Reborn as Tycoon's Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 355 - 338 Married a Burden (Second Update)

Chapter 355: 338 Married a Burden (Second Update)

When they returned to the residence, the blaze had already died down, with only a few spots still smoking.

Upon seeing Ye Cheng and the others return, Tie Bao approached Liao Xianghe.

"Auntie, you’re back," he said.

The fire had been extinguished, and neighbors along with the fire department personnel had left.

However, Captain Hong from the police station came over with his team, saying someone had reported the incident and they were there to investigate.

Ye Cheng nodded and walked around the site of the fire.

All the appliances and furniture in the house were destroyed in an instant.

There were obvious signs of gasoline usage around the area, which definitely suggested the fire was a result of arson.

Who could it be—someone from the Imperial Capital?

Team Leader Hong had finished surveying the scene and glanced over at Ye Cheng, who was emanating a terrifying aura, making it hard not to step back.

The fire was clearly set deliberately, with gasoline poured first followed by a lit fire thrown in; it took merely minutes for the flames to spread rapidly.

"Comrade, any ideas?" Pengzi stepped forward. "Can you tell how the fire started?"

The kitchen used a coal stove, which had been sealed before bedtime, ruling out the possibility of it being a mishap from improper handling at home.

"According to what we have gathered at the scene, it’s very likely it was arson," they concluded.

Pengzi frowned. "Captain Hong, please, you must find the perpetrator. There were four of us at home, and my sister is pregnant. Had we not escaped in time, all five of us might have perished tonight."

Hearing it was intentional, Su Peng clenched his fists, a violent aura emanating from him, furious at the cruelty behind wanting his family dead.

"Rest assured, we will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly and give you a proper statement," said Captain Hong. Just as he was about to leave, a team member suddenly approached him. "Captain, we found a male corpse in a nearby sewer."

"Let’s go check it out." Captain Hong had a hunch that someone had been silenced.

The sewer was less than 200 meters from the alley, a place used for draining waste water from the market, constantly reeking, especially in the summer, attracting lots of mosquitoes and rodents.

At that moment, a few team members had already lifted the male corpse out of the sewer.

The man’s head was buried in the sewer, his face covered with mud, and his body reeked of alcohol, making it appear as though he had drunkenly fallen into the sewer.

Following the beam of the flashlight in the team member’s hand, Su Peng looked over and recognized the man on the ground, gasping, "Liu An."

Team Leader Hong glanced at Su Peng. "You know him?"

"I do," Su Peng nodded, equally stunned to find Liu An dead here. "He was Su Xiaotao’s husband from our village, a no-good layabout."

Last time, Liu An was hit on the head with a stone by Su Xiaotao, nearly costing him his life. After coming back from the hospital, Liu An and his son had a conflict with Su Xiaotao.

But now, Su Xiaotao had gone completely mad, crying and laughing at home like a lunatic. Seeing Su Xiaotao like this, Liu An and his son, of course, didn’t take her back, but instead threw her out to her parental home, considering the matter settled.

"Captain, his clothes had traces of gasoline, and there’s a lighter in his pocket—he very likely could be the arsonist responsible for the Su family’s fire." The evidence on him was too conspicuous, naturally leading to that conclusion.

"Take him back to the station to see if there’s any other evidence, then inquire about his background," Captain Hong understood plainly, as the obvious evidence on him further suggested one thing—Liu An had been silenced.

As for by whom? Probably only Liu An himself knew.

"Let me take a look," Ye Cheng stepped forward.

Team Leader Hong instructed the team member, "Give him the flashlight."

Though the team member didn’t understand why the Captain was asking him to give the flashlight to this man, he did so anyway.

Ye Cheng squatted down and began examining Liu An’s mouth, nose, and body.

There were no external injuries on the body, with his mouth and nose filled with mud and a strong smell of alcohol, giving the impression that the deceased had drunk too much and accidentally fallen into the sewer.

"How is it going, found anything yet?" Captain Hong crouched down and asked Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng stood up, "The victim died no more than two hours ago. As it appears, he fell into the drainage ditch while drunk." There were no external injuries, and there was only one set of sliding marks on the bank next to it.

"But how do you explain the gasoline and lighter on his body?"

Having a lighter is easy to explain; it’s not strange for a smoker to carry a lighter. But the victim had gasoline on his clothes and was also carrying a lighter.

