Chapter 603 Who is the murderer?
Chapter 603 Who is the murderer?
"This old lady is looking for trouble. I think she is just bored. We need to teach her a lesson so she doesn't get confused."
"She's just too idle. If you give her something to do, she won't be so worried."
"But, we have to think about what we can do?"
Touching his chin, Li Kailang thought quietly.
Suddenly, something floated past my eyes.
Li Kailang looked towards the skylight.
"It's snowing? How come it's so early? It's only the beginning of November, how come it's snowing?"
Looking at the tiny snowflakes floating on the skylight, Li Kailang suddenly had an idea.
"Oh, I have an idea. The weather is good. I hope the snow lasts a little longer. Maybe there will be something to hope for."
"But we still have to be prepared for both scenarios. If one plan doesn't work, there's always another."
Suddenly, Li Kailang couldn't help but smile sinisterly.
Just waiting for the time to come and start revenge.
the next day.
At daybreak, the deaf old lady woke up and opened the door.
"Who is so wicked as to pour water outside the old lady's house? This is going to kill her!"
Before everyone woke up, they heard the old lady cursing at the door.
"Who is it?" Everyone woke up in a daze after hearing the noise.
"Old lady, what's your name?"
The Liu family was the first to be awakened. When Liu Haizhong went out, he saw the old lady leaning on the ground with her cane and cursing.
"Young man from the Liu family, look who did this! Look, who could have done this? This is going to kill the old lady!"
Seeing Liu Haizhong coming, the old lady immediately reported to him.
Liu Haizhong wiped the corners of his eyes, and his vision gradually became clear. He looked at the ground in front of the old lady's house.
I don't know who poured water on it, but the temperature dropped last night and it froze into a large thin piece of ice.
Liu Liu looked at the old lady and said, "Who did the old lady offend? She was so cruel."
"Who is so wicked as to want to kill me, an old lady?" The old lady howled in the yard, waking everyone up.
"It's so early in the morning, it's not even daybreak yet. The old lady has nothing to do, so she's making such a noise so early in the morning."
The old lady woke everyone up, and everyone went to the backyard to see what was going on.
Soon, the backyard was filled with people.
As soon as everyone arrived, the old lady complained to everyone even more excitedly, wondering which bastard was so shameless as to do such a wicked thing.
Everyone nodded involuntarily: "Fortunately the old lady was watching the road, if she hadn't been watching she might have died accidentally."
Everyone looked at the layer of ice. Although it was only a thin layer, it was enough to kill the old lady.
Looking up at the old lady again, everyone couldn't help but feel a little more sympathy in their eyes.
"Who did the old lady offend? Isn't this obviously a way to kill her?"
"Old lady, it's quite cold outside. You should go into the house first. Don't catch a cold. It's not worth it." Yi Zhonghai comforted her.
The old lady still listened to Yi Zhonghai's words.
"Xiao Yi, you have to investigate this matter carefully."
"Yes, yes, don't worry about it."
The old lady went back to her house still worried, so she moved a stool and sat at the door, watching how things were handled with her own eyes.
Being woken up early in the morning, Liu Haizhong was in a bad mood, "Lao Yi, since you are here, you can handle this matter, I will go back to sleep."
"I was woken up so early in the morning. I haven't gotten enough sleep yet and I have to go to work soon."
Let’s talk. Liu Haizhong left first, and seeing this, the others also went back to their homes.
"Stop! You can't go back!" How could the old lady let everyone go back? "Whoever dares to go back will be the one who did it. I will call the police and arrest him!"
Hearing this, Liu Haizhong was immediately dissatisfied: "Old lady, this is not a big deal, it's okay to just boil some hot water and pour it, why do you have to make such a fuss?"
"I think you might have offended someone again."
"You bastard, I think it's you who harmed me!" The old lady was furious and was about to hit him with her cane.
But the old lady didn't dare to take a step forward because of the ice at the door.
"Old lady, I don't have the time to argue with you. Do whatever you want!"
After saying that, Liu Haizhong left without looking back, and the others also went home.
"You you guys" the old lady was so angry that she had nothing to say.
Yi Zhonghai saw that everyone had left and couldn't ask anything.
"Silly Zhu, boil some hot water and pour some sand on the floor so the old lady won't slip."
"understood."
