under the spotlight

Chapter 53 Fishbone
Early the next morning, a few people had breakfast at seven o'clock and set off. Lu Beicen was surprised to find that Master Du was in good spirits, but Xue Feng was a little sluggish. He said that he slept too soundly after being drunk and kept snoring all night Mr. Du was noisy.

The next stop is a small county called Yishui. The county is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and a big river passes through the city. The county is built on both sides of the river, and there is a beautiful picture of green water and green mountains.

What I want to interview is a case of a man who killed his wife.

Because it was already Friday, Wen Mengran arranged to go to the detention center first. After briefly understanding the case with the police on the way, he met Zhang Lei, the suspect in the case.

Zhang Lei is not tall, and his figure is relatively thin. His skin is unhealthy white, and even his crew cut is a little yellow. There is nothing special about him, and his face does not show any violence.

But it was such a person who covered his wife who had been married for ten years with a pillow to death.

Originally, Lu Beicen was a little worried about such a person, and it was difficult for him to speak up.

Who would have known that Wen Mengran actually found a pack of cigarettes from the big bag he carried with him, handed one in, and lit it for him on the way, and the smoke instantly filled the interrogation room that hadn't been equipped with air conditioning It diffused, making Lu Beicen feel a little more knowledgeable.

Zhang Lei took two deep puffs of his cigarette, and then started talking.

Eleven or twelve years ago, Zhang Lei met his wife Wang Shuilian when he was working in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

At that time, it took a lot of effort for an ordinary man like Zhang Lei to catch up with Wang Shuilian, who was quick in work and fair in appearance, and finally brought Wang Shuilian back to his hometown to get married.

In Yishui, apart from the green mountains and green waters, nothing else is well developed. Some of the young people in the county went to big cities for college entrance examinations, and some went to work in more affluent places. Generally, weddings are held at home during the Chinese New Year. As the only child in the family, Zhang Lei's family still made the wedding look decent.

All the red wedding invitations were sent out, and relatives and friends all came back. On the night before the wedding, Wang Shuilian confided a secret to Zhang Lei.

Wang Shuilian was married once and gave birth to a daughter. Because she was not of age, she did not get a marriage certificate. Later, because of personality differences, the daughter just turned one year old, and the two separated. The daughter was brought up by Wang Shuilian, and the child She has been living with her grandmother in her hometown in the southwest of Wang Shuilian.

Wang Shuilian asked Zhang Lei, should they get married or not?If not, she will leave that night.If the wedding is to continue, Zhang Lei will have to accept her daughter, and even one day in the future, for example, if grandma can no longer take care of her daughter, she may have to bring her to live with her.

Zhang Lei instantly felt cheated. When he went to Wang Shuilian's mother's house, he went to her brother's house and met her mother, but no one ever mentioned such a thing to him.

Zhang Lei didn't know what to do, he said he felt lonely at that time.He woke up his sleeping parents and told them what Wang Shuilian had said. Seeing the old couple turn from astonishment to death, Zhang Lei wished he could just drive Wang Shuilian away.

In all fairness, the old couple are actually very satisfied with their son marrying such a quick-witted and hard-working wife, but this time it feels a bit like eating flies.

But in a small place the size of a palm in the county seat, the old couple still want to save face.Bite the bullet, the next day the wedding as usual.

After getting married, Wang Shuilian is very grateful to her in-laws for accepting her. She is like a leader outside the family, serving her in-laws and Zhang Lei very comfortably.

Soon Wang Shuilian was diagnosed with pregnancy again, so she stayed at home to raise the baby and serve her in-laws, while Zhang Lei embarked on the road of working outside alone.

Later, Wang Shuilian's stomach was also very strong, and she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

Four or five years later, Wang Shuilian worked hard in the Zhang family, taking care of the elderly and children, and tidying up the house very well.Having won the favor of her parents-in-law, any relatives and friends in the city would praise her when they came to their house. Their daughter-in-law was well-found, and the old couple also thought it was really good.

The old couple also persuaded Zhang Lei that people make mistakes when they are young, forget about the mistakes they made when they were young, and now they live with you wholeheartedly, and that daughter will grow up in a few years, so there should be no need to receive Yishui, since At that time, he chose to get married, let him pass the past, live a good life in the future, bring up the children, and it is also a happy little family.

Zhang Lei didn't say anything. He and Wang Shuilian have actually lived in two places these years. They spend a few months together during the Chinese New Year, and there is no such long-term mingling with each other. What is more gentle as water is the confession on the eve of the wedding, which seems to be a scam, poked into the throat, like a fishbone-like foreign body sensation, which cannot be swallowed or spit out. It is there, under the cold white moonlight, flickering from time to time resentment within.

When her child started kindergarten, Wang Shuilian planned for a long time and opened a kindergarten near the county seat. The business was booming. Later, she persuaded her in-laws to take out a mortgage loan from the bank with the house she built to expand Increased the area and recruited more students.

The days are getting more and more prosperous, and the daughter-in-law is caught at home and outside the house. The old couple of Zhang's family feel that everything is going well, and they are even more satisfied with this daughter-in-law.The old couple sometimes chatted in private, and the biggest feeling was that life still cares about people, such a woman who wholeheartedly lives in the Zhang family, her son married the right one.

In the seventh year of their marriage, Wang Shuilian bought a new house in the best community in the city, which solved the problem of the school district where her son would go to school.

Those past flaws seem to have been blocked out of memory by the thick years.

Since the eighth year, Zhang Lei has not sent any money to his family. During the Chinese New Year this year, Wang Shuilian had a big fight with Zhang Lei for the first time after marriage.In Zhang Lei's words, he felt that Wang Shuilian had always behaved with her tail between her legs because she knew she was wrong. When she really got her parents, relatives and friends all over her, she would show her true colors.

During the Chinese New Year that year, Wang Shuilian asked Zhang Lei for a one-year deposit in order to repay the family's mortgage.Zhang Lei felt that Wang Shuilian wanted to start controlling him.

But Zhang Lei not only refused to hand over the money to Wang Shuilian, but also deliberately bought a car.

Wang Shuilian thinks that an assembly line skilled worker like Zhang Lei works in the factory all the time. Buying a car is a waste. Let him sell it to pay off the mortgage. Zhang Lei doesn’t bother to care about her. After the Chinese New Year, Zhang Lei happily drives this car and goes out to work. went.

From then on, every time the two called, they would quarrel over the car.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Zhang Lei went home and filed for divorce from Wang Shuilian.Moreover, they are very determined to divorce. No matter how the Zhang family's elders, relatives and friends persuade them, they just silently express their desire for divorce.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, which was the ninth anniversary of their marriage, Wang Shuilian committed suicide by cutting her wrist.

(End of this chapter)