Chapter 26: Manipulation
"It's nothing! I am just babbling," she awkwardly smiled.
"If there is anything of importance that you feel we should know that please tell. It will only help our investigation go smoother."
Dai Fengge urged her to speak. "Yes, Xiaoling. Go ahead."
She pursed her lips and hesitantly voiced her thoughts, "Fengge you know that ever since I became your friend, Aunt has been spending more time with me which didn't sit well with Dai Meihui...e-even though I have clarified so many times that we are just friends!"
Jia noticed him turn visibly stiff.
"You told me there have been frequent arguments between them too so I just unconsciously thought..."
Huojin raised a brow and made a note.
"Unconsciously thought that she planned to kill her mother-in-law?" Mingshen's cynical chuckle echoed.
"N-No I am not accusing her of murder!" She breathlessly said.
"Implying is the same thing as accusing."
"I don't mean any harm to her by saying this," her forehead creased with tension, "I was just concerned because Fengge got her call in the middle of the movie so..."