The scumbag reborn to choose Bai Yueguang: He regretted it

First, an elderly couple in their sixties were interviewed by the newspaper and recounted what they saw on the night of the fire.

It was a sultry summer night, and the couple were fanning themselves to cool off on the rooftop terrace.

They saw two figures wandering in front of the Qi family's door. The moonlight was very bright at night, and they saw the general outlines of the two people. The man was the gambler from the Bai family, and the woman was his stepdaughter Bai Nanqing.

The father and daughter wandered around the front and back of Qi's house twice, as if looking for someone. Before the couple could ask them what they were doing, they disappeared. A few minutes later, Qi's house caught fire.

Soon, the compound became chaotic and everyone began to rush to the well to fetch water to put out the fire.

But the weather was too hot that year and the air was dry, so the fire spread very quickly and reached the roof in just a few minutes.

The children's cries for help could still be heard in the house, but the fire in front of the door was too big to get close.

At this time, the man from the Xu family who had just returned from outside saw this, took a wet military coat from his home, put it on, rushed in, and carried Qi Heng, who was lying at the door, out.

When he was about to go in to save people, the roof had collapsed and the flames engulfed the house next door, so they could only retreat.

In the end, the Qi couple and their little daughter all died in the fire. The fire burned the entire central courtyard to ashes, leaving nothing behind. Some neighbors moved away.

"After the fire broke out, did no one investigate the cause of the fire?" the reporter asked.

"Several people came and asked questions, and they investigated for a while. In the end, they said it was because of the hot weather and the fire was caused by electrical wires."

"Didn't you mention any suspicious people at the fire scene?"

"We did ask them, but we didn't get anything out of them. We just thought it was an accident. Who knows why the kid from the Qi family would put the blame on the Xu couple?"

At this time, another middle-aged woman spoke up again, "In fact, the night before the Qi family was burned down, I ran into the gambler from the Bai family who came to the Qi family to borrow money. The Qi couple refused, and they started arguing. Rather than saying that it was the Xu family who set the fire to the Qi family, I believe it was the Bai family who did it."

"The gambling addict of the Bai family doesn't recognize his relatives. He often asks his sister for money. If he can't get it, he borrows from everywhere and then asks his sister to pay it back. After his sister disagreed to pay the money for him, she also informed the neighbors not to lend him money. So the Qi family refused to lend him money either. This led to a quarrel. I don't know if it has anything to do with the fire."

The newspaper even found the person in charge of the state-owned restaurant where Xu Xinlan and her family of three had dined on the day of the fire.

"Although I don't know what happened, it's impossible that the Xu couple started the fire. They were sitting in our store a long time ago."

"Why are you so sure?" the reporter asked.

"If it was any other day I might not remember it, but the day they went to the restaurant for dinner was my son's tenth birthday. The man also had his birthday on that day and we chatted for a while, so I remember it very clearly."

This interview was compiled and published in the newspaper the next day. Although there is still no definite truth about the fire that year, it has basically cleared the Xu couple of suspicion.

Moreover, due to the huge impact of this incident, the public security department is ready to summon Bai Yuankai for questioning.

After seeing these interview reports, Qi Heng, who was drunk in the room, felt like he was standing on the edge of an endless abyss.

The truth that deviated from his expectations was like a huge mouth with fangs, ready to swallow him up at any time.

He didn't believe it. He didn't believe that he hated the wrong person!

As for Bai Nanqing, after enduring a week of inhumane torture, she finally gave in and asked to see Xu Xinlan.

However, in just one week, Bai Nanqing has transformed from a screen goddess into a female beggar with lifeless eyes.

She had lost a lot of weight, her face was covered in blood and dirt, her clothes were worthless, and the stains between her legs gave off a foul smell.

"Go ahead." Xu Xinlan pressed the recorder in her hand.

"I said, will you... let me go?" Bai Nanqing collapsed on the ground like a puddle of stinking mud.

"I'm not you. I promised to let you go, and I will let you go."

"Okay, your parents' car accident... was caused by Qi Heng, he tampered with the car's brakes..."

Bai Nanqing told everything he knew, and did not forget to take off his clothes during the process.

Xu Xinlan kept her word and let Bai Nanqing go after recording her words.

What fate will await Bai Nanqing next? She waits and sees...

Qi Heng tried to see Xu Xinlan many times, but was turned away every time until he was summoned by the public security department and asked to assist in the investigation of the fire case that year.

In the police interrogation room, he met Xu Xinlan, whom he had always wanted to meet, and Bai Yuankai, who had not been seen for a long time.

"Qi Heng, why did you initially believe that my parents were responsible for the deaths of your parents and sister?" Xu Xinlan sat opposite him and asked calmly but indifferently.

This was not the first time she had asked him this question, but he had never given her a direct answer, as if she did not deserve to die knowing the truth. Today, in front of the police, she had to ask for clarification.

Qi Heng no longer had the refinement and nobility he had before. He was now wearing a rather empty suit, his hair had not been taken care of for a long time, his eyes were full of red bloodshot, and he looked rough and decadent.

He avoided Xu Xinlan's gaze and spoke slowly: "Bai Nanqing told me..."

It turned out that after the incident at the Qi family, Bai Nanqing told Qi Heng that she had accidentally overheard the conversation between the Xu couple.

They proudly said that the fire was a good thing, as the Qi couple and the girl who paid the money were all dead, and they could naturally adopt Qi Heng.

They set the fire and designed the scene to rescue people from the fire. Qi Heng will definitely be grateful to them for the rest of his life.

Bai Nanqing said that the reason why the Xu couple set the fire was because they were physically injured after giving birth to Xu Xinlan and could no longer have children.

But the Qi couple next door, who have both a son and a daughter, always show off Qi Heng's intelligence and understanding in front of them, and mock the Xu family for not having an offspring.

So the Xu couple held a grudge and set the Qi family on fire, but they also deliberately saved Qi Heng, just to make Qi Heng their son and take care of them in their old age.

Qi Heng had no doubt about this. Firstly, he trusted Bai Nanqing very much at that time. Secondly, he did often see Xu Xinlan's mother and his mother arguing about their children.

But the twelve-year-old boy had no idea that although they quarreled verbally, they never took it to heart. On the contrary, the relationship between the two women had always been very good, and they had talked about becoming in-laws more than once.

Later, after the Xu family made it clear that they wanted to adopt Qi Heng, he became even more convinced of Bai Nanqing's words.

It was the Xu couple who killed his parents and sister.

He was about to report to the police, but Bai Nanqing stopped him. She said that firstly, there was no direct evidence, and secondly, the Xu family had connections, so there would be no problem.

It would be better to think of other ways to retaliate against them and make them suffer worse than being shot!

So he pretended to be obedient and submitted, and entered the Xu family with this hatred, and he endured and planned all the time just to avenge his family.

After hearing what Qi Heng said, Xu Xinlan suddenly laughed: "Hahaha... Qi Heng, how stupid are you? You believe everything Bai Nanqing says? Have you ever doubted that she is lying to you for her own purposes?"