Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 302 - 298 Prelude to Dog Eat Dog (Second More)

Luo Yuzhu looked at the empty room, her thoughts in turmoil.

For the first time in her life, she reflected on whether marrying Lin Jianguo and having everything now was a good thing or a bad thing. If she hadn’t divorced Su the Cripple, would everything be different now?

For Yueyue’s sake, she couldn’t do anything to Lin Jianguo.

At this thought, she found it all very ironic.

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"Oh, Jianguo, washing the car?" Old Du walked past Lin Jianguo’s front door and saw Lin Jianguo washing his car at the back of the house: "You’re actually doing it yourself, why not have the auntie at home wash it for you?" It wasn’t that Old Du was surprised, it was just that he had never seen Lin Jianguo wash the car himself before.

His mom had planted some vegetables in the yard, and he was just wandering around with nothing better to do, not expecting to bump into Lin Jianguo washing the car at the back.

Lin Jianguo looked up: "Anyway, I’ve got nothing else to do, and it’s good exercise." Lin Jianguo walked around the car once, noticed that the car body was sparkling clean, just like new, and was very satisfied.

"I heard that something happened to your wife Yuzhu, it’s nothing serious, right?" The circle was so small, some things were hard not to know about.

"Nothing serious, just a little incident. Even though she is my wife, if she does something wrong, she must be punished," Lin Jianguo said with a hint of distress in his eyebrows: "Let her reflect on herself."

"You, you’re just too by-the-book," Old Du didn’t want to delve into other people’s marital affairs: "I’m going to go pick some vegetables from my mom’s garden."

"Go ahead." Lin Jianguo planned to wash the car again and then have someone sell it before getting another one.

Old Du hummed a tune on his way to his own vegetable garden.

His mom couldn’t stay idle, loved to grow vegetables and such, and of course, he would not stop her since it made the old lady happy.

When he arrived at the vegetable garden, he saw a blood-stained cloth fluttering on it, went over to toss it away, and didn’t take it too seriously.

It was just a blood-stained rag, it could have flown over from anywhere.

No sooner had he thrown it away than Old Du picked it up again; the rag looked familiar, wasn’t it the towel issued by his workplace?

With so much blood on the towel, had someone had an accident at home?

Old Du didn’t have much else, but he was full of curiosity. He collected the towel and picked a few green vegetables before heading back, and near the entrance, he ran into a buddy who worked at the police station.

"Xiaoguan." Old Du called out to him: "How’s work been lately? Busy?"

"Oh, it’s Mr. Du." The young man recognized as Xiaoguan stopped: "It’s alright, as usual."

"Is there any progress on the Wu Family’s case?" What Old Du was most concerned about was whether Wu Changquan was guilty or not; the dust had yet to settle.

"It’s not so easy." Xiaoguan’s tone was serious: "However, Mrs. Lin may have some trouble."

"If it’s not serious, how can there be trouble?" Old Du was surprised.

If Luo Yuzhu’s case was troublesome, then Jianguo still having the mood to wash his car, that must take a lot of mental strength.

But then again, they were a couple only by chance; some gossip wasn’t theirs to spread.

"It’s a long story." Xiaoguan sighed: "Mr. Du, has your family’s car been out recently?"

He had been told to keep an eye on all the black cars in the county.

"Of course, it has to go out, don’t we have to drive to work? Why are you asking? Did our car have an accident?"

"No, it’s not that. There was a hit-and-run accident in the county the day before yesterday, and the driver fled the scene," Xiaoguan explained succinctly, without going into detail.

Some details are not meant to be shared publicly.

"So that’s what happened." Looking around, Old Du took out the blood-stained towel hidden among the vegetables: "Xiaoguan, I found this towel in my vegetable garden, and I don’t know what’s up with the blood on it, but you take it, see if there’s been an incident at someone’s home. You know I can’t stand seeing people get hurt."

Xiaoguan took it and glanced at it: "Mr. Du, you really are a good person, it’s just a towel, it shouldn’t be a big deal."

"Some things you have to look beyond the surface to see the essence," Old Du said mysteriously: "Let me tell you, my vegetable garden is closest to that house."

Xiaoguan glanced in the direction Old Du was looking, and saw that it was indeed Lin Jianguo’s home. freewebnøvel.com

"Young man, you’re not seasoned enough." Old Du patted Xiaoguan’s hand: "If you can’t handle it, pass it on to your leader, maybe they’ll discover something."

Xiaoguan, holding the towel, felt Mr. Du might be making a mountain out of a molehill; it was just a towel, what could it possibly signify?

Still, Xiaoguan followed Mr. Du’s suggestion and handed over the towel.

In his view, a towel of unknown origin, with no significance whatsoever, the captain surely wouldn’t take it to heart. Who would have known, the captain glanced at it and asked only one question, "Where was this found?"

