Chapter 641: Just Keep Moving Forward

Book – Chapter 641: Just Keep Moving Forward (Update 4)

Why does it have to be so melodramatic? Are you writing a novel or something?

Xiao Yu sighed as he watched Luo Yuying dash down from the second floor, throw herself into Zheng Xiangyu’s arms, and break down in uncontrollable sobs. Lin

Amid her tears, she cried out to Xiao Yu, “It was me! I pushed Bao Shuang off the stairs! It has nothing to do with anyone else—I’m the one who killed him…”

“Officer, don’t listen to my wife’s nonsense.”

Covering his wife’s mouth and holding her tight to stop her from struggling, Zheng Xiangyu—both shocked and angry—forced a smile as he looked at Xiao Yu. “She has autism and a fragile mind. She’s only saying that to keep me from being sentenced. You should understand, right?”

So you really think I’m an idiot, huh…? Xiao Yu said nothing, merely watching the couple before him.

He was waiting for the couple’s emotions to settle.

After more than twenty minutes.

Zheng Xiangyu and Luo Yuying exchanged tearful glances.

They even gave someone a bowl of dog food.

“Not eating? Thanks…” Xiao Yu chuckled and remarked slyly, “Six Zero: Kill someone while autistic and you’re not criminally liable.”

“I know.”

Holding his wife close, Zheng Xiangyu sighed, “Intermittent psychiatric patients who commit crimes during their lucid moments should be held accountable. Even if tests later confirm their mental illness, they’d still be forcibly committed for murder, assault, and such, so…”

“Wouldn’t a good man never let his beloved woman get hurt in the slightest?” Xiao Yu quoted a lyric.

“Maybe that’s a bit presumptuous,”

Zheng Xiangyu asked, “Do you have a wife? Or a partner you deeply love?”

It was already too forward, and yet here he was asking… Xiao Yu grumbled inwardly but stayed silent.

He understood the implication in Zheng Xiangyu’s words.

Would he let Mu Qingwu get hurt?

No. Xiao Yu would take on the world!

“We’re cut from the same cloth!” Zheng Xiangyu laughed.

“Ha!”

Xiao Yu responded with a bitter smile, “Now, keep quiet. I need every detail of your wife’s account of the case before I decide how to deal with you two!”

Zheng Xiangyu’s expression suddenly changed.

He knew this was Xiao Yu’s final chance for them.

But this chance would…

“Here’s what happened…”

Luo Yuying seemed terrified that her husband would once again take the blame for her.

She recounted every detail of the case, leaving nothing out.

The case was divided into three parts.

Part one of the case:

Just as Zheng Xiangyu had said, during one supermarket trip, Luo Yuying encountered Bao Shuang.

The couple invited Bao Shuang to express their gratitude.

During the visit, upon hearing that Bao Shuang was looking for work, Luo Yuying’s softened heart led her to ask her husband to hire her as a servant.

However, over the course of that year, Bao Shuang’s vile nature began to show.

She stole money and goods, dealt in Xi Du, and even secretly brought dubious characters home.

Because Luo Yuying was timid, Bao Shuang threatened her, bullied, abused, and even beat her… and she tried to seduce Zheng Xiangyu.

As the old saying goes, a cornered rabbit will bite.

One day three years ago, Bao Shuang, intent on controlling Luo Yuying, actually produced Du Pen, planning to force her into Xi Du.

When Luo Yuying refused, Bao Shuang beat her.

During the scuffle, Luo Yuying’s anger finally exploded as she pushed Bao Shuang from the second-floor bannister…

To prove her story was true, Luo Yuying brought Xiao Yu up to the second floor, to the room where Bao Shuang had once lived.

She opened the decorative panel by the radiator and retrieved a dust- and cobweb-covered box from inside.

When Xiao Yu opened it, he discovered Du Pen and various Xi Du tools!

Part two of the case:

The friendship between Zheng Xiangyu and Chen Guodong.

