Chapter 558: Chapter 558: Just Pretending

Then, Gu Minghao said through a mix of laughter and tears, “All right, I’ll answer you. I… am Tingting’s biological brother. We share the same mother but different fathers. During my hardest days, it was she who provided me warmth; she was always the dearest person to me… But, she died because of you all.

Yes, you didn’t directly kill her, but can you say that you had nothing to do with it?

If you had treated her just a little better back then, she wouldn’t have died such a horrible death.”

Wiping the black blood that flowed increasingly from the corners of his mouth, Shen Ci asked Gu Minghao, “So, you’re saying you’ve dealt with the people who killed her?”

With some pride, Gu Minghao said, “Of course. They were the direct murderers; I obviously had to deal with them first. Besides, they weren’t as tough as you guys, so they were easier to handle.”

“Then can you tell me who these people were and what eventually happened to them?”

“Of course I can…”

Following that, Gu Minghao recounted how he avenged Zuo Tingting and the fate of those people.”

He was extremely twisted, speaking with great pride about these events. Meng Jingfen, listening, felt chills down her spine but lacked the strength to even cover her ears.

After Gu Minghao finally finished speaking, she despondently recalled the past, hoping she wouldn’t go to hell after she died, when suddenly she heard Shen Ci say, “Alright, it’s time to make an arrest.”

Shen Ci’s voice had changed from its earlier weakness to its usual coldness.

Then she heard numerous voices around her.

“Damn, so Shen Ci and Meng Chuyue were faking it! I knew it; how could they have died so easily.”

“Why would they do this? For fun? Haha, I think it’s fun.”

“How is this fun? Are you stupid? They obviously wanted to force that idiot bastard to confess on his own.”

“Damn, that’s true.”

…

Meng Jingfen, realizing what was happening, opened her eyes to find Gu Minghao already handcuffed and shackled by the police, with a towel stuffed in his mouth.

Meanwhile, Shen Ci and Meng Chuyue were smiling and talking with their relatives.

So, I’m not going to die?

Meng Jingfen was finally relieved, but before a smile could form on her lips, two police officers restrained her.

“Meng Jingfen, we suspect you are an accomplice in this poisoning case. Please come with us.”

Meng Jingfen, “…”

Damn, that’s true.

But, there’s no way I’m going to die now, right?

That near-death experience was horrible, so no matter what, as long as I don’t die, it’s fine.

After the police took Gu Minghao and Meng Jingfen away, Shen Ci and Meng Chuyue asked the staff of Medicinal Food Hall to close up shop and then faced questioning from their friends.

Everyone had thought they were really going to die; they were quite frightened and harbored some resentment, needing comfort from them.

Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci told them they would make supper to make up for it, and everyone couldn’t bear to be upset anymore.

Even though the “near-death” was an act, they had indeed been successfully poisoned by Gu Minghao.

That was close. If not for their medical skills, who knows what might have happened if they had been unable to counteract the poison.

Everyone agreed since the guests left early, there were leftovers from the Medicinal Food Hall, so they might as well eat them as a late-night snack.

But they still asked Shen Ci to recount the events.

Shen Ci told them that their first two encounters with Meng Jingfen and Gu Minghao didn’t arouse any suspicion.

But the third time they met, they had to be suspicious.

Further investigation revealed that there indeed was a businessman named Gu Minghao in Zhejiang Province who owned an electronics factory.

He appeared to be around thirty years old but looked noticeably different.

What Shen Ci didn’t tell everyone was that, had it not been for the photo of the real Gu Minghao that Erhu brought back… they might have been deceived.

They could still deal with the poison administered to them, but not everything would have gone smoothly.

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