After saying that, Yi Zhonghai went back to take a nap.
“Hey, don’t go, Xiaoyi, you can’t go. You can’t go.” The old lady waved her cane helplessly.
I could only wave my cane and watch everyone leave.
After sleeping for an hour or two, everyone got up.
Before leaving for work, Yi Zhonghai visited the old lady and said, "Old lady, everyone has to go to work now and there is no time to waste. How about we hold a meeting after everyone gets off work?"
"This matter is too bad. We must get to the bottom of it and give you an explanation."
"Xiao Yi, you are still the best." The old lady said with relief. It seemed that Yi Zhonghai did not ignore her.
Yi Zhonghai smiled slightly: "Old lady, take this opportunity to think carefully about who would harm you."
"You should also look for clues so that we can investigate when you come back."
"Okay." The old lady nodded.
"Okay, then I'll go to work."
After the matter was settled, Yi Zhonghai went to work.
"Who on earth would be so stupid as to harm an old lady?"
The old lady thought about it for a long time and finally came up with an idea: "It must be the Li family kid who did it. I just said a few words to him yesterday, and he dared to retaliate against me today!"
"This is outrageous! This is outrageous! He must have done this. He must be the one who did it. He must be given an explanation."
After talking about Li Kailang, the old lady thought of Jia Zhangshi again: "This little girl is really bad. Because of her, the old lady was bullied!"
"This little girl is in the yard, let's vent our anger on her!"
The old lady was so angry that she went to find Jia Zhang with her crutches.
As soon as I arrived at the Central Courtyard, I saw Jia Zhang washing dishes.
"old lady!"
"What old lady! It's all your fault!"
The old lady took her walking stick and beat Jia Zhang.
"Old lady, why did you hit me?"
"It was you who hit!"
For a moment, the yard was in chaos.
Finally, it’s time to get off work.
As soon as everyone came back, Yan Bugui informed them that a general meeting would be held later.
"Boom!"
As soon as I got home, I heard a knock on the door.
"Isn't there going to be a meeting soon?"
When he opened the door, he found Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu standing outside.
"what's up?"
"Li Kailang, was it you who splashed water on the old lady's house?"
"No." Li Kailang didn't even think about it.
"It's really not you? This is a big deal. If you admit it and apologize to the old lady, we can let it go."
"Apologize? I didn't do it, so why should I apologize? And the old lady said I did it, so it means I did it? This matter requires evidence."
Looking at Li Kailang's determined expression, Yi Zhonghai frowned slightly.
"Is there anything else? If nothing else, I'm going to cook."
Seeing that Yi Zhonghai didn't answer, Li Kailang closed the door directly.
"Bang!" The two of them were turned away.
"Uncle! Look at him!" Sha Zhu was very dissatisfied with Li Kailang's attitude.
"It's okay, let's go ask the next one." Yi Zhonghai naturally didn't believe that it wasn't Li Kailang who did it, but there was indeed no evidence now.
When Yi Zhonghai arrived at the steel rolling mill, he thought about this matter. If the old lady fell to death, it would be fine, but if she was half dead, they would be the ones to suffer.
Yi Zhonghai was the most active in investigating who did it, and Sha Zhu was not willing to be outdone, after all, the old lady's house was finally left to him.
Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu went door to door asking, but no one knew the answer and they didn't get anything.
After everyone finished their meal, they were called together for a meeting.
"Uncle, have you found out?" someone asked.
Yi Zhonghai shook his head: "No, I asked around and no one heard anything." Sha Zhu said angrily: "This kind of person is so fucking wicked. If we know who did it, we must kick him out of the yard!"
Someone nodded in agreement: "Indeed, if you dare to bully even the elderly, you should be kicked out of the yard."
But someone objected: "Maybe the old lady offended someone and that person is taking revenge on her."
At this point, everyone turned to look at Li Kailang. It was he who had a conflict with the old lady yesterday.
When it comes to revenge, the most likely person would be Li Kailang.
Li Kailang remained calm and composed, and did not show any fear when being watched by everyone.
"Why are you looking at me? If you want to say that I did it, then you need evidence to prove that it was me. I, Li Kailang, am not a stingy person."
"I won't take revenge for such a small matter. I won't bother with an old dead man who is half buried in the ground."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but smile awkwardly. Isn't this said of the kind of person who will never let go of any grudge?
