When Zhao Hua followed his brother Zhao Wen through the door, he was stunned by the scene before him - a woman in clothes was lying on the ground. She lay there quietly, as if she was sleeping, but her lifeless appearance showed that her life had already disappeared.

Zhao Hua's heart tightened, and he subconsciously ran towards the corpse. However, just as he turned around and was about to say something to Zhao Wen behind him, he felt a huge force suddenly hit his back. This sudden attack caught Zhao Hua off guard and his body fell forward to the ground.

When his consciousness was about to fall into chaos, Zhao Hua vaguely heard his mother's voice: "Okay, now this matter is finally settled for you." Then, darkness completely swallowed up his consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Hua slowly woke up. He slowly opened his eyes and found that he was holding a thick wooden stick in his hand, and the woman he had seen before was lying next to him. In an instant, all his memories came back to his mind like a tide, and Zhao Hua immediately understood everything.

He widened his eyes and looked at Zhao Wen who was standing not far away in disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice: "Mom, I am your child too! What do you want to do?" At this time, Zhao Hua's face was full of fear and anger, and he could not understand why his mother would make such a cruel decision.

Facing her son's questioning, Zhao Hua's mother smiled and said nonchalantly, "Your brother accidentally killed someone. If he were discovered, the consequences would be disastrous. But now that you are the one taking the blame, as long as we get rid of this dead man, this matter can be concealed. Don't worry, as long as you do what I say, I promise not to tell anyone a word. How about it, son?"

Zhao Hua listened to his mother's ruthless words, and his heart was filled with despair and helplessness. Although he knew it was wrong to do so, facing his mother's coercion and the bondage of family affection, he finally chose to compromise. So, under his mother's gaze, Zhao Hua laboriously carried the body, walked step by step to the river, and then made up his mind to throw it into the river.

Soon after, the police received a report and launched an investigation. After some investigation, they finally determined that the deceased had drowned and closed the case. Zhao Hua, on the other hand, was burdened with a sin that did not belong to him.

Since this incident, Zhao Hua felt as if he had been struck by lightning and the world was spinning around him. He knew very well that he would probably be trapped in endless guilt and self-blame for the rest of his life and would be unable to extricate himself.

Since then, Zhao Wen has seized on this incident to coerce and bribe Zhao Hua. He has gathered a number of local hooligans who are not doing their jobs properly and openly began to collect so-called "protection fees". Whenever someone dared to call the police, Zhao Hua always had to bite the bullet and step in to stop it.

However, what Zhao Hua never expected was that the newly arrived director actually used a trick to deceive him. As a result, he failed to pass the key information to his brother in time, and his brother was eventually caught by the law and arrested.

Just when Zhao Hua was regretting this, his anxious mother came to his house. With tears in her eyes, the old mother held Zhao Hua's hand tightly and begged him with hope to find a way to rescue her brother from prison.

This was the first time that Zhao Hua told He Feng the whole story. He Feng looked at Zhao Hua and said, "You, you are obviously a soldier of the Public Security Bureau. How could you make such a low-level mistake? You are helping the evildoers. If you had explained the matter honestly to the people of the Public Security Bureau the first time, there wouldn't be so many problems."

Zhao Hua stood there quietly, head lowered, staring at the table, as if there were some crucial clues or secrets on it. His brows were slightly furrowed, lips tightly closed, and he was lost in thought, as if troubled by some sudden thought, and for a moment he completely forgot about the surrounding environment and the existence of others.

On the other hand, He Feng walked quickly to the office, because Zhao Hua's mother was staying there at the moment. To be honest, He Feng had never expected that things would develop into what they are now, and he had never thought that there would be such a person. You know, Zhao Hua is the child she has watched grow up since she was a child!

Just as He Feng opened the office door, an unexpected scene happened - Zhao Hua's mother suddenly knelt on her knees and fell directly in front of He Feng. Her face was covered with tears and her expression was miserable. She begged bitterly: "Director, Zhao Wen really doesn't know anything. All these things were done by Zhao Hua alone!"

He Feng looked at the grief-stricken mother in front of him with a serious face, and asked in a low but majestic voice: "But when we went to investigate, Zhao Hua was clearly still in the Public Security Bureau. Regarding this situation, can you explain to me what is going on?"

Zhao Hua's mother stared at He Feng with complicated eyes, her lips trembling slightly, her heart was tangled like a tangled mess, she really didn't know how to explain it clearly to the majestic director in front of her. She stood there, frowning, silent for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to look at He Feng again, and said carefully: "Director, I... I have something else to tell you. Do you think that if I can make up for my crime, there will be a chance to release Zhao Wen?"

Hearing this, He Feng's heart was shocked, thinking to himself, could this woman know some important clues? He fixed his sharp eyes on Zhao Hua's mother and responded calmly: "I can't guarantee this matter. However, if the situation is true and it really helps to solve the case, I can promise that I will try my best to reduce Zhao Wen's sentence. How about this?"

Zhao Hua's mother heard this and a glimmer of hope flashed in her eyes, but it was soon replaced by worry. She bit her lower lip, took a deep breath and continued, "Director He, I know Zhao Hua has committed a crime before. He...he killed someone, a woman from our village! What's more terrifying is that he even carefully disguised it as if the woman committed suicide! Tell me, does this count as meritorious service?"

After saying these words, she nervously watched He Feng's reaction, her hands unconsciously clenching the corners of her clothes.

He Feng really didn't know about what happened back then, so he looked at Zhao Hua's mother and said, "Oh, tell me in detail what happened back then. You said Zhao Hua killed someone, do you have any evidence?"

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