Reborn in the 90s, tearing apart scumbag men for the sake of women.

This was nothing short of a bolt from the blue.

Plead guilty?

How is this possible?

"Officer, there must be some misunderstanding. I need to see Song Jianmei. Our shop has always been law-abiding and would never do such a thing."

"If you think someone is innocent just because they say they are innocent, then what's the point of having police? Go back and wait. We will investigate thoroughly and will not wrong an innocent person, nor will we let a guilty person go free."

The police officer's words made Song Lingge feel very uncomfortable. She thought of Fang Xingxing's death in her previous life, which was ruled a suicide, and the unsolved case of Zhao Jueyu in this life.

"If you're going to investigate, why not start with the boss? It's only been a short time, and she's already confessed? What did she confess to? If she confesses, does that mean our shop will have to suspend operations for rectification, or just close down altogether? What kind of reputable restaurateur would make such a basic mistake? Poisoning food? Does that mean we can't continue doing business? And even if she really confesses, shouldn't we at least interrogate me to see if I knew about it?" Song Lingge was very agitated, and Zhang Xiuxiu couldn't stop her despite her attempts.

"Stop yelling here, you..."

"Xiao Wu!" Captain Hu came out when he heard the commotion and stopped the young policeman, Xiao Wu.

"Captain Hu, this man is causing trouble, insisting on seeing the prisoner..."

Seeing that Captain Hu was dressed in civilian clothes and hearing how Xiao Wu addressed him, Song Lingge stepped forward and said politely and calmly, "Captain Hu, I am the owner of Meishi Songxiang. The person you arrested earlier is my aunt, Song Jianmei, who is the head chef at the restaurant. I feel obligated to come and cooperate with your investigation."

“There are indeed some questions about this case. Please come in.” Captain Hu led Song Lingge into the office.

After entering, Captain Hu did not rush to ask any questions. He casually pointed to the stools and asked Song Lingge and Zhang Xiuxiu to sit down, while he sat down in a chair and drank tea.

Song Lingge was unsure of what was going on and didn't know how to speak.

After Captain Hu had taken several sips of tea, he slowly asked, "Do you know Chen Sande?"

It took Song Lingge several seconds to realize that Captain Hu was talking about Chen Sangde: "I know him. He is Song Jianmei's ex-husband. Everyone calls him Chen Sangde, so I didn't realize it at first."

“You are Song Jianmei’s niece. It seems you two are quite familiar with each other.”

Song Lingge didn't know his intention in asking that question, but she still told the truth: "I only met Chen Sande for the first time when he divorced my aunt. I only saw him for the second time yesterday when he came to the store to cause trouble."

"Oh, how did he cause trouble?" Captain Hu asked thoughtfully, taking another sip of his tea.

"Chen Sande is an unemployed bum. He heard that his aunt had opened a shop, so he came to ask for money. They are already divorced, so his aunt naturally refused to give it to him. So he just kept causing trouble at the shop entrance. Captain Hu, you know, this kind of scoundrel can scare many people away just by standing at the door and scaring the kids."

Captain Hu nodded and asked, "And then, how did you resolve it? I didn't hear about any troublemakers calling the police yesterday!"

Song Lingge was taken aback, then told the truth: "We didn't call the police."

"Oh?" Captain Hu became interested.

Song Lingge continued, "Although Chen Sangde is a scoundrel, his goal is money. Moreover, he is actually a coward and only dares to steal small things. So threatening him to call the police and revealing his past misdeeds should be enough to scare him."

Captain Hu glanced at Song Lingge and said with a smile, "This little girl is quite bold. And then?"

"Then business continued as usual. I saw that Chen Sangde was still outside the door, so I went to find him. That's when I learned that he had been instigated by someone to come and cause trouble in the store."

"Instigated by someone?"

Song Lingge nodded: "It was a guy named Nie Ergou. He and my aunt were both from Songjiawu. After my aunt got divorced, he saw that she was making money by opening a shop, so he kept trying to find her, but she wouldn't agree. Who knew he would tell Chen Sangde, and that's how the whole thing happened!"

"You mean you want to find your aunt?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I just want to marry my aunt. Nie Ergou is a local thug, he's capable of anything."

"How do you know it was Nie Ergou who instigated Chen Sande?"

“He said it himself! I went to talk to him, appealing to his emotions and reasoning with him. Although Chen Sangde is a bad person, my aunt has been married to him for decades and has a son. Even if we don't care about him, he won't make things too difficult for my aunt because of my cousin.”

"You're quite the talker, appealing to emotions and reason!"

"There's nothing we can do about it. Business has to go on, so we should avoid these kinds of troubles if possible."

"Go on, what's next?"

"Chen Sangde stopped making a fuss. I felt sorry for him, so I packed some food for him and then he left."

"Go pack up the food?" Captain Hu stared directly at Song Lingge, as if trying to see through her eyes to her soul.

Song Lingge hadn't done anything wrong, so she was quite frank: "Well, he said he was hungry, and since he listened to my advice, I went to the store and got him some food to go."

"Did you tell the other people in the store about packing it up for him? Did you tell Song Jianmei?" Captain Hu asked again.

Song Lingge immediately shook her head: "No, I didn't want to trouble my aunt, and business was booming that day, so I packed the food myself."

"You've never delegated anything to anyone?" Captain Hu pressed.

Song Lingge thought for a moment before nodding solemnly: "No, I just told my aunt to cook a dish at random, and I packed all of these myself."

Captain Hu looked at Song Lingge with great interest, but her expression was very honest, as if she were not lying at all.

"Tell me about that Nie Ergou. What kind of person is he? Besides pursuing Song Jianmei, is there anything else?"

Although she didn't know the specifics, Captain Hu's question was exactly what Song Lingge wanted to hear.

She also wanted to tell Captain Hu in detail about Nie Ergou.

"Actually, I have a bit of a grudge against Nie Ergou. He is my dad's childhood friend, but because he does all sorts of bad things, my mom doesn't like him very much. Apart from my dad, we have never had any contact with him."

"How did they have a grudge?"

"It seems to be a grudge from the previous generation. My dad had an illegitimate daughter, and it wasn't long ago that they found out that the girl was Nie Ergou's daughter. Such a dramatic thing, of course it caused a lot of unpleasantness!"

There were some things Song Lingge didn't want to go into too much detail. She just wanted the police to focus their attention on Nie Ergou, and that was enough.

She believed that Nie Ergou would not stand up to scrutiny, and the truth would eventually come out.

Captain Hu looked at Song Lingge and suddenly told her something: "Do you know who ate the poisoned food?"

Song Lingge shook her head blankly, but she already had a general idea in her mind.

"Chen Sande".