Chapter 328 Speculation
Yang PeiMin listened to their process of elimination and couldn’t help but think of the neighboring Li Family, which had been bustling with activity these past few days. Moreover, the incident started with Huang Tao, inevitably involving Shen Yiguang—it was a motive for the crime. In addition, the Li Family lived close by, providing an opportunity for the perpetrator.
It wasn’t that she was overly suspicious, but she felt that there was more to the situation. The character of Shen Erniu and Chen Guizhi was well-known to all; they were the type who would rather suffer losses themselves than offend others. And the siblings Shen Yiyue and Shen Yixiang were just unmarried girls—as Shen Yiyue had said herself, at most they would argue with young women their age; they certainly didn’t have the nerve for anything more.
As for herself and Shen Yiguang, they were seldom at home, so it was impossible for them to be involved in any direct confrontations. Even if there had been, it would have been with Huang Tao, whom she had sarcastically put in her place last time.
The group speculated this way and that but still had no clear leads. Nevertheless, they finished the tasks at hand.
Soon Shen Yiguang and the others returned.
Without hearing him say a word, Shen Erniu took Shen Yiguang into the inner room to talk, indicating a matter of importance. He instructed everyone else to finish up the chores and then go wash up and sleep.
Yang PeiMin sat with Chen Guizhi on the kang bed in the outer room, waiting for Shen Yiguang to come out so they could go back to their room together.
Inside, Shen Erniu asked Shen Yiguang if he had noticed anything.
Sitting on the edge of the kang, Shen Yiguang poured Shen Erniu another cup of tea and nodded, "It points to the Li Family’s doing. The chicken blood hasn’t dried yet, and even the footprints extending to their house are still there."
There had been no snow that day. The ground at the entrance was muddy, mixed with hard sandy soil, but with his scouting skills, Shen Yiguang could distinguish between frequently and infrequently walked paths. There was unusual sandy soil on the threshold of the Li Family, matching the soil rarely trod upon atop their own wall.