Siheyuan: Rebirth of Shazhu, Many Children and Blessings

The public security comrades took great pains to fish the body out of the sewage.

The people watching around all covered their noses and watched the fun.

Only when the dead man revealed his face did the onlookers speak out.

"Hey, isn't this Zhou Liang, the husband of Liu Lan from our hospital?"

When the public security comrades saw that someone recognized the deceased, they hurried forward to inquire.

"Comrade, are you sure this person is the Zhou Liang you mentioned?"

"We live in the same courtyard, so it should be correct." The man covered his nose and took another look.

But after just one look, his face was covered with a mask of pain again.

"Comrade Public Security, let me go and call Liu Lan for you. She should not have gone to work yet."

"Okay, please."

The old lady regretted her decision after she arrived at Liu Lan's door.

How could she speak up?

Just at this moment, Liu Lan was about to send Zhou Ziyi out and saw an old lady wandering at the door.

"Aunt Wu, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Aunt Wu's expression immediately became a little embarrassed, and she glanced at Zhou Ziyi who was following Liu Lan.

"Sister Liu Lan, I do have something to talk to you about. Please come over here."

Aunt Wu called Liu Lan aside and said, "Sister Liu Lan, I have some bad news to tell you."

"What news?" Liu Lan was a little surprised. Her family didn't interact much with Aunt Wu's family, so how could there be news for her all of a sudden? And it was bad news.

"It's like this, your husband is dead, and the police want you to go over and identify him."

"What?" Liu Lan was surprised and incredulous. She grabbed Aunt Wu's hand and asked with some trembling.

"Aunt Wu, can you say it again?"

Aunt Wu was also startled by Liu Lan's reaction, but she quickly reacted and patted Liu Lan's hand to comfort her.

"Sister Liu Lan, I'm sorry."

"Where are the others?" Liu Lan asked.

"It's at the entrance of the men's restroom in our alley. I'll take you there." Aunt Wu glanced at Zhou Ziyi again.

"It's just your kid."

"Oh, I'll let him go to school first."

Fortunately, Zhou Ziyi didn't pass by the toilet on his way to school, so he didn't see it.

Liu Lan called Zhou Ziyi to her side, "Ziyi, Mom has to deal with some things with Aunt Wu, you should go to school quickly."

"Okay, Mom." Zhou Ziyi nodded sensibly and went to school carrying his schoolbag.

Liu Lan calmed herself down and followed Aunt Wu to the men's restroom.

"Comrade Public Security, this is Liu Lan." Aunt Wu brought Liu Lan to the public security comrade.

Liu Lan looked at the police officer and asked, "Comrade Public Security, I heard that..."

Liu Lan paused, "Where is he?"

"Comrade Liu Lan, please take a look first to see if the deceased is your husband Zhou Liang."

Liu Lan didn't answer, but walked forward to look at the man's face.

However, the moment she saw him, Liu Lan was sure.

Liu Lan burst into tears instantly, "Comrade Public Security, this is my man, Zhou Liang."

"Comrade Liu Lan, please accept our condolences." The public security comrade spoke to comfort her.

"We still have some questions for you. When would be convenient for you?"

Seeing that Liu Lan had confirmed the identity of the deceased, the public security comrade immediately signaled to his colleagues that they could take the body away.

After all, it’s not a good idea to keep it here like this.

They also have to be taken back to the public security bureau for the forensic doctor to verify the exact cause of death.

"Just ask." Liu Lan tried to calm herself down.

Zhou Liang’s sudden death made Liu Lan think a lot, including what she said to He Yuzhu yesterday and what He Yuzhu said to her.

On the way here from the hospital, she had already thought a lot about how to respond to the questions from the public security comrades later.

"If it's convenient for you, let's go to the police station."

"Okay." Liu Lan followed him to the police station.

"Comrade Liu Lan, did you know that your husband didn't come home last night?"

Liu Lan shook her head slowly. "My husband usually goes out early and comes back late. He often comes back after I fall asleep, and then he gets up earlier than me, so I'm not sure whether he comes back every day."

"May I ask what kind of job does your husband have that requires him to leave early and come back late?"

"He is just an ordinary worker. He leaves home early because the factory he works in is a bit far away, and comes home late because he goes out to drink almost every day, and he only goes home when he is drunk."

"Your husband drinks every day?"

"Yes." Liu Lan nodded. "Everyone in our hospital knows about this. You can also ask the pubs he often goes to and his drinking partners."

The police kept asking a lot of questions before letting Liu Lan leave.

Liu Lan went to the steel rolling mill without stopping and then pulled He Yuzhu aside.

"Azhu, my husband is dead!" Liu Lan was a little excited. She stared at He Yuzhu.

"Tell me it wasn't you."

"Sister Lan, what are you talking about? How could it be me who did it?" He Yuzhu was also very surprised by the news.

He just asked Chen Xing to give the small yellow croaker to Zhou Liang's drinking buddies so that he could drink more wine.

He Yuzhu didn't expect that Zhou Liang would actually die so soon.

He just believed in the saying that if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet.

Since Zhou Liang loves drinking so much, he will let Zhou Liang drink enough and drink until he dies.

Seeing that He Yuzhu seemed to be really unaware of the situation, Liu Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"His death was so sudden." Liu Lan sighed.

"I don't know how to tell the two children about this."

"Just tell them the truth directly." He Yuzhu said: "They are all so sensible, they can understand some truths earlier."

"Yeah." Liu Lan smiled at He Yuzhu in a relaxed manner, "Now it's good, I'm actually a widow."

"That's good, isn't it?" He Yuzhu held Liu Lan in his arms, "This way you can be free."

......

Afterwards, the police went to find these people and the pub to verify and confirmed that Zhou Liang was indeed drinking almost every day.

He only didn't drink much in the past few days because his favorite wine was sold out, and his drinking buddies didn't drink with him because they had something to do at home.

As a result, we drank a lot of alcohol last night because we got together again.

Soon, the forensic identification results came out.

Zhou Liang died of suffocation. He did drink a lot of alcohol before his death, and there were no other external injuries.

In this way, Zhou Liang's death was classified as an accident.

When the public security comrades told Liu Lan the news, she finally felt at ease.

"Comrade Public Security, when can I bring him back for burial?"

"anytime."

"Okay, please take you there now." Liu Lan wanted to find out about this matter as soon as possible.