But what Li Kailang said was right, the old lady was indeed half buried in the ground.
"Li boy! What do you mean?" The old lady was not happy to hear this and resisted with her cane.
Li Kailang picked his ears and said, "Where are the mosquitoes making so much noise? This shouldn't happen. Winter is almost here."
"Li Kailang, please show some respect. Do you still respect the elderly and love the young?" Sha Zhu shouted angrily.
Li Kailang retorted: "Silly Zhu, that's your ancestor, not mine. You want to recognize her as your ancestor. Just because you're happy to have another person above you doesn't mean everyone is willing to recognize her."
"I'm not like you, who always finds trouble to identify the old ancestor and makes yourself uncomfortable."
"What Xiao Li said is true. We are already old and have finally survived the death of our parents. Now someone else comes to be our ancestor. Isn't that crazy?"
"Yeah, we don't have any benefit at all. Recognizing our ancestors is not just looking for trouble."
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Yi Zhonghai quickly stood up and said: "This is not recognizing the ancestors, this is respecting the old and loving the young, everyone will grow old one day."
"We need to create a good atmosphere in our courtyard so that everyone can live in the courtyard in the future."
Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was about to launch another moral attack, Li Kailang interrupted him directly: "Okay, Yi Zhonghai, if you have something to say, just say it. It's really cold to stay outside at night."
Being interrupted, Yi Zhonghai looked at Li Kailang unhappily.
Xu Damao suddenly interrupted and said, "Shazhu, did you do something immoral to make them punish your ancestors?"
"Xu Damao! You are the one who does immoral things. I think it was you who did what happened to the old lady." Sha Zhu replied.
Xu Damao enjoys watching the fun.
"Alas, I can't do this. Don't blame me if you can't find anyone."
"I'm not like you. You talk without thinking all the time. You might offend people with just two or three words."
When Yi Zhonghai saw that Sha Zhu was no match for Xu Damao in an argument, he immediately sent him away.
"Shazhu, go carry the old lady out. Almost everyone is here, let's start the meeting right away."
Sha Zhu was unwilling to accept the defeat, but he had no choice but to carry the old lady out obediently.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Xu Damao was chatting with someone when he was suddenly hit on the back of his head with a stick.
"Damn it, who hit me!" Xu Damao cursed!
Everyone turned around and saw that it was the old lady on Sha Zhu's back who hit him.
"What are you looking at! It's not enough!" the old lady shouted.
"Damn it, no wonder you got harmed, you really deserve it!" Xu Damao retorted unconvinced, but he did not slow down and made way.
"You little bastard, even your father doesn't dare to talk to me like that!" The old lady pretended to hit him.
"Old lady, if you dare to hit me again, I will break your cane!"
The old lady held up her cane but didn't dare put it down.
The last time my crutch was broken was more than half a year ago.
"Humph! Silly Zhu, go."
Sha Zhu passed by carrying the old lady on his back, and Xu Damao was so angry.
"Silly Zhu, just wait for me!"
"Hmph!" Sha Zhu passed by with a smug look on his face.
This Sha Zhu has a really strong desire for revenge. He won't suffer any loss at all. Since he can't control Xu Damao himself, he asks the old lady to take action.
Seeing that everyone was present, Yi Zhonghai stood in the middle and said loudly, "Does everyone know what happened at the old lady's house this morning?"
Everyone nodded, even if they didn't know, they had asked others.
"I'll say it again here. Last night or early this morning, someone poured water on the old lady's doorstep. It happened to snow today and it froze into ice."
"This is a serious matter. If the old lady was not careful when she went out, she might have fallen down accidentally and died on the spot."
"This behavior is very bad and serious. If it gets out, people from other courtyards will think that our courtyard is morally corrupt!"
"Now, who did this? Come forward and admit your mistake, apologize to the old lady, and then we can just pretend it never happened."
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and no one knew who did it.
"Boy from the Li family, why don't you come out and tell us about this." The deaf old lady looked at Li Kailang viciously.
In her mind, it was most likely Li Kailang who did it.
"Boring." Li Kailang rolled his eyes and didn't want to say anything.
Seeing that Li Kailang didn't say anything, the deaf old lady became more certain: "Li family boy, if you don't say it, it's you who did it!"