People, after all, are sometimes driven by fate.

Especially men—when they click with someone, conversation sparks a fast friendship.

They joked, smoked, drank, and discussed women… a designated driver and a Big Boss became friends.

Take Zheng Xiangyu for example: over twelve years, he donated a third of his fortune.

You might call him a fool, but you can’t deny he’s a good man.

Then there’s Chen Guodong, a man who lost everything for his sister and never gave up—what more is there to say?

That’s why two principled men became friends.

Indeed, Zheng Xiangyu gave Chen Guodong 300,000 yuan on three separate occasions, each time because Chen Rong’s illness worsened.

The 2 million yuan was borrowed at Chen Guodong’s request.

First, because his sister Chen Rong was in danger; second, he planned to spend a fortune finding a kidney donor for her.

Zheng Xiangyu didn’t hesitate and handed Chen Guodong 2 million yuan.

When his wife accidentally killed someone, Zheng Xiangyu called Chen Guodong for a solution.

As soon as Chen Guodong arrived, without a word, he took Bao Shuang’s corpse away…

Then, he committed suicide!

Part three of the case:

Luo Yuying, traumatized by the accidental killing, developed a phobia.

Haunted by guilt over Chen Guodong’s death, Zheng Xiangyu spent his days scheming ways to protect his wife and cover up the truth behind her crime…

Over the past three years, he not only studied a lot of legal knowledge but also delved into criminal psychology.

He was originally on the verge of emigrating.

Leaving the country would have meant no one could uncover his wife’s crime.

But unfortunately, fate had other plans when Chen Rong recovered and came knocking.

Until the police arrived, beginning a battle of wits with Xiao Yu.

Just as Xiao Yu had anticipated.

Zheng Xiangyu treated the police as if they were gatekeeping bosses.

And he saw himself as the brave warrior protecting his wife.

He was even willing to take on a murder charge to safeguard her.

Because he knew well that even a murder committed by a mentally ill person…

would still be punished by being committed to a Mental Asylum.

And that was not a fate Zheng Xiangyu wanted to see…

As the case finally unraveled.

The system’s voice echoed in Xiao Yu’s mind.

【Ding, congratulations to the host for cracking the case…】

…

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

The trial for the kidnapping case from three years ago began.

Inside the courtroom.

Xiao Yu and Mu Qingwu saw Zheng Xiangyu, and they also saw Luo Yuying.

The final verdict was announced.

Luo Yuying, deemed an ‘intermittent psychiatric patient’ due to her ‘special criminal responsibility’, was sentenced to three years in prison with a three-year probation for excessive self-defense after enduring prolonged abuse, threats, and coercion that resulted in a death.

Zheng Xiangyu, charged with perjury and obstruction for fabricating evidence, was sentenced to three years in prison with a two-year probation.

Chen Rong, diagnosed with severe depression and confirmed through a legal evaluation as mentally ill, was not held criminally responsible. However, her guardian, Kong Shanjing, was assigned strict supervision along with responsibilities for medical care and compensation.

Looking at the couple embracing on the stand and the aunt and sister-in-law weeping together,

Xiao Yu and Mu Qingwu smiled as they stood, hand in hand, and walked out of the courtroom…

“Feeling happy?”

Mu Qingwu leaned against her brother’s shoulder.

“Not too bad.”

Xiao Yu grinned widely as he embraced his sister.

“Will you protect me the way he did?”

Mu Qingwu looked up at her brother.

“Of course.”

Xiao Yu said gently, “Your little puppy has grown up—now he’s a fierce wolfdog!”

“Yes, my child has grown up.”

Just like at home, Mu Qingwu wrapped her arms around Xiao Yu’s waist from behind and pleaded, “Protect me!”

Xiao Yu looked up at the clear sky.

A simple heart, simple times.

Chase the light until you become the light.

Time and I endure.

Just keep moving forward!

Wen

Xue