Ling'an Town is not big, Zhou Qingchun, Boss Zhu, and Ling Li's family all know each other.

Compared with Ling Jiacheng, although Boss Zhu is not surnamed Ling, because he is an old neighbor of the two pairs of doors for nearly ten years, he has more contact with Ling Jiashu.

On the day of the crime, his most direct interaction with the Ling family was about those catties of liquor. Ling Jiashu knocked over the liquor prepared for the grave, and at noon Zhang Shouyu went to buy wine, and was seen by Boss Zhu with fresh scars on his arms.

This can also corroborate Ling Jiacheng's testimony and coincide with the later post-mortem report.

After the incident, Boss Zhu, as the closest person to the Ling family, has been questioned by the police at least seven or eight times, and he has said these words many times, just accepting Zhou Qingchun's questioning, at least three times.

So much so that eight years have passed, and he still remembers what happened back then.

However, in his testimony, there were no clues that were conducive to solving the case.

Although he and the Ling family are two pairs of doors, a grocery store and a clinic, they are all independent households, and when they are not doing business, when the façade is closed, what happens inside the door, separated by a distance of more than ten meters, two large wooden doors, naturally I don't know.

On the day of the crime, it was even more unfortunate that Boss Zhu went to the city to buy goods in the afternoon, and did not go home until late at night.

Regarding the clues related to the case, Ling Li mentioned by Boss Zhu has long been aware, and there are no new questions to ask.

After that, he talked about Zhou Qingchun's visit to collect evidence a few months ago.

Since the Ling family's case was overturned and Zhong Chengheng was found not guilty, Zhou Qingchun has frequently contacted the witnesses of the year, as the closest to the Ling family, Boss Zhu, is naturally the key object of questioning, Zhou Qingchun has visited the door at least five or six times, repeatedly asking about some details of the year, trying to find useful clues.

Zhou Qingchun did come here before committing suicide, and at that time he was still asking if there were any clues that had been missed.

Fortunately, Boss Zhu has a good temper and has pity for the Ling family for many years, and he still stated the scene he knew that day, and sent Zhou Qingchun out before dinner.

When Ling Li heard this, he pondered for a moment and asked him, "Is there any difference between what you said that day and what you confessed to the police before?" ”

Boss Zhu locked his eyebrows and thought about it for a long time, and finally shook his head, with an apologetic face: "Second sister, there is really nothing new, I have been saying those words over and over again over the years, I don't know how many times I have said it." ”

Coming out of the Zhu family, the three of them all frowned slightly.

Of the four witnesses Zhou Qingchun visited before he committed suicide, he has now visited two and has gained nothing.

And in the remaining two, the homeless man nicknamed Iron Head back then was in a nursing home in the east of the city.

When they arrived there through the city of Nanxi, they were told by the person in charge of the nursing home that Tietou had died a week earlier.

Ling Li was very surprised and asked, "What is the reason?" ”

"What else?" The aunt had an indifferent face, "When I was young, I was lazy and didn't do anything, and when I was old, I was hungry and full, my body had already collapsed, and a pneumonia couldn't control respiratory failure." ”

Ling Li sighed regretfully.

The homeless man has been sleeping in the open for most of his life, and his body's immunity is afraid that it has long been bad, and now he is old and has been killed by a minor illness, although it is unexpected, but it is also reasonable.

It's just that this clue is also broken.

Zhong Zhuowen, who had been silent for most of the day, suddenly brightened her eyes at this time: "What about the body?" ”

"It's a fever early." The aunt frowned, and said in a very dissatisfied tone: "The good ones come out to ask for food, and in the end, the money to enter the funeral home is all paid by the state!" ”

Hearing that it had been cremated, Zhong Zhuowen had a regretful expression and didn't ask anything more.

Back in the car, Ling Li stared at the last name, a little confused.

There is still one last Qian Yang left, but he was only eleven or twelve years old back then, and he hadn't even entered the gate of the Ling family, so what effective news could he provide?

"You're not going today, are you?" Nan Zhiyi solicited his opinion in an inquiring tone, "It's already past four o'clock in the afternoon, and in the end, this witness lives a little far away, and the road in that place is not easy to walk, why don't you hurry up early tomorrow?" ”

Ling Li and Zhong Zhuowen have no opinion.

Back in the park, Ling Li was depressed, she hadn't eaten much, she was squatting on the steps alone, staring at the shadowy epiphany in the night.

The night was slightly cool, and Nan Zhiyi leaned on the door frame of the small dining room, and when he lowered his head, he saw the top of her head.

Her hair was still so fluffy, with a dazzling glow in the light.

"What are you thinking?"

After watching it for a while, he couldn't help but call her out loud.

Ling Li turned around and saw Nan Zhiyi's condescending smile, which seemed to be very relaxed.

