"When a man is good to a woman, in your adults’ world, doesn’t that an he wants to marry her as his wife?"
Ah, your adults’ world...
Song Xiangqiao stared at this slick Tang Xiaocao, who looked so serious!
"Ha ha ha..."
Zhuo Ting laughed.
"Mr. President, soone must have taught him to say that."
Song Xiangqiao hurriedly said.
"Tang Xiaocao, according to my investigation, your parents passed away early, and you and your sister’s life must not have been easy?"
"Yes, it’s okay because Xilin has a conscription system that pays for military service, which is why my sister joined the military."
"But now you are attending a private school, the tuition must be very expensive?"
"I’ve heard from other students that it’s very expensive."
"Heard from other students?"
"Yes, when I enrolled, the principal said that as long as I ranked first each sester, my tuition would be waived, so I haven’t paid tuition for the past three years."
Tang Xiaocao spoke very calmly, seeming entirely unfazed by his achievent, speaking as if this was what he was supposed to do.
In just these few tens of minutes of conversation, Zhuo Ting had truly grown very fond of this child.
He had seen too many children Xiaocao’s age, whether they were the daughter or son of so departnt director, or heirs to huge estates, or second-generation wealthy businesspeople...
Yet none had given Zhuo Ting the kind of genuine appreciation he felt now.
At this point, Zhuo Ting turned to Song Xiangqiao, who had turned red in the face, and asked, "Do you have any other questions you’d like to ask?"
Song Xiangqiao looked solemn, her eyes sharp as a piercing sword, pointing directly at Tang Xiaocao,
"She’s not your sister, your sister was killed by her, she murdered your sister, yet she deceived you."
Tang Xiaocao’s face had always been expressionless, even when answering Zhuo Ting’s questions, and now, after hearing Song Xiangqiao’s words, he raised an eyebrow slightly, his eyes, nose, and mouth motionless.
He stared blankly at Song Xiangqiao, that raise seeming to reveal his unbelievably calm astonishnt: Bullshit...
Zhuo Ting could not help but laugh.
"Or perhaps... she killed your sister together with you. Not only that, you both also killed a man from the sa village, nad Fatty Luo."
Song Xiangqiao directly accused Tang Xiaocao.
Facing Song Xiangqiao’s accusations, Tang Xiaocao did not respond but looked at Zhuo Ting,
"Mr. President..."
"Yes?"
"Why did you marry her?"
He seed genuinely unable to understand, with every thought written on his young but handso face.
"... Pff ha ha ha!"
Zhuo Ting laughed heartily, yet Song Xiangqiao was infuriated!
She was usually very composed, but she found that by Zhuo Ting’s side, she beca easily angered!
At that mont, Tang Xiao Hua behind the wall covered her mouth.
This little guy... had beco so clever.
"Did my sister offend you guys in so way?" Tang Xiaocao hesitated slightly and furrowed his brow, "My sister may have been fierce, but she had a good heart, a true Mulan protecting her country."
"So... if my sister offended you in any way, please could you be a bit more forgiving with her. Don’t pin nonexistent cris on her."
"..."
Zhuo Ting took a deep breath, his expression turning serious,
"The Fatty Luo that my wife ntioned earlier, you know him, right?"
"That person you’re talking about, is he very fat and ugly?"
"..."
"I don’t know his na, but if you’re talking about that bad uncle, then yes, I know him."
Tang Xiao Hua’s heart was in her throat.
Here, if Tang Xiaocao said a single wrong word, Zhuo Ting’s attitude would drastically change, and Song Xiangqiao would imdiately strike back like a recently awakened venomous snake, without hesitation!
"Oh? What’s your relationship with him?"
"He bullied my older sister."
"..."
"He sneaked into our house at night, fell into the well in our courtyard, and drowned."
Zhuo Ting narrowed his eyes, and Song Xiangqiao suddenly slapped the table, "Say that again!"
Tang Xiaocao recoiled from Song Xiangqiao’s scolding.
"Shouting at him like this is pointless. Xiao Qiao, sit down first."
"Mr. President, Song Lili must have coached this child already!"
"Don’t you have another witness? When confronted, the truth and lies will beco crystal clear, won’t they? You’re now yelling at a child..." Zhuo Ting took a deep breath, "This makes seriously doubt whether you have ironclad evidence."
"..."
Song Xiangqiao felt suddenly weak.
It was Fatty Luo’s wife who told her that her husband had died in Tang Xiaohua’s ho.
Fatty Luo’s wife said that Tang Xiaohua had seduced her husband but definitely didn’t have the guts to kill him!
When Song Xiangqiao showed Fatty Luo’s wife a photo of Song Lili, she furiously nodded at the picture,
"It was her, it was her!"
"What did she look like at the ti?"
"That day she was oddly clean, which was rare, and she was prowling through the village with her foolish younger brother on her back. My dead husband was eating dinner then. When he saw her carrying her brother, he scread imdiately!"
"Scread?"
"I don’t know why he scread, he just said he saw a ghost... The next day, when I didn’t see my husband, I searched everywhere. The whole village joined in, and later we found my husband’s body in Tang Xiaohua’s well."
"And that bitch and her foolish brother disappeared!"
Reflecting on Fatty Luo’s wife’s words, Song Xiangqiao didn’t doubt her theories.
Song Lili had wanted to assu Tang Xiaohua’s identity, so she had killed Tang Xiaohua—and Fatty Luo might have unfortunately witnessed sothing and was silenced by Song Lili.
That was the only possibility!
Wait...
When Fatty Luo saw Tang Xiaohua, he yelled, "I saw a ghost!"...
Could it be...
"Tang Xiaocao, I think I understand what happened now."
Song Xiangqiao’s voice grew cold.
Tang Xiaocao quietly looked at Song Xiangqiao.
"The bad uncle you ntioned, nad Fatty Luo, he harassed your sister and might have accidentally killed her? And at that ti, Song Lili just happened to co to your house and found your sister already dead."
"..."
At this mont, Tang Xiaohua hiding behind the wall also felt her heart "thump, thump" wildly.
"Song Lili carried you around the village to find out who had hard Tang Xiaohua. Only the murderer would know Tang Xiaohua was already dead. When Song Lili wore your sister’s clothes, Fatty Luo was so scared he scread. Then Song Lili knew who the killer was."
"Second Lady, I truly don’t know who Song Lili is."
It could only be said that Tang Xiaocao had an excellent composure, still denying calmly without a flush or falter.
"Song Lili, to avenge your sister, pushed Fatty Luo into the well and then you both left Tanjin."
"She’s your only lifeline, so of course you treat her like your real sister!"
By this ti, Song Xiangqiao had pieced together everything that had happened three years ago in Tanjin.
Tang Xiaohua held her breath, struggling to restrain herself.
Zhuo Ting’s expression darkened slightly, "Child, is what my wife said correct?"
"The Second Lady has confused , Vice President, but regardless, I have not lied."
"Whether you lied is simple to verify."
Song Xiangqiao’s lips curled up slightly, and she spoke deliberately, "Just compare his DNA with Guard Tang’s, and all shall be revealed."
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