The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 640 - 553 See You in the Next Life

Despite his apparent concern, Jian Si was startled for a moment, and Nan Yu also looked at Jian Si with some surprise.

Jian Si said, "Let’s go. Li Ronghua’s place is not far from here."

Halfway there, the technical department got hold of Li Ronghua’s phone number, and Jian Si took out his mobile phone to call her.

"Auntie, are you at home?"

"Why is it you?" Li Ronghua’s voice was clearly displeased.

"If you are at home, lock your doors and windows and don’t open them for anyone, especially my uncle." Jian Si paused, "He’s on his way to kill you now."

Li Ronghua screamed in disbelief, "What are you talking about? That loser dares to kill? Stop joking, I’ll leave the door wide open and wait for him to come and kill me."

Knowing Li Ronghua’s personality, Jian Si realized he couldn’t persuade her, so he handed the phone to Nan Yu.

Nan Yu spoke seriously, "Ms. Li Ronghua, I am Nan Yu from the Criminal Investigation Unit. We are notifying you earnestly to pay attention to your personal safety. The murder suspect is responsible for several lives and this time he might be desperate."

At that moment, Nan Yu heard an urgent knocking sound from Li Ronghua’s mobile phone, his heart chilled as he said urgently, "Ms. Li, do not open the door, the suspect has a weapon in his hands."

Jian Si also became tense, silently praying in his heart, Uncle, please don’t continue making mistakes upon mistakes.

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Nan Zhan was squatting in the vegetable garden, where two technicians were also gathering evidence.

"Lawyer Nan, have you found anything?" someone asked.

"Yes." Nan Zhan stood up and pointed to the plant beside him, "This plant is called alfalfa. It is a type of forage, but there are no livestock like chickens or ducks that feed on grass in this yard."

That person said, "Maybe they just like it?"

"No, Jian Hedong is a very meticulous person. His vegetable garden is well-organized, and every inch is used efficiently, even the corners are filled with coriander. Such a person would definitely not plant rows of useless alfalfa without reason. The only explanation is that the crops grown here can’t be consumed at all."

Upon hearing Nan Zhan’s words, everyone was startled.

"Start digging quickly, let’s see what’s underneath." Technicians immediately brought a couple of people with tools, first pulling out the alfalfa on top and then began to dig the soil underneath. About half a meter deep, someone felt that the shovel hit something soft, and after a few more digs, a black plastic bag appeared.

Everyone hastened their pace of digging and eventually unearthed three black plastic bags from the soil.

After bringing up the plastic bags, everyone seemed to guess what was inside, but when someone opened the bags and saw the decomposed, foul-smelling human organs inside, a young policeman couldn’t help but run to the side and threw up violently.

The organs, all from female private parts, were placed in different bags for each of the three victims.

The forensics team stepped forward to seal the decomposed organs in evidence bags, while others continued searching the yard.

"No weapon found." Every conceivable place was searched, but the key weapon for the case was still not found.

"No need to search anymore, the suspect has the weapon on him." Nan Zhan took off his gloves, took out his phone and dialed Jian Si’s number, but before it connected, he decisively hung up and walked towards his car with the keys in hand.

~

Nan Yu, leading a team, hurried to Li Ronghua’s residence. Downstairs, they found a tricycle.

"It’s my uncle’s." Jian Si responded to Nan Yu’s inquiring gaze.

Nan Yu nodded and instructed his subordinates, "Go up."

Considering that Jian Hedong was a heinous murderer likely armed with knives, everyone drew their guns.

Nan Yu said to Jian Si, "Follow behind me, don’t rush in recklessly."

Jian Si nodded.

Upon reaching Li Ronghua’s floor, everyone felt something was amiss, as her door was shut and there was no sight of Jian Hedong at the entrance. Could it be that Jian Hedong hadn’t gone to find Li Ronghua? Or, Li Ronghua hadn’t heeded the warning and had opened the door for Jian Hedong.

"Ah~" A piercing scream from Li Ronghua suddenly came from inside.

Nan Yu had no time to think; along with two others, he began to force the door open, but the security door was very sturdy and could not be opened by sheer force. At a critical moment, Nan Yu quickly dashed downstairs and climbed up the balcony from the other side of the small building, while the rest stayed behind continuing to pick the lock.

After Nan Yu climbed onto Li Ronghua’s balcony, luckily, the windows were all open because of summer, allowing him to deftly climb inside from the window.

As soon as Nan Yu’s feet hit the floor, he heard Li Ronghua’s cry again. He followed the sounds and saw Jian Hedong wielding a sharp dagger and violently stabbing at Li Ronghua; however, due to her sturdy build, he hadn’t been able to subdue her immediately.

"Stop it."

Upon hearing the voice, Jian Hedong quickly pushed Li Ronghua forward, circled to her back, and placed the shiny dagger against her neck.

