HLnovel Chapter 425
Chapter 425
Over the next few days, Song Zhaodi was taken away and detained.Police tape was cordoned off around the entrance of the Song family's house, keeping outsiders at bay.
A few days later, the forensic results came out, confirming that the pile of ash was indeed the cremated remains of Song Zhaodi's husband, who had disappeared ten years ago.
Meanwhile, the police also detected numerous bone fragments and tissue inside the stone mill the Song family used to grind tofu.
The murder weapon was thus confirmed.
With both witness testimony and physical evidence present, Song Zhaodi finally confessed to the process of murdering her husband.
However, the police only found half of the ashes of such a large adult corpse.
The remaining half was missing. Upon interrogation, they discovered that Song Zhaodi had shockingly boiled it into medicine and fed it to her father-in-law.
As she said this, the seemingly honest and dutiful Song Zhaodi in the eyes of outsiders revealed a twisted, satisfied smile on her face.
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This sent a shiver down the spines of even the most experienced police officers.
The decade-old missing person and murder case was finally solved.
Wang Ergou was successfully cleared of all charges. To compensate him for his ten years of wrongful imprisonment, the police department personally visited him to apologize and awarded him a substantial amount of compensation money.
Wang Ergou had been sneaking around the Song house for days, but he hadn't managed to find a single trace of the corpse.
He had just decided to throw in the towel and give up, and suddenly the case was solved?
His name was cleared, and he even received a massive payout.
He was completely dumbfounded.
He was just lying at home, and his innocence literally fell from the sky.
Then what was the point of all his hard work climbing walls earlier?
Wang Ergou didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
...
The news that Song Zhaodi was actually the murderer shocked and terrified the neighborhood.
The story instantly spread through every street and alley.
Because of her husband's disappearance, rumors had circulated that his soul was snatched away by a widow's ghost, which was why not many people lived in their alley.
This rumor had spread for ten years, becoming a classic tale everywhere. Whenever playful children refused to go home at night, adults would use this story to scare them, warning that if they didn't go home, the widow's ghost would catch them.
The children would be so terrified by the story that they wouldn't even dare to go out to use the bathroom at night.
It turned out it was all fake.
There were no ghosts or monsters at all; it was a murder committed by a human.
Song Zhaodi was sentenced to life imprisonment. Her father-in-law was supposed to be sent to live with relatives, but on the very day she was imprisoned, he suddenly died.
The relatives came, handled his funeral arrangements in passing, and then left.
Si Nian later heard that Song Zhaodi's parents-in-law had never treated her well. Because she couldn't bear children, they constantly pointed fingers and scolded her. So when their son had an affair, not only did they not object, but they fully supported it, saying that Song Zhaodi was worse than a widow.
To everyone else, it seemed like Song Zhaodi didn't take it to heart and wholeheartedly continued to care for them.
Who knew that someone who appeared so honest and simple on the surface could be so cruel and terrifying behind closed doors.
Of course, her being pushed to such an extreme was also largely due to the problems within her husband's family.
This incident naturally made it into the newspapers, but the only photo featured was a candid shot of Da Huang.
"Famous Detective Da Huang and a Mysterious Woman Solve a Decade-Old Cold Case!" These massive words were printed across the newspaper.
When Si Nian saw it, the corner of her mouth twitched.
Her dog, Da Huang, was in the newspaper.
As for the mysterious woman, Lin Sisi, she had run away so fast that the police didn't even have time to ask for her name.
Since no one knew her name, they could only refer to her as a mysterious woman.
Everyone said she was the incarnation of the widow coming to solve the case.
Lin Sisi had no idea about any of this. Fearing retaliation from Song Zhaodi, she had taken advantage of the moment the police and Song Zhaodi were distracted by the noise to slip away. She bought a train ticket overnight and fled, not even daring to continue her business.
Because she wasn't sure exactly where the supposed corpse was, and Song Zhaodi had looked completely unafraid of her, Lin Sisi was uncertain if things would play out exactly as they had in her previous life.
Plus, she had only read about it in the newspaper back then, which surely had discrepancies from the actual events, so she didn't dare to stick around.
She never imagined that by leaving, she would miss out on a chance to become famous.
However, her bad luck didn't end there. As soon as Lin Sisi arrived at her hometown's train station, she reached into her pocket, only to find it had been slashed. The thousands of yuan Zhang Cuimei had given her for business were gone.
Lin Sisi trembled with anger, almost coughing up blood.
Yet, the moment she got home, she saw the Beijing television station broadcasting the case.
Seeing the large words "Mysterious Young Woman" accompanied by a photo of Si Nian's dog, Lin Sisi almost fainted from fury.
"It is understood that this case was solved by a young woman who seemingly fell from the sky. However, for unknown reasons, after the case was resolved, this person vanished without a trace, as if she had never appeared."
"The police also awarded this Tibetan Mastiff the Best Search Award. This Mastiff, named Da Huang, has become the only Tibetan Mastiff in the country to receive a police dog medal..."
"Experts suggest that if Tibetan Mastiffs weren't so difficult to tame, they could potentially become police dogs..."
Lin Sisi: "..."
So what was the point of her traveling all this way, spending so much on accommodation and transport, only to have her money stolen?
Her business venture failed, her school was urging her to attend classes, and when Zhang Cuimei saw her daughter return in such a sorry state, not only failing to get the goods but also having the money stolen,
she rolled her eyes and fainted from anger.
Lin Sisi's path to business had ended before it even began.
...
Because the case had such a huge impact, people thought the mysterious woman was some sort of incarnation. Da Huang also became a highly sought-after dog, and many families came out of admiration.
They even brought along various breeds of female dogs, expressing their desire to introduce a wife to Da Huang.
When Miao Chunhua heard the news, she also hurried over.
Si Nian happened to be rejecting a female guest who had shown up carrying a Pomeranian.
The woman strongly insisted on introducing her Pomeranian to be Da Huang's foreign bride.
Looking at the petite Pomeranian, Si Nian really didn't even have the energy to complain.
"My Da Huang is still underage, I'm sorry."
She ignored the other party's expectant gaze and rejected her outright.
Introducing a dog wife was fine, but shouldn't they at least be comparable in size?
This size simply didn't match Da Huang at all.
Just imagining the scene made Si Nian feel like her eyes were burning.
However, the woman's dog seemed to really like Da Huang. Before even entering the house, it smelled Da Huang's canine charm, barked non-stop, and even jumped down from its owner to run inside.
There was no stopping it.
Si Nian was terrified.
Da Huang was very territorial; usually, any dog just passing by would be scared away by him.
Wasn't this little dog running inside just asking for a death wish?
To make matters worse, the woman's dog was in heat.
At this moment, it wasn't listening to anyone.
Da Huang looked at the small dog darting over, baring his teeth with a ferocious expression.
The little dog flirtatiously lay on the ground and rolled over to show its belly, but Da Huang didn't even spare it a glance.
Si Nian followed them inside and, seeing this, breathed a sigh of relief. Da Huang's behavior of not attacking females was very commendable.
If it had been a male dog, they probably would have started fighting long ago.
However, his low growl clearly indicated that he wouldn't let the other party get close.
Si Nian scolded, "Da Huang, go back to your doghouse."