Chapter 371: Chapter 371 Found It_1 Chapter 371: Chapter 371 Found It_1 “You did the right thing, no one will blame you.” Nan Fei’s comforting whisper followed by a pause, and then she added, “If you noticed it early on, why didn’t you say something sooner?”
It had been seven days!
If Zhuanzhuan had called for help in time, perhaps Sun Lu wouldn’t have died.
However, Nan Fei could not utter such words. After all, Zhuanzhuan was just a teenager, still a child and a girl whose courage was not comparable to that of adults. Being her relative, Nan Fei couldn’t utter a single word of blame.
Besides, it was all over and done. Talking excessively about it was pointless.
“I was scared that my aunt would push me into the river, I didn’t dare,” Zhuanzhuan mumbled, her eyes cast down, shivering as she leaned against Nan Fei. Under the dim light, her expression was indiscernible.
Someone shouted. Indeed, they fished a bloated, disfigured corpse from the river.
“It didn’t float up because it was tangled in the underwater weeds.”
Who could have imagined that a vibrant young girl would meet her demise in such a manner!
Standing on the shore, slender Nan Fei quaked violently – despite her own terror, she remained firmly positioned upwind, guarding Zhuanzhuan against the chilly autumn night wind.
“Alright! Secure the scene and let the medical examiner take over.” Ying Jiuming quickly directed the on-site arrangements. Once everything was settled, he found the time to converse with the Nan sisters.
“It’s been a long night. Thank you for your cooperation.”
“Of course, didn’t Officer Liu say it was the duty of every citizen to cooperate with the police?” Nan Fei responded with an even tone, but her face had turned an unhealthy pallor.
The deceased was not a stranger. She was a lively person who had once spoken to her, laughed with her.
Anybody would have been disturbed by such an incident.
“It’s late! You should head back. Please stay local for the time being. If there is any need for further cooperation, we will reach out.”
Ying Jiuming shifted his gaze towards Zhuanzhuan, his profund eyes filled with curiosity and doubt. Having been busy the whole day, he realized only now that the girl standing before him was Grandma Jiang’s granddaughter, whom she wanted to introduce to him.
He scrutinized the slender girl standing before him, bathed in the dim light. Her frail appearance was heart-wrenching. Her thick and dense lashes hung low, shielding her thoughts from the world.
However, what left a deep impression on him was something she said earlier.
‘It can’t accommodate the living, but it can house the dead!’
She had uttered these words with such an innocent expression, but on reflection, it seemed to carry a hint of excitement within her fear.
Ying Jiuming shook his head, ridiculing himself for his overworked and frazzled nerves. He had met this girl before, at Huo Beijiang’s place when his nephew had an accident. She was the brave young girl who had jumped into the water to rescue her brother, and knelt on the ground in self-blame when she failed to protect him.
Besides, she was not even eighteen yet, just a child.
Zhuanzhuan realized that the captain of the police was watching her. As she leaned against Nan Fei, her fingers trembled slightly. She tried to make a fist, but managed to hold back the impulse.
“Can we go home now?” she asked, a note of fear in her voice. Glancing quickly at Ying Jiuming, she lowered her head like a startled rabbit. After a while, she managed to say, “Officer Ying, I’ve told everything I know. You will surely find the evidence.”