao Yanran said in surprise: "How could it be irrelevant? Now Wu Chachui was suddenly killed, and you were called over by the police. Don't you know what this means? These police are...suspecting that you committed murder.
Ah! This is no small thing!"
"Look at you! You're talking nonsense again!"
Chen Liangshan deliberately shook the other person and comforted him in a low voice: "I told you that you just wanted to find out a little bit about the situation from me. Where did you think you were going!"
Xiao Yanran whispered: "Husband, are you hiding something from me?"
"Look, I just finished talking to you and you started again."
Although the other party's words were full of ease, Xiao Yanran realized more and more that she seemed to be increasingly unable to understand the man in front of her. There was always something behind every word he said.
A deeper reason.
Is this man... really the man who has been sleeping with me for more than ten years?
Once this kind of strange and surprising thoughts appear, it is difficult to control them. Xiao Yanran even feels that she has become more suspicious and sensitive in the past few months.
At this moment, she finally asked a question that had been bothering her for a long time.
"Husband, let me ask you one last question."
Chen Liangshan: "Why are you speaking in such a tone? I'm not bothering you. Just say what you want."
Xiao Yanran mustered up her courage and asked in a low voice: "Do you have a friend named Aji?"
As soon as she said this, she obviously felt that the other person's hand was slightly startled, but it quickly returned to normal. She only heard Chen Liangshan ask: "There is such a person, what's wrong?"
"Is this person a boy or a girl?"
"female."
"Why...when Xu Tiannan came to our house last time, you mentioned her?"
Chen Liangshan had already returned to normal at this time and answered calmly.
——"Do you still remember Granny Zizi? The dean of the Mobei Orphanage."
——"On the day of her memorial service, Liu Jianren died unexpectedly for unknown reasons."
——"But Xiaoyue has been living in our house during that period, so Xu Tiannan specially came to make a routine visit. He needed to register where I had been with Liu Xiaoyue during that time."
——"So it was because of this that I needed to call the girl named Aji to prove that I had taken my children to the zoo in those days."
After hearing these words, Xiao Yanran still asked without giving up: "Why do you have her phone number? Do you know her?"
Chen Liangshan smiled and said, "It's not that we know each other. It's just that I was doing circuit construction in their zoo during that time. At most, it can be considered a working relationship."
At this point, Xiao Yanran no longer needs to ask any more questions, but the name Aji has become a knot in her heart.
…
Late at night, Xiao Yanran could not sleep no matter what.
She carefully recalled what had happened recently, and everything seemed like a dream, as if her life had really gotten better every time her husband told her, "Everything will be fine."
But has life really gotten better? She felt bursts of sadness in her heart, because the reason she couldn't sleep until now was because she was still thinking about the woman named Aji.
Although her husband answered every question she asked, and although every question seemed to have a normal answer, there was one thing that Xiao Yanran could never forget.
That is, I once heard my husband call that woman's name. Judging from his tone and attitude at that time, she definitely didn't look like a woman with an ordinary working relationship.
This chapter has been completed!