"Don’t come any closer." Jian Hedong yelled at Nan Yu with eyes reddened, "Take one more step and I’ll stab her to death."

"Okay, don’t get agitated, I won’t come closer," Nan Yu stood still and did not move forward, instead trying his best to calm the somewhat out-of-control Jian Hedong, "Uncle Jian, I am Jian Chuan’s colleague, my name is Nan Yu, can we talk?"

Indeed, upon hearing Jian Chuan’s name, Jian Hedong’s agitated emotions slightly eased, but he still tightly clutched Li Ronghua in front of him, who had gone pale from fear. In the fierce struggle earlier, her body had been sliced by the dagger several times, and now blood was flowing profusely.

Li Ronghua had never regarded Jian Hedong highly. From the time they started living together until now, Jian Hedong had always been in a disadvantageous position, unable to fight back nor retort, subject to her bullying. Thus, she completely disregarded the police’s warning, because she didn’t believe that the feeble and incapable Jian Hedong would commit murder.

At this moment, the group outside also managed to open the door lock and poured in, and upon seeing the scene inside, no one dared to rashly step forward, except for Jian Si who quickly rushed over, shouting, "Uncle." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Jian Hedong had not expected Jian Si to be there as well, his brows slightly relaxing, "Sisi, why are you here?"

"Uncle," Jian Si, seeing Jian Hedong cornered like a trapped beast, had tears welling up in her eyes and her voice trembled, "Uncle, put down the knife, you can’t make another mistake."

Jian Hedong looked at her, a bitter smile flickering at the corners of his mouth, "Sisi, uncle can’t turn back now. I knew this day would come eventually, but if I’m going to die, I want this vile woman to go down with me."

As Jian Hedong spoke, he pressed the tip of the knife against Li Ronghua’s neck hard enough to draw a line of blood.

"Don’t kill me, please don’t kill me." Li Ronghua was so scared that she turned pale, begging for mercy repeatedly.

"Uncle, let auntie go, please."

"Let her go?" Jian Hedong stared fixedly at Li Ronghua, "Sisi, do you know that it was her who single-handedly caused the bankruptcy of big brother’s company by colluding with Qian Zhide?"

Li Ronghua argued back, "Don’t you have any responsibility? If you hadn’t leaked the company’s confidential information, how could Qian Zhide have succeeded so easily?"

"I didn’t." Jian Hedong became agitated again, "You all deceived me, saying big brother’s company had broken the law and if it didn’t restructure, big brother would go to jail. You also said we shouldn’t alarm big brother in case he’d flee out of fear, which would only add to his crimes. It was me, I was the fool who believed your damned lies, which led to big brother’s company being taken over."

Upon hearing Jian Hedong’s words, Jian Si found herself unable to recover from her shock.

The Jian Family’s company was swallowed up with the involvement of Li Ronghua and Uncle?

"Jian Hedong, don’t try to paint yourself as a saint," Li Ronghua had also gradually regained her composure, seeing Jian Hedong in front of her who still seemed like the same timid, frightful coward not to be feared, "Don’t you have ulterior motives? Isn’t it for your brother’s money?"

"You’re talking nonsense, I don’t want my brother’s money at all." Jian Hedong’s emotions flared up again. The blade edged deeper into Li Ronghua’s neck, making several police officers on the side secretly sweat with worry.

Nan Yu hurriedly signaled Jian Si with his eyes, telling her to immediately stabilize Jian Hedong’s emotions.

Jian Si tried to calm her somewhat turbulent emotions, continuing to speak, "Uncle, all those things are in the past, dad has also passed away, and I don’t care about it anymore, I don’t blame auntie, please let her go."

"Sisi, stop talking. I’ve wanted to kill this shameless woman for a long time, she’s not only been messing around with that Qian Zhide but also slept with that lawyer Liu, and who knows how many other men she’s been with over the years behind my back." Jian Hedong’s voice started to rise, "Women like her who have no sense of shame deserve to die."

"Uncle, please calm down." Jian Si immediately extended her hand, "Can we talk? Just between us, uncle and niece."

Jian Hedong shook his head, "Sisi, uncle is sorry for you, sorry for big brother and sister-in-law. Other than killing this woman and then taking my own life as an apology, I have no other choice. Take good care of Zhengzheng, live well, and also... tell your big brother that I have no regrets, I’d do anything for him without regret."

Jian Si sensed from Jian Hedong’s words that he was making his last will, a bad feeling arose in her heart. Could it be that Jian Hedong planned to kill Li Ronghua and then commit suicide?

"Uncle, no, don’t you want to see big brother? Someone has already called him; he should be here any moment now."

Jian Hedong bitterly smiled and shook his head again, "Let him see his father, a murderer, end his own life? I was never competent as a father, he never respected me. So, when I’m dead, he probably won’t be sad."

Jian Hedong then dragged Li Ronghua another step backward, his eyes flashing with determination, "Sisi, I am sorry, let’s meet in the next life."