After the divorce, my ex-husband's cousin tricked me into getting a marriage certificate.

Dr. Lin suddenly appeared at the door of Lin Mengchuan's ward, followed by two police officers.

Doctor: "Mr. Lin, excuse me, these two police officers would like to ask you some questions. Is this a convenient time for you?"

Xu Qing quickly stepped aside to make way.

Lin Mengchuan nodded slightly. "Is it about my mother?"

One of the officers stepped forward and said, "Hello, Mr. Lin, I am the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Dongcheng Branch. My surname is Li. This case is related to your mother, but it concerns your father, Mr. Lin Zhihong."

Lin Mengchuan was puzzled. "My father? Wasn't the murderer in my father's case already caught? Are there any more questions?"

Captain Li looked at Xu Qing standing to the side, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

Lin Mengchuan glanced at Xu Qing and said to Captain Li, "Captain Li, please speak freely. This is my good friend and assistant, Xu Qing. He won't go around saying anything."

Captain Li hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, it's like this. Last night, the suspect suddenly changed his story. He accused your mother, Shen Qingzhu, and your father's friend, Su Wenshan, of hiring him to kill your father."

Lin Mengchuan stared in astonishment, his mouth agape.

Thinking he had misheard, he exclaimed, "Captain Li, how... how is this possible?"

Captain Li continued to explain, "We have already investigated and collected a lot of evidence. A month before the incident, Su Wenshan personally went to the suspect's home and gave him three million yuan in cash as payment for the murder."

"The suspect's family has already handed over the three million yuan to us. They also gave us a cell phone that the suspect used specifically to contact Su Wenshan. It contains recorded calls and chat logs."

Captain Li took out his phone and showed Lin Mengchuan the chat history.

Su Wenshan's voice came out: "I'll give you three million, in cash. You help me kill Lin Zhihong. I can pay you the money in advance. Then you can find another opportunity to strike. If once doesn't work, try twice, until you kill him."

Lin Mengchuan still couldn't believe it. "Why? Why did Su Wenshan kill my father?"

Captain Li: "According to the suspect, although Su Wenshan appears to have a good relationship with your father, the two actually have significant differences regarding the group's management style."

"Su Wenshan had long harbored resentment towards your father and wanted to kill him, but he had never had the opportunity. In order to kill your father, he planted the suspect among the construction workers a month in advance."

“They were waiting for the right moment. After the workers started demanding their wages, Su Wenshan had the suspects mix in with the group, waiting for the right opportunity to assassinate your father.”

“But Captain Li,” Lin Mengchuan interrupted Captain Li, “there’s something I don’t understand. What does this have to do with my mother?”

Xu Qing also watched Captain Li with curiosity.

Captain Li paused for a moment, then said, "The suspect confessed that Su Wenshan and Shen Qingzhu had an improper relationship. Based on the clues provided by the suspect, we found some surveillance video evidence of them checking into hotels."

Lin Mengchuan's mind went blank, and he froze completely.

Did your mother have an improper relationship with Su Wenshan?

He remembered what his grandmother, Xu Ying, had told him before: his mother often went out to play, and when she came back, she would smell of men's cigarettes on her.

Was Mother going to have a secret rendezvous with Su Wenshan, instead of meeting with her sisters?

Captain Li was worried that Lin Mengchuan wouldn't believe him, so he found a video on his phone and showed it to him.

In the video, Su Wenshan and Shen Qingzhu are seen embracing each other affectionately as they enter a hotel room.

Captain Li put away his phone. "We've already arranged for someone to arrest Su Wenshan. The reason we came to find you is twofold: firstly, because the deceased Lin Zhihong was your father, and secondly, we hope you can help us persuade your mother."

"We hope she will come forward to accuse Su Wenshan. Of course, even if she is unwilling, we have enough evidence to accuse Su Wenshan. However, at that time, we may prosecute your mother as the mastermind."

"That's intentional homicide, Mr. Lin. You should think about it carefully."

Lin Mengchuan clenched his fists tightly, not even feeling the pain as his nails dug into the skin of his palms.

The mother had an affair with Su Wenshan, and the two even conspired to murder the father, Lin Zhihong!

These two pieces of information were like a thousand sharp blades stabbing into his heart, no different from skinning him alive.

He could not forgive his mother, nor did he have the right to forgive her on behalf of his father.

The father never knew until his death that he had been betrayed and murdered by his best friend and his wife.

After a long silence, Captain Li spoke up: "I will go with you to see my mother, but please sue her together as the mastermind. I believe my father in the afterlife would also want to do so."

Captain Li was a little surprised, but he could understand. "Okay, then you can come with us to the police station now."

Lin Mengchuan nodded, "Okay."

The doctor waiting outside pushed the wheelchair in, and Xu Qing quickly went forward to help Lin Mengchuan sit in the wheelchair.

He said to Captain Li, "Captain, let me push it."

At this moment, Xu Qing was no less shocked than Lin Mengchuan, and he was in a daze.

After Lin Mengchuan sat in his wheelchair, he asked Captain Li, "Captain Li, when will you arrest Su Wenshan? I'd like to see him too. Could you let me see him as well? I'll try to persuade him to confess to all his crimes."

Captain Li thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements. My colleagues should have already arrived at Su Wenshan's house."

At this moment, Su Wenshan was preparing to leave for work.

His wife, Yue Mei, and daughter, Su Yani, saw him to the door when the doorbell suddenly rang.

The butler went to open the gate and saw a team of police officers standing at the entrance.

Butler: "Officer, what can I do for you?"

The officer in charge showed his police ID and said, "Mr. Su, we are from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Dongcheng Branch. We need you to come with us to assist in the investigation regarding the case of the stabbing death of your group's chairman, Mr. Lin Zhihong."

Yue Mei asked in surprise, "Hasn't the murderer of Lin Zhihong already been caught? What else is there to investigate?"

Su Yani also found it baffling: "Yeah, and what does this have to do with my dad?"

The police officer looked at Lin Zhihong and explained, "Last night, the suspect recanted his confession. He admitted that you, Mr. Su Wenshan, gave him three million yuan to hire him to kill Lin Zhihong."

"And you also confessed that you had an improper relationship with Lin Zhihong's wife, Shen Qingzhu."

Yue Mei suddenly opened her eyes wide, and the next second she fainted in her daughter Su Yani's arms.

"Mom, Mom... Housekeeper, call an ambulance!" Su Yani cried out, hugging Yue Mei. "Dad, tell me, what the suspect said isn't true, he's framing you, right?"

"How could you possibly kill Uncle Lin? And you and my mother have such a good relationship, how could you possibly have an improper relationship with Aunt Shen? I don't believe it, it's impossible!"

Lin Zhihong remained expressionless. He glanced at his wife in his daughter's arms and said to the housekeeper, "Take my wife to the hospital and take good care of them. I'll try to come back as soon as possible."

The butler, with a tearful face, replied, "Yes, sir."