The Beautiful Stepmother from the Eighties: Marrying a Factory Director to Raise Kids

Chapter 423

As he walked over, he realized that there were many police uncles being led by a very familiar-looking woman who was talking to them.Second Child was very surprised.

Wasn't this that Aunt Sisi or something? Why was she here?

She seemed to be the woman who was originally supposed to marry his dad, but then despised him and ran away.

Second Child squeezed his little head through the crowd.

He heard her say, Comrade police, I am certain that she is the murderer. She definitely hid the corpse in her house.

Song Zhaodi looked at the strange woman in front of her with a shocked expression.

Her eyes carried a hint of coldness and confusion.

Who exactly was this person? From her accent, she could guess that she wasn't a local. She had heard this accent before. Right, it was the same accent as the children from Si Nian's family next door.

But in their neighborhood, the only ones with this accent were Si Nian's family.

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Where did this woman pop out from?

Furthermore, she had an expression as if she had known the truth all along, bringing the police straight to her.

Who was she, and what grudge did she have against her?

Song Zhaodi thought hard, but this person did not exist in her memory.

The startled neighbors around them were also surprised when they heard this. What nonsense are you talking about? How could you say Song Zhaodi killed him? Her husband was lured away by the ghost of that widow.

Exactly! A few days ago, that Wang Ergou said the body was in the well. Today, you come running here saying it's in Zhaodi's house. You aren't some scammer hired by Wang Ergou, are you?

Naturally, everyone still believed Song Zhaodi, whom they had lived alongside for over a decade, rather than Lin Sisi, who had appeared out of nowhere.

They also thought about how Wang Ergou previously claimed there was a body in the courtyard where the widow died, but the police ended up finding nothing.

By now, the police surely wouldn't pay any attention to Wang Ergou anymore.

That must be why Wang Ergou found a woman to come over instead.

Lin Sisi, of course, had already looked into this matter.

Hearing their words, she sneered, What era is this, and you are all still so superstitious? There are no ghosts in this world at all. That rumor was deliberately spread by someone to confuse you. If Wang Ergou couldn't find the body, it must be because someone moved it ahead of time. And that person is her!

She pointed at Song Zhaodi.

Everyone looked astonished.

You, you are talking nonsense! What proof do you have? Song Zhaodi said angrily.

Of course I have proof. I heard your husband was entangled with that widow and was clamoring for a divorce. Your family has five sisters in total and only one brother. Your parents favored boys over girls, so they especially disliked you. That's how you got your name, too.

If you got divorced, you wouldn't have anywhere to go. So in a fit of anger, you and your husband killed the widow. But your husband wanted to turn himself in, and you were worried about being ratted out, so you found an opportunity to kill him too! You threw his body into the well of the sealed-off house.

Lin Sisi recalled the contents of this case as narrated by Si Nian during an interview in her previous life.

She confidently raised her chin and accused Song Zhaodi, Then you logically inherited all of his property, didn't you?

Her words greatly shocked the people around them.

In an instant, they all began to harbor some suspicions about Song Zhaodi.

In that era, a divorced woman had no home, not to mention that Song Zhaodi was unable to bear children.

Many who could not withstand the pressure ended up committing suicide.

And at this crucial moment, the widow died, and her husband went missing.

She became the most pitiful person, and no one suspected her.

Hearing this, Song Zhaodi was stunned for a long while before letting out a cold sneer, What proof do you have?

As long as the body is found in your house, it will prove that what I said is right!

Lin Sisi said confidently.

The police comrades were also shocked by Lin Sisi's speech.

Song Zhaodi asked, And what if you can't find it?

If we can't find it, I will kowtow and apologize to you! Lin Sisi immediately replied!

She remembered it was written in the reports that Si Nian had fallen into danger multiple times for this case. At that time, she had said with lingering fear, The other party is a very smart person. She placed the corpse in a place where she could see it, yet no one else could discover it. If I hadn't been certain she was the murderer, I would definitely have been fooled by her superb acting.

The reporter asked, Then where was the body found?

Si Nian answered, Right inside her house.

...

Therefore, Lin Sisi was certain that the body was definitely in Song Yanzhi's house.

Song Zhaodi laughed out of anger. Fine, then I will let you all go in and search!

Saying that, she stepped aside.

Seeing Lin Sisi's firm tone, the police comrades now had no choice but to go in and search.

If this ten-year-old cold case could really be solved, they could also get a bonus. Why not do it?

Thus, the group of people went in and began rummaging around.

Second Child wanted to go home and notify his mother.

However, Da Huang refused to leave no matter what.

He hoisted the arm-thick iron chain onto his shoulder and, with his back to Da Huang, headed toward his own house.

He and Da Huang formed a tug-of-war posture.

Da Huang was already an adult, large dog.

But Zhou Zehan was still a child. Even though he had been doing weight-bearing training all day recently, he was just stronger than an ordinary child.

