Chapter 281

The atmosphere in the interrogation room of the Qingshan County Public Security Bureau was suffocatingly heavy. Liu Fang sat on one side of the table, her face bruised and swollen, her hair in disarray. Across from her sat Xiao Zhihao in a wheelchair, with Tan Xi standing behind him. Ever since he had received the call from the Public Security Bureau, Xiao Zhihao’s expression had been utterly vacant, as if his soul had been ripped away. The contents of that phone call replayed endlessly in his mind; he could not bring himself to accept the reality of it. To uncover the truth as quickly as possible, he had ordered a driver to rush him from the city to Qingshan County at top speed. Yet, the moment he finally laid eyes on Liu Fang, all the words he had prepared seemed to lodge in his throat, and he couldn't force a single one out.