Chapter 72: The Truth Revealed

  Sometimes a piece of information can determine one person's fate, but the information Tang Xiaosheng learned changed the fate of two people.

  On the fifteenth day that Tang Xiaosheng was locked in a mental hospital, Detective Lin Shishi suddenly arrived at the hospital. When she arrived at the hospital, Long Nü was feeding Tang Xiaosheng lunch, and Lin Shishi walked up to her and first asked: "Ms. Long, how is Tang Xiaosheng's condition?"

  Xiao Longnu shook her head slightly and said lightly, "Still the same, every day is crazy and says some inexplicable words." After a pause, she asked, "Officer Lin, has there been any progress in the case?"

  Lin Shishi slowed down and said in a low voice: "I came here today to tell you some good news, the murderer of Xia Bai's case has been found."

  "Really?"

  As soon as she heard this, a look of uncontrollable joy appeared on Little Dragon Girl's face, and she felt quite surprised.

  But what was even more unexpected was that Tang Xiaosheng, who was beside him, was pretending to be mentally ill. He had been waiting for this news for over half a month.

  "Who killed Xia Bai after all?" The little dragon girl also seemed a bit impatient and asked softly.

  Lin Shishi's expression sank, and she said calmly: "The murderer who killed Xia Bai is Guo Yang!"

  "Kwok Yeung?"

  Tang Xiaosheng was stunned for a moment, and he was a little surprised at this result.

  Lin Shishi continued: "This morning, Guo Yang went to the Public Security Bureau to surrender, saying that he himself killed Xia Bai..."

  According to Guo Yang's own account, he killed Xia Bai because Xia Bai hired kidnappers to abduct his daughter Guo Yixiang. In the past few years, Guo Yang had been losing money in business and owed over 4 million yuan in usury, of which 2 million yuan was borrowed from Xia Bai.

  Guo Yang, due to having no money to repay his debts, had been hiding everywhere. Later, he heard that the creditor might kidnap Guo Yixiang in order to force him to show up. Upon learning this news, he wrote an anonymous letter to report the case to the Public Security Bureau. After receiving the anonymous letter, the police sent Lin Shishi to the psychiatric hospital as an undercover agent, disguising herself as a nurse, secretly protecting Guo Yixiang.

  Guo Yang originally thought that this would mean Guo Yixiang wouldn't be kidnapped, but as a result, more than half a month ago, Guo Yixiang was still abducted by Hu Dajiang and five other kidnappers to Nanfeng Mountain. If Tang Xiaosheng hadn't intervened in time, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

  After inquiring, Guo Yang learned that the kidnapper of Guo Yixiang was actually hired by Xia Bai. He then harbored a murderous intention towards Xia Bai and decided to kill one as a warning to a hundred. As long as Xia Bai is killed, other creditors will know the consequences of kidnapping Guo Yixiang and naturally dare not do so again.

  Guo Yang had no idea where Xia Bai was, only that he had escaped from prison. Later, he found out that Xia Bai had been imprisoned because of Tang Xiao Sheng, and guessed that after escaping, Xia Bai would definitely cause trouble for Tang Xiao Sheng. Guo Yang then secretly followed Tang Xiao Sheng, hoping to find Xia Bai through him.

  As expected, on the evening of December 31st, Guo Yang discovered that Tang Xiaosheng was kidnapped by two men in black and taken away in a van to the northern suburbs of Jinghua City. Afterwards, Guo Yang stole a bicycle from the side of the road and rode it to follow the van. Unfortunately, the speed of the bicycle couldn't keep up with the van, and he lost them at the Third Ring Road.

  But Guo Yang didn't give up, and instead rode his bicycle northward. More than an hour later, he arrived at a vacant lot in the northernmost part of the northern suburbs, where he unexpectedly found Xia Bai lying motionless on the ground, with a dagger stuck in the ground in front of his head.

  Guo Yang looked around, confirmed that there was no one nearby, and suddenly had a murderous intention. He pulled out the dagger inserted into the ground and stabbed it through Xia Bai's heart, killing him. After killing Xia Bai, Guo Yang took a small path and hastily left.

  The day after the murder, Guo Yang learned from the media that the police suspected Tang Xiaosheng of being the killer who murdered Xia Bai. It was also at this time that Guo Yang realized he had inadvertently framed Tang Xiaosheng.

  In the past half month, Guo Yang's heart was also contradictory. He knew he had killed Xia Bai and Tang Xiao Sheng was innocent. However, intentional homicide is a serious crime, once convicted, this life would be basically over. Xia Bai never went to the public security bureau to surrender himself either.

  Until yesterday, he learned from the media that when Guo Yixiang was kidnapped, Tang Xiaosheng risked his life to rescue her. If it weren't for Tang Xiaosheng, Guo Yixiang might have fallen into the hands of the kidnappers long ago.