Compared to a Tibetan Mastiff weighing over a hundred pounds, he definitely couldn't match its strength.

Da Huang considered itself an adult dog now, so it never listened to the commands of a child like Zhou Zehan.

At home, it only paid attention to the words of Si Nian, Zhou Yueshen, and Yaoyao.

Consequently, Second Child was dragged toward the direction of the Song family's house.

Second Child's shoe soles slipped, and the veins on his forehead bulged. Da Huang, we can't go over there. Mom said we can't go to crowded places.

The surrounding people immediately cleared a path when they saw such a huge dog approaching.

Oh my, isn't this the dog raised by the Zhou family?

Why was it let out? It's scaring people to death, oh my, quickly get out of the way.

Looking at the wide path cleared in the middle, Da Huang felt very prestigious, and its steps became even swifter.

Afraid that Da Huang would cause trouble, Second Child could only shout loudly in the direction of his home, Mom, Mom, Da Huang is going to cause trouble! Come save me quickly!

Si Nian was bathing Yaoyao in the bathroom and really hadn't noticed the commotion outside.

Hearing Second Child's voice, she hurriedly dried her daughter, called Eldest Child who was doing who knows what in the laboratory to dress her daughter, and ran outside.

Only then did she realize that many people were standing at the entrance of the Song house.

Seeing Da Huang walking straight into the Song house, she immediately scolded, Da Huang, sit down!

Da Huang's highly raised neck instantly shrank back, and it turned its head to look at its human mom.

It finally came to a stop.

Si Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

Da Huang rarely lost control. The first time was when it went into the mountains, bit a rabbit to death, and tasted blood.

But what was it this time?

She walked toward the Song family's house. There were many people around, making her inevitably feel a bit confused.

Second Child said to Da Huang very proudly, I told you to be obedient. Serves you right, doesn't it?

Da Huang let out two grunts from its throat.

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Si Nian patted its head. Behave yourself.

Only then did she ask the people nearby what had happened.

The people around all knew Si Nian, so they immediately started recounting what had just occurred.

"A woman came out of nowhere and pointed at Xiao Song, claiming she was a murderer. She even said a corpse was hidden in her house. Xiao Si, don't you think this is absurd?"

Si Nian's eyes flickered. "A woman?"

"Yes, the woman isn't very old, about your age. No, she looks a bit older. She came right up and said she knew the truth. I don't know where she popped out from. She looks very unfamiliar, like an outsider."

Second Child tugged at Si Nian's hem and said, "Mom, it's that auntie who refused to marry Dad and ran away."

He thought for a moment and said, a bit uncertainly, "Grandma seems to call her Sisi."

Si Nian was slightly stunned. "Lin Sisi?"

"Yes!" Second Child immediately said. "That's the name."

Si Nian was surprised. Lin Sisi?

Why had Lin Sisi come to Beijing? Didn't she get into a local university and shouldn't she be studying there?

And she ran over here inexplicably, claiming Song Yanzhi was the murderer, and even knew there was a corpse hidden in her house?

She herself had known Song Zhaodi for so long and understood most of the situation, but it was all just speculation.

How could Lin Sisi know so clearly?

Just as Si Nian was pondering this, the plot of the novel suddenly popped into her memory.

That belonged to the later stages of the novel.

Lin Sisi followed Fu Yang to Beijing, resolutely ignoring the gazes of outsiders, declaring she wanted to do business and make money.

In this era, very few people her age dared to step out and do business.

Therefore, Lin Sisi's bold idea was not viewed favorably by many.

Even the Fu family didn't really support her doing business, but Lin Sisi had the persona of a strong female lead, so of course she had to do business.

And because she was the female lead, all sorts of noble benefactors and opportunities rushed to present themselves to her.

Perhaps she was already famous enough in her previous city, and there were no more face-slapping plots left to write, so she had to change maps and come to Beijing to do business, starting a new wave of face-slapping plots. Thus, when Lin Sisi arrived in Beijing, everyone looked down on her because of her young age.

However, Lin Sisi, relying on her massive female lead halo, easily got to know rich people. Then, the rich people went from looking down on her to being conquered by her female lead charm, opening up a bright path for doing business.

Of course, there were twists and turns. In the plot, an unsolved case occurred under a rich man's command, which Lin Sisi easily solved. In the end, she even made it onto all the major newspapers and became a celebrity in Beijing.

Ultimately, she returned home to fiercely slap the faces of the relatives who had looked down on her.

So, could this unsolved case be the one involving Song Zhaodi?

Si Nian hadn't seen Lin Sisi arrive here; her brain hadn't even considered this plotline at all.

Only now did she realize just how powerful the female lead was.

To think she could run over to Beijing to solve a case while studying in her hometown.

Truly worthy of being the female lead.

Si Nian was just sighing in admiration.

