Chapter 1799 - 1799: Cause and effect
Xiao Chuxia turned and looked at the two women who were standing at the threshold of the ward where Yu Fei was resting. When Xiao Chuxia saw that the two women were wearing Yamen uniforms, her eyes widened, and she stepped out of the ward.
Yu Dong exchanged a look with Wu Junfen before the two of them also stepped out of the ward. They also wanted to hear what the Yamen officers found regarding this case.
Once they stepped out of the ward, they heard Xiao Chuxia say to the two Yamen officers, “I am really sorry. My husband just woke up and is suffering from amnesia. I don’t think that you will be able to get any answers from him.”
“We have already heard about this from the physician,” the yamen officers on the right said to Xiao Chuxia.
“Then..” Xiao Chuxia parted her lips in confusion. Why were these two Yamen officers here?
The Yamen officers looked at one another; they exchanged a look with each other and silently swallowed the words they wanted to say. Because they have investigated this situation between Zhou Ziming, Xiao Chuxia, and Yu Fei—Xiao Chuxia was now one of the suspects!
Now that Yu Fei was awake, of course they would take Xiao Chuxia as a danger to his life.
This was why they wanted to see how the relationship between Xiao Chuxia and Yu Fei were at the moment; in case something happened to Yu Fei, then who knows what might happen to them? They have received orders from the higher-ups who have asked them to pay attention to this case and make sure that Yu Fei remains safe and sound.
Yu Dong knew what these two women were thinking about; thus, she said to them, “Hello officers, I am Yu Dong. Yu Fei is my uncle,” she introduced herself before explaining the situation to the two of them: “My uncle doesn’t remember her. Even if you go inside, you will not be able to find anything.”
Though Yu Fei was very reluctant to get close to Xiao Chuxia, that was due to his memories being lost. If these officers were to go inside, they would only cause her uncle to get agitated.
When the two officers heard Yu Dong introduce herself, their eyes lit up, and they hurriedly shook hands with Yu Dong. Who did not know Yu Dong?
Her name was now so popular that even children knew her.
When Xiao Chuxia saw how well they were treating Yu Dong, her expression turned sullen. Why was it that they were treating Yu Dong as if she was their ancestor but were looking at her as if she dug the graves of their ancestors?
Yu Dong was not surprised when she saw the Yamen officers treating her differently than Xiao Chuxia. After all, they must have already received orders from Magistrate Li.
“There is something that I want to say to you, officers.” After she was done introducing herself, Yu Dong went straight to the point.
The two officers glanced at her and nodded.
“If you have something to say, then you can just say it.”
Yu Dong looked around the corridor before saying to the two officers, “I have a suspect regarding this case. Would you mind investigating this person?”
As soon as she finished speaking, the officers and Xiao Chuxia were surprised.
Xiao Chuxia looked at Yu Dong and was left stunned. Yu Dong already had a suspect in mind; why did she not tell her? Or did she doubt her as well, thinking that she would help the culprit run away?
Xiao Chuxia felt really uncomfortable when she thought of the situation like this. She had to admit that she was really blind when she got entangled with Zhou Ziming, but she would never do such a thing as harm Yu Fei. She loved him too much. How could Yu Dong think that she would hurt Yu Fei?
The more Xiao Chuxia thought about it, the more she felt upset.
Now she was being doubted by her own family!
The Yamen officers, however, did not think much. They were already aware of the glorious deeds that Yu Dong had done and asked her, “Who do you suspect?”
“It’s Zhou Ziming; I heard from the villagers that he and another Jiang Zixuan had several conflicts with my uncle. I have a suspicion that it was them who caused this incident,” Yu Dong felt the incident was too weird. The mountains that were close to the villages were now barren, and even if there were wild vegetables glowing, why would Yu Fei go all the way to the back of the mountain to pick them?
Someone must have led him there and that too forcefully.
Xiao Chuxia was shocked once again because she did not expect Yu Dong to take Zhou Ziming and Jiang Zixuan’s names. She blinked her eyes and remembered the entanglement that she had with that mer. Even now she could not understand how she ended up getting involved with such a mer.
That wasn’t all. She actually ended up pushing Yu Fei away.
Every time Xiao Chuxia thought about it, she couldn’t help but wonder if that mer really hoodwinked her.
Did that mer really know black magic? She panicked when she thought about the chances of Zhou Ziming being a dark art practitioner.
While she turned pale due to the thoughts that were running rampant, the officers, on the other hand, thought that she was afraid because her tail was exposed and narrowed their eyes suspiciously.
One of the yamen officers could not help but say, “Xiao Chuxia, are you involved with Zhou Ziming?”
They have heard about Xiao Chuxia and Zhou Ziming’s affair. They also heard from the melon-eating villagers that Yu Fei refused to let his wife have a concubine and was hell bent on divorcing her.
A mer was not allowed to separate from a woman, but sometimes exceptions could happen. What if Xiao Chuxia was worried that her reputation would suffer, so she went ahead and tried to kill Yu Fei?