She is the Side Character! — Watch Her Change her fate!-Chapter 205: Victim: The Little Girl Who Had Her Ransom Rejected 5

Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Victim: The Little Girl Who Had Her Ransom Rejected 5

Ah Chen was still sitting in Jiang Yishi’s car, but now Jiang Xiang was in the passenger seat.

Hearing her conversation with Jiang Zhengjun and his wife, Jiang Xiang turned back with a bit of confusion and met Ah Chen’s eyes.

Jiang Yishi, who was driving, also had many doubts. This little girl seemed to be explaining her last wishes, leaving him puzzled. He had a ludicrous thought in his mind, and because it was so absurd, he immediately dismissed it and dared not think in that direction. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Yingying, do you really still want to choose us as your mom and dad?" Dou Jia whispered in Ah Chen’s ear, her voice so soft only Ah Chen could hear it, even Jiang Zhengjun on the other side could barely make it out.

Dou Jia lowered her head, holding her daughter’s increasingly cold and even stiffening hand, unable to control her tears from falling.

"Yes." Ah Chen replied with a sound, "I do."

How could this be blamed on Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia? Someone wanted to harm them; if not today, then it would be tomorrow. Especially when it’s someone close, it’s impossible to guard against. It’s not just a child; even adults, when facing someone’s deliberate scheme, could still meet death.

"Next time, Dad will make sure to protect you," Jiang Zhengjun said quietly on Ah Chen’s other side. "It won’t be like this again."

When they saw their daughter, they thought she was fortunate to come back, feeling grateful in their hearts.

But when they held her a little longer, they realized something was wrong. Her body was not warming up, it was getting colder and colder, and her skin no longer looked like a living person’s, gradually becoming stiff and losing elasticity. It’s just that they kept her tightly protected, so others hadn’t noticed yet.

Being so close, they could feel so much more.

Jiang Zhengjun deeply regretted it, thinking his daughter had miraculously come back. He had been somewhat rational in his previous confrontation with Zheng Chengfeng because he still had a wife and daughter; he couldn’t afford to cause real trouble with Zheng Chengfeng. But his daughter had truly died. If given another chance, he would have no reason left; he wouldn’t spare Zheng Chengfeng or Qu Man, he’d pick up that fruit knife from the ground and stab them.

Their daughter, Yingying, had died, truly died at the malicious hands of Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man.

Though they didn’t know how she returned, she was leaving.

Her body was gradually becoming cold and stiff, and she was about to leave them soon.

Perhaps, she was afraid they’d be worried, afraid they’d be deceived by the villains, and was holding on, using her dying body to tell them the truth?

If not for their daughter telling them she would still choose them as parents, Jiang Zhengjun might have rushed over to kill Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man as soon as they got out of the car. He had already prepared the tool—a small knife on his keychain. Small, but sharp, it would only take one unnoticed stab into Zheng Chengfeng’s neck, and another into Qu Man’s neck to make it.

Dou Jia was right beside him, and she could help him distract the others.

In the eyes of the police, their daughter was still alive, probably wouldn’t expect them to move against Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man, right? Getting out of the car was his best chance to kill Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man.

But at that moment, their daughter asked them to live well and still chose them as parents, instantly dispersing his resolved determination.

From the location of the keychain came a sound, Jiang Zhengjun looked down to see Ah Chen taking off the small knife.

She patted the front, Jiang Xiang turned back while Jiang Yishi, who was driving, still paid some attention to the happenings behind him.

"Brother Jiang, help my dad keep this little knife safe."

Jiang Xiang, in a daze, took the small knife, still somewhat confused but nodded earnestly: "Okay."

Jiang Yishi seemed to have thought of something, his brows unconsciously knitted together.

Jiang Zhengjun had already vented once, and he hadn’t intervened immediately, hoping it would give him an outlet for his feelings. Since the daughter was back, even if angry, the rules were in place, and he shouldn’t be handling it with a knife, or it’d only harm himself. Jiang Zhengjun had been persuaded before, seemingly not intending to take further action.

Would he really have used this small knife on Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man?

Noticing this, Jiang Yishi remained vigilant, to prevent any mistakes.

An inadvertent glance into the rear-view mirror caught him by surprise, seeing the little girl, who previously looked relatively fine, was now pale as a ghost, somewhat frightening.

Jiang Yishi sucked in a breath, struck by a thought, wondering, is she really a person or a ghost?

Her current appearance was unlike any living person, not at all, increasingly so.

Jiang Yishi felt a chill all over, yet inwardly was not fearful; as a detective, he had witnessed countless tragic scenes, long accustomed. However, a person who had died stood up and spoke, seemingly alive, yet now not; it still struck a blow to his worldview.

"Uncle Jiang, did I scare you? Sorry about that."

Jiang Yishi: ...

He wasn’t scared, just found it incredible.

"We’ll skip checking anything else for now, later just take my statement. After that, you can perform the examination." By then, it would be called an autopsy.

In fact, there wasn’t much to investigate in this case anymore; they only needed to interrogate Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man, then find the evidence in the cave, and those two wouldn’t escape. But since they were all here, she would retrace the details, which could reduce their workload.

Jiang Yishi noticed that both Jiang Zhengjun and Dou Jia had red eyes, completely accepting the situation, and understood they too had accepted the reality.

He replied, "Okay."

"I will personally handle it later."

Jiang Yishi was questioning Ah Chen, while other officers were interrogating Zheng Chengfeng and Qu Man.

With the victim having returned and identified them, the frightened pair couldn’t withstand the pressure, confessing everything, answering every question without hiding anything. The police realized it; they weren’t getting out of serving time, so they aimed to seek leniency. Since the person wasn’t dead, the sentence shouldn’t be long.

"Is there anything else you need to ask?" Ah Chen asked, "Uncle Jiang, you better think carefully, otherwise if you miss something, I won’t be back once I’m gone."

Jiang Yishi: ...

Slightly saddened, yet somewhat amused.

He had checked, finding no more issues, having asked detailed questions about the case.

He couldn’t help but ask an unrelated question: "Why did you come back? If it’s inconvenient, you don’t have to say."

"Because I want to convict them, I can’t let them get away with it!" Ah Chen said.

Jiang Yishi, taken aback, believed the reason.

In fact, what he wanted to know was how she could come back. Did she know, and even if she did, she probably wouldn’t tell him.

"Uncle Jiang, do you want to know how I could come back?" Ah Chen asked.