She couldn't help frowning: "What else can you think?" I just think it's not in vain to go out this time. ”

Nan Zhiyi chuckled: "It's better for you to relax, every day you are locked up in the steel forest in the capital, and people are about to get moldy." ”

Hearing this, Ling Li stood up, rubbed his already numb knees, and suddenly raised his face to look at him: "You said you wanted to show me the evidence, where is it?" ”

She remembered what Nan Zhiyi had said that night when he believed her.

"Haven't you already seen it?" Nan Zhiyi shook his finger, pretending to be mysterious, and his voice was far away: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you, you just turn a blind eye." ”

Confused by his tricks, Ling Li pursed her lips.

But the moment he turned around, he saw a tall and thin figure silhouetted in the window not far away.

Ling Li bit her lower lip and stared thoughtfully at Zhong Zhuowen's back.

Zhong Zhuowen is very honest this time, she doesn't have the appearance of a villain before, occasionally she talks a little more, Nan Zhiyi rolls her eyes, and she immediately obediently shuts up.

This strange situation made Ling Li understand that Zhong Zhuowen must have asked for something, and Nan Zhiyi happened to pinch her pulse.

As for this trip to Nanxi, Ling Li didn't have much hope, the reason why she was willing to use the weekend to run was that she could have a space away from the disturbing rights and wrongs, and second, she was also afraid that she would be approached by Shi Meina and Qi Wan again when she was alone.

You know, if Nan Zhiyi hadn't appeared that day, she didn't know if she would have done something beyond reason under the stimulation of the words of those two women.

The third is that when facing Nan Zhiyi, she always can't easily say something to refuse.

No matter how resolute his attitude was before, once he met his clear and serious eyes, he would be defeated immediately, and finally had to follow his train of thought.

"Did you bring her here to ......?"

She was stunned, realizing that she seemed to be aware of his intentions.

Nan Zhiyi didn't seem to notice her mixed feelings at this time, and only followed her line of sight, and immediately understood it.

"Did you finally find out?" He scratched his chin with his fingertips, with a little smugness, and said with a chuckle: "Look, what she has experienced is what you are going through now, and the struggle she has fought is what you are now." You don't have to be afraid of anything, and you don't have to think about the outcome, just stick to it for the sake of a conviction in your own heart. ”

I don't know if her eyes made Zhong Zhuowen feel something, and after more than ten seconds, she poked her head out of the next room and was a little suspicious: "Are you talking about me?" Why are my ears hot? ”

Her hair was tied back at the back of her head, the hair on her forehead was tied up with a headband, and she was holding a bottle of facial cleanser in her hand, as if she was about to wash her face.

Ling Li hurriedly withdrew his gaze, but Nan Zhiyi shrugged his shoulders generously and pouted towards Zhong Zhuowen: "Beautiful girl, it's time to play your typical role as a model." ”

Listening to Nan Zhiyi's words, Zhong Zhuowen, who had always jumped out, quieted down, hesitated a little in her eyes, and turned her head back to the room.

A few minutes later, she stood on Ling Li's side, and Nan Zhiyi saw them standing side by side, so she had a rare sense of humor, and beckoned Aunt Xun, who was still cleaning up the dining room, to go to the second floor with him.

Only the two of them were left on the first floor, who seemed to be connected to the same fate.

"I'm sorry Sister Ling, I really didn't know that my mother would come to the door," Zhong Zhuowen took a breath, and then sincerely apologized, "I didn't know that she would give you money." ”

Thinking of the experience that night, Ling Li's heart felt like she had been stabbed, and the pain spread to her limbs again.

She said angrily, "If you really want to feel sorry, you can just don't come to me again." Don't disturb each other when you stay away from each other, so you don't have to hurt each other. ”

"Impossible." Zhong Zhuowen's voice was calm, but her expression was obvious that she would not give up: "Even if it hurts you, but for my father, our family will not give up getting clues from you." ”

"So you hid from your parents and followed two people who knew each other well for hundreds of kilometers?" Ling Li stared at her, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you with my revenge?" ”

"No," Zhong Zhuowen pursed her lips, "Actually, you already believe that my dad is not a murderer, right?" ”

Ling Li was dumbfounded.

Yes, Zhong Zhuowen once again said what she was thinking.

When she first heard the not-guilty verdict, Ling Li couldn't accept it and would never believe it, but as time went on, the well-reasoned and impartial verdict had deeply affected her.

Especially after the circumstances of the case changed again and the police restarted the investigation.

Ling Li hadn't regarded Zhong Chengheng as an enemy for a long time, but because of what she learned about Ling Ling and Zhong Chengheng from Zhu Jinchuan's mouth, she didn't know what kind of attitude to face that man.

The mood that had just been sorted out was once again in a mess, Ling Li shook her head vigorously, and her voice became a little sharp: "What do you do when you say that these are useful and useless?" Didn't you come with me just to dig something out of me or Nan Zhiyi's hands, so that you could completely clear your father's charges? What else? He is innocent, and now it is me who is struggling, so can't you let me go? ”