"Are you guys from the police station or am I?" Ye Cheng stood up, his tone harsh, "Please further confirm whether he was an arsonist. If he was, find out who was behind him. I hope the comrades at the police station will thoroughly investigate and clear this up."

Ye Cheng understood that Liu An was just a scapegoat. Who was behind him still needed further verification.

Captain Hong subconsciously stood up straight: "Yes."

Teammate: Captain Hong is acting strangely tonight.

...

"Su Xiaofeng is really lucky to have not been burned to death in such a huge fire." Xiao’ou felt somewhat regretful, the fire was so intense, and it almost succeeded, but then Young Master Gu arrived.

If it weren’t for Young Master Gu’s timely arrival, Su Xiaofeng’s family would’ve certainly been doomed.

"Just a bit more, and Su Xiaofeng would have been dead." Xu Xuezi clenched her hands into her flesh, a face full of regret, "And I just let her give birth to that child."

Why did Ye Cheng want to save Su Xiaofeng, the child in Su Xiaofeng’s belly wasn’t even his. Could it be that she had bewitched him, blurring his sense of right and wrong?

He, the noble son of the Gu family, playing dad to someone else’s bastard.

"Young Lady, it’s good that we left quickly. If we had lingered and Young Master Gu knew we were here, he might have vented his anger on us." Xiao’ou was still frightened.

"I want to see what other tricks Su Xiaofeng has up her sleeve." Xu Xuezi sneered, "Yecheng didn’t bring her back to the Imperial Capital, which shows that Yecheng still has a bit of sense. He deeply knows that Su Xiaofeng is not presentable, so he can’t bring her back to the Imperial Capital.

"I was very covert this time; Young Master Gu shouldn’t find out it was us. What we need to do now is to rush to Dongcheng and let everyone know we are visiting Dongcheng City, completely unaware of everything that happened here. Young Lady, you understand my meaning, right?" Yin Li certainly couldn’t let Xu Xuezi ruin Men Chao’s plan.

If the Young Lady’s meeting with Su Xiaofeng became known to Young Master Gu, given his temper, he might take action against the Xu family.

If the Gu family ever took action against the Xu family, it would be detrimental for Men Chao.

Therefore, she would never allow the Young Lady to ruin Men Chao’s big plan.

"That person should be dead by now." Xu Xuezi did not expect Yecheng to arrive so quickly; had he not appeared suddenly, she would have definitely prevented Su Xiaofeng’s child from being born.

"Don’t worry, no one will suspect anything, and in the end, there’s only one conclusion, he was just drunk and fell by himself. As long as his connection is cut off, they can’t trace it back to us." As for the motorcycle owner who drove them to the town that day, she believed he was a smart man who knew what to say and what not to say.

"Team Leader Yin, you guys handle things differently, efficiently and accurately." Before coming, Xiao’ou didn’t think highly of Yin Li, but now seeing her skills, he admired her from the bottom of his heart.

"We certainly can’t compare with you guys. I and Men Chao were personally trained by Old Master Xu, to put it bluntly, survived from a pile of corpses, there is nothing we haven’t seen or can’t do." Yin Li was driving a small truck, which she had stolen from the county town to leave Xiqian County.

"This time you still know how to handle things," Xu Xuezi snorted coldly, "Yin Li, you help me with one thing, and I help you win Men Chao’s favor, how about that?"

"Young Lady, just tell me what you need, don’t talk conditions with me."

"No, I’m not comfortable with a deal without conditions; we must trade. You help me make Ye Cheng leave Su Xiaofeng, and I help you win Men Chao’s heart, how about that." Xu Xuezi, believing she understood Yin Li as a woman,

A woman can give everything for a man she is committed to.

She was no exception.

And Yin Li was certainly not the exception.

"Young Lady, I think it’s not that simple. The child in Su Xiaofeng’s belly is definitely not Young Master Gu’s, and he surely wouldn’t marry such a woman. In my view, there might be some unspeakable reason that Young Master Gu has,"

"Definitely, Yecheng is not a fool, there must be some difficulties." Xu Xuezi thought and then felt sympathetic again, "It must be that woman who used some tricks on him; otherwise, how could Yecheng possibly marry her?"

Her background is unacceptable, and yet she made Yecheng happy to be a father. Just thinking about it made her angry.

Yecheng was also foolish; of all people to marry, he married one with a child in tow.