Chapter 2: Murder

Seeing the terrified little girl, the female police officer gently patted her shoulder and said in a firm tone, “Comrade Haitang, don’t worry, now is a society ruled by law. If the Du family dares to do anything illegal, they will be punished by the law.”

Haitang was still terrified. She wanted to smile, but the smile was more like crying.

Looking at the extremely frightened little girl, the female police officer exchanged a glance with the male police officer beside her, both seeing helplessness in each other’s eyes. Then, they got up, bid farewell, and left.

Outside the ward, seeing Yang Xichen who was waiting, the male police officer mentioned, “Comrade Haitang is extremely frightened now. You can find some other topics to divert her attention.”

Yang Xichen agreed and watched the two police officers walk away before entering the ward.

Sitting by the bed, looking at the little girl whose body was still trembling slightly, he asked, “Tangtang, according to the news I found out, you and Aunt Tong went abroad three years ago. When did you return to China?”

Haitang looked up at Yang Xichen in shock, “You received my letter, why didn’t you reply to me?”

Yang Xichen quickly explained, “Before your letter was sent to the army, I had already gone out to perform a mission. It was a year later, after completing the mission and returning to the army, that I received your letter.

At that time, I happened to have a vacation, so I returned to Beidu to see my family. I went to the address you left in the letter as soon as possible.

But the address had been taken over by another family. I learned from them that Aunt Tong had resigned from her job about a year ago and taken you abroad.

I asked friends abroad to inquire about you and Aunt Tong, but I didn’t expect that the direction of the search was wrong.”

So she had misunderstood him. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to pay attention to her.

Haitang felt relieved and explained, “Not long after my mother was transferred to Beidu, she was diagnosed with leukemia.

She planned to go abroad for treatment, but after inquiring, she found that there was no guarantee of a cure for leukemia abroad, and the cost of going abroad was very high.

So my mother gave up the idea of going abroad and took me back to my father’s hometown, thinking of cultivating a relationship with my uncle’s family, so that they could take care of me a little after she was gone.”

The topic turned to Hai Dafu again. Just then, the IV drip finished, and Yang Xichen called the nurse to remove the needle for Haitang.

After the nurse left, he said to Haitang, “You sleep for a while, I’ll go buy you some toiletries.”

Haitang nodded obediently, but as soon as Yang Xichen left the ward, she got out of bed, came to the window, watched Yang Xichen leave the hospital, and then went to the nurse to borrow paper and pen.

Although she had already reminded the police officers, Haitang felt it wasn’t enough. It would be best to write another letter of accusation, accusing Director Du and his wife of corruption, and send them to prison in one fell swoop.

Just as she finished writing the letter, the ward door was suddenly pushed open violently. She quickly hid the letter.

At the same time, she looked up and saw her cousin Hai Jinbao rushing in with an angry face. She couldn’t help but narrow her eyes, and then instantly switched to a terrified and pitiful expression.

“Cousin, what, what’s the matter?” As she spoke, Haitang’s hands subconsciously tightened the quilt on her lap.

Hai Jinbao grabbed Haitang’s collar and said fiercely, “What’s the matter? What are you pretending to be innocent for? You better find a way to get my parents out of the police station, otherwise I…”

“Or what?”

Hai Jinbao hadn’t finished speaking when a cold voice sounded behind him.

Immediately afterward, his knee was in pain, and he knelt on the ground with a thud. The hand grabbing Haitang’s collar was in pain and numb, and he lost consciousness, loosening Haitang’s collar and drooping limply.

Yang Xichen picked up Hai Jinbao like a chick and threw him on the ground.

Facing Yang Xichen, who was full of murderous intent and had a fierce expression, Hai Jinbao immediately cowered like a dog, and fled the ward on his hands and knees.

After escaping from the hospital, Hai Jinbao’s courage returned. He spat fiercely on the ground and cursed, “Little bitch, when I find someone to break your body, I’ll see if that military officer surnamed Yang will still stand up for a worn shoe like you.”

