After the official left, the County Magistrate of Jingning County, perhaps not wanting to appear too incompetent in front of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, consulted Xiao Yi and then took his men to inspect the crime scene.
Wei Dadong was already in deep grief, and after the previous inquiry, he seemed to have lost all strength, leaning slowly against the wall, his hands pressed against it, his head hanging down without speaking.
Xinghua looked at him with a face full of hesitation as if she wanted to say something but chose to remain silent, quietly staying by his side.
Nianxia seemed still filled with anger, glared at Xinghua through tears, and walked to the bedroom door, looking as if she wanted to enter but dared not, her eyes already swollen from crying, and again tears fell as she murmured incessantly, "Madam, how could you just leave like this? How am I to answer to the old madam and the lord..."
