Chapter 87: Cannon Fodder Sister of the Female Lead (39)

Finally, under the persistent pleas of Zhang Wei’s elderly mother, Zhang Wei was granted a day’s visit home before being incarcerated.

On the way back to prison after the visit that day, Zhang Wei escaped. He recklessly jumped into the river, and the police waited on the shore all afternoon without seeing him surface. Ultimately, they had no choice but to issue a warrant.

No matter if Zhang Wei is dead or alive, everyone needs an explanation.

By the time Jiang Lai learned of this matter, it was already the third day after Zhang Wei’s escape.

She had just been discharged from the hospital and was recuperating at home. Outside, the night was deep. When Jiang Lai was preparing to sleep after reading a book, Little Buding suddenly spoke in a grave tone.

“Zhang Wei is at the door prying it open, and he’s holding a knife.”

Thinking of Jiang Qiuhe who was sleeping in the central room, Jiang Lai closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, listening to the sound of the latch being moved inch by inch. Footsteps followed, slowly approaching, bringing a wave of icy chill.

Jiang Lai opened her eyes, and the knife was already close in front of her, almost about to strike.

Zhang Wei, seeing her open her eyes, immediately pressed down the knife forcefully, his expression menacing. However, he didn’t expect this seemingly frail girl to grab his wrist forcefully. With a slight exertion, excruciating pain came, and the knife in his hand dropped directly, which was caught by the other hand of the opponent and in a flash, it was held under his throat.

One of his hands was gripped, and a knife was pressed against his neck. Thinking of his fugitive status, Zhang Wei stared at Jiang Lai, not daring to utter a sound.

“I’m not the one who harmed you. Now you’re coming to seek revenge on me—are you reasonable?”

“How is it not you?! I had to drop out of school! I was detained! Why are you pushing me to my death?!”

Hopeless, this fool is hopeless.

“So? Weren’t you the one pushing me to my death first? If I failed the selection exam, I wouldn’t even be able to participate in the college entrance exam. You pushed me first.”

Little Buding urged from the side.

“Why waste words with him, quickly force him to admit who ordered him to do this.”

Jiang Lai seemed oblivious to the urging and continued speaking.

“We hadn’t had any conflict in the past, nor in recent times. I don’t even know who you are—why would you want to harm me?”

“I… I, I was just jealous of your good grades!”

“Why would you need to be jealous of my grades? If you were third or fourth in the grade, jealousy would be understandable. But you’re at the bottom of the grade—do you think I’d believe that?”

Zhang Wei’s eyes kept shifting, a clear sign of lying.

Jiang Lai lowered her voice.

“And aren’t you curious, why I know where you bought your medicine?”

At first, everyone thought it was just ordinary rat poison.

Even Zhang Wei himself thought so.

But in the end, the source of purchase was traced back to an illegal pharmaceutical workshop.

This firmly nailed Zhang Wei to the prison pillar.

Zhang Wei’s eyes widened, filled with endless anger.

“Those people behind you have money and power, isn’t it easy for them to find this out? I have nothing to say. If you want to kill me, then just do it!”

Oh, still so stubborn.

“Forget it, you fool. I’ll just tell you, someone wrote an anonymous letter to us, saying they saw you buying those things. The police followed the lead and, sure enough, found them. If it weren’t for that letter, no one would’ve known your medicine was contraband.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wei’s expression changed dramatically, showing more confusion and helplessness.

“Saw me… saw me buying?”

Jiang Lai raised an eyebrow, a trace of amusement in her eyes.

“Yes, otherwise, why could we find such a small, remote workshop? Think if you have offended someone, or maybe you were just used as a pawn, abandoned and kicked into prison afterward, saving them the trouble of you pestering them.”

Jiang Lai gently dismantled Zhang Wei’s mental defenses, one piece at a time.

His eyes turned red, as if he felt nothing of the pain in his hands, softly muttering.

“Impossible… impossible… she’s so good, she even promised…”

“Promised what? You’re in prison now, no matter what promise she made, can you still find her when you get out? It’s not just a year or two, it’s ten years of imprisonment. By the time you’re out, the world will have changed. Your parents are almost seventy, do you think they can wait for you outside for ten years?”

Zhang Wei’s eyes were vacant, as if possessed, overwhelmed with terror mixing with an anger that threatened to erupt.

Jiang Lai slowly released his hand.

“You’re a pitiful soul indeed. If you had repeated a year, you might have gotten into university, find a good job in the city, eat consumer food, and gloriously bring your parents to live well in the city. You could marry a city girl, live in an apartment, drive a sedan, and never return to this impoverished place for the rest of your life.

Pity you now; you certainly won’t be eating consumer food in this lifetime. You’re a fugitive, and once caught, your sentence might extend—a good life wasted in prison. Upon release, you’ll bear the pointed fingers of others. Just thinking about it, seems like your whole life is utterly ruined.

However, if you can make amends by doing something good, you might reduce your sentence!”

“Reduce… sentence… really, truly?”

Jiang Lai had fully released his hand, speaking earnestly.

“Of course, you must believe in the law, doing good will be rewarded. Honestly, I don’t believe you could do such a thing. Considering your parents look honest and simple, and you’re diligent and hardworking, how could you have harmful thoughts?”

The original host spent several years with him and understands his character well.

Such a person requires praise and compliance to lead him by the nose.

Jiang Qu understood him; Jiang Lai even more so.

Watching Zhang Wei leave, Jiang Lai calculated the time before kicking awake the loudly snoring Jiang Qiuhe.

“Take me to the police station.”

“Ah… the police… what…”

“I want to report that fugitive Zhang Wei has gone to find his accomplices.”

Once hearing the name Zhang Wei, Jiang Qiuhe immediately woke up, springing up, throwing on a coat, and pushing the rickshaw.

“Get on! Let’s go.”

“No rush, let’s wait.”

“Wait for what? What if he runs?”

Jiang Lai ignored him, and after two more hours, ensuring Zhang Wei was near the county town, she finally sat in Jiang Qiuhe’s vehicle.

“Let’s go, ride faster.”

——

At dawn, Jiang Qu heard the knocking at the door outside.

When she opened the door, a black figure rushed in directly, startling her into a scream, which was silenced by a hand firmly covering her mouth.

“It’s me!”

Jiang Qu looked at Zhang Wei with tearful eyes full of fear, her heart racing wildly, blood almost flowing backward.

“Y-you, why are you here?!”

“What? I have a strong will to live. Isn’t it okay to have escaped?”

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