"Xiao Yi, call the police and let them arrest him!"
Yi Zhonghai and everyone looked at Li Kailang, waiting for his explanation.
Li Kailang patted his clothes and said, "Deaf old lady, if you say I did it, then show me the evidence. Words are not enough. I am not someone that anyone can slander."
"Don't think that because you are old, the police won't dare to arrest you if you commit a crime. I have plenty of money to find someone older to teach you a lesson!"
"You!" Hearing Li Kailang's naked threat, the old lady's face turned red with anger: "Lawless, absolutely lawless!"
"Li Kailang, how can you talk to an old lady like that?" Sha Zhu shouted.
"Shut up! You have no right to speak here!" Li Kailang shouted, and instantly Sha Zhu's face turned pale and he dared not open his mouth.
Yi Zhonghai stepped forward and said, "Li Kailang, can you swear that this was not done by you?"
"Who are you to deserve my swearing? You really take yourself seriously. Even if you die, you are not worthy of my swearing."
Yi Zhonghai was furious, but he calmed down and used provocation: "I think it was you who did it. I dare not swear for fear of being struck by lightning!"
"Ah, yes, yes, you are right, whatever you say is what it is."
Li Kailang was like a loach and could not be moved no matter what Yi Zhonghai said.
Seeing how confident Li Kailang was, everyone gradually felt that he was not the one who did it.
"Deaf old lady, Yi Zhonghai, if you are dissatisfied, call the police and let them find clues to find out who did it!"
Li Kailang's arrogant attitude made the two of them think that he was the one who did it, but everyone else felt that it was not him who did it at all.
The two parties hold different opinions.
Yan Bugui stood up and said, "Uncle, I think Xiao Li is right. This matter requires evidence."
Yi Zhonghai and the old lady looked at each other and thought, if they could find evidence, there would be no need to hold a meeting.
As for calling the police, if this matter gets out of hand, they will have no chance of winning the Outstanding Siheyuan Award this year.
Compared with the welfare, this little thing is not worth mentioning, and besides, nothing happened.
Yi Zhonghai said helplessly, "I will continue to investigate this matter until the murderer is caught. If anyone has any clues, please provide them to me. I will definitely reward them handsomely!"
"Let me say a few more words. As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. We are all from the same courtyard, so we should..."
Yi Zhonghai also knew that it was impossible to catch who did it, so the meeting was just to scare them and give the old lady an explanation.
As for Li Kailang, the most suspicious person, there is nothing we can do about him even if he denies it.
Sha Zhu also stood up and said: "Listen to me, you idiot who did this. If I catch who did this, I will beat you to death."
"After the beating, I'll send you to the police station and let you spend three to five years in jail!"
"Okay, let's break up the meeting!"
Everyone left one by one.
"Damn it! It was Li Kailang who did it!" The old lady stared at Li Kailang's departing back fiercely.
"Xiao Yi, you should call the police to arrest him!"
Yi Zhonghai smiled helplessly: "Old lady, do you have any evidence? Words are not enough. Besides, Li Kailang is a college student. He is very precious to the steel mill!"
"He is a man of his words. If you make him unhappy, he will sincerely find someone to make you unhappy."
Hearing this, the deaf old lady shut up.
He is old and his body cannot withstand the hardship. If he were beaten up, he might die in the hospital.
"Hmph, let's forget about it." The old lady could only grit her teeth and bear it. She hadn't had enough of her good days.
On the way back, Yan Bugui asked curiously, "Xiao Li, who do you think did this?"
"Who knows?" Li Kailang spread his hands and asked, "Uncle San, why don't you ask Aunt San? She's in the yard all day."
"Didn't you see who the old lady, Yi Zhonghai, Sha Zhu and the others offended these days?"
Yan Bugui thought for a moment and said, "That shouldn't be the case. The old lady doesn't usually go out. At most, she'll bask in the sun outside her house. She won't offend anyone."
"This is really strange." Lin Tian said puzzledly.
Yan Bugui nodded: "It's true."
Since I didn't get an answer from Li Kailang, I had to let the matter go.
When Li Kailang returned to the house and entered the planting space, he couldn't help laughing.
"I don't know who did it? Well done, help me vent my anger!"
(End of this chapter)