When Shen Cangzhu realized something was wrong, the bell was already only one step away from him.
Thanks to his quick reaction, he grabbed Zhong Shengwan's hand before the dagger was inserted into his body.
His back was covered with cold sweat. He knew that the attack might occur today after the bell sounded, so he was mentally prepared.
But he was mentally prepared to be hated and beaten. He thought that was what he should bear, but he didn't expect that he wanted to kill him directly.
"The bell is ringing late, please calm down..."
"If your son died, would you still be calm? If you let go, don't you feel guilty? Then go die and apologize with death!"
The sound of the bell increased in intensity in the evening, and only madness and darkness remained in his eyes, without a trace of light.
She had already made up her mind to die, and she had taken revenge for all those who deserved revenge. Living was too painful, and she didn't want to live in this world full of pain. She just wanted to be free.
But before leaving, she wanted to take Shen Cangzhu away.
Revenge for Xiao Ming can also be regarded as revenge for his brother and eradicate the obstacles of his love rival.
Zhong Shengwan thought in a daze that if her existence was a stain on her brother, then she would personally get rid of this stain. It happened that her life was very miserable.
Your Majesty originally intended to make her brother the royal husband, but she got involved. This was the last thing she could do for her brother.
A desperate person, a mother who lost her child, can become violent and no one can stop her.
Shen Cangzhu couldn't do it either. He was no match for the crazy Zhong Shengwan and could only cry out for help.
But he was supposed to be guarding the door and asked him to call out if something happened, but he was nowhere to be seen. It must have been arranged to be transferred out.
Shen Cangzhu smiled bitterly in despair, people will always have to pay the price for what they have done.
Just when he thought he was about to die, he heard footsteps and loud shouts.
"stop."
It turned out that Chu Xingchen and Zhou Buyan arrived, and they stopped Zhong Shengwan in time.
Zhou Buyan pulled Zhong Shengwan away and knocked the dagger out of Zhong Shengwan's hand. "If you kill him, you won't end well. Don't you know?"
He was angry and anxious, "Didn't you always say that living is the most important thing before?"
You used to brazenly tell him that life is the most important thing, but what are you doing now?
The cruelty on Zhong Shengwan's face turned into pain.
"I also want to live, but brother, my life is too painful. I can't breathe when I think of Xiao Ming being burned alive..."
Zhong Shengwan scratched his chest, "I think about it every day, how much pain he has. He kept shouting at me about the pain in his dreams, saying that the fire hurt him so much."
"You said it hurts us when we are touched by fire. Xiao Ming is in so much pain and so scared."
The bell collapsed late and was almost unsteady.
Zhou Buyan saw Zhong Shengwan's hands. Her hands were full of blisters and wounds, which were caused by Zhong Shengwan's own scalding.
Fire has become her nightmare, but she can't help but get close to it.
It seemed like he was punishing himself, and also made himself fall into more desperate pain.
Chu Xingchen looked at Shen Cangzhu to make sure that he was okay, then turned his eyes to Zhong Shengwan, and naturally saw her hand.
For a moment, her throat seemed to be blocked.
The bell rings late, which is self-torture.
She took a deep breath and steady her voice, "The bell sounded late. We came here today just to tell you that Xiao Ming may not be dead."
Zhong Shengwan was stunned. For a moment, he was afraid that he was dreaming. He opened his mouth, but did not dare to make a sound.
Shen Cangzhu also raised his head suddenly, speaking incoherently, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, do you think Xiao Ming may not be... not dead?"
Chu Xingchen nodded, "Yes, he might have just been taken away, and the longevity lock... might just be a deception."
At first, the longevity lock was the most critical physical evidence, and the child's age and gender characteristics also matched, so it was determined that it was Xiao Ming.
But not only Zhong Shengwan couldn't accept the reality, Chu Xingchen couldn't either.
Finally, after thinking for a long time, she finally asked Lu Qiu to do an autopsy again.
Lu Qiu was very serious and responsible. He ran around for several days, being careful and cautious, checking again and again. Finally, through comparing the teeth of the corpse, he found a possibility.
The teeth on the corpse were different from what Xiao En and the others said about Xiao Ming's teeth.
Because the fire was put out in a timely manner, the deciduous teeth in the corpse could be compared.
After many comparisons of teeth, verification after verification, Lu Qiu finally told Chu Xingchen that the little corpse might not be Xiao Ming.
In addition, after searching for everyone nearby and asking many times, I finally got some important news.
Chu Xingchen explained the process to Zhong Shengwan in detail.
"Didn't they have three human traffickers? In the evening before the fire started, one trafficker went out quietly by himself while the other two were not around."
"He avoided people, so few people noticed, but he was still seen."
"Because the weather was very hot, he was still wearing unsuitable thick clothes. The bulging bags seemed to be hiding something, so an old man noticed."
"He originally thought the traffickers were stealing something, but nothing was missing in the village at that time."
"The abnormality of the human trafficker, coupled with Lu Qiu's report, we suspect that the human trafficker stole the child, that is, stole Xiao Ming out."
"He may have changed people and replaced Xiao Ming."