On the same day, the police in Jianchuan contacted Su Zipei. They had found new clues in the case of the fire of the house of the Mu family.
After so long, why were they still investigating the case? Wasn't the case closed already?
But, Su Zipei and Mu Qiqi went to the police station anyway.
Apparently, the police had captured a thug group. They specialized in helping people to do dirty jobs with payment. When they were investigating a group fight, a man called Cheng Qiang confessed that he had received money from the Mu family and took the key to enter the villa.
In the villa, he did two things. The first thing he did was to ignite the wall. The next thing he did was to lock all the doors of all the rooms from the outside.
"Who hired you? You better confess now!"
"Who else could it be? That dead woman's husband, of course! He did not want to let her take away his assets. So, he created the fire and burnt his wife down." The short and thin man was filthy. He looked at the floor when confessing.
"That man gave me a large sum of money. He even sent me overseas. But I came back secretly because my wife said she was about to give birth."
"I always do my job without leaving a trace. But this time, I was tricked by my wife to come back."
"Without leaving a trace? Now, you will have to spend the rest of life in prison."
After the interrogation, the police came out to meet Su Zipei and Mu Qiqi.
"Now that we have gathered important clues and evidence of this case, I believe we can solve the case very soon."
"Although I have been mentally prepared myself for this, I still find it hard to accept the truth. It is devastating," said Su Zipei. They knew it all along who had caused the fire. But she did not believe that Mu Tangxue would be innocent.
"Sir, my other niece was in the villa that day. Will you summon her again?"
"Questioning her is part of the procedure," replied the police officer. He said, "Don't worry. Since it is not an accident, we will surely look into the case."
"Sir, my mother went to the house with a lawyer that day. And the lawyer said that that man agreed on the divorce without any objection. My mother should have left the house after getting the papers signed. Who would stay in the house of her ex-husband overnight?"
"Unless, someone asked her to."
"What do you mean?" asked the police officer.
"Mu Tangxue is my sister. It might seem that I am a bit too much to say my sister is a suspect, but I still hope the police will investigate the case in this direction.
My mother's face was completely disfigured when she died, I do not want the criminals to get away with this," said Mu Qiqi.
The police nodded and said, "Sure, we will keep an eye on it."
When they walked out of the police station, Su Zipei and Mu Qiqi were very emotional. Nevertheless, Papa Mu would never get away with this time.
The police had issued an arrest warrant on Papa Mu.
Of course, Grandpa Mu was not going to cover his son for his crime anymore. He was so glad to offer his help to the police. But the police did not want to alert Papa Mu and make him run away again, so they did not inform Grandpa Mu about this.
Later, the police contacted Grandpa Shen so that they could question Mu Tangxue. They knew where she was thanks to the hint given by Su Zipei.
Since it was the Shen family, the police did not dare to be too reckless. But Grandpa Shen was very understanding and liberal. He said, "She was with me. Since the police need her, of course I will make her cooperate."
Mu Tangxue did not expect that Papa Mu would be exposed so soon. When she saw the police, she was very nervous. However, she concealed her feelings very well. But she deliberately acted pitiful again in front of Grandpa Shen.
"Grandpa, I am very scared."
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