After all this time, this was the reason why Tian Xinran had never gotten pregnant.

Next, we need to talk about Xie Liang's situation.

This matter also involved Sun Congjun.

That night, after Sun Congjun had his way with Tian Xinran, he told her that he would take her to Tianjing Lake the next day.

Tian Xinran didn't dare to disobey.

So she followed Sun Congjun there.

When they were close to the lakefront, Sun Congjun suddenly pushed her.

She lost her balance and fell into Tianjing Lake.

At that moment, Xie Liang jumped into the water and pulled her to safety.

When they got back home, Sun Congjun warned her, saying that if anyone asked her about what happened that day, she should say that she accidentally fell into the lake and was rescued by Xie Liang.

This was the whole "bravery in the face of justice" affair.

Hearing this,

Chen Fang and Lin Fei probably also understood.

The "bravery in the face of justice" incident must've been arranged directly with Sun Congjun by someone.

"So what you said earlier about Sun Congmin being killed by Sun Congjun, what's that about?"

Chen Fang asked.

Once he posed the question,

Tian Xinran could no longer hold back her swirling tears, which came gushing down.

Sun Congmin, who was working outside, had also heard about Tian Xinran's accidental fall into the water and hurried back home in a panic.

Thinking his wife had suffered a fright, he wanted to spend a few days comforting her.

But who would have thought that Sun Congjun couldn't even contain himself for those few days?

While Tian Xinran was working in the fields, he pushed her onto the ridge and overpowered her.

The timing was also very coincidental.

Sun Congmin happened to want to help his wife with the work and also came to the fields.

That's when he stumbled upon the scene that drove him to despair.

The two brothers started cursing at each other and eventually came to blows—Sun Congmin was no match for his brother Sun Congjun, and with a shovel blow, Sun Congmin lost his life.

Sun Congjun carried his body back to the courtyard.

He dug a pit and buried him right there.

After all, Sun Congmin rarely came back, so everyone thought he had gone off to work again.

After hearing about Tian Xinran's ordeal,

Both Chen Fang and Lin Fei were seething with rage.

Having lived nearly thirty years, Chen Fang had never come across someone so inhuman to bully his younger brother, oppress his sister-in-law, and even personally end his brother's life.

"You were also planning to kill us just now, weren't you?"

Chen Fang gritted his teeth and questioned Sun Congjun.

Lin Fei was taken aback.

Looking at Chen Fang with some confusion.

Chen Fang said, "Do you know why she doesn't dare to touch you, yet you insisted on us having intercourse?"

Lin Fei shook her head.

Chen Fang continued, "After I had intercourse with you, he would kill you, and then the police would arrive at the scene at a very delicate time. After the autopsy, they would find evidence of sexual relations with me inside you, and by then, no matter what I said, no one would believe me."

"You mean he would kill me and then frame you for it?"

Lin Fei asked wide-eyed.

Chen Fang nodded and said, "With his brains, he naturally wouldn't think of this on his own. There must be someone remotely directing him."

"The cell phone!"

Lin Fei suddenly thought of something.

She hurriedly searched Sun Congjun's body, which was now limp.

But after much searching, she could not find the cell phone.

Just as Lin Fei was about to press for answers,

At the foot of the mountain in the distance, a dense barking of dogs suddenly erupted.

"Someone's coming."

Chen Fang grabbed Lin Fei and said.

Lin Fei asked, "What should we do?"

Chen Fang looked at Tian Xinran and asked, "Do you know another way down the mountain?"

Tian Xinran nodded and said, "I do."

Chen Fang replied, "Then let's go down the mountain."

"What about him?"

Lin Fei pointed at Sun Congjun and asked.

Chen Fang furrowed his brows and said, "As long as we have Tian Xinran, they will be desperate. Concern leads to chaos, and someone will slip up eventually."

There was no better plan at the moment.

Lin Fei stamped her foot in frustration.

Reluctantly, she followed Chen Fang out of the wooden hut and down the mountain via another path.

A night of terror.

By the time the three of them had gone through great hardships and returned to Lin Fei's house, it was already past two in the morning.

On his second day in office, Chen Fang had walked a round trip at the gates of hell.

After arranging for Tian Xinran to take a shower and rest,

Lin Fei returned to the living room.

Looking at Chen Fang who was lost in thought on the sofa, she asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"Comrade Lin Fei, who do you think is after our lives?"

Chen Fang asked.

Without a second thought, Lin Fei said, "Do we even have to ask? Whoever gains from the fraud in this matter wants us dead, either Xie Liang or Xue Bo and his gang."

This was the most logical deduction.

The two people who stood to gain the most from this affair were Xie Liang and Xue Bo.

Yet Chen Fang shook his head and said, "I've been thinking for a long time, and I've found some loopholes. The most obvious is that whistleblower letter you received—who wrote it? It certainly wasn't Xie Liang or Xue Bo, which means someone else is aware of this affair."

"That doesn't prove anything though."

Lin Fei said.

Chen Fang waved his hand and said, "No, it precisely indicates that someone is guiding you to investigate this matter. With your abilities, even if you were to uncover the truth, there is a high chance that the matter would still be suppressed. But if a murder occurs, particularly of a high-level cadre from the organizational department, the nature of the affair changes completely."

"Are you saying that someone wants to use my death to bring the heroic fraud to light, aiming to strike at Xue Bo?"

Lin Fei asked.

Chen Fang nodded and said, "The heroic fraud involving Xie Liang has implicated too many departments. Even now with Tian Xinran in our hands, neither the city nor the province, not even the CCTV, would be able to explain it away. Rather than turning this into a huge joke, it's better to downplay the incident and eventually let it fade away into nothing. That's not what the person who sent you the whistleblower letter wants to see."

"Xue Bo's people aren't fools. If you die while investigating this matter, their political enemies will certainly take the opportunity to strike. Therefore, I believe that Xue Bo's camp just doesn't want you getting in touch with Tian Xinran. And then there's another group—they are the ones who want you dead."

Chen Fang's analysis

made Lin Fei draw in a breath of cold air.

If this was true,

the implications of the matter were simply too terrifying.

The person who sent her the whistleblower letter had planned the most tragic outcome from the beginning.

"But it was Sun Congjun who did this, right? Sun Congjun arranged the heroic action—this suggests he's one of Xue Bo's or Xie Liang's people. How could he also be after my life?"

Lin Fei asked.

Chen Fang let out a long sigh and said, "Then there's only one possibility—Sun Congjun has become uncontrollable."

"Uncontrollable?"

Chen Fang nodded and said, "Sun Congjun has a significant vulnerability. Once those people know about it, controlling him is actually quite easy."

"Sun Congmin?"

Lin Fei asked.

Chen Fang nodded slightly and said, "The death of Sun Congmin is known only by Tian Xinran and Sun Congjun. If someone can use this leverage to control Sun Congjun, that means someone in Baishui Village has been keeping a watchful eye on Sun Congjun all along."

"Then who could that person be?"

Lin Fei asked in bewilderment.

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