At this moment, Lin Sisi walked out of the house.

She had just heard Second Child's voice and felt it was somewhat familiar, thinking she had heard wrong.

But then she remembered that Si Nian was going to school in Beijing, so she ran out to take a look, not expecting it to actually be them.

She was very surprised. She didn't expect that in this life, Si Nian would also come here?

Even though she had already changed her fate, would she still encounter the things that were meant to happen?

She felt a lingering fear.

But on second thought, that house was still sealed off now, and according to her inquiries, this case hadn't been solved; it was still a cold case.

Then it seemed that the Si Nian of this life didn't have the ability to solve this case.

Perhaps this case was originally solved by Fu Yang, and she had just forcibly hyped it up to be her own doing?

Now without Fu Yang's help, she naturally didn't have this ability.

Thinking of this possibility, Lin Sisi breathed a sigh of relief and raised her eyebrows at Si Nian quite smugly.

What a pity, she wouldn't have the chance to get the courtyard house in this life.

This opportunity was now hers.

"Sister Si Nian, what a coincidence. I didn't expect you to be here too?"

Si Nian looked thoughtful. "It is quite a coincidence. Traveling thousands of miles just to solve a case, you are quite impressive yourself."

Actually, Si Nian found it a bit strange, because normally Lin Sisi should still be in her hometown right now. Fu Yang had gone to the Northwest; the main storyline wasn't following the novel's development at all anymore.

But why had Lin Sisi still come to Beijing? Could it be specifically to solve this case?

Lin Sisi said, "Just a coincidence. I just happened to run into this matter. I really can't stand these feudal superstitious things. Sister Si Nian, you've lived here for so long, haven't you noticed anything wrong either?"

In her past life, Si Nian had portrayed herself as so capable and smart, praised by everyone.

Lin Sisi had thought she was so amazing.

Now it seemed she was nothing more than this?

Hearing this, Si Nian smiled.

She had indeed noticed, but unfortunately, she didn't want to bring trouble upon herself.

Speaking of which, Lin Sisi suddenly popping out to solve the case was actually a good thing for her.

Having someone else solve it without needing to lift a finger herself, allowing her to reap the benefits—why not?

Right now, she was also happy to just watch the show.

So she played dumb and said, "No, how could I dare to meddle in such things."

Hearing her words, Lin Sisi became even more smug.

However, at this moment, the public security comrades walked out with dark expressions.

Obviously, they had found nothing.

Over the past few days, there had been continuous reports saying there was a corpse in this alley, each sounding more miraculous than the last.

So the public security comrades couldn't very well not come.

But returning empty-handed every time made them quite annoyed too.

Seeing the silent expressions of the several people, Lin Sisi felt a bit panicked in her heart.

"I'm sorry, comrade. The public security comrades didn't find the corpse you mentioned in my house, which must disappoint you. Being falsely accused like this, I only hope the public security comrades can give me justice!"

After saying this, Song Zhaodi covered her face and wiped her tears.

Everyone began to criticize Lin Sisi.

"I told you so, how could Xiao Song have done such a thing."

"Exactly, with her honest and simple nature, there's no way she could do something so terrible."

"Xiao Song is someone who usually feeds stray cats and dogs when she sees them. To be framed like this is too much. She must be severely punished!"

Everyone spoke out with righteous indignation.

An outsider inexplicably bringing the police to search someone's home and framing them—no one could stand by and watch that.

Lin Sisi's face flushed red as she argued, "Everything I said is true! You definitely didn't search thoroughly enough. The corpse is absolutely inside her house!"

The public security comrade, being doubted, said displeasedly, "We searched inside and out and didn't find the corpse you mentioned. Are you questioning our search capabilities?"

Lin Sisi was extremely anxious. In the news reports about this case, Si Nian hadn't explained it very clearly, only casually describing it, so she was certain it was in the Song household.

But as to exactly where, she didn't know either.

Refusing to give up, she said, "You... search again! It has to be there!"

Song Zhaodi said angrily, "Who exactly are you? What grudge or enmity do I have against you that you want to frame me like this!"

She glared furiously at Lin Sisi, her gaze looking as if she wanted to eat her alive.

Lin Sisi was frightened and almost didn't dare to speak.

After all, she had never truly come into contact with a murderer before; that kind of look was something she simply couldn't withstand right now.

Lin Sisi felt a sudden chill shoot up from the soles of her feet straight to the crown of her head, her scalp prickling with sheer terror.

In that split second, she realized that if Song Zhaodi was not brought to justice today, her life in Jing City would never be safe!

Even Si Nian had mentioned in her report that she had narrowly escaped injury because of this.

To think she had overlooked the danger and placed herself right under the nose of a murderer.

Just as Lin Sisi was at a loss for what to do, everyone suddenly heard a loud crash coming from inside the house.

Song Zhaodi's expression shifted drastically.