I sneered at him.Lu Shiyan, do you remember the phone call I gave you?I was begging you for help!Why didn't you save me?!Now you act all panicked—who are you trying to fool?!
"No way!" Su Ning'an immediately denied,"My sister must have had a reason for her death.If it was for money, she was wearing a wedding dress worth millions,with real diamonds. Why would the killer not just take the dress?""If it was for lust, the killer would have destroyed the bloodstained dress,not thrown it into the water! And who kills someone,then carefully removes the dress and takes the body away?It doesn't make sense."
"That's right," Lu Shiyan's eyes lit up, "Did you find any other clues at the scene?Like a phone, shoes, or socks? Or the murder weapon? Bloodstains?"
"We haven't found anything," the officer replied.
Su Ning'an made her own judgment."I think my sister deliberately took off the wedding dress, stabbed it with a dagger,even spilled some of her own blood on it, and threw it into the water to create a scene."
"She's out of control, causing trouble like this."It was my mother's voice. The Su family had received the police's call and come in for questioning,and had just overheard their conversation.
As the Su family entered, from my parents to my older brother,their responses were all the same.
Officer Huang Yu interrupted."Mrs. Su, please stay calm."
"Calm down?" My mother's voice rose. "Officer,you're not a young man anymore—you should have a family by now.If you had a daughter like mine,who would hurt her own sister like this, you'd see how calm you'd be!"
My older brother glanced at his watch."Officer, we're very busy. We just came here to tell you to stop wasting your time on childish games.Please, let's not make a fuss over something so trivial."
I stood by, feeling a sharp pain in my chest.Looking at my parents and older brother,their faces hadn't changed, but why did everything about them feel so unfamiliar?What had I done to make them hate me so much?
The officers in the room were stunned.One of them asked, "She's your family—she's missing, possibly dead.Don't you feel the slightest bit of concern for her?"
"My daughter is thick-skinned, she'd never kill herself.She has no shame, no dignity, and she's the Lu family's wife.Who would dare hurt her?Don't waste your time. Maybe that dead girl is somewhere laughing at all of us."
"I've got a meeting to attend, I'll leave now,"said one of my family members as they quickly made their exit.I heard my mother muttering,"Honestly, I haven't even finished my nails.Why did I waste time on this trivial matter?"
"Mom, those nails are so pretty, where did you get them done?" Su Ning'an chimed in,"I'll take you later, we'll get some beauty treatments too.If my sister had been as obedient as you,I wouldn't have gotten so stressed out, I wouldn't have these new wrinkles."
By the time everyone had left, only Lu Shiyan remained, silent.
"Mr. Lu," one of the officers asked,"Did Miss Su contact you before she went missing?We heard that you ran away from your wedding yesterday.Miss Su suffered a major blow and may have committed suicide.If you have any information, please cooperate with the investigation."
At this, Lu Shiyan snapped.It felt like he was being blamed for something he didn't do,like he'd somehow killed me himself.He slammed his hand on the table."Officer Huang, right now, you haven't found any remains,you haven't even identified a crime scene—how can you be so sure she's dead?"
"She's your wife!"
Lu Shiyan, irritated and impatient, stood up to leave."Then let's wait until we find a body before you investigate!"