Even After My Death
Chapter 519 - 421 Recognized

Chapter 519: Chapter 421 Recognized

Bystanders who knew the truth were this furious, let alone Zhang Xiaohong.

Zhang Xiaohong didn’t like cats and dogs, but she also understood the principle of "If you don’t love, please don’t harm".

She turned her head to look at Miao Wenjun, her eyes filled with shock as if she was seeing him for the first time, "You abuse cats?"

"No... It’s not," Miao Wenjun quickly waved his hands in denial.

He wanted to say it wasn’t him who tortured the cat, but if he said that, wouldn’t that be admitting that he was the one who left the foam box at Jiang Ning’s door?

Grinding his teeth, Miao Wenjun adamantly denied, "I don’t know what she’s talking about!"

"You still won’t admit it!" Zhang Xiaohong grew even angrier, tossing aside the Miao Wenjun she had been supporting.

Zhang Xiaohong stepped back a few paces, looking at Miao Wenjun as if he were a piece of trash, "Maybe you don’t know, but every time you lie, your eyes involuntarily dart to the side."

Miao Wenjun, who just couldn’t help but glance to the side, immediately redirected his gaze back.

But it was already too late; every movement of his had been seen by the onlookers:

"Whoa! It’s actually true!"

"Torturing small animals! And throwing them at someone’s door! How twisted must this person’s psychology be!"

"Girl, is this your boyfriend? A word of advice, break up with him quickly! No matter what his reasons are for doing this, it’s enough to prove his character and morals are corrupted!"

"..."

Everyone was talking at once, unanimously advising Zhang Xiaohong to stay away from him.

Zhang Xiaohong took the advice to heart and said in anger, "The petty stealing you’ve done before, I turned a blind eye and even found excuses for you in my heart, thinking it was because of your childhood experiences, and I felt sorry for you in secret. But you just promised me you would kick those bad habits, and then you turn around and do something this cruel! Miao Wenjun, let’s break up! All the things we bought today, I’m returning them all to you now!"

She took out everything they had bought that day.

Miao Wenjun hadn’t expected things to escalate so quickly, and he hastily pushed the things away. Zhang Xiaohong took out her phone to settle the accounts, saying how much money she had spent on him that day and that she would transfer it all to him.

Seeing Zhang Xiaohong taking the advice, the crowd cheered for her and said that when the police arrived, they should definitely take Miao Wenjun to the station.

However, these cheers sounded somewhat grating to Miao Wenjun’s ears.

What did these people have against him?

What right did they have to persuade Zhang Xiaohong to break up with him?

It was just the killing of a stray cat, had he done anything heaven-defying and conscience-shattering?!

Miao Wenjun couldn’t understand and was fuming with anger.

His gaze fell on Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou.

If it wasn’t for these two suddenly showing up, how could all these subsequent events have happened?!

Rage consumed his brain, corroding his reason; Miao Wenjun didn’t think at all, and from the pile of things Zhang Xiaohong wanted to return to him, he grabbed a fruit knife and stabbed at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning’s eyes turned cold, and she immediately kicked out.

Qi Xingzhou reacted just as quickly as Jiang Ning. When Miao Wenjun picked up the fruit knife, Qi Xingzhou thought not of stepping back, but of moving forward.

Both took action in unison, landing two heavy kicks on Miao Wenjun. Before he could get close, he was sent flying by Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou.

"Ah!"

He let out a yelp, clutching his stomach, and collapsed onto the ground in a mess.

The fruit knife in his hand dropped, and Jiang Ning stepped forward a few paces, kicking it aside.

This turn of events happened in the blink of an eye, let alone the onlookers, even Zhang Xiaohong, who was closest to Miao Wenjun, didn’t react, nor did she expect Miao Wenjun to suddenly make such a radical move.

By the time everyone realized what had happened, they saw Miao Wenjun had already been kicked away by Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou.

In that instant, everyone’s gaze turned to Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou as if to say, "Oh my God!"

On the streets, the shadow of a police car appeared.

Tang Zhenghao was about to call Jiang Ning to ask for her exact location when he noticed the crowd gathered both inside and outside the supermarket entrance, and then he saw the name of the supermarket: Jiaduofu.

It’s the place!

"This is it, pull over," Tang Zhenghao told the colleague who was driving.

The police car pulled over and parked, and Officer Tang, in uniform, along with several other colleagues, hurried out of the vehicle.

Although the onlookers love to crowd around the parties involved, eager for a spectacle, they are actually quite well-behaved; no police reminder was necessary, as they conscientiously made way upon seeing the police arrive.

Jiang Ning spotted Officer Tang and nodded at him as a greeting, then pointed at Miao Wenjun curled up on the ground, "Officer Tang, take a look, is it him?"

Officer Tang squatted down, grabbed Miao Wenjun’s collar, flipped him over to look at him for a few seconds, and Jiang Ning noticed that Tang seemed to not only look at Miao Wenjun’s face but also at the scar beneath his ear.

Officer Tang let go of Miao Wenjun, stood up, and nodded at Jiang Ning, "Yes, that’s him."

"How did you find him? Or did he do something to you guys again?" Officer Tang wasn’t blind; he saw Miao Wenjun’s swollen face, resembling a pig’s head, and his current posture huddled over his stomach, clearly the aftermath of a beating.

Jiang Ning looked natural, "We came to the supermarket to buy things, he was standing at the supermarket entrance waiting for someone, and then Qi Xingzhou recognized him."

"What a coincidence?" Officer Tang was somewhat surprised.

They had been searching for two or three hours without any trace of Miao Wenjun, yet Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou happened to find him while out buying something?

It was an overly fortuitous coincidence.

Officer Tang didn’t even know whether to believe it or not.

"He didn’t change his shoes, and there’s a scar under his ear," Qi Xingzhou said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Officer Tang’s gaze instinctively swept over Miao Wenjun.

They had also noticed the scar on Miao Wenjun’s face when reviewing surveillance footage earlier that day.

But the reason they remembered the small scar the length of a fingernail below Miao Wenjun’s ear was entirely because they were in this profession, specifically trained to observe closely and not to overlook any small detail on a suspect.

As for what shoes Miao Wenjun was wearing... Officer Tang hadn’t really paid attention to that detail.

And yet, Qi Xingzhou remembered all this?

Officer Tang glanced at Qi Xingzhou without showing any reaction, feeling a bit of admiration inside.

"He just tried to stab us with a fruit knife, and we kicked him," Jiang Ning pointed towards the fruit knife not far away, her tone cooperative, "Officer Tang, you can check the nearby surveillance. Punish what needs to be punished, and if we need to pay compensation, we will."

Unexpectedly, the suspect even dared to attack with a knife!

Jiang Ning’s words made Officer Tang’s eyebrows jump, and just as he was about to say something, a member of the crowd watching suddenly looked at Jiang Ning, covered her mouth, and screamed, "Ah ah ah! Jiang Ning! You’re Jiang Ning!"

Jiang Ning: "..."