The bloodstains had already dried, meaning the towel had been discarded for at least a day.

More than a day ago, only one significant event had occurred in the county: Su Peng’s car accident. The blood on the towel was clearly wiped from somewhere, and the edges were slightly dirty, with one area torn as if by something.

This meant the item had originally been buried in the ground, and then some small animal had dragged it out.

"In the vegetable garden behind Lin Jianguo’s house," Xiaoguan didn’t mention Old Du.

Captain Hong told Xiaoguan to elaborate. After hearing the details, Captain Hong immediately became suspicious.

He had Xiaoguan take it to the hospital to see if it matched Su Peng’s blood.

When Xiaoguan returned with the results, he went straight to find Luo Yuzhu. If the towel truly belonged to the Lin Family, Luo Yuzhu would definitely recognize it.

Luo Yuzhu came to the interrogation room, saw Captain Hong sitting there, and calmly sat down, "Captain Hong, I’ve already said, everything was my own doing, it has nothing to do with anyone else."

Captain Hong glanced at her lightly and said indifferently, "What are you in a hurry for?"

He spread out the bloodstained towel on the table and asked Luo Yuzhu to come closer, "Luo Yuzhu, do you recognize this item?"

Luo Yuzhu stood up, not understanding what Captain Hong was doing. After clearly seeing the towel on the table, she was somewhat puzzled; wasn’t this the towel used in Jianguo’s car? How did it end up here?

That wasn’t the main point; the main point was why there were bloodstains on it.

Could it be that Jianguo had an accident, like a car crash or something? "Captain Hong, what’s with this towel? Is there a problem?"

While observing her reaction, Captain Hong naturally noticed Luo Yuzhu’s abnormal expressions upon seeing the towel: "Of course there’s an issue with this towel, a big one at that."

A chill went down Luo Yuzhu’s spine, "Captain Hong, you sure know how to joke. With no material or witness evidence, you can’t possibly deduce any significant problems from a single towel."

Luo Yuzhu naturally didn’t dare to respond rashly.

"We’ve already sent this towel to the hospital’s forensic department for analysis. The results show it’s the same blood as that on Su Peng."

Luo Yuzhu felt her heart sink.

"Luo Yuzhu, let me put it this way: we found this towel near your home, with traces of a cat’s bites on the edges. It seems like it was disposed of by you and then carried out by a cat or something. Isn’t it reasonable for me to suspect that Lin Jianguo is the mastermind behind this car accident, and you are an accomplice?" Some inferences seem illogical, but in most interrogations, they are very effective.

"Captain Hong, you must be kidding. How could our Jianguo do such a thing? And to think you could determine it was Jianguo’s doing just based on a towel is too ridiculous. Besides, almost everyone in Jianguo’s workplace has towels like this. Why don’t you investigate them?"

"So, you recognize it?"

Luo Yuzhu turned her face away, "We also have one like this at home, but in a different color, which I gave away."

Xiaoguan approached Captain Hong, "Captain, Lin Jianguo is here."

"Perfect, let him come in as well."

Hearing Lin Jianguo had arrived, Luo Yuzhu felt a secret joy, it seemed Jianguo had come to plead on her behalf after all.

A single day as husband and wife warranted a hundred days of grace; Jianguo must still have her in his heart.

"Captain, hello, hello," Lin Jianguo entered, "This time my wife foolishly caused trouble, really adding to your burdens."

"Mr. Lin, your arrival is timely," Captain Hong had no intention of being polite with Lin Jianguo: "I was just about to question your wife, now you can listen in as well."

"Ask away. Although I am Luo Yuzhu’s family member, if she has committed a crime, you should question as necessary and handle the matter as you see fit. I have no objections," Lin Jianguo gestured, appearing as if he would not interfere in the matter.

Lin Jianguo took a seat to the side. Upon seeing the towel in front of Captain Hong, just as he sat down, he jolted up as if there were nails on the chair.

Hadn’t he buried that towel? How could it be here?

Watching Lin Jianguo come over, Luo Yuzhu felt as if she had taken a tranquillizer, "Captain, I admit to kidnapping Su Peng; my goal was to ask Xiaofeng for a favor. But the car accident really has nothing to do with me, and as for the towel, it is not ours."

"Luo Yuzhu, that’s not what you said just now. You just claimed that it was Lin Jianguo who instigated you to kidnap, to use Su Xiaofeng to help you with something, and this towel was also yours," Captain Hong retorted.

"Captain, she’s lying," Lin Jianguo stood up, "Everything she has done represents only her own intentions and has nothing to do with me." This Luo Yuzhu, it was fortunate that he had arrived in time today; if it had been later, there’s no telling what nonsense she may have spouted in front of Captain Hong.

With that thought, a shadow crossed his eyes.