In the ward, Yang Xichen turned around and worriedly supported Haitang’s shoulders, asking with concern, “Are you okay? Are you injured?”

Haitang lowered her eyes guiltily and shook her head, “Brother Xichen, I’m fine, I’m not afraid of Hai Jinbao.”

However, in Yang Xichen’s eyes, she looked scared but was pretending to be strong.

So, after comforting the little girl, Yang Xichen called the police station and asked them to send a female police officer to the hospital to protect Haitang.

In addition, he suspected that Hai Jinbao had also abused Haitang, and requested the police station to send someone to keep an eye on Hai Jinbao.

After arranging all this, Yang Xichen left some money for Haitang and rushed back to Dahuai Village.

His mission this time was to protect Professor Li’s safety and he couldn’t leave Professor Li’s side for too long.

Haitang didn’t expect Yang Xichen to find a female police officer to protect her closely. As a result, she couldn’t send out the letter she had written for a while.

She didn’t want anyone to know that she had reported Director Du and his wife.

After all, the impression she had left on the police officers was that of an innocent and timid person.

How could an innocent and timid little girl know the secrets of Director Du and his wife?

She didn’t want to end up in a situation where she couldn’t explain herself.

At night, the female police officer fell asleep. Haitang, who had been pretending to be asleep, opened her eyes, got out of bed gently, and planned to sneak out of the hospital while it was quiet and send the letter.

She came to the outside of the ward, just closed the door, turned her head and met Hai Jinbao and Du Cong at the end of the corridor.

The moment she saw Du Cong, the originally dull-witted Du Cong’s eyes lit up immediately. He rushed towards Haitang with a silly smile, stuttering while drooling, “Wife, slee, sleep wi…”

“Ah…”

When Haitang saw Du Cong and Hai Jinbao, she guessed Hai Jinbao’s sinister intentions. This bastard wanted to use Du Cong, this fool, to ruin her innocence.

Even if it was really investigated afterward, a fool wouldn’t have to bear any legal responsibility at all.

At the same time, Haitang also remembered what happened in her previous life, when Hai Jinbao found someone to ruin her innocence.

Although she managed to protect her innocence in the end, she was disfigured and also killed someone in excessive self-defense.

Seeing that someone had died, Hai Jinbao insisted that she was a slut and killed the person because they couldn’t agree on the price.

The deceased’s wife also pointed out that she was the deceased’s lover, for some unknown reason.

Fortunately, she proved that she was still a virgin through a medical examination at the hospital, and the accusation of a crime of passion was not established.

But she also had no evidence to prove that Hai Jinbao had framed her, but she did kill someone, and was eventually sentenced to ten years for excessive self-defense resulting in death.

Thinking of this, Haitang’s eyes sharpened, and she immediately screamed sharply, turned around, and ran to the stairs at the other end of the corridor.

Hai Jinbao didn’t expect Haitang to scream so loudly. Seeing her turn around and run, he couldn’t care about Du Cong anymore and started chasing Haitang. Therefore, he didn’t notice that Du Cong’s expression was wrong.

Hai Jinbao had just passed Du Cong and hadn’t chased out a few steps when he was pounced on the ground by a strong force. Before he could react, his scalp was in pain and his hair was grabbed hard.

Hai Jinbao had specially gotten an explosion hairstyle in order to pursue fashion, but it made things easier for Du Cong.

His head was forced up, and before he could open his mouth, a strong force pressed his head and smashed it on the concrete floor.

Hai Jinbao only felt that his head and nose were about to explode at the same time, followed by the second and third times his head hit the ground.

“Ah… Murder, murder…”

Seeing Hai Jinbao become the target of Du Cong’s attack, Haitang screamed even louder to stimulate Du Cong.

Du Cong was not only stupid, but also had mental problems. He couldn’t be stimulated by sharp sounds. Once stimulated, he would be controlled by the violent emotions in his body and would beat people to death.

This was a secret she only learned after the Du family fell in her previous life.

At the same time, Haitang, who looked frightened and kept retreating, suddenly bumped into a broad embrace.