  After learning about this, Guo Yang began to waver a bit. He felt that if he let his lifesaver take the blame for a murder case, it would be too heartless. In addition, after learning about Tang Xiaosheng's story in the media these days, he had more admiration for Tang Xiaosheng and felt that such a good person should not receive such an unjust treatment.

  After a night of repeated consideration, Guo Yang finally made one of the most difficult decisions in his life. He came to the Public Security Bureau in the morning and surrendered himself, telling the police about the facts of his crime.

  After Guo Yang surrendered, the police immediately set up an emergency investigation team to reinvestigate Xia Bai's case. Since there was a witness who claimed to have seen Tang Xiaosheng kill Xia Bai with his own eyes, the police first arranged for this witness to confront Guo Yang face-to-face. As a result, when this witness learned that Guo Yang was the real culprit, he suddenly collapsed emotionally and immediately admitted that he had previously made false testimony. He said someone paid him 100,000 yuan to make false testimony, but he didn't know who that person was either.

  Afterwards, the police compared Guo Yang's testimony with Tang Xiaosheng's previous interrogation records and finally restored the entire process of the murder case. That night, after Tang Xiaosheng knocked out Xia Bai, during his trip to the snack shop, Guo Yang happened to appear at the scene of the crime and killed Xia Bai with a dagger.

  The police inspected the dagger that killed Xia Bai and found that in addition to Tang Xiaosheng's and Xia Bai's fingerprints, there was a third person's fingerprint on it, which happened to be Guo Yang's.

  Now the whole case can be said to have been settled, and the so-called evidence and material evidence before were all fake. The murderer who killed Xia Bai was Guo Yang, and Tang Xiao Sheng was innocent.

  After reaching this conclusion, Lin Shishi rushed to the psychiatric hospital and promptly informed Xiaolongnv of the news.

  "Miss Long, there's a problem that might trouble you now." Lin Shishi paused for a moment before continuing, "Now it can be confirmed that Guo Yang is the murderer. Considering that Guo Yixiang is still young, this matter may be a huge blow to her, so..."

  Having heard this, Xiaolongnv understood her meaning. Guo Yang was Guo Yixiang's father. Now that the father had become a murderer, his daughter would naturally be in a difficult situation. After a pause, she said softly: "Don't worry, I will talk to Guo Yixiang about this."

  "Alright, I'm counting on you for this."

  Afterwards, Lin Shishi left the psychiatric hospital and due to Guo Yang's appearance, she now has a lot of work to attend to.

  "Did you hear that? The Xia Bai case has been solved." Long'er said softly to Tang Xiao Sheng.

  Just then, Guo Xiang returned. She had just gone to the restroom and left for a while. As soon as she came back, she asked: "Long sister, hasn't big brother finished his meal yet?"

  "It's almost over." Little Dragon Girl was silent for a moment, then called Guo Xiang to her side and said softly, "Xiang Er, sister wants to tell you something about your father Guo Yang..." After recounting how Guo Yang killed Xia Bai, she comforted in a gentle voice, "Xiang Er, don't be too sad. Although your father..."

  "Dragon sister, I'm not sad." Guo Xiang's eyes blinked, and her childish voice interrupted.

  "Xiang'er, if you're feeling sad, just say it out loud. Long jie and big brother will be with you."

  "Dragon sister, I'm really not sad." Guo Xiang repeated again, her nose twitching as she added, "Guo Yang was never my real father to begin with, I am Guo Xiang, not Guo Yixiang."

  At this point, Tang Xiaosheng finally understood Guo Xiang's meaning. When the Little Dragon Girl and Long Tianhao broke off their father-daughter relationship earlier, they had also said similar things. After Guo Xiang crossed over into Guo Yixiang's body, although she obtained some of Guo Yixiang's memories, she didn't have any feelings for Guo Yang. Therefore, when she heard that Guo Yang was the murderer, she wasn't particularly moved.

  "Time travelers are indeed the most ruthless creatures." Seeing Xiaolongnv and Guo Xiang being so cold to their own father, Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder in his heart. At this moment, he heard Guo Xiang ask, "Sister Long, why did Guo Yang want to kill Xia Bai?"

  Xiaolongnv then briefly told the story, and Guo Xiang only knew that Guo Yang killed Xia Bai to protect her safety. Her face sank, and she said in a childish voice with some embarrassment: "I didn't expect Guo Yang to be so good to me."

  Hearing her say this, Tang Xiao Sheng also slightly let out a breath of relief. The transmigrator finally still had some humanity.

  With Guo Yang's surrender, the truth of Xia Bai's case has been revealed, and Tang Xiao Sheng knows that his difficult days are finally over. However, a new problem has emerged before his eyes.

  Previously, he pretended to be mentally ill in order to evade criminal liability. Now that he has been proven innocent, does he still need to pretend to be mentally ill?