Chapter 2109 Dongfang Yue has arrived; she requests to see Zhang Ran.
Chapter 2109 Dongfang Yue has arrived; she requests to see Zhang Ran.
An hour later, Zhang Ran was brought into the interrogation room again. This time, however, no one handcuffed her.
Captain Lu opened the village chief's statement, looked up at Zhang Ran and asked, "Why did you suddenly go to the countryside to teach? We investigated at the school, and you did not apply to go to the school to teach in the countryside."
“Since you’ve checked, you should know that I went with Fu Qin.” Zhang Ran explained, “She’s my high school classmate. I was worried about her going to teach in a remote mountainous area alone, so I went with her as if it were a trip.”
Captain Lu pressed on, his eyes deep, "Did you only bring the two of you? You didn't bring any bodyguards?"
"Did not bring."
Captain Lu questioned, "You said you were worried about your classmate going to the countryside to teach alone, yet you accompanied him alone. Don't you think your words are contradictory?"
Zhang Ran scoffed, "I've learned a couple of moves that are more than enough to deal with ordinary people. I don't need bodyguards to deal with those troublemakers in the village."
Xiao Xie leaned close to Captain Lu's ear and whispered, "According to the village chief's statement, some people in the village got married just for fun, but Zhang Ran went so far as to beat up seven or eight men. She is indeed quite skilled."
Wedding pranks? Captain Lu's face darkened. Although there had never been any wedding pranks in the capital, the poorer the area, the more serious the pranks were. Violations against the bride and bridesmaids, turning a joyous occasion into a funeral, were common. It was definitely not what the village chief said, that it was just a prank. Most likely, they had tried to take advantage of the bridesmaids and that's why Zhang Ran gave them a good beating.
“You can ask the villagers to confirm; only Fu Qin and I went to Stone Village,” Zhang Ran added.
Captain Lu looked down and continued to look through the statement. It did mention Fu Qin, but no other outsiders were mentioned.
"According to their statements, you have a grudge against Shi Lao Er?" Xiao Xie asked while taking the statement. "Please describe in detail how you became enemies."
"Oh." Zhang Ran recalled casually, "They treated me like a man. When they found out I was from the capital, they wanted to marry their daughter to me to climb the social ladder. They invited me to their home under the guise of my child being in school, drugged my water, and falsely accused me of abusing their daughter, forcing me to marry her. I treated them like dogs and played them for a fool before revealing my true identity as a woman."
Captain Lu paused for a moment: "...What were you doing the night Shi Lao Er disappeared?"
"Sleep in the school dormitory."
Captain Lu pressed further, "You slept all night? You didn't go out at all in the middle of the night?"
“Hmm.” Zhang Ran leaned back lazily in her chair. “I share a dorm room with Fu Qin and we sleep in the same bed. She can vouch for me.”
"We'll send someone to question Fu Qin," Captain Lu warned sternly. "You'd better not take any chances." Although the hospital case was framed, Shi Lao Er's death was definitely related to her.
His intuition told him that she was the one who did it!
This time, we must bring her to justice and seek justice for the victims who died.
Even if they committed evil deeds, they should be severely punished by law, not acted in private like Zhang Ran, treating human life as worthless.
"Go ahead and ask," Zhang Ran said nonchalantly. "Asking will prove my innocence."
"You're innocent?" Captain Lu laughed angrily. "Wherever you go, someone will die. Once the evidence is found, you'll be facing the full force of the law."
"Please."
Zhang Ran's nonchalant attitude infuriated Captain Lu.
As he was leaving the interrogation room, about to give instructions to Xiao Xie, a police officer rushed over. "Captain Lu, Dongfang Yue is here. She wants to see Zhang Ran."
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