The Ace Bigshot Becomes A Farmgirl

Shu Yu had interrogated Ms. Tang yesterday, but she only confessed to the process of killing Uncle Cui.

Since they were in a hurry to find Little Ya’er, they didn’t have time to ask about the rest and left right away.

Now that Hu Li, an expert interrogator, was here, it seemed that all the details had been brought to light.

Sure enough, Hu Li began explaining the motive behind Li Xiaoshan’s murder.

"After Li Xiaoshan eloped with Ms. Tang, they initially felt quite satisfied because they had money in hand. But as you can see, without a travel permit, they couldn’t go anywhere. They couldn’t even start over in a far-off, unfamiliar place."

Of course, if they had the courage to travel across mountains and avoid the guards, it wasn’t entirely impossible to escape elsewhere.

But the two of them didn’t dare. They stuck close to this Manor and went nowhere else.

Here, they had no freedom at all. Afraid of being discovered, they didn’t dare venture far or head to the county town. This place was also poverty-stricken—it was no different from being in prison.

Li Xiaoshan couldn’t take it anymore, especially after Uncle Cui was killed. There was no one left to even go out and buy grain. And there was the problem of Little Ya’er being missing. Uncle Cui’s body would inevitably